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Chapter 158 McGrady...Stay in Orlando
At the same time, the transactions and contract renewals of each team are still proceeding in an orderly manner.

O'Neal traveled east, Kobe renewed his contract, Martin took a big contract, Boozer defected... There are not many big fish in the trading market.

The most notable ones are Francis and Tracy McGrady, two All-Star starting guards.

Francis forced the palace, hoping that the team's management could strengthen the team, but Mosaic did not have any effective reinforcement. It was still a three-year-old practice of sewing and picking up a few veterans to make up the lineup.

Francis responded by refusing to participate in the team's training camp and refusing to participate in all team activities.

So far, Francis and the Mosaic team have completely torn their skins.

In addition, "Old Cat" Mobley is also on Francis' side, and the Mosaic team is a little bit battered.

McGrady on the other side is neither arguing nor arguing.

No matter how the Magic management operates, McGrady has not made his own voice.

Later, a well-known reporter revealed the whole story of the conflict between Tracy McGrady and the management of the Magic.

The reason is that the Magic traded away McGrady's friend and the second head of the Magic, Mike Miller, without notifying McGrady.

That night, McGrady scored 52 points in three quarters to express his dissatisfaction with the management.

Subsequently, the Magic team record worse and worse.

Last season, the Magic started with a 19-game losing streak and finished with 21 wins and 61 losses, ranking last in the league.

The conflict between Tracy McGrady and the management of the Magic has reached the point of irreconcilability.

After the news broke, Tracy McGrady and the Magic management were criticized by the outside world.

Of course, more people are dissatisfied with the Magic management.

"They don't deserve any stars!"

"From the moment O'Neal left, I knew how stupid the Magic were!"

"T-MAC, get out of this damn Orlando, no matter where you go, we support you!"

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There was a lot of trouble on both sides, and the trading market ushered in a second wave of climax.

In the past few days, Yao Ming often talked with Li Lei on the phone and talked about this matter.

Li Lei joked, "If that's the case, why don't the two sides swap?"

The next day, news broke.

The management of the Magic team is in contact with the management of the Mosaic team and has reached a preliminary transaction intention.

The main body of the Magic's transaction is McGrady + Juwan Howard.

The subject of Mosaic's transaction is Francis + Mobley.

Seeing the news, Li Lei himself was stunned.

"Is my mouth open?"

The two All-Star starting guards swapped clubs. This is a big deal, and the entire league was shocked.

However, many people have the same conjecture as Li Lei, and they have already made predictions.

Subsequently, the management of the two teams launched a more in-depth discussion, constantly bargaining on the trading chips.

Seeing that the deal between McGrady and Francis is about to be reached.

At this moment, another incident happened in the alliance, which was somewhat related to Li Lei.

The Magic management has not yet finished talking about McGrady's deal, and has taken a fancy to Heat coach Stan Van Gundy (Da Fan).

Coach Da Fan was the best coach last season. He led the Heat to a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, and even reached the Eastern Conference finals.

They directly offered a high salary of 4 million U.S. dollars for four years, and wanted to dig Da Fan.

This salary is an absolute high salary for the head coach.

Coach Da Fan didn't agree at first.

As a result, Pat Riley directly drove Da Fan away: "Go and get your big contract!"

So Dafan agreed.

Soon, Da Fan officially signed a contract with the Magic.

Li Lei also made a special phone call to express his congratulations.

On the other end of the phone, Coach Da Fan couldn't stop smiling, he kept laughing.

Li Lei could vaguely guess that Da Fan was willing to coach the Magic from the very beginning.

It's just that I can't speak directly because of my mentorship with Riley.

Riley probably noticed it a long time ago, and simply encouraged Da Fan to go to the Magic.

It's easy to get together and break up when the master and apprentice are together. There is no need to make everyone unhappy.

It's not just about money.

The Heat will always be Riley's Heat, and Riley is the Heat's dictator.

Last season, Da Fan, as the head coach of the Heat, actually had very little right to speak, and everything was still dominated by Riley.

In the playoffs, Da Fan didn't direct well, so Riley directly grabbed the pointer and took the lead himself.

Looking at the Heat, before signing the contract, they had already assured Da Fan that they would give him a certain right to speak.

His opinions will be sought on team trades, layoffs, and drafts.

Comparing the two, how Da Fan will choose is no longer a problem.

The two chatted happily.

Li Lei asked McGrady and Francis about switching clubs by the way.

As a result, Da Fan told Li Lei: "Tracey will not leave Orlando!"

Li Lei: "..."

Van Gundy on the other end of the phone seemed to be able to think of Li Lei's reaction, and was a little proud: "Anyway, the whole league will know about this tomorrow, so it doesn't matter if I tell you first."

"I convinced Tracy that he is willing to stay in Orlando and play under me!"

"The management has also been convinced by me. As long as there are results next season, they are also willing to reconcile with McGrady."

Li Lei hurriedly signaled Da Fan to continue. He really wanted to know how Da Fan persuaded McGrady and the management of the Magic team.

The two parties have become like this, and they can still reconcile?
Afterwards, Da Fan spoke eloquently.

Convincing the Magic management is actually very simple, as long as you guarantee the results to them, they only care about this.

When the Magic sent Mike Miller away, it wasn't because of a hothead, but because the Magic's inside line was too old to be reused.

Management wants to trade Mike Miller for a solid big man.

In the final analysis, the management of the Magic is also for the record.

The reason why McGrady was angry was half because of his brother's injustice, and the other half was because of the management's disrespect.

If the management can have a good discussion with McGrady, at least tell McGrady in advance, so that this will not happen.

What Dafan did was to give McGrady enough respect.

After Da Fan signed the contract, the first thing he did was to fly to McGrady's house, visit in person, and then tell McGrady his team building ideas.

When Maddy saw Dafan doing this, he would naturally be moved, but he would not change his mind.

So, Coach Da Fan started the second step.

He took McGrady to see the training of Grant Hill and Dwight Howard.

Hill is the top three in the league, but because of injuries, he played 47 games in these three seasons.

The Magic originally wanted to form a dual-core team of Tracy McGrady and Hill.

It's a pity that McGrady was miserably cheated by Hill.

But this offseason, Hill has recovered quite well, and his competitive state is very good.

Howard was the No. 2004 pick in the [-] NBA Draft, and his talents are overflowing, visible to the naked eye.

In addition, the Magic also selected a good small guard Jameer Nelson with the 20th overall pick in the first round.

The Turkish player, "Star and Moon God of War" Hidotkoglu was dug from the Spurs.

Plus 3-and-D player Deshaun Stevenson.

The Magic next season will be very competitive.

So, McGrady chose to stay.

In fact, not to mention McGrady, Li Lei was a little worried when he heard about this lineup.

Next season, the Magic will definitely be a strong team in the Eastern Conference.

The Heat have to concede three points.

Just a healthy Hill + McGrady is the top combination in the league.

What's more, plus Howard, Nelson, Turkoglu, Stevenson...

If Riley knew about this, he would definitely regret driving away Coach Da Fan. This is a big trouble for himself!

(End of this chapter)