Chapter 390: Sean Marion's Neglected Life

After All-Star Weekend, the NBA ushered in its most volatile trade deadline in the history of the new century.

The Atlanta Hawks acquired Mike Bibby from the Kings for a very low cost, and for this Spider-Man-ridden team, getting Bibby means they finally have a point guard they can trust.

But it's not rosy when you consider that they missed out on Paul, Delon and Rondo in the draft.

Second is the Lakers.

Although Bryant and Kidd led the team to a second-best record in the league, the lack of core talent makes it impossible to believe that they can go far in the playoffs.

Kobe Bryant endured the pain of a finger injury and continued to play, not to go to the playoffs and be eliminated in the second or third round.

The Lakers are well aware of this.

Therefore, they must have big moves.

With Andrew Bynum retained, Lamar Odom will have to be moved if he wants to get strong reinforcements.

With Kidd's seamless integration into the triangle offensive system, the unpredictable Odom is a gorgeous burden for the Lakers, who can protect rebounds but not provide defense, and he can contribute 12-15 points per game, but opponents can take advantage of his hole to score more points.

Odom's most commendable rebounding protection is nothing to mention in the face of the Lakers' need to increase their interior intensity.

At this point, the Bulls want to trade Ben Wallace, and the rebuilding Pacers are eager to get rid of Jermaine O'Neal.

Rather than Big Ben, who has a limited role, Lakers management is targeting O'Neal Jr.

Compared to Odom, who is not too fast, Xiao Ao can play four after losing weight, although injuries have weakened his athleticism and speed, but the Lakers have Kobe and Kidd on the outside, which is the league's No. 1 outside defense.

If Larry Bird had a choice, he would never have given Ao Jr. to the Lakers.

But the reality of Ow's growing mediocrity and the staggering $20 million a year until the summer of 2009 necessitated a decision.

After negotiations, the deal was finalized by both parties.

The Lakers sent Lamar Odom, Ronnie Turiaf, Derrick Fisher, and 2009 and 2011 first-round picks to the Pacers in exchange for Jermaine O'Neal and Jeff Foster.

As soon as this deal came out, the outside world was shaken.

Bill Simmons, the "sports man" who idolized Bird and called him the "Jesus of Basketball," lamented in his column: "This is a 'Mom drove my dog to death' deal!" Can you believe it? The Larry legend will one day be an obstacle for the Celtics to win the championship, how can he help the Lakers? Damn, how can he help the Lakers? ”

Getting O Jr. alone is a major concern for the Lakers.

The reason why they are in a hurry to get inside is because Bynum is injured, and Xiao O's attendance in the past few years is worrying, who can guarantee that he won't get injured when he comes to the Lakers? But with Jeff Foster it's different.

This person is a solid blue-collar who has contributed 5-7 points and 8-9 rebounds per game to the Pacers in recent seasons, can play at the No. 4 and No. 5 positions, has a tough style, is calm, and is a puzzle-type player that championship teams need.

Bird didn't want to sell Foster, but the Lakers are willing to give two more draft picks, so that's another matter.

Without selling Bynum, the Lakers have increased the strength of the interior in all aspects at the lowest cost.

Professional basketball circles are all amazed by the Lakers' ability to operate. This is the Lakers, both giants, in the world metropolis, they are not the same as the clown team in the East who guards the first city in the United States but does performance art all day long.

This was followed by the Cavaliers.

They have already locked in the Escort Championship for this season.

Previously, the Kings wanted to trade Mike Bibby, and the Cavaliers were the first to ask for the price, but because they ran out of chips, the negotiations fell through.

Then, the Pacers wanted to trade Ow, and the Cavaliers came up again.

As a rebuilding team, the Pacers want nothing more than sustainable young players (Turiaf), veterans who can bring new players (Fisher), and instant combat power with trade value (Odom), which the Cavaliers don't have, or rather, they have that the Pacers can't look at, and Bird won't look at them unless they're willing to give them a staggering number of draft picks.

The Cavaliers didn't want to be half-ruined for little Stud, so they ran with him again.

Then, James returned from New Orleans.

While not known what's going on, the Cavaliers can sense their emperor getting agitated, and he wants to see the Cavaliers make a difference on deadline day.

Therefore, the Cavaliers' move after that was not purely for reinforcement, but more because they had to do something.

To keep James happy, they made a massive multi-party trade that traded Drew Gooden, Don Yell Marshall, Ira Newbell, Shannon Brown and Rookie Game MVP Daniel Gibson for Ben Wallace, Szczebiak and Delonti West.

