NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 162 [162] Blockbuster trades occurred frequently during the offseason, and the Spurs sent Ginobili away!

The Heat's championship parade schedule is quite grand, with general manager Pat Riley and owner Mickey Arison involved.

In addition to marching in Miami for two days, the team will also take a cruise ship for an East Coast parade, heading north along the Atlantic Ocean, passing through Orlando, Charlotte, Philadelphia and New York.

Finally, he went to Washington and met with the then President of the United States at the White House.

The NBA championship team goes to the White House every year, but Lin Fei did not go with the Timberwolves last year due to some personal reasons.

Because of fighting through injuries in the finals, especially the huge consumption after landing the last dunk, Wade's left knee accumulated considerable injuries.

The team doctor's recommendation is for Wade to undergo knee surgery in the offseason, and he is expected to fully recover in 2-3 months.

"Dwayne, in fact, we don't have to work hard to win G4. After all, we still hold 3 match points!"

Lin Fei also felt a little regretful after learning that Wade's knee injury required surgery.

Wade, who was standing on the championship float with Lin Fei, puffed out his cheeks and smiled:

"Lin, when I heard the cheers and cheers from these fans along the way, I knew it was all worth it!"

"Reversal of 35 points in 13 seconds and victory in 16 games in the playoffs. This is a more perfect honor than an ordinary championship. If you give me another chance, I will still work hard!"

"Besides, my knee injury is not too serious. I am still young and I will recover quickly!"

Lin Fei also smiled and patted Wade on the shoulder. In the original world, Wade's explosive play in the early stage left huge hidden dangers to his knees, which led to frequent injuries and early retirement in the middle and later stages of his career.

I hope that this knee surgery will make Wade realize the importance of protecting his knees early, improve his shortcomings in shooting, and start a new career.

Wade's historical status after his retirement is quite embarrassing. Although he is known as the third shooting guard in history, his historical status in the NBA can only be ranked around 30.

Nowitzki, who has only won one championship, ranks among the 20th in history, far surpassing Wade, who has three championships and one FMVP.

The biggest reason for this is that Wade has no regular season MVP in his career.

Of course, being cheated by James' so-called brother basketball is really not a big deal.

But in today's parallel world, Wade won the regular season MVP in the second year of his rookie contract. If coupled with the subsequent steady performance, his historical status is naturally expected to become even higher.

As for Lin Fei, he will naturally choose to finish the second year of his contract with the Heat in the new season and strive to win another championship.

After three seasons like this, Lin Fei can gradually make up for his personal technical flaws and shortcomings, and he will have enough strength to become the absolute core of an NBA team.

After the contract expires, Lin Fei will make a new choice.

Currently, both Lin Fei and Wade have only the last year left in their contracts. Pat Riley's Heat management has also negotiated with Wade and Lin Fei's agents in advance.

The Heat boss has already said that he will not care about the luxury tax and intends to use the maximum salary to sign Wade and Lin Fei at the same time.
Wade is naturally willing to renew his contract with the Heat with a maximum salary, but Lin Fei and his agent Qin Dongmei have not made a clear statement.

With the championship parade and visit to the White House over, time quickly came to June 6.

The annual NBA Draft is still held grandly at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Lin Fei was invited to participate in the draft with O'Neal, while Wade returned to Miami early for knee surgery.

Speaking of the 2005 draft, it was basically a small draft year. There has always been a saying in the NBA that the No. [-] pick will be a winner.

However, the top pick in 2005, Bodog and second pick Marvin Williams, cannot be said to be parallel imports. They can only be said to be equally mediocre.

"Today's NBA rookies are really getting worse year by year. Are centers really going to wither? What the hell is this Australian No. [-] pick?"

O'Neal curled his lips and shook his head, obviously not optimistic about Bodog's development in the league.

Lin Fei chuckled and said: "Shaquille, you have a pretty good vision. Maybe the NBA center era will really come to an end with you!"

In contrast, Deron Williams, who was selected by the Jazz with the third overall pick, and Chris Paul, who was selected by the Hornets with the fourth overall pick, will instantly kill the No. [-] and No. [-] pick in the same class.

