(Yesterday the fisherman said that O'Neill's achievements will not be lower than his achievements in reality, and then some book friends are worried in the book review area that the fisherman will abuse the master, uh, the fisherman should not be the author who likes to abuse the lord so much, everyone can rest assured, and congratulations to Brother W for becoming the second head of this book, this book also has more than three elders of the book friends, congratulations, the fisherman thanks everyone for their support)

It's not very surprising that an O'Neal can cause half of the NBA team to go crazy, in this era of scarcity of centers, when the league's No. 1 center enters the trade market, not many people can resist his temptation, and in fact, except for the Boston Celtics, Raptors, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers and a few other league-class center teams like themselves are not very interested in O'Neal, or some teams are self-aware and don't think their teams can have a grudge in exchange for O'Neal, Most teams in other leagues have made bids to Zhuang Fei, and such bids are still tentative, it can be said that they are waiting for Zhuang Fei to return the price at any time, but it is obvious that the names of these players on Zhuang Fei's table at this time are almost half of the NBA star players, even if there is not half, at least one-third, but when Zhuang Feizai carefully read all the names on the list, he was also a little disappointed, because most of them were not the people he wanted.

Zhuang Fei wants to trade O'Neal, but it doesn't mean that all chips are collected, for him, it is best to be able to exchange O'Neal for such a center, but it is obvious that the Celtics' owner Adelson is not the Timberwolves' Glenn Taylor, Glenn Taylor can send Finals MVP Nash to the Wizards, Adelson will not send Yao Ming to the Lakers, even a fool in this year's Finals understands that Yao Ming's strength is not much different from O'Neal, and now these two people are the two strongest in the NBA's current center position, One walks the extreme of the power faction and the other goes to the extreme of the flow of technology, and it can be said that the effect on the Celtic O'Neal is not even as big as Yao Minglai. In this case, take a 24-year-old player for a veteran in his 30s, they are not stupid.

Obviously, in the current NBA, the only center who can compete with O'Neal is Yao Ming, and the Raptors' Kwame Brown can only limit O'Neal on the defensive end, and it is difficult to create a threat on the offensive end, and Zhuang Fei can't look down on it, plus the Raptors can't give up Kwame Brown, the best defensive player last season. And Kwame Brown's salary can't match O'Neal, if they want to get O'Neal, they still need to catch up with the team's leading guard Mobley, it can be said that at present, none of these excellent centers in the league can appear on the trade list, which is definitely a matter of great trouble to Zhuang Fei, and these centers on the list are Oku or Rockets' Brandon Miller, These people have no resistance in the face of Yao Ming or O'Neal, whether it is on the offensive end or the defensive end, the role of the Lakers is very limited, and Miller may be a little better. But if you just get a strategic center like Miller, according to Zhuang Fei's meaning, it is better to get a stronger organizational forward, so that the team can still play speed basketball, completely abandon the center and play absolute offensive basketball.

It can be said that this is a very contradictory thing, O'Neal is the biggest strength of the Lakers, Zhuang Fei needs to be able to replace him even if he is replaced, although there is no way to completely replace it, but it cannot be exchanged for a group of useless star players, in fact, whether it is in the history of the NBA or in the future NBA, it is difficult to make the team really achieve results by piling up that kind of useless stars, Zhuang Fei naturally understands at this point, so at this time Zhuang Fei fell into passivity, O'Neal can trade, but he can't get the player he wants. And Kupchak, who was on the side at this time, was also a little worried. Because Zhuang Fei has not shown the look he should have since he got this trade list, for the Lakers general manager, there are still many players on the list to choose from, and if he is given an operation, he will be easy to choose, but from the current point of view, these people do not meet the choice of the Lakers head coach.

