Chapter 221: Getting Maddie's Chance
The performance of the Raptors this season is very bad, it can be said that their performance has been terrible since entering the NBA, for such a new army, it is unrealistic to demand from them in terms of results, for a league like the NBA, almost any new team will start with a fish belly, not to mention the current Raptors, the same is true of the former Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves also entered the playoffs in the season before Zhuang Fei, and it can be said that they have been in the playoffs for more than ten years, and the same is true of the Bobcats in Zhuang Fei's previous life, from 2004 to 2012, when Zhuang Fei crossed, he was still a fish belly.
It's a process that all new teams have to go through, and it's a miracle that a new team like the Grizzlies got Carter right and then rose to prominence.
In fact, no team wants to be a team that has been stepped on by others, even if its owner is no longer aggressive, so playing such a team always likes to play the game of 'poor thinks'. Now the Raptors want to change again.
The Raptors want to trade Maddy?!
When Zhuang Fei saw this offer, his heart began to beat wildly, and he even confirmed the offer several times from beginning to end, for fear that he would read the wrong details. After looking at it carefully for a long time, Zhuang Fei exhaled deeply, and his face changed from the madness just now to calm, no wonder McHale had such an expression just now.
Maddie, for a traverser like Zhuang Fei is definitely a very well-known name, this player is called 'pinnacle invincible' by many Maddie's fans in later generations, 'talent first', although these titles seem a bit exaggerated, but it is enough to show Maddie's strength and potential, Zhuang Fei was a die-hard rocket fan and Yao Ming fan in his previous life, so his feelings for Maddie are also extremely complicated, love? That's for sure, every Rockets fan has loved Maddie at one time or another, and at the same time loved and hated. Intense hatred, whether it's hatred of iron or steel or something else, doesn't matter now. The important thing now is that Zhuang Fei has a chance to get Maddie, and this opportunity is just around the corner.
Of course, Zhuang Fei wants to get more of Maddie because of his special emotions in his previous life, if he really has the opportunity to get Maddie, Zhuang Fei will definitely not miss it, but for McHale, Maddie is now the reddest rising star in the league, since the All-Star. The new Raptors star rose to the top, and although he didn't win the MVP at the All-Star Game, that didn't hurt his reputation, and his 40-point performance at the All-Star level is still being talked about by fans. You know, this All-Star is a real thing, so his data is full of gold, so if before the All-Star, Carter Iverson was followed by Pierce, then now, Pierce has been dumped by Maddie, Pierce was blown up by Maddie in the All-Star, so McHale also wants to get Maddie. will have the kind of gaffe just now.
"Kevin, why did the Raptors trade Maddy? It doesn't make sense at all, they already lack stars, and now they have stars, but they want to trade? ”
Zhuang Fei asked with a puzzled expression, very puzzled. Didn't the Raptors want to get the Lakers' Glen Rice because they wanted to bring in All-Star players to increase the team's attractiveness? Now that Maddie's fame can suppress Glen Les, the Raptors don't need it at all.
"Zhuang, don't you know? Maddy has publicly stated that he does not want to stay with the Raptors, so the Raptors will choose to trade him. Zhuang, don't forget Francis last summer, Francis's affair made the Raptors very embarrassed and injured and made them very passive. In the end, let the Rockets pick up a bargain, and now they want to take the initiative" McHale sighed, he is a little sympathetic to the Raptors, this team is too miserable, in Canada because of the Grizzlies, their living space is very bad, next door Vancouver has a 100% attendance per game, a vote is hard to find, and they are not 3% per game, sometimes there are less than 4,000 people in a game, and now it is finally looking forward to the rise of Maddie, but in the end Maddie does not want to renew the contract. …,
"That's it" Zhuang Fei nodded, Francis's matter Zhuang Fei knew, if he didn't go to the Raptors to report, the Raptors sent him to the Rockets at the price of cabbage, and now Maddie doesn't want to renew the contract, if he can't renew the contract in advance now, then he can only match Maddie's contract this summer, which is also very passive, although he can keep Maddie, but it will be difficult for Maddie to get benefits from the transaction after getting a big contract, after all, although Maddie is very conspicuous now, it is absolutely difficult to trade a superstar player, And other superstars don't want to go to Toronto, if that's the case, they can only trade some second-rate stars, and second-rate stars will be of limited help to them, so now the Raptors want to use Maddy to trade some young players who have the potential to become superstars. Which team in the league now has the most young players with superstar potential? There is no doubt that of course it is the Timberwolves, which is why the Raptors will find the Timberwolves.
