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6. Mavericks

The biggest move the Mavericks made in the summer was to lay off Artest (the last year of his contract was partially guaranteed) and use the released space to sign Monta Ellis on a two-year, $16 million low-price contract. , and at the same time signed back old general Devin Harris.

These are good operations from a lineup perspective, but with Kidd's departure and the aging of Yao Ming and Nowitzki, the Mavericks' overall strength is declining.

For Cuban, it may be a good opportunity when Nowitzki's contract expires next summer.

Expected starters: Devin Harris, Monta Ellis, Courtney Lee, Nowitzki, Yao Ming

Projected rotation: Barea, Wayne Ellington, Carter, Brandon Wright, Chris Kaman

7. Indiana Pacers

Their best news is that they will welcome Danny Granger back again in the new season, and they also signed Elton Brand from the Nets with a one-year contract of 4 million.

The stability of the lineup is by no means a bad thing for a team on the rise.

Expected starters: George Hill, Lance Stephenson, Paul George, West, Hibbert

Expected rotation: CJ Watson, Granger, Mahinmi, Brand

8. Celtics

Stan Van Gundy may not be the best head coach, but there's a question mark over whether Stevens can transfer his NCAA success to the NBA.

And the worse news is that Pierce and Garnett are another year older.

Expected starting lineup: Rondo, Bradley, Pierce, Garnett, Howard

Projected rotation: Jerry Bayless, Jordan Crawford, Delfino, Jared Sullinger, Kelly Olynyk

9. Bulls

The Bulls still have a lot of talent, but the key is whether Rose can stay healthy.

Expected starting lineup: Rose, Kirk Hinrich, Deng, Boozer, Noah

Projected rotation: DJ Augustin, Mike Dunleavy, Taj Gibson

10. Knight

The Cavaliers' paper strength has improved significantly, but youth is their biggest weakness, including their head coach Kidd.

A young coach faces a team with huge lineup changes. If he gets used to it well, he will be one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference. If he doesn't get used to it well...

Expected starting lineup: Irving, Harden, Josh Smith, Tristan Thompson, Hawes

Projected rotation: Dellavedova, CJ Miles, Alonzo Key, Varejao, Tyler Zeller

11. Warrior

The Warriors' signings in the summer attracted attention, and in addition to those high-profile signings, they actually made a small deal with the Mavericks.

They traded Bazemore and a future second-round pick to the Mavericks for Draymond Green.

The Mavericks already have Wright, and Green has little chance, but the Warriors need to find a substitute for David Lee.

Expected starting lineup: Curry, Thompson, Iguodala, David Lee, Zaza Pachulia

Projected rotation: Jack, Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green, Speights

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One thing can be clearly felt from this list of ESPN: It is difficult for a super team to exist forever.

After too much salary is concentrated on core players, once the core players have problems, the team's performance will become very unstable.

This kind of problem can talk about status, injuries, and even age.

The dominance of the Lakers and Mavericks in the Western Conference is obviously declining, and the Knicks and Nets are actually about to suffer the penalty of contract years and super luxury tax.

And teams with more reasonable combinations, such as the Thunder, Pacers, Warriors, and Cavaliers, are rising.

However, the super team may not disappear completely. Perhaps one day in the future, these new teams will also welcome super stars to join them.

That may be the true end of an era for the league.

However, that will happen later.

There will still be a big fight next season. The New York Derby in the East is still exciting. The entry of the Pacers and Cavaliers has also made the competition in the top half more intense.

The new season of "Who Can Break Out from the West" stock market is open again in the West.

Lakers stocks, Thunder stocks, Spurs stocks, Mavericks stocks, Warriors stocks, buy and leave!

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The Nets' opponent in the opening game of the new season is the Thunder.

The Texas Twins failed to meet in the finals last season, but Stern will not give up just yet.

In history, in order to promote 23VS24, the old man worked hard for several seasons.

Although, it didn't succeed in the end.

But he will definitely work harder this season because he is about to usher in his retirement season.

This was not something that was decided on the spur of the moment, but was planned several years ago.

