Chapter 691

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the owners of each team received the notice from the League Management Committee. A month later, they will hold a voting meeting in the NBA headquarters in New York. At that time, the owners will go to participate. If they can't get away from it, they will also send representatives to participate.

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Richard still cares about it. Since he wants to vote, he must find more allies in this month.

In the current situation, the pirate team, the Blazers, the pistons and the thunder are the four teams that are right on Richard's side.

In addition to these four teams, the Mavericks are also expected to be on Richard's side. It's not that Kuban and Richard have deep friendship, but Kuban has been dissatisfied with stern for a long time. As long as stern wants to do something, he has to make stern uncomfortable if he has a chance.

The relationship between magic boss and Richard is very good. I expect to be on Richard's side

In addition to these teams, Richard has helped a lot of teams in recent years, and they have no reason to do the thing of revenge.

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This year's new players have gone to play in the summer league. Richard is going to take this time to talk to O'Neal and see if he would like to play as a substitute.

So I called O'Neill and learned that this guy was on vacation in Miami

Two years in Miami, O'Neill fell in love with Miami's sea and beach.

It's not appropriate to talk about it on the phone. Richard Solso flew to Miami with Tina and her children, chatted with O'Neill in person and took a vacation.

"Shaq, you'll enjoy it enough. Stay by the sea if you have nothing to do." Richard saw O'Neill in tight underpants on the beach. The picture was too beautiful to describe.

"That's for sure. Sharks can't live without the sea." O'Neill said with a smile.

"Li, it's not good for you to come to me during the off-season. Tell me what you're thinking."

Richard laughed bitterly. O'Neill was not stupid at all.

"I'd like to ask you if you can play as a substitute for Greg next season. I know this arrangement will be difficult for you, but you should know that it's a pity that Greg doesn't play in the first place now." Richard didn't hide it. He said his purpose of coming to O'Neill this time.

O'Neill was stunned for a moment, and soon began to smile bitterly.

"Li, I thought it would happen at the end of this season, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

"In fact, I also know that for the pirate team, it's a better choice to let Greg play the first game. I should exercise that kid because of my love and reason. After all, I'm just an old guy at the end of my career."

"But even if I'm old now, I can't be a substitute. You know what I mean?"

Richard nodded, and O'Neill had his own pride. He was a super insider who had dominated the League for more than ten years. Before Richard entered the league, O'Neill had already played a great reputation and let him play a substitute for a new melon egg. His pride could not accept this kind of thing.

Even if Oden is not a simple new melon egg, known as O'Neill's successor, but O'Neill has not retired at present, let him play a substitute for his successor, he is also unacceptable.

"Shaq, don't you think about it?"

"You should know that if you refuse to play as a substitute, we may trade you off, and if you stay with the pirates, you will get another championship ring next season."

Richard doesn't really want to trade O'Neal. If O'Neal is willing to stay and play as a substitute, such a veteran with good fighting ability is of great value to the pirate team.

"That kind of championship ring doesn't mean much to me. I haven't won the championship ring before. Now I have three championship rings on hand, not much, but not much."

"If you mix the championship ring as a substitute, you should know that it doesn't mean much to me. More rings won't improve my historical status, and less rings won't reduce my historical status." O'Neill said with a smile.

"As for the trade, I hope to trade back to the West. It's better to have a strong team in the West. I want to play while I can, and then I will meet Kobe Bryant in the West."

Richard nodded. Now that O'Neill had made up his mind, it was meaningless to continue to persuade himself.

"Well, Shaq, have a good time in your future career." Richard sighed

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After returning to Charlotte, Richard asked miles to contact the suns. O'Neill wanted to go to the Western Conference. The Suns were probably the only choice.

The Spurs, the Lakers or the Jazz are not interested in O'Neal. Their lineup has been improved. If there are several O'Neals, they may not be able to improve their strength.

The Suns have been salivating for O'Neal for a long time. They contacted the heat last season when they were off-season to trade O'Neal. If Patricia didn't ask too much, the deal would have been a success.Now seeing O'Neal's great form this season, the Suns management is also sorry.

But when they got a call from miles, the entire suns management was stunned. Was that pie in the sky?

Richard is going to sell O'Neal to their suns? The asking price is just a Marion plus a cannon fodder to balance salaries.

Marion's condition last season is actually good. There are 16 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1.5 blocks in the field. Although the score is less, the scoring efficiency is good, and the average shooting rate can reach over 52.

But in the view of the Suns management, O'Neill is obviously more likely to lead the Suns further, because the two strongest teams in the west, no matter the Spurs or the Lakers, their internal lineup is quite strong. Every time they meet these two teams, the Suns lose miserably.

If you can bring O'Neill, I'm afraid the situation will be greatly improved. Of course, if Marion leaves, it will affect the strength of the Suns' starting lineup.

