NBA Backer King Chapter 376

   Chapter 376 Trading

After the    press conference, Jr. Colangelo immediately left the American West Arena. Instead of going home to rest, he rushed back to the headquarters to obtain information on Rasheed Wallace and the Washington Bullets to study the possibility of a trade.

  This research, as Zhang Lili said, really has the necessity and feasibility of the transaction.

Rasheed Wallace played 65 games with the Bullets last season, starting 51 games, but the starting time was too short, only twenty minutes. This is obviously a false starter, and the position is not fixed, from the third position to the fifth position. He has played at the number position, which shows that his position in the Bullets is not stable and belongs to the leak. Once the main players in these positions are not injured, he will not have a starting position.

Averaged only 10 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.8 blocks, 1.6 turnovers and 3.2 fouls. The shooting percentage is 48.7% and the free throw percentage is only 65%. From the perspective of offensive ability, it can only be regarded as average, and there is no super scoring ability. , As a power forward, the efficiency is not too high, because the low-post attack is less than 18%, which is too small.

But this is just right for the Suns. The Suns have a beast like Old K in the low post. They don't need the power forward's strong low-post offense, and their scoring ability is also suitable. With Old K's efficient low-post offense, they won't give much to the power forward. It's enough to get 10 to 15 points per game steadily.

   As for the defensive end, he is also quite suitable. Like Ben Wallace, his defensive attitude is very positive, and he has physical talent, which is much better than Ben Wallace's talent.

   In terms of rebounding, if the playing time is increased to 35 minutes, there should be no problem with an average of about seven per game. Although it is not as good as Ben Wallace, it can also meet the rebounding requirements of the Suns for power forwards.

   This is the necessity of a transaction. Rashid matches the Suns' current lineup very well, and from the feasibility of the transaction, the possibility of success is also very high.

First, the Bullets belong to the Eastern Conference, not a playoff team. This year, the Bullets ranked 10th in the Eastern Conference. The last time they made the playoffs was in the 87/88 season. They have failed to make the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons. The lousy team, which has no interest competition with the Taifang team, is also the type of team that is most likely to trade with the Suns. It should not refuse to trade with the Suns.

Second, the Bullets really have too many people on the inside. Zhuwan Howard, one of the five generals in Michigan, is the team's unstoppable main power forward. He has played 81 games this season, starting 81 games, and averaging nearly 41 minutes per game. Wallace's chances are few and far between.

Third, the Bullets also traded Chris Webber, the No. 1 pick in 1993, from the Warriors. Webber has only played 15 games this season due to injury, and now he has recovered from the injury. Next season, the Bullets will have Juwan Howard and Chris Webber in the power forward position. The main center is George Murraysan, who is 231 cm. Whether it is the 4th or the 5th position, Rasheed Wallace still doesn't get much chance. The possibility is further enhanced.

   He immediately started collecting news about the Bullets, made several phone calls and contacted several NBA reporters.

   It's good that one of the reporters revealed to him an inside story about the Bullets, who are currently negotiating a contract extension with Juwan Howard.

   "Is his rookie contract expiring?" he asked in surprise.

"Yes, Howard's rookie contract is a 2+1 contract, and the third year is a player option. This year he played a 22+8 data. Now the management is ready to renew the contract with a high salary, and the contract is likely to be hundreds of millions." The reporter was on the phone He said, in a very envious tone.

"what?"

   Little Colangelo was startled again, but then overjoyed.

The Bullets sent Howard a 100 million yuan contract, which means that the main power forward position next season is definitely Juwan Howard. Rasheed Wallace has to compete with Chris Webber at the 4th position, and he will play at the 5th position. The tonnage is too light to be suitable, which increases the possibility of trading.

   At the same time, the Bullets sent Howard a huge contract of Yihe, and they must clear some salary space, otherwise it will not be able to accommodate, then the transaction is more likely.

  Thinking of this, he ended the phone call with the reporter, and he didn't care that it was already 1:00 in the morning, so he directly called Mr. Jerrys Lockell, the general manager of the Bullets.

   "Hello, I'm Lockell."

   "Hello, Mr. Lockell, I'm Colangelo of the Suns."

   The call was connected quickly, indicating that the other party had not slept at this time.