In Lin Fei's view, Deron is not inferior to Paul in terms of physical talent and point guard organization ability, and he is equally strong defensively.

In the original world, Deron had the title of the nemesis who "eats, sleeps and beats Paul", but his development did not go well in the later period, and he eventually quit the league relatively early.

But in today's parallel world, Lin Fei feels that his butterfly effect will change a lot. Perhaps Deron's achievements will not be lower than St. Paul's.

The first few picks were not much different from Lin Fei's impression. The Lakers also selected Andrew Bynum with the 10th pick.

However, the Timberwolves used an upward trade to obtain the No. 16 pick, and they intercepted small forward Danny Granger one step ahead of the Pacers.

In a previous conversation with Garnett, Lin Fei accidentally revealed some views on the 2005 rookies. It seems that this also affected the Timberwolves' draft operations.

If he didn't suffer serious injuries in his career, Danny Granger could be said to be the leading star among the rookies in 2005. In his peak season, he scored 25.8 points and won the Most Improved Player Award.

Now that Granger is heading to the Timberwolves, if he can directly become the starter in the new season, his talent will be realized quickly. Garnett will have another helper next to him, and the pattern of the Western Conference will continue to change.

The Heat did not have a first-round pick in 2005 due to previous transactions, but only a second-round pick.

Among the second-round picks in 2005, the only one Lin Fei remembered was Monta Ellis, who was selected by the Warriors with the 40th overall pick in the second round.

Lin Fei suggested that the Heat management use a second-round pick to acquire Monta Ellis. Although this guy has no leadership qualities, he is still very useful as a scoring gangster on the bench.

If there is a transaction in the future, the value will be equally high.

But the Heat management finally chose power forward Ronny Turiaf to strengthen the interior.

Lin Fei was not interested in meddling in this matter. After all, he had completed his mission by playing for the Heat for one more season.

The weakness of the Heat's current lineup is indeed in the interior. Except for O'Neal, Haslem and General have obvious shortcomings.

With the end of the draft, time quickly came to July 7st, and the offseason free agent market officially opened.Every NBA team is eager to give it a try and is conducting active operations and transactions, hoping to strengthen the team and rebuild their hope of winning the championship.

Lin Fei, under the arrangement of Qin Dongmei and the public relations team, took a flight back to China to conduct a series of business activities and fan meetings.

Anta Group sponsored 3000 million Tianchao coins, held fan meetings for Lin Fei in stadiums in six major cities in China, and also promoted two generations of basketball shoes endorsed by Lin Fei.

Roughly speaking, Heat rookie player Tony Allen, now also a contracted player under Antares, participated in the event with Lin Fei.

At the same time, transactions between NBA teams are also constantly reported. Several strong teams in the East and West that aim to win the championship have actively strengthened the powerful Miami Heat.

The conflict between Ron Artest and the Pacers management intensified. Timberwolves general manager McHale also took advantage of the situation and acquired Artest through a trade to upgrade the team's defense.

The Cleveland Cavaliers traded with the Washington Wizards to acquire shooting guard Larry Hughes to add help to James.

The Los Angeles Lakers sent away Caron Butler, who had a ball conflict with Kobe Bryant, and also welcomed back "Zen Master" Phil Jackson. They worked hard to cultivate Little Shark during the offseason.

The Phoenix Suns sent away Quentin Richardson and traded for defensive star Raja Bell to strengthen the team's backcourt defense.

Among these transactions, the one that shocked Lin Fei the most was the news that the San Antonio Spurs sent Ginobili away.

The wheels of fate began to turn.

On July 7, when Lin Fei was returning to the hotel in an RV after attending a grand fan meeting at Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai, he received a text message from Ginobili:
"Lin, I'm going to start a new chapter of my career in Dallas. It's a pity that I can't stay with the Spurs, but this is the NBA!"

Lin Fei discovered that this text message had been sent a few hours ago, and after asking his agent Qin Dongmei who was sitting next to him, he learned that Ginobili had indeed been traded to the Mavericks by the Spurs.

"That's right, the news was 5 hours ago. The Spurs sent Ginobili and Robert Horry, and the Mavericks got Jason Stackhouse and Keith Fanhorn!"

