NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 395 Joining the Trail Blazers

Time continues to move forward, and the transaction related to Zhao Dong is also going on nervously.

Ringo Wells rejected most of the teams, because those teams were not strong enough, from the economy to the team's strength, which was not enough for Zhao Dong's requirements.

Now he focuses on the three teams of the Trail Blazers, the Lakers, and the Heat.

The Lakers agreed to dismantle the OK combination, and one of them and all the others can be used as bargaining chips, and the remaining one will partner with Zhao Dong, and then spend huge sums of money to build a new championship lineup.

As for the Trail Blazers, the whole team can be used as a bargaining chip for the Knicks to pick and choose. They are full of sincerity.

Even, in order to get the support of James Dowland, the wealthy Paul Allen promised Dowland in private that he could lend the other party a sum of money for turnover.

This is very attractive to Dowland. He is in desperate need of cash, and his attitude is biased towards the Blazers.

Of course, Zhao Dong's side is in charge of the transaction, so Zhao Dong's side is the focus of Paul Allen's research. For this reason, he did not hesitate to agree to support Ringo Wells with a large amount of benefits.

As for the Heat, although the owner Alisson lost a lot of money like James Dowland, he did not get involved in finance. Although the company's market value has dropped sharply, there is no problem with its operations, so it can still provide enough funds for the Heat.

With the support of the boss, Pat Riley offered the Knicks the same chip as the Trail Blazers. As long as Zhao Dong is willing to go to Miami, the entire Heat can take it away.

"Feilong, that's it. These three teams, you can choose." Wells didn't give his own opinion, and left the decision completely to Zhao Dong.

"I'll call you after I think it over," Zhao Dong said.

The time has entered July.

The Olympic Games is from September 15th to October [-]st. Since July, the atmosphere of the Olympic Games has been very strong, and CCTV often broadcasts some related news.

Zhao Dong has not decided which team to go to, anyway, he is not in a hurry.

But he was not in a hurry, but these teams were in a hurry. His deal was not completed, and other deals of these teams could not be carried out at all. The general managers couldn't sleep at night in such a hurry.

Duncan and his agent were also in a hurry, Banks was so anxious that his mouth was blistered, and Duncan was so anxious that he lost his mind about fishing.

On the Spurs side, Popovich approached Duncan again, flew to Duncan's hometown in person, and re-offered a contract, 300 million for three years.

But this contract, compared to the contracts of the Lakers and Magic, is really inferior.

Now I really want to trade Duncan. In addition to those teams, there is one more team, and that is the Eastern Nets.

Many teams want to trade Dayao, but the Nets cannot agree. Yao, who is at the peak of his debut, is the cornerstone of their team. How can they trade the cornerstone?
In order to chase the championship, they even joined the ranks of chasing Zhao Dong, and Duncan was also one of their goals.

However, Duncan still rejected all the teams. He is still waiting for Zhao Dong's deal before deciding where to go.

If Zhao Dong stayed in the east, he would stay in the west, and if Zhao Dong went to the west, then he would go to the east.

He didn't want to stay in the same room with Zhao Dong, as the chances of reaching the finals would be relatively smaller.

But until now, Zhao Dong has not decided to leave, and Duncan and his agent are also very anxious.

But there are many people who are more urgent than them.

The news that these teams wanted to trade Zhao Dong had already been exposed by the media, and as a result, the players of these teams were all caught in the rumors that they would be traded.

These players also include the core of each team, and naturally also include the OK combination.

O'Neill's mouth was also frothing, and he was not interested in being seduced by beautiful women on the beach in Miami.

He doesn't want to be traded. As a superstar, being traded frequently can only make him seem of little importance, otherwise who would trade him?
Kobe is more anxious than O'Neal, and he doesn't want to leave Los Angeles. Although New York is good, it doesn't attract him much, and he doesn't want to be a bargaining chip for Zhao Dong.

His first sneaker contract is about to expire, and there is still more than a year to go. Adidas’s operation is very difficult now. He has not asked him to renew the contract. He might switch to Nike or Dragon Sports. If these two years are treated as bargaining chips It is likely to affect his commercial value, and he cannot get the best endorsement contract.

