I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the NBA, if you are not the owner of a team, even if you reach the level of Jerry West, you still cannot fully control the future of the team.

It was definitely not the right decision for Jerry West to leave the Lakers and go to the Grizzlies. In the Grizzlies, he did not get the opportunity to fully realize his ambitions, and it was not even considered giving up halfway.

Jerry West announced his resignation from the Grizzlies. This is definitely a super big news before the draft.

Jerry West resigned on the night of June 18, and the Grizzlies quickly announced on the morning of June 19 that they had invited Chris Wallace to serve as the team's general manager and vice president of basketball operations.

At the press conference when Chris Wallace took office, Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley was very happy and full of expectations for Chris Wallace: “Chris did a very good job in Boston. I have the most confidence in him as a general manager in a long time, I respect him very much, and I am certain that he will lead this team to continue to grow and succeed."

Haisley, who is very satisfied with Chris Wallace, once again emphasized: "He came to Memphis with a strong resume and outstanding work ethic."

After emphasizing twice in press conferences that Chris Wallace is good and great, it's clear that Heisley also knows that taking over for Jerry West is a lot of pressure on anyone.

Although Jerry West has not done very well with the Grizzlies over the years and his results are not very good, Jerry West has said that his job is to introduce real superstars to the Grizzlies.

In fact, Grizzlies fans are still divided into two groups.

Don't look at the Grizzlies' management, it has already been overwhelming to Jerry West.

But most fans support Jerry West.

Most Grizzlies fans believe that Jerry West did not deceive them. All the work he did with the Grizzlies was to introduce Chen Xiao. Although due to NBA rules, players from other teams cannot be publicly lured, everyone still Know who Jerry West is talking about.

As for the future introduction of Chen Xiao, these people actually believe and look forward to it. Moreover, although the Grizzlies' results are not good, the team has also introduced Kidd and has played in the playoffs. Weren’t the results just like this before?

While maintaining the team's past results, the team also has star players like Jason Kidd, the second point guard in NBA history. Fans are satisfied with Jerry West's work during the preparation period.

Instead of making them eat shit before eating ice cream, Jerry West eats the same thing as before and waits for the most delicious ice cream at the end.

Therefore, Grizzlies fans were very shocked by Jerry West's departure. They did feel sorry for Rose, but they did not want Jerry West to leave. West's departure meant that the Grizzlies All the work done for Chen Xiao was in vain, and at the same time, it was impossible to get Chen Xiao again.

Moreover, since the Grizzlies immediately hired a general manager as soon as Jerry West resigned, the Grizzlies owner Heisley may have been in an affair with Chris Wallace for a long time.

I'm afraid Haisley has long been ready to replace Jerry West.

Looking at the support and respect Haisley has always expressed for West in front of others, this is somewhat ironic.

Therefore, after Heisley introduced Chris Wallace to Memphis, local Memphis online forums ridiculed Heisley and Chris Wallace.

"Michael said the exact same thing in an interview two days ago when he was supporting Jerry West."

"Haisley said that Chris Wallace came with a record of accomplishments and a resume, a lottery-winning resume every year? During his tenure, the Boston Celtics went from being a feared team to a Just fish belly.”

"Compared to the future of the dynasty that can be achieved by acquiring Chen Xiao, Haisley hopes that the Grizzlies will always be an affable and fat team."

In short, Chris Wallace's appointment met with great opposition in Memphis, and the contradiction between local fans and management was very obvious.

Fans cannot accept the introduction of Chen Xiao halfway.

You know, it's not just the fans who can't accept it, the Grizzlies players can't accept it either.

The reason why Keith stayed with the Grizzlies was certainly not out of his love for Memphis. It was simply a pie drawn by Jerry West so that he could get together with Chen Xiao at the end of his career.

And Randolph, who now regrets leaving Chen Xiao, also thinks the same way, especially Bago.

Bugs has gotten everything he wants in the NBA. He still stays with the Grizzlies as a mascot. Of course it’s not for the millions of dollars. Let’s put it this way. As a small shareholder of Facebook, Bugs is really No shortage of money.

He stayed with the Grizzlies as the mascot simply because he hoped to cooperate with Chen Xiao.

