From today on is the king

Chapter 1596 1595. The Eagles' comeback deal!

Sometimes, stealing the limelight can be annoying.

Especially when you or your country is hosting the most grand Olympic Games in history, and your country’s national team was the champion of the last World Championships and No.4 in the last Olympic Games. This time, when you are about to see the heroic performance of your national team at your doorstep, there will be a very powerful news, which will definitely make you feel annoying.

But... this is not an absolute thing.

BJ时间2008年8月10号早上，也就是美国时间的8月9号晚上, 突如其来的一个大新闻席卷整个篮球界！就连马上要开始的奥运会篮球项目都受到了冲击！
The Atlanta Hawks sent Marcin Gortat, rookie Goran Dragic, the Hawks' own 2011 second-round pick, a trade exception for McGrady, and got Ron Artest from the Rockets!

The Rockets sent Ron Artest to sign-and-trade Mike Bibby from the 76ers and Marcin Gortat from the Hawks.

The 76ers sent Mike Bibby to the Hawks for Goran Dragic and the Hawks' 2011 second-round pick.

The 76ers will definitely not be able to keep Mike Bibby. At this age, Mike Bibby only wants to go to a strong team to win the championship. He is not willing to go to the Lakers and Spurs.

The Eagles have been phenomenal in their selections in recent years. The 76ers can get a second-round pick from the Eagles, and they also got a second-round pick selected by the Eagles this year during negotiations. The 76ers have already won the biggest return they can get.

Either lose Mike Bibby for nothing, or help the Eagles and Rockets complete the deal, and the 76ers will certainly be willing to get a little return.

This is more than a transaction, which caused a huge storm in the western camp!
Just three months ago, the Rockets came close to beating the Los Angeles Lakers, just short of one breath.

Next season, the new-generation super center Andrew Bynum of the Rockets is bound to continue to improve. Iguodala has gradually reached his peak, and now he has Mike Bibby and Lewis, and he has found a very reliable substitute insider for Bynum!

Produced by the Eagles, it is naturally a high-quality product. Although the Rockets sent Artest, they still have Rudy Gay in the core combination of the three young players. Some people have always felt that it is inferior to let Gay play as a substitute. Now Gay can be returned to the starting position!
Mike Bibby, Iguodala, Rudy Gay, Lewis, Bynum...

Through the trade of Yao Ming, Battier and Francis, after several years of deliberation, the Rockets announced - we are back!

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Liu Mang was preparing for the afternoon competition in the Olympic Village. Before the deal was exposed, he received a call from Stockton...

They got Artest!Almost for nothing, got Artest!
"Fuck! Did you really get it done?" Liu Mang was so frightened that his phone almost dropped to the ground.

Stockton on the other end of the phone didn't understand a word, but he probably guessed what it meant, and didn't go into details, and said, "We have a lot of veterans who are going to try out, and I still have things to do. Come on, the Olympics!"

Stockton didn't chat much with Liu Mang, he just informed Liu Mang.

Now the starting position of the Eagles is basically determined, the starting positions of Liu Mang, Wade, Artest, Marion and Milicic.

Keeping Rondo, naturally there is no need for Dragic. One young backup point guard is enough, and the other needs to find a veteran to support the lineup. If Rondo chooses to leave, Dragic will be kept. This is what Stockton thought.

Now it is necessary to introduce a veteran backup point guard and a replacement center position, including the poor version of Kwame Brown and the wild little brother Gasol.

The backup small forward includes Grant Hill, the backup shooting guard Jason Terry, the rookie Courtney Lee who can play both small forward and shooting guard, and Scola as the backup power forward.

However, the situation this summer was beyond the expectations of the Eagles management. McGrady was sent away, so that the Eagles management was ready to be discriminated against in the free market.

But... the veterans' favor for the Eagles in the free market far exceeded the expectations of the Eagles management!
Seeing the outstanding performances of Grant Hill, Jr., Brad Miller, Finley and others, the Eagles also specially have the tactical roles of these veterans, giving them enough respect, making some veterans who want to play their spare heat even crazier than last summer!

And the ending of McGrady and Kwame Brown leaving the Eagles doesn't look bad now!They have their own team, and the new team has built a lineup around them that is good enough to hit the championship.

Since the start of the free market, many veterans have contacted the Eagles and wanted to join the Eagles.

