I’m Really Playing Basketball

On June 22, 2010, after the Bobcats held a massive championship parade in Charlotte, Jordan became involved in Aldridge's trade negotiations.

What the Bobcats are pursuing now is a championship and a dynasty, not talent. The Bobcats have enough talent, so Aldridge's deal will only give the Bobcats immediate combat power.

Even adding a little more chips is fine.

Now the Bobcats still have a lot of chips. In addition to moving other players, the Bobcats also have their own first-round pick No. 30 in this year's draft, and the No. 15 pick from the Jazz. As well as the Clippers' No. 21 pick, of course, the most important ones are the Pacers' No. 10 pick and the Suns' No. 5 pick.

The Pacers' future top-three lottery pick was acquired through the trade of Garcia and Gortat, the Suns' first-round lottery pick was acquired by Lopez Jr., and the Clippers' first-round pick was De'An. In exchange for Andre Jordan, the Jazz's draft pick was exchanged with the Bobcats for a first-round pick last year.

It has to be said that the Bobcats have really deep bargaining chips in the draft. This does not include the four first-round picks of Houston Mosaic in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017. In addition, there is Ilyasova. After joining the Jazz in exchange for a 2012 lottery-protected first-round pick.

With the Bobcats' chips and Aldridge, a young All-Star player, Jordan's plan is to switch to an All-Star center or power forward, preferably a superstar one, if he can get one.

Moreover, Jordan actually had a plan.

The first choice is the Suns' leading power forward, Stoudemire, who has superstar and even super strength.

Stoudemire did not partner with Nash in this time and space, and he did not suffer such a huge injury. As the strongest person among the four rookies in 2002, Chen Xiao, Wade, Yao Ming and Ron Howard, many people said that he His strength is even better than that of Ron Howard, at least the two of them are about the same.

Just because of many encounters, he did not receive the respect and treatment he deserved in the NBA. After all, Ron Howard was the absolute number one core player in the Spurs. After Duncan, he pointed at him.

In the Suns, no matter how strong Stoudemire is, there is O'Neal next to him. As an insider, no matter how strong Stoudemire is, he can't take away O'Neal's light, not to mention, O'Neal is also very strong.

So, what kind of lineup, the best lineup, Stoudemire really suffered a lot.

Although Stoudemire suffers a lot in terms of honors and awards, his strength is still very recognized.

Since his third season as a rookie, he has averaged more than 25 points per game. Until now, his offense is so strong and stable that it can be said to rank high in NBA history. Moreover, his efficiency is still high. High, focusing on mid-range shooting, the shooting rate averaged more than 55% per game, even close to 60% last season.

If you don't take into account the famous ten-year agreement between Stoudemire and Chen Xiao, Stoudemire is definitely the best candidate for the Bobcats.

In the 2002 draft, eight seasons have passed since the ten-year agreement between Stoudemire and Chen Xiao. So far, Chen Xiao has won 2 MVPs, 4 FMVPs and 4 championships, while Stoudemire has no MVP, no FMVP, and no championship.

Therefore, even if Stoudemire wins two consecutive MVP+FMVP awards in the next two years, it is impossible to surpass Chen Xiao. Therefore, Stoudemire will definitely lose this bet.

Therefore, from Jordan's perspective, the feud between Chen Xiao and Stoudemire no longer has the ground to exist.

In the past, you were young people at the same level, so there were conflicts. Now that you are not at the same level, naturally there are no conflicts.

After communicating with Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao also agreed with Jordan's view.

"I'm not going to stop him from coming to the Bobcats."

He accepted O'Neal, why can't Stoudemire accept it?

Moreover, Jordan is right. Stoudemire and O'Neal have worked together for so many years. The two have a tacit understanding, and Stoudemire's offensive stability, talent, and even defensive ability are all better than Aldridge's. If he can Replacing Aldridge with Stoudemire would definitely be a huge improvement for the Bobcats.

And Stoudemire is available.

