Chapter 282: Goodbye, Salt Lake City
(The first chrysanthemum is over, a little melancholy)
The Jazz and Lakers completed the trade for Lynchham in a very short period of time, and it seemed that only two days had passed from the Jazz's request to the Lakers' offering of chips, which seemed to be going well.
Actually, the trade wasn't all that smooth, and at the very least, as far as the Jazz were concerned, neither Ricky Pierce nor Brue Edwards could get the two players they asked for this time.
It's not that these two players are not for sale for their respective teams, and if it is really for sale, the Jazz will not have such a requirement, in fact, these two players are put on the shelf by their own teams, but it is clear that whether it is Brue Edwards' Bucks or Ricky Pierce's Sound, these two teams are too greedy.
When I learned that the trade between Brue Edwards and Pierce was to trade Lin Han, the Bucks and Tone really sat on the ground, such as the Bucks, originally they wanted to clean up Bru Edwards, and there were no requirements, as long as someone was willing to accept this garbage contract, they didn't have any requirements, but this time, the Bucks actually proposed to trade the Lakers' draft pick and an expiring contract to trade Brue Edwards, the Lakers' draft pick is this year's No. 1o pick, Blue Edwards is not worth the No. 1O, I'm afraid it's not even worth the round pick, for this kind of behavior that is clearly meant to rob, Jerry West directly excluded the Bucks from this transaction after being stunned for a moment.
For Jerry West's decisiveness, I'm afraid the Bucks themselves didn't expect it. After all, the reason why they dared to rob the Lakers like this was because they heard that the Jazz's request to the Lakers included the option of Brue Edwards, although the Bucks did not think that they could get Linhan. But with the Lakers' eagerness to get Lin Han, even if the robbery is unsuccessful, it will not be directly excluded from the transaction, right?
In fact, there is also Yin, who has thought this way since Ricky Pierce's poor performance in this year's playoffs made Tone be eliminated as the second in the West and finally in the first round, Tone has already thought about throwing Ricky Pierce away, so like Brooky Edwards, Ricky Pierce is not so important in Tone now. Also because of the poor performance of the playoffs, Ricky Pierce's value is limited, the weak team has not thought of asking an old All-Star to come to the team for retirement, and the strong team is also a little afraid that Ricky Pierce will come to the team after coming to the same table as last season's playoff table. What if it's scrapped? So even if some strong teams are willing to ask for the league's best sixth man that year, but the trade offer given is limited, of course, Yin understands this, according to Yin's requirements. Ricky Pierce is an All-Star. They would have just needed a mid-round pick or a relatively good player to trade.
It's just that after hearing about the Jazz's requirements for the Lakers, the team that has just changed its general manager also showed its greed, Pierce, who originally just needed a mid-position draft pick, when Jerry West asked for the price, Tone's request actually became Divac plus the Lakers' No. 1O draft pick, although Ricky Pierce is an All-Star player, but even an All-Star in the NBA may not necessarily be able to change to a lottery pick, let alone add a center like Divac.
To know. Divac is not an All-Star center, but the European center is a recognized player in the NBA. This season, he is averaging 14+11+4+1+ per game, in addition to the league's four major centers, which center in the league has such a comprehensive number of Jù as Divac?
And Divac is only 26 years old now, for a center forward, this age has not even reached the peak, generally speaking, unless a talented player, the peak of the center player will come slightly later than the defender player, most of the center forward is around 28 years old, that is to say, although Divac is not a superstar now, but he is now the league's fragrant bun, otherwise with Jerry West's shrewdness, if Divac is not good, he will not give Divac the highest annual salary of the team.
Now the sound wants to rob, forget it, I didn't expect it to be greedy to this point, compared to the Bucks, it is more than that, in this case, with Jerry West's character, even the Bucks can't stand the sound, since the sound is not sincere, and soon before the sound player reacts, the domineering president of the Lakers abandoned the sound.
