One Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty-Two. Your Own Strength Is Your Greatest Reliance

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On June 27, 2013, the Grizzlies and Suns reached a deal.

The Grizzlies sent Steve Nash, Jae Crowder, and the 27th overall pick in the 2013 second round to acquire 2012 undrafted Dionte Garnett from the Suns.

The Grizzlies also announced that they would waive Diante Garnett's non-guaranteed contract for next season, allowing Diante Garnett to go to the summer league to look for job opportunities without wasting the other party's time.

The Suns got Jae Crowder and a draft pick from the end of the second round that he would have given up immediately if he picked him. The key point is that he got Crowder and agreed to help the Grizzlies take Nash's contract and lead the draft. The power is to make a deal.

After the league approved the transaction, Nash officially submitted his retirement application, and the Suns also submitted a report to buy out Nash's contract.

Although other teams want to rob the Grizzlies, they are also very optimistic about the Grizzlies' draft vision. As long as the Grizzlies are not the player selected with the second pick, other teams are eyeing it.

Jimmy Butler, who played in the Development League for a long time in his rookie year and had almost no NBA ability, began to show talent in his second year. Although he was not good at it, he could become a regular rotation player for the championship team at that level. In other sports From the team’s perspective, this vision is amazing!

Crowder and Jimmy Butler were treated exactly the same in their rookie years. During the All-Star Weekend, teams offered Crowder, but at that time the Grizzlies thought they would definitely have to send Paul George away in the summer, so they stayed. have a look.

Now that Paul George has been temporarily decided to stay, there is no reason to keep Crowder as a spare tire.

The Suns originally planned to take back the No. 11 pick while helping the Grizzlies secure a contract worth more than 5 million, but the Grizzlies were unwilling to give it and offered Crowder. The Suns felt it was not a loss, so agreed.

This transaction, in which the Grizzlies reduced their total salary by more than 6 million, did not attract much attention. Instead, the rumors that kept popping up attracted more attention from fans.

Some media broke the news: The Knicks tried to trade Paul George with this year's No. 9 pick. The Grizzlies negotiated with them and wanted to get a return that matched Paul George's ability, but the Knicks refused.

Some media broke the news: According to sources, Houston wanted to exchange the No. 1 pick for Paul George and the No. 11 pick in the hands of the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies negotiated with them to get a suitable return, and the other side was only willing to give this chips.

Some media broke the news...

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There are many teams that really want to use the "cheapest" way.

Competing for Paul George next summer.

Some teams are just joining in the fun, and they don't have much leverage to trade for Paul George.

Some teams are motivated by selfishness or jealousy. Anyway, each has its own reasons.

If there is really a chance to get Paul George, except for the Lakers, Spurs, Heat and other teams with strong forwards and defenders, most teams would like to get it.

In the history of the NBA, there are many examples of teams like the Grizzlies that had too many talents and were robbed in the end. Basically, they had to suffer a loss in the end.

Therefore, many teams that really want to get Paul George feel that they are sure to win the Grizzlies, and feel that if the time comes, a small increase in competition can get Paul George back.

The superficial reason for the Grizzlies' situation is that other teams don't want to see the Grizzlies win three consecutive championships.

By giving the Grizzlies a good bargaining chip, the Grizzlies have room to continue operating. If other teams can profit from the transaction, as long as they are not competitors with real conflicts of interest, they will definitely choose to trade with the Grizzlies.

But if it is profitable, let's talk about it differently, because Paul George can be obtained cheaply. The most fundamental reason is that it can still be profitable.

Prostitution for free is of course the choice to maximize profits.

But I never expected that the news would leak out from the Grizzlies!

Moreover, those revelations emphasized one point - the Grizzlies wanted to exchange for a return equivalent to Paul George's value, but they were rejected.

This gives people the feeling that those teams feel that Paul George is not worth so many chips to trade!

The prostitution is in vain because the Grizzlies will not be able to renew Paul George's contract next summer. But if Paul George is unwilling to go to these teams that "underestimate his value" next summer, then the previous price reduction will be in vain. Busy work!

And the Grizzlies really did just that!

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The NBA is a business. When other teams were trying to lower the price to the Grizzlies for various reasons, they were already in trouble. The Grizzlies counterattacked, and Sun Ce was frightened at first.

However, on the afternoon of the 27th, when Sun Ce went to the team for another meeting, he thought that the team was going to have a big conflict with other teams. As a result, some teams began to increase prices. Of course, it was only a tentative increase and could not reach the gray level. Bears expectations.

This made Sun Ce a little confused.

In the evening, when Sun Ce called Bill Duffy to chat about the team's operations, Bill Duffy told Sun Ce the simplest cause-and-effect relationship of many things in the NBA - interests.

No matter how big the conflict is, when interests arise, they will immediately shake hands and make peace.

Sun Ce actually didn't expect the team to be so direct. Although it seemed that the things he had to do were similar, the direction of guidance was different. Sun Ce wanted those teams to increase their stakes, while the team wanted Paul George to hate those "Look Not as good as him” team.

Last summer was fine, but this summer, after two consecutive championships, Sun Ce found that many things seemed to be not under his control as he imagined.

He is

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It is true that he knows which rookies are powerful and have potential, but now, "just" three talented outside players are brought back by him, and he can no longer control the situation.

This is very different from playing 2k. It is not that when you want to trade, the opponent will give you the corresponding return.

Other teams are eyeing their fat meat and looking for an opportunity to take a bite.

Sun Ce found that the more he needed to participate in the team building, the weaker his "control ability" was. This is not a situation where he can succeed by piling up a bunch of talented new stars. He can definitely bring back a genius for each position.

After thinking about it, Sun Ce understood!

"You have to be strong yourself to make the best shot... Ah, if you want to have a better ability to control the future, your own strength is the most important. In the early stage of your career, it is important to rely on your teammates, but in the future, it is your teammates who rely on you.

However, it is still very useful to know who you can choose in the future. I heard that the Suns, who originally wanted a lottery pick to help us take Mr. Naz's contract, gave up the first-round pick after getting Claude..."

Thinking it through does not mean that there are no worries, but more and more problems.

It is too difficult to ensure the continuity of the team's strength after two consecutive championships!

It is difficult in all aspects!

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^