The Cavaliers were able to acquire Jamison at a low price mainly because of the shooting incident involving General Arenas.
In December 2009, Gilbert Arenas and Gavaris Crittenton of the Wizards got into an argument over $1,100 in gambling money, and both ended up pulling out their handguns in the locker room.
At that time, Arenas was revealed to have pulled a gun on Crittenton. During the subsequent investigation, Arenas was found to have four unloaded guns stored in the locker room, and Arenas did not have a relevant license to possess a gun.
Arenas was suspended indefinitely by the league for the gun incident, and the final punishment was a 50-game ban.
With the boss of the team acting like this, one can only imagine what the atmosphere in the Wizards locker room is like.
This resulted in the Wizards being forced to rebuild, choosing to sell valuable assets within the team to clear space and in exchange for draft picks.
In addition to trading away core player Jamison, the Wizards also sent away another core player, Caron Butler.
The trade plan is for the Mavericks to acquire forward Caron Butler, center Brandon Haywood and guard DeShawn Stevenson from the Wizards.
In order to rebuild, the Wizards exchanged Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, Quentin Rose and others from the Mavericks.
The Mavericks are a strong team, currently ranked third in the Western Conference, second only to the Lakers.
When the Mavericks completed this deal, acquiring Butler was of course their first choice, and inside player Haywood was also a very important bargaining chip.
As for the Wizards, sending away Haywood and also disposing of Stevenson's contract is the outcome that the top management is most looking forward to.
From the perspective of the overall lineup, it is a good choice for the Mavericks to send away Howard, who is in unstable form, in exchange for Butler, who has been performing well recently.
This transaction will significantly improve the Mavericks' outside strength. At the same time, Haywood inside will also reduce the pressure on Nowitzki and Dampier in the penalty area.
Mavericks owner Cuban said: "It's not bad. We made the right choice at the last moment."
The weak team wants to be reborn, while the strong team wants to become stronger.
In addition, another important transaction occurred for Chinese fans, that is, Tracy McGrady was traded to the Knicks.
In the last few hours of February 19, the Rockets finally found the best way to trade McGrady after many twists and turns.
Through a three-way deal, the Rockets received their favorite Kevin Martin, rookie Jordan Hill, and two Knicks future first-round draft picks.
And McGrady also went to New York as he wished.
The specific trade plan is that the Rockets will send Tracy McGrady to the Knicks, and send Joey Dorsey and Carl Landry to the Kings. They will get Kevin Martin and Hilton Armstrong from the Kings, and get Jeff from the Knicks.
Reese, Jordan Hill, a 2011 first-round pick swap (first pick protected), and a 2012 first-round pick (top five protected).
The Kings also sent Sergio Rodriguez to the Knicks and acquired Larry Hughes from the Knicks.
As for the Knicks, they got Tracy McGrady from the Rockets as they wished.
Tracy McGrady is the focus of this deal, and the expiring 23 million contract is also the key to the deal.
After the transaction was completed, McGrady's trainer also stood up to support his favorite player. He said: "He is completely ready. Give him a team uniform and he can participate in the game immediately."
But no matter what, McGrady and the Rockets will meet again as opponents. Everything between McGrady and Houston has come to an end.
Yao Ming was out for the season due to injury, Tracy McGrady left the Knicks, and the Yao-Mai combination officially came to an end.
"IT'S TIME", this is the Rockets' slogan for the 2007-08 season.
Now, it is quite suitable to use this slogan to describe the grudges and hatred between the Rockets and Tracy McGrady.
Whether it is the Rockets or Tracy McGrady, it is indeed time to end this unhappy partnership.
In the summer of 2004, McGrady left the Magic, and the Houston Rockets traded Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley and Kevin Cato for McGrady, Juwan Howard, Tyronn Lue and Lisgay.
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In the past few years with the Rockets, Tracy McGrady has had high moments and lows.
Many Chinese fans like Tracy McGrady because of his elegant playing style and handsome person.
Of course, an important factor is because of Yao Ming!
The presence of Yao Ming makes the Rockets become the home team of Chinese fans.
In love with everyone, Tracy McGrady has also become the idol of many Rockets fans.
Especially the shocking comeback of 35 seconds and 13 minutes played by McGrady himself, it is a deed that McGrady fans talk about and sing about everywhere.
Overall, McGrady performed well in his first few years with the Rockets.
However, it turns out that McGrady's playing style is very soft and he lacks the desire to win. Once the intensity of the game increases, he cannot perform well.
At least in the playoffs, McGrady has never proven himself.
In the last two years of his tenure with the Rockets, McGrady did not get along well with the management.
This season the conflict between the Rockets and McGrady has become public, but the feud between the Rockets and McGrady is no longer a day or two.
The main reason is McGrady's injury.
Since McGrady joined the Rockets, he has suffered a lot of injuries.
It was a minor injury at first, but then it became serious.
The 2005-2006 season was the season most severely affected by McGrady's back injury, and it was also his second season with the Rockets.
During training in early November, McGrady fell to the ground after dunking, causing a recurrence of his back injury. From then on, McGrady continued to leave the game early or miss games due to back injuries.
McGrady only played in 47 games throughout the season.
After the 2007-08 season, McGrady had knee surgery, but after recuperating, McGrady did not fully recover and was always on and off. This also led to the deterioration of the relationship between McGrady and the Rockets.
Before the trade deadline last year, the Rockets and the Nets had basically reached an agreement to exchange Tracy McGrady for his cousin Carter, plus some other role players.
The Rockets liked the deal very much at the time because they knew that McGrady's condition was very unstable and his cousin would be much better.
McGrady's agent at the time, Arne Trem, also informed McGrady that he was preparing to leave.
But what is surprising is that McGrady suddenly announced privately that he needed to undergo minimally invasive knee surgery, ending last season early.
This caused negotiations between the Rockets and the Nets to abort at the last moment.
There was no problem with the surgery. The problem was that McGrady only notified the Rockets after the fact.
He told Rockets executives through the media: "I haven't felt good in my knee all season, and I can't seem to get rid of the pain. I tried to continue playing with the knee injury, and then chose to rest in the second game of back-to-back games to extend my rest time. But
These measures did not effectively alleviate my pain and did not allow me to continue playing."
