Chapter 990 Reality is often more mysterious than fiction!(1/2)
"I thought I would go to the New York Knicks. Yes, Cleveland respected me very much and gave me the final choice. I thought I had never thought about going to the Nets."
Early in the morning on December 27, 2009, O'Neal was being interviewed on TV.
"I told myself, Shaq, you are a great player, a player who has escaped from vulgar taste. What you pursue is no longer what ordinary people pursue. The team in this world that deserves to get you back has already
There are not many left, and the New Jersey Nets are definitely not one of them. At the last moment, I was saying to myself and my Cavaliers teammates, guys, my next stop is definitely the New York Knicks.
Until New Jersey gave their last offer, almost the first minute or even the first second after it appeared, I knew that the great Shaq would start his next legend and final curtain call in New Jersey.
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"It's incredible. The chips that Billie King gave are incredible. He made me feel his strong confidence."
"Billy King believes that the Nets, currently ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, will only perform better than they are now. The Nets' first-round draft picks in 2011, 2013, and 2015 have no value to the Nets. His powerful
Confidence shook the world, and so did I. I said my future depended on the next team's respect for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Billy King exemplified his confidence and his respect for me and the Cavaliers.
Knightly respect."
"Whether you are the ones who criticize him or those who praise him, maybe you will not know whether this deal is a success or a failure five years from now, but now, Billy is the most ideal and courageous general manager in the NBA in my mind. I
Love him!"
Where is Ainima!
Isiah Thomas angrily turned off the TV and cursed in his mind.
He had always felt that he and Billie King were the same person.
He didn't know about it until this time when he was competing for O'Neal's trade.
This guy is simply a madman, a madman who is either a genius or a fool!
Damn, although judging from the current performance of the Nets, the Nets' future draft picks do not have much value, but that was now, now is 2009, who until TM's 2011, 2013, and 2015 basketball teams
What will the network look like?
Devin Harris, Bruce Lopez and O'Neal may have a good record in 2011, but what about 2013 and 2015?
Billie King doesn't really think that with O'Neal as the leader, the Nets will take off from now on, right?
Or did Billie King see something that the rest of the world didn't?
How is this possible!
O'Neal, who has always wanted to give the Cavaliers a good bargaining chip, if he really believed that the Nets would be very good in the future, how could he refuse the 2011 first-round pick offered by the New York Knicks?
Draft pick?
You know, every fool knows that his 2011 New York Knicks draft pick was definitely a lottery.
Compared with the value of one lottery pick and the value of three non-lottery picks, of course one early-lottery pick is more valuable.
But O'Neal chose the Nets.
Why?
Obviously, O'Neal is now praising Lilijin for his courage and pursuit, but in his heart, this damn fat man is definitely calling this guy a fool!
O'Neal and the whole world have seen the value of the Nets' three draft picks. Only Billie King firmly believed that his team's draft picks were worthless, so when the New York Knicks offered one, the Nets offered three.
indivual.
Damn it, this lunatic is either a fool or a genius!
If the Nets really rise in five years, these three first-round picks will indeed have little value. Billy King is a genius.
If five years later, the Nets have been bad for five years because of this, and even continue to be bad for five years, and these three draft picks have brought three lottery picks to the Cavaliers, or even three No. 1 picks, then there is no need to use the former
The Raptors' general manager is out to beat him to death. Billy King will definitely become the stupidest general manager and the stupidest guy in the history of the NBA!
There are many crazy people in this world, and he is also a somewhat crazy person, but there are really not that many people who are crazy enough to bet on whether they are geniuses or fools.
Many people say that the truth is in the hands of a few people, but the reality is that most of the time the truth is in the hands of the majority of people, and the eyes of the masses are sometimes brighter.
No one knows what kind of truth and what kind of future Billi King's eyes saw.
Maybe the world in the eyes of geniuses or fools is really different from ordinary people.
But on this day, Billie King and Pat Riley were the stars of the world together.
Originally, four wonderful Christmas wars had been fought, and the whole world should have been bragging about these four Christmas wars on this day.
But I really didn't expect that Billie King and Pat Riley would actually shock the whole world with their sexy moves.
Billy King's world-shaking moves were considered extremely stupid, giving the impression that even a fool could be the general manager of the NBA.
But Pat Riley's tricks are different from Billy King's.
