Chapter 981: Depressed Anthony and the Longest Streak!
In order to welcome back Iverson, the Philadelphia 76ers are ready to rebuild again.
The Seattle SuperSonics have no interest in sending the likes of Millsap and Harden away.
But the rest of the league is very interested in the likes of Iguodala and Louis Williams.
Unlike Garnett Pierce, Garnett Pierce is still very strong, but at that age, it can be said that many teams are willing to just get these two, but unless they are fools, no one will really be willing to pay too high a price for the two of them.
Unless it's teams that are desperate to get rid of their belly status.
But the point is, neither of these two nor any of them were able to make it eventually, and now can these two bring success to a team that desperately needs to succeed?
In the current situation of the alliance, it is obviously impossible.
So, Garnett and Pierce are a bit of a chicken rib for most teams in the league right now.
So much so that Danny Angie waited for a fool to come to the door, or came to the door to sell a fool, but after a long time, Garnett and Pierce were still in his hands.
Iguodala and Louis Williams are not the same, both of them are players in their prime.
Although Iguodala's potential has reached its peak, the 76ers have little expectation that Iguodala will become a superstar.
But even if Iguodala can't become a superstar boss, as the boss of a playoff team, his strength is definitely All-Star level, and all of them are first-class among All-Stars.
To any team with aspirations, it can become a third-leader or even a second-in-command.
If it's one of those fish belly teams, with him can even directly complete the rebuild, as long as it's not a team with aspirations like the 76ers, doesn't care about any championship or too good results, and has Iguodala as the core of the team, it's still very beautiful.
It's fair to say that when Iguodala was sent to the trade market by the 76ers, the whole league moved.
That also includes Anthony's Nuggets.
The Nuggets are really salivating over Iguodala.
Although the Nuggets already have an Anthony, neither Anthony nor Iguodala is a fixed person at the small forward position, Anthony can be three or four, and Iguodala can be three or two or even one.
The characteristics of the two not only do not conflict, but also are very compatible.
But, to Anthony's rather uncomfortable point, they didn't have the chips the Pistons wanted.
Now everyone knows that the chips the 76ers traded for Iguodala not what the 76ers wanted, but what the Pistons wanted.
Billups and Hamilton want to return to the Pistons, these two Pistons veterans talked to him a lot, and felt that the Nuggets were really suffering by the Nuggets' group of young people, seeing that the 76ers took Iverson back to the roots, they also wanted to go back to the roots, didn't Ben Wallace go back?
Seeing Billups and Hamilton like this, Anthony was reluctant, but thinking that he could be exchanged for Iguodala, Anthony also accepted the communication between the two and the management of the Pistons.
If the second elder can return to his roots, Iguodala can come to the Nuggets, which is a win-win situation for the second elder and the Nuggets.
But the key is that the Pistons can use Iverson to blackmail the 76ers, even if they don't do anything, they can get Iguodala and Louis Williams, and the Pistons forced the 76ers to take Iguodala to recommend a round in the league in order to get the players they want more, such as the Supersonic Millsap and so on.
If they can't get better than Iguodala for them, they can take Iguodala as well, so why bring Billups and Hamilton back?
Is it Billups who has 10,000 NBA assists?
Or is Hamilton about to score the same as Iverson's to 30,000 points?
Or do these two pistons not work?
Although Billups and Hamilton are not low in the history of the Pistons, and their current strength is not weak, but for the sake of the two to abandon Iguodala and Louis Williams, Anthony feels that with his IQ, this possibility is very, very low.
Anthony wants to make a difference in the NBA this season.
But this season, he and his Nuggets have really encountered a huge challenge.
This year's League and the West are just too strong and too strong.
Let's not talk about the whole league, let's talk about the West, the Supersonics, the Grizzlies, the Lakers and the Mavericks, and the door to the top four seems to be welded to death.
He and his Nuggets can only compete with teams such as the Timberwolves, Thunder, Warriors and Clippers and Trail Blazers for the fifth place.
It may seem a bit embarrassing to say.
He and his Nuggets can't compete with the Timberwolves in the top five this season, even Chris's Thunder.
