Chapter 546: The Rookie Situation in 2008 and I Want Yes!

On February 22, 2008, the media room at Seattle Key Arena was packed.

The Seattle SuperSonics once again defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, now twelfth in the Western Conference, at home with a buzzer-beater from yes.

This game was also the fourth consecutive mid-range kill for Yes.

Even if the post-match press conference is over, even if yes's back has disappeared from the press conference.

The media reporters from all over the United States and the world were still discussing the game excitedly.

Still excitedly discussing the recent conversation between Jordan Yes and Kobe Bryant!

Outside the press conference, as soon as Ye Si came out, he received a call.

A call from Will Conroy, the Lakers backup point guard and one of the Garfield Five.

"Ye, I was traded by the Lakers. The Lakers sent me to the Jazz in exchange for Fisher."

Durant, who was next to Yes, couldn't hear whose call it was, but he could clearly feel that Yes's brows were frowning.

"Yes, are you okay?"

"fine."

The tone of yes when he ended the call and spoke to him made Durant feel as if the temperature around him had dropped several degrees.

Conroy was traded by the Lakers and was sent away by the Lakers at the buzzer of the trade deadline.

According to what Conroy just told him on the phone, Fisher has been preparing to return to the Lakers.

Fisher is still pursuing the championship. After Sloan left, Fisher seemed to have left the Jazz.

Now that Sloan has left, Deron is ready to trade again, and the Jazz are willing to let Fisher leave.

The Jazz were concerned about his status in the NBA and his contribution to the team. They knew that their team would not win the championship this season and would not make the playoffs, so they saw the result and let veterans like Fisher pursue him. Wanted honor.

You can buy out the contract or trade it.

It depends on what Fisher means.

Fisher is now 34 years old, but after his pre-All-Star game with the Sonics showed his ability to defend Durant, he has many options after being released by the Jazz.

Seven teams from the first to the eighth in the West, eight teams from the first to the eighth in the East, each team's door is open to Fisher.

Fisher himself was also waiting and watching. After the Lakers defeated the Suns in an away game, Fisher finally made up his mind.

The Lakers' victory over the Suns on the road allowed Fisher to see the Lakers' chance to win the championship.

The difference between the Lakers and the Suns is just the difference between the rotating bench.

Moreover, when I return to Los Angeles, a place I am familiar with and a place where I have achieved success, I will have more things to strive for.

Now that Bowen is in the Spurs, which role player wouldn't be covetous?

In today's NBA, there are very few role players who can retire their jerseys, and Fisher is just the one who can compete.

As long as he can win one or two more championships with the Lakers and perform brilliantly in these two championships, it is possible for him to retire his jersey with the Lakers, but it will not be possible elsewhere.

So, in the end, Fisher returned to the Lakers with fifteen teams in the league coveting him.

If the Lakers want to get Fisher, it is naturally impossible to buy out the contract and then sign him after the clarification period. The Lakers' fifteen-man roster is already full.

More importantly, according to Conroy, another requirement for Fisher to return to the Lakers is to trade Conroy.

According to Fisher, the Jazz treated him well and he couldn't leave nothing to the Jazz.

After trading Deron, the Jazz needed a capable point guard without him.

The Lakers' most capable point guard, besides Kidd, is Conroy.

Fisher's request was almost to replace Conroy by name before he was willing to return to the Lakers.

Even a fool can see what Fischer's true intentions are for his lofty and noble reasons as a gentleman.

Conroy has done very well as a dribbling guard for the Lakers in the past two seasons.

It's not bad to be a substitute for Kidd. He can pass and shoot. Apart from defense, he basically has no major problems.

As long as Conroy is with the Lakers, he can definitely play and share time.

Now that the Lakers have a starting point guard like Kidd who is considered an iron man, if there is also a very good third point guard Conroy, how much time will Fisher have as the second point guard?

There is definitely more time than Conroy, but definitely not enough time for him to make a difference.

Yess had no problem with Fisher making demands for his playing time when seeking a trade, but this sanctimonious rhetoric made Yess quite contemptuous.

