Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 204 [Heavy deal reappears, the alliance is competing for success! 】

Hayes had no choice but to rest for three weeks. After the Bobcats narrowly defeated the Golden State Warriors on February 2, it was another round of devil's schedule, and they encountered strong enemies.

The Bobcats lost to the Nuggets, Suns, and Pistons away, and lost to the Nets and Lakers at home.Calderon, Weaver's comeback will not help.Without Hayes, the Bobcats have no stable scoring points inside. The Bobcats No. 16 scorer Gerald Wallace only averaged [-] points per game, and his rebounding ability cannot be compared with Hayes.

On February 2, Hayes finally made his comeback on the special day of Valentine's Day.The Bobcats' home opponent is the Atlanta Hawks, who are strong and in good shape.Because it was the first comeback game, Hayes' situation remains to be seen. D'Antoni didn't dare to let him play for too long. He only played 14 minutes and scored 27 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists. The Bobcats lost to the Hawks 4-97.

Bobcats harvested the season's longest six-game losing streak.Fortunately, apart from the top four in the Eastern Conference, the record of other teams is too bad. Although the record of the Bobcats has dropped to 32 wins and 18 losses, they are still ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference, 4 games ahead of the Raptors.

Next is the All-Star Weekend, and the Bobcats have a game after the All-Star Weekend, which gives them a rare rest period.In addition to Bargnani, the other players have all returned from injury, which is also good news for the Bobcats.

As the trade deadline approaches, some teams have already moved ahead.

First, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic completed a deal. The Magic sent Trevor Ariza in exchange for Brian Cook and Maurice Evans from the Lakers.The Magic also announced the layoff of Beau Outlaw.

The Magic have always been eager to get a big man who can score to help the core player Dwight Howard reduce the burden, and Ariza has always been difficult to get the reuse of Stan Van Gundy. He averaged only about 10 minutes per game this season. Playing time, he averaged 3.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Obviously, if he is given enough room for development, then the contributions he can make will never be the only ones.In contrast, although Cook is not as tough inside as Ariza, he has a peripheral skill, which is rare in today's league, and Howard is also capable enough to attract the opponent's defensive center of gravity to the inside and give Perimeter players create mobile opportunities.

The deal later proved to be a win for the Lakers.Cook makes his presence almost invisible when defending...

The Jazz and 76ers also made a deal.The Jazz traded Gordan Girisek and a protected first-round pick to Kyler Korver.

Girisek had a fierce conflict with coach Jerry Sloan in the Jazz's away game against the Bobcats. He was first expelled on the spot and then suspended by the team indefinitely. I didn't want to leave Salt Lake City, hoping to resolve the conflict with Sloan peacefully, but I didn't expect that the team had already made up their minds to clean it up.

On February 2008, 2, a big deal that shocked the league appeared.The two sides of the transaction are the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

Hayes can now be sure that there is indeed a shady NBA.Although the Grizzlies have a good record this season, ranking No.7 in the West, they still traded with the Lakers and sent Pau Gasol.Hayes wanted someone to write an article about the Grizzlies-Lakers trade.The topic was "The Shady Story of a Certain Grizzlies Western Team". Later, he felt that there were too many doubts about this matter, and the water in the NBA was too deep. If David Stern acquiesced, he couldn't make it clear.

The Lakers sent Kwame Brown, Javaris Corittenton, Aaron McGee, Vujacic, two future draft picks and some cash for Pau Gasol and a future second-round pick.

The only difference is that the Lakers did not have the right to sign Gasol, so they sent Vujacic, which they dubbed "Vujacic can enhance the Grizzlies' outside strength"...

After the transaction was successful, Lakers fans were extremely excited.

This is a robbery without resistance, look at what the Lakers have paid.You must know that what they have harvested is a power forward who can rank in the top five in the league.

As soon as the deal was successful, an angry Jordan immediately called the Grizzlies general manager. "What do you mean? Don't you want to trade Gasol? We even let you choose any player except Hayes for Gasol (to show anger, Jordan exaggerated), as long as the salary is equal. Trade. You refused, now less than a month later, they sent Gasol to the Lakers for nothing, in exchange for some crap, you like to let the Lakers win the championship so much? How much money did they give you? I will find someone to investigate In this matter, you'd better not be caught by me!"

Gasol is the helper Hayes wants by name. He has all-round skills and can be inside and outside.Also one of the best interior passers in the league.Jordan felt like he was being played.As a master, he couldn't swallow this breath, so he directly threatened the Grizzlies verbally.

Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace explained: "Michael, trading Gasol is the owner's idea. He doesn't think Gasol is a qualified leader. He doesn't know how to command players on the court. At critical moments, he doesn't dare to stand up. He is a dull player. The Grizzlies now want to rebuild with Rudy Gay as the core. Our purpose is to clean up the salary and prepare for the next season. Gasol’s salary in the 2007-08 season was 1400 million US dollars. It is the highest in the team, accounting for a quarter of our team's total salary. If we want to adjust the salary structure, we must send Gasol away. Kwame Brown's contract expires, and the Grizzlies have no annual salary Tens of millions of players, we are also going to send Miller, next season, our team’s highest annual salary player is Darko Milicic, at $650 million, this is the result we want. I can only explain so much to you.”

"Okay, then I will write an article about Bobcat's conditions and what you said when you refused the deal and send it to the newspaper, and see what people outside will say." Jordan couldn't hold back his breath, and wanted to really investigate the other party's insider trading , is not an easy task.But publishing newspapers to create public opinion is easy.

