2004, this is a very special year for the Kings, in this year, the team from the top team in the league to a Western Conference middle team, although barely made the playoffs last season, but also stopped in the first round, which is extremely unacceptable for the Kings, who have been one of the strongest teams in the league in the past few years, and even the strongest team in the West, especially the team's roster changes in this year have made this team in turmoil now, Last year, the team's small forward Peja and the team's power forward Webber had a core battle and was eventually sent to the Hornets, and now the team's hero in the previous years is also the core organization guard Bibby also needs to leave the team at this time, and even the team's boss Webber in the past few years is also about to leave the team at this time.

This is a team that will lose three of their iconic players from the past this year, and the team is now facing the embarrassment of rebuilding, and for this team, a rebuilding may be the best option, at least for the team's head coach Adelman, although it is not the outcome he wants to see.

"Jeff, how is Chris feeling right now, okay?"

Sacramento Kings head coach's office, the head coach of this team, Adelman, saw the team's general manager Jeff Petri who pushed the door in and asked with some emotion, the last few days have been his most difficult days, he needs to personally send away the two disciples who can be said to be the most important to him, and the same, for his two disciples, it is also extremely difficult, at least in the last few days he saw Webb and Bibby in his office after learning the news that he was about to be traded, the extremely shocked look, obviously, For the two of them, they probably never thought that such a day would come, even if Webb knew that he was out for most of the season last season, and even if Bibby knew that he lost his main place last season, but it still did not make them believe that they would leave this team.

To know. They've been here for more than six years, and it's fair to say they've all reached the top of their game in this team, and Adelman is definitely not a simple coach for them, in fact, even if he plays as a substitute in this kind of team, Bibby doesn't think there's any problem, and the same is true for Webb. Didn't the team send Peja away for him last season? And now what is the purpose of sending him away? No one can say this, including the head coach of this team, Adelman, and the only thing Adelman knows is that now his team no longer needs Webber so much, and reason tells him that this is the best time to trade Webber, and the best time to trade Bibby.

"Fortunately, it's always been like that, and I've always stayed at home and don't go out to meet people. But Aaron has been with him, I think there shouldn't be any problems" Kings' general manager Jeff Petri also said a little helplessly, of course he knows the mood of his partner in front of him, it can be said that the two of them have been working together for more than 20 years, when Adelman was still the head coach of the Trail Blazers, he was the general manager of the Trail Blazers. The two worked together to lead the Trail Blazers to the Finals, and after losing to the Rockets in the 1994 playoffs, he and Adelman were both fired by an angry Paul Allen.

At that time, Paul Allen was not the invisible boss of the Trailblazers who had been playing football in Liverpool now, Paul Allen at that time was a money-oriented person. In his opinion, he needed the money to bring him a championship after spending it, and after leaving the Trail Blazers, Jeff Petri went to the Kings as general manager. Adelman went to the Warriors as a coach, and it was not until 1998 that the two met again in the Kings and have been working together until now, it can be said that Adelman was still invited by him, the two are not only friends and confidants, but more importantly, his feelings for Weber are not much worse than Adelman, or even higher.

Maybe many people now think that Adelman is the creator of King Princeton and the founder of King Princeton's system, but in fact this is not true, the real founder of King Princeton is Jeff Petri, who was ready to establish a tactical system that can be passed on to the King when he became the general manager of the King in 1994, just like many NCAA universities, many NCAA universities have their own heritage, As one of the players of the NCAA Princeton University Miracle Worker that year, Petri poached his teacher Pete Carell in college in 1996, Carell is the inventor of Princeton tactics, and in 1998, he invited Adelman to trade Webb, it can be said that everything in the previous old king was established by him, and now he needs to tear down and rebuild the old king he established for 10 years in order to create a new king.

"Hey," Adelman sighed after hearing Petri finish talking about Webb's condition, and then continued: "Turkoglou has renewed his contract, right?" ”

"Well, I just signed a 6-year, 40 million contract" When asked by Adelman, the general manager of the Kings also nodded and said, the reason why the team traded Weber was also because of Turkoglou, Webber played less than 40 games for the team last season and missed most of last season, and in this half of the season, Turkoglou's performance is legendary, Webber's replacement played an average of 14 points and 5 assists per game, It can be said that it can replace Weber's position as an organizational forward, with Divac being played and retired by Duncan, what the Kings' system is now missing is actually not an organizational forward but an organizational center, and the reason why the Kings chose to trade Peja to keep Webber last season is because they want to see if Webber can play the effect of Divac and partner with Tekoglu in the center position.

In the end, it is a pity that Webber has no way to support the team's Princeton system in the center position, and he is very uncomfortable after going to the center position, in this case, the Kings can only make the playoffs at most and fall in the first round, and this is why they must trade Webber away and then hope to exchange for Branton Miller of the Rockets, because Miller is a very good organizational center, and last offseason the Kings wanted to sign him and partner Weber after Divac retired, In the end, the King's bid was matched by the Rockets, and Miller stayed with the Rockets because of Francis, who needed not an interior line, but an interior line that could create space for him to break through, and even if he couldn't create space for his breakthrough, he needed an interior line that could defend. It's clear that Miller's offense isn't enough to take away defensive attention for Francis, and his defense doesn't need to be mentioned.

