The day after the draft can actually be called a trade meeting, because many transactions are officially announced on this day.
Lin Yu followed Unseld to several venues throughout the day, holding joint press conferences with other teams to officially announce their transactions.
The first is the trade with the Trail Blazers. The Washington Wizards sent Tim Legler and acquired Jermaine O'Neal from the Portland Trail Blazers who is not yet 19 years old.
This deal is generally a bit confusing to the outside world. The Washington Wizards reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season. Logically speaking, they should continue to improve their immediate combat capabilities this season to compete in the finals.
What the hell is their deal? To use the team's important immediate ability to trade for a 19-year-old kid? Putting aside the potential of Xiao Ou for the moment, can he really be put to use next season?
An hour later, the Washington Wizards made another trade with the Suns. The Wizards sent Tracy Murray plus a 1998 second-round pick to get Nash and a Suns 1998 first-round pick from the Suns. .
Lin Yu was shocked. His previous psychological expectation was that Murray could exchange for Nash and a second-round pick. Unexpectedly, Unseld changed the transaction content.
This change is wonderful, beyond words.
When the Suns agreed to this trade plan, they were probably betting that the Wizards would collapse next season. After all, it was reported that Mashburn and Speedy were leaving the team. An hour ago, the Wizards traded their important bench and strength. A 19 year old kid.
If the Wizards' record collapses in the new season, their second-round pick will be worth a lot.
The second-round picks at the top are sometimes even more valuable than the first-round picks at the bottom, because first-round picks require players to sign guaranteed contracts for at least two years, while second-round picks do not need to. If the rookie performs poorly, If the team directly cuts him off, the loss will not be that big.
Danny Ainge, the general manager of the Suns, is extremely cunning. He is truly a team executive who has tricked the entire league. In his opinion, this transaction with the Wizards will definitely make a profit.
He is confident that he will lead the Suns to an excellent record next season, so the first-round pick in his hand will be worthless.
In fact, his confidence is not groundless, because Lin Yu remembers that the Suns will rank fourth in the Western Conference next season, and they will probably have the 24th overall pick in the first round.
This pick is not high, but it is priceless in the hands of Lin Yu. He can at least select one of Al Harrington or Blade Warrior Rashard Lewis. Both of them are combo forwards and three-pointers. He can play the fourth position.
After the press conference with the Suns ended, the Wizards held a joint press conference with the Nets without stopping.
The Nets just made a deal with the Knicks two hours ago to trade Childs.
Two hours later, Childs didn't even know he was traded from the Knicks to the Nets. He was traded again.
The Nets sent McGrady and Childs to acquire Antonio Davis from the Wizards.
Immediately afterwards, the Wizards made a trade with the Kings and obtained the martial arts saint Stephen Jackson.
The Wizards' four consecutive transactions were shocking. They really didn't understand Unseld's brain circuit.
Yes, everyone still thinks that these three transactions were Unseld's idea.
Three of the four transactions involved taking out the team's important immediate capabilities to trade for some raw melons. What use can a 19-year-old insider do? Nash, who was just in his second year, seemed useless.
As the saying goes, it takes five years to develop a center and ten years to develop a point guard. Players at these two positions need a lot of time to develop, unless they are the kind of truly talented guys, which obviously Ou and Nash are not.
What's even more outrageous is that the Wizards traded Davis and replaced him with high school swingman Tracy McGrady, which made Wizards fans scream outrageous!
If this is done, more than half of the core players of the Wizards' lineup that made it to the Eastern Conference Finals will leave. Some Wizards fans were so angry that they called Unseld an old fool.
After the four transactions were completed, Lin Yu followed Unseld back to Washington.
On the plane back, Lin Yu asked again about the progress of Kobe Bryant's trade, but Unseld still shook his head, and Jerry West was not even willing to answer his call.
"Continue to wait patiently. Anyway, it will be a long time before the start of the new season."
"If we can't trade Kobe by then, then we will trade Richmond."
Of course, Lin Yu still wants Kobe more, because Kobe has the ability to grow. After Richmond was traded, his strength has declined year after year. It is estimated that he can only be used for two years, and his combat power is not as good as Jaylen Rose.
The draft is over, the trade is complete, and Washington's lineup for the new season is almost taking shape.
Center position: Ben Wallace and Battle.
Power forward position: Chris Webber and Jermaine O'Neal.
Small forward position: Tracy McGrady and Stephen Jackson.
