Chapter 282 Goodbye, Salt Lake City
(The first chrysanthemum ends, a little sad)
The Jazz and the Lakers completed the trade about Lin Han in a very short time. From the Jazz's request to the Lakers giving chips, it seemed that it only took two days and seemed to be very smooth.
In fact, the deal was not so smooth. At least, for the Jazz, the two players they were requesting this time, whether they were Ricky Pierce or Bru Edwards, were unable to come.
This is not the non-selling product of these two players. If it is really non-selling product, the Jazz would not have such a requirement. In fact, both players were put on the shelves by their own teams. It is obvious that both teams are too greedy, whether it is the Bucks where Bru Edwards is or the Supersonics where Ricky Pierce is, these two teams are too greedy.
When I learned that the transaction between Bru Edwards and Pierce was to trade Lin Han, the Bucks and Supersonics really started to raise prices. For example, the Bucks were right. They originally wanted to clean up Bru Edwards, but there were no requirements. As long as someone was willing to accept this garbage contract, they had no requirements. But this time, the Bucks actually proposed to trade Bru Edwards for the Lakers' draft pick and an expired contract to trade Bru Edwards. The Lakers' draft pick is the No. 10 draw this year. Not to mention that Bru Edwards is worth the No. 10 draw, I am afraid that it is not worth the first round pick. For this behavior that is clearly about robbing, Jerry West directly excluded the Bucks from this transaction after a little stunned.
I'm afraid the Bucks themselves didn't expect Jerry West's decisiveness. After all, the reason why they dared to rob the Lakers was because they found out that the Jazz's request for the Lakers had the option of Bru Edwards. Although the Bucks had never thought that they could get Lin Han. However, given the Lakers' urgent desire to get Lin Han, even if the robbery was not successful, they would not be directly abandoned from the transaction, right?
In fact, there is also the Supersonics who also have this idea. Since Ricky Pierce's poor performance in this year's playoffs, the Supersonics were eliminated as the second in the West in the final first round, the Supersonics had already thought about throwing Ricky Pierce away, so like Bru Edwards, Ricky Pierce is not that important at the Supersonics now. Also, because of the poor performance in the playoffs, Ricky Pierce's value is limited, the weak team has never thought that it is unnecessary to ask an old All-Star to support the team.
The strong teams are also a little afraid that Ricky Pierce will perform the same as last season's playoff performance after coming to the team. What should I do if it is ruined? So even if some strong teams are willing to ask the sixth man in the league that year, the trading quotes given are limited. Of course, the Supersonics understand this point. According to the Supersonics' requirements, Ricky Pierce, the All-Star. They originally only need a draft pick in the middle position of the first round or a player with relatively good strength to trade.
But after inquiring about the Jazz's requirements for the Lakers, the team that had just changed the general manager also showed their greed. Pierce, who originally only needed a mid-position draft pick, when Jerry West asked for the price, the Supersonics' request turned into Divac and the Lakers' No. 10 draft pick. Although Ricky Pierce is an All-Star player, even an All-Star in the NBA may not be able to change to a Lotto draft pick, let alone a center like Divac.
You know. Although Divac is not an All-Star Center, this European center is also a recognized player in the NBA. This season, he averaged 14+11+4+1+ per game. In addition to the four major centers in the league, which other center in the league has such comprehensive data as Divac?
Moreover, Divac is only 26 years old now. For a center, this age has not even reached its peak. Generally speaking, unless a talented super player is, the peak of center players is slightly later than that of defenders. Most center players are at their peak at around 28 years old. In other words, although Divac is not a superstar now, he is the hottest bun in the league. Otherwise, with Jerry West's shrewdness, if Divac doesn't do it, he would not give Divac's team the highest annual salary.
It's fine if the Supersonics want to rob now, but they didn't expect that they would be so greedy, which is even better than the Bucks. In this case, with Jerry West's personality, even the Bucks can't stand the Supersonics. Since the Supersonics are not sincere, soon before the Supersonics players could react, the overbearing president of the Lakers abandoned the Supersonics.
