The rest is just noise

Within a few days, Chris Webber announced his next home. He signed with the New York Knicks for $100 million over seven years.

In order to sign Webber, the Knicks did a lot of internal work, the most difficult of which was persuading Ewing to take a salary cut.

Ewing, who decided to play for another year, wanted an annual salary of tens of millions. When he heard that the team was going to bring in Webber, he rarely backed down on money. Ewing told the management to give Webber the price he wanted and leave him alone.

Ewing's choice brings a happy ending to his playing career. He will live his life in New York.

After Weber signed, Ewing immediately announced his return at a price of $2 million for one year.

Furthermore, he formally held a press conference, saying that the 2001-2002 season would be his last. He would continue to fight for the championship.

Unlike teams like the Knicks, which are rich and attractive, even if the Celtics are rich, it is difficult to attract others. Joe Dumars’ first recruitment target was the Heat’s meritorious player who had just become a free agent.

Stephen Jackson.

Wu Sheng, who is very satisfied with his time in Miami, has never considered leaving Miami.

He simply rejected the Celtics and signed a five-year, $35 million contract extension with the Heat. When his pursuit of Wu Sheng failed, Dumars pursued combo guard Kendall Gill.

Obviously the Celtics provided an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars, but Gil said with a sense of honor: I will not join a hopeless team just for money.

Then, he reached a three-year, $15 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers. He would rather take the 76ers' 5 million than the Celtics' 10 million.

Dumars searched the free market and finally found a star player who was willing to come to Boston. His name was Latrell Sprewell.

Since being banned for a long time for caressing his boss's neck a few years ago, Sprewell has been fighting for his human rights. He has been fighting lawsuits for several years. Although he has won, his career has also been ruined.

Terrible.

Although there are teams willing to get him, no team will really regard him as a long-term asset of the team. When the Celtics offered him a three-year, $26 million contract, he accepted it. Reporter

Ask him, how does it feel to play for Boston?

I don’t know, I don’t understand the place, I just need to support my family. When I learned that Sprewell was coming, Louis gave Thomas a neck collar as a gift. After that, Louis started talking to Zhao Yuanzheng on the phone about Gino.

When Billy Louis talked about Ginobili, Zhao Yuanzheng suddenly realized.

He knew that this was Louis' goal, and he also knew that Louis was bound to win over Ginobili.

In the past few years, Zhao Yuanzheng has been following up on the two Argentine players selected by the Lakers. He still believes that Pablo Priginho can be a very useful pure point guard in the NBA as long as he improves his confrontation, especially

A team like the Lakers with many star players needs dealers who don't take over the shots.

Similarly, Zhao Yuanzheng's judgment on Ginobili has not changed.

He always believed that the physical quality of European players could not support him to perform the same in the NBA.

The European players who really make a difference in the NBA are basically players like Kukoc, Schremf, Sabonis, Bodiloga, and Nowitzki who don't have outstanding physical fitness but have outstanding skills.

However, he has been with Louis for so many years, and his vision of the other person is very clear.

What kind of player is it that Louis still misses after leaving the Lakers and wants to take him with him? Lao Lu, just tell me what you can do for him. Zhao Yuanzheng asked bluntly.

Louis smiled and said: "Old Zhao, how many years have we been friends? Don't you know what I can give you? Except for the rookies I selected this year, for the rest, you can say whatever you want."

Zhao Yuanzheng scanned the players on the list and found that except for rookies, the Celtics really didn't have what the Lakers needed. Zhao Yuanzheng didn't want to be ruined because of the Ginobili trade, but he had to give Louis the face.

After all, what Louis wants is just an Argentinian player who has been drafted for a few years but still has no intention of landing in the NBA. Maybe he will be there for the rest of his life.

Can't play in the NBA.

It could be said that if he wanted to give a favor, Zhao Yuanzheng could do it for free. But he knew who Louis was.

If he wasn't sure that Ginobili could become a talent, he wouldn't be so embarrassed as to ask for a trade.

Zhao Yuanzheng took a deep breath and quoted a fierce price: Give me any player and bring two first-round picks. An overseas player in exchange for two first-round picks?

Louis felt that if this deal was made, the alliance would investigate whether there was any ulterior motives between him and Zhao Yuanzheng overnight.

Old Zhao, this deal is not easy to make. Louis said, I think your asking price is reasonable. In my heart, Ginobili is also worth this price. But his value is only known to you and me, and not to outsiders. Others can see it.

What do you think about this deal?

Zhao Yuanzheng had to admit that what Louis said made sense, but he needed the two first rounds and should not feel insecure. If the deal went wrong, he could still use these two first rounds to explain.

Let's do this, in addition to Ginobili, you give me another player. Louis said, give me Hedo Turkoglu, so that the transaction will look normal.

Zhao Yuanzheng sounded the alarm in his heart. Hedo Turkoglu has shown certain strength in the Lakers in recent years, but because he is a tall three position, if he overlaps with Artest in the four position, there will be

Malone competes with Rashard Lewis and others, and he has no competitiveness at the fourth position, so he has always been a useless player for the Lakers.

It's not impossible to trade him.

But the tone of Louis's words now was too familiar to him.

In those years, when Louis said to the person on the other end of the phone that this was a win-win deal, he said it in this tone. Lao Lu, you won't cheat me, will you?

Let me tell you the truth, you will definitely regret this deal in the future, but at least it seems now that you are the one who takes advantage. Louis said, I watched your game last season, and Turkoglu is not in your team.

There is room for him to play. In our team, he will have more opportunities and of course he will perform better.

Louis continued to criticize his good brother: If our performance in the new season is not as expected, wouldn't you make a lot of money? It's a lottery pick!

Zhao Yuanzheng asked unexpectedly: Are you going to give me your first-round pick in 2002? Yes, what do you think? Do you want to do this deal? Give me a sweet word.

At this point, Zhao Yuanzheng could only agree.

Just like Louis said, he will regret this transaction in the future. On July 17, the Celtics and Lakers announced the transaction between the two parties.

The Celtics sent Danny Fortson (PF), a 2002 first-round pick, and a 2006 first-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Hedo Turkoglu and Manuel Ginobi

Legitimate contracting rights.

When the deal was completed, critics agreed that Louis bet on Turkoglu and completely ignored Ginobili. At the same time, it was also this deal that made some people discover for the first time that Kyle

The proportion of blacks on the Special Team's roster is approaching its lowest point since 1958.

Among the existing 13-person roster, the only pure blacks are Gerald Wallace, Shanton Anderson and Sprewell, and Tony Parker and Carlos Arroyo are both mixed-race.

He is a fake black man who has lost his black body parts.

After completing the transaction, Louis went on vacation.

There are still two spots left, so Dumars and Thomas can mess around. There is only one requirement, sign a short-term contract. Even if God came down to play, he would still have to sign a short-term contract.