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Chapter 617 How Many Stars Are These?
To be reasonable, it really doesn't make sense for the Warriors to trade McGrady.

Many people may say, that is T-mac!
Let's have fun if the Warriors can trade!

It's true that McGrady is McGrady, but it also depends on when McGrady is.

McGrady before last season, if the Warriors can trade without moving Sun Hao, Durant and Oden, then it will take off directly!
But the problem is that McGrady is no longer the original T-mac.

This is McGrady who hit the block!

Referring to the historical period, he played a closed game in the Houston team, was forced to "8-minute ban" and was sent to McGrady of the Knicks.

At that time, domestic fans should have the deepest memory, and they were all scolding the Houston team's management.

Those emotions were especially evident after McGrady scored 26 points in Game [-] on behalf of the Knicks.

During that game, the fans held back their energy and wanted to see McGrady slap the Houston team's management in the face and regain his peak performance.

But the reality is that the following games proved that McGrady can never go back.

Although there are some differences between McGrady now and McGrady in history, he has not been subject to the "8-minute ban".

But this season he is also on and off, and his various performances are career lows, and they are not too bad.

Do you expect McGrady to start the championship team?

That is no longer realistic.

But if you don't play the starter, trade a maximum salary to come on the bench?

That was too extravagant.

This was also Sun Hao's first reaction when he saw this transaction.

So unbelievable and so un-Jerry West.

But when he saw the deal itself, he didn't think it was so difficult to accept.

Because the price paid by the Warriors is really limited, they only sent Maggette, Biedrins, Radmanovich, Matthews and a 2010 first-round pick.

At first glance, including draft picks, this is 5 for 1!
But if you take a closer look, among these chips, Biedrins and Radmanovich are already unable to play in the Warriors, which can be regarded as negative equity.

This is very similar to the chips given by McGrady when the Knicks traded.

So from the management's point of view, paying some less important assets and then taking away some negative assets is not a loss in itself.

And one thing that is easily overlooked is that McGrady's contract expires this summer.

Originally, Durant's big contract will take effect next season, and the Warriors have effective reinforcement space.

But this time, the two tens of millions of contracts in the team were sent away, and the space came out again.

Viewed in this light, it's a very Jerry West deal again.

Although the current lineup of the Warriors is strong enough, who would refuse to become stronger?
"There are additional transactions."

Durant quickly refreshed with new news.

This deal has been updated.

This is not just a deal between the two, but also a third-party Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks traded Josh Howard and a 2011 second-rounder for Maggette.

In other words, the core bargaining chip the Wizards got in this deal was not Maggette, but Josh Howard.

Looking at it this way, it seems to be easy to understand.

Compare Maggette and Josh Howard.

Maggette's performance this season is slightly better than Howard's, but his contract is a long-term contract, and the upper limit is relatively low.

Although Josh Howard has a lot of off-court problems and struggled this season, he is also a player who has played top performance after all.

If he can return to the level of the previous two years, then the Wizards will gain a quasi-All-Star player.

That's the most they can get in the McGrady trade.

And like McGrady, Howard is also on an expiring contract.

Even if Howard really falls short of their expectations, they won't have much to lose.

The key to this deal is that they squeezed out the value of McGrady's last deal, and got Matthews, a high-quality rookie who performed well, and a pick at the end of the first round next year.

As for Biedrins, it can also become a rotation inside the team.

Overall it's not bad.

And the original intention for the Wizards to make this deal is that they don't want to waste this season, the peaks of Yao Ming and Boozer.

McGrady can't count on it anymore, and Howard still has a chance to scratch the lottery.

The tree moves the dead and the living, this sentence still appears many times in the NBA.

"It's a good deal."

Just after finishing the transaction news, Durant said.

Sun Hao then noticed that he gritted his teeth and said this.

This is, happy and angry!
Contradictory yet reasonable emotions.

I am happy because McGrady is coming to the Warriors.