If it's another deal, he still has the opportunity to put pressure on the management, but the Lakers want to trade Zhao Dong, so he has no say at all, because he doesn't care what he thinks, so he can only wait passively.

The managers of these companies are also very anxious. Zhao Dong's deal has been delayed, and the team will not be able to make other deals. The rumors of this deal have also caused dissension between the players and the team. Once Zhao Dong cannot be traded, what will happen to them? The team is an injury.

Ringo Wells was also in a hurry, being urged by these teams, but he didn't dare to call Zhao Dong to remind him, so he could only continue to wait.

Of course, Zhao Dong is also analyzing these teams, and the lineup lists of these teams are all in his hands.

Lakers, the current lineup is the strongest, the OK combination will keep one, and there will be some strength left after the transaction. The difficulty of rebuilding the lineup is the least, but the owner is not very rich, but the operating income of the Lakers is good, and they can afford luxury Tax.

Heat, the boss has money, the lineup is not good, and Mourning's iron kidney is not good. After the transaction is completed, the existing lineup will be completely gone. It is very difficult to rebuild 100%.

The Trail Blazers, after Rasheed Wallace went to the Bulls, the lineup is no longer good. There is no star and an absolutely civilian lineup. However, they actually reached the Western Conference Finals last year, which also made many people drop their jaws.

However, they were swept by the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, unable to resist, and exhausted the last strength of the Blazers. The lineup was obviously aging, and it was time to rebuild.

The advantage of this team is that the boss is super rich and willing to invest.

Now that he wants to complete six consecutive championships, the focus of consideration is that after the transaction, the team's lineup must have the strength of a championship. This is even his only requirement.

In terms of the lineup, he tends to go to the Lakers, just because the Lakers can still leave one of the OK combinations after the trade, most likely O'Neal.

Compared with the influence on the fans, a super center is not as good as a top guard, because the guard can play more entertaining games.

But teaming up with O'Neal is not what he wants. He doesn't want to be on the same team with a superstar.

Let alone a superstar, he doesn't even want an All-Star very much.

Teaming up with O'Neal, winning the championship is not difficult at all, it's too easy. As long as their combination shows half of their strength, they can blow up the entire league. Such a championship has no gold content at all.

Under this mentality, among the three teams, the Lakers are his last choice.

As for the Heat and the Trail Blazers, the Heat are of course more attractive. Miami is a big ball market, and there is no doubt about Pat Riley's coaching ability.

The boss of the two teams, he is also more familiar with Alisson, and he does not know Paul Allen.

However, he has played in the East for four seasons, and this time he wants to try the West.

But he won't make a decision so quickly, he will delay it a little longer, and see which of these teams can last until the end, and he will go to the team with the greatest sincerity.

Time flows slowly, and for some people, it feels like years.

At eight o'clock in the morning on July [-]th, he suddenly received a call from O'Neill.

"Feilong, please, make up your mind." O'Neal begged.

Zhao Dong laughed, and said: "Shark, why are you taking your vacation and caring about my deal?"

"I'm your bargaining chip, don't you know that?"

O'Neal broke out emotionally, and said very aggrieved: "You can go to the Lakers, I will come to the Knicks, and I will make the decision for you."

Zhao Dong laughed again, and then he said, "Don't worry, Shark, you can spend your vacation with peace of mind. Anyway, you play in the same way for the Lakers or the Knicks, don't you?"

"You're such an asshole!"

O'Neal cursed and hung up.

After he hung up the phone, he called his agent David Falk, Jordan's agent, and asked Falk to inform the Lakers that if the team did not strengthen, he would apply for a trade.

After the Lakers received O'Neal's warning, they couldn't sit still.

After thinking about it, Jerry West contacted the boss Bass.

"Jerry, we have to quit, otherwise Shaq and Kobe's loyalty to the team will be exhausted, and the team will not be easy to lead if people lose their hearts," he said.

"Why hasn't Feilong made up his mind? What is he waiting for?" Old Bass said angrily.

