Chapter 317: News and Good News
In this way, with regret and regret for Duncan, Ye Xuan slowly returned to his locker room, and at the press conference after the game, Ye Xuan only hastily dealt with a few problems and left, and did not have the joy after the victory, because he always felt that it was possible that a casual action in the second half caused Duncan to be injured when he hit the inside, just like Kobe Bryant injured Yao Ming in the playoffs that year, which eventually led to Yao Ming's failure to come back and retire gloomily. Ye Xuan was afraid that because of himself, this great power forward would retire directly due to injury. So Ye Xuan has always been a little self-blaming after knowing that Duncan was injured.
Fortunately, this mood did not last long, and the news in the early hours of the same day reported Duncan's injury, Duncan felt a little sore ankle bone during the break in this game, and after a hospital examination, it was found that it was some stress contusion, which would not be too dangerous, but it needed to be suspended for two weeks to relieve it. That's not much for the Spurs, because they really only have one game left, and then there's a vacation that lasts almost ten days, and because it's going to be All-Star weekend in between, the injury doesn't make any more of a difference.
After Ye Xuan learned the news, he also put his heart down, and as soon as the sense of self-blame disappeared, the joy of winning the game and completing the revenge for the complete defeat in the first half of the season was immediately used. There's no way, Ye Xuan, an Aries, is so heartless, nothing happy or unhappy, and he forgets about it after a while.
Although this matter has passed like this, the NBA still broke a rather amazing news on the same day, that is, Carmelo Anthony is about to stay in the Knicks, and he officially submitted a transfer application, the reason is of course needless to say, after the Knicks got him, they advertised it every year as if they were going to win the championship, but the results of each year could not satisfy them in the end, at least he was able to enter the Western Conference Finals when he was in the Nuggets, but after he got to the weaker East, But he didn't even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals once.
In fact, at the beginning, Anthony didn't care about the championship or anything like that, when he chose to defect to the Nuggets, in addition to because the New York Knicks had Xiao Si, one of the top power forwards in the league at that time, the most important thing was because New York itself is a metropolis, or rather, this is a city that everyone is willing to come to, and Anthony's commercial value here has been steadily rising, much better than when he was in the Denver Plateau, However, after the other brothers of the 03 class won two championships, Anthony began to be a little hungry for a championship trophy to prove himself.
And the most important thing is that at this time he found that he had no helpers around him, Xiao Si had already become a third-rate player, and he could only play as a substitute, and the current record in New York is really bad to the point of exploding, at present, because Anthony is also injured this season, - Smith and Shambaugh and others, so their record ranks in the bottom 3 of the league, only the Timberwolves and the 76ers have a worse record than him, which is simply unbearable for the pride of the 03 session.
What he couldn't accept the most was that the friend he only made last season, or the little brother Ye Xuan, whom he thought was a new recruit, actually won the championship that he couldn't touch in his rookie season, and because of his outstanding performance, he also made an exception for the league to make an exception in the selection of the finals MVP. This made Anthony find that the times have begun to change, and the current league has begun to change to the next generation, and the players of their 03 generation have begun to decline, if he can't seize the opportunity to win a championship in the last two years, then in a few years, maybe he can really only be a veteran with his thighs, just like T-Mac back then, whether he can win the championship or not depends on his teammates.
So he directly applied for a trade to the Knicks management who was ready to continue to rebuild, and the saddest thing for the Knicks was not that their boss was going to defect, but because their contract with this 'boss' really made them too passive, their current contract was signed last year, in fact, the year is secondary, and the most important thing is that there is a 'bully clause' in this contract. This clause is the legendary trade veto, which means that even if the Knicks plan to trade Anthony, if the team going to the country is not able to satisfy Anthony, then he can directly veto the deal.
It also means that the Knicks are likely not to be able to get their favorite chips in a trade, and what do rebuilding teams need most? Of course, there are potential players and draft picks, and these things happen to be things that those strong teams don't have, strong teams have more immediate power, and if you want to change to the future, you can only find those teams with poor results to trade, and even if these teams make a bid, Anthony will deny this kind of deal, because from the belly of the fish to the belly of the fish, then I might as well take it with it in the metropolis of New York.
In short, it's time for New Yorkers to lose their hair now, this matter is enough for them to study for a while, and as Anthony's friend, Ye Xuan naturally has to call to ask about the situation, it would be better if Anthony could be recruited, but the current Pacers obviously can't take any chips to trade this big fish, so these can only be thought about. However, in the exchange, Anthony also vaguely revealed his ideal goal, and the now super powerful Warriors team is of course one of the ideal goals, and Anthony can indeed help the Warriors strengthen the position of small forward.
And the second destination is the Clippers. The Clippers' quality is unquestionable, and their Dust Four, Chris Paul, is there, so going to that team is also a good choice for Anthony. The third destination is the Pacers, yes, the Pacers. Anthony does have the idea of joining the Pacers, after all, the strength of the current Pacers team is indeed very good, and he definitely has the strength to win the championship, and after he comes over, he plays small forward, and the pickled pepper returns to the position of scoring guard, and Ye Xuan plays point guard, which is a nightmare for all teams in the league.
But these are just his personal thoughts, and basically none of these alternatives are willing to make a gambling trade, especially now that Anthony has been injured repeatedly, so that the three teams that are aiming to win the championship have no intention of making a single trade.