From today on is the king

Chapter 1479. Chapter 1478. The Eagles' Wonderful Operation (seeking a monthly ticket)

The negotiation was very successful, but regarding the transaction, it is always relatively slow to take shape, especially for an opponent like Popovich, the other party will definitely have a lot to consider.

By July 7th, Liu Mang had finished his three-stop promotional tour in Europe and was about to leave for Shanghai. Finally, he got good news.

On July 2007, 7, the Eagles reached a three-way deal with the Kings and Spurs.

The Hawks sent Shane Battier and the Hawks' own second-round pick in 2010 to the Spurs for Luis Scola, the 2002th pick in the second round in 27, and center Brad Miller of the Kings.

The Spurs sent the 2009 first-round lottery-protected first-round pick, the 2002 second-round pick signing rights, Jezzy Butler, and got Shane Battier.

The Kings sent Brad Miller a big contract with 1700 million remaining for two years, and got the Spurs' Jezzy Butler's contract with only 60 guarantees for next season, the Spurs' 2009 lottery-protected pick, and the 2010 Eagles' second-round pick.

Just as Popovich felt incredible when he got the trading plan, this deal, no matter how you look at it, is a bloody profit for the Spurs!
The Kings did not lose out, getting two draft picks and getting rid of Brad Miller.

布拉德-米勒在03-04赛季合同年打出了场均14分10板3.8助攻的巅峰数据，拿到起薪1200万，合计5年5100万的递减肥约后，就再没有那一年的发挥了。

In the just-concluded season, Brad Miller only averaged 9 points and 6 rebounds per game, while Nick Collison, who just got a contract extension for the Supersonics, averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds per game last season.

Although Brad Miller has averaged 3 assists per game so far in his career, it has no effect on the Kings. They can't win too many games, get rid of the big contract, and get two draft picks. The Kings also made a profit.

For the Eagles, it is equivalent to using Battier and adding a second round to Brad Miller...

From the perspective of team structure, Brad Miller has three points and support, which is quite suitable for the Eagles. After Rasheed Wallace gets old, he needs such an insider.

But in terms of value, the Eagles definitely suffered a big loss. You must know that Battier was traded for Andre Iguodala.

Moreover, the Hawks helped the Spurs, who are now desperately in need of forward defense, to fill the vacancy left by Artest. Such behavior... is obviously aimed at the Lakers.

Make the Spurs stronger, and there will be a team that can snipe the Lakers in the West.

As early as the end of the Spurs playoffs, Artest had informed the Spurs to reject the player option for next season and to test the free market.

Originally, there was a huge vacancy at the small forward position of the Spurs, mainly due to the lack of people who could defend Kobe.

But now the Eagles have helped the Spurs make up for it!

After Popovich received the Hawks' specific trading plan, he felt that he had guessed something.

Popovich believes that in addition to wanting to create a team against the Lakers in the West, the main purpose of the Eagles is to get Brad Miller from the Kings. Popovich also wants a center like Brad Miller, but it is too expensive to afford.

As for Liu Mang's favorite Luis Scola... No one noticed at all, even Popovich did not think that Scola was Liu Mang's most wanted target. Of course, Brad Miller was also very important. Brad Miller was indispensable for the diversification of insider roles that Liu Mang wanted.

The goal of both parties was to deal with the Lakers, and the transaction was unimpeded immediately. After the Eagles paid an additional future second-round pick, the transaction was finally reached.

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"Boss, it's finally solved! I learned a lot this time. There are so many things to consider as a management team, and this is something that Ace has already planned. It's all so brain-intensive." Coach Kruger sighed.

"Lang, our work is not over yet, let's go back to Atlanta, those veterans will probably go crazy after waiting." Price is very excited now.

Every year when the offseason comes, Eagles owner Price is very happy, and there is another middle class available...

In addition, the Eagles got an injury exception of up to 800 million from Wade, which can be used until Wade returns.

It was originally intended to be used to directly eat Brad Miller raw, but the Kings just didn't agree, and they didn't want a second-round pick.