   "You want Rasheed Wallace?"

   "Yes, you can't use it, we still have some use. I can trade Ben Wallace. Although he is an undrafted, I can see his performance. The postman can't do anything about him and can't bite him."

Lockell is a little surprised. Although the season is over, the team's main focus is on renewing the contract with Juwan Howard. There is no news of trading Rasheed Wallace, and the trading window has not yet opened. Are you looking at Rasheed?

However, he intends to trade Rasheed. In the past season, due to serious internal injuries, Rasheed got some starting opportunities, but there is no position for Rasheed next season, and once the agreement is reached with Howard In order to complete the contract renewal with Zhu Wan, he has to clear a part of the contract, so it is actually imperative to trade Rasheed.

   He began to consider the trade, and it was not the Suns players that attracted him, but the Suns' first-round pick.

  The Suns are very fat and have three first-round picks this year. Rasheed Wallace was last year's No. 4 pick in the first round. He has to bargain hard and try to kill the Suns.

   He thought about it. In the Suns' current lineup, Michael Finley is fine, and the Bullets also lack a potential perimeter.

   He didn't put his mind on the old K. It was unrealistic, and the Lightning didn't want it either. It was too old. Except for the first-round pick in the hands of the Suns, only Finley could attract him.

As for Ben Wallace, let's forget it. Colangelo don't try to fool him. He won't trade a power forward like Rasheed Wallace, who is good at offense and defense, to trade Ben Wallace. The offensive idiot, but also a guy whose real height may be less than two meters.

   "Mr. Colangelo, give me Michael Finley and the Hornets' first-round pick this year, and you can take Rasheed Wallace." After thinking about it, he gave the chips he wanted.

"Finley can't do it, you can take Ben Wallace. In addition, I can give you the first-round pick of our Suns. We need the signatures of the Hornets and Cavaliers, and it is impossible to give them up." Colangelo Jr. immediately refused. .

   "I don't need Ben Wallace, but you have to give me the Hornets' signature." Le Kyle said immediately.

   "It won't work." Little Colangelo refused again.

   The two began to bargain, and at first neither of them would give in.

   After discussing for more than ten minutes, Colangelo Jr. agreed to send Finley and the Suns a late first-round pick, which was his last bottom line.

  Finley was the No. 21 pick in last year's first round, plus this year's final pick, two first-round picks for a guy the Bullets didn't need, he thought it was enough.

In the end, Le Kyle chose to take a step back. After all, he also wanted to trade Rasheed, and the Suns had a really good bargaining chip. Now that the draft is imminent, it is difficult to trade from other teams to the first-round pick, and the last pick is also the first-round pick. , and Michael Finley's talent is also good, with offense and defense, the Bullets have no shortage of insiders, so they need such potential young players on the outside.

  Just like that, the two negotiated the deal late at night.

   Little Colangelo is very satisfied. Old K and Rasheed Wallace should not be weaker than the old K + AC Green combination last season.

   Then complete the deal with the Mavericks, and there will be no problem with the 145 position. Robert Horry plays the main small forward, and his performance in the playoffs is considered stable. There is no need to move this, only the main shooting guard needs to be considered.

At least how to trade Kidd, it was originally scheduled to be Person + Finley. Now that Finley is gone, he plans to use the 20th pick in the first round of the Cavaliers to trade, at most Ben Wallace and Person, I believe the Mavericks should will agree.

  Ben Wallace withstood the postman in today's game. His defensive strength should attract the attention of many people. He already has transaction value. Sign-and-trade is also a bargaining chip.

   He now has the Hornets' No. 13 pick, and he's going to use it to select a guard.

   At least which one to choose, of course he wants to choose one that is ready to fight and go all out for the championship next season, there is not much chance to cultivate rookies at all.

   The next day, on May 8, the second round continued.

   In the morning, Colangelo Jr. contacted the Mavericks and re-sent his own chips, Person + the unprotected 1996 first-round pick of the Cavaliers.

  The Mavericks were a little angry, but seeing the Suns' chips, they didn't refuse. Both are young players. The important thing is that the Cavaliers signed well, and now they can't trade the first-round picks at all.

