Build a Dream Dynasty

The Nets and the Mavericks are considered to be the teams with the deepest friendship in the league, and it is easy to negotiate a deal with each other. Isaiah Thomas called Nelson Jr. and soon started negotiations on the Teodosic deal.

As Jiang Mingliang said, the Lone Ranger team, which has been determined to be bad this season, does not really need Teodosic. The European magician is about to turn 30, and it is meaningless to rebuild with a team. The Serbian character is also a little arrogant, even if the dressing room atmosphere of the Mavericks team is already relatively harmonious in the league, Teodosic is still not able to integrate into it, so Nelson Jr. did not talk nonsense about this deal Too many, just ask the Nets for a future first-round pick to start the deal.

The Nets traded their 17-year first-round pick to the Warriors. According to league regulations, the 2018 first-round pick cannot be traded. The earliest first-round pick that can be traded is the 2019 first-round pick. The Nets' salary space can be Eat Teodosic's 2-year $10 million contract, but the team's 15-man roster is full, so a player needs to be traded away.

Fanny Smith, who didn't get much playing time in the team, was added to the deal and went to the Mavericks to fight for opportunities. As compensation, Jiang Mingliang called Fanny Smith in person to confirm that if the team can win the championship this season The champion will give Fanny Smith a championship ring.

The Nets have always been in place in this regard. Customizing a championship ring is nothing more than a few thousand dollars. Will prepare a ring for him. The money matter is really nothing to Jiang Mingliang.

"However, his personality is really not very good. He also said that he wants to return to Europe after the season and does not plan to stay in the United States." After the deal was finalized, Nelson Jr. also revealed something to Jiang Mingliang.

In his opinion, the Nets' choice to trade for Teodosic should just fill in Curry's vacancy, so that Teodosic will not really be included in the team's future plans.

"I understand, just like Rudy back then." Jiang Mingliang was noncommittal about this.

When Rudy Fernandez came to the Nets, he also clamored to finish the season, return to Spain after fulfilling the contract, and never come to the NBA again. As a result, the Nets let him stay in the NBA until now, making money and making money . In principle, as long as it is not too thorny, most of the Nets' team culture can really be covered. After all, the Nets have done really well in terms of "internationalization".

"Good luck~"

On November 28th, Yahoo's shams announced the deal between the Nets and the Lone Ranger for the first time. The Nets sent Fanny Smith + the first round pick in 2020 in exchange for Teodoro from the Lone Ranger. Sic, immediately on ins and twitter, a large number of fans began to lament that the Nets made a good deal.

"Honestly speaking, I thought of Fernandez's deal. It's also a show of power in the Olympics, it's also a dissatisfaction with the NBA, and it's also a relatively weak point for reinforcing the Nets. I'm very optimistic about Teodosic and the Nets. The team had great chemistry."

"It's nothing to say, issac really knows how to do business! And I really think that if issac continues to be the general manager of the Nets, he can basically lock in the number one general manager in history."

"issac's past achievements are enough to make most fans feel that this is a win-win deal."

"Teodosic has technical characteristics, strong organizational skills, is good at using pick-and-rolls to get to the basket to complete the offense, and has a certain singles ability. The disadvantage is that his defensive ability is weak, and his ability to catch and shoot is unstable."

If it was between the other two teams, a trade for a substitute player at the end of the first round would not have such a big influence. But this deal was completed by the Nets, so it's a little different. In fact, let's put it bluntly, if Teodosic is really strong enough for this, it won't be the Nets' turn to pick up the leak. It's only the first round in the future, and there are a sea of ​​teams that can afford it.

The deal hasn't been finalized, but the season has to go on. The Nets went to the away game against the Hornets, which had been abused once in the past few years, and suffered their fourth loss of the season. This season the Hornets retained the team's core lineup from last season, but their performance in the game was far from it. Batum, who has received a big contract, has declined in all statistics this season. Last season, Batum was the second master of both shooting and connecting the team's offense. This season, Batum's shooting percentage has reached 42%. /33%, the organizational ability that will not be easily lost has also lost its threat with the decline of its own offensive ability, and the pace of the defensive end has become more and more heavy. I thought it was just that the Olympic Games were too exhausted and the physical condition did not recover due to lack of rest during the offseason, but Batum’s state is still half-dead. However, Batum’s decline has accelerated Kemba Walker’s recovery. Growing up, this point guard who looks exactly like Wall is like his twin brother in this game. He showed excellent form when facing Van Fleet. Devastated dozens of back and forth. Facing such a speedy and powerful point guard this season, the team's defensive problems have been magnified obviously. Both George and Leonard are not good at defending this type of backcourt players. What's more troublesome is that neither Teodosic, who is about to join, nor Curry, who is currently recovering from his injury, are also not good defenders.