Ben, who is left with only defense, is a player who doesn't match James anywhere, and although he is very good at eating cakes, James's ability to play is actually somewhat counterintuitive - he is not very good at (maybe not very like) feeding the inside line, he prefers to tear through the defense with wide openings and then throw the ball to the outside.

Therefore, a player like Big Ben who leaves the box and disappears on the offensive end is very unsuitable for James.

However, at least Big Ben has fame.

He's the greatest defender of the new century, and that alone proves that the Cavaliers management did something, but it just didn't work.

What made it difficult for Yu Fei was West, who ended up going to the Cavaliers.

According to Yu Fei's impression, the Emperor Taishang incident appeared in James' last year for the Cavaliers, that is to say, in the summer of 2010, and the current James only renewed his contract with the Cavaliers until the summer of 2009, will that vicious rumor still come out?

Yu Fei could only wait, and besides, he was not idle now.

SuperSonics completed the final deal before the trade deadline.

Swapping Rashad Lewis for Sean Marion is an adjustment that Presti believes can help SuperSonics get one step closer to its ultimate goal.

In addition to this, there is also the giveaway of Marion Deal, Smash Parker.

Yu Fei's main impression of him comes from his time with the Lakers.

It's fast, it's good defensively.

This is the intuitive feeling that Parker left on people, and it was not until he personally contacted this person that Yu Fei found that this was an incredibly low ball quotient.

It's not terrible to have a low ball quotient, but what is terrible is that he doesn't realize that his ball quotient is low.

When Carl put Parker and Yu Fei on the same team, Parker broke through with his head stuffed several times without looking at people, and counterattacked with the ball without looking at his teammates.

Karl called the game off and asked Parker, "Why don't you pass the ball?" ”

"How can I pass it if I don't see it?" Parker silenced Carl with a word.

He is a bit like Yu Fei's former teammate, Mr. Big Q (Quentin Richardson).

Da Q often has the problem of over-holding the ball on the field, he said that he was organizing, and then, with a kind of "I think Da Q thinks this ball should be played like this" on-the-spot decision of Mo fans to make a mess of tactics.

However, although Big Q likes to mess around, his personality is charismatic enough, and he is everyone's pistachio in the Bucks, so even if he plays a few balls, his teammates can understand.

Parker, on the other hand, is like an unlikable Big Q.

When he did something wrong, he didn't feel like he was wrong, it was just that his teammates didn't understand his intentions.

Finally, after Parker ignored Yu Fei, who was following up the fast break, for the third time, the first person in the alliance couldn't bear it anymore.

He gestured to a human-like pause and said to Parker, "If you still want to play with me, just prick up my ears, this is definitely the last time you're ignoring me!" ”

"I didn't see it." Parker expressed his grievances, he didn't know why a big man like Yu Fei couldn't be considerate of himself.

"And this!" Yu Fei said angrily, "This is best the last time I hear this sentence from your mouth!" ”

After the training, Yu Fei's anger did not subside: "They all say that Kobe is a bastard, but I think that Smash can get out of Los Angeles, which just shows that Kobe is a good person who is misunderstood." ”

"Haha~~" Roy laughed, "For all the people on the planet who are not hotel waiters, Kobe Bryant is definitely a good person." ”

Roy opened his mouth and it was old Corco.

This sentence successfully amused the whole team, including another new signing of the SuperSonics, Sean Marion, who is still getting acquainted with the situation.

It was Marion's first practice and he knew exactly what SuperSonics was doing.

Just like he did in Phoenix.

Defend, defend rebounds, go down, cut in the air, catch and shoot.

Marion thinks he's done the best at all of them, but he's not getting the credit he deserves.

As one of the most important three for the Suns in "7 seconds or less," he was never an All-Star starter and didn't get into the MVP discussion, and the shadow of Nash and Stoudemire hung over him. He has a top-five defense in the league, but he has never been named to the All-Defensive Team, and the only reason for this result is that the Suns are a team that is bad defensively, and as the team's number one defender, he definitely shouldn't be named to the All-Defensive Team.

He began to complain.

The Suns heard him complaining and traded him for O'Neal, who couldn't make the team better, but definitely made the team money.

The Heat never cherished him, and he was told he might be playing in Seattle without even participating in the Heat's famous devil drills.

Seattle?

The stage on which Frye Yu performed "Why Am I a Savior" to the world? What can he do here? Continue to be a shadow of the light for superstars?

When will this neglect end?

Now, Marion has discovered something even worse.

Yu Fei's attention on Smash Parker was far higher than his.

The other person doesn't even feel his presence.

Nothing had changed, and he was still ignored.

(End of chapter)