NBA s big news today: Planter owners are unemployed, Suns call the Rockets to sell Adu at a low price

The NBA playoffs in the 2024-25 season have not yet ended. On the surface, everyone is still waiting for the final result of the Finals, but in fact, there are undercurrents in the mainland. Although the door to free trading has not been opened, various heroes in the league have begun to report various recruitment news, especially many big names such as Durant, Letters, Harden, Towns, and James, who are constantly rumored to be the target of scandals, and some have even been confirmed. This is destined to be the most uneasy offseason in the NBA history.

Let's take a look at what important news came out of the NBA today:

Thibodeau was fired by the Knicks

According to the Knicks reporter Ian Begley, the Knicks summoned several "top players" in the team to attend the season-end evaluation meeting attended by boss James Dolan. Ultimately, these assessments led the Knicks to decide not to let Thibodeau serve as head coach. It is rumored that the final decision on Thibodeau's stay or not was made by President Leon Ross and was supported by Doran.

The Knicks then issued a statement:

"Our entire organization's only goal is to win the championship for fans. It was this pursuit that prompted us to make a difficult decision - informing Tom Thibodeau coach that the team will choose another direction of development.

It is worth mentioning that under Thibodeau's leadership in the past five years, the Knicks have won four playoff series, and this season has led the Knicks to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 25 years; before him, the Knicks 13 As head coach, he only won the next series in 20 years. But Thibodeau could not escape the end of being fired.

It can be seen that these top bulls and horses in the Knicks have been fed up with Thibodeau's overloading crushing, and the team's management is even more unbearable to Thibodeau's employing strategies to suppress young players. Now the planters are considered unemployed!

The Suns lower the asking price of Durant

According to insiders of the Suns, the Suns are actively selling Durant. It has reached a point where he has to leave. Because based on the current salary of players in the team who are still in the contract period, the total salary of the Suns will still exceed the second rich line next season. The team urgently needs to release salary pressure through transactions. With Booker as a non-selling product and no one wants Bill, Durant has become the team's first cleanup target. But in September this year, Durant is about to turn 37 and has a history of major injuries. In addition, he will earn up to 54.71 million yuan next year, which has discouraged many teams. Now the Suns are also starting to make concessions. Step by step, they hope to reach a deal with the Rockets, and called many times to express their desire to return to the control of the 10th pick in the first round of this year. However, the Rockets have to match this deal with several young players with both combat power and potential, which will inevitably cause damage to the Rockets' existing lineup, so the Rockets still have doubts about this deal!

VanVleet is expected to stay in the team

, and many sources said that VanVleet will continue to play for the Rockets next season. First of all, the playoffs After being eliminated by the Warriors, Van Vliot has publicly expressed his willingness to stay in the team. Secondly, the team's cooperation process and results with Van Vliot this season are very good. The Rockets management has included it in the team's short-term development plan.

Next season is the last year of Van Vliot's contract, with a salary of 44.9 million, but as a team option, the team will most likely refuse to execute it and sign a new contract with it with a longer term and lower average salary.

Hiro 3 years 1 49.7 billion USD renewal of the Heat

According to ESPN's famous reporter, Herro will renew a contract with the Heat for a three-year, $149.7 million contract.

This season, Heiro averaged 23.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and was selected as the All-Star for the first time in his career. Although his average average dropped to 17.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists in the playoffs, his three-point shooting percentage was only 31%. He was swept 0-4 by the Cavaliers in the first round, but as a 25-year-old young ball Hero's peak period has not yet arrived, and he deserves the team to tie him up with a big contract. If the Rockets can't keep Adams, he will turn to Daluo, 31-year-old Adams played an important rotation role in the series with the Warriors. He used his outstanding performance to make the market for standing big centers surge. Adams, who will become a free agent in the offseason, will definitely be favored and sought after by many playoff teams, and the Rockets want You can imagine how competitive it is.

According to insiders of the Rockets, if the team fails to renew Adams in the end, the team will turn their attention to Bucks center Brooke Lopez.

This season's regular season, Lopez averaged 13 points, 5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, shooting percentage of 50.9%, and three-point shooting percentage of 37.3%. Although he is a little older, his style of playing with defense inside and three-pointers outside is more in line with this era.