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Zhuang Fei has been busy with O'Neal Jr. in the past few days, although the Heat agreed to intervene in the transaction between the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers, but Whithitt, the general manager of the Trail Blazers, has been postponing the deal, he is not trying to raise the price, he knows that the current O'Neal Jr.'s transaction value is not very large, although the Timberwolves and Zhuang Fei have been chasing after O'Neal Jr., in fact, in his opinion, the Timberwolves' final acceptance of his request has shown that the Timberwolves have a lot of sincerity, and he is also not waiting for the interest of other teams, In his opinion, for a 3+3 substitute center with an annual salary of 6 million, there may not be other teams interested, in fact, to this point Whitshire still has not completely given up O'Neal Jr., he is still hoping that O'Neal Jr. can stay, although the Trail Blazers' luck has always been very bad, but their vision has always been very good, in Whithit's mind If Xiao Ao is given enough time, he will become an excellent player, but now the Trail Blazers really have no place for him to grow.

Zhuang Fei was very anxious to see the trail blazers dragging his feet, although he offered O'Neal Jr. a year ahead of the Pacers, but he was also afraid that the Pacers would intervene sideways. So Zhuang Fei, who stayed in the Timberwolves for a few days, finally couldn't bear it anymore, went directly to Portland by plane, and finally Whithit had no way to finally sign a three-way deal document, which was quickly uploaded to the league, which also marked Zhuang Fei's official acquisition of his long-awaited center Jermaine O'Neal.

In this deal, the Timberwolves sent NBA first-round picks in 2000 and 2001 and a trade exception of $2.5 million, while the third-party Heat sent the team's backup center Coswell, the Trail Blazers sent the team's backup center Jermaine O'Neal, the Timberwolves got Jermaine O'Neal, the Heat got a 2.5 million trade exception, and the Trail Blazers got two first-round picks from the Timberwolves and Cowswell.

When this deal was approved by the alliance, Zhuang Fei's heart was completely settled.

If Jermaine O'Neal came to the NBA ambitiously with the record of being the youngest player in NBA history, then now his years in the NBA are definitely miserable, and his teammates and opponents who have appeared with him in the McDonald's All-Star Game for high school students such as Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Stephen Marbury and even Kobe Stephen Jackson have made some names in the NBA, and he is still sitting on the bench, and this sense of contrast has always made this a little rebellious. The unruly boy was disappointed. He longs for himself to be successful in the NBA, and he also wants to be valued by the team like Vince Carter and Kevin Garnett, he never doubts his quality, he just needs a place where he can prove himself.

"You're going to be the starting center for our team, I can assure you, and you're going to have a lot of autonomy as well, and of course, Jermaine, you should know that our team was second in the West last year and our goal this season is the Western Conference Championship and the league championship, so I want you to be a real part of the team and be able to give and sacrifice everything for the team."

Zhuang Fei and O'Neal Jr.'s first meeting was in his home, like many black families, his father abandoned him and his family before he was born, so it also caused him to enter the NBA prematurely, if he can train in college for a few years, he definitely has the possibility of becoming the top pick in the draft, but compared to other black players, he has a mother who loves him very much and an older brother who loves him very much, which also keeps him away from some dark things.

"Jermaine, I think you should be an ambitious player as well, and the Timberwolves can show your talents"

O'Neal Jr. has been listening to Zhuang Fei's words silently, to be honest, he is tired of anyone's assurances now, once the Trailblazers have always promised him, but they have not fulfilled their promises, this time he still does not have much confidence in Zhuang Fei's promise, but he is still very happy to be able to leave the quagmire of the Trailblazers, he doesn't care about Zhuang Fei's promise, he believes that with his own strength, the Timberwolves can definitely have their own place.

"Mr. Zhuang, I will regret it as a pioneer" After listening to Zhuang Fei's words, Little O'Neill did not express his position, but just said a cruel word coldly. This made Zhuang Fei, who was sitting opposite him, smile bitterly in his heart. Another hard stubble.

"Jermaine, I believe in you" Although his heart was a little complicated, Zhuang Fei still maintained a very sincere smile on his face, which also made O'Neal Jr.'s face soften a lot, and this was the first person he chose to believe in him after entering the NBA.

Zhuang Fei flew back to Minnesota directly after leaving O'Neal Jr.'s home, but at this time, a public opinion war broke out with him as the core of a certain team in the league.

