On February 21, 2005, it was the first day after the All-Star break, and on this day, all the teams in the NBA did not play, and this was also the time when all the fans remembered yesterday's All-Star Game, and many of the things that happened at yesterday's All-Star Game are extremely worth remembering.

It's just clear that for most NBA fans, when they get up on the day, when they pick up the newspaper in their hands, the news in the newspaper is not all the news of the NBA All-Star Game, or in ten sentences, the news of the All-Star Game and another news divide the front page of the newspaper equally.

"Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers complete four-way trade, James Posey to Denver Nuggets"

This is the front page headline of many newspapers in the United States on February 21, 2005, and many people are almost all surprised when they see this front page headline, obviously, in the eyes of many people, these players should not appear on the trade list, and even some players have just renewed their contracts, and there are even players who are considered to have a promising future, of course, more importantly, there are some All-Star level players involved, of course, the team that was traded is actually the defending champion and the league powerhouse.

Of course, for these fans, this deal has nothing to do with them, although there is some surprise in addition to surprise, but there is nothing else after the accident, but for fans, although such a deal does not have much impact, but for many NBA teams, this impact is also great, especially for some teams that aim for championships this season.

21 February 2005. Nine o'clock in the morning. Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach's Office. Kupchak, the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, stood at the Chinese's desk with some trepidation, at this time the Lakers head coach and the Lakers general manager did not look very good, and it was obvious that the face of the standing Lakers general manager was a little self-reproachful.

As the general manager of the self-proclaimed NBA's most well-connected team, he didn't even notice such a big deal, which has to be said to be his mistake or dereliction of duty, although the Chinese in front of him did not reprimand him. But for such a mistake, he can't forgive himself, so at this time, when he sees the team's head coach frowning and looking at the newspaper, he can only watch from the side, as the general manager of the NBA, he needs to rely on the newspaper to know the news of his main rival's trade, which has to be said to be a very ironic thing, especially for a team like the Lakers.

Of course, at this time, Kupchak blamed himself, and Zhuang Fei on the side didn't have much effort to pay attention to what the general manager of the team was thinking, and the only thing he knew now was. This year's NBA landscape will change dramatically, even dramatically, because of this deal.

"These two guys are really generous," he said, looking at the New York Times in his hand. Zhuang Fei also said with some emotion in his heart, the deal that Larry Brown and Popovich teamed up to make was all for the Lakers in Zhuang Fei's opinion.

The Boston Celtics sent James Posey and the team's key backup Kyle Cornwall and a 2005 first-round pick from the Bulls

The San Antonio Spurs sent the team's newly signed young guard Tony Parker and the team's international interior lineman Scola, who also signed a contract extension

The Los Angeles Clippers sent Margety, who had one year left on his contract and was clamoring to jump out of his contract and sign a big contract

The Denver Nuggets sent the team's star of the year, young interior player Dwight Howard and the team's small forward Devon George

The Boston Celtics got Margetty, a super guard who averaged 20+6+3 per game this season, from the Clippers

The San Antonio Spurs acquired young interior player Dwight Howard from the Denver Nuggets and backup player Korver from the Boston Celtics

The Denver Nuggets got the 2005 first-round pick from the Spurs and James Posey from the Celtics, as well as the Bulls, while the Los Angeles Clippers got the Spurs' newly signed young guard Tony Parker and the Nuggets' starting small forward Devin George.

In Zhuang Fei's view, the intention of this deal is already obvious, and the head coach of the Boston Celtics, Larry Brown, wants to strengthen his team's offense, although the Boston Celtics have a lot of excellent offensive players, and James Posey is also a very good offensive player.

But obviously, he didn't use James Posey well, in this case, in order to beat the Los Angeles Lakers he had to get an offensive player he could use well, and as for the Spurs sending Tony Parker and Scola in exchange for Howard, this was naturally to strengthen the team's defense.

