Two Hundred and Forty-Four: [The Transaction Happened Suddenly]
"Do you want to watch the last ball?"
When Jamal Crawford kicked the basketball out, Donnie Walsh had already turned around.
For him, this duel no longer has meaning. In fact, when Dug hit three dribbles in a row, he already wanted to leave. Anyway... the Jamal Crawford deal is a done deal.
As for whether Nate Robinson is happy or Quentin Richardson is happy next, it has nothing to do with him.
"I didn't gamble."
He muttered and walked towards the player tunnel.
And just as he walked to the sidelines, loud cheers suddenly erupted in the arena. He turned his head and saw that Snoopy was hanging on the basket.
Nate Robinson and Zach Randolph were crazy, and other staff members were yelling, and even the most reserved D'Antoni couldn't help jumping up and cheering. Those players who lost US dollars couldn't help applauding.
He frowned, did I miss something?
He subconsciously looked at the big screen above his head, but the broadcast system hadn't started working yet.
He could only shake his head and walk into the player tunnel.
For him, not seeing the last ball was indeed a great loss.
Because, at the same time as he turned to leave, Duge suddenly took a step, and rushed into their encirclement as if he was looking for a dead end. And when Jamal Crawford and the two felt happy about this and shrunk their defense, he completed a lightning-like crotch dribble, followed by a sharp turn in the gap, and shouted at Crawford When 'walking'... BOOM!
The basketball slams against the backboard, and Doug, who turns away, sprints into the paint, even as Chandler presses and follows. But in the final take-off link, his bullet speed was still half a beat slower.
Doug caught the basketball first, and the bodies of the two collided violently in the air.
Immediately, Chandler was defeated and landed in a panic.
And Doug slammed the basketball into the basket with both hands.
At this point, Jamal Crawford is still wondering how exactly Snoopy hit the basketball on the backboard, how did he manage to turn around and pass the ball? Really no walking?
He doesn't have eyes in the back of his head.
But the surrounding audience screamed in unison at the moment the dunk happened.
Later, those who bet on the duo realized that their money was lost with this violent dunk.
"Snoopy is the first person in the NBA to throw himself away!!" Isaiah Thomas praised loudly.
He was in an extremely happy mood.
This dunk let him have his cake and eat it too.
Eddie Curry and Jerome James made statistics, and Isaiah Thomas can get 10,500 US dollars in addition to paying them a part of the handling fee. More than doubled, Zach Randolph, who bet the most, earned more.
This made Quentin Richardson and the others look bitter. They didn't expect Dug to actually score four goals. Although it seems that these four goals are all luck, but... they just scored!
Although D'Antoni didn't win or lose, he immediately called Dug aside.
At the moment when Duger overwhelmed Wilt Chandler and jumped up, the shadow of Stoudemire before his knee injury suddenly appeared in front of him.
Then, he realized another thing.
That is... Snoopy is not Stephen Nash Second.
He is running and booming!
He can be Stoudemire, Sean Marion, Boris Diaw, Stephen Nash, or even Lagabel. He has shadows of each of them in him.
"It's a gift from God."
D'Antoni believed in God before Donnie Walsh.
"Next, I will build tactics around you." D'Antoni told Snoopy calmly: "Chris Duhon proved that he is just a decent backup point guard. Now we need a talented and spiritual guard to lead We create a new system. This person is you!"
Doug looked at D'Antoni in surprise.
He didn't expect that a duel would make D'Antoni's attitude towards him change so drastically.
"I can even give you unlimited fire rights. But you have to promise me one thing, you are my player!" D'Antoni stared seriously into Snoopy's eyes, he needed a very positive answer.
He didn't want Doug to mess with Isaiah Thomas anymore, even though Thomas had brought him to New York.
"Of course. I will unconditionally implement your tactical regulations." Doug also answered D'Antoni with a serious attitude.
D'Antoni nodded.
He patted Doug on the shoulder. At this moment, he regarded Duge as his direct descendant.
Isaiah Thomas has been watching D'Antoni's movements not far away, and he was not surprised. When he was planning to introduce Snoopy to the Big Apple, he had already thought about this scene... It is impossible for the running and bombing coach not to love Snoopy! Snoopy's mismatch advantage will make D'Antoni's small-ball storm even more violent.
However, in his heart.
Snoopy shouldn't be limited entirely to his small-ball style. But now, he is not in a hurry.
Jamal Crawford and Wilt Chandler didn't hold the last ball, but they still felt good and even joked about it in the locker room.
They agreed that Snoopy's layup was so ridiculous that he threw the basketball directly under the basket, over the backboard and out of bounds.
"Snoopy, if you want to get more playing time, you should strengthen your shooting." Jamal Crawford once patted Doug on the shoulder to preach and teach: "Your upper body is too stiff when you shoot. You should Softer, shooting is art, not grenade throwing."
