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The day after the Boston Celtics announced the renewal of the team's three rookies, Prince, Haslem and Matt Barnes, the NBA once again happened something that surprised Zhuang Fei, this year's Argentine interior line Iscola who was selected by Vicky with the 52nd pick announced that he would leave Europe and join the San Antonio Spurs, and the Spurs management, who has always been very picky, was willing to compensate more than one million dollars for the Argentine interior to Scola's parent team in Europe. And also after Zhuang Fei renewed the second-round pick Barnes with a guaranteed contract, Vicky also announced that he gave the team's second-round pick Scola a guaranteed contract, which is not common in the history of the NBA to be able to renew the second-round show faster than the first-round repair.

This can also be seen that the Spurs and Vicky are optimistic about the Argentine inside, and according to many gossip reports, Vicky not only takes a fancy to Scola is willing to provide Scola with a guaranteed contract, but also the Spurs championship coach also has a fancy to Ginobili and is ready to form the Argentine national team lineup, and now Ginobili is a restricted free agent, all teams can give him an offer, and finally it depends on whether the Timberwolves are willing to match the highest offer.

For Scola, Zhuang Fei never thought of having such a player, not because his strength is not good or because Zhuang Fei is prejudiced against him, for a rocket fan in his previous life, Zhuang Fei knows the Argentine diamond very well, it can be said that he knows more about Scola than Haslem, this is a player who can become the core of the middle and lower teams. It's a player who has been an important part of a strong team, but it's not what the Boston Celtics need the most right now, like Boozer, they're good, but that's not what the Celtics need right now.

With the Boston Celtics they won't be, they can only play in the second team led by Arenas, so everything for the Celtics needs to have Arenas at its core. In this case, the Boston Celtics need an interior player who can play fast and attack, but that doesn't mean that the Celtics need an interior player who can only attack, and they have to complement Arenas in terms of style. Scola and Boozer, who both need the ball in this situation, are naturally not suitable, compared to them, Haslem can play mid-range and grab rebounds in the frontcourt, and is more motivated and even faster defensively. Although Haslem will be dumped by these two in terms of scoring data in the future, and even in the future, he will be dumped in terms of salary, but compared to these two, Haslem is more like Celtic and Arenas.

So for Zhuang Fei, the loss of Scola and the loss of Boozer is simply a trivial thing in the tactical system and even in other aspects, but what makes Zhuang Fei feel a little emotional is that the Spurs seem to have a rising momentum, although this team is difficult to rebuild because of the lack of good draft picks and no one willing to trade with them, and the aging of the team is also increasing, but with the operation of Vicky in the past two years, the Spurs are slowly returning to the ranks of the first-tier teams in the NBA. If the team does get Ginobili with a contract that the Timberwolves can't match, as rumored, go. Then this team can quickly wreak havoc on the Lakers and Kings' Western dominance.

It's just that Zhuang Fei doesn't have much time to think about things that seem a little distant now, and now there are still the same things for him as he started with Scola and Boozer, and now Zhuang Fei needs to give up another figure in the team's second team, the team's backup center Oku, a player who has been booked by Pacers head coach Larry Bird. This is also a very good player, seeing that this is becoming more and more stable in the middle distance, even in terms of passing, is constantly improving, and has more and more of a second-generation style of Yao Ming, but now his position with the Boston Celtics is quite embarrassing, because he can't get in because of Yao Ming's existence. Because of Arenas, he can't work together with Arenas in the second team, but in this case, the increasingly powerful player has less and less playing time as his strength improves, because every time he plays well, it means limiting Arenas's play, in this case, Zhuang Fei needs to make a choice, and can only sacrifice Oku for Arenas. …,

In fact, for this kind of trouble, the European inside line is also very clear, but this inside line did not show any dissatisfaction, after all, he has been able to improve here, although he has less playing time, but Zhuang Fei does not treat him differently in ordinary times, and he himself likes the atmosphere here, Celtic takes care of the player's usual life very appropriately, and a marginal player team like him can provide him with a villa for him to bring his relatives from Europe, This is the best arrangement for international players who do not have a high salary and need the help of their relatives, and more importantly, Zhuang Fei once gave him a promise, when he was annoyed because he couldn't play, Zhuang Fei personally told him that when the team hindered his growth, the team would find a way to trade him to a good place, and the team would also notify him in advance and consider his opinions when trading him.

