nba championship predators

Chapter 58 Crazy Deals

Zhao Ke continued to read the newspaper: "Knicks Launch Four-Party Deal"

The Knicks, Timberwolves, Pistons, and Trail Blazers started a four-way eight-man deal.

Knicks sent: Latrell Sprewell and Alan Houston
Get: Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups and $300 million in cash.

Trail Blazers sent: Rasheed Wallace
Get: Allan Houston, Pistons' 2002 first-round pick

Timberwolves send: Chauncey Billups, Dean Garnett, Wallis Zebiak and 300 million cash

Get: Latrell Sprewell
The Pistons sent: Ben Wallace, Rodney White, the rookie selected with the ninth overall pick in the first round this year, and the first round pick in 2002

Get: Dean Garnett, Wallis Zebiak
Alan Houston's salary next season will reach $1275 million, and Latril Sprewell's salary will be $1125 million.The Knicks want to send these two gods away at once, and a team can't afford it.

The newly appointed Isaiah Thomas has a wide enough network, and in a short period of time, three teams have been brought in to participate in the "dinner":
The Blazers' Rasheed Wallace's salary next season will reach $1440 million, so in addition to getting Allan Houston, they also ate the Pistons' 2002 first-round pick to balance the deal.

In order to please Garnett, the poor Timberwolves tried their best to get Latril Sprewell, and finally sent Chauncey Billups (248 million), Dean Garnett (324 million), Wallis Zebiak (231 million). What's more tragic is that they have no draft picks. In order not to send more players, they had to pay another 200 million in cash.

"Big Ben" Ben Wallace (400 million) was the surprise of the Pistons last season. He partnered with Clifford Robinson, who has been in and out of the best defensive second team many times in the interior, to guard Detroit's penalty area very well.It was originally not for sale, but Isaiah Thomas couldn't help but rely on the old to sell the old as a Piston hero, and the bargaining chips sent by the Timberwolves are more attractive.Mainly the sophomore Wallis Zerbiak showed the potential to become an All-Star: averaging 14 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists last season.The Timberwolves, who have no draft picks, need immediate combat power to help Garnett achieve results in order to attract free agents to join.They couldn't afford to wait, otherwise they wouldn't have sent Wallis Zebiak.Dean Garnett (324 million) is to fill the empty inside line after Da Ben left. Although his ability is not as good as Da Ben's, it is more than enough to change to a first-round pick.

In the eyes of the people who eat melons, through this transaction, the Blazers sent away the "League Technical Foul Record Holder" Rasheed Wallace, and got the "Miracle of the Big Apple City" Alan Houston;

The Timberwolves exchanged a potential rookie and an insignificant substitute for the outside combat power that Garnett desperately needed-the "madman" Latril Sprewell who can make sudden shots;

The Pistons exchanged a blue-collar muscle stick with extremely rough offense for the promising "Rookie Challenge MVP" Wallis Zebiak!

Only the New York Knicks, they sent away the core of the team-the double guns in the backcourt with an average of 40+ per game, in exchange for a muscle stick, a technical foul machine and a parallel importer.

The four parties have a big deal, and the three parties each get what they want. Only the Knicks send warmth. This is the rhythm of the Knicks wanting to be overthrown and rebuilt!The New York Knicks player supermarket announced its opening. Taking advantage of this opportunity, many teams have come to Taobao:
First, the Los Angeles Clippers pulled up the Sacramento Kings to rob the Knicks' meritorious guard Charlie Ward, and the three-way deal:

Knicks sent: Charlie Ward (511 million)
Got: Gerald Wallace ($80), Corey Maggette ($145 million), Clippers' first-round picks in 2002 and 2003.

The Clippers sent: Corey Maggette, Quentin Richardson (110 million), 2002, 2003 first-round picks.

Get: Charlie Ward

Kings Send: Gerald Wallace
Get: Quentin Richardson

Sending away the main point guard is to give Chauncey Billups room.But only in exchange for a substitute who can't play the ball and a rookie at the bottom plus two future draft picks, it looks like a low-priced sale.

Then, the Chicago Bulls used Ron Artest (124 million), who had just started, plus some cash and the 2003 draft pick to take away Osella Harrington (248 million), one of the "Three Heroes of Texas".Harrington is famous. He played well in the Grizzlies the previous season, averaging 6 rebounds and 11 points per game. He was traded by the Knicks halfway through the season and is now used to replace Artest, who was dusty in the Bulls.

Even the defending champion got involved. The Philadelphia 76ers traded the 814 All-Star MVP Glen Rice (1997 million) for Matt Geiger (880 million), who was still recovering from injury.

So far, the New York Knicks have completed the cleanup. Except for the returning Patrick Ewing, seven players have been exchanged from other teams. The team’s old players from last season are only the 7-year-old point guard Mark Jackson, the 36-year-old backup shooting guard Chris Childs, the "big mom" Larry Johnson who was too seriously injured to retire and was pulled back, the 34-year-old backup center Felton Spencer, and "Dirty Kurt" Kurt Thomas, who is excellent in defense and is at his peak.

It seems that among these five people, only Kurt Thomas seems to continue to use it. Mark Jackson is staying to escort Chauncey Billups. Larry Johnson, Chris Childs, and Felton Spencer all seem to be a kind of humanistic care of the team. Stay in the team and retire with a ring?
Are the New York Knicks already so confident?You don't even have a core player, except Patrick Ewing, who is injured and about to be in a wheelchair, and you don't even have an All-Star player. How can you have honey confidence?

The New York Knicks are not confident, but a certain system is confident. With Isaiah Thomas' IQ, they obviously can't handle these deals.In 2001, it seemed that the Knicks lost a lot in this bunch of big deals, but from the perspective of 10 years later, which of these people in exchange is not an All-Star?
On September 2001, 9, former NBDL "No. 2 pick" Chris Anderson joined the New York Knicks as a free agent.

The 15-man roster of the New York Knicks still lacks one person. Everyone is very curious. Is this "last person" who arrived long ago the savior of New York or an addition?
On September 2001, 9, the New York Knicks held a press conference on the signing of Zhao Ke. Team owner James Dolan personally brought the former "King of New York" Patrick Ewing, head coach Jeff Van Gundy, and general manager Isaiah Thomas to the signing ceremony. A two-year 28 million 1800+1 contract was signed on the spot. The second year is a player option.

It was Zhao Ke who came out after a long wait!

(End of this chapter)