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One moment ago, media reporters were still excitedly writing articles hyping Lu Xiaofeng for two consecutive downturns, suspected of hitting the "rookie wall", and the next moment, he was diverted by the Lakers' trade.

The Lakers started with 20 consecutive wins, the first record in the league, shocking everyone, but there are still many experts who are not optimistic about them, believing that they are a regular season team, once they enter the playoffs with bayonets, the Lakers' well-known interior weaknesses will be infinitely magnified.

"Offense wins the game, defense wins the championship" has been proven countless times in the NBA. And the Lakers, in the history of the NBA, are exactly the opposite example of this sentence. In those Finals that lost to the Celtics again and again, the iron-blooded Green Army, with their tough defense, defeated the elegant Lakers again and again.

Therefore, after the rebuilt Lakers unexpectedly played the first record in the league, the operation of strengthening the interior line was also expected by experts.

However, almost everyone guessed the beginning, but they couldn't guess the end.

Some people have suggested that Lu Xiaofeng be traded for Garnett, which means "exchange the future for the present", but with Lu Xiaofeng's explosive performance, he, like Kobe, has become a non-sale for the Lakers - for experts, the championship is the most important, but for the team, commercial interests are much more important than the championship - this suggestion is not reliable.

It was also suggested that Butler be traded for a good inside big man. Butler's potential is obvious, he has the qualifications to become an All-Star, and he can indeed impress other teams, but in this era, excellent big men are the treasures of all teams, and it is not so easy for the Lakers to change. However, this suggestion is indeed more reliable, and in fact, the outside world thinks that the Lakers will put Butler on the shelf.

In the history of Lu Xiaofeng's memory, the Lakers did trade Butler out next year in exchange for the parallel commodity Kwame Brown, which almost became the most criticized transaction by the Lakers.

Following the signing of Lu Xiaofeng with a high salary, the management of the Lakers once again shocked the league.

On December 15, 2004, the Lakers made a deal with the Pistons, with the Lakers sending Atkins and the Pistons sending Milicic.

Since the two have similar salaries, it's a one-for-one deal.

"Do the Lakers think everyone is Lu Xiaofeng?"

Almost all media pundits have raised doubts. Milicic does have an enviable talent, and at 19 years old, he is younger than many of this year's rookies, but his performances on and off the court for the Pistons have led pundits to question his professionalism.

While it would seem fair to trade Atkins' instant power for Milicic's talent, the deal was not a win-win situation.

For the Pistons, using a "amazingly talented" parallel import that cannot play any positive role, but will only bring negative effects, in exchange for a veteran who has proven himself, is like cashing out the junk stocks in his hand in time, although it is a little regrettable, but it can be regarded as the most rational choice.

Atkins' excellent three-point shooting and good playmaking skills just filled the void for the Pistons.

Although the Pistons are the defending champions, their three-point shooting is so terrible that except for Billups, there is not a player who has a 35% three-point shooting rate. And apart from Billups, there is not a single reliable organizer. And Atkins meets both of these conditions.

Arguably, Atkins is really the person the Pistons want the most.

Instead, the Lakers are taking a big risk. No one can say if Milicic can cash in on his talent, but Atkins is the most important trade chip outside of the Lakers' five main players. If you want to use Butler for an excellent interior line, you must not be able to exchange one for one, Atkins is an important addition, without Atkins, it basically means that the plan to change an excellent interior line is bankrupt, is it possible to use Odom?

"It's a gamble! The Lakers pressed their playoff prospects! ”

As Barkley said, the Lakers' deal is a gamble, perhaps from Lu Xiaofeng, and the Lakers management also wants to take another bite from the equally young and unfavored Milicic.

If you want to make a lot of money, you must "buy the dip"! Everyone is optimistic, who wants to sell it to you at a low price?

"How can this be? If you can't get a good inside line, you can't be an enemy! ”

In the eyes of some Lakers fans, the Pistons, last season's Finals opponent, are obviously the biggest enemy, how can the Lakers trade with them? and also took over the parallel goods that were rotten in the hands of the opponent and sent the players that the opponent lacked the most.

Hehe, that's naïve!

"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests", not to mention, compared to the Celtics, the Pistons are not the enemy of the Lakers, and they can trade with the Celtics, so why can't they trade with the Pistons? In the Pistons' view, the biggest threat in the West is not the Lakers, but the Spurs and Mavericks.

There are only a few Lakers fans who are optimistic about this deal, and most of them are Lu Xiaofeng's "honey".

"Brother Trade Wind, you have to be reborn. Brother Feng is here, Yao Ming can win the scoring title, Cook can also play a double, and Milicic is an All-Star. ”

Just listen to that, and if you are serious, you will lose.

In fact, the operation of the Lakers is not so simple.

At noon on December 15, after the Lakers flew to Sacramento, another piece of news broke out:

The Lakers signed Divac with a veteran base salary.

Divac, who is 36 years old, has played 15 seasons in the NBA and six seasons with the Kings, but with the arrival of the younger Brad Miller, Divac lost his place with the Kings.

For a veteran who has played for 15 seasons, and a foreigner, losing his job at the "advanced age" of 36 years old, it is really extremely difficult for him.

He didn't want to go anywhere else and readjust to a new environment, but the Kings really didn't need him anymore.

At one point, Divac wanted to retire and do some off-court work, or return to his home country to continue to dedicate his spare time to basketball.

However, when the Lakers, his old club, offered him an olive branch, he was moved again. He played seven seasons with the Lakers, both in Los Angeles, California, and of course not unfamiliar to him, let alone adapting to a new environment.

However, there are many good things.

At the beginning, the Lakers were going to use the middle-class clause to invite Divac home, but in order to sign Lu Xiaofeng, they had to give up Divac. Divac, who was already hovering between the two thoughts of "continuing to play" and "retiring", was a little hesitant about the base salary contract offered by the Lakers and kept dragging it out.

It wasn't until the Lakers traded for Milicic that Divac agreed to the Lakers' base salary contract.

As promised by Kupczyk and Tom Jalovich, Divac's main task is not to play, but to coach Milicic, the equivalent of an assistant coach. Why not earn money easily, teach your fellow brothers, and hope to get a championship ring?

In this way, before meeting Milicic, Lu Xiaofeng met Divac first. In the game against the Sacramento Kings, the Kings' main center last season wore a suit and sat on the Lakers' bench.

What made Kings fans even more unhappy was that the Lakers also ended the Kings' eight-game winning streak on their home court and avoided their own two-game losing streak.

At 125:101, the Lakers regrouped and easily defeated the Kings with a three-point rain.

8 people scored double-doubles, 7 people hit three-pointers, Lu Xiaofeng scored a triple-double again, 27 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks.

Lu Xiaofeng is going back to Los Angeles again, I don't know how she will react when she sees her mother-in-law again?

Lu Xiaofeng was a little apprehensive.