NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 61 Trading?

The next day, the major news sports headlines were exaggerating the Warriors' triumph.

Li Zhi and Durant have also been praised by the media as rivals, such as Kobe and Iverson, such as James and Anthony.

Some people say that the Warriors have won all the way since El Harrington was suspended, and the rookie Li Zhi also performed well. It is time to send Harrington away.

ESPN expert analysis claims that although there is a rookie like Li Zhi who has immediate combat power, he is still not optimistic about the Warriors breaking through in the West. Li Zhi is not "Magic" Johnson, nor is it "Basketball God" Jordan, which is not enough to bring the Warriors a qualitative leap.

Sports Illustrated is another opinion. As ESPN's old rival, Sports Illustrated always likes to stand up and sing against ESPN at the right time.

Sports Illustrated experts believe that Li Zhi is completely the next Anthony. Since Anthony can lead the team to the playoffs in his rookie season, then Li Zhi can also help the team join the ranks of the playoffs.

They also cited the comparison between the 2003 Nuggets lineup and this year's Warriors lineup.

In the 2003-2004 season, the Nuggets had players such as Anthony, Nene, Marcus Camby, Andre Miller and Boykins.In the entire team, only Anthony averaged 21 points per game, and none of the others had more than 20 points. The highest was Andre Miller's 14.8 points.

On the other hand, today's Warriors, Baron Davis averaged 21.8 points per game, Monta Ellis averaged 20.2 points per game, Stephen Jackson, although he didn't play much this season, averaged 20.1 points per game, plus Li Zhi's 21.3 points, it is completely the "Big Four" team.

However, Sports Illustrated's statement was quickly refuted by other media.

Barkley is one of them. The Sir Charles said bluntly in the interview show: "The Warriors will not enter the finals, and Sports Illustrated is rubbish."

Barkley's words are not only tough, but also well-founded.

The reason given by Barkley made many people agree that the competition in the Western Conference in 07 was more intense than in 03.

Since last season, there has been a situation of "the West is strong and the East is weak". There are more than 8 teams in the West with playoff strength.

This season, the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant are the best in the West. There are even rumors that the Lakers are interested in the Grizzlies' All-Star insider Pau Gasol. The Lakers must have booked a playoff spot.

Next are the Hornets led by "Queen Bee" Paul and Duncan's Spurs. The two teams have been fierce this season, and there must be two teams in the playoffs.

The Jazz with Deron, Kirilenko, Boozer and Okur, the Rockets of the "Yao Mai combination", the "Running Legion" of Phoenix, the No. [-] Mavericks in the Western Conference last season, and the powerful Nuggets.

No matter how you look at it, the Warriors don't look like they can make the playoffs, let alone start the season with a losing streak and fall far behind other teams.

5 wins and 6 losses, only ranked tenth in the West.

More media are "making suggestions" to the Warriors, suggesting that they learn from the Thunder, completely trade a few star players, perform poorly like the Thunder, and train Li Zhi wholeheartedly, and he will definitely rise in a few years.

After reading the report, Li Zhi felt that what they said was good. In the next few years, there would be potential rookies basically every year. Rose, Westbrook, Love, Ibaka in 08, Griffin, Harden, Curry, DeRozan in 09, Wall, Paul George in 10 years, Irving, Thomas and so on in 11.

Some media suggested that the Warriors should trade Li Zhi. Based on Li Zhi's current potential, he can definitely exchange for an All-Star, or a few good substitutes.

Li Zhi didn't care about this statement. In his opinion, he would only trade himself unless the general manager was out of his mind.

Li Zhi guessed right, Chris Mullin was indeed out of his mind, after Li Zhi's explosive performance, many teams were making offers to the Warriors, Chris Mullin did not give up the possibility of trading Li Zhi.

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Chris Mullin fingered the table, looking at the three-point offer in front of him.

The first one comes from the Detroit Pistons, who are willing to trade Billups and Prince.

This offer is not unreasonable, and Mullin even called Pistons general manager Joe Dumars several times to ask if the offer was true.

Joe Dumars is very clear about what he is doing. The Pistons have a good record this year, but Billups has potential injuries and the future is full of fog.

Now that it is rebuilt, Billups will naturally have to send it out.

Li Zhi staged a 5-second lore at the Pistons' home court, which impressed Joe Dumars deeply. Later, after collecting information from the Pistons scouts, Li Zhi's information really surprised Joe Dumars.

Averaged 20+ points per game, broke the rookie single-game scoring record of 59 points, and beat the Pistons in 5 seconds. The most important thing is that this guy's resume before entering the NBA clearly stated: upper limit - high-quality 3D player, NCAA Finals lore.

In other words, Li Zhi has undergone earth-shattering changes after entering the NBA. Joe Dumars is absolutely sure that this rookie from the East will definitely become a superstar like James and Anthony.

Although there are countless talents in the NBA and only a few of them will become superstars in the end, many teams are still willing to gamble even if the odds are slim.

This kind of gambling is very extreme. If you lose, you will be at the bottom year after year, and no one cares about the tickets.But if you win, you will be the next Cavaliers in the NBA.

The Pistons have good chips, but Mullin is not in a hurry to make a judgment.

The second offer came from the New Jersey Nets, and the chip was one of Vince Carter or Jason Kidd.

The Nets are no longer the strong playoff team that beat the Raptors and beat the Cavaliers last season. Since the start of the season, they have only achieved an embarrassing record of 7 losses and 5 wins. The team has Kidd, Carter and Richard Jefferson. Three star players have a record that does not match.

Bruce Laettner, the majority shareholder of the Nets, the American tycoon warned general manager Rod Thorn and head coach Lawrence Frank that if the record before the All-Star Game is still the same, both of them will get out.

Therefore, Rhodes pointed the finger at the Warriors, and they also hoped to get a potential new star like Li Zhi.Rhodes knew very well that the boss, Prokhorov, was a businessman, and he only cared about the team's profits.

If Li Zhi can be successfully traded, the supernova will definitely attract attention, and the Chinese market behind Li Zhi has yet to be discovered, and the Nets can also get a share.

Rhodes hopes that the Warriors will choose to trade Kidd. Kidd has completely turned against the head coach Lawrence Frank and has repeatedly applied for trades. The Nets have a bad record, and Kidd is not without responsibility.

Compared with the Pistons, the Nets have a better bargaining chip. Jason Kidd averaged 11.3 points, 10 assists and 8.8 rebounds per game. Before Paul turned out to be known as the "NBA's No. [-] point guard."

Carter was only 30 years old, and he averaged 21.3 points, 6 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and his dunks were even more explosive.The Nets with a poor record can still maintain an 80% guest load factor, and the "half man, half god" has contributed a lot.

If the quotations from the Pistons and Nets are rich and sincere, then the offer from the Cavaliers is a bit shabby.

Zajunas-Ilgauskas and Larry Hughes.

Although "Big Z" and Larry Hughes are good players, but with Zhuyu in front, Chris Mullin didn't even think about it.

The general manager of the Cavaliers, Danny Frey, really had no idea, and went to the doctor in an emergency.

As early as the eve of the draft, James asked Li Zhi by name, but the Cavaliers had no draft picks, and secondly, they had no bargaining chips, so they couldn't choose Li Zhi at all.

Now that Li Zhi is playing explosively, James is even more furious, and he has the momentum to "fire" the general manager. Danny Frey can only bite the bullet and try.

　The update is stable, you can rest assured to read.Because of the first book, the data is a bit flawed, sorry.

　　
　
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