You know, although the Bucks and Tone are preparing to rob the Lakers, and the requirements for the Lakers are more than one another, but for them, although they can't get Lin Han, they are also very clear that they can really benefit from this big deal for Lin Han, so although the requirements for the Lakers are harsh, they are not without room for negotiation, they actually very much hope to be able to join this multi-party transaction, after all, everyone knows that Lin Han's salary is too low, It is inevitable that multi-party transactions are required to maximize Lin Han's value, and no matter how multi-party transactions are traded, if the transaction can be completed, it means that at that time, this transaction is beneficial to many parties, otherwise, unless a fool will choose to trade.
Especially in order to get Lin Han, for example, the Lakers want to make concessions, and the Jazz team also has to make concessions in order to meet Lin Han's requirements, when the two main parties to the transaction want to make concessions, the other participating teams will naturally get more benefits, so at this time, almost most of the teams have sharpened their heads and want to come in, and the two teams that had the best chance were abandoned like this.
I have to say that this is indeed a bit miserable, both the bucks and the sound underestimate Jerry West's domineering, this domineering president is not a person who is easily provoked.
Of course, since the Jazz didn't want to embarrass the Lakers, it was naturally impossible to target just Ricky Pierce or Brue Edwards, and the Jazz gave a lot of lists. As long as Jerry West can match the mix with people, in this case.
In the end, this six-way trade became the Lakers and the Jazz. Heat, 76ers, Clippers and Hornets.
And in the end, the chips that the Lakers are giving away are the team's most valuable players right now: center Divac, guard Anthony Piller, center Elden Campbell, potential outside player Doug Christie, as well as backup guard Tony Smith and former point guard Slater who was squeezed to the bench by Van Excel. Of course, the most important thing is last year's No. 12 rookie George Lynch, the total salary of these seven players has reached 12oo US dollars, which is half of the total salary of the entire Lakers team. Similarly, these seven players are like seven of the Lakers' most important group of players.
As for the players sent by the Jazz, of course, it is Lin Han, followed by Tyron Corbin, and then the team's backup power forward Chambers and the backup guards Walter Bond and Isaac Austin who have completed the sign-and-trade with the team, as well as Linhan's younger brother Aaron Williams, because of the sign-and-trade of Bond and Austin. The total salary of these six people on the Jazz team is $6oo million. Among them, Bond and Jazz signed a one-year contract extension for $7o, while Austin signed a three-year, $3oo contract extension
In addition to the Lakers and Jazz, the Heat, another important trade party, also gave away a lot of chips, not only Stephen Smith, one of the team's double guns, but also Grant Lang, the team's power forward, and this year's No. 12 draft pick
Of course, last season was miserable, with the same record as the Heat, but the Hornets who didn't make the playoffs, and the team also sent former team center Gominsky, whose contract is about to expire and has been completely suppressed by Mourning, plus a draft pick protected by next year's lottery
And then there's the 76ers. The rebuild-ready team sent All-Star caliber guard Hornacek as well as junk contract power forwards Tim Perry and Johnny Dawkins, as well as a future draft pick that was also protected by lottery
Except, of course, for these five major trade teams. There is also a Los Angeles Clippers, the owner of the Clippers Sterling and the owner of the Lakers, Old Bass, are good friends, very good friends, the whole league knows that Sterling is a very weird and eccentric person, but what is surprising is that this weirdo can play with Old Bass, and many old Buss agreed that the Clippers would not come to Los Angeles at all.
The player sent by the Clippers is none other than the former NBA-level superstar that the team just exchanged for this season, Dominic Wilkins, who has not thought about renewing his contract with the Clippers!
Obviously, rather than letting Dominic Wilkins go free, the Clippers should trade the expiring contract for some useful players before it expires, and of course, the Clippers didn't just want to take advantage of it, but also gave away a future lottery-protected draft pick.
In this case, the deal for all six teams is complete.
After sending away seven of the most important players, the Lakers got Limhan, Aaron Williams, Tyrone Corbin and Chambers from the Jazz, as well as Grant Lang and Tim Perry from the 76ers, Dominic Wilkins from the Clippers, and of course, the Heat's No. 12 draft pick this year.
