Chapter 081: Complicated Transactions
The annual All-Star may be a long-awaited basketball feast for spectators, but in the eyes of the management of each team, it is more of a reminder that the door to the transfer market is about to close and that teams aspiring to the playoffs must start moving.
For the Lakers, although the main backbone of the team has been basically determined, it does not mean that he will not make some small changes. On February 17, the league's official website published the news that the Lakers reached a trade intention with the Bobcats, and the Purple and Gold took Shannon Brown and Adam Morrison from the Bobcats, and they paid only one Radjanovich.
Li Chen, the main body of the trade, will not comment on it, because in his opinion, none of these three will have much impact on the Lakers' existing system, indeed, Radjanovic has some strength, can play the big front and small front two positions, and he was also a consistent scorer on the Lakers' bench last season.
But since Li Chen's birth, not only was Ariza ruthlessly kicked to the bench, but even Luke Wharton, who was originally loved by the old monk, had to change to the position of power forward.
As for the two people in exchange, Li Chen is even more lazy to look at it, if he can be exchanged for two by Radjanovich, don't count on the strength or anything, not to mention that the Lakers are not short of people on the inside and outside now, especially the outside line is still slightly crowded.
Of course, for the domestic media, this seems to be a great news, and the Lakers' outside line has been added again, doesn't this mean that the days of the Great Sage are even more sad? The average playing time of less than 2 minutes per game this season is pitiful, but now there are still people to grab, and even the most optimistic people can only sympathize with the situation of the Great Sage.
"Good luck, Vladimir!" Li Chen, who learned the news, called his teammates, although they didn't talk much on weekdays, but they got along for a few months, and the goodwill on the surface always had to be expressed, and this also made him get the promise of a dinner.
In addition to the Lakers, there are also many other trades in the league, and the approaching trade deadline has caused many long-planned trades to surface.
The Mavericks' reinforcements have attracted a lot of attention, as they have taken Sean Williams from the Pacers with the aging Eddie Jones, along with a 2009 second-round pick, a 2010 or 2011 second-round pick, and 1.8 million in cash. Although neither side of the trade is a player with any outstanding strength, but overall, the Mavericks' bench lineup has been strengthened a lot.
The Jazz, a veteran powerhouse in the West, also made some minor changes, they traded Jason Hart for Breven Knight from the Clippers, Li Chen said that he had never heard of either of them, could it be that the media's so-called blockbuster trade refers to these small fights?
In the boring training, Li Chen finally waited for a good news for him, and his intended owner, the Knicks, seemed to have made a move. After a high-profile buyout of Marbury's contract half a month ago, the Knicks once again launched a drastic change move.
On Feb. 20, the Knicks' official website was the first to disclose the news that they had completed a three-way trade with the Charlotte Bobcats and the New Orleans Hornets. The main content is that the Hornets sent their main center Tyson Chandler and got Emika Okafor, a strong center from the Bobcats. And the Knicks sent data brush Eddie Curry and potential rising star Wilson Chandler, and all they got was 800,000 cash from Tyson Chandler plus the Bobcats.
The news was quickly confirmed by the league's officials, and as many expected, trade sponsor James Dolan was quickly bombarded by New Yorkers, who even equated Knicks management with brain-dead.
If it is in exchange for Okafor, they will endure it, after all, the Bobcats center's data this year is very bright, averaging 13.5 points and 10.1 points and rebounds per game, which is a double-double, but Chandler, who has been stuck with a back injury, has been playing and stopping this season, and his average data has also dropped to 8.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, which is obviously a notch lower than Okafor.
Compared to the Knicks, although Eddie Curry is undoubtedly a brush, but the data of averaging two doubles per game also proves his ability, Wilson Chandler plays an indispensable role in the Knicks' system as an important pawn of the team, especially since he is only a sophomore, and the potential has not been fully tapped at all, and this deal is obviously a loss for the New Yorkers.
James Dolan didn't refuge the criticism too much, saying only that it was all about preparing for the future of the Knicks, but that the New Yorkers would only use it as an excuse thrown by Dolan to avoid the brains.
In fact, Dolan has a hard time, although Eddie Curry has a certain strength, but the negative attitude and arrogance cultivated for a long time will inevitably hinder Li Chen's position next season, similarly, Wilson Chandler as a sophomore He also has his own ambitions, not to mention that he is still playing in the same position as Li Chen, there is no reason why Dolan will not send him away.
In contrast, Chandler in exchange for much more worry, although there are injury risks, but the identity of an outsider allows him to obey the team's arrangements well, and as a high school player, although he has been in the league for many years, but in fact, he is not too old, as long as he can overcome the impact of injuries, then he will definitely be a strong candidate for the center position.
The key is that for a team like the Knicks, Chandler's defense can bring qualitative changes to the team's existing system.
He is the league's top rebounding + weak-side blocking expert, a terrifying combination of height, arm length and bounce. A heart hungry for victory, a passionate style of play, the only regret is that there is no strong enough body to carry it.
As a plug-in person, Li Chen still admires Dolan's transaction, Okafor and Eddie Curry are not very familiar with him, and he is not easy to evaluate the strength or something. But Chandler knows that the heavyweight hero of the Mavericks when they won the championship, and then formed a new Big Three with Melon Xiaosi in New York, although there is a lot of water in it, but this can also show that Chandler's strength is indeed very strong.