"Who knows what he's waiting for? I think Flying Dragon is a pervert, with a perverted mind and a perverted ability." West complained authentically.

"Okay then, Jerry, as you said, we quit. I will call Shaq and Kobe, and I need to appease their emotions." Old Buss said.

"OK." West said.

First of all, the Lakers couldn't bear it. The Lakers are sitting on an increasingly powerful OK combination. In fact, their desire to chase Zhao Dong is the smallest. After they received O'Neal's warning, they decided not to stay anymore and started their own. Reinforcement transactions.

Secondly, the Nets also decided to withdraw, and they began to chase Duncan with all their strength.

As for the Heat and the Trail Blazers, they are still in constant contact with Ringo Wells, and their bosses also contact Zhao Dong every once in a while, chatting and flirting with each other.

On July [-], the Heat couldn't hold it anymore.

The freezing period of the free market has ended, and the trade has officially started. If they drag on, all the fish in the free market will be caught by other teams. Even if Zhao Dong is traded, they will not be able to build a new lineup, and they will withdraw up.

Ringo Wells notified Zhao Dong that the Lakers, Heat, and Nets had all withdrawn, and a decision had to be made. If no decision was made, no matter which team they went to, there would be no way to build a new lineup.

"Let's talk to the Blazers and the Knicks." Zhao Dong laughed.

The Trail Blazers are also good. The boss has a heart for a championship. He doesn't care about the ball market anymore. The championship is his only pursuit.

"awesome!"

After receiving the notification from Wells, the Blazers' management was boiling and crazy. They seemed to see the championship beckoning to them.

"This is great news, I'm so lucky!"

Paul Allen also knew the news later, and he was more excited than the management.

The boss wanted to trade Zhao Dong, and Neil Grant was very disappointed. He single-handedly brought the undrafted Zhao Dong to New York and brought the Knicks a dynasty with four consecutive championships, but now he wants to trade the god of basketball. It is extremely painful.

Moreover, what bargaining chip does the Blazers have?
Damon Stoudemire?Or old Pippen?
But there is no way, Zhao Dong is going to the Blazers, and the Knicks have no other choice.

That's good too, when Zhao Dong came to Knicks, Knicks didn't give anything, picked it up for nothing, now he leaves, Knicks gets nothing, and he can accept it.

Anyway, the boss is not aggressive at all, and the Knicks will become the boss' blood bank, and it doesn't matter if the lineup is even worse.

The bargaining chip was quickly reached. The Knicks paid Zhao Dong + Marion to get the main center of the Blazers, Sabonis, the best player in Europe, the historical small forward Pippen, and the Blazers in 01 and Unprotected first-round pick in 02.

Sabonis still has one year left on his contract. Next year's salary is $1120 million, and Pippen's next year's salary is $1375 million. The combined contracts of these two people are about the same as Zhao Dong's next year's salary ($2442 million). Match transactions.

But the combination of these two people can't even exchange Zhao Dong's arm. For the future, the Knicks asked for two first-round picks from the Blazers. Signed chips.

The Knicks got two future first-round picks, which can be regarded as making certain arrangements for the future. At the same time, Sabonis can make room after playing next season. Only Pippen's contract is big, but it is far smaller than Zhao Dong's future contract, so Knicks owner James Dowland is still satisfied with this deal.

After he nodded, the deal was quickly sent to David Stern's desk for his approval.

"West pioneers?"

Staring at the trade application, Stern fell into deep thought.

In the west, there are the Lakers. If Zhao Dong goes to the west, he will enter the playoffs next year, and the battle of dragons and tigers in this year's finals will repeat itself, which is of course good.

But the east will also weaken, presenting a situation where the west is strong and the east is weak.

And this is not what he wants to see. He really doesn't want to see the one-sided finals. Like this year's finals, although they played fiercely and well, but the Lakers were swept away, he also thinks it is a pity.

"Tim Duncan has not decided which team to go to. I heard that the Nets have been chasing him. Why don't we let him go to the East?"

As soon as this idea came up, he couldn't press it down.

If Duncan goes to the Nets and joins forces with China's Yao, then the Nets will have the strength to compete with the Philadelphia Digital Team's email combination, and the East will have a battle in the playoffs, no matter which team reaches the finals , and will not be helpless.

