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720. Summer Disputes

With the Cleveland Cavaliers winning the championship in the Quick Loan Center, all NBA 2011-2012 season schedules were truly over on June 20.

As the defending champion of this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers finally became the defending champion on this night.

Since June 20, they have officially become another team in the league that has won the championship for two consecutive seasons!

Just need to win another O'Brien Cup next season, then the Cleveland Cavaliers can be justified and truly create their own basketball dynasty.

When LeBron James was sent to Miami with tears three years ago, the Clevelanders would definitely not have thought that they would open an extremely glorious chapter from then on.

Wu Dawei's arrival completely ignited the team that was once only marked as LeBron James. They have reached the finals three times in the past three seasons and won the championship twice. All of these achievements are extraordinary.

The last team in the league that won the league championship for two consecutive years was the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010.

Compared to Los Angeles, Cleveland is obviously too countryside.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that this is also a place that makes Clevelanders proud.

As a team in a small city, it is something that even many big cities cannot do.

For example, the New York Knicks, who have always claimed to be aristocrat, have only won two championships in their team history, and the Cleveland Cavaliers have surpassed them in the past two years. And the Cleveland Cavaliers are now more proud of than the New Yorkers, that is, they won the O'Brien Cup for two consecutive seasons.

This gives the Cleveland Cavaliers the opportunity to create a basketball dynasty of their own. And the New Yorkers, their two championships are not continuous.

This alone is enough to make Cleveland fans more qualified to be proud when facing New York fans.

As the NBA league's battle this season falls, the league will naturally enter a short offseason.

After all, the players have played for about 8 months, and they are exhausted physically and mentally at this time. This is definitely what they are used to describe.

So at this time, everyone hopes to get enough rest time.

However, this does not mean that the NBA will disappear. When the Finals game is over, the league will still be very lively.

Because in a short while, the league's annual rookie conference will kick off again.

At the draft, the strong teams may be able to find treasures with low picks, and at the same time, they can also allow weak teams to obtain immediate combat power or supplement with super geniuses.

Therefore, the draft at the end of June is also a matter of much attention.

But in fact, this has nothing to do with the Cleveland Cavaliers, because they did not have a first-round draft pick in this year's draft. When they got Dwight Howard, they had already handed over their first-round draft pick to the Orlando.

So in the draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers cannot do anything, unless they can find treasures at low posts, otherwise for the Cleveland Cavaliers, strengthening from the free market is the most suitable and realistic thing.

However, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, strengthening is not their current top priority. Their top priority is obviously to maintain the team's lineup for two consecutive championships.

Especially the core lineup, Dwight Howard's contract will expire this summer. I believe that countless teams will definitely send olive branches to him by then.

Similarly, in addition to Dwight Howard, most people also believe that Wu Dawei, who has the player option this year, is very likely to directly choose to break out of the current middle-class contract at this time.

Because with his current performance, if it were not for the league's regulations, it would be impossible for him to get a maximum salary.

At present, it can be said that Wu Dawei is the most qualified player to get the maximum salary in the entire league. His amazing performance in the finals is enough for Wu Dawei to be qualified.

So at this time, the top priority of the Cleveland Cavaliers' management is naturally to think about how to renew the two players in the team's leading stars.

Because only Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard are the cornerstone players that the Cleveland Cavaliers can win the O'Brien Cup in succession in the past two seasons.

Without them, no matter how outstanding the other green leaves are, it will be in vain. What determines the upper limit of a team is always the personal strength of their star.

So at this time, when many teams in the league began to prepare for the next draft, the management of the Cleveland Cavaliers was preparing for how to renew the contract with two leading stars.

This must have cost a lot of money, but at this time the Cleveland management was not worried about salary, because the team owner Gilbert would not be stingy with his money on this point.

As early as the night when the Cleveland Cavaliers won two consecutive championships to celebrate, Gilbert, as the team owner, told the team's general manager to keep Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard at all costs.

So Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard were obviously able to get a very ideal salary. At least the management of the Cleveland Cavaliers has made all preparations to renew their two leading stars at this time.

At this time, Cleveland fans are also paying attention to this point. For them, whether the team can find any treasures in the draft will not make them feel so excited.

Because their team is now strong and excellent, just need to maintain their current lineup, they can be competitive enough to face the fierce competition in the next season.

So at this time, for the Cleveland Cavaliers fans, they are not particularly concerned about which talented players are there in this year's draft.

Because there are already the best players in the league in their own lineup, and Wu Dawei has played out, so how can Cleveland fans yearn for those young players who are just genius names?

However, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, this draft may not be that important, but for other teams, this is not the case.

Moreover, in the draft, the league will officially open the transfer market.

So the teams that lost in the playoffs this year will start to be frequently dispatched at this time. The teams that are most concerned at this time are not only the Cleveland Cavaliers, but naturally there are also the Miami Heat, who once lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.

They will definitely have big moves this summer because they certainly can't stand spending so much money. Every year they just get a total failure result!

However, at this time, for Wu Dawei, he is not particularly concerned about what changes will happen to the Miami Heat. Although LeBron James and his Miami Heat have been Wu Dawei and his Cleveland Cavaliers' main competitors in the past few seasons.

In this year's Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat still has a good chance to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers. After all, the total score in the final series was 4:3, and the Miami Heat only lost one game in the end.

And they once started 2:0 in the series. If they hadn't played too badly in the future, they would have a good chance of winning that series!

But no matter what, the Cleveland Cavaliers are the winner, so Wu Dawei doesn't care about how drastic changes will happen to the Miami people this summer!

Because in his opinion, no matter how the Miami people change, they will not affect themselves and their team to win three consecutive championships!

