Having made up his mind to make an exchange with the Suns, the first thing Edison had to do was not to contact the Suns, but to work with McGrady. If McGrady said he would not renew his contract with the Suns, then the Suns would definitely not agree to the deal.
So Edison invited Tracy McGrady and his agent Alan Trim to his office and had an open and honest communication.
As soon as Edison came up, he went straight to a showdown with McGrady: "Now that we have won the No. 1 pick, our strength will definitely be raised to a higher level next season. Do you still have to leave?"
"Paul, I'm sorry. Even with the No. 1 pick, it will take 2 to 3 years for him to grow up. I don't want to wait any longer. The team has not made me feel that I am a trump card in the past two years, and I have not been consulted when players were traded.
I have never found a good helper for me. Now the management has been completely paralyzed due to a series of misfortunes. To be honest, I have no confidence in the team at all. And what I said before about injuries is not pure.
I’m really a little scared to find a topic.”
"Okay, let's get straight to the point today. I know you plan to go to the Houston Rockets, but Houston's bargaining chip cannot satisfy us. So we are now offering a potential trade partner, and you can see if it's OK, the Phoenix Suns."
"Why not Houston?" Tracy McGrady's agent Trim interjected.
"Because we don't plan to get Francis. We have our own plans for the defender." Edison glanced at Trim coldly and answered expressionlessly. Trim can be said to have contributed a lot to the reason why McGrady left the Magic.
No, if he hadn't been teasing McGrady all the time, the two sides wouldn't have been at odds with each other and ended up like this, so Edison naturally didn't have a good look on him.
Upon hearing this, Tracy McGrady and Trim were naturally speechless. Houston's bargaining chip has always been Francis and Mobley. Now that the Edison Magic doesn't plan to take Francis, the only one left is Mobley. This is for sure.
If it can't satisfy the Magic's appetite, Houston can't let Yao Ming be part of the deal.
Both sides fell into silence.
"So for the Suns, how does the team plan to trade?" McGrady asked.
Edison felt that Maddie was looking at him and asked, but only Maddie knew whether Maddie was looking at him, because Maddie's eyes were a bit astigmatic and squinting.
"We will use Marion as the subject of the transaction and will not involve Stoudemire. If you go to the Suns, you can form an internal and external partner just like you go to the Rockets. And although the commercial value of Stoudemire is not as good as that of Yao Ming, in terms of competition, he
Obviously higher than Yao Ming. For you, you are already the most commercially valuable player in the league and the most influential player in the world. Without Yao Ming's push, your influence in the Chinese market will not be affected.
There are too many changes.”
Yao Ming and Stoudemire entered the league in the same year. Although people in China always talk about Yao Ming, in all fairness, Stoudemire's value on the basketball court is really higher than Yao Ming. It's not that Yao Ming is inferior, Yao Ming is indeed the top player in the league.
, but if the value of two people's abilities is digitized, it's like NBA2K. If Stoudemire's combat effectiveness is 90, then Yao Ming is 89. Although there is only a slight difference, this is indeed the watershed between superstars and ordinary stars.
As for the reason, it is still a commonplace topic. Yao Ming's biggest problem is his physical strength. There was such an evaluation of the Rockets' previous game: "The Rockets' first quarter is to compete for the championship, and the second quarter is to compete for the Western Conference championship.
The third quarter is at the level of the top eight in the Western Conference, and the fourth quarter is not at the playoff level." The big reason for this is Yao Ming's physical strength. If Yao Ming's physical strength is good at the beginning of the game, then the Rockets are the top team in the league.
, and then as the game time went by, Yao Ming's physical exertion became more and more severe, and in the end it was not at the level of the playoffs. This is why we often see the Rockets leading by more than 10 points, only to collapse in the final quarter.
reason.….
Although Yao Ming could score about 24 points per game at his peak, his scoring distribution is completely different from other superstars. Generally speaking, if he is the second in command of the team, such as Pippen, who averages 24 points per game, then he
Generally, they score about 6 points in each quarter, and then the total reaches 24, because a very important task for players like the second-in-command is to ensure the continuity of the team's scoring. And core players such as Kobe McGrady, it is 7-3
-4-10 is such a two-pronged trend. The older brother attacks first at the beginning of the game, so he takes more shots in the first quarter and the score is generally quite high. Then he starts to reduce the attack, maintains physical strength, and then explodes in the last quarter. Because a game is the most
The key is the fourth quarter. The prerequisite for becoming a superstar is whether he can master or even dominate the fourth quarter. Yao Ming is 9-7-5-3. At the beginning, Yao Ming is indeed very good, no matter how he plays, he will succeed, but by the fourth quarter
In the fourth quarter, he couldn't catch the ball. If this problem occurs once or twice when one person and two people cooperate, you can say that the Rockets' defenders don't know how to pass. But after changing so many defenders, this problem occurs.
