God of NBA point guards

Chapter 258 The Warriors and the Pistons reached an agreement
Rodman is 32 years old, but he wants a long-term contract, at least 5 million U.S. dollars for five years, with an average annual salary of 1800 million U.S. dollars, which is not much smaller than Jordan’s contract. This is something he can’t do. It is impossible to provide such a big contract to Rodman, he can't pass here, and the boss can't pass it even more.

At this time, he thought of a package deal and traded the Blazers' main center, Clifford Robinson.

Robinson was the No. 89 pick in the second round in 9. He was only 26 years old. In the past season, he averaged 31.4 minutes per game, 19.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.2 blocks. He has offense and defense. The important thing is that the contract is not big. , The second contract signed last year, there is still a four-year contract of 4 million yuan, which is much smaller than the contract Rodman wanted.

Clifford Robinson and Ronnie Sekari teamed up. The defense may not be as good as Sekari and Rodman, and the rebounding is not as good, but the offense is better.

The future goal of the Pistons is to stabilize the ball market, to reduce operating costs, not to chase the championship, but the playoffs must be won, otherwise the operation will be more difficult, so after consideration, this transaction should be feasible.

In addition, he also took a fancy to Rod Strickland, an important rotation guard for the Blazers. He was 27 years old and was the No. 88 pick in the first round of 19. He started 35 games last season and averaged 31.7 minutes, 13.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. 1.7 steals, shooting as high as 48.5%.

Both offense and defense are good, and the assist ability is very good. It can be used as an important rotation in the back line. It should be at the first-class level, plus Sekali and Clifford Robinson, there is no problem in reaching the second round of the playoffs.

Then the Blazers received a response from the Pistons, Iron Fist + Rodman, for Tribert + Clifford Robinson + Rod Strickland + the unprotected first-round pick in 94, 96, and 98.

The Pistons are willing to put Rodman, the two-time rebounding king, on the trading list. This is a surprise. Clifford Robinson faced David Robinson in the first round of this year's playoffs. Three knockouts, so trading him for Rodman is pretty good.

However, Rod Strickland is a key training target for the Blazers. With a height of 191 cm, he can play two positions and has a good offensive and defensive organization.

Moreover, three future first-round picks will be added. This price is too high. For Iron Fist alone, the Blazers will be hollowed out.

But owner Paul Allen wanted an iron fist, and general manager Hans Wells hesitated to respond in time.

……

At this time, Troy Weaver also replied to the Warriors.

"Iron Fist + Rodman, for Bug + Billy Owens + Sprewell + Chris Mullin?"

When the general manager of the Warriors, Gary San-Jean, saw the quotation, he smiled wryly and murmured: "The four main players have been replaced. Will Tekken fight alone next season?"

He shook his head, such a deal would definitely not work.

Mullin is the spiritual leader, but he can be traded, because after the Iron Fist arrives, it is best to send the previous leader away to avoid internal strife.

The other three are all young players, who are the future of the Warriors. Of course, it is okay to trade one or two for Tekken, but it is not acceptable to trade them all. At least one should be reserved for Tekken as a helper. Good potential players are not easy to find.

In order to trade Chris Webber, he not only sent Anfernee Hardaway, but also attached three first-round picks. Of course, these three picks were all traded from other teams. He hoarded a lot of draft picks. The future is still here.

But he still tends to use draft picks to trade, because several young players in the team have already played, and the draft is unknown and the uncertainty is high.

His plan is that it is best to let the Pistons pick one, and then send one or two future draft picks, which are acceptable, and then leave the other three main players as helpers for the Iron Fist.

Of course the Pistons are most likely to pick the bugs, so the Warriors' lineup next season will be very good, the remaining three main players, plus Iron Fist, Matthew Leonis, Alexander, and the ones who have just arrived Signed No. [-] pick Chris Webber, with such a lineup, it should be no problem to enter the playoffs next season.

"Weber..."

When he thinks of the No. [-] pick, he is very happy, because he has already settled the contract with Webber.

15 million in 7400 years, a super rookie contract, he is very optimistic about Chris Webber, otherwise he would not trade with the Magic.

