Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 275 2015 NBA Trade Deadline

Griffin came to visit Hansen soon after he returned from vacation.

When Hansen first arrived in Cleveland and communicated with Griffin, he mentioned the draft pick again.

After all, it is not easy to sign players for the Cavaliers, so reinforcement depends entirely on his ability to select high-quality newcomers.

Especially since the Cavaliers gave the Grizzlies the first round of three of the next five years in order to trade for Hansen, the draft picks became even more precious.

This is also the reason why Griffin came to find Hansen.

The Cavaliers don't have many valuable chips in their hands, and they don't want to use their draft picks, so the reinforcements they can make are limited.

Hansen certainly knew this, but when Griffin put the players that could be traded on the table, he was still a little surprised.

First on the trade list is JaVale McGee.

Yes, that was the Olajuwon Hakeem that Han Sen knew from the neck down.

When he debuted with the Wizards, he was trained as a starting center, but after joining the Nuggets, he became a substitute, and in the past two years he suffered serious injuries, which caused his attendance rate to drop significantly.

He renewed his contract with the Nuggets for four years and $2012 million in 4, and now has one and a half years left on the contract.

It would be easy for the Cavaliers to trade for him. They just need to trade for Bargnani, match the salaries, and the Cavaliers can even get a protected first-round pick from the Nuggets.

Han Sen passed it directly.

McGee is good at everything. As a seven-foot center, he has height, wingspan, speed and jumping ability, which are very suitable for the small ball era.

The key problem lies in his basketball IQ. It's not just low, it's shockingly low. Compared with him, JR has a high basketball IQ.

Let me put it this way, it’s not discrimination that O’Neal is a frequent participant in the top five embarrassing situations, it’s just that many of this guy’s actions on the court are the kind that can give the head coach a cerebral hemorrhage.

Moreover, the Cavaliers already have two troublesome players, Irving and JR. If McGee comes on board, this team can be called the Cleveland Youth Asylum.

Han Sen doesn't have the energy to be the director of a shelter.

The second person on the list is Timofey Mozgov.

The Nuggets selected Nurkic this year and found that he had great potential after giving him playing time, so it was not enough to send McGee away, and they wanted to send Mozgov away as well.

Mozgov also has one and a half years left on his contract, but it's only about 2 million for two years, and the second year is a team option.

Considering his season averages of 8.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, the cost-effectiveness is quite high.

It is precisely because of this that his asking price is much higher, asking for two protected first-round picks.

If Hansen remembers correctly, the Cavaliers who came to this trade deadline were in Mozgov's "history".

His strengths and weaknesses are very obvious. His strength is that he can protect the rim and has strong explosive power as a big man. His weakness is that he was born in the wrong era.

He is very poor at lateral movement, has basically no ability to defend in mismatches, and can't get out of defense. He is the type of player who can play in the regular season but can be easily targeted and unable to play in the playoffs.

If the Cavaliers could trade for just Hawes for him, it would still be worth it, but for two future first-rounders, it seems like a loss.

Han Sen looked at several subsequent players, but found that not many of them could bring substantial help to the team.

This is normal. Putting aside the issue of chips, when Pau Gasol can play center and become an All-Star, you will know how scarce big men who can be used by the league are in this era.

However, when Han Sen read the rest, he was stunned by a name.

Garnett?
加内特今年5月份就39岁了，这赛季在凯尔特人场均只有7.5分6.8板，投篮命中率也只有45.5%。

Note that these are the data for a team that is in a bad state, and there is not much gas left in his tank.

But if Hansen remembered correctly, Garnett's previous contract included a trade veto.

He remembered that Garnett seemed to have returned to Minnesota this year.

But Cleveland is not Minnesota. Not to mention that he jumped over the Boston technical table and shouted "I am your daddy" when he was a rookie, he just broke through Garnett's defense not long ago. Would Garnett be willing to give up his veto power on trades?
If you say Durant wants to come to the Cavaliers, he thinks it's more likely.

However, you know what, if Garnett really came, he could set the pace himself and earn a lot of black fans.

