Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 35 The transaction is in progress

Mitch received a phone call that surprised him. Nets general manager Billy King asked Mitch if he wanted Jason Kidd.

Mickey felt incredible, and hurriedly looked at the number to see if someone was playing a prank.But the number turned out to be Billy's personal phone.

This is crazy, trade Jason Kidd?If this news gets out, it will be no worse than the shock of trading O'Neal.

But Billy's offer made Mitch calm down and told Billy to think about it.

The price tag given by the Nets is to exchange Kidd for a superstar. Mitch's first reaction is Kobe?No!Nobody gets bored to this degree.

But the condition of the superstar is acceptable, that is Jason Kidd!It's not impossible to get it working.But the Nets have a big appetite and want an All-Star player. Kwame's first reaction is Kwame?

This is too funny, use Kidd in exchange for the Lakers dual-core?I believe Billy would not have such a dream.

Suddenly, he remembered that the manager of the Raptors, Brian Colangino, complained that he wanted to trade Vince Carter at the All-Star. There are rumors of conflict between Chris Bosh and Carter, who have revealed their superstar potential.

Carter once said that this team is a fish belly, and it is impossible to make a difference with a group of role players, and he himself wants to leave here.

It's not out of the question to trade Carter.

Mitch hurriedly called Brian, and after six hours of negotiation, he hung up the phone with satisfaction.

It seems that the Raptors really want to get rid of Carter. His injury made the management very worried. Coupled with the discord between Bosh and Carter, the Raptors decided to completely rebuild.

Trading Carter only wants to get draft picks or young players with potential. Unfortunately, the Lakers don't have much else, but there are a lot of things like "potential forwards".With one striker on the team, plus the two players in the middle and bottom of Niubi major league (nbdl), the Lakers generously met the Raptors' request for one more change.

The Lakers and the Raptors signed a call recording agreement. The Lakers sent Marcus Dost, Stanislav Medvedenko, Jumene Jones, plus the 2005 draft pick from the Lakers, and the 2007 draft pick from the Lakers. first-round pick.

The Raptors sent Vince Carter and a 2005 second-round pick and a 2007 second-round pick to the Lakers for a group of "potential" players.Start rebuilding.

This transaction for the Lakers is pure robbery. The reason why the Raptors agreed is to see the two first-round picks and make room for Bosh to develop.

The Raptors seem to have decided to play badly and began to look forward to the draft.

The trade will be announced before the trade window closes because the Lakers have bigger deals to come!

Mickey is caught in another problem. With a superstar player, where can he find another All-Star player?
Really want to send Kwame?Then it's better to let Carter and Kwame partner, think about it, this is also a good combination, right?

But this is just thinking about it. Carter is the kind of player who needs inside space to break through, and he is obviously incompatible with Kwame. Otherwise, would he have such a big conflict with Bosh?Besides, how long can his flying legs last?
What are you thinking about so much!Isn't he an All-Star?Are the Knicks not many "All-Stars"?Although everyone calls the Knicks a pig, fans of every team hope that Knicks players will come to their team.

These people were all real All-Stars before they went to New York!

Marbury is impossible, that is the "soul" of New York.Then there is only Anfernee Hardaway, a former member of the Dream Team who performed very well last season.It's just that Marbury suppressed his strength after he came in the second half. With Marbury, New York is also happy to trade and beat him.

But New York wants to use this to get a powerful center, Mitch is very speechless, and Kwame again?This is impossible!

However, other people in New York estimated that the Nets didn't like it either. The Lakers negotiated with the Knicks for a long time, and only New York, who was taken advantage of, could be slaughtered.

Finally they accepted Mickey's "touching" suggestion, and New York settled for the next best thing, thinking that the Bulls' little shark, Eddie Curry, was pretty good.

The Bulls have long wanted to send Curry away. He has been unable to control his weight, and his heart problems make his weight problem particularly prominent.

The growth of another big center of the team, Tyson Chandler, is also an important reason why they are determined to send Curry away.Chandler has begun to occupy the inside position, and the Bulls now need more defensive insiders. Curry's defense has always been a big problem.

The strong growth of Hinrich and Ben Gordon requires more shots.It is enough to leave Chandler who focuses on defense. In this era of fast play, Curry is a big burden for the Bulls.

But the Bulls want to get a good inside bench and some first-round picks, which makes the transaction into a stalemate.

The Lakers are naturally unwilling to let go of the draft pick from the Magic. Looking at the performance of the Magic this season, this is definitely a pick close to the top ten.

The Knicks are also unwilling to pay too much. Although they really want a strong insider, it is not worth it for a Curry.

The transaction has reached an impasse, and no one is willing to make concessions.

The Bulls' extremely persistent attitude made Mickey very helpless. They just didn't want to let go of this big man with strong offensive ability for nothing.

The Lakers are unwilling to let go of this draft pick. They have targeted a talented player and observed this player for a long time. This player has enough talent to assist Kwame and Kobe.

Already on the 3rd, Kopchak began to give up trading Kidd, and was ready to use the combination of Carter and Kwame to support this season, and it looked good anyway.Let's look for the possibility of trading again in the summer.

Anyway, the Lakers have enough salary space to be able to eat a maximum salary contract.The player with the highest annual salary in the team is Kobe Bryant. His contract is 7 million for 1 years, and the starting salary, which means this year's salary is only 36 million.

The second highest Odom is a 5-year 5500 million contract, 1100 million per year, leaving only Kwame's 830 million champion contract, and the rest are rookies and veterans.The team's salary fell out of the league's top 10 for the first time since O'Neal came. This year's Lakers are "stingy" enough to compare with their fellow city brothers, the Clippers.

There are still a few hours, and then think of a way!If you really can't get Curry to New York, then force Carter!

These things were all done in secret, and Kwame and the others didn't know anything about what happened in the past two days, even though there were some rumors.

But they are all professional players, the NBA is a business, as long as they play to their own level, they are not afraid that no one will want them.So they have been playing their own game. Yesterday, they lost to the Pacers at home. The team suffered a five-game losing streak, and their record was surpassed by the Sonics.

Kwame began to abuse himself again. He believed that it was his poor performance that caused the team to lose.

Today against the Magic back to back, Kwame issued a military order (is there such a thing?), not to win, practice a thousand shots a day! !It was a hit! ! !
(End of this chapter)