Conroy is someone close to him, and he will naturally side with Conroy.

Conroy could have stayed with the Lakers. Even if the Lakers cut players in order to get Fisher, Conroy would not be able to be cut no matter what.

Moreover, as the Lakers' management and coaching staff, having such a strong third point guard is also a good thing.

But because Fisher made a very selfish but sanctimonious request, the Lakers had to compromise in order to get Fisher.

And because of Fisher, Conroy had to leave a championship-contending team like Los Angeles and go to a small place that is now in chaos.

"hypocrite!"

hypocrite?

yesWho are you scolding?

Durant, who has been following Ye Si, heard Ye Si scold someone like this for the first time.

Who is so powerful that he can let yes give such an evaluation?

Durant is quite curious now, but no matter how curious he is, he doesn't dare to ask.

After completing two back-to-back games with the Trail Blazers, the focus of the United States and the entire NBA is now on Yeez's four consecutive mid-range kills.

The trades of Deron to the Heat and Fisher to the Lakers can only be news in the corner.

For media reporters and fans, who would care about a deal between a team that is currently last in the league and a team with little exposure like the Jazz?

What's more, Deron is just a player with superstar potential or All-Star potential.

Potential is potential. If it has not grown up, there will be no popularity. Without popularity, there will be no points of contact. This is the reality of the media and fans.

But for Leafs and NBA players and teams, this deal still needs attention.

In addition to the two role players used to match Deron's 4 million contract, the main bargaining chip in the Heat's trade is their draft rights.

The Heat are in bad shape now. They have played 53 games and their record is only 5 wins and 48 losses!

This is really a miraculous record. A team with a Finals MVP and superstar Dwyane Wade actually wins 10 games in a season. It seems difficult.

But in the face of the Heat's record, no one in the league felt that the Heat were messing up.

In fact, Wade wants to win so crazily in every game, and he really can't bear to say that the Heat are cheating.

Even though everyone knows that Pat Riley sent O'Neal away this summer to all the teams in the Heat that could compete, just to mess up the situation and for the sake of the No. 1 pick.

It can only be said that this guy Pat Riley is too shady, and it cannot be said that the Heat are looking for the No. 1 pick.

The Heat are so bad that no team dares to compete with them for last place.

It was so bad that it broke all losing streaks and negative records in NBA history.

But for such a team, there are indeed many people who are willing to make deals with them.

The main bargaining chip for the Heat's trade for Deron was the Heat's 2008 draft pick.

The Heat's main bargaining chip in trading Deron is the second-place protected first-round pick.

It is easy to understand that the second place protection is for Rose and Mayo.

If the Heat's first-round pick in 2008 is the top two, then the Heat will send three unprotected first-round picks in 2009, 2011 and 2013 to the Jazz.

Deron's current trade value cannot be exchanged for a top-four pick in 2008.

Pat Riley dared to trade his first-round pick in 2008, just to lure the Jazz into taking the bait.

Even a fool can see it.

If the Heat don't get the No. 1 and No. 2 picks this year with last place, then the Jazz will make a profit, whether they choose Beasley as the third pick or Curry as the fourth pick, they will all make money.

With Deron's current trading value being so low, if you can get Beasley and Curry, it will really be a bloody gain!

What's more, even if the gamble doesn't succeed, the Heat's three first-round picks in 2009, 2011, and 2013 are still guaranteed.

With Deron and Wade or Mayo and Rose next season, the Heat's record will definitely not be worse than this season, but it's hard to say how strong it will be.

As shown by the Heat's lack of players at every position this season, it will take at least one or two years for the Heat to rise, so the first-round pick in 2009 is likely to be a fairly high lottery pick, and the 2011 and 2013 picks are also Should be two good first round picks.

Such three first-round picks are certainly low compared to Deron's current actual value.

But in the current deal that is very unfavorable to the Jazz, Beasley and Curry can gamble, and there are three good chips to guarantee. This transaction is generally acceptable to the Jazz.