After Phil Jackson joined the Lakers, he brought his entire team with the Bulls to Los Angeles, including his three assistant coaches, Jim. Clemens, Frank. Hamblun and Tyx. Winter, and Tek Winter is the founder of the triangle offense, and it can be said that Phil Jackson will definitely continue to play triangle offense with the Lakers.

However, Phil Jackson is not completely sure whether the Lakers players can complete the triangle offense, so as soon as he joined the Lakers, he decided to ask the Lakers' general manager Jerry West to trade Glen Les, one of the team's core players, because in his opinion, Glen Les is not suitable for the triangle offensive system and must leave. Queen Bee came to the Lakers in the middle of last season, and he was also a player that Jerry West advocated the introduction, so this request was naturally rejected by him, and the first fire did not burn in his tenure, Phil Jackson was naturally very unhappy, but he had no choice between the status of the godfather of the West Lakers, but it was definitely not his xìng style to swallow his anger, so he has been complaining to the media in Los Angeles recently that he is not supported by the team.

"I'm disappointed to be here, I don't have enough respect, I admire Szzebiak a lot, but I can't get him, I don't get enough support from the team, some people in the team don't like me," Phil Jackson spoke directly to West in a media interview.

In the face of Phil Jackson's bombardment, Jerry West was not idle.

"I think our players are good enough to get any results, Szzebiak? He's very good, and I like him very much, but I think we need not only Szczerbiak and Carter, but also Duncan, if we can get Posey and Bale in better, but our head coach doesn't seem to be Coach Z, and our team is not Wake Forest" Jerry West said with a smile on his face in an interview with the media, this is his direct sarcasm of Phil Jackson, doesn't Phil Jackson want Szczebiak, but these people are all cultivated by Zhuang Fei, This is a direct irony that Phil Jackson is not as good as Zhuang Fei.

As soon as West's speech came out, the contradiction between the two Lakers bigwigs became public, and Zhuang Fei once again became the focus of the media. Everyone was analyzing the relationship between Zhuang Fei, West, and Jackson, and rumors were flying all over the sky for a while. Even Carter and Duncan were involved in the end.

In fact, Zhuang Fei is quite helpless about this matter, if he is Laker Phil Jackson, he will also get Szczebiak, after all, he is very familiar with the triangle offensive system, although Szczebiak and Glen Les are one of the best three-point players in the NBA, but they are still different in style. Phil Jackson's demands are understandable. So he has no interest in this matter at all. While the internal conflicts of the Lakers are becoming public, the movements of another team in the league have also attracted everyone's attention.

The Magic decided not to renew the team's leading player Anfernee Hardaway, which means that Hardaway is completely Zìyóu, last season Magic ranked second in the East in the regular season, but in the playoffs by the newborn Iverson led the 76ers in the first round of black seven, and Iverson in the direct dialogue with Hardaway in four consecutive games 40+ performance made Hardaway the biggest culprit of the Magic's defeat for a while, the former Orlando darling was abandoned by everyone for a while, the indifference of the team management, Hardaway is sad by the indifference of the fans, he doesn't want to leave the Magic, but the Magic don't want him, and now the Magic are ready to free up salary space for another superstar in the league, Grant Hill, whose contract is about to expire next year. The Magic have always been a very impersonal team, both the management and the fans are very realistic, so the team that has been betrayed the most has been the Magic. A team that has no bottom line and abandons its leading players will naturally not give players a sense of belonging.

This is the first season after a shrinking season and the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement with the league, so the trade market has been particularly hot this year, with all teams looking to perform next season hiring, and to everyone's surprise, the Timberwolves have been inactive since signing a zìyóu player and trading a backup center. This makes the Timberwolves look particularly surprising in the hot summer, but even if Zhuang Fei has been trying to keep a low profile, the media or experts will still unconsciously focus on him or the Timberwolves.

"Coach Z still doesn't seem to use the NBA, it's not the NCAA in the NBA, he should be looking for more quality players now, instead of standing still like in the NCAA, we all know that Coach Z only gave away four scholarships in Wake Forest and recruited four players, maybe in Coach Z's mind he may think that he is still in Wake Forest and still in the NCAA, I bet the Timberwolves will achieve nothing again next season"

"Coach Z will also suffer another defeat"