As a time traveler, Lin Yu naturally knows that the Heat bet has won. Mashburn has taken on a new lease of life in the Heat and is even stronger. His three-point shooting rate has skyrocketed, and his defensive ability has also improved a lot. He has transformed from an offensive sharp-edged player. Become a top small forward with both offense and defense.
The Bullets already lack serious small forwards, and Mashburn's transaction value is extremely low. Such a treasure player is right in front of him and within his reach. Lin Yu really can't find a reason not to get him.
It's a pity that based on what Bone Crusher said about Mashburn, he didn't have the slightest interest in Mashburn.
"Mr. Unseld, do you want to disgust Pat Riley again?"
Lin Yu had an idea and thought of a way to persuade Unseld to trade Mashburn.
"Childish! Who do you think I am?"
"Well, I don't have anything to do today, but I do have time to listen to you talk in detail."
Unseld turned sideways, looking like he was listening.
Because of the Uncle Huo incident, he and Pat Riley were almost mortal enemies.
This is like a daughter-in-law who was abducted and even received a marriage certificate. Even if the daughter-in-law is sent back by the court later, can the victim forgive the abductor?
Unseld was interested in hearing that Pat Riley could be disgusted again.
"My idea is that we simply intercept the Heat's trade and trade Mashburn."
"Anyway, it doesn't cost much. For example, if we use money to trade, the Mavericks will even give us some chips."
Before Unseld could finish listening, he immediately waved his hand and said: "Trading Mashburn does not require too many chips, but he has been ruined."
"If he is of no use at all and is still at this level, then Pat Riley will be the one to disgust me."
Lin Yu immediately continued: "Whether Marsh can play or not, at least we ruined the Heat's deal, right?"
"Besides, you can tell the outside world that I led this transaction. If Mashburn doesn't come out, all the responsibility will be put on me, and Riley won't be disgusted with you."
"Think about it again, if we met the Heat in the playoffs this year, and then Mashburn broke out and eliminated the Heat for us, what would Pat Riley's expression be like?"
Unseld couldn't laugh or cry, reason told him that this was a bad idea, but the scene described by Lin Yu really fascinated him.
"Damn it, Pauline is right, you shouldn't be a coach, you should be a governor!"
"How sure are you?"
Lin Yu smiled confidently, "At least 50%."
"Done it! I'm going to call Old Nelson and hope this lunatic won't ask for an exorbitant price."
"Lin, if you have the chance, you should have more contact with Nelson. I feel that you two must have a lot in common. You are both crazy."
After that, Unseld called Old Nelson.
The current general manager of the Mavericks is mad scientist Don Nelson, and his madness has reached an outrageous level.
This season's Mavericks can be said to be his testing ground. The number of players on other teams generally does not exceed fifteen. After all, the maximum number of activated rosters is twelve, and no matter how many players there are, they cannot be used.
The Mavericks have an absurdly large number of players this year. The number of players who have appeared on their team is as high as 27!
Throughout this entire season, Nelson was either trading or on the road to trade, and experimented with almost twenty starting lineups in two-thirds of the schedule.
Lin Yu waited patiently.
After waiting for about half an hour, Unseld's call came.
"Lin, that lunatic agreed and didn't agree. He was very interested in Chaney and what he said was in line with his fantasy of the future lineup."
"But he also knew that Mashburn was not as valuable as Chaney, so he wanted to package that ugly, smoking Cassel to us, and then let us give him more chips."
"Either take out Xavi or give them a first-round pick next season. In addition, I am going to give Lorenzo to them to reduce our salary pressure. It is useless for us to keep it anyway."
Lin Yu listened blankly to what Unseld said. He really suspected that this guy was a time traveler. He couldn't help but ask: "How much does a glass of palace jade wine cost?"
"No, you don't understand this, who was the first black president?"
Unseld wanted to get into the phone line and touch Lin Yu's forehead. He suspected that Lin Yu had a high fever and was confused.
Lin Yu's suspicion was not groundless, but the old bone crusher's luck was a bit ridiculous. When he was trading with the Pacers, he picked up All-Star starting center Antonio Davis for almost nothing.
Davis is currently playing as a substitute for Big Ben, which is quite useful.
This time in the deal with the Mavericks, he actually got Cassel for free again. Even if Unseld didn't say his full name, Lin Yu knew that it must be the nickname "Outside" just based on his ugly and smoky comments. Starman's Sam Cassel.
This season is an absolute nightmare for Cassel. He first played for the Rockets and was then traded to the Mavericks. Even without Lin Yu's interference, he played more than ten games with the Mavericks and would have to wait until after the All-Star Weekend. Traded to the New Jersey Nets.
After changing three teams in one season, his luck is not necessarily any better than that of Jaylen Rose.
Like Weber, Chaney and Mashburn, he was also a rookie in 1993. He has almost entered his peak period now. He has the ability to average about 19 points and 7 assists per game. His strength is really not much worse than that of a speedster.