But now that Jerry West has left, this hope is certainly gone.

Considering that the Bobcats' current 15-man roster is too tight to cut anyone for a mascot, on the second day after Jerry West took over, the Grizzlies' former All-Star, championship, and Chinese center , the 34-year-old Battle announced his retirement from the NBA.

Battle has experienced three teams: the Nets, Lakers and Grizzlies in his career. He won a championship with the Nets and became an All-Star with the Lakers. He had no achievements with the Grizzlies, but the local Grizzlies fans still like him. When you see him, you can imagine Chen Xiao.

So even though Bugs is already a mascot now, his retirement has a great impact on Memphis, adding to the antagonism between fans, players and the team.

Soon, the Grizzlies' new head player Zach Randolph hoped to leave the Grizzlies and applied for a trade to the team. He still had two years of contract with the Grizzlies and his contract was due to expire in 2011.

Although there are still two years left on the contract, the player himself does not want to stay, and it is difficult for the team to force him to stay.

On the other side, the boss, who was preparing to negotiate a contract extension with the Grizzlies when his contract expired, announced the termination of contract renewal negotiations with the Grizzlies.

Historically, Johnnie signed a three-year, $25 million contract with the Mavericks after his contract expired this year.

Now, of course, Keith, who is no longer worried about the championship, will no longer think about going to the Mavericks or other teams that can get close to the championship. His current thoughts just want to recall the past and draw a perfect conclusion to his career. Dot.

Obviously, he feels that the most perfect ending to his career is to recall everything about Chen Xiao, because his legend started with Chen Xiao.

Therefore, after Boss Ji rejected contract renewal negotiations with the Grizzlies, he immediately found Chen Xiao.

He told Chen Xiao that he was coming to the Bobcats.

Boss Ji is different from Bage. Although Bago wants to be teammates with Chen Xiao, he feels that his current strength is not worthy.

But Boss Ji feels that he is definitely worthy. He feels that if he goes to the Bobcats, he will not make it difficult for Chen Xiao.

In fact, this is also true.

Chen Xiao was very excited when he heard that Boss Ji was coming to the Bobcats and that the basic salary was good. Boss Qiao was also excited.

To be fair, when most NBA players reach the age of Anthony, their final contract is either to pursue a championship. If they don't pursue a championship, they will definitely go to a big city.

Wherever he is like Boss Ji, he wants to be teammates with Chen Xiao.

Although Key's current strength is no longer at its peak, and last season was under the control of the Grizzlies and he was injured for most of the season, but Chen Xiao knew that Key was pretending to be ill in order to cooperate with the team's strategy.

Boss Ji's current situation should be good, otherwise he wouldn't think of coming to the Bobcats.

Let's put it this way, even if Kevin can't run anymore, his passing and defense are worth a contract from the Bobcats.

After all, Ji's defense and passing have never relied on his running and jumping ability, but on pure skills and awareness.

Historically, in the Mavericks, the 38-year-old Ji boss was able to beat Xiaodu to death.

Keith is definitely a typical example of getting better as he gets older. In the past two seasons with the Grizzlies, his three-point shooting percentage has exceeded 40%. Who can believe it?

Although he didn't play much last season, his three-point shooting percentage even exceeded 46%!

For the Bobcats, players like Big Brother Key can play a very big role whether in the regular triangle offense or in the five small schools.

There is no reason at all to reject Boss Ji.

Therefore, the Grizzlies' civil strife in the past two days has really been a joy for the Bobcats.

Beasley is gone, but Big Boss is here...

Yes, after the Grizzlies rejected the Bobcats' request to trade Beasley, Jordan and the Bobcats did not hide it from Beasley and quickly asked Beasley to try out with the Pacers or the Grizzlies.

In the end, Beasley declined the Grizzlies' tryout and chose the Pacers.

With less than 10 days left until the draft, Beasley can only choose one of the two.

Of course, giving up the Grizzlies was not because Beasley noticed that the Grizzlies were more interested in Thabeet. Therefore, if second place is not enough, it is okay to keep third place.

It's just that Beasley simply doesn't like the Grizzlies. You damn thing, I finally came to the Bobcats to play with my boss, but you damn guy actually went back on my promise.

