legendary point guard

"Yes, they do have ideas about Vince. I think not only Orlando, but Vince deserves a big contract from every team. His ability determines all of this, but our first goal is now In New Jersey, Vince is very happy here." Carter's agent Shopler said in an interview with the "New Jersey Star" that night.

In the offseason last year, Vince Carter once discussed with the New Jersey Nets on the issue of contract renewal, but in the end it failed. In the past season, the Nets have been trying to reach a contract renewal with Carter, but Carter's 3 The annual asking price of 6000 million made the Nets discouraged, and the contract renewal was also at a deadlock.

Now the Orlando Magic, which has more than 2000 million salary space, will undoubtedly agree with Carter's request in terms of salary space and team strength, and Magic general manager Otis Smith has not shied away, but has generously admitted that the team has contacted him. Carter.

"I flew to New York, Vince is who we think, he will make Orlando a more competitive team, but it is only the initial contact, here is the nba I think everyone should know the contact and It doesn't mean success, but we will work hard, and I think our sincerity will impress Vince."

不过在奥蒂斯.史密斯的心中给卡特开一份2000万的合同是绝对不可能的，虽然过去的这个赛季卡特场均25分6个篮板5次助攻的全面数据是联盟中顶级的存在，但卡特毕竟30奥蒂斯.史密斯可没有傻到愿意帮助卡特养老的地步。

In addition, if Carter is brought in with an annual salary of 2000 to [-] million, it will greatly limit the operation of the Magic in other areas. After all, the team will renew the contracts of Grant Hill and Darko Milicic.In addition, some powerful substitute players need to be added, so Otis Smith wants to lower the price as much as possible.However, his first contact with Shopler was not very successful.

Not only did Shopler not agree, but he also insisted that the Magic offered Carter a four-year contract of around 4 million yuan. The first negotiation between the two parties finally broke down directly.

As the biggest player in the free market this offseason, Carter has also been favored by many teams besides the Magic. Shaquille O'Neal, the core of the defending champion Miami Heat who was swept out in the playoffs, did not reach the end of the season. He was fined for publicly showing his favor to Carter. Now that the season is over, O'Neal once again handed over an olive branch to Carter.

As Carter's owner, the New Jersey Nets are also trying to actively negotiate a contract extension with Carter, but Vince Carter, who is the party involved, is on vacation in Hawaii and has not directly expressed any views, and has not even decided whether to jump out of the final year of the contract.

At this time, the famous American gossip "tmz" reported that the 33-month divorce negotiations between Carter and his wife Allen were still at an impasse, and the unfavorable divorce was also the main reason why Carter failed to renew his contract.Because Carter did not renew the contract before the divorce, then the income would be shared by Allen, and Carter didn't want to do this, so he kept avoiding renewing the contract.

"Damn it, we can't put all our minds on Vince Carter. If he delays for too long and a good player in the free market is signed by someone else, then we will get nothing."

Otis Smith slapped the table and said that Carter and his wife divorced, which he didn't take into consideration at the beginning. Now that he knows the news, he has to treat it cautiously. He doesn't want the Magic to end up waiting for Carter throughout the offseason. Do nothing.

The day before the draft.Otis Smith flew to Los Angeles to meet with Gerald Wallace's agent.

At the same time, rumors of various trades were flying all over the sky. Linsen's former boss Kevin Garnett clearly proposed to leave the Timberwolves: "I don't know how many years I have to wait. I am not young anymore. Where I am, I'm heading toward the end of my career.

I wanted a championship and not an endless wait, and I saw hope at the beginning.But Wood Lynn has left, the original hope has become a phantom again, I can't see the hope of the team, I am leaving, I have been here for 11 years and my loyalty will not be diminished by leaving Minnesota.It's time for me to leave. "

Although Garnett has been rumored to leave the team for the past two years, this is the first time Garnett has expressed his thoughts clearly.The team that was originally interested in Garnett became active again.

The Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, and Houston Rockets all expressed their welcome, and the head of the Lakers star Kobe Bryant once again forced the palace.

"This is our chance. I'm the same as kg. I don't know what to wait for. I've missed a lot of people and don't want to miss it again. I think we should act instead of being a spectator. Either reinforce or let me go. I I also want the O'Brien Cup instead of being a spectator every June."

In the middle of the past season and before the season, the Lakers once reached an agreement with the Nets and Timberwolves, but in the end they fell through because the Lakers uniform team was reluctant to bear the little shark Anzu Bynum.

Kobe's attitude has always been obvious. He hopes that the uniform team will strengthen the team at any cost, even if he pays half of the team, so that the relationship with Bynum was once tense.

