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Chapter 376 Trading
After the press conference, Colangelo Jr. immediately left the American West Arena. Instead of going home to rest, he rushed back to the headquarters to obtain information on Rasheed Wallace and the Washington Bullets to study the possibility of a trade.

This research, as Zhang Li said, is really necessary and feasible for trading.

Rasheed Wallace played 65 games with the Bullets last season and started 51 games. However, the starting time was too short, only [-] minutes.

He averaged only 10 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.8 blocks, 1.6 turnovers, and 3.2 fouls per game. His shooting percentage was 48.7%, and his free throw percentage was only 65%.

But this is just right for the Suns. The Suns have K, a monster in the low post. They don’t need a strong low-post attack from a power forward at all, and their scoring ability is also suitable.

As for the defensive end, it is also quite suitable. Like Ben Wallace, he has a very active defensive attitude and has physical talent, which is much better than Ben Wallace's talent.

In terms of rebounds, if the playing time is increased to 35 minutes, there should be no problem averaging about seven per game. Although not as good as Ben Wallace, it can also meet the Suns' rebounding requirements for power forwards.

This is the necessity of the transaction. Rashid is very suitable for the current lineup of the Suns, and from the analysis of the feasibility of the transaction, the possibility of success is also very high.

First, the Bullets belong to the Eastern Conference and are not a playoff team. They rank tenth in the Eastern Conference this year. The last time they made it to the playoffs was in the 87/88 season. They have not made it to the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons.

Second, the Bullets really have too many people inside. Juwan Howard, one of the Michigan Five Tigers generals, is the team's unstoppable main power forward. He has played 81 games this season, starting 81 games, and averaging nearly 41 minutes per game. Rasheed Wallace has few opportunities and may be traded.

Third, the Bullets also traded Chris Webber, the No. 93 pick in 15, from the Warriors. This season Weber was injured and only played 231 games. Now he has recovered from his injury. Next season, the Bullets will have Juwan Howard and Chris Webber at the power forward position, and the main center is George Muresan, who is [-] cm. No matter whether it is the [-]th position or the [-]th position, Rasheed Wallace still does not get many opportunities.

He immediately started collecting information about the Bullets, making several phone calls and contacting several NBA reporters.

Very good, one of the reporters revealed to him an inside news about the Bullets. The Bullets management is currently negotiating with Juwan Howard to renew his contract.

"Is his rookie contract up?" he asked in surprise.

"Yes, Howard's rookie contract is a 2+1 contract. The third year is a player option. This year he has hit 22+8 data. Now the management is preparing to renew the contract with a high salary. The contract is likely to be worth hundreds of millions." The reporter said on the phone with a very envious tone.

"what?"

Little Colangelo was startled again, but then he was overjoyed.

The Bullets gave Howard a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, which means that Juwan Howard will definitely be the main power forward next season. Rasheed Wallace will still compete with Chris Webber at the [-]th position. His tonnage is too light for the [-]th position, which increases the possibility of a trade.

At the same time, the Bullets gave Howard a billion-dollar contract, and they must clear up part of the salary space, otherwise they will definitely not be able to accommodate them, so the transaction will be more likely.

Thinking of this, he ended his phone call with the reporter, and made a call to the general manager of the Bullets, Mr. Jerry Rockell, regardless of the fact that it was already one o'clock in the morning.

"Hello, I'm Rockell."

"Hi, Mr. Rockell, I'm Colangelo from the Suns."

The call was connected quickly, indicating that the other party was not asleep at this time.

"You want Rasheed Wallace?"

"Yes, you can't use it. We still have some use for it. I can trade Ben Wallace. Although he is an undrafted pick, you have seen his performance. Even the postman has nothing to do with him, and he can't move him."

Rockell was a little surprised. Although the season is over, the team's main focus is on renewing the contract with Juwan Howard. There is no news of trading Rasheed Wallace, and the trading window has not yet opened. Are the Suns eyeing Rasheed?

However, he intends to trade Rashid. In the past season, due to serious inside injuries, Rashid got some starting opportunities, but next season there is no Rashid position at all. In addition, once an agreement with Howard In the contract, he also needs to clear a part of the space before he can complete the contract renewal with Juwan, so trading Rashid is actually imperative.

He began to consider this deal, and what attracted him was not the Suns players, but the first-round pick in the hands of the Suns.

The Suns are very fat, and they have three first-round picks this year. Rasheed Wallace was the No. [-] pick in the first round last year. He has to bargain hard and try to kill the Suns.

He thought about it. In the current lineup of the Suns, Michael Finley is fine, and the Bullets also lack a potential perimeter.

He didn't put his mind on Old K, it was unrealistic, and Lightning didn't want it either, he was too old, and apart from the Suns' first-round pick, only Finley could attract him.

As for Ben Wallace, forget it, Colangelo don't try to fool him, he wouldn't trade a power forward like Rasheed Wallace with good offensive and defensive skills for an offensive idiot like Ben Wallace, and he is also a guy whose real height may be less than two meters.

"Mr. Colangelo, give me Michael Finley and the first-round pick of the Hornets in your hands this year, and you can take away Rasheed Wallace." After thinking clearly, he gave the chips he wanted.

