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Chapter 482 London Olympics
Chapter 482 London Olympics
On July 7, the Grizzlies completed another signing.According to a local radio reporter in Memphis, Darrell Arthur has agreed to renew his contract with the team. The contract between the two parties will last for 19 years (the third year has an option), and the total price is between 3 million US dollars and 3 million US dollars. .
After renewing Arthur, the Grizzlies' inside strength was also guaranteed, because before that they also renewed another insider Speights.Now the Grizzlies have maintained five insiders including the Black Bears, White Bears, Arthur, Speights and Cunningham, and the insiders are no longer as stretched as they were at the beginning of last season.
"Kane, I've renewed the contract!" Arthur called Xie Kai before Xie Kai called to congratulate him.
"Congratulations brother for signing, let's fight for the championship together!" Xie Kai was of course very happy that Arthur was able to renew his contract. In this Grizzlies team, Arthur is his closest teammate.The two fought side by side at the University of Kansas, are familiar with each other, and know their respective strengths.
The Grizzlies are out of cap space, but they have Arthur's bird rights, so they can cap extensions.Owner Robert Pera is not lying. It seems that even if Gay cannot be traded, he plans to pay the luxury tax.
Because Gay has not been traded, the Grizzlies' options are not large.Even if they don't renew the contract with Arthur, they will not be able to provide contracts higher than the basic salary to those free agents they are interested in during the transition period.So out of the need to strengthen the inside line, and also considering the relationship between Arthur and Xie Kai, they finally chose to renew the contract with Arthur.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Even if Xie Kai didn't say anything, the management of the Grizzlies will definitely consider his relationship with him, whether he is suitable, etc. when signing and renewing the contract.This is the influence of a superstar, and the team will choose to sign someone according to his situation.
After Arthur's contract extension, the Grizzlies currently have a total of 12 people under contract, and they can still sign people because there are a total of 15 places.
On July 7, Xie Kai set off for London with the Chinese sports delegation to participate in the Summer Olympics.This is his first Olympic Games, and he is still very excited.
This is the first time in Xie Kai's life to go to London!He had never been to England before, nor had he been to London.His previous life has been spent in China and the United States, and he has not been to many countries, which may not be as good as those overseas students who love to travel.
After the Chinese sports delegation arrived in London, they entered the local Olympic Village.Xie Kai participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, and felt that everything was new. He also asked Yi Jianlian: "What is it like to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time?"
Yi Jianlian made his debut very early. He participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
"It's also in Europe, the 2004 Athens Olympics! I don't feel anything special, I just feel very nervous!" Yi Jianlian's thick Mandarin with a Cantonese accent made Xie Kai very happy to hear it.
"You have gone to Athens, you are one year older than me, but you are my senior!" Xie laughed.
"I don't dare to be. I didn't have much chance to play when I went to Athens, haha..." Yi Jianlian is still very shy. He is now the leader of the men's basketball team, but he still retains the innocence of joining the national team when he first joined the team.
On July 7, the Grizzlies made their first trade of the summer.According to the well-known Yahoo reporter Woj, the Grizzlies traded the team's power forward Dante Cunningham for the Timberwolves' shooting guard Wayne Ellington.
After the transaction was completed, many expert reporters commented on the transaction itself.Almost unanimous opinion is that the Grizzlies earned.
It's not that Ellington is much better than Cunningham, but that as a shooter, he is more suitable for the Grizzlies who are currently in urgent need of outside offensive firepower.
Ellington, like Danny Green, was born in North Carolina and was one of the members of North Carolina that withdrew its draft application that year.He is a very good jump shooter, outstanding off the ball ability, or the MOP of the 2009 NCAA.The reason why he was not drafted high in the NBA is because his physical fitness is not outstanding enough. He is 193cm tall and playing the 2nd position, which is short in the NBA. In addition, he is not at the level of Sau Wei's physical fitness, so his potential is still low. In other words, the upper limit of NBA teams' predictions for him is that he is an excellent role player, and it is difficult to become an outside superstar.
But Ellington's shooting attributes are something the Grizzlies desperately need.The best shooter in their lineup last season was Xie Kai, but Xie Kai is the number one core on the outside line. You can't always be a shooter without the ball, right?
Ellington shot 39.5% of his 3-pointers in his rookie season, and he has been very stable since then. This is still not easy when he has no specific tactics and playing time is fragmented.
It is not surprising that Cunningham was traded. With both Speights and Arthur renewing their contracts, it is impossible for him to have extra time in the 4th position. There is no need for the team to keep so many Insider.And it's not that he wasn't given a chance last season, but he just wasn't good enough!
On July 7, the 28th Summer Olympic Games officially opened at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, London, England.
Xie Kai, as a member of the Chinese delegation, attended the grand opening ceremony.This is the first time in his life to participate in the Olympic Games, and the excitement in his heart is unparalleled.
If playing in the NBA is to realize your basketball dream.So in the Olympics, representing one's own motherland in the competition is more for the honor of the motherland and the people.
On July 7, the Grizzlies made another signing. According to "Yahoo Sports" reports, after a long period of negotiations, the Grizzlies finally officially announced on Saturday, US time, that they had successfully negotiated with the Iranian center. Haddadi signed a contract extension, but due to the regulations of the NBA, the specific details of the contract have not yet been announced.
Xie Kai naturally called to congratulate Haddadi on his contract renewal.Both of them are Asian players. Although they are not particularly close friends, and their status in the team is also very different, they are teammates after all, and they all wish each other well.
The basketball game of the London Olympics started very early. The opening ceremony on the 28th and the group stage began on the 29th...
At 7:29 on the evening of July 23th, the Chinese men's basketball team faced the Spanish men's basketball team, which is second only to the US team in the first Olympic game.
This Spanish team is called "the strongest Spain".There are big and small sisters-in-law and Thunder Titan 18 cards on the inside, and Raptors guard Jose Calderon, former NBA player Rudy Fernandez, "Bomb" Navarro and others on the outside.
Except for the Dream Ten team, no team in this Olympic Games can compete with this Spanish team in terms of strength on paper, and the Chinese men's basketball team naturally cannot.
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