Chapter 146 Trading Crazy

Thornton's nickname is "bucs", which means bucket, mainly describes his strong figure. (Baidu search c

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Although his defense is not stronger than Gallinari, his physical confrontation is far better than that of the Italians. If he develops well, he will be the next Eric Gordon.

Another player, Wesley Matthews, and Thornton are both offensive players, but there is a clear difference between them. Thornton's main offensive method is shooting, while Matthews has more comprehensive offensive methods.

He has strong scoring ability and has reached the quasi-star level. With his outstanding physical fitness and athletic ability, his breakthroughs are very sharp, and his flexible layups and dunks are all in all. He is smooth in the fast attack and is a very good fast attacker. He has excellent mid- and long-distance shooting ability, especially his shooting ability at high positions and three-pointers has always been relatively stable.

Compared to Thornton's defense, Matthews is much stronger. Matthews has enough physical strength, and his individual defense is aggressive and his defensive attention is relatively concentrated. He is a good outside defender. Because of his quick reaction, his stealing ability is also good.

Of course, the two players are just small roles, one is a second-round rookie and the other is a marginal person. In this deal, in the media's opinion, the Knicks's purpose is to send away Jeffries' big contract, and the two young players are not important at all.

Therefore, in media reports, there is almost no introduction to two players, at most they just mention the names.

The Knicks' second deal was insignificant. It was completely for the service of the summer. Mirisic sent to the Timberwolves and got Brian Cardinal. After the transaction, the Knicks immediately cut Cardinal and would receive more than 7 million in salary space in the summer. Chris Duhon also expired this summer, and Steven Hunter, Mark Jaridge and others. Once the contracts of these players expire, even if LeBron James is given a maximum salary, there is still a chance to sign another superstar.

Li Feng then read the newspaper. It was the All-Star this time. Li Feng missed the rookie challenge due to injury. At first glance, the first-year team without Li Feng was defeated. It seemed that their lineup was not bad either. Griffin, Stephen Corey, Evans, Jennings, and Collison, but it was too immature in front of the second-year team composed of Derek Ross, Westbrook, OJ Mayo, Michael Beasley and Brooke Lopez. In the end, the score was locked at 12840. The second-year team ended up laughing. OJ Mayo of the Grizzlies scored 33 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists in the game and won the MVP.

All-Stars are not the focus, Li Feng is concerned about the league situation before and after the All-Stars.

Before and after the All-Star Game, the craziest time of trading before and during the mid-term period is the craziest time for trading before and after the All-Star Game, many teams may give up the playoffs or choose to make the last try for the playoffs. The teams that give up will send away their powerful players, while the teams that are desperate for the playoffs will introduce powerful players. The situation in the league will basically become clear after the All-Star Game.

In the past few years, the Washington Wizards, whose head coaches were the All-Star Games, were even dismembered. The two powerful men from the east and west took Jamison and Butler from the Wizards' Three Musketeers away.

On February 14, the Washington Wizards and the Dallas Mavericks completed a seven-player deal, with the Mavericks Josh Howard, Drew Guden, and James

Singleton and Quinton Ross were sent to Washington and received Wizards Caron Butler, Brandon Haywood, and Desham Stevenson.

In this deal, the Wizards sent away the main center Haywood to provide McGee, Brazzie and others with better development space. This is understandable. However, in addition to Heywood, but also Butler, the All-Star Swingman was also given to the Mavericks. All they got from the Mavericks was Josh Howard and Drew Guden.

After this deal, the already luxurious lineup can be compared with the lineup when Walker Jamison played as a substitute in 2003. Their centers are Danpier and Heywood, the power forward is Nowitzki, the small forward is Marion, the shooting guard is Butler and Terry, and the point guard is Jason Kidd. This lineup is the absolute strong contender for the championship.

On February 17, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Trail Blazers completed a 1-for-2 deal. The Clippers sent Marcus Camby to Portland and got Travis Otlow and Stephen Blake of the Trail Blazers.

It is enough to have Griffin and Carman inside. Otlow is a swingman with a tough game style. Blake can also help Davis, the Clippers make the best efforts for the playoffs this season.

The teams always make the deals. On No. 17, yesterday, the Cavaliers, Wizards and the Clippers completed another three-party 6 players' deal. The Cavaliers got Antoine Jamison of the Wizards and Sebastian Terfer of the Clippers, the Clippers got Drew Guden of the Wizards, the Wizards got a Cavalier's Big Z Zadrunas Ilgoskas, Emil Pridezic, the Clippers' Althorton and the Cavaliers' a future first-round pick.

In this deal, the Clippers simply helped the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers used Big Z to get Jamison from the Wizards and made their final efforts to retain LeBron James.

