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721. Summer Dispute (2)

The Cleveland Cavaliers almost didn't win any of the draft in the summer of 2013, although they also chose a young player in the second round.

However, this unknown player is not highly expected by people, and the reason why the Cleveland Cavaliers made a choice in the second round was just because they still had a second round draft pick in their hands.

So since you can choose, it’s better to take a gamble. Maybe you’ll find something in the second round. Just like in that summer three years ago, no one would have thought that Wu Dawei, who was traded to Cleveland, would burst out like this to get energy!

However, in the summer of 2013, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the draft will definitely not be their focus.

With Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard not agreeing to renew their contract, the Cleveland Cavaliers certainly would not just stagnate.

Because after the team won two consecutive championships, the team's old point guard Changcey Billups announced his retirement, so the Cleveland Cavaliers' current top priority is to find a team's substitute point guard in the free market.

And this candidate surfaced quickly.

Ramon Sessions is about to return to Cleveland, and the news appeared in the front page of the Cleveland Sports newspaper in early July.

As a player who was traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers two years ago, the return of Ramon Sessions has become particularly important and critical after Billups chose to retire this summer.

Such a signing will make Cleveland fans feel excited. Because everyone knows that Ramon Sessions has a very good personal relationship with Wu Dawei. If he can join the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time, it will definitely be very good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Because of this, they have a greater chance to continue to renew their contract with Wu Dawei this summer.

As long as Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard are guaranteed to be among the team, it is not impossible for the Cleveland Cavaliers to achieve three consecutive championships.

After all, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard's joint efforts in the past two seasons have proven to be absolutely successful.

So at this time, as long as they can continue to retain the two of them, it is not impossible for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win three consecutive championships.

Of course, at this time, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, signing Ramon Sessions can also make Wu Dawei feel more belonging to the Cleveland Cavaliers from another perspective.

The Cleveland Cavaliers made such a resolute and quick choice at this time, Ramon Sessions was a big reason for the team's substitute No. 1 position. Of course, that's the case.

The Cleveland Cavaliers chose to sign Ramon. It was said that it was not long after, in early July, Wu Dawei, who had already gone to Los Angeles to start special training, also officially announced that he would break out of his current contract.

Such news was undoubtedly a sensational in the summer of 2013. After all, he had just been crowned the Most Valuable Player Award in the Finals again.

As a player who became a FMVP in the finals for two consecutive seasons, Wu Dawei's influence at this time is unquestionable. His attractiveness to all teams in the entire league is very huge. After Wu Dawei announced that he would break out of the current contract, many media immediately began to speculate on Wu Dawei's next stop.

After all, no matter what, Wu Dawei is the hottest player in the league at present. If any team can get him, then for that team, it will bring about a qualitative improvement in strength!

There is naturally a consensus on this point at this time. After all, Wu Dawei's performance in the past two seasons can be said to be phenomenal.

If it weren't for his outstanding performance, the Cleveland Cavaliers wouldn't have maintained an extremely high level after losing LeBron James, even higher than when James was there!

So at this time, Wu Dawei was of course very popular in the free market. After he announced that he would break out of the current contract, various rumors soon appeared.

They all revolve around Wu Dawei. Even at this time, as Wu Dawei's teammate Dwight Howard is currently in a state of freedom.

However, compared with Wu Dawei, who is currently only 24 years old, Dwight Howard is obviously less competitive.

Of course, people will hope to get Wu Dawei more. After all, although Wu Dawei has only been in the league for four years, he has shown enough outstanding abilities and talents.

So at this time, for the teams in the league, they will of course be more willing to choose to invite Wu Dawei.

However, at this time, although Wu Dawei announced that he would break out of his current contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he did not reach an intention with any team.

He didn't even get in touch with the team because most people knew clearly that Wu Dawei was of course the most concerned about the Italian Cleveland Cavaliers.

Most people know that Wu Dawei's first choice would be the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, at this time, before Wu Dawei officially signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers again, other teams in the league would naturally choose to work hard to win over Wu Dawei.

After all, this is a possibility, so even if everyone knows that there is little hope, most teams will still choose to try their best.

If you are lucky, then you might really be able to bring Wu Dawei to his team. With Wu Dawei's current performance, it will obviously increase his team's strength to a higher level.

So such an effort is something that any team GM is willing to try.

However, for Wu Dawei at this time, he basically would not choose other teams except the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although after he chose to jump out of the contract and the news was widely known, the Los Angeles Lakers immediately came to the goal.

Moreover, the Los Angeles Lakers are full of sincerity. In fact, two years ago, they tried their best to invite Wu Dawei to join the Los Angeles Lakers, but Wu Dawei did not consider a team that already had a core.

Now, the Lakers are of course a very good choice for Wu Dawei. However, his first choice is the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The only reason why Wu Dawei has not officially signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers is that he wants to know what Dwight Howard is currently thinking as his good teammate in the past two seasons.

After all, there is a large part of the reason why Wu Dawei chose to stay in Cleveland, which is to continue to win the championship trophy in the next season.

He wants to create his own basketball dynasty, so three consecutive championships are the most basic bottom line.

Staying in Cleveland is obviously the best choice for Wu Dawei at this time, but if he wants to win three consecutive championships, it is impossible to just go through himself. He also needs the efforts and help of his teammates.

Dwight Howard is undoubtedly Wu Dawei's best teammate in the past two seasons, so Wu Dawei certainly hopes that he can stay.

Whether Dwight Howard can stay will be very critical at this time.

After all, if only Wu Dawei stayed and Dwight Howard left, it would not be so easy for the Cleveland Cavaliers to continue to win the NBA championship next season.

