The Larry Hughes deal has been confirmed, and Danny Ferry is quite satisfied with the outcome of the deal.
A Larry Hughes who has no value to the team and still has a salary of 50 million US dollars in the next four years, coupled with a player who cannot meet the starting requirements, but is forced to take over because the team lacks a main control.
The starter is Damon Jones, plus a draft pick that has little value in the latter part of the first round.
It can be directly exchanged for Andre Miller, who has a $27 million contract for the next three years and has won the assists title, and a qualified substitute inside man, Joe Smith.
For the Cavaliers, this deal can help them fill the vacancy in the main point position, and at the same time get rid of Larry Hughes, who already has a tendency to have junk contracts. As for Damon Jones, it is purely an addition.
Billy King was also satisfied with the deal. Originally, Iverson could only be traded for two veterans, Andre Miller and Joe Smith, and two first-rounders of low value.
But now, Andre Miller and Joe Smith are replaced by Larry Hughes, Damon Jones and a first-rounder.
This exchange is equivalent to trading Iverson, and the 76ers got Larry Hughes, Damon Jones and three first-rounders.
Larry Hughes, whom the Cavaliers looked down upon, in Billy King's eyes, the only drawback compared to Andre Miller was that his contract was one year longer and his salary was slightly higher.
But there are many more advantages.
First of all, Larry Hughes, who is 27 years old, is three years younger than Andre Miller. This means that Andre Miller has already reached his peak, while Larry Hughes is likely not yet.
to the peak.
Secondly, Larry Hughes is struggling in the Cavaliers. The big reason is that he conflicts with LeBron James' style. If the tree is moved to death, the people are moved to work. If you change the place to play, maybe Larry Hughes can still be found.
Go back to the data performance and status of the Wizards a season ago.
Finally, Billy King valued Larry Hughes' defense. He felt that Larry Hughes could form a wing partner with Andre Iguodala, who has made great progress this season, to help the 76ers enter the season.
Post game.
All in all, in Billy King's view, replacing Andre Miller with Larry Hughes was a gamble at a very small price. If the bet was right, he would succeed. If the bet failed, the outcome would be
It can't get any worse.
As for the third party in this deal, Nuggets general manager Mark Walken only wants to get Allen Iverson. How the Cavaliers and 76ers trade has little to do with them. Therefore, they will not refuse the Cavaliers to join this deal.
transaction.
A deal was concluded, and Danny Ferry quickly took action after hanging up the phone.
Before the transaction is officially announced, he will inform team owner Dan Gilbert, then LeBron James, of the details of the transaction, and of course, more importantly, the two parties being traded.
When the deal was concluded, the Cavaliers had already arrived in New York on a special plane and were preparing to go to Madison Square Garden to challenge the Knicks away from home.
At the hotel in New York, Lin Yu completed the check-in procedures and dragged his suitcase onto the elevator.
When he was with the Celtics, he shared a room with Brian Scalabrine during away games. When he arrived in the Cavaliers, the room with him was replaced by Daniel Gibson, the only rookie on the Cavaliers this year.
Opening the door to the room, Lin Yu said hello to Daniel Gibson, who arrived at the same time.
"Hey, rookie, would you like to share a room with me again?"
"Yeah, you guessed it right, Lin."
Daniel Gibson nodded, Lin Yu opened the door, and he followed Lin Yu into the room.
Lin Yu put away his luggage and put a change of clothes on the bed in the back, creating a scene that seemed like someone was there.
Then he said to Daniel Gibson: "Daniel, I'm going out for a while. If Mike comes to check the ward, you tell him that I went to swim in the swimming pool on the roof."
Gibson nodded a little confused.
Lin Yu then smiled, patted Gibson on the shoulder, put on his cell phone, opened the door and walked into the hotel passage.
As soon as I went out, I happened to bump into LeBron James who had just arrived. This guy was talking on the phone with a serious expression. When he saw Lin Yu, he immediately stopped him.
"Lin, wait a moment."
Lin Yu just waited there, listening to what James said on the phone.
"The deal has not been officially announced, so, LeBron, don't disclose it to anyone yet."
trade?
Lin Yu was a little surprised. He quickly thought of Larry Hughes. No one had told Lin Yu that the Cavaliers were going to trade Larry Hughes, but at this moment, he had an intuition that the Cavaliers were going to trade Larry Hughes.
.
The voice on the phone was discussing the Larry Hughes trade with LeBron James.
He made a guess, and when LeBron James hung up the phone, he quickly learned the truth.
"Larry was traded, and Damon was left with him."
Lin Yu was stunned. He could have expected Larry Hughes to leave, but Damon Jones was also sent away. This was something he couldn't understand.
"Damon? If you send him away, who will be the main controller?"
Or to change the question, who did the Cavaliers get in this transaction?
LeBron James replied: "We got Andre Miller, so we don't need to worry about the control issue, but..."
James shook his head, and Lin Yu secretly helped James fill in the following sentences.
But the problem is, Andre Miller doesn't have three-pointers, and his style of play is mostly breakthroughs. This seems to be another Larry Hughes-style new teammate, which conflicts with LeBron James.
However, if you look closely, Miller has more low-post skills than Larry Hughes, and has a better ability to discern opportunities on the offensive end. Defensively, he suffers a lot from defending speed point guards, but relying on experience, Miller's overall defense is still good.
Pretty good.
However, Lin Yu still had to mention the word "but"
However, the absence of Andre Miller, who has three points, means that the Cavaliers' rotation order will change.
He cast his sights on the room behind him. Not surprisingly, after this transaction, Daniel Gibson will be reused.
The leader of the locker room, Eric Snow, may lose his main position, because the new Andre Miller, both in terms of organization and age, can be regarded as an enhanced version of Eric Snow.
, the only thing the two can compare with is defense.
Having just learned of the deal, Lin Yu and LeBron James were both a little silent, until Lin Yu realized that he didn't have much time and pointed to the elevator: "Uh... I have to go out, LeBron."
"Go out? Where?"
When James asked, Lin Yu scratched his head: "It's hard to come to New York. I'm going to go out for a walk and relieve the stress."
James understood Lin Yu's subtext. As the boss of the team, he not only showed no dissatisfaction, but even said with a smile: "If I hadn't gone to Mike to talk about the transaction, I would have gone with you."
Lin Yu also smiled, waved his hand, and prepared to leave.
But James stopped him again: "Where are you going to relieve your stress?"
Lin Yu thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't know, just find one."
"Don't just look for one." James quickly took out his handbag, rummaged through it for a while, and handed Lin Yu a black membership card: "This is the K.M.C. membership card. You can enter with the card."
Lin Yu took the card.
"K.m.c. You should know that it is the most private nightclub in New York. When you go there, you only need to be careful before entering, and you will never be discovered by the paparazzi."
LeBron James finally explained and told Lin Yu by the way: "By the way, you should also be able to apply for membership of K.M.C. Their regulations are that North American sports league athletes with an annual income of more than 10 million US dollars can apply for membership.
"
Lin Yu nodded and entered the elevator.
He decided to go to k.m.c, but the way of entering would not be like James said, he would enter in a swaggering way, and then go out in a swaggering way.
Being photographed by paparazzi reporters was Lin Yu's real purpose.
"I just went to steal some jokes, and I didn't really play, so the fun comes into play after I go in. The key point is when I go in and go out."
