Chapter 176: Jazz's Deal

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The Jazz team lost a full four people overnight, plus at this time there was still a little Marlon Isaac Austin lying on the hospital bed without a comeback, and now the entire Jazz team now has only 1o players, although the Jazz team has completed the transaction, but because the players are now also going to settle down, it is impossible to play the game right away, generally speaking, it is necessary to give these players who have not yet come to the team to report for about three days, so in the last three days, the Jazz team can really only be 1o people to fight.

Moreover, if it is just that the four people who were traded away by the Jazz team said that except for Jeff Malone, the other people did not contribute so much to the team, but these people, whether they were Spencer or Bennaught or Humphries, although their strength was a little worse, they were all important rotation players for the Jazz, and after these people left, the remaining wave of rotation players was worse than them, and basically they could not be counted on.

This time the Jazz and Nets deal is not a one-to-one deal, but a three-way deal, no way, the head coach of the Nets really appreciates the Jazz All-Star scoring Jeff Malone with shooting and body skills, and now the Nets' ranking is actually a little embarrassing, and the win rate of 5o% has been a little close, in this case, this team really can't wait any longer, especially when the time comes to February, this time period is when most of the league's teams aiming for the playoffs are sprinting wildly.

In this case, if the Nets continue to drag on and fail to complete the team's rebuilding at the right time, the team's hope of hitting the playoffs this season is almost extremely slim, but the Nets want to rob the Jazz and see that the Jazz want to impact the championship this season, and they need an excellent interior player. However, although the young interior PJ Brown in their hands is good, but the strength is not enough to rob the Jazz, at least Jerry Sloan has a certain improvement after the young man played directly with the two teams. It's acceptable to this player.

But if you want to trade a young role player for a mature All-Star, even if Scott Rayden doesn't have an IQ, he won't do that. And some other players other than PJ Brown are really useless to the Jazz, and it is impossible for the Nets to succeed in such an abacus, so in this case, the head coach of the Nets, Chuck Daley, the head coach with the highest prestige in the NBA, almost personally intervened and directly contacted his old club, the Detroit Pistons.

Although the old man left the head coach of the Pistons after retiring two years ago, the Pistons have been getting worse and worse since then, and now they have even become the bottom of all teams in the East, and the team's boss Isaiah Thomas is ready to retire. In this case, the Pistons, like the Nets' trade with the Jazz in recent times, are also preparing to purge some of the team's veterans, and are discussing trades with teams such as the Kings and Nuggets.

And after this situation, the godfather of the Pistons, who is now the head coach of the Nets, directly interrupted the management of the Pistons from the trade with the Kings and Nuggets, and pulled the Pistons into the trade between the Jazz and the Nets.

I have to say that although Mr. Chuck Daley left the Pistons, the head coach of the Dream Team really didn't say anything about the influence, and when the Pistons joined as a third party, the trade between the Nets and the Jazz could finally speed up the process. Because the Nets have everything they can do for the Jazz.

In this three-way trade, the Jazz sent the team's All-Star guard Jeff Malone, the team's small forward Bennott last season. The team's former center Spencer, the team's former signing of the highly-anticipated swingman Humphries, and the team's draft pick next year

The Nets, on the other hand, sent the team's small shooting guard Edwards, the team's young interior PJ Brown, the team's veteran interior Rick Mahon and the team's young guard David Wesley plus the team's draft pick next year

As for the Pistons, they sent the team's former All-Star forward Sean Elliott, the Spurs were used to exchange for Rodman's chips have been identified by the Pistons as one of the most failed transactions in the team's history, the player who was selected as an All-Star with an average of 17 points per game in the Spurs last season only averaged 12 points per game after coming to the Pistons, and whether it was shooting percentage, offensive efficiency or defensive efficiency have dropped significantly, In this case, the player whose contract is now expiring is already one of the most important clean-up players for the Pistons, because this guy is unwilling to renew his contract with the Pistons, and the Pistons have not thought of renewing his contract. In this case, it is too much to leave freely. It can be said that he is a player who is quite a tangle for the Pistons.

In addition to sending Elliott, the Pistons will also send the team's center Alden Pollinis. The Pistons' center is in a similar situation to Elliott, both have only one year left on the contract, and they don't want to renew their contract with the Pistons at all, and the Pistons are not ready to renew the contract with the 3o-year-old veteran, after all, this guy is not the same as Elliott, Elliott is now preparing to return to the Spurs after the contract expires, and this Polynis is ready to sign the last big contract of his career. currently averages 13 points and 12 rebounds per game, although in this era of All-Star interior lines, his level is at most quasi-second-rate, but a quasi-second-rate interior line can sign a contract of three million, but if this guy is still young, the Pistons are willing to give him a long-term contract of three million, but this guy is now thirty years old, and the Pistons are ready to rebuild, Isaiah Thomas's annual salary is only 25o thousand, if this guy is given 3oo thousand, others will definitely rebel.