   Little Colangelo and Mavericks renegotiated the trading plan, and used the reputation of the Colangelo family to ensure that there would be no change.

That night, O'Neal blew up Ewing, and at the same time the Knicks played a strong defense. Hardaway didn't feel good and only scored 18 points. The Sharks led the team to pull back a game at home and played against the Magic. became one-to-one.

   In another game, Mosaic showed a strong offensive ability. The Big Three made their efforts again and won two consecutive victories in the away game, and the atmosphere was high.

   However, the Big Three kept a low profile and did not make any high-profile victory speeches.

   No. 9, the second round continues.

   This time, the Bulls and Pacers started the fight first, and the Suns and Jazz were half an hour later.

The Bulls pressed the Pacers at the beginning of the game. In the 7th minute of the first quarter, Reggie Miller was suddenly injured, and it was more serious. He was directly injured and stopped. The season was reimbursed, and the backbone was gone, which caused the Pacers to lose hope of winning. Successfully won the G2 battle.

   And the match between the Suns and the Jazz fell into a hard fight, which was more intense than the previous one.

  Ben Wallace has only played for one season. Whether it is defensive skills or game experience, he is far from the opponent of the Postman.

The postman played against him for the first time in the last match. I didn't know him well. The defense was good. This time it was different. Stay, the defensive effect is far worse than the previous game.

  Westphal saw that Big Ben couldn't guard against the postman, so he could only switch defenses, so that Pharaoh and the postman matched up.

   But in this way, another trouble occurred. After the postman pulled out, Pharaoh also went out, and Big Ben played against Spencer under the basket.

Don't look at Spencer as a stake in front of Pharaoh, but against Big Ben at the basket, his tonnage advantage is very large, the same as the postman's 130 kilograms, Big Ben has even exerted his strength to suckle, and some Unable to carry it, he was repeatedly pushed into the basket by him. After catching the ball, he directly pressed Big Ben for a dunk. He hit two goals in a row, and the Suns' rebounding was also a little out of control.

  In the end, Pharaoh can only come back to sit in the basket, and the postman is also matched by the big book.

  Although Big Ben couldn't guard against the Postman today, he could also reduce some of his hit rates, which was not bad. The Postman's score was still difficult to offset Wang Tiejun's attack in the low post.

Relying on Pharaoh's attack in the low post, plus the three perimeter plays that were better than the previous game, the Suns still had the upper hand. In the second quarter, Wilkins was bombarded and led by 12 points. , If you keep going like this, you should have no problem winning this game.

  The inside line is caught in hand-to-hand combat, and the outside line is also quite fierce.

The No. 1 position is the most intense position, and it is very confrontational. Stockton keeps making small moves. In the third minute of the third quarter, he stepped on Lightning's right foot again in a breakthrough, and Lightning fell. He fell, his right knee hit the floor, and he was injured.

   Fortunately, it was a hard injury. It hit a big bone. It didn't break, but it was in severe pain, but the injury should not be serious. There is a chance to come back in the next game.

   On the sidelines, Stern's expression was natural, but he was dissatisfied with the Jazz and John Stockton in his heart. This point guard's little moves are really a little more, and it is no wonder that he was selected as one of the four villains by the media.

   Lightning was injured, and the Suns were in trouble right away. Perry couldn't stand Stockton at all. He lost control on the outside and couldn't get the ball on the inside. The situation began to tilt toward the Jazz, and the score gradually caught up.

  Pharaoh was angry, but he couldn't find trouble with John Stockton, so he put his anger on the postman and switched places directly with Big Ben.

   The next time, the postman was in trouble. He could avoid it on the defensive end, but he couldn't dodge it on the offensive end. Old K switched to guard him, and directly pushed the confrontation to the highest intensity, eating several elbows in a row.

However, the situation of the game still failed to change. The postman was indeed defended by Wang Tiejun. His tonnage was similar to that of Pharaoh, and his movement speed was not as fast as Pharaoh. Offensive, and achieved good results.

  Especially the empty cut tactics after the pick-and-roll. Big Ben couldn't stand the inside cut at the basket by himself, and Posen and Perry couldn't catch up with Hornacek's outside cut outside, and there was a problem with the defense.

