NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 223 Weber's Journey to the East
Reporter: "At present, the Bobcats have risen to the ninth place in the Eastern Conference, and they are only one game away from the eighth place Nets. So what is the ultimate goal of the Bobcats this season?"

Liu Rui: "Our goal this season is definitely to hit the playoffs, but you know, this is a big test for young players, so in the next games, we will definitely do our best."

At this time, there is no need for Liu Rui to speak out. After all, whether the Bobcats can make the playoffs this season, even Liu Rui has no idea.

Currently ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference is the Nets, and seventh in the Eastern Conference is the Bulls, because in this life, he took away Du Hong from the Bulls.

So the Bulls also fell from the original fourth place in the Eastern Conference to seventh place.

Even in the future, the Bulls have the greatest chance of falling out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

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At the end of February, news of a trade suddenly came out of the league, and this deal also stirred up ripples again on the calm waters of the league.

The 76ers and the Kings completed a heavyweight deal before the trade deadline was approaching.

The Kings chose to send Chris Webber, Matt Barnes and Mike Bradley to the 76ers, and acquired Kenny Thomas, Williamson and Skinner from the 76ers.

Webber was traded is not a very surprising thing, Kings general manager Petri has been trying to find a suitable buyer for Weber.

The Kings have always believed that Webber slowed the team's chemistry in the game, and the King's offense often stalled on Webber.

More critically, the feud between Weber and Stojakovic has become a well-known fact.

Only one of the two stars seems to be able to stay with the Kings.

The Knicks have been hoping to get Webber for some time recently, but it seems that their conditions are not attractive enough. In the end, the Kings chose the 76ers as the trading object.

The surprise in this trade is that the Kings got three players from the 76ers.

None of these three players is more talented or capable than Webber, and all three players have not been in good shape this season, and all have long-term contracts.

In other words, the Kings definitely did not make this deal to reduce the pressure on wages.

Thomas has five years and $5 million left on his contract, plus an additional 3900 percent boost after the trade.

Williamson has two years and $2 million left on his contract, and Skinner has one year and $1250 left on his contract.

So for this deal, even after being reborn, Liu Rui still couldn't understand it.

In his previous life, Liu Rui had great doubts, although Weber's departure from the team was inevitable, because not only did he have great conflicts with Peja, who is currently ranked fifth in the league in scoring, on the court.

Off the court, even racing, drinking, and taking drugs all caused headaches for the management.

Coupled with his knees suffering from potential injuries, in last year's playoffs, he was even hammered by Garnett.

But Liu Rui still felt a bit disadvantaged by sending Webber to the 76ers so easily. If it weren't for the young players in his team who really didn't want to move, Liu Rui would have wanted to take Weber's opportunity to rob him.

After this deal, although the Kings lost the All-Star power forward and some stars, their bench depth has been strengthened.

Bench depth is something the Kings have lacked the most over the past two seasons.

When this deal is officially announced, the Kings will definitely terminate all deals about Stojakovic.

Due to Webber's departure, Stojakovic's status as the boss in the team will not be shaken, and his transfer request should also end.

In this transaction, the 76ers are still the biggest beneficiaries. With the combination of Iverson and Webber, few people in the East will be able to win the 76ers with confidence.

So in the eyes of outsiders, what the 76ers lack now is a good center.

But only Liu Rui knew that after this deal, it failed to bring about qualitative changes for the 76ers.

Because of the knee injury, Webber has long since lost his courage.

Although it is still possible to occasionally send out a few wonderful passes of the big men in the game, show off a show operation.

However, due to injuries, Webber has greatly reduced the number of times he hits the basket. Most of his shots come from the middle distance on both sides of the free throw line.

The most important thing is that even at these two points, Webber's shooting rate only stays at around 40.00%, whether it is due to injury or off-court reasons.

And spending a lot of money to raise only one transfer station, this is simply unbearable for the 76ers who have been using their stars to play.

With the 76ers losing again in the playoffs this season, not long after the start of next season, due to injuries, the 76ers chose to buy out Weber's contract.

After being bought out, Weber joined the Pistons with a basic salary. That season can also be said to be Weber's last highlight moment.

Since then, the career of this brilliant power forward has come to an end.

So when other teams in the Eastern Conference felt terrified because of this deal, Liu Rui did not panic at all.

However, Liu Rui likes players like Weber very much. He not only has shooting ability, but also has a very good pass support.

This is definitely the perfect axis for Liu Rui, who wants to play and share the ball.

But considering Weber's instability in the locker room, Liu Rui had no choice but to give up.

Otherwise, it's really hard to say that the deal was robbed before the 76ers.

With the arrival of the trade deadline, the reinforcement of each team is coming to an end.

After the trade deadline, if the teams want to strengthen, they can only sign players who have been bought out or cut off by other teams.

This has also led to many teams in the league currently staring at teams that have missed the playoffs.

After all, they have definitely missed the playoffs, and the next step must be to train young players, and by the way, strive for a higher draft pick.

Therefore, there is a great chance to buy out veterans who hold high-paying contracts in the team but have no playing time.

And this kind of player, for the playoff team, can not only contribute his strength as an immediate combat force, but also make great contributions to the team in terms of career experience.

After all, the cost of signing a player after being bought out is very low.

This also led to the end of the season, the management of each team will also conduct gift-giving contacts in private.

Try to avoid the vision of the alliance, and see if you can reach a consensus in private to complete this win-win cooperation.

However, the biggest variable in this cooperation lies in the players, because after the players are bought out, which team they choose to join, the final decision is in their hands.

So this is only a small number of behaviors, and there is no fundamental reason why it is popular in private. After all, once this kind of thing is revealed, the end should not be too miserable...

(End of this chapter)