Durant is a very real person. What he said when the reporter asked him before was the truest thought in his heart.

His idol is McGrady. Regarding this point, he also said the same when he was interviewed by the media in history.

As he said before, he must be happy to experience the feeling of Curry playing with his idol.

But the anger is just like what he said before, he feels that Jordan's handling of McGrady is really too cold-blooded.

Sun Hao can feel that Durant will become Qiao Hei from today.

And if he meets the Wizards, Durant will definitely not be soft.

Hey, his apprentice character is really the NBA version of scorpion shit, the only one.

There is another detail related to the transaction. The Wizards also sent three people. In addition to McGrady, there are two additional heads.

Among them, in addition to McGrady and Juwan Howard, who came to the Warriors.

Uncle Huo renewed his one-year minimum salary contract with the Wizards last summer.

The help Uncle Huo can bring to the Warriors on the court may be very limited, but off the court, he can provide Landry, Ibaka and others with a lot of valuable game experience.

This is exactly what the young Warriors lack most inside.

Sun Hao was also in a good mood when he saw Uncle Huo included in the details of the follow-up transaction.

This is his former teammate from the Mavericks period.

And Second Uncle Huo had given him a lion cat back then, and the off-court relationship between the two was pretty good.

Anthony's deal started, McGrady's deal ended, this year's trade deadline is exciting enough.

Then, the fans on social media also started to cheer up.

A question raised by a fan quickly became the focus of heated discussions among fans.

"How many stars are the Warriors now?"

This question is really probing, and the answer is not fixed.

There are those who say two stars, because the Warriors who are serious have made the All-Stars, only Sun Hao and Durant.

There are those who say Samsung, Oden has made great progress compared to last season, and the help he has brought to the Warriors on both ends of the offense and defense after losing weight is also obvious, and the list of substitutes for this season has not yet been released, it is not ruled out Oden may enter the All-Star.

There are also four-stars, except for the first three, McGrady is also an All-Star!The skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the fans' expectations for Tracy McGrady are exactly the same as they were after Tracy McGrady was traded to the Knicks.

There are even five-star ones!

Well, this fifth star, of course, is Stephen Curry who scored 44 points in a single game before!
Although he is a rookie, he is still mainly a substitute, but he scored 40+ in his rookie season, which is not too much for a star!
All in all, this topic is fruitless, but well worth exploring.

Two days after the trade deadline, a few of the Warriors traded came to the locker room to pack up.

The Warriors have a good atmosphere and a good relationship with each other. When they left, others were still very reluctant.

Especially Biedrins, when he came to the locker room to pick up things, the team's general manager Mullin came to see him off.

This is the veteran of the Warriors.

Of course, this deal is not a bad thing for Biedrins.

He has completely fallen out of the rotation in the Warriors now, which is fatal for him at his peak.

Because he played without the ball for two years, he had to disappear from the NBA as soon as his contract expired.

But if he goes to the Wizards, he will definitely have more opportunities than the Warriors.

Old people go, new people come.

In the afternoon of the same day, McGrady and Uncle Huo passed the physical examination and also came to the arena to report.

When the two came to the training hall, Durant threw the ball in his hand and went up to say hello.

This is the first time other than Sun Hao, he has such great enthusiasm for people.

And he looked proudly at Curry while talking.

That was showing off with Curry that he also played with his idol.

Sun Hao couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.

Such a Durant really makes people can't help but like it.

After greeting Durant, McGrady walked towards Sun Hao.

The relationship between Sun Hao and McGrady is very similar to that of Kobe.

The two are also friends and foes.

When McGrady was still in the Magic, the scene of him wearing a white horse with a long spear and facing Sun Hao with a long rainbow was still a topic that fans talked about.

After that, the two participated in the Adidas China tour together.

When Sun Hao and Kobe reached the top, McGrady couldn't climb halfway up the mountain.

"Yao told me that I finally have a chance to win the championship."

