Hayes had no choice but to rest for three weeks, and after the Bobcats narrowly defeated the Golden State Warriors on Feb. 2, they faced another round of devilish schedules.

The Bobcats lost to the Nuggets, Suns, and Pistons away, and lost to the Nets and Lakers at home. Calderon and Weaver's comebacks didn't help either. Without Hayes, the Bobcats would have no consistent scoring point inside, and Gerald Wallace, the Bobcats' No. 2 scorer, would only average 16 points per game, and his rebounding ability could not be compared to Hayes.

On February 14, Hayes finally made a comeback on the special day of Valentine's Day. The Bobcats' home opponent is the strong, in-form Atlanta Hawks. Because it was the first comeback, Hayes's situation remains to be seen, D'Antoni didn't dare to let him play for too long, only played 27 minutes, scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and the Bobcats lost to the Hawks 97-108.

The Bobcats snapped their longest six-game losing streak. Luckily, the East has a terrible record except for the top four, and although the Bobcats' record has fallen to 32-18, they are still in fifth place in the East, four wins ahead of the Raptors.

Next up is All-Star Weekend, which the Bobcats don't play until after All-Star Weekend, giving them a rare break. With the exception of Bagnani, all the players have returned from injury, which is also good news for the Bobcats.

As the trade deadline approaches, some teams have already moved in on the action.

First, the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic completed a deal, and the Magic sent Tever Ariza in exchange for Brian Cook and Morris Evans from the Lakers. The Magic also announced the cutting of Beau Outlaw.

The Magic have long been hungry for a big man who can score to help offload core player Dwight Howard, and Ariza has struggled to get Stan Van Gundy to use, averaging only about 10 minutes per game this season, averaging 3.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. In contrast, while Cook isn't as tough on the interior as Ariza, he has a perimeter effort that's rare in the league today, and Howard has the ability to draw the opposition's defensive center of gravity to the interior and create opportunities for outside players.

The deal later proved to be earned by the Lakers. Cook's presence is barely noticeable when defending...... The Jazz and 76ers also made a trade. The Jazz sent Godan Girisek and a protected first-round pick in exchange for Keller Korver.

Girisek clashed with coach Jerry Sloan in the Jazz's away game against the Bobcats, first ejected on the spot and then suspended indefinitely by the team.

On February 4, 2008, the big deal that shook the league appeared. The two sides of the trade are the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

Hayes can now be sure that there is indeed a shady scene in the NBA. Despite the Grizzlies' good record this season, which ranks seventh in the West, they traded with the Lakers to send Pau Gasol. Hayes was looking for someone to write an article about the Grizzlies and Lakers trade. The title is "The Shady Scene of a Team in the Grizzlies West", and later he felt that there were too many doubts about this matter, and the water in the NBA league was too deep, in case this was acquiesced by David Stern, he couldn't come clearly.

The Lakers sent Kwame Brown, Javaris Coritanton, Aaron McGee, Vujasic, two future draft picks, and some cash for Pau Gasol and a future second-round pick.

The only difference is that the Lakers did not have the right to sign Gasol and sent Vujacic to the beautiful name "Vujacic can enhance the Grizzlies' outside strength"...... After the trade was successful, Lakers fans were extremely excited.

It's a no-resistance robbery, look at what the Lakers have been paying for. You know, they're getting a big forward who can rank in the top five in the league.

As soon as the deal went through, an angry Jordan immediately called the Grizzlies general manager. "What do you mean by that? Isn't it that you don't want to trade Gasol? We even let you pick any player other than Hayes for Gasol (Jordan exaggerated for the sake of anger), as long as the salary is equal. You refused, and now less than a month later, they gave Gasol White to the Lakers in exchange for some waste, and you like it so much to let the Lakers win the championship? How much black money did they give you? I'll find someone to look into this, and you'd better not get caught by me! ”

Gasol is the helper that Hayes wants, and he is versatile, both inside and out. Also one of the best inside passers in the league. Jordan felt like he was being tricked. As a great god, he couldn't swallow this breath, so he directly verbally threatened the Grizzlies.

Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace explained: "Michael, trading Gasol is what the owner meant, and he doesn't think Gasol is a qualified leader. He won't call players on the pitch, and he doesn't dare to step up at critical moments. He's a stuffy guy. The Grizzlies are now trying to rebuild with Rudy Gay at their core, and our goal is to clear the salary and prepare for next season. Gasol's $14 million salary in 2007-08 was the highest on the team, accounting for a quarter of our team's total salary, and he had to be sent away if he wanted to change his salary structure. Kwame Brown's contract expires, the Grizzlies don't have a multimillion-dollar salary, and we're ready to send Miller, and next season, our team's highest-paid player is Darko Milicecic at $6.5 million, and that's what we want. I can only explain so much to you. ”

"Okay, then I'll write down the conditions put forward by the bobcats, and what you said when you refused to trade, and send it to the newspaper to see what the people outside will say." Jordan couldn't swallow this breath, and it was not easy to really investigate the inside story of the other party's transaction. But it is easy to publish a newspaper to create public opinion.

