"So my advice to you is, if you have the opportunity to fight for the championship at this stage, go for it first."

Nash's next words proved Lin Ying's previous suspicion.

This is indeed what I say from the bottom of my heart.

Heartfelt words from an uncrowned king!

This idea can be summed up in six words: success first, then establishing a career.

And this does not conflict with what Kobe said before.

Everything is only about yourself. As long as you are strong enough, you will be able to establish a career sooner or later.

Lin Ying was just thinking about it when Nash's next words almost jumped out of his head.

"So, what do you think about coming to the Suns?"

If a man does not serve himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth!

…

On the second day of training, Durant also brought Holiday and Butler over.

Finally, "summer training together" turned into "Nash's ball-handling training class has begun!"

Nash: Do I have to charge a fee?

A few days later, Nash felt a little stressed.

Because the training of these four guys is really crazy!

Hands sore? Just carry an ice bucket to the training hall!

Your hand hurts? Just tie it with soft tape and continue!

Nash wiped his sweat and thought, what the hell did he hit?

Are all the players produced by the University of Texas so crazy?

But among this group, Lin Ying has made the fastest progress.

There is no other reason than Lin Ying's understanding ability is too strong.

It feels like a precise calculation instrument, which can maximize training efficiency.

Although he had known Lin Ying for a long time, it was at this moment that he finally understood why Lin Ying could improve so quickly and could compete with Anthony for the top spot in the second year.

The potential of most players can be seen, and even golfers can see it through games.

But this guy has an invisible potential!

I like it so much!

It's a pity that Lin Ying's attitude towards his invitation has always been ambiguous.

Moreover, he himself was not sure.

After all, he knows the situation of the Suns best.

People age, and so do teams.

The Pistons will most likely be disbanded this season, the Spurs are also going downhill, and the sun will set in the west.

Although he has many regrets, he failed to avenge the Spurs and failed to bring a championship to Phoenix.

But like his entire career in microcosm, regret has been the theme.

Pulling Lin Ying over was a bit like pulling him into a pit of fire.

That's all, let's just watch Lin Ying go where he wants to go.

Please help me as much as possible in the future.

After all, not only Duncan’s Buddha’s Way, but also his Wind’s Way must be passed down by someone.

…

One day later, the time came to July 1st.

The NBA's annual free agency is approaching.

From this day until the trade deadline in February, players whose contracts expire have the right to negotiate and sign with new teams.

It's like the league has opened a big fish pond, and each team chooses the ones that suit them and buy them home.

Of course, there are only a few big fish, so it’s first come, first served.

It is worth mentioning that after the free market officially opens, there is an 11-day "freezing period".

During this period, players can reach a verbal agreement with the team, but this agreement does not have legal effect.

Therefore, there will be things like "Rebel" Boozer, and in the future there will also be things like "Qiao Shouxin" DeAndre Jordan.

But those are just special cases after all, and most verbal contracts will eventually be converted into formal contracts.

After all, most players will stay in the league for a long time, and reputation is still very important.

And it is precisely because of this that most transactions will be completed at this time.

The reason is also very simple. The signing of many players requires salary space.

If both parties are interested in each other and have no salary space, a trade is a must.

There is even a detail that is easily overlooked, the salary cap.

In order to remain competitive, some teams will perform some necessary cap renewal operations, that is, renewing contracts beyond the salary cap.

But this operation requires the player's bird rights.

To qualify for the Bird Rights (so named because Bird was the first to do so), a player needs to have played for a team for at least three years.

This is obviously not something that everyone can have.

If not, you still have to make enough space.

It was also at this time that Lin Ying began to pay attention to the free agent market after training.

Especially the teams he is interested in.

Warken Dean will be very busy during this period, and the transaction is bilateral, and those teams may give up the transaction because they get other favorite players.

The free market is inherently changeable.

On only the second day, the free market broke out with a dose of violent news.

The Nets and Rockets reached a deal, using Carter to get Tracy McGrady + a 2010 second-round pick!

Lin Ying was stunned.

This is not a butterfly effect, this is a Kunpeng flapping its wings fiercely!

But if you think about it carefully, this actually makes sense.

There are two backgrounds here.

First, in addition to being in contact with the Pistons last season, the Rockets were also in contact with the Nets, and there were even rumors that they were preparing to trade Tracy McGrady for Carter + Ryan Anderson.

The reason the deal didn't happen was that McGrady himself revealed on social media that he would undergo surgery.

This directly caused the deal to fall through, and also caused the relationship between Tracy McGrady and the Rockets to extremely deteriorate.

Second, Yao Ming is still doing well.

Although Alexander is a trap, Yao Ming is still there, so Mosaic naturally wants to strengthen it.

The most direct evidence is that after trading for Carter, the Rockets renewed Artest's contract with a five-year, $34 million contract.

In history, Artest said more than once after his retirement that Yao Ming was his best teammate, even better than Kobe.

Historically, he switched to the Lakers because Yao Ming was reimbursed for the season, and McGrady was exempt from playing, so he would not stay if he had no hope of winning the championship.

But the situation is different now. Yao Ming is healthy and Carter is here again. The hope of winning the championship is still high, so he will naturally stay.

This series of signings also had a relatively large impact on Lin Ying.

The first is the most directly related. The Nets, a team that Lin Ying expected to be ranked sixth, have basically been wiped out.

In fact, when he first saw the trade plan proposed by Walken Dean, he also felt that the Nets had little hope.

Anthony can't even tolerate a second-year rookie like him, so how could he possibly tolerate a giant like Carter?

Although he knew with his eyes that Carter was no longer competing for the core of the team at this time, the key was that Anthony didn't know!

All possibilities must be nipped in the bud. The future Jeremy Lin said that you know how to play football.

Secondly, the unknown is coming. I don’t know if his plan to play with Yao Ming is still possible.

After all, this lineup is likely to be able to reach the Western Conference Finals, and then it will really be unknown.

Artest renewed his contract with the Rockets, so naturally he couldn't go to the Lakers.

There were not many options available in the free market this year, and even fewer met the Lakers' requirements. They finally renewed Ariza with a similar five-year, 35 million contract.

Whether this is good or bad for the Lakers is unclear.

You must know that Artest played a crucial role in the year when the Lakers defended their championship in history.
To be continued...