Chapter 1479 1478. The Eagles' Amazing Operation (Asking for Monthly Votes)
The negotiations were successful, but transactions are always slow to take shape. Especially for an opponent like Popovich, the other party will definitely have a lot to consider.
By July 15th, Liu Mang had finished his three-stop promotional tour in Europe and was about to leave for Shanghai, and finally got good news.
On July 15, 2007, the Hawks reached a three-way deal with the Kings and Spurs.
The Hawks sent Sean Battier and the Hawks' own 2010 second-round draft pick to acquire the rights to sign Luis Scola, the 27th overall pick in the 2002 second round from the Spurs, and Kings center Brad Scola. Miller.
The Spurs sent away a 2009 first-round lottery-protected first-round pick, a 2002 second-round pick, and Jazzy Butler to get Shane Battier.
The Kings gave away Brad Miller's massive contract worth $17 million with two years remaining, and received the Spurs' Jazzy Butler's guaranteed contract of only $600,000 for next season, as well as the Spurs' 2009 lottery-protected draft pick. 2010 second-round draft pick of the Eagles.
Just as Popovich felt incredible when he got the trade plan, no matter how you look at it, this deal is a bloody profit for the Spurs!
The Kings were not at a loss either, getting two draft picks and getting rid of Brad Miller.
Brad Miller averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game during the contract year of the 2003-04 season. After receiving a starting salary of 12 million and a total of 51 million in 5-year weight-loss contracts, he never had that level again. Years of play.
In the season that just ended, Brad Miller only averaged 9 points and 6 rebounds per game. On the SuperSonics side, Nick Collison, who just got a contract extension, averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds per game last season. middle class...
Although Brad Miller has averaged 3 assists per game so far in his career, it has no effect on the Kings. They can't win too many games. They got rid of the big contract and got two draft picks. The Kings also made money.
For the Hawks, it's equivalent to using Shane Battier and a second-round pick to get Brad Miller...
Considering the team structure, Brad Miller has three points and support, which is quite suitable for the Eagles. After Rasheed Wallace gets old, he is in great need of such an insider.
But from the perspective of value, the Hawks definitely suffered a big loss. You must know that Battier was exchanged for Andre Iguodala.
Moreover, the Hawks helped the Spurs, who are in urgent need of forward defense, to fill the vacancy left by Artest's departure. This behavior... is obviously aimed at the Lakers.
Make the Spurs stronger and there will be a team that can snipe the Lakers in the West.
As early as the end of the Spurs' playoffs, Artest had informed the Spurs to reject the player option for next season and to test the free market. The relationship between Popovich and Artest was very tense. Originally, Popovich Qi intended to perform well in the playoffs and could use this to trick Artest into renewing his contract at a salary lower than the market price. However, he was eliminated in the first round and Artest had no intention of renewing his contract.
Originally, the Spurs already had a huge vacancy at the small forward position, mainly because they lacked someone who could guard Kobe.
But now the Hawks have made up for the Spurs!
After Popovich received the specific trade plan from the Hawks, he felt that he had guessed something.
Popovich believes that in addition to wanting to create a team in the Western Conference that can deal with the Lakers, the Hawks' main purpose is to acquire centers like Brad Miller from the Kings. Vicki wanted it too, but it was too expensive to afford.
As for Liu Mang's favorite Luis Scola... no one noticed at all, not even Popovich thought that Scola was Liu Mang's most desired goal. Of course, Brad Miller also It's very important. Brad Miller is indispensable for Liu Mang's desire to diversify his inside roles.
The goal of both parties was to deal with the Lakers, and the transaction was immediately smooth. After the Hawks paid an additional future second-round pick, the transaction was finally reached.
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"Boss, it's finally solved! I learned a lot this time. When the management has so many things to consider, this is something that Ace has already planned. It's all so mentally taxing." Coach Kruger sighed.
"Lon, our work is not over yet. Let's go back to Atlanta. Those veterans will probably go crazy." Price is very excited now.
Every year when the offseason comes, Eagles owner Price is very happy that there is another mid-level player available...
The Hawks also got an injury exception of up to 8 million from Wade, which can be used until Wade returns.