As for the Jazz after sending away six players, what they got was Hornacek from the 76ers and Stephen Smith from the Heat, as well as backup guard Tony Smith and center Elden Campbell from the Lakers, as well as draft picks from the Clippers, Hornets and 76ers Future Lotto protection, the term of the future lotto protected picks of the three teams is five years, and the so-called five-year protection of the lottery picks is that if the team is all lotto in the next five years, then the Jazz will not need this round of draft picks, If there is a year that is not the lotto, then the natural round picks will be handed over to the Jazz, so whether the Jazz can get these three draft picks depends on whether these three teams can enter the playoffs in the next five years, and the Hornets should have no problem, as for the 76ers and the Clippers, it seems to be a little hanging.
However, even if only one of these three future draft picks can be obtained, it is not a loss to trade Stephen Smith and Hornacek's Jazz team to Lynham, after all, Hornacek is one of the few guards in the league who can defend, organize and break through three-pointers, and Steve Smith is also the same, one of the Heat's two guns averaged 17+5+5 per game last season, and the outside player also has a strong three-point shooting ability. And Steve Smith is still a third-year young player, and when he was also traded by the Heat, a promise from the young player suddenly caused the Jazz to drop Ricky Pierce and Brue Edwards.
Just like Jerry West's guess. The Jazz want Brugh Edwards, this kid really kowtows to the Jazz and admits his mistake, hoping to be brought back to the Jazz, the Jazz thinks that this kid's contract is quite long, and his strength is not bad, it is a garbage contract for the Bucks to rebuild, but it is not a garbage contract for the Jazz. It's just that when Steve Smith said that he would renew his contract with the Jazz after his rookie contract expired, the Jazz didn't ask for Brook Edwards anymore, nonsense. Steve Smith, who has All-Star potential, has already played on the outside, and can almost kill Brook Edwards, a traitor.
As for the Heat, it became clear to the team after its playoff defeat last season that the team couldn't rely on playing double guns if they wanted to make a difference in the league now. The team has only one reliable inside line, and Secali is not good. It can be said that this team is a little crazy in order to find a level center, and even dares to play the idea of the Hornets' potential interior Mo Ning, but will the Hornets trade Mo Ning now? Of course it can't be, as one of the hottest young centers in the league right now, a fool will replace Mourning, unless there is a big mess within the Hornets.
In this case, you can't get the big four centers, and you can't get Mourning and O'Neal. Divac, a third-tier center with All-Star potential, is naturally the best choice for the Heat, of course. A Steve Smith naturally can't be exchanged for a Divac, although both sides have All-Star potential and claim to be All-Stars in the future, but can the future All-Star center and the All-Star outside be the same? It's just that although the value of the two is not equivalent, but if you send Steve Smith and this year's draft picks for Divac, it's a bit of a loss, and finally the Heat chose to send the team's garbage contract Grant Lang out, originally he was not a garbage contract, but after Divac came, he naturally became a garbage contract without a position, although the Heat is not bad for money, but after all, they are not Lakers, they can't afford to raise a substitute interior line with more than 1oo and little playing time, Therefore, this substitute inside line can be exchanged for a strong potential outside line, which is the best choice.
So after the Heat sent Long and Steve Smith and this year's lottery picks, they got Divac plus the potential small forward of the Lakers Last year's No. 12 rookie George Lynch, who could become the No. 12 rookie in last year's draft year that was even bigger than this year, George Lynch's potential Needless to say, he also got 2o+2o in a single game against the Pistons last season, which is still an average of less than 25 minutes per game, although this guy was played very badly by Lin Han, but it was also against Lin Han, Which player in the league is not miserable in the face of Lin Han, at least in the eyes of the Heat, the team focuses on cultivating him, although it may not be able to reach the strength of Steve Smith, but it is definitely worthy of a No. 12 draft pick, in fact, except for last year, there are not many No. 12 rookies in the history of the league who can play an average of 1o+6+ per game in their rookie season.
Of course, the Hornets sent the team's contract expired center Gominski and a future lotto protected draft pick to naturally want to get a strong player to supplement, last season, this team didn't even make the playoffs, just because the team's outside players are not strong enough, especially only one Boggs on the point guard is completely impossible, so the Hornets sent the future lotto protected draft picks in order to be able to get one or two players who are playing in the year, such as the Lakers' former point guard Slater, Slater was pressed on the bench by Van Axel and couldn't hold his head up, but he was able to play 11+4 point guard on the bench, and it was definitely more than enough to be a backup for Boggs in the Hornets.
