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After the Bulls management intends to trade Leonard to reduce taxes, this also means that Leonard's transaction value must be increased.

Originally, Leonard was worried that returning to the team would not be able to restore the identity and status of the team's main force immediately and obtain the corresponding team.

Unexpectedly, just after the team training match, head coach Mike Brown announced that he would return to the team and return to his original starting status.

When Leonard returned to the regular season, even though his physical condition had not fully adjusted, his data did not decline. It was basically the same as before the injury, averaging 22+7+4 per game.

Because as the team leader, Du En set an example directly. As soon as he returned to the court, Du En continued to help him and feed him the ball.

Duane's own turnovers have greatly increased, and Leonard's scoring data has also increased.

Leonard was once moved by this situation.

What does it mean to see the truth in need?

Having a team boss like Duen who is willing to help his teammates overcome difficulties, help his teammates improve their statistics, and be selected as an All-Star really makes people wonder what to say.

Moreover, Duane didn't just feed Leonard the ball on the court.

In an interview after the game, he also said that Leonard suffered an injury, which was a very difficult process.

Duan gave Leonard enough love and care.

Sometimes in front of the media, when Leonard is mentioned, Leonard's strength will be promoted and reporters' doubts about Leonard will be denied.

At the same time, Dunn continued to help Leonard appeal to fans during interviews with the media and on his personal social media, calling on everyone to send Leonard to the All-Star game again.

Regarding Duan's behavior, there were even some discordant voices within the Bulls team.

After all, the All-Star position is a carrot and a pit, and many people in the Bulls are coveting this position.

Green is originally a person with a strong personality and selfishness.

He wants to squeeze out and manipulate Leonard to obtain the benefits he wants.

However, Leonard's current team status and voice are far superior to Green's, and he can completely ignore Green's ulterior motives.

Of course, you can also throw punches, but that's not Leonard's character.

Leonard prefers to report this situation to his agent team and the Bulls management, using this method to exert pressure to achieve his desired purpose of punishing and suppressing rookies such as Green.

But the problem is that the Bulls management has made a choice long ago - merits need to be respected, but merits that are less and less helpful to the team need to make way for rookies!

Ever since, the next scene occurred within the Bulls.

In a short period of time, it seemed that Leonard's team had gained the support of the management. Green was benched, tempered, and stopped.

However, things soon took a new turn.

Time flies to mid-January. With the help of Duan, Leonard's condition is getting better and better, and his personal data is getting better and better.

Although the Bulls' overall record lost two or three more games because of helping Leonard improve his statistics, it was generally not affected.

There are not many strong teams in the Eastern Conference this season, and with the strength of the Bulls, even if the Western Conference's strong teams visit the United Center, it will be difficult to take away victory from here.

The Bulls continue to hold the No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference, but they are getting closer and closer to the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the Eastern Conference.

However, the Bulls have no intention of pursuing a record.

Therefore, the price paid during this period is worth it.

The results of the third round of All-Star voting were soon announced. Leonard, with the third-most votes in the Eastern Conference frontcourt, basically secured his position as the Eastern Conference All-Star starting forward.

Of course, Leonard relied on the help of the whole team to brush up the data, and then successfully squeezed into the top three frontcourt positions in the Eastern Conference in two consecutive rounds of voting, which aroused some people's doubts.

Especially the forwards who have just emerged in the Eastern Conference in the past few years but have not yet accumulated any reputation. They feel that Leonard has achieved the results he has achieved today by relying on Duan's terrifying popularity and regardless of the record to improve the statistics.

Agents of some stars, or reporters following some teams, have expressed feelings of unfairness and even dissatisfaction.

However, this is just like a game. After the game is over, it will be useless to argue afterward.

It is said that justice is in the heart of the people, but when this group of fans gets older, there is a high probability that new fans will only be able to look at the data twice in a few years.

However, for Leonard at this stage, the controversy from the outside also forces him to train harder and improve his technical level as much as possible.

After all, the All-Star voting has not ended yet, and there is not a big gap between the fourth and fifth votes in the Eastern Conference.

He also needs to maintain his current form, get better data, and preferably help the team win the next game.