Of course Beasley can't be angry with Jerry West, he can only be angry with the Grizzlies.

You know, when the Grizzlies accepted the Bobcats' trade application, Beasley made an agreement with his two brothers from college, Curry Jr. and Jimmy Butler, that everyone would come to the Bobcats together.

The third generation of Three Eagles and Two Claws, the three Eagles want to play together.

It's just obvious that such a thing is impossible.

By the way, although Beasley left Charlotte and went to Indianapolis, the other four members of the third generation of Three Eagles and Two Claws are still in Charlotte.

Curry Jr., Jimmy Butler, Wesley Matthews and Lazar Hayward.

However, losing Beasley is still a bit of a blow to Boss Joe.

In this year's draft, Joe's plan A is Thabeet and Beasley. Now Thabeet can't do it, and neither can Beasley.

Plan AB has all disappeared, and with Boss Ji willing to come to the Bobcats, Boss Qiao's Plan C will also change.

Because now the main goal of the Bobcats is no longer to find rookies in the draft, but to free up the team's quota and then sign the boss.

Players like Johnny cannot wait until after August. Rookies can wait until then to sign, but not Johnny. They need to sign as soon as the free market opens to avoid changes.

In this case, Boss Qiao needs to trade.

The trade means that Jordan now has to sort out the Bobcats' current players and future plans, and send away some players on the team.

The best outcome for Jordan is that these players and some of the Bobcats' draft picks can be traded for higher draft picks.

This is Boss Qiao's goal. Whether it can be achieved or not depends on operations.

Now, Jordan needs to consider which of these players the Bobcats should move.

Among the fifteen members of the Bobcats, Chen Xiao, Roy, Rose, Aldridge, Granger, Battier, and Barnes, these seven people must not be moved.

Only the remaining eight can move, Daniel Gibson, Lowry, Lopez, Lopez, Roy Hibbert, DeAndre Jordan, Ilyasova, and Livingston.

Among them, Livingston was re-signed after Bynum was traded away.

If that's the case, losing Livingston is a good decision.

However, the Bobcats still have four first-round picks, so it is not just as simple as losing Livingston.

Let's put it this way, after Kidd was willing to come to the Bobcats, all eight point guards on the team who could be passive were on Joe's future trade list.

After all, the arrival of Keith is destined to be a nightmare for the other young point guards of the Bobcats, and there is no point in keeping him. After all, Chen Xiao, Rose, and Roy can all play point guards.

With James coming to the Bobcats, the NBA trade market surrounding the draft has become extremely active.

After all, the Bobcats added so many tradable players plus four tradeable draft picks all at once.

To be honest, these chips of the Bobcats are enough to make people crazy.

Just when Jordan was worried about the Bobcats' operations this summer, Chen Xiao was not idle. Instead, he continued to implement Joe's previous plan C to see if there was a rookie this year who could take on the responsibility of the Bobcats. The strength and potential of the sixth and eighth picks.

Not to mention, there are really some pretty good prospects among the 2009 rookies.

For example, DeRozan is the shooting guard from USC who is full of science.

DeRozan ranks second in this year's points, second only to James Harden, and is also predicted to be ninth. Harden is predicted to be sixth (not as good as Griffin, Beasley, Thabeet, Rubio, Tyreek E Vince).

But obviously, Chen Xiao definitely likes DeRozan more than James Harden.

If Plan C is really to be implemented, Chen Xiao would prefer Evans, who is the strongest among the remaining players in the sixth pick, to DeRozan, who is the most scientific in the eighth pick.

Moreover, both Evans and DeRozan have mismatched heights. Evans can play the second or even the third position, and DeRozan is also over 2 meters tall.

And just when Chen Xiao was attracted by DeRozan, who was full of science, Chen Xiao received a very surprising phone call.

And the purpose of this person's visit is also quite shocking.

Not only Chen Xiao was shocked, but Boss Qiao who was racking his brains for the deal was also shocked.

"Chen, you said Shaquille O'Neal told you that he hopes to come to the Bobcats?!"

It can be seen from Jordan's stunned expression how shocked he was at this time.