Chapter 685 684. Why Do You Feel Guilty? (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)

After arriving in Philadelphia, some Eagles players began to feel uneasy.

Liu Mang, Raheem, and Ratliff have nothing to worry about. One of them is the core, the other is the key to the team's biggest sacrifice, the team's steady development, and the role model of the word "sacrifice". Inside defensive core.

Stockton is not worried either. No one dares to trade him. Otherwise, in the future, there will be no need for such an experienced leader to drive young people. The Eagles are even pointing at him to train a substitute who is familiar with Liu Mang's style of play.

As the first single-defense master on the perimeter, Prince is not worried about being traded.

Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown are rare centers in the league, and they are not afraid.

Others say it’s not necessarily true. As for Kevin Willis, who has been wearing a suit for a long time... First, the Eagles are now focusing on building a team culture and want to keep Liu Mang for a long time. The Chinese are very different. The Eagles management knows that this guy cannot be coaxed by words. He must let him see the benefits of the team, such as taking care of the team's veterans at the end of their careers...Moreover, Kevin Wiley The Sina contract cannot be traded at all...

The Eagles have always been short of big centers. Although Ratliff and Kwame Brown and Rasheed Wallace can also play centers, they still lack a real third center. For the Eagles in the finals team, it is very important.

And there is only one day left to trade this year!

The next morning after the Eagles played the Kings, the Eagles had to worry about being traded after taking a five-hour chartered plane to Philadelphia.

Every year, the trade deadline is a day when a large number of players in the league are frightened.

Generally speaking, there are two types of people who worry.

One is the core of a weak team. Maybe because of the poor record of leading the team for a long time, the team wants to tear it down and start over.

In this case, if the core is cheaply sent to a strong team, and the strong team happens to be short of players at the same position, it is naturally the best.

But in most cases, the core of a weak team is well played, even the core of a weak team in a big city is well played, living a comfortable life, and then they are sent to a bad team that is in dire straits and is not reused, like Bran It's a good fortune to be like Germany. He was sent to Los Angeles from the Bulls. Although it is still a bad team, it is still a big city.

If they are sent to the Warriors who have been at the bottom of the year, or the Bulls who are still doing badly, they will be bad luck, and they may have to start a wandering career.

Another situation that is likely to be traded is that the role players and marginal players of the strong team may trade them because the team has better options in the weak team.

On the contrary, the fringe players of weak teams and the high-quality role players of weak teams are not worried at all. The role players of fringe teams are mixed. Yi Nuo came back to life?

The high-quality role players of weak teams are even less worried. They are eager to go to strong teams, and weak teams cannot trade them to strengthen themselves. They are all waiting for Okafor.

And this year's trade deadline can be said to be turbulent, and many teams have started to move in the early morning. The reason is that the 30th team in the NBA will join the Southeast Division next season!

After the new team joins, other teams in the league can only retain eight players, and other players may be selected by the new team. Therefore, there are only two trading periods for the 29 teams in the league to choose. One is trading. Before the deadline, one is before the draft. After the draft, the trade negotiations will be frozen. The days before the start of the free market are the time for the new team's selection.

Therefore, it is possible that some of the main players of the strong team may also be traded.

From the middle of the season, when those newly signed players could be traded, many teams began to have the idea of ​​trading, but they just kept procrastinating. On the day of the trade deadline, the league trading market was suddenly detonated!

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The Eagles are naturally also the focus of attention in the trading market. The last ones that may be traded by the Eagles are Boozer, Korver, Barnes, Muhammad and others, all of whom may become trading targets. They have Too many people are greedy, and Boozer is not easy to trade. The pick-and-roll between him and Stockton is an important part of the Eagles' bench.

Therefore, many teams offer Barnes, Muhammad, and Korver, mainly Korver and Muhammad. Muhammad's leadership ability, character that is not greedy for data, even He didn't complain about becoming the third power forward, but did his best to help new teammates integrate into the team. Many championship teams or teams that cultivate young cores, such as the Cavaliers, want to get him.

Korver became famous in one fell swoop by relying on the All-Star Weekend, showing the talent of a superior pitcher. Although it may take a few years to develop, it is not too big to raise a player with a top three-point talent with a basic salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's much more reliable than blindly signing some pitchers with big contracts.

Iron Man Barnes, who had attracted much attention from other teams, did not have so many offers from teams because he almost offended the main strikers of other teams in the league.

