I’m Really Playing Basketball

In fact, before the draft started, Boss Joe had already made plans for who to trade.

With the seven players Chen Xiao, Roy, Rose, Aldridge, Granger, Barnes, and Battier unable to move, they could only choose from the remaining eight players.

Lowry, Daniel Gibson, Lopez, Lopez, DeAndre Jordan, Roy Hibbert, Livingston, Ilyasova.

With the Bobcats selecting Curry Jr. in this year's draft, Daniel Gibson, who has a similar style to Curry Jr., has a very awkward position with the Bobcats.

Similarly, after having Kidd, Lowry and Livingston's positions in the Bobcats are very awkward.

Therefore, Jordan's plan before the draft is that if he cannot get Curry, the team's three backup point guards, Gibson, Lowry and Livingston, will keep Gibson.

And if Curry Jr. is acquired in the draft, all three of them can be traded.

Chen Xiao also supports Jordan's plan.

Although Lowry among the three will become an All-Star player in the future, at present, Lowry has not actually grown up, and Chen Xiao has not put too much energy on him. Even if Chen Xiao has so many Not everyone can invest heavily in teaching experience cards, and there are also key people.

The focus of Chen Xiao's training in the Bobcats is of course Rose, Roy, Granger, and Aldridge. Lowry's opportunities to be trained by Chen Xiao are not even as high as Gibson's.

Therefore, at the very least, for now, Lowry's strength has not yet completed its transformation. He is excellent, but his strength is limited.

Therefore, these three point guards, except for Gibson, are actually no regrets, at least for the Bobcats.

As for Gibson, although it is a pity to trade him away, he has already achieved success in the Bobcats. He has also performed very well in the playoffs in the past two years and is an excellent three-point shooter. But there is no way, Curry Jr. is here. .

For Curry's training and growth space, Gibson has no way to stay, and the two will definitely have to choose one or the other.

Obviously, in the eyes of Chen Xiao and Jordan, Curry, Chen Xiao's apprentice, must have a better future.

Three backup point guards occupy three of the five trade quotas.

The remaining two spots will be chosen from others.

Especially with the arrival of O'Neal, the Bobcats must have too many young centers.

Of these four young centers, it is enough to keep two.

Although Lopez cannot play in the starting lineup, he plays a great role in the bench lineup. He shoots well and can protect the frame. He is a very good rotation center and can provide the Bobcats with vitality on the bench. This one must be kept. of.

Lopez Jr., Roy Hibbert and DeAndre Jordan have somewhat overlapping roles.

However, in the end, Jordan's choice was to keep Roy Hibbert, because Roy Hibbert is the only big center among the three. He is 2.18 meters. This height coupled with his athletic ability and his hands are not outstanding. Color, but some mid-range shots are still very tempting.

Hibbert is indeed a bit green now, but his future should be the most useful to the Bobcats.

Therefore, it may seem difficult to choose five of eight people, but in fact it is not difficult to choose.

Moreover, Boss Joe could even choose 6 of these eight people to trade. Because of Butler's unexpected arrival, Boss Joe felt that there was no point in Ilyasova staying with the Bobcats.

Ilyasova's current position in the Bobcats is actually quite embarrassing. If you say he is ready to fight, he does have some immediate fighting ability, but he cannot be reused at critical moments because he is too thin to play the fourth position and is too thin to play the three position. The defense is not good enough, nor is it fast enough, nor is the technique good enough.

Now he is positioned in the Bobcats as an unstable big pitcher and the team's future reserve.

In his position, Ilyasova cannot replace Granger, Shane Battier or Barnes.

But now that the team has two more future reserves in DeRozan and Butler at this position, his position in the team's future reserves is gone.

It can be said that with Chen Xiao getting Butler to the Bobcats, Ilyasova completely lost his position in the Bobcats.

So for the sake of flexibility in the Bobcats' lineup, Jordan did not intend to trade five players on the team, but six players.

In this way, the Bobcats still have a flexible quota despite acquiring O'Neal, Kidd, Curry Jr., DeRozan and Butler.

Why should we reserve this flexible quota?

Because there are indeed many big fish in the free market this year.

What if there are still some big fish that like bobcats?

After confirming the transaction list, the transaction becomes much easier, which means bargaining is a little more tiring.

In fact, among the six players that the Bobcats want to trade, except for Livingston, who is slightly uninterested, the other five players actually have a lot of trade value.

Among them, Gibson is a player that the Bobcats have focused on training in the past two seasons. His three-point shooting is very accurate, and he has exceeded 40% in both seasons. This is a player whose value has reached the lottery, and he is also the most valuable trader among these six people. One of the players.

If it weren't for his status and height as a guard, his trade value would be higher than DeAndre Jordan and Lopez Jr.