"Finley can't, you can take Ben Wallace. In addition, I can give you the first-round pick of our Suns. We need the picks of the Hornets and Cavaliers. It is impossible to give up." Colangelo Jr. immediately refused.

"I don't need Ben Wallace, but you must give me the Hornets' sign." Le Keir said immediately.

"It won't work." Little Colangelo refused again.

The two began to bargain, and neither of them would give in at the beginning.

After discussing for more than ten minutes, Colangelo Jr. agreed to send Finley and the Suns the end of the first round, which is his final bottom line.

Finley was the No. 21 pick in the first round of last year, plus this year's last pick, two first-round picks for a player the Bullets can't use, he thinks it's enough.

In the end, Le Keir chose to back down. After all, he also wanted to trade Rasheed away, and the Suns had a good bargaining chip. Now that the draft is approaching, it is difficult to trade from other teams to the first-round pick.

In this way, the two negotiated the deal in the middle of the night.

Little Colangelo is very satisfied. Old K and Rasheed Wallace should not be weaker than the combination of old K+AC Green last season.

Then after the deal with the Mavericks is completed, there will be no problem at the [-]th and [-]th positions. Robert Horry plays the main small forward, and his performance in the playoffs is considered stable.

At least how to trade Kidd, originally planned to be Person + Finley, now that Finley is gone, he plans to trade with the Cavaliers' No. 20 pick in the first round, at most Ben Wallace and Person, I believe the Mavericks should agree.

Ben Wallace withstood the postman in today's game. His defensive strength should attract a lot of attention. He already has transaction value. Signing first and then changing is also a bargaining chip.

Now there is a Hornets' No. 13 pick left in his hand, and he will use it to select a guard.

At least which one to choose, of course he wants to choose an immediate force to come in and try his best to win the championship next season. There are not many opportunities to cultivate rookies.

The next day, May 5, the second round continued.

In the morning, Colangelo Jr. contacted the Mavericks and re-sent his chips, Person + Cavaliers' unprotected first-round pick in 96.

The Mavericks were a little angry, but they didn't refuse when they saw the chips of the Suns. Both were young players. The important thing is that the Cavaliers' picks were good, and now they can't trade their first-round picks at all.

Colangelo Jr. and the Mavericks renegotiated the trading plan, and used the reputation of the Colangelo family to guarantee that they would not change their minds again.

This night, O'Neal showed his power and beat Ewing to the ground. At the same time, the Knicks played a strong defense. Hardaway didn't feel good and only scored 18 points.

In another game, Mosaic showed a strong offensive ability, and the Big Three made another effort, winning two consecutive victories in the away game, and the atmosphere was high.

However, the Big Three were very low-key and did not make any high-profile victory remarks.

On the 9th, the second round continues.

This time, the Bulls and Pacers played first, and the Suns and Jazz were half an hour late.

The Bulls played against the Pacers at the beginning of the game. In the 7th minute of the first quarter, Reggie Miller was suddenly injured, and it was more serious. He stopped the game directly due to the injury and was reimbursed for the season.

The game between the Suns and the Jazz fell into a bitter battle, which was more intense than the previous game.

Ben Wallace has only played for one season, and he is far from the postman's opponent in terms of defensive skills and game experience.

It was the first time the postman faced him in the last game. He was not familiar with him, but he had a good defensive effect. This time it was different. The postman played above and above, and he played against the small with big players. Although his strength was good, he was at a disadvantage due to his height.

Westphal saw that Daben couldn't defend against the postman, so he could only switch defenses and let Lao Wang and the postman face off.

But in this way, another trouble arose. After the postman pulled out, Pharaoh also followed, and Big Ben faced up to the tank Spencer under the basket.

Even though Spencer is a stump in front of Lao Wang, but against Da Ben at the basket, his tonnage advantage is very large, 130 kg like the postman.

In the end, Lao Wang had no choice but to come back and sit at the basket, and Da Ben faced the postman.

Although Daben couldn't defend against the postman today, he could also reduce some of his shooting percentages, which is not bad. The postman's scoring is still difficult to offset Wang Tiejun's low-post offense.

Relying on Lao Wang's low-post offense and the better performance of the three outside players than in the previous game, the Suns still had a bit of an advantage. In the second quarter, under Wilkins' bombardment, they once led by 12 points. If they continue to play like this, they should have no problem winning this game.

The inside line fell into hand-to-hand combat, and the outside line also played quite fiercely.

Position 3 is the most intense position, very confrontational. Stockton kept making small moves. In the [-]rd minute of the third quarter, he stepped on Lightning's right foot again during a breakthrough. Lightning fell and hit the floor with his right knee, and ended up injured.

Fortunately, it was a flawed injury. I hit a big bone and it wasn't broken. It just hurt a lot, but the injury should not be serious. I have a chance to come back in the next game.

On the sidelines, Stern looked natural, but he was dissatisfied with the Jazz and John Stockton in his heart. This point guard's little tricks are a little too much. No wonder he was selected as one of the four villains by the media.

