I'm not really a role player

Chapter 261 Another Four-Party Deal

It is irreversible for the old shark to leave.

Although Li Ke really doesn't want to see this, in his opinion, the 37-year-old Shark still has fuel in his fuel tank. At least, it is more than enough to play a starting center in this league where centers are scarce.

In contrast, Jr. Jordan is quite immature, and it is too early to expect him to support the inside of the Bobcats...

More importantly, as soon as the old shark left, Bobcat lost more than half of its original attractiveness.

The originally planned Rasheed Wallace?Unless the Bobcats give Tianzun a sufficient pension contract.

Otherwise, everything will return to the original historical line, and Tianzun's first choice will still be the Celtics who still have the strength to compete for the championship after KG's serious injury.

So, if you really think about it, the old shark's departure had a great impact on Bobcats.

But the elbow can't twist the thigh, the old shark has decided to go, the bobcat can force to stay, but often, the result of forcing to stay is not very good, so...

"Then let's trade, Sheldon, do you have any ideas? For example, do we want immediate combat power or potential stocks?"

The value of the old shark is not low. In the past season, he also played 70 games, averaging 17.8 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.6 blocks per game.

Based on the statistics and performance on the field, Shark can be regarded as one of the top five centers in the league. Only the Sparks, Dayao, and Stoudemire are better than him.

But at the same time, the value of the old sharks is not much higher. The big contract of 2000 million US dollars has only the last year left, and not all teams can swallow it.

At the age of 37, if you say you are going down, you will go down, if you say you can't play, you will not be able to play. Most teams have to hesitate for a while after targeting the old sharks. Think about how much oil is left for the old sharks who will be 38 years old...

"I don't know. Shaq is too special. He has strength, but the contract is too old and the value is high. No one knows. Let's talk to a few interested teams first."

Li Ke shook his head, he really didn't know, the situation was too complicated and confusing.

But thinking about it again, he felt: "Well, if you have to find a direction, my suggestion is to add Shaq to the trade for the draft pick. Without Shaq, without Allen, we can't lose Chris (Humphries) and Jared Jack anymore."

Hearing this, Boss Joe nodded:
"OK, then I understand, Rhodes, Rich, act quickly, we must send Shaq out before the draft."

In this way, Old Joe made a decision, and Rod Higgins and Rich Joe got up together.

Li Ke sat where he was and touched his chin.

The possible next home of the Sharks can be counted on one hand. The three championship-level teams in the East are the Cavaliers, the Magic and the Celtics. The Magic has sparks. First of all, the Celtics may want the Sharks, but they have no salary space.

There are many teams in the West that have opportunities, but the problem is still the same-the contract is too big to match.

"How do I feel that the knight is more likely?"

Close your eyes, enter the system, the old shark's friendliness distance is 80, and there are still 10 points away.

"Old Shark's skill talent should be gone..."

Even so, Li Ke decided to talk to Lao Sha.

But before that, he took out his mobile phone and edited a text message, which read:
"Congratulations, Kobe, you are now Mr. FMVP. Next season, my match against you can finally be called a match between FMVPs."

……

Li Ke called Lao Sha, but he didn't get through the first few times. When he got through, it was already the third day after Lao Sha applied for a deal.

After a phone call, he found out that Lao Sha had arrived in Greece and started his vacation life.

Emmm, if it weren't for the posters of the Lakers winning the championship and Kobe Bryant everywhere in Los Angeles, the old shark would not have left Los Angeles in such a hurry.

The phone call got through, and meeting was impossible, so Li Ke could only chat with Lao Sha on the phone.

The chat is neither salty nor light, and has no nutrition.

But Li Ke could feel Lao Sha's determination to leave——

"Kobe is only 30 years old, and he still has two or three years at his peak, and the Lakers have proven that they have the strength to build a dynasty. What I have to do is to stop all of this!"

Lao Sha couldn't come back, of course, Li Ke never thought that he could persuade Lao Sha to come back with a few words.

All he can do is chat a few words, listen to Old Shark's true thoughts, and plan for the next step for himself and Bobcats. By the way, see if Old Shark's remaining 10 points of friendliness can be increased.