   In the 10th minute of the final quarter, the game entered the final moment. The Suns were 7 points ahead when the Lightning was injured, and became 5 points behind.

   This time the Jazz attacked.

  The postman hasn't attacked for a long time. This time, he borrowed Stockton's pick-and-roll to throw off Wang Tiejun on the right flank.

   After Wang Tiejun forcibly squeezed Stockton away, a step fit and flew up, directly throwing the jumping postman to the ground.

"Uh!"

The postman groaned when he fell, and the two of them together weighed more than 260 kilograms for him alone. No matter how strong his body was, he couldn't take it anymore. His eyes were almost squeezed out, and he was out of breath for a while. But come.

   "Carl?"

  Stockton was stunned and ran over quickly.

"yeah!"

  The home fans who had been angry for a long time cheered and applauded.

   "Karl's ball has been shot, this is a malicious foul! Second-level malicious foul..."

  Jerry Sloan jumped up in anger, roaring angrily.

Westphal angrily yelled at the Jazz bench: "When Stockton stepped on the lightning just now, you didn't say it was a malicious foul. He stepped on it at least five times today, and I counted it for him. on."

   On the sidelines, old Colangelo said to Stern: "Mr. President, it was just an accident. Old K blocked a block, not a deliberate foul. He had no extra moves at all."

  Stern nodded and said, "The referee will make a fair judgment."

   He believed that Old K would not commit malicious fouls in front of him, but he also knew the character of Old K. This time he knocked over the postman in the cover, so he should have followed the trend.

   The referee made a penalty. The postman's ball was already shot and missed. This time it was considered a common foul, with two free throws and one throw.

   But the postman couldn't fight, so he was helped down. Jazz was worried about internal injuries, and he was also afraid, so he went directly to the hospital.

  Wang Tiejun has already committed three offenses, and with this technical offense, he has committed four offenses, and he continues to stay on the court.

   Next, Stockton takes a free throw.

   His free throw percentage is over 80%, which is quite accurate, but it seems to be affected by the postman's injury. He missed the first free throw and hit the second free throw.

  104:98, Jazz lead by 6 points, Suns attack.

  Although there was no postman, the Jazz did not concede defeat. Stockton still had an absolute advantage against Perry, preventing Perry from making a near mistake in the backcourt.

  Fortunately, due to the postman's injury, Stockton's dirty moves restrained a lot. After teammates Posen and Horry responded, they still pushed the ball to the frontcourt.

   Once the ball reaches the front court, there is no suspense.

  Wang Tiejun circled outside for a while, and when Spencer, the human shield, followed, he suddenly started to cut, bypassing the opponent and dashing into the paint area.

  Perry then advanced to the frontcourt, saw Pharaoh cut into the paint area, and immediately passed the ball in.

   Big Ben can't be pulled away. The power forward Antoine Kyle, who replaced the postman, has returned to the basket. He is 206 cm tall and has a tonnage of 110 kg. Under Pharaoh's body, he is like a child.

  Pharaoh jumped to the basket, blocked Kyle with his left hand, and caught the ball with his right hand. At this time, Spencer had caught up to his right side, and he was double-teamed after catching the ball.

   But for him, he doesn't care at all. As soon as the ball starts, when the double-team is formed, he immediately closes the ball, and the left and right chain iron mountains explode instantly.

   "Boom! Boom!"

   With the sound of the impact, Kyle on the left flew out first and was directly uprooted, and the meat shield Spencer on the right was also knocked back a step.

"boom!"

   In the next instant, he turned around and threw the ball into the basket with one hand dunking.

   "The use of the shoulders during the hit must be prohibited."

  The game between the Bulls and the Pacers is over. The Bulls have won two consecutive victories. Now all the head coaches and general managers of the league are paying attention to the match between the Suns and the Jazz. Seeing this scene, they all have this idea.

   That's right, Pharaoh's series of punches just now is the shoulders used. This kind of side punches cannot be done through the back.

   Of course, he didn't have any shoulder-slung movements. It was all the coordination of the movement of his feet, so he had to achieve the purpose of hitting his body.

   They are all experts and know very well that if the use of the shoulders is prohibited, the purpose of restricting the old K can definitely be achieved.

   (end of this chapter)

Chapter end