NBA Crazy Night: Lakers Sign 5 in a Row! The Bucks gained 3D giants, and the Heat finally strengthened

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2024-07-04 08:26Posted in Henan Sports Creators

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01 The Lakers signed five players in a row in the early hours of this morning, including James, Knecht, Bronny, McMillan and Brooks.

02 James signed a two-year, 104 million max salary contract with the Lakers, with a player option for the second year, and next season may be his "last dance".

03 The Bucks signed 3-and-D titan Prince to improve the team's defensive strength.

04 In addition, the Heat signed older scorers Burks and Thomas Bryant to strengthen the roster.

05 In addition to the above news, the Pistons signed head coach Bickerstaff, Damian Lee returned to the Suns, Ingles returned to the Timberwolves, and Dozier signed a one-year contract with the Timberwolves.

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As the 2024 trade market comes to its fourth day, the NBA is still in a very crazy period, and various news broke out in the early hours of this morning, in which the Lakers once again became the protagonists. There are other teams that are also trying to strengthen themselves, so let's take a look at the latest news from the NBA today!

The Lakers signed 5 people in a row, and James renewed his contract with the highest salary!

After James refused to exercise the player option, he was not in a hurry to renew his contract with the Lakers, and he was willing to take a significant salary cut in order to help the team strengthen the team, and his personal favorite reinforcements were Thompson and DeRozan. However, after Thompson joined the Mavericks, the Lakers and DeRozan were unable to negotiate successfully, and there was no player in the trade market who was worthy of James' salary cut, so he signed a 2-year 104 million maximum salary contract with the Lakers, of which the second year is a player option, so many people are speculating that next season is likely to be James's "last dance".

In addition to James, the Lakers and this year's No. 17 pick Knecht and No. 55 show Bronny have completed official signings, and the two of them are currently the only player reinforcements made by the Lakers this summer, it is worth mentioning that the media has broken the details of Bronny's contract, he signed a 4-year, 7.9 million rookie contract, of which the fourth year is the team option.

And today the Lakers' coaching staff finally has news, after Casey and Stotts rejected the Lakers one after another, they have signed former Hawks head coach McMillan and former Thunder head coach Brooks. McMillan's regular season record of 760 wins ranks 18th all-time, and he is second only to Popovich, Rivers, Carlisle, and Brooks, and his regular season coaching record of 521 is the 35th all-time.

And these two coaches have one thing in common, that is, they attach great importance to the development of young players, which coincides with the Lakers' team building logic, so it can be seen that these decisions of the Lakers have begun to focus more on the future.

The Bucks signed 3-and-D titan Prince to a one-year contract

The Bucks' defense last season was arguably porous, and finding some players who were balanced offensively and defensively was a top priority in the reinforcements, so they signed defensive guard Deron Wright and then 3-and-D Prince today. When he played for the Lakers last season, Prince was put in a heavy position by Ham, which left him physically and mentally exhausted, but even so, he shot his highest three-point percentage of 39.6% in nearly three years.

Defensively, Prince is not the league's top leader, but his height of nearly 2 meters and his reach of 2.12 meters mean that his defense is not too bad, and in fact, as long as his task is not too difficult, he can play a positive role on both ends of the floor. However, Prince's shortcomings are his bad habit of defending without the ball, and he is not good at grabbing rebounds and rebounding positions, it is worth mentioning that this time this is the third cooperation between Prince and Hamm, but the latter's identity this time has been changed back to assistant coaching.

The Heat signed two players in a row, and the free agency picked up the omission to sign the older scorer

It seems that the Heat are "interested in the team", and it will be difficult for them to make a large-scale trade reinforcement this summer, and Mitchell, who they have in mind, has now completed an early contract extension with the Cavaliers, which shows that he does not have any thoughts of leaving. As a result, the Heat can only focus on the free market, and today they signed the older scorer Burks, the 32-year-old who performed well in the playoffs last season, averaging 14.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1 assist in 20.2 minutes per game.

In addition to Burks, the Heat also signed a contract extension with Thomas Bryant, who had previously refused to exercise his original 2.8 million player option, but he was completely uninterested in testing the free market, so he had to return to the Heat. Last season, Thomas averaged only 11.6 minutes per game, averaging 5.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, limited by his poor defense, so Spo basically didn't let him play much, and this time he was also signed so that there was a center on the bench, otherwise they would have no one available in case Adebayo was injured.

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The Pistons signed head coach Bickerstaff, and after a humiliating season, the Pistons directly fired their coach Monty, who they signed at a high price last year, and now that Bickerstaff is in charge, he is not under so much pressure as he has learned from the past, after all, no matter how bad it is, it will be difficult to repeat last season's 28-game losing streak.

Damian Lee returned to the Suns, Ingles returned to the Timberwolves for 1 year and 3.3 million, and free agent Dozier returned to the NBA to sign a one-year contract with the Timberwolves. These three players are basically some leftovers, and their departure and stay cannot affect the true strength of the team.

In addition to the above news that has been finalized, there are rumors today that the Lakers have not given up reinforcements, and they will focus more on the trade market, among which Grant, Cameron Johnson, Bruce Brown, and Kuzma are their key observers, but with the Lakers' swishing attitude, they are likely to return empty-handed in the end, and it is hard to imagine that such a giant team actually negotiated with a supergiant of James' level for $1 million to let him cut his salary.

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