On the first day of All-Star Weekend, Joe returned to Charlotte.

Kevin Pritchard has put the general picture of the deal on Joe's desk, and the deal is currently roughly on two sides — the 76ers and the Kings.

When Qiao Hai saw the names of these two teams, he probably knew who was at the heart of the deal.

"The Kings have been trying to trade in recent times, and they have put Chris Webber, Mike Bibby and Brad Miller on the shelf, and seem intent on rebuilding with Pejastojakovic at the core."

"The 76ers want to add weight to their playoff tournament, so they're targeting Chris Webber, but the problem now is that the 76ers can't get the chips the Kings are happy with."

The 76ers and the Kings have been talking for a week, and the two teams have been arguing, and the Kings want to get John Salmons and Samuel Delham Porter from the 76ers, but for the 76ers, John Salmons and Damham Porter are the only teammates around Iverson who can be watched, so the 76ers are naturally reluctant to trade like this.

The two teams negotiated, and the 76ers' bid was Kenny Tomas plus Corris, Williamson and Brian Skiner, and the 76ers were willing to add a future first-round pick at most.

"The 76ers' bid is kind of interesting, with Kenny Thomas remaining five years and $39 million left on his contract, Corres Williamson remaining two years and $12.5 million left on his contract, and Brian Skiner remaining two years and $10.5 million on his contract."

Qiao Hai glanced at the contracts of three players in the 76ers' bid and instantly understood why the Kings were reluctant to complete a trade with the 76ers.

Kenny Thomas had $6 million in the first year and $8.78 million in the last year, and five years later, Kenny Thomas would be 33 years old, so this contract amounted to a garbage contract, and the Kings clearly had no intention of accepting it.

Kevin Pritchard also mentioned: "Three contracts that are not stellar and draft picks are most likely worthless. ”

Kevin Pritchard mentioned draft picks, Qiao Hai tilted his head, and suddenly thought of something: "Draft picks are not worth it?" Why? ”

"The combination of Allen Iverson and Chris Webber must be a regular in the playoffs in the future."

Qiao Hai shook his head: "Not necessarily. ”

Chris Webber is old, the decline is inevitable, Iverson is a hidden danger, but think about it, this 76ers team is missing Keller Korver and Andre Iguodala two high-quality wings compared to the previous life, Webber is older, this team will become Iverson alone team like last season.

The next plot is that Iverson is struggling to make it to the playoffs for the 76ers.

Well, for Qiao Hai, the deal could get one of the things he wanted – a possible lottery pick.

He glanced again at the progress of the negotiations between the 76ers and the king, and asked again, "What does the king want?" ”

The question now is not what the 76ers can come up with, but what the Kings want.

'They don't want Kenny Thomas to be on a five-year contract, so they want us to offer a big contract that expires to replace Kenny Tomas, and they want us to come up with a young player.

An expiring contract to replace Kenny Thomas, Qiao Hai glanced at Kenny Thomas' salary this year, $6 million, then, Jahi Di White, who has a one-year contract of 6 million, just matches.

Another young player, the king didn't give specific requirements, Qiao Hai thought about it, there are not many young players in the Bobcat team who can play at a high price, two point guards can be played, and Tang Zhendong in the center position can also be produced, these three are not in Qiao Hai's future plans, they can all be traded.

"Then make a bid, Jahidi White, plus Steve Blake or Carlos Arroyo or Tang Zhendong for Kenny Thomas and the 76ers' future first-round pick."

Kevin Pritchard immediately mailed the offer to the 76ers and Kings, and then it was time to wait for the 76ers and Kings to reply.

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The first day of All-Star Weekend began, with the Rookie Challenge kicking off, with Josh Smith and Andre Iguodala playing for the first-grade team and Tang Zhendong playing for the second-grade team.

At the start of the game, the starting five of the first-year team were Dwight Howard and Emeka Okafor on the inside, the small forward was Iguodala of the Bobcats, and the backcourt combination was Devin Harris and Ben Gordon of the Bulls.

The sophomore team has a very luxurious lineup, with Dwyane Wade plus LeBron James in the backcourt, Carmelo Anthony at small forward, Daco Milicic at power forward, and Chris Bosh at center.

This should be the most luxurious roster in the history of the Rookie Challenge, with almost all of the second-year team's starting five All-Star-caliber players, and the first-year team's starting lineup also includes Howard and Okafor, two outstanding interior players, and Devin Harris, who has been the main player in the Mavericks this season.

There are also plenty of strong players on the bench, with the first-year team featuring Ruhr Deng, Tony Allen, Josh Chadris, Josh Smith and J.R. Smith.

The second-year team also included Kirk Simridge, TJ Ford, Chris Carman, Josh Howard and Tang Zhendong of the Bobcats.

It's fair to say that the quality of this rookie challenge is quite high.

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At the beginning of the game, both teams were not very active in defense, so the opening was a variety of flying dunks.

In the first two minutes, the sophomore team played a 9-8, and then, Chris Bosh scored two points from the middle of the shot, and Carmelo Anthony scored four consecutive singles to score four points in a row, and the sophomore team instantly took a seven-point lead.

Then, the first-grade team called a timeout.

After the timeout, the first-year team changed a few goalscorers, J.R. Smith and Josh Chadris, Ruhr Deng, and the shooters broke out and then chased the score back.

At the end of the first quarter, the first-year and second-year teams were tied at 35:33, and the first-year team also led by 2 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the first-year team continued to rely on the shooter's outburst and played a wave of 13:7 to further extend the lead.

Then, LeBron James took possession of the ball and began to explode.

At halftime, the first-year team led the second-year team 64-58.

After the start of the second half, the sophomore team directly played a wave of outbursts, first Chris Bosh dunked and scored, and then Wade scored on consecutive breakaway layups.

In the end, Carmelo Anthony singled and scored a dunk, and the score was quickly tied together.

Then, the first-year team took another timeout, but after the timeout, the second-year team played a wave of outbursts, and after 15:5, the third quarter ended, and the second-year team took a 15-point lead.

The suspense of the game was lost.

In the final quarter, both teams continued to score points.

In the end, the second-grade team easily defeated the first-grade team with a score of 133:106 and won the game.

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Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points and lifted the MVP trophy of the Rookie Challenge.