In the end, Chris Wallace spent some time trying to persuade Jordan to calm down. The Grizzlies were willing to trade any player other than Rudy Gay to the Bobcats, as long as the Bobcats liked it.Chris Wallace dared to say this because the Bobcats have a group of low-paid and high-energy role players, and they will not lose money if they are traded.However, the Grizzlies have no players for the Bobcats to look at for the time being, so this verbal agreement is postponed, and the Grizzlies have given Joe a lot of face.

In addition to Jordan, some other teams have also expressed their dissatisfaction.

Spurs head coach Popovich angrily stated that a trade arbitration committee will be established in the future, consisting of the head coaches of each team, so as to prevent similar "dispatch" type transactions from happening.How strong is Gasol?Just ask Duncan.This deal gave the Lakers the capital to fight against the Spurs.

The combination of Kobe and Gasol is still taking shape.In order to rob the Grizzlies, Hayes selected Marc Gasol and failed to play a role.But the Bobcats are not at a loss, Marc Gasol is capable.Value far exceeds his draft pick.After the Olympics, Marc Gasol will play well and will be watched by other teams.Staying in the team can strengthen the offensive position, and trading can also be used as a bargaining chip. In short, he is a very valuable figure.

On February 2, the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns completed a trade.The Suns traded Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks for Shaquille O'Neal.

After Steve Kerr took office as the manager of the Suns, his first deal encountered a lot of doubts. In order to reduce the salary burden, he gave up the 2008 first-round pick and sent Kurt, the best inside defensive player in the team at that time. Thomas sent away for nothing.His explanation is that if you want to get out of the predicament, you must make these seemingly bad deals, and the Suns must clear out more salary space.

When people thought that the Suns cleared the salary space to attract a certain big-name player to join, Cole made another heavyweight deal.For a team that has been unable to make a breakthrough in the playoffs for many years, the management finally couldn't bear it.The Suns' so-called "seven seconds or less" offensive style bid farewell to fans after the deal was completed.Although the small ball style is good-looking, it can't beat the Spurs' Stone Buddha, or even the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki.The Lakers' Bynum is already a worry, and Gasol came again, which undoubtedly gave the Suns management an ultimatum.Trading with the Heat did allow the Suns to have an inside line, but they lost their agility. The Suns are no longer the Suns.They also took O'Neal's 2010-year 5 million super bad contract that expired in 1.You must know that the current O'Neal can't even make it to the All-Star Game.

The result of this transaction is that the Suns have fallen, and if O'Neal does not leave, the Suns will never regain their previous offensive feeling.

On February 2th, another three-team blockbuster deal involving 14 players broke out. The Cavaliers, Supersonics and Bulls came to a three-way deal. Bulls center Ben Wallace, forward Joe Smith, and Supersonics guard Lu Rick Ridnour and Delonte West joined the Cavaliers; Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes, forwards Drew Gooden, forwards Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown joined the Bulls; the Sonics received Bulls guard Adrian Griffin, Cavaliers forwards Isla Newbell and Donnell Marshall.

Cavaliers trade is a last resort.This season, the Eastern Conference has risen.They don't think their strength can break out in the East. After consecutive losses to the Eagles and Bobcats, James became more and more restless.James has developed an aversion to Larry Hughes and Gooden, publicly expressing his dissatisfaction with the strength of the team.For the Cavaliers, being able to appease the "little emperor" to stay in the team with peace of mind is the top priority.

General manager Danny Ferry has not been able to bring qualified help to James, and he needs to do something to remedy it.Ben Wallace is well-known in this transaction, and Ridnour and West are also good players.The outside shooting of the two is much better than that of Hughes and Shannon Brown.Smith is an underrated big man who can both defend and hit jumpers from 18 feet.As for the big contract of "Big Ben", now the Cavaliers are a bit risky in terms of salary (two years, worth $2850 million), but at least they also use Hughes' contract (two years, worth $2640 million) to make a difference Offset.All in all, not a bad thing for the Cavaliers.

James thinks this is a good thing. The strength of the Cavaliers has increased, and they should be able to compete with the strong teams in the Eastern Conference.

Hayes knew that James was behind when he was depressed. It seems that this is the fate of James' mother. If it weren't for West's "mother's family", James would not be so determined to leave.

The Sonics got rid of the big contracts of Ridnour and West, thus freeing up salary space so that they can attract big-name free agents in the future.

The Bulls finally sold off Wallace, and Big Ben has been criticized all the time, and is considered by the outside world to be a representative of high salary and low energy.For the Bulls, now is the time for them to focus on training newcomers Taylor Thomas and Noah.Hughes could also bolster the Bulls' defense at shooting guard.

Hayes also hopes that the Bobcats can trade to a scorer to solve the Bobcats' weakness of too few offensive points.The team has not acted yet, but there is still time before the deadline for the trading day.

After the transaction, the pattern of the NBA has changed again. The Western Timberwolves, Spurs, Mavericks, Hornets, Suns, Nuggets, and Jazz are strong; The Raptors and the Sonics also have great potential. If they want to enter the playoffs, it will be very difficult without 50 wins.

The Eastern Eagles, Magic, Cavaliers, and Pistons are gaining momentum.Although the Bobcats are in a bad situation, no one dares to underestimate them.The alliance has entered the Warring States Period, where heroes compete for the throne.

(End of this chapter)