It was originally intended to be used to directly eat Brad Miller alive, but the Kings just refused to agree, and they were unwilling to sign a second-round pick.
Coach Kruger and Price feel like they can spend some time!
The original plan was to use the injury exception to eat up Brad Miller alive. For the Kings, who were about to fail, Brad Miller's next contract was too big, but they gave away Sean, whose salary next season will reach 6.28 million. - Shane Battier split the 2 million mid-level exception and added the trading rules, which happened to capture Brad Miller.
In this way, injury exceptions and some mid-level exceptions can still be used.
In terms of salary, Price doesn't consider it. It has already exceeded the salary cap. There is also the question of how much. In the season that just ended, they unexpectedly reached the finals. The money earned from those three home games is more than enough to pay the luxury tax next season.
Coach Kruger is also very excited. He has been the deputy general manager of the Eagles since 2004, but there are not many real opportunities to operate. Although this time it feels like a headache to negotiate, the sense of accomplishment when the deal is completed is indescribable.
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Looking at the transaction details in the news, Liu Mang felt strange that his team had changed from an outside team to an inside team in more than half a month.
Liu Mang is really sorry to lose Battier, a teammate with a good attitude and a good attitude who was willing to sacrifice. A teammate like Battier with a good attitude and good character was originally part of Liu Mang's plan.
But it's still too difficult for the boss and coach Kruger to be empty-handed.
But if he goes to the Spurs, just like Blake, after Wade comes back, Battier's playing time will be reduced. Being able to go to the Spurs to start. Liu Mang thinks it will be a good thing for Battier, of course there will be some It's a pity.
The acquisition of Battier and Marion was unexpected by Liu Mang. Fortunately, Marion was a power forward from the beginning, and he also played very well as a small forward.
It's just that there are too few manpower in the substitute lineup for forwards and defenders. If there is a rest or something, there will not be enough outside manpower.
Liu Mang counted and it seemed that there was no one else except him, Jason Terry, Rondo, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill and Wade, who would only be back in December.
Instead, it’s the insider…
Scola, O'Neal Jr., Marion, Kwame Brown, Brad Miller, Gortat... and a younger brother signed specifically to deal with Yao Ming...
Losing weight...Liu Mang asked Gasol to lose weight, but that was more difficult, and there was no rush. Just lose weight slowly. You have to build muscles first, otherwise simply losing weight will only turn into a wrinkled fat man.
Moreover, if you gain weight by more than ten kilograms in a year, you may not feel much about it. However, if you don’t have perseverance and perseverance, losing more than ten kilograms in a year will definitely be painful and torturous for the person concerned, and it may also affect your health. To Gasol's normal growth.
There are already so many insiders with unique characteristics, and Liu Mang thinks it is not a bad thing to have a fat guy like Gasol.
However, the core structure of the team is still very complete. Liu Mang himself plus Tracy McGrady and Wade on the outside are paired with Marion and Kwame Brown. This is a lineup that Liu Mang has always wanted to play.
But Liu Mang does not just love to play. Dealing with the Lakers is the ultimate goal for next season. Therefore, Liu Mang planned this from the beginning, accumulating draft picks to prepare for the future and forming a super insider group!
Liu Mang imagined that his team could not get many insiders. Bosh and Milicic were trained as core players before they reached their peak, which is around the age of 30, unless their team gets more players. If you have a good core, you won't give up otherwise. You can't get it with Tracy McGrady alone. Core-level stars inside are always more expensive than outside players.
The imaginary enemy is the Lakers, and the competition is definitely not comparable. The only power forwards who are better than Gasol are No. 21 and German tank, and Milicic may be one.
There is no center better than Yao Ming these days.
Then take the measure!
Find a group of insiders with various characteristics!
Different ways to play!
Regarding the alternative "trade" with Larry Bird, perhaps Larry Bird wants to have a good relationship with the Hawks like Jordan and the Rockets, and there is a possibility that they can take over the young players that the Hawks want to replace.
Liu Mang might do that, but Liu Mang's first choice is to send his teammates who have squeezed out their rookie contracts to the West...
