Eight Hundred and Sixty. Poor Owen
On December 14, 2011, the Lakers first signed Elton Brand, who was cut by the 76ers, with a mini-mid-level contract, and then used Bynum as the core bargaining chip, plus Derek Fisher, the 2012 unprotected first-round draft pick, and the 2014 lottery-protected draft pick, to get Chris Paul from the Knicks.
The Magic sent Dwight Howard and got the Magic's rookie center Nikola Vucevic, the 76ers' two unprotected first-round draft picks in 2012 and 2014, and the 2016 top five protected first-round draft pick.
The two transactions were almost simultaneously revealed by Google Sports reporter Wojnarowski this morning. The Lakers traded Bynum for Paul, who was recovering from an injury and whose status was unknown. It was surprising enough. Everyone thought the Lakers would trade Bynum for Howard.
Unexpectedly, when Howard was about to break up with the management, the Magic did not take Bynum from the Lakers, but only took three first-round picks from the 76ers and sent Howard away!
This is as shocking as the four-way trade for Howard in the original time and space, where the Magic did not want Iguodala or Bynum.
When Paul George arrived at the stadium, he habitually took out his mobile phone to check the news. Unexpectedly, he saw two such transactions. He hurriedly wanted to find someone to share his shock. He was too late to call. He remembered the second-in-command who came to the stadium to train the earliest. He immediately ran to the training ground and saw Sun Ce. He immediately told the matter.
Sun Ce hurried to check and really completed the transaction!
This...
Sun Ce was still thinking before, with the core combination of the three outside players, would the 76ers still want Bynum? After all, when playing against the Bulls, the 76ers were short of the inside line, and if the 76ers met the Heat in the playoffs, the inside line was also very important. No matter how strong their outside line was, they were not as strong as Wade + James.
Wow, the 76ers got Howard directly!
"Paul, do you think Howard will be happy to go to the 76ers?" Sun Ce asked Paul George next to him.
"Huh?" Paul George was confused by the question, what's the connection!
Who wouldn't be happy to go to the 76ers, who are weak in the inside line, to be the absolute core of the inside line? Their outside strength is second only to the Heat, and they can compete with the Thunder.
Sun Ce looked at Paul George with the eyes of a mortal. This guy doesn't know anything!
Putting aside the 76ers who seem to have made a lot of money in this deal, Sun Ce noticed the Magic's vision of the center... It's really speechless!
In the original time and space,
In the summer of 2012, the Magic didn't want Bynum or Iguodala, but wanted Vucevic, who couldn't guarantee playing time as a substitute in the 76ers in the 11-12 season and looked slow and useless. It seems that they had long been interested in Vucevic, but they were just frustrated by the lack of a first-round pick in 2011, so they used it to trade Carter with the Nets.
As for the Lakers...
Sun Ce read the comments online and found two opinions that made sense to him.
One of them was that the Zen Master went to the Knicks to be the president. He didn't like short guards to be the core. This was the consensus of the fans for more than ten or twenty years, so he sold his girlfriend's face, but the Knicks didn't seem to lose out, as they got two first-round picks, as well as Bynum, the third center whose efficiency was not inferior to Yao Ming last season, and his beloved Fisher.
The second view is that the Lakers are the losers. It seems so now. Bynum played so well last season that he has become the third center. With Yao Ming over 30, Bynum is expected to become the second center in the new season. He is used to trade Paul, who has been injured in both knees for two consecutive years... and two first-round picks are attached!
This deal is indeed not favored.
However, Sun Ce knows that after Paul is injured again, he will completely turn to floor flow and still have the strength to compete for the first point guard. In addition, the Lakers did not move Odom and Gasol!
Then it is very likely that Odom will not take a lot of drugs and overeat to become a dead fat man, and Gasol's mentality will be stable. In the original time and space, Gasol was still the first center in the East in 2015...
There is also a small transaction. Luke Walton, the favorite of Zen Master, was sent to the Cavaliers by the Lakers in exchange for the Cavaliers point guard Ramon Sessions.