Therefore, the Pistons have been contacting the Kings for a while in the hope of sending Polinis to the Kings in exchange for the Kings' young interior Zilkart, but just when the trade was about to be successful, it was finally stopped by Old Man Chuck Daley.

Because Mr. Chuck Daley fell in love with this insider, to be precise, Chuck Daley fell in love with this Pistons insider, which could be used as a middle chip to exchange him for Jeff Malone.

In fact, this is indeed the case, in this transaction, when Scott Rayden saw Elliott and Pollinis's chips, he almost didn't hesitate too much, and immediately agreed, as for Elliott's problem with the Pistons? There's no problem with that. Returning to the West will definitely allow him to regain his form again, and as for whether the Spurs player will not renew his contract to return to the Spurs after the end of this season. That's not something Raidon needs to think about at all, because the Pistons are at the bottom of the East. Won't he return to the Spurs to stay with the Pistons and lose every day? And the Jazz are the number one team in the league, can it be the same?

As for Polines, this one is even simpler, after Raidon directly asked the Pistons to renew the interior player's contract for 4 years and 9oo million, the two teams signed and then traded to complete the deal.

So in this deal, the Nets gained the player they wanted the most, Jeff Malone, and a potential outside small forward Bennott, although Bennott was suppressed by Brian Russell this season, but this small forward is after all a third-year rookie who played for a season with the Jazz. Although the offensive aspect is really bad, the requirements of the Nets are different from those of the Jazz, and this kid is indeed young and worth developing.

As for the Pistons, the rebuilding team has got a veteran Rick Mahon who is retiring, Edwards, a shooting guard for the Nets, and Spencer, a young potential interior for the Jazz, of course, and Humphries, who is about to expire, as well as a Nets draft pick and a draft pick from the Jazz. It can be seen that Chuck Daley did not use his prestige to oppress his old club, as for the strength of these players in exchange, whether it is a bad contract. This is not something they need to consider at all, and now the Pistons have not pursued anything at all in the last two seasons, and compared to the draft picks, these contracts that don't look good will be good when their contracts expire and they all leave, and except for Edwards and Spencer, the contracts of others are not long, and Edwards and Spencer are just more useful, at least much better than the King's Zilkart.

As for the Jazz's gain, it was to get PJ Brown and David Wesley from the Nets, of which David Wesley signed a 3-year, 1oo contract before the change, and this guy's previous contract was a non-guaranteed contract. He also received the Pistons' small forward Elliott and the Pistons' center Polines from the Pistons.

Of course, against the four new teammates that are coming. Lin Han doesn't know much about these four people, and as for what kind of role these four can play after coming to the team, this is not something Lin Han needs to care about. Because it all depends on how the team's head coach, Jerry Sloan, adjusts the team.

It's just that now in the Jazz's training gym, after a long away game, returning to the team's first class, there is really something that makes Lin Han a little worried.

"Brian, what's wrong with you kid today, you look unrefreshed, you can't go where you went last night to fool around, right?"

Now the Jazz team's training hall is very deserted, and there are only 1o players on the whole team who can come to train, which can just be divided into two teams, and there are no rotation players for the training game, and what makes Lin Han very speechless is that at this time, his younger brother Brian Russell has been reprimanded by head coach Jerry Sloan three times in a row because of his lack of concentration, which makes Lin Han very speechless.

Although the whole team is not in a good mood today because of a very influential player like Jeff Malone, there is no need for Brian Russell to be like this, even if Lin Han is also a little unhappy after knowing the news of Jeff Malone's departure, but he will soon return to normal, after all, this is the current situation in the NBA, is it not the most normal thing for players to leave the team or the team to abandon players, when every player enters the NBA, they should understand this.

"Boss, not because of Jeff's departure, but because Elliott is here"

Just when Lin Han was about to reprimand Brian Russell during the break in training, Aaron Williams, who came over at this time, handed the two bottles of energy drinks in his hand to Russell and Lin Han who were sitting on the floor, and then sat down next to Lin Han and said.

It's just that after Williams finished speaking, Russell glared at Williams and continued to keep his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

And what kind of person is Lin Han, although his ball quotient is not very good, but he is definitely not a guy without IQ, and even Lin Han has always been a person.

