541 Basketball Issues

The offseason has always been a battleground between stars and management.

Choices for starting players like Nene and David West are often limited.

They command high salaries, but teams primarily pursue stars, and once a star is signed, there usually isn't much salary space left for a starting player.

Thus, unless these starting level players have a clear destination from the start, most of them end up re-signing with their original teams.

Nene chose to renew with his old club, while West moved to Indiana.

Other starters, such as former Houston Rockets player Carl Landry, former Bulls player Marcus Thornton, and scoring sensation from the bench Jamal Crawford, all made their own decisions.

These were the last few significant items on the free market, but due to the level of talent, they did not cause much of a stir.

The SuperSonics, Yu Fei's team, maintained a steady operational stance.