On June 27, 2013, the Grizzlies and Suns made a deal.

The Grizzlies sent Steve Nash, Jae Crowder, the 27th pick in the 2013 second-round pick and the 2012 undrafted pick Diant Garnett from the Suns.

The Grizzlies also announced that they would cut Diante Garnett's non-guaranteed contract for next season, allowing Diante Garnett to go to summer league to find a job without delaying the other party's time.

The Suns, on their side, got Jae Crowder and a draft pick that would be given up at the end of the second round, and the point was to get Crowder, agreeing to help the Grizzlies eat Nash's contract, and bring the draft pick in order to make a deal.

After the league approved the trade, Nash officially submitted a request for retirement, and the Suns also submitted a report to buy out Nash's contract.

Although other teams want to rob the Grizzlies, they are also very optimistic about the Grizzlies' draft vision, as long as the Grizzlies are not the players selected by the list, other teams are eyeing them.

Jimmy Butler, who played in the Development League for a long time in his rookie year and had little NBA ability, began to show talent in his sophomore year, and although he returned to the rookie, he could have a regular rotation player to become a championship team at that level, which in the eyes of other teams, this vision is absolutely amazing!

Crowder and Jimmy Butler were treated the same way in their rookie years, and the team offered Crowder during the All-Star weekend, but at that time, the Grizzlies thought they would have to send Paul George away in the summer, so they stayed and watched.

Now that it has been decided to keep Paul George for the time being, there is no reason for Claude to keep this spare tire.

The Suns were originally going to take advantage of the time to help the Grizzlies eat more than 5 million contracts and ask for the No. 11 pick back, but the Grizzlies were unwilling to give it and provided Crowder, and the Suns felt that it was not a loss, so they agreed.

The Grizzlies' deal to reduce their total salary by more than 6 million did not attract much attention, but the gossip that kept popping up attracted the attention of fans more.

Some media broke the news: The Knicks tried to trade Paul George with this year's No. 9 pick, and the Grizzlies negotiated with him, wanting to get a return that matched Paul George's ability, but the Knicks refused.

Some media broke the news: According to sources, Houston wanted to use the top pick to replace the No. 11 pick in the hands of Paul George and the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies negotiated with them to get a suitable return, and the other party was only willing to give such a bargaining chip.

Some media broke the news......

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There are quite a few teams that really want to compete for Paul George next summer in the most "cheap" way.

Some teams are just for fun, and they don't have much leverage to trade to Paul George.

Some teams are selfish or jealous, and each has its own reasons anyway.

If there is a real chance to get Paul George, most teams will want to get it, except for the Lakers, Spurs, and Heat, which are strong teams on the front line.

It's not uncommon in NBA history like the Grizzlies to have too many talented people who end up being robbed, and basically end up with a dumb loss.

So many teams that really want to get Paul George feel like they're going to eat the Grizzlies, and they feel that when the time comes, a small increase in the competition will be able to get Paul George back.

The apparent reason the Grizzlies are in this situation is that other teams don't want to see the Grizzlies win three in a row.

Given the Grizzlies a good leverage, the Grizzlies have room to continue to operate, and other teams will definitely choose to trade with the Grizzlies if they are profitable in the trade, as long as they are not competitors with a real conflict of interest.

But if it's profitable, then it's another story, because you can get Paul George cheaply, and the most fundamental reason is that you can still make a profit.

White prostitution, of course, is the choice to maximize profits.

But I never expected that the Grizzlies actually leaked the news!

And, one thing was emphasized in those revelations - the Grizzlies wanted to return a return of equal value to Paul George, and they were rejected.

It feels like those teams don't think Paul George is worth the bargain trade!

The white prostitution is based on the fact that the Grizzlies will not be able to renew Paul George's contract next summer, but if Paul George is unwilling to go to these teams that "despise his value" next summer, then the previous price reduction will be in vain!

And the Grizzlies, really did just that!

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The NBA is a business field, and when other teams recklessly lowered the price to the Grizzlies for various reasons, they had already torn their faces for the time being, and the Grizzlies counterattacked, and Sun Ce was scared at first.

However, on the afternoon of the 27th, when Sun Ce went to the team for a meeting again, he thought that the team was going to have a big conflict with other teams, but as a result, some teams began to increase the price, of course, it was only a tentative price increase, which did not meet the expectations of the Grizzlies.

This made Sun Ce a little confused.

In the evening, when Sun Ce called Bill Duffy to talk about the team's operation this time, Bill Duffy told Sun Ce about the simplest cause and effect of many things in the NBA - interests.

No matter how big the contradiction is, when there are interests, they will immediately shake hands and make peace.

Sun Ce actually didn't expect the team to be so direct, although it seems that the things to be done are similar, but the direction of guidance is different, Sun Ce wants those teams to increase the weight, and the team wants Paul George to hate those teams who "look down on him".

Last summer was fine, but this summer, after two consecutive championships, Sun Ce found that many things seemed to be under control as he imagined.

It's true that he knows which rookies are great and have potential, but now, "just" three talented outside players have been brought back by him, and he can't control the situation.

This is too different from playing 2K, not when you want to trade, the opponent will give you a corresponding return.

The other teams were staring at their fat piece and looking for a chance to nibble on it.

Sun Ce found that the more he needed to be more involved in team building, the weaker and weaker his "control ability" became, this is not a situation where a bunch of talented new stars can succeed, he can get back a genius in each position.

After thinking about it, Sun Ce understood!

"Iron also needs its own hard ...... Ahh

However, it is still useful to know who we can pick in the future, and I heard that the Suns, who were willing to help us eat the contract of the teacher after getting Crowder, gave up asking for a first-round pick after getting Crowder......

If you think about it, it doesn't mean that there are no worries, but there are more and more problems.

It's too difficult to ensure the continuity of the team's strength after two consecutive championships!

It's hard in every way!