But in the Mavericks experimental field, he was not reused very much, so the data was not very good.
Lin Yu even maliciously speculated whether it was Cassel's unique appearance that led to him being traded. Generally speaking, the aesthetics of blacks, whites and yellow people are different, but when it comes to Cassel, the aesthetics are surprisingly consistent. This thing really doesn't look good.
"Promise them!"
"This deal is a great deal! We are currently short of small forwards and point guards. With these two people, we may even have a chance to compete with the Bulls."
"In addition, if we can meet the Heat in the playoffs, I am 90% sure to eliminate them!"
Lin Yu's self-confidence is overwhelming. After acquiring these two people, the Bullets' lineup can be called luxurious.
The Bullets' lineup itself is not bad, with three All-Star-level players. After Lin Yu came, he discovered or traded Ben, Jaylen Rose, and Antonio Davis respectively, as well as generals and legs. The two brothers are almost negligible. Without the help of random halos, they are pendant-level players.
If monsters and aliens are traded again, the Bullets' lineup will be a bit unfavorable.
Sitting at the center position is Ben and Antonio Davis.
At the power forward position, there are Webber and Uncle Huo.
Small forward Mashburn, shooting guard Jaylen Rose, there are speedsters and aliens at the point guard position.
There are no shortcomings in the five positions, eight All-Stars, all-round strength, and there are bench-grabbing gangsters like Leg Brother and General on the bench, especially Leg Brother, allowing him to make three-pointers smoothly, and he can do it in one wave. Can take away games.
Although facing a team like the Bulls is definitely not fun, after all, the Bullets have too many newcomers, so they will definitely suffer in terms of experience. In addition, there is no player like Jordan in the lineup who can make the final decision, and it is easy to lose the backbone at critical moments.
But it's definitely enough to beat the Heat or other Eastern Conference powers, more than enough.
"Lin, what I admire most about you is that you can still look confident when you are bragging."
"Forget it, this should be the last trade of the season. Do you think it should be traded for Harvey or for draft picks?"
Unseld asked.
After Lin Yu thought for a moment, he decided to keep the general in the team and use the draft picks to trade with the Mavericks.
If it were another draft year, Lin Yu would definitely not be willing to trade the picks, because from his perspective, a first-round pick is almost equivalent to an All-Star rookie.
But the following 1997 draft was extremely special, producing only three serious All-Star players, namely No. 1 pick Duncan, No. 3 pick Billups and No. 9 pick McGrady.
The Bullets are definitely going to the playoffs, and the first-round pick is expected to be around the 20th pick. You can't get any good players with such a pick, and keeping it is a waste. It's better to keep General Harvey, after all, he The favorability level was already over half, and Lin Yu didn't want to give up halfway.
That night, Lin Yu received a notice from Unseld before the game against the Spurs, and the deal was officially finalized.
Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. After the transaction, the lineup in his hand should be his final lineup for this season. He didn't know how he would fare in the playoffs.
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"Tim, are you disappointed that you didn't see David Robinson on the court today?"
The game on the field had already begun. Lin Yu was sitting on the sidelines having nothing to do, joking about his leg brother.
The leg guy immediately understood what Lin Yu meant and blushed: "Don't listen to Rod's nonsense. How can they all have Robinson's face?"
"And even if he looks like Robinson, so what? You can't conquer the general on the court, but isn't it a pleasure to conquer him off the court?"
Lin Yu was speechless, and Brother Legs was gone forever on the path to perversion.
Tonight, the Spurs still have the same bad lineup. General Robinson has long been reimbursed for the season, and core small forward "Superman" Sean Elliott also announced his reimbursement for the season a month ago.
The Spurs on the field are just a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled, and the leader is the 37-year-old "Essence of Human Movies" Dominic Wilkins.
Wilkins was certainly strong in his peak period. He was the top swingman. According to the small forward position, his strength was definitely not inferior to that of Melo Anthony. In terms of shooting guard, he was also at the level of the four major shooting guards.
It's a pity that he is too old, and he now looks like an outdated black and white movie.
Jaylen Rose played his first game against Kobe Bryant, and it can be said that he played a complete mess. In this game, he rose up and caught the old Wilkins and gave him a hammer, with the style of punching the Nanshan nursing home.
Within five minutes of the first quarter, Lin Yu replaced Ben and Webber and replaced them with Davis and Howard.
Even so, the Spurs were completely unable to parry, and the point difference became wider and wider.
By the time halfway through the third quarter, Lin Yu and even all five of Michigan's five tigers were sent in, and this was the only way the Spurs didn't lose too embarrassingly.
The Spurs fans were very considerate and gave the Michigan Five full respect with warm applause from the audience.
The two tigers, who had another chance to play, had a better impression of Lin Yu. Jamie King had raised it to 75 points, and Ray Jackson had even reached 85 points. He was about to reach the full value, which made Lin Yu secretly exclaim. Two easyboys.
