Since All-Star Weekend, Bucks management has been working hard every day to finalize a trade before the trade deadline.

Larry Harris wasn't willing to trade Reed.

Because he knows that it is almost impossible for the Bucks to get an equivalent return in the trade market.

Reed has All-Star power, but the contract is long and cheap.

He signed a four-year, $12 million contract extension last year and is only a season and a half away.

Where can you find such cheap all-stars? However, it is going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and there is a player in Reed's position that he can't shake, and if he refuses to bow down and be small, he can only leave. If he insists on staying and making do, this heart is no longer in Milwaukee, can the ball still be played?

For the championship? It was won last season, and for players who don't need to think about their place in history, the championship is really an honor to decorate their careers, important, but not indispensable, and once you get it, then the rest of your career should be considered for yourself.

Reed just wants to think about himself right now.

So the Bucks have to trade him.

Since you want to trade, the first goal is to continue to strengthen the inside line.

Harris Jr. always felt that their interior line was going to be shattered sooner or later, and it was too empty to rely on shooting alone.

So, his first target is Rashid Wallace of the Atlanta Hawks.

Now Wallace is at an all-time low and a good place to start, but the problem is that he earns a whopping $17 million a year.

If they want him, the Bucks will either take out one of Ray Allen or Sprewell, or tear up most of the roster. But if you were to give away one of the two top salaries, what else would you do with trading Reed? But for the sake of a Rasheed Wallace, it is not worth dismantling the already very chemical lineup.

Plans to trade Rashid Wallace have been shelved.

This is exactly what the Detroit Pistons wanted, and they wanted Rasheed Wallace to bring in a top four who could really help Ben, even if they wanted to tear down their roster.

In order to get Rasheed Wallace, the Pistons called all the teams and eventually tossed a three-way trade, sending five players and two first-round picks to get it.

Bucks management was lamenting the miss of Rasheed Wallace, but then a call from San Antonio made them take it seriously.

This year's trade deadline is one of a rarity, with both East and West contenders choosing to trade for the sake of consistency or a higher probability of winning the championship.

The Pistons brought Rashid Wallace to Big Ben to complete the final ring of the bucket.

What about Spurs? Theoretically, they should be the favourites to win the title this season.

Because F4 may look glamorous on the outside, it has a lot of shortcomings on the inside, and it's hard to believe that they can stay stable until they win the championship.

Karl Malone's injury, Gary Payton's inability to fit into the triangle offense and a team that could be ignited by OK's infighting at any moment.

No one expected that after the introduction of the league's best pure point guard, the Spurs would be much worse than before.

Tony Parker went into a rebellious period, and Jason Kidd spent a few years in New Jersey making it difficult to forget that he was actually a thorn in the side with coaches.

Just around a puppet coach like Byron Scott, who doesn't think very much, he looks like an obedient and sensible mature player.

In fact, Kidd's excess self-awareness is a big problem for any coach.

Halfway through the season, the Spurs have already regretted the signing.

But they, like all those who take the wrong first step, will only follow the wrong inertia to take the wrong second and third steps, until they lose everything.

The Spurs don't want to trade Kidd, they still want to believe that Popovich can coexist with Kidd, so Tony Parker, who has caused a rift in the team, must leave.

The Bucks put Michael Reed on the shelf giving them hope.

Kidd's arrival made the Spurs, who were already playing reasonable, even more reasonable, but they often played and found that when needed, who would play an unreasonable game?

Manu Ginobili can take over if he's on the court, but what if Ginobili isn't?

A pure scorer like Reed who can open up space from the outside, give the ball and play alone, is the player the Spurs need the most.

The deal was really talked about.

The Bucks can get Parker, a point guard with great potential, and the Spurs can get Reed, so they can get what they want.

There was no confusion between the two sides because of the six bloody battles in the finals last season.

When the deal came to the last minute, Harris Jr. began to call Yu Fei and ask for their opinions, Yu Fei thought that it could be traded, but it was better to listen to the coaching staff, but it was strongly opposed by George Karl.