Tomorrow is the trading deadline, and many small transactions also happen at this time, such as Salmons went to the Bucks, Taylors Thomas went to the Bobcats, etc.

These transactions occupy the pages of various media, and both experts and ordinary fans express their opinions on these transactions.

Many experts have expressed their understanding of the Knicks' deal, but they do not think that these two deals are real reinforcements. At most, they will get rid of the big contract between Jeffries and Mirisic. The two young men, Thornton and Matthews, are just bargaining chips in the future.

Today, on the 18th, Larry Hughes of the Knicks is still on the Knicks' roster. Without enough attractive players, the Knicks will not trade. Larry Hughes has averaged 27 points per game in the last month, and when Li Feng was injured, he was the only winning factor for the Knicks. The contract will expire this summer.

You should know that this summer's free agents are not only "Little Emperor" LeBron James, but also "Flash" Wade, "Little Overlord" Amalstadmeier, "Dragon King" Chris Bosh, "German Chariot" Deck Nowitzki, "Eagle King" Jo Johnson, Steve Nash, Ray Allen, etc. If Larry Hughes's contract expires, the Knicks will have a chance to get three of them. If the ideal state is, James, Wade and Nash join the Knicks at the same time, the Knicks' lineup will be Eddie Cory, Li Feng, James, Wade, Nash... This lineup is not inferior to the Lakers, because the Knicks substitutes also include Al Harrington, Marcus Thornton, Wesley Matthews, etc. Of course, this is just the most ideal state.

The Knicks don't need too much salary space, because with Li Feng, they are all hesitating whether to introduce James, let alone introduce three superstars at the same time. Dolan's goal is only James. If Larry Hughes can bring the players they want to the Knicks, it will increase its attractiveness to LeBron James.

Before the transaction deadline, the phone number in Wash's office was already blown up.

Time passed like this, and before the early morning of the 19th, a big news broke out that shocked the league.

The superstar who was traded this time was Tracy McGrady of the Rockets. There was news that Hughes would swap clubs with McGrady. This time, the trade with the Rockets was the Sacramento Kings who had a broken talk with the Knicks.

The two teams completed a big deal of nine, with the Rockets scoring kings Kevin Martin, Hilton Armstrong, Kenny Smith, Melvin Eri, Sergio Rodriguez, and the Kings scoring Karllandri, Joy Dosi, Tracy McGrady and Chuck Hayes.

Originally, McGrath didn't want to go to the King, and McGrath's agent Arndalum wanted to drag the Knicks into the water. Since Terum is also the agent of King's "super rookie" Tyrek Evans, the King wouldn't give him some face.

However, Larry Hughes' recent performance is too cool, and he has a contract of tens of millions. Such players are salivating whether they are rebuilding the team or teams who want to advance to the playoffs. If McGrady was the Magic, the Knicks could still consider it, but now, there are obviously 76ers and the Thunder who are interested in Hughes enough, and the Knicks cannot directly trade Hughes for McGrady.

So, the deal was reached.

For the Rockets, among the four players he got, except for Martin, the other three players were inside, which can temporarily help them all alleviate the dilemma of Yao Ming's lack of height caused by injury.

Martin signed a five-year contract with the King in the summer of 2007, with a total value of $55 million, which will expire in the summer of 2013.

"If Kevin doesn't have to spend a lot of time on the offense just by scoring, he's definitely the top ten guys in this league,"

Morey, the Rockets general manager, said.

“He is an outstanding scorer and that happens to allow everyone on our team to better define their role.”

Armstrong, who traveled from the Kings to the Rockets with Martin, was the No. 12 rookie in 2006. He was 6-foot-11 inches tall and weighed 235 pounds and played as a center. This season, Armstrong was traded by the New Orleans Hornets to the Kings midway, and averaged 1.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in 6 games he played for his new club.

Armstrong's annual salary this season is $2.8 million, and his contract expires this summer.

On the Kings, their purpose of trading is mainly to relieve salary pressure and accumulate young talented players.

This season, Landry played 52 games for the Rockets, with average points and 5.5 rebounds per game, making him a strong contender for the sixth man in the league. Dorsey, who is also a second-round rookie with Landry, has played 7 games for the Rockets this season, with average points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

As for McGrady, due to his disagreement with head coach Rick Adelman, his playing time is very limited, representing the Rockets only 6 games, averaging 3.2 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists.

"I have a lot of respect for Leslie Alexander and enjoyed my six seasons with the Rockets,"

McGrady said.

"My days in Houston are undoubtedly the most profound part of my career. In various situations, I have learned more about myself, whether it is good or bad, what happened has made me a lot. What I want to say is that since the day I joined the Rockets, I wish I could stay here forever. But I understand that this is the business side of basketball."

The famous Yao and Mai combination became history at this moment.
Chapter completed!