On October 30, 2007, the NBA league scheduled a total of three games, namely the Suns vs. Lakers, Pacers vs. Celtics, and Spurs vs. Cavaliers, as the opening game of the new season.

Due to the big moves of the Celtics, Suns and Lakers this summer, the three teams have received a lot of attention in the new season, especially Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce form the Big Three Celtics, which are highly expected by many media, in the fan-initiated championship support rating ranking of the United States Today, the Celtics ranked second among the 30 teams in the league with 18% of the championship support rate, and the defending champion Pacers ranked first, Although the Pacers' 26% approval rating is enough to crush the Celtics, the number of fans supporting the Pacers to win the championship has been greatly reduced compared to last season.

With a 26% approval rating, more than a quarter of NBA fans support the Pacers to win the championship, but after the opening game of the new season, the number of fans supporting the Pacers to win the championship has fallen off a cliff.

In the opening game with the Celtics, the Pacers' second leader, All-Star power forward Jermaine O'Neal, was scrambling for rebounds, and the Celtics center Kendrick Perkins collided and was carried off the court on the spot, according to the team medical report after the game, the Pacers club officially announced that Jermaine O'Neal will miss all the remaining games of the season because of a knee injury, and Jermaine O'Neal's absence due to injury is undoubtedly a very huge blow to the Pacers, And Jermaine O'Neal's season reimbursement also means that in the rest of the season, Meng Xu will have to carry the team forward alone.

Just a week after Jermaine O'Neal's season reimbursement, the Pacers' starting center NN Hilario was found to have ** tumor in a team physical examination and needed tumor removal surgery, the most optimistic estimate, NN Hilario will also miss 50-60 games, first Jermaine O'Neal, then NN Hilario, just one week after the start of the new season, the Pacers' two major interior lines have been reimbursed.

After five championships in six years, the Pacers seem to have been under a spell, and after Jermaine O'Neal and Nn Hilario, the Pacers' starting point guard Tony Allen is also out with injury half a month after the start of the new season.

Only half a month after the start of the new season, the Pacers lost three main forces, in this case, the outside world is naturally a voice of pessimism about the Pacers, and even some media have pretended to publish some sympathetic articles for the Pacers in the newspaper, to disgust the Pacers who have already fallen into the quagmire of injuries, as for the New York Times, it is even more public, saying that this is God's punishment for the arrogant Meng Xu, this is the current newspaper of the unabashed Meng Xu.

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"Larry, Rick, we need to strengthen our interior line, Jermaine and NN are undecided, and Darko, Jeff and Debaken are not going to end the season." After Tony Allen was absent due to injury, Meng Xu replaced Tony Allen and played the No. 1 position again, and after Meng Xu changed to the No. 1 position, James Posey was transferred to the starting lineup, and continuous injuries caused the Pacers to be unable to rotate the interior line, and the bench lineup, which has always been strong, also lacked stable scoring points, so in an intra-team meeting organized by Larry Bird and Rick Carlisle, Meng Xu asked Larry Bird to strengthen the interior line.

"yes, Larry, Dee Bakken is only playing about 15 minutes right now, and Darko and Jeff have too much playing time." After Meng Xu took the lead in speaking, Rick Carlisle also expressed his attitude, he has played more than a dozen games in the new season, but because of the absence of many main players, the Pacers' current record is only 7-5, and they are currently only ranked sixth in the East, which is undoubtedly very unqualified for the Pacers who are aiming to defend the title, and Rick Carlisle, as the head coach, is now under great pressure.

"I've been looking for a substitute interior lineman and locked in a few targets, but now most teams in the league are not willing to trade with us, and the asking price of the team that is willing to trade with us is too high, so it will take some time for the team to strengthen the interior line, of course, I promise you that I will definitely bring you a good interior player within a month."

As the helmsman of the Pacers, Larry Bird is actually unprepared for the series of injuries suffered by the Pacers this season, and the thickness of the Pacers' interior line is very strong, even if one person is injured, it basically has no effect, but now there are two injuries at once, making the originally very deep interior line instantly become stretched, but the regular season has now begun, and there is no way to find free agents from the free market.

"Larry, I think we can start with the Grizzlies, Kwame Brown has one year left on his contract, and the Grizzlies have no intention of renewing his contract, so we can try to trade with the Grizzlies and get him over, but his salary this season is nearly 10 million, which is a little higher." Larry Bird's predicament, Meng Xu can also imagine now, so after thinking about it, Meng Xu recommended a good candidate to Larry Bird, Kwame Brown's talent is nothing to say, but it has not been played, from the champion of high school handpicked by Jordan to the champion of parallel goods.

"Larry, Meng's suggestion is good, as for his salary, our total salary this season is just over the salary cap, even if we sign him, we can't pay much luxury tax, if he doesn't perform as expected, we can cut him or give him up at the end of the season." After Meng Xu proposed Kwame Brown, Rick Carlisle thought about it and felt that Meng Xu's proposal was good, the Grizzlies have now begun to rebuild, and Kwame Brown's salary of more than $9 million is also a heavy burden for them, if the Pacers choose to trade with them, it will be tantamount to lifting the Grizzlies to resist a burden.

"Your proposal, I will think about it again, to pay the luxury tax for such a player, Herbert is afraid that he will not easily agree." Benefiting from the new broadcast contract signed in the offseason, the NBA's salary cap this season has soared to $72 million, and the Pacers, who have been paying the luxury tax in the past few seasons, suddenly found that our total salary has dropped below the luxury tax this season, although the Simon brothers, the owner of the Pacers, promised Meng Xu that they can pay $20 million in luxury tax every season, but for the sake of a parallel import, to pay the luxury tax, they probably also have opinions.

"Larry, you also said that other players are not willing to trade with us, so Kwame Brown may be our only chance, and we don't need to pay any price to trade Kwame Brown, a second-round pick plus a few million trade exceptions are completely enough." Meng Xu saw Larry Brown's hesitation and worry, so Meng Xu began to persuade him, the Grizzlies are now wishing that someone would be willing to take Kwame Brown's plate, so the Grizzlies' asking price is definitely not high, as for the luxury tax, according to the Pacers' current total salary, even if Kwame Brown is traded, he can't pay much luxury tax.

"Okay, I'm going to contact Grizzly Management." After Meng Xu finished speaking, Larry Bird thought back and forth for nearly a minute before nodding and agreeing to Meng Xu's proposal, and then Larry Bird took out his mobile phone and dialed Chris Wallace, the general manager of the Grizzlies.

On the other end of the phone, Chris Wallace was obviously surprised that Larry Bird contacted him, and when Chris Wallace heard that Larry Bird intended to praise May Brown, Chris Wallace's excited tone could be heard on the other end of the phone.

Finally, after a round of pleasantries, Larry Bird and Chris Wallace reached the details of the trade Kwame Brown on the phone, and the Pacers only need to pay this season's second-round draft picks and a $3 million trade exception to get Kwame Brown from the Grizzlies.

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