Chapter 167: Come with me
The Clippers' next game date is scheduled for February 9, when the Clippers will continue their trip to the East, visit the Continental Airlines Center Arena, and challenge the New Jersey Nets.
Now all kinds of trading rumors about Elton Brand have become the focus of media reports, just like Gasol at the time. Jason Kidd just denied the news that his agent asked the team to trade him yesterday. The 35-year-old triple-double king claimed in front of the media: "I don't know where that news comes from. I haven't talked to my agent about trading since the road trip, so as far as I know there are no so-called trading requests."
On the other hand, Nets manager Thorne declined to comment on the trade comments, but when asked if he felt his players were happy to stay with the Nets, his answer might contain some information.
"All of us players are willing to stay here to play. Can I convince myself to accept this view? I think their performance on the court suggests whether they are willing to stay on the team." Thorne's remarks that can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye are undoubtedly slapping Kidd in the face.
Pete Vikasse, a columnist from the New York Post who is opposite each other, doesn't know who the money has been collected privately. He talked about the front and back of the Kidd deal in his column, and said that in the rumors of the triple-double king trade that has become the core topic of the league, both the Clippers and the Mavericks have been blinded. There is only one reason why this deal has not been reached yet, that is, the Nets are too greedy!
According to the informant around Kidd's agent Jeff Schevat, at first, this was originally a matter between the Clippers and the Nets. For Kidd, Sterling, who has always been stingy, this time the price was good. Or it was the pressure from sponsors from China. Everyone knows that the better the Clippers' performance, the faster the Chinese companies that sponsor the Clippers can make a profit, and the more rewards they will bring in for advertisements.
Sterling is a stingy guy, but he is not a fool. On the contrary, he is a very successful and very smart Jewish businessman. A successful businessman naturally knows when to be stingy and when to change to invest. Sterling is willing to offer him a 20 million annual salary contract after Kidd settled in Los Angeles, and extend the old contract he currently has to the 2009-10 season. This is something the Nets are not willing to do at all.
But after such a loving conversation, the transaction was put on hold.
According to relevant personnel from the Clippers' senior management, the Nets offered a condition that the Clippers could not accept in principle. Of course, all bargaining processes are similar. You offer a price, I will return a price, and finally reach a compromise at a certain point. So we cannot make a final conclusion now that Kidd's transfer to the Clippers has died of death, but where is the Clippers' principled position?
"We must put Sharif Abdu Rahim's unfinished contract in. If we don't do that, we will not be able to match Kidd's salary of 20 million." Dunleavy, the old team emphasized at the internal team that the Clippers are also a team in reconstruction. Therefore, they will not give any first-round draft picks for Kidd. This is the explanation of the Clippers' informant.
The Nets' position is also very clear: "You don't always take care of this with the attitude of 'I have to make a bad deal', right?"
At the same time, there are only two weeks left before the NBA player transfer deadline on February 21.
The deal is now at the two most important points. The Nets do not want the unfinished contract of Sharif Abdu Rahim, who is scrapped, even if the name of this contract expires. At the same time, they also want a first-round pick, which is also something that the Clippers are unwilling to compromise.
The Nets were confident that the Lions spoke because the Mavericks joined the battle to snatch Kidd in January, making Kidd a rare thing. However, anyone with discerning eyes knew that the Mavericks' chips were simply incomparable to the Clippers, especially after the Clippers' game with the Celtics, Brand scored 24 points in 30 minutes, allowing everyone to see that he is still the captain. The Clippers' three-in-one effect was unexpectedly good. They even knocked over the Celtics away, which made many Clippers fans shout to cancel the transaction, and they could use the three-in-one to fight.
After narrating the inside story of the transaction operation as mentioned above, Vicasse, a columnist for the New York Post, turned the gun and officially fired at Kidd, making it difficult to tell which side he was from?
"I think it's the best choice for the Nets to complete this deal as soon as possible. I think they would be better without this selfish guard. He is a disgusting leader. He has no offense. He polluted the atmosphere of the team. He made continuous mistakes in the game... and this also allowed him to earn a high salary of $21.3 million next season."
Everyone didn't know whether the column was faked by the Clippers or was bribed by the Nets. It felt like the Nets and Kidd were both blackened by him. Finally, the guy emphasized: "People were blinded by his triple-double score. A respected Nets historical celebrity said privately, 'They didn't notice that he has become a high-priced role player, like $20 million.'"
