The Godfather of Basketball

After signing Anthony, the Nets' lineup is complete.

Point guard: Irving, Murray, Sexton

Shooting guard: Butler, Mitchell, Wade

Small forwards: George, Tucker, Porter, Ding Yanyuhang

Power forwards: Anthony, Yi Jianlian, Kuzma

Centers: Jokic, Mitchell Robinson

With a 15-man roster, the starters and substitutes in each position are good.

The inside line seems a bit lacking in thickness, but Yi Jianlian will appear more often in the fifth position on the bench, and Tucker and Ding Yanyuhang can also swing to the fourth position. In addition, in the small ball era, they often play one big and four small, which is enough of.

The only problem is the luxury tax.

In the previous 12-man roster, the Nets had to pay close to 50 million yuan. After signing Anthony, the team exceeded the tax by 22 million yuan. According to the luxury tax calculation rules, it needs 3.75 times the luxury tax, which is 82.5 million yuan.

Anthony, Wade and Ding Yanyuhang are equivalent to giving the Nets an extra luxury tax of more than 30 million.

Although the Nets have developed rapidly in the past few years, Tang Tian can't afford to pay such a luxury tax.

He owns Tangtian Company, but he is not a billionaire like Prokhorov and Ballmer after all.

Yi Jianlian will definitely not move again. The only player who can be traded is Tucker. Tucker has a contract of 11.5 million and has a 2-year contract. He is a standard high-quality striker 3D and a standard player for the championship team.

However, after the Nets traded for George last season, his team positioning has been declining.

With the introduction of Anthony and the need to train Porter, his status will only decline further.

In this case, trading him to a championship team is a good choice for both parties.

As before, Tang Tian had a chat with Tucker before making this decision.

Tucker's attitude is different from Yi Jianlian's. Although he was a member of the Thunder at the beginning, he values ​​playing time and team status more. This can be seen from his choice to leave the Thunder and join the Nets.

After chatting with Tucker, the latter is more interested in joining the Rockets.

The Rockets lost Trevor Ariza and missed Anthony. Now the front line is very short of people. He might be able to start in the past.

Tucker wanted to go, and Tang Tian asked Jones to try his best to arrange it. After all, he has been of great help to the team in the past two years.

Moreover, strengthening the strength of the Rockets is also a consumption for the Warriors, and it is also beneficial from a strategic perspective.

Tang Tian explained, and Jones quickly went to implement it.

The Rockets have expressed strong interest in the Nets' proposal.

Now Jamichael Green and Tucker in their formation are very similar in function, but they are quite different in ability. If they are replaced, it will be an obvious upgrade.

And Green's contract (8 million) is similar to that of Tucker, and it only needs to be added to make it happen.

However, the Nets were originally trying to avoid taxes, and Green had little interest in getting it.

This means that a third party is required.

The Grizzlies quickly entered the vision of both sides, and they needed a striker to help Jaren Jackson Jr. grow.

Moreover, unlike the Nets and Rockets, they still have about 9 million space from the salary cap, which can be done directly with special cases of transactions.

After the three parties sat down at the negotiating table, they quickly got what they wanted.

After the three parties basically reached an agreement, Woj followed up the details of the deal the next day.

The Nets sent PJ Tucker and got a special case worth 8 million, Luke Richard Mbah a Moute (newly signed with a one-year minimum salary) and a future second-round pick from the Grizzlies.

The Rockets sent Mbah a Moute and JaMychal Green to get PJ Tucker.

The Grizzlies sent an 8 million trade exception and a future second-round pick to get JaMychal Green.

In terms of the three-way comeback and return, the Rockets are obviously the most profitable, which is also in line with Morey's character.

However, the first purpose of the Nets in making this deal was to avoid taxation. After trading away Tucker, their super luxury tax became about 12 million. According to the rules, they paid 2.5 times the tax, which is about 30 million US dollars. This is within the acceptable range of Tang Tian.

And the acquired Mbah a Moute is also a very good defensive player, which will help the team.

After the transactions have been completed one after another, the Nets' work for the new season is basically over.

At this time, the time for Leonard finally settled. After the Spurs sent Leonard and Danny Green, they traded DeRozan and Jakob Poeltl from the Raptors. A protected 2019 first-round pick.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was August, and Tang Tian went back to China.

Liao Basketball has hired a professional manager to manage it, and it is directly in line with the basketball school. Coupled with the youth training that has been focusing on training, the domestic players of the Liao Basketball Team are very strong. Leigh Reed, in the new season, he has the ability to hit the championship again.

Tang Tian also specially met Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei and He Tianju this time. In the future, the team may still invite them to participate in the summer league.

Their strength may not be able to impact the NBA, but if they receive professional training from the United States, their own strength will also be greatly improved.

After visiting the Liao basketball team, the basketball school, and the training camp, Tang Tian finally went to Boss Ma's tea house.

The place is in the same place, but Boss Ma is much more relaxed now than before.

When Boss Ma went to the championship ceremony before, he had almost talked about the buyback, but this time it was just a formality and a signature.

The two of them drank a few cups of tea, and it was basically done.

45% of the shares were sold for nearly 1.5 billion. This is also the current value of the Nets, which is already close to super giants like New York and Los Angeles.

After signing, Tang Tian also officially realized 100% full ownership of the Nets and Barclays Center.

Boss Ma also made a lot of money from this investment, which is a win-win situation.

Seeing Tang Tian finished signing, Boss Ma couldn't help but smiled and said, "In the end, you still didn't touch the 2% of the shares."

2%, naturally refers to Ali's 2%, and the value is now estimated to be close to 10 billion. Tang Tian gritted his teeth and persisted until now, and he definitely earned it.

After signing, they sat and drank tea and chatted for half an afternoon. Tang Tian set off for the United States the next day.

The roster for the new season has been finalized, and the lineup looks very good. It is time for the team to start preparing for the game in advance.

He returned to China at the end of August, and most of the team's core members were still on vacation, but Ding Yanyuhang, Mitchell Robinson, Murray, Sexton and other newcomers and fringe players had already started training early.

What surprised him was Mitchell. Mitchell, who had just shared the best rookie with Simmons, also came to the training hall early, and with the help of Rogers, he was specially training passing.

Tang Tian was very pleased to see this scene.

Mitchell is not only strong, but not just talking about it.

He played the role of the team's sixth man in the team last season, and he just needs to focus on scoring, but he is obviously not satisfied with this.

Passing the ball well is the key to his advancement, and it seems that he is quite aware of it.