"Zhuang, what do you think, do we accept this offer from the Raptors" McHale of course saw Zhuang Fei's intentions, and it was obvious that Zhuang Fei also wanted to get Maddy, and in McHale's opinion, the Raptors' offer was actually very generous, and the Timberwolves could easily accept it.
"Let me think about it again" Zhuang Fei frowned and said, McHale nodded, this matter is a big deal for the Timberwolves, whether this offer is really superior or not, as the head coach of the team, you need to carefully consider the gains and losses.
Zhuang Fei fell into deep thought, in fact, he also felt that the Raptors' offer was not very harsh, Nash and Pierce chose one of the one-on-one trades, without any additional terms in between, as for Nash or Pierce to choose at random for the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei knew that the Raptors wanted Nash because they wanted to use Nash's Canadian identity to attract popularity, as for Pierce is the most promising player to become a superstar, and now he is about the same as Maddie in terms of prestige, it can be said that such an offer is fair to both parties, although this offer looks very good, But it's really hard for Zhuang Fei, Nash definitely can't send it, this is the tactical core of the team, Zhuang Fei can't sacrifice the entire tactical core of the team in order to satisfy his own personal plot, any team's tactics are knocked down and rebuilt, this is impossible, as for Pierce, Zhuang Fei is in a tangle, there is no doubt that Pierce is more helpful to the Timberwolves than Maddy, Pierce does not stick to the ball, Pierce's shooting is accurate and stable, and Pierce and Nash and the Timberwolves' system has a great tacit understanding, Although Maddie is not inferior to Pierce in terms of ability and is far higher than Pierce in terms of potential, he needs to adapt again after coming to the Timberwolves, and it takes time to adapt. If they get Maddy, then the Timberwolves will most likely lose the NBA championship race this season. This is Zhuang Fei's dilemma, for the Timberwolves, Pierce is enough, but Zhuang Fei doesn't want to give up Maddie.
McHale looked at Zhuang Fei, whose face was uncertain, and sighed.
"Kevin, this is more than whether the trade can be dragged on first, let me think about it carefully" Zhuang Fei said with a dejected face, while McHale nodded.
"But, Zhuang, we only have 2 days to think about it, the Raptors will definitely send Maddie away by February 28th, and now it's February 17th"
"Well, I know" Zhuang Fei frowned and nodded, looking at the back of McHale leaving, Zhuang Fei found that his back was actually wet.
"Maizi, you're too entangled," Zhuang Fei touched his already soaked clothes and sighed bitterly
The Timberwolves have not been in great form recently, but they have been playing on their home court without the fatigue of the journey, which is an extremely beneficial thing for the Timberwolves to regain their form.
On February 18th, the Timberwolves hosted their rival New York, and before the game, New York did not say that it wanted to wash Minnesota in a high-profile manner, and even at the pre-game press conference, some New York media had forgotten about the last bet and found Zhuang Fei again, but this time Zhuang Fei ignored him, and even now Zhuang Fei doesn't even want to pay attention to the New York Knicks, his heart is full of Maddy, and he is all thinking about the gains and losses of Maddie's deal. …,
The Timberwolves performed very well in the cheers of 20,000 spectators in Minnesota, although they still did not return to their best state, but there is no doubt that New York is not their opponent here at all, the team that is currently ranked third in the East fell behind by 6 points in the first quarter 24-30, and after halftime, New York's trail quickly reached double digits, and in the second half, the Timberwolves' momentum became stronger, and New York lost its ability to resist, The team, which played the No. 1 defensive league, gave the Timberwolves 110 points in Minnesota, which can be said to have completely blown up the Timberwolves. Zhuang Fei clearly saw the strong dissatisfaction on the face of New York head coach Van Gundy, Zhuang Fei is not as concerned about the performance of New York now, he is now more entangled by the performance of a certain player of the Timberwolves.
The best player in this game is Paul Pierce, his statistics in this game are 30 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, in fact, this data is not much for a player like Maddy, but this is obtained in the Timberwolves' system, the Timberwolves cannot give a certain player a lot of opportunities to brush data in this system, Zhuang Fei can easily see that Pierce has completely integrated with Nash Garnett.
When he thought of this, Zhuang Fei's mood became bad again. Even at the post-match press conference, Zhuang Fei once again formed a bond with New York.
"New York? What New York"
"Oh, I almost forgot that the opponent in this game was New York, I'm really sorry"
After the game, when the reporter asked how New York performed in this game, Zhuang Fei said the above paragraph in a hurry, he was really absent-minded, and he was really unintentional, but others would not think so.
Seeing this, Zhuang Fei could only shout two sentences in his heart: "Wheat, wheat, are all your faults" (your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )