Chapter 120: A Blockbuster Deal
After talking to Taylor on the phone, Wang Meng's heart was very confused, he didn't have the heart to train, he was just in a daze when he watched TV, Wang Meng realized that he seemed to be doing something wrong, but he also knew that it was not right to agree directly, he suddenly felt that he was really too young, and the knowledge he knew was really unable to deal with these things.
Just when Wang Meng was upset, his phone rang again.
"Hello? Taylor? Wang Meng hurriedly picked up the phone, "You listen to my explanation, I"
"What Taylor? I'm Rob. Rob on the other side of the phone looked very confused.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I admit I was wrong." Wang Meng said in a sneering voice, he was so anxious just now that he didn't even look at the caller ID.
"Don't worry about anything else." Rob's voice was a little low, Wang Meng could hear it, Rob was very angry, "We were tricked!" ”
"Tricked?" Wang Meng didn't know why, "What do you mean?" How come I can't understand what you're saying? ”
"I can't say the details on the phone, you will log in to the Lakers NBA official website right now, you have been traded!"
Wang Meng's brain boomed, as if it exploded.
"I've been traded?"
After half a ring, Wang Meng reacted, "What are you kidding?" The Lakers just signed a contract with me, how could they trade me? ”
"Anyone can be traded, it just depends on the trading chips." Rob said angrily, "You can go up and see what's going on." ”
Wang Meng hung up the phone and hurriedly turned on the computer, and sure enough, the first news on the homepage of the official website was such a news.
"The Lakers quickly completed the trade, and the four All-Star players completed the swap."
Wang Meng clicked on the webpage, looked at the content inside, and was immediately frozen.
Today, the Lakers and Hornets made a deal to send the new Finals MVP Wang Meng, the three-dynasty hero Gasol, the Hornets in exchange for the queen Bee Chris Paul, and the two-time All-Star power forward David. West plus the Hornets' first-round pick for the next two years. We don't know if the Lakers are losing or making a profit, but we hope that both sides can get better results in the new season. ”
"Good bullshit!" Wang Meng couldn't help but scolded fiercely, Wang Meng really didn't expect the result to be like this, he and Gasol were also traded in exchange for Paul and West.
What does the Lakers manager think? Paul is better than himself, but can West compare with Gasol?
Wang Meng couldn't help but find relevant reports on the Internet.
"The Lakers trade the future for the future, is it a loss or a gain?" Here's another piece of news online.
"Today, the Lakers seem to have completed the deal, exchanging Gasol and Wang Meng for Huang Fang's Paul and West. Personally, I think that Paul is stronger than Wang Meng, and Gasol is better than West, and it is more acceptable to exchange Paul for Wang Meng, but it is obvious that the Hornets will not accept such a deal, so some additions must be added, and it is obvious that Gasol is this addition. Paul plus West can't be compared with Wang Meng plus Gasol, after all, Wang Meng proved his strength in the finals, and he is by no means an ordinary person, if the Lakers just want Paul, then this deal is undoubtedly a failure. ”
The more Wang Meng looked at it, the more angry he became, he suspected that the manager of the Lakers really didn't want to do it, and split the championship members to exchange for a Paul? (West also played well, but was completely ignored)
But then, Wang Meng saw another piece of news.
The Lakers made another lightning move after trading with the Hornets, sending center Bydam, plus their team's 2014, '15 first-round pick, and two years of first-round pick from the Hornets in exchange for Orlando Magic's All-Star center Howard. The Super Big Three were officially formed, and the luxury of the lineup caught up with the Heat. ”
Wang Meng was blindfolded, Chris. Paul, Kobe. Bryant, Dwight. Howard? The triumvirate of these three?
Wang Meng finally knew what the Lakers were doing.
If Bydam is used alone to exchange for Howard, the Magic will not accept it, and Howard himself will not be willing to go to the Lakers, but if Paul arrives with the Lakers, the situation will be different, you must know that Howard is now the strongest center in the league, but in the Magic he always can't catch the ball, if there is the existence of Paul, the current number one point guard in the league, then the situation is really different, and the Lakers also have a Kobe, in the current period when the Big Three are gathering together, Howard does not mind forming the Big Three with Paul Kobe.
Although the Magic still don't want to accept the trade, but Howard is about to reach the contract draft year, if it doesn't go along with Howard's wishes, he will make it clear that he will not sign with the Magic, and will not accept the contract, and other teams will not dare to drink the Magic for Howard, what if Howard does not renew the contract after the exchange? In this case, the Magic will only lose Howard for nothing, and they will not get any benefit, and in desperation, the Magic can also exchange for Bydam, who is slightly worse than Howard, and four first-round picks.
Gasol's salary is as high as 18 million, while Wang Meng has 12 million, Paul's salary is 16 million, West's salary is 9 million, it seems that the salary is not equal, but the Hornets can afford to eat the extra 5 million salary, and they give cash. And Bydam's contract is equal to Howard's, and the deal is completed without adding anything.
In this way, the Lakers have officially formed the Big Three, the current starting lineup is Paul, Kobe, Artest, West, Howard, compared to last season's horror lineup is only strong and not weak, don't forget, the Lakers also have an eight million trade exception for the Mavericks, such as using eight million to sign an excellent sixth man, the Lakers are still the strongest and most likely to win the championship ring in the league.
The Lakers are happy, but Wang Meng is very unhappy, he really didn't expect that he would be sold like this, and he was sold to the Hornets, where is the Hornets? Wang Meng still remembers the scene when he provoked like a Wasp fan, and he went to the Hornets without being ostracized to death? And as far as he knows, the Hornets are already hosted by the NBA, and they don't even have an owner.
In an instant, Wang Meng felt that the sky was dark, and the disaster came too suddenly, and Wang Meng couldn't accept it.
Regarding the news that Wang Meng and Gasol were traded, the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers seemed very calm, if the Lakers were exchanged for garbage players, these fans would definitely riot, but the Lakers formed a super triumvirate, this super lineup made fans fantasize about the next victory, and only a few people sympathized with heroes like Wang Meng and Gasol.
This is the NBA, Wang Meng laughed self-deprecatingly, "A trading field, and he has finally been traded." ”