You should know that although the Bucks and Supersonics are preparing to rob the Lakers, the requirements they put forward for the Lakers are more difficult, but for them, although they cannot get Lin Han, they are also very clear that they can really benefit from this big deal about Lin Han, so although the requirements for the Lakers are harsh, there is no room for negotiation. They actually hope to join this multi-party transaction. After all, everyone knows that Lin Han’s salary is too low, and it is inevitable that multi-party transactions can maximize Lin Han’s value. No matter how the multi-party transactions are traded, if the transaction can be completed, it means that at that time, this transaction is beneficial to the multiple parties, otherwise, unless a fool chooses to trade.
Especially when the Lakers want to get Lin Han, for example, to give in, and the Jazz are also inevitably going to meet Lin Han’s requirements, when both parties in the transaction have to give in, other teams participating will naturally get more benefits. Therefore, at this time, when almost most teams are sharpening their heads and going in, the two teams that have the most chance, the Supersonics and the Bucks, were abandoned like this.
I have to say that this is indeed a bit miserable. Both the Bucks and the Supersonics underestimate Jerry West's dominance. This domineering president is not a person who is easily provoked.
Of course, since the Jazz have not thought of making things difficult for the Lakers, it is naturally impossible to set their goals only on Ricky Pierce or Bru Edwards. The Jazz have a lot of rosters given by them. As long as Jerry West can match the team, in this case.
In the end, the six-party transaction became Lakers, Jazz, Heat, 76ers, Clippers and Hornets.
In the end, the Lakers gave away chips are the team's most valuable players now center Divac, defender Anthony Pierre, center Elden Campbell, potential outside Doug Christie, substitute guard Tony Smith and former starting point guard Sreet, who was squeezed to the bench by Van Eksel. Of course, the most important one is naturally last year's No. 12 rookie George Lynch. The total salary of these seven players reached 12 million US dollars, which is half of the total salary of the Lakers. Similarly, these seven players are like 7 of the most important players of the Lakers team.
As for the players sent by the Jazz, of course, Lin Han was the first to be affected, followed by Tyron Cobin and then the team's substitute power forward Chambers, and substitute guards Walter Bond and Isaac Austin and Lin Han's younger brother Aaron Williams, because Bond and Austin signed and replaced first. The total salary of these six people in the Jazz is 6 million US dollars. Bond and the Jazz renewed their contract for one year of 700,000 US dollars, while Austin renewed their contract for three years and 3 million US dollars.
In addition to the Lakers and Jazz, another important trading party, the Heat, also gave a lot of chips, not only did Stephen Smith, one of the team's double guns, but also Grantron, the starting power forward and the 12th draft pick this year.
Of course, last season was very miserable, with the record of the Heat but failed to enter the playoffs. The Hornets, whose team is about to expire, has already been completely suppressed by Mooning on the bench. The former team's starting center Gominsky, plus next year's Lotto protected first-round draft pick
There is also the 76ers. This team is preparing to rebuild and send out the team's All-Star guard Hornersek and garbage contract power forwards Tim Perry and Johnny Dawkins and a future first-round draft pick that is also protected by Lotto.
Of course, in addition to these five main trading teams, there is also a Los Angeles Clippers. The owner of the Clippers Sterling and the owner of the Lakers Bass are good friends and very good friends. The whole league knows that Sterling is a very weird and weird person, but what is surprising is that the weird guys can actually play with the old Bass. At that time, many old Bass agreed, but the Clippers couldn't come to Los Angeles at all.
The player sent by the Clippers is not someone else, but the former NBA superstar that the team just received this season. Dominic Wilkins, who has never thought about renewing the contract with the Clippers!
Obviously, instead of letting Dominic Wilkins leave freely, the Clippers might as well exchange this expiring contract for some useful players before the contract expires. Of course, the Clippers did not just want to take advantage, but also gave a future lottery protected first-round draft pick.
In this case, all the deals of these six teams were completed.
After sending away the seven most important players, the Lakers got Lin Han, Aron Williams, Tyron Cobin and Chambers from the Jazz, Heat forward Grantlang and 76ers Tim Perry, Clippers Dominic Wilkins, and of course the Heat's No. 12 draft pick this year.