In the end, Chris Wallace tried to persuade Jordan to discourage, and the Grizzlies were willing to trade any player other than Rudy Gay for the Bobcats, as long as the Bobcats fancied it. Chris Wallace dared to say this because the Bobcats have a bunch of low-paying, high-performance role players who won't lose money if they trade. However, the Grizzlies don't have any players who can make the Bobcats fancy for the time being, so this verbal agreement is delayed, and the Grizzlies give Joe enough face to help.

In addition to Jordan, some other teams have also expressed their dissatisfaction.

Spurs head coach Vicky angrily said that in the future, he will set up a trade arbitration committee composed of the head coaches of each team to prevent similar "delivery" type transactions from happening. How strong is Gasol? Just ask Duncan. This deal gave the Lakers the capital to fight the Spurs.

The combination of Kobe Bryant and Gasol is still taking shape. In order to rob the Grizzlies, Hayes's selected Mark Gasol failed to play. However, the Bobcats are not losing money, and Marc Gasol is strong. The value far outweighs his draft pick. After the Olympics, Marc Gasol will play at a level and will also be on the radar of other teams. Staying in the team can strengthen the positional attack, and trading can also be used as a bargaining chip, in short, it is a very valuable person.

On Feb. 6, the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns completed a trade. The Suns sent Sean Marion and Marcus Banks to get Shaquille O'Neal.

Steve Kerr's first trade was met with skepticism when he gave up the 2008 first-round pick and sent away Kurt Thomas, the team's best interior defender, for nothing in order to ease the salary burden. His explanation was that if they wanted to get out of the woods, they would have to endure the pain of making these seemingly bad trades, and that the Suns would have to clear more salary space.

Just when people thought the Suns were clearing salary space to attract a big-name player to join, Kerr made another heavyweight trade. For a team that hasn't been able to break through in the playoffs for years, management finally can't hold back. The Suns' so-called "seven seconds or less" offensive style said goodbye to fans once and for all after the deal was completed. Although the small-ball style is good-looking, it can't beat the Spurs' Stone Buddha, and even the Mavericks' Nowitzki. The Lakers' Bynum is already in trouble, and Gasol is coming again, which undoubtedly gives the Suns management an ultimatum. Trading with the Heat did give the Suns an inside line, but it lost its agility, and the Suns were no longer the Suns. They also ate O'Neal's super bad five-year, 100 million super bad contract that only expired in 2010. You must know that the current O'Neill can't even get into the star game.

The result of this trade is that the Suns have fallen, O'Neal is not gone, and the Suns will never regain their previous offensive feel.

On February 14, another three-team blockbuster trade involving 11 players broke out, the Cavaliers, SuperSonics and Bulls came to a three-way trade, Bulls center Ben Wallace, forward Joe Smith, supersonic guard Luke Ridno and Durant West joined forces to join the Cavaliers; Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes, forward Drew Gooden, forward Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown join the Bulls; The SuperSonics acquired Bulls guard Idarian Griffin, Cavaliers forward Ella Newbell and Donnell Marshall.

The knight trade was a last resort. This season, Eastern teams are on the rise. They didn't think they could break through in the East, and after losing to the Hawks and Bobcats in a row, James became more and more restless. James has developed an aversion to Larry Hughes and Gooden, openly voicing dissatisfaction with the team's strength. For the knights, it is the first thing to be able to appease the "little emperor" to stay in the team with peace of mind.

General manager Danny Ferry has been unable to bring James a qualified helper, and he needs to do something to remedy it. Ben Wallace was a big name in the deal, and Ridno and West were good players. The duo shot a lot better from the outside than Hughes and Shannon Brown. Smith is an underrated big man who can both defend and hit jumpers from 18 feet out. As for Big Ben's big contract, the Cavaliers are a bit at risk in terms of salary right now (two years left, worth $28.5 million), but they have also offset it with Hughes's contract (worth $26.4 million over two years). All in all, not a bad thing for the knights.

James thinks it's a good thing, the Cavaliers have strengthened and should be able to compete with the strong teams in the Eastern Conference.

Hayes knew that James was behind when he was depressed, it seems that this is the fate of James's mother, if it weren't for West's "mom friend", James would not have gone so resolutely.

The SuperSonics got rid of the big contracts of Rednow and West, freeing up salary space to be able to attract big-name free agents in the future.

The Bulls finally sold Wallace, and Big Ben has been criticized by the outside world as a representative of high salaries and low ability. For the Bulls, now is the time for them to focus on developing newcomers Thales Thomas and Noah. Hughes could also strengthen the Bulls' defense at the shooting guard position.

Hayes also wants the Bobcats to trade for a scorer to address the Bobcats' weakness of having too few offensive points. There is no action from the team at the moment, but there is still time before the trade deadline.

After the trade, the NBA's landscape changed again, with the Western Timberwolves, Spurs, Mavericks, Hornets, Suns, Nuggets, and Jazz strong; After the Lakers complete the trade, they will also rise as strongly as the Timberwolves last season, the Grizzlies, Trail Blazers, and SuperSonics also have great potential, and it will be difficult to enter the playoffs without 50 wins.

The Eastern Hawks, Magic, Cavaliers, and Pistons are gaining momentum. Although the lynx is in a bad situation, no one dares to underestimate it. The alliance entered the Warring States period, in which the heroes competed.

(To be continued)