The Eagles didn’t practice today. Firstly, they are playing consecutive away games, allowing the players to rest more. Secondly, the opponent is the 76ers, the third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. Only the Magic, Bulls, and Clippers have worse records than them, with only 17 wins and 40 losses. , Even if Iverson's comeback performance is amazing, the Eagles are not worried.

The most important thing, and what worries some Eagles players, is that owner Price and many scouts have followed the team to Philadelphia, rented a conference room in the hotel, and are in a meeting. It is almost certain that there will be a trade today. !

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Seeing Willie Green holding the plane ticket that Chip Englander handed him in astonishment, Liu Mang felt a little sentimental. Although he didn't have any deep feelings for Willie Green as a teammate, he was also a teammate of the team. sentimental.

But there is only a little sentimentality, which is very different from the reluctance when Newbell, Dean Grove and others left the team before.

Moreover, Liu Mang learned a little inside information through Schwartz. Willie Green was sent away, and Stockton did not choose to coach Willie Green, mainly because Calderon was a player of his company...

After the Hawks made the deal, they gave Willie Green a plane ticket back to Atlanta. Since the opponent team was not in a hurry for a physical examination, the Eagles also specially helped Willie Green contact the opponent so that they could wait for him to pack his things before reporting. It can be said to be very humane, and it can also be said to be amazing!

It seems to be a very humane approach, but more, it does not want this transaction to affect the team's current emotions. Willie Green's standard African-American character makes him and Jason Terry, The relationship between Barnes and others is still good.

Willie Green was stunned with the ticket, he had no idea that he would be traded!

In his opinion, he is the most powerful contender to succeed Stockton as Liu Mang's first substitute in the future. He has played 39 times this season and averaged 7 points per game. Generally speaking, the data of players who don’t play many games can’t be superimposed with the scores of the real main players, that is, the impact on the team’s overall scoring average is relatively small, but they can get the third point guard or the third shooting guard with an average of 7 points per game. , no matter how you look at it

As a native American NBA player, I know too well the difference between playing in the Lakers, Rockets, and Eagles. The Lakers are in Los Angeles, and there is never a lack of attention. Even if it is a role player, the Eagles and Rockets are more important now It’s unbelievable that a fringe person has a higher exposure rate than the core of many teams. Even Calderon and Korver, who rarely have the opportunity to play water coolers, are often surrounded by a bunch of reporters.

Of course, the news about Willie Green is basically all kinds of nightclub turmoil, coupled with the talent he has shown, it has indeed made him the most news and most concerned by reporters among the role players of the Eagles. Even Boozer , Kwame Brown and others do not have as much news as him.

Willie Green enjoyed the feeling of being noticed very much. Unexpectedly, there was no rumor at all. Those who "should" be traded in his opinion were not traded, but he was traded!

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Shortly after Willie Green got his plane ticket and left the hotel, ESPN exposed the contents of the Hawks trade.

Hawks and Jazz reach a deal!

The Jazz used Greg Ostertag, who is about to retire, to reach a deal with the Eagles to get Willie Green, trying to help the Great Pyrenees, who is not far from retirement, get a chance to win the championship, and Ostertag and Their 2005 second-round pick was sent to the Hawks and got the Hawks' rookie Willie Green.

Many teams are still very human these days, especially the Jazz, which is still in the first year of the post-Shuangsha era. Let Ostertag go after the championship when he still has a little fighting power. The Jazz are willing to do this kind of adult beauty.

Moreover, being able to get Willie Green is definitely a surefire profit for the Jazz!

People think that not many Eagles have been slaughtered in this transaction because of the obvious loss-making deal of the Eagles. The Eagles introduced Ostertag to strengthen the center position and deal with O'Neal. Centers who can hold O'Neal in the league are basically No, Ostertag is considered one of the best players. He is always a bit old. As a role player, he has declined quite seriously at the age of 31. The strategic significance is greater than the practical effect. For the Eagles, it is more important than a mere There are too many fringe point guards who can play in garbage time.

Although it is amazing that a low-ranking rookie in the second round can play such a performance, it is no problem to be a high-quality role player after training, but the Eagles need Ostertag more now.

Then Popovich jumped out to swear again... He didn't know how many times he had talked with the Jazz in order to deal with O'Neal, but the Jazz just ignored him, and now he gave it to the Eagles! This made Popovich, who is still aiming to win the championship this year, once again caught the team that traded with the Eagles and slammed...

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"Willie is very talented. Now our team can't give him room to grow. The Jazz is rebuilding. This may be his opportunity. I wish him a bright future..." For his teammates being traded, Liu Mang is rare. During the interview, I said some official words.