As for the Jazz after sending away six players, they got Hornersek from the 76ers, Stephen Smith from the Heat, and Lakers' substitute guard Tony Smith and center Elden Campbell, as well as the picks protected by the Clippers, Hornets and 76ers in the future, the three teams' future lottery picks are all five years. The so-called lottery picks protected by five years means that if the team is all lottery in the next five years, the Jazz won't have to ask for this first-round pick. If one year is not a lottery, then the first-round pick will naturally be handed over to the Jazz. So whether the three picks can be obtained depends on whether these three teams can enter the playoffs in the next five years. The Hornets should have no problem. As for the 76ers and the Clippers, it seems a bit unhappy.
However, even if these three future-protected draft picks can only get one, the Jazz who got Stephen Smith and Hornersek with Linham trade is not a loss. After all, Hornersek is one of the few defenders in the league who can defend and organize three-pointers and break through. Steve Smith is the same. One of the Heat's double guns averaged 17+5+5 last season, and the outside player also has strong three-pointers ability. Moreover, Steve Smith is also a young player in the third grade. When he was traded by the Heat, a promise from the young player immediately made the Jazz give up Ricky Pierce and Bru Edwards.
Just like Jerry West's guess, the Jazz wanted Bru Edwards, and this kid really kowtowed to the Jazz and admitted his mistake, hoping to be taken back to the Jazz. The Jazz thought that this kid's contract was quite long and his strength was not bad. It was a garbage contract for the Bucks, but it was not a garbage contract for the Jazz. But when Steve Smith said that he would renew his contract with the Jazz after the rookie contract expired, the Jazz didn't ask for the ball Bru Edwards at all, nonsense. Steve Smith, the outside line with All-Star potential, can almost instantly defeat the traitor Bru Edwards.
As for the Heat, this team knew very well after the failure of the playoffs last season that it was unreliable for the team to make a difference in the current league. It is not possible to have a reliable insider Secali in the team. It can be said that this team was a bit crazy to find a super center. Even the Hornets' super potential insider Mo Ning dared to play, but will the Hornets trade Mo Ning now? Of course it is impossible. As one of the hottest young centers in the league, a fool would replace Mo Ning, unless there is a big chaos inside the Hornets.
In this case, if you can't get the four centers, you can't get Mooning and O'Neal Divac, the third-level center with All-Star potential, is naturally the best choice for the Heat. Of course, Steve Smith can't naturally exchange for one Divac. Although both sides have All-Star potential, they claim to be the All-Star center in the future, can the future All-Star center and All-Star perimeter be the same? But although the value of the two is not equivalent, if Steve Smith is given for Divac, if Steve Smith is given for Divac, it is said that they will definitely become All-Stars in the future, can the future All-Star center and All-Star perimeter be the same?
In addition, this year's first round draft pick is a bit of a loss. In the end, the Heat chose to send the team's garbage contract Grantron. Originally, he was not a garbage contract, but after Divac came, he naturally became a garbage contract without a position. Although the Heat are not short of money, they are not the Lakers after all. They can't afford a substitute insider with more than 1 million. They don't have much playing time, so this substitute insider can get a strong potential outsider.
So after the Heat gave Long and Steve Smith and this year's lottery pick, they got the potential of Divac and Lakers' small forward's No. 12 rookie George Lynch last year. He was able to become No. 12 rookie in the year of last year's draft, which was bigger than this year. It's natural to say that George Lynch's potential was that he had won 20+20 against the Pistons in a single game last season, which averaged only less than 25 minutes per game. Although this guy was played badly by Lin Han, it was also facing Lin Han. Which player in the league is not bad against Lin Han? At least in the Heat's view, the team focused on cultivating him. Although it may not be able to achieve the strength of Steve Smith, he can definitely be worthy of a No. 12 draft pick. In fact, except for last year, there are not many No. 12 rookies in the history of the league that can average 10+6+ per game in the rookie season.
Of course, the Hornets naturally wanted to gain a strong first-round draft pick when sending the team's contract to expire and a future Lotto protected first-round draft pick naturally wanted to gain a strong player to supplement it. Last season, the team did not even make the playoffs because the team's outside players were not strong enough, especially if there was only one Boggs on the point guard, it was completely impossible. Therefore, the Hornets sent the future Lotto protected first-round draft pick to get one or two players of their age, such as the Lakers' former starting point guard Sreeter, who was pressed by Van Eksel and couldn't raise his head, but he could play 11+4 point guards on the bench. It was definitely more than enough to be Boggs' substitute on the Hornets.
