Three hundred and fortieth chapters pay attention
Updated: 2012-12-23
Facing a big fish like Kevin Garnett who is a rare tester in the transfer market, I guess anyone else will be moved.
It's not that James Dolan clamored to exchange half of the Knicks for him, nor was it in vain that the Little Emperor and the Management requested that the Minnesota lone wolf be dragged from the cold forest to Cleveland.
It is said that this is a year of talent shows and a season of great trade harvests, but there is no doubt that the biggest fish here must be Garnett, and he will even be more sensational than Ray Allen leaving the Supersonics.
After all, this lone wolf has been wandering on Minnesota's territory for twelve years and is still very powerful.
Although the Timberwolves' record in the Western Conference was hard to say last season, Garnett's data still averaged 22.4 points, 12.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.7 blocks, which was still very cruel.
Just like his twelve years before, when a Chinese zodiac sign has gone through a cycle of reincarnation, this fierce lone wolf can still bite out a world in the territory that belongs to him.
But at the end of that season, anyone could see that the lonely wolf had a somewhat lonely back.
Especially when he began to feel that he was no longer young, he became more eager for the championship ring.
Garnett is considering his future. In fact, since the beginning of last season, the Wolf King, who had been wandering in Minnesota for a long time, finally wanted to leave his territory. It is indeed difficult to endure a life of being alone.
No matter how fierce a lone wolf is, when he faces five or even more opponents every night, there is not even a person who can help him. If he keeps going for ten years, who can stand it? Can you?
Minnesota may be one of the worst cities in the NBA box office. The cold weather does not have the prosperity of the metropolis. Most importantly, the attraction here is really close to zero for big-name stars.
These guys who play basketball want to make a name for themselves. Not to mention how big the brand is, at least they have to be recognized.
Especially those guys who are a little ambitious, even if they can't be the core of the team, they want to be familiar with each other in big cities. Anyway, few people have the idea of playing in places like Minnesota or Memphis.
This is the appeal of small cities, if Cleveland had no Little Emperor, would it be noticed? The Gilbert Brotherhood meets most of the demands made by James? Nothing else, it is to keep this guy.
But there is only one little emperor in the league. You can't expect every small city to have such attention. Even if there is Garnett in Minnesota, he will not always be able to pay attention to this city that is not very popular at all.
Even if Iverson went to Denver to partner with Anthony as a "golden double gun", he would not be willing to move to the Timberwolves and Garnett. It was not that there was some old grudge between the two, but he just didn't want to go.
Only Garnett can always stick to the poor mountains and rivers of Minnesota. Although this guy entered the NBA with his high school resume, his dedication is worthy of his annual salary.
Many people are saying that it is because Garnett is holding the maximum salary, so the Timberwolves never can find a suitable partner for him. The two splits of the combination are all because of this. This is his sister's pure fart!
If O'Neal and Kobe asked for a maximum salary, then this kind of nonsense would definitely be pitiful, or even without it!
Just because these two guys have won the championship, Garnett has only once made it to the Western Conference Finals, so you, a high school student, have a salary of over 100 million yuan, which is an original sin, and if you don’t win the game, it is a sin!
This is the bullshit argument of some commentators. They will present a bunch of data to prove that if Garnett had cut his salary, Marbury might not have left, and the later three-headed monsters would not have parted ways.
If Marbury, Garnett, and Gugliotta's youth storm could continue to blow, perhaps the Timberwolves' playoff history would have long been rewritten, and Political Commissar Ma would not have been scrambling for the Knicks at this moment.
Garnett probably won't be playing the first round of the playoffs for several consecutive years. Anyway, according to those guys, if you extend your ideas, as long as Garnett doesn't ask for a big contract, the Timberwolves' prospects will be quite broad.
And the same was true in the later period of the Three-Headed Monster. If Garnett took the initiative to cut his salary, Spreeville and Kassel could stay. Maybe they would really go out in the West and finally get close to the finals.
Of course, all this is assumption, and without any basis, letting those experts and commentators take a bunch of broken data to reason and confirm? Sorry, this thing is not considered at all.
It’s just that someone is saying this, and there will definitely be someone listening. With the departure of Political Commissar Ma and the disintegration of the three-headed monster, such statements are becoming more and more popular, and it can even be said to be on the surface.
Especially when the Timberwolves' situation begins to get worse, this argument will also become rampant.
Some people will not use their envy, jealousy and hatred to try to make themselves stronger. They are more willing to see someone in trouble and someone being scolded, so they will join in and step on a few steps.
It is not a bad taste, it is just a kind of bad nature of a person. When others say that he is not good, you will agree.
Then he started to prove in various ways that he was really not good. If everything came true, most people would tell others like a charlatan, saying that he was not good, but he really was not good.
