basketball never sleeps

Chapter 53 The atmosphere is quite harmonious

In the early morning, Mo Wen, who had dark circles under his eyes, bought a sports newspaper and got on the plane to Los Angeles.

Mo Wen, who was bored on the plane, opened the newspaper and saw a photo of Pat Riley with a Las Vegas casino in the background.

And in the background, you can still faintly see the phantoms of O'Neal and Mo Wen.

"The Heat's Gamble of the Century! Is Riley crazy?"

Under the title is the content of the Heat's transaction last night——

The Heat paid small forward Caron Butler, who averaged 13+8.5+2.5 in two rounds of playoffs last season, and their 2006 first-round pick, as well as the right to swap the two teams' 2008 first-round draft picks, in exchange for Mo Wen and Gang Gang from the Pistons.

Re-signed small guard Lynch Hunter with the Pistons and some cash balance.

(Refer to the 2003 Best Sixth Man Jamison in exchange for Stackhouse and this year’s No. 5 pick)

After this trade, the Heat conducted a three-party trade with the Raptors and Lakers.

The Heat sent Odom, Grant and a 2007 second-round pick to the Lakers, and sent Eddie Jones to the Raptors, acquiring the Lakers' O'Neal and Raptors veteran Ramond Murray.

The Raptors acquired former All-Star Eddie Jones, sent Ramond Murray to the Heat, and sent the team's sixth man, small forward Maurice Peterson, and next year's first-round pick to the Lakers.

The Lakers insisted on having Butler, but they were shaken after seeing that they could get Peterson, who plays a similar style to Butler and has a qualified three-pointer (14+4+3 in his second year as a rookie).

After the three-way trade, the first-round pick changed from the Heat's to the Raptors', so he immediately agreed.

As long as O'Neal is not seriously injured, the Heat will definitely be a playoff team in the next two years. Their draft picks are not valuable, but the Raptors are different. They released Eddie Jones back then. How much does this guy weigh?

Door clear.

The current general manager of the Raptors, Babcock, was notorious for later trading Carter. Mo Wen initially thought it was these Raptors owners who indicated that Babcock was just an executor and a scapegoat. But after this transaction, Mo Wen

Only then did I realize that when it comes to playing NT, others don’t look like him, but he doesn’t look like him!

Peterson, like Butler, was troubled by minor injuries last year, so he mainly played as the sixth man last year and averaged only 8.3 points per game. The data looks average, but considering that his number of shots also dropped from 13 per game the year before to last year.

Averaged 7.2 times, and his true shooting percentage actually increased by 5% from the season when he averaged 14 points per game.

And Eddie Jones is just a 3D whose status is declining year by year. Although his previous data looked good (17+4+3 in the regular season) and he also performed in the playoffs, consider that Eddie Jones is 33 years old this year.

A three-year, 42 million-dollar high-salary contract, plus a first-round draft pick from the Raptors, this deal couldn't be worse.

ESPN gave the Pistons a B+ trade rating, the Heat's two trades a B, the Lakers a B-, and the Raptors a C.

In fact, the Raptors initially thought about exchanging Peterson and draft picks for Mo Wen, but Peterson just renewed his contract with the Raptors this year with an annual salary of 5 million, plus a first-round pick.

It's been put on hold for now.

As a result, when they turned around, the transaction was completed, and everything was put on the table, the Raptors realized that they had been fooled. Although Eddie Jones was good, he was far behind the young Mo Wen. They had the same chips.

Only one veteran with better data was replaced.

"Compared to the previous life, the Heat have one less Jones and one more me. This is so interesting, hehe."

"Oh, by the way, Da Zhi seems to be on the Heat team too?!"

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When Mo Wen got off the plane and drove to the hotel where the training was held in Long Beach, the sun had become softer.

"Hey, Brother Yao and everyone else!"

Mo Wen, who was dragging a small suitcase and wearing beachwear and sunglasses, saw the male basketball players warming up on the basketball court near the hotel.

After hugging Dayao, under Dayao's introduction, he briefly got to know the men's basketball team members on the trip, said hello to them, and then followed Dayao to the hotel to find Harris and Yuna.

Si reported.

Harris and Yunus did not pursue the issue of Mo Wen's lateness. Anyway, they came today with the plan to rest and adapt to the environment while catching up on jet lag.

Besides, they also saw that Mo Wen had just been traded today. After thinking about it for a moment, they realized that he was late just to deal with the contract or something, and it was not because he was late for fooling around with women. It was completely understandable.

Mo Wen and Dayao are both NBA's moral pacesetters. This is not officially certified by the NBA, but by the more convincing paparazzi.

After coming out of the two coaches' rooms, Mo Wen put down his luggage and planned to invite his teammates to have a meal together.

"What's wrong with your waist? Is it twisted?" Dayao asked a little strangely, seeing Mo Wen always holding his waist.

"No, it was pinched, um... There was something wrong with the automatic door of the gym, so it pinched me." Mo Wen scratched his head with a guilty conscience.

Last night in the bathroom, the big girl clamped on him for half an hour. Before boarding the plane today, there were still red marks on his waist. It can only be said that the 26-year-old spinster is so scary.