But Grant Hill, with the help of the sun doctor, is in good shape, and with a Dior on the bench, it's almost enough.

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The Suns agreed to Richard's offer without saying a word. If Richard asked for other players besides Marion, the Suns would hesitate

After all, the Suns had suffered losses in Richard's hands before, selling Joe Johnson to Richard at a low price.

But now Richard asked them to choose any player and match Marion's salary with O'Neal's, which reassured the Suns management. Richard should have no tricks in this deal.

The door to the trading market has been opened, and the sun team representatives flew to Charlotte that night, and signed a contract with the pirate team representative miles overnight.

It's no wonder that they are in such a hurry. In their eyes, it's definitely a good thing to have a pie in the sky.

Marion has only one year left on his contract. At the end of this year, they may lose Marion because they are unlikely to pay him too much

And now with the loss of Marion in exchange for the inner pillar O'Neill, this deal how to see how cost-effective.

As for O'Neal's old age and potential injury risks, the Suns are not worried at all. They can even handle the historic Glassman like Grant Hill. Are they afraid of O'Neal?

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After the two sides signed the contract overnight, the two sides announced the news in the morning.

The pirates sent O'Neal, Sean Marion and the cannon fodder banks from the Suns, just like the heat and Suns normally do.

The deal is the first big deal of the off-season, which has attracted the attention of many fans.

However, it's not surprising that O'Neill was traded. It's mainly because Oden's rookie season performance is too good. It's not hard to guess that the pirate team sent O'Neill away to fully support Oden.

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After the deal, the pirate team's front and back line-up got a good reinforcement, as for the inner line-up must be weakened, but because Richard got little Jordan in the draft this season, the impact is not particularly big.

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Richard likes Marion very much.

In his opinion, Marion may be the most underrated player in the history of the NBA, no one

In other words, on the defensive side, Marion's defense is quite excellent, but the whole career has not even got one of the best defensive two.

In addition to last season, Marion has played in the League for nine years, the defensive efficiency of the worst year also has 102 defensive efficiency values, the best year reached 93 points.

In a few years, even get the defense data of 2 steals and more than 1.5 blocks per game.

It can be said that Marion is the kind of player who not only has good defensive data, but also has excellent defensive effect.

But even so, he hasn't won any defense related honors. He hasn't even won the best defensive second team. Don't mention the defense and DPOY for a while.

In this situation, Richard feels that it may be related to the Suns' tactical style. The Suns' tactical system is easy to overlook Marion's contribution to the defensive end.

Many fans think that this suns team is a pure offensive team. In fact, they are also very good in defense. On the west side, as long as it is a powerful team, there will be no bad defense.

A player with poor defense, even if he is strong in attack, will never be able to stand in the West.

The Spurs and jazz rely on defense to eat, and the Lakers are not low in defense intensity.

Although the Suns' defense is not as good as these three teams, they are also better than other teams in the West. The reason why they are strong is not because of Nash, but because of Marion, lagabel and other defense players.But the sun's attack is so gorgeous that people ignore their defense, which may be why Marion has not been able to get defense related honors.

Whether it's defense data or advanced data, Marion's defense is DPOY level.

In addition to the defensive strength, Marion has two top skills.

Old fans of the Suns should remember that the Suns have three treasures on the court, one is Nash's organizational ability, the other is Marion's rebounding ability, and the third is Marion's non ball ability.

In the first nine years of his career, Marion, who is 201 cm tall, averaged more than 10 rebounds per game. This is not the rebounds that his teammates let out, but the rebounds that he really grabbed by his own strength.

Small Si's rebounding ability is not strong, Marion's existence makes the sun team's rebounding will not be weaker than the opponent.

Marion's rebounds, like Nash's organizational ability, have risen to the level of art.

In addition to the strong rebounding ability, Marion's ability to run without the ball is absolutely amazing.

Because of the poor attack ability of holding the ball, non ball attack is the most important attack way of Marion. The erratic non ball running always gives the opponent a headache. However, if you want to play too many points by non ball, it is certainly not realistic, so Marion's field average score is not much.

Not many points, coupled with a wonderful 38 push shot, Marion is underestimated is a matter of course.

Richard actually thought about Marion for a long time. This time, he was very pleased to get it.

Even if it can only be used for one year, Richard thinks it's worth it. At least he doesn't leave any regrets. All the players he wants to use are used, and he doesn't waste his time.

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After the deal was announced, O'Neill was still in Miami on holiday. Anyway, the Suns would not call him back at this time.

As for Marion, I called Richard at the first time.

Marion is still very happy to join the pirate team. Fools all know that this year is definitely another year of piracy. If you join the pirate team for one year, you will get a championship. It's not a loss.