198. Three-way transaction, the dilemma of the fourth party (4500 words large chapter for subscription)
Official NBA staff worked through the night, and executives in charge of the league's player operations were called up to work overtime again.
At half past four in the morning on the 24th of the month, when a professional basketball player in a hotel got up to prepare for morning practice, a three-way transaction was officially confirmed by the NBA!
The Grizzlies sent Tre Gilder, Jamal Tinsley, O.J. Mayo, DeAndre Jordan from the Clippers, Anthony Parker from the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers' 2011 first-round pick without protection.
The Cavaliers sent Anthony Parker, an unprotected 2011 first-round pick, Danny Green, Delonte West, OJ Mayo and Jamal Tinsley from the Grizzlies, and Ricky Davis, Mark Madsen and Marty Collins from the Clippers to contracts.
The Clippers sent DeAndre Jordan, Ricky Davis, Mark Madsen and Marty Collins, got Tre Gilder from the Grizzlies whose contract is only partially guaranteed to be cut by Nov. 28, and Danny Green and Delonte West from the Cavaliers.
When it comes to the trade of the Cavaliers, and when it comes to the trade of Mayo, the former No. 1 high school student in the United States, the major media have to be busy again in the early morning, but they are happy! It's big news again!
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"The Cavaliers Form the Big Four"
Who Can Stop It? Two former No. 1 high school students in the United States get together! 》
"LeBron's Kobe Bryant is coming? 》
"Finally a real scoring guard, the last piece of the Cavaliers' championship puzzle"
Cavaliers: We Have Four All-Stars! 》
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Sun Ce saw this deal when he took a shower and swiped his mobile phone after morning practice, and all sports websites on the whole network were dominated by the news that the Cavaliers got Mayo.
The first reaction was "", no way, the culture is too low.
He hadn't even thought about how to get Mayo out and Mayo was traded?
Is this God's eye-opening? Finally helped him?
However, looking at these exaggerated headlines, Sun Ce found that it seems that not only the domestic media love to brag, but also the Americans!
This Mayo has been said by the media in the Grizzlies that talent cannot be developed, and the next Glenn Robinson is cloudy, but when it comes to the Cavaliers, it will become the next Jordan and the next Kobe.
There are even titles like "Four All-Stars" and "Big Four".
However, there is also some negative news about Mayo, who actually went to a bar last night to fight with someone snatching a girl.
But the Cavaliers fans of the American imperialists are also quite powerful.
"We are confident that we can develop OJ's talent because we have LeBron James, who is even more talented!"
What is the ...... Sun Ce thinks it's really awesome!
Anyway, Mayo is not its own team, and other teams can develop it as they like.
The second reaction was...... Why the 2011 Cavaliers draft pick? Why not the Clippers' 2011 first-round pick?
Although the Cavaliers will have a high draft pick in 201 if James leaves, at least the top five picks, the Clippers' 2011 first-round pick is Irving!
In terms of the Clippers' various operations, Sun Ce believes that they will definitely get a high draft pick in the 10-11 season.
Even the 2011 No. 1 pick, the Clippers used to trade Mo Williams, an operation that stunned everyone when that deal was born, and a team that was in the bottom three in the West at the time was willing to trade that year's first-round pick for no guarantee.
Sun Ce thinks that even if his arrival brings some changes, can't the team directly trade their first-round pick with the Clippers to add Jordan Jr.?
After thinking about it, it seems that there is a more promising Eric Gordon......
There's no way around it, and he's a rookie bench who doesn't care much about these things, and he's the biggest winner in this deal.
Just to see Ricky Davis back with the Cavaliers......
Sun Ce seemed to see the news of the future: "Hey, brother, I'm back again, are you ready to assist me this time?" ”
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"OH, Noah, you know what, OJ was traded!" Randolph saw that Sun Ce had played the first game of a back-to-back and actually came to practice shooting again in the morning, and ran up and said.
It's just that this tone can't tell whether it's joy or regret.
"I saw the news."
Sun Ce's tone was quite ...... when he said this Relaxed, Randolph didn't hear too happy or moved away from his teammates leaving, but he just felt that Sun Ce seemed to be very relaxed.
"Noah, are you happy that OJ was traded?" Randolph asked a rather inopportune question.
"Happy!" Sun Ce replied very directly.
"Huh? Do you not give him face like this? Randolph didn't expect Sun Ce to answer like this.
"No, I'm glad we got DeAndre Jordan, we finally have a big center who can run and jump, and you know how hard I work to play with two fat guys?" Sun Ce fought back decisively, and ran away after speaking.
"Two fat people? Wait, is it in me Mark and I? Noah, stop me! ”
Tennessee O'Neal began to hunt down Sun Ce......
