Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 184 184. The deal is reached, the best of both worlds!European basketball history scoring leader!
On December 12, another deal about the Timberwolves was reported in the league.

As the Timberwolves are the center of attention of the entire league, all news about the Timberwolves will spread immediately.

Especially after reaching a deal with the 76ers, the Timberwolves currently have only 15 players on their 14-man roster.

This also means that the Timberwolves can sign a free agent in the future. Regardless of whether the player is a career veteran or a potential rookie, as long as the Timberwolves' salary space allows, the Timberwolves still take the absolute initiative in reinforcement.

However, before the teams in the league waited for the Timberwolves to sign free agents, they saw an announcement on the Timberwolves official website that the team had officially reached a deal with the Houston Rockets.

In this transaction, the Timberwolves will send Chinese player Wang Zhizhi in exchange for the European player Vasilis Spanoulis, who was selected in the [-] NBA Draft but just landed in the NBA this year.

When the teams in the league heard that the Timberwolves had reached a deal with the Rockets, everyone's first reaction was panic.

I am afraid that the Timberwolves will complete reinforcements in the transaction, making the already difficult new season even more suspenseless.

Fortunately, what the Timberwolves and the Rockets conducted was just a small deal, which was not enough to change the overall strength of the two teams, nor could it change the current chaotic league structure.

And according to gossip, a large part of the reason why the Timberwolves and the Rockets were able to reach this deal was that Timberwolves head coach Luke wanted to complete Wang Zhizhi's career, so he traded Wang Zhizhi to a team that suits him.

The Timberwolves are recognized as a quasi-dynastic team in today's league. The goal of the past two seasons must be to win the championship. In this team atmosphere, Wang Zhizhi's playing time is very limited.

And it is impossible for the team to formulate tactics around Wang Zhizhi, and the Rockets coach Montgomery, who has just reached a deal with the Timberwolves, is a coach who is good at using projective insiders.

This led to the fact that when Montgomery proposed to get Wang Zhizhi through a trade, Luke chose the beauty of an adult, and chose an old acquaintance with him who had a good relationship with him in Europe as a bargaining chip.

At present, this statement is the most widely circulated outside world, and this statement has also been affirmed by industry insiders, as if the Timberwolves traded Wang Zhizhi to the Rockets for the beauty of adults.

After all, the Rockets already have a successful Chinese player, Yao Ming. Wang Zhizhi doesn't have to worry about being squeezed out in the locker room even if his performance on the court is average.

Yao Ming has become the soul of this Rockets team since McGrady's condition declined due to injury. As Yao Ming's Chinese compatriot, Wang Zhizhi doesn't have to worry about getting along with the Rockets at all.

From this point of view, Wang Zhizhi is much luckier than Yao Ming.

In addition, although the outside rumors have their noses and eyes, the teams in the league still let scouts check all the personal information about Spanoulis as soon as possible, so as to judge whether Spanoulis is a hidden player. genius.

The Timberwolves' vision of seeing people is too vicious, so vicious that people can't believe that Luke would kindly give the Rockets a big gift.

However, when all the teams in the league checked all the personal data of Spanoulis from birth, it was found that Spanoulis, in addition to his exquisite skills, high golf quotient, and playing style on the court like Canadian star Steve Nash, Spanoulis Pannoris doesn't have any bright spots.

Even though Spanoulis has a high popularity and reputation in the European League, the Rockets think that Spanoulis can't adapt to the intensity of the NBA game, so they keep Spanoulis on the bench.

It was seriously inconsistent with the verbal promise of recruiting Spanoulis from Europe, which made Spanoulis break with the Rockets management, and even made the agent force the palace management many times, indicating that he wanted to return to Europe to play.

Teams around the league were finally relieved to see that Spanoulis didn't look like a potential talent.

Luke's ability to see gold really makes other teams frightened, for fear that every trade made by the Timberwolves will make the team stronger.

Now the overall lineup of the Timberwolves is strong enough. If the Timberwolves are allowed to continue to strengthen, I am afraid that the championship trophy can be booked in advance.

But just when other people in the outside world were wondering why Luke suddenly became kind-hearted, the arrival of Spanoulis made Luke feel happy.

After all, at this stage, except for Luke, no one knows what the name Spanoulis represents in European basketball.

Born in 1982, Spanoulis is only 24 years old this year. At this age, Spanoulis is far from being as legendary as later generations. Even in European basketball, he is just a shining new star.

But it was from the past two years that Spanoulis' physical fitness and ability to read the game began to improve wildly.

Until later, he became the historical scoring leader of European basketball, making Spanoulis the veritable No.1 of European basketball.

If Michael Jordan's status in the NBA is unshakable, then a few years later, the name Spanoulis is also unshakable in European basketball, even more respected than Michael Jordan.

Spanoulis has won 3 Champions Leagues in his career, 7 Champions League best teams, and was elected as the European Player of the Year for two consecutive years in 12-13.

In addition, Spanoulis has won 7 Greek League Championships, 4 Greek Cups, 3 Greek League MVPs, 8 Greek League All-Star Teams, 10 Greek League Best Teams, and 5 Greek League Championships in his career. Assist king.

As for why there is no scoring champion in personal honor, because Spanoulis is the historical scoring champion of the European basketball team. Fans think that using the season's scoring champion to measure Spanoulis is an insult to Spanoulis.

It is worth mentioning that at the just-concluded World Basketball Championships this year, Spanoulis also led the Greek team to a 101-95 victory over the American Dream Team Seven. "The Flash" Wade has no temper at all.

The reason why Spanoulis, the "King of Europe" in his previous life, did not make a name for himself in the NBA was mainly because the old man Jeff Van Gundy despised European players like Spanoulis very much.

So Spanoulis, who was fooled by the Rockets management to the NBA, basically had no playing time. After the Rockets spent a depressed season, Spanoulis resolutely decided to return to Europe.

Even if the Rockets management traded him to the Spurs, Spurs coach Popovich also promised to give him a lot of playing time, but Spanoulis was still unmoved, full of disappointment with the NBA, and only wanted to return to European basketball. .

Spanoulis' grievance at the time was like Kobe went to Europe from the NBA to play. As a result, European basketball coaches thought Kobe's playing style was too unique and not suitable for the European basketball system, so he kept Kobe on the bench.

I am afraid that only Spanoulis himself can understand this kind of aggrieved feeling of powerlessness.

(End of this chapter)