On August 2, 2006, Gary Payton officially submitted his retirement application to the league, held a press conference to officially announce his retirement, and joined the Trail Blazers' scouting department. Next, in accordance with the latest regulations implemented this year, based on Payton's situation,

One year after retiring, he can receive more than $5,000 in social security and medical insurance subsidies. If he applies for unemployment assistance, he can also get some cash.

But black players always have strange ideas. They still have some money in their pockets, so they don't take these subsidies because they feel that they can't live up to their reputation.

Payton, the former Defensive Player of the Year, a historical defensive player with 9 first-team defenses, and a well-known star in his 16-year career, has retired. Doesn’t he make headlines?

But unfortunately, no one pays attention to his retirement.

Almost at the same time, Yahoo Sports columnist Wojn Navowski broke the news - the Bulls and Timberwolves reached a deal, and Garnett traveled east to join the Bulls!

As soon as this news came out, it shocked the basketball world!

Immediately afterwards, the NBA official website updated the latest transaction status and confirmed the transaction.

The Bulls, Timberwolves, as well as the Wizards and Hornets who were involved in the trade also confirmed the transaction.

To put this transaction simply, the Bulls sent Luol Deng, Michael Swetney, Darius Songela, and two unprotected first-round picks in 2007 and 2009 to the Hornets.

P.J. Brown's final year of his $8.56 million contract next season was acquired from the Timberwolves in a trade for Kevin Garnett.

The Timberwolves sent away Kevin Garnett and received Luol Deng and Swetney from the Bulls, two first-round picks, Mark Jackson from the Hornets, and Mike James from the Wizards.

The Wizards and Hornets also got what they wanted. The Wizards felt that they had too many point guards, so they sent out Mike James, who had just been traded from the Raptors, and got the tough inside man they wanted, Darius Sangay.

Pull; the Hornets, in order to save money, sent away P.J. Brown, who was highly paid but of little use to them, to make room for the new draft pick Aldridge.

In the first round of last season, when the Bulls played the Heat, some people regretted that the Bulls had everything but one superstar, and now they have it!

The Pistons, Heat, Nets, Pacers, and the Eastern F4 have added another strong team, and the Bulls have squeezed into the ranks of the Eastern Conference's top players!

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"With a hard special and a boxing championship, the little emperor is really miserable..."

Liu Xiu looked at the transaction details written in the news and held a moment of silence for James.

Yao Ming on the side asked strangely: "Garnett's playing style cannot be said to be tough, he is fierce, dirty... he has a very tough face."

Seeing that Yao Ming didn't like Garnett either, Liu Xiu said, "Brother Yao, you are also in the East."

"..." Yao Ming was silent for a moment and then cursed: "You are riding a horse..."

None of the superstar insiders look down on Garnett, but no one wants to compete with Garnett.

Being unlovable means being unlovable, but people are really strong!

Garnett has been compared to the Pistons, Heat, and Pacers regardless of who he is on the inside.

At this time, Wang Zhizhi felt that it was good for him to be a role player, and the troubles were all the boss's.

Liu Xiu called and chatted with Bill Duffy for a while, asking if there was any inside story on this transaction among the brokers. It was not for any reason, just out of curiosity.

There is indeed insider information. It is said that the Timberwolves agreed to this deal because the Timberwolves' boss was moved by the Bulls' behavior of letting Roy, the second overall pick, be given to them.

When Liu Xiu heard this, he didn't know how to complain.

Can the Timberwolves really not see that the Bulls are simply trying to save money?

There is also some inside information. Originally, the Bulls wanted to give the boxing champion to the Timberwolves, but the Timberwolves also disliked the boxing champion. They felt that the boxing champion had grown too slowly. After playing for five years, he could not even touch the edge of the All-Defensive Team.

The Bulls traded for two first-round picks.

This made Liu Xiu silent for a long time.

He finally understood why the owner of the Timberwolves fired Refrigerator after he almost gave the Timberwolves to the Celtics.

Liu Xiu took out a small notebook and wrote down the names Hinrich + Gordon + Nocioni + Garnett + Chandler. After reading for a while, he suddenly became enlightened.

It’s none of his business!

Even if the Bulls' strength surges, they may not be able to get out of the Eastern Conference. The teams in the Eastern Conference will have a headache.

But the loss of stars in the Western Conference seems to be getting more and more serious, and another superstar has gone to the Eastern Conference...

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Garnett joined the Bulls, Yao Ming was depressed for two days, Liu Xiu was fine, and Wang Zhizhi ignored it.

This incident is also a hot topic among the Chinese men's basketball training team, but just like ordinary fans, everyone just watches the fun, and once the heat is over, they do what they should do.

Time passed day by day, and on August 8th, after the morning training, the training camp ended.

After a day's rest, inform the team members of the final selection results.

Everyone has a different attitude towards the 'selection'. The 6-member team composed of Liu Xiu, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng, and Yi Jianlian were all confident. In the afternoon, they returned to BJ and went to Grandpa Liu Xiu's house.

Had dinner in the small courtyard.

After learning that the three fools were Liu Xiu's apprentices, Liu Xiu's grandfather was very enthusiastic about these three people. As an old chef, he had taught many apprentices. The one he disliked the most was his own son. After training him for so many years, he wanted to

You let him take over the restaurant, and then this villain went to the United States to fend off the repairman. Isn't that annoying?

However, Grandpa Liu Xiu originally thought that the three idiots were learning to play basketball from Liu Xiu, but they ended up learning to fight from them...

After the meal, after the guests left, Grandpa Liu Xiu chased Uncle Liu Xiu all the way down the street.

In the eyes of Grandpa Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu was still the good boy he was more than ten years ago. He studied in the United States and lived at his uncle's house for a few years. As a result, he became a dominant player in the American sports world! He was infamous!

Liu Xiu was very curious. His uncle had a very gentle personality, and there was nothing wrong with describing him as refined, but his mother and grandfather both had bad tempers...

The next day, Liu Xiu rested for a day at her grandfather's house and received a notice from the Basketball Management Center telling her where to report.

On August 10, Liu Xiu joined the national team.

The final lineup was the same as Liu Xiu, Yao Ming and others guessed when they were chatting.

Liu Xiu, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng, and Yi Jianlian were all selected. Mo Ke, Liu Wei, and Li Nan, who had participated in the Athens Olympics, were also selected, and there were three newcomers.

Zhang Songtao, who is only 21 years old, 213 centimeters tall and 130 kilograms in weight, was selected.

Liu Xiu guessed that he was used to replace Battle, who did not participate in this world championship. His mobility was acceptable, his tonnage was sufficient, and his skills were not great, but he had them all.

Wang Shipeng, 23 years old, Guangdong Gang, 196 centimeters tall, 94 kilograms tall, with good skills.

The last person is Sun Yue, who is said to be the most talented singer in the domestic basketball world... The 206 cm tall guard is only 21 years old. He currently looks very promising. He has good offensive organizing skills and works extremely hard on the defensive end.

He has surpassed Yao Ming, which is quite amazing.

Liu Xiu looked at these teammates, mainly inside teammates, and was full of confidence! He was full of expectations for this trip to the island nation.
Chapter completed!