As a superstar, ordinary teams will not trade him.

However, Stoudemire has only one year left on his contract. At the end of 2010-2011, he, like Chen Xiao, Wade, Yao Ming and Ron Howard, will become a completely free agent.

Moreover, Stoudemire has publicly stated that he will not stay in the Suns.

Therefore, the Suns are indeed promoting Stoudemire and will stop losses in time.

Historically, Stoudemire had a player option this year and jumped out of his contract to sign with the Knicks. The Suns got nothing.

However, in this time and space, because of O'Neal and the fact that O'Neal led Stoudemire and the Suns to the Finals, Stoudemire felt that the Suns had a bright future at that time, so he did not have a player option for the last year of his contract.

This also gives the Suns an opportunity to gain something.

If the Bobcats can come up with a huge offer to impress the Suns, they can get Stoudemire.

As for whether Stoudemire will choose to re-sign with the Bobcats after next season.

To be honest, neither Jordan nor Chen Xiao have considered this issue.

Because Stoudemire cannot make such a promise at this time, he will be completely free next season. Like Chen Xiao, he will have the maximum salary in any team.

Of course, if the Bobcats acquire Stoudemire in a trade, the Bobcats will own Stoudemire's bird rights and can renew a super-large contract with Stoudemire for a maximum of 5 years and 200 million yuan.

If the Bobcats can successfully win the championship next season, the dynasty is in sight, and at the same time they have the largest super contract. They need a championship, a championship, and money. And by Chen Xiao's side, Stoudemire needs attention and attention. Give him a lot of attention. Reasons for renewing contract with Bobcats?

If Stoudemire would rather give up this big contract and leave the Bobcats after next season, Jordan feels that he has accepted it.

Therefore, after receiving Chen Xiao's approval, Jordan devoted himself wholeheartedly to Stoudemire's transaction.

The bargaining chip given by Joe is Aldridge + the Pacers' No. 10 pick and the Suns' sign-and-trade trade for Stoudemire.

This bargaining chip is definitely the most generous offer among all teams hoping to get Stoudemire.

After all, other teams are not the Bobcats or New York who are very confident in their appeal.

If you use a super bargaining chip to get Stoudemire's one-year rights to use it, it's definitely not worth it.

Unless you can win the championship this year, obviously, this won't work.

Therefore, although Stoudemire is a superstar, there are only four teams that have made offers to Stoudemire at this time, the Lakers, Knicks, Bobcats, and Heat.

The Knicks are confident in their own attractiveness and dare to play against Stoudemire without Stoudemire's commitment.

However, the Knicks have limited chips and few attractive players. The draft rights were theirs in 2010, but they belonged to the Cavaliers in 2011, so they couldn't trade too many draft picks to the Suns.

Therefore, if the Knicks want to get Stoudemire, they can only have a chance if other teams don't take action, or if Stoudemire publicly declares that he will not go anywhere except the Knicks. Obviously, Stoudemire will definitely not say anything at this time. In this case, he still hopes to win the championship.

Therefore, for Stoudemire's deal, the Bobcats' competitors are the Heat and Lakers.

The Heat, like the Lakers and Bobcats, want a market, a strong market, and the confidence to keep Stoudemire, so they are willing to take action.

According to Jordan, the Heat want to trade Chris Bosh for Stoudemire. Chris Bosh is indeed one level above Aldridge and one level below Stoudemire. However, considering his age and contract, Bosh can just replace Stoudemire.

As for the Lakers, Jordan received news from Suns insiders that it was Odom + Gasol.

Considering the ages of Odom and Gasol, the Lakers' bargaining chip is actually the least attractive.

Among the three teams that want to trade Stoudemire, the Bobcats have the biggest bargaining chip. They need players, players, draft rights, and draft rights, and the Bobcats still have room to spare. The Heat and Lakers, in addition to giving away players, also have draft picks. Nothing attractive.

At the same time, it is impossible for all their players to stud, so their bargaining chip is a one-time deal, and it is impossible to increase the price.