Originally, Xiao Hua was the successor to this position, but following the previous recording scandal, Xiao Hua left for the NFL, and the successor was left vacant for a time.

Originally, Tatum was the perfect replacement, but NBA owners did not want someone of Chinese descent to take over this position.

However, with the vigorous development of the Chinese market in the past two years, especially the unparalleled economic benefits brought by Lin Ying, the bosses began to compromise.

Starting from the 2014~2015 season, which is next season, Tatum will become the fifth president of the league.

This is obviously a good thing for the development of the NBA. A president who is familiar with Chinese culture and respects Chinese and even world culture will inherit Stern's ideas and continue to promote the NBA's global plan.

Of course, that's also for next season.

The preview for the Texas Twins this season will begin in the opening game.

As the defending champion, the Nets will also conduct a championship ring awarding ceremony and a championship flag-raising ceremony in the opening game.

This day will be important for Nets fans.

And it is reported that the Nets’ championship ring costs as much as $1 million per piece this time, which will set a new record for the most NBA championship rings.

For a second-year rookie like Crowder, a ring is more than his salary after tax for a year!

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"Does it take that long to choose?"

In the Riverbend Villa in Brooklyn, Swift looked at Lin Ying walking back and forth, wanting to laugh and getting angry at the same time.

It's been almost half an hour, and Lin Ying is still choosing clothes for her to wear at night!

Obviously just attending the championship ring ceremony!

I had never seen Lin Ying so focused during the Night of Champions before.

“I wasn’t sure that I would win the championship that day, but I will get the ring today.”

Lin Ying seemed to be able to read minds, and said while holding the clothes in front of Swift.

Swift put a hand to her forehead.

"Why do you think every piece of clothing is so beautiful? It's really hard to choose. You can't be a little bit unattractive."

But Lin Ying's next words immediately amused her.

Forget it, she resigned herself to her fate.

Just think of it as a Victoria's Secret runway show.

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The Barclays Center was extremely lively on this day, even more lively than the Night of Champions.

This is a historic moment in team history that everyone wants to witness with their own eyes.

And unlike the previous finals, in addition to fans from Brooklyn, many fans from New Jersey also came.

Although the Nets are now in Brooklyn, they were in New Jersey for the previous 25 years.

How could New Jersey fans forget their former home team, especially now that the Nets have won the championship.

When you are poor in the busy city, no one cares about you, but when you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives!

The arena also showed its humanistic aspect at this time. They designated a special area for these fans to sit.

This wave kills two birds with one stone, which not only facilitates these people, but also allows New Jersey fans to continue to support the Nets.

An hour before the start of the game, the venue was already packed.

Lin Ying came earlier, but what he didn't expect was that JR also came early.

I can't say why, but starting from the summer training camp, JR gave people a very different feeling than when he was in Denver.

The two chatted for a while and then went to the gym to warm up.

Before reaching the players' tunnel, I heard the lively scene outside.

By the time they appeared at the entrance of the players' tunnel, there were already screams from both sides.

haven't seen you for a long time!

Although it seems like yesterday that he won the championship, many of them have not seen Lin Ying for four months!

Do you know how they spent these four months? !

Lin Ying took a look at the scene and saw that there were basically no empty seats.

Very powerful and perfect.

The two of them shot baskets for a while to warm up their bodies, then felt the enthusiasm of the fans and dunked a few more.

In the end, Lin Ying even played alley-oop with Smith.

Lin Ying passes, JR takes over, 180, crotch, this is a slam dunk contest!

However, this scene made some old fans come back to their youth.

At this time, Delong and the others also came to the court to warm up one after another, while Lin Ying sat on the sidelines to rest.

The security allowed a few fans who had been waiting for a long time to come in and sign autographs. This is part of the benefits of the arena.

When Lin Ying was signing autographs, he noticed that JR took the initiative to go to the New Jersey fans' section to sign autographs, and even threw his warm-up jerseys on it.

Good guy, this is more enthusiastic than his "old Net".

People really do change?

After signing, they returned to the locker room to rest for a while.

When the ceremony was almost ready for the ceremony, a group of people yelled and brewed their emotions in the locker room for a while, and then rushed out shouting.

