Conley, Jimmy Butler, Harris, Nowitzki, Embiid.

This is a standard all-star lineup!

Cuban knows Nowitzki doesn't have many years left in his career.

If last season's lineup wasn't good enough, then spend more money to get a better one!

That's true love!

And with this starting lineup, the Mavericks really have the strength to compete with the Rockets, Pelicans, and Warriors in the West.

Warriors, Pelicans, Rockets, Mavericks, the West is really turning into a battleground from hell.

The Spurs weren't willing to fall behind either. Before officially signing Ginobili and Gasol, they traded a heavily protected second-round pick to the Warriors for Bogut!

With Duncan retired and Boban signed by the Pelicans, the Spurs' interior was tight, but acquiring Bogut solved all the problems.

The Spurs caught up with the arms race of the Western powerhouses, keeping themselves in the top group in the West.

And the Warriors didn't send Bogut to the Trail Blazers or Mavericks, as previously rumored, for a simple reason.

The Spurs and Pelicans have grievances, so strengthening the Spurs, the enemy's enemy is a friend, can hurt direct competitors!

With five hot championship contenders in the West, it's predictable that the competition in the new season will be even more intense than last season.

The team that ultimately breaks through from the West will definitely be a team with true gold content.

In the East, each team's reinforcements are limited, and it still looks like the Cavaliers are in a league of their own.

But last season's loss didn't allow them to stand still.

After ample negotiations, Hassan Whiteside ultimately chose to join the Cavaliers.

They ultimately reached a sign-and-trade agreement with the Heat, with the Cavaliers sending Thaddeus Young to the Heat in exchange for Whiteside.

Whiteside signed a four-year, $98 million contract close to the maximum, with a player option in the final year.

After completing this trade, the Cavaliers also formed a four-star lineup of James, Irving, Love, and Whiteside.

"Oh my god, what are they all trying to do? Is this a rhythm of all-out war!"

"Cavaliers, Warriors, Pelicans, Rockets, Mavericks, Spurs... other teams are saying, you guys have fun, I'm going home!"

"The new season will definitely be a free-for-all, this will be one of the most interesting seasons in NBA history!"

"And also the most interesting, the grievances between the Pelicans and Warriors, the true rise of the Rockets' Big Three, the Mavericks' charge, oh right, and the newly signed Whiteside, he also has a lot of grievances with the Pelicans!"

"If the Cavaliers and Pelicans meet again in the Finals, it will definitely be very exciting. The Cavaliers, LeBron, and the Pelicans, Tang Tian, already have enough to complain about, and now with Whiteside, my god, the topic will definitely explode!"

"Forget it, this year's Western champion must be the Warriors, and this year's Finals will also be a Cavaliers-Warriors battle. The Pelicans? Step aside this season!"

"The Pelicans were underestimated so quickly after just winning the championship?"

"It's not underestimation, the Pelicans are very strong, but the Cavaliers' and Warriors' lineups can't be described as just strong!"

"That's right, Warriors champion!"

"Cavaliers champion!"

"Pelicans champion!"

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Although it's still very early before the start of the new season, the eager reinforcement of each powerhouse has made fans impatient for the new season.

But after all, there are still three or four months before the start of the new season, and the long offseason only truly arrives after the free agency market.

But for Tang Tian, this summer is destined to be busy.

Not only because he will have a wedding afterwards, but also because before that, there is a major competition waiting for him.

The Rio Olympics.

Because of Yao Ming's request, he has to work hard to get the number 13 jersey to appear on the Olympic podium.

Even, he has to work hard to get it on the highest podium, he has to try to defeat that seemingly unbeatable American team.

For him, this is even more meaningful than winning the NBA championship.

Four years ago, he was very weak, just a role player for the Spurs, just a rookie who had played for a year.

But now, he is already a player comparable to Jordan, sweeping all the NBA's individual season awards.

He now has the strength to try.

This Olympic journey is destined to be extraordinary for him.

With less than a month before the opening of the Olympics, Tang Tian boarded a plane back to China when the free market was basically over.

The national team's training camp had already begun, and because the previous two national teams (Red and Blue) had given many players the opportunity to train, many players were already eager to try.

Not only Yao Ming, not only Tang Tian, but all the national team members wanted to prove themselves and Chinese basketball at the Rio Olympics.

The men's basketball draw had already been determined, with a total of 12 teams divided into two groups, A and B.

China was placed in Group A, and compared to Group B, the overall strength of this group was clearly stronger.

In addition to China, the other five teams in Group A were the United States, France, Serbia, Brazil, and Australia.

The United States naturally doesn't need to be said, since returning to the world's peak in 2008, they have once again become that invincible Dream Team.

France is a team with very deep NBA genes, and in terms of paper strength alone, they are definitely the strongest outside of the United States and Spain.

Parker, De Colo, Pietrus, Batum, Diaw, Gobert.

Such a starting lineup would be playoff-level even in the NBA.

Moreover, the French men's basketball team has a very strong sense of national honor, and they participate in every major competition with a full lineup, and this time in Rio is no exception.

The Serbian men's basketball team has always been a European powerhouse and a world-class team, and this Olympics they are aiming to defeat the United States.

Jokic, the Pelicans' third-in-charge, is one of the leaders of this Serbian men's basketball team.

His interior partner is also Boban Marjanovic, who just joined the Pelicans.

And at the small forward position, EuroLeague MVP and Timberwolves forward Bjelica is also a rising star.

The frontcourt combination of these three is a standard world-class team configuration.

And although the perimeter doesn't have the same fame as the United States, Spain, and France, its strength is not bad.

"King of Europe" Teodosic, and super rookie, Europe's most promising swingman Bogdan Bogdanovic.

One is the most experienced strongest point guard in Europe, and the other is a young and capable guard, this backcourt is definitely not bad.

These three teams are already strong enough, not to mention the Australian men's basketball team that advocates confrontation.

Although Ben Simmons, who just became the top pick, will not play in this year's Olympics, no one dares to underestimate them.

Plus the host team Brazil playing at home.

In the past, fans often jokingly called the group China was in the group of death, but this time, they are in a real group of death!