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Tucker's signing also officially opened the Nets' signing in the free market.

Livingston received a lot of offers, and he finally chose to join the Rockets for 22 million in two years, of which the second year was a player option.

David West chose to stay in the Nets, and he still signed a one-year minimum salary contract with the team.

His current pursuit has always been the championship, and money is secondary to him. The Nets just won the championship, and he has no reason to leave.

Plumlee is a restricted free agent. The Bucks offered him a three-year 30 million contract, and the Nets gave up the match.

The Nets waived the contract extension with Humphries.

The Nets have successively signed contracts with rookies.

The Nets and Clippers' 60th overall pick Tyrone Wallace have reached a two-way contract.

After these operations, the Nets basically retained last season's championship lineup.

Point guard: Deron, TJ McConaughey, Dejounte Murray

Shooting guard: Gordon, Booker, Brogdon

Small forwards: Butler, Tucker, Jefferson Jr.

Power forwards: Yi Jianlian, West

Center: Jokic, Oden

Two-way contracts: Tyrone Wallace, Yogi Ferrell

The 13-man roster plus two two-way contracts only needs to add two more bench insiders, and the lineup is basically complete.

Terrence Jones, Nene Hilario, Luis Scola, Jordan Hill, Justin Hamilton, Marreese Speights, David Lee…

Jones gave Tang Tian the list of low-priced insiders in the free market.

There are not many people on this list. This is also because the free market prices are really chaotic this year. Cole Aldridge, who was given up by Tang Tian, ​​​​got a three-year 22 million contract. Solomon Hill Ordinary strikers get 4 years of 52 million, a contract close to Gordon.

The Nets' four insiders are actually enough, and Yi Jianlian can also play five. No matter who is signed, he will be the third substitute, and he doesn't have much playing time.

But inside players are prone to injuries, so they must be signed again.

Tang Tian asked Jones to continue with Nene and Speights. Among these people, these two might be useful in the playoffs.

Jones moved quickly, but what he brought back was not good news.

After the Warriors won Durant, they wanted to pursue David West, but after being rejected, they turned around and reached a one-year contract extension with Speights.

As for Nene, because he knew that he would not get too much playing time with the Nets, he declined Jones, but chose to sign a one-year 2.9 million contract with the Rockets.

This means that neither of the two people to be pursued has any intentions.

Then it seems that there is no suitable candidate for Tang Tian.

Terrence Jones' defense is a big black hole, not as good as Humphries.

Scola is too old to move.

Jordan Hill has not played in line with his value, and because of his slow movement speed, it has been difficult for him to get any chances to play.

As for David Lee, he not only defends the black hole like Jones, but also has injuries.

Signing anyone feels like a waste of money.

After thinking about it, there is no suitable choice.

"Don, since it's the same for everyone, let's sign the relatively reliable Justin Hamilton?" Jones suggested.

Hamilton is not well-known and is a standard bench player, but he played well in the Timberwolves last season. He played 16 games and averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Has a three-pointer, has a soft touch at the basket, and has good shot-blocking ability, but the rebounding is a bit poor, and the confrontation is average.

Tang Tian nodded, compared to the others, this is indeed the kind that can barely stand up.

But this is only one, what the Nets need is two.

"Maybe we should change our thinking. PJ can play the 4th position, and his strategic significance in the 4th position is greater. We can consider signing a substitute player at the 3rd position, preferably with offensive firepower."

A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Tang Tian's mind.

Jefferson Jr. is good defensively, but his offense needs work.

Substitute players are functional, and now there is one who can defend, and then one who can score, so that there will be more room for choice.

After hearing Tang Tian's words, Jones suddenly realized.

Within two days, Jones brought back another list to Tang Tian.

In this list, Tang Tian found a name that he was very interested in.

Gerald Green.

Nine-fingered dunk general, because he likes to shoot wildly, is a well-known homeless man in the league. He has played for 11 years in his career and has already moved to 8 teams. Even in such an explosive free market, no one cares about him.

His labels, in the eyes of most management, are only nine fingers and dunk.

Team atmosphere destroyer, locker room thorn, these potential attributes even make many teams avoid him.

However, Tang Tian knew that Green was not that kind of player. If he used it properly, he would be a very good bench surprise player like he was in the Rockets in his previous life.

When Jones found Green, Green had even decided to play overseas because he was not happy in the free market.

However, the sincerity offered by the Nets is not small. A two-year contract with a salary higher than the basic salary gave him no reason to refuse.

Shortly thereafter, the Nets officially announced two consecutive signings.

6 million in 2 years, and signed Justin Hamilton with the second-year team option contract.

Signed Gerald Green with a 2-year, 5 million fully guaranteed contract.

So far, the Nets' 15-man roster for the new season has been officially completed.

When the Nets signed, the free market was gradually coming to an end, and the signings of various big-name players had been reached one after another.

The contract between the Warriors and Durant is public, which is a bit like James's. It is also a 1+1 contract with a total value of 54.3 million in 2 years.

After the Warriors signed Durant, Barnes also turned to the Mavericks, and reached a four-year 94 million maximum salary contract with the latter.

Howard chose to leave the Rockets and reached a three-year, 70.5 million contract with his hometown Hawks.

The Thunder sent Ibaka to the Magic in exchange for Oladipo, Sabonis Jr. and Ilyasova.

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When the free market dust settles, the lineups of each team have gradually surfaced.

After the Warriors signed Durant, they have the only strength in the league.

The Spurs retained the lineup from last season and are still competitive.

After the Thunder lost Durant and sent Ibaka away, Westbrook was the only one left in the old four, and his strength declined significantly.

The Cavaliers and Nets retained their lineups and are still the most competitive teams in the East.

Changes by other teams are not enough to shake these teams.

In other words, the pattern of the new season will be clearer than last season.

The West is dominated by the Warriors and Spurs, while the East continues to rule the roost with the Cavaliers and the Nets.

But it is also foreseeable that this will be a season dominated by the Warriors, just like the Cavaliers' Magic Shark lineup, all other teams can do is to challenge as much as possible.