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Chapter 232 Opening of the Free Trading Market

Chapter 232 Opening of the Free Trading Market

Time passes day by day.

At the draft, the Raptors management did not show any interest.

As early as last year, the Raptors traded all the draft picks in their hands, in exchange for a few hard-working, low-paid blue-collar players.

So this year's draft has nothing to do with the Raptors.

The Raptors have all their eyes on the free agency market in July.

To be honest, the management of the Raptors this year is really a bit of a gamble.

As the only city outside the United States that has an NBA team, the Toronto Raptors have not been favored by most American players.

Because of this, the Raptors won the championship last season, which surprised fans all over the world.

The main reason is that the Raptors are too far away from the bustling American cities.

Strictly speaking, the Raptors are not even the Eastern Conference team in the NBA. The flights that the Raptors players travel to various home and away games are the most frequent and hardest in the entire NBA.

Another important point is that from the perspective of commercial value, even when the Raptors won the NBA championship, the rising trend of business was not as good as some big cities in the United States.

This further hit the favorability of big-name players for the Raptors.

What's the use of winning more championships for a team that can't bring extra value to players?

Generate electricity with love?

Well, I don't think James, Durant and others are that stupid.

So this year's Raptors' championship parade seemed to be a big one, and the world was shocked by the noise, but it still couldn't attract the favor of NBA superstars.

Renewing the small card is a very difficult test for the Raptors.

Xiaoka has not explained to people what his attitude towards the left-behind Raptors is.

Ge Feng, who knew all about Xiao Ka's movements, remained silent, he would not reveal his brother's situation.

Since Xiao Ka is willing to tell Ge Feng his whereabouts in advance, it means he has great trust in Ge Feng.

Naturally, Ge Feng would not betray his brother for money.

This offseason, Ge Feng just put more thought into physical training and defensive skills training.

Chris's training class is full of big names, and Ge Feng is very familiar with many NBA defensive players in Chris.

Ge Feng has become more and more active in the NBA now, and he is no longer the stunned young man who just entered the league and didn't understand anything.

Accustomed to the carefree personality of Americans, Ge Feng quite enjoys this feeling.

In private, Ge Feng often trains hard with the two brothers in the arena, and Leonard sometimes joins their training, which really excites Simmons.

Simmons is eager to play against Kawhi. He wants to see how far the gap between him and Leonard remains after an offseason of hard training.

Xiaoka has a cold personality, he only wants to be teammates with Ge Feng.

Originally, Simmons and Ingram thought it was a relatively fair way to divide the team, so they didn't object. The two planned to join forces to deal with Leonard.

Unexpectedly, such a team approach was a nightmare for Simmons and Ingram.

Ge Feng was not as good as the two brothers imagined.

After two seasons of training, Ge Feng's strength is faintly above that of Ingram.

Of course, Ge Feng deliberately reserved a little strength in front of them.

Anyway, as long as he can win, Ge Feng doesn't want to torture his two brothers too badly.

The days of slapstick will soon be over.

Two months later, the Raptors finally waited until the day when the trading market opened in July.

Countless Raptors players are looking forward to it.

They desperately hope that Leonard can stay in Toronto and be their king of the north.

Only Ge Feng knew that Kaka would not stay with the Raptors.

Leonard's heart belongs to a world-class city like Los Angeles, and he won't be in Toronto for long.

Since winning his second FMVP trophy, Kaka is now a super giant on par with James and Durant.

There are not a few teams in the league that intend to offer small cards.

After the trading market opened, James and Leonard still remained silent.

Well, big-name players will not tell the media about their movements too early, they will keep the suspense until the last moment.

It's not just about giving teams who want them a bigger bait and helping them make more dollars.

There is another reason. If a big-name superstar exposes his movements prematurely, he will easily be targeted by other teams in the next trading time. This is a nightmare that no one wants to experience.

So the boss always appears at the last moment, this sentence is not without reason.

The first news came from the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves, who just completed a blood change last season, are still dissatisfied with the status quo. They sent the team's newly rising star Butler to the 76ers.

The 76ers sent Saric, Covington, Bayless and the 2022 second-round pick to get Butler, a newly emerging defensive champion.

The first wave of deals was reached, which greatly stimulated the desire of other teams to start.

The Clippers followed suit, trading Griffin, Willie Reid and Bryce Johnson for the Pistons' Harris, Bradley, Marjanovic and a 2018 first-round pick and a 2019 second-round pick.

The lineup of the Clippers who traded away Griffin also tends to be more civilian, while the Pistons have an extra All-Star star and an extra offensive organization point.

Then, the league's branches fell into a period of frantic repairs to the lineup.

Wade was sent away by the Cavaliers and returned to Miami.

The Cavaliers management dared to send James' good brother away, which means that James will not continue to stay in the Cavaliers this season, but his future is still a mystery.

The Thunder sent Melon to the Eagles, and Anthony officially started the last days of wandering at the end of his career.

The Thunder sent Anidon away, helping their team save a lot of luxury tax.

Oklahoma has never been willing to pay luxury taxes for players. This is well known, otherwise the Thunder management would not have broken up the former Thunder Four.

The Eagles sent Schroeder away for rebuilding.

The Hornets sent the man who once traded for James alone to the Nets.

Howard has been gradually lost in the NBA dominated by the small ball era since he had a conflict with Kobe and left the Lakers.

His condition was not much better.

Howard wrote on Twitter: "After I lost to Kobe in the finals, I was not sad, just smiled, and then continued to visit my nightclub. Because at that time, I thought that I would often stand on the stage of the finals... But later, I found out that I was wrong. Now I understand Kobe's good intentions for me. I have lived up to the expectations of the Lakers. If God is willing to give me a chance to start again, I will definitely cherish it. For the teammates who were childish and hurt, send Go and fight with all my might..."

(End of this chapter)