In this case, now the Rockets also hope to trade Miller, but what makes Adelman a little depressed is that the first choice of the Rockets trade is not their king, after all, Webber's injuries in the past two years are very worrying, and more importantly, Webb's style of play also needs to control the ball, which is also in conflict with Francis. If Webber has the same effect as Miller after he comes, it is better to change to a strong defensive inside, and because of O'Neal, the Rockets are naturally not very interested in Weber, but Adelman also knows in his heart that the Rockets want to get O'Neal, which is a fool's dream.

"Did the Lakers agree to a trade for the No. 3 trade?" When dealing with the Rockets and Miller, Adelman also remembered the deal with the Lakers again, and at this time he also looked at his friend with some expectation and asked, in all teams in the NBA. The only way to get such a harmonious head coach and general manager of a team is the king.

"It's a pity that the Lakers refused," looking at Adelman's expectant eyes, Petri also shook his head helplessly and said, which also surprised Adelman.

"Why?" Adelman looked at Petri with a puzzled look and asked again, and at this time Petri shook his head again, seeing Petri like this, Adelman also smiled bitterly. In fact, he also has an analysis of the current situation of the Lakers, that Chinese now lacks a playmaking guard, and Bibi is definitely a good choice, and now the league's No. 1 position is extremely lacking compared to the center. There is such an opportunity to get a first-line point guard in the league, according to the character of that Chinese, it should not be missed, but it is obvious. This is just Adelman's own conjecture, and it is obvious that he does not know Zhuang Fei well.

"Although he rejected our offer of a trade for Bibby, he offered us a deal to get Miller, I don't know if you would like to accept it" When he said this, Petri also sent a fax to Adelman, and Adelman's face was also quick when he saw the contents of the fax.

"This guy has such a big appetite," Adelman said with some surprise at this time.

"Yes, you have a big appetite, but do you think we should agree?" Petri looked at his friend with a smile, and Adelman was deep in thought, and after half a sound, under Petri's gaze, the king's head coach also nodded and agreed

Like the Kings, there are many other teams that are still receiving faxes from the Lakers, such as Dawson, who is sitting in the Rockets' general manager's office.

"Daryl, do you think such a trade would be beneficial to us?" Dawson looked at his assistant Morey at this time, the assistant he invited in 2002, and his most trusted assistant, now because the head coach of the Rockets Tang Shuai is undergoing treatment, so everything about the Rockets is in his hands, at this time the two of them are the decision-makers of the Rockets, as long as the team's salary does not exceed the salary cap, the team's owner Alexander will not ask, but in the face of his boss's problem, Morey is also a little hesitant, but soon nodded firmly.

"From all aspects of data analysis, this is a deal that can be made," finally the assistant general manager of the rocket also nodded, and Dawson also nodded after hearing his assistant's words.

"Okay, you go and reply to the Lakers, we agree to this trade plan" finally Dawson also said calmly, while Morey turned and left.

Of course, unlike the Rockets' general manager's office when it received a fax from the Lakers, the head coach's office in New York is silent for a while, because they won't believe that the Lakers will be so kind, you must know that at the beginning they also proposed such a trade with the Lakers but it was rejected, and now the Lakers have brought up the old matter again, which makes the Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, who has just taken office at this time, a little puzzled, in fact, he didn't just take office today, and New York looked for him when he left the Lakers. It's just that at that time, the two sides were at loggerheads on one issue, and that was the issue of the struggle between the three factions within New York.

Phil Jackson, who planted such a big fight in the Lakers, naturally didn't want such a thing to happen in New York, so he also moved into this team after getting the promise of being able to dispose of all the players of the New York Knicks at will, you must know that when Zhuang Fei left college, his first destination was New York, and the condition proposed by Zhuang Fei at the beginning was also to get the right to dispose of all the players in the New York Knicks, but at that time, the team refused Zhuang Fei's request, which also made the team miss Zhuang Fei. And this incident has always made this team a laughing stock for many media in the United States, after all, from the current point of view, the New York Knicks' rejection of Zhuang Fei was definitely a bigger mistake than the Trail Blazers giving up Jordan at the beginning.

So now, when Phil Jackson made this request, neither the old Doran nor the little Dowland were no longer as hasty as they were back then, and in fact, there are not many head coaches in the league who are qualified to have such rights, and Phil Jackson is just one of them, and this is why New York has given in.

"Fei'er, don't think about it anymore, what kind of conspiracy can he have, the players are in our hands, and he won't be able to get it back if he regrets it in the future, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Looking at the general manager of the team who was yelling at him in front of him, Xiao Daolan, Phil Jackson also frowned, although this person is an idiot, but this sentence is not an idiot.

"Okay, Mr. Dowland, we agreed to the trade plan, you can do it" In the end, Phil Jackson also pondered for a while and nodded and said, and Xiao Dolan also ran out quickly after receiving the order, but at this time Phil Jackson was still in his seat thinking about the fax from the Lakers just now, he didn't understand why?

Is that Chinese really like the idiot said that his head suddenly dizzy?

Of course, the teams that received the Lakers trade offer naturally could not be only the Lakers, the Kings and the Rockets, in addition to these three teams, there are also Magic Cavaliers and so on, but at this time, the day before the league draft, a huge deal that could go down in NBA history is brewing. (To be continued.) )