As for the 76ers, the team sent Hornersek away not to get any All-Star player. In fact, the biggest purpose of this team that has been completely rebuilt is to clean up the team's big contracts, especially long and smelly big contracts like Tim Perry. It would be great if they can get potential rookies and first-round draft picks. After all, they themselves do not lack high picks. Last season, they wanted to trade Jeff Malone with Hornersek to clean up the team's big contracts instead of naively thinking that the team can enter the playoffs after having Jeff Malone. That's impossible. But no one in the league's strong teams are willing to take over the 76ers' junk contracts, and there is no potential players in hand. As for the weak team, they don't need to use a veteran like Hornersek as the core of reconstruction, which makes Hornersek's handover
Yi has been very hindered. Although Hornersek All-Star player, his age makes him too embarrassed. The 76ers' request added another layer to this embarrassment. After sending out Hornersek and Tim Perry, the 76ers got Gominsky, Bond, Isaac Austin and the Lakers' extremely potential second-year outside Christie. This is a very cost-effective deal for the 76ers. Austin is called Malone. Although he suffered serious injuries last season, he still has potential. Bond was regarded as the successor of Brue Edwards last season, but because of Lin Han's rise, the rookie defender who averaged 8 points per game in the Mavericks had no chance of playing at all. As for Christie, that's even more. One of the three most promising newcomers in the Lakers now is him besides Van Eksel and George Lynch.
Of course, the first five teams have their own purpose in joining this transaction, while the Clippers are purely a so-called soybean. Dominic Wilkins, a former NBA superstar, clearly will not renew his contract with the Clippers. In this case, the Clippers can only trade him. There is no way. This superstar is not willing to sign and then exchange. Instead, he wants to leave and choose the team he likes. In this case, the Clippers use the relationship between the team boss and the Lakers. They join this trading clock and send out a false lottery insurance policy for the next five years.
Protecting draft picks. If the 76ers, a team with ambition still has a chance to enter the playoffs in the next five years, then the Clippers themselves have never thought that their team would have a draft pick that is not a lottery in the next five years. In this case, the Clippers used Dominics Wilkins to make empty gloves and White Wolkins to trap important Lakers defenders Anthony Pierre and Johnny Dawkins, who have turned from core to garbage contracts. Pierre is good, Dawkins is garbage contracts. Fortunately, this garbage contract will expire next season, so the Clippers can bear it.
In this case, the six-party deal between the Jazz and the Lakers about Lin Han was completed, involving 6 teams and 20 players.
It is enough to be crazy to Lin Han traded by the Jazz to the Lakers, and what is even more crazy is that so many players involved in this transaction. You should know that this transaction is not just a player who is concerned about, but also many players who are concerned by Dominic Wilkins, Hornersek, Steve Smith, and Divac.
"The craziest deal in history, the Lakers are using their present to bet on Lin Han's future, and the super giants have completely entered the reconstruction period!"
"The deal is completed, Jazz General Manager Scott Rayden thanks Lin Han for his contribution to the Jazz over the past season, and Jazz fans riot!"
"Lin Han, Wilkins is coming to Los Angeles. Can the Lakers still score a goal? Two major cancers gather in Los Angeles. The Lakers officially entered the cancer era from the time era?"
"The most terrifying deal, David Stern said it can make the league full of vitality. The Clippers, 76ers and other teams said that this deal is great."
"Lin Han refused to appear publicly after the transaction was completed. Steve Smith and Hornersek expressed their expectations for next season's game and were very happy to join a champion team like the Jazz."
Of course, after such a deal appeared, the whole United States and the NBA were naturally in an uproar. There was no way. This time, the Lakers and the Jazz played a bit big, and it shouldn't be said that they played a bit big, but they played a very big.
Especially the Lakers, they really gave away all the important players of the team. Except for Van Eksel and James Worcey, these seven are the most important main players or rotation players of the team last season. Not only did they trade the seven most important players of the team, but what kind of players are added?