Next, Liu Mang left the substitute lineup, water dispenser administrators and veterans to the boss and coach on the outside. He had spent all his brain cells coming up with a trading plan to strengthen the lineup inside. From people's hearts to the situation, from salary issues to the team's injury exceptions, etc... Liu Mang's scalp will explode when he thinks about this part after the season.
Now it's time for owners and coaches to shine.
Liu Mang doesn't ask for how good the substitutes and veterans are, as long as they are not troublesome, he just needs to fill up the depth of the lineup.
The core structure has been put in place, and Liu Mang can now safely promote domestically and in Asia, while training hard. At the end of the month, he will train with Rondo, Tracy McGrady and others...
After experiencing the tragic trading situation last summer, although there were many ups and downs this time, in comparison, it was so smooth!
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Without the excitement of acquiring Rasheed Wallace and Tracy McGrady, and trying to trade Garnett, the Hawks' trade reinforcements this year are... mediocre?
This is how the media views the Eagles' reinforcements this summer.
After the Eagles lost the finals, many people thought that the Eagles, who had a lot of chips, would radically rebuild, but the Eagles only made some small transactions and signings.
Every trade or signing made by the Eagles is not amazing, and none of them is even as good as the acquisition of Glenn Robinson in the summer of 2002.
And the most praised draft of the Eagles... In this year's draft year, the Eagles actually got the draft pick and then gave it away. Apart from picking a fat guy, they seemed not to be interested in this year's draft.
However, looking at the lineup after the transaction was completed, some experts and some fans discovered something very unexpected. After the Eagles completed the three-party transaction, the Eagles' operational evaluation this summer began to change...
ESPN basketball columnist Bill Simmons analyzed that the Hawks' trading methods have "evolved". From relying on the draft vision to gather a large number of potential rookies, relying on the team's ability to cultivate young people, and then throwing them out to get a star, the Hawks have become more concerned about the actual effect.
When the Hawks got O'Neal, the two-year special exception of 3.8 million for two years was definitely not a loss, but O'Neal, who averaged 13+7 per game last season, had a hit rate of only 43%, and O'Neal's hit rate has always been low, which does not seem to be a substantial reinforcement.
It is true that O'Neal was an All-Star before and was once comparable to the four major power forwards, but there are many examples of stars in NBA history like O'Neal who quickly became obsolete after encountering major setbacks.
The most famous one is that in the 1960s, a rookie blocked Chamberlain's dream of winning four consecutive championships after three consecutive regular season MVPs, and then met Chamberlain 9 times in the regular season of his sophomore year and played three games against Chamberlain in the playoffs. He was abused by Chamberlain 12 times in a season and was abused by Chamberlain to the point of doubting his life.
Finally, the player who won the regular season MVP in his rookie season was selected for the first team only once in his entire career, or even the best team only once in his entire career. The player who won the MVP in his rookie season was only selected for the All-Star team 5 times in his 13-year career... You can imagine what he went through in his second year.
This is the most famous example of a state avalanche after encountering a "huge setback", and there are many similar situations afterwards.
So the Hawks introduced O'Neal, although it is 100% not a loss, but how much improvement it can bring to the Hawks' inside line is still a question mark.
But Battier, a high-value outside player who may become redundant due to Wade's comeback, was changed to Brad Miller...
It was very different all of a sudden!
Bill Simmons guessed Liu Mang's idea, but he guessed the idea of the Hawks management.
It seems that the changes are made little by little, from choosing Gasol to signing O'Neal who was amnestied by the Pacers to trading for Brad Miller. Each link alone cannot be said to be very good, and even makes people confused, but when put together, plus the original Marion, Kwame Brown, and Gortat, it suddenly becomes very wonderful...
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I am very grateful that I have satisfied my addiction to being the first in the category in the past day or so. By the way, there are more than 110,000 words in 12 days this month, which can be regarded as 2K party's 5 updates a day?
We are going to gather to go to Mount Emei. There is a high probability that there will be no afternoon and evening. In the afternoon, there will be a team activity to take photos on the mountain. In the evening, I made an appointment with a young lady to go to the hot springs. The hot springs in Mount Emei should be great. I have never soaked in a hot spring, and I don’t know how to pretend that I have soaked in it many times.