NBA Crazy Night: 75 superstars were cut, playoff blocks were replaced, Lakers basically locked in Eton

On July 1, after the free market opened, the Rockets' various signings in the morning may just be appetizers. More heavy or crazier and more explosive news appeared at 23:00 tonight: the Bucks cut 75 superstar Lillard, and at the same time signed the main center Turner who helped the Pacers reach the finals for 4 years for $107 million. Turner is still the person with the largest total blocks this year's playoffs.

is crazy because these two operations may be beyond the expectations of many people. This may be the important news that Shams said about not sleeping.

First talk about Lillard's laid off. To be honest, this news really shocked me, for many reasons: First, Lillard's injury in the playoffs this year ended up with a serious injury to the Achilles tendon. It is inappropriate for the Bucks to slash him at this point in time; Second, Lillard's contract has two years left, with a total value of up to $113 million. For a long time, the players who were laid off only have one year left for contracts, and it is rare for Lillard to be laid off for contracts with two years left.

It is worth mentioning that the Bucks cut Lillard with extended terms. According to the rules, the Bucks spread Lillard's remaining $113 million salary for the next five years, which means that they are giving it a little over 20 million a year, so that they can create salary space for signing Turner.

The Bucks dared to make up their minds to play so big, not only because Lillard was seriously injured and almost missed next season, but more importantly, because there was no chemistry between Lillard and Antetokounmpo, and the two led the team in the first round of the playoffs. Cutting Lillard means that the Bucks' management does not believe that Lillard and Antetokounmpo can lead the team to the championship, which is not broken or established.

I found it a rough check that as a 75 superstar, there were two people who were laid off, one was Westbrook, who joined the Clippers after being cut by the Jazz in 2023; the other was Anthony, who joined the Rockets after being bought out by the Hawks in 2018. Coincidentally, most of these three 75s have never won the championship.

Then talk about Turner. Turner's departure from the Pacers was also a very surprising thing. The reason is very simple. In the past few years, there have been many news that Turner is leaving, among which the Lakers are the target of multiple scandals, but in the end, Turner stayed. After helping the team to reach the finals this year, Turner also said he would stay with the Pacers. As a result, less than a week after the finals ended, Turner left. Secondly, the Pacers' center reserves are not very good, except Turner, it is difficult for everyone to compete in the starting position. There are rumors that the fundamental reason why the Pacers let Turner go was that they did not want to pay luxury taxes after Halliburton was seriously injured.

Of course, Turner's joining the Bucks may be good news for the Lakers, which means that the Lakers have basically locked in Aiton. Among the current teams, the Bucks have always been the biggest opponent of the Lakers in competing with Ayton. Now that the Bucks have Turner, they will definitely not spend a lot of money to sign Ayton, which is a fulfillment of the Lakers to a certain extent.