All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball

Throughout the history of the NBA, generally as the season progresses, people can find some clues through the news before most transactions occur.

However, since it is the majority, past history has also told people countless times.

There are some transactions where you can't find any logic until they happen.

Because reality sometimes makes more sense than Stephen Chow's movies.

Since purchasing the Warriors in 1995, this is Chris Cohan's 13th year in charge of the Warriors.

Compared with Su Feng's memory, due to the benefits of the disintegration of the Raptors, the Warriors recruited a very attractive star guard (Steve Nash), so in recent years, it can be said that the core The highlight period since Han took charge of the Warriors.

However, this period of glory not only failed to make Cohan feel the happiness that basketball brought him...

On the contrary, as he has continued to increase his investment in the Warriors in recent years, in such a critical year such as 2008, he felt what it meant to be beyond his capabilities.

because.......

The subprime mortgage crisis is terrible!

Starting in 2006, the Cohan family's cable TV industry began to shrink significantly.

With the arrival of 2008, the huge debt borne by Sonic Communications under Cohan's head became the Sword of Damocles hanging over Cohan's head.

Therefore, as early as last summer, Shawn Marion's agent approached the Warriors, hoping to negotiate an early contract extension with the team...

Although Marion has made an indelible contribution to the rise of this Warriors...

But in Cohan's eyes...

This guy is clearly a rebellious traitor who wants to die quickly!

ha?

You say that the conditions proposed by Marion in this contract extension are not excessive, and that these millions of dollars are just a drop in the bucket for Cohan, who has a net worth of over 100 million?

Wake up!

If it were in Su Feng's original time and space, then indeed, Cohan's contract renewal conditions proposed by Marion were completely acceptable.

But in this era when the super luxury tax was born in advance...

Once the contract extension with Marion is completed, Cohan will have to pay more luxury tax to the league...

Plus the subprime crisis...

Right now, how can Cohan have any extra money to support basketball, which is his hobby?

You know, in the NBA, not everyone has the courage to turn the team into the family's primary industry.

And in the United States, not all cities are Los Angeles and New York.

In Su Feng's previous life, after the rise of the Warriors, many Yun fans liked to attribute the Warriors' success to the fact that they were in a big city with a market and fans.

But in Su Feng's view, how could these people be Yun fans? They clearly knew nothing about the geography of the United States!

Trivia.

For a long time, in the NBA, Oakland was not even as attractive as Cleveland.

Because on the other side of the bridge is paradise.

And as for Auckland?

It's just a GTA city where the crime rate remains high all year round in the United States, and you may have to go home in your underwear at any time because you go out to buy a pack of cigarettes.

In Su Feng's original time and space, the reason why the Warriors were grown bigger and bigger by Lacob and his business partners was precisely because Lacob made a decision that went against his ancestors and decided to move the team to the Bay Area.

However, before that, even if the emergence of Nash had caused the golden wave of Oracle Arena to roll in advance, Cohan could not give up his family's industry and devote himself to the Warriors like the old Buss did to the Lakers. Under construction.

On the one hand, this is related to the fact that the rich and the wealthy cannot be generalized, and on the other hand, it is related to the fact that the NBA is not as profitable as people think.

In fact, even in the golden years under Stern, more than half of the league's teams were losing money.

Therefore, in order not to disobey his ancestors, after the time came to January 2008, Cohan decided that he could only disobey the group of "unruly people" who clamored for reinforcements and reinforcements for the team all day long.

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Throughout January, in order to help Marion find a new home, the Warriors management, who received Cohan's instructions, not only made a promise to Nelson that they would never trade Marion this season, but also discussed with Marion's agent again. , the Warriors management also hinted to him through his agent many times:

Sean, if your numbers could be better...

That summer, what we will prescribe for you then is...

Marion: ヽ(??▽?)ノ!

But in fact, privately, the Warriors management has early set its sights on teams that still have salary space to take over Marion.

Moreover, in order to ensure that the Warriors' salary cap is lowered below the luxury tax next season, according to Cohan's meaning...

As long as someone is willing to take over Marion...