However, Eric Pixar, an expert commentator of "Basketball World", published an article, arguing that the Lakers must be cautious in pursuing Garnett and not be too "generous".

"Kg does have a lot of possibilities to leave the team. The Lakers are also the team that the legendary Wolf King likes, but there is a big problem with the price tag. The starting point for the Lakers may be Odom plus Bynum. Such a price tag is obviously not enough. Satisfying the Timberwolves, in fact, this price tag is enough but not enough to meet the desire of the Minnesota uniform group.

Obviously the people of Minnesota think they traded Wood Lynn for a lot of good players, but now they have become a laughing stock from the wise decision that everyone praised, so they expect to kill a big head with kg.

Bryant + kg looks perfect, they are the top players in the league, but basketball is a sport of 5 people, having Kobe and Garnett means that the Lakers can go further than next season.But if you want a championship, you must have a suitable supporting role, even if you can get Mike James, Ricky Davis or Jaric.None of this is enough for Bryant and KG to be champions.

So the fantasy team built around Bryant and KG is just a hypothetical, but it's not worth giving up two important players for this hypothetical.

The Lakers actually have a better choice. The key is Bynum's value. His youth and talent coupled with some other players are enough to exchange for Gasol or O'Neal.

Is a Lamar. Odom + Paul. Gasol, or Lamar + O'Neal will definitely be worse than a kg?What if you could trade Lamar and others for a point guard like Jason Kidd or Mike Bibby?

So let's calm down in Los Angeles! "

At the same time, the big-name players who failed to leave the team in the past season, such as O'Neal of the Indiana Pacers, Paul Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies, Ray Allen of the Supersonics, Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics, Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets and Mike Bibby of the Sacramento Kings, who has a player option, all voiced their demands for a trade.

In addition, there are first-line stars such as Chauncey Billups, Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, and Gerald Wallace in the free market, as well as Anderson Varejao, Ann Practical players like Diss Nocioni, Maurice Williams, James Posey, Antonio McDyess, Maurice Peterson.Such a player is undoubtedly what a championship team hopes to have.

There are also Grant Hill of the Orlando Magic and Darko Milicic, who has been coveted by countless teams.

This summer is destined to be extraordinary, and it is also destined to be full of storms.

All the scenes will be completely opened with the arrival of the draft. Just the night before the draft, Lin Sen and Stan Van Gundy, who had met with Phil Jackson, followed Otis Smith to the New York prepares for the draft.

On this night, the Houston Rockets took the lead in kicking off the offseason. The general manager Darryl Morey, who had been on the job for less than four months, sent Juwan Howard, who was called Uncle Huo, to the team. To Minnesota, in exchange for the former Timberwolves defender Mike James and forward Justin Reid.

The Detroit Pistons sent the team's substitute Argentine defender Delfino to the Raptors in exchange for two second-round picks in 2009 and 2010. These two transactions will come into effect after the trading market opens on July 7.

Two not-so-big deals set the market ablaze like cold water dropped into boiling water.At this time, Lin Sen's home ushered in an important guest.

"Kg, you know what I think, I am very grateful for your taking care of me, today I have another idea besides inviting you to dinner."

"What do you think?" Garnett looked at Lin Sen in front of him. Lin Sen's growth was completely beyond his expectation. He still remembers his attitude before seeing Lin Sen and the attitude after meeting him for the first time. .

"Would you like to come to Orlando?"

Garnett stared at Lin Sen: "Are you sure you're not joking?"

"No." Although Lin Sen really wanted Garnett to come to Orlando.Regarding Garnett's level, Lin Sen believes that as long as Garnett joins Orlando, there will be a qualitative upgrade, but a big problem is that there is no very suitable price tag, and Lin Sen does not want Milicic to be the price tag. leave.

It was Otis Smith and Stan Van Gundy who made the decision to invite Garnett. It turned out that they didn't consider Garnett at all, but after Carter's side was temporarily deadlocked, Otis Smith didn't move until he saw the report. thought.

Although Darko Milicic's future is limitless, there is no doubt that he is far behind Garnett.If Garnett and Howard can be traded together, then the strength of this insider is definitely enough to walk sideways in the league.

Milicic has shown his strength in the playoffs this season, and he is still very young.It is a good choice for the Timberwolves who want to write off. Of course, in addition to Milicic, the Magic needs to pay almost 1000 to [-] million contracts in order to balance this deal, but this is not easy to achieve.

But Otis Smith, who had an idea, decided to let Lin Sen try to see if it was possible.

