Here, Zhang Weiping picked up the microphone and prepared for the interview.

A familiar figure broke into Li Lei's field of vision.

Eric Spoelstra is the Heat's assistant coach and director of scouting.

He took a Heat hat and took the initiative to shake Li Lei's hand: "Stone, welcome to Miami!" ”

Li Lei: "......"

Su Qun: "......"

Why, Alstom's words have come true?

The veteran Zhang Weiping didn't react: "Mr. Eric, are you mistaken, Li Lei was just ......?"

Over there, Adam Shaw stepped onto the podium ahead of schedule.

"A deal happened."

"The Mosaic team sent the newly selected 15th pick rookie Li Lei in the second round, and the team's interior lineman Kevin Cato."

"Get Heat forward Lafonso Ellis and guard Anthony Carter."

It's not surprising news, and it's a frequent occurrence for rookies outside of the lotto area to be traded.

The team's management is accustomed to it, and the first thing they think about is the success or loss of the deal.

First of all, Kevin Cato's annual salary is less than $7 million.

Ellis and Carter are both more than 3 million.

The salaries of both parties to the transaction can be basically equal.

Secondly.

Mosaic team on this side.

Kevin Cato was originally the starting center for the Mosaics.

But after the Mosaic team chose Yao Ming, Cato could only switch to power forward, but the effect was not good.

So he became Yao Ming's bench again, averaging 4.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 17.1 minutes per game last season.

The numbers are good, but they don't match his big contract with an annual salary of $6.7 million.

What's worse is that he has three years left on his big contract, and his salary is getting higher and higher, which is simply a poison contract.

Li Lei is a second-round rookie who hasn't had a chance to prove himself yet.

On the Heat's side.

Lafonso Ellis, a forward who averaged 5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game last season.

Anthony Carter is a playmaker who averaged 4.1 points and 4.1 assists per game last season.

Both are role players, and the only thing they have in common is that they both have only one year left on their contracts.

Then the purpose of both parties to the transaction is obvious.

The Mosaics are trying to get rid of Cato's junk contract and save a lot of salary space. By the way, use Ellis and Carter to increase bench depth on the outside.

In order to clear the bloated outside line, the Heat team focused on cultivating the No. 10 pick in 2002 Caron Butler and this year's No. 5 pick Wynne Wade, and by the way, used Cato, who still has some strength, to strengthen the weak interior line.

As for Li Lei, it was just an insignificant addition to the balance trade.

The result of the deal was a win-win situation, at least for now, and both teams were able to achieve their goals.

But the Mosaic team is more profitable.

Over the next three years, the Mosaics will have more salary space to sign satisfied players on the free market.

And the Heat will be stuck in Cato's big contract.

So, in the near term, this deal is a win-win.

In the long run, it was the Mosaics who took advantage.

So, Mosaic general manager Dawson beat Heat general manager Riley?

Then news broke that the deal was not negotiated between Dawson and Riley, but Dawson's assistant Morey and Riley.

Morey seems to be below Dawson, but he is the confidant of the boss Alexander, and his actual voice is not weaker than Dawson.

According to Li Lei's understanding.

Alexander was the emperor, Dawson was the minister, and Morey was the eunuch.

The ministers were high and powerful, but they were subject to the supervision and constraints of the eunuchs.

After all, the eunuch was the closest person to the emperor.

Alexander invited Morey, who had never touched a basketball, to use him as a dog to drive away Dawson, the old minister of the mosaic team.

In this way, the dog performed well, and saved tens of millions of dollars for the owner with the first shot.

(Cato's total salary for the remaining three years of his contract is more than $20 million.) ）

Sure enough, the management of each team was full of praise for Morey after learning the inside story of the deal.

thinks that he took a big advantage from the "god operator" Pat Riley on the first shot, and he is indeed a business genius.

In the Mosaic draft office, Morey smoked a cigar and was quite complacent.

Carol Dawson, the leader on the surface, was a little helpless.

He did not approve of the deal, but could not disobey the orders of his boss, Alexander.

He knew that Morey was Alexander's dog and would take away his rights like a bone.

That night, Dawson suddenly had the idea of leaving.

Feeling like a joke was the desire to work for Mosaic for the rest of my life.

But he's been here for too long, and decades of affection really don't mean to give up, and Dawson still wants to continue to contribute light and heat to the Mosaic team.

Coach Jeff Van Gundy stood up.

"Morey, why? We said that we would choose Li Lei. ”

Angry little Fan coach called Morey's name.

He really liked Li Lei and was angry that Morey traded him.

Morey smirked and said, "We didn't choose Li...... Lee: What's the matter? It's just that he was traded again. Oh! Jeff, don't be offended, I'm just kidding. ”

Seeing Xiao Fan's expression of wanting to eat people, Morey quickly changed his words.

"A second-round rookie who hasn't proven himself yet isn't worth your anger."

"We're all for the Mosaics, losing a second-round pick that's not worth mentioning, but getting $7 million, or even $8 million in salary space for the next three years. With this money, we can sign players who are ten or twenty times stronger than Lee. ”

Coach Xiao Fan is still very angry, but he also knows that his arms can't twist his thighs, and his voice is far inferior to Morey.

And Morey does have a point.

Merely...... He also hinted to Li Lei when he entered the stadium that the Mosaic team would choose him.

And now that something like this has happened, he doesn't know how to face Li Lei, will Li Lei scold himself for being a villain who doesn't believe in his words?

Morey is a dog, he can be shameless, and Coach Xiao Fan himself has to be faced.

Also, what about Yao Ming's side?

"Morey, you promised Yao Ming, how can you explain it to him now?"

Morey smiled nonchalantly: "Wrap it up on me, you don't have to worry." ”

But in my heart, I was thinking: Confession? Is Yao Ming worthy?

If it weren't for Alexander's interest in the Chinese market behind Yao Ming, I wouldn't even be willing to deal with him.

Coach Xiao Fan finally gave in, but he was still uncomfortable in his heart, and he suddenly remembered a phrase often said in the media: NBA is a business.

He didn't agree with it before, but now he has to agree.

For the sake of interests, Morey is really unreasonable, unkeepty, and unprincipled.

The NBA is a business.

Someone else remembered this sentence tonight.

Li lei!

No matter how mature his mentality is, Li Lei also feels a little sad at the moment.

It's hot, but I still feel chilly.

Being traded after the draft is nothing.

But Dawson gave him a promise, Yao Ming also gave Su Qun a guarantee, and Coach Xiao Fan hinted not long ago......

This made Li Lei think that he would definitely become a mosaic man and would fight for the mosaic team for four years, or even a lifetime.

But now...... I was traded, and it was still an addition.

It's like if you go to the commissary to buy cigarettes, and the boss has no change, so he gives a lighter to pay for it.

Li Lei is that lighter.

Spoelstra seemed to sense the young man's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "On the day you tried out in Miami, Mr. Riley said he wanted you. ”

Li Lei: "......"