Since he knows Chandler but doesn't know the first two, it means that the deal in New York is obviously profitable, and Li Chen is very happy about this, in his opinion, Dolan is paving the way for him to take the position.
Give his agent a call, "Jeff, do you have credit for the New York deal?" He knew that Chandler's agent was also Schwartz, and the deal must have something to do with him.
Schwartz admitted this very happily, he also thought that Li Chen was here to ask the guilt, and hurriedly reassured, "Cruze, believe me, this deal is beneficial to you, Tyson's injury is only temporary, he will soon be back to his best, and most importantly, I discussed it with him, and he agreed to support you to become the new core of the Knicks when the time comes." With his reputation, I believe you will be able to reduce a lot of resistance. ”
Li Chen didn't expect Schwartz to conceive so much, but he still quickly expressed his opinion. "You're mistaken, Jeff, I'm very much in favor of this than a trade!" I have to say that Schwertz's operation was painstaking enough, and his results were indeed very beneficial to Li Chen.
"I suppose you must be doing more than that?" Li Chen said his guess, in his opinion, the Knicks are likely to have a lot of plans, and the final result may be a big change of blood for the whole team, but all this is not bad for Li Chen.
Schowertz didn't hide it, "It's true, there is a follow-up, but it's all in the offseason, and there will be no action for the time being." ”
Now that he heard what he wanted from the other party, Li Chen was no longer embarrassed to ask, he hung up the phone happily, "Don't forget to tell Mr. Dolan, I thank him for all this!" ”
The Knicks' brain-dead trade sparked a trade boom in the transfer market, with teams rushing to make final changes before the door closed, and while the main part of the team could not make significant changes, some small fights could still bring some benefits to the team.
The Magic paid for Kyki Bogans plus a small amount of cash from the Bucks in exchange for Tyronn Lue, whose experience and consistency could be a good addition to Nelson. The key is that this guy is still very lucky, although he has not been able to become the absolute main force of a team steadily, and has changed 5 teams in just a few years, he won two NBA championships with the heyday of the Lakers dynasty in 00 and 01, and achieved the goal pursued by NBA players in their careers! I don't know if the Magic brought him in on this too, you must know that they are not less vocal about winning the championship this year.
Or the Magic, they seem to be going to carry the small fight to the end, the Rockets traded street ball king Alston for Brian Cook from Orlando, and the two teams are anxious to have a guard and the other is anxious to find a big front, this deal can be described as the best of both worlds, of course, the guard and the big front are both substitutes.
The Bulls and Kings trade involved a lot of people, and the Windy City people brought in John Salmons and Brad Miller from Salmento with Drew Gooden, Andy Snocioni, and Cedric Simmons, and the desperate desire for center made the Bulls suffer a small loss.
After completing the slightly bloated deal, the Bulls then traded Saab Seflorosa plus some cash compensation for a '09 first-round pick from the Thunder, and the latter were willing to do so because they had two first-round picks this year, giving the Bulls nothing more than worthless money from other teams.
As for their own one, the league's fourth-to-last record is clearly another lotto order, and the brain-dead will take it out and give it away!
The Timberwolves and Kings also came to join in the fun, with the Minneapolis taking Sheldon Williams and Bobby Brown from the Kings with Rashad McCantz plus Kelvinbus, but the deal didn't get much attention because both sides were outrageous teams with low combat power.
No one knows the suffering of the sling team, and no one even cares about the fun. It's no wonder that no one would believe that a trade between the bottom and bottom four in the West could make a qualitative difference.
"Rookie, what are you thinking? It's training! Kobe Bryant looked at his little brother in a daze for some reason, and he asked curiously, "Don't you know that it's trade season, a player like you who doesn't have much strength and doesn't train actively may be traded out one day!" ”
The boss's intimidation methods are really not clever, Li Chen compared his middle finger and said very disdainfully, "I'm a rookie, but I'm not a stupid bird, I'm not so simple that I haven't been so simple, let's change it to a well-founded intimidation, maybe I'm really scared and don't be lazy anymore." ”
Indeed, a player like him, who has a lot of quality and low wages but only has a one-year contract, is unlikely to be accepted by anyone. Let's talk about the matching problem first, the entire league can't find a player who can match Li Chen, the salary with enough strength is exceeded, and the salary is about the same and far from that strength.
Even if the Lakers are willing to give it away for nothing, they only have a contract of a few months, and they will pat their butts and leave as soon as the season is over, and no one can do anything with him. Therefore, Li Chen's life with the Lakers is definitely very stable, except for breaking the contract and leaving, no one has the ability to drive him away.
The boss didn't care about Li Chen's arrogant face, he just said lightly, "You mean, you were lazy just now?" ”
Ah, Li Chen regretted it, he didn't expect that he didn't pay attention to it just now, and he bluntly said that he was lazy, considering his bad reputation with the old monk, he hurriedly asked the boss for mercy.
"Bryant, you definitely misheard, I was thinking about how I could improve my defensive strength faster! You know, I was blown up by James in the All-Star Game, and we're going to have a game with the Cavaliers in a few days, and I hope to limit James to a certain extent! I'm not lazy, I'm thinking! ”
The boss didn't expose the little brother's lies, but he didn't intend to spare him so easily, "Don't think about it, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, today the assistant coach has to consider everyone's offensive level, and you can act as a defensive sparring partner!" ”
Kobe was afraid that Li Chen wouldn't understand, so he deliberately summed it up, "That is to say, you have to defend from a guard to a center!" ”…… Someone is crying bitterly!
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