Sun Ce checked the Lakers' official website and found that the deal had indeed been reached. The Lakers' official website list has been updated. The Lakers' backcourt currently includes Paul, Blake, Kobe, Kapono, who are injured and will not be available until at least late January, and two second-round picks Darius Morris and Andrew Goudlock. Paul is still okay without returning, and if he returns... he will be awesome.
In the frontcourt, Barnes and Artest are the main forwards, Odom and Gasol are the core inside players, and the Lakers also signed Troy Murphy, who averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds per game in the 09-10 season. Last season, Murphy performed poorly due to injuries and was taken by the Lakers with a very low contract.
At the same time, the Lakers also used the mini-middle class to dig up the powerful power forward Josh McRoberts from the Pacers.
The Zen Master did not take Odom and Gasol away, but asked for Bynum, who just turned 24 at the end of October. The Lakers will definitely not give up if they can get Paul, after all, Kobe will have one less year if he delays.
This is interesting! Sun Ce felt that this was probably because the Zen Master had confidence in Bynum. After all, he was the potential center whom he had personally coached for six years... He still had potential after playing for six years, because Bynum entered the NBA when he was less than 18 years old.
However, the potential is as strong as Bynum's. It took him 6 years to really develop without an absolute core identity. Playing time and the patience given by the team, Sun Ce feels that these two points are too important for a player.
As for whether the Lakers will become stronger because of this... Sun Ce can't control it. Relatively speaking, he feels that the Lakers with three towers are more difficult to deal with. Originally, Paul is no longer in the Hornets, and the Lakers are unlikely to suffer a big loss due to the failed transaction. With Sol's explosive mentality and Odom's self-destruction, the opponent's third tower may buck the trend and be selected for the second team due to Bynum's second center performance. After all, Lakers new coach Mike Brown is very good at the defensive end. There are three towers, and they are all big insiders who defend well. The Lakers' inside defense is still a headache, especially for the Grizzlies.
Now that Bynum is gone, the Lakers' inside strength has dropped by a notch!
Sun Ce has no control over whether the Lakers will become stronger. He is just watching the excitement. Although Kobe is also very good without the ball, Sun Ce remembers the 50 games that Nash played for the Lakers in the 12-13 season in the original time and space. Kobe was playing with Nash. During their partnership, their shooting percentage exceeded 50%. Unfortunately, Nash missed consecutive games due to injury, and there was no continuity. It seems that if Paul comes back, Kobe is expected to achieve the best efficiency of his career a year ahead of schedule...
But someone can question Kobe's inability to play without the ball.
Just watching the fun...
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After other Grizzlies players came to the arena, they also looked at these two transactions with a spectator mentality.
As for whether the opponent will become stronger... there will always be strong opponents. If there is a deal, "Oh, they are so powerful, oh, what should we do...", then it would be better not to play at all.
At most, they are surprised. This will not affect how they play the game, nor will it affect their careers. There will always be trades, and strong enemies will always appear. After a long time, they will get used to it. They are not like fans. We have to fight for "which combination is stronger". If you can win, you are stronger.
As for the outside world, just as Sun Ce thought, the 76ers were regarded as making a profit, and the Magic became the "number one center training base." Some people also said that the Magic had "spine" and did not consider the number one center. Sent to the Lakers.
And the 76ers' defense... now looks like it's about to explode. Although Howard was revealed to have a back injury after the playoffs last season, we haven't seen much of an impact yet, and the current impact is indeed not as bad as it will be in two years. big.
On the Lakers side, some fans call Paul + Kobe a dream combination, while others question whether the two are compatible.
It's just that at the level of a superstar... Wade and James are both nanny-type players who are compatible. Before they cooperated, they were both famous nanny-type players with high ball possession rates. They caught everything at once, and in the end they didn't cooperate very well. Well, it's just a sacrifice of holding the ball. Sun Ce doesn't think there is anything incompatible between Paul and Kobe.
On the other side, Sun Ce thought of Holiday + Iguodala + Howard's defense, and he felt that James might have been confused.