"Zhuang, aren't these people okay? Now we have only 5 players available to our team, and only three can be used as starters, whether it is Marbury in New York or Nowitzki in the Mavericks, we should be the players that our team lacks the most, right? Aren't these people good?" At this time, the general manager of the Lakers also looked at Zhuang Fei with a puzzled look and said. Of course, he knows the Lakers' current predicament, and there is no one available on the team except for Kobe Bryant and Szebiak. Starting from the No. 4 and No. 5 positions to the No. 1 position, there is an extreme shortage of people, in this case, the Lakers should actually not refuse to come, not Zhuang Fei. It's just obvious that Zhuang Fei didn't have the heart to answer the Lakers general manager's question at this time, and he is really caught up in his own thinking now.

Because from the current point of view, the Lakers' deal with O'Neal is a deal that determines what kind of tactics the Lakers will play in the new season, and it can't be sloppy at all, and at this time, neither Marbury nor Nowitzki is a point that can bear weight in Zhuang Fei's tactics, of course, this is not because they can't, because the Lakers already have a strong endpoint Kobe, there is no need for another strong endpoint, and now the Lakers need a strategic tactical point like O'Neal, and it is a very strong one. But such a player is a treasure in every team.

"Mitch, you go and contact the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers, and ask about the possibility of a trade for Garnett or Gasol" In the end, Zhuang Fei also shook his head a little helplessly and said to the Lakers general manager in front of him, in fact, if there is no one in the center position, then Zhuang Fei is now aiming to lean in the other direction, Garnett and Gasol are very good strategic points, but Zhuang Fei also knows that Garnett's possibility is too low.

The Timberwolves player gave up his last year of contract last year and renewed his contract with the Timberwolves for 5 years and $100 million, because if he doesn't jump out of his contract in 03 and give up his last year's salary, then his salary in 03-04 will reach a staggering $28 million, and one person accounts for half of the Timberwolves' salary cap, even if the salary cap is now close to 60 million, the Timberwolves are also facing the risk of luxury tax, according to Glenn Taylor's urine, If Garnett chooses to execute this contract, it is estimated that the Timberwolves will have another big trade, in this case, especially when Wang Zhizhi, Pierce and Ginobili are all salary cuts and contract extensions, Garnett is really too selfish if he really chooses to execute the last contract.

In this case, it can also be seen that he is really not playing for money or for himself, and he also does not want to leave the Timberwolves and his comrades, in this case, whether it is the team or the individual player, it is difficult for Zhuang Fei to get Garnett, but even so, Zhuang Fei needs to give it a try.

Of course, unlike Garnett, Gasol, although they are both the bosses of the team, Gasol's status in the Trail Blazers is much lower, this team is higher than the seniority Jamison and Cassel than him, and the ability of the Trail Blazers last season was talked about as a black and white man, and there is a black bear in addition to his white bear, so although he is the champion in 2001 and is the nominal boss, it does not mean that he is not tradable, but it depends on the decision of the Trail Blazers coaching staff, However, judging from the fact that this team did not bid O'Neill for the first time, they were very satisfied with their inner combination last season, Gasol and Randolph are soft and hard, one inside and one outside, plus Gasol's personality is not so strong, so the environment in the locker room of this team is also very good, and they may not need O'Neill at this time, but no matter what, Zhuang Fei still needs to ask for the price at this time.

"Well, Zhuang, I understand" It's just that after Zhuang Fei ordered, the general manager of the Lakers also nodded and said, now it's just the bid of other teams, the Lakers just passively accept, and after other teams bid, the Lakers can also look for offers, and may even find more powerful multi-party trading opportunities for the Lakers, so the general manager of the Lakers naturally knows that this is not just Zhuang Fei's request to the Timberwolves' Garnett and the Trail Blazers' Gasol. It's more about letting him find a more favorable trade plan for the Lakers, and this trade plan The Lakers get players must be players like Garnett and Gasol, although he thinks that his ability can only be regarded as average, and he has not done anything as a general manager in the past few years as the general manager of the Lakers, but he does not think that his understanding is also very low.

