On June 20, 2004, a series of exciting news shocked the entire basketball world!

The Atlanta Hawks, who just won the championship, broke up half of the team!

When Boozer was sent away in the morning, people weren't particularly surprised, but thought it was normal, the Jazz were giving away that kind of chips, and the Hawks would be surprised if they didn't trade.

Boozer is getting stronger and stronger now, and has had a conflict with Rasheed Wallace on playing time, and the relationship between the two is still very good in the season when he just won the championship, because for the championship, but after winning the championship, Boozer will inevitably need more playing time to show his strength, and it is inevitable that the two can no longer be on the same team.

For the Hawks, Boozer and Rasheed Wallace are two extremes, one is excellent offensive skills, excellent rebounding, and can help organize the offense, but the defense is equal to the black hole in other aspects except for the one-on-one carrying low post under the basket; Rasheed Wallace's defense has become strangely surprising, but the offensive end is getting weaker and weaker, and it is the interior defensive gate.

Both have obvious advantages and disadvantages, and Rashid Wallace's trade value is obviously far less than Boozer's, sending away Rashid Wallace obviously can't get anything back, the main point is that Boozer still needs time to improve, Rashid Wallace is at his prime, and Rasheed Wallace is more important than Boozer to win the championship.

When the Jazz gave away that kind of chip, the Hawks couldn't possibly say no.

However, the Hawks' series of decisive and swift trades after that scared the media and fans, even the teams that were not involved or the teams that were involved, were scared.

The Hawks made deals with one or more of the Rockets, Nets, SuperSonics, and Magic, and finally submitted them to the league together, forming a five-team deal!

To sum up, the Hawks first reached a six-year, 110 million contract extension with Sheriff Rahim, and then packaged and signed first and then exchanged for 3 years and 9 million Matt Barnes and Theo Ratliff, and got Tracy McGrady of the Magic and the 13th pick of the first round in 2004 from the SuperSonics.

The SuperSonics sent the 13th pick of the first round in 2004, the 2006 first-round lottery pick, Vladimir Radmanovic and Steve Francis from the Rockets.

The Nets sent Richard Jefferson, relying on the more than 9 million space they freed up after playing this season, plus Richard Jefferson's contract, to eat Theo Ratliff from the Hawks and Vladimir Radmanovic from the SuperSonics.

The Rockets sent Steve Francis, Cardino Mobley, Richard Jefferson from the Nets, Matt Barnes from the Hawks, a three-year contract with Juwan Howard from the Magic, and a 2006 first-round lottery pick from the SuperSonics.

The Magic sent Tracy McGrady and Juwan Howard and got Sherif Raheem from the Hawks and Cardinal Mobley from the Rockets.

Martins, the general manager of the Magic, has long had a bad relationship with Maddy, and originally wanted to earn a vote with Maddie, but now he can send Juwan Howard away on a three-year contract, reduce the luxury tax a little, and get a shooting guard.

What impressed Martins the most was that the Hawks offered to convince Raheem to renew his contract early, and Martins, who was nervous by the Hawks, finally accepted the final deal.

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After the streak of deals, the media and fans were mixed.

The SuperSonics and definitely earned it, with two first-rounders and one Radmanovic to get Francis, got the coveted core point guard.

The Nets received a good or bad evaluation, Ratliff was definitely a powerful improvement to their interior defense, but instead of Boozer, he got Rademanovic, although they are all pitchers, Rademanovic is still three-point-oriented, but his rebounding can be too far from Boozer.

The Nets are obviously betting on the present, Ratliff is 31 years old, has played well in the Hawks for three years, and has played a big role in the playoffs, mainly because the Hawks save money in the regular season, and at the age of 31, it is estimated that the state can be maintained for two or three years, the Nets are obviously betting on the present, but getting Carter has already paid a few first-rounders brought by Kenyon Martin, sending Richard Jefferson, who is only 24 years old, away in exchange for two interior lines, and overdrawing the future, That is, to bet on whether Ratliff can win the championship in the next two or three years while he is still in form, after all, Kidd is already 31.

The Rockets, on the other hand, have been disappointed with Francis's bad style of play without the ball in his hands, with Yao Ming, Francis's ball holding is bound to decrease, the sophomore Yao Ming is already a player at the best team level, and Francis has been playing for five years and has not touched the best team, coupled with the huge difference in commercial value, the Rockets chose to take Yao Ming as the core of the team, increase peripheral pitchers to open up space for Yao Ming to play singles, and Yao Ming pulls the air cut player when he shoots in the high post, Richard Jefferson is a good choice.

Dawson originally wanted Maddy, when Maddy had a conflict with the Magic team last season, he waited for the summer to snatch people from the Magic, but Maddie announced that he would not renew his contract after the trade, which made many teams hesitate, Dawson is also one of them, and Francis's value is not low.

