一 | New York-traded West Texas Intermediate (WTI) settled down 97 cents, or almost 1%, at $98.53. The intraday low was $95.17, a bottom not seen since the week ended April 8. In just two sessions, the US crude benchmark had lost almost $15 or 14%.,Citigroup says WTI could collapse to $65 a barrel by the end of this year and slump to $45 by end-2023 if a demand-crippling recession hits.,London-traded Brent crude, settled at $100.69, down $2.08 or 2.02%. Earlier, it broke below the $100 mark the first time since April 25, hitting a session low of $98.59. Like WTI, Brent has also lost almost $15, or 13%, over two days of trading.,West May Use Proposed Russian Oil Price Cap Scheme for Gas Price, Von Der Leyen SaysYesterday, 12:20 GMT,A cluster of economic data of late has suggested that the United States may be headed for an economic slowdown - possibly a recession - as the Federal Reserve embarks on the most aggressive rate hikes in a generation to tame inflation roaring at 40-year highs.,A closely-watched gauge of the US services sector fell to its lowest in 20 months in June.,Separately, the US Labor Department signaled that the red-hot labor market may be starting to cool. Job openings, as measured by its monthly survey, fell in May, to a level of 11.254 million that is still high by historical comparison.,The job openings data came ahead of Friday’s more important June non-farm payrolls report, which is expected to show a smaller jobs growth compared with May. Economists say some 268,000 payrolls were probably added last month - versus the 390,000 in May - holding unemployment at 3.6% for a third straight month. A jobless rate of 4% or below is seen by the Federal Reserve as full employment.,“While our view remains that higher consumer prices are required to balance the oil market this summer, we acknowledge that significant and large shocks continue to distort fundamentals,” Goldman Sachs said in an energy market outlook.,Blockage of Russian Bond Payments to Erode Dollar Dominance, French Economist Says27 June, 15:29 GMT,A rocketing dollar ahead of more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, or Fed, has also shaken the roots of the energy rally seen since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February and the resulting sanctions on Moscow.,The Dollar Index, which pits the greenback against six major currencies, continued its ascent from overnight, leaping to above 107, its highest since December 2002. The dollar has rallied with few stops since November last year on bets of aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, or Fed, which has just started delivering on those expectations.,The drone of recession talk is expected to get louder across the United States after the Atlanta division of the Federal Reserve forecast last week a second straight quarter of economic decline for the year. The Commerce Department officially reported a 1.6% economic contraction in the first quarter.,The Federal Reserve, in minutes of its June policy meeting released on Wednesday, said it saw a real danger of high inflation becoming entrenched in the US economy and the only way to balance runaway prices with growth was to have appropriate interest rate hikes.,The central bank is expected to push ahead with another three-quarter percentage point interest rates hike this month, potentially taking key lending rates to between 2.25% and 2.5% range from the 0 - 0.25% range they stood at in February.。 据ESPN名记Shams最新确认，詹姆斯·哈登已正式敲定留守骑士，双方就续约达成口头一致。
二 | 这位36岁的联盟老牌巨星，主动跳出价值4230万美元的球员选项，选择降薪续约克利夫兰，以牺牲薪资的方式留在球队，继续搭档米切尔冲击总冠军。 2026年2月，哈登通过交易空降骑士，顶替加兰撑起球队后场体系。加盟骑士后的半个赛季里，哈登迅速融入战术体系，场均交出20+得分的稳定数据，凭借顶级的组织串联、节奏把控和关键球处理能力，完美适配骑士攻防体系，成为球队后场不可或缺的核心支柱。他丰富的大赛经验，也为年轻的骑士队带来了宝贵的季后赛作战经验。
三 | 哈登选择留守，核心源于双向的高度契合。对骑士而言，哈登的传控能力能够极大解放米切尔的进攻火力，两人组建的全明星后场组合，攻防互补、分工明确，是球队冲击东部顶尖梯队的核心底气。即便球队今夏未能签下补强目标，管理层依旧坚定认可哈登的赛场价值，视其为争冠核心拼图。 对哈登来说，克利夫兰是生涯后期最适配的舞台。历经多支球队辗转后，他在骑士找到了稳定的战术地位和团队氛围。相比于奔赴其他球队抱团，他更愿意留在熟悉的体系中，以核心身份带队征战，追逐职业生涯缺失的总冠军荣誉。放弃千万薪资的抉择，足以彰显他对冠军的极致渴望。 新赛季，留守的哈登将继续扛起骑士后场重任。褪去高薪枷锁的他，无需背负舆论压力，可全身心投入赛场。在东部群雄混战的格局下，哈登与米切尔的王牌组合，有望带领骑士补齐短板、突破瓶颈。 深耕克利夫兰，再战巅峰！降薪留守的哈登，正以成熟老将的姿态，为最后的冠军梦想全力冲刺，属于他与骑士的逆袭篇章，即将全新开启。
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