Use perfect performances every game to secure a spot as the starting forward for the Eastern Conference All-Stars.

But it happened at this time that the Bulls announced that Leonard would be traded to the Magic for four.

The deal resulted in two rookies, Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon, as well as Ilyasova's salary balance, plus a Magic 2017 first-round pick.

The Magic have been rebuilding since they traded away Howard, and this has been going on for several seasons so far.

It's a pity that the person selected does not have a physical problem and is easily injured.

It’s just that he has no body, and lacks technique and golf intelligence, so he can’t play well.

In recent years, Magic ticket prices have dropped again and again. Due to the pressure of team management, the ball market needs stars to cheer up, so they chose to trade with the Bulls.

The Bulls selected the Magic as a trade target because their record was bad enough and their management was bad enough.

Coupled with having good rookies, it may be possible to bring some fresh blood to the Bulls and further enhance their vitality.

so. Just made this deal with the Magic.

However, the Magic is the one who makes the most money from this deal.

The Bulls are looking for a deal with the Magic, which is basically pie in the sky for the Magic.

Leonard's contract is already a value-for-money contract, not to mention that the broadcast contract is about to take effect and the salary cap has increased significantly. Leonard, who was selected for the All-Star Game this season, will undoubtedly become more valuable.

As for the transaction content given by the Magic, Essen Ilyasova was injured. Although the contract was not large, it was still a negative asset.

Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon are both rookies.

Evan Fournier has been successful, but as a fourth-year rookie, he took advantage of the league's salary cap increase and opened his mouth to the Magic management team.

Evan Fournier has no problem with his golf IQ and skills, but there are problems with his physical fitness and mentality.

In fiba, the team built their offense around him, playing like Jordan.

He suffers from physical confrontation in the NBA. He can only run without the ball and rely on fixed-point shooting or cutting to the basket to score points.

Once the opponent has a big center squatting under the basket, it will only end with a jump shot.

Sometimes, the shooting feel is obviously not good, but he keeps making jump shots.

Once there is too much iron, the body language is still very frustrated, and the defensive end does not even stretch out his hands, just let the crab spread his hands.

For this type of scorer who has no defense and only relies on touch and stealing, the Magic management also doubts that he will be able to stand out in the playoffs where physical confrontation is more intense. Therefore, Evan Fournier's contract extension must be carefully considered.

Now that the Bulls are ready to use Evan Fournier as Curry's tactical replacement, and are willing to trade Leonard, the Magic management will naturally not be unhappy.

By the way, Ilyasova was eliminated on the grounds of salary matching.

However, Ilyasova's contract is also expiring, and the Bulls are also interested in this, so they agreed to include Ilyasova in the transaction.

Of course, in order to match Leonard's value, the Bulls also asked to add Aaron Gordon and the compensation of another first-round pick.

The Bulls wanted to make more points, but Aaron Gordon was the fourth pick in the first round of the 14 draft. Although he has not yet played, his physical talent is indeed visible to the naked eye.

The Bulls management considers that Dunn is very good at cooperating with power forwards with good physical fitness such as Aaron Gordon, and Aaron Gordon may also make up for the lack of offensive and defensive ends caused by Ibaka's departure.

In addition, Aaron Gordon is only in his second year and can still enjoy the rookie bonus for two or three years, so he chose to agree to this transaction plan.

In general, for the Bulls' sake, you can make a profit but I will never lose.

After the deal was reached, the Bulls' salary space was reduced by two million this season, and another ten million will be released in the offseason.

Aaron Gordon and a first-round pick also ensured the future.

As for Leonard's departure, there is a loss of forward resources.

In fact, since Leonard was injured, Crowder and others have exploded, and the Bulls team's record has been quite stable, which can be seen.

A group of rookies who are willing to play and play hard are no worse than a star who has already played and become famous.

Of course, in the playoffs, it may be a different story.

But the Bulls have a great player like Duan in charge, and even if they enter the playoffs, they will still have good star quality.

Having said that, the Bulls and Magic announced that the deal was concluded, which surprised most people inside and outside the league.

Although some people received the news in advance, many people felt that it was unlikely when they saw the trading plan.