That's why Lin Sen spoke. Lin Sen looked at Garnett who was frowning and thinking.

"To be honest, this idea makes my heart move, and I also like to play with you. But do you think this is realistic? And you are willing to let me be the leader and you as the second leader? Even if you want, you think the Timberwolves will still be with Orlando. Trading? They are under considerable pressure on your transaction, the key is that you don't have a suitable price yet. Let's talk about this matter, today we are purely friends."

Linsen Garnett's words were undoubtedly a kind of polite refusal, and Linsen didn't say anything more, but entertained Garnett well with his own craftsmanship.

"You can sleep here today."

"I sleep here? I said why you are the only one today, so you are alone tonight." Garnett joked with a smile.

Both Carolina and Natalie Portman did not come to New York with Lin Sen due to work, so Lin Sen was temporarily alone tonight.

"For your pity's sake, I promise you, but how about taking a break early and let's go to the bullfight?"

"Of course it's fine, but you don't allow post-ups."

"I can beat you without post-up singles." Garnett said with a smile.

"Cut. Just blow it!" Lin Sen shot back disdainfully.

This mansion is not Lin Sen's original home, but he spent another 700 million US dollars to buy it in the second half of the year. In addition, he also bought another 700 million US dollars in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Looking at the real estate alone, Lin Sen belongs to the level of the rich, and now this mansion has 8 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, an above-ground wine storage center that can accommodate 1000 bottles of wine, and a large indoor parking lot of 5000 feet. It also has an indoor theater that can accommodate 100 people, an outdoor indoor basketball court, a billiard room, an open-air swimming pool and a gym.

When night fell, the uniform team also entered the final sprint, and Garnett, who was one room away from Linsen's bedroom, also received a call from Kevin McHale.Turning off the phone, Garnett stood in front of the window, looked out the window and sighed.

June 2007, 6, this is the day of the 28 draft.

The eyes of the whole United States and even the eyes of basketball fans all over the world are aimed at Madison Square Garden in New York on this day.

And various trade rumors have also reached an unprecedented level. Memphis, which was rebuilt after trying to get the first pick and draw Oden, finally became a joke. Hours offered Milicic a four-year, 4 million offer.

An hour later, Madison Square Garden ushered in the 2007 draft.

In the temporary draft meeting room of each uniform group, the phones kept ringing.The Orlando Magic, which has only one second-round 12th and second-round 26th picks, is also making final preparations.

"Damn Memphis!" Otis Smith hung up the phone violently.

"What's wrong?" Stan Van Gundy asked.

"The Memphis guys made an offer to Darko." Otis Smith gritted his teeth tightly. At this time, Smith was a little annoyed that he didn't act sooner. He always thought that Milicic's agent was also David Falk. Jo can't run away.

But at this time, he realized that an agent is an agent and does not represent the player's consciousness. After all, the player also works for four years. Signing Milicic is certainly about rebuilding.The status given to him must be higher than that of the Magic, so Otis Smith is very worried that Milicic will be tempted.

Although Smith also considered signing Milicic with a similar contract before trying to trade with the Timberwolves.But the premise of signing this contract is for Garnett, and now he already knows that Garnett rejected him, so on this basis, he wants to sign Milicic at the lowest possible cost. To strengthen other areas.

"How much contract did they offer?" Stan Van Gundy asked immediately.

"4 million in 3200 years, with player options in the last year." Otis Smith said coldly.

Lin Sen, who was looking at the draft list at the side, raised his head and said, "Actually, we can match, but we still have to see Dakko's attitude. Maybe Dakko will agree with us to renew the contract at a lower price than this contract. After all, he is here. We had a good time, and we're better than Memphis."

"This is definitely going to be done, but I didn't expect Memphis to be so fast. It seems that our action is going to be fast. Just now Houston contacted me. They hope to use this year's first round to get Devin Brown and our first round next year. "Otis Smith looked at Lin Sen and Stan Van Gundy and said.

Stan Van Gundy and Lin Sen haven't figured it out yet. Otis Smith said again: "In addition, the Golden State Warriors also hope to get Kai Lanna. They can renew the contract with Mark Barnes and then trade with us."

"No, this is absolutely impossible. Although Kelanna has limited talent, everyone knows his hard work. He is a puzzle that a championship team needs. Mark Barnes is a free agent. We have a chance to compete. Why? One for one." Stan Van Gundy immediately put forward his own ideas.

Azubuike is a player he likes very much, and he is not willing to let Azubuike go.

At this moment, David Stern stepped onto the stage set up at Madison Square Garden, and everyone stopped talking for a while and looked at the big screen.

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