Chapter 53, the atmosphere is quite harmonious
Early in the morning, Mo Wen, who had dark circles under his eyes, bought a sports newspaper and got on a plane to Los Angeles.
When he opened the newspaper, the first thing he saw was a photo of Pat Riley in the background of a Las Vegas casino.
And in that background, you can faintly see the avatars of O'Neill and Mo Wen.
"The Heat's Gamble of the Century! Riley is crazy? 》
Under the title is the content of last night's Heat trade -
The Heat paid Caron Butler, a small forward who averaged 13+8.5+2.5 per game in the playoffs last season, and a 2006 first-round pick, as well as a 2008 first-round draft pick swap between the two teams, from the Pistons in exchange for Mo Wen and Lynch Hunter, a small guard who had just re-signed with the Pistons, as well as some matching cash.
(Refer to Jamison, the sixth man of the year in '03, for Starkerhouse and this year's No. 5 pick)
This deal was followed by another three-way trade between the Heat and the Raptors and Lakers.
The Heat sent Odom, Grant and a 2007 second-round pick to the Lakers, Eddie Jones to the Raptors, O'Neal for the Lakers, and Ramon Murray, a veteran of the Raptors.
And the Raptors got Eddie Jones, a former All-Star, to send Ramon Murray to the Heat, and sent Morris Pietson, the team's sixth small forward, and a first-round pick to the Lakers next year.
The Lakers bite the tongue to have Butler, but they were shaken after seeing that they could get Pieterson, who has a similar style of play to Butler and has a qualified three-point (14+4+3 in the second year of the rookie), and saw that the first-round draft pick changed from the Heat's to the Raptors after the three-way trade, so he immediately agreed.
As long as O'Neal is not injured, the Heat will definitely be a playoff team in the next two years, and their draft pick is worthless, but the Raptors are different, Eddie Jones is still released by them back then, this guy has a few pounds and a few taels of their door.
Babcock, the current general manager of the Raptors, is notorious for trading Carter later, Mo Wen thought at first that it was these Raptors bosses who signaled that Babcock was just an executor and a backbiter, but after this transaction, Mo Wen found out that in terms of playing NT, others don't play like they do, and he doesn't like acting!
Pieterson, like Butler, was plagued by minor injuries last year, so he played the Sixth Man last year, averaging only 8.3 points per game, which looks like a mediocre statistic, but considering that his shooting average also dropped from 13 the year before last year to 7.2 per game last year, his true shooting percentage is actually 5% higher than his 14-point-aver-per-game season.
And Eddie Jones is just a 3D whose state is declining year by year, although the previous data looks okay (17+4+3 in the regular season) and has also performed in the playoffs, but think that Eddie Jones is 33 years old this year, and there is a 3-year high-salary contract of 42 million, and a first-round draft pick from the Raptors, this deal can't be worse.
ESPN gave the Pistons a trade rating of B+, the Heat a trade rating of B for the Heat, the Lakers a trade rating of B-, and the Raptors a trade rating of only C.
In fact, the Raptors also thought about exchanging Peterson and draft picks for Mo Wen at the beginning, but Peterson just renewed his contract with the Raptors this year with an annual salary of 5 million, plus a first-round pick, this trade contract is not good and is temporarily shelved.
As a result, when the head was turned, the deal was completed, and everything was put on the table, the Raptors found themselves in a big deal, although Eddie Jones was fragrant, but it was far worse than the young Mo Wen, and they only changed the same chips to a slightly better data veteran.
"The Heat have one less Jones and one more me than in their previous life, which is so interesting, hehe."
"Oh yes, Dazhi seems to be on the Heat team, right?!"
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When Mo Wen got off the plane and drove to the hotel where the training camp was in Long Beach, the sun had softened.
"Hey, Brother Yao still has everyone!"
Mowen, who was dragging a small suitcase and wearing beachwear and sunglasses, saw the men's basketball players warming up on the basketball court near the hotel.
After hugging Da Yao, under the recommendation of Da Yao, he briefly met the members of the men's basketball team on this trip, said hello to them, and then followed Da Yao to the hotel to find Harris and Younas to report.
Harris and Younas didn't pursue Mo Wen's lateness, anyway, they came today to plan to rest and adapt to the environment first, and then fall down jet lag or something.
Besides, they also saw that Mo Wen had just been traded today, and after thinking about it a little, they knew that he was late just to deal with the contract or something, and he was not late because he was fooling around with a woman, which is completely understandable.
Mo Wen and Da Yao are both moral pacesetters in the NBA, which is not officially certified by the NBA, but by more convincing paparazzi.
Coming out of the two coaches' rooms, Mo Wen put down his luggage and planned to call his teammates for a meal together.
"What's wrong with your waist? Twisted? Da Yao looked at Mo Wen always holding his waist and asked a little strangely.
"No, it's caught, huh······ There was something wrong with the gym's automatic door, so I pinched it. Mo Wen scratched his head a little weakly.