It doesn't matter even if Marion can't buy the future for this Warriors.

Because at this time, Cohan had already thought of selling the team to pay off the debt.

only.......

At this juncture, Cohan cannot find a successor in the short term.

Cohan knows that even if he is now heavily in debt, in order to ensure that the Warriors can sell some money when they make a move in the future, the Warriors must keep Nash, whose contract has expired, this summer.

In contrast, if Marion uses his player option this summer, it depends on the Warriors not leaving...

Then in order to raise Marion, he will have to spend more than an astronomical amount of money?

And soon, after some research, the Warriors finally found a team that could take advantage of Marion's contract.

Chicago Bulls.

However, because the Bulls are focused on ruining their lives at this time, a person with such outstanding combat power as Marion...

If someone accidentally brings the Bulls' record too good and the Bulls are unable to select the "new Jordan" they want in the coming year, wouldn't that mean they are destroying the team's treasure?

You know, although the rookies in the 2008 class are not as famous as the 2007 class...

But several of the rookies in the 2008 class are also famous.

So the Bulls rejected the Warriors' trade request without even thinking about it.

At the same time, Kupchak, who learned through his network that the Warriors planned to trade Marion, officially launched his "robbery plan" in the winter of this year.

Many years later, when NBA general managers reviewed Kupchak's deal again, they were deeply impressed by Kupchak's wisdom.

Because this "robbery plan" not only complied with various rules and regulations of the NBA, but in a sense, it can also be called a model in the history of NBA transactions.

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As we all know, in the summer of 2007, after acquiring Su Feng in a sign-and-trade, the combined annual salaries of Su Feng and Kobe reached an astonishing US$44 million.

So if he wants to rob the Warriors, Kupchak knows that he must first collect the chips on the gambling table.

However, as the Lakers' salary space has been locked up, even if he pays for it, theoretically, Kupchak cannot take out the bargaining chip used to trade Marion.

However, since it is a model in NBA trading history, Kupchak will naturally tell you with his next operation...

What is meant by transactions that others cannot do, he can do.

What is called a transaction that others dare not think of? He dared to think of it.

According to NBA rules, when a player is reimbursed for the season, the team can apply to the league for an injury exception that is approximately equal to half of the player's salary, which can be used to sign a player until the end of the season, or trade a "contract of equal value" Expired” players.

Therefore, after the NBA officially approved Kobe's injury exception, Kupchak knew that it was time to show his true skills.

On January 4, because he was deeply aware of the financial embarrassment of his little brother, the Grizzlies, Kupchak proposed to his good brother, the Grizzlies, that we could use this injury exception to trade the players you acquired from the Bulls for reconstruction last season. Kwame Brown's advice.

After hearing this, the Grizzlies, who had already complained that Brown usually ate too much and was not very capable at work, immediately felt the unforgettable love for him from the Lakers big brother!

If you were in the NBA, write the relationship between the team into a romance.

That winter of this year, in Xiong Bao's view...

She is like the gray mushroom in the arms of the Lakers brother.

No twists and turns.

There's no waffling either.

Almost without thinking, the Grizzlies made a deal with the Lakers.

At this time, it was generally felt that the Lakers had been robbed.

but.......

In view of the Lakers' weak inside line in the 2007/08 season...

In the eyes of experts, trading this injury exception for Kwame Brown is a helpless move by the Lakers.

However, just when fans and experts feel distressed and bitter for this Lakers...

Little did they know that at this time, Kupchak had gathered all the chips to get to the negotiating table with the Warriors.

Because NBA trading rules are very complex and cumbersome.

So even the most senior NBA fan can't guess what Kupchak wants to do next.

However, if you are a veteran 2K Dynasty mode player...

Then you should know that Brown has become Kupchak's next trump card to rob the Warriors. (Note ①)

As Jerry West's chief disciple...

In this league, no one understands better than Kupchak that if you want to facilitate a deal, you must first understand what the other party wants.

The current Warriors are trying to free up salary space for next season.

This is to avoid the possibility that if Marion chooses to use the player option, they will be subject to the super luxury tax and be unable to retain their ace player Steve Nash this summer.