In the whole game, Kemba Walker scored 41 points and 13 assists in a large double-double performance, helping the team beat the Nets by 126:121, with a five-point advantage, and made a big upset.

Fortunately, the strength of this game did not affect the ranking of the Nets, because the Cleveland Cavaliers behind them also lost. What is even more exaggerated is that in the locker room, the Cavaliers reported a problem in the locker room.

"He has been afraid to challenge LeBron James. After all, he is just a head coach with little experience in the league, but LeBron's status in the team is much higher. For him, the pressure is indeed great. A little bit more,” said the Cavaliers insider, “I remember James Jones once said to Blatt in a video class, ‘Hey, coach, when LeBron James makes a mistake on video, you can’t just do it. Don't talk!' Because we all saw him make mistakes. So, the players will be like, 'Well, Dellavedova is not in the position, you will point it out; Thompson is not in the position, you will point it out; The opponent fast breaks, James does not return to defense, you keep silent, and then continue to play the video, as if you didn’t see anything’, at this time the whole room becomes strangely quiet. As a player, I must say that the coach does this, he will Lose the respect of the players."

Don't worry about the shortage but the unevenness. When the head coach treats the players under his opponents differently, the targeted players are naturally prone to look down on the head coach. For the Nets, Stevens has the highest authority. Whether Curry or Leonard, they are not thorny characters. As long as there are no problems with the two of them, the Nets' locker room will be fine chaos. But James is different. Whichever team he goes to, he has the most authority.

This kind of civil strife in the Cavaliers is another big blow to James' reputation. In the past few years, apart from capturing Leonard's injured season and winning a championship, he was overwhelmed by the Nets and Curry at other times. Now, Curry is the benchmark and role model for players. James' frequent team changes, interference in the team's internal affairs, and other behaviors are all regarded as heretics and will be criticized by the team.

That is, on the day when the team lost to the Hornets in an away game, the league officially passed the deal. Teodosic successfully passed the physical examination and officially joined the Nets.

Although many people compare Teodosic's situation with Fernandez's situation, Teodosic himself has no such idea. He is in a very different situation than Fernandez. Fernandez himself came to the Nets and was used as a sixth man. Thanks to the team's trade of George for Curry, he was mentioned as the starting position. foothold. In front of Teodosic is a mountain that cannot be overcome. The current Curry is completely different from the George at the time. George can be said to be the hope of the Nets at the time, and Curry is the legend of the Nets team, the totem, the first person in history! Not to mention his nickname is "European Magician", even if he is a contemporary magician, it is impossible for the Nets to send Curry away because of him.

He is as arrogant as Teodosic, and he is not willing to play as a substitute at all, even if he is a substitute for Curry.

In the first communication, Jiang Mingliang also clearly felt Teodosic's ambition, and he was used to it.

In the past few years, the Nets have successively sent four players, Bledsoe, Jeremy Lin, Reggie Jackson, and Dinwiddie, to become the main point guards of other teams in the league. ". A capable and ambitious point guard is naturally unwilling to be a substitute for Curry for the rest of his life. This is the norm. Teodosic has already achieved fame in Europe, and he came to the United States with the mentality of conquering the NBA, let alone starting from a low level.

Jiang Mingliang doesn't care too much about this. At least for the next two months, Teodosic can fill in Curry's vacancy and revitalize the Nets' offense. The team's trade to Teodosic is not too expensive, and the team's backup point guard position is really very weak. Even if he really doesn't adapt to the NBA, it's better to be a backup point guard. How about Livingston and now VanVleet?

Whether it is Jiang Mingliang or the fans of the Nets, they are now looking forward to Teodosic playing for the team!