The Nuggets, who have been one of the strongest teams in the West for the past few seasons, actually fell to seventh in the West this season.
It's a real shame.
You know, at the end of last season, he and Chris talked about that he and the Nuggets were going to enter the Finals, and Chris and the Thunder were going to the Western Conference finals.
It's good for now, both teams are in a one-round pace.
Although the Nuggets' strength has not improved this season, it has really not declined.
The Nuggets have basically no personnel changes this season, None, Martin, Camby, Billups, Hamilton, and J.R. Smith, and the core main players have all stayed.
With such a lineup and such strength, Nima's can only rank seventh in the West now, what does it mean to retreat if you don't advance?
This is called "If you don't advance, you will retreat!"
These beast teams in the West are just too beastly!
Anthony hopes a good outcome from Billups Hamilton and Pistons management.
After all, hasn't the 76ers been hitting a wall in pushing Iguodala?
This shows that Iguodala, the players the Pistons want most, can't be replaced.
The Pistons either take Iguodala and Louis Williams, or they will have to settle for it.
If the Pistons wanted Iguodala to stop tossing, it's clear that the Pistons don't want this top-paid player who even the 76ers see as potential.
Iguodala is strong, has great potential, has a high salary, has a long contract, and the advantages and disadvantages are very obvious.
Carmelo Anthony was anxiously awaiting the outcome of Hamilton and Billups' communication.
Fortunately, these two people are indeed very well-connected on the Pistons' side, and they are the kind that can go straight to the sky.
And the result of the communication between the two also surprised Anthony a little.
"The Pistons are willing to reclaim Richard, and as for my position, the Pistons want Nene."
Billups's face was dark, which was understandable, after all, he was moved by Iverson and wanted to return to his roots.
They came because of Iverson in the first place.
Now Iverson is going back as he is, and it makes sense.
But they talked to the Pistons about feelings, but the Pistons talked to them about interests.
The reason why the Pistons are willing to reclaim Hamilton is because Hamilton is 31 years old this year, can still average 20 points per game in the NBA, the strength of the All-Star is visible to the naked eye, and he is also the slowest shooter in the decline of strength.
As for Billups, he is 33 years old this year, although Billups is also averaging 20 points per game this season, but one is a heavy point guard, the other is a lightweight shooter, and the future downward route is simply easy to make with the naked eye.
Billups is really not worth much, as is Pierce and Garnett.
Swapping Billups for Nene is 27, and it's a small robbery for the Nuggets.
Nene has been averaging 15+8+1.3 steals + 1.3 blocks per game in recent seasons, and this Orc interior is the second most valuable player in the Nuggets' trade.
It can be seen from the Pistons' desire to exchange Millsap from the supersonic that the Pistons really want a power forward, a power forward with strength and potential.
The Pistons are going from the SuperSonics with Millsap and Nick Collisson, so why are we from the Nuggets with Hamilton and Nene here?
Nene and Hamilton's trade value is higher than Millsap and Collison, right?
It doesn't matter if the internal communication of acquaintances is not discounted, but TM is still ripe!
In fact, from the perspective of the Pistons, it is not considered a killing, and it is true that the trade value of Nene and Hamilton is higher than that of Millsap and Collisson, but the superSonics are still out of James Harden.
They didn't want the Nuggets out of J.R. Smith.
Of course, the Nuggets can't get Louis Williams either.
For the Pistons' reply to this trade, Billups is very uncomfortable, and the Nuggets are also very uncomfortable.
For the sake of Iguodala's top-level second-in-command, the Nuggets are willing to accept Iguodala's max salary contract and his shortcomings that his potential is no longer enough.
But the Nuggets are also reluctant to lose Nen.
What's more, aren't your Pistons ready to rob the 76ers?
How do you get from this way of trading, you are robbing us of the gold.
The Nuggets wanted to continue negotiating, but the Pistons didn't give the Nuggets any chance to negotiate.
In the end, the Nuggets, who wanted to equip Anthony with a second-in-command team, finally gritted their teeth and agreed to the Pistons' trade request.
The Seattle SuperSonics boarded a road trip to Denver after beating the Pistons at home.
