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Chapter 60 Small Transactions

The Spring Festival is the most distinctive traditional festival in China. Chinese people have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4000 years.It has different meanings for Chinese people all over the world. This is the most important festival of the year recognized by all Chinese people!As my Datianchao becomes more and more open, more and more foreigners know about such a festival.
For the nba, the Chinese market is a huge cake. As the Spring Festival is approaching, nba officials specially organized most of the people in the league to bless the whole Chinese people
Zheng Ke, as a popular rookie in the nba, has a unique identity as a Chinese. Naturally, he joined Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian in this blessing lineup. If this can be regarded as an advertisement, then this is the first in Zheng Ke's career. commercial, and his first shoot.
Of course, after the news of O'Neal's westward journey was exposed on New Year's Eve, it can be regarded as adding a little bit of topic to the fans' after-dinner tea talk on this joyful New Year's Eve. The Zijin Dynasty was extremely short-lived, and then swam to the East Coast of the United States at the end of its peak period, bringing the enthusiastic Miami its first championship in history. This time, it flew back to the Pacific Ocean at the end of its career. I don’t know Can it bring the Suns the first championship in team history?

In any case, the chaos in the NBA has emerged, and now no one knows which team will win the O'Brien Cup this year. Is it the rock-solid Spurs or the old and solid Celtics?Is it the reborn Lakers or the comeback Cavaliers?Or maybe it's the Rockets, Hornets, Mavericks, and the Suns?
What followed was the frequent small transactions of each team, as well as the goals set by each team for the second half of the season: the sprint that should be sprinted, the one that should be bad.
The Timberwolves are now in a dilemma. On the one hand, the team is hopeless in the playoffs, and on the other hand, every player on the team appears to be positive. If it is not good enough, it will really hit the hearts of these young players.
After the Spring Festival, the Timberwolves went to Boston's North Shore Garden to challenge the Celtics on February 2.
The last time the Celtics suffered a lore at the Timberwolves home court, the Celtics suffocated their anger, and they have already been working hard, preparing to prepare a big gift for the Timberwolves

At the beginning of the game, the entire Timberwolves team was booed by the audience at the North Shore Garden. Ray Allen changed his style of hitting iron at the Target Center in the previous game and hit three-pointers in succession. The Celtics sent a 33. 18 for the visiting Timberwolves
Of course, the boys of the Timberwolves will not give up so easily. After playing in the second quarter, Gomez and Jaric hit consecutive three-pointers to tie the score to 33 to 27, and the point difference was within 10 points in one fell swoop!Celtics immediately request a timeout
After the timeout, the Celtics gradually stabilized their position and controlled the rhythm of the field. After halftime, the two teams fought 55 to 43
At the beginning of the second half, Zheng Ke intercepted the pass from Rondo to Pierce, counterattacked and made a layup, and then caused a foul by Pierce on the offensive end, dragging the score within 10 points again!
At the critical moment when the Timberwolves were about to take off, Garnett played his role as a pincer. The defensive end restricted Jefferson's performance, and the offensive end hit a high jumper and grabbed the offensive basket. The Timberwolves' counterattack was once again defeated by the Celtics. The Timberwolves did not make a decent counterattack until the end of the game.
Timberwolves lost the game 89-102, 13 points away. Pierce scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in a quasi-triple-double. Team

The Timberwolves run back to the target center in dismay
After returning to the home court, the Timberwolves played against the visiting Toronto Raptors. The Dragon King Bosh and the Wolf King Jefferson fought inside
波什12投5中拿到14分9篮板，杰弗森16投8中，拿到18分9板，这是杰弗森两场比赛篮板没有上双，这赛季来说还是比较少见的
The entire game was uneventful. The main point guard of the Raptors, Jose Calderon, used his master pass to penetrate the entire defense of the Timberwolves. Key man the Dragons can lead all the way to the end
In addition, many players of the Raptors scored in double figures. "06 Parallel Imported Champion" made three three-pointers and scored 16 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony Parker scored 10 points, Kapono scored 12 points, and TJ Ford scored 11 points. , the score distribution is very even, just like the performance of the Spurs who like team basketball