Fortunately, there are many young people in the team and the contracts are not big, otherwise Weber's contract would not be settled.

As for the Iron Fist deal, he sighed. Now he is making the deal under the pressure of his boss. In fact, the boss does not agree to trade Iron Fist. Especially after offering such a big contract to Weber, the boss does not agree to take the money Come out and give Tekken a billion-dollar contract.

Thinking of this, he regretted giving Weber the contract, but the No. [-] pick, wouldn't he give up signing if he didn't give the contract?
If Tekken is sure to be traded to the Warriors, he can trade Webber's signing rights, but the Tekken deal is not certain, so he can only get Weber first.

But let's talk about the deal first, get it done first, and then go to the boss to ask him to take the money.

He revised and revised the quotation, crossed out the names of Owens and Sprewell, added a first-round pick in 94, calculated the salary cap again, and then asked the assistant to send it over.

"Bug + Chris Mullin?"

On the Pistons side, Troy Weaver saw the Warriors' new offer.

Xiaochong is younger than Tribert of the Trail Blazers. Mullin is a swingman. He can play the third position when he comes. In this way, the three main outside lines will be neat, and his strength is better than Zhou Quan + Joe Dumars + Ull Rich added up to be more average, at least the third position will no longer have a weakness.

But he still thinks it's not worth it, because Mullin is already 30 years old, who knows how many more years he can play?And he thinks Iron Fist can replace these two and add a first-round pick by himself. Isn't Rodman added for nothing?
In addition, Rodman was traded, and he was short of a power forward.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of magic.

The Magic also want to trade Iron Fist. Before the draft, they wanted to trade with the No. [-] pick in their hands, and the current No. [-] pick, Chris Webber, is in the Warriors, and Webber can play power forward and center, so why not...

After thinking about it, he called Gary Saint Jean's office number.

After we communicated, we exchanged some pleasantries, and immediately got to the point, saying: "Mr. Jean, this quotation can only be exchanged for Tiequan at most, you understand, and we are also losing money just like this.

Now we have a lot of options, Lakers, Trail Blazers, you know, if you want Iron Fist, you have to add Chris Webber. "

"What?" Gary Saint-Jean was stunned.

His mind was spinning rapidly, and Weaver's words actually moved his heart a little. Didn't the boss not want to take out the money? Then he just used Weber to exchange Iron Fist, and then added a few players, so that Iron Fist's contract could come out, and the boss didn't have to. Also take the money out.

Weaver over there continued: "You may not know that the Magic originally planned to use their No. [-] pick to trade with us, but unfortunately, the Iron Fist cannot stay in the East, so it is cheaper for you now. Mr. Gene, you can Choose between Chris Webber, and Iron Fist."

Is there still a choice? No matter how good Chris Webber is, can he compare with the three super centers?And Iron Fist's current transaction value can definitely change any player in the league, except Michael Jordan.

"So Mr. Weaver, what more do you want?"

He knew that it was absolutely impossible for the Pistons to exchange Iron Fist with Chris Webber, which is something no fool would do.

"We took out Iron Fist and Rodman, and you took out Chris Webber, Tim Hardaway, Billy Owens, Sprewell." Weaver said.

"Two for four? It's impossible."

Gary Saint-Jean refused first, and then said: "Either Billy Owens or Sprewell, you can only choose one."

"Two for three, no, Iron Fist is definitely qualified to change three of these four." Weaver didn't do it either.

Gary Saint-Jean thought for a while and said: "Well, let's not want Rodman, just Iron Fist, and give you three, Chris Webber, Tim Hardaway, and Chris Mullin."

He did this for another purpose, to free up salary space.

Weaver thought about it for a while, and it seemed pretty good. Mullin was an All-Star in his prime, the other two were talented youngsters, and one was the No. [-] pick. Iron Fist can bring back three of these players. up.

"OK."

He agreed, but then added: "Mr. Jean, have you settled Weber's contract?"

"Just signed yesterday."

San-Jean suddenly felt a little bad because he thought of Webber's contract and the current situation of the Pistons.

"What's his contract amount?" Weaver asked.

"Oh, $15 million in 7400 years," Gary St. Jean said.

