Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven: Fame Is Greater than Strength

The Houston Rockets sent the 1996 first-round pick, the 1996 second-round pick, the 1998 first-round pick, and $1 million in cash to Kenny Smith, Robert Horry, Sam Cassell, and Chucky Brown. Get Vanhee, Dell Curry, Kendall Gill.

The Charlotte Hornets sent Larry Johnson, Dell Curry, and Kendall Gill. Received Anthony Mason, Sam Cassell, Chucky Brown, a 1998 first-round pick, and $1 million.

The New York Knicks sent Anthony Mason and Van Heede. Received Larry Johnson, Robert Horry, Kenny Smith, Chucky Brown, and two draft picks in 1996.

If this deal puts aside personal feelings, it can be regarded as a deal where everyone gets what they need.

Since the Charlotte Hornets sent away Alonzo Mourning, the inside line has been empty. Glen Rice and Larry Johnson have a lot of overlapping roles, so they made a deal.

The arrival of Anthony Mason will fill the void in their box. In addition, they also get the potential point guard Sam Cassell and the immediate combat power of Chucky Brown.

Of course, what is more important to them is that they sent away the billion-dollar contract of Aunt Johnson, and also got 1 million in cash plus draft picks: it is difficult for teams in small ball markets not to care about it.

They were pulled in by the Rockets to act as the perfect third party, at least they are satisfied.

If the New York Knicks look at it from a purely transactional point of view, sending away Van Hee and Anthony Mason is just an overthrow of Don Nelson's tactical system, and Jeff Van Gundy is equivalent to cleaning up bad assets. The newly acquired Robert Horry and Larry Johnson have greatly enriched the Knicks' striker. In addition, there is Kenny Smith, who is also a champion point guard and has a lot of qualifications.

In contrast, this deal of the Rockets is a little unclear. It is equivalent to that they exchanged two point guards for Van Hee a point guard, a top power forward shooter for a short shooter, and three point guards. A draft pick, 1 million cash to buy a Kendall Gill?

The host of nbc said that the deal came too suddenly, no one expected such a shocking three-party deal to happen at this time.

Patrick Ewing couldn't accept it either, although his new teammate Larry Johnson hugged him and seemed particularly excited.

When he was very disappointed and came to Fan Xi's side in frustration, Brother Gorilla had a very painful expression on his face, and he felt that he was being played: Why is it like this? You should be one of our items not for sale.

With a relieved smile on Fan Xi's face, he told Brother Gorilla: Business is business, and no one is not for sale. Houston is pretty good, although it's a bit sad to report to the loser with a bag,

But luckily not Minnesota or Milwaukee.

Ewing was sad.

Fan Xi hugged Brother Gorilla tightly. To be honest, he was not as free and easy as he thought. Although this feeling was not as painful as being broken in love, when he thought of leaving his good brother who had been with him for so long, he still felt infinitely sad: "In the future Don't play cards with Oakley, he always gives you the second card. Also... there is a small hidden compartment in the ice bucket in the recovery room, if you think there are too many ice cubes, you can hide a little bit in it Lucy from the cheerleading squad seems to like you a little bit, she is the only cheerleader who didn't ask for my phone number, but wrote the number 33 on her socks..."

Fan Xifu whispered in Ewing's ears a lot of gossip about his parents.

Brother Gorilla was about to cry.

Fan Xi let go of the big guy.

"Next time we meet, we will be rivals."

Fan Xi told Ewing loudly.

At this time, NBC's camera captured a tear in Ewing's eye socket sliding down his ugly cheek... He looks very ugly, but this tear is crystal clear, shining and perfect like a diamond.

"No one thought that the Knicks would trade Jack Jr. Before that, there was not even a little smoke bomb. Patrick must be emotionally difficult to accept. I heard that Jack enjoyed the prince-like treatment in the Knicks, and the old players treated him. He is well taken care of, Knicks fans love him very much, there must be many Knicks fans who can't sleep tonight...Little Jack has brought too many beautiful and exciting memories to New York for more than a year."

The nbc commentator said emotionally on TV.

But then, the famous Oscar Robinson next to him said: However, I believe that after a while, New York fans will accept this fact. For the Knicks, this is definitely a super bargain deal. Robert Horry, Larry Johnson, Kenny Smith would make them stronger. I even feel now that the Chicago Bulls will not be the Knicks' opponents.

"Look at Michael Jordan's face right now."

Oscar Robinson said so.

Michael Jordan's expression was indeed shocked.

