Two days later, Chi Liang received a call from Bill Duffy, and after answering the phone, he asked, "Bill, is there something wrong?" ”

Duffy is a professional agent, and he naturally has connections in the NBA, especially after Chi Liang shines, so that his connections expand extremely smoothly, and the news is naturally very well-informed.

On the other side of the phone, Duffy couldn't help but laugh as if something good had happened, and finally said: "Two days ago, the team finally put you on the shelf, which means that our plan was initially successful!" ”

Chi Liang was stunned for a moment, but instead of being happy, he asked in a deep voice, "Bill, tell me in detail!" ”

It turned out that after the racial discrimination incident came out, the Nuggets management was considering whether to trade Chi Liang.

There is no way, the team is the owner's, even if Chi Liang is very important to the team, but no matter how important it is, it can only be regarded as an employee.

For Clooney, his life has been very unsatisfactory recently, and he does not dare to stay in Denver for fear of being beaten by Chi Liang fans.

And after Duffy held a press conference, it made Clooney's situation even worse, especially the punishment of the alliance, which greatly damaged his interests. Originally, he could have sold the team at a starting price, but after accepting the punishment of the league, I am afraid that he could only sell it.

This naturally made Clooney angry, but the Nuggets wanted to renew Van Exel's contract, and Van Exel's agent's request added fuel to his fire, and finally made him make a specific decision to put Chi Liang on the shelf.

The Nuggets management knows very well that Chi Liang has value, and it is impossible to sell it at all, but wants to sell it at a 'high price'. With him as a bargaining chip, the Nuggets will definitely be able to get enough value in exchange.

1. How big Ji Liang's role on the court is, the whole world is watching, judging from the strength and data shown in his rookie season, he can be called one of the best rookies in the history of the league.

Second, Chi Liang is only 20 years old, and there is no hidden injury risk, and with his efficient organizational ability, the team that got him is likely to not need to change the core for ten years.

3. Chi Liang is an Asian player, and with his current achievements, as long as he pushes a little, he can easily develop the Asian market, and his business prospects are broad.

From a comprehensive point of view, Chi Liang's value is no less than Abdul-Jabbar, who was still with the Bucks more than 20 years ago.

In 1975, Abdul-Jabbar applied to the Bucks management for a transfer to New York or Los Angeles, but Bucks manager Wayne Ebrey knew that there was no hope of retaining him, so he had to agree, and finally sent Abdul-Jabbar to the Los Angeles Lakers.

However, the status of the two in the team is different, Abdul-Jabbar was the only core of the team at that time, or took the initiative to apply for a trade, and the trade options were still the two largest city teams in the United States.

As for Chi Liang, he is not a big boss yet, so this aspect is naturally different, because he has no choice, maybe a big city team, or a small city team, because the management will definitely choose the most beneficial trading plan for the team.

But there is one aspect that Nuggets management has made a good decision, and that is to trade Ji Liang to the Eastern team.

There is no way, with Chi Liang's strength, if he is traded to the western team, it will be tantamount to creating a big trouble for himself!

As a result, the Nuggets management began to contact the teams that were interested in Chi Liang, but they had a great appetite, so they were still negotiating who to exchange for and how to exchange, and it was difficult for them to produce results in the short term.

According to Duffy, since the contacts are all Eastern Conference teams, the teams that are most interested in Chi Liang now are the Bulls, Nets, Hornets, Wizards and Cavaliers.

All five teams, none of which made the playoffs last season, all have rebuilding ideas.

According to Duffy, the Nuggets are most likely to trade with Red Bull, Nets, and Wizards. In addition to the fact that they are the teams most closely associated with the Nuggets, these teams also have players or draft picks that the Nuggets want.

On the Red Bulls' side, the Nuggets initially wanted to pick up Brand, because Brand showed a strong immediacy ability, and it would be exciting to think about it if he partnered with McDyes.

It's a pity that Brand is not for sale for the Bulls, and other players are random to pick except Brand.

Unfortunately, the rest of the Bulls players were so bad that the two teams didn't achieve their goal for the time being.

As for the Nets, they are similar to the Bulls, except for Marbury and Keith Van Horne.

Not to mention Marbury, Keith Van Horn was the 1997 star of the list, and he had 21.8 points and 8.5 rebounds last season, which is undoubtedly a top-level interior statistic.

Aside from these two, the rest of the Nets' players are mostly crooked and have limited trade value.

However, in order to get Ji Liang, they are willing to get an unprotected first-round pick next year.

Finally, there is the Wizards, from the perspective of the lineup, the Wizards have an excellent roster of players, with Richmond, Juwan Howard and Rod Strickland, all three of whom are real All-Star players.

However, Richmond and Strickland are older, while Howard is limited by a 100 million dollar contract, and the transaction value is not very large.

So, after not making the playoffs last season, the Wizards began to rebuild, and now there is no one on their team that cannot be traded, including Richmond, the core of their recent contract extension.

However, the Nuggets have a huge appetite and want to pack Richmond, Ben Wallace and this year's No. 7 rookie Hamilton, as well as a first-round pick next year and the year after.

For the Nuggets' lions, the Wizards naturally refused sternly, and the two sides began to argue, both wanting to get the maximum benefit at the lowest cost.

As things stand, the Wizards are the most likely, followed by the Bulls.

After listening to the news that Duffy got, Ji Liang fell silent, he knew that he was very passive in this regard, and now the biggest question is which team will he go to?

For Ji Liang, all he can do now is to keep his form and strive to go further, no matter which team, he will be ready in the best condition.

After the silence, Ji Liang asked again: "Bill, which team do you think I will be traded to?" ”

"It's hard to say, in fact, there are still teams who are hesitating and waiting, and no one knows if they will make a move in the end. Also, given the value of your trade, quite a few teams are haggling with the Nuggets right now, which is likely to take a while. However, I do think that the Wizards and Red Bull are the most sincere, and you will most likely be traded to one of these two teams! ”

Duffy analyzed it for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and continued: "By the way, I almost forgot a big thing, there are two teams that want to send people to you, what do you think?"

"Yes, they can come to Houston at any time, by the way, which two teams?"