Such a body shape, such a picture, so familiar......
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"You guys help me analyze why the Clippers gave us DeAndre Jordan for nothing?" Gasol Jr. clasped the mud in his fingernails, turned over the soil when he went out in the morning, and prepared for the next year's sowing, but because he slept too late and was busy going out, he forgot to wash his hands, and when he came to the team, he got together with a few core teammates to discuss, and forgot to wash his hands, and he had to go to the bathroom to wash his face and rinse his mouth later.
Gasol Jr. was happy to have a backup that looked a little more reliable, and he was just confused as to why the Clippers were helping them.
Jordan Jr. averaged 4.4 points and 4.9 boards per game in 17 minutes of playing time, which is much more reliable than Haddadi and Tre Gilder.
The other guys are also confused, and if they get a bench interior from the Cavaliers, they can totally understand that if the Cavaliers can get Mayo, they can pick whatever they want except for the three All-Stars from last season.
But it's the Clippers who send out the inside bench, which is hard to understand.
No one answered Gasol Jr.'s question, and Gasol Jr. was a little embarrassed, kicked Sun Ce's foot, and said, "Noah, you can analyze it." ”
Nima ...... Sun Ce felt really shameless when he saw that little Gasol, a second-year, didn't dare to question Randolph, Guy, and Conley, three older players, to bully him, a first-grader!
But let's analyze it, Sun Ce thought for a while and said: "The Clippers have long wanted to solve the problem of bloated inside, they have too many inside, Carman and Camby, the two big centers, can only start together, Jordan only averages 4.4 points and 4.9 boards per game, which is the weakest compared to those two starters, I remember that Zach also played for the Clippers last season, and they can't seem to trade inside." ”
Randolph heard this and felt that it made sense: "Their inside line is really bloated, but they are not going to trade me, I am the strongest." ”
Hearing this, others also remembered that in the 08-09 season, the Clippers had three interior players with Randolph, Carman, and Camby, all of whom had All-Star level at the time...... At that time, they really couldn't trade with a bunch of insider trades!
This time, he used a sophomore physical fitness man to get rid of three garbage contracts, and also exchanged for Delonte West, a high-quality bench two-way guard who averaged 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, Danny Green is an additive, and he has been reimbursed for the season, and the Cavaliers are still short of a salary of 400,000 yuan.
But what...... What Randolph said was not quite the same, Randolph didn't have a team to ...... at the time Bill Duffy also has a good reputation, and Grizzlies management believed the agent's words and signed Randolph.
It's just that no one is going to poke his cowhide, after all, he is the boss, and now he is the best player in the team.
As for whether the team trade is lost or earned, they won't care so much about playing, just play their own games, at present, the so-called "team honor" of the whole team is not so sufficient, and it needs to be experienced in the playoffs.
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As it was matchday for the second game of a back-to-back, there was no training schedule, the coaching staff and management were busy, the morning tactical meeting was cancelled and the players went on their own.
Even Sun Ce didn't train after practicing a set of free throws and a set of close-range shots in the morning to save his energy for the evening game.
In the general manager's office on the second floor, Coach Hollins and general manager Chris Wallace both had cigarettes in their mouths and felt like their bodies were being hollowed out.
Swapping a sophomore like Mayo, who averaged 18 points per game in his rookie season, for a 34-year-old tall pitcher guard who claims to be a starter but only averages 7 points and 2 rebounds per game, plus a second-round center in the second round, plus a 2011 draft pick that currently looks like a 25th pick, is a lot of pressure for the two.
From early morning to now, for four or five hours, local fans have been scolding crazy on the Internet.
Although I made up my mind to trade at the time, I still felt like my body was hollowed out when it was done.
Outside pitchers, inside benches, they all need it, but it's Mayo who sends it...... It's the same mood as sending away Thabit a few days ago, because they proposed to trade, and by the way, they sent out Tinsley's two players who received salaries for nothing, and the Cavaliers didn't have the slightest opinion, a sense of déjà vu that you pick at will, if it weren't for the rookie bonus of Gay, Conley, and Gasol Jr. and the more than 8 million salary space vacated by sending away Tinsley and Mayo to strengthen the forward guard, they could also take a center back from the Cavaliers, but the Cavaliers' backup center is very expensive...... So the original goal of the original goal, Jordan Jr., pulled up the Clippers who wanted to save their salary.
This proves how much the Cavaliers value Mayo, and it also represents Mayo's talent.
And that's not the point, the point is that they called and emailed the general manager of Team Rocket, and the other party has not responded so far.
Not only that, but there's a problem for the Grizzlies.