Duger thanked them very much and thought the two teammates were so nice that they even left each other on the phone.
However, the night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers left Crawford and Wilt Chandler dumbfounded.
The two didn't get a minute of playing time. Doug played the full 48 minutes. He started from the 4th position, then the 2nd position, and then the 1st position. D'Antoni gave him the fullest trust, and even yelled loudly when the game led by 10 points: "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot more firmly!!"
This kind of encouragement was unexpected, and it was especially sharp in Crawford's ears.
He even wanted to pinch D'Antoni's neck and question him: "Why did Snoopy miss four shots in a row, even two balls were air balls, and you still encouraged him to shoot?? Why didn't I have this kind of treatment?"
However, this questioning has become meaningless before the end of the game.
Because ... his agent told him before the end of the fourth quarter: "New York Knicks, Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers made a three-point deal, and you were sent to Los Angeles."
What?
He felt incredible.
Donny Walsh also felt incredible. He didn't expect the transaction to happen so quickly. He even wanted to ask Isaiah Thomas if he had discussed it with Dunleavy in Los Angeles and Wallace in Memphis beforehand. Why did I just agree to the transaction proposal less than five hours later, the three-party transaction was submitted to the alliance headquarters, and it was completed very quickly.
The chips sent by New York are Jamal Crawford and Wilt Chandler. Get Dakomilicic and a second-round pick from the Memphis Grizzlies, and Stephan Novak from the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Clippers sent Tim Thomas, Cutino Mobley, and Steve Novak. Get Jamal Crawford from the Knicks and Marko Jaric from the Grizzlies.
The Memphis Grizzlies traded Milicic and Makojaric for Cutino Mobley, Tim Thomas and Wilt Chandler.
The occurrence of this transaction did not cause much sensation, because the players involved did not have the strength to change the league structure.
"It's a 'since everybody has nothing to do, let's make a deal' deal. A group of veterans with the last fat contract made perhaps the final move of their careers, and the only interesting thing is A little surprise... the Knicks actually traded their best outside attacker and second best outside attacker, and then traded for a second-best player and a three-point shooter who can't shoot under any confrontation. But... looking back Think, this is a trade run by Isaiah Thomas, why is it so strange? He has already exchanged three first rounds for Snoopy, what else can't he do?"
ESPN's instant commentary was dominated by mocking Isaiah Thomas.
That night's game, though, seemed to justify the taunting as well.
With the two strongest single players, Wilt Chandler and Jamal Crawford, unable to play, the Los Angeles Clippers completed a fatal counterattack in the last 3 minutes. Corey Maggette hit three goals in a row, and Doug's final lore went exaggeratedly wide of the basket.
98:100.
The Knicks lost the game.
Snoopy, who shot 4 of 15 from the field, was again booed from Madison Garden after the game.
Although Snoopy still contributed 11 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks tonight, the fans were still angry at his powerlessness at the last moment.
They need a superstar who can close games in crunch time.
However, Doug clearly does not have the ability to take over the game in the countdown period.
"Why? Why trade me and Wilt Chandler!!" After the game, outside the locker room, Crawford questioned D'Antoni face to face.
Trading is very common in the NBA, but they think they are wronged! !
Even though they won a big victory in the morning, Snoopy just scored a few balls.
But at night, the loser became the sole master of the Knicks outside, but he was sold off.
"I don't accept it!!" Wilt Chandler, a sophomore, said angrily, "I don't think I'm worse than Snoopy!"
D'Antoni pursed his lips, and he said calmly: "I'm sorry. Snoopy will be the core of our reconstruction, and we must clear space for him."
"You will regret it!!"
Crawford stared at D'Antoni forcefully, he yelled this sentence with almost all his strength, and when he picked up his bag and left, he slapped Doug fiercely. In stark contrast to his gentleness in the afternoon.
Obviously, he couldn't accept this fact. He thought he would die in New York, where he had bought a house and where his children were studying. But now, because of this guy who can't even shoot, he has to fly from the east coast to the west coast overnight, and then experience life like a rookie, starting from renting a house, and re-adapting to life and work.
"I look forward to meeting you again. I will definitely blow you up!"
When Wilt Chandler left, he also directly issued a gauntlet to Doug.
This made Duge, who was already depressed because he missed the lore, even more upset. He didn't know why the transaction happened, and he couldn't decide the will of the management. He didn't think this matter had anything to do with him. But now, these two people clearly turned their anger on themselves, and they were completely strong, as if they were really a persimmon they kneaded at will.
Therefore, he answered directly: "First, I accept your challenge. Second, please don't rush to define whether this transaction is good or bad. Time will give the answer. Finally, I wish you good luck."
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