After all, this is less like a trade and more like the Bulls doing charity to the Magic.

Do the Bulls really want to give Leonard away for nothing? The strong teams in the Western Conference are rushing to get Leonard, and they are even willing to spend a little more.

After all, the Western Conference is so busy these days, with James, Durant, Anthony and Butler...

The championship team, which lacks a powerful small forward, undoubtedly wants to take over the Bulls' offer and bring Leonard home happily.

But the Bulls didn't give him a chance. Instead, they cut through the mess in a short period of time and put Leonard on a plane to the south coast.

Leonard himself was extremely shocked and confused after learning that he was traded by the team.

He didn't quite understand why the team would send him away when he was in good shape.

Obviously, everyone cooperated very happily. Team boss Du En kept feeding him the ball, and head coach Mike Brown kept encouraging and praising him.

Those substitutes who had not looked upon him favorably before began to look favorably upon him, admiring the skills and energy he displayed on the court.

"It turns out that everything was false."

Leonard was exposed to the truest and cruelest side of the NBA for the first time.

In the previous off-season, the Bulls management sent away so many familiar teammates, Leonard thought that the deal was over.

"Am I not for sale? Haha, it turns out I'm not!"

After being sold by the Bulls, Leonard finally recognized the reality.

It turns out that as long as he is not the cornerstone of the team, even one of the core members of the team will be sent away by the management without hesitation.

However, Leonard is not unacceptable to this.

In the Bulls, he has gained enough! Championship rings, big contracts, even gorgeous statistics and All-Star honors.

Now that the deal has been reached, he has nothing to complain about.

To be honest, the Bulls treated him pretty well and gave him almost everything they could, so what else could he be dissatisfied with?
"Which of you wants to give it a try? Be the brightest star in the second half?"

Leonard suddenly recalled what Duan said during halftime in G4 of the Finals half a year ago.

Leonard didn't make a decision at first, but now the Bulls have arranged for him to go to another team to be the most dazzling star.

As the only All-Star player on a bad team like the Magic this season, Leonard is undoubtedly the brightest and most qualified player to be the team boss.

Thinking of what happened around him in the past, Leonard was determined to prove his worth in a new team.

Leonard also wants to get rid of the doubt that it depends on Duan to obtain outstanding statistics and to become an All-Star.

But all this has nothing to do with Du En and Bull.

After Leonard was traded, role players like Green, who had been hinted by the management and dared not speak out, suddenly became more confident, energetic and high-spirited.

"Leonard has been defeated by my palace, who else is there?"

Of course, this spirit and fighting spirit not only affects the locker room, but also affects the court.

Once Leonard's deal is made, the Bulls' salary space for the offseason will not be more than 20 million as previously expected, but more than 30 million.

As the saying goes, when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places.

They are all NBA players, who doesn’t want a bigger contract? Who doesn't want to become a more famous and commercially valuable player?
Chicago is one of the best big cities in the world, and the basketball atmosphere in Chicago is also one of the best in the United States.

Playing for a wealthy club like the Chicago Bulls is not only easier to become famous, but also easier to increase the commercial value of players!
Therefore, instead of leaving the Bulls to find another job, it is better to strive to become a part of the Bulls giants and become a part of the legendary history of the Bulls dynasty!

Sign a big contract with the Bulls, gain a higher team status, perform more excitingly, become the most exciting and brilliant masterpiece of your career, and become the pride of the team and fans!

This is what Green and others pursue next.

And Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon, who have just arrived in Chicago, will naturally have more fantasies and longings for the future.

"Big contract, championship! Can I stay in Chicago and play with Duan in the future?"

In order to integrate into the Bulls as quickly as possible and get the answers they wanted as soon as possible, Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon also showed great enthusiasm and stayed in the training hall all day.

After going back and forth, he got involved with Green and others, and then they became familiar with each other.

Occasionally, Du En would come up to talk to them and give them some pointers.

In such an atmosphere, the Bulls quickly got back into business and minimized the impact of Leonard's departure.

Before this year's All-Star Weekend, the situation within the Bulls and their recent record have stabilized.

It can only be said that the old man leaves and the new man comes. Year after year, the bull is still a bull. (End of chapter)