Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 1084 - 609

Chapter 1084: 609 Chapter 1084: 609 Wade could accept this option; he regarded Jordan as a second father to him, and playing for the Bulls was like fulfilling a childhood dream.

DeAndre Jordan followed Wade’s lead, with no other reason than not wanting to leave the Eastern Conference.

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He had to stay in the Eastern Conference, serve a strong team, and then he could take revenge on the Knicks.

As DeAndre Jordan signed with the Bulls, the Miami Heat also retained Love.

In this way, the Cavaliers became the biggest losers of the offseason.

Just like in previous years.

Big names in the free agency market have shown interest, offering anything and everything, almost ready to sell their souls.

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But the problem is, big names neither care for Cleveland’s money nor its environment.

Since James’s return, the Cavaliers had exhausted all their chips, and they were left with nothing but cap space.

At present, with James’s contract with the Cavaliers having one year remaining, if they can’t make a move this summer, the moment of decision will come.

Driven by this “we must do something” urge, the Cavaliers acted as if they had unlimited salary space, pursuing Brook Lopez without success, thus they offered Little Lopez a 3-year, $45 million contract.

Next, they gave veteran Joe Johnson a 3-year, $27 million contract, forcefully prying him from Golden State.

This carefree spending pattern showed their desperation, but just like the Supersonics, spending money still couldn’t change the team’s predicament.

It was a lively free agency market, with teams continuously signing contracts; big fish and small fish were darting everywhere.

In contrast, the trade market cooled down a lot.

Because teams holding valuable resources had no need to trade; their demands were all in the free agency market.

The Clippers maintained their consistent calm.

Since signing Patrick Beverley, they hadn’t made any other moves.

They were waiting.

Because they no longer had enough cap space, signing useful players now depended on the allure of the defending champions and Los Angeles’s location advantages.

To get these, strong players must be willing to take a pay cut.

At a time when teams were signing contracts fervently, Los Angeles media suddenly reported that Yu Fei and free agent Brandon Wright attended a celebrity golf event.

Los Angeles media couldn’t help but speculate: “Is Brandon Wright the Clippers’ next recruitment target?”

Wright, from the 2007 draft class, same as Durant, was like an Anthony Davis before Anthony Davis at the time, playing a style of skinny rebounder-finisher-blocker.

Such a style, once evolved, could be another Kevin Garnett.

However, what allowed Garnett and Davis to achieve their later success, besides their natural talent, was also related to the basic skills they accumulated playing as guards when they were young. Wright did not have this experience, and thus his talent did not fully explode.

He had always maintained this style, but as his physical confrontations did not improve, he gradually became a representative of excellent shot-blocking but poor defense.

However, the downsizing of frontline players in the small-ball era to some extent covered up his weaknesses, making him a very suitable power forward for the current time.

When Wright was asked if playing golf with Yu Fei meant further cooperation between the two, he said, “You know, I’m not the one making decisions.”

When Yu Fei was asked a similar question, he replied, “With our current cap space, to sign Brandon, we need to make a contract akin to a robbery.”

Soon after, Wright tweeted, “I am easily robbed.”

Clippers fans began to call on social media for Arne Trem to take action.

Against the backdrop of a big city, driven by the honors of the defending champions, the loss of millions in contracts could easily be compensated off the court.

Thus, on July 10th, the Clippers announced the signing of Brandon Wright on a 3-year, $15 million contract.

It was reported that this was at least $3 million less than what was expected from Wright’s price.

“You know, the Clippers is a great team, they have a great history, Frye Reed is the greatest player of all time, working with him is a dream come true, I can’t wait to become part of the Clippers’ great history!” Brandon Wright said at the press conference.

This is the B-side of the real world, when you’re successful, even the shameful history of the past 30 years could become part of the greatness.