The Bobcats can increase the price, so many first-round picks.

Therefore, although this transaction is very difficult and the Suns are shopping around, Jordan told Chen Xiao that Stoudemire's only place to go is the Bobcats.

Moreover, the Suns will make a decision before the draft.

After all, in the draft, the Suns will also use the picks acquired from the Bobcats.

I have to say that Boss Qiao is really confident.

Since Boss Joe is confident that the Bobcats and Suns will make a decision on Stoudemire's trade before the draft, Chen Xiao will of course be paying attention to the progress of the matter.

The current difference between the Bobcats and the Suns is that the Bobcats only want the No. 10 pick, and at most the Suns can select two more first-round picks from the Bobcats, Clippers and Jazz.

This year is a small year for the draft, and the most valuable pick is the Suns' No. 5 pick. We can still look forward to the top five rookies this year, but the rookies after that are quite average.

Therefore, the Suns hope to get their draft picks back, but the Bobcats will definitely not give it to them.

After holding on for two days, the Suns stopped holding on.

In the end, the Bobcats traded Aldridge + the 10th, 15th and 21st first-round picks in 2010 from the Suns for Stoudemire in a sign-and-trade arrangement.

However, this deal is a sign-and-trade deal, and it cannot be traded until Aldridge signs a new contract after July 1.

However, the pre-signed trade contract has been submitted to the league and the league has approved it.

Therefore, when the time comes, Stoudemire will become a Bobcats player, and Aldridge will become a Suns player.

On the day the deal was concluded, Chen Xiao received a call from Stoudemire.

Chen Xiao actually doesn't have a phone call with Stoudemire. He got the phone number from O'Neal.

On the phone, Stoudemire's first words were: "I lost, you won, Chen."

At the beginning, Chen Xiao did care about the ten-year agreement with Stoudemire during the draft, but he has already played eight full seasons in the NBA, so how could he still care about that agreement.

and……

"No, Amal, I don't think you lost. That bet made us both better versions of ourselves. We are all winners."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking with a smile, there was a period of silence on the other side of the phone.

When I called Chen Xiao this time, Stoudemire really wanted to pay homage to him. If you want to say that with Stoudemire's character, he would really admit defeat, then you really think too highly of Stoudemire's character.

Like O'Neal, he is a kind of person who has to bow his head under the eaves. In the Bobcats and Chen Xiao's territory, even a dragon has to lie down.

Therefore, after pretending to give in, Stoudemire was ready to listen to Chen Xiao's words of pretending to be B and showing off his power.

did not expect……

Xiaosi admitted that Chen Xiao's words could not stop him, and all the words he had prepared could not be said at this moment.

Stoudemire admitted that in that brief moment, he was defeated by Chen Xiao.

Let’s go back to the 2010 NBA Draft from Chen Xiao and Stoudemire.

This year's draft is considered a relatively small draft year.

The most talented player this year is No. 1 pick John Wall.

Except for John Wall, plus the top five of Evan Turner, Favors, Wesley Johnson and Cousins, everyone else is average.

This is why the Bobcats would rather give away all other draft picks to retain the fifth pick.

As expected, the top five picks in the 2010 draft were very stable.

John Wall went to the Wizards as the No. 1 pick, and Evan Turner went to the 76ers as the No. 2 pick to assist Iverson.

Favors and Wesley Johnson were also selected with the third and fourth picks respectively.

The Bobcats successfully acquired Cousins ​​with the fifth pick.

Cousins' template is that the upper limit is Al Jefferson and the lower limit is Derrick Coleman. He is considered to be the more talented Al Jefferson and the lazier Derrick Coleman.

This is a player with very obvious advantages and disadvantages. In the NCAA, he is known as the "irritable fireball". Not only does this kid have a bad temper, he is also passive in the game at every turn.

It is precisely for this reason that at the Chicago rookie training camp, he only received a commitment from the No. 14 pick, and only Danny Ainge of the Celtics promised to select him.