Shooting guard position: Kobe or Richmond, and then add Jaylen Rose.
Point guard position: Steve Nash plus Sam Cassell.
Then there are some corner players, such as Irving Sr., Ray Jackson, Jamie King, Jaren Jackson, and Nickerson.
There were exactly fifteen people, and the roster was filled to the brim.
Just looking at this lineup, Lin Yu felt a surge of pride in his heart. What kind of genius could create such a heaven-defying lineup?
In the starting lineup, the center is the blue-collar interior ceiling of the top five levels in NBA history, and the power forward is the most gorgeous power forward in NBA history. Some fans even rank Webb in history behind Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki and Malone. The fifth power forward.
The third position is Tracy McGrady, one of the top swingmen in NBA history. Just talking about the position of swingman, McGrady is also among the top three. The only person who can truly be better than him is Clyde the Glider. -Drexler, after all, there are championships in gliders, but Tracy McGrady is one level behind in this regard.
The shooting guard is Kobe Bryant, the undisputed second shooting guard in NBA history. He is extremely explosive in scoring and extremely strong in key defense. He is a typical superstar who is good at both offense and defense.
Point guard Nash has two consecutive MVP awards in the regular season. This achievement alone has put him at least in the top five in history at the point guard position.
This is unbelievable. The Wizards' players at each position are all among the top five players in history at the same position.
Of course, these people have not yet entered their peak period, so Lin Yu can't say what level they can perform at.
The starting lineup is so unbelievable, and if the substitute lineup is taken alone, Lin Yu feels that it is stronger than more than half of the teams in the NBA.
O'ona was also a ruthless player who was selected to the best second team. He squeezed Nowitzki, who was at his peak in 2004, into the best third team.
On the offensive end, he has a signature skill, the behind-the-back step-back jump shot, which is actually Ewing's bunny hop, except that Ou's posture is more handsome and not as ugly as Ewing's posture.
The defensive end is very strong, with a defensive efficiency value of 93 points in his peak season, which is no different from Garnett at his peak.
The rebounding is indeed not very good, but he has averaged 10 rebounds per game in three seasons. It cannot be said to be too bad, it can only be said that it is not strong enough.
Needless to say, Warrior Saint Jackson was a member of the Black Eight Miracle Warriors of later generations. He was born with a big heart and was fearless. He was also a participant in the Auburn Hills Palace Incident. He was suspended from games and got into fights with O'Brien and Artest. Fierce and loyal, he averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game at his peak, and was considered good both offensively and defensively.
It is worth mentioning that Ben was also a participant in the Auburn Hills palace incident. Lin Yu thought happily, if Artest can be taken down, then the four great kings of Auburn Hills will be gathered together. I wonder if it can be done. Get a new permanent aura.
Jaylen Rose and Cassell are not first-line stars, but among players at the same position at the same time, they are definitely the best, at least among the top ten.
The key is that they both play as substitutes. Which team can find two players of this level on the bench.
The only one among the substitutes who is not very good is Daba, but Lin Yu is very confident in Daba. According to his own training route, it will not be a problem for Daba to become a player of Campbell's type.
In fact, it's not that many young players have low potential, it's that they haven't met a coach who knows people well and uses them well. If they meet a responsible and patient coach who can develop the most suitable training route for them, even if they can't become stars, at least they can't become qualified substitutes. question.
Of course, Lin Yu must be responsible for the bus, and he cannot be impatient. This is his compatriot, and he will also be the first yellow man in NBA history to set foot on the court in the main game. Lin Yu, even if it is just to slap the Heat fans in the face , he also had to prop up the bus.
He has even thought of a plan to train Daba. He will not let Daba play too many games for the time being. He will wait for the super powerful halo skill to be randomly obtained, and then let Daba start the game and rack up data to build Daba's confidence. and pressure.
The data is good and the confidence is there. With his strong body, it is not difficult to gain a foothold in the NBA.
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In the following summer league, Lin Yu was the coach, and of course it was impossible to lead the team to play this kind of game. He asked Lao Qiao to lead the team's Xiaoao, Tracy McGrady and a few fringe players to play in the summer league.
After the Summer League ended, Lin Yu rested for another month, and the league's teams have gradually begun to gather players for training to prepare for the new season.
The Wizards are certainly no exception.
On September 15, all members of the Bullets’ roster for the new season gathered at the training ground.
Because the trade of Kobe or Richmond has not yet been successful, Uncle Huo is still on the team.
