8 keywords to inventory the regular season events: Du Ouwei was traded less Zhan Huang was crowned the all-time scoring leader

On April 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season came to an end. From October 19, 2022 to April 10, 2023, there were many major events in the NBA in 173 days.

Various stars put on great individual performances, and LeBron James led the achievement of various milestones. Before the trade deadline, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook were traded. The farce continued to play out, but this did not prevent the alliance from moving forward and a new collective bargaining agreement.

Next, I will use 8 keywords to take stock of many of the major events of this season's regular season.

Keyword 1: Milestone

The keyword "milestone" is basically for James alone, and in front of the milestones achieved by James, the milestones of all other stars can only be in the back row, and even worth mentioning.

On January 16, Beijing time, the Lakers hosted the 76ers, and the 38-year-old James officially unlocked the 38,000-point milestone, he is the second Mr. 38,000 in history, and he also became the youngest Mr. 38,000 in history, this day he is 38 years and 17 days. When Abdul-Jabbar unlocked 38,000 points, he was 41 years and 299 days old.

In addition, James became the first player in history to achieve 38,000 points + 10,000 rebounds + 10,000 assists, and he was also the first player in history to score points, rebounds and assists with three statistics of more than 10,000.

On February 8, in the Lakers' home 130-133 home loss to the Thunder, James hit a back-up jumper in the third quarter, and his career total reached 38,388 points, surpassing the famous Karim Abdul Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), officially crowned the NBA's all-time scoring leader. After James achieved the milestone, NBA officials called a timeout for him, held a short celebration ceremony, and Abdul-Jabbar personally handed the game ball to James, representing the relay of the torch.

Keyword 2: miracles

This season, a number of stars have played masterpieces. On November 14, 2022, in the 76ers game against the Jazz, Embiid slashed 59 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 blocks, his scoring was a career high, and he was also the first player in NBA history to score at least 50 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks.

On December 24, 2022, in the 76ers' 119-114 victory over the Clippers, Harden slashed 20 points, 11 rebounds, 21 assists, and a career high in a single game, and he was the ninth player in history to cut at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 20 assists in a single game.

On December 28, 2022, in the Lone Ranger's 126-121 comeback victory over the Knicks in overtime, Doncic slashed 60 points, 21 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, he was the first player in history to cut at least 60 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists in a single game. In the final moments of the fourth quarter, Doncic missed the second free throw to grab an offensive rebound and hit a tie shot.

On January 3, 2023, the Cavaliers defeated the Bulls in overtime, and Mitchell slashed 71 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists, becoming the first player in NBA history to score at least 70 points plus 10 assists in a single game. In the all-time scoring list, Mitchell's 71 points per game is the highest among active players, while also tied for 8th all-time.

On February 27, in the Trail Blazers' win over the Rockets, Lillard scored 71 points and tied Mitchell. Lillard's exaggeration is that he did it in regular time. Lillard hit 13 three-pointers, tied with Curry and LaVine for second all-time, behind Klay Thompson's 14.

In addition, two players each scored 70+ points in a single game in a single season, which is the first time in NBA history.

Keyword 3: Big deals

Originally, industry insiders generally predicted that the trading market would be very cold this year, but unexpectedly, Irving made another trade application to push down the first domino, and the Nets sent Irving away, and soon sent Durant away. Before the trading deadline, Wei Shao was also traded.

On February 7, the Nets' trade with the Lone Ranger was officially completed, and the Nets traded Irving and Morris to the Lone Ranger in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith, Dinwiddie, a 2029 unprotected first-round pick, a 2027 second-round pick, and a 2029 second-round pick.

On February 9, Lakers general manager Pelinka sent Wei Shao away, the Lakers, Jazz and Timberwolves made a three-way trade, the Lakers sent Wei Shao to the Jazz, and the Lakers got Russell, Malik Beasley and Vanderbilt to achieve all-round reinforcement, they sent a top 4 pick in 2027 to protect the first-round pick to the Jazz, the cost was minimized. Later, Wilson negotiated a buyout agreement with the Jazz, and he joined the Clippers as a free agent. The trade allowed the Lakers to complete the turnaround, and they went all the way to 7th in the West in the West in the 13th place, and the play-off opponent was the Timberwolves.

On February 9, the Nets entered a new era, they reached a trade agreement with the Suns, Durant settled in Phoenix, in this deal, the Suns paid Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, four first-round picks and a 2028 draft pick swap to get Durant and TJ Warren from the Nets.

The defending champion Warriors also shot on trade deadline as they sent away Wiseman for Gary Payton Jr. However, because Peyton Jr. failed the medical examination, the passage of this deal has experienced several twists and turns. In the end, the Warriors agreed to the trade, and the Warriors did not file a complaint with the league for compensation.

Keyword 4: Farce

This season in the NBA has seen a number of farces, which have been playing out since before the start of the season.

Coach Uduka, who led Celtic to the final last season, was involved in a peach scandal and was banned internally by Celtic for 1 year, with Mazura becoming acting manager. In the middle of the season, Mazura turned on target, which means that Uduka will not return to the Celtic position after the banning is lifted.