Last night in the bathroom, the big girl clamped on him for half an hour, and before boarding the plane today, he still had a red mark on his waist, and he could only say that he was a 26-year-old virgin, terrifying.
In the evening, Mo Wen asked for O'Neill's phone from Pat Riley, and originally wanted to call the big shark over for a meal together, but learned that O'Neal had packed his things yesterday and returned to his big field in Orlando.
And his mansions in Los Angeles have been put up for sale, quite decisively, as if he is afraid that the Lakers management will kneel down and beg him to stay a second late.
The enthusiastic O'Neill still recommended a few good food restaurants in Long Beach, and Mo Wen found the one closest to the hotel and took everyone to have a meal together.
Probably because Mo Wen invited guests and the coach and team leader of the team were there, the atmosphere of this meal was quite harmonious.
What worries Da Yao didn't happen right away.
In the subsequent training and competitions, Mo Wen's outstanding performance seemed to gradually make his teammates recognize Mo Wen.
Indeed, Mo Wen has done as good as Coach Younas said, and the gap in strength is too obvious.
Mo Wen's strength, whether it is Du Feng and "Xiao Li Feidao", who think they have rich experience in the CBA, or relying on the young and energetic Zhu Fangyu and Chen Ke, they can't bring Mo Wen any trouble on the offensive end or on the defensive end.
Whether it is technical experience or physical talent, Mo Wen is basically in a crushing state for them.
Whether it is in the team's training game or in the summer league in Long Beach, Mo Wen is a random kill as long as he plays, and he can score 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in an average of 24 minutes per game.
He can play inside and out, switch between the ball and the ball at will, except for a slight difference in athleticism, he looks like an invincible all-round superstar.
In addition to giving him the nickname "Chinese Jordan", the Los Angeles Times also blamed the Lakers management - why didn't Mo Wen be put in when trading O'Neal, this kind of player is not worthy of Kobe!
How do they know that the Lakers management also regretted it after the trade, when it comes to understanding Mo Wen, the Lakers, who played 5 finals with the Pistons, will definitely not lose to those Eastern teams, but the Lakers consider that the Pistons will definitely not trade Mo Wen to the enemy, so they didn't mention it, they originally thought that the Heat kept Butler because they were optimistic about him, but they didn't expect to come back and come back to hide from the world.
Harris and Younas fell in love after a few games with Mowen. Harris, who is still working as an assistant coach in the Mavericks, called the management directly to ask if he could poach the player - this kind of player with high ball quotient, no random play, mature technology, and resolute at critical moments is simply the dream lover of coaches.
In Harris's eyes, the Pistons are really caught in the door before they let this kind of player leave, next season, no, the Olympics not far away, Mo Wen will definitely shine!
The Chinese team was very happy in the summer league because of the lack of news, and the Dream Six team of the ugly country on the other side finally reluctantly pulled over a group of stars - Iverson, Marbury, Wade, Boozer, Anthony, James, Okafor, Marion, Stoudemire, Duncan, Odom, Richard Jefferson when Larry Brown begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother.
This list seems to be a group of stars, but only Iverson and Duncan can really be superstars, and Marbury, Boozer, Marion, Jr., Odom, Jefferson and others can only be called second-rate stars, and rookies such as Anthony, James, and Wade are purely mixed talents.
In the 02 Asian Championships, the dream team touched a nose of dust, and for the sake of shame, a bunch of big-name stars stood up to participate in the 03 Copa America (04 Olympic Qualifiers), and easily won the first place in the way of slaughter. Because of Larry Brown's notoriety, he basically has no popularity in the player world, and when he pulled up the Dream Six team, the stars of the America Cup used various excuses to refuse, resulting in Iverson and Duncan remaining in the team in the end.
Of course, even so, the team's lineup is quite luxurious, at least it looks good when training in New York.
"That new teammate of yours has been making a lot of noise in Long Beach lately." Anthony, who was holding the newspaper, asked Wade next to him.
"It seems like yes, I don't know about the team trade, but the team traded Caron and a draft pick for him, and it definitely made their sense."
Wade shrugged his shoulders, he didn't know much about Mo Wen, and he didn't play head-to-head a few times in the regular season, but he was also in a mixed mood now, originally after the playoffs, he was about to establish himself as the boss of the team with various supernatural performances, and the result was that almost overnight, those teammates who were familiar with the team all left the team.
In exchange for a big shark with a super big generation, and a rookie who dared to be a champion of the same year, the status of this team seems to have returned to before liberation overnight.
"I heard that he is already the absolute main force in their national team, but I don't know how many more years we have to survive, Coach Brown, that old man has no intention of reusing us, and he is a sparring partner on the bench every day, which is really boring."
Anthony kicked down the bottle next to him and grumbled fiercely.
"Don't complain little ghost, practice shooting more when you have time, Larry has his ideas, you just need to obey."
Popovich, who was passing by, poked his head out and snorted coldly.
"Of course, don't blame us for not giving you a chance, the team will contact the Chinese team and several other European teams for a few friendly matches, and whether you can get the opportunity to play in the Olympics depends on your performance."