It's been a while since Oku was put on the shelves by the Pistons, and now the Suns are about to take the bait.

When the Suns heard that Richard had reached a preliminary deal with the Trail Blazers, they were immediately anxious like ants on a hot pan.

They are so hungry for Oku......

The situation of the Suns at the moment is obvious, with a lack of interior players, and once they catch two decent interior players, their lineup will almost take off.

If you put it in the west, where the strong are like clouds, it is even possible to make it to the upper half of the west.

At this point in time, the teams in the West are simply a bit outrageous......

Needless to say, the Spurs, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, the three super powers, have been strong for many years, think about the Western Conference matchups in the last five years, all of them were produced by these three teams.

In addition to these three teams, the Kings and Timberwolves are also in the glory period of their team history, which may be the most glorious point in their team history, and their strength is naturally quite not weak.

Such five teams dominate the West, and it is simply too difficult for other teams to show their heads......

The Suns have no choice but to desperately recruit now, otherwise, when the contract of the star in the team expires, if they don't renew the contract, maybe the Suns will sink forever.

Now Oku is their best choice, there is no one!

In addition to Richard in today's league, other teams have a player like Oku, who is willing to do it?

This is a very good interior player with strength and potential, who can be inside and out, the defense is not bad, and the offense is also powerful, which is a high-quality interior line that can't be found with a lantern.

Only fools are willing to let people go......

And Richard is obviously not stupid, mainly because there are too many interior players in his team who can be used.

In the 03 draft, Richard can get some good players, among which there must be high-quality interior players, and there is no point in continuing to keep Oku, it is better to vigorously cultivate Boozer.

……

Now that the sun is eager, he directly offered Richard a condition to open it casually, and they bargained at their discretion.

Then Richard was naturally unkind, and directly asked for Joe Johnson plus their Suns' 03 first-round pick plus a second-round pick.

The Suns management was directly dumbfounded, they didn't expect Richard to get old and only need an inconspicuous Joe Johnson.

Singles Joe is really not doing well in the Suns, although he is also mixed with the semi-starting position, but there is hardly much presence on the court......

The ball is naturally in the hands of the second horse, Marbury and Marion......

Even if these two share the ball, it is estimated that it will be distributed to pennies, and it is rare to consider singles Joe.

The key is that the current shooting rate of singles Joe is quite low, with a comprehensive shooting rate of less than 4 percent, even if he is a player who mainly plays on the outside, it is really unreasonable.

So when I saw that Richard just asked for a singles Joe, the Suns management was directly happy, which was simply an act of sending warmth!

As for the offer of the first-round pick and the second-round pick, it made the Suns a little entangled.

Some are reluctant......

But think about it, they don't actually get any high-pick picks, and since Richard wants it, then just give it to him.

Anyway, this deal is done, and the Suns can't seem to lose anyway.

The Suns don't have the idea of messing around, they are going to make a run for the playoffs this season, so the value of draft picks is certainly not high.

At the moment, they are in eighth place in the West, and if Oku comes, they may be able to squeeze up the rankings......

In that case, Richard may only end up with the 20th pick in the first round, which is not a particularly precious bargaining chip.

As for the second-round pick, in the eyes of the Suns, it is purely chicken......

are all at the bottom of the second round, and there is a gross value.

……

Richard didn't expect the Suns to agree so neatly.

Originally, his main goal was to singled Joe plus a first-round pick, which was only used for bargaining......

Unexpectedly, the sun didn't even pay back the counteroffer, and agreed to the deal without saying a word, which made Richard a little painful.

It seems that he still underestimated the thirst of these teams for high-quality interior lines, and he knew that he should have asked for another second-round pick.

It is estimated that the Suns will definitely grit their teeth and agree.

Now that the deal between the two sides is basically finalized, Richard feels that he needs to have a good chat with Oku, and he can't just let the family go without notice.

Early the next morning, Oku waited early at the door of Richard's office.

"Good morning, Coach." Seeing Richard coming, Oku hurriedly said hello.

Richard nodded, "Come in and talk about it." ”

"I'll get straight to the point, we made a deal with the Suns two days ago."

"Maybe after the official announcement in the next two days, you will have to report to the Suns."

Hearing this, Oku had some sadness on his face.

If he could, he really wanted to stay, and the Pistons had a good team atmosphere and didn't have so much bullshit.