In addition to Uncle Huo, Charles, whom Lin Yu wanted to see the most, was also there.
"Pop!"
Lin Yu clapped his hands and walked towards Charles, with a sinister smile on his face.
Childs was so frightened that he cried and cried. He never dreamed that Lin Yu would really trade him to Washington.
In the Eastern Conference semifinals, he committed a flagrant foul on Speedy, which resulted in Speedy's injury and his absence from the subsequent playoffs. Lin Yu threatened to kill Childs.
Childs was a little panicked at the time, but Ewing promised to protect him, so he forgot about it.
However, after the draft, when he learned that he had been traded to Washington, he was shocked. He was also a young player. Being able to establish a foothold in the league as an undrafted player was definitely a legacy from his ancestors. He felt that he He had a great future, but now that Lin Yu had caught him, he realized that he might be doomed.
He found Ewing immediately and wanted Ewing to help him stop the deal.
Ewing did indeed do this and went to discuss it with Knicks general manager Ernie Grunfield. As a result, they didn't buy Ewing's account at all.
Grunfield is also from the Yotai. He should be the most successful Yotai player in his career. He is the pride of the Yotai people. His parents are Holocaust survivors, so his identity is particularly correct. After retiring, he joined the Knicks. The management gradually became the helmsman of the team.
In the NBA, where the Oil Tails boss and the top management teamed up, his identity was very popular. Later, after Unseld resigned as the Wizards general manager in 2003, he took over the Wizards general manager position.
Grunfield was not afraid of Ewing's pressure at all. He even hoped that Ewing would do something stupid and then find a reason to get rid of him. After all, after Ewing was injured, his combat effectiveness dropped sharply, and his contract Very big and very low value for money.
Why didn't Ewing know his situation? A few years ago, he was the pride of the Big Apple. At that time, Nelson was also in the Knicks and wanted to trade Ewing for O'Brien. The Magic almost agreed, but the Knicks fans were unhappy. Agreed, kicked old Nelson out of the Big Apple.
It's only been a few years, and Knicks fans are filled with regret. If they had traded Ewing for O'Brien, what would the Knicks be like now? There's no way the Bullets would shave their heads, right?
When Ewing saw that Grunfield didn't buy his account at all, he simply stopped insisting, so as not to break up with the team, and he would definitely not end well.
Poor Childs was so sold that Ewing simply stopped answering his calls.
“Welcome to Washington, man!”
"You should know what's waiting for you, right?"
Lin Yu stepped forward and patted Charles on the shoulder and laughed. The laughter caused goosebumps to rise on Childs' back.
"Coach, I'm really sorry for what happened at that time. Now Rod has joined the Knicks and got a super big contract with the Knicks."
"I will ask my Knicks brothers to take good care of Rod. He will definitely not be bullied in New York."
Childs is smart. He thinks that since the Flyers have left Washington and joined the Knicks, the past can be written off.
Lin Yu has seen statistics before, saying that the average IQ of NBA players is 83, the average IQ of East Asians is 105, and the definition of mentally retarded is an IQ below 70.
Lin Yu originally thought that NBA players could not have such low IQs, but after hearing what Childs said, he believed it.
What's the point of this, how dare you say such slightly threatening words?
"You and I are playing hostage exchange on the battlefield? What? If Washington can't take care of you, are you going to let your Knick brothers bully Rhodes?"
"Can you be smarter? Do you really think the Knicks spent 50 million US dollars just to hire a doormat? Rod goes to the core of your Knicks. Can Ewing dare to embarrass Rod?"
Lin Yu chuckled.
Speedy is 30 years old this year. This contract will last until he is 35 years old, which is almost the time for retirement. If he is not happy with the Knicks, he will start to mess around, and the Knicks will have to go to grandma's house. .
So when Flying Car went to the Knicks, there was no way he would be aggrieved. Grunfield would help Flying Car clean up all the factors that made him unhappy.
"Go ahead and run a hundred laps around the training ground. Don't even think about resisting my orders. I have the right to DNP you."
"Don't show any dissatisfaction or dissatisfaction, it will only make your life more difficult."
Lin Yu's smile looked like Satan's smile to Childs. He now wanted to die. The hard times were definitely still to come. He didn't know if he could survive it.
DNP is a team suspension, and the team can also not pay wages. Childs doesn't have much salary to begin with. If he can't get money, he will really have to sleep under the bridge.
