Ross's "farewell" speech was not made out of thin air or on a whim.

Aside from his own speculation, there is a lot of evidence that the deal is going to be a big deal for the team.

After the New York Knicks' 93-77 home win over the Dallas Mavericks (Roy played 24 minutes in this game, scored 15 points, rebounded 5, assisted 6, steal 4, and blocked 1), a new round of speculation about Anthony's trade was rampant, and various trade scandals were rumored to be boiling and miraculous.

Anyway, except for Roy sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, the other players seem to be at risk of being replaced.

And the sports news in the past few days has almost been dominated by the New York Knicks, Anthony, who is deviant and imminent, and Roy, who is extremely brave and leads the team to six consecutive wins, have jointly pushed the New York Knicks to the forefront of the discussion of basketball fans around the world.

According to the revelations of "Woshen", the teams in this trade are not only the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers as everyone speculated before, but even the Celtics are involved, and the three teams are almost about to reach a three-way agreement, but there are still a little differences.

There is no way around it, the NBA's trading rules are quite complex and systematic, not to mention that it takes a lot of brains just to match the salary cap of each team and control the luxury tax line, let alone achieve the principle of reciprocity in the salary of the trade.

The so-called salary cap is a restrictive clause in which the NBA league limits the salary ceiling of NBA teams and prevents a local tyrant team from spending money on hoarding stars. The rule requires that the total salary of each NBA team's contracted players must be strictly within the salary cap. If a team crosses this threshold, it will not be able to sign free agents (except for the Larry Bird clause and the mid-level salary exception), and if a team exceeds the luxury tax line, they will have to pay a hefty luxury tax (the amount above the luxury tax line will be subject to a penalty of 1:1.5 on a 1:5 basis).

According to calculations, the salary cap for NBA teams in the 2016-2017 season is $94.143 million, and the luxury tax line is $113.287 million.

The three teams involved in the Anthony and Irving trades this time, the current total salary of the New York Knicks is $86.14 million, and there is still some salary space; With a total salary of $90.94 million, the Boston Celtics have little salary space left; And the Cleveland Cavaliers' total salary has reached a staggering $129.45 million, the highest in the league, to the point of paying the luxury tax.

As a result, the Cleveland Cavaliers' salary count is too high and all three teams are currently at full 15 players. In order to reach this complex deal, there are several preconditions that must be met, the first is that the total salary of the three-way trade team must balance the total amount of players sent and the players received (there can be some room for premium, the rules are written in the author's words), and the second is that the number of players to be traded must be balanced (unless a team lays off early).

It is also in view of these two conditions that the three teams in this trade are destined to not reap the maximum benefits from all. For example, if the New York Knicks want to directly exchange Anthony and Irving with the Cleveland Cavaliers, then according to Anthony's salary of 24.56 million, the Cleveland Cavaliers will have to find one or two players to make up for the $2.41 million salary gap in addition to sending Irving with a salary of $17.64 million (salary reciprocity, the team that triggers the luxury tax line will get a player's salary cap of 125% + $100,000), such as Richard Jefferson (salary of $2.5 million) or Channing J. Frye (salary of $7.81 million). In that case, the Cavaliers will inevitably feel a big loss, and they will have to find other players or draft picks to make up the difference, and they will probably fall into a dead loop......

Therefore, the NBA's player trade cannot achieve absolute satisfaction between the two parties, and the best state that can be achieved is that both sides feel that they do not lose, so what about the three teams involved in the Anthony and Irving big trades this time?

At present, the "Woshen" broke the news that the confirmed trade content is that the New York Knicks will send Carmelo Anthony (salary of $24.56 million), Maurice Ndol (power forward, annual salary of $540,000) and Sason Randle (salary of $240,000), and get Jae Crowder (salary of $6.29 million). Smith ($12.8 million), Jaylen Brown ($2.25 million) and a 2017 first-round pick from the New York Knicks.

The Cleveland Cavaliers sent Kyrie Irving ($17.64 million) and Smith ($12.8 million) to Carmelo Anthony ($24.56 million) and Isaiah Thomas ($6.59 million).

