Paul Allen's announcement of a rebuild within the Trail Blazers was actually completely out of necessity.

Both Auburn signed their maximum salary contracts in '99, and both signed contracts for $70 million over six years at the time.

And after last season, the Trail Blazers extended the two contracts.

The power of the two Auburn is enough to ensure that the Trail Blazers have maintained a playoff level of power.

Unfortunately, after playing 15 games this season, Xiao Ao suffered an ankle injury and was directly reimbursed for the season.

Their current record is only 11th in the West, and it is difficult for them to make the playoffs.

In this case, it happened that the Lakers extended an olive branch to the Trail Blazers, and Paul Allen naturally wanted to rebuild.

Richard couldn't help but sigh when he heard that Xiao Ao was out for the season due to an ankle injury.

If Xiao Ao had been by his side, this would definitely not have happened, and he had a lot of props to ensure Xiao Ao's health.

Not to mention those injury scrolls, in the just-concluded All-Star Game, Richard also got a prop reward for breaking the record for the youngest All-Star MVP because Milicic broke it.

The bonus item has a rather obscene name......

The happiness of the lower body, this is the name of this prop, Richard didn't look at the attributes, and once thought that this was some kind of bedding.

"Happiness of the Lower Body": A permanent prop, after binding the target player, it can ensure that the target player's chance of injury below the waist is reduced by 90%. There is one opportunity to change the target player once per season.

This item, which has a lot of similarities with the permanent items that Richard has obtained before, is that the target player can be changed once a year.

However, in Richard's opinion, this prop may be more precious.

As we all know, the most common areas for injury are the ankles and knees.

And injuries in these two positions have the greatest impact on the strength of the players.

If it's a wrist injury, or a back injury, sometimes the player can still play.

But if you have an ankle or knee injury and you can't even run, you won't be able to play.

Now with this item, it can be said that the possibility of lower body injury is almost completely eliminated!

You must know that after binding this prop, there is a ninety percent chance of avoiding injuries to the lower body, unless it is too unlucky, otherwise, it is difficult to encounter that ten percent chance.

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If Xiao Ao was by his side, then Richard would definitely not hesitate to bind this prop to ......

But now that the Trail Blazers have announced a rebuild, there is no point in binding it, it is better to let the Trail Blazers continue to mess around, and strive to make a trade with the Bulls in the '06 draft to pick Aldridge as they normally would.

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Two days later, a deal that shocked the league was born.

The Lakers sent two first-round picks plus three second-round picks in the next five years, plus a Brian Grant in exchange for a big money from the Trail Blazers.

Brian Grant's contract is a big problem for the Lakers, and his salary is more than $14 million, which is only a million dollars less than Kobe.

Just take Grant's contract to match the salary with Big Ben's new contract.

The contract he signed with the Trail Blazers is $60 million for four years, not that he can't sign a longer contract, but the reason why he signed such a four-year contract is mainly for his own future.

The final year of this contract is a player option, which means that after three years, Big Ben can jump out of the contract.

Considering Big Ben's age, he's arguably the oldest of the West Lafayette players outside of Barry Jr.

Little Barry can't be called Little Barry now, he's 35 years old......

And Big Ben is now 32 years old.

Everyone knows that the position of a blue-collar player who eats physical fitness, his career will not be too long, and when Big Ben is 35 years old, no one can say what kind of competitive state he can play.

Now on a four-year contract, he will be 35 years old in exactly three years.

When the time comes, if the competitive condition is good, he will continue to play for the Trail Blazers for another year.

If he said that he was not in good shape, he jumped out of the contract and came to Richard......

He is not short of money at all, because he signed with Richard's agency, got a lot of endorsement opportunities, and signed a good contract with Li Ning in China.

Over the years, Daben has made a lot of money, so he doesn't particularly care about the length of the contract.

He still hopes to wait until he can retire under Richard, and there will be a beginning and an end.

His career began under Richard, and naturally ended under Richard.

This is what Big Ben has always wanted, and he hopes that Richard will preside over his retirement ceremony.

Not only Big Ben, but in fact, many West Lafayette players have this idea.

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The deal sent the entire West on shaking.

The Lakers' record this season is not bad, although they did not make the playoffs last season, but this season relying on Kobe's magical play, they have almost booked a playoff spot.

How amazing is Kobe Bryant this season? 62 points in the third quarter, 81 points in a single game, and an average of 35.4 points per game in the season, all played this season.

This season can be said to be Kobe's supergod season, think about his teammates around him, the only reliable one is Odom.

But even Odom is currently deeply influenced by the women of the Kardashian family, and there will be distractions and mistakes on the court from time to time.

What shook the Western team was that if Big Ben joined the Lakers, how terrible would this Lakers become?

You must know that Big Ben's style can be called a perfect complement to Kobe, he doesn't need the slightest ball possession to help the team on the court.

The key is that Big Ben is still in his prime, and this season's Big Ben is still averaging 7.6 points, 15.4 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game, and he is still the league's top super blue-collar insider.

And what did the Lakers give? They just give in with their potential in the next five years.

Harvested a super blue-collar like Big Ben, and also got rid of Grant's contract.

It looks like a completely unequal trade, and the teams feel like there may be some kind of PY trade between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers.

If there is a PY deal, it is really not.

The Trail Blazers are going to rebuild, and Grant, who only has one year left on his contract, is just right to clear salary space and then get that many draft picks, which is also good for them.

Of course, the reason why this deal was made possible was that Kobe Bryant and Big Ben also played an important role in it.

These two people have been very unhappy and aggrieved all these years.

Big Ben is thinking about changing teams and changing moods, but Kobe Bryant is really trying to win the championship.

As a result, after Kobe Bryant made more than ten phone calls to Big Ben, Big Ben nodded and agreed, and the deal was reached.

When Richard learned the news, he was a little confused.

Big Ben actually joined the Lakers, so will the Lakers trade Gasol from the Grizzlies in the future?

It seems that this possibility is still ......

In another two years, the salary space will continue to grow, and the Lakers are willing to spend money, and if they have the opportunity, they may still eat a big contract.

Then the Lakers will be a little too scary......