Because Wu Dawei is determined to win three consecutive championships, and it is precisely because of the goal of three consecutive championships that Wu Dawei is actually more determined to stay in Cleveland at this time.

Although Los Angeles has been revealed to want Wu Dawei to join their team, Wu Dawei himself is also very interested in the giant Los Angeles Lakers.

However, compared to this, it is obvious that at this time, Wu Dawei's dream of winning three consecutive championships is definitely more impactful.

What's more, the contract that the Cleveland Cavaliers can provide is not lower than that of the Los Angeles Lakers. Because after all, the team boss has already spoken. Of course, there is no problem.

Even after the season came to an end, Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Dan Ferry directly invited Wu Dawei to negotiate the new contract within a few days.

At this time, Wu Dawei had not even announced that he would break out of the current contract that was actually one year away!

So from this, Wu Dawei can also see the sincerity of the Cleveland Cavaliers for themselves.

On June 25, a day before the 2013 NBA Draft began, Dan Ferry took the initiative to find Wu Dawei.

He also told Wu Dawei that if he wanted to break out of the current contract, the team would be able to understand his choice very well and had prepared a new contract for him.

A new contract with a total value of 46 million for 3 years!

A contract with the highest value that Wu Dawei can get at this time!

There is no doubt that the management of the Cleveland Cavaliers has expressed its greatest sincerity when he was so generous as he even forced himself into a desperate situation.

In this regard, Wu Dawei had a stronger desire to stay in Cleveland, and his willingness was naturally even greater at this time.

But for Wu Dawei, the biggest reason why he really wants to keep him in this place is of course because he wants to lead his team to the championship for the third consecutive season. Therefore, the Cleveland Cavaliers are not only trying to ensure that Wu Dawei will continue to appear in the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup in the next season, but also to ensure the strength of the team. This summer, there will be a situation where he will fight back without a rise.

So despite the sincerity of the Cleveland Cavaliers' management, Wu Dawei did not agree to them directly at this time.

He did stay because of the reason. However, he still hopes to put some pressure on the senior executives of the Cleveland Cavaliers, that is, to maintain the team's current lineup.

Because this is the most important point. After all, if there is no good team, no matter how outstanding Wu Dawei's personal ability is, he will not be able to defeat his opponents alone and win the O'Brien Cup again.

So at this time, Wu Dawei did not agree immediately, but of course he would still give the Cleveland Cavaliers management a moment of reassurance, that is, he promised that the Cleveland Cavaliers would become his first choice.

Although Wu Dawei did not directly renew the contract to make Dan Ferry, who is the general manager of the team, would feel more or less disappointed, Wu Dawei's promise would still make him feel more at ease.

And he was also very clear about why Wu Dawei refused to sign the contract immediately. It was because Dwight Howard's contract has expired.

As the mainstay of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the past two seasons, although Dwight Howard may have had many highlights as many as Wu Dawei, his importance is beyond doubt.

An excellent inner spool is also extremely important for a team. So after looking for Wu Dawei, Dan Ferry's next job was to find Dwight Howard.

After receiving Wu Dawei's guarantee, if Dan Ferry can successfully sign a new contract with Dwight Howard, then the general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers believes that Wu Dawei will definitely sign the contract accordingly.

In this way, he can solve the two most important things for the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer perfectly.

But obviously when Dan Ferry is looking for Dwight Howard, it is not as easy as when he is looking for Wu Dawei.

After all, Dwight Howard is not Wu Dawei. He is already thirty years old. The next contract is crucial to him.

It may even become the last big contract in his career. So what he has to consider must be far more than Wu Dawei.

Not only is he a false reputation for winning three consecutive championships, but he also needs more protection.

So Dwight Howard will definitely not agree to the chips drawn by the Cleveland Cavaliers as soon as possible.

But there is one thing that Dwight Howard and Wu Dawei are all the same, that is, both of them still show a strong desire to continue to stay in the Cleveland Cavaliers.

So although Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard did not agree to renew the contract as soon as possible, their promise was only a comfort to the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time.

Because other teams have not even had the chance to reach these two players, they are not particularly worried for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Of course, before successfully completing the contract renewal with Dawei Wu and Dwight Howard, the Clevelanders will definitely feel worried about this.

After all, after successfully winning two consecutive championships this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers will certainly look forward to winning the third consecutive cup!

Everyone hopes to always stand at the top of this alliance, so naturally they won’t like to see such a situation at this time.

After all, this means that there are variables. So Cleveland fans who have won two championships will certainly not expect any variables to appear at this time.

However, when time comes to the summer offseason, Cleveland fans will certainly be worried for a while, at least before Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard complete the contract renewal.

And the Cleveland Cavaliers have not only these two things to do during this period, but these two things are their most important things so far.

Since Chauncey Billups is very likely to choose to retire, the Cleveland Cavaliers management also needs to find a new substitute point guard for the team, which is a big choice.

The Cleveland Cavaliers can go to the draft to find a battle force, and at the same time, they can also make choices in the free market.

These are all choices they can make, and before Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard signed, the Cleveland Cavaliers can complete these corners and corners first.

This will also increase the possibility of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard renewing their contract.

However, when June 27 came, people's attention was still focused on the talent show again.

At this time, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard will definitely not appear in the draft. As the two largest fish in the free market this summer, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard are now resting.

For the time being, there will not be too many teams to harass them at this time, because although there is no choice of a superstar they can compete with immediately in the draft, they may also be able to get a super genius who is unparalleled.

This possibility has always made the draft conference attract much attention. Although the quality of this year's rookie is not considered a year of draft, you can still place some bets.

Especially for teams like the Cleveland Cavaliers, who only need some minor repairs as long as the core lineup is completed.
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