At the very least, Pat Riley is more sincere than those teams who want to rob the Jazz.

The deal between the Heat and the Jazz is not a big deal in terms of NBA transaction history.

But for this trading period, it is already the biggest deal.

It has to be said that the overall pattern of the alliance has now been determined.

Most strong teams are satisfied with their team's lineup, so the trading market is not very active.

If it weren't for the Jazz Sloan and Deron incident, there wouldn't even be a deal of this level.

It can only be said that the NBA changed too much last summer.

It is equivalent to overdrafting all changes in this trading period.

On February 22, 2008, after the SuperSonics defeated the Trail Blazers at home, they will then challenge the Golden State Warriors, who are currently eleventh in the Western Conference, on the road on February 24.

The current playoff format in the Western Conference is that the ninth-place Mavericks in the West have basically missed the playoffs, the tenth-place Jazz in the West, the eleventh-place Warriors in the West, the twelfth-place Trail Blazers in the West, and the 12th-place Trail Blazers in the West. The Clippers are 13th, and the Timberwolves are 14th in the Western Conference. These teams have similar results.

However, facing the hopelessness of the playoffs, some teams, like the Mavericks and Jazz, were already prepared to give up in advance.

But some teams didn't give up.

The four teams, the Warriors, Clippers, Trail Blazers and Timberwolves, are the teams that have not given up.

The player lineups of these four teams are all quite outstanding. What is needed is not to exchange draft picks for hope, but to use victory to sharpen the potential young people of the team.

If they really have hope of being drafted into the top four, they don't mind playing badly.

But in this year's competition for draft picks, which of these teams in the West can compare to the East!

Even if the Kings are last in the Western Conference, they can be ranked among the top ten in the Eastern Conference!

Each of their four teams can compete in the playoffs if they are placed in the Eastern Conference!

Since there is no hope for a high draft pick, play well.

This makes for a very interesting landscape.

The current lottery teams in the West have completely different styles from those in the East!

Those lottery teams in the Eastern Conference have no chance of picking the top pick now, but the second, third and fourth picks are still very interesting and very attractive!

The bottom two in the league can get at least a fifth pick. Even if David Stern controls the court and the top four Rose, Mayo, Beasley and Curry can't get it, I won't lose if I pick Love who is fifth. !

The 2008 draft year is comparable to the diamond year of 2007!

The lottery teams in the Western Conference are working so hard now, which is indeed not good news for the strong teams in the Western Conference.

In the previous two games, Ye Si's head exploded trying to control the Blazers.

Fortunately, in this game against the Warriors, Ye's control of the court was much less difficult.

Compared with the Trail Blazers, the Warriors' offense is stronger, but their defense is weaker.

In comparison, the Warriors still control the court better.

Yesi has no interest in surpassing Jordan in the mid-range field. He knows what his current strength is. He has never done anything like that, and he takes whatever the media brags about seriously.

He also has no interest in crushing Kobe. He knows that he has never crushed him.

What he is pursuing now is victory and improved attributes.

It's the most perfect thing to improve your attributes while ensuring victory.

This game with the Warriors is easier for Yeas than playing the Trail Blazers. The Warriors are Yeas' favorite team in the league except for a few special teams such as the Nuggets, Pistons, Cavaliers and Spurs.

This game is no exception.

Ye Si's touch in recent games can only be regarded as average, but with his current confrontation and three-point attribute, as long as he takes the initiative to find Monta Alice, Monta Alice will not be able to do anything to him.

Facing the warrior, he can let the warrior choose his way of death.

Of course, the Warriors do not have the right to choose the way to die in this game. In this game, the way the Warriors will die is already a certainty!

"108 to 106!"

"yes once again achieved a winning goal in the mid-range!"

"This is the fifth consecutive mid-range victory for yes!"

Not only Barkley in the commentary box, but also many Warriors fans at the scene were applauding and cheering, and the MVP sounds were almost endless!

"I want yes!"

On the Warriors bench, Warriors head coach Mark Jackson is now thinking about the aftermath of the Garfield Hurricane at the University of Washington!