Before the start of the season, Draymond Green boxed Jordan Poole in training, and the video was exposed and caused an uproar, and Green was fined internally but not suspended.

In November 2022, Owen promoted an anti-Semitic film on social media, and after the matter fermented, Irving did not apologize or make his position clear. The Nets announced a suspension for Irving without pay and made six demands on Irving, all of which Irving must complete in order to return to the team. Nike, Irving's athletic equipment sponsor, announced that it was suspending its collaboration with Irving and would no longer release new sneakers. Irving then apologized to the Utah family and community and returned to the Nets.

In March 2023, Morant showed off a pistol on a live broadcast, which attracted national attention, and the Grizzlies banned Morant. In addition, gossip media sent out a video of Morant's super-large-scale interaction with the stripper, and Morant's image was damaged. After the official NBA investigation, Morant was suspended for 8 games, and Morant lost $668,000 in salary income.

Keyword 5: change of coach

On November 2, 2022, Nets coach Steve Nash left class, and assistant coach Jacques Vaughn served as interim coach. Originally, the Nets planned to have Uduka replace Nash, but after several investigations and comprehensive weighings, the Nets chose to let Vaughn turn right.

On February 27, 2023, the Hawks announced the hiring of Quinn Snyder as head coach, replacing Nate McMillan, who had previously left class, on a five-year contract. Snyder was previously a Jazz manager.

After the regular season ends on April 10, Rockets coach Silas will be out of class, and Pistons coach Casey will resign to enter management.

Keyword 6: Selling teams

In March 2023, ESPN suddenly revealed that Hornets owner Michael Jordan intends to sell most of the team's shares, and the consortium led by Hornets owner Gabe Charlottkin and Hawks owner Rick Schnarr is expected to replace Jordan as the Hornets major shareholder and control the operation of the Hornets. Alliance Chairman Adam Shaw responded that even if Jordan sold his shares, he would still be part of the league and would continue to participate in the league's affairs.

In February 2023, Ishpeare bought a 57% stake in the Sun for $2.28 billion. According to The Athletic, the deal was based on the Suns' overall valuation of $4 billion, and Ishpeare immediately masterminded the Durant deal after becoming the Suns' new owner.

That same month, Bucks owner Mark Lasley sold some of his stake in the team at a valuation of $350,000, and the buyers were Jimmy Haslem and Dee Haslem, owners of football team Cleveland Browns, who bought a 25% stake for $875 million. The $3.5 billion is also the NBA's second-highest acquisition valuation, behind the Suns.

Keyword 7: decommissioning

On March 5, 2023, Heat veteran Haslem announced that he will retire at the end of this season, and is currently 42 years old and has spent his entire career with the Heat. It is reported that Haslem will stay in the team after retiring, becoming a minority shareholder, and at the same time becoming a bridge of communication within the team.

On April 1, LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement to end a 16-year career after Ade considered continuing the campaign, but he went to the Mavericks for trial and was not offered a contract, and finally decided to retire.

Keyword 8: collective agreements

On April 1, NBA officials and the players' union announced that they had agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement to lift the shutdown crisis. It is reported that this is a seven-year agreement, and the new agreement will take effect from the 2023-24 season. Six years after the new agreement has been implemented, both parties have the right to step out of the agreement and renegotiate.

The new protocol has a number of changes:

Teams with gross salaries above the luxury tax line of $17.5 million will not be eligible for mini-middle-class recruitments.

Teams with gross salaries above the $17.5 million luxury tax line will not be eligible to enter the mid-season buyout market to sign players who have been bought out or downsized, and will not be able to use cash in the trade or trade the first round pick after seven years.

If the star players want to qualify for MVP and make the All-Tournament Team, they have to play at least 65 games.

Starting in the 2023-24 season, the league will launch a mid-season tournament. The schedule of the Mid-Season Tournament will be included in the regular season schedule and will also be related to the regular season rankings of each team, with the game starting in November and eventually eight teams entering the single-game knockout tournament played in December. The final four will be played in neutral locations, with Las Vegas currently the most discussed. The teams that made it to the finals ended up playing 83 regular-season games, one more than the other teams, but they were also handsomely rewarded, with players and coaches of the champion team receiving $500,000 each.

The old version of the collective bargaining agreement stipulated that when a player's contract was renewed early, the increase was 120%, so many players refused to renew their contracts early, preferring to wait until the contract expired to negotiate a renewal. But the new version of the deal boosted the increase, raising that figure to 140 percent, and more players may have an incentive to renew their contracts early in the future.

NBA players will no longer be banned from using marijuana and will be able to invest in sports betting and marijuana companies.

The old agreement stated that each team could have a maximum of 2 players with two-way contracts, and the new agreement increases this number to three.

Active NBA players can invest in NBA and WNBA teams.

epilogue

It could be the most chaotic season in history, with the title race so confusing that no one dares to say they're favourites. The long regular season, good or bad, is a part of a season, and these big events are worth remembering. Next, the NBA will have a climax, with the playoffs deciding the last 4 playoff spots, followed by the "real game" playoffs. Are you ready?