Chapter 121: The Arms Race Is Coming to an End
Chapter 121: The Arms Race Is Coming to an End
(ps: Because the upload turned out to be under review, Ai Shen re-transmitted, just because a high tide is not separated, a sensitive word of all evils!) )
"Nell, that's it, pull the Knicks along!" Mike Dunleavy handed his proposal to Nell Olshu.
"Since it's okay, let's pass it on, that guy Kupchak will never do anything at a loss, he is far more anxious than us when the trade deadline is fast, I believe it will be successful." Nel Olshu's eyes were full of confidence.
Jerebus, Jenny Buss, Mitch Kupchak, Phil Jackson, and Kobe Bryant sat around the round table, and the atmosphere was a little dignified, and Jerebus looked at Kupchak and then Kupchak bit and stood up.
"I still can't reach a contract extension agreement with Lin, as for the reason, I think everyone knows, so it is imperative to trade him, and now there are many teams that have proposed trades, and the most sincere ones are the Grizzlies, Clippers, Knicks and Bobcats, which are specific proposals." With that, Kupchak pushed the trade proposal in front of the rest of the people.
The Grizzlies made the Lakers pick up a big bargain, so Kupchak liked the Grizzlies' proposal: "They took out this year's first-round pick and next year's second-round pick + Mike Conley, and this year they sent Paul to us, and the record is already conceivably poor, so the first three picks are basically guaranteed, Mike Conley is only a second-year rookie, but as a playmaker, the potential is still very good, and we need to pay Lin and Ariza." ”
Kupchak paused and continued to pick up another proposal and said: "The Clippers' trade proposal is to bring in the Knicks or the original three-way trade proposal, it's just a fine-tuning, we send Lin and Turyaf to get the Knicks' first-round pick and next year's Clippers' first-round picks and 3 million cash, and the Knicks send the rookie Wells Chandler and this year's first-round pick, plus Jerome James and three million cash for super parallel goods, get our Turyaf and the Clippers' Elsoton and Tim Thomas and the Clippers' first-round pick this year." , I think it's a good deal for the Knicks to make a big buck, and the Clippers are sending away Elsolton, the third best rookie of the year, plus Tim Thomas, who got our Lin and Knicks' parallel goods in the first round this year and next year, Jerome James and Wells Chandler, if it were me I wouldn't make such a stupid trade! After Kupchak finished speaking, he didn't let him add his evaluation of the general manager of the Clippers.
"The last is the Bobcats, I think Boss Joe is also very eager to want Lin, they provided this year's first round and the first round in 2010, if it is next year's first round, I think it can still be considered, but the first round of the next year according to the strength of the Bobcats basically entered the playoffs the year after tomorrow, even if they don't enter this draft pick, the value will be very low, so compared with the two just now, I don't think the Bobcats' needs to be considered."
Kupchak sat down and waited for the other people to think, especially the team owner and team boss Kobe Bryant.
Buss, who was sitting at the top, looked at Kobe, he was twenty-nine years old, his strength was very enviable, and he was burdened with the Lakers' present and the future of about five years; Lin Fei, he is only nineteen years old, his talent and strength are the envy of all uniform groups, and his current strength has not yet reached the terrifying stage but is already developing in that direction, as long as he does not go, he is the future of the Lakers.
"Bryant, do you have anything to say?" Kobe Bryant did not hesitate and answered Buss's question directly, "Now Mitch is painting our brilliant future for Lakers fans, and I myself have seen the glory of the future, but for Lin, I think if we can, we should do our best to keep him, I think I can play at least five years at the top, but after five years, the Lakers need a new leader, and Lin is this choice, he is only nineteen years old, and five years later, he is twenty-four, but I know what kind of person he is, he will not be willing to be only the second and third of the team for five years, So I can only hope that Mitch will do his best, and if not, I respect the team's choice and have no doubts. ”
Buzz looked at his prospective son-in-law, Phil Jackson, a man about the same age as himself, "Phil, what do you think?" ”
Phil Jackson's eyes were reluctant, but this was a business league, he knew what he should do, knew what to do, "I don't want Lin to leave, from the identity of a coach, I like players like Lin, he knows hard work, he knows hard work, he knows how to keep learning, he knows what the team asks him to do, but from a friend's point of view, I support his departure, although I don't want him to go, he should have a broader world, although he will experience difficulties after leaving, but in the end, I am just a coach, the specific choice is up to you." ”
Bas nodded, "Since everyone has given their own opinions, let's leave it at that, and I'll tell you about the final result." ”
Just when the Lakers were discussing Lin Fei, the Cavaliers, who had endured loneliness alone, finally made a move, and this was another blockbuster trade involving three teams as many as eleven people almost the number of a team, the Cavaliers got the costly defensive supreme Ben Wallace, the 95-year-old champion Joe Smith and a 2009 second-round draft pick from the Bulls, and at the same time got the super-three-point shooter Szerbiak from the SuperSonics before the injury, backcourt defensive titan Drent West, and the Bulls got Gooden from the Cavaliers. Hughes, Shannon Brown and Cedric Simmons; The SuperSonics got the former single-game three-point shooting record holders Marshall and Newball from the Cavaliers, and Adrian Griffin from the Bulls The SuperSonics are basically a soy sauce mainly or the Cavaliers and the Bulls, in fact, the Bulls will not be worse than at the beginning of the season, and the Cavaliers will not be better This is the opinion of experts.
A couple of smaller trades followed, with the Rockets acquiring Bobby Jackson, Haluska and a 2008 second-round pick from the Hornets and the Grizzlies for the signing of Liswuko; The Hornets get the big ass thorns Wells and Mike James from the Rockets; The Grizzlies acquired Vinicius from the Hornets and Batiani from the Rockets
Not to be reconciled with a first-round pick, the Rockets received dunk king Gerald Green from the Timberwolves, giving Snyder, a 2010 second-round pick and some cash
The Nuggets get T. Green from the Trail Blazers and give Wavre away. The Pistons got Dixon and some cash from the Raptors and gave Blazek away. In terms of numbers, the Cavaliers signed Dickens and Billy Thomas to fill the number of gaps in the squad.
It looks like the league's mid-trade frenzy is coming to an end around the All-Star break.
And Lin Fei's transaction seems to be the curtain soon.
The second watch is nine o'clock in the evening!