"What?" Weaver was stunned.

Be crazy, the average annual salary is nearly 500 million, and Jordan can't get this amount.

If the Pistons have this money, why trade Tekken, add tens of millions, and Tekken can be kept.

"Mr. Gene, we don't want Webb anymore. We will replace him with Sprewell, plus Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin. What do you think?" Weaver immediately changed course.

He didn't want Billy Owens, because Owens was seriously injured last season and was reimbursed after only playing 37 games. This is one of the reasons why the Warriors did not make the playoffs. After the serious injury, the future of this No. [-] pick is uncertain .

We don't want Weber anymore, Gary Saint-Jean is actually a little disappointed, so he can only go to the boss to get the money, he nodded and said: "OK, that's it, we've made a deal."

The two negotiated a verbal agreement, and only waited for the transaction freeze period to end before they could formally trade.

……

On the morning of the 6th, news suddenly broke out in the Seattle media that Ballmer was negotiating with the Sonics for an acquisition, and Ballmer's personal assistant revealed that if the acquisition was successful, the Sonics would join the competition against Iron Fist.

"Ballmer?"

After Philip got the news, he immediately informed Zhou Quan who was training on the golf course. Zhou Quan was a little surprised. Did this business tycoon also invest in sports? Maybe it was influenced by Paul Allen?
Yesterday, Blazers owner Paul Allen promised to renew his contract immediately after the transaction, and provide him with a contract that he is absolutely satisfied with, which is better than the contract between the Warriors and the Lakers, so he agreed to the Blazers to join the transaction, but with The same as the Lakers, but they didn't refuse, and talked with the Pistons themselves.

Now that there is an extra Sonic, it’s nothing. The more teams compete, the better it is for him. He immediately put this matter aside and concentrates on training.

……

After Gary Payton saw the news, he felt bad all over his body.

If the Supersonics are acquired by Ballmer and then trade Iron Fist, what is the bargaining chip? 100% is him as the main point guard, he doesn't want to go to that rotten pit in Detroit, he doesn't even want to go to death.

"Damn Iron Fist, damn Ballmer!"

But there was nothing he could do. Apart from cursing, he could only pray to God that Ballmer's acquisition failed.

Paul Allen still stayed in Los Angeles and did not return to New York. When he heard that his old partner Ballmer was acquiring the Supersonics and was going to trade Iron Fist, he immediately made a call.

"Hey Paul, how are you?"

"Steve, we're partners."

"Haha, Paul, give it to me this time. I need Iron Fist to be Microsoft's spokesperson in China, which can promote Microsoft's development there."

"No, I have a better way. After I get him, I will personally send him to Seattle and let him sign with Microsoft. You can save a sum of money to acquire the Sonics."

"Well, Paul, we're fair play."

"Haha, you'd better buy the Supersonic first and then talk about it."

……

On the Warriors' side, after hearing the news, Gary Saint-Jean immediately contacted Troy Weaver and confirmed the deal with him again.

He hoped to sign a letter of intent with the Pistons, but Troy Weaver refused, which is not good for the Pistons.

As for the Lakers, Old Buss and West contacted the Pistons repeatedly, but the Pistons kept dragging, and they knew they were in trouble, and the Pistons probably looked down on their bargaining chips.

But they can't help it. The Lakers don't even care about these things in the draft, and they can't come up with more valuable bargaining chips.

Jerry West contacted Roger Philip again, wanting to put pressure on the Pistons through Zhou Quan, but Philip directly refused.

Just kidding, although he very much hopes that Zhou Quan can go to the Lakers, Zhou Quan is not interested in the Lakers. How could he do that?
Anyway, Zhou Quan's attitude is there. He went to talk to the Pistons himself. In principle, he doesn't pick a team.

At 6 pm on the [-]th, the Warriors suddenly and unilaterally announced that they had reached a deal agreement with the Pistons.

The Pistons took out Zhou Quan, the Warriors took out the main point guard Tim Hardaway, the main small forward Chris Mullin, and the main shooting guard Latril Sprewell, one for three.

The news immediately spread across the United States.

(End of this chapter)