Coach Kruger and Price feel that it's time to wave!
Originally planned to use the injury exception to eat Brad Miller raw. For the Kings who were going to be bad, Brad Miller’s next contract was too big, but he sent Sean Battier, whose salary will reach 628 million next season, and split the 200 million middle-level exception. With the transaction rules, Brad Miller just happened to eat.

In this way, both injury special cases and some middle class special cases can still be used.

In terms of salary, Price doesn't think about it. It's already exceeded the salary cap. It's a question of how much. In the season that just ended, he accidentally reached the finals. The money earned from those three home games is more than enough to pay the luxury tax for next season.

Coach Kruger is also very excited. He has served as the deputy general manager of the Eagles since 2004, but there are not many real opportunities to operate. Although he felt a headache in the negotiation this time, the sense of accomplishment when the transaction is completed is indescribable.

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Looking at the details of the trade in the news, Liu Mang felt strange that his team had changed from an outside team to an inside team in more than half a month.

Liu Mang is really sorry to lose Shane Battier, a teammate who is willing to sacrifice and has a good attitude. A teammate with a good attitude and a good personality like Battier was originally in Liu Mang's plan.

But it is still too difficult for the boss and coach Kruger to go empty-handed.

But if it is going to the Spurs, just like Blake, after Wade comes back, Battier's playing time will also be reduced. Liu Mang thinks it is a good thing for Battier to start for the Spurs, and of course there will be some regrets.

The acquisition of Battier and Marion was beyond Liu Mang's expectations. Luckily, Marion was a power forward from the very beginning, and he also played very well as a small forward.

It's just that the backup lineup of forwards and guards is too short. In case of a rest or something, the outside manpower is not enough.

Liu Mang counted. Apart from him, Jason Terry, Rondo, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill and Wade, who won't be back until December, there seemed to be no one else.

Instead, it's inside...

Scola, O'Neal, Marion, Kwame Brown, Brad Miller, Gortat... There is also a younger brother signed specifically to deal with Yao Ming...

Lose weight...Liu Mang has asked Gasol to lose weight, but that is more difficult, and there is no rush, just lose weight slowly, you must train your muscles first, otherwise you will only become a wrinkled fat man if you simply lose weight.

Moreover, gaining more than ten kilograms a year may not feel much to a fat person, but if there is no perseverance and perseverance, losing more than ten kilograms a year will definitely be pain and torture for the person concerned, and it may affect the normal growth of Gasol.

There are already so many insiders with their own characteristics, and Liu Mang thinks it is not a bad thing to have a fat guy like Gasol.

However, the core structure of the team is still complete. Liu Mang added Tracy McGrady and Wade on the outside, and this is accompanied by Marion and Kwame Brown. This is a lineup that Liu Mang has always wanted to play.

But Liu Mang doesn't just love to play, and dealing with the Lakers is the ultimate goal of next season. Therefore, Liu Mang planned this from the beginning, accumulating draft picks to prepare for the future, and forming a super insider group!
Liu Mang imagined that his team could not get many insiders. Bosh and Milicic were trained as core players. Before they reached their peak, they were in their 30s. Unless their team got a better core, they would not give up. McGrady can't get it. The core price of insiders is always more expensive than outsiders.

The imaginary enemy is the Lakers, so if you want to compare the quality, you will definitely not be able to compare. The power forwards who are more powerful than Gasol are only two No. 21 and the German chariot, and Milicic may be counted as one.

Centers better than Yao Ming...these days are gone.

Then take the amount!

Find a group of insiders with various characteristics!
Play different ways!
Regarding the alternative "deal" with Larry Bird, maybe Larry Bird wants to have a good relationship with the Eagles like Jordan and the Rockets, and there is a chance that he can take over the young players that the Eagles want to replace.

Liu Reck might do that, but Liu Reckon's first choice is to send his teammates who squeezed out rookie contracts to the West...