After 10 minutes, the deal about Zhao Dong was approved.

"awesome!"

"Hold a press conference immediately to announce the good news to the media and our fans."

After receiving the news from the league, the Blazers' management instantly cheered.

Ten minutes later, the official websites of the Trail Blazers and Knicks first announced the deal.

In New York, there was a lot of scolding, from the owner James Dowland to the entire management, who were scolded bloody by the extremely angry Knicks fans and Zhao Dong fans.

Many emotional Knicks fans even vented their anger on Zhao Dong and burned his jersey.

But these fans are only a very small number of extreme fans, and the vast majority of fans are still rational, because they know that this stupid deal is made by the boss, not that Zhao Dong is leaving New York.

In Portland, the Blazers fans were the complete opposite. They praised the management and owner Paul Allen as a flower.

At the same time, an hour after the news was announced, Zhao Dong's jerseys were sold out in Portland, as were the various styles of Silver Devils sneakers.

The next day, on the morning of July 12th, Blazers general manager Witster contacted Zhao Dong, and the two sides had a friendly chat and communication.

The main content is lineup construction.

At present, the remaining lineup of the Blazers, the main players are the main point guard Damon Stoudemire, the main shooting guard Steve Smith, the main center and the main small forward were traded to the Knicks.

Little Flying Squirrel is 27 years old, the No. 95 pick in the first round of 7. Last season, he averaged 30 minutes per game, 12.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1 steal and 1.9 turnovers. Although he is not very young, his state is in decline.

Steve Smith is 31 years old, the No. 91 pick in the first round of 5. He has played 20+ performances in three seasons, but last season he only had 14.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists. middle.

This back line combination has nothing to do with the first-rate, barely second-rate, and it will definitely be blown up when it meets Iverson, Kobe, and Marbury.

Important rotation players include iron-blooded power forward Brian Grant, German Schramff and so on.

In terms of potential, there are Bunch Wells, the No. 98 pick in the first round of 11, and Jermaine O'Neal, the No. 96 pick in the first round of 17, Zhao Dong's pick of the same year.

Although the Blazers' lineup is not good, the salary is actually very high. There are several annual salaries of tens of millions and close to tens of millions, and they have to pay a lot of luxury taxes every year.

For example, Brian Grant will be worth $890 million next year, which is not much worse than the contract that the Spurs offered to Duncan.

Bunch Wells played for two seasons. Last season, he averaged 17.6 minutes of playing time, 8.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. He is not bad and can become a qualified bench player.

And Jermaine O'Neal, in the Blazers for four seasons, had no chance in the first three years.

The Blazers are not inferior to him on the inside, and he is a high school student. After playing for four years, he is only 22 years old this year, one year younger than Zhao Dong, and he is not trusted by the head coach Deng Levy, so he does not get many opportunities.

Last season, the team was short of insiders. The boss Rasheed Wallace ran to hug Jordan's thigh. O'Neal got some opportunities, but he only came on the bench for 12 minutes, without any tactical status, and no shot opportunities. Averaged 3.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.

O'Neal's rookie contract is three plus one, and the last year is a player option. He has already executed it and is now a restricted free agent.

The general manager Wester is not going to renew the contract. He is not optimistic about Xiao Ao, and the head coach Dunleavy is even less optimistic about Xiao Ao.

But because Zhao Dong's deal has been delayed until now, he doesn't know who else will be left in the free market, so for insurance, he has been trying to keep Xiao Ao.

He has a contract from the Pacers to Jerome in his hand, which is 3 million US dollars in three years, which far exceeds his estimated value of Jermaine.

If Zhao Dong is traded in the end, but Xiao Ao is not needed, then let him go.

To be honest, he is the manager who has been fooling Xiao Ao and Xiao Ao.

But his reason for bluffing is quite attractive, that is, after the Blazers were traded to Zhao Dong, several main players would definitely not be able to keep them. Xiao Ao would get a lot of opportunities in the Blazers, and it was possible to even be the main players.

(End of this chapter)