So at this time, the only reason why Wu Dawei has not signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers immediately is because of Dwight Howard.

At this time, he was not just waiting for the news from Cleveland, because Dwight Howard soon ended his short vacation and began to come to Los Angeles for special training.

So Wu Dawei had already called him, and the two made an appointment to train together. They also discussed the issues for their next career.

After all, in the previous two seasons, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard's cooperation was still very pleasant. No matter from which aspect, the two won two O'Brien Cups together.

It is enough to prove how they have cooperated in the past two seasons. So at this time, for Wu Dawei, he is of course very good for Dwight Howard to continue to cooperate in the next game.

Moreover, the personal relationship between the two is pretty good, so Dwight Howard naturally agreed to Wu Dawei's request. The two will train together in the next summer and discuss their next career together.

Wu Dawei's choice must be the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dwight Howard did not object to this.

But compared to the young Wu Dawei, Dwight Howard, there is more to consider. After all, he is over thirty years old, which is likely to become his last maximum salary contract in his career.

He naturally has to be very cautious.

Because what he needs is a team that can always win the championship, and Dwight Howard is more worried about whether the Cleveland Cavaliers, as a team in a small city, can guarantee this.

After all, Cleveland is not Los Angeles, but Wu Dawei thinks it is not a problem for this. He told Dwight Howard that we are the guarantee of winning the championship?

Flattering is always the easiest thing to enjoy, and the same is true for Dwight Howard.

Wu Dawei's words were of course very pleasant to him. After all, what else would be more satisfying than being too tall for him?

When Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard started to communicate in Los Angeles, they naturally reached a consensus quickly.

After all, they just won the O'Brien Cup together a month ago. At this time, they naturally hope to continue to win the championship.

Although Cleveland may not be a particularly good choice for Dwight Howard, at this time, as long as you can keep your hope of winning the championship, Dwight Howard will naturally be very willing to sign the next contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

And the money he received was also maximized in Cliff. When Dan Ferry first found Dwight Howard, the Cleveland Cavaliers gave their greatest sincerity.

An annual salary of nearly US$90 million in four years is the largest amount that Dwight Howard can get among all teams in the league.

So after reaching a basic consensus with Wu Dawei, the two of them naturally felt that staying in Cleveland was obviously the best choice.

If the outside world knew that Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard had immediately discussed their next career plans in the training class, then they would definitely cry.

As the two largest fish in the free market this summer, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard finally chose Cleveland, the supplements that other teams can get will become very small.

In this way, in the league next year's situation, as the Miami Heat faces disintegration and the San Antonio Spurs' fatigue, the Cleveland Cavaliers may still be rampant in next year's season.

And compared to the turbulent autumn of the previous two seasons, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard's injury recovery may bring the team to their peak.

Just like the Chicago Bulls in 1996!

In that year, under the leadership of Michael Jordan, the Chicagoans played a miraculous single-season performance of 72 wins and 10 losses that have never been seen so far.

Now, under the lineup with Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard as the core, the Cleveland Cavaliers are not completely out of the way.

After all, they currently have the last inside and outside players, and after two seasons of growth, Kyrie Irving is believed to be able to perform exceptionally well in the third season.

These are all signs that contribute to the Cleveland Cavaliers' sweep across the league the next season.

In mid-July, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard announced almost at the same time that they would choose to renew their contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers!

This is undoubtedly a big news. When Wu Dawei met the contract renewal conditions for three years, $46 million, and Dwight Howard, a four-year, $88 million contract, the performance of other teams in the league was very difficult.

Because not only did they not be able to poach any of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, they also allowed these two people to stay in the same team.

You should know that in the past two seasons, they have jointly won two O'Brien Cups. Next year, there seems to be nothing that can stop Dwight Howard and Wu Dawei.

Their combination is like the ok combination at the beginning of the millennium, and it is predictable that they will kill all sides in the next alliance.

Moreover, Wu Dawei is only 24 years old. Although Dwight Howard is already thirty years old, isn’t the golden age of inside players in these few years?

In other words, in the lineup with Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard as the core, they still have at least 3 or 4 years to continue to compete for the championship!

And they are also very capable to compete in the O'Brien Cup.

This is certainly not good news for other teams in the league, but at this time, it is of course great news for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

When Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard announced their contract renewal with the Cleveland Cavaliers almost at the same time, Cleveland fans should not mention how happy and happy they were.

Things that had previously existed in their minds that made them feel worried will not continue to happen at this time.

The return of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard is the guarantee for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the championship next season and the basis for the Cleveland Cavaliers to establish a basketball dynasty.

So at this time, when the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that they had completed the contract renewal with Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, Cleveland fans were incredibly happy.

And they will also look forward to the next season that will start three months later. Even if the team will not have too many reinforcements in the future, this is enough for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

As long as they can maintain their current roster competitiveness in the summer, it will not be difficult for the Cleveland Cavaliers to continue to be the favorite to win the championship next season, as many teams face turmoil.

After all, their lineup does not seem to have much flaws when it comes to Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard as the core. This makes it difficult for them to be targeted. After all, both Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard are top stars who can perform extraordinary performances.

So although the salary level of the Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely exceed the luxury tax after renewing their contracts this summer, the team's boss Gilbert doesn't care about it at all.

Because for him, he also hopes from the bottom of his heart that his team can win three consecutive championships. He will never forget how embarrassed LeBron James' departure gave him that summer three years ago.

And now, after the Cleveland Cavaliers have won two consecutive championships, it is obvious that the embarrassing person will become LeBron James... (To be continued...)
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