Chapter 73 The Cardinal's Choice
According to their thinking, Lin Yu should at least have the strength to be a normal NBA starter.

But after a fight, I found out that this strength...

But it’s definitely more than just an NBA starter!

Except for Yao Ming, all the players on the men's basketball team were beaten one by one by Lin Yu.

As for Yao Ming, Lin Yu really had no interest in competing in the low post against Yao Ming, who had already begun to reach his peak.

Seeing Lin Yu's performance, 'Silver Fox' Harris began to discuss with Jonas.

"Lin's performance reminded me of Dirk. With his height and excellent shooting, if Lin played in international competitions, he would also perform like this."

"The men's basketball team is like having a FIBA ​​low-post killer Yao, plus a killer Lin! Breaking into the quarterfinals this year is not a dream!"

"..."

After Lin Yu won the recognition of his teammates and coaches with his strength, "Silver Fox" Harris and Jonas began to design tactics around Lin Yu.

And the NBA's free market continues.

In order to keep Kobe, the Lakers quickly completed the deal with Shark!
The Heat traded Caron Butler, starting power forward Brian Grant, left-handed Magic Odom, a 2006 first-round pick and a 2007 second-round pick to acquire Shaquille O'Neal.

Sharks travel east to meet the Heat!

When the Cardinal saw this scene, his brows slightly frowned, because he knew that under such circumstances, the probability of Kobe being recruited was very small.

In order to prove that he can be a qualified leader, Kobe will definitely want to lead the team to victory as the team leader.

However, Kobe has not renewed his contract with the Lakers yet, and the Cardinal feels that he should still try.

When the Suns saw that Shaq was traded and Kobe also clearly rejected the Suns' recruitment, they

It’s no wonder Kobe looks down on the Suns.

Although the Suns have cleaned up the junk contracts in the team, there are still potential rookies in the team.

Although Stoudemire, Marion and Joe John are all good, the Suns were still in a bad state last season.

But in Kobe's opinion, the Celtics are not as attractive to him.

At this stage, Kobe just wants to prove himself that he can still win the championship even without Shaq!
The Celtics at least have an All-Star small forward, Paul Pierce. In terms of potential rookies, is there anyone more promising than Lin Yu?
Kobe didn't even think twice and decisively rejected the Suns' recruitment.

After being rejected by Kobe, the Suns decisively chose Nash as their backup.

Nash was directly brought to Phoenix with a 6-year, $6560 million contract.

The Mavericks had no intention of keeping Nash at this time.

Cuban's biggest problem as a team owner is actually what Lin Yu said, that he likes to interfere in the management.

The boss is the owner of the team, but that doesn't mean he will run the team.

Just like game planners are only responsible for developing games, even if they are really asked to play, they cannot beat professional players.

But Cuban just loves to meddle in management affairs.

Although Dampier was ridiculed by many fans because of the joke of "the second center in the West".

But for now, he is indeed a very capable player.

Last season, Dampier's performance was obvious to all. He ranked fourth in the league in rebounding and had a total of 42 "double-doubles" throughout the season, ranking seventh in the league.

He averaged 32.5 minutes per game, scoring 12.3 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.85 blocks.

As the Sharks grew older, second-team center Ben Wallace was just a defensive blue-collar worker, and it was the period when Howard had just entered the league and Yao Ming was just starting to shine.

Dampier's performance is indeed an All-Star center. The Hawks proposed a 6-year contract worth 5000 million US dollars.

The Pacers' star player, O'Neal, is also trying to recruit Dampier, hoping that the 270-pound (120KG) center can take on more dirty work in the interior.

Last season, the Pacers lost to the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, and a big reason for that was their loss of strength in the interior.

When Cuban saw this situation, he let Nash go and directly gave Dampier a 7-year, $7300 million contract.

Since the Mavericks have no salary space and cannot sign Dampier without a deal, they can only choose to sign first and then trade.

Dallas Mavericks send: forwards Eduardo Najera and Christian Laettner, two future first-round draft picks and a certain amount of cash.

Golden State Warriors receive: Dampier, center Ivan Esmayer and Dan Dikau.

Regarding this deal, Lin Yu could only say that it seemed to be going well now.

But in the future this deal will become a famous junk contract in the league.

After the trade between the Suns and the Mavericks was completed, D'Antoni also wanted to try his own "run and gun tactics" starting next season.

Originally, if the Suns were able to select Lin Yu, D'Antoni would let Lin Yu play the five position.

Now he plans to let Stoudemire play the five position, Shawn Marion play the four position, and Joe Johnson will still play the two position.

In this case, the Suns need a small forward.

Clippers small forward Quentin Richardson became the Suns' target.

In order to save salary, the Suns prepared to trade Luol Deng.

In the original history, the Bulls took advantage, but this history was changed to the Celtics.

The Cardinal himself has connections in the league, and Ainge previously served as the general manager of the Suns.

In this situation, it is very normal to intercept the bull.

In the original history, the Suns traded Luol Deng for Jackson Froman, the second pick in the second round of the Bulls, and a future first-round pick.

The Celtics sent Justin Reed, this year's second-round pick, and the 2009 first-round pick (protected) to the team.

Traded from the Suns for this year's first-round pick, No. 8 Luol Deng.

After this deal came out, people outside started shouting robbery!

As a Bulls legend, Pierce made this public statement in an interview with reporters.

"Why many people don't want to see Auerbach active in the league is because his presence hurts many teams."

"There is no doubt that this is a robbery deal!"

"The Celtics now have a large number of talented players, including Lin Yu, Luol Deng, and Okur, who has performed well in the Pistons."

"In 2009, Paul Pierce was only 30 years old, barely in his prime."

"As long as the Celtics have two or three of these players, no, I should say as long as Lin Yu plays well, the Celtics will definitely make the playoffs!"

"This is undoubtedly a naked robbery transaction. The alliance should really investigate why such a transaction happened!"

In fact, not only Mr. Pi, but anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that this deal can indeed be called robbery.

However, the Suns signed Quentin Richardson without a deal in order to free up salary space, otherwise the loss from a sign-and-trade deal might not be less than this.

(End of this chapter)