Chapter 993 The Era of the Big Three

After this day, more Lakers fans lined up at the hospital.

George, Irving, and Butler, the three All-Stars have turned the free market upside down.

However, their situations are similar, and it is impossible to have results at once. It is destined to send fans to the hospital.

Just as the fans were waiting for the final result, the Thunder took the lead!

They reached a three-way sign-and-trade deal with the Clippers and Nuggets!

After the Clippers reached a five-year, $173 million max contract with Griffin, they then sent him to his hometown team, the Thunder, in exchange for Gallinari and Doug McDermott.

The Nuggets signed Gallinari to a three-year, $65 million contract and then sent him to the Clippers for Kanter and the Thunder's 2018 first-round pick.

The Thunder sent Kanter, Doug McDermott, and a 2018 first-round pick to get Griffin!

This extremely popular star in Oklahoma is back home!

The Thunder formed a dual-core lineup of Westbrook and Griffin!

This news shocked the alliance.

Although Westbrook was criticized by many people last season, he averaged a triple-double and the best team was real. Although Griffin suffered a wave of injuries, he was still one of the top five power forwards in the league. The wave teaming up was an explosion.

Thunder fans, in particular, were almost in ecstasy.

Griffin's performance during the NCAA period is unique in the local area, and his popularity is not lower than that of Westbrook. This wave is really explosive.

Tang Tian was also surprised when he saw this.

The Clippers have lost Paul, and now they have let go of Griffin. The only remaining Big Three of the past is DeAndre Jordan. They are about to enter reconstruction mode!

But this is to be expected. After Griffin's injury, his performance declined, and the Clippers management was hesitant to give him a maximum salary.

If you don't give it, I'm sorry for Griffin's contribution to the Clippers. If you give it, it's obviously a premium.

Now I'm fine, I've achieved two things with one stone, my reputation is still there, and I've gotten the rewards I wanted.

On the contrary, the Thunder's strength has increased significantly this time compared to last season.

Coupled with Oladipo Robertson and others, they will be a spoiler in the Western Conference next season.

But this is not the end.

Just when fans are wondering how much threat the Thunder can create to other teams next season, Woj's disciple Shams broke another news.

George, who had had no news before, finally got some news.

The Pacers will not send George to his favorite team, the Pelicans, and they are now very close to both teams.

One team is the Lakers. George is a fan of Kobe, and the new president of the Lakers, "Magic" Johnson, likes George very much.

According to Shams, they tried "very, very hard" to get George.

Another team is surprising, the Thunder!

The Thunder can provide the chips the Pacers want.

The Thunder are obviously not satisfied with getting Griffin, and spoilers are not the role they want to be. They want to be the favorites for the championship!

As for George's previous destination, saying that the Pelicans would not renew his contract did not seem to bother them. They seemed to have enough confidence to keep him.

No one knows whether this sufficient confidence is true or false, but even if he only plays in the Thunder for one year, the lineup of Westbrook + George + Griffin is enough to compete for the championship!

And if they really succeed, then the West will have six super teams at once, which will be worse than hell!

The Rockets two years ago, the Knicks last year, and possibly the Thunder this year.

It started with the Celtics' Big Three, then the Heat's Big Three flourished, and now it's too embarrassing to talk about competing for the championship without forming the Big Three.

The NBA is ushering in the era of the Big Three.

Except the Pelicans are a breath of fresh air, this seems irreversible.

Griffin's dust settled, James quickly reached a 1+1 contract extension with the Cavaliers, and Lowry also renewed his contract with the Raptors for 100 million yuan in three years.

The big-name players on the free market are gradually settling down, and the only remaining players are Hayward and Walker.

On this day, Tang Tian was reading news about the free market.

He didn't care about Demps' operation on George and Butler. His expectation was that no trade would happen, just the same minor repairs as last season.

Now big-name players have signed, but there are still a lot of small fish.

Tang Tian is currently paying attention to a player that no one else pays much attention to, Fred VanVleet.

This is a very magical player. He was nicknamed Fan Jordan by fans in his previous life, and he played a huge role in the future when the Raptors won the championship.

But if you don't know this person well, you won't know that he was the undrafted pick in last season's draft and has only played for the Raptors for one year.

This kind of player has good explosive scoring ability. Now that Forbes has been traded away, signing him as the third point guard will be a very good choice.

Just as he was thinking about it, his phone suddenly rang.

He thought it was Demps calling, but when he picked it up, he was a little surprised. It was Stevens who called.

The season has ended, including the draft, and the coaching staff is now on leave.

"Don, what do you think of Gordon Hayward?"

What Stevens said made him a little confused.

But after some exchanges, he probably knew what Stevens wanted to do.

When Tang Tian was in the NCAA finals, his opponent was Butler University led by Stevens.

There were no stars on that Butler University team. The strongest player was Shelvin Mack, a second-round pick who is now playing as a backup point guard for the Jazz.

However, the only star appeared in the last team. When Tang Tian played in the NCAA finals, that star also came to support Butler University.

That star is Gordon Hayward.

Stevens was his college mentor.

Now that Hayward has not decided on his next home, Stevens asked Tang Tian at this time, naturally asking him what he thought of Hayward joining the team.

Hayward is a free agent. If he comes to the Pelicans, the Jazz will not want to lose him in vain and will definitely be willing to sign and trade him.

Compared with George and Butler before, this should be the most likely to succeed.

And Stevens has been with the Pelicans for several years, and he knows very well who the most powerful person in the Pelicans is.

After Tang Tian figured it out, it wasn't too surprising. In history, the main reason why Hayward went to the Celtics was Stevens.

However, like George and Butler before him, he did not have a clear attitude, neither providing help nor blocking.

Stevens did not get clear information from Tang Tian, ​​so he had no choice but to discuss it with Demps.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Tian's emotions were indescribably complicated.

Even though the Pelicans have completed consecutive championships, almost everyone feels that they still need reinforcements.

The Big Three are really a style of the league, not the tendency of individual players.