The Spurs' offense doesn't need to worry anymore, what they lack is a defense like the Timberwolves, obviously, for Larry Brown and Popovich, they have probably already seen what the conditions are for beating the Lakers and Zhuang Fei, and this also makes Zhuang Fei very helpless, but for Zhuang Fei and the Lakers, since they have played such a record, they need to have the consciousness of becoming the target of the public, and they must also have the consciousness of being targeted by others.

Of course, in addition to the extremely purposeful trade between the Spurs and the Celtics, the purpose of the trade between the Clippers and the Nuggets is naturally not to beat the Lakers to win the championship, they do not have such a big pursuit and do not have such a strong ability, for the Nuggets, the core of the team's rebuilding has never been Howard.

It's fair to say that for the Nuggets, they need to build a competitive roster for Arenas in the shortest possible time, and with Arenas' contract expired this season, it's clear that they need to show their sincerity if they want to keep the league's new superstar.

Howard's potential is outstanding, but at this time the Nuggets did not give Howard time and space to grow, and Scola and James Posey are the players they need the most, as for the Clippers, this team is even simpler, just not to give Margetty tens of millions of annual salaries, this team needs a player with a long-term contract, the contract is not expensive, and there is ability, and Parker and Devin George are such players.

"Did Popovich get Howard? This is really bad news," Zhuang Fei finally put down the newspaper in his hand, and then said with some sighs.

Howard's progress in the Nuggets this season is very limited, which is not only because the Nuggets did not take him as a team to cultivate, but also because the Nuggets head coach will not teach, so according to the high school student's inside ball quotient, although his achievements will not be low in the future, but it will not be high, but if this guy comes to the Spurs, it will be another matter, whether Howard's idol is Duncan or Popovich's coaching ability, the fate of this interior may change radically.

Of course, Howard's change in the future Zhuang Fei only thought about it for a while and then abandoned this idea, no matter what his future looks like, the important thing is that even now, the Spurs' Duncan and Howard's interior combination is enough to make the Lakers drink a pot, and the current Spurs are one level higher than the Timberwolves in terms of defense.

"It's really a headache opponent" In the end, Zhuang Fei also leaned on the seat behind him helplessly, and then said with a sigh, and at this time, the general manager of the team, Kupchak, who had been standing in front of Zhuang Fei, also looked at the head coach of the team with some worry.

"Zhuang, the door of the trading market is not closed yet, do we need to enter the market?" asked the general manager of the Lakers at this time.

As a professional, he naturally knows what kind of situation the Lakers are facing now, the current Lakers are already the public enemies of the league because of their unnatural record this season, and the All-Stars are thinking about how to deal with them, and now the Spurs and Celtics are directly targeting the Lakers' weakness to strengthen themselves.

While other teams that want to beat the Lakers are also trying to find a player who can beat the Lakers before the trade door closes, the Lakers' best bet now is to change and make the teams that want to deal with the Lakers regret what they did before, or make what they did useless.

It's just that for the Lakers, if they change again in such a good situation, then who knows what will happen to the Lakers in the future, this is also an extremely risky thing, but even if it is a risk, it is always much better than sitting still, at this time, in the face of these teams, if the Lakers have not changed, in the future, the game of this team will be more and more difficult.

And at this time, in the face of Kupchak's suggestion, Zhuang Fei fell into contemplation again, and Kupchak on the side also watched quietly, the final decision-maker of this team is Zhuang Fei, although he is the general manager, but he does not have much decision-making power, if Zhuang Fei does not agree, he can only be helpless, but at this time looking at Zhuang Fei who seems to be thinking with a calm face, Kupchak also has no confidence to think that Zhuang Fei will agree to his suggestion. After a short silence, Zhuang Fei finally spoke, and in the end, Zhuang Fei's answer was to make the Lakers general manager disappointed again.

"Let's keep it as it is, I'm looking forward to seeing if they can beat my Lakers," Zhuang Fei said with a smile on his face.

And at this time, Kupchak was also stunned when he looked at this Chinese who suddenly showed extreme confidence on his face.

"Hey, I hope you don't let us down in the end" In the end, the general manager of the Lakers also took a deep look at Zhuang Fei and secretly thought in his heart. (To be continued.) )