I really just want to strike

However, since it is the majority, the past history has also told people countless times.

There are some transactions, and even until it happens, you can't find any logic at all.

Because of reality, sometimes it is really more nonsensical than Stephen Chow's movies.

Since purchasing the Warriors in 1995, this has been Chris Cohan's 13th year in charge of the Warriors.

Compared with Su Feng's memory, because the benefits of the disintegration of the Raptors happened just in time, the Warriors recruited a very appealing star guard (Steve Nash), so the past few years can be described as scientific The highlight period since Han took charge of the Warriors.

However, this period of high light not only did not make Cohan feel the happiness brought to him by basketball......

On the contrary, as he has continued to increase his investment in the Warriors in recent years, in such a critical year as 2008, he felt powerless.

because.......

The subprime mortgage crisis is exhausted!

Since 2006, the Cohan family's cable TV industry has shrunk significantly.

With the arrival of 2008, the huge debts borne by Sonic Communications under the leadership of Cohan became the sword of Damocles hanging over Cohan's head.

Therefore, as early as last summer, when Sean Marion's agent approached the Warriors, hoping to discuss with the team about an early contract extension...  

Although Marion has made an indelible contribution to the rise of this Warriors......

But in Cohan's eyes...

This guy is clearly a traitor who wants to die quickly!

ha?

You said that Marion's conditions in this contract renewal are not too much, and these several million dollars are just a drop in the bucket for Cohan, who is worth over [-] million?

Wake up!

If it was in Su Feng's original time and space, then indeed, Cohan's contract renewal conditions proposed by Marion are completely acceptable.

But in this era when the super luxury tax was born in advance......

Once the contract extension with Marion is completed, Cohan will have to pay more luxury taxes to the league......

Add to this the subprime crisis....

Right now, how can Cohan have extra money to support basketball, which is his hobby?

You know, in the NBA, not everyone has the courage of old Buss to turn the team into the family's primary industry.

And in the United States, not all cities are Los Angeles and New York.

In Su Feng's previous life, after the rise of the Warriors, many cloud fans liked to attribute the success of the Warriors to the fact that they were in a big city with a market and fans.

But in Su Feng's view, these people are not cloud fans, they clearly know nothing about the geography of the United States!

Trivia.

For a long time, in the NBA, Oakland was not even as attractive as Cleveland.

Because on the other side of the bridge is heaven.

And as for Auckland?

It's just a GTA city where the crime rate is high all year round in the United States, and you may have to go home in underwear at any time because you go out to buy a pack of cigarettes.

In Su Feng's original time and space, the reason why the Warriors were made bigger and bigger by Lacob and his business partners was precisely because Lacob made a decision that violated his ancestors and decided to move the team to the Bay Area.

However, before that, even if the appearance of Nash had already caused the golden wave of Oracle Arena to roll ahead of time, Cohan could not give up his family business and devote himself wholeheartedly to the Warriors like the old Buss did to the Lakers. under construction.

On the one hand, this has something to do with the fact that the rich and the rich cannot be the same, and on the other hand, it has something to do with the fact that the NBA is not as profitable as people think.

In fact, even in the golden age under Stern, more than half of the league's teams were at a loss.

Therefore, in order not to go against his ancestors, after the time came to January 2008, Cohan decided that he could only go against the group of "tricksters" who clamored for the team to strengthen and strengthen.

……

Throughout January, in order to help Marion find a next home, the Warriors management, instructed by Cohan, in addition to making a promise to Nelson that we will never trade Marion this season, when negotiating with Marion's agent again , The Warriors management has also hinted to it through its agent many times:

Sean, if your stats could be any better....

That summer, what we will offer you at that time is...

Marion: ヽ(??▽?)ノ!

But in fact, in private, the Warriors management set their sights on those teams that still have salary space to take over Marion early in the morning.

Moreover, in order to ensure that the Warriors' salary cap is suppressed below the luxury tax next season, according to Cohan's meaning, it is...

As long as someone is willing to take over Marion....

It doesn't matter if Marion can't exchange for the future for this warrior.

Because at this time, Cohan had already started to sell the team to pay off the debt.

only.......

At this juncture, Cohan can't find a successor in the short term.

Cohan knows that even if he is heavily in debt now, in order to ensure that the Warriors can sell some money in the future, this summer, the Warriors must keep Nash whose contract expires.

In contrast, if Marion uses his player option this summer, it depends on the Warriors not leaving...

Then he will need to spend more than an astronomical sum to raise Marion?

And soon, after some research, the Warriors finally found a team that could take Marion's contract.

Chicago Bulls.

However, because the Bulls are doing their best at this time, an existence like Marion with outstanding combat power...

If one accidentally brings the Bulls' record too well, causing the Bulls to fail to select the "New Jordan" they want in the coming year, wouldn't that be a waste of the team?

You know, although the rookies of the 2008 class are not as famous as the 2007 class...

But among the rookies in the 2008 class, several of them are also famous.

So without even thinking about it, the Bulls rejected the Warriors' trade application to them.

