() After the All-Star Game, transaction information continued to come in.
The first to initiate the trade was the Phoenix Suns and the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat put the team's main center, championship hero, and All-Star player Shaquille O'Neal on the trading platform and announced a deal with the Suns. The Suns paid for Shawn Marion.
Using Marcus Banks as a bargaining chip, they acquired Shaquille O'Neal, once the most dominant center in the league.
The media had mixed evaluations of both parties on this deal. For the Heat, most of the media believed that this was another good deal made by the 'magic fortune teller' Pat Riley. O'Neal is getting older, and he is on the court.
The role of O'Neal is rapidly decreasing, especially during the season when O'Neal's condition is declining rapidly.
While O'Neal still has some trade value, the Heat traded O'Neal for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks, who are pretty good, and the Heat took advantage of the situation to start rebuilding. If they can get satisfactory players in the draft next year
A satisfactory harvest. Then the Heat, which once relied on the performance of O'Neal and Wade to win the championship, may be able to rise again.
As for the Suns, most media believe this is a risky move by the Suns management.
The media clearly see the purpose of Yutu Suns trading O'Neal, hoping to use O'Neal's strong defensive ability to improve the Suns' overall weak defense. But the problem is that O'Neal has a completely different style from the entire Suns. The Suns have always insisted on being fast.
Small ball tactics in transition between offense and defense
, and O'Neal, it is obviously impossible for him to keep up with the Suns' offensive and defensive transition speed. Otherwise, O'Neal will be excluded from the Suns' overall tactics, otherwise, the Suns as a whole will have to slow down because of O'Neal, and the speed will slow down.
Can the Suns still have such devastating offensive power now?
This is obviously a topic that needs a question mark.
However, compared to the media's doubts, why not be optimistic? Both the Suns' management and O'Neal himself appear to be very optimistic. O'Neal is very open-minded about his being sold by the Heat. After all, this is not the first time this has happened to him.
, and Pat Riley also talked to O'Neal specifically before the trade, and he respected his ideas. In an interview with the media, O'Neal also said that he would help the Suns attack the championship.
Another deal that followed was played by the Magic. After the All-Star Game, the Magic announced their intention to reach a deal with the Utah Jazz, using veteran Tony Batty and next year's first-round pick to trade for the Jazz.
The team's backup pocket power forward Paul Millsap.
Paul Millsap was a rookie in the 2006 class in the same year as Adrian, and he was teammates with Adrian once in the just-concluded Rookie Challenge. The reason why this deal attracted media attention is because the media generally believed that it was
This is a sign that the Magic completely choose to rebuild with Adrian as the core.
Then the Magic continued to make trades, sending veteran Foyle and pure shooting rookie Redick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for a first-round pick traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. This further solidified the Magic's preparations for reconstruction.
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And Adrian's first reaction after learning all this news was: "Is this old guy Otis possessed by God?"
Paul Millsap, this was the trade plan proposed by Adrian, and he didn't expect Otis Smith to actually implement it. This reassured Adrian even more, because it represented his trust in the Magic's management.
Status is not as important as usual, and consecutive MVP awards in the Rookie Challenge and All-Star Game may be even more important.
A weight. By the way, because Adrian unexpectedly won the All-Star Game MVP, Adidas and Ax paid additional bonuses of four million and two million respectively, plus bonuses from some small contracts.
Adrian earned nearly 10 million US dollars in one All-Star Game, which is almost twice his current annual salary.
This made Adrian lament that it is really easy to make money once you are famous.
The trade of veteran Foyle and rookie Redick from the Grizzlies to the Timberwolves for draft picks was beyond Adrian's expectation. He remembered very clearly that there was no such transaction in history, and he also knew it.
Remember who the Timberwolves drafted with this pick. A double-double machine averaging 20+10 per game, Kai Love!
How stupid does the general manager of the Timberwolves have to be to agree to such a deal that is obviously a loss-making one?
"It's simple because Mr. Richard DeVos gave the Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor an extra benefit." When Adrian asked his agent for his opinion on this issue.
After hearing this, Lane smiled and said: "Mr. Glenn Taylor has always wanted to run for mayor of Minnesota again. To achieve this goal, the support of Mr. Richard DeVos's connections will be very important. And...
Mr. Len Taylor also has the idea of selling shares in the Timberwolves. After all, he is running for mayor, so it would be inappropriate to continue to hold the Timberwolves in his hands."
"Damn, as expected, the NBA is a business." Adrian curled his lips. There may be brains in this world, but there are definitely not too many. No one knows how deep the muddy waters are hidden behind the NBA's various brain-dead transactions.
.It seems that player prices in the European football transfer market have continued to rise during this period. Everyone thinks that this is the change brought about by Abramovich's upcoming arrival at Chelsea... Who believes this method and who is stupid.
"Then wouldn't Mr. David Stern intervene? This is an obviously unequal transaction. David Stern also has to take into account the media's discussion and pressure."
"I think Mr. David Stern has many ways to deal with these problems, and Mr. Richard DeVos must be confident that he can handle these problems, which is why Mr. David Stern acted like this." In this regard, Ryan
But he seemed very confident: "Ed, you
The most important thing now is to perform well on the court. You should know that being in the Magic is different from being in the Lakers. You are the first core of the Magic and the star. So... the impact of the Magic's record on your commercial value will be
Far better than when I was with the Lakers."
"Of course I know this." Adrian smiled: "Don't worry, Ryan. No one cares more about my commercial value than myself."
"Then I'll feel relieved."
After ending the call with Ryan
"A inside partnership of Kai Love and Marc Gasol?" Adrian felt the veins on his forehead twitching: "Do you want to be so exaggerated? This is a proper dynasty rhythm!"
But if you think about it carefully, no matter how good Marc Gasol and Kai Love are, it will only be next year. It will take at least two or three years for these two inside giants to grow up.
Although Adrian was very surprised that Otis Smith's trading level suddenly increased linearly to the point where he seemed to be in God mode. But it did not mean that he could bypass this season and think about next season or even the next season.
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Adrian is not ready to give up this season. Although Howard is gone, the Magic played very well in the early stage and are currently ranked third in the Eastern Conference. In this position, Adrian does not want to give up this year's postseason.
game. Even if Adrian asks himself that he does not have the confidence to break through the Celtics' blockade, no matter what, he must at least reach the Eastern Conference Finals to prove that his worth is worth it. It also proves that the Magic made the absolutely right decision to abandon Howard and choose him.
!In this way, he can have more say in the Magic team.
From a selfish point of view, without the constraints of Kobe, he also wants to compete for this year's regular season MVP.
Although this year's regular season MVP historically belongs to Kobe, it is different now. The current Los Angeles Lakers are a Big Three team consisting of Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard, and Kobe Bryant.
The league will never easily choose to give the MVP to the Big Three team, and reporters will also refuse to vote for such a team with such superstars. After all, there are too many shining stars, and the natural starlight is dimmed by the contrast.
The person who leads the team alone looks so brilliant.
Just look at the Celtics. Their record this season is better than the Lakers.
To do this, Adrian must ensure that the Magic's record is good enough, at least not too far behind the two. At the same time, his own data must be conspicuous enough to convince reporters to vote for him.