Evans + Iguodala + Howard... another sense of familiarity with the Big Three.
When Sun Ce smelled another Big Three appearing in front of James, the deal about the Big Three really came.
At noon, the Celtics reached a three-way deal with the Clippers and Rockets.
The Celtics traded Ray Allen for Clippers backup small forward Michael Pietrus and the Rockets' 2013 first-round lottery-protected pick.
The Rockets "exchanged air" with Billups and a 2013 first-round pick, only to get Reggie Evans from the Clippers.
The Clippers sent Michael Pietrus and Reggie Evans to get Ray Allen and Billups.
Subsequently, the Rockets had another news. Their new general manager and head coach Kevin McHale used the Arenas version of the amnesty clause to lay off Al Jefferson. Al Jefferson had been released as early as the summer. He was clamoring for a buyout and did not report to Houston after the NBA resumed operations. With three years left on his four-year contract, the team option for the last year was gone. He only took the $34 million remaining in the second and third years of the contract. 25 million, I was stunned to leave.
Rockets owner Alexander is now in a state of embarrassment due to Morey. After firing Morey, he has no choice but to get Sun Ce to revitalize the ball market. He can only start by cutting back on revenue and keep Billups with two years left. The guaranteed contract was sent away, Al Jefferson was amnesty in the agreement, and he hopes to get Sun Ce in the future.
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After feeling sorry for James for three seconds, Sun Ce returned to training.
As for the Rockets' sharp operation, which suddenly reduced the total salary below the salary cap and can free up the maximum salary at any time, Sun Ce can only praise the Rockets for their awesome operation.
Anthony and JR Smith have become brothers...
However, after the afternoon training, Sun Ce saw an interesting piece of news.
For the Knicks, their head coach D'Antoni said he would play positional pick-and-rolls and put Jeremy Lin in the starting lineup.
In last year's playoffs, Jeremy Lin and Stoudemire worked very well together, but Jeremy Lin was definitely far behind Paul and failed to win in the playoffs.
And because of the presence of Sun Ce and the fact that Yao Ming has not retired, Jeremy Lin is not popular in China as a Chinese-American. He only played well but not amazingly at the end of last season. Jeremy Lin is not very popular in the United States either.
But Jeremy Lin gave D'Antoni hope. Paul suffered two consecutive knee injuries. The Knicks were really not optimistic about Paul's recovery and traded him for Bynum. This operation was highly praised by the media and fans.
It's just that D'Antoni is the head coach... Jeremy Lin + Stoudemire + Bynum... Even if the Knicks spent money to sign a lot of high-quality role players in the past seven or eight days, the core lineup looks pretty good, but the main The coach is D'Antoni. Sun Ce feels that in the middle of the season when the schedule is so tight that it is hard to breathe, the Knicks will probably have another soap opera to watch.
What made Jeremy Lin successful? Or destroy D'Antoni?
And Anthony... Sun Ce didn't know what Anthony was thinking, but he actually implemented the player option in the summer of 2012, which means he has to stay with the Rockets until the summer of 2013. It is estimated that another soap opera is about to take place.
In the NBA, there are always ups and downs. Sun Ce doesn't care so much. His team is too busy and he is just watching the fun. This year's preparation time is too short...
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The short free market and training camp, due to the big trades of several teams, have pushed the fans' desire to watch football to a climax.
Originally, due to the lockout, some fans who were not particularly keen on basketball were lost, but the Big Three of the Green Army separated due to conflicts between Ray Allen, Rondo, and Rivers; the 76ers got Howard, and the Lakers got Paul and the Knicks. The team got Bynum, the Clippers got Billups and Ray Allen... This series of transactions once again aroused the enthusiasm of the fans.
This has stimulated the fan market, and the popularity of NBA on the Internet has also skyrocketed.
The Grizzlies were more or less affected by public opinion. There was an endless stream of media interviews, asking about things related to these transactions, and the media also asked unfriendly questions about Chris Wallace and Holling. Why didn't Coach Si use Gasol for Howard...
