After the Clippers announced the trade, public opinion was in an uproar.

Is Sterling crazy?

The sophomore, Sugar Man, played 80 games, played 31 minutes, averaged 9.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, and finally played something.

Seeing that this champion show has the possibility of standing up, he is only 25 years old, and he has only started playing basketball in college, there is still a high probability of playing, and the growth period of the center is already long.

Not to mention that this year's performance is better, the rookie season performance is so watery, there are still many teams in the summer of '99 who offer Olowokandi, but either they want empty gloves White Wolves, or the chips they give are too high, and those offers Sterling refused.

As a result, this time the Clippers gave it away for a lottery ticket that hadn't started scratching yet!

Jermaine O'Neal, a high school rookie, has been in the NBA for four years, and his combined playing time is less than 400 minutes.

In the 4th grade last season, he averaged 3.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 12 minutes per game, and almost all of the data was obtained in garbage time, and in the eyes of the public, it had long been rotten in the hands of the Trail Blazers.

As for the latest news from the Trail Blazers, Sabonis has the idea of retiring because of the impact of a knee injury.

Last season, the Trail Blazers were able to tie seven with the Lakers, and Sabonis's basket defense contributed to it, and once he retires, it will have a fatal impact on the strength of the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers have been looking for a center to replace Sabonis since the beginning of the draft, but they have no space and no high draft picks, and they have hit a wall everywhere.

At this time, the Clippers sent a center with a height of 213 cm, a weight of 122 kg, and an average of 9.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game in the second year to the Trail Blazers, and only exchanged for a marginal man who averaged less than 4+4 per game.

Some experts have suggested that the NBA investigate Raheem Sterling and Paul Allen, who suspects that Paul Allen gave Sterling money in private.

This statement has been supported by many people, one is rich, the other is greedy for money, and he likes to take advantage of small advantages and is stingy, and he really seems to be a person who can do this.

…

Li Ao said that, he didn't expect it to be really replaced.

Not surprisingly, the Trail Blazers are struggling with the center position.

He averaged 10 minutes per game in his rookie year, 13 minutes per game in his sophomore year, and only 8 minutes per game in his shortened season.

In 99, O'Neal Jr.'s rookie contract expired, he was free, and he felt that the sea and sky were free to fly, but he went out for a walk, and almost all other teams gave a base salary, and some teams gave an annual salary of 3 million, but it was not guaranteed.

I barely played in three years, let alone a high school student with the 17th pick, and even Milicic, a star in the NBA at the same age, no one is optimistic.

In the end, Paul Allen threw out a 4-year, $24 million contract extension, and O'Neal Jr. ran back to play garbage time.

Little O'Neal, who has been abandoned for 4 years, will think that he still has talent among a very few sharp-eyed people, and even Paul Allen feels that he has scrapped Little O'Neal at this time, otherwise Sabonis wants to retire, with Tianzun and Pippen, just let Little O'Neal take the position.

Li Ao remembers that Big Bird seemed to be preparing to trade O'Neal Jr. with Dale Davis, a center who had just been selected as an All-Star.

Using Olovo Candy to compete with Dale Davis, Li Ao first thought of this when he thought of it, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was still a certain amount of trouble, in the Trail Blazers, a center who had just been averaged 38 points and 16.7 boards per game by O'Neal, if other options appeared, the probability of the Trail Blazers rejecting a trade with the Pacers was still higher.

Dale Davis was selected as an All-Star, not that he really has All-Star quality, and his performance last season was 10 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.

The offensive rebounding team is top-notch, averaging 3.5 offensive rebounds per game last season, but defensive rebounding protection has been poor, averaging 6 defensive rebounds per game twice in the season, and the Pacers averaged 42.1 rebounds per game last season, but conceded 43.2 rebounds per game.

The defense is good but there is a certain gap from the best defensive formation, playing center and power forward, and the defense is outside the top five.

This is a high-quality blue-collar with top-notch defensive ability and excellent frontcourt rebounding, but the strength has little to do with the All-Star.

can be selected as an All-Star, mainly because there is no center in the East, except for Mourning and Mutombo, just him.

In the past two years, including the next few years, centers in the East, as long as they can average two double-doubles per game, can basically be All-Stars.

In terms of trade value, the 31-year-old Dale Davis, who averages 10+10+1 per game, is already the highest year of his career, as a pure defensive player, the data and ability cannot be better, but it can only be worse year by year.