The first words that Maidi and Sun Hao said made Sun Hao couldn't help laughing.

It's really Yao Ming, Yao style humor.

But how much of the truth is told in jest.

In a flash, Yao Ming has also played in the NBA for 8 years. He has reached the finals 3 times and won [-] runner-ups, and each time he was killed by Sun Hao's team.

This is really walking on the road of Liuyawang.

Compared with last season, the Warriors have been reborn this season, and they have the hope of winning the championship again.

If McGrady comes, the distance from the championship must be much greater than staying with the Wizards.

As for Yao Ming himself, he has already made his choice, and the Wizards did their best to sign Boozer. With his personality, he will not be like Anthony.

Of course, it won't be that way, it won't be that way, Yao Ming is also human, and the feeling of envy is definitely indispensable.

"Then you must let him touch your championship ring when you look back."

Sun Hao also said jokingly.

McGrady also laughed and nodded, and then hugged Sun Hao vigorously.

Sun Hao could feel that he was using a lot of force.

McGrady's mood at the moment must be very complicated.

Arriving at the Warriors means that he is no longer the one who dominates the team.

For a player of his talent, especially for someone who just played a closed championship last season, he must be unwilling.

But at least, this is indeed the closest he is to a championship.

He has to come up with the best performance he can come up with right now.

Because if the Warriors can't win the championship this season, it is foreseeable that his reputation will fall to the bottom.

And in terms of his career, this is also his contract year.

In the afternoon training session, Jerry West came to the arena.

Azubuike is reimbursed, which is the best he can find on the trade market.

Although it is a pity to send Matthews away, it is worthwhile compared to getting McGrady.

Because Matthews needs time to grow, but the Warriors have already started to rush to the championship this season.

But if someone brings it, it depends on how old Nelson uses it.

After all, McGrady is no longer at the peak, and there are still hidden dangers of injuries. If he is not careful, he may be injured by more than 2000 million.

Old Nelson also tried in the training session. His initial plan was to let McGrady start.

After all, although McGrady's strength has declined sharply, his physical talent is still there, especially his organizational ability will not be lost.

However, after the whole field confrontation, he found that it was impossible.

He tried shooting guards, small forwards and even point guards, but the results didn't work.

It's not a matter of position, but the Warriors are fast.

For McGrady, the current speed is too slow. Compared with others, he is more like an inside player.

When the confrontation was over, Old Nelson chatted with McGrady for a while.

McGrady looked a little helpless, but finally nodded.

At the end of the training session, Nelson Sr. announced the starters for the next game: Curry, Sun Hao, Durant, Ibaka, Oden.

McGrady is going to be a substitute.

This should be the first time McGrady has played as a substitute since the Magic period.

After Old Nelson left, Sun Hao also chatted with McGrady for a while.

One of his most classic gifs at this period in history is the scene where he was blocked by the basket with 1-on-0 fast break.

McGrady, who has lost his speed and explosive power, may still be able to start in a slow-paced team like the Pistons and Spurs.

But on a team like the Warriors, that might even embarrass him a bit.

But coming off the bench is different.

After Curry was pulled into the starting lineup, the Warriors' bench lineup lost a point of organization.

This is precisely where McGrady can play a big role now.

And with Landry's presence, he doesn't have much scoring pressure off the bench.

So analyze it, this is not a bad thing.

The last point is also more important to McGrady personally.

His current body can't bear too much playing time, and playing on the bench can also protect him.

Anyway, these are theoretical.

To see how McGrady will play in his first show, we have to watch tomorrow's game.

The Warriors' next opponent is the Thunder.

Griffin is reimbursed for the season, and the competitiveness of the Thunder this season is much worse than expected.

Such an opponent would be a good start for McGrady.

Just before the start of the game, the league announced the bench lineup for the All-Star Game, as well as the roster for each individual event.

ps: It is still broadcasting on Douyu, search for the web writer Big Eggplant.

(End of this chapter)