As for the 76ers, the team didn't send Hornacek away to get any All-Star players, in fact, the biggest purpose of this completely rebuilt team now is to clean the team's big contracts, especially long and smelly big contracts like Tim Perry, if they can get potential rookies and draft picks, it is also very good, after all, they themselves are not short of high-pick draft picks, Last season, they wanted to trade Hornacek for Jeff Malone in order to purge the team of big contracts, rather than naively thinking that the team could make the playoffs after having Jeff Malone, which was impossible. It's just that no one in the league wants to take over the 76ers' garbage contracts, and there are no potential players to send out, as for the weak teams. They don't need to take a veteran like Hornacek as the core of the rebuild, which makes Hornacek's trade has been very blocked, although Hornacek is an all-star player, but the age makes him too embarrassed, and the 76ers' request adds another layer to this embarrassment, and this time the 76ers got Gominsky and Bond and Isaac Austin and the Lakers' very potential sophomore outside Christie after sending Hornacek and Tim Perry, which is a very good deal for the 76ers. Austin is known as Little Marlon, and although he suffered an injury last season, he still has potential. Bond was seen as Brook Edwards' successor last season, only because of the rise of Lynham that the guard who averaged eight points per game in his rookie season had no chance to play at all, and as for Christie, it was even more so. One of the three most promising rookies for the Lakers right now. Aside from Van Axel and George Lynch, it's him.
Of course, the first five teams joined this deal for their own purposes, and the Clippers are purely playing soy sauce, Dominic Wilkins, a former NBA-level star, made it clear that he will not renew his contract with the Clippers, in this case, the Clippers can only trade him, no way, this level star is not even willing to sign first and then exchange. Instead, they want to leave freely to pick their favorite team, in which case the Clippers take advantage of the relationship between the team owner and the Lakers. Joined this trade bell and sent out a non-existent lottery protection draft pick for the next five years, if the 76ers, a team with ambitions, still have a chance to enter the playoffs, then the Clippers themselves did not think that their team could have a non-lottery pick in the next five years, in this case, the Clippers used Dominix Wilkins empty gloves White Wolves stunned to bring the Lakers' important guard Anthony Peeler and the 76ers have been reduced from the core to a garbage contract Johnny Dawkins, Peeler is good, Dawkins is on a garbage contract, but fortunately, this garbage contract expires next season, and the Clippers can afford it.
In this case, the six-way trade between the Jazz and the Lakers for Lin Han, involving 6 teams and 2o players, is also completed.
Lin Han was traded by the Jazz to the Lakers is crazy enough, and what is even more crazy is that there are so many players involved in this transaction, you know, this time there is not only Lin Han such a player who has attracted attention, but also Dominic Wilkins and Hornacek, Steve Smith, Divac and many players who have attracted attention.
"The craziest deal in history, the Lakers are betting on Lin Han's future with their present, and the giants have completely entered a period of reconstruction!"
"The deal is complete, Jazz general manager Scott Rayden thanked Lynham for his contribution to the Jazz this past season, and the Jazz fans rioted!"
"Linhan, Wilkins is in Los Angeles, can the Lakers still score a ball? Two major cancers gather in Los Angeles, and the Lakers have officially entered the era of cancer from the time era? ”
"The scariest deal, David Stern said it would make the league vibrant, and the Clippers, 76ers, Heat and others said it was a great deal."
"Lynham declined to appear in public after the trade was completed, and Steve Smith and Hornacek said they were looking forward to next season's game and were excited to join a championship team like the Jazz."
Of course, after such a deal appeared, the whole United States and the NBA were naturally in an uproar, no way, this time the Lakers and the Jazz played a little big, not even a little big, but a very big game.
Especially the Lakers, who really sent all the important players of the team, except for Van Axel and James Worthy, these seven were the seven most important main or rotation players of the team last season, not only traded away the seven most important players of the team, but also added some players?