Well, Han Sen also did the group-building thing.

No matter how much gas Garnett has left, his name is Garnett anyway. His behavior this season has offended both James and Kobe fans. As long as someone takes the lead, the pace will definitely take off.

"KG, if a trade doesn't come, target the buyout market."

When Han Sen was looking at it just now, he found that some of them have no trading value at all, such as Stoudemire, who has a huge contract of 2341 million. There is basically no other way out except to buy it out.

Try not to touch the draft pick if you can get it for free.

Time flies and it is already the trading deadline.

The first deal that was revealed shocked the entire league.

The Heat sent out two future first-round draft picks and a bunch of scraps to trade for the Dragic brothers from the Suns!
No, are you playing 2K here?
After the transaction is completed, the Heat's starting lineup will be Dragic, Wade, Durant, Deng, and Gasol!
Is the Suns taking revenge on the entire league?

Not really, because the Heat's two first-round draft picks are really for the future, one is from 2017 and the other is from 2021.

Moreover, both of these first-round picks are unprotected.

This involves a time point, the summer of 2016, the summer when the new labor agreement contract came into effect.

Coincidentally, Durant's contract will expire in the summer of 2016.

If the Heat continue to fail, whether Durant will choose to leave at this time is a topic worth discussing.

Once Durant leaves, the Heat's strength will decline, and the first-round pick will be valuable.

So the Suns are taking a gamble.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Dragic's four-year, $2012 million contract signed in 4 has a player option this summer.

He averaged 16.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game this season. He will definitely get a big contract in the summer, which means that his current contract actually has only half a year left. He will only have trading value if he is traded to a team willing to renew his contract.

The Suns were actually willing to renew his contract, but Dragic himself said he didn't want to stay.

The reason is that the management's current team-building ideas have reached a point that even he, an old Sun, cannot tolerate.

The Suns have three point guards who can start this season, Isaiah Thomas, Bledsoe, and Dragic.

They had to play with a double point guard lineup throughout the game, and one of them had to come off the bench.

The direct consequence of this is that the atmosphere within the team is extremely bad.

You have to know that last season Dragic averaged 20.3 points and 5.9 assists per game. If he continues to play like this, even if he signs a big contract, it will become a garbage contract.

The Heat are also taking a gamble. Riley should know that if the Heat cannot succeed in the next two years, Durant will not be able to stay.

As for whether the loss to the Cavaliers before the All-Star Game was a factor, it is unknown. But the Heat's lineup is really terrifying now. The starting five, plus Chalmers, Sefolosha, and Vucevic, these eight players alone in the playoffs are enough to make opponents desperate.

Soon after, the teams started to make reinforcement transactions one after another.

The Thunder sent Reggie Jackson, the main player, to the Jazz in a three-way trade in exchange for Kanter to strengthen their inside line.

The Lakers also used two protected future first-round picks plus a bonus to trade for Mozgov from the Nuggets to fill the inside vacuum left by Varejao after he was ruled out for the season.

The Celtics then used the Grizzlies' first-round pick and a bonus from the Suns in exchange for Thomas.

After sending away Dragic and Isaiah Thomas, the Suns got Brandon Knight in a three-way trade.

Now you can totally understand why Dragic left, because the Suns just sent away two point guards and then immediately traded for another one.

Sometimes the way NBA general managers think is so inappropriate that one would think the person sitting in that position is JR.

In the Suns' three-way trade, the 76ers sent Michael Carter-Williams to the Bucks in exchange for a first-round pick.

Looking back, McCaw's near quadruple-double of 22 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists and 9 steals in his NBA debut shocked the league.

Even in the first week of his career, he averaged 20.7 points, 9 assists and 4.3 steals per game, leading the team to three consecutive wins and becoming the second Rookie of the Week after O'Neal.

The fans’ comment at that time was: He totally lives up to his name.

This is exactly the opening mode of the protagonist of an invincible novel.

Although his performance declined afterwards, he averaged 16.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game in his rookie season and was named the best rookie.

And this is only his second year as a rookie.

The Bucks are getting a boost by getting him.