Therefore, the center knows that he may be traded to the Pacers, and he personally does not reject the Pacers, because the Pacers gave him the promise of position, and Zhuang Fei does not want to set too much difficulty on this deal when both the Pacers and Oku are satisfied.

And with the relationship between Larry Bird and himself, Zhuang Fei didn't plan to really knock Larry Bird, according to Oku's official value, it was a first-round mid-draft pick, which was an offer in line with his value, and for the Pacers, Zhuang Fei only needed them to come up with a first-round mid-to-late signing, but to Zhuang Fei's surprise, the offer that Larry Bird made for Oku made Zhuang Fei a little surprised.

Because this guy actually took out the 2003 first-round pick from the Bulls, although the Bulls have greatly increased their strength because of getting Jae Williams, plus the super interior Curry and Chandler in the team, it can be said that this team definitely has the competitiveness in the East, but even so, it is difficult for this team to enter the playoffs, in this case, the team's 2003 first-round pick should be in the lottery between 10-13, This can be said to be beyond Zhuang Fei's estimate, although Oku completely has the strength of a lotto but these strengths have not yet been shown, in this case Larry Bird can come up with this offer, which can also show his trust and expectation of Oku's strength.

"Larry, you wouldn't have chosen to send Jalen Rose away just to get Oku, would you?" Zhuang Fei looked at the smiling Larry Bird in his office and asked with some confusion, but what made Zhuang Fei speechless was that the Pacers head coach just shook his head.

"Rose hinders Joe Johnson's development, in my opinion, Rose is no longer suitable to stay in the team, it has nothing to do with Oku, so you don't have to feel guilty about this at all" Larry Bird seemed to see Zhuang Fei's thoughts and still kept a smile on his face, and Zhuang Fei nodded after hearing Larry Bird's explanation, and the guilt in his heart was also removed, after all, it was definitely not something he wanted to see because of his joke that Mr. Bird had worked so hard to assemble the lineup. Just as Zhuang Fei was stunned, the walker in power said happily again.

"Zhuang, I also need to thank you, this year we were able to sign Al Harrington this year thanks to you" Larry Bird said to Zhuang Fei with bright eyes, as a rookie in 1999, the player whose contract expires this year has many options, but in the end, the super young substitute who can contribute an average of only 16 minutes per game and contribute 8 points is to go to the Pacers, this is because Zhuang Fei once suggested to Al Harrington, for this matter Zhuang Fei also smiled slightly, If Harrington hadn't invited him to Wake Forest when he graduated from high school, this player had already participated in the 1998 draft and was selected by Bird, who had taken a fancy to him when he was in high school, so it can be said that even if Zhuang Fei did not suggest to Harrington, it is estimated that Mr. Bird would not let go of this free agent, and it is definitely a very good thing for Harrington to have a head coach who knows that he is willing to use him.

"Larry, but judging from your current actions, you are ready to completely rebuild the Pacers, it has been difficult for you to make a breakthrough in your achievements in recent years, and when your team can make a breakthrough, it is estimated that Reggie is really old" When Zhuang Fei finally said something very emotional, Larry Bird, who was still extremely excited, finally became a little depressed, and saw such a Bird Zhuang Fei also sighed.

That's the pain of rebuilding the team, for many teams it's hard to find a roster that can grow all the time, and a lot of times a player's growth will be accompanied by a player's departure or aging, and then the cycle will continue, just like the current Pacers.

Regardless, the Pacers' trade with the Celtics was done, with the Pacers getting the Oku they wanted, and Zhuang Fei getting the Bulls' 2003 first-round pick. As for the seemingly trivial deal, it naturally didn't attract the attention of the nation, because all eyes are now on the free agent market. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )