The Nuggets and Rockets become the first-day winner. Can they challenge the Thunder?

The Nuggets sent Porter Jr. and the 2032 first round pick, and exchanged the Nets for Cameron Johnson.

The first-year veteran's basic salary contract was signed to return the championship, the hero Bruce Brown.

Recalling the amazing remarks of the past few days when everyone was busy criticizing Nuggets boss Kroenke's "may consider trading Jokic in specific extreme situations", today we have begun to be happy for the two exquisite operations on the first day of the free market opening. The world is indeed changing rapidly, but these two operations are indeed awesome.

First of all, it must be reinforced. On the offensive end, although it is not normal to take the average of 9 points per game by Porter Jr. with injury last year, even if you look at the regular season level, Kayo's firepower output is not inferior at all, and his better ball-holding ability is likely to be further blessed and released by Teacher Jr. On the defensive end, compared with Porter Jr. who has a high center of gravity and slow pace, Kayo is undoubtedly an excellent existence. If you have to say that Kayo lacks a little, it must be Porter Jr.'s strong pulling ability and rebounding ability.

Secondly, saving money, which is crucial to Kroenke. Ka's salary of 20.54 million next season will be nearly half cheaper than Porter's 38.33 million, which directly helped the Nuggets reduce their total salary to below the first tycoon line, thus obtaining a middle-class special case that can continue to be used for reinforcement; at the same time, avoiding the luxury tax, which is equivalent to saving a total of US$40 million.

Third, signing back to Bruce Brown with a basic salary is far more than the basic salary. As the sixth man in the championship season, Brown averaged 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.5 blocks per game in the playoffs. He is very versatile and can be called the transmission on the Nuggets' bench. Many times, Malone will even replace Porter Jr. with Brown to end the lineup. After winning the championship, Brown made a lot of money and earned 45 million in two years, but the market conditions have fallen sharply. Now returning to the Nuggets is a timely help for each other. Of course, Brown's return basically means that Westbrook, who has similar functions, is leaving.

Rockets operate today: 53 million in 4 years, signing electric fans; 21.5 million in 3 years, signing Capela;

Previous operations:

The transaction was obtained from Durant; 50 million in 2 years, renewing Van Jordan; 39 million in 3 years, renewing Adams; 122 million in 5 years, renewing Smith Jordan;

It should be no exaggeration to say that the Rockets are the most active team so far this offseason. Based on the regular season Western Conference second and first round of the playoffs, the Rockets showed extremely aggressiveness this summer, and while striving to win in the present, there was almost no overdrawn future - the young princes and draft picks were basically retained.

What is even more exaggerated is that the way the Rockets form a lineup is, in one sentence, Bigger and Bigger. With two centers, Adams and Shin Kyung (not possibly laid off), they continued to poach veteran and old team Capela; with many forward players including Durant, Smith Jr., Ethan, Amen, etc., they poached electric fans of the former Lakers. This makes people imagine that the three deaths of Adams + Shen Jing and Smith, who appeared in the playoffs last season, were not Uduka's temporary intentions to target the Warriors, but were preparing for routine operations for the entire league. Just imagine how spectacular this starter Adams + Shinkin + Durant + Amen ended up, Capela + Smith Jr. + Ethan + electric fan replaced. This height and wingspan and ultimate compression of space are.

and, the Rockets' operations may not be over, Landale's handling and the rumors about Whitmore may continue to bring surprises. It has to be said that Rockets fans are really the happiest group this summer.

So, can you challenge the Thunder?

The Nuggets must be confident, and they were eliminated in the tiebreak and Porter Jr. and Gordon were injured. After strengthening, the determination to revenge will only be stronger.

Rockets maintain almost the same idea as the Thunder, with defense first, conversion first, and offense relying on stars. If Jaylen Green wasn't enough to match SGA last season, then how about Durant?