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Chapter 127 Blockbuster
"Hi, I'm Kevin Love!"

"Hello, I know you. You performed well during the draft!" Zheng Ke stretched out his right hand to hold Love's big hand, and expressed his kindness to Love with a beaming smile.

Le Fu was a little embarrassed by what Zheng Ke said, but he remembered that Zheng Ke was the first person to welcome him, and he stood up and applauded first at the draft meeting. He had a very good impression of Zheng Ke, so he also revealed happy smile.

The two had a preliminary acquaintance in this small arena, and at the same time left a good impression on each other.

Zheng Ke is undoubtedly the biggest star on the scene. After the Olympic Games, his status has risen very quickly, and he has faintly approached the No. [-] group in the NBA. His arrival made the entire arena instantly bright with stars.

In the end, the young players of the Timberwolves seemed to be influenced by their peer Zheng Ke, and they played very beautifully. Zheng Ke, a well-known dunker, was amazed by several dunks, and the Timberwolves won this irrelevant game. Contest.

In Timberwolves' office.

McHale was smoking a cigarette, flipping through the information of various teams amidst the smog.An ashtray full of cigarette butts meant the refrigerator had been tangled up for a long time.

"Damn! Three outdated old guys also want to change Al!" McHale squeezed the cigarette butt, crumpled up the materials, and threw them into the piled up trash can.

After not playing for a long time, McHale's hand feeling plummeted, and the crumpled paper ball was completely deflected, and the huge force contained on it knocked over the trash can at once, scattering garbage all over the floor.

"Jack! Jack!" McHale was even more irritable in his heart, yelling the assistant's name loudly.

"My dear Kevin, you don't seem to be in a good condition?" A thief poked his head in from the door and said such a sentence jokingly.

"Um?"

When McHale looked up, his livid face disappeared like sunlight, and he showed a surprised smile: "Oh, Jeff, long time no see!" He stood up from the chair, opened his arms, and walked to the door.

"Long time no see, Coach!"

Zheng Ke jumped into the office suddenly, startled McHale, and at the same time gave him a huge surprise: "Zheng! You are here too! This is really great!"

McHale's smile widened, he turned to Zheng Ke, and gave Zheng Ke a firm hug.

After the three exchanged pleasantries for a while, the anxious McHale first raised the topic.

"Zheng, I have a few offers from other teams here, you should take a look first!" McHale walked back to his desk, pulled out a few documents, and said seriously.

"Okay, general manager." Zheng Ke took it with both hands, sat down on the sofa, and began to study it carefully.Schwartz on the side is also poking his head, looking like a dog-headed military strategist.

"That's good!" Schwartz said, holding out his hand, pointing to a page.

"Huh! Nuggets?" Zheng Ke was surprised, and he studied it carefully: "The Nuggets are willing to send the star star Iverson in exchange for Jefferson, McCants, Jaric and Timberwolves in the second round next year. Picks!"

Now, Zheng Ke was puzzled, and asked McHale: "Didn't the Nuggets play well? Why are they going to trade again, and they want to trade Iverson!"

Speaking of this, McHale smiled proudly: "Zheng, you don't know. The disadvantages of the golden guns have been exposed, and they were done by the Lakers last year. The Nuggets have been selling Iverson this summer. Originally they wanted Grab Billups with us. But I took the lead and initiated a trade request to the Nuggets. Now under my trade request, the Nuggets have moved the idea of ​​​​Anthony + Jefferson's combination of inside and outside. Now it has become one of the most aggressive teams pursuing Jefferson!"

"That's it!" Zheng Ke suddenly realized, a little admired McHale's operation, but in this way, the three teams (Timberwolves, Pistons, Nuggets) have their own needs, and no one knows that the other two teams privately The situation has become even more chaotic
"What does Al think?" Zheng Ke felt that it was necessary to ask what the person concerned thought.

McHale gritted his teeth and said: "That white-eyed wolf wants to go to a big city. He wants us to trade him to Los Angeles or New York! The Clippers and the Knicks seem to be willing to pay for him, especially that fool Dolan."

"how to say?"

"The Knicks would pay anyone!"

"It's actually like this?" Zheng Ke was a little surprised. He felt that he seemed to have underestimated Jefferson's market: "Anyone?"

