Chapter 1119: Yao, Do You Want a Match?
Yao Ming has now been picking teams to join.
The whole world knows this.
As a player of this calibre, any team in the world would be interested in him.
Including the Seattle SuperSonics.
It's just that whether it's the Seattle SuperSonics or most of the other teams in the league who are interested in Yao Ming, it's clear that it's difficult for Yao Ming to choose them, it should be said that it's impossible.
So, the SuperSonics and most of those teams didn't affect their team's offseason operations because of Yao.
If the whole team is around one player and doesn't get it at the end, it's quite hurtful.
For example, the Los Angeles Lakers, for the sake of Anthony, directly dismantled the thickest forward in the league.
Ariza and Batum are missing, and I don't know if Paul George and Henry can make up for it.
Even if they can make up for it, how many years will it take for these two to reach the level of Ariza and Batum?
You know, Kobe Bryant and Nash are not young anymore, how many years can they wait?
Not to mention this year, even if it is a year, it will be a huge loss.
If it weren't for Anthony, the Lakers wouldn't do this, and the Lakers would still be one of the three strongest teams in the West next season, even if they don't do anything.
Now, it's hard.
Of course, the Lakers are not wrong to want to get Anthony in order to be stronger.
There are two ways of thinking, one conservative and the other radical.
In order to get Anthony, the Lakers were aggressive, but after defeat, it would make people feel that they might as well be conservative.
In the treatment of Yao Ming, most teams do not have the courage of the Lakers, after all, most teams are not big cities.
It's a big city like Seattle, but it doesn't meet Yao Ming's needs.
Therefore, I can only conservatively watch Yao Ming's choice.
The fact that Yao Ming will not renew his contract with the Rockets has long been known to the world, and many teams are already preparing to compete for Yao Ming.
In the case that most teams are interested in Yao Ming, Yao Ming's needs are very curious.
If you can know Yao Ming's needs, it is also easy to operate.
But it's a very incredible thing, Yao Ming's affairs have been going on for so long, and no one knows about Yao Ming's needs.
I only know that I don't meet Yao Ming's needs, and I don't know what Yao Ming's needs are.
Why do you know that you don't meet Yao Ming's needs?
Because Yao Ming directly refuses to teams that do not meet the needs, and never hesitates.
And that's why most teams are now conservative and wait and see Yao Ming.
Because most of the teams have actually been rejected by Yao Ming a long time ago.
After all, Ye Si already knew that last year, Jerry West and the Warriors were the first to contact Yao Ming.
Over the past year, the whole league has contacted Yao Ming except for the supersonic.
Yao Ming mostly refused, leaving only a few teams that did not.
The whole world doesn't know what Yao Ming's needs are, so he only refuses to talk about his needs, which is a very gentle approach, which avoids most teams from doing useless work and is friendly to most teams.
But it was uncomfortable for those teams who wanted to get Yao Ming and were not rejected by Yao Ming.
Take the Los Angeles Clippers, for example.
The Los Angeles Clippers would have had a chance to compete for Anthony.
But in order to get Yao Ming, Clippers general manager and head coach Doug Reaves gritted his teeth and rejected Anthony.
In Doug Reaves' view, since Yao Ming did not say what his needs were, it is likely that he wants to let these teams with opportunities bid.
The idea of bidding is that you teams that meet my needs, after the free agent signing market begins, which team has the best quality for me and which team has the stronger hard power.
That's Dough Reaves' opinion, and so, he's been working hard to strengthen the Clippers.
Fortunately, the Clippers were also lucky enough to get this year's No. 1 pick.
This can greatly strengthen the Clippers, after all, the Clippers' competitors include the Warriors, the Timberwolves, and the Trail Blazers.
If you really want to compete with hard power, the Timberwolves are the strongest, so Doug Rivers has always regarded the Timberwolves as his imaginary enemy.
Be sure to raise your strength to the level of the Timberwolves!
The Timberwolves made the playoffs, and the Clippers didn't make the playoffs.
That's okay, I'll poach the boss of one of the teams from the Western Conference playoffs!
Why did you choose to give up on Anthony in favor of Chris Paul?
It's simple, because he doesn't want the Clippers to be rejected by Yao Ming like the Wizards!
Yao Ming doesn't want his next family to have a player who wants to compete with him for the boss!
In order to get Yao Ming, Dougreaves did a lot of work.
He found that Yao Ming is a very humble person, and Yao Ming does not like to compete within the team.