Even without McGrady and Kwame Brown, the Eagles got Milicic back, and...they have Liu Mang!

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After the three-party outbreak, Chinese basketball fans felt that someone was stealing their Olympic limelight, but...the teams that benefited were Yao Ming's former team, the Rockets, and Liu Mang's Eagles...

Domestic basketball fans can't even get angry, but feel very excited!

The Rockets still retain the love of a wave of old fans, let alone the Eagles, during the Olympics, Liu Mang has no fans!

There is no doubt about this deal, the Eagles earned blood!
Artest, who has not completely aged, was able to lead Yao Mai, who would never pass the first round, to the second round in the 08-09 season, and he was able to enter the second round after McGrady was reimbursed. His leadership ability is strong.

And Artest's defense is undoubtedly better than McGrady's. No matter how good McGrady's defense is, he is still the second defense. Artest is half a year younger than McGrady.
The starting lineup includes Liu Mang, Wade, Artest, Marion, and Milicic, mainly three outsiders. The outside defensive champions on the bench also include Rondo, Grant Hill... rookie Courtney Lee was also known for his defense in college.

The Eagles' ultimate outside meat grinder combination is born!

The media and fans feel very strange!
The Eagles have always been a team that pushes the league towards small balls, but most of the time their trades are to introduce defensive champions and want to hang their opponents with defense.

After seeing the news of this transaction, the basketball circle started to discuss frantically. Even the imperial TV broadcasted this transaction during the Olympic Games, which benefited two NBA teams with deep ties to China.

The Chinese men's basketball national team has also caused a lot of trouble.

Yao Ming felt a headache!
The Spurs bucked the trend to recover, the Suns killed them last season, and this year they also robbed the Cavaliers. They traded the old O'Neal to get the new force Tyson Chandler.

The Jazz and the Nuggets are ready to go... Now the Rockets are here again!
Looking at the Rockets' young, capable and cheap lineup... Yao Ming can only hope that Trevor Ariza can improve a bit faster. They have no room to sign small forwards, so they can only tap their potential from within.

Fortunately, Ariza was produced by the Eagles, which gave the Lakers confidence.

As the strongest inside player of the Eagles' biggest opponent, Yao Ming felt very sick when he thought that he had to look forward to the name "produced by the Eagles" to make his team stronger...but at this time, he still had to look forward to it.

But really speaking, Yao Ming is excited!
Yao Ming feels that he has no opponents at the center position. He only plays two games a year. Except for meeting Milicic, he has little motivation in the regular season.

Yao Ming is interested in Bynum, but the Rockets seldom beat the Lakers in the regular season, and the overall strength gap is too big. Now it is different, the Rockets have the strength to fight them!
Yao Ming is also looking forward to playing even better next season when he meets his old club.

Yao Ming still has a lot of affection for the Rockets, after all, this is where the dream began.

Just seeing Liu Mang's embarrassing look made Yao Ming very angry!I am going to calm down the [-]-meter center forward in Russia in the afternoon!
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Some people on the Chinese team were happy and some were expecting and angry, but overall it didn't have much impact. On the contrary, their two strongest players entered a state of excitement.

On the contrary, the American team reacted even more violently.

As the core insider of the Western Conference champion last season, Josh Smith felt a strong sense of crisis.

Iguodala is naturally so excited, the championship lineup he wants is finally here!
Although with Bibby, Gay returning to the starting lineup, and Lewis at power forward, Iguodala will have fewer opportunities to perform, but he is not a data-hungry person, he is an extremely good team player.

Kobe and Yao Ming have the same ideas. Kobe can no longer control the East, and the West is a headache.

在这个90年代中后期进入NBA的球星正值鼎盛时期；世纪初的刘莽、姚明、03一代成为联盟顶梁柱，04、05、06三届新秀开始闪耀在联盟舞台的球星数量和质量都异常爆炸的年代，太容易组成超级阵容了，上赛季西部前九全部至少50胜很明显的展示了这一点。

James, Bosh and Stoudemire on the eastern side saw that the Eagles got Artest, so they went to the side to have a secret talk...

As for the coaching staff, Popovich started to drink too much...

Coach Kruger is excited!

Since the Raptors proposed a deal, coach Kruger has been planning all of this, and has long targeted the Rockets.

From getting a large number of draft picks and trading exceptions, I have been waiting for this moment of comeback.

It finally worked!
……

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