Dominic Wilkins, the veteran is indeed still strong, but even the Hawks, his parent team, feels that his style of play is a disservice to the team, this James Worthy's old enemy and the small forward who has a grudge against the Lakers will not say whether he will stay with the Lakers, even if he stays with the Lakers, will he and Lin Han fight for the ball? Don't think that Lin Han is the MVP of the Finals, but he is just a rookie, and Dominique Wilkins does not have a high status in the eyes of experts. There is a cancer, but his status in the league is quite high, will he obey a rookie like Lin Han?
Except for Dominic Wilkins. There are also several players from the Jazz, Tyrone Corbin basically didn't play many games last season because of the rise of Elliott and Lyndham, and he still has a big contract of nearly 1oo and close to 2 million, which is now a garbage contract, and as for Chambers, this Utah native is even more interesting, after this trade report came out. The Jazz veteran immediately announced his retirement, and apparently, both the Jazz and the Lakers knew that this guy was there to balance the salary. I never thought he would come to the Lakers.
And another Jazz player, Aaron Williams, the league's recognized younger brother of Lynham, when Lynnham and Hardaway became famous, Van Axel. The relationship between Lynham and Hardaway, as well as Antonio Harvey and Aaron Williams, is well known to everyone. Limham, Hardaway and Van Axel are really talked about because of their bullforks, while Aaron Williams and Antonio Hardaway are recognized thigh-hugging players.
Especially Harvey, last season he often squeezed Campbell to the bench has been criticized by many Lakers fans, this rookie does not have the strength of Campbell at all, playing is completely Jerry West's goodwill to Linhan, Jerry West is revered as a god by Lakers fans, these Lakers fans will naturally not do anything to Jerry West. But there is no shortage of ridicule of Aaron Williams, and many Los Angeles media outlets even have some unkind expressions. Lin Han hasn't even come yet, and you take care of his little brother like this, so if Lin Han comes, then it's okay?
Well, now it's okay, one Harvey is not enough, and there is another Aaron Williams, if these two form the Lakers' interior line, it will be really too beautiful, and Lakers fans dare not watch it.
"The interior combination of Aaron Williams and Antonio Harvey will be the most rubbish combination in the history of the Lakers, and it will also be the most rubbish inside combination in NBA history!"
Don't wonder if Williams and Xavi will be the Lakers, who are these two? Now that the Lakers are away from Campbell and Divac, who else will the interior line be able to compete with him?
These two guys can't even handle a group of rookies in the rookie training camp, and playing in the NBA, especially in the NBA in this era, isn't that completely blown up? As for the other two trades that came to the inside, Tim Perry? This guy even dislikes the 76ers as a garbage contract, can the Lakers use it?
As for Grantron, he is slightly better, he is a qualified blue-collar insider, but his height is too short, although his defensive judgment is very good, but even if he is stronger than Harvey and Williams, he is also limited, if he is really that good, he will not be traded away by the Heat, in the Lakers, he can compete for Harvey and Williams, the two left and right protectors of Linham and Hum Ha?
In this case, this Lakers trade is real, except for the exchange of Lin Han, the other players are almost miserable, it can be said that except for the players who praise Lin Han is happy, they are some players with garbage contracts, and there is little use.
And the remaining players of the Lakers are useful only Van Axel and Worthy, and Worthy is old like this, how useful can it be?
"I don't want to laugh at it, it's the stupidest trade I've ever seen, but it's really the stupidest trade I've ever seen, the Lakers are overly superstitious about Linham's ability, he hasn't proven that he can make his teammates better, averaging a triple-double in the Finals? Man, who doesn't know that Lin Han is brushed, and when he assists for a double-double, the offensive efficiency of the rest of the Jazz players is 15% lower! A good playmaker is able to make the team and teammates better while assisting, and Lin Han, although he is beautiful in numbers, makes his teammates even worse! ”
"The Lakers are already so bad, and Lin Han can make the Lakers even worse, I have seen the table of this team next season, this team will be the weakest team in the NBA new season, there is no one!"
"Yes, the Lakers are not short of money, but what capable free agent would want to go to such a team? The Lakers will pay for their blindness! ”
"Lin Han is good, but he is not a great leader, the Lakers' gamble is doomed to fail, and Lin Han is doomed to suffer a miserable defeat after missing teammates of the caliber of Malone and Stockton!"