Of course Hansen knew that McCaw's situation was similar to Mozgov's, he was born in the wrong era.

He is very good at defense and passing, but unfortunately he has no shooting and cannot develop his shooting ability. What a point guard without shooting will become in the small ball era will be more vividly interpreted by Ben Simmons in the future.

At the end of the deadline, the Cavaliers and the Celtics reached a deal, and after sending out Bargnani, they got Kevin Garnett.

Garnett really came to the Cavaliers!

Han Sen didn't have time to worry about why the deal happened. He immediately took out his 58 trumpets that had been sealed away for a long time and started to lead his own group.

He even thoughtfully used O'Neal's joining the Cavaliers as an analogy.

Never mind the difference between 37 and 39 years old, or whether he was selected to the best third team, it is all negligible anyway.

Sure enough, just as Han Sen expected, after he successfully started it, the social media posts started to pop up one after another.

Especially Zhan Mi, who was the most enthusiastic. After so many years, they finally found evidence that Han Sen also did it!
Starting with the Heat and ending with the Cavaliers, this year's trade deadline was not only a hot topic, but according to official statistics, as many as 41 players changed teams on this trade deadline, the most in NBA history.

The end of the Grizzlies dynasty was like the scene after Jordan retired. The general managers of each team went crazy in order to win the championship that year.

Two days after the trade deadline, when the Cavaliers players were training in the training hall, Lu and Garnett appeared at the door, talking and laughing.

God knows how this guy Lu did it. He and Garnett have never been teammates before.

Under Lu's guidance, Garnett walked straight towards where Hansen was.

After meeting, Garnett smiled and shook hands with Hansen and bumped shoulders to greet him.

"Welcome to Cleveland Village." Hansen also welcomed Garnett in a humorous way.

Although he was puzzled by Garnett's arrival, that was not the point. The point was that Garnett did come.

Although Garnett is no longer the Wolf King and can only bring limited improvement to the Cavaliers' strength, he can bring experience to the team.

This team is young, but lacks playoff experience.

As for past grudges, Garnett doesn't care and there's no need for him to care.

After chatting with Hansen, Garnett went on to meet with other members of the Cavaliers.

Although league status is a rather illusory thing, Garnett's hard power during his peak period was there and he was still respected by the players.

Lu originally just wanted to bring Garnett over to say hello to the players, but what was unexpected was that Garnett actually took off his training clothes and wanted to join in.

"I'm not here to waste my time." He also interrupted Lu's continued persuasion.

After a simple warm-up, Garnett directly joined the Cavaliers' training.

He even played the entire game against the Cavaliers.

What surprised Hansen was that Garnett had never played a one-star-four-shot tactical system before, but his tactical positioning was quite good.

There was once a saying that Garnett was the big man with the highest basketball IQ in the league because he could play from the one position to the five position.

Although that statement is a bit exaggerated, it has indeed been demonstrated to a certain extent.

But what surprised Hansen more than his basketball IQ was Garnett's attitude.

Although it was only his first day with the Cavaliers and even his first training session, Garnett didn't stop talking trash on the court.

Hansen had played against Garnett and knew that Garnett was good at trash talking, but this was a bit too frequent.

Or rather, a little too much.

Originally this was just an ordinary training session, but Garnett made it more intense than a formal game.

This made many Cavaliers players feel uncomfortable.

When the training was over, almost all the team members who had greeted him with a smile subconsciously moved away from him.

"David traded a dad for us." Even Cunningham couldn't help but complain to Hansen after training.

In the United States, dad is like a jerk, an unpleasant person.

Cunningham's words are similar to what Dongda said, "They found a father for us."

Han Sen patted Cunningham on the shoulder and said nothing.

Garnett didn't seem to be pretending. No one would deliberately offend all their colleagues on the first day of work at a new company.

The only reasonable explanation is that he has always been like this.

Is this a bad thing?
Han Sen thought that might not be the case.

Just like the villain he played in the Grizzlies, it's a good thing to have someone behind the scenes to push him forward.

(End of this chapter)