They will definitely not put themselves in their shoes and think about it. If you put them on the gang of cowards, they will definitely be able to do it?
This is the trouble of the results. Because you didn’t win the championship, you took a contract worth hundreds of millions, which is a luxury. Moreover, your existence did not allow the Timberwolves to break out of the West and become a strong team.
When you become the target of public criticism, no matter what you say or do, you are wrong and cannot argue, otherwise you will only attract more criticism, even if you were the target of that city.
At this time, no one will remember that you have been in this city for twelve years. All the records in team history are marked by your name. Sometimes you even have to play five positions alone to carry the team forward.
There is a guy in Minnesota who has made it to the All-Star for ten consecutive years, won the regular season MVP and reached the Western Conference Finals, but in the eyes of many people, his playing style is far less affordable than Duncan's steady and stable experience.
Because the stone-like man brought three championships to San Antonio, and a guy who was the Wolf King in Minnesota only left a salary record of over 100 million yuan in this cold city.
No one even remembers everything he did here, including fighting with his opponents, including his defense of the honor of the city. When he cannot succeed, all he left was a piece of ruins and a burst of criticism.
Few people have talked about the issue of the last year that the gang leader Qiao received an annual salary of more than 30 million US dollars. If Pippen had not received the basic salary, the gang leader would have won the second three consecutive championships so smoothly? Then he escaped unscathed?
Although Joe Gangmaster helped Pippen challenge the team in his last season in Chicago, if that guy really had the idea of giving up his brother, he would not have been delayed until 1998 to reach justice for Pi Er Ge.
It can only be said that everyone wanted to have a perfect curtain call at that time, so the Qiao Gangmao stood up and spoke for Pippen. Then the division within Chicago was also on the surface. The team manager and the boss both pointed the finger at the Qiao Gangmao, but the final victory covered up a lot of things that were exposed and also made the Qiao Gangmao famous.
But because of the two three consecutive championships, the Joe Gangmaster left the name of the God of Basketball, and Rodman, Pippen, and even Kukoc, who were beside him, did not get much benefit, especially Pippen.
However, at this time no one would criticize the past of Gang Qiao, just like this guy’s fun things outside and his bad gambling habits in the gambling field. Under his reputation as a three-game winning streak, these are all over the world.
The winner writes history, and this is the most standard answer. Garnett’s only mistake is that he failed to win the final championship with the team. Otherwise, who else could have given his big contract?
These are facts that cannot be changed. Even if Garnett does not leave, Minnesota's future will have little to do with him. The team needs to be rebuilt, and the old ministers can only go through the road of paving and walking.
Although it means that many fans in Nessoda hope that Garnett will stay, after playing for twelve years, they are still a little tired, failing continuously, and wandering outside the playoffs again and again, and are really tired.
Even an iron man who is basically exhausted and can withstand five positions, under the impact of continuous failures, he still feels a little physically and mentally exhausted, not to mention that there are still many people who are turning against each other now.
The Lakers and Celtics' chips are on the Timberwolves' table, but now those guys in Minnesota have to think about their former Wolf King's idea if they want to trade.
After all, Garnett hasn't left yet, and his own opinions can still determine many things. Moreover, the team's management does not want to be angry with the public. It is conceivable that the pressure they have to bear on the fans to send such a leader away.
In order to recruit this lone wolf, Los Angeles has already offered a large enough price. In addition to agreeing to salary requirements, they can also put the most promising big man in the team into the transaction.
Putting Bynum, a big guy who is said to be going to take over O'Neal in the Timberwolves' trading choice is not only a risk, but also a temptation. The rebuilt Timberwolves need such potential stocks.
Boston also has heavy bargaining chips. In addition to Ratliff and Gerald Green, Angie also put Jefferson into the plan for this deal. This seduction also seemed extremely fatal.
Bynum's potential and height are just as coveted, but compared to the big guy who has not fully demonstrated his abilities, Jefferson's progress in the past two seasons is right in front of you.
Especially in the year when he was partnering with Chen Feng, this guy's data statistics and playing time were quickly accumulating. When the rookie contract ended, he would definitely be able to afford a big contract and show this ability.
The advantage that Los Angeles and Boston can leave other competitors far behind is the value of these two future potential stocks, which is far more attractive to the Timberwolves than other trades.
I'm afraid no team can ignore this temptation about the future. Moreover, the Timberwolves are destined to embark on the road of reconstruction. Unlike the Durant supersonics, they will be more difficult.
So, no matter which deal you choose, it is a heavy bet, and for Boston and Los Angeles, the same is true for both teams, who pay the price of overdrawing the future.
The same heavy bet is also on Garnett. No matter who he bets on, he is testing his luck.
He can't have another twelve years, he can only get older and older, and the hope of winning the championship is slowly passing.
Without wanting to leave without hands, he must calm down and take that step on the road ahead...
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