And Olovo Kandi is 25 years old, although the water is dazing, but it looks like it is still on the rise.

The main thing is that there is a precedent ahead.

89-year-old pick Pevis Allison, who averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game in his rookie year, was more watery than Olowokandi, and was sold by the Kings after his rookie year, almost without asking for anything in return, just to get rid of his 5-year, $12 million dollar contract, which was considered the highest salary at the time.

As a result, Pevis Allison suddenly went berserk in his third year, averaging 20 points and 11 boards per game.

Let the teams give the same chips, choose one of Olovocandi and Dale Davis, and the former is expected to be the majority.

And on the Trail Blazers, with Paul Allen's personality shown in previous operations, regardless of whether he feels that O'Neal Jr. has been scrapped, he prefers to send him to a non-competitive team, a team like the Clippers is undoubtedly the best choice, and no matter how talented the player is, it will rot.

Instead of thinking about this, Li Ao turned his attention back to his side.

Little O'Neill finally broke free from the cage and opened his eyes to see that Li Ao knew that this talented high school student who had been abandoned for 4 years definitely wanted to show himself with all his strength.

This kind of energetic teammate, Li Ao likes it very much.

It's just, now you have to sign a contract?

Although he knew that the Clippers were doing these things and were just faking your death to force you to die, they did meet his request for reinforcements.

Now he is in a much better situation.

No Clippers player should be blind enough to provoke him, and he's reasonable.

Now the Clippers management has given away Olowokandi, a half-scratched lottery ticket, which is equivalent to confirming his status with the team.

He decided to check it out first, and if he didn't have a good time, he just applied for a deal.

…

The Clippers' trade craze didn't last long, and the eyes were stolen by another team.

The Magic team announced two signings in a row!

The Magic offered Hill a maximum salary, but the Pistons did not retain him, using Hill's bird rights as a bargaining chip in exchange for players such as Chaki Atkins and Ben Wallace.

Hill's original offer of a maximum salary of 25% of the salary cap has also been increased to 30% of the salary cap, with a starting salary of 9.66 million US dollars, a total of 93 million US dollars in 7 years.

Another signing, the Magic made a six-year, $67.5 million offer to Maddie, who finished fourth in last season's Sixth Man of the Year competition, and Maddie immediately accepted and fled the North without looking back.

In addition to announcing the signing of Hill and Maddy, the Magic also revealed that the meeting with Duncan was a great success, and the next step will be to enter the contract details communication phase with Duncan.

The Magic team's operation has received polarized evaluations.

Hill and Duncan, both of whom were reimbursed at the end of last season, were still heavily injured, both of which had a significant impact on athleticism.

But if both of them are healed, they are no worse than the OK combination in the eyes of people!

Although Maddy has a large contract, he averaged 15.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.9 blocks per game last season, which is much more popular than Pippen at the same age.

The birth of the strongest team or the birth of the injured team has become the hottest topic at the moment.

The Clippers just lit a small flame in the free market, and the Magic ignited the lively summer.

On July 18th, Li Ao left Los Angeles and came to Santa Anna.

This is the capital of Orange County in the greater Los Angeles area, the place is not large, the environment is good, agriculture is the mainstay, the main product is oranges, and this year's Southern California Summer League was selected to be held here.

Li Ao is quite interested in this summer league, because the Chinese men's basketball team has participated in this event, and Hu Weidong has also played against Kobe in this event, and it seems that Kobe Bryant scored several three-pointers.

At noon, Li Ao arrived at a homestay area where fruit picking was a selling point, and all the teams participating in the Southern California Summer League were arranged to live here.

He was about to ask someone where the Clippers lived, when he heard a greeting.

"Leo, here."

Li Ao followed the sound and saw that Gentry was walking briskly towards him, and he also greeted him.

"Leo, you...... Well, why did you come so late? Gentry was careful with his words.

"I came right after I got off the plane, and the taxi driver was flying fast, and it took me 40 minutes to get there, so how fast?"

"I'm not talking about this, I'm asking you why you've rested for so long, and the injury on your hand has long been healed."

"Uh...... Am I not banned? I'm training all these days and I want to play early, so I'll be here as soon as the ban ends. ”

Gentry:( ̄┏Д┓ ̄°*)

Is this a serious ban?