"Now the fans who are angry with Antonio regard Ginobili as the sinner of the team. He averaged less than 9 points per game against you in the finals, especially the slip and error at the end of G4. Maybe it was a real injury. Won the fans’ hearts!”

"This is the cruel NBA, Lin Fei. Not everyone can control their destiny in their own hands like you!"

"Because you are strong enough!"

Lin Fei shook his head and sighed: "The Spurs will definitely regret their stupid deal!"

"Although Stackhouse is still the league's top shooting guard, he is already 32 years old, but Ginobili's ceiling is still very high!"

"The Mavericks will probably have a strong record in the new season!"

Regarding Ginobili being traded to the Mavericks, Lin Fei knew that this was a direct result of his butterfly effect. The Spurs were swept in the finals, which was enough to change too many things.

The GDP, which was regarded as a legend in the original world, eventually collapsed prematurely because of a missed championship.

But except for himself, who is a time traveler, who can foresee that the Spurs will win three championships in the future under the framework of GDP?

In Lin Fei's impression, the Dallas Mavericks in the 2005-06 season can be said to be very powerful. They achieved a record of 60 wins in the regular season. However, due to the league's divisional rankings,
The 60-win Mavericks could only be ranked No. 4 in the Western Conference, behind the 54-win Suns and the 44-win Nuggets.

This is quite outrageous.

It is precisely because of this unreasonable ranking that Dirk Nowitzki, who averaged 26.6 points and 9 rebounds per game, lost in the regular season MVP selection to his old friend Steve Nash, who averaged 18.8 points and 10.5 assists.

Although the "little bully" Stoudemire was reimbursed at the beginning of the season that season, and Nash could lead the Suns to the second place in the Western Conference by himself, it is indeed very strong, but after all, the Suns only had 54 wins!

Lin Fei is not a fan of Nowitzki, but in his opinion, it is obviously more reasonable to give Nowitzki the regular season MVP in the 06 season.

In my impression, the 05-06 regular season MVP was also the most competitive year.
Kobe turned on the god-killing mode, averaging 35.4 points per game this season, leading the Lakers to 45 wins.
Third-year LeBron James also officially had a highlight season, averaging 31.4 points per game and leading the Cavaliers to 50 wins.

Duncan's Spurs won 62, and Billups' Pistons won 64...

All in all, the new 2005-06 season is destined to be a classic season of fighting between gods, and if Lin Fei wants to stand out among these stars, he must make greater efforts.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Fei quickly tapped his fingers on the Nokia keyboard and sent a text message back to Ginobili:
"Manu, come on, I believe you will achieve different glory in Dallas!"

Texas, Dallas.

Dallas International Airport, [-] p.m.

What Ginobili didn't expect was that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and team core Dirk Nowitzki were all waiting at the airport in advance just to greet him.

"Manu, welcome to your arrival. Dallas is a beautiful city. I believe you will gain a new life here. Let us work together to compete for the championship!"

Mark Cuban has always been a humane boss, and his friendship with Nowitzki is also regarded as a classic by fans.

It's better to meet than to be famous. Ginobili came up excitedly to shake Cuban's hand, and at the same time hugged Nowitzki, an old rival in the international arena.

The original feeling of loss in my heart that I was kicked out by the Spurs, now my mood suddenly improved a lot.

“The different Texas style really flattered me!”

"Mr. Cuban, Dirk, I hope I can perform better here!"

That night, Cuban personally hosted a banquet for Ginobili, and the Mavericks' Nowitzki, Terry, Josh Howard, Eric Dampier, and head coach Avery Johnson all attended.

The team's positioning for Ginobili is the second person under Nowitzki.

But due to tactical needs, Ginobili is not ruled out as the sixth man.

Ginobili has no complaints about this. This kind of treatment has exceeded his original expectations.

After the dinner, the general manager of the Mavericks, who returned to his office, also decided to invite Chinese CBA player Zhu Fangyu to come to the team for a trial training on the advice of overseas scouts, and intended to offer him a guaranteed basic salary contract.

After learning the news, the country also vigorously promoted and advocated, claiming that Zhu Fangyu was very expected to become the fifth Chinese player to enter the NBA.

(End of this chapter)