Pat Riley sent the Heat's All-Star players Ben Gordon, Varejao and Haslem, as well as the Cavaliers' 2013 first-round pick from the trade of O'Neal to the Cavaliers, and got Kyle from Boston.
The special Garnett and Pierce.
The Cavaliers sent the team's All-Star player David Lee to get the potential center JaVale McGee from the Boston Celtics, as well as the Heat's former Cavaliers center Varejao and Heat center Haslem.
One thing is that the Cavaliers took back the first-round pick from the Heat that they don't know what the future draft will be.
As for the Boston Celtics, they sent away Garnett, Pierce and McGee, and got All-Star Ben Gordon from the Heat and All-Star David Lee from the Cavaliers.
This deal is a very un-Pat Riley deal, and it actually seems like a win-win-win deal.
The Heat traded one All-Star for two.
The Celtics replaced two aging All-Stars with two All-Stars in their prime.
Even the Cleveland Cavaliers did not lose money. Although they sent out All-Stars and did not get All-Stars, after acquiring Kevin Love from the Nets, David Lee was not a necessary player in the first place. With David
Not only did Lee get McGee, a potential center who performed well last season, but he also received the 2013 first-round draft pick and Varejao given away to get O'Neal, and also received interest from Haslem from the Heat.
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Even for the Cavaliers, getting so much is secondary. For the Cavaliers' management, the greater significance of this deal is to disgust Pat Riley.
The Cavaliers acquired O'Neal from the Heat in exchange for Varejao and a 2013 first-round pick.
O'Neal was now traded for the Nets' Kevin Love and three future Nets draft picks.
Now Kevin Love has replaced David Lee, who signed a free contract. With David Lee, he got back everything he had lost, and also received interest.
After this operation by the Cavaliers, it can be said that Pat Riley has sent waves of warmth to them.
For people like Pat Riley and Danny Ainge who won't suffer, this is simply more uncomfortable than killing them.
Pat Riley clearly knew that the Cavaliers were retaliating against him for poaching James and deliberately humiliating him. He really didn't want to use the Cavaliers as an intermediary in his trade with the Celtics.
But there was no way, who made other teams unwilling to join in. At this time, only the Cavaliers, who had just robbed the Nets, stood up.
When the deal with the Cavaliers was completed, Pat Riley felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly.
The general manager of the Cavaliers looked like he could speak.
So what was said?
"I don't want you to pity me. You don't owe me anything. I will never force you to do something you don't want to do. I have my own principles. I don't want you to step on me all my life. You think I am a beggar.
I have been waiting for two years just for an opportunity. I want to take a breath, not to prove that I am great, but to tell you that I must get back what I have lost!"
After taking away Varejao and the future draft pick from him, and also taking away Heat captain Haslem, the proud expression on the face of the Cavaliers general manager simply made Pat Riley vomit blood.
The general manager of the Cavaliers looked at him with a look of elation and pride mixed with hatred.
Pat Riley is certain that if possible, these guys would probably want to get James back from him!
Although this is impossible.
With the news caused by James leaving the Cavaliers, it is impossible for him to return to the Cavaliers even if he goes to any team in the world.
But no matter what, Pat Riley could only endure it with humiliation and retaliation from the Cavaliers management.
After all, the anger of the Cavaliers management means nothing. Now the whole world is boasting about the greatness of the deal he led.
There is no way, even though Garnett and Pierce are not young now.
Garnett is 33 years old and Pierce is 32 years old.
It's hard to say what the future holds for these two people.
But these two are definitely All-Star players now!
It is now said that the SuperSonics may have ten players with All-Star ability.
But the strength of the All-Stars is not All-Stars after all.
The Miami Heat are different.
Even if the Miami Heat get rid of Chandler, the nominal All-Star, and Rasheed Wallace, the nominal All-Star, they still have Chris Bosh, James, Wade, Ray Allen, Pierce, and Garnett.
Six true All-Stars with All-Star quality.
If we say that the previous Heat occupied the position of the most powerful team in NBA history, there might still be some controversy.
Well, now that the Heat have acquired Garnett and Pierce, even if they themselves say that they are not the strongest player in NBA history, I am afraid no one will agree.
"There is no doubt that we are now seeing the most evil team in NBA history. No matter in the past or in the future, it is impossible for any team to be more evil than this Heat!"
To be continued...