plumnovel Chapter 180 Trading
Chapter 180 Trading
Chapter 180 Trading
After the game against the Nets, the Celtics also successfully completed their revenge. Jonny's god-like performance gave the Celtics more expectations for this season, and Karl began to speed up the pace of transactions.
When Jonny scored 59 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in the game against the Nets, Carl felt that as long as he found a good helper for Jonny at this time, the Celtics could attack the championship. .Teams such as the Knicks and the Rockets who have performed poorly in the start can express their interest in the championship, and the Celtics' current record of only losing two games is even more acceptable.
The Celtics have accelerated the progress of negotiating with the 76ers on the Derek Coleman deal. In fact, the 76ers are also very anxious. They also want to complete the deal as soon as possible, let the team settle down again, and then move towards the playoffs. So far, the 76ers still believe that they can enter the playoffs. Larry Brown was invited at the beginning of the season to hit the playoffs.
When a team has two star-level players in Allen Iverson and Jerry Stackhouse, as well as a good shooter like Jim Jackson and a short and powerful center like Clarence Witherspoon , They can indeed look forward to the playoffs.Even this season so far, the 76ers have a record of 3 wins and 7 losses. From the perspective of the 76ers' executives, if the factor of Derek Coleman's infighting is removed, the 76ers can definitely make it to the playoffs.
However, the discussions between the two teams on the trade have not reached a final agreement. The 76ers believe that the bargaining chip given by the Celtics is not sincere, and the Celtics feel that the 76ers are a bit lionized.
Jonny also learned about the progress of the deal from Carl. The bargaining chip the Celtics are willing to offer is actually a first-round pick from the Wizards, plus Greg Miner and Walter McCarty, In exchange for Chris Coleman from the 76ers, it is obvious that this offer is a bit of cabbage. Greg Miner has not been reused in more than a dozen games at the beginning of this season. He is basically a soy sauce role, and Walter McCarty lost his position after Bruce Bowen was reused. Although the statistics have made great progress compared with last season, his performance is only a good functional role player.Coupled with the Wizards' draft pick that may become a lottery pick, the 76ers will naturally feel that the Celtics' offer is a cabbage price.
But the Celtics also have their own ideas. Everyone in the league knows what Derek Coleman is now. It can be said that no one will trade with the 76ers for such a thorn. A player is about to become a free agent after the end of this season. It can be said that if the 76ers do not trade, they will lose nothing, and if they trade, they can leave something.So the Celtics feel that they just need to send some players and make up for it a little bit.
And such different ideas actually brought the deal to a deadlock.
But someone always comes out to break the deadlock. After the Celtics beat the Pistons by 4 points at home, the 76ers announced a three-way deal with the Pistons and the Sonics. They sent Eric Montrose and Jerista Kehouse, got Theo Ratliff and Aaron McGee from the Pistons, and Eric Snow from the Sonics.Then the 76ers seemed to be really troubled by internal strife. Maybe they also wanted to use this deal to put pressure on the Celtics. They made the second deal in a row, using Clarence Witherspoon With the addition of Jim Jackson, Joe Smith and Brian Shaw, the No. 95 picks in [-], were traded from the Warriors, directly replacing Derek Coleman's starting position.
And Joe Smith, who averaged 17 points and 7 rebounds per game before the transfer, also gave the 76ers confidence again and changed their asking price to the Celtics. Wallace plus the draft rights of the future Magic owned by the Celtics plus the draft rights of the future Wizards. Of course, such an asking price is unacceptable to the Celtics. After all, Ben Wallace is the one Johnny asked for. , and it performed really well.
And now the latest asking price of the 76ers is to remove Ben Wallace. After all, they have a shot-blocking maniac like Theo Ratliff, so they really don't need Ben Wallace.Removed Ben Wallace and added Tim Thomas. In fact, such an offer is still unacceptable to the Celtics. Such an offer is equivalent to asking the Celtics to send two future lottery picks plus A promising small forward.
In this way, the trade between the two teams is still delayed, and the Celtics are not in a hurry. They know that Derrick Coleman is not interested in other teams except the Celtics, so there will be no The situation of being intercepted by his team.
But the 76ers couldn't wait. After Joe Smith arrived in Philadelphia, he played the first game with the team and performed well. Derek Coleman was overwhelmed by Joe Smith on the bench. Derek Cole was even more dissatisfied Man actually made a big fuss in the locker room during the intermission! The atmosphere in the 76ers team was not good. After several players were changed, the atmosphere in the team was even worse. lose a game.
The general manager of the 76ers began to feel that Derek Coleman's deal was imminent, and Larry Brown, who had been hiding behind the scenes before, also appeared on the negotiating table between the two teams, wanting to finalize the deal as soon as possible.
For the 76ers, through the last two transactions, they directly formed a brand new lineup for the team. Allen Iverson and Joe Smith formed a new duo, the champion for two consecutive years in 95 and 96. Partner, looks promising.And Allen Iverson officially changed to shooting guard. The newcomers Aaron McGee, Eric Snow and Brian Shaw shared the playing time of the point guard position, while the center position was used. With Theo Ratliff, the entire lineup is both young and experienced. From the perspective of strength, only one small forward is missing. If Tim Thomas can be obtained from the Celtics, the 76ers will indeed have an impact on the books. The strength of the playoffs.
So the 76ers finally regressed in the next negotiation. They proposed to use Derek Coleman plus Anthony Parker for the Celtics' Tim Thomas and two first-round picks.For the Celtics, Anthony Parker is just a soy sauce man, there is no difference between whether he wants it or not, but this step of the 76ers is obviously going backwards.
So the Celtics immediately made a further offer, using Tim Thomas plus Greg Mina plus Walter McCati plus the Wizards' first-round pick and the Magic's first-round pick the following year to get Derek from the 76ers. Coleman plus Anthony Parker plus Scott Williams and the 76ers' first-round pick next year and the Pistons' first-round pick next year.
As soon as this offer was put forward, the 76ers initially agreed. The two teams soon began to discuss the details and decided to reach the final deal as soon as possible.
(End of this chapter)