It seems to be taken seriously!

Gentry didn't know what to say for a while, he thought Li Ao was playing a big name, but people were training every day.

He didn't think that Li Ao was lying, after all, he was the one who started practicing hard immediately after ten days of crazy fighting.

This violent handsome guy doesn't seem to be quite the same as he thinks.

Don't want to do this anymore, the CPU is about to smoke.

He took Li Ao and said as he walked to his residence: "Even if you are banned, you can also participate in team training, your style of play is mainly without the ball, and you need to train more with your teammates to find a tacit understanding faster." ”

"You didn't say it sooner!"

Hey, I'm grumpy, say a word you scold.

Gentry was furious and replied, "You didn't ask! ”

After saying that, Gentry regretted it, what should I do if I was beaten? Why did the boss choose the most remote corner for them to live in? A room is just a few dollars away, as for picking the door so much? Now, if he is beaten, he may not even have someone to call an ambulance......

"Oh, yes, I didn't ask, and you weren't obligated to tell me."

Gentry: (O_o)?

Is that reasonable?

Wait, it seems that people don't fight Olovocandi for nothing.

People could have gone to the Lakers, and the Lakers' No. 5 pick was ready, but they were cut off by the Clippers.

Who is not crazy about this?

At this time, Olovocandi ran to provoke, this is not looking for a beating?

Suddenly, Gentry woke up suddenly.

Wrong!

The brain is going to be broken! I actually empathized with this violent handsome guy!

…

In the corner of the B&B area, there is a small square.

In the square are three full-court basketball courts.

There are a few houses around the square, which look beautiful from the outside, surrounded by fruit trees and flowers and plants along the roadside.

Since the de-manufacturing of the greater Los Angeles area, places like Orange County have benefited the most, and after the environment improved, it has become a famous rural tourist destination in California.

Clippers players, assistant coaches, and trainers are bragging and farting in the square, and it's very lively.

The arrival of two people quieted everyone down.

Naturally, it is not quiet because of the arrival of Gentry as the head coach, Gentry's coaching style is not serious, what is serious in the Clippers, just get along happily with his teammates, he has been an assistant coach for 20 years, and he is very good at getting along with the players.

Everyone on the Clippers, from players to assistant coaches to trainers, is focused on Li Ao.

This scene, Li Ao seems to be familiar.

He swept around, and it was the same group of people he saw in the locker room last time, rookie contract players, rookies, undrafted players, players who didn't play in the NBA, except that Olowokandi became O'Neal Jr.

The veterans weren't there, like the newcomer Greg Anthony.

Li Ao smiled and said, "Hello, I'm Li Ao, my English name is Leo, I've been practicing basketball for almost a year, I think you all know me, I hope we can get along happily in the future." ”

Teammates: 0ДQQДO

Teammates stared wide-eyed.

Think back to the picture of that day...... Shade!

A real psychological shadow!

The biggest shadow is Odom, he has nightmares for days, and he also has a share in the thing that teased the rookie at that time, he bought a dozen water guns, and he brought it up, and he also ordered popcorn and ketchup...... Even the basin of water was taken from the bathroom.

It's just that I didn't expect Olovo Kandi to choose the most insulting way to directly splash people's faces.

He proposed to play with water, in case this violent handsome guy knew about it, he felt that he was going to be cold, and he wanted to run away with the plane overnight, and after a few days, Li Ao didn't find the door, so he slowly relaxed.

They were actually talking about how arrogant Li Ao would be when he came, what could they do, the last one who was beaten had been carried away overnight, and they endured it.

In this life, forbearance is over, and the salary will not be less than a cent anyway.

But what's the point of this self-introduction?

This sunny and cheerful smile is different from what they thought!

Have fun getting along? Is this what this guy is supposed to say?

Now there are two pictures on the heads of teammates, one is Li Ao pressing Olovo Kandi to knock the other party unconscious, and the other is Li Ao's sunny boy's smile......

CPU Collective Smoke ......

Li Ao touched his nose here, okay, no one paid attention to him.

It's okay, let's get along slowly...... Huh?

He saw a bald head with a very round head running in front of him, it seemed to be a big Q!

Quentin Richardson took Li Ao's backpack and suitcase and said, "Leo, your room is over there, I'll take you to have a look, I specially asked the waiter to clean it again this morning." ”

Teammates: Vako! This!

(End of chapter)