After the Bobcats threw Gibson to the trade market, the Houston Mosaics immediately expressed interest in Gibson, because Gibson is a Houston native and went to college with Aldridge at the University of Texas.

However, for Bynum, Houston Mosaic almost wiped out its own chips. The first-round draft picks Mosaic traded to the Bobcats were already in 2015. However, for Gibson, Houston Mosaic still gave away their 2017 draft picks. First round pick.

The NBA can trade draft picks for the next seven years at most. If it hadn't been for the selection in the 2009 draft, Mosaic really wouldn't have been able to give his 2017 first-round pick to the Bobcats.

Houston doesn't actually know what the Mosaic will look like after 2017, but they do need to gamble. The team's leader Jay Williams is now 28 years old and will only be 35 in seven years. Bynum, the team's future pillar center, is He is 22 years old, and seven years later he will be 29. The Gibson the team acquired this time is 23 years old, and seven years later he will be 30. If both Gibson and Bynum can grow up without injury, even if both of them The growth is not great enough, and Houston's draft pick seven years later is not that valuable.

Of course, if Bynum and Gibson fall midway, it will definitely be a big loss.

However, trading future draft picks is inherently a gamble.

Jordan and the Bobcats wouldn't have sent a lottery-worthy guard to Mosaic without taking a gamble.

The Bobcats seem not to be optimistic about Bynum's growth.

As for Mosaic, of course they are optimistic about it. Although they don't want to be a super giant or anything, there should be no problem with an All-Star center, right?

In the Western Conference, a team with an All-Star center can hardly be an underdog.

Therefore, Gibson's transaction is a hedge.

After Gibson, Lowry, one of the two players with the least value in this transaction, returned to Memphis. The chip was none other than Key.

Lowry is strong now, but because he has little chance to perform in the Bobcats, the trade value is not high. Let alone changing to the lottery, it is not that easy to change to the first round.

In this case, Boss Ji took the initiative to find Chen Xiao and Jordan, hoping that he could leave the Grizzlies with a little dignity and leave something for the Grizzlies.

Chen Xiao and Jordan both understand Baseball's thoughts. Baseball still wants the Grizzlies to retire his jersey.

Therefore, things cannot be made so ugly.

Regardless of whether you say that Big Brother Ji is acting as a "basic" or something else, for a legendary veteran who has already considered retirement, this is indeed something he needs to consider.

Therefore, Chen Xiao and Jordan will certainly not refuse such a request from James. Lowry can at most switch to an ordinary first round. It is worthwhile to use this ordinary first round to give Brother Keith some dignity and face.

Isn’t it true that Boss Keith reciprocates and wants to sign a 1+1 with the basic salary that matches Lowry’s contract?

After Kibo, the third deal to be finalized was Ilyasova's deal.

Ilyasova, like Lowry, has some strength, but his performance opportunities are limited and his trade value is not that high, but Jerry Sloan of the Jazz is interested in him.

Jerry Sloan was in urgent need of a reliable small forward due to Kirilenko's age problem. He was not reassured when Earl Clark was selected in the draft. In addition to Ilyasova not being strong enough, he looked quite like an AK47.

Since it was the Jazz who wanted to assist his son, of course Boss Qiao would not refuse.

The Jazz had already traded the Bobcats' 25th first-round pick in 2009 with their 2010 first-round pick, so the trade for Ilyasova was the 2012 first-round lottery protection.

After Ilyasova, the deals for DeAndre Jordan and Lopez Jr. were finalized almost at the same time.

In fact, if possible, the Bobcats would not trade these two people.

Especially Lopez, Jr.'s draft pick is very high, in the middle and early stages of the lottery.

Although DeAndre Jordan's draft pick is not that high, he still has potential.

It would be a big loss to trade two young centers with potential before they can perform well.

The two don't have much trade value and will likely lose draft picks.

But what makes the Bobcats embarrassed is that O'Neal is here, and the two of them have no chance to perform. It is impossible to achieve trading value. In the end, without playing time, the two of them may be wasted. Even this No cost can be recovered.

Fortunately, Boss Qiao took advantage of the information gap and did not lose money in the transaction between these two people, especially little Lopez.

DeAndre Jordan was traded to the Clippers. There is nothing to say. The Clippers used the 2010 first-round pick in exchange, and the pick DeAndre Jordan selected was almost the same, so it’s not No loss or profit.

And when Lopez was traded to the Suns, Joe definitely made a profit.

Because O'Neal has parted ways with the Suns, the Suns need a young center with potential, and they happened to be interested in Lopez Jr.

In this regard, Jordan pretended not to know that O'Neal left the Suns. The Suns didn't say anything, so he pretended not to know. Anyway, he was holding on to the bargaining chip in the transaction.

I was chosen by lottery, and you must give me the lottery back.