In the evening, Mo Wen got O'Neal's phone number from Pat Riley. He originally thought about calling the big shark over to have a meal with him, but he learned that O'Neal had packed up his things and returned to his big hotel in Orlando yesterday.

Stop being wild.

And his mansion in Los Angeles has already been put up for sale. He is quite decisive, as if he is afraid that if it is too late, the Lakers management will kneel down and beg him to stay.

The enthusiastic O'Neill recommended several good food restaurants in Long Beach. Mo Wen found the one closest to the hotel and took everyone there for a meal.

Perhaps because Mo Wen was treating the guests and the coach and team leader of the team were there, the atmosphere of the meal was quite harmonious.

What worried Dayao did not happen immediately.

In subsequent training sessions and games, Mo Wen's outstanding performance seemed to gradually make his teammates recognize Mo Wen.

It is true that Mo Wen is as good as Coach Yunus said. The gap in strength is too obvious.

Mo Wen's strength, whether it is Du Feng and "Xiao Li Feidao" who think they have rich game experience in the CBA, or relying on the youth and vitality of Zhu Fangyu and Chen Ke, they can't defeat Mo Wen on the offensive or defensive end.

Causes a little bit of trouble.

Whether it was technical experience or physical talent, Mo Wen was basically in a state of overpowering them.

Whether it is in team training games or in the Long Beach summer league, Mo Wen is always killing as long as he plays. He averages 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in 24 minutes per game.

He can switch between inside and outside, with and without the ball. Except for his slightly inferior athletic ability, he looks like an invincible all-around superstar.

In addition to giving him the nickname "Chinese Jordan", the Los Angeles Times also accused the Lakers management of why Mo Wen was not included when trading O'Neal. Isn't this kind of player a perfect match for Kobe!

Little did they know that the Lakers management also regretted it after the transaction. Speaking of their understanding of Mo Wen, the Lakers, who played 5 games with the Pistons in the Finals, would definitely not lose to those Eastern Conference teams. However, the Lakers considered that the Pistons would definitely not lose.

They would trade Mo Wen to the enemy, so they never mentioned the matter. They originally thought that the Heat kept Butler because they were optimistic about him, but they didn't expect that they turned around and came up with a cover-up.

After playing Mowen for a few games, Harris and Yunus fell in love with Mowen. Harris, who was still an assistant coach with the Mavericks, directly called the management to ask if he could poach Mowen - this kind of high-ball player

A player who doesn't fight randomly, has mature skills and is decisive at critical moments is the coach's dream.

In Harris' eyes, the Pistons really let such a player leave because their brains were caught in the door. Next season, no, the not-so-distant Olympics, Mo Wen will definitely shine!

The Chinese team had a lot of fun in the summer league because of the extra unknown. On the other side, the Ugly Country’s Dream Six Team finally managed to recruit a group of stars after Larry Brown begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother.——Ai

Ferson, Marbury, Wade, Boozer, Anthony, James, Okafor, Marion, Stoudemire, Duncan, Odom, Richard Jefferson.

This list seems to be full of stars, but only Iverson and Duncan can really become superstars, while Marbury, Boozer, Marion, Stoudemire, Odom, Jefferson and the like

They can only be called second-rate stars. Rookies like Anthony, James, and Wade are purely here to show their qualifications.

The dream team failed in the 2002 World Championships. In order to avenge their shame, a bunch of big-name players came forward to participate in the 2003 America's Cup (04 Olympic American Qualifiers), and easily won the first place through massacre.

Because of Larry Brown's notoriety, and the "terrorist attacks" that took place in Greece at the beginning of the year, the stars participating in the America's Cup used various excuses not to come.

Kidd: I need to soothe my injured knee.

Ray Allen: I want to get married.

Ma Long: My mother died with a knee injury. What can I do?

Xiao Ao: I’m tired and a little injured.

Bibby: There are too many reasons, I just won’t go anyway!

Maddie: Just... scared.

Of course, even so, the team's lineup is still quite luxurious, at least it looked pretty good during training in New York.

"That new teammate of yours has been really in the limelight in Long Beach recently." Anthony, holding the newspaper, asked Wade next to him.

"It seems so. I don't know about the team's trade, but the team must have their reasons for trading Caron and a draft pick for him."

Wade shrugged. He didn't know much about Mo Wen, and he hadn't had a few head-to-head encounters in the regular season. However, speaking of his current mood, he was also very complicated. Originally, after the playoffs, he relied on various superb skills.

He was about to establish himself as the boss of the team. As a result, almost overnight, all the teammates he was familiar with left the team.

In exchange for a senior Shark and a rookie champion who dared to be like Malone, the status of the team seemed to have returned to before liberation overnight.

"I heard that he is already the absolute main force in their national team, but I don't know how many more years we will have to endure. That old coach Brown has no intention of re-using us. He is just a backup team coach every day. It's really boring."

Anthony kicked down the bottle next to him and complained fiercely.

"Stop complaining, kid. Practice shooting more when you have time. Larry has his own ideas. You just need to obey."

Popovich, who was passing by, looked over and hummed to teach.

"Of course, don't blame us for not giving you a chance. The team will contact the Chinese team and several other European teams to play some friendly matches. Whether you can get a chance to play in the Olympics depends on your performance."

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