Then we have to find the reason in Yao Ming himself.
Stoudemire, on the other hand, is a player who can steadily guarantee 6 points per quarter and can also hit the big two. Therefore, in the eyes of professional basketball practitioners, Stoudemire's competitive value is greater than that of Yao Ming. Tracy McGrady and Trim are both
Professional, so they also understand this matter. As long as the Suns ensure that Stoudemire is there, they will not be worse than the Rockets in terms of strength. The main reason why McGrady left the Magic was that he could not deal with the original team management and could not find a suitable person for him.
Helper, so that he can not go further in terms of performance. Although the scoring champion is an honor, if the team's record is bad, it will attract more criticism. Jordan was like this, Iverson was like this, and McGrady is also facing this now.
Got the same problem.
So Tracy McGrady must go to a competitive team. Now it seems that if he goes to the Suns, he should be more promising than going to the Rockets in terms of team performance, but it is worse financially. After all, Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and there are
Yao Ming brought the Chinese market, and Phoenix didn't even make the top ten. But as Edison said before, for a player of McGrady's level, no matter where he is, as long as he plays, he will be the focus, and he will be the headline of the basketball section of the newspaper.
The economic impact is not particularly large.
"And the Suns now have a lot of salary space. They can meet your contract requirements and even have surplus. They can also make a difference in free agent signings." Seeing McGrady's interest, Edison added another chip.
McGrady and Trim made eye contact, and then McGrady said.
"Well, Paul, as long as you ensure that the solar energy has Stoudemire, I have no objection to going to Phoenix."
"Well, I'll contact the Suns' management and see what they mean."
Then Edison got up and sent Maddie and Trim away. When they walked away, Edison looked at Trim's back and sighed, "Master, how did you make eye contact with Maddie? I have to admire you."
There is a saying in the "Tao Te Ching": "If you want to remove something, you must firmly lift it; if you want to seize it, you must firmly give it to me; if you want to destroy it, you must first learn it."
Edison understood the meaning of this sentence very well. After returning to the office, he picked up the phone and contacted the Suns' management. He did not just say stupidly, "I want to trade Tracy McGrady to you, but don't sign Nash. Look,
How about it".
Instead, he expressed his interest in Marion and saw what conditions the other party could offer.
The call was soon transferred to Suns manager Brian Colangelo. Brian Colangelo is the son of Jerry Colangelo, and Jerry Colangelo is the Suns' manager.
One of the founders of the team and the team's largest shareholder, Colangelo's surname has a deep imprint on the Suns, so Colangelo became the manager of the Suns at the age of 28...
Brian Colangelo answered the phone calmly: "Hello, Paul, why are the Magic interested in Marion?"
"Hello Mr. Colangelo, yes, we are very interested in Marion, but we don't know if it is possible."
"Paul and Marion are now our core players. He and Stoudemire are the cornerstones of our team's reconstruction and are not for sale." Colangelo said in a confident tone.
"Mr. Colangelo, it's boring for you to say that. The whole league knows that the Suns are rebuilding, and for this reason, they did not hesitate to send Marbury away in the second half of this season. If you say that Stoudemire is
If it's not for sale, then I still believe it, but Marion? He's not qualified yet." Naturally, Edison also tried his best. As the saying goes, "If you lose, you don't lose the team." Now that you haven't lost yet, you can't lose the team.
"Are you going to use Tracy McGrady as a bargaining chip? Paul, are you in charge?" Colangelo also slapped him back.
In fact, for both teams, there are no secrets from each other. The Suns are going to rebuild, so why not the Magic. In order to rebuild, the Suns have already traded former team boss Marbury, and last year Stoudemire won the MVP award.
The best rookie, so the Suns have made it clear that they will use Stoudemire as the core of the future. Their original intention of finding Nash was to find someone who can pass the ball to Stoudemire, but no one expected that Nash would explode after he came.
With such strong energy, he immediately took over and became the core of the team.
The same goes for the Magic. Tracy McGrady and his agent Aaron Trim even directly challenged Magic owner Charlie DeVos. Then the Houstonians appeared next to McGrady like bloodthirsty sharks.
