official announcement! The preseason time is determined, the Nets and the Rockets are plotting a big deal, and the Lakers begin to sell Green
. Beijing time November 15: According to NBA reporter Shams, the NBA officially decided to start the 2020-21 season from December 11 to 19 local time. Preseason. Each team will have the option of requiring 3 or 4 games, and each team will have at least one home game.
According to previous reports, the regular season opener of the new season will start on December 23, and the schedule will be shortened to 72 games. The league is committed to returning future games to a normal time point, which ends in mid-June each year. finals.
started this year too early, which made some players feel dissatisfied, especially the two teams that participated in the finals, they can only have more than 40 days of rest, and the team that did not participate in the park rematch will get more than 200 days The rest time, but complaining, they will still implement the league's arrangements, after all, the start of the new season on December 23 is decided by voting.
Before the start of the new season, the most lively thing is naturally the free market and the trading market. There are no big-name players in the free market this year. It is basically difficult to affect the league structure, but the trading market is different, especially recently. Many big-name players may be traded news, the most concerned of which is the Rockets Westbrook and Harden.
According to a previous report by reporter Shams, Westbrook and Harden are both worried about the future of the Rockets. Westbrook himself has expressed his desire to leave the Rockets, and many teams have expressed interest in Westbrook, but Due to the size of Westbrook’s contract, the negotiation of this transaction will not proceed smoothly.
broke the news about Harden's trade today. According to a report in "Sports Illustrated", the Nets and the Rockets have discussed a big deal about Harden. It is reported that the bargaining chips provided by the Nets include: Dinwiddie, Le Vere, Allen, Prince and some first-round picks. If this deal can be reached, this is definitely the biggest deal that shocked the league in recent years.
But to be honest, if this deal is done, the Rockets may make more money than the Nets. First of all, the Rockets got the first round of the future and got 4 young and high-quality players. This is in line with their idea of rebuilding. In order to get Harden, the Nets sent 4 core players at once. You must know that Durant and The reason why Irving value the Nets is because of their good team. In exchange for
, Harden will not talk about the distribution of the ball. The depth advantage of the original lineup is gone. None of the three giants has been selected to the best defensive lineup. Once the defensive end collapses, you will find the so-called Big Three Just vulnerable.
The Lakers have also begun to sell Green. Green has one year left in his current contract, worth $15.36 million. It is easy to shoot as an expired contract, so he is the most likely player in the Lakers to be used as a bargaining chip.
Yesterday, a reporter reported that the Lakers are interested in Spurs player DeRozan. DeRozan himself responded to this. He said that he is very willing to play for his hometown players. Now it actually depends on how the Lakers negotiate with the Spurs. If it goes well, Green High probability will return to the Spurs.