Lightning was injured, and the Suns were in trouble immediately. Perry couldn't stand Stockton at all. He lost control of the outside line and couldn't get the ball inside. The situation began to tilt towards the Jazz, and the points gradually caught up.

Lao Wang couldn't help being angry, but he couldn't find trouble with John Stockton, so he turned his anger on the postman and directly swapped positions with Da Ben.

The next time, the postman was in trouble. He could avoid it on the defensive end, but he couldn't avoid it on the offensive end. Old K switched to defending him, and directly raised the confrontation to the highest intensity, taking several elbows in a row.

However, the situation of the game still failed to change. The postman was indeed guarded by Wang Tiejun. His tonnage was about the same as that of Lao Wang, and his movement speed was not as fast as that of Lao Wang.

Especially in the air-cut tactics after the pick-and-roll, Daben couldn't withstand the inside cut at the basket alone, and Person and Perry couldn't catch up with Hornacek's outside cut from the outside. There was a problem with the defense.

In the 10th minute of the last quarter, the game entered the final moment. The Suns led by 7 points when the Lightning was injured, and fell behind by 5 points.

This time the Jazz attack.

The postman hadn't attacked for a long time. This time, he borrowed Stockton's pick-and-roll to throw off Wang Tiejun on the right wing, got the chance to hit Perry in a misplaced position, and caught the ball and made a jumper.

After Wang Tiejun forcibly pushed Stockton away, he swooped forward with one step and threw the jumping postman to the ground.

"Uh!"

The postman groaned when he fell. The combined weight of the two of them was more than 260 kilograms. He alone could not bear it no matter how strong his body was.

"Carl?"

Stockton was stunned and ran over quickly.

"yeah!"

The home fans who had been angry for a long time cheered and applauded continuously.

"Carl's ball has been shot, this is a malicious foul! Second level malicious foul..."

Jerry Sloan jumped to his feet and roared angrily.

Westphal yelled at the Jazz bench angrily: "When Stockton stepped on the lightning just now, you didn't say it was a malicious foul. He stepped on it at least five times today, and I counted it for him."

On the sidelines, Old Colangelo said to Stern: "Mr. President, it was just an accident. Old K blocked the shot, not an intentional foul. He didn't make any unnecessary moves at all."

Stern nodded and said, "The referee will make a fair penalty."

He believed that old K would not commit malicious fouls in front of him, but he also knew old K's character, and he should have followed the trend when he knocked over the postman in the cover.

The referee made a penalty. The postman had already taken the ball and missed it. This time it was considered an ordinary physical foul, two free throws and one throw.

But the postman couldn't beat him anymore and was helped down. Jazz was worried about internal injuries, and he was also afraid, so he went straight to the hospital.

Wang Tiejun has already made three fouls, and with this technical foul, it will be four fouls, and he will continue to stay on the court.

Next, Stockton executed a free throw.

He made more than [-]% of his free throws and was quite accurate, but he seemed to be affected by the postman's injury. He missed the first free throw and made the second free throw.

104:98, the Jazz lead by 6 points, and the Suns attack.

Although there was no postman, the Jazz did not admit defeat. Stockton still had an absolute advantage against Perry, preventing Perry from making almost mistakes in the backcourt.

Fortunately, because of the postman's injury, Stockton's dirty moves were restrained a lot. After the support of teammates Person and Horry, he still pushed the ball to the frontcourt.

As soon as the ball reached the frontcourt, there was no suspense.

Wang Tiejun walked around the outside first, and when the meat shield Spencer came out, he suddenly started to cut in, bypassing his opponent and rushing into the paint.

Perry advanced to the frontcourt at this time, saw Lao Wang cut into the paint area, and immediately passed the ball in regardless.

Big Ben couldn't pull away, and power forward Antoine Kyle, who replaced the postman, has returned to the basket. He is 206 cm tall and weighs 110 kg. Under Lao Wang's body, he looks like a child.

Pharaoh jumped to the basket, blocked Kyle with his left hand, and caught the ball with his right hand. At this time, Spencer had already chased him to the right side, and he was double-teamed after receiving the ball.

But for him, he didn't care at all. As soon as he got the ball, when the double-team formed, he immediately joined the ball, and the chain of iron mountains on the left and right exploded instantly.

"Boom! Boom!"

With the sound of the impact, Kyle on the left flew out first and was uprooted directly, and Spencer, the meat shield on the right, was also knocked back a step.

"boom!"

In the next moment, he turned around and jumped up, smashing and dunking with one hand, blasting the ball into the basket.

"The use of the shoulder in the hit must be prohibited."

The game between the Bulls and the Pacers is over. The Bulls have won two consecutive victories. Now the head coaches and general managers of all the teams in the league are paying attention to the game between the Suns and the Jazz. Seeing this scene, they all came up with this idea.

That's right, just now Lao Wang's chain kicking was using the shoulders. This kind of side kicking can't be done through the back.

Of course, he didn't make any movement of sinking his shoulders, it was completely coordinated with the movement of his feet so that his body could achieve the purpose of impact.

They are all big experts, and they are very clear that if the use of shoulders is prohibited, the purpose of restricting old K can definitely be achieved.

(End of this chapter)