As the god of basketball, he feels a fact very clearly: this deal makes all three teams stronger.

Most importantly... the Houston Rockets have become extremely dangerous.

Although it is said that from the division of book strength, the Knicks have improved the most. But in terms of danger, Little Jack is too uncontrollable. He adds Olajuwon, TOP2 in the league, Barkley TOP10 in the league, Drexler TOP25...God knows what chemical reaction will happen, he was last year's Finals MVP ah.

Although many people questioned Fan Xi's reputation as the MVP of the finals, the 18-year-old boy who had proved himself in the finals was a dangerous person who never relented at critical moments... Sigh!

Jordan gasped.

He looked at Phil Jackson.

There was also deep fear in Phil Jackson's eyes.

It's just that what Phil Jackson thinks in his heart is...damn, the Knicks plus Robert Horry and Larry Johnson, is there still a king? Can you do whatever you want with money?

David Stern takes center stage on the All-Star stage.

He spent more time in the middle of the court this year, perhaps because of the shocking three-team trade that just happened.

But he seemed in a good mood.

He still said in a slow and elegant tone: The most valuable player in the 1996 NBA All-Star Game is...Michael Jordan from the Chicago Bulls.

When he pronounced the name, there was applause.

No surprises.

but.

After a few seconds of pause, David Stern continued to read... and, from... New York Knicks' Vanhee, Jack Van!

Stern paused a bit as he read the New York Knicks.

But this did not affect the sudden restlessness of the entire arena.

Double MVP, double talker.

San Antonio fans didn't expect to open a double yolk egg, but after thinking about Jack's performance tonight, it seems that he is indeed no worse than Jordan.

"No wonder David Stern took so long."

When the master of ceremonies moved the two trophies, the host of NBC began to tease them kindly.

Of course, he was not only teasing Stern, but also the New York Knicks: "This trophy seems to be meaningless to the New York Knicks. Everyone can see that Charles Barkley is much happier than Patrick Ewing gone."

Yes.

Barkley was dancing there, happy like a fat man of three hundred catties.

He was a key figure in making the deal, because he told Tomjanovich and general manager Dawson, if you can't bring Jack over, I will jump out of the contract this summer.

Olajuwon also voted for the trade of Fan Xie. Although Kenny Smith is his brother, but...he really wants to beat Jordan once. As the No. 1 pick in 1984, he really wants to tell the world, The champion should have been greater than Tanhua.

"I never thought I'd share a trophy with other people, it's a very special experience, it's great, but I hope it doesn't happen next time."

Michael Jordan delivered a short but humorous acceptance speech.

Because, he still needs to give the other half of his time to Fan Xi.

"Thanks Michael for only half his acceptance speech."

Fan Xi took the microphone from Michael Jordan, and his first sentence made the audience roar with laughter. Then he said: "In my limited memory, the only ceremony that two people participate in is the wedding ceremony."

"Thanks to the NBA for giving me this special experience. But what I want to say is that although the other party is Michael Jordan, I still oppose this kind of relationship with a person who is taller than me..."

Fan Xi avoided the important and lightly ended his acceptance speech.

So much so that he didn't really thank anyone.

"It can be seen that neither Jordan nor Fan Xi is a person who is willing to share." The commentator joked with a smile.

"Oh, my God. What happened. Charles Barkley actually picked Jack up, and Olajuwon, he actually joined in, they clamped Jack from left to right, and the glider came from behind... "

The host suddenly explained the unexpected incident that happened on the scene.

It was unexpected for the three superstars to welcome Vanhey in such a public and bombastic way.

Fan Xi was also taken aback, he didn't expect them to be so enthusiastic.

It seems...it's not a frustrating thing to go to the "underdog" to report, at least not to bear the reputation of "you can join if you can't beat it" like Charles Barkley.

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The basketball media likes to analyze one thing and analyze the area. This is their job.

That night, Fan Xi saw many versions on TV.

Some say it's because the Knicks can't stand Van Hee's endless gossip, some say that Jeff Van Gundy has lost confidence in Jack, who has no shooting ability, and some say that the wayward running and bombing of the New York Knicks in the first half of the season made the management There is no longer continued trust in the controller of the fast attacking tempo.

Some people said that the Rockets, which broke up half of the lineup, wanted to take a big gamble. Knowing that Jack might be a glass of poisoned wine, they couldn't help but take a sip.

Fan Xi watched the discussion on TV, and he felt an inexplicable sense of alienation.

