O'Neill is put on the shelf?

Lu Fei talked to Smith in the United States on the phone for the first time, and Lu Fei usually does not pay attention to the team's transaction trends, because for him, playing is his job, and the team's transaction is the work of the agent and the team's general manager.

Besides, he is just a player, and he cares so much about eating radishes and worrying about it.

But this time it's different, and the player who is put on the shelf this time is O'Neal.

There are Joe Joe, and there is no Joe Char shark.

This sentence is not meant to be a joke.

O'Neal was not happy with the Void last season, and there were serious problems with Maddy, the 33-year-old is no longer the team's No. 1 offensive option, O'Neal scored in countless nights in the regular season and was only the second on the team, and the control of basketball has always been in Maddy's hands, which makes him very depressed.

Especially after Kobe Bryant won the championship, the media's ridicule of O'Neal reached its peak again.

O'Neill is old.

O'Neill can't do it anymore.

The list goes on and on.

What made O'Neal even more angry was that someone suggested that it was not Kobe's fault that O'Neal and Kobe had a bad relationship.

You see, this thing doesn't get along well with Maddie either.

Looking at the team atmosphere of Yao Ming and Kobe, the locker room of the Void team is a little more awkward in comparison.

So, the Void's first move in the summer was to trade O'Neal.

However, to their surprise, although the trading market caused an uproar after receiving the news that O'Neill had been put on the shelf, there were not a few phone calls to the office of the general manager of the Void team.

O'Neill is like this, no one cares?

For this, ESPN's reporters also gave their own analysis.

First, O'Neal is older, 33 years old, no one can guarantee that he can play for a few more years, his form has declined last season, and the average points per game is even the lowest average points per game since his rookie, for the center, after the age of 30, it is basically a cliff-like decline, and there is no possibility of saving.

Second, O'Neal's contract is a bit long, and if any team eats such a big contract, the general manager has to think about the money bag in the owner's pocket.

Third, personality issues, O'Neal has problems with Kobe Bryant Maddy in a row, and trading him to the team will become a cancer in the locker room?

Of course, now it's just the Void Team letting out a little bit of breath, and there is a sense of temptation in it.

Even so, the other teams still performed beyond their expectations, and they even felt like they were smashed in their hands.

"We don't need to replace our inner line."

SuperSonics coach McMillan said indifferently in an interview with the media, "Our team is a team that has reached the Western Conference Finals, and the team's chemistry is great. ”

Lu Fei snorted when he saw McMillan interviewing the news.

A cunning old man.

McMillan called him in the middle of the night for three hours, and the two of them were discussing what differences O'Neal would bring to the team, and Lu Fei could clearly feel that McMillan, who was excited, couldn't sleep at all.

Or there are a lot of people in the league who think O'Neill is not good.

But you must know that even if O'Neal is no longer good, he was still a player in the All-Star team last year, and his deterrent power on the inside is still dominant.

There is only one question before McMillan now.

After O'Neal arrived, whether the team's tactics should be changed, after all, with O'Neal's weight, it is completely foolish to keep up with the current speed of supersound.

How to use O'Neill is a happy annoyance for any coach.

As for whether you can get O'Neill.

Well, judging from the current market, as long as the supersonic is willing to spend money, the basic problem is not big.

If you want to ask which team is the richest team in the entire NBA, there is no doubt that it must be the SuperSonics, after all, their owners have money power.

And for the team's general manager, Rick Sand, the headache is which players to trade.

How to get O'Neill at the lowest cost.

He doesn't just want to trade O'Neal, what he wants to do is rob!

Lu Fei returned to the United States, and the players in the training camp also returned to their teams or schools, waiting for the new season to verify whether their hard work this summer was not in vain.

On his first day back in Seattle, Lu Fei arrived at Rick Sand's office.

This office was filled with the same people as Lu Fei had when he first came in, Ray Allen, Rick Sand, and McMillan, and the room was still smoky.

Lu Fei had already thought of what topic they were going to discuss, but one afternoon, a few people always talked about some ups and downs, and didn't talk about what Lu Fei was most concerned about, just when Lu Fei thought he had misunderstood, Rick Sander suddenly asked him:

"Lu, what do you think of O'Neal?"

Lu Fei rubbed his nose and said with a smile: "Very good, he is a great player...... Except for the penalty kick that was a little bit worse. ”

"Would you like to be teammates with him?" When Rick Sander said this, although Lu Fei was mentally prepared, he was still a little confused.

"You mean......" Lu Fei hesitated for a moment and looked at Lei Allen.

Ray Allen nodded and said, "I also just learned about it, but McMillan and Rick Sander and I agreed that we need to ask for your opinion. ”

"Ask for my opinion, Rick, it's your job, I think you're dumping the blame."

Lu Fei made a joke, he knew that it was because his current status in the team decided this matter, but there may also be owner Paul Allen's thoughts in this.

"I wonder, the price we pay?" Lu Fei became serious.

It's a big deal about whether the team can go further next season and he knows he has to take it seriously at this time.

"At the cost?"

Rick Sander thought for a moment and said: "O'Neal is not popular right now, plus we played smoke bombs, so there is not much to pay, in addition to Simmons, Korver and a few role players, we also need to pay two first-round and two second-round picks." ”

"That's all?" Lu Fei didn't believe it.

"And Brandon, they asked for Brandon, but we refused." Rick laughs, "But we might have to pay an extra first-round pick. ”

Pay an extra first-round pick?

Throwing out so many first-round rounds is equivalent to betting on the future of the team, and this trade is actually equivalent to seven for one or eight for one.

Rick Sander is betting that Lu Fei and Brandon Roy will be at the top long enough, even if O'Neal can only hold on for another two years, as long as he can win the championship, everything will be worth it.

What Lu Fei thinks is, so many first-round throws out, so is Durant still coming?

He was thinking about forming a space battleship to sweep the NBA in the future, and it seems that this time it will be in vain.

He stood up, looked out the window at the drowsy sky, and said, "I'm fine, as long as I can trade O'Neal, I'll definitely get that O'Brien trophy next season!" ”

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a stout figure stood outside the door.

It's O'Neill.