NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 167 The deal is reached

On the 25th, the last day of the trading deadline.

Regardless of the Eastern Conference or the Western Conference, there are a lot of big and small trades between teams, but at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the official announcement of the trade between the Hornets in the East and the Jazz in the West rushed to the front pages of major sports newspapers.

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The trade plan that the Jazz came up with was...to use starting shooting guard Jeff Malone + backup center Isaac Austin to exchange for Lee Shengli of the Hornets.

Jeff Malone, the Jazz gold medal shooter, averaged 32 minutes per game, 49.4% field goal percentage, and 18.1 points this season, while the Hornets' outside shooter Gill was injured. You know...even Gill at his peak can't compare to Jeff Malone , So Jeff Malone is the trade player hand-picked by the Hornets.

As for center Isaac Austin, the 91st pick in the second round of 21 was won by the Jazz. His personal statistics are not impressive, but the victory lies in his hard work and desperation. Even as a substitute, he averaged 14 minutes per game. 5 points, 5 rebounds, and a package with Jeff Malone.

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To be honest, the transaction between the teams is not that grand, and it is really no more advanced than the aunt bargaining in the vegetable market, and the rare Hornets shouted NO to the Jazz's first bid.

What the Hornets want is very simple, a powerful outside scorer, and a blue-collar center with Larry Johnson.

There is nothing wrong with the excellent shooting guard Jeff Malone, but it is absolutely impossible to replace Li Shengli alone. At the center position, what the Hornets want is Mike Brown, who performed better. The feedback also said NO once.

You know... For a long time, the Jazz's starting center has been the mammoth Mark Eaton, but Mark Eaton's injury effect has become prominent, his state has declined, and the starting position has gradually been handed over to Mike Brown. Considering Sloan's position, Mike Brown is his backup for Li Shengli. After all, it's not a good thing to ignore the head and tail.

As for the Hornets wanting a center, Mark Eaton can't move, only Isaac Austin is the most suitable.

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The center that the Jazz gave was Isaac Austin, and the Hornets wanted Mike Brown, so the first negotiation was deadlocked.

The Hornets killed the price tag, and it dragged on until the last day, and the Jazz really couldn't hold back.

On the one hand, there is time to rush people, and on the other hand, they are also afraid of being intercepted, so they added a first-round pick, because the Jazz will make the playoffs without accident this season, so there is no need to consider the postponement of the lottery.

However, the more the buyer wants the Jazz, the more capital the seller Hornets has to increase the price, so... the mouth opened, and the Hornets asked for the Jazz's first-round picks in 93 and 95 for two years.

In the end, the deal between the two parties was settled.

The Jazz traded Jeff Malone + Isaac Austin + two-year draft picks to Li Shengli, because the contract amounts of the two parties are similar, and there is no need to consider the team's salary space.

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The management of the Hornets completed the deal. Although Johnson put it on the shelf and the bargaining chips offered by the interested team were too low, they were still very satisfied with Li Shengli's deal.

The outside line, which was still stretched, has now been greatly relieved, and the inside line... Johnson as an offensive point, paired with blue-collar center Isaac Austin, will be much weaker, but it is better than a center and power forward. Some.

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As for the Jazz, I am happier to get the Li Shengli I want.

The outside line is not a big problem. Although Jeff Malone is gone, the outside firepower has been weakened, but with Stockton leading the team, it will not be too weak. At the same time... If the performance of the inside victory Malone team reaches Jerry Sloan As expected, the slight weakening of the outside line is not even a fart.

With two self-propelled tanks, why pedal bicycles?

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The deal was settled.

Li Shengli is packing up his belongings in his residence and preparing to move. Although his belongings are only a few clothes, after all, he has lived in the place for half a year, and the mood of moving is always quite boring. Fortunately, the two brothers Curry and Boggs Never absent.

"Li, are you leaving today?" Curry asked while helping to clean up.

"It should be. Turner has already gone to help me prepare a place to live." Thinking of the time when he first came to the Hornets, he stayed at Curry's house for a while. Question... I can't go to Salt Lake City, and I am reduced to going to the house of my new teammates, right?

"Don't be in such a hurry, right?"

"Why don't you rush, there are only 28 days in this month, and today is 26. There are still a lot of reports, medical examinations, and messy things in Salt Lake City."

"Then have you finished dealing with things here?"

What about the Hornets?

Li Shengli was not angry if Curry didn't mention it, but when he mentioned it, he was really angry.

The phone call Alan gave him yesterday afternoon can only be regarded as a private vent. The official notice the next day was issued by the Hornets team manager, and a team fine of [-] US dollars was issued at the same time. Larry Johnson.

What about getting together and going away?

Why did the Hornets management not forget to chop him before he left?

You know, a thousand dollars is nothing to the team, and it's a matter of squinting one eye, but they played like this, as if deliberately disgusting Li Shengli, and then showed it to Johnson.

A hello stick?

A feeding candy?

Li Shengli was really disgusted. He couldn't think of how the management of a team would do such a mentally retarded thing. As soon as he left, he played the game of unloading the mill and killing the donkey...

"Damn, these retarded people!"

"He Johnson is a fart!"

Curry and Boggs were very angry for Li Shengli. Although they would not say these words in person, but now the three brothers are together in private after all, and they must scold what should be scolded. Li Shengli listened to the two elder brothers scolding more and more. The more he worked hard, he didn't want to talk too much about it.

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Li Shengli smiled, "In the next game, you play hard. Although I am not in the Hornets, if there is an opponent like the Pistons who wants to play dirty with you, leave it to me, I Come... deal with them!"

The two brothers, who were still aggrieved, were stunned when they heard Li Shengli's words.

You handle it?

Do you play remotely?

It sounds very exciting.

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The three brothers chatted for a long time, because the Hornets had a game the day after tomorrow, so Li Shengli did not keep two more people, "There is a game the day after tomorrow, you all go back and rest early!"

"OK, anyway, I have to go to Salt Lake City on the 1st, so you can pack it yourself!"

"Let's go, I'm going back too!"

A few minutes later, Curry and Boggs withdrew, and Li Shengli was alone in the empty room. Bored, he glanced at the Hornets' schedule for the last two games.

On the 1st, they played the Jazz away, and before that... on the 28th, the day after tomorrow, the Hornets played away against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Li Shengli naturally thought of Alonzo Mourning, a silent and tough guy.

Mourning?

Gominsky can't stop him!

What Li Shengli has to admit is that...the Hornets' interior defense still depends on Larry Johnson. Leaving aside other positions, the interior confrontation between Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning has a great impact on the outcome of the game. .

(End of this chapter)