In contrast, the Timberwolves seem to have not recovered from the previous loss. Except for Jefferson who scored 18 points, only Zheng Ke, who has been in good form recently, scored 14 points. The other players were either 8 points or 9 points. In this way, even McCants, who averaged 15 points per game this season, played abnormally. He made 7 of 2 shots and 3 of 0 three-pointers and only scored 4 points.
So the Timberwolves lost 82 to 105 at home to the Raptors by 23 points!
These two losses have made the active atmosphere of the Timberwolves a bit depressing. There are rumors from the sports newspapers in the Minnesota area that the Timberwolves are about to trade. The target of the trade is McCants, who has performed well this season, or Gomez outside player
Just when everyone was panicking, the NBA official website finally posted the Timberwolves trade message!
The Timberwolves traded Gomez and the Trail Blazers' backup power forward Channing Frye!
As soon as this deal came out, there were a lot of comments with mixed reviews. Media newspapers in the Minnesota area used this as a stupid deal to describe the Timberwolves management.

They believe that although the traded Channing Frye advertises as an insider, he is actually a shooting guard with a height of 7 feet and can't grab rebounds. His performance has deteriorated year after year. He averaged 12.3 points per game in his rookie season, and now he can only score 6.8 points. It is a loss to exchange Gomez, who is on the rise, for this skinny guy!
The Portland media is not like the Timberwolves media. They generally believe that this is a win-win deal. On the one hand, the Timberwolves get the inside height they need, and the arrival of Channing Frye can also open up the inside space for Jefferson. , on the other hand, the Blazers also got their long-awaited qualified third player
When Zheng Ke saw this news, he couldn't believe his eyes!

Gomez is the first good friend he met after he came to the Timberwolves. Although the two are in a competitive position, the relationship between the two is very good. They often train together and go home together. Gomez and Zheng Ke The tacit understanding shown in the game is the best proof that the two are good friends. This time the transaction was too sudden, and it made Zheng Ke too sad. When he called Gomez, Gomez had already tidied himself up. luggage
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
Zheng Ke and Gomez were walking in the airport, they didn't know what they were thinking, they didn't speak

"Ryan," Zheng Ke wanted to liven up the atmosphere, and teased him, "Don't lose face to our Timberwolves duo! You must be the starter!"

"Of course." Gomez's dejected expression finally improved slightly, and he punched Zheng Ke: "You are getting stronger and stronger! You have to perform well, maybe you can become a superstar in the future!"

Zheng Ke laughed and said, "Maybe I will be traded tomorrow too!"

Zheng Ke thought for a while and continued: "Don't underestimate the third position of the Blazers. Webster's three-pointers are very accurate. If you want to kill him, you must practice three-pointers well!"

Gomez shook his hand, "Got it!"

He showed a gloomy expression, and said: "I don't know how you practice, kid. It's obvious that we train together, but it's strange how your three-pointers are getting more and more accurate, and even your strength is getting stronger and stronger!"

Zheng Ke also said dejectedly: "To be honest, I really don't know what the team management thinks, especially this guy McHale. We are obviously hopeless for the playoffs this season. Why should we trade you? Your potential is not as good as that kid Channing Frye?"

Gomez said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, the team must have its own ideas, maybe Channing Frye will be able to play well after arriving in the Timberwolves, you know, every transaction in the NBA is a gamble. .”

"If it were me, I would at least change to a second-round pick."

"Go to hell, I'm worth a second-round pick!"

"Of course not, I mean one more on top of the deal."

After teasing each other for a while, the two walked to the security checkpoint.
"Take care!" Zheng Ke gave Gomez, who was already fully armed, a big hug.

"Take care of yourself!"

(End of this chapter)