, and then the two sides frequently exchanged glances, forcing the Magic to trade McGrady. So now that the Magic are contacting the Suns and trying to acquire Marion, it is obvious. After all, the only bargaining chip the Magic have now is McGrady.
When Brian Colangelo said "Can you do it?", he was not asking whether Edison could be the boss of the Magic's management, but he was referring to being the boss of Tracy McGrady. If the Magic's management didn't nod, Edison wouldn't be able to do it.
You may have the temerity to call Taiyang for consultation.
Of course, Edison also understood what Colangelo meant.
"To be honest, I can't be the boss of McGrady, but he doesn't have the right to veto the transaction. If we force the trade, he can't do anything. Of course, this is not a good result for everyone. And through the communication between me and McGrady,
, he is not against going to Phoenix. You know, the reason why t-mac wants to leave is that we feel that we are not competitive enough now, and you are competitive. Stoudemire seems to have much more potential than Yao Ming of the Rockets.
So I believe you can convince him to stay in the Suns."
Brian Colangelo immediately began to think after hearing this, but the myriad of things could not be clarified immediately. He could only adapt to changes by staying the same, so he asked Edison
"How are you going to trade?"
"I'm offering Tracy McGrady + Ganis + Mario Carson in exchange for your Marion + Joe Johnson + Barbosa + first-round picks for the next three years including this year and this year's second-round pick." Edison did not.
Take the Nash thing, and also add Joe Johnson and Barbosa. To put it bluntly, NBA is business. When negotiating business, it is natural for one party to ask for a high price, and the other party to counter-offer, and then wait to find a balance point that is acceptable to both parties.
That's it. If you can't find the balance point, it will be bad.
"This is impossible, we have paid too much." Colangelo flatly refused upon hearing this.
"But you got a lot, the league's scoring leader, the most popular star in the league now, do you think it's better to rebuild around him or around Stoudemire, which one has more promise? And Ganis has supplemented your point guard.
And Carson is also a 7-foot big man with a serious center body. These two positions are also what you are lacking now. As for the draft picks, do you think if you have Stoudemire inside and McGrady on the outside, you will be better in the future.
Where can the first round picks in two years be positioned, at least after the 22nd pick, and what good choices can be made at that position? In other words, this year’s No. 9 pick is a bit of a draw, but how about the players in this year’s draft?
We all know it in our hearts. If you are willing to pay Stoudemire, we will immediately give you the No. 1 pick. Besides, Marion and Joe Johnson are just two role players with certain abilities. They are destined to be the second in command of the team.
Three, there are at least twenty or thirty players of this caliber in the league.”….
"Haha, as expected of Paul, you are so eloquent. If you were an ordinary person, I would be convinced by you right away." Brian Colangelo replied unhurriedly, "What you say makes sense, but to establish a
How can it be so easy to build a competitive team? The hardships involved are usually difficult for outsiders to see, such as injuries and other potential problems. These problems plague us all the time. Teams across the league are struggling with these problems.
The problem is a headache! Things that look good on paper may not necessarily work in practice, just like the Magic formed the inside and outside combination of O'Neal and Hardaway, but it finally collapsed overnight when Shaquille left. Later, it collapsed
To build a backcourt of Hill and Tracy McGrady, what will be the result? There are thousands of factors that affect a team, and it can’t be as simple as you said.” Brian Colangelo said to Edison in an understatement.
He completely denied his words, but the last sentence still exposed his true thoughts.
"But I'm definitely interested in getting Tracy McGrady."
Also, superstars like Tracy McGrady are hard to come by, and Phoenix is not a super metropolis like New York or Los Angeles. Stars want to go there if they have the chance. The last player from the Suns who could enter the league's first team was Jason Kidd.
Both Stoudemire and Marion are far from qualified. If McGrady is acquired, it will be extremely attractive to the Suns from a competitive perspective and from a commercial development perspective. It can be said that there is no team in the league and no manager.
Able to withstand the temptation of joining the scoring champion.
"Mr. Colangelo, I guarantee that the content of the transaction does not involve Stoudemire. Let's not worry about anything else. Of course, you can also go and communicate with Tracy McGrady and his agent first. I happen to be going to Arizona in a few days.
State, how about I stop by to visit you and Mr. Jerry Colangelo, and then we can talk slowly."
"Very good, I hope the cooperation can be successful. Goodbye."
