After the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Dallas Mavericks, Zhao Feiyang played two more away games with the team. These two away games were still against lower-ranked teams. This time he scored 13 points and 16 points respectively.
Although there is still improvement compared to before, compared to him before the injury, such an improvement is almost meaningless in the eyes of the outside world.
Of course, within the team, Zhao Feiyang still maintains his status as the super core.
Although his performance was not good enough, it did not affect other people's respect for him. Zach LaVine and Adrian Ennis are his solid supporters. These two people completely treat Zhao Feiyang as the boss in the team.
Derrick Rose has a good relationship with Zhao Feiyang and acquiesces in his position as the leader of the team; although Dwight Howard once wanted to compete with Zhao Feiyang for the leadership position, he finally surrendered to Zhao Feiyang. If someone else leads the team, he will definitely have the ability. He complained, but if it were Zhao Feiyang, he would always be convinced.
As for others, such as Serge Ibaka, Gorgui Dieng, Ricky Rubio and Andrew Wiggins, they all only recognize Zhao Feiyang's leadership status.
But at the same moment, the Minnesota Timberwolves' internal transactions were already in operation. The general manager of the team, John Daniel, strictly blocked the news in order to prevent the team from being distracted and prevent the negative impact of the news of trading Zhao Feiyang.
There are only three people in the team management including him who know about it.
These three people are also secretly trying to communicate with other teams and try to trade Zhao Feiyang's bargaining chip through various channels.
Someday soon.
In the Cavaliers' high-level meeting room, the management team headed by general manager Kobe Altman held a high-level secret meeting. The meeting was attended by top leaders of key departments of the team, as well as some who had never attended such meetings before. Team owner Gilbert.
"We got the exact news! The Timberwolves are looking for a deal and they are willing to send Zhao Feiyang out..."
General Manager Altman said.
As soon as these words came out, everyone attending the meeting was surprised. There was no surprise on the boss Gilbert's face, because he had known about this matter in advance, and he was the first to follow Altman's suggestion and convene an internal team meeting.
"This is our opportunity! We must find a way to grab Zhao Feiyang... If he can come to the Cavaliers, we can completely make up for the loss after Kyrie left..."
Some department executives spoke up.
"That's right. Isaiah's performance is so bad! There have been conflicts in the team's locker room more than once. This guy is simply a time bomb. If he continues to stay with the Cavaliers, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the playoffs. Something went terribly wrong…”
"Is it feasible to replace Zhao Feiyang with Isaiah? I feel like the Timberwolves are unlikely to agree! And as far as I know, Zhao has just recovered from his recent injury, and it seems that his condition is not as good as before... This trade is definitely a gamble... Of course, even if it is a gamble, trading Zhao is definitely better than keeping Isaiah..."
"Zhao's contract only has the last year left! If he can't perform well, then we can let him go at the end of this season... This is absolutely beneficial to us! My only right now The worry is that if only one Isaiah is given, the Timberwolves may not be willing..."
"Everyone knows how big the value gap between Isaiah and Zhao is. Zhao can lead a weak team to win the championship. Let alone Isaiah, he can't do it even if Kyrie comes back... ..."
Everyone started talking about it.
Although everyone has their own opinions, they all agree that they must find a way to trade Zhao Feiyang.
Even if he is currently recovering from injury, his value cannot be ignored.
After all, who hasn’t recovered from an injury? Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have also been injured, as have Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant! There is an adaptation period required after recovering from injury, which is different for every player.
Compared with the previous ones, Zhao Feiyang's only risk is that he is slightly older, but his contract only has this season left, which perfectly dispels everyone's concerns.
After a discussion among the Cavaliers' top brass, team owner Gilbert finally stood up and made the final decision.
"This matter must be done well."
"In order to get Zhao, the team can trade any player except LeBron and Kevin...even the first-round pick we got before..."
After the boss Gilbert's words, the senior management immediately understood, so under the leadership of general manager Altman, everyone began to discuss the best trading plan.
In addition to the Cavaliers' plan to acquire Zhao Feiyang, other teams naturally also hope to acquire Zhao Feiyang. Even though his injury is complicated, players like him are rare and are a must-have for any team.
Even if it's a gamble, there are too many teams willing to take the gamble.
As a result, the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers all discussed the trade plan immediately. Each team was afraid of being taken first by the other team, so they regarded this transaction as the team's first priority. To be treated.
Perhaps it was because there were too many teams bidding, and the news leaked out from nowhere.
On the third day after the Timberwolves management decided to trade, the Minneapolis media reported the matter first. At first, many fans thought that the media was just talking nonsense, just to attract attention, but soon , some major media also began to follow up and gradually confirmed the authenticity of the news.
This time the entire city of Minneapolis was completely fried.
The first thing that was shocked was the fans. They completely couldn't understand the actions of the Timberwolves management. Many people have left messages on the Timberwolves' official website, expressing doubts and resistance.
"What are you doing? You want to trade Zhao? Damn it! Are the Timberwolves management really a bunch of idiots? What are you thinking?"
"I don't understand. Zhao is a hero of the team. He is fully capable of playing now, but he has just recovered from his injury. Don't you even have this patience? Or are you saying that the new boss Locke doesn't understand anything and is starting to give blind orders now?"
"It seems like the Timberwolves' management is still a bunch of idiots! The team was able to win the championship because of a good leader and a group of hard-working players. It has nothing to do with you and him... you guys Idiots! Such a core is willing to be traded away...If I can vote, I will let you idiots get out of Minneapolis first..."