Coupled with the fact that the old cat Mobley became the opponent's best sixth man defense in the playoffs, he couldn't prevent and couldn't shoot, and it was two years in a row, Dawson couldn't help it, and when the team had Jim Jackson who could play point guard, he could get Richard Jefferson, and Dawson packed Francis and the old cat Mobley away.

However, the Rockets have a lot of salary space in terms of point guards, but the Rockets have a good salary space, and without Francis and Mobley, there is now enough salary space to trade or sign free agents.

As for the Magic team...... It's not an exaggeration to say what kind of trade the Magic management made, after letting O'Neal go, they lost less money and people treated them as if they were earning, and, getting Raheem, sending away Juwan Howard, and getting Mobley...... The 50-win team of the Rockets can't look down on Mobley, but when it comes to the Magic team, it's another man.

Of course, the most important and discussed team is naturally the core team of these trades - the Hawks!

If you look at the return from the trade alone, the Hawks are not at a loss, Maddie plus a first-round thirteenth pick, although people regard the 2004 draft as a session that was squeezed dry by the 2003 draft, except for Dwight Howard and Emeka Okafor, there is not a T1 rookie at the core level of the team, but this class of players is many, much higher, and it is predicted that ten rookies will have the starting strength to enter the NBA, and they can average more than 10 points per game, even if it is the 03 generation, the season that has just ended, Only six rookies averaged double-doubles per game.

And the Eagles have no shortage of cores, with Liu Mang and Maddie, what else do they need.

In terms of value, the Eagles don't lose.

However, the Eagles just won the championship! The perfect chemistry that took three years to build up, just played a perfect season, ranked in the history of the NBA, and the overall performance of the whole season can be ranked in the top three.

Originally, even if Boozer was traded, Stockton and Ostertag retired, the Hawks' eight-man rotation of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, Ratliff, Jason Terry, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown is still the biggest favorite for the championship, with a few second-round picks and the No. 6 pick from the Jazz.

But less than a week after winning the championship, the lineup was dismantled, and there was no reason to give it.

After the trade, the Hawks only issued a notice overnight, saying that they had helped the team in the past two or three years with Raheem, Ratliff, Boozer, and Barnes, but due to the team's team building plan and in order to adapt to the current NBA, they had to make personnel adjustments, hoping that they could develop better in the future.

Raheem notified the Hawks in advance that he was leaving, and also handed over his next home selection to the Hawks to avoid the Hawks being caught off guard after everything was planned, traded, and drafted for next season, and the Hawks did not announce that Raheem took the initiative to ask to leave.

The media and fans who don't know the truth have only one question: What are the Eagles trying to do? Maddie is very good, but that's the championship lineup! What the hell are the Eagles trying to do?

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"Carlos, I'm not going to your farewell party with Sharif, Matt, Theo, I'm going to Los Angeles, I'm fed up with this feeling, I don't want to go through this."

"I understand, Ace, next time, my block will not be for you."

"Of course, next time I'll deduct it, it's not the player you're playing against."

When he said this, the two were silent for a while, and it was Boozer who broke the embarrassment first: "Haha, then so be it, be careful on the road." ”

"Bye-bye."

Liu Mang didn't expect Boozer's reaction to be so calm, maybe he had guessed something a long time ago, maybe it was ...... Someone has already discussed something with him, such as the team's new assistant coach.

Boozer and Rasheed Wallace always have someone to leave, that's for sure, and Boozer needs more to almost show what he's capable of, going to Salt Lake City under the best pick-and-roll head coach Jerry Sloan is undoubtedly the best home for Boozer, and Salt Lake City's medical technology is what Boozer needs.

On Barnes's side, when Liu Mang and Bason were on the phone, the other party seemed to have been crying all night, and it was only five o'clock when Liu Mang called, and the other party picked up the phone as soon as possible......

Ratliff is pessimistic about being traded, he can get the championship, there are still four years of big contract, he will be 35 after playing, and he can get a total of 45 million in the remaining four years, the championship has been reached, and this time he was traded, but it was the most stable time for Ratliff.

After making a phone call with the three teammates who were traded, it was not yet dawn, and Liu Mang left home with a small suitcase......

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At half past seven in the morning on June 21, Liu Mang came to the airport to go to a joint trial in Los Angeles to find a new bodyguard for himself...... No, it's a new teammate.

The Eagles were caught in a storm of public opinion, no one understood what they were trading for, and the Eagles didn't explain it.

First, there is a new superstar coming, and you can't slap the new players in the face, could it be that Raheem is leaving and has found a spare tire? Moreover, this is also a move that reflects the team's humanistic care, and it may be many years later, after Maddie has integrated into the team or left, this matter will not be made public, but not now.

On Liu Mang's side, the transaction has already passed, what else can I do? I can only see these teammates next time and beat them to death.

Liu Mang is very satisfied with his thoughts: Xiao Ye is such a righteous man......

