A week later, the league passed a deal, the Nets and Magic.

The Nets reached a deal with the Magic, and eventually, the Nets sent Stephen Marbury away and obtained Darrell Armstrong, Cory Mageti and the Magic's 2000 first-round draft pick.

Many people expressed surprise about this deal, which was mainly related to Marbury's performance last season.

After being traded to the Nets, Marbury played a total of 31 games, scoring 21.3 points and 8.9 assists per game, among which assists ranked fourth in the league.

In addition, in the last four games last season, Marbury averaged 36.5 points per game.

There is no doubt that Marbury has become a star player. As long as he continues to maintain such results, Marbury has a good chance of becoming a superstar.

Such a superstar talent and a core player of the team were traded by the Nets.

In the eyes of most people, the Nets' deal was obviously a loss.

Among them, Darrell Armstrong is a non-draft player and averaged 13.8 points and 6.7 assists last season. He can only be regarded as a fairly excellent starting point guard. The key point is that he is 31 years old this year and is about to go downhill.

Cory Mageti, who is a rookie who entered the NBA this year, has not been proven yet, and no one knows what his future will be.

Judging from the results, the most valuable thing is the Magic's first-round draft pick, losing the core Hardaway and several main players. Even if they get Marbury, the Magic's will have a high possibility of decline.

"Haha, it seems I'm going to be the boss of the team!"

In a house in New York, when he learned that Marbury was being traded quietly, Keith Van Horn was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

In the 1997 draft, Keith Van Horn was the second pick after Duncan, averaging 19.7 points and 6.6 rebounds as a rookie, and was also the team's number one scorer.

By the second year, last season, Van Horn made another improvement, averaging 21.8 points and 8.5 rebounds, and formed the league's most terrifying scoring duo with Marbury.

There is no doubt that Van Horn is a star player, but after Marbury joined the Nets, he felt the threat, so he competed with Marbury openly and secretly, wanting to become the leader.

In Van Horn's opinion, the team's trade left Marbury, and he was probably very happy because he wanted to rebuild the team around him.

Unfortunately, Van Horn was happy for one night. The next day he received a call from his agent, and his original good mood instantly became extremely bad.

Because, he was traded by the team!

On this day, the Nets became the protagonist again, and this time the deal target was the Nuggets, and the content shocked the world even more.

In this deal, the Nets sent Keith Van Horn, the Nets' 2000 first-round draft pick and the 2000 first-round draft pick obtained from the Magic, and eventually won Chi Liang, Chauncey Billups and Eric Williams.

Unexpectedly, George was not the one who operated the Nuggets this deal, because George chose to leave the Nuggets since Chi Liang was put on the shelves.

The reason is very simple, he doesn't want to bear the infamy.

The Nuggets performed outstandingly last season and contributed to George's operation. First, they selected "Denver Light" Chi Liang in the draft, then got Van Exel at a bargain price, and finally caught McDyce in the free market.

Such a "cool" operation made George almost become the best manager last season with an absolute advantage, and naturally there was no shortage of next players.

George knew very well that with Chi Liang's performance and personality, unless he encountered a major injury, he would probably become a superstar. Naturally, he was extremely reluctant to host this transaction.

Of course, there are more or less factors for team owners NC.

This deal was surprising, and no one expected the Nets to give such good bargaining chips.

On the surface, both sides got the person they wanted.

The Nuggets get Van Horn and can form an inside combination with Mike Dys. In terms of attack ability alone, they are definitely one of the best inside combinations in the league, and they are no worse than the Spurs' double towers.

Of course, don't be wary of defense.

For the Nuggets, Van Horn is a low-paying and high-energy star, because this year is the third year of his rookie contract and only needs a salary of 3.45 million.

From a technical perspective, Van Horn is an excellent shooter with a long range and a wide range. However, due to his lack of flexible body and speed, the power forward is the only position he can do.

Because of the soft style of the game, Van Horn's defensive style is really disappointing. The actual effect is far less than imagined. It is a typical star with gorgeous data but cannot help the team very much.

Just look at his shooting percentage. As a power forward in the team, he only had a shooting percentage of 42.8% last season, which was lower than Marbury.

Although Van Horn has many shortcomings, many teams still covet his offensive ability.

In addition, there are two first-round picks next year, especially the Nets' 2000 draft pick, which is still an unprotected draft pick.

Since 1996, the quality of draft players in recent years has been excellent, which has also made the Nuggets management begin to consciously accumulate draft picks, hoping to select high-quality players next year.

For the Nuggets, they formed the "mini three" of McDyce, Van Horn and Van Exel. In addition, Ron Mersell, who traded from the Celtics, is very strong on paper and can still retain strong competitiveness and have the possibility of hitting the championship.

But in most people's eyes, the Nets have obviously made a profit, among which espn writer Kevin pelton specializes in rating this deal. The Nets won a and became the winner of the trade, while the Nuggets only won b-.

The most important thing is Chi Liang. Since entering the NBA, Chi Liang has been creating miracles. Almost everyone is optimistic about his future. Unfortunately, because of his disagreement with the team's boss, he was eventually ruthlessly traded by the team.

After receiving this news, Nets fans rushed and shouted, believing that the era of the Nets is finally coming!

One side was happy and the other was sad, but the Nuggets fans stopped doing it and were even more angry. Chi Liang was named Denver Light by them, which shows their love for Chi Liang.

So, just like stabbing a hornet's nest, Nuggets fans began to accuse the Nuggets management, and the radical fans even angrily smashed the windows of the team's management and boss.

For a moment, Denver City seemed to be in chaos. Even the police who maintained order cursed in their hearts. While they were still worried about maintaining order, they secretly cursed the Nuggets management.

In addition, even Alex Inglish, a celebrity who has always supported the Nuggets, believes that the Nuggets made a very wrong decision.

English has a very high opinion of Chi Liang. In his opinion, although Chi Liang's talent is different from Jordan, O'Neal and others, he is very good at using his talents!

Most importantly, Chi Liang also has a top-notch overall view, vision, passing awareness and passing skills, and his understanding of the game is very mature. But he is still working very hard, so Chi Liang can always perform miraculous performances in the game.
Chapter completed!