Elliott, the Jazz's new player on the way. Limham didn't know him very well, Elliott didn't play in the last game against the Pistons, and he was replaced by this year's rookie Alan Houston. So I don't know much about this player Lin Han, who is an All-Star, but what his strength is. Although Lin Han is no stranger to the NBA now, it is impossible for many players Lin Han to understand all of them so quickly, maybe this former Pistons player may even be a legendary player in the legendary system, but there are so many legendary players in the legendary system, and after taking a look, I can remember David Wesley because Ally once said that some legendary players in the legendary system are not selected because of how strong they are or because of how many honors there are, but because of some special reasons, such as Boikins, The strength and honor were not up to the requirements, but because of his height in the NBA, he was selected. David Wesley was named by Ellie at the time, so Lin Han has a memory.

As for what kind of player Elliott is, Lin Han really doesn't know, no, since this guy can enter the All-Star, the strength should be there, and it is normal for Brian Russell to worry about his position being replaced.

To be honest, Lin Han really appreciates this little brother, Brian Russell is different from Aaron Williams, Aaron Williams really has no talent, and he can enter the team and gain a foothold in the team not because of anything else. It's because of Lin Han's cover, and Russell, when Lin Han entered the team. This guy was able to defend Lin Han's storage on the defensive end, and he was the player who could create the most pressure on Lin Han among all the outside lines of the Jazz team at that time, although Lin Han's strength was not very good at that time, except for Kobe's turnaround and backward jumper, but after all, Lin Han was able to win the scoring title in the genius training camp with that move at that time, which proves that although Brian Russell's other skills are very mediocre, his defensive level is not low, at least much stronger than Bowen at that time.

And after the start of the season, because of Lin Han. After Jerry Sloan let him be Lin Han's bodyguard and get a long playing time, that growth surprised even Jerry Sloan. Both the defense and the three-point range have improved a lot, and it can be seen that his confidence has come out. The fact that a non-draft player plays on a team that is the best in the league and plays more than 30 minutes per game is simply immeasurable for the growth of a young player.

Therefore, although the Jazz have been looking for a trade, looking for opportunities to strengthen the team, and have considered a lot of plans, but in any of the plans, the Jazz did not regard Bryan Russell as the team's weakness, after all, they were able to suppress Bennaught on the bench after recovering from injury, if Bryan Russell was only covered by Lin Han and he had no strength, Jerry Sloan would not let him really play, if it weren't for Lin Han's survival, the team's small forward would be the Jazz's biggest appearance this season.

Therefore, at this time, Lin Han glanced at his little brother and shook his head helplessly, he really didn't expect that this little brother of his would have this time.

Although Russell is a very trustworthy player on the court and is very good off the court, after all, he is a young player, and it is natural for such a young player to have such worries when he is about to face an All-Star to compete for a position.

"I don't know what Elliott's quality is, but Brian, you should know very well how Jeff left, when we came into the team, who thought that I could replace Jeff, you can become, can Aaron be in the rotation?"

Looking at Brian Russell, who was a little dazed at this time, Lin Han also shook his head and continued: "Don't forget the feeling of competition, afraid that you won't be able to solve anything, since you can have the ability to play on a team that ranks first in the league, why should you be afraid of an All-Star from a fish-belly team?" ”

After finishing speaking, Lin Han no longer paid attention to his little brother, and then picked up the drink that Aaron Williams had just given him and poured it down, while Brian Russell, who was sitting next to Lin Han at this time, gritted his teeth, and his hand was constantly pinching the drink bottle that had been pinched and deformed by him.

"Boss, I know what to do, maybe because of the All-Star Game, I'm a little bit ahead and I'm going to keep trying, whether it's Elliott or someone else. I won't be afraid, thank you, Boss and Aaron."

After all that is said. Brian Russell was also like Lin Han, and poured the drink in his hand in one gulp.

See Russell, who has become bright again. Lin Han and Aaron Williams also nodded, some people will soon forget the motivation to move forward after receiving some honors, thinking that they have been successful enough in the NBA, and lack the courage to continue to challenge, Brian Russell is like this, and many players in the NBA are like this.

"Speaking of which, Brian's only contender is Elliott. I'm not just one competitor."

After Russell returned to normal, Williams on the side also said with a bitter smile, his goal of entering the NBA is smaller than Russell, he just wants to gain a foothold in the NBA, as long as he stays in the NBA, he knows that his talent is not as good as Russell, and even less than Lin Han, but after all, he has been on the team for a long time before, and now. The team came with two inside lines at once, and they were all very good inside lines.

It's a double insurance for the Jazz, but it's no less than a nightmare and a bolt from the blue for Aaron Williams. If he hadn't been covered by Lin Han, not to mention that he didn't have a place in the team, he might even be swept away.

Although he knew that Aaron Williams's emotion was more of a helplessness than a frustration like Russell before, Lin Han still sighed a little at this time.

It is impossible for everyone in the NBA to be a star, and not everyone can find their satisfactory position, most of them are struggling at the bottom, and most of these players who are struggling at the bottom are like Aaron Williams who do not have much talent and cannot get ahead, but not all of these people will really be appointed.

