Chapter 405: Summer is here, the deal is done
This matter once became a hot topic of discussion. Of course, this popularity did not last long because summer is coming!
July 1 is the time when the nBa free market opens every year. Not to mention George, who wants to trade this year, there are also big fish that are fatter than him in the free market. James and Durant, the two players who signed 11 contracts, have announced that they will jump out of the contract.
All the team managers ran towards the agents of these two players like sharks smelling fishy, even the Pacers were no exception, because there are many contracts that expired this year. If George really wants to trade, then they can use this contract to exchange a lot of things. George's replacements, James and Durant are both good!
Although it sounds a bit delusional, how can you know if it will succeed if you don’t try it? Last year’s Warriors were definitely not Durant’s number one leader. After all, they just lost to the Warriors in the playoffs, and the Warriors are also the champion team. Everyone thought it was either the Celtics, the Wizards, or stayed in the Thunder, the Warriors? Did Durant go back to the Warriors, but he really went there. So this time, the Pacers also made a try!
Unfortunately, these two people didn't pay attention to Lin Sen. James continued to choose the Cavaliers, so Durant naturally became even more unlikely to leave the Warriors. He lost like this last year, so he would not be able to play back? Run again? Then this historical status would be completely lost! Even if he won the championship in the future, the title of the thigh-hugging king may not be able to escape.
But from the beginning of these two superstars, this summer has really begun. Each team is starting to plan, championship-level teams are thinking about how to make up for their problems, second-level teams are thinking about how to introduce strong players, while teams on the edge of the playoffs are considering whether to continue moving forward or rebuild, Lotto teams are considering cultivating rookies and leaving room for their future self.
Every team has their own ideas, and the Pacers are thinking about trading George out at a price point, but it is obvious that the negotiations between them and the Lakers are not going well.
The Lakers seem to be sure that George doesn't want to go anywhere except Los Angeles. Think about it, other teams spent a huge price to get George but only had one year's right to use it. What's going on? Who would like to?? So although George wanted to trade and was put on the shelves, few teams said that there were bargaining chips. This time, the Lakers were not even willing to hand over any of their three second-place finishers. If they wanted to bring any of them, they had to get a garbage contract from the Lakers, Roll Deng, Mozkov, whatever Lakers choose!
Larry Bird directly explained that unless the Lakers change their price, no call about the Lakers will need to be answered again. Larry Bird is so tough. He was originally a mortal enemy of Los Angeles in his player age, but now he still wants to rob me? It’s impossible.
Larry Bird began to think about other teams, but the other teams seemed to have no intention of quotes! What George needed to add most to his departure was not their offense, but their defense. George was undoubtedly a big gate for the outside defense. With him, Linsen would be better limited to James and Durant this year, otherwise the outside was really a sieve. No matter how strong Linsen was, he would not have defended the two people who were hit.
So Larry Bird first contacted the Bulls. Butler and the Bulls management were also unhappy, and he was also an excellent defensive player. Switching it was not unacceptable for the Pacers.
But the Bulls had no idea to rebuild. This is what they want to do now. If you want Butler, you can! Lotto show! Young players with potential to be called core. None of these Pacers have. Well, there is nothing to talk about.
If the relationship between fans and George was not deteriorating, Larry Bird planned to force George to stay for the next championship for a year. Even if George lost money after breaking out of the contract next year, a championship would be enough to make the Pacers pay everything. Unfortunately, with the influence of various things on the Internet, this matter can no longer be decided so simply.
Suddenly, Larry Bird thought about it and opened a quote! From the Thunder, the team that appeared in the regular season mVp this year, they ranked sixth this year, and may be the worst-ever regular season mVp team in the 21st century. So they want to make a change! This is a normal thing. The Thunder's quote is very clean, Oladipo Sabonis.
Oladipo, this is a talented young man, but it is not that easy to play around mVp. Westbrook focuses all his energy on how to achieve a historic triple-double average. Westbrook can exhale 10% of his energy on the offensive end, while the data on the defensive end is about 50%. Oladipo can only help him wipe his butt.
His defense is excellent. Similarly, he is not happy with the Thunder with a ball-like style and his offensive end is not smooth, which does not mean that his offense is not good. In Larry Bird's heart, he is fully capable of growing into a player who is as good as George's offense and defense, but his position is different. One is the defender and the other is the forward.
But the other Sabonis? Larry Bird really doesn't want it. He has assisting ability and is better than Linson. His three-point shooting level is not stable and his defensive arm span is not enough. Although playing basketball inherits his dad's intelligence, it would be too embarrassing to play at the fifth position. Linson already has a substitute at Turner, and even if he plays on the double tower, it's not his turn, so Larry Bird aims at another one.
"Old man, I heard you're interested in Paul George? I think we can talk!" Larry Bird called Presty.
Half an hour later, Larry Bird hung up the phone, OK! Finally, the most troublesome thing has been solved now.
On July 3, the major news appeared, and the Oklahoma City Thunder officially announced that it had received Indiana Pacers star Paul George and packaged Victor Oladipo and Jerami Grant to India City.
Chapter completed!