In the Rockets, Yao Ming has never competed with Maddie for the boss.
It's not at all the same as the American players.
Don't fight for the boss, but doesn't Yao Ming want to be the boss?
Dough Reeves doesn't think so.
Yao Ming also wants to be the boss!
Yao Ming also has desires!
It's just that Yao Ming's personality is very subtle, and some things can't be done.
So, that's where the team comes in.
The whole team can't have players who compete with Yao Ming for the boss, Yao Ming is the only candidate for the natural boss.
Therefore, there must be no supergiant in the Clippers team, unless this supergiant promises to be Yao Ming's second child.
How is this possible!
Which supergiant would make such a promise, do you want to lose face?
Unless this supergiant is lying!
Therefore, if you want to get Yao Ming, the team can't have a supergiant!
In the end, Dough Reaves clapped the decision and chose Chris Paul between Anthony and Paul.
When the Lakers turned to Anthony with all their might, the Clippers, who had never been interested in Paul before, suddenly came out, and when Chris Paul's anger towards the Lakers reached its extreme, he sent his greatest sincerity!
It has to be said that Dougreaves is indeed an excellent master of chicken soup and psychology.
If Yao Ming knew about this speculation, it would definitely make Yao Ming stunned.
Of course, Yao Ming didn't know that Dougreaves was so witty.
In order to get Yao Ming, Doug Reaves knows very well that Chris Paul is the player who must be obtained.
The boss of the Western Conference playoff team is the most valuable and attracts Yao Ming the most.
But the boss of the Western Conference playoff team is not a supergiant, and the only thing that can be obtained is Chris Paul.
And Chris Paul is indeed the most difficult to trade.
Because the Thunder don't care about the chips that come from the trade, as long as they don't shudder, as long as the next team can provide Paul with revenge and championship hope.
This is difficult, and if things can be solved with benefits, it is the easiest.
Although the Clippers are not as thick as the Cavaliers' capital, they are not too bad, and the Clippers can basically meet the price of the Thunder.
But Paul's deal could not be resolved by profit.
It's very hard to get around.
So much so that Doug Rivers has been hibernating.
At a time when Chris Paul was hell-bent on going to the Lakers, Doug Rivers knew that everything he was doing was wrong.
Even pestering Chris Paul will make Paul annoyed.
Take the New York Knicks, for example.
Paul made it clear that he was going to take revenge, and you New York Knicks can't even compare to my Clippers, and you dare to stalk and show your so-called sincerity?
How could Paul have been moved? It will only make Paul think that you are a bunch of fools!
Doug Reaves has been waiting for Chris Paul to go to the Lakers, which looks like both sides are interested and unlikely to make waves.
But Doug Reaves knows that the Lakers have Nash!
The Lakers have intentions for Paul, but the Lakers' needs and intentions for Paul are definitely not as big as they imagined.
As soon as a person who needs the Lakers more shows up, the Lakers will divert their attention.
I treat you with sincerity, but you are half-hearted.
In love, there will definitely be problems with unequal feelings.
The same is true in the NBA's star market, Doug Rivers is convinced!
So when Clippers fans frantically urged him to trade Westbrook for Paul, he stabilized and absolutely couldn't let Paul, who showed his single-mindedness to the Lakers, be killed as a chicken to show his sincerity to the Lakers.
And Anthony's entry into the market made Rivers finally wait for an opportunity.
Paul gave so much sincerity to the Lakers, and was hurt so mercilessly by the Lakers in the end.
At this time, it is time for him, the master of chicken soup and psychology, to appear.
"Chris, do you think it's ridiculous to be the only team that can represent Los Angeles with the Lakers?"
"Why can't we pull the Lakers off the throne in Los Angeles?!"
"If we don't even have the courage to pull the Lakers off the throne in Los Angeles, what courage do we have to beat James, beat Yes!"
"Chris, for the world, the Clippers used to be a barren land, but now we have built a bright stage in this barren land, and the only thing missing on the stage is a protagonist like you!"
"Chris, get on this stage, let's dance on this stage, pull down the Lakers, step over Seattle, sweep over Miami, destroy Cleveland!"
It must be said that Doug Reaves' lobbying was successful.
His speech really resonated with Paul's inner resentment and revenge mentality against the Lakers.
That's right, the Clippers used to be barren land.
But no matter how barren this barren land is, it is also in Los Angeles, and in Los Angeles, there is a stage.