But obviously, Old Shark didn't take this kind of thing. After some small talk, Old Shark's friendliness didn't increase at all.

……

Boss Joe's actions were still very fast, and the trade negotiations between the Bobcats and the Wizards were suspended that day.

The Bobcats took the old shark and asked the price of the whole league, and quickly got feedback, and the amount of feedback was huge.

"Tell me, what offers did you get?"

Li Ke sat down with Boss Joe, Rod Higgins, and Rich Joe again, and what was unfolding before him was still a high-level operation meeting of Bobcats.

Boss Joe was the first to speak: "The Cavaliers are interested in Shaq, but they can't come up with a good bargaining chip. Their current bid is Ben Wallace and Garademanovich, plus a second round at most."

"Big Ben Gala Demanovich? No, absolutely not!"

Li Ke wanted to laugh a little bit, Daben's contract was completely broken, and adding Radmanovich who went out from the Bobcats, just wanted to get the old shark?What is the difference between this shit and robbery?
"Yes, absolutely impossible, so I rejected Danny Ferry."

"In addition, the Nuggets also gave a positive response. Their bid is Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby, but we also need to add a sign-and-trade Jared Jack to them."

"This bid is enough, but the Nuggets? Are they also considered the favorites for the championship?"

Li Ke's doubts are in place, and the second general of the Bobcats' management has the same doubts, but the boss Qiao told the three:
"Mark Walkendian told me he was confident he could convince Shaq to join the Nuggets."

"That's fine..."

He said it was okay, but Li Ke was thinking about the reason why the Nuggets were so confident.

TJ Ford suffered too many injuries, and should be given up by the Nuggets, and Jack's performance in the Bobcats and Pacers last season proved that he has the ability to control.

Jack supplements the point guard, flanked by Artest, who has already confirmed that he will renew his contract with the Nuggets, plus head star Guagua, Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby on the inside, but there is still inner strength, plus the old shark who joined, the strength is not weak.

There are also giants such as JR Smith and Chris Anderson on the bench. Just looking at the strength on paper, this Nuggets does have the strength to be the favorite for the championship.

But Li Ke always felt that the Nuggets were missing something...

"Rod, what's your situation?"

"I contacted the Suns, and Steve Kerr is still on Shaq."

"Sun? A Shaq who is two years older, they still want?"

"They didn't make the playoffs last season, which means they're going to burn the boat."

"Well, what's their offer?"

"Jason Richardson, in addition, they will take out Leandro Barbosa in exchange for an equivalent contract to join the trade."

"The chip is not bad, but why didn't Barbosa come directly?"

"The Suns hope to get another shooting guard through this deal, and they think that for Shaq, one Jason Richardson is enough."

"This chip is also good, but it is still a bit worse than the Nuggets."

Li Ke touched his chin. Although the Bobcats have no shortage of shooting guards like Jason Richardson, they can resell them!
"Rich, where are you?"

"Dallas Mavericks, their offer is Eric Dampier plus Jerry Stackhouse."

"Standing on horses to rob again!"

Dampier will not talk about it, the peak is only that year, and it will not work when it comes to the Lone Ranger.

Jerry Stackhouse, Boss Joe's North Carolina junior, would have been pretty good if he hadn't been injured, but he was seriously injured last season and only played 10 games in one season.

Even if the timeline is set back to the 07-08 season, Stackhouse is just a wing scorer averaging just over 10 points per game.

This is not robbery, what is it?

"And the Blazers, they have ideas about Shaq."

The Emperor's injury seemed to be going nowhere, so the Blazers decided to make up for the lack of a center position for the old shark, and then make it to the playoffs.

But the question remains: "Shouldn't the Blazers be the favorites?"

If the Blazers are the favorites, so are the Bobcats.

"Is that all?"

Boss Joe had finished speaking a long time ago, and both Rod Higgins and Rich Joe nodded.

Focusing on Boss Joe, he knocked on the table:
"That's it, the Nuggets and the Suns continue to talk, and the Lone Ranger, let them replace Jerry Stackhouse with Josh Howard, or change the first round. After talking about these, we will move on to the next step..."

Li Ke raised his hand at this time: "I have an idea."