At the same time, Kupchak, who learned that the Warriors planned to trade Marion through his network, also officially started his "robbery plan" in the winter of this year.

Many years later, when NBA general managers reviewed Kupchak's deal again, they were deeply impressed by Kupchak's wisdom.

Because this "robbery plan" not only followed the various rules and regulations of the NBA, but also in a sense, it can also be called a model in the history of NBA transactions.

……

As we all know, in the summer of 2007, after Su Feng was acquired in a sign-and-trade, the combined annual salary of Su Feng and Kobe reached an astonishing $4400 million.

So if he wanted to rob the Warriors, Kupchak knew that he had to get all the chips on the gaming table first.

However, in the case where the Lakers' salary space has been locked, even if the crotch is paid, in theory, Kupchak can't take out the bargaining chip used to trade Marion.

However, since it is a model in the history of NBA transactions, then Kupchak will naturally tell you with his next operation. …

What is a transaction that others cannot do, he can do.

What is a transaction that others dare not think about, he dares to think about it.

According to NBA rules, when a player is reimbursed for the season, the team can apply to the league for an injury exception equal to half of the player's salary, which can be used to sign a player to the end of the season, or trade a "contract" of equivalent value. due" player.

Therefore, after the NBA officially approved Kobe's injury exception, Kupchak knew that it was time to perform real skills.

On January 1th, because he was deeply aware of the poor financial resources of the little brother Grizzlies, Kupchak proposed to his good brother Grizzlies that we can use this special case of injury to trade the players you bought from the Bulls in order to rebuild last season. Kwame Brown's suggestion.

And it was said that the Grizzlies, who had already thought that Brown ate too much and were not very capable at work, immediately felt the unforgettable love of the big brother of the Lakers for him!

If you are in the NBA, write the relationship between the team and the team as romance.

Then in the winter of this year, in Xiong Bao's view...

She is like a gray mushroom in the arms of the Lakers' brother.

No twists and turns.

No wrangling either.

Almost without thinking, the Grizzlies reached a deal with the Lakers.

At this time, it was generally felt that the Lakers had been robbed.

but.......

In view of the weak interior of the Lakers in the 07/08 season......

In the eyes of experts, using this special case of injury in exchange for Kwame Brown is a helpless move for the Lakers.

However, just when fans and experts felt distressed and bitter for this Lakers team...

How did they know that at this time, Kupchak had gathered all the chips to be able to negotiate with the Warriors.

Because the NBA's trading rules are very complicated and cumbersome.

So even the most seasoned NBA fan, he can't guess what Kupchak wants to do next.

However, if you are a veteran 2K Dynasty player.......

Then you should know that Brown has become Kupchak's next trump card to rob the Warriors at this time. (Note ①)

As the chief disciple of Jerry West...  

In this league, no one knows better than Kupchak. If you want to make a deal, you must first understand what the other party is asking for.

The current Warriors are in order to make room for salary next season.

The purpose is to try to avoid that if Marion chooses to use the player option, they will be limited by the super luxury tax at that time, and they will not be able to retain their ace player Steve Nash this summer.

Therefore, among the Lakers, Brown, Radmanovic, and Vujacic, whose contracts are about to expire this summer, are not the bargaining chips that the Warriors most want at this time?

As for the Warriors' results this season?

Wake up.......

He, Chris Cohan, can't live anymore, and you still talk to him about grades?

Are you afraid you want him to die!

And is it possible that the Warriors can create the "Miracle of Bern" this season under the two big cosmic teams of the Trail Blazers and the Celtics?

Stop bullshitting.

In the commercial league of the NBA, since some people can do everything for their dreams, there are also people who can abandon everything for their own interests.

So, on January 1st...

When Su Feng, who had just finished learning English with Britney, learned from the phone that Kupchak conjured him a Ma Chaoshi from Jinzhou like a magic trick...

Since entering the alliance, this is the first time in Su Feng's life that he has felt...

What is pie in the sky.

"I'm a tortoise! ​​Is this a job that carbon-based organisms can do?"

Originally, when Kupchak switched back to Brown at the beginning of the year, Su Feng once felt that Kupchak thought he was not tired enough to be a father.

but now.......

have to say.......

There is still such a big difference between a professional general manager and an amateur general manager like him.

Of course, the completely different pursuits of Old Buss and Cohan are also the fundamental reason why the Lakers and Warriors were able to reach a deal this time.

Under the influence of the subprime mortgage crisis, it is impossible for all teams in the NBA to be unaffected.

But for the old Bass, the Lakers, who have a vast Chinese market, can only make a comeback against the wind in this crisis and live in the sun only if they coax Su Feng well.

Therefore, when Su Feng went against the sky again and again on the field, how could Old Bass not feel sorry for Feng GieGie?

luxury tax?

Super luxury tax?

As long as Su Feng can lead the Lakers to restore their former glory, then why should the Lakers worry that they won't be able to make money?

Therefore, Kupchak has the possibility to carry out this operation when the team owner has a completely different pattern.

Perhaps, in this winter, the Lakers after switching back to Marion can only relieve Su Feng's usual pressure on the field.

But next year, when Kobe returns....