Donaghy's accidental death brought the NBA lockout to a quick end. Each team accelerated recruitment, signing and trading, in order to be ready for the new season before January 10.
The investigation into Donaghy's murder was in limbo, with the FBI and Pennsylvania state police investigating for two weeks without drawing any conclusions about the killer.
There were only some sporadic clues indicating that the murderer was a very professional gunman. He left almost no valuable evidence and the scene was handled very cleanly.
The police suspected that Donaghy's death was related to the Mafia. When Donaghy was in prison, he was often threatened and attacked by the Mafia, but Donaghy chose to settle the matter.
After all, the gambling industry he is involved in is directly connected to the Gambino family, the famous New York mafia family.
Offending the alliance means losing your job and going to jail. If you have completely offended the Gambino family, you may disappear from this world.
Now, Donaghy has really disappeared, but no one knows why.
His death has become an unsolved case, and just like Lorenzen Wright, it is difficult to find a solution in a short time.
The number of murders in the United States every year ranks first in the world, and the police do not have that much time to investigate them one by one.
In the eyes of some, Donaghy deserved his death, and the league would not bother to pursue the matter.
As for Donaghy's closest family member, his wife had chosen to divorce him as early as 2007, and Donaghy was a loner.
When the attention of public opinion gradually faded, everyone gradually forgot about him, and everyone's focus returned to the NBA game.
Because the time is short, each team has no time to make any big moves in the transaction.
The most common operation is that every team is working overtime and desperately signing free agents.
In the past, when the free market started in July, there was a whole summer of free market consideration, but it was suddenly reduced to a month.
Unlike last year's free market, where big fish were signed one after another, this year's free market is short and there are few big fish. 33
The biggest fish originally was Carmelo Anthony, who could opt out of his contract in 2011 and test the free market.
However, in the deal between the Nuggets and the Knicks last season, in order to protect his own interests, Anthony chose to jump out of the previous five-year, $80 million contract and renew a three-year, $64.2 million contract with the Nuggets.
Then, he traded with the Knicks and executed the three-year, 64.2 million contract after arriving with the Knicks.
While ensuring the salary income of the contract for the past three years, it also gives myself the flexibility to move freely after three years.
It has to be said that these superstars and their agent team have calculated this clearly.
After all, it is a transaction worth tens of millions of dollars, and there are many issues to consider.
Without Anthony, the only big names whose contracts have expired are Duncan and Parker.
These two core Spurs players will not test the free market when their contracts expire.
The Spurs renewed their contract with them early, and it will take another three years to make repairs.
Next, the biggest player is Marc Gasol.
After Min Congda matched the Rockets' offer, Gasol stayed with the Clippers as he wished.
Otherwise, this year's free market has been relatively lackluster.
There are no superstars who can change the destiny of a team, they are just ordinary players or high-quality role players.
They lack appeal for a team in need of rebuilding.
But these players are very important for a team that is interested in the championship next season.
After settling Gasol's contract, Min Congda found an opportunity and secretly called James.
James was very happy after receiving a call from Min Congda. He said that he was training hard at his home in Cleveland.
Min Congda said: "Stop practicing now. You should pay attention to the free market and urge your Cavaliers management to win over Sean Battier as soon as possible!"
Min Congda has long told James that winning Shane Battier early will definitely be beneficial to the team's championship.
Unfortunately, the Cavaliers were unwilling to trade the draft pick with the Rockets, so the Heat took away Battier.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, Battier caused huge trouble to the Cavaliers.
Not only can he guard James one-on-one on defense, but his three-pointers from the outside are even more of a threat.
The Cavaliers had a chance to resolve the battle in Game 6 and enter the finals early.
As a result, Battier's two three-pointers in the final moments of Game 6 reversed the game and forced a tiebreaker.
Had it not been for Kirk Hinrich's successful containment of Wade in the tiebreaker, it would have been anyone's guess who would win the Eastern Conference championship.
Hinrich, Camby, and Battier, two were given to the Cavaliers by Min Congda, and one was given by him to remind the Cavaliers to win.
Facts have proved that each of them is a key figure. If Battier is in the Cavaliers, the Eastern Conference Finals will definitely be solved in 6 games.
In the finals, the Cavaliers would not lose so embarrassingly, being helpless against the Mavericks' defense.
James said: "I have already mentioned it to the management and am working hard to fight for it, but I am hesitant whether to give a two-year or three-year contract."
"Idiot, of course it's three years! Even if he can't play for three years, he still has to give him three years to show his sincerity. The Heat have already taken the lead. They can also give you the contract. Then your advantage is Where? One is sincerity, and the other is the temptation of the championship. I am still hesitating for two or three years. What are you thinking about? Seize the opportunity and call Battier as soon as possible!"
Min Congda reminded him, and James felt that what he said made sense.
The Heat acquired Battier in a trade last year and have already seized the opportunity.
If you don't show enough sincerity in signing, who will come to a place like Cleveland?
Mike Miller is willing to come over and sign a mid-level player because of James's sake.
Last season, although James lost the Finals, he still earned respect overall.
Being able to reach the Finals twice in Cleveland is not something that ordinary people can do.
Reaching the finals can be considered a relatively successful season.
The most important thing is that as a finals team, they actually got the No. 1 pick.
Kyrie Irving is a very talented player.
The Cavaliers believe that with Kyrie Irving here, James will stay with the Cavaliers for a long time and maintain strong championship competitiveness in the next five years.
"Mr. Smart, apart from the lineup, do you have any suggestions for my personal abilities? I have been thinking about improving my back ability recently."
"It is true that your back-up ability needs to be improved, but what you need to improve most is your shooting ability. Look at how you were defended by the zone in the finals. I can score even if I get in!"
James was really embarrassed in the finals due to his lack of shooting ability.
"I know, but shooting requires some talent, and I always miss it."
"Then you have to find a way on your own... By the way, let your team hire a shooting coach. It seems that our Clippers also hired a shooting coach."
It was not Min Chongda's idea for the Clippers to hire a shooting coach, but Jeff Ball's idea. He believed that shooting was very important.
Out of respect for Feng Chu, Min Congda agreed to Ball's proposal and then offered a high salary to the shooting coach.
Anyway, the Clippers, from players to coaches to employees, provide adequate wages.
James agreed, and the anxiety in his heart eased a lot.
Losing the finals still had a big psychological impact on James.
Of course, getting in is better than not getting in.
Under Min Congda's guidance, the knight made smooth progress.
Everything is going in a good direction.
It's just that James still can't figure out why he, the general manager of the Clippers, always turns to himself and the Cavaliers?
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