Just like Madonna called him again, she said that she asked him to come back to New York for the last time as his aunt to mediate the "grievance and hatred" between her and Uncle Fan Le.

Fan Xi really has a big head.

The reaction of the New York media after learning of the transaction was also very fierce. They attacked the Knicks' transaction in the media, thinking that they could not have traded Van Heede. (Although they think getting Larry Johnson, Robert Horry... is a stroke of genius.)

All these things mixed together, which made Fan Xi decide not to go back to New York.

He didn't want to throw another stone into the pool of confusion.

He even had the mood of running away from trouble.

Houston is a nice place, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Stay away from the love and hatred of uncles and aunts, and stay away from the every detail of the sad and sad requests of ex-girlfriends and current girlfriends who are rumored to be girlfriends.

When he learned that Anthony Mason had left for the Charlotte Hornets to report, Fan Xie also went from San Antonio to Houston with the MVP trophy he had just won.

Delfina was by his side, and she was analyzing the pros and cons of this transaction with Fan Xi along the way.

She said she received assurances from the Rockets' coaching staff, and also explained the team's intention to trade two leading point guards in exchange for his return, that Vanheede would get more than his playing time in New York.

This made Fan Xi very satisfied.

With the entry of Jeff Van Gundy, Fan Xi's playing time is limited, which is extremely detrimental to his accumulation of points. The increase in playing time after changing the court now means that the speed of points improvement will be accelerated.

But Delphine also illustrates the downside.

He said that Charles Barkley, Drexler, and Olajuwon all tend to play with the ball, and Fan Xie's role on the tactical side will be lower than that of Don Nelson.

Fan Xi raised his eyebrows, he could accept it.

From the moment the transaction happened and he knew that he was going to Houston, he had already made a decision.

Perhaps the decision was somewhat selfish.

But he really doesn't want to work with a group of superstars anymore, and Michael Jordan is right, he knows Van Heede well.

…

Houston, the largest city in Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, and the largest economic center along the Gulf of Mexico. Although it is not as prosperous as New York, it also has its world-famous characteristics.

Houston is known worldwide for its energy sources (especially oil), aviation industry, and canals. The Port of Houston is the sixth largest port in the world and the busiest port in the United States. The tonnage of foreign ships ranks first, and it ranks second regardless of nationality. Second only to New York City for Fortune 500 headquarters. Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest concentration of clinical research and treatment institutions. Houston also has the lowest cost of living and housing prices among the 27 major U.S. metropolitan areas with a population of more than 1.7 million. Houston has been dubbed a "Global City" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Group and Network.

The Rockets are the pride of Houston. After they won the championship in 1994, basketball became the city's new business card, but the regrettable defeat last season cast a shadow over this business card.

However, with the beginning of this season, after the superstar Charles Barkley joined from Phoenix, people have greater expectations for the new season.

And with yesterday, an unprecedented deal broke out.

The expectations of Hugh City fans have reached unprecedented levels.

Fans are eagerly waiting for the arrival of Jack Fan. No matter how much rhetoric the head coach of the Charlotte Hornets said this morning, and no matter how confident Jeff Van Gundy declared that the arrival of Larry Johnson, Robert Horry, and Kenny Smith would change the pattern of the Eastern Conference, Houston fans only believed that One point, this teenager who extinguished the Rockets last season is very likely to be the one who ignited the last match of the Big Three and triggered a violent chemical reaction.

Fan Xi appeared at Houston Airport with the MVP trophy. When he got off the plane, the people waiting at the airport were surprised to find that Tomjanovich, the general manager, and the team owner appeared at the airport to greet him.

"This is really a wonderful start!" wrote a local newspaper in Houston: "We seem to see the championship beckoning."

At the same time, the doubts in the national basketball media are particularly harsh.

In this transaction rating.

Although the New York Knicks were scolded by fans and the local media, all experts believed that they made an S-level deal and made a lot of money.

The Charlotte Hornets are also graded as an A, and they sold what they should have sold and got what they wanted.

Only Hugh City, the assessment is B.

Because they broke up most of the team to win an uncertain future. Jr. Jack is the kind of player who needs a basketball in his hand to play, but which of the Knicks' Big Three doesn't hold the ball?

The most important thing is that Jack has never proved himself outside the fast break system, and his living environment in the Knicks is like a greenhouse.

Now that he's out of the greenhouse, God only knows if he'll adapt, or wither quickly.

Ball critics generally believe that this guy's fame is far greater than his strength.

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