There are three players missing, one of whom is still a starter, and the two players who came in the trade will definitely not be able to complete the report today, even if they rush to Memphis, there is no way to finish the trade today, the Grizzlies can quickly complete the medical examination and other processes, but the players have to be done by the other two teams to play.
Originally, the Grizzlies only had 13 players after buying out Iverson, Sun Ce and Tabit were exchanged for one, that is, they were still 13 players, and they could barely keep one person in a suit to guard the water cooler, but now they can't even make up the 13-man roster, and the NBA's official rules are that there must be 13 players, so they have to sign a player in the free market, and the Rockets' deal will not be completed for a while......
After a long silence, the cigarette butts fell off, and the two re-lit a cigarette, looked at each other, and did not speak.
I can only wait!
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This deal has undoubtedly detonated the basketball circle.
The Cavaliers are seen as making a lot of money, and they are also earning after eating the garbage contract.
The owners of the Clippers are born with a love of money, and sending away Jordan Jr. can save nearly 4 million US dollars, which is good.
Only the Grizzlies were slammed, and they sold their talents in a row, and the two high-pick rookies in '08 and '09 were all sent away.
Sun Ce's side is currently one of the hottest rookies, and he can barely make up for the sale of Tabit.
But as soon as fans and the media thought that the Tabit trade was not a loss, the Grizzlies began to die again, trading Mayo, a player who averaged 18 points per game in his rookie year, for 3 corner players + draft picks.
However, it was later revealed that when the Grizzlies banned going to nightclubs during back-to-back periods, Mayo still went to nightclubs and got into fights......
This has polarized the evaluation of the deal among fans.
Tabit didn't have a mom fan because he didn't play a few games and didn't have a good performance before being traded.
But Mayo's mother has a lot of fans!
Many Mayo fans on the local Internet in Memphis feel like their son has been trafficked, perhaps in their eyes, Mayo's fight is just a child smashing mud......
Although the more sensible fans also feel that they have lost, the team is currently in good shape, with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses, and the team is moving forward on the right path.
While it does feel like a loss to trade Mayo away in such a return, it makes up for it a little bit to get a rare catch-and-shoot and an interior bench for the team.
But the sane fans were also irrational by their mother's fans, and they sprayed each other......
Of course, the general public opinion is that the Grizzlies are at a loss.
But on the other side of the ocean, Chinese fans and media are overjoyed, at least at this stage, when Sun Ce is playing well, the deal is rejoicing at home.
This is a trade to go Mayo to make room for the little overlord!
Domestic fans have studied the Grizzlies more than the Americans, Mayo and Sun Ce have never appeared at the same time, and the picture of Sun Ce joining the Grizzlies in the first game with a hot face and a cold ass on the bench has been analyzed.
At that time, there was a commentator surnamed Yang who said that Sun Ce was going to be traded again.
It turned out to be Mayo who was traded!
Sun Ce's position is stable!
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Just when the outside world was hyping about the three-way trade for Mayo, Houston, Rockets general manager Morey and owner Alexander were having morning tea.
After hesitating for a long time, Morey said: "Boss, the Grizzlies want to trade Battier with draft picks, and if we can get as many draft picks as possible, we have a chance to get Paul or Anthony, and we have a chance to win the championship......"
"Are we going to fight for Anthony or Paul?" Alexander asked, "Can we get them and make the market value even higher?" ”
Morey felt like he had been stabbed in the heart!
He's talking about dreams, and the boss is talking about money!
Although he had heard this kind of thing countless times, Morey still felt that he was about to have a myocardial infarction.
Everyone is the boss talking about dreams and employees talking about money, how did they get here and completely reversed?
Morey adjusted his mentality: "We can have the strength to attack the championship and definitely increase the market value, if we want to fight for them, draft picks are important, and the Grizzlies can provide us with draft picks......"
Before Morey could finish speaking, the Jew waved his hand and asked, "Is there a chance to fight for James?" He's a free agent next year, right? With James, we fans in China and the United States can make money. ”
Morey was stabbed in the heart again, swallowed the blood that was about to flow backwards from his throat, and said: "I will try hard, but our first goal is Paul or Anthony, the Cavaliers can give James the biggest contract, Paul and Anthony two or three years ago The contract we have space, if we want to compete for free agents, it is best for us to help Yao fight for Bosh." ”
"Then I'll leave it to you," Alexander nodded, as if he had made a big decision, and his tone was distressed: "If you can get one of them to help the team increase its market value, I will allow you to pay the luxury tax for two years." ”
Being allowed to pay the luxury tax for only two years is probably an unacceptable condition for the general manager of another team that wants to compete for a championship, but ...... Morey actually had a feeling of "finally dawn" when he heard it......
Finally, there is a rush! It's not easy!