It's clear from his draft report why this is the case.

Advantages: NBA-level inside figure, wide arms and big body allow him to occupy a great advantage in the inside. The technique is very skilled, the frequency of movements is incredible, the touch is also very soft, and the steps are very agile. It can become the central nerve connecting the inside and outside lines, and its shooting range covers the entire three-point line. The big man's incredible ball-handling ability and high scoring ability are enough to suit the needs of most teams.

Disadvantages: bad temper, easily suspected of lacking fighting spirit, not working hard enough, and may not have a correct training attitude. He lacks bounce and neglects physical training. If he can lose unnecessary fat, Cousins' draft prediction can be higher. In addition, he has obvious mood swings during the game and is not active enough on defense.

Cousins ​​has many shortcomings, which are fatal to other NBA teams, but not fatal to the Bobcats.

Lazy?

Hot?

Don't have a good attitude?

Do you suspect that the whip in Boss Qiao's hand is not comfortable enough?

Still doubt that Chen Xiao is a good gentleman?

Because O'Neal will work part-time in the media next season, the Bobcats really need a supplement at the center position.

As the most talented center this year, Cousins ​​is a perfect fit for the Bobcats.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t use it in the playoffs, as long as you can use it in the regular season.

After all, he is a rookie.

This draft, because it was a young year, and there were no surprises, there was nothing explosive, and Chen Xiao did not go to the scene.

After selecting Cousins, the Bobcats traded the 30th pick in the first round and the 30th pick in the second round to the Clippers in exchange for the Clippers' 2011 first-round pick.

One week after the draft ended, on July 1st, the NBA felt like it was exploding.

First, the Bobcats announced that Aldridge would sign and trade with Stoudemire to exchange clubs.

Then, the Suns acquired Bosh from the Heat in exchange for the chips they received from the Bobcats.

The Suns announced that they had reached a deal with the Heat for Suns guard Wade Barbosa Jr. and Heat power forward Chris Bosh.

The Suns will acquire point guard Wade Barbosa Jr., this year's No. 10 pick Paul George, No. 15 pick Larry Sanders, No. 21 pick Craig Brackins and a 2012 first-round pick. Sent to the Heat in exchange for Chris Bosh, the Heat's third-in-command.

These three rookies were selected by the Bobcats in accordance with the requirements of the Suns. Obviously, from now on, this is not the requirement of the Suns, but the requirement of the Heat.

For a time, the Bobcats, Heat and Suns instantly became the hottest teams in the NBA.

Immediately afterwards, the Heat quickly suppressed the Bobcats and Suns, playing the heat to the extreme.

Because on this day, the Heat announced that their team's legendary coach Pat Riley would return from the Nets and continue to serve as the team's president. In addition, the two leading players of the Heat, Wade and Yao Ming, announced that they would also jump out of their roles at the same time. The last year of the contract remains.

For a time, the entire NBA was in an uproar. The Heat's third boss was traded, and two of the top bosses jumped out of their contracts. What are they planning to do?

Is it necessary for a giant to join the Heat? !

The Heat's Big Three are doubtful.

The Bobcats get superstar Stoudemire.

The two strongest teams in the league are showing their ambitions unsatisfactorily.

For a time, other teams in the league were trembling.

After all, you are already so strong, and yet you are so explosive. What kind of trouble are you going to make?

On the Bobcats side, Ade was replaced by Stoudemire. This is an in-situ strengthening and upgrade of the team. Although it has become stronger, everyone can see it.

The scariest thing is the Heat.

What are the Heat doing?

Just like in history, Wade jumped out of his contract to welcome James and Bosh.

Now many people are speculating who Yao Ming and Wade are waiting for.

And the target is pointed directly at the Spurs' outside superstar Ron Howard.

Could it be that three of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Class of 2002 are getting together?

If Ron Howard does go to the Heat...

To be honest, Chen Xiao was scared.

For a time, the entire NBA was in turmoil!