Chapter 791 [Sledgehammer! Things Are Unpredictable]

Kobe Bryant's news attracted a lot of attention, while the Suns' summer signings were completely ignored by the media and fans.

Guo Xu did not make suggestions for signings this time and was busy making movies. After reading the list of free agents, he found that there were no big holes to pick in the free market and left it alone.

The fans' comments are very interesting. Some people said: "Is the Suns' lineup important? Just find a few players that other teams don't want and they can win the championship again next season."

"The league should introduce a new rule now. Jason Guo can only partner with rookies and basic-salary players that no one has signed, forcing the Suns to trade out all the stars, and they can only get back draft picks. Only in this way can other teams have A chance to win a championship.”

"Just play the game casually. Jason, don't waste your time. Make some more movies and release some new songs."

Everyone knows that the core of the Suns is a person who is obsessed with the entertainment industry. He never practices football during holidays and focuses on having fun. Veterans who want to join the Suns still have to queue up. The Suns don't want veterans like Jaylen Rose and Anfernee Hardaway, but the boss directly refuses.

After sending away Marion, the Suns' total salary will drop again next season. There are only two maximum-paid players in the team, Guo Xu and Stoudemire, plus Haslem, a full mid-level player. The others are on low-paying contracts.

The Suns' total salary currently ranks second to last in the league, only higher than the new Bobcats. They could have signed a star, but Brian Colangelo did not do so and only signed a minimum salary.

Brian understands that too much is not enough. The league does not want the Suns to sign any more stars. If someone with an immediate combat capability worth tens of millions of dollars is hired, the president will probably go crazy and have to think of ways to sanction the Suns in other ways.

The Suns' first signing was Grant Hill, who gave him a two-year contract. This was something that had been agreed upon a long time ago. He is a relatively capable veteran in the free market.

The Suns' second pick selected 34-year-old veteran Collis Williams, a forward who is 201cm tall and weighs 110kg.

Corliss was a bit unlucky. Affected by the butterfly effect caused by Guo Xu, he neither won the Best Sixth Man Award in 2002 nor won the championship with the Pistons in 2004. He had nothing.

He only played 37 games with the Kings last season before being seriously injured. Now he just wants to win a championship ring at the end of his career. He averaged 9.8 minutes per game, 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds, and shot 41.7% from the field.

The Suns' third pick is the famous swingman veteran Eddie Jones. He is obviously unable to play anymore and will have to retire after one more season. Suns management doesn't expect him to play much of a role;

Just pass on your experience to the team.

With their last pick, the Suns selected a new inside player, Polish center Maxin Gortat, who performed well in the summer league and was an undrafted rookie in 2005.

Gortat was born in 1984 and is 23 years old. He is 211CM tall and weighs 110 kg. No one thinks he can play a role. He will be a marginal player when he comes. Gasol can't land in the NBA for the time being, so let him be a supplement.

There was very little media coverage of the incident, only a few mentions online. When Guo Xu found out, Gortat had already signed with the Suns for a minimum salary for a week.

He was very surprised to see the news because he had already forgotten about this person. After Gortat was undrafted, his name was not on the free agent list, and he didn't expect Bryan to still discover him.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Bryan was very optimistic about Gortat and selected him with the 57th overall pick in the second round of 2005. If Bryant hadn't selected him, maybe he would have said goodbye to the NBA forever.

At that time, Gortat was under contract for two years and could not play in the NBA. The Suns changed managers, and Gortat's signing rights were almost given to the Magic for free. In 2007, he signed with the Magic for a minimum salary. He played for the Anaheim Arsenal team of the Development League for most of the season. He was occasionally recalled and only played 6 regular season games and 8 playoff games.

It wasn't until after leaving the Magic that Gortat's statistics began to explode. He averaged 15+10 per game in his peak season. He is a player who needs to be developed for a period of time. The advantage is that he has excellent physical fitness and is nicknamed the "Polish Hammer"!

At the end of July, the Suns' 14-man lineup for the new season was determined.

Center: Amare Stoudemire, Anderson Varejao, Marcin Gortat.

Power forwards: Udonis Haslem, Paul Millsap, Tim Thomas.

Small forward: Grant Hill, Eddie Jones, Collis Williams.

Shooting guards: Anthony Parker, Raja Bell, Brandon Roy.

Point guard: Guo Xu, Kyle Lowry.

Without the All-Star Marion, the Suns' lineup is still strong, but the small forward position is slightly weaker, and the total salary has dropped by more than 10 million.

Even if a famous star is traded, he or she will not have the ball rights. There are too many people who can play.

Parker can serve as the starting small forward. The Suns will not have a fatal weakness without Marion. Hill is also strong. The Suns mainly rotate four players at positions 2 and 3, and they will not play for a long time.

There are several important signings this month. The Mavericks retained sixth man Jerry Stackhouse for 15 million in three years.

The Mavericks have had poor performance in the past few years, and Stackhouse's value has shrunk significantly. His statistics have been declining, his shooting percentage has never been higher, and he is good at making shots. If he hadn't been more active on the defensive end, the Mavericks would not have renewed his contract.

The Bulls poached 76ers power forward Joe Smith with a two-year, $5 million contract. They also signed Yi Jianlian and second-round rookie center Aaron Gray to further strengthen their inside strength.

The Hornets, who have ample salary space, signed the "big fish" Rashard Lewis in the free market for 85 million in five years.

After the Magic acquired Marion through a trade, no team could conduct a sign-and-trade deal with the SuperSonics.

The SuperSonics chose to let Lewis go for nothing. There is no place for him in the team. If he stays, it will be difficult to train Durant and the contract will be very large. The Sonics sent him and Ray Allen away in order to completely rebuild. In the new season, Durant and Horford will be the core, and they will wait for the other garbage contracts in the team to expire and then try to draft a high-ranking rookie next year.

The salary increase for Lewis, who has lost his Bird rights, is not that terrible, but 5 years and 85 million will still be a bad contract in a few years.

In order to achieve results, the Hornets can only bet on Lewis's performance, but he and Peja Stojakovic obviously overlap in position. Both are good at shooting and are not suitable for playing the 4th position. They played together and partnered with Turkoge in the Magic. Lu's situation is similar.

The Hornets had suffered a huge blow before this, and the management was disappointed after the No. 1 pick Greg Oden was selected.

He participated in the summer league, and he was far from as good as the media boasted. His highlights were only ferocious blocking and good low-post footwork when attacking. His weaknesses are obvious. He lacks range on the offensive end, and he likes to jump on the defensive end and cannot control fouls. In his first summer league game, he was sent off with 10 fouls, setting a magical record.

After playing in the summer league, Oden felt knee discomfort. The examination found that it was serious. He had to undergo minimally invasive knee surgery and was declared out of the rookie season. A lot of people are waiting to see him dominate the penalty area with an average of 20+10 per game in the new season. As a result, he has no dominance in the summer league and his body is still brittle.

After a series of butterfly effects, the most unlucky player was Guo Xu’s college teammate Maurice Peterson. He had a falling out with the Raptors management. After becoming a free agent, he originally wanted to join the Hornets in the middle class. However, after the Hornets poached Lewis with a high salary, there was no room.

Matt Carroll was able to sign a six-year, long-term contract with a high salary of 26.9 million yuan in the Bobcats, but Peterson was ignored for a month. What the Suns lack most is a swingman, and Guo Xu can't save him.

This is why things are unpredictable...

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