But he also knows very well that going to the Suns is good for him, at least after he goes, he can get the starter directly.

"Thank you, Coach, for selecting me in the draft and then giving me a chance to perform on the team!"

"Thank you for taking care of you all the time."

Oku stood and bowed deeply to Richard.

He is indeed grateful to Richard, he was only a second-round pick at the beginning, and if he was selected by another team, he would probably guard the water cooler for the whole rookie season......

But in Richard's hands, when he didn't have Yao Ming and Clark, he got the chance to start.

In Oku's view, Richard really took good care of himself.

Richard straightened Oku, waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Young man, don't be so polite. ”

"Looking forward to the day you make it to the All-Star Level."

Oku nodded, "I will, Coach!" ”

……

Early the next morning, the NBA officially announced that the Detroit Pistons had reached a deal with the Phoenix Suns.

The Pistons sent their second-year rookie interior Memet Oku in exchange for the Suns' second-year rookie swingman Joe Johnson and a '03 first-round pick and second-round pick.

The deal wasn't too shocking, and in almost everyone's opinion, Oku was really worth the price.

Even in the eyes of many teams, the Suns may have made ......

It's really that Joe's current performance is not good enough, quite unremarkable, and not too many people notice his potential.

Like Maddie, the league's top swingman who was not reused at the beginning of his career, although he was not reused in the early days, his performance per unit of time was quite not bad, at least better than Joe Johnson.

That is, at the moment, Richard has taken a fancy to Joe Johnson, otherwise, not too many teams really take him seriously.

Since Richard has taken a fancy to this kid right now, it means that this kid may have some potential that can be developed.

……

The deal didn't spark much buzz, but an ESPN report sent Yao Ming straight to the headlines.

In this report, Yao Ming was evaluated as the strongest champion in the past ten years, and Yao Ming was given the nickname of a champion nemesis.

The reason why it is said that it has been nearly a decade is because of O'Neill, the champion of 92......

In other words, in the opinion of this reporter, Yao Ming is the strongest champion after O'Neal, even surpassing Duncan and Iverson.

After '93, King Webb, Big Dog, Joe Smith, Iverson, Duncan, Olovo Kandi, Brand, Kenyon Martin, Kwame Brown, and then Yao Ming in '02.

It can be seen that the champion show is really not blown, although there are parallel goods, but there are many quite decent characters among them.

Under normal circumstances, in fact, even if Yao Ming's data is so hot and he has mastered the heavenly hook, he can't be able to suppress Duncan and be rated as the strongest champion......

The main thing is that Duncan won the championship in the second season of his career and was also awarded the FMVP.

This heavy honor alone is far from being comparable to Yao Ming.

But because of Richard, Duncan lost this dazzling honor, so if ESPN evaluates it like this, it can't find any big fault, after all, Yao Ming's rookie data is much better than Duncan's.

Even because the Pistons have a very good record this year, Yao Ming is likely to win the honor of regular season MVP.

The data is qualified, the team's record is also qualified, and the chances of winning the MVP are definitely not small.

……

As for the nickname of the champion nemesis, it is precisely because Yao Ming abused two champions in a row in the previous two games.

Olovo Kandi and Kenyon Martin.

In the game against the Clippers, if it weren't for the Clippers disarming and surrendering, Yao Ming would even be able to bombard the terrifying data of 60+20, even if he only played three quarters, Yao Ming also recorded the top data of 45+15.

And Olovo Kandi, who was directly opposite Yao Ming, only played about 20 minutes in that game, and entered 7 points and 6 rebounds, which was simply blown up by Yao Ming into scum......

In the later game against the Nets, although Yao Ming did not directly oppose Kenyon Martin, Martin only got 11 points and 7 rebounds in this game, and he was completely blown up by Yao Ming.

exploded two champions in a row, what is it that is not the champion nemesis......

In the next game, the Pistons will continue to play the Bucks at home, and they also have a champion dog on the team.

However, in the game of the Bucks, Yao Ming may be difficult to break out, because this game has been "booked" by Clark.

Clark hated the bucks quite a lot, and every time he thought of the days when the bucks were wasted, his teeth itched with hatred.

He still feels that if he hadn't been cut off by the Bucks, he would have joined the Trailblazers, where would he have been abandoned for so many years.