The Clippers took the train to New York the next day. The New Jersey Nets have now fallen to 10th place in the East. No wonder Kidd and Carter want to escape from the city with such a record. Neither of them is the champion ring. A basketball player has the only thing he cares about except money. Kidd and Carter are no exception. This is also one of the reasons why the Clippers dare to drag this deal. They believe that the Nets are just bluffing and taking the opportunity to raise the asking price. Besides, Dunleavy did not put the eggs in a basket.
On February 8, the Clippers had just arrived in Bogan County, New Jersey in the morning, and several newspapers in Los Angeles broke out another shocking news. According to an insider's swearing, the Clippers had reached an agreement with the Detroit Pistons in private that it may close the deal between Billups and Brand in the near future.
Well, every time this time, there will be n many insiders and insiders, which is also quite interesting.
It's no secret that Billups was the case. Last summer, the Pistons offered a contract of 60.5 million to retain the finals. But this year's situation is completely different.
Pistons president Joe Dumas specifically mentioned the players' sense of urgency at a press conference last Tuesday. Obviously this is what Billups said. Dumas emphasized the team's overall defense several times, and Billups is obviously the weakest defense among the five starting players. After half a season of attempts, the Pistons concluded that Rodney Starkey can become a star point guard, so it is better to send Billups away, who is in good shape now in exchange for their short-term All-Star inside.
Billups has a four-year contract of 36.3 million, which is not too expensive with his strength, so the Pistons are likely to use him to package a young substitute to trade a scoring power forward.
The deal between the old Dunleavy and the Pistons was also stuck in a stalemate. Joe Dumas demanded that the Roaring Heavenly Lord must be added to the transaction, otherwise they would rather fight for another playoff this year. You should know that no one in this world would be stupid enough to do a business that would suffer losses, so he is the biggest fool who wants to take advantage of others in everything he wants to take advantage of others.
Of course, the Grizzlies are an exception, they are the Lakers...
The Pistons have been upset with Roaring Tianzun, and Wallace still has a good trading market. First of all, Wallace only has one year left in the contract after this season, which makes him even more attractive. Because once the team finds out that he is not good, there is no need to bear the salary burden for a long time. Wallace has the ability to shoot long-term that big players usually do not have, and those teams that are determined to pursue championships will not take too much risk to get him. Dumas has received a lot of offers about Tianzun this year. Obviously, to get Billups, you have to buy Rashid Wallace together.
As for Billups and Rashid Wallace, the two of them earned $25 million. The Clippers' single Brand of 15 million is not enough. They have to bring other teams to trade in three-party transactions, which is too troublesome.
Ji Guochou said that the team's transaction had nothing to do with him, and the Clippers had a half-day vacation on the 8th. That afternoon, Ji Guochou immediately took his brother to the suburbs.
"Why do you pull me out?...What, you said the Twilight Girl crew started filming today, in East Rutherford Town, Bogan County?"
"Yes, you have nothing to do anyway, so go and have a look with me."
Ji Guomeng was originally calling Taylor Swift, and couldn't help but complain: "Are you embarrassed to go by yourself, are you? I said you are sick? You even got in the back, what's the point?"
Ji Guoqiu quickly glanced at the driver when he heard this, and then remembered that Ji Guomo was speaking in Chinese, so he felt relieved. Then he became angry and said, "Don't you know? The male protagonist in another time and space is the real person. You said I but you are not worried?"
"Oh! I remembered it when you say that. Christine's original wife was the male protagonist of Twilight. That guy later cuckolded, but now you've got a cheating girl first, so the cuckold may be..."
"I'm planning uncle, can you speak human words?"
"Stop the anger...relieve the anger...I'm helping you relieve stress. Don't worry, I'll help you solve this."
Ji Guochou looked puzzled: "How can you help me with it? Don't do it randomly!"
Ji Guo laughed: "Don't worry, I won't do anything illegal. It's a trivial matter like helping you destroy your love rival. For me, the mountain man has his own tricks!"
The two arrived at East Rutherford Town at 1 pm. The town has less than 10,000 residents and is also a shooting location in Twilight City. The filming team will shoot here in the first few days of the filming. Christine knew that Ji Guoqiu was going to play in New Jersey tomorrow, so she asked him to see how he made a movie.
To be honest, Ji Guochou didn't want to come. He felt uncomfortable whenever he thought that his girlfriend might have to make a kiss scene with another man. Even if Christine had already told him that there was no passionate scene in this movie, only two understatement of kiss scenes. Panda Hero said: Then he can't stand it, who wants his girlfriend to let others kiss?
Chapter completed!