Next, Liu Mang will leave the outside bench lineup, water dispenser administrators and veterans to the boss and coach. He came up with a trade plan to strengthen the inside lineup, which has already spent all his brain cells, from people's hearts to the situation, from salary issues to the team's special cases of injuries, etc... Liu Mang's scalp will explode after thinking about these things after the end of the season.

Now is the time for bosses and coaches to play.

Liu Mang doesn't ask how good the substitutes and veterans are, the ones that don't bother him are fine, he just needs to fill the depth of the lineup.

The core structure is in order, Liu Mang can now go to domestic promotion and Asian promotion with peace of mind, and at the same time train hard, and at the end of the month, he will train with Rondo, McGrady and others...

After experiencing the tragic trading situation last summer, although there were many ups and downs this time, in comparison, it was too smooth!

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Without the vigor of taking down Rasheed Wallace, McGrady, and trying to trade Garnett, the Hawks' trade reinforcement this year is... mediocre?
This is how the media viewed the Hawks' reinforcements this summer.

After the Eagles lost the finals, many people thought that the Eagles, which had a lot of chips, would drastically rebuild, but the Eagles only made some small deals and signings.

None of the Hawks' trades or signings have been spectacular, and none of them have been as impressive as the summer of 2002 when they acquired Glenn Robinson.

And the most commendable draft of the Eagles... This year's draft year, the Eagles actually got the pick and then sent it out. Except for picking a fat guy, it seems that they are not interested in this year's draft.

However, judging from the lineup after the transaction, some experts and some fans have discovered something unexpected. After the Eagles completed the three-way transaction, the Eagles' operational evaluation this summer began to change...

ESPN basketball columnist Bill Simmons analyzed that the Eagles' trading method has "evolved". From the past, relying on the vision of the draft to gather a large number of potential rookies, relying on the team's ability to cultivate young people, and then throwing out a star to come back, it has become more considerate of practical effects.

When the Eagles got Jermaine O'Neal, the two-year special case of 380 million for two years was definitely not a loss, but Jermaine O'Neal, who averaged 13+7 per game last season, only shot 40.00% from the field, and Jermaine O'Neal's shooting rate has not been high. It does not seem to be a substantial reinforcement.

It is true that O'Neal used to be an All-Star and was once comparable to the four major power forwards, but there are many examples of stars like O'Neal in NBA history who quickly disappeared after encountering major setbacks.

The most famous thing is that in the 60s, a rookie blocked Chamberlain's dream of four consecutive championships after three consecutive regular season MVPs. Then he met Chamberlain nine times in the regular season in the second grade and played three games with Chamberlain in the playoffs.

In the end, a player who won the regular season MVP in his rookie season was selected to the first team once in his entire career, or even selected to the All-NBA team only once in his entire career. A player who won the MVP in a rookie season was only selected to the All-Star 13 times in his 5-year career...you can imagine what he went through in the second grade.

This is the most famous example of an avalanche of state after a "big setback", and there have been many similar situations since.

Therefore, although the introduction of Jermaine O'Neal to the Eagles, although 100% does not suffer, it is still a question mark how much improvement it can bring to the Eagles inside.

But turning Shane Battier, a high-value player on the perimeter who may become redundant due to Wade's return, into Brad Miller...

All of a sudden it's very different!

Bill Simmons guessed Liu Mang's thoughts, but he guessed the thoughts of the Eagles management.

It seems to have changed little by little, from the selection of Gasol Jr. to the signing of Jr. O'Neal who was amnesty by the Pacers to the trade to get Brad Miller. Looking at each link individually, it cannot be said how good it is, and it is even confusing. But together, plus the original Marion, Kwame Brown, and Gortat, it suddenly becomes amazing...

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I am very grateful that it took more than a day to pass the first dry addiction in the next category. It is said that there are more than 12 words in 11 days this month, which can be regarded as 2 updates per day of the 5K Klan?
We are going to gather for Mount Emei, and there is a high probability that there will be no more afternoons and evenings. In the afternoon, the team will go up the mountain to take pictures as souvenirs. In the evening, I will invite my young lady to go to the hot springs. The hot springs in Mount Emei should be great. I have never been in a hot spring.

(End of this chapter)