From the beginning of Raheem's departure, the Hawks have entered a situation where there is a possibility of falling into a chain reaction collapse, three Hawks, one is responsible for scoring and organizing offense, one is responsible for tandem defense and rebounding, and one is responsible for stealing points off the bench, which is the key to the strength of the Hawks last season.

Obviously, the championship team with a very young lineup has reached a situation where it is not broken or standing, so it can only be broken and not standing, and the chain reaction of the collapse will not have a chance to become a reality, and a new situation will start directly.

Liu Mang is going to be drafted now!

The two "bodyguards" are all gone, how can this be! He really doesn't get used to going out without two thugs! Why is the team with the highest trade value, apart from himself and Rahim, it is actually Barnes and Boozer?

Since winning the championship, the Eagles have received trade offers from many teams, but they have not been ignored, but fortunately, they have not refused, but just put those offers away, and they really came in handy later.

It may be a little difficult for Boozer to top the salary in the future, but it is still easy to have a contract of 10 million, but Liu Mang doesn't know that he let the team select Boozer in the first round, is he cheating? Or did he trap him? Anyway, my own side is earned, two first-rounders!

Barnes is also signed first and then exchanged, 9 million for 3 years, which is already a big contract for Barnes.

Since the bodyguard went to make a lot of money, Liu Mang could only find a new bodyguard, and at the draft meeting, Liu Mang had to recall and remember who should be chosen.

Liu Mang went to Los Angeles alone, the boss and the coaching staff had already rushed to Los Angeles overnight in the early morning, and they had to start participating in some activities in the morning, taking photos with the newcomers who participated in the trial, getting to know each other, etc., Liu Mang only needed to catch up with the announcement of the results of the body at noon and the trial in the afternoon, and there was a rookie match in the small green house in the evening, the Eagles now have two lotto lotteries, and Liu Mang was also notified by the coaching staff to go to the scene to watch.

Liu Mang calculated, now the team has three first rounds, a No. 6 pick, a No. 13 pick, and a No. 23 pick, which feels like turning three second rounds into three first rounds, that is, the current draft picks are not worth much, Liu Mang feels that the time for him to use the rookie bonus in this way is estimated to be a few years, and when other teams find out that the Eagles rely on the rookie bonus to win the championship, and the teams begin to cherish the draft picks, this operation will be difficult to achieve.

It's like a supersonic, who don't take draft picks seriously at all, and throw them out.

There are also two second-rounders, a second-round No. 1 pick that he got from the Magic a long time ago, and a 41st pick from the Celtics.

The rest of the team, Liu Mang looked at the team list, in addition to himself, there are Calderon on the bench, scoring guards Jason Terry, Korver, Prince, small forward Maddy, big forward Rasheed Wallace, Muhammad, center has Kwame Brown.

If Kevin Willis accepts the player option and does not retire for the time being, the team will have a total of 10 players.

Keep yourself and Jason Terry, Korver, Prince, Maddie, Rasheed Wallace, Mohammed, Kwame Brown, just eight protected spots......

Liu Mang wants to do it very much now, especially wants to call the small boss of the newly established team, it is not easy to build a new team, and there is still no player, it is so pitiful, Liu Mang seems to want to send him some warmth.

It's just that...... The management of one team is not allowed to have private contact with a player who is under contract with another team, otherwise it is a violation and can result in a fine or a draft pick.

It's a shame that Liu Mang really wants to put the list of Calderon and Kevin Willis in front of his own teacher for him to choose......

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Night after night, morning after morning, instead of cooling down, the Eagles trade became more and more discussed.

Originally, people thought that the Eagles were going to start dominating the East for many years, but they didn't expect to be disbanded when they were disbanded, which is known as the "East Eagle Upheaval".

Liu Mang arrived at the venue of the joint trial...... When he was in the Great Western Forum Arena, he was chased and intercepted by the media, and Liu Mang rarely chose to keep silent in the face of reporters, he didn't have that kung fu now.

I didn't sleep well a few days ago, and now I have to remember which players played and fit the current Hawks, and at the same time, I have to consider the impact I bring, and what will affect the degree to which the rookies are valued by the NBA.

The only good thing is that he stirs up trouble in the NBA, and it has not yet affected people's evaluation of the strength of college students.

From the 21st to the 24th, for four consecutive days, Liu Mang followed the team and traveled to Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and finally returned to Atlanta on the 24th as his own trial invitation.

After four days of busy work, Liu Mang finally gave Coach Kruger ten choices, five are the first choice, five are the second choice, Liu Mang feels that he has intercepted a few times in advance, and theoretically there will be no possibility of being cut off by other teams before he cuts off his beard, but what if, so it is still to be on the safe side.

When Coach Kruger saw the list, he had a bit of a headache...... It doesn't seem to be a fuel-efficient lamp, but Liu Mang's vision is really good! He immediately went to the scouting report and delved into the 10 players with his fellow coaching staff......

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