Chapter 212 The specific details of the transaction
In the Quicken Loans Center Arena, in the home team's locker room, the atmosphere before the game started was quite subtle.
The trade rumors have made the entire team panic. Except for LeBron James, who is aware of the situation, and Lin Yu, who is confident that he will not be affected, everyone else may be traded.
Lin Yu's speculation is that Andre Miller, who just joined the team in the first half of the season, is likely to be traded again. In addition, Drew Gooden and Donyel Marshall, who have position conflicts with Rashard Lewis, are also likely to be traded.
Very dangerous, especially Marshall, who has a similar style to Lewis.
So, while Lin Yu silently changed his jersey and put on his equipment, he glanced at Andre Miller, Drew Gooden and Donyel Marshall, trying to read something from their facial expressions.
But helplessly, he only saw a serious and indifferent expression, nothing else could be seen.
"So, what are the specific contents of the transaction?"
Lin Yu was very curious. He also believed that the Cavaliers should not remain silent when trade rumors arise. This would somewhat affect the team's game and state.
Mike Brown opened the door and walked into the locker room. He found that the atmosphere in the locker room was strange. It was not at all like the atmosphere that a normal league-leading team should have.
He immediately thought of the trade rumors that spread before the game.
Mike Brown, who was originally very expressive, suddenly changed his expression. He shook his head helplessly, opened the door to the locker room, and walked out again.
In the corner outside the locker room, Mike Brown took out his cell phone and dialed Danny Ferry's number.
"Danny, the transaction has affected the team's status. I think we must solve this problem."
On the other end of the phone, Danny Ferry was silent for a short time: "Mike, what do you think we should do?"
"I want to announce the details of the deal in the dressing room."
A few minutes later, Mike Brown opened the door to the locker room and returned to the locker room.
Looking at the silent players, Mike Brown subconsciously wanted to clap, but the next second, he realized that clapping was unnecessary.
Because the locker room was always quiet, there was no need for him to clap to stop.
His hands just stopped in the air, and Mike Brown cleared his throat: "I know, there have been some bad rumors in the media in the past two days..."
With an opening statement, all eyes were attracted.
"For the sake of this game, I can confirm this rumor here..."
"Do you want to confirm it?" Lin Yu opened his mouth. He had been curious. What he didn't expect was that he actually got first-hand information from Mike Brown.
"It is true that the team is seeking to trade for Rashard Lewis, and what I can reveal is that the team has reached a rough agreement with the SuperSonics, which includes the two players here.
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Lin Yu immediately set his sights on Andre Miller.
However, the two names that came out of Mike Brown's mouth were: "Eric and Donyell."
Eric and Donyell?!
Lin Yu immediately turned his head and saw Donyel Marshall on the other side who was not surprised, and Eric Snow who looked surprised.
"I hope that whether it is a player who may leave the team in a transaction in the future or a player who will not leave, you can play every game in your career..."
In the Quicken Loans Center court, the Cavaliers and Nets are already warming up.
Mike Brown's frankness reversed the originally bad team atmosphere. The players who were traded began to think about their future after being traded, while the players who were not traded were already thinking about the competition they might face after the arrival of new players.
Lin Yu found another point very interesting, that is, after Mike Brown confessed, he put together a starting lineup that surprised everyone.
But if you think about it carefully, it is expected.
“For this game, the Cavaliers’ starting lineup is point guard Eric Snow, shooting guard Lin Yu, small forward LeBron James, power forward Donyel Marshall and center Zalunas Ilgauskas.
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After the old Miller joined, the old Snow, who had not played for a long time, got the chance to start. Because Mike Brown paid more attention to defense, Donyel Marshall, who had been playing as a substitute, also unexpectedly started.
Thinking about the problem from Mike Brown's perspective, his formation gave Old Snow and Donyel Marshall a chance to leave with dignity.
Lin Yu also thought about the deal itself: "I don't know how many draft picks Danny got. In terms of players' bargaining chips, the Cavaliers made a lot of money."
The Cavaliers have indeed made a lot of money. What they paid for is Eric Snow, who has no playing time and has a contract of 20 million for three years this season.
Donyell-Marshall.
What the Cavaliers will get will be an enhanced version of Donyel Marshall, which means that the Cavaliers paid an old Snow and an unknown number of draft picks to make up for the price difference between Marshall and Lewis.
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If we further take into account the fact that Snow has a tendency to have junk contracts and that Lewis's contract will expire in the summer, these two factors that mutually weaken the value of the transaction, this transaction is still more profitable for the Cavaliers.
"Danny is going to become a god, but that's good..."
Lin Yu is quite willing to see Danny Ferry become a god directly after multiple operations, because this means that Danny Ainge, who formed the Big Three and was praised to the sky, is very likely to even win the honor of a best manager.
If not, losing to the Cavaliers again in the playoffs would be quite miserable just thinking about it.
The worse Danny Ainge is, the happier Lin Yu is.
During the warm-up time, Lin Yu thought about a lot of things that had nothing to do with the game, but when the game was about to start and the starters from both sides came on stage, he saw Vince Carter.
Lin Yu immediately focused all his attention on the game itself.
When the referee walked to the center of the court with the ball, Lin Yu stretched out his right hand and tried to high-five Vince Carter.
Carter is a good man. He seemed completely unaware of the disputes in the media during this period. He directly stretched out his right hand and cooperated with Lin Yu to complete the high-five.
Lin Yu smiled. This is why in every previous interview, he only targeted media reporters.
What provoked him was not his opponents in the same position, but the group of media reporters who were afraid of chaos and even hinted at a hint of racial discrimination.
Lin Yu and Carter high-fived, and on the other side, the old Miller also faced off against Jason Kidd.
There is a bit of a story between the two. The old Miller stole the assists title in the 2001/02 season from Jason Kidd, the league's number one point guard at the time.
Later, Miller's career scoring record of 52 points was also set on Kidd's head.
Lin Yu learned all this from the keyboard of a netizen named "Bi Bu Zhong". Now, he sees the duel between the old Miller and Kidd and finds it very interesting.
Will 52 points in a single game be staged in advance?
Lin Yu shook his head secretly. In the Cavaliers, unless James completely misfires, it will be difficult for the old Miller to get too many opportunities to hold the ball.