Therefore, among the Lakers, Brown, Radmanovic, and Vujacic, whose contracts are about to expire this summer, aren't they the chips the Warriors want most at this time?

As for the Warriors' results this season?

wake up.......

He, Chris Cohan, can hardly live anymore, so you still talk to him about his performance?

You're afraid you don't want him to die!

And can the Warriors still create the "Miracle of Bern" this season with cheese sandwiched between the two major teams in the universe, the Trail Blazers and Celtics?

Stop talking nonsense.

In the NBA, a business league, since some people are willing to sacrifice everything for their dreams, there are also people who are willing to abandon everything for profit.

So, January 31st......

When Su Feng, who had just finished learning English with Britney, learned on the phone that Kupchak had conjured a horse for him from Golden State like a magic trick...

Since entering the alliance, this is the first time in Su Feng's life that he has felt...

What is pie in the sky?

"I'll give you a damn! Is this a job that carbon-based organisms can do?"

Originally, when Kupchak replaced Brown at the beginning of the year, Su Feng once felt that Kupchak was dissatisfied that he, a father, was not tired enough.

but now.......

have to say.......

There is still a huge difference between a professional general manager and an amateur general manager like him.

Of course, the completely different pursuits of Buss and Cohan are also the fundamental reason why the Lakers and Warriors were able to reach a deal this time.

Under the influence of the subprime mortgage crisis, it is impossible for all NBA teams to remain unaffected.

But for Buss, the Lakers, who have a vast Chinese market, can only make a comeback from this crisis and thrive in the face of the crisis only by coaxing Su Feng.

Therefore, when Su Feng went against the grain again and again on the court, how could old Bass not feel sorry for Feng GieGie?

Luxury tax?

Super luxury tax?

As long as Su Feng can lead the Lakers to restore their former glory, then why should the Lakers worry that they won't be able to make money?

Therefore, under the completely different situation of the team owners, Kupchak has the possibility to carry out this operation.

Perhaps, this winter, the Lakers' exchange for Marion can only relieve Su Feng's usual pressure on the court.

But next year, when Kobe returns...

Kupchak believes that the Lakers will definitely issue the most powerful challenge to the championship!

And for Marion, who was deceived by the Warriors for half a season...

He originally wanted to post a long article to denounce the Warriors...

Now I don’t know whether to thank the warriors or not…

Because as one of the "Maple King's Nemesis" who had fought against Su Feng countless times on the playing field...

In this alliance, there are several people who know better than Marion, just how strong is Su Feng?

But you might not believe it.

With Kupchak's exemplary trade shocking all NBA professionals...

In the public opinion, almost no one, including Humi and Fenghei, is optimistic about this deal.

Because no matter how Kupchak reached this deal through reasonable NBA trading rules...

After counting Marion's salary, it is basically impossible for this Lakers to make any big moves in the next few years...

therefore.......

No one really thinks that Marion, whose form has begun to decline significantly this season, and Kobe, who is in unknown form after returning from injury, can become the Maple King's right-hand man in the future, right?

And considering the ages of these three next season...

Fans have even given this Lakers a nickname in advance:

————"Los Angeles Nursing Home".

"Nursing home? What happened to the nursing home? Veterans never die, they just wither away!"

On this day, at the ceremony to welcome Marion, Su Feng said with disdain for the media's view that if the Lakers could not win the championship in the short term, they would not be able to embrace the future.

In Su Feng's original time and space, after turning 30, Marion's offensive level indeed declined sharply.

But you have to admit that as a defensive leader, this guy's defensive level was better than most young people in this league even before he retired. UU reading www.uukanｈｈhu.ｽnet

And for the Lakers with Su Feng and Kobe...

Excuse me.......

Do they need other players to think about offense?

therefore.......

Kupchak!

YYDS!

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PS: Before writing this chapter, I checked a lot of information. Although I checked it before when I was writing the detailed outline, in order to avoid making mistakes, I checked it again while writing. So I hope everyone will trust Qiao’s professionalism when pointing out problems! The update is here, hmm!

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