And when the supersonic came off the plane, Yes and the supersonic players were a little blindsided.
They had previously rejected a deal for Iguodala in Seattle.
Before the departure, many supersonic players thought that the Nuggets were a tough battle, a hard bone.
They really didn't expect that when they came to the plateau of Denver, the Nuggets would have two fewer of their five starters.
When Yees and the SuperSonics arrived in Denver, the league announced that the Pistons, 76ers, and Denver Nuggets had completed a three-way deal.
The Pistons sent out legendary guard, future 30,000 Mr. Allen Iverson.
The 76ers sent Andreas Iguodala, the team's big man.
The Nuggets sent Hamilton and Nene away.
The Pistons got Hamilton and Nene from the Nuggets.
The 76ers got Iverson.
And the Nuggets got the coveted Iguodala.
"The world thought that the Pistons were going to rob the 76ers, but in the end, the Nuggets jumped in by themselves......"
"The Nuggets are much fatter than the 76ers, and robbing the Nuggets makes a lot more money than robbing the 76ers, and if it weren't for the Nuggets' draft picks being worthless, I think the Pistons would still want to knock the Nuggets draft picks."
"Some of the uniformed people in the NBA are too dark!"
"It can only be said that in a place like the NBA, you must not put your hole cards out, robbery is really everywhere!"
In the Denver hotel, the SuperSonics players are discussing this three-way trade between the Nuggets Pistons and the 76ers.
Obviously, on the face of it, the Nuggets are losing a lot.
Neither the Pistons nor the 76ers lost.
The Pistons got the players they wanted.
The 76ers also paid an acceptable price to get the players they wanted, saved Louis Williams, and sent Iguodala away.
You know, Iguodala is the new salary cap's top salary contract!
Iguodala doesn't have the strength of a superstar, but he is carrying a superstar's boss contract.
This contract is also the reason why Iguodala's trade value is limited and the Pistons are reluctant to ask for Iguodala, the Pistons are not ready to make Iguodala the boss, and the Pistons don't have so much money for the second to enjoy the boss contract.
So, after this three-way deal came out, many people were laughing at the Nuggets.
The Nuggets' operations in this deal were indeed a bit too badly robbed.
But who made Nuggets head coach George Carr and Nuggets star player Anthony have to express so much desire for Iguodala?
While this trade may seem like a very bad thing for the Nuggets, it is a very good thing for the SuperSonics.
I thought it was going to be a tough fight.
Now the Nuggets are missing two main players all of a sudden, and Iguodala, who has been traded for a lot of money, cannot play again.
The Seattle SuperSonics are almost comfortable taking on the remnants of the Nuggets here.
In the end, the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Nuggets 146-129 in Denver.
Anthony played crazy in this game, and Billups played crazy too.
Especially Anthony.
In this game, Durant was beaten quite badly by Anthony.
Although after Durant gained weight, he was not so disadvantaged against Anthony, but Anthony is undoubtedly still Durant's sufferer.
In this game, Durant was suppressed by Anthony.
If it weren't for Anthony's three-point shooting in this game, Anthony would have almost slapped Yes in the face directly, Anthony scored 46 points in this game, while Rondo scored 47 points, and Rondo almost lost the scoring title in this game.
Rondo shot J.R. Smith very well in this game, but he didn't notice it, and the pressure on Yes, it was really quite big.
After all, it was he who slapped him in the face, not Rondo.
Rondo is not afraid of being slapped in the face......
On December 18, 2009, after defeating the Nuggets in Denver.
The supersonic's road trip continues.
On December 19, 2009, the Seattle SuperSonics challenged the Rockets, who are now 10th in the West, 140-105, and the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Rockets again, increasing their winning streak to 25 games this season.
On December 23, 2009, the Seattle SuperSonics ended their last game before Christmas, defeating the Phoenix Suns 147-113 on the road.
After beating the Suns, tying the Heat's 26-game winning streak last season to become the second-longest winning streak in NBA history.
In front of the SuperSonics for the longest winning streak in League history, the next one standing is tied with the SuperSonics in the second-longest position......
Miami heat!