The tug-of-war over the deal lasted for a week, and finally one morning, Hu Qingniu received the exact news that the deal was closed.

It's a three-way deal, the Wizards, the Grizzlies, and the Rockets.

The biggest benefit was of course the Rockets, who got Anfernee Hardaway, Mike Miller and Sean Battier, and sent Steve Francis, old cat Mobley and a first-round pick.

The Grizzlies got Grant Hill and sent Sean Battier, Mike Miller and a first-round pick.

The Wizards got their wish and got two first-round picks and Steve Francis and the old cat Mobley. There are still two first-round players to come.

Francis was inevitably traded by the Rockets again, and this season he averaged 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, which is still gorgeous, but the scoring is already the lowest since his rookie season, shooting 40.2% from the field and 30% from three-point range.

It can be said that Francis's inefficient offense is the crux of the Rockets' inability to open the situation, and there is no threat from the outside, so that any team can desperately wrap up Yao Ming, which is also the reason for Yao Ming's decline in scoring data in December.

It is undeniable that Boss Fergus has played a good role in Yao Ming's NBA career, but Boss Fergus himself is also wasting his own talent by being unprofessional at work.

Lazy in training, unrestrained in life, and fond of amusement have been the norm for Francis in the past two years. While he still has a lot of ball possession with the Rockets, he's still the outside core of the Rockets, and he's able to get some low-quality assists. These assists don't mean much, and they can be done by changing to a point guard with an annual salary of 1 million, but he has no containment, and his scoring efficiency is extremely poor, no matter who he plays alone, the effect is not very good.

It can be said that the Rockets want to go further, Francis, the former Boss of the Rockets, and the Rockets Boss have become the crux of the problem. No one can stop the team from improving, and now the absolute core of the Rockets is Yao Ming. Yao Ming has one of the best interior strength in the league, and he can blow up all the centers one-on-one, even if O'Neal is at most explosive.

Therefore, around Yao Ming, the Rockets should not only be in such an embarrassing position as fourth and fifth in the West. They will want to go one step further and finish in the top three in the West and become championship contenders.

Hardaway, Battier, Mike Miller, these are undoubtedly three good solutions, Hardaway's passing and playmaking is what this Rockets team needs to improve urgently.

How to pass the ball to Yao Ming has always been a big problem. This season's Rockets often saw Yao Ming unable to get the ball at critical moments, and several guards shot indiscriminately on the court, and the result was that these games were lost without exception.

How to pass the ball to Yao Ming is not a problem for the point guard alone, and his teammates also have to help open up the space and replace 30% of Francis with Mike Miller, who shoots 44% from three-point range. Add in an outside gate, don't possess the ball, and the conscientious Sean Battier, and by the way, give you a 39.5% three-point shooting percentage.

In addition, Hardaway's three-point shooting this season is also 37%, which is not too high, but it is already at the upper level of the league, at least you dare not let him go.

After learning about this transaction, Hu Qingniu felt that Yao Ming's space in the future would be simply open, and if Yao Ming was clamped in the future, these pitchers would be able to kill the game. Definitely an A+ rated deal.

Looking back at the Wizards, Francis is currently only 27 years old, 19+5+6 is also one of the league's best outside players, and he also got a 29-year-old reliable guard Mobley, as well as the most important two first-round picks. The Rockets' draft pick may not be great, but the Grizzlies are currently 10th in the West, and there is a good chance that this will be a lottery first-rounder, and for the Wizards, they are likely to complete a quick rebuild. It's definitely an A-grade deal as well.

So did the Grizzlies lose, the Grizzlies have not been in the league for long, so much so that the biggest star in team history is the current Pau Gasol, and their hunger for stars is not something that other teams can experience.

You see, Francis chose not to report on the threat of the team to trade him out after being drafted by the Grizzlies in '99 with the No. 1 pick, and finally the Grizzlies had no choice but to trade Francis to the Rockets.

Pau Gasol has been a high-quality interior since he entered the league, the first season was 18+9, the reason why the Grizzlies are difficult to enter the playoffs every year is that Gasol lacks a strong helper, to put it simply, the team's players are not in good shape and have no stars.

Grant Hill is the kind of "white rich beauty" star that the Grizzlies can't even think of when they go up to management and down to fans. The noble-born Hill has always been the darling of the fans, carrying a lot of popularity wherever he goes.

Regardless of how much gas was left in Hill's tank, a Hill standing in the number three position was intuitively much more reliable than the immature Battier and Miller.

Hill and Gasol, a pair of elegant gentlemen on the court, may be able to join forces to stir up some trouble in the West.

Taken together, this three-way deal turned out to be a win-win-win deal.

The bad news is that two teams in the west have strengthened their strength, which is also the norm in the west, and the arms race has never ended, and the situation in the west has become even more chaotic.

But the good news is that the Bobcats are in the East, and the Wizards in the East are undoubtedly on the lower side of the deal, and they don't know when their two first-round picks will be exchanged for potential.

Due to the big deal, Hu Qingniu paid special attention to the game of these three teams.

The Wizards were a big surprise, and after Francis arrived, they actually competed with Arenas for the right to shoot, and neither of them was convinced.

In terms of seniority, Francis used to be a Western Conference All-Star starting guard, and of course much better than Arenas. But this season, Arenas is currently averaging close to 25 points per game, with amazing efficiency and obvious upward momentum, and is performing much better than Francis.

The battle between the two has directly affected the team's record, and although it is reported that the two have reconciled under the coordination of the management, it must also be a good match. After playing in January, the Wizards fell directly to the ninth place in the East, and this season's Wizards are estimated to be cold.

The Rockets started January with a 20-6 record and finished January at 33-8 and 13-2 in a single month, making them joint second in the West. Equaled the record of the Spurs, the favorites to win the championship every year.

The No. 1 in the West is still the Phoenixians, with an unshakable 36-6 record.

But Yao Ming's 33 points and 11 rebounds became the Western Conference's Player of the Month Month, which was Yao Ming's first Player of the Month, and was snatched by Nash in the first two months. He has Hardaway to thank for his passing, and Hardaway, who has 13.6 assists in a single month, has not seen him for a long time.

Returning to the point guard position, Penny, who has monopolized the power of the organization, has a style not seen in many years.