Latest URL: Within a few days, Chris Webber announced his next home. He signed with the New York Knicks for $100 million over seven years.
In order to sign Webber, the Knicks did a lot of internal work, the most difficult of which was persuading Ewing to cut his salary.
Ewing, who decided to fight for another year, wanted an annual salary of tens of millions. When he heard that the team was going to introduce Webber, he rarely retreated in terms of money. Ewing told management to give Webb the price he wanted and leave him alone.
Ewing's choice brought his playing career to a happy ending. He will die in New York.
After Webber signed, Ewing immediately announced his return at a price of $2 million for one year.
And, he held a press conference very formally, saying that the 2001-2002 season will be his last season. He will fight for the championship as always.
Unlike a rich and attractive team like the Knicks, even if the Celtics are rich, it is difficult to attract others. Joe Dumars' first recruiting object was Heat hero Stephen Jackson who had just become a free agent.
Wu Sheng, who is very satisfied in Miami, has never considered leaving Miami.
He flatly rejected the Celtics, turned around and signed a five-year, $35 million contract extension with the Heat. The pursuit of Wu Sheng failed, and Dumars went to pursue combo guard Kendall Gill.
Obviously the Celtics offered an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars, but Jill said with a sense of honor: "I will not join a hopeless team for money."
Then, he reached a three-year, $15 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers. He would rather take the 5 million of the 76ers than the 10 million of the Celtics.
Dumars asked all over the free market and finally found a star player who was willing to come to Boston. His name was Latrell Sprewell.
Sprewell has been fighting for his human rights since he received a long-term suspension for "fondling" his boss's neck a few years ago. It's messed up.
While some teams are willing to take him, no team will really see him as a long-term asset to the team. When the Celtics offered him a three-year, $26 million contract, he took it. The reporter asked him, how does it feel to play for Boston?
"I don't know, I don't know about it, I just need to support my family." Knowing that Sprewell was coming, Louis gave Thomas a neck collar as a gift. After that, Louis began to formally talk about Ginobili on the phone with Zhao Yuanzheng. When Louis talked about Ginobili, Zhao Yuanzheng suddenly realized.
He knew that this was Luigi's purpose, and he also knew that Luigi was bound to win Ginobili.
In recent years, Zhao Yuanzheng has been tracking the two Argentine players selected by the Lakers. He still believes that as long as Pablo Priginho improves his confrontation, he is also a very useful pure point guard in the NBA, especially for a team with a lot of star players like the Lakers, which needs a card dealer who does not take the right to play. member.
Similarly, Zhao Yuanzheng's judgment on Ginobili has not changed.
He always believes that the physical fitness of European players cannot support him to play the same performance in the NBA.
The European players who really make a difference in the NBA are basically Kukoc, Schramf, Sabonis, Bodi Loga, and Nowitzki, who are not outstanding in physical fitness but have outstanding skills.
However, he has been with Louis for so many years, and he is very clear about the other party's vision.
What kind of player is it that after Louis leaves the Lakers, he still misses him and wants to bring him there? "Old Lu, just tell me what you can give for him." Zhao Yuanzheng asked bluntly.
Louis smiled and said, "Old Zhao, how many years have we been friends? Don't you know what I can give you? Except for the rookies I selected this year, the rest, you can just say what you want."
Zhao Yuanzheng scanned the players on the list and found that apart from rookies, the Celtics really had nothing the Lakers needed. Zhao Yuanzheng didn't want to be ruined because of Ginobili's deal, but he also had to give Louis this face.
After all, what Luigi wants is just an Argentine player who has been selected for several years but still does not intend to enter the NBA.
Can't play in the NBA.
It can be said that if you want to give a favor, Zhao Yuanzheng can give it for nothing. But he knew who Louie was all too well.
If he is not sure that Ginobili can become a talent, he will not pull his face and ask for a trade.
Zhao Yuanzheng took a deep breath, and quoted a fierce price: "Give me any player, and then... bring two first-round picks." An overseas player gets two first-round picks in exchange?
Louis feels that if this deal is done, the alliance will investigate overnight whether there is any ulterior motive between him and Zhao Yuanzheng.
"Old Zhao, this deal is not easy." Louis said, "I think your asking price is reasonable. In my heart, Ginobili is also worthy of this price. But his value is only known to you and me, and outsiders don't know it. What will others think when they see this deal?"
Zhao Yuanzheng had to admit that Louis was right, but he was necessary in the first two rounds, so don't feel insecure. In case the deal is lost, he can still use these two first rounds to explain.
"Well, you give me another player besides Ginobili," Louie said, "give me Hedo Turkoglu, and the deal looks normal."
The alarm sounded in Zhao Yuanzheng's heart. Hedo Turkoglu has shown certain strength in the Lakers in the past few years, but because he is a tall third position, if he overlaps with Artest at the fourth position, there is still Malone competes with Rashad Lewis and others, and he is not very competitive in the fourth position, so he has always been a tasteless player in the Lakers.
It is not impossible to trade him.
But Louis's tone of voice was too familiar to him now.
In those years, when Louis and the person on the other end of the phone said, "This is a win-win deal," they said it in this tone. "Old Lu, you won't trick me, will you?"
"Let me tell you the truth, you will definitely regret this deal in the future, but at least it seems that it is you who took advantage of it now." Louis said, "I watched your game last season. There is no room for him to play in the team, in our team, he will have more opportunities and of course he will perform better."
Louis continued to paint cakes for his good brother: "If our performance in the new season is not as expected, wouldn't you make a lot of money? It's a lottery pick!"
Zhao Yuanzheng asked unexpectedly: "Are you planning to sign me in the first round of 2002?" "Yes, how about it? Do you want to make this deal? Tell me a quick word."
This is the end of the matter~www.mtlnovel.com~ Zhao Yuanzheng can only agree.
Like Louis said, he will regret this deal later. On July 17, the Celtics and the Lakers announced their deal.
Celtics trade Danny Fortson PF, 2002 first-round pick, 2006 first-round pick to Los Angeles Lakers for Hedo Turkoglu and Manuel Ginobi The right to sign contracts.
When the deal was finalized, critics agreed that Louie was betting on Turkoglu and completely ignoring Ginobili. At the same time, it was also this transaction that made some people discover for the first time that the proportion of blacks in the Celtics team is approaching the lowest point since 1958.
Among the existing list of 13 people, the only pure blacks are Gerald Wallace, Shandon Anderson and Sprewell, and Tony Parker and Carlos Arroyo are both of mixed race Fake blacks who have lost their blackness.
After this deal, Louis will be on vacation.
There are still two places left, so Dumars and Thomas are tossing about. There is only one requirement, to sign a short contract. Even if God came down to play, he had to sign a short contract.
Chapter end
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