The 2010 draft pick is definitely not good. Who doesn't know that with O'Neal, the Suns will not be able to make the playoffs.

The Suns were sincere in taking out the first round picks in 2010. They didn't want to explicitly hand out the lottery, but wanted to take a gamble. If the 2010 lottery was the lottery, then everyone would switch and no one would suffer.

But if the Suns make the playoffs in 2010, the Suns will make a profit.

Of course Jordan, who knew O'Neal was leaving, would not agree with this idea. Don't worry about the 2010 first round, I want the future lottery.

For Jordan's determination, the Suns can't say that O'Neal is leaving, so the first round in 2010 is almost the same as the lottery, right?

If he really said that, Jordan might just sit back and raise the price.

Therefore, in the end, the Sun gritted his teeth and agreed to Boss Qiao's clear trading chip.

Not getting a bargain is a loss for the Suns. The Suns' management has always been very aggressive.

So far, the Bobcats have traded away five of the six players who needed to be traded, and no one wants Livingston, who has the least trade value.

That’s because no one really wants it.

Fortunately, Livingston's contract is a basic salary, and half of it is not guaranteed, so if the Bobcats find the free agent they need, they can cut Livingston at any time and free up the spot.

Therefore, although they only traded away 5 players, the Bobcats still completed the task.

Therefore, after the free market opened on July 1, Joe immediately announced that he had signed contracts with three rookies, Curry Jr., DeRozan, and Butler.

At the same time, Keith was also traded from the Grizzlies to the Bobcats.

For a time, the Bobcats, who became the craziest team in the NBA after the free market opened, became the team that everyone paid attention to.

This time, five players were traded away, and at the same time, the legendary veteran Kidd was brought in. Once the market opened, the move was so big, how could it not attract attention?

Although those five young people are not big names, they are big names.

Just when all fans and experts in the NBA were looking at the Bobcats' crazy operations this summer, O'Neal announced that he had terminated his contract with the Suns, which was like a bomb that exploded throughout the league.

O'Neal is now 37 years old, which is very old. However, his status and prestige in the NBA over the years have made him still one of the focuses of the NBA. Last year, he and Kobe Bryant were the protagonists of the All-Stars, and they staged a battle between generals and winners. Arrived at AMVP.

Therefore, when O'Neal terminated his contract with the Suns, everyone was speculating whether he would return to the Lakers.

This is easy to understand. He and Kobe reconciled last year and returned to the Lakers this year. It was just right. The reconciliation last year can be used as a foreshadowing.

But soon, everyone was stunned by O'Neal's decision.

"It was a hard decision, really hard, and making the decision to join Wonder Boy's team was the hardest day of my life."

O'Neal did not return to the Lakers, but went to the Bobcats and joined Chen Xiao's team!

For a moment, all the expecting Lakers fans were angry.

You know, the Lakers lost to Chen Xiao's team in the last two finals!

And O'Neal, one of the symbols of the Lakers, actually went to surrender to Chen Xiao!

Even the original F7 Malone fans and Suns fans joined in this scolding war against O'Neal.

After Ren Ma Long was hacked by Chen Xiao, he retired directly, and you actually wanted to join Chen Xiao.

The Suns reached the finals 4 years ago and lost to Chen Xiao.

As the leader of the Suns this past year, you actually joined the team that prevented the Suns from winning the championship!

"I support Shaq leaving the Suns. How can he return to Los Angeles? No, I support him going to any team that is not the Wonder Boy. However, he happened to become a teammate of the Wonder Boy. He promised to love Phoenix. Woolen cloth?!"

Suns fans were even more angry than Lakers fans.

Faced with the anger of Lakers fans and Malone fans, O'Pang actually tolerated it. He really felt wronged by these two groups.

But you, the mere sun, are you qualified to spray me?

Without me, can you make it to the finals?

"Shaq doesn't like that team (Suns), or he has never been willing to play for the Suns. The Suns' lineup is very poor, and he is the only one in the entire team who can always lead everything. Once Shaq is taken away, they will be a mess. Shaq and these cats and dogs can't win the championship, but Shaq leads these cats and dogs to the finals. What you need is gratitude, not anger towards Shaq."

When O'Neal was arguing with Suns fans on his trumpet account on Twitter, he forgot to switch and directly used his trumpet account to angrily criticize the Suns fans. After this sentence was posted, the entire network and the entire NBA were in an uproar.

Even Chen Xiao, who was playing street ball with Xiao Du and the others, was shocked.

Does this fat man want to be so good at playing?

Even Xiao Du, who always likes to confront netizens, was shocked.

"Xiao Du, are you so brave?"

Xiao Du shook his head crazily when asked by Chen Xiao.

I don’t dare, I definitely can’t do something so brave.

This is simply social death!