"Yes, but look at the Knicks' crooked melons, which one can be used to fight? Don't forget, they played worse than us last season!"

"I think it's okay!" Zheng Ke was taken aback after reviewing the Knicks lineup, and said, "Zach Randolph, Jamal Crawford, David Lee, Wilson Chandler, Nate Robinson, even Stephon Marbury!"

"It's not funny at all, Zheng!" McHale said seriously: "Do you think these guys with no fighting spirit can bring help to our team? I would rather replace an injured Iverson than them One hundred times stronger!"

Indeed, in the eyes of today's NBA, the Knicks are an abyss. The Knicks' players have never had a day of high morale. McHale would never want a player with low fighting spirit to come to the Timberwolves' young guards , This will be a cancer in the locker room, and it will be a devastating disaster.

"I think why don't we trade a few draft picks?" Schwartz tentatively put forward his opinion.

This point hits McHale's pride again: "I have already talked to the 76ers, and they are willing to send out the protected first-round pick in 09."

"Then what do we pay?" Zheng Ke asked.

McHale smiled triumphantly: "It's just a 10-year second-round pick, and the small contracts of Rodney Carney and Calvin Booth."

Zheng Ke shook his head again and again, and said in disbelief: "It's really unscientific!"

"So, plus our own draft picks, next year we still have two first-round picks. Compared with the draft picks, the demand is not so high. I think it is more important to change to an immediate combat power!" McHale returned to business, said expressed his own opinion.

Then, the few people didn't speak any more, they quietly looked through the documents in their hands, and the office gradually fell into a strange atmosphere.

"I think we can do that."

Zheng Ke thought and thought, and put forward his own suggestion: "We can pull the Pistons and the Nuggets to make a three-way deal."

"Three-party deal?"

"Yes," Zheng Ke put down the information, took out a pen and wrote on the paper: "Now the Nuggets want to get Jefferson, and the Pistons want to get Jefferson, but at the same time, their agreement with Iverson is about to expire. is also very eager for a large contract, so."

Zheng Ke paused, and after attracting the eyes of two people, he continued: "So we can make a three-way deal. The Nuggets get Jefferson, the Pistons get Iverson, and we get Billups!"

McHale shook his head and said in disapproval: "Then we are at a loss!"

Zheng Ke smiled confidently and continued: "Of course it won't end like this. After all, the salaries of the three parties are not equal." He continued to write on the paper: "We can take this opportunity to get some powerful players, for example, the Pistons Afflalo!"

"Afflalo?" McHale didn't have the impression of that player at all, so he opened the information to check.Aaron Afflalo, 1 meters tall, serves as a shooting guard, averaged 96 minutes per game, 12.9 points per game, and 3.7% three-pointers?

The refrigerator became angry: "Zheng, stop joking!"

"I'm not kidding!" Zheng Ke said aggrieved and seriously: "He is an excellent flank defender, and he defends very well!"

"It's enough for us to have you defending, okay!" Schwartz flattered Zheng Ke.

Although Zheng Ke was very useful, he said righteously: "General manager Kevin, I'm really not joking. Aaron Afflalo is an excellent flank defender, and he was recruited before he became famous. That's what we should do, the right thing to do!"

Zheng Ke's eyes were firm and sincere, and McHale was defeated: "I hope what you said is true, ZK."

On September 9th, BJ time, the NBA officially announced a blockbuster trade news, the Timberwolves, Pistons, and Nuggets completed a three-party deal.

The Nuggets sent away the four-time scoring champion and eternal fighter Allen Iverson.Got Timberwolves star Jefferson, McCants, Pistons' Antonio McDyess and Cheek Sambu.

The Pistons sent Finals MVP Billups, Antonio McDyess, Cheek Sambu, Aaron Afflalo, and got Allen Iverson and the Timberwolves to add Calvin Booth.

The Timberwolves sent out last season's 20+10 star Jefferson, shooting guard McCants and Calvin Booth, and got Billups and Aaron Afflalo from the Pistons.

As soon as this transaction came out, the entire NBA league seemed to be thrown into a blockbuster, and it was completely overturned.
(PS: I don’t know if this kind of transaction will work?)

(End of this chapter)