On June 27, 2013, the Grizzlies and the Suns reached a deal.

The Grizzlies sent Steve Nash and Jay Crowder, the 27th pick in the second round in 2013, and got the 2012 undraft Diante Garnett from the Suns.

The Grizzlies also announced the waivement of Diante Garnett's non-guaranteed contract next season, allowing Diante Garnett to go to the summer league to find job opportunities without wasting the opponent's time.

On the Suns, they got Jay Claude and a draft pick that they would give up directly at the end of the second round. The key point was to get Cloud and agreed to help the Grizzlies take Nash's contract and lead the draft pick.

Rights are for the purpose of reaching a deal.

After the league passed the deal, Nash officially submitted his retirement application, and the Suns also submitted a report to buy out Nash's contract.

Although other teams want to rob the Grizzlies, they are also very optimistic about the Grizzlies' draft pick. As long as the Grizzlies are not the player selected by the second pick, other teams are on the target.

Jimmy Butler, who has played in the Development League for a long time and has almost no NBA ability, began to show his talent in the second grade. Although he is still a good person, he can become a fixed rotation player in the championship team at that level, and in other balls.

The team seems to have a great vision!

Claude and Jimmy Butler's rookie year treatment was exactly the same. The team offered Claude on the All-Star weekend, but the Grizzlies thought they would definitely send Paul George away in the summer, so they stayed.

have a look.

Now I have decided to keep Paul George, so there is no reason to keep the spare tire of Claude.

The Suns were originally planning to take the No. 11 sign back while helping the Grizzlies earn more than 5 million contracts, but the Grizzlies were unwilling to give it to them and provided it with Cloud. The Suns felt that it would not be a loss.

Agreed.

This deal that reduced the Grizzlies' total salary by more than 6 million did not attract much attention. Instead, the constant rumors that attracted the attention of fans.

Some media reported that the Knicks tried to trade Paul George with the No. 9 draw this year. The Grizzlies negotiated with him and wanted to get a reward that matched Paul George's ability, but the Knicks refused.

Some media revealed that according to sources, Houston wants to use the No. 1 pick to win Paul George and the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies negotiate with him and want to get the right reward, the other party is only willing to give such a

Chips.

Some media broke the news...

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There are many teams who really want to compete for Paul George next summer in the "cheapest" way.

Some teams are just joining in the fun, and they have no bargaining chips to exchange for Paul George.

Some teams are selfish or jealous, but they have their own reasons anyway.

If you really have a chance to get Paul George, most teams with strong forwards and guards, except for the Lakers, Spurs, and Heat, who are strong on the front line, will want to get it.

In NBA history, there are many examples of people like the Grizzlies who were finally robbed, and they basically end up suffering losses.

So many teams who really want to get Paul George feel like they are going to win the Grizzlies, and they feel that if they increase their slight gains in the competition, they can get Paul George back.

The superficial reason for this situation in the Grizzlies is that other teams don't want to see the Grizzlies win three consecutive championships.

Giving the Grizzlies a good bargaining chip, the Grizzlies have room to continue operating. If other teams are profitable in the trade, they will definitely choose to trade with the Grizzlies as long as they are not competitors with real conflicts of interest.

But if it is profitable, it is different to say that because you can get Paul George at a cheap price, the most fundamental reason is that you can still make a profit.

Free travel is of course the choice to maximize profits.

But I never expected that the Grizzlies actually leaked the news!

Moreover, the revelations emphasized that the Grizzlies wanted to exchange for rewards worthy of Paul George, but were rejected.

It feels like those teams think Paul George is not worthy of so many chip trades!

The Grizzlies are based on the fact that they cannot renew their contract with Paul George next summer, but if Paul George is unwilling to go to these teams that "slouch his value" next summer, then the previous price reduction will be in vain.

Busy work!

And the Grizzlies really did that!

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NBA is a business world. When other teams slapped the price of the Grizzlies regardless of their scruples for various reasons, they had already broken up for the time being. The Grizzlies counterattacked, and Sun Ce was scared at first.

However, on the afternoon of the 27th, when Sun Ce went to the team for a meeting again, he thought the team would have a big conflict with other teams, but as a result, some teams started to increase the price. Of course, they were just tentatively increasing the price, which could not be achieved by the grayscale ones.

The Bears' expectations.

This confused Sun Ce.

When Sun Ce called Bill Duffy to talk about the team's operations in the evening, Bill Duffy told Sun Ce that the simplest causal interests of NBA.

No matter how big the conflict is, when interests arise, they will immediately shake hands and make peace.

Sun Ce actually didn't expect the team to be so direct. Although it seems that what we have to do is similar, the direction of guidance is different. Sun Ce wants those teams to increase their goals, while the team wants Paul George to hate those "look,"

Not on his team.

It was all good last summer. This summer, after two consecutive championships, Sun Ce found that many things seemed to be in control as he imagined.

He knows which rookies are good and have potential, but now, he can no longer control the situation after "just" the three geniuses get back from the outside.

This is too different from playing 2k. It is not that when you want to trade, your opponent will give you corresponding rewards.

Other teams were staring at their fat piece of meat and wanted to find an opportunity to eat it.

Sun Ce found that the more he needed to participate in team building, the weaker and weaker his "control ability". This is not a situation where a bunch of genius stars can succeed. He can do everything in every position.

Get back a genius.

After thinking about it, Sun Ce understood!

"The blacksmith needs to be strong himself... Oh, I want to have the ability to better control the future. My own strength is the most important thing. In the early stage of my career, relying on my teammates is very important, but after that, my teammates rely on me.

However, it is still useful to know who to choose in the future. I heard that the Suns, who originally needed a lottery pick to help us get Mr. Na’s contract, gave up on their first round pick after getting Claude…”

If you figure it out, it doesn’t mean you have no worries, but there are more and more problems.

It is too difficult to ensure the continuity of the team's strength after two consecutive championships!
Chapter completed!