"Willie will always be my brother. He will definitely have more opportunities to play in the Jazz. This is a good thing for him." Jason Terry has played for four or five years. I agree very much.

Just like Jason Terry's career goal is to play 20 years and earn $100 million to retire, he also hopes that Willie Green, who has a good relationship with him, can have a better development.

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All of the Hawks' players who traveled to Philadelphia wished Willie Green well when he arrived at the Wachovia Center for pregame interviews against the 76ers the day after the trade deadline.

The current team atmosphere of the Eagles cannot be better. Even if Willie Green often makes negative news, it is not the kind that affects the team, but a personal issue.

But... Blessings are all blessings, and I am a little bit reluctant to leave my teammates, but after knowing the news of Willie Green's trade, many people in the Eagles are more relieved.

Liu Mang's side is actually not that interested in this matter anymore, otherwise, after getting Ostertag, who cares about Willy Green! He will definitely choose to "attack" the two or three opponents who are most likely to become the finals to make troubles again, and take advantage of Popovich's scolding headlines.

This time the team traded and had to be interviewed. What Liu Mang said was so official...

After accepting the interview, Liu Mang didn't go to warm up before the game immediately, but rushed to the visiting team's locker room.

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After being interviewed at another interview location, Iverson led his teammates back to the locker room.

The locker room of the 76ers is very interesting now. After Iverson came back, Glenn Robinson lost the "boss" position almost instantly, especially after Iverson hit a triple-double in the first game after his return. Big Dog status plummeted.

The gap between the two is too big! Although Glenn Robinson averaged 19 points and 5 rebounds per game, he had only 1.4 assists. As a player with a ball possession rate of 27%, his assist rate ranked first in the league, and he hardly passed to his teammates. For the ball, I get 20 or so points in each game and then clock out from work, which is quite individual.

Iverson is now not only more motivated to improve, but also more domineering. Regarding Glenn Robinson, Iverson began to bully his teammates and marginalize this guy without any hesitation. Iverson's heart has changed in this regard. He is even more ruthless, he knows that there may not be much left in his peak period, and he must form a team that can compete for the championship as soon as possible. For him, the most important thing now is to win the championship.

Moreover, Iverson attaches great importance to today's game, that bastard is here!

However, Glenn Robinson has indeed established some prestige in the team in the more than 50 games that Iverson has been absent. His talent cannot be better, even though he does not pass the ball completely now, 27% The ball possession rate is actually only 1.4 assists per game, ranking first among players with a ball possession rate of more than 15%, but he can still average more than 40% of assists per game He scored 19 points from the field, and his strength is very good.

Glenn Robinson really laid a certain foundation in the 76ers, so the atmosphere in the 76ers locker room is very subtle...

Iverson has a headache about how to communicate with the management to deal with Glenn Robinson. He has a mediocre relationship with the management, and his previous personality would not care about such things.

But now Iverson knows that he needs to deal with this kind of thing, and he needs to actively communicate with the team. The plan for this year's team is to perform badly. Iverson also knows that poorly is also a way to strengthen the team, so Glenn Robinson was needed before, but not so much now. There are only 20 games left. He wants to start the team to learn to win. Anyway, the bottom three are too good, and there is a new ball The team has the same lottery probability as the penultimate team and is protected by the top five picks. It is impossible for their own team to get the top pick.

Therefore, Iverson wants to communicate with the management and wants to know the management's reconstruction ideas. This is also related to whether he will renew his contract in advance this summer, or the key to jumping out of the player option for the final year.

Iverson has been having a headache about this for a while, and he admires that bastard so much in this regard!

How can that bastard handle things so well? Taking the initiative to postpone the one-year minimum salary, not only got the bird rights, but also allowed the team to have more room to sign in. The key is to handle the relationship with teammates, the boss, and the coaching staff so well. This is what Iverson really wants now. learned things.

Just like now, Iverson wants to isolate a guy who he thinks is more independent than himself, and his teammates are actually hesitating!

"That bastard, what a brain! It's really infuriating!" Iverson cursed Liu Mang again in his heart with "new hatred plus old hatred".

Just when Iverson was having a headache but couldn't find a solution and scolded Liu Mang in his heart, a figure appeared in front of him.

Seeing Liu Mang appearing out of nowhere, Iverson's heart beat instantly accelerated—does this bastard have mind reading skills? Why did he come here just after scolding him!

Iverson has a feeling of being caught as a thief...

What Iverson didn't expect was that Liu Mang's first words were: "Allen, you don't want to score 20 points today!"