redvbooks Chapter 637 Philadelphia Qunhao completes the assembly! 【Subscription】
Chapter 637 Philadelphia Qunhao completes the assembly! 【Subscription】
The first shot was the Philadelphia 76ers!
On the advice of Larry Brown, their general manager Billy King did everything he could to find a man in the league who could defend, pass and tough at the same time.
Although Larry Brown's requirements are not high and he does not demand the attacking power of this insider, Billy King looked around, but found that this kind of person is easy to say, but it is impossible to find it!
Because these abilities are almost contradictory!
There are insiders who can defend, block shots and rebounds! And there are quite a few, but if you add the attribute of a pass to them, it will be too rare!
Because they can defend and pass the ball inside, most of them are talented and have top-notch attacking power!
Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, they're all good players!
"833" Billy King looked at his chips and gave up the idea of calling the King and the Timberwolves. He was not a masochist, and he had no interest in this kind of scolding.
Then Billy King decided to change direction, looking for the attribute of being able to pass the ball.
Soon he found Divac, Brad Miller, including his own team and the sixth man of the championship, Kukoc, but the defense of these positions can't be said, it can only be said that it is a comparison One at a time, one is softer than the other!
Just when Billy King felt his head pounding, he received a call from Atlanta. The Atlanta Hawks star Mutombo was fed up with the team's poor record, this record and exposure. The rate even got him completely ignored in the All-Star Game and Defensive Player of the Year votes!
The arrogant Mutombo is naturally not reconciled to this, and he asked the team to trade himself in advance in the same year, otherwise he will become a complete free agent in the offseason and let the team get nothing!
Ever since Qiansheng coach Wilkens announced his departure and Wilkins, the essence of human movies, was no longer in the spotlight, the Eagles that dominated the east have long since disappeared. Reconstruction, for a defensive center like Mutombo who is old and has a big contract but can't drive the box office at all, they have long lost patience!
So they're also peddling mutombo around!
In this case, Philadelphia and Atlanta naturally hit it off!
It took almost only a few hours for both managements to seal the deal!
This season, Debekken Mutombo, who averaged 15 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks per game, officially left Atlanta and joined the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers also paid Kukoc and Ratliff. And the price of a first-round pick!
Both parties can be regarded as getting what they need, and everyone is happy!
Larry Brown and Iverson also welcomed the arrival of Mutombo. Although they didn't get the person they wanted the most, Brown also knew that with the 76ers' current chips, Mutombo was already a leader. The best candidate Billy King could get his hands on!
While his passing isn't top-notch, far less than Boston's Ben, Mutombo has his strengths: He's been No. 2 in Defensive Player of the Year voting for three years in a row, if not for Lin Long's Existence, he is almost the best defensive insider in this league!
And Mutombo is definitely not Ratliff's kind of shot-blocking brush, his rebounding and defense are really real! Has his own set of things!
As for passing, you can practice slowly!
In addition to the 76ers getting the boost they wanted, the Raptors are second in the East!
Last year, the battle with the 76ers reached the last second. Of course, the Raptors were not reconciled to this. At least they believed that they were the most promising and capable eastern team to challenge the Celtics!
So, Colangelo of the Raptors also started recruiting everywhere!
At this time, the Houston Rockets in the west had a big internal problem.
The Rockets, who are not in good shape recently, with Drexler retiring this season, Olajuwon's injury-riddled condition has further aged, and their record has deteriorated further.
Although they still have Steve Francis, who has just been traded for a lot of money, and Antoine Walker, who has been selected as an All-Star, this rookie group originally had high hopes for the team, hoping that they can prop up the team's future and become the A pair of brand new super combination, but no one thought that these two guys could not deal with each other at all!
Not only do they not call at all on the court, they accuse each other of playing poisonous, unreasonable, not passing, and not defending, but they are also completely opposed in private. The two even clashed several times in training and the locker room, and there were 2 times when they almost directly Do it!
And after the All-Star Game, these two guys pushed open the door of the Rockets general manager's office one after another, claiming that there can only be one person left in this place! Either he or I will never play together again!
Rockets general manager Dawson was caught in a heavy multiple-choice question. …
But this choice, although heavy, is not difficult to make!
Steve Francis, he's younger, he's more jumpy, he's more aggressive, and he's more attractive at the box office! Of course, the most important thing is that he's still on his rookie contract now, and he'll only be leading the team from the team for the next 3 years. Can't get a salary of 7 million US dollars! But the return he gives is definitely several times this figure!
As for Antoine Walker, he has just signed a tens of millions of contracts. His style of play is not flattering, he is not strong enough, and he is not handsome enough, and he cannot bring any additional income to the team.
In addition, although Walker is in his prime, he has not made any real progress in the past two years, as if he has already reached his peak.
3.3 So, almost immediately, Dawson decided to trade Walker to formally right Francis!
At the same time, under the instruction of team owner Alexander, Dawson also began to sell the soul of the team, the first person in the history of the Rockets, Olajuwon's journey!
This season, Olajuwon has only played 20 games due to injury, averaging only 11 points, 7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, but he has to take away more than 13 million in salary!
For the well-known stingy owner Alexander, he doesn't care whether Olajuwon has made great contributions to the team, nor does he care about Olajuwon's wish to end his life in the team, he just has an idea: if Olajuwon is traded Well, then I could save $13 million a year!
In this case, there is no need for Olajuwon to stay!