But the real impact is not big, the mentality is very important. On December 16, the Grizzlies team came to New Orleans to prepare for the upcoming preseason.
The Grizzlies stayed at a hotel owned by the Trump family on the beach. After putting their luggage in the room, Sun Ce came out to enjoy the breeze. It was a bit cool, but it was not too cold here in New Orleans, and the livable conditions were not inferior to those in Miami.
The seaside city is great. Sun Ce thinks that the owner of the Hornets was right when he desperately wanted to leave Charlotte and move here. However, misfortune can happen to people. He encountered a hurricane within a few years of coming here. The former Hornets team The boss's real estate, tourism, casinos and other assets deployed here since the 1990s have all turned into waste paper.
In the past two years, New Orleans' economy has begun to recover, but the former owner couldn't hold on anymore. In the summer of 2010, he sold the team to the NBA headquarters. This year, the NBA finally found its next home, Tom, a wealthy man who owns several beaches in New Orleans. -Benson bought the Hornets for US$308 million in April this year. In addition to the Hornets, Tom Benson also owns the Saints, an NFL club worth US$1 billion. The Saints acquired the franchise in the 2009-10 season. NFL championship, market value almost doubled.
After buying the Hornets, Tom Benson got the No. 1 pick, selected the talented Irving, and also used a protected first-round pick to win the veteran Kidd. The future is promising.
Sun Ce looked at the Hornets' scouting report while blowing the sea breeze, and looked at Irving's performance in college... Injury risks were marked with an asterisk.
Just when Sun Ce noticed this and remembered that Irving was prone to injuries, he saw a name that made him feel "brightened".
Garrett-Jack…
The Hornets signed Garrett Jack on December 9 with a two-year, $11.19 million full mid-level contract.
This operation... In other people's eyes, the Hornets wanted to avoid Irving's injury risks, but in Sun Ce's view, this operation surprised him.
"What kind of psychology is there to sign back this dead man who has been reimbursed as a starter wherever he goes? Does the new owner of the Hornets have a grudge against Irving?"
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By the next afternoon, the start time of the Grizzlies' preseason game against the Hornets was approaching.
Although they do not plan to sign the 15th player immediately, the Grizzlies still signed 4 free agents or Development League players who have not found jobs in the past few days of training camp. Even if they do not sign them, they have to give them some time to develop. , give them some opportunities to show their faces, and maybe they will be signed by other teams.
Every team will do this kind of thing, and opportunities must always be given.
At 4:10 pm, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the New Orleans Arena, and Sun Ce met the new No. 1 pick Irving for the first time.
"Chris Irving, ability evaluation is A-, offense is A+, defense is C+, passing is A-, three-pointer is A, mid-range shot is A-, layup is A+..."
"Oh! In his rookie year, he has first-rate ability? That's right. He can make the All-Stars by relying on statistics and personal performance in the second year of playing on a bad team. Or in the Eastern Conference where defenders are crowded, he can't do it without strength, and his personal ability is useless. The technology is good, but..."
Sun Ce looked at Irving's ability evaluation and the muscular point guard on the Hornets bench who looked like a tall version of Fisher, and couldn't help but look at the opponent's new core with sympathy.
On Irving's side, the Timberwolves and Kings didn't win the No. 1 pick. He came to play in a beautiful south coast city and felt in an extremely good mood all summer.
This was the richest city on the South Coast back then! The reconstruction speed is also very fast. He is looking forward to his good performance quickly, and then attracting stars to join him in the next few years to create glory together, such as the big man in Los Angeles, the two have been friends for a long time...
Today, the preseason game against the Grizzlies was broadcast live nationwide. T.N.T. TV also interviewed him before the game. Irving felt that his career had started off well. The team brought back Kidd as a substitute and veteran David West. He was very happy.
Just as he was imagining that he would perform well in front of the MVP backcourt combination on the opposite side in the next national broadcast, he felt a sympathetic look...
Turning around and seeing Sun Ce's sympathetic look, Irving was confused... What was there to be pitied about him now? He, Irving, was much luckier than this guy who was locked in Mengcun for his whole life!