"Absolutely not to do this deal!" "For us, it's 90+5, and for Spurs, it's 90+20," Carr said. ”

Harris Jr. wants to know more.

"Let me start with a few points. If the Frenchman can't share the ball with Jason Kidd at San Antonio, I can't imagine him willing to be a point guard who doesn't carry the ball next to Fry. Assuming he is willing to take this position, we still have the question, is he willing to be a substitute? He wouldn't be on the bench in San Antonio, so would he be willing to be in Milwaukee? Our starting point guard is Frye, and there is no place for him. On top of that, Frye, as a point guard with a point guard function, naturally rejects this kind of point guard with a strong personality, and this deal is not good for us, but it is perfect for the Spurs. We can't promise them! ”

It's not that Harris Jr. doesn't understand the ball, and as soon as Carl explained it like this, Harris Jr. himself retreated.

For basketball reasons, the deal was aborted before it was born.

The Spurs ultimately failed to send Parker away before the trade deadline because they couldn't get a satisfactory offer.

The Bucks began to listen heavily to quotes.

Harris Jr. has even been in talks with the Golden State Warriors about trading Reed for Eric Dampier.

Just when Harris Jr. drew his sword and looked around in a daze, the New York dealer called.

Last December, New York was adamant that its predecessor, Scott Rearden, be fired. Because the Knicks, under his rule, had neither a present nor a future.

Then, Isaiah Thomas arrived with the aura of "the big winner of professional basketball", and as the savior of the Knicks, he came up with the characteristics of a 2K player, operating and trading from any angle and in every possible way.

He bought out incompetent rookie center Slavko Vrane C and activated French fat Mike Sweetney before starting his trade show.

He made a worthless deal with the Rockets, and then he had major surgery on the Knicks in a deal with the Suns — he sold five players in one go, and the 2004 and 2010 first-round picks (which ended up with Hayward in the hands of the Jazz) in exchange for New York's sons Stephen Marbury and Penny Hardaway.

After that trade, the Knicks went 11-8.

Well, in a sense, the deal worked.

Thomas was convinced that he was a trade wizard, and he wanted to make another move before the trade deadline.

That's when the Bucks put Michael Reed on the shelf.

Thomas's eyes lit up when he looked at Reed's stats and contract and vowed to bring the man back to New York.

The Bucks trade stalled, and Thomas immediately went on an aggressive offensive.

Originally, when Thomas offered Deacbe Mutombo, Harris Jr. didn't want to deal with him.

Mutombo is good, although he is not at his peak, but he is indeed the pillar defensive interior that the Bucks need. But to exchange Reed for the current Mutombo? Then he is a hundred unwilling.

However, Harris Jr. didn't expect Thomas to be quite an old GM.

Seeing that Mutombo would not come to Reed, and the Bucks like Hardaway couldn't afford to eat it, he patted his brain and suddenly thought: I still have draft picks!

Subsequently, Thomas added a 2005 first-round pick swap and a 2007 first-round pick to Reid's offer.

Harris Jr. has seen a lot of the current team if he doesn't want the future, but it's really rare to not want the future for a player of Reed's level

Harris Jr. remembered that his father had told him that there was a story in the NBA where the owner sent away the first round pick for the next five years in order to build a team that couldn't make the playoffs, and the NBA also introduced a rule in the name of this person that it could not sell first-round picks for two consecutive years.

Isaiah Thomas really has the style of an old GM.

With two picks, negotiations are starting to get going.

Coming to the phone call again, Harris Jr. was nervous, he was worried that if the trade would be rejected for another basketball reason, then he really had to keep Reed.

Yu Fei once again said that he had no opinion.

Karl thinks Mutombo and Anderson are good additions, not to mention the fact that there are two first-rounders, and with Thomas's crazy trade frequency, these two first-round picks have a good chance of cashing in to the lotto.

And just like that, the last hurdle was over.

On Feb. 18, the two sides agreed that the Bucks would send Michael Reed and Damon Jones in exchange for Deacbe Mutombo, Shandon Anderson, a 2005 first-round pick swap and a 2007 first-round pick.

(End of chapter)