Lin Han knew. Although his little brother is cheerful, he saw Antonio Harvey play in the Lakers. It is impossible for him not to have a little idea.

"Let's work together!"

Finally, when Lin Han drank the remaining drink in his hand in one gulp, he stood up directly from the floor and smashed the empty drink bottle in his hand directly into the trash can not far away. Under the stunned gazes of Aaron Williams and Brian Russell, the Jazz's No. 8 player yelled directly.

And I don't know why, at this time, both Russell and Aaron Williams stood up from the ground at this time, and then almost learned the same movements as Lin Han, and after smashing the bottle in his hand to the trash can, he shouted loudly.

"Boss, add me and work together!"

"Me too, boss, I won't give up my efforts, I will definitely be able to play in the NBA!"

"Hahaha, that's it, why did you make it so gloomy just now, this is the vitality of our young players!"

At this time, Lin Han, Aaron Williams and Brian Russell were laughing on the side of the training hall, and the other Jazz players on the side looked at the three like crazy people.

But because of Lin Han's relationship, they don't dare to do anything, in the Jazz team, Lin Han and the three of them are together no matter when, after all, everyone's circle is different, everyone's age difference is big and small, Lin Han is close to his two younger brothers and the Jazz's two leading players, Stockton and Ma Long, and other players are basically ordinary teammates, teammates on the court, and basically not friends off the court, and in fact, this is also the relationship between most NBA players and players.

Because of the four new players that the Jazz are coming, the current Jazz team will be greatly affected, and the players will need to readjust to each other's influences, but the impact will be even greater in the game.

On February 1, 1994, the Jazz's first game in February, the team returned to the home court after a series of Eastern road trips, and the first opponent at home was the Rockets led by Olajuwon.

But before the start of this game, the Jazz were very pessimistic, there is really no way not to be pessimistic, and now the whole team except for five players, the other five or four important rotation players are all gone, such a game to play a fish belly team is okay, but playing the Rockets, this is basically a must-lose game.

And after the start of this game, in fact, as expected by the Jazz, the two sides of this game were actually very intense, in the face of the Rockets who suddenly lacked an inside blue-collar player Thorpe, Malone's opponent in this game was only Olajuwon, he only needed to pay attention to Olajuwon, as for Robert Hawley, who served as the Rocket's power forward in this game, it was basically impossible for him to entangle Malone like Thorpe, After all, in terms of height or defense, Robert Hawley basically can't put pressure on Malone like Thorpe.

So in this game, although Malone was also a little afraid to go to the basket to face Olajuwon one-on-one, his hand was much better than the previous two games, so with Lin Han's help, even after the first quarter of the two sides, the Jazz still led at home.

It's just that an NBA game can't have only one quarter, when the second quarter starts, in the face of the crazy attack of the Rockets' bench lineup, Malone and Stockton and Lin Han sitting on the sidelines are speechless, the three of them want to play the whole game in this game, but Jerry Sloan is willing, if this game is a playoffs, maybe Jerry Sloan will be willing to let the team's three cores play the whole game, but this is just a regular season, for this not very important victory, There is no need to let the core players of the team who have already adjusted more or less overdraft again.

Even if Malone and them are overdrawn, it is not certain whether the team can beat the Rockets.

In this case, the Jazz, who were still leading by 3 points after the end of the first quarter, had fallen behind by 5 points at halftime, and at the end of the game, the Rockets, who were originally playing away, defeated the Jazz 1o1-89 at home, and the Jazz also suffered another defeat after three consecutive wins, and in this game Lin Han did not exchange points for injuries like in the previous game, which led Lin Han directly to Jordan who likes to shoot crazy on the periphery in the face of Olajuwon, of course, In terms of shooting percentage, Lin Han can also be compared with Jordan at the beginning, Jordan didn't dare to kill the inside line when facing Olajuwon, so the shooting rate was less than 45%, and Lin Han's game was similar, with 27 in 1o and 26 points, which is a standard number of irons.

After losing this game, Lin Han and the Jazz were not so disappointed, but Thorpe's absence in this game made the Jazz a little confused, you must know that the Jazz have now regarded the Rockets as an imaginary enemy, which is also the reason why this team wants to find an inside meat shield, of course, the Rockets must be treating the Jazz as an imaginary enemy, which is inevitable.

Maybe at this time, the Jazz are wondering why Thorpe didn't play, and the Rockets may be even more puzzled about why the Jazz are missing four important rotation players at once.

Of course, after this game, Lin Han didn't think about it for long, and to Lin Han's surprise, the editor-in-chief of the basketball department of USA Today, Lin Han's first Lin Blowing in the United States, Alex actually came to the door. (To be continued)

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