145 Big Sharks Swim East
July 13th.
An ordinary evening.
Li Lei finished his training and was ready to go back to rest with Yao Ming, Zhu Fangyu, and Yi Jianlian.
His phone rang suddenly.
The contact person is: Bill Duffy.
Li Lei suddenly had some premonitions.
Generally, Duffy doesn't bother him late at night.
"Stone, you can't go to Los Angeles!"
On the other end of the line, Duffy said disappointedly.
Li Lei was stunned.
"O'Neal's deal failed?"
After coming back to his senses, Li Lei's first reaction was this.
Duffy shook his head: "No, no, no! O'Neal went to Miami and you became teammates with him! ”
Li Lei: "......"
I really didn't expect this.
I'm teammates with O'Neal?
Li Lei was stunned for a long, long time.
But he couldn't figure it out.
Didn't the Lakers name him?
Didn't the Lakers' official website post all the articles?
Stone, welcome home?
Subsequently, Duffy told Li Lei the news he had found.
The Lakers have indeed always wanted Li Lei, and the Heat have wanted O'Neal, which is true.
However, instead of swapping owners, the two became teammates.
Pat Riley gave the Lakers two trade packages in the final minute of the trade.
In the first one, the Heat team produced Odom + Grant + Li Lei.
Second, the Heat sent Odom + Grant + Butler + Cato + two future first-round picks.
Of course, compared to the first plan, the second plan Lakers need to pay more than just O'Neal, but also some additions to balance the trade.
But even so, the two plans are very different.
Last season, Cato's contract was considered junk.
But after this season, no one thought so, and Cato played with value.
And in the O'Neill era, it was normal for a Meat Shield center to be generally worth a lot of money, and the salary was twice as much as everyone else's.
And first-round picks, that's good stuff too.
Why do Timberwolves keep rotting? Isn't it a first-round pick that has been penalized for 5 years?
The Lakers looked at the two trade proposals and chose the second of their own.
"Yes, that's what normal people would choose."
Li Lei is very fragrant, but Butler + Cato + two future first-round picks are even more fragrant!
The Lakers have made a fortune.
The 33-year-old O'Neal has a playing All-Star, a sophomore Sixth Man of the Year, a Flesh Shield center, a blue-collar power forward with a lot of oil, and two first-round picks.
Isn't he fragrant?
Reason told Li Lei: The Lakers' choice is fine.
But the sensibility told Li Lei: Joke!
"Stone, welcome home!"
That's a joke!
The day before, he was still impressing the players with his feelings, and the day after that, he gave up directly.
The NBA is a business!
Don't talk about feelings.
……
July 14th.
The big shark swam eastward, and the whole alliance was shocked.
Li Lei called Odom, Cato, Butler, and Grant one by one.
Odom was pleased: "I didn't go to New York, and Los Angeles was good. ”
Odom spent the first four years of his career with the Los Angeles Clippers and didn't know much about Los Angeles.
Li Lei laughed: "If you go to a nightclub in the future, you don't have to worry about the thugs hired by Riley!" You can let go and play. ”
Odom also laughed: "After Los Angeles, I will take you to the best nightclub and soak the most beautiful young model!" ”
Li Lei: "Just play, don't play yourself like a big dog." ”
Odom said arrogantly: "My capital, the big dog can't compare." ”
And then there's Butler.
This gentle man told Li Lei: "Stone, you will always be my best brother, I love you!" ”
Li Lei said sincerely: "Caron, you too, come on!" ”
Then there are Cato and Grant, both of whom are not the first to be traded, and they are already very open.
Besides, this is going to Los Angeles, who doesn't love Los Angeles?
Subsequently, Li Lei contacted Wade.
Wade is also in shock, the two of them are going to join forces next season to be the first person in the league!
The deal also opened the door to free agency this year.
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers immediately renewed their contracts.
"Zen Master" Phil Jackson was disappointed and refused to renew his contract with the Lakers.
The Lakers then brought in coach Rudy Tomjanovic.
Tang Shuai is the founder of Mosaic Dynasty and Yao Ming's first NBA head coach.
If you still don't remember who he is.
Think of the head coach who was punched in the head by Washington.
"Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"
He said that, too.
Since then, teams have signed contracts and various deals are underway.
It is worth mentioning that:
The Nets signed and traded Kenyon Martin to the Nuggets.
Martin got his first big contract of his career, $90 million for seven years.
The Nets got three first-round picks.
They would have wanted Nene in '02, but the Nuggets insisted on not giving it.
The main reason is that the salary space of the Nets has exploded, and Martin, who is bent on a big contract, can only be cut and released.
The Mavericks let Nash go.
The Mavericks were bent on chasing Dampier and ignoring Nash, and Cuban only gave Nash an insulting offer, and it was just for show, and he didn't even say a word to save him, secretly forcing Nash to leave.
Nash left the team in anger and accepted a six-year, $63 million contract from the Suns.
Of course, the Mavericks also managed to get Dampier in the end.
The Warriors signed and traded to send Dampier to the Mavericks.
The Jazz signed Boozer.
Boozer and his agent deceived Cavaliers management into giving up the $700,000 team option on the final year of their rookie contract and promising to sign a six-year, $41 million contract extension with the Cavaliers.
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But as soon as the Cavaliers gave up, Boozer turned around and signed a six-year, $68 million contract with the Jazz.
The Cavaliers couldn't match because of salary space issues, so they could only watch Boozer go.
Suddenly, the entire NBA was scolded.
"Carlos Anti-Bone Boozer!"
"Liar!"
"Traitor!"
……
Especially the fans of the Cavaliers, they can't wait to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin!
The owners of NBA teams are also scolding Boozer.
This incident is infamous in the entire history of the NBA.
It is incompatible with the "loyalty" that the owners of each team have worked hard to shape.
It can be said that except for Salt Lake City fans who regard Boozer as the "successor to Malone", there is no one who does not scold Boozer.
It's a character problem!
But then something broke out, which was also quite interesting.
"Boozer, I've long been dissatisfied with the Cavaliers management."
This season, James, Boozer, and Big Z led the Cavaliers to the ninth place in the East, just one win away from the playoffs.
Therefore, the outside world generally believes that James + Boozer is also a pair of golden combinations, comparable to the "Li De" combination of Li Lei and Wade.
If you count the attributes of one inside and one outside, James + Boozer is even more promising than the Lide combination.
However, Boozer felt that he had been slighted.
The Cavaliers put all their attention on James.
For James' sake, the Cavaliers sent Ricky Davis away, and all the ball was handled by James.
A quarter of Boozer's shots this season have been made by grabbing frontcourt rebounds.
His dissatisfaction with the Cavaliers has been accumulating for a season, and the exodus is not an unexpected event, and it is likely that he has long wanted to go.
Things in the world always have cause and effect, and there is no deception for no reason.
If the Cavaliers had given Boozer more attention, Boozer probably wouldn't have done it.
Of course, it's not right!
Boozer's name as "anti-bone" is back.
The back of the head is born with a backbone!
Subsequently, Rashid Wallace signed a contract extension with the Pistons.
The defending champions have ensured the integrity of the main lineup, and the Pistons are all five tigers.
Next season, the Pistons will remain a mountain on the other 29 teams.
It's worth mentioning that the Bobcats entered the official expansion to 30 teams this summer.
After that, the Spurs renewed the contracts of Ginobili and Robert Horry, and the old powerhouse Spurs did not change much.
The market is bustling with activity, and the Athens Olympics are finally here.
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