Chapter 719: Miserable Durant

A few days later, the entire league became lively.
The first day broke the news that the dynasty-controlled Rondo was traded. The Pirates reached a deal with the Los Angeles Clippers and sent the dynasty-controlled Rondo in exchange for the Clippers' 10-year first-round pick.
Rondo is traded, and fans are not unacceptable in this matter. After all, Chris Paul was traded before, not to mention that it is not as valuable as Paul Rondo.
What really made them unacceptable was the chips given by the Clippers. There was only one first round sign...
This is a good thing for the Clippers. After all, their first-round signing is not very valuable.
And for the Pirates, it was a loss to the grandma's family...
In the major NBA forums, fans of the Clippers section praised Richard for all kinds of merits and praises Richard to God.
The pirates section is all kinds of tangles...
If it weren’t for Richard just leading the team to create a dynasty, I’m afraid all of them will be scolded.
The deal on Rondo's side has just been concluded, and the Dallas Mavericks immediately announced that they signed the Pirates' substitute bench small forward Marion at a price of $40 million for 5 years.
This signing, the Pirates fans are not unacceptable. After all, Marion is getting older. They have Granger and there is no need to give Marion such a long-term contract.
But before they were happy, the Portland Trail Blazers made an official announcement, and they gave Granger a four-year contract of $68 million in salary.
Chris Paul, who joined the Pirates with Granger in the same period, has also signed a four-year contract with the Grizzlies for $68 million.
Granger was signed by the Blazers, which means that the Pirates did not match the contract given by the Blazers, which means that from now on, Granger is a Blazers player.
This caused the Pirates fans to collapse a little. It didn't matter if Marion had left, but now that Granger had left, the problem became more serious.
Can't Batum be the starting small forward? This newcomer's strength is quite good, but it can't be compared with Granger.
Fans finally understood why Richard would choose so many forwards and guards in this draft, and dare to love him because he had long planned to give up Granger and Marion.
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What makes the fans collapse is that the Blazers made an official announcement the next day.
The Pirates sent Oden and Ingram in exchange for Kevin Durant from the Trail Blazers.
Oden was also sent away? The Pirates fans feel crazy and feel that the end of the world is coming ahead of time. They don’t have to wait for 2012. Now is the end of the world.
In this way, the Pirates' championship lineup has gone directly for most of the time, and the five starters have gone directly. This can be said to have never appeared in the history of the NBA.
The championship lineup cannot be dismantled. This is the consensus in the NBA circle. If you can’t dismantle it, you can’t dismantle it. The second is to get Durant, in this case they gave up Barnes.
Now the situation of the Pirates is obviously different from the warriors of later generations. At present, the Pirates have no salary pressure.
Oden only joined the league in 2007, and can still play two years of child labor for the Pirates. Roy can also play one year of child labor. Because of the expiration of Marion's contract, the Pirates can also renew Granger with the top salary.
Not to mention, at least in the coming season, the Pirates’ lineup will not change, and it can continue to maintain strong dominance.
But Richard is obviously thinking a little longer, he wants a more secure future.
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Kwame Brown also left the team, which did not generate much discussion.
However, if the Pirates count Ingram, the championship lineup has been sent off six people.
Ingram was sent away, in fact, Richard's helpless move, he just got four forwards players, then Ingram is definitely difficult to get a chance to play, it is better to give the Blazers...
If you really want to sell Ingram, there is actually no one willing to ask. It is estimated that a second round of signing will not be exchanged, and simply Richard will not waste that time.
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The storm hasn't passed long, and just three days later, the Pirates also issued an official announcement.
Moreover, two official announcements were issued.
The first is that the Pirates signed Iverson with a contract of three million dollars a year.
This news cheered many Iverson fans. Although the contract is really a little pitiful, Iverson can taste the championship.
Over the years, Iverson has played in the finals and the finals, but has never tasted the championship. After joining the Pirates, Iverson may have a championship before his career ends. Ring, draw a happy ending for your career.
The second official statement is that the Pirates signed Szebiak with a veteran minimum salary contract...
