Life is so wonderful. When you're frustrated in some areas, you always find success in others.

Tang Tian regrettably failed to win the championship last season, but in the summer he gained a pair of twin sons.

That's life.

Just as fans were still rejoicing over Tang Tian's twin sons, the 2015 NBA free agent market officially opened.

Everyone knows that next year will be a year of exploding contracts, and many players with player options are choosing to exercise them in order to get a big contract next summer.

But even so, there are still plenty of big fish in this year's free market.

The first tier: James (who had already announced he was opting out of his player option), LaMarcus Aldridge, Marc Gasol.

These three in the first tier are all unrestricted free agents and the primary targets for teams with cap space.

The second tier has more players, and many are restricted free agents.

The 2011 draft has now proven to be an absolute draft bonanza. Besides Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson, who have already signed extensions, Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler are also seeing their contracts expire this summer.

Like Tang Tian's situation back then, they are now restricted free agents, and their parent teams can match any offer from other teams.

Besides them, there are also many second-tier stars. DeAndre Jordan, Andre Drummond, and Kevin Love are all very competitive players.

There are even more players in the third tier: Rajon Rondo, Brandon Knight, Reggie Jackson, Goran Dragic, Hassan Whiteside, Monta Ellis, Wesley Matthews, Paul Pierce, Tristan Thompson, Greg Monroe, Paul Millsap, Brook Lopez, Roy Hibbert, Tobias Harris.

These are all very competitive players.

Whiteside initially signed a two-year contract with the Pelicans, but it was really only a year and a half because he signed it mid-season.

Because of what he did in the playoffs last season, the Pelicans certainly won't keep him.

With Tang Tian's big contract starting next season, the Pelicans management is focused on discussing an early extension with Davis, so they won't be making too many moves in the free market.

They first re-signed JaVale McGee and Metta Sandiford-Artest to minimum salary contracts respectively.

McGee's performance last season was commendable. Keeping him is a good choice for the Pelicans, and McGee is also very grateful to the Pelicans and agreed very readily.

It goes without saying that Metta Sandiford-Artest is the Pelicans' locker room leader, and keeping him is a must.

Then, with the efforts of Dell Demps, they reached a two-year, $6 million contract with Bismack Biyombo, with a player option for the second year.

Biyombo and McGee have similar roles on the team, but Biyombo is younger and has more potential to develop.

Biyombo also quickly agreed. He made a lot of progress in the past year with the Pelicans, and he also needs to improve his value.

The Pelicans have a great chance of winning the championship next season.

Just after finalizing the re-signing of the role players, the three-way trade discussed on draft night was completed.

Thaddeus Young eventually signed a four-year, $50 million contract with the Nets and was traded to the Cavaliers.

The Pelicans successfully traded for Bojan Bogdanović and Joe Harris.

When the trade was completed, Tang Tian immediately tweeted to welcome them.

"Ready to compete for the championship together? @Bojan Bogdanović @Joe Harris."

This welcome was very high-profile and made Bojan and Harris feel flattered.

They were both just role players before, and being welcomed by the new team leader in this way was really exciting.

Harris was more shy and replied with a smiling face, but Bojan seemed to have an optimistic personality and replied directly, "If I don't win the championship, I'll write my name backwards."

Draymond Green said that he would eliminate the Pelicans within five games. After failing, he was ridiculed by fans. When fans mentioned him on social media, they all wrote his name backwards. Bojan's following of this trend was just right.

After this trade, the Pelicans' lineup was basically stable.

Starting lineup: Jrue Holiday, Tang Tian, Trevor Ariza, Anthony Davis, and Nikola Jokić;

Compared to the beginning of last season, the only change is that Jokić replaced Whiteside.

This starting lineup beat the Spurs last year and played the Warriors to a 2-4 series. With the players improving and having better chemistry, their performance will definitely be better next season.

Bench: Spencer Dinwiddie, Anthony Morrow, Bojan Bogdanović, Al-Farouq Aminu, JaVale McGee, Bismack Biyombo;

After Jokić entered the starting lineup, the Pelicans' bench strength seemed to have weakened, but Dinwiddie will grow, plus the new Bojan, the depth is still very sufficient.

End of bench: Joe Harris, Montrezl Harrell, Metta Sandiford-Artest;

Including Bryn Forbes, who will play in the summer league for the Pelicans, the end of the bench is basically stacked with talent.

These people are also very suitable for doing so. They are not talented players themselves and need to accumulate for a few years before they can play well.

However, Davis's early extension was not so smooth.

Because Davis has not been selected to the All-Star starting lineup consecutively, nor has he ever been an MVP, he cannot trigger the Rose Rule.

So if he renews his contract at this time, he can only get an ordinary maximum salary contract with a starting salary of more than 16 million.

Considering that a new labor agreement will be reached next year, such a renewal contract is obviously not cost-effective.

Although Demps is still working hard to negotiate, it is expected that Davis will wait until next summer to renew his contract.

But that will not have much impact on the Pelicans. The double-core combination of Tang Tian and Davis is basically set.

Plus, there is Jokić's rookie contract, the Pelicans' overall framework is still very stable.

Just as the Pelicans basically finalized their team lineup, the big fish on the free market also signed with teams one after another.

The signings of several teams have attracted attention.

The Cavaliers' first year of building the Big Three last season ended in failure, and team owner Dan Gilbert is also fulfilling what he said at the beginning, continuing to make big moves.

They first reached a five-year, $110 million maximum salary extension contract with Kevin Love, and then used a five-year, $60 million contract to keep Tristan Thompson.

Including the $50 million for four years signed with Thaddeus Young earlier, the Cavaliers have already spent $220 million just at the beginning of the free market.

This is really spending a lot of money.

However, their reinforcement has not ended.

After that, they signed JR Smith for one year and $5 million, and Iman Shumpert for three years and $27 million.

After that, they signed a new 1+1 maximum salary contract with James with a total value of $47 million for two years.

Signing six people and spending 300 million, after failing to win the championship in the first year of the LeBron James Cavaliers era, Gilbert and the Cavaliers management used this method to tell everyone that they were determined to win the championship next season!

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