"Now I think Jerry West needs to think about how to find a superstar player who can help Lin Han!"
When people revisit this almost gambling trade for the Lakers after a brief period of surprise. After trading the team's best seven players for Lin Han and a bunch of garbage contracts, almost no one is optimistic about the Lakers' trade.
There is no way that now after the Lakers get rid of most of the team's elite players, let Lin Han take such a group of players to compete for good results. That's absolutely difficult, even if the Lakers still have a No. 1o and No. 12 picks, but although this year is known as a big year for the draft, the big ones are Hill, Kidd and Robinson, and the others are not as big as they imagined, and they can give the Lakers limited help. What can the Lakers do in this situation?
Attracting the best free agents in the league with such a lineup? Young free agents will turn around and leave directly when they see Lin Han, what they need when they are still young is to count jù and chances, and Lin Han's style of play will give them jù and chances. No kidding, the older powerhouses need a championship, but can this Laker give them a chance to see a championship?
In this case, the Lakers are not even short of money right now. But at this time, it can be said that it is in a dead knot. Even if Jerry West's ability is against the sky, what can he do?!
It is more polite to say that the Lakers will be at the bottom next season, and the most unkind is the media in New York, which directly said that the Lakers will not be able to enter the playoffs in the next three years!
"The Lakers won't be in the playoffs for the next three years until Lynham can't make his teammates better, and even if the Magic comes back, it's useless unless the NBA team gets its head pumped and is robbed by the Lakers. Send the team's superstar players to the Lakers, otherwise the next three or even five years. The Lakers don't have any competitiveness, and Lin Han will taste the pain of leaving the Jazz! ”
The next three or even five years will not be able to produce results in the Lakers, when the New York media and experts come out, in the eyes of many people, the New York media should belong to Hellingham and the Lakers, as another capital of public opinion, the media in Los Angeles will fight back, but what is extremely surprising is that even the media in Los Angeles are a little hesitant in the face of doubts and ridicule from New York and other media at this time.
Obviously, in their opinion, even if this Laker comes to Lin Han and bets on Lin Han with the whole team, such a decision is a bit blind and cannot be protected at all, and they themselves are not optimistic about the future of this team.
It's just obvious that at this time, the media in the United States are questioning whether Lin Han has the ability to lead the Lakers to rise and the future path of the Lakers, but as Lakers fans, at least at this time, when the news of Lin Han's arrival with the Lakers came out, they didn't think so far, at least most fans were extremely excited at this time.
When Lin Han left Salt Lake City alone on June 27, Lin Han was ready to leave silently, but when Lin Han appeared at the Salt Lake City Airport in disguise, what surprised Lin Han was that the outside of the airport was surrounded by Jazz fans, and when these Jazz fans saw Lin Han appear, almost all of them went crazy.
Originally, Lin Han didn't think about suing anyone except his family when he left Salt Lake City, but it was obvious that his boarding information was leaked by Salt Lake City Airport very undisciplinedly.
For Lin Han, a rookie, in the eyes of the Jazz executives, Malone and Stockton are more important to the team, they have their sensibility and rationality, but the fans have the sensibility and rationality of the fans, and the Jazz's previous series of treatments about Lin Han, whether it is from Malone or the team's management, their approach is questionable or dissatisfied.
Lin Han didn't have any intention of leaving the Jazz, and Lin Han didn't force the team to ask for a contract extension with a high salary, nor did he do anything hurtful to the team, but it was such a team's Finals MVP, one of the team's most important players, and he left in such a deal.
When thousands of Jazz fans were shouting Lin Han and MVP, when they were all holding 'sorry' signs, Lin Han, who wanted to leave quietly at this time, finally stopped when he walked into the airport.
"Thank you, you guys are the cutest fans!"
When Lin Han stopped and turned to the arms of these smiling Hu dancers who saw off the Jazz fans who saw him off, at this time, many Jazz fans looked at Lin Han's disappearing back, and even some fans couldn't cry.
"Goodbye, Salt Lake City"
(Volume I, End) (To be continued......)
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