Legendary star

Chapter 710 The transaction that changed the alliance structure

"Hi, hi, hi, Meng, look what happened?"

On February 2007, 2, the Pacers, who finished the game against the Heat, did not get any rest time. Instead, after returning to Indianapolis, they put themselves into training again. -When Brewer and PJ Tucker practiced three-point shooting, James Posey, who didn't know where to hide and was lazy, suddenly rushed towards Meng Xu.

"What happened, what happened, where did you go to be lazy?" Seeing James Posey running over, Meng Xu was furious. He just finished a game yesterday, so it's normal for him to be tired. But like James Posey, who is lazy when he finds an opportunity, Meng Xu really can't stand it.

"Something really happened, take a look." Seeing Meng Xu's expression of disbelief, James Posey, who was a little anxious, directly handed the phone in his hand to Meng Xu.

"It's up to you to see if something big will happen." After taking the phone from James Posey, Meng Xu just glanced at the title, and said uncontrollably, "Fuck!"

"The Lakers and the Grizzlies reached a deal, and Pau Gasol joined the Lakers!"
Different from the previous YY news, this news is published on the official website of the NBA, which means that the deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies for Pau Gasol is already a certainty. The Lakers, who are not too weak, will be even more powerful after getting Pau Gasol. If Kobe and Gasol can achieve a seamless connection, the Lakers will soon become a favorable contender for the championship.

Today is the trade deadline for the 06-07 season. According to the usual practice, there will be a lot of trades today. Those who want to strengthen for the playoffs, those who want to control the salary level and are unwilling to pay the luxury tax, will strive to reach their own by the trade deadline. In the past, those transactions that would be negotiated back and forth because of a small profit, today there will be situations where both parties take a step back in order to facilitate the transaction.

Based on the trading days of previous years, Meng Xu has already made some mental preparations for the possible trade today, but Meng Xu really did not expect that the Lakers will get Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies. Isn't Kevin Garnett always the target?Why did you take Pau Gasol quietly? Although Pau Gasol's strength and status in the league are slightly inferior to Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol In any case, he is also an All-Star in his prime, and the Lakers traded Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies with only a few marginal players and two draft picks.

Look at the bargaining chips the Lakers used to trade Pau Gasol, the "parallel importer" Kwame Brown, two poor rookies Javaris Crittenton and Aaron McGee, and the Lakers Marc Gasol, who was selected but not signed with the Lakers, and the two first-round picks in 2008 and 2010, based on the current regular season ranking of the Lakers, and the record that will definitely go further after getting Pau Gasol, this is 9% of the two draft picks will be the bottom 9 picks in the first round. Therefore, the biggest bargaining chip the Lakers paid in this deal was the "parallel importer" Kwame Brown. As for Pau Gasol's younger brother Mark - Gasol, although according to the draft report, Marc Gasol is also a very good insider, but considering the long-term contract between Marc Gasol and Barcelona, ​​the Grizzlies want to get him from Spain It is still not easy to come to the United States. After all, the Lakers have not negotiated with Barcelona about Marc Gasol's landing in the NBA.

After the official website of the league announced the deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies, many team managers immediately jumped out to bombard the league and the Lakers, and they also strongly demanded that the league thoroughly investigate the "robbery" behind the red fruit Is there any shady deal, it is best that the league can directly intervene and veto the deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

"The operation of the Grizzlies is really incomprehensible. Everyone knows that Jerry is a very shrewd general manager, but such a fantasy transaction happened in Jerry's hands. Considering that Jerry has Having run the Lakers, I don't think this trade is fair and reasonable."

"I hope that the league can take action to investigate whether there is any shady behind this transaction, and the league should set up a trade committee that can stop all nonsensical transactions. Vote against it." Popovich, who has always been very optimistic about Pau Gasol and wants to bring Pau Gasol back to San Antonio, and Tim Duncan to form the twin towers, immediately after the deal came out, Just fired at the Lakers and Grizzlies, and even brought Jerry West. You must know that Jerry West is a godfather in the NBA. From this, it can also be seen that Popovich Qi's anger at the deal has grown.

"When I saw this deal, I subconsciously looked at the calendar and wanted to tell myself it was just an April Fool's Day joke, but when I realized it wasn't April Fool's Day, I had only one thought, That’s how crazy this world is.” As Popovich’s disciple and the head coach of the Mavericks, Avery Johnson quickly joined the army of denouncing the Lakers after Popovich spoke out. Acquiring Pau Gasol will undoubtedly be the most impacted by the Spurs. The Mavericks, a powerhouse who is expected to hit the championship, have changed from a two-horse hegemony to a three-nation rivalry. Neither the Mavericks nor the Spurs want to see this. kind of situation.

"I didn't expect Paul to be so cheap. If I knew it, I would have shot it in advance. Compared with the piecemeal in Los Angeles, we can undoubtedly afford more and better bargaining chips. But sometimes NBA deals are like this, not yours. If you have more chips, you can get the player you want if you have a good chip.” As a well-known second-generation NC cheater, James Dowland obviously couldn’t stand the Lakers’ deal, and even accepted the New York Times During the interview, the reporter hinted that the reason why the Lakers were able to get Pau Gasol was entirely because of Jerry West, the former president of the Lakers, as a "Trojan horse".

It’s no wonder that so many people complain about the deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies. Unlike ordinary role players, a deal involving an All-Star player like Paul Gasol, who is in his prime, is easy to change. With the league structure, coupled with the Grizzlies' current record and team lineup, there is absolutely no need to send away the core of the team for reconstruction, so if the Lakers and the Grizzlies did not make any dirty deals behind the scenes, that is No one will believe it.

Under the wild spray of the outside world, Jerry West, the director of basketball affairs of the Grizzlies, quickly issued a notice announcing his decision to resign.

The Grizzlies are indeed a little chaotic right now. They are deep in a small city, and the ball market is not good. The owner cannot make profits from the Grizzlies, but has to pay them back from time to time. Therefore, the owner of the Grizzlies has always hoped to change hands of the team. Inside the Grizzlies, general manager Chris Wallace has also been at odds with Jerry West. Since the Grizzlies have been unable to break through the first round in recent seasons, what Chris Wallace wants to do is rebuild. Then directly choose a player like Jordan and change his fate in one fell swoop, but what Jerry West thinks is to make up for it, and use one deal after another to continuously strengthen the team's strength, because the Grizzlies are currently In fact, the strength is not too weak, as long as two suitable substitutes are recruited, they will definitely be able to make further progress.

But this season, Paul Gasol and Al Harrington were injured successively this season, but Chris Wallace completely gained the upper hand in the struggle with Jerry West. Taking advantage of the decline in the Grizzlies' record, he tried his best to facilitate the deal with the Lakers, and prepared to lead the Grizzlies to rebuild.

(End of this chapter)