After this terrible schedule, the Rockets players finally relaxed a little. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.infoThe Houston had just one game left in the final four days of November, and they beat the Hawks at home.

And on the same day, the Lakers lost to the Spurs by 6 points away. Bryant was in poor form, scoring just 25 points on 9-of-33 shooting and not dispelling out a single assist. Especially in the last 2 minutes of the game, the Lakers only trailed by 4 points, and Kobe Bryant hit 5 irons in a row to bury the hope of a comeback. After this loss, the Lakers' record came to 9-4, which was surpassed by the Clippers, the city's arch-rival.

The Lakers, as the traditional giants of the league, have always been the focus of media attention. The defeat has divided the media into two factions, revealing different views. One faction, led by big sports media such as ESPN, believes that the Lakers couldn't make the playoffs last year, and now this record is already very good. After all, the Spurs are a Western Conference final team, and it is normal for them to have a strength gap with the Lakers; On the other hand, the local media in Los Angeles believe that the Lakers' trade is not effective enough to find a sufficient helper for Los Angeles pride Kobe.

Yuan Fei could only shake his head and smile bitterly at the latter's point of view. In his opinion, Jason. Bath's operation simply couldn't have been better. Bynum, Bleche and the three Williams are all big names in the future, but they are still young at the moment and need time to grow. As for Barnes' golden role player who is being snapped up by many teams in the future, it is a robbery for the Lakers to sign him with a base salary. But in the eyes of the media, the Lakers just got a few rookies and signed a few nobodies, and what they want to see is to get a few big names. But the big names are the treasures of each team, how can they get them if they want to?

Ke Jason. Bass really did.

On Dec. 3, the Rockets' home win over the Grizzlies seemed to be the last straw for the dying camel.

The next day, a shocking deal was born. Grizzly boss Paul. Gasol airborne Los Angeles Lakers!

In fact, the Lakers and Grizzlies have had several talks about the deal, and Grizzlies general manager West is a meritorious veteran of the Lakers. Bass grew up, and the two had a good relationship privately. Because of this, West was patient enough to negotiate a deal with Bass that would cost him a loss.

First of all, the two sides decided to trade the Grizzlies out of Gasol and the Lakers out of Kwame. Brown (a strong former champion who still has upside potential at 24) and Mo. Williams (a young player who did well last season), but then there was a disagreement. Because the salary can't be matched, the players that the Grizzlies look up to are all Lakers' non-sale players (including Kobe, Delon and Odom). Bass wants to catch Chris. Memes or German. George was equal, but West only wanted young players and rejected 27-year-old Memes and 29-year-old George, and the negotiations reached an impasse.

At this point, West offered to ask for Bynum (whom he didn't like at all for Barnes and Brighter), and Bath asked for Battier to be traded under the pretense that Bynum was an important part of the team's future plans.

After several more discussions, the final deal was finalized: the Lakers signed retired veteran Rick to a three-year, $3.5 million contract. Fox, will Fox, Kwame. Brown, Mo. Williams, Andrew. Bynum and Luke. The Wharton five-man package, plus a future draft pick, in exchange for the Memphis Grizzlies' number one star, Paul Brown. Gasol with defensive titan Sean. Battier!

Since Gasol and Battier's combined salaries are about 15.9 million, to equalize the salary, the Lakers will have to pay at least players with a combined salary of 12.64 million yuan (draft picks and cash are not counted in the allocation). The combined salaries of the Lakers' Brown, Mo, Bynum, and Wharton are only more than 11 million, so the Lakers specially signed free agent Fox to join the deal.

(Quick fact: The real situation in history is February 1, 2008, the Lakers paid Aaron . McGee, Brown, Clittenton, Mark. Gasol's signing rights and two draft picks in exchange for Paul. A draft pick from Gasol and the Grizzlies. Aron. McGee signed and traded for a leveling salary, and he received a $750,000 salary with little to no effort. It is worth mentioning that McGee was just hired as an assistant coach by the 76ers in October '07, and for this salary, he completed a series of steps on the day of the trade to step down as an assistant coach, sign with the Lakers, and join the Grizzlies. He was cut by the Grizzlies three months later and re-became an assistant coach with the 76ers the following season)

For a while, this big news caused an earthquake across the league, and many team owners jumped out to accuse the Lakers of cheating for the first time. This Fox announced his retirement in 04, and now he is signed out just to match the salary, which is really shameless operation. Even the always calm Spurs coach Popovich couldn't sit still, and he publicly said: "It's an unfair deal that a team can't pay so little for an All-Star interior liner!" ”

And the league has nothing to do about it, the Lakers and Grizzlies are willing to accept it, and they don't violate the rules, the trade rules are all formulated by the league itself, and the league can't find a reason to blame at this time.

(Quick fact: In 2011, during the next round of collective bargaining, the coalition deliberately added several clauses prohibiting such behavior.) First, the first sign and then change can only be used before the regular season, and it is forbidden to sign first and then change after the regular season starts; The second is that the player who is signed and traded must have completed the previous full season, and players like Fox who have retired for 1 year will be prohibited from signing and swapping)

From the Lakers' point of view, it's really a big deal. Brown and Walton themselves are not part of the Lakers' future plans, which is equivalent to paying only Mo Jr. and Bynum, who will take years to grow, to complete the trade. In exchange, Gasol and Battier both have the strength to start and form a luxurious starting lineup with Kobe, Odom, and Williams.

From the Grizzlies' point of view, this wave is not too much of a loss. After losing to the Rockets, they are only 8-9 and in 10th place in the West, and Gasol will continue to miss for a while, if it drags on, it is very likely that they will not be able to enter the playoffs this season, and they will not be able to get a high pick. And the Grizzlies have been in the first round for two consecutive years, and it may not be good to stick to this lineup. In exchange for four promising young players, the oldest of which is only 25 years old. This season, if you put on a bad show and get a high-ranking rookie, the future is also promising. That's how the two-time champion rockets were played.

And it's also important to note that Jerry. West is in the heart of the grizzly bear in the lake. Is this old man giving the nickname "Godfather of the Lakers" in vain? Although he has been away from Los Angeles for many years, he will never forget his roots when there is sweetness, just treat this deal as an assist to his old club.

At this time, the Lakers have the strength to compete and even crush the Rockets.

(Sorry for the late delivery due to the wrong time) (To be continued.) )