Basketball K God

Chapter 220 The transaction is completed, and the conflict is temporarily resolved

Chapter 220 The transaction is completed, and the conflict is temporarily resolved

Later this week on the 3rd local time in the United States, the Rockets had already reached an agreement with the Kings. According to the statement at the time, the Rockets would send McGrady, Landry, and Dorsey to the Kings, and get Martin, Rodriguez, Armstrong, and Kenny Thomas.

However, under the unremitting efforts of McGrady's agent Arne Tellem, the Rockets and the Kings finally agreed to add the Knicks back in for a three-way deal.In fact, since Tellem is also the agent of Kings super rookie Tyreke Evans, the Kings don't want to give him some face.

The Kings finally sent away team boss Kevin Martin and got 3 players.Although they didn't get their favorite first-round pick, these three players also met their requirements.

First of all, Carl Landry has played 52 games for the Rockets this season, averaging 16.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. He is a strong contender for the best sixth man in the league. "God Bird" is less than 27 years old this year, and he is exactly the inside combat power the team needs.The current starting combination of the Kings is Spencer Hawes and Jason Thompson, but their substitutes are rookies Joan Brockman, Sean May and Kenny Thomas.If the starting lineup is considered young and has insides and outsides, then the substitutes are old and young.

The arrival of Landry can give the Kings teammates an inside offensive point and a sharp weapon for offensive rebounds, and can also supplement the inside strength.And his contract is not big. In 2008, he signed a three-year contract with a total of 3 million US dollars, which will not expire until the summer of 900.This is about the same as a rookie's contract, and it doesn't take up much salary space, and it doesn't prevent the team from signing in during the offseason.

As for Larry Hughes, who has the highest salary among the three, the Kings did not acquire him to rejuvenate the injury-ridden veteran. His role was more as an expiring contract to help the team Free up cap space in the summer.This season, Hughes played 3 games for the Knicks, averaging 2 points, 31 rebounds and 9.6 assists per game. His state is very average and his efficiency is low, which does not meet his annual salary of 3.6 million.

Among the three, Joey Dorsey is obviously the addition to this deal.He played a total of 3 games for the Rockets this season, averaging 7 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.

As a second-round pick, Dorsey has a small contract. The Kings traded him to serve as rotation insurance for insiders. Second, even if he is completely useless, his contract will not affect the team's future plans.

The Knicks, like the Kings, are planning for this summer, and they all want to get big-name free agents like LeBron James or Dwyane Wade.

Xie Kai said with emotion that McGrady, who had cooperated with Yao Ming for 6 years, was sent away as a bargaining chip in this way.Since then, "Yao Mai Combination" has become a swan song, which is really embarrassing.

But there is no way, the reality is so cruel, the NBA is a business league, even a former league scoring leader and superstar like McGrady, who cannot play due to injuries, will be traded to the rebuilding team.

Maybe he knew he would be traded a long time ago, so Kevin Martin looked calm after he officially learned that he would be traded to the Rockets.He said in a phone interview with a Yahoo Sports reporter: "It's good for both parties! The Kings gave me a chance. I was a rookie who was very late in the first round. I thought I would go overseas to play. I know they still appreciate it. Me, they used to call me the golden boy, that's the sad part. I used to be a young man next to a veteran, and now I'm a veteran. Let's leave it to the young! I'm glad the Kings let me Go to a team that has a chance to make the playoffs!"

After learning about the transaction, Xie Kai sent his blessings to Kevin Martin, his former big brother.And Martin was also very polite and said sincerely: "Kane, you are a player who works very hard and has great potential. You will become an All-Star. The future of the Kings belongs to you. Work hard guys, the sky is your limit !"

Although after Kevin Martin leaves, Xie Kai will become the team's most relied-on player at the 2nd position, and no one will compete with him for the starting shooting guard position, but he still feels a little bad.The mess with Evans and the team's poor record kept creating negativity for him.He himself suffered from it, unable to put all his energy on the game.

Among the three newly joined players, Dorsey and Xie Kai once represented the Rockets in the summer league and were opponents in the NCAA finals. The relationship between the two is very good.So Xie Kai called and welcomed this good friend.

"Joy, we will fight side by side in the future!" Dorsey's joining is a rare happy event for Xie Kai in recent days.

"Yeah Kane, I didn't have the chance to play the regular season with you in Houston before. I didn't expect us to be on the same team again! It's really like a dream!" Dorsey was obviously very happy about being traded to the Kings.

The Kings completed the transaction, which was quite satisfactory. They didn't make a lot of money, but they didn't lose money either.With Xie Kai, it will be a matter of time before Kevin Martin leaves.If big-name free agents can be obtained this summer, the success of the team's reconstruction will no longer be a dream.

The most difficult thing facing the team at present is the conflict between Xie Kai and Evans.The team's management has a thousand calculations, and they never imagined that there would be conflicts between these two.You must know that these two are not particularly difficult teammates in the locker room. They cooperated well before, so why did they suddenly have conflicts?

If the conflict between the two continues like this, then let alone the team can't catch any big fish during the offseason, the future prospects of the team will be covered with a layer of fog.

The team management let coach Paul Westphal handle the matter.

Westphal has prestige among the players, and he did get Evans and Xie Kai to agree not to put personal grievances in the game.

But despite this on the surface, Xie Kai, as the person involved, is very clear that the conflict between Evans and himself seems to be more than just that he doesn't like himself.In the future, the team is likely to face the situation that "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers".

Xie Kai didn't want to get into trouble with Evans. The Kings gave him a chance to grow and gain a firm foothold in the league.Although the team always loses, he has feelings for the team.If it weren't for the fact that there was no room for change, he wouldn't really be willing to leave.He wants to grow up with this young Kings team, be strong together, and compete for the championship together.

But Xie Kai also understands that sometimes there are really many things that are beyond his control, such as Evans, who knows what medicine he took, and he has to make trouble with him.

(End of this chapter)