What's more, grass has grown in this barren land, and Nick Young, the Clippers' four young plus the list of picks are not much worse than the chips of the Cavaliers and James.
What's more, the Clippers are young enough and have enough salary space!
Since the Lakers don't look down on me, why don't I take the Lakers as the first step in revenge, first pull the Lakers off the throne in Los Angeles, and then go to Seattle, the Heat, and the Cavaliers!
Paul and Dough Reaves locked eyes.
This is important.
The most important thing to get Paul is not the chips, but Paul's attitude.
Paul agreed, and there were almost no obstacles to the deal.
Even the Thunder are willing to accept an offer from Westbrook + Cory Magetti.
The deal is dominated by Chris Paul.
If the Thunder rob the Clippers, Thunder fans will not agree.
So it's unimaginable how well the Thunder management is so talkative.
It's just obvious that the Thunder is so easy to talk to, how could Paul treat the Thunder badly?
The reason why the Lakers didn't get Paul in the first place is because Paul hopes that the Lakers can get another potential that the Thunder desperately needs in addition to sending Nash to the Thunder, or a star small forward or a scoring guard to the Thunder.
But the Lakers hesitated.
Ariza and Batum can't talk about stars or potential, and Artest Thunder is unwilling to ask for it, and the Thunder can't tolerate this big Buddha, so what does this make the Lakers do?
You can only do it slowly.
This time I suddenly met Anthony falling from the sky, so I just didn't do it, and I just stroked Anthony!
Paul has decided to join the Clippers, but he doesn't want to disadvantage the Thunder if the Clippers don't hurt their muscles.
Naturally, Nick Young can't give it to the Thunder, it's for his own use.
But Margeti is definitely not up to the level.
In the end, the Clippers found the Dallas Mavericks and used the Dallas Mavericks as an intermediary, and the Mavericks, Clippers, and Thunder completed a three-way deal about Chris Paul.
The Los Angeles Clippers sent the team's potential star point guards, Westbrook and Corey Maggetty, as well as Jordan Jr., one of the four less.
The Dallas Mavericks are the team's potential scoring guard, Monta Alice.
The Thunder sent away the team's boss Chris Paul.
Los Angeles Clippers get Chris Paul from Thunder
The Dallas Mavericks get Jordan Jr. and Corey Maggetty from the Los Angeles Clippers
The Thunder got Westbrook from the Clippers and Monta Alice from the Mavericks.
After the Dallas Mavericks drafted Isaiah Thomas of the University of Washington in this year's draft, the team's guards overflowed.
Afflalo's starting defender position is as solid as Taishan, and Monta Alice can only be used as a substitute.
However, Monta Alice overlapped with Barria and Terry in her role as a substitute.
It's a pity to discard the tasteless food.
Compared to the overflowing guard line, the Mavericks' interior line has always needed reinforcement, and in the playoffs, the Seattle SuperSonics forced them to go to Dampier to rotate Kwame Brown.
The Mavericks have coveted Little Jordan for a long time, and the Thunder has coveted Monta Alice for a long time, so they just take what they need.
On June 25, 2010, the second day of the NBA Draft, the news around the world seemed to be stimulated by yesterday's wonderful draft.
And Doug Reaves and Chris Paul and Nick Young, who are one of the main characters, boarded the plane of Tens of Millions of Seattles early in the morning.
"We can definitely convince Yao Ming to join us!"
The team already has two superstars, Chris Paul and Nick Young, the team also has the role model Cousins, and another Jordan Hill of the four is a bargaining chip, and after the team signs Yao Ming naked, there is still room to continue to sign stars naked!
The Clippers are now a perfect fit for Yao Ming's needs.
There is no supergiant, the hard power is strong enough, there is also plasticity, and it is still a big city.
Yao Ming has no reason to refuse them!
Dougreaves is confident, while Nick Young and Chris Paul are looking forward to it.
And on the other side of the strait, Seattle.
Curry, Klay Thompson, Dream Green, and Mike Beasley, together with Warriors head coach and former University of Washington assistant coach Steven Kerr, have brought Yao Ming to the University of Washington's training ground from Yes' home.
"Yao, we'll talk about the meeting after Mr. Jerry West comes, how about we have a training match with the University of Washington with the four of us warriors plus you?"
Team up with four Warriors players to play a practice game?
Faced with Cole's proposal, Yao Ming was stunned for a moment.
"No problem."
After Yao Ming finished speaking, the smile on Cole's face became even brighter.