Chapter 844 [Group in progress, crazy times]
James is following another friend, Chris Paul.
Paul arrived in Los Angeles in mid-July, which attracted many media speculations about whether he would join the Lakers in his next stop.
James invited Paul to dinner and wanted to know some inside information.
James was notorious after joining the King, but he would not be satisfied with just winning one championship. He hoped to establish a dynasty, as many consecutive championships as possible, and enhance his historical status.
Too many star teams will make winning the championship more difficult, especially Paul, who is the strongest point guard in the league, and transferring to a strong team may change the league structure.
James' selflessness is a teammate, not a competitor. Therefore, even if he is a good friend in life, he doesn't want Paul to go to a super strong team unless he is a king.
If Paul had been to the Kings, it would have been a 82-game winning streak and no other teams could play. The league would not allow such a thing to happen.
James was able to join the Kings before because there were only two superstars, and the others were role players, even Ray Allen was in a downturn. If another star came, he would cross the league's bottom line. Stern said that he would find a way to stop him, and the bosses of other teams would definitely protest together.
After chatting for a while, James asked about basketball: "The news says you may join the Lakers, will you come?"
"No, I never thought about going to the Lakers. If it were Los Angeles, I would rather be traded to the Clippers. Now the Clippers have a lot of promising futures and have enough chips."
"Why?"
"Because Gasol touched my head last season."
James was stunned, hunched his back and asked with his eyes narrowed, "Touch his head?"
"Just like I took my son to the bathroom, I would put my hand on my son's head because he was my son." Paul gritted his teeth, "Do you understand what I mean? I know Gasol is such a tall guy, but she shouldn't have done the head touching of me the way I did my son."
James was stunned for two seconds and laughed out loud.
Sometimes, people make decisions change because of a small detail or a bad impression.
Paul has a bad impression of the Lakers. Of course, the deeper reason why he doesn't want to go to the Lakers is that he hopes to be the boss of the team and create a legend.
If he goes to the Lakers, he will definitely be said to be hugging his thighs, and his legs are not thick enough, so why bother to feel uncomfortable?
He said it was Gasol's reason to take care of James' face, and James is the second leader in the king.
Some teams, including the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets, are actively pursuing Paul, but there is no indication that they are among the traders that Hornets general manager Dell Demps is seriously considering.
The key to the problem is not the Hornets' idea, but Paul's attitude. He must go to a competitive team that can convince him to renew his long-term contract.
The Knicks hoped that Paul would fight side by side with Carmelo Anthony and Amarestoudemire. There must be enough chips to impress him by the team of powerful role players, instead of three stars gathering together, the others are marginal people. It would be very tiring to play like that and it would be difficult to win.
Currently, the leading chasers in Paul's mind are the Clippers, Nets and Warriors.
The Clippers No. 1 pick Irving can be used as an important bargaining chip, including Griffin, Yao Ming, Jordan Jr., Bradsor and Randy Fery, if Paul is replaced, it will not hurt his muscles, but the swinging position is weak.
The Nets have the most potential young players, and trading chips will allow the Hornets to quickly complete the reconstruction. As long as they renew their contract in the summer, they will have excellent scoring points inside and outside.
The Warriors can send one of Monta Aires, Brandon Jennings, Noah, Monroe and other newcomers, either.
These three teams can not only satisfy the Hornets' appetite, but also retain Paul's heart.
For the Warriors, the advantage is that Paul respects their newly appointed head coach very much.
In mid-June, former Knicks legendary point guard Mark Jackson joined the Warriors, and chief assistant coach Michael Malone also had a cooperation with the Hornets and Paul. It was Malone who made the Hornets the fastest-progress team in the league in defense.
East Coast, New York.
Cameron Anthony and Deron Williams are also getting together for dinner. Anthony intends to recruit Deron. The two have a good relationship in the national team because they have a lot in common.
They were also super strong on the offensive end and were stolen by their brothers in the same class. They also had never been in the Best Team or received substantial honors before they were the core teams of their respective teams, and they were unable to break through in the West, all of them were fat.
They even had the same goal in Xia Tian, and they tried to train from the second senior brother to the second junior brother Sha.
Nuggets coach George Carl once revealed that he had a deep impression of Delon at the 2005 draft. The Nuggets originally planned to trade with the Eagles, and obtained the No. 2 draft pick from the Eagles through the trade, and then chose Delon, but ultimately failed.
Now, Deron and Anthony have the opportunity to work together.
The Jazz management was so annoyed by Deron that he would trade him out. Last season, Deron forced his coach Sloan away.
The two had a dispute at the half-time game against the Bulls, and then the two almost clashed in the office.
Assistant coach Tycolebin pulled Deron away, and the Jazz manager told the coach to put victory first and reiterated that the team must support the coach more than the players.
Sloan thought he had been with Jazz for a long time and had no much oil in his tank, so he announced his resignation the next day.
Delong did not trade out in the mid-term because he did not have the right chips. Now, other teams can easily produce some people, such as Billupsgar's potential rookie and draft pick. As long as you can afford to pay the salary space in the future, the Jazz want to send Delong away and start rebuilding.
The two sides have begun negotiations, and the Knicks are also pursuing Bulls center Tyson Chandler, intending to strengthen their defense.
If all the deals are reached, the Knicks have a good lineup depth. Deron, Anthony, Stadameer, and Chandler look very powerful.
As for whether these people can produce chemical reactions and what they will be like, we will know in the future.
The Heat also want to poach people, and Wade has talked to Prince and Battier.
Bathir made it clear that he would not stay, but Prince did not refuse directly. In fact, there were places he wanted to go, the Spurs in the West.
The Spurs' only weakness is the small forward. It is helpless to replace George Hill with Cooy Leonard. You can't expect the newcomer to play well in one season. Salmons' defense is bad and his shooting is unstable. The Spurs are ready to give up.
Prince joins, and the Spurs will definitely become a championship team next season. Both sides have not finalized their salary and years. Prince hopes to get a long contract, and the Spurs want to give him a short contract and train newcomers.
The Super Heat disintegrated in just one season, and Riley's inaction disappointed Wade very much.
Wade didn't know that Riley is now considering trading him for reconstruction. The Heat had only signed a four-year contract with Wade before, but he didn't want the age to be too long. Wade will definitely leave the team in 2014 at the latest.
The result of the labor-management agreement will not change the trend of players' group formation and enter a crazy era.
To be continued.
Chapter completed!