The Knicks have been in poor shape lately, but ESPN, TNT and other media outlets have broken the news of an important trade at this time: the Celtics will send Pierce, Garnett and Jason Terry to the Nets to get Humphries, Gerard Wallace, Reggie Evans, Keith Bogans, Chris Joseph and a first-round pick each in 2014, 2016 and 2018 from Brooklyn.

When the deal was first reported, some fans thought it couldn't happen!

Because there are two guys in this deal who are players that many fans think are impossible to trade!

One is Kevin Garnett, and the other is Pierce, naturally.

These two guys helped the Celtics win their first championship in the last two or three decades in the summer of '08, and they are players that many fans think will end up with the Celtics!

And Garnett also has a veto power over the deal, which makes the deal even more fake.

But then it was revealed that Garnett had waived his veto on the trade and was willing to defect to Brooklyn.

This makes the deal feel like it's going to happen.

It is said that the Nets replaced the big boss this summer, this big boss from Russia is not small, he is currently the richest man in Russia, with total assets of more than 24 billion, and after buying the Nets, he also directly said that he would let the Nets win the championship within three years!

Now that I think about his rhetoric, and look at this deal, it seems more and more real!

And then more news came out!

The Nets have agreed to give Garnett a fully guaranteed contract for the 2014~2015 season, worth $12 million, and Garnett's original contract with the Celtics, he can be bought out for $6 million in 2014~2015, which also made him decide to transfer to the Nets.

It is said that a number of teams have wanted to get Garnett in the offseason, after the Clippers wanted Garnett to jump ship with coach Doc Rivers, but they gave up because they did not meet the league rules that "the coach does not enter a trade with the player at the same time", and the Warriors also contacted the Celtics to get Garnett, but in the end, the Nets, who were eager to improve the team, attracted the veteran.

With these details revealed, no one thinks it's fake anymore!

But it also means that Pierce's departure from Boston will also become a reality, which many Celtics fans do not understand:

"Why send this decorated veteran away? I thought Angie was going to give him a decent contract to end his career in Boston1"

"The NBA is really thinking more and more about being a business now! The human touch is gone, the bond between the players and the team is gone, this league is really business! ”

"I don't want to see that happen, but everything has happened, and I can only hope that Paul can play well with the Nets and make the Celtics and Aegie regret it!"

Most fans think that Pierce being sent away feels a bit unkind.

You must know that since Pierce entered the league in 1998, he spent all 15 seasons of his career with the Celtics, and he averaged 18.6 points per game in the 2012~2013 season. Pierce's current contract with the Celtics expires in the summer of 2014, and his salary is only $4 million guaranteed for the 2013~2014 season, and his contract is worth $61.1 million over four years when he renews with the team in 2010.

It is also clear from this contract that Pierce will not hinder the future of the team.

But because he was traded could get the team a draft pick, that's why he was traded!

What is embarrassing is that in February this year, Celtics president Angie said that the team would like to see captain Pierce play in Boston until he retires.

Soon the deal was officially announced!

And with the departure of Kevin Garnett and Pierce, coupled with the early departure of Ray Allen this summer, the era of the team's "Big Three" is over!

On the same day, fans of the former Celtic Big Three made a highlight reel for the three veterans.

In 2007, the "Green Shirts" triumvirate of Pierce, Garnett and Ray Allen was dismantled, and the season in which the group was formed, the Celtics' record quickly rose from the bottom of the league to the best, and in the 2007~2008 season, they won 66 wins and won the 17th championship in the team's history, and Pierce was also the MVP of the finals that year. In the following seasons, due to age and injuries, the Celtics' form began to decline, and they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in the 2012~2013 season. ”

And the fans who watched the video also sighed that their youth disappeared unconsciously!

After sending away the Big Three, there is now only one former core player in the Green Army, Rajon Rondo, who has gradually grown into the top No. 1 position in the league in the past two years, obviously, sending Paul Pierce and others away is also to allow the core to grow better, but for the entire Celtics, they want to return to the Finals again, just relying on a Rajan Rondo is definitely not possible, this guy does not have the ability to bring the team to the Finals alone, even the playoffs are a little reluctant!

No way, there are too many strong teams in this league now!

As far as the East is concerned, the Knicks, Heat, Bulls, Pacers, Hawks, and Magic, if you really have to count on your fingers, I am afraid that you can quickly count 8 or 9 teams that are stronger than the current Celtics.

So, the road to reconstruction belonging to the Celts has only just begun.

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However, the deal was a welcome one for the Nets, who now have a super-squad of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Pierce, Garnett and Brooke Lopez.

It is also after this deal that the Nets have risen to the 5th place in the league in the 2013~2014 NBA championship odds offered by the bookmakers, and only the Knicks, Lakers, Heat and Thunder are left in front of them.

In the eyes of betting, this team has more hope of winning the championship than the Spurs and the Bulls!

This also makes the old fans of the Nets happy, since Jason Kidd and Carter left one after another, the Nets have been the fish belly team in the East, and now they have suddenly become the powerhouse of the East, quite a feeling that they suddenly returned to 02 and 03, at that time, the Nets entered the Finals twice, and it was also one of their few glorious moments, and now, after ten years, are they going to return to that former stage?

They want to see the team return to that stage, of course, not only do they want to return to that stage, they also want this Nets team to do something that the most brilliant Nets team has not done before, and win the Finals!