"And you take Payton, Jackson and Mo Williams of the Bobcats are also exchanged, well, if the salary is not equal, put Brian Cook and Medvidenko into the trading chips, and Wharton Jr. just keep it" Zhuang Fei instructed the Lakers general manager again, Cook was a rookie last year, and Medvidenko just renewed his contract with the Lakers for 3 years and 9 million last year, it can be said that these two people are not Zhuang Fei's necessary players, although Zhuang Fei appeased these two people during the meeting this afternoon, But it doesn't mean that the two are not for sale like Kobe and Szebiak, in fact, if the salaries are equal, they can stay with the Lakers, although Zhuang Fei doesn't need them and other teams don't need them much, so Zhuang Fei can't trade if he wants to, but if the transaction salary is not equal, then they need to make up for the difference, Zhuang Fei doesn't know what Payton's annual salary is with the Lakers, he knows that Malone and Payton both took a salary cut last year, and the reduction was very large, Malone even dropped directly from 18 million to 1 million, of course, Peyton is naturally not a Malone.

"Zhuang. Have you and Jordan already talked? Is he willing to trade Jackson for Payton? Kupchak also asked with some doubts, he didn't know what to say about this deal, it was barely equal, at this time, Payton's old but glorious history was able to suppress Jackson, a defensive player, and for a new army like the Bobcats, a veteran like Payton is also extremely important.

"Well, it's already been negotiated, it's enough for you to go and hand over the chips" This time Zhuang Fei also nodded with a smile and said. He did get in touch with Jordan. After Kobe Bryant left, Zhuang Fei called Jordan, and Jordan was also very interested in Payton, after all, this guard was one of the few players who could make trouble for him back then, and he also admired Payton very much, so whether it was Zhuang Fei or Jordan, this transaction was not too difficult.

And after watching Kupchak leave, Zhuang Fei also looked at the office wall clock, at this time the time has pointed to half past nine in the evening, and at this time Zhuang Fei has not closed his eyes for more than 40 hours, so after Kupchak left the office, Zhuang Fei also left, at this time, for him, what he wants to do most is not to care about the Lakers' transactions, but to go home and lie down on the bed to sleep, of course, Zhuang Fei can leave now, but the team's general manager Kupchak still needs to work overtime, It's June 27, and the draft is on June 29, so it can be said that this is the busiest time for the general managers of all teams in the NBA, and in this case, the general managers of almost all teams in the league are working overtime at this time, and Kupchak also needs to work overtime at this time.

Zhuang Fei's home is not very far from the team building, 15 minutes by car is enough, so it is also extremely convenient, and after Zhuang Fei returns home. Scarlett is still waiting for him, obviously this super beautiful girl is very worried about Zhuang Fei, because Zhuang Fei didn't return all night yesterday, and there was no phone call, in fact, Scarlett has been asking Zhuang Fei to ask Zhuang Fei if he doesn't call. But Zhuang Fei just couldn't change it, so after Zhuang Fei returned home this time, he was tired and wanted to go to bed, but in the end, he was caught by Scarlett and trained for more than an hour, which also made Zhuang Fei a little helpless. If you don't get married, it's a tragedy if you get married, of course. It's just the annoyance of happiness. And Scarlett is not a person with a big lady's temper, he is just worried about Zhuang Fei, so this is nothing.

Although he didn't close his eyes for more than 40 hours, Zhuang Fei still got up very early the next day, and arrived at the team again at half past seven in the morning, and when Zhuang Fei came to his office, Zhuang Fei saw that the general manager of his team, Kupchak, had fallen asleep in his seat at this time, and seeing this scene Zhuang Fei also showed a smile on his face, it was obvious that the Lakers general manager was all night yesterday, which also made Zhuang Fei's senses a lot better for him, as a friend of Jerry West, Zhuang Fei wasn't very cold to this person who betrayed Jerry West before. At this time, it was obvious that the Lakers general manager slept very lightly, and he woke up not long after Zhuang Fei came in, and he was also a little embarrassed after seeing Zhuang Fei appear, after all, this was in Zhuang Fei's office, but seeing that Zhuang Fei didn't blame him, he was also a little relieved.

"Zhuang, the Bobcats have agreed to a trade" and after hearing Jerry West's words, Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded, and the first trade of the season for the Los Angeles Lakers was born. Payton Gamet Videnko trades Jackson Gamo Williams. (To be continued.) )