Everything had been arranged at the scene. When they went out, they saw the championship ring shining dizzyingly under the spotlight in the center of the arena.

The longing eyes of the group of people could not be hidden at all, and Claude was so "happy" that he could not walk and collapsed directly into Butler's arms.

At this time, Lin Ying looked at the front row of the audience slightly nervously and stopped unconsciously.

Swift wore a tight black backless hip-wrapped skirt today. The skirt only reached halfway to her thighs, revealing her smooth and slender thighs.jpg.

She wore a pair of colorful high heels on her feet, like a princess in a fairy tale.

Long earrings set with red gemstones hung from her ears, and she rested her knees on her hands.

The red lips and talking eyes are so beautiful.

After all, it was an outfit that Lin Ying spent more than an hour choosing!

Lin Ying was inexplicably nervous, and her palms seemed to be sweating.

This is more exciting than playing in the finals.

Delong suddenly bumped into Lin Ying.

"Lin, why do I feel like you are more nervous than me?"

Delong touched his forehead and couldn't help asking.

Swift's eyes also found Lin Ying at this time, and seeing Lin Ying's rare nervousness, she couldn't help but laugh.

Smiling like a flower, the breeze comes!

Lin Ying looked back at Delong, shook his head to indicate it was okay, and then took a deep breath.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let us turn our attention to the center of the stage."

As the host spoke, the Nets' championship award ceremony was about to begin.

Stern and Tatum both came to the scene, as did Prokhorov and Sloan, including Phil Johnson.

This time, a total of 24 luxury versions of championship rings were produced, with a total cost of nearly US$25 million.

In addition to the 16 rings for the players, the remaining 8 are for the coaching staff and management.

In addition, the remaining team staff, down to the arena security, will receive a simplified ring worth about a thousand dollars.

This time Prokhorov really made a big deal.

After all, it’s the Nets’ first championship in NBA team history!

Amid the cheers of the fans, Stern delivered a speech, congratulating the Nets on their achievements last season and hoping that they would successfully defend their title.

Immediately afterwards, Prokhorov began to award championship rings to the team.

The first person to go up was team president Walken Dean.

His status in the league is definitely not comparable to Riley, and his popularity is even less than that of the Rockets' general manager Mosaic.

But whether he is in Denver or Brooklyn, everything he does shows that he is a very pragmatic management.

After Dean Walken came a few other front offices, and then the coaching staff.

Sloan is now a team advisor, but he received the ring as head coach.

The fans at the scene once again cheered for the coach.

The moment he lifted the championship trophy announced that the regrets in Sloan's career had been filled, and this championship ring is a proof.

Perhaps one day, it will sleep underground with Sloan.

After the coaching staff's rings were handed out, it was the players' turn.

The first person to go up to receive the ring was Lin Ying.

Lin Ying took a long breath and walked towards the center of the arena while chasing the light.

Swift looked at the forest shadow under the light at this time.

Still so handsome and charming.

But at this moment, there was a commotion at the scene, because they discovered that Lin Ying had directly obtained two rings at once.

At this moment, the spotlight at the scene suddenly went out, and then Lin Ying's figure suddenly appeared on the large LED screen.

It was a VCR that had been recorded before.

"On November 1, 2010, you loudly announced to the world that you like me at the Confession of Love concert. That takes a lot of courage for a girl."

The first sentence of the VCR immediately detonated the Barclays Center.

Although it was just the beginning, almost everyone realized what Lin Ying was going to do after being stunned.

Even Swift, who was stunned for a moment, covered her mouth and her eyes turned red.

She seemed to finally understand why Lin Ying spent so long choosing clothes for her.

"...Today, I also say this to you on such an occasion, at the most glorious moment of my life."

The VCR stopped abruptly here, and the lights came back on, all hitting Lin Ying's body.

Lin Ying didn't know when he had quickly changed into a handsome suit.

He dragged two open and shining championship rings with his left hand and held a microphone in his right hand. He walked up to Swift amid the cheers of the fans, knelt down on one knee and looked up at the woman he loved:

"Tyler, will you marry me?"