Chapter 217: Nets reinforced lineup

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The day after Mark Lodge and Shentong's phone call, there was a media outbreak of a deal between the New Jersey Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers.
Todd Mark Lodge Gakis Van Horn, two for one, traded the 76ers starting center Dikembe Mutombo.
After the morning news was released, the Nets and the 76ers held separate press conferences in the afternoon to confirm the authenticity of the news.
Originally Shentong also felt that it was difficult for Mark Lodge to exchange Mutombo on a one-to-one basis. It turned out to be Van Horn.
Van Horn's departure is understandable.
After Martin and Jefferson occupied the starting positions of two forwards, Van Horn has been unhappy this season, playing very unhappy.
Leaving the Nets should be a good thing for Van Horn, who can be the starter again in Philadelphia.
At the press conference, the Nets Chairman Rod Horn joined General Manager Bernard King and head coach Byron Scott to attend, showing the importance attached to the transfer.
In the interview, Horne was very happy to say: "Getting a player like Mutombo is something we should do. In the new season, we will strengthen the defense inside and become a team with excellent defensive skills!"
Barkley said his opinion on the deal: "The Nets management has finally done a good deed. Dikembe Mutombo is definitely the most needed player for the Nets, although he lost Todd. -Mark Lodge and Keith Van Horn, but I think the Nets deal is very correct. Obviously, they feel the pressure from the moon..."
However, some people are declining this transaction.
Although Shaquille O'Neal insulted Mark Lodge, Martin and all substitute insiders in the penalty area in the finals just ended, Mutombo's defense against O'Neal was not successful in the 2001 finals .
It is unrealistic to expect Mutombo to limit O'Neal by himself in a one-on-one situation, but it is definitely more effective to build a tactic to defend O'Neill with Mutombo as the core, which is certainly more effective than players like Mark Lodge.
In fact, Philadelphia is also playing with their own abacus.
After reaching the finals, they signed a huge and valuable contract with Mutombo, but Uncle Mu's official age was 36 years old.
After being eliminated by the Magic in the first round of the playoffs, the 76ers’ management quickly sobered up, they realized that with the current lineup, they could not achieve the championship goal, and Mutombo, who was 36 years old, was leaving. Downhill, they must trade before he depreciates.
So, the Nets and the 76ers hit it off, prompting the deal.
The Nets added an All-Star center.
The 76ers added another firepower point outside of Iverson.
But in any case, Mutombo can definitely make up for the Nets' short board effect, and the Nets' strength next season is bound to go further!
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Just as the Nets fans were talking about Mutombo's arrival, good news followed.
The 39-year-old Patrick Ewing, who played for the Orlando Magic last season, will join the New Jersey Nets as a free agent.
The news made New Jersey people happy.
This is definitely a wise move to abandon the secret.
After last season's strong sweep of the Eastern Conference team to the Finals, many players whose contracts expired and pursued began to take the initiative to the Nets.
After Ewing, last season played for the Suns and the Celtics stalwart small forward Rodney Rogers and the Toronto Raptors backup point guard Chris Childs with a gun to shoot.
For a time, the New Jersey Nets became the hottest team in the league.
Compared to the fierce west like hell, the New Jersey Nets in the east is undoubtedly the most promising team to reach the finals. This has caused many free agents to give up cities such as Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Antonio. New Jersey.
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The New Jersey Nets at the beginning of 2000 were just a fish-meat team, just a blink of an eye. The 2002 Nets lineup was already strong.
As many as 40-50 people come to New Jersey to try out training, just for the remaining 1-2 places for the Nets.
Such fierce competition shows the market of the Nets in the new season.
After Shentong and Avril returned to New Jersey after their Hawaiian vacation, the Nets general manager Bernard King called Shentong and informed the league that in order to further develop the Chinese market, the Nets and Lakers will be sent to the two teams. The season finals team traveled to China for a series of business activities.
This kind of business activity is equivalent to vacation, and it is no different from tourism.
According to the schedule, New Jersey will go to Beijing, and the Lakers will go to Modu.
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Before leaving for China, the New Jersey Nets first determined the list of people who will definitely stay with the team next season.
Centers: Dikembe Mutombo, Patrick Ewing, Jason Collins;
Power forwards: Kenyon Martin, Aron Williams, Brian Scarabrian;
Small forwards: Richard Jefferson, Rodney Rogers;
Shooting guards: Shen Tong, Corey Kidles;
Guards: Jason Kidd, Chris Childs; Brandon Armstrong.
The 15-man roster has been identified, and the remaining 2 places will be generated from this year's draft and training camp.
In the second round of the NBA Draft, Temar Sli, who was picked by the Nets, could only stay in New Jersey to continue training camp to ensure that he could successfully sign the team.
So these 13 players will go to China with the Nets staff and management to shoulder the mission of promoting the NBA.
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Before leaving, a major event occurred in the Adidas brand endorsed by Shentong.
As the saying goes, there is a general trend in the world.
Kobe Bryant who just won the championship suddenly announced the end of the endorsement contract with Adidas.
There is no sign of this news. According to normal logic, Adidas cannot take the initiative to give up Kobe, a superstar who is in the ascending period.
But the lack of communication between the two is certain.
In the 6-year contract with Adidas ~EbookFREE.me~Kobe Bryant series of basketball shoes produced only two generations.
According to rumored news, Kobe has also complained about the quality of the shoes he endorses, "this is not good", "that is not good", etc.
After Adidas worked hard to make the second generation of shoes in accordance with Kobe's requirements, Kobe directly ignored Adidas' hard work and threw the second generation shoes aside, still wearing the old generation of shoes, which made Adidas very upset and directly. As a result, the second-generation new sneakers sold poorly on the market, and few people liked it.
But the old ones don't go, the new ones don't come.
After Kobe and Adidas terminated the contract, Tracy McGrady quickly succeeded Kobe and became the spokesperson for Adidas to sign another contract after Shentong!