The Hawks didn't get Garnett, which might have seriously damaged the Hawks' vitality.

But actually because Steve Kerr and Jordan were old colleagues, he approached the Hawks for what people regarded as a poor version of Stoudemire, and sent Marion to the Hawks.

Without Stoudemire last season, the Suns had no inside attacker and were forced to miss the playoffs. They had to be prepared first-hand. If Stoudemire does not recover well from injury next season, Josh -

Smith is a good replacement.

In terms of physical fitness, Josh Smith is at the level of LeBron James, even better than Stoudemire, but talent is made up of multiple factors, not just physical fitness.

As for Shawn Marion, who has long been a top power forward, he has never been taken seriously by the Suns management. When Stoudemire was still a rookie, the Suns management asked Shawn Marion to give way.

Josh Smith went to the Suns, and with Nash, he could seamlessly play as a power forward or a small-ball center. Nash liked this type of teammate so much.

The Eagles also got the immediate combat power they wanted.

However, Liu Mang has a strong feeling that his family fortune will be "lost"!

Coach Kruger and Price looked at Liu Mang's expression and immediately thought of the Pacers...the general manager of this team is also a famous Celtics player!

The Celtics are so powerful in the NBA!

Originally, the Hawks wanted to give them some chips and go to the Pacers to help them take away Artest, a hot potato. But if the Pacers' general manager is Larry Bird, then they have to

Give me a little more.

Coach Kruger knows that Liu Mang and Artest have a good personal relationship. Liu Mang hugged Artest during the game before, and he was the first opponent Artest hugged after the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills. For

Coach Kruger is relatively easy to accept the fact that Artest has character problems. Rasheed Wallace and Jason Terry, the big talkers, have integrated into it, and Artest is probably OK too.

And there will be no record pressure on the Eagles in the regular season next season.

Liu Mang watched the boss and coach start to discuss how to change so that they would not suffer so much. It was so painful.

The "capital" that has been saved for two years will be "lost" all of a sudden.

But... isn't it just to save so much "change" to exchange for a "full change"!

Moreover, in terms of strength, putting the current Rasheed Wallace, Iguodala and even Prince together cannot bring back the Artest of the 2003-04 season, but two years have passed.

, Artest wasted a whole year before, and now Artest, who is only 27 years old, can no longer return to the state he was in when he was 23 or 24 years old.

However, he is still a first-defense star with an average of 20 points per game.

Now it's purely about taking advantage, it depends on how much advantage you can get.

Just as Coach Kruger and Price thought, if there is one, there are two. The first deal has been reached, and Liu Mang's resistance will also weaken. Now that Liu Mang sees them discussing, it seems that it is not that big.

feeling.

There must be a trade. If he can get Artest, Liu Mang thinks it will be good. Although it is not as good as Garnett, it is not bad to form a team with four players. Think about his own McGrady, Artest and Marion.

May Brown...can drive opponents crazy...

The team that won three consecutive championships must make changes, otherwise there will definitely be many problems next year.

But the biggest problem is that the team that won three consecutive championships... was too targeted. People from the Celtics were just the most direct. In other places, the Eagles were also restricted in every way.

The Hawks give other teams the same feeling as the Lakers in the 1980s. All good things happened to the Hawks. The Lakers met Magic, the Hawks met Liu Mang...

Liu Mang has no control over what the management wants to do. He just said that if the trade can bring back draft picks, he will try his best to get the draft picks. He will have to start working hard to "earn wealth" again. Now Coach Kruger and Pule

Si can no longer stop playing zero-to-whole games.

In fact, the Hawks' own draft picks are not that important. What Liu Mang wants is other teams' draft picks, so he doesn't pay much attention to losing a top-20 protected pick and a lottery-protected pick. The Eastern Conference is getting more and more

If it is weak, it is impossible for the Hawks to have a pick within the 20th pick in the regular season, and it will be difficult for the Hawks to have a pick within the 25th pick.

Liu Mang discussed with the management how to carry out subsequent signings if Artest was not available, or if the opponent's Lions opened their mouths. After all, it was an unexpected situation from the moment Marion was acquired. The Eagles management did not expect that.

The bargaining chip failed to exchange for Garnett, and now it is a new idea to build the team.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Mang and Schwartz boarded a plane and went to Italy to start a two-week publicity campaign...

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…

"Jeff, you knew about the transaction in advance, right?" Liu Mang asked, looking at the white clouds outside the window.

"..."

"You are probably thinking that if Josh and Andre go to the same team as the core, and Rashid takes care of them, they will definitely perform better and get a bigger contract."

"..."

"And they must have known about it in advance."

"..."

Seeing Schwartz's embarrassed look of not knowing what to say, Liu Mang stopped talking. After he calmed down and thought about these things carefully, he suddenly understood them.

The three core bargaining chips for exchanging Garnett were all players from Liu Mang's company. It was impossible for the Eagles management not to discuss it with Schwartz, but Liu Mang handed over all the operations of the agency to Schwartz.

Watts can make a decision first and then notify Liu Mang.

And...Liu Mang felt that the three brothers wanted to leave too, but they were too embarrassed to tell him directly about it.

As an NBA player, who doesn't want to have a bigger stage and more playing time.

It's just that Liu Mang couldn't let go of them, and they couldn't let go of this relationship, so they decided to make a decision first. When things happened and everything was a foregone conclusion, there would be no decision to leave just because they discussed it together, and their future would not be delayed.

If the first trade option is indeed established, the result will be very good for Liu Mang himself, Josh Smith, Iguodala and Rasheed Wallace.

Josh Smith and Iguodala can play, and the two of them work together. With the Timberwolves' famous draft vision, it is difficult for anyone to shake the core status of the two; Rasheed Wallace does not need to accommodate the ball.

If the team plays as a substitute, he can directly occupy the Timberwolves center position.

And if Liu Mang gets Garnett and the run-in is successful...
Chapter completed!