Dominic Wilkins, the veteran is still strong, but even his parent team of the Hawks thinks his playing style is a harm to the team. This small forward with James Worthy's old rival has a grudge against the Lakers, not to mention whether he will stay in the Lakers. Even if he stays in the Lakers, will he and Lin Han play for the ball rights? Don't think that Lin Han is a MVP in the Finals, but he is just a rookie. Although Dominic Wilkins has a low status in the eyes of experts, he is a very high status in the league. Will he obey a rookie like Lin Han?
In addition to Dominic Wilkins, there are several players from the Jazz. Tyron Cobin basically did not play many games last season due to the rise of Elliott and Lin Han, and he also carried a large contract of nearly 1 million and nearly 2 million on his back. Now it is a garbage contract. As for Chambers, this Utah native is even more interesting. After the transaction was reported, the Jazz veteran announced his retirement directly. Obviously, the Jazz and the Lakers knew that this guy was just to balance his salary. He never thought that he would come to the Lakers.
Another Jazz player, the league-recognized Lin Han's younger brother Aaron Williams, when Lin Han and Hardaway became famous, the relationship between Van Eksel Lin Han and Hardaway, Antonio Harfay and Aaron Williams was well known to everyone. Lin Han, Hardaway and Van Eksel were really talked about because of their awesomeness, while Aaron Williams and Antonio Hardaway are recognized as thigh-hugging players.
Especially Harvey, he often squeezed Campbell to the bench last season and has been criticized by many Lakers fans. This rookie does not have the strength of Campbell at all. Playing as a starting player is entirely a good gesture to Lin Han. Jerry West is respected as a god by Lakers fans. These Lakers fans naturally will not do anything to Jerry West. But they often mocked Aaron Williams. Many Los Angeles media even expressed some of them in a bad manner. Before Lin Han came, you took care of his younger brother like this. So what if Lin Han came?
Now, one Harvey is not enough, and another Aaron Williams comes. If these two men form the Lakers' starting inside line, the picture will be so beautiful that Lakers fans dare not watch it.
"The inside combination of Aaron Williams and Antonio Harvey will be the most trasty starting group in the history of the Lakers, and will also be the most trasty starting inside combination in the history of the NBA!"
Don’t doubt whether Williams and Harvey will be the Lakers’ starters. Who are the starters if these two are not the starters? Now after Campbell and Divac leave, who can the insiders come out to compete with him?
These two guys can't even handle a group of rookies in rookie training camp. In the NBA, especially in this era, the NBA starter, wouldn't that be completely defeated? As for the inside players from the other two trades, Tim Perry? This guy even despises it as a garbage contract, can the Lakers use it?
As for Grantrong, he is a slightly better one. He is a qualified blue-collar insider, but his height is too short. Although his defensive judgment is very good, he is still strong even if he is stronger than Harvey and Williams. If he is really that outstanding, he will not be traded by the Heat. In the Lakers, he can compete with the two left and right guardians of Harvey and Williams, the two players of Heat, Hum and Ha?
In this case, the Lakers' transaction was really a terrible one except for Lin Han's exchange, and other players were almost terrible. It can be said that except for the players who praised Lin Han's happiness, there were some players with garbage contracts, and there were almost no useful ones.
The remaining players of the Lakers are Van Eksel and Worthy. Worthy is so useful?
"I don't want to laugh at this. This is the stupidest trade I've ever seen, but it's really the stupidest trade I've ever seen. The Lakers are overly superstitious about Lin Han's ability. He has not proved that he can make his teammates better. He averaged triple-double in the finals? Man, who doesn't know that Lin Han is doing it? When he assists in double digits, the offensive efficiency of other Jazz players is 15% lower! An excellent organizer is able to make the team and teammates better while assisting. Although Lin Han's data is beautiful, he makes his teammates worse!"
"The Lakers are so bad, and Lin Han can make the Lakers even worse. I have seen how this team perform next season. This team will be the weakest team in the NBA season, no one!"
"Yes, the Lakers are indeed not short of money, but is there any capable free agent who is willing to go to such a team? The Lakers will pay the price for their blindness!"