The Boston Celtics sent Isaiah Thomas ($6.59 million), Jae Crowder ($6.29 million), Jaylen Brown ($2.25 million) and a 2017 first-round pick from the New York Knicks, Kyrie Irving ($17.64 million), Maurice Endor (power forward, $540,000) and Sassoon Randle ($240,000).

On paper, the Cleveland Cavaliers are undoubtedly the most profitable, they only traded an All-Star (Irving) and an elderly Nerves Sixth Man (Smith) for two All-Stars (Anthony and Thomas), and now they can extravagantly put out the "Big Four" lineup led by Thomas Jr., Anthony, James, and Love, which is no less than the Warriors' "Big Four".

The Boston Celtics looked like they had the biggest loss, sending a backup All-Star (Thomas), a utility player (Crowder), a potential rookie (Brown), plus a first-round pick in exchange for only one top-tier All-Star (Irving). But it's not a loss for the "Green Army", who have eight or nine players who can play the main team alone, and they also have the right to swap draft picks with the Brooklyn Nets next year (most likely the top three). Now it's no longer about the number of players, it's about the quality. So they're willing to trade some good but not the best players for the best players, and at the end of the day what if you have 10 average players? There were only five people who could play. Irving is just the first step in the Celtics' star strategy, and next year they plan to recruit top stars like Paul George and Gordon Hayward to build a truly strong roster.

The Knicks' side doesn't seem to be losing or winning, and it's true that they lost Anthony, but it has been proven that Anthony is not on the team, and the team has not gotten worse. Instead, the team went on a five-game winning streak after losing Anthony. The team's biggest problem now is that after Roy became the main player, the team's bench is super weak, to the point where it is almost impossible to come up with a decent sixth man, so this deal gives the Knicks three capable players (Crowder, Brown, Smith) at once, and it is also a good choice.

It looks like all three teams are happy with the deal, but why hasn't the deal been done yet?

The biggest disagreement on this deal now is that the Cavaliers, who have won the bargain, still want to continue to sell good, and they are ready to further squeeze the Knicks with Anthony in the veto of the trade. Their request is that the Knicks can send one more player, and that is former MVP Derrick Rose, and given Rose's excellent value for money (salary of only $1.32 million) and the good form of his comeback, the Cavaliers' robbery is really just right.

For the Cleveland Cavaliers' unreasonable request, Phil Jackson of course refused, he is a master of psychological warfare, knowing that now the Cavaliers and the Celtics want to complete the deal, although his side is led by Anthony, but it has not reached the point where he will not be able to play without Anthony, the big deal is that Anthony will take a year off, and the Knicks' record will be bad for another year, anyway, as long as Roy is cultivated this year, it will be considered a complete task.

The Cavaliers and the Celtics are different, they are under more pressure to record, and against the Warriors, who have formed the "Big Four" and have excellent records, both teams must get better stars if they want to win the championship, and they can't be as calm as the Knicks.

The "Zen Master" really guessed correctly, the deal was deadlocked, and the most urgent was indeed not the Knicks, of course, it was not the Cavaliers, the most urgent was the Celtics. While waiting for the trade to be completed, the Boston Celtics lost to the mediocre New Orleans Pelicans on the road, with a poor 4-6 record after 10 games in the new season.

At this time, Boston fans can't sit still, Danny Ainge can't sit still, and the big mouth of "Woshen" has made Thomas, Crowder, and Brown in the team become absent-minded, and if the deal is not completed, I am afraid that the team's sluggish state will continue.

On November 16, 2016, this earth-shattering three-way deal was finally completed.

In the final round of negotiations, Danny Ange broke his wrist and gave in to the Cavaliers, sending potential rookie Ante Zhižić to the Cavaliers, facilitating the deal.

When the dust settled, the end result of this earth-shattering deal was:

The New York Knicks get Jay Crowder. Smith, Jaylen Brown and reclaim their 2017 first-round picks.

The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Carmelo Anthony, Isaiah Thomas and Ante Zhižić (reporting to the team next season).

The Boston Celtics get Kyrie Irving, Maurice Endor and Sassoon Randle.

Big deal, really big deal, and there's no doubt that the buzzing Eastern Conference is about to change......