"Tell me."

Boss Qiao knew that Li Ke's ideas were generally good, so he stopped and turned his gaze.

"Don't the Blazers want a center? Marcus Camby should be enough for them. We can get the lottery chips from the Blazers. As for Kenyon Martin, we can keep them for ourselves."

The two insiders provided by the Nuggets are both good players.

Camby did not leave the Nuggets in the second round like in his previous life, but instead renewed his contract with the Nuggets in advance.

After all, this is an era when centers are scarce. No matter how hard Canda plays, he is also a center who averages a double-double per game.

As for Kenyon Martin, the statistics are not obvious, but the effect on the field is very great. The fourth position is at least better than Chris Humphries. If you keep it, there is no problem at all.

"So now, you are more inclined to offer the Nuggets?"

"Yes."

The Sun's offer, after all, is Jason Richardson. Although they also offered Leandro Barbosa, after Barbosa is dealt with, what the Bobcats can get will inevitably be another garbage contract.

So, to be honest, the Sun's offer is a big problem.

It is very possible for the Lone Ranger to increase the offer, but Dampier is worthless, Jerry Stackhouse and Josh Howard are not what the Bobcats need, and adding a first round will not help the current Bobcats.

emmm, Li Ke completely ignored the Cavaliers' offer.

"Then let's start, let's get this over with!"

Watching Boss Joe, Rod Higgins, and Rich Joe start to act again, Li Ke, who stayed where he was, reviewed the offers that Old Shark got, and finally came to a conclusion:
This old shark is really worthless...

……

After Li Ke expressed his willingness to offer more in favor of the Nuggets, the old Shark's deal was no longer suspenseful.

Two days later, Boss Joe ended his call with Mark Walken Dean and told Li Ke: "It's done, a four-way deal!"

Four big deals, Bobcats finally sent away the old shark, got everything they could get.

But at the end of the transaction, there were some discrepancies from what Li Ke had expected.

Specifically-

The Bobcats sent: Shaquille O'Neal (2000 million), Jared Jack (sign first and then trade), Chris Humphries (350 million)
Get: Kenyon Martin ($1536 million), Darius Sangueira ($453 million), Ethan Thomas ($735 million), the fifth pick in the first round
Nuggets sent: Marcus Camby (1000 million), Kenyon Martin (1536 million)
Get: Shaquille O'Neal ($2000 million), Jared Jack (sign-and-trade)
The Blazers sent: Travis Outlaw (400 million), Steve Blake (493 million)
Get: Marcus Camby ($1000 million)
The Wizards sent: the fifth pick in the first round, Darius Sangueira (453 million), Etan Thomas (735 million),

Get: Travis Outlaw ($400 million), Steve Blake ($493 million), Chris Humphries ($350 million)
……

What Li Ke didn't expect was that for the No. 5 pick, the Bobcats finally paid an extra Chris Humphries and were forced to swallow Ethan Thomas's garbage contract.

As for Darius Sangueira, he averaged 7.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game last season, which shouldn't be considered a junk contract.

But the problem is, coupled with the junk contract of Jamal Tinsley swallowed when he traded Jack last season, and Kenyon Martin's big contract of more than 3000 million US dollars for two years.

The salary space in the Bobcats is not healthy anymore.

Fortunately, Etan Thomas' contract expires after next season, and it's not that poisonous.

The No. [-] pick in the first round is in hand. Turn around and look at the draft again. The chances of Harden and Serena are not great. The only one who can guarantee the selection is Curry.

But on a specific analysis, Harden and Serena are not without opportunities.

The top pick must be Blake Griffin. In addition to Griffin, the top five in the first round are Hashim Thabeet, Serena Williams, Harden and Ricky Rubio.

Serena and Harden still have a chance to fall to the fifth pick.

"It's just a matter of luck. James Harden and Russell Westbrook fall, and we have to choose between them and Stephen Curry. If we don't fall, then we have no choice but to choose Stephen Curry."

This analysis makes the situation clear.

Li Ke felt that his future partner might be Curry.

Thinking about Curry's reluctance, Li Ke wants to laugh, but also wants to cry...

(End of this chapter)