Chapter 714: A Deal That Changed the Landscape of the Alliance

"Hey, hey, hey, Meng, look what's going on?"

On February 22, 2007, the Pacers, who finished the game with the Heat, did not get any rest, but after returning to Indianapolis, they put themselves into training again, just when Meng Xu instructed Ronnie Brewer and PJ Tucker to practice three-point shooting, James Posey, who didn't know where to hide and was lazy, suddenly rushed towards Meng Xu.

"What happened, where did you kid go to be lazy?" Looking at James Posey who ran over, Meng Xu was angry, he just finished a game yesterday, and it is normal to be tired, but like James Posey, who is lazy when he finds an opportunity, Meng Xu is really a little unbearable.

"It's really happening, you can take a look." Seeing Meng Xu's look of disbelief, James Posey, who was a little anxious, directly handed the mobile phone in his hand to Meng Xu.

"What big things can happen, it depends on what makes you anxious." After taking the mobile phone handed over by James Posey, just by glancing at the title, Meng Xu couldn't help but say: "Damn!" ”

"The Lakers and Grizzlies made a deal and Pau Gasol joins the Lakers!"

Unlike the previous YY news or, but, or something, it was the NBA's official website that released this news, which means that the Lakers and Grizzlies about the Pau Gasol trade is already a sure thing, and the Lakers, who are not too weak in their own right, are tantamount to adding wings to the tiger after getting Pau Gasol, if Kobe and Gasol can achieve a seamless connection, then the Lakers will soon become a favorable contender for the championship.

Today is the trade deadline for the 06-07 season, and as is customary, there will be a lot of trades today, those who want to strengthen the playoffs, those who want to control the salary level and are unwilling to pay the luxury tax, will strive to achieve their goals on the trade day deadline, and what in the past those transactions that would go back and forth because of a little small profit, in order to facilitate the deal, both sides will take a step back.

Judging from the trading days of previous years, Meng Xu has long been prepared for the transactions that may occur today, but Meng Xu really didn't expect that the Lakers would get Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies, and the Lakers' target has always been Kevin Garnett. How did he take down Pau Gasol quietly, although Pau Gasol's strength and status in the league are slightly inferior to Kevin Garnett, but Pau Gasol is also an All-Star in his playing year, and the Lakers traded Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies with only a few fringe players and two draft picks.

Take a look at the chips that the Lakers used to trade Pau Gasol, the "parallel top" Kwame Brown, the two not-so-good rookies Javaris Critantton and Allen McGee, and Mark Gasol, who was selected by the Lakers but did not sign with the Lakers, and two first-round picks in 2008 and 2010, with the Lakers' current regular season rankings, and the absolute record after getting Pau Gasol, these two draft picks will be 9 out of 9 in the first round of the 20th pick, Therefore, the biggest bargaining chip that the Lakers paid in this deal is the "parallel champion" Kwame Brown, as for Pau Gasol's younger brother Mark Gasol, although according to the draft report, Mark Gasol is also a very good insider, but considering the long-term contract between Mark Gasol and Barcelona, it is not easy for the Grizzlies to bring him from Spain to the United States, after all, the Lakers have not negotiated with Barcelona about Mark Gasol's landing in the NBA.

After the official website of the league announced the deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies, many team managers immediately jumped out to bombard the league and the Lakers, and they also strongly demanded that the league thoroughly investigate whether there was any unsavory transaction behind the "robbery" of the red fruit, and it was best if the league could directly intervene and veto the deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

"It's really incomprehensible that the Grizzlies are working, and everyone knows that Jerry is a very shrewd general manager, but there is such a fantastical deal in Jerry's hands, and I don't think this deal is fair and reasonable considering Jerry's experience with the Lakers for many years."

"I want the league to investigate whether there is something shady behind this deal, and that the league should set up a trade committee that can stop all nonsensical trades, and I want me to get into that committee and vote against the Lakers' trade with the Grizzlies." Popovich, who has always been very optimistic about Pau Gasol and wants to bring Pau Gasol back to San Antonio and form a twin tower with Tim Duncan, immediately opened fire on the Lakers and Grizzlies after this deal came out, and even took Jerry West to the side, you must know that Jerry West is a godfather-like big man in the NBA, which can also see how angry Popovich is about this deal.

"When I saw the deal, I subconsciously looked at the calendar and wanted to tell myself that it was just an April Fool's joke, but when I found out that it wasn't April Fool's Day, I was left with only one thought, and that was that the world was crazy." As a disciple of Popovich and the head coach of the Mavericks, Avery Johnson quickly joined the army of condemning the Lakers after Popovich spoke out.

"I didn't expect Paul to be so cheap, I knew I would have shot in advance, compared to the bits and pieces in Los Angeles, we can undoubtedly make more and better chips, but sometimes NBA transactions are like this, it's not that you have more chips, you can get the player you want if you have good chips." As a well-known second-generation NC pit father, James Dowland obviously can't stand the Lakers' deal, and even hinted in an interview with a New York Times reporter that the reason why the Lakers were able to get Pau Gasol is entirely because of Jerry West, the former president of the Lakers, as a "Trojan horse".

It's no wonder that so many people spray this deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies, unlike the average role player, a deal involving an All-Star player like Pau Gasol in his playing year can easily change the pattern of the league, plus the Grizzlies' current record and team lineup, there is no need to send away the core of the team for reconstruction, so no one will believe that the Lakers and Grizzlies are not making any dirty deals behind the scenes.

Under the wild spray of outside opinions, Jerry West, who serves as the Grizzlies' director of basketball affairs, soon issued a notice announcing his decision to resign.

The Grizzlies are indeed a bit chaotic now, deep in a small city, the ball market is not good, the owner can't profit from the Grizzlies, but has to stick it upside down from time to time, so the owner of the Grizzlies has always wanted to change the team, and within the Grizzlies, general manager Chris Wallace and Jerry West have always been at odds, because the Grizzlies have not been able to break through the first round in recent seasons, so what Chris Wallace wants is to rebuild, and then directly choose a player like Jordan to change his life in one fell swoop, But what Jerry West wants is to patch up the seams and constantly strengthen the team with one trade after another, because the Grizzlies' current strength is actually not weak, and they only need to recruit two suitable replacements to definitely go further.

But this season, the successive injuries of Pau Gasol and Al Harrington this season have allowed Chris Wallace to completely gain the upper hand in the battle with Jerry West, and it is he who took advantage of the Grizzlies' declining record to fully facilitate the deal with the Lakers, ready to lead the Grizzlies to rebuild.

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