Szebiak is also a veteran player of West Lafayette, one of the original Purdue nine-star lineup.
But after entering the league, Szebiak’s development is not particularly ideal. Although he has played an All-Star game, the peak period is really too short. After joining Green Kai in 2006, he has begun to go downhill. Then in 2007, the wandering reached the supersonic speed, and in 2008, the wandering reached the knight...
After this season, the Cavaliers did not choose to renew Szebiak. Under normal circumstances, Szebiak will choose to retire this offseason.
And now he obviously has a better choice, that is to join the Pirates, it does not matter whether the money is money, mainly to taste the taste of the championship.
Originally Brad Miller watched both Iverson and Szebiak came, and he wanted to come...
As a result, the Bulls didn't let people go, and Miller played the backup center at the Bulls. Although the state was far worse than the peak, the Bulls didn't want to lose Miller.
No way, Miller can only wait to join the Pirates after the end of this season.
Richard selected four players in the draft this year, and then with the joining of Iverson and Szebiak, it happened to be six players, which is equivalent to the number of leaving the team.
Although the number of teams has not changed, but the strength must have a significant decline, not to mention, at least the dominance of the restricted area has dropped by one level.
Although the offensive firepower has increased, the defense and organization have also declined a lot.
For this pirate team to play the kind of dominance last season, it certainly needs a short run-in period.
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"What? What are you talking about?" Durant was dumbfounded in McMillan's office.
On the morning of the Blazers’ announcement that Oden and Durant exchanged clubs, McMillan shouted Durant into his office.
Before he came, Durant didn't really think much, because the Blazers announced the Granger to join the day before, Durant thought that the team wanted him to talk about the right to the ball.
Durant is good in this respect and doesn't like the right to compete for the ball, so Granger's joining, he did not feel uncomfortable, nor did he think that his status was threatened.
But he never imagined that the team came to him to inform him that he was traded...
If he was only traded, Durant recognized his teeth, but now the key is that he was traded to the Pirates and traded to Richard.
Thinking of how many rants I said at the press conference, Durant felt that the sky was about to collapse...
"How is it possible? When did you talk about this kind of thing?"
"Don't tell me that this deal was only negotiated in recent days, I don't believe it!" Durant is going crazy.
He feels that this deal may have been in operation for a long time, because the deal between him and Oden is not a trifle. They are one of the most outstanding newcomers in the league today. At least among the players who have entered the league in the next 07 years, they have not yet Other players can achieve such results.
It is impossible to talk about such a heavy deal in three words!
"Cough, Kevin, joining the Buccaneers to play Richard is not what you desire?"
"As for when we talked about this, do you think I might know? It's all between the boss and Richard. How can I get in." McMillan said with a smile.
He naturally knew when the deal was negotiated, but at this moment he could not say it. If Durant knew that he had been sent to the pirates at the beginning of last season, I am afraid Durant could Go crazy.
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Durant's face was dumbfounded, and now he was thinking about what to do. Although he had not spoken to Richard before, he shouted several times to lead the team to defeat the Pirates.
It's embarrassing now. The team that I'm talking about defeating has become the team I'm about to play for.
"Can you cancel this deal? Believe me, I can definitely lead the team to good results." Durant was anxious.
He can imagine the situation after joining the Pirates, even if Richard does not say himself, the pirate players may not give himself a good face...
McMillan shook his head~EbookFREE.me~ What a joke, this deal must be done now, or done.
In fact, McMillan is the beneficiary of this transaction, the team came to Oden and Granger, his head coach will look developed.
Such a lineup, the Blazers' record will soar next season, and then their head coach position can not be stabilized.
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Durant left McMillan's office in a state of distraught. He wished he could lick his mouth. How did he get into his head in the first place?
Well now, I don’t know what will happen when I join the Pirates.
He never thought of following Mourning's example, refusing to report to the team, because of the introduction of Mourning's Law, if he did so, let alone Richard, even Stern would not let him go.
"Miserable, miserable, why is my life so bitter!" Durant grimaced, full of anxiety about his future.