"Lin Han is very good, but he is not an excellent leader. Gambling like the Lakers is destined to fail, and Lin Han is destined to suffer a painful failure after lacking teammates of the same level as Malone and Stockton!"
"Now I think Jerry West needs to think about how to find a superstar player who can help Lin Han!"
When people re-examined this almost gambling transaction after a brief surprise. After exchanging the team's seven most elite players for Lin Han and a group of garbage contracts, almost no one was optimistic about the Lakers' deal.
There is no way, after the Lakers have removed most of the team's elite players, let Lin Han take such a group of players to compete for good results. That is absolutely difficult. Even if the Lakers have a No. 10 and No. 12 draft pick, although this year is called the year of the draft, the biggest ones are Hill, Kidd and Robinson. Others are not as great as they imagined, and the help they can give the Lakers is limited. What can the Lakers do in this situation?
Use such a lineup to attract those strong free agents in the league? Young free agents will see that Lin Han will turn around and leave directly. What they are still young is data and opportunities. Lin Han's style of play will give them data and opportunities. Don't joke, older powerful players need championships, but can this Lakers give them the chance to see championships?
In this case, even if the Lakers are not short of money now, they can be said to be in a deadlock at this time. Even if Jerry West's ability is amazing, what can he do?!
It would be quite polite to say that the Lakers are at the bottom of the next season, but the most unceremonious one is the New York media, which is a direct statement that the Lakers will not be able to enter the playoffs in the next three years!
"When Lin Han can't make his teammates better, the Lakers will not appear in the playoffs in the next three years. Even if the Magic returns, it will be useless. Unless the NBA team's head is pulled and robbed by the Lakers, the team's superstar player will be sent to the Lakers, otherwise the Lakers will not have any competitiveness in the next three or even five years. Lin Han will taste the pain of leaving the Jazz!"
It will not be able to achieve results in the Lakers in the next three or even five years. When the New York media and experts say this, in the eyes of many people, the New York media should belong to Hellenhan and the Lakers. As another city of public opinion, the media in Los Angeles at least have to fight back, but what is extremely surprising is that even the media in Los Angeles are hesitant when facing doubts and ridicule from New York and other media at this time.
Obviously, in their opinion, even if this Lakers came to Lin Han and bet on the whole team, Lin Han would be a little blind in such a decision and could not protect it at all. They themselves were not optimistic about the future of this team.
It is obvious that at this time, the media in the United States are questioning whether Lin Han has the ability to lead the rise of the Lakers and the future path of the Lakers. However, as Lakers fans, at least when Lin Han came to the Lakers' news came out, they did not think so far. At least most of the fans were extremely excited at this time.
When Lin Han left Salt Lake City alone on June 27, Lin Han was originally preparing to leave silently, but when Lin Han disguised himself at Salt Lake City Airport, Lin Han was extremely surprised that the outside of the airport was surrounded by Jazz fans, and when these Jazz fans saw Lin Han appear, almost all of them went crazy.
Originally, when Lin Han left Salt Lake City, he didn't think about telling anyone except his family, but it was obvious that his boarding information was leaked without moral integrity at the Salt Lake City Airport.
For Lin Han, the rookie, in the eyes of the Jazz's senior management, Malone and Stockton are more important to the team. They have their own sensibility and rationality, but fans have their own sensibility and rationality. The Jazz's previous series of ways to deal with Lin Han, whether from Malone or the team's management, their actions are questionable or dissatisfied.
Lin Han had no intention of leaving the Jazz, Lin Han did not force the team to request a high salary renewal, nor did he do anything harmful to the team. However, it was such a team's finals MVP, one of the team's most important players, who left in such a deal.
When thousands of Jazz fans shouted Lin Han and MVP, and when they were holding signs of "Sorry" in their hands, Lin Han, who wanted to leave quietly at this time, finally stopped when he walked into the airport.
"Thank you, you are the cutest fans!"
When Lin Han stopped and turned to the arms of the smiling Jazz fans who were sending him farewell, many Jazz fans even felt a little sobbing when they looked at Lin Han's disappearing back.
"Goodbye, Salt Lake City"
(Volume 1, ended) (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!