Chapter 324 323. Jordan: You’re not done yet, are you?
When Zhang Yang heard that Perkins would be included in the trade for Artest, he knew the deal was impossible.

Even if the Kings ask for an extra draft pick, the veteran locker room leader Muhammad, or the signing rights and draft picks of Rondo, Muhammad, Mike Miller, Jarrett Jack, and Afflalo, it can probably be done with the three baldies. It's definitely not a loss to exchange a bunch of change for a strong defensive core.

But it's not possible for Perkins.

Perkins averaged 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, with an annual salary of 400 million, which seems a bit high, but in fact, this price is really too conscience. During the offseason, the Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks, Pistons, Jazz, Bulls... except the Suns, all teams with hope of winning the championship have made offers to Perkins, all of them are middle-class players.

Perkins is willing to renew his contract at this price because he wants to be teammates with Zhang San, get exposure, endorsements, and appear on various TV shows.

Originally, Perkins' market value was not high enough to reach the middle class, but after Yao Ming joined the Bulls, his value immediately increased.

Even the owner of the Pistons was willing to pay taxes to bring in Perkins, and Yao Ming's Bulls also wanted to take this defensive center back as a mascot.

In fact, all teams know that Perkins cannot defend Yao Ming, but they all want to snatch him away because the team without Perkins will be beaten harder by Yao Ming.

The inside defense combination of Kwame Brown and Garnett was strong enough, but Yao Ming was still able to score 30 points when he got aggressive, and he and Ben Wallace played impenetrable mid-range and short-range defense.

Seeing that Zhang Yang had no problem, Carlisle asked, "Jack, are you not dissatisfied with this deal?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Tu glared at Ka Tu and said: Do you want to listen to what you are asking?
Bi Tu: Curious face.

Zhang Yang: "This deal is not bad, and it is not even an overdraft of the future. At most, Raymond and Rajon may compete for the starting position next season, which is not a good thing for our championship. Everyone loves Raymond. I know Rajon will leave one day. Using overflowing talent to exchange for combat effectiveness meets our current needs.

I will definitely feel sad, but I've gotten used to it. Many teammates have left in the past two and a half years. Unless it is a very bad deal, I will not be dissatisfied with you because of this.

I know that trading is not about giving players of equal talent and value, and we will definitely get the players we want. I understand that there are many frustrations and compromises. For example, if Michael wanted to trade Rajon and the Pistons for Rasheed Wallace, the other party would definitely hang up on him. "

Ka Tu: “…”

Bi Tu: A satisfied face.

Bald Qiao: I just scolded you, didn't I? You're not done yet, are you?
...

In the evening, Zhang Yang drove to a restaurant by the lake on the outskirts of the city.

Originally, Zhang Yang and Felton planned to call Rondo out for a farewell party, but before they called Rondo, Rondo called Felton first and invited them to dinner.

After giving the car keys to the parking attendant, Zhang San looked around the restaurant... It was no worse than the restaurant where Xiao Pao invited them for dinner.

Coach Long called the entire gang together. Although they agreed not to drink, Duncan Jr. at dinner time...

Zhang Yang remembered that Rondo was the kind of person who liked to pursue a luxurious life. Not long after his retirement, there were rumors of bankruptcy.

According to media statistics, Rondo's salary and endorsement fees during his long career totaled more than 7500 million US dollars, but when he retired, his bank account was almost empty.

In fact, compared to more than 90% of NBA players, Rondo spends money very "healthily". He doesn't invest blindly, doesn't have a large number of brothers to support, doesn't take drugs or drink alcohol, and basically spends money on buying cars, houses, prostitution, etc.

The problem is that when Rondo was earning tens of millions a year, with 6 or 7 million U.S. dollars in his pocket, he spent 3 or 4 million a year. Later, when he was wandering around with an annual salary of 2 or 3 million, with more than 1 million in his pocket, he still spent 3 or 4 million a year. Wouldn't his savings be quickly depleted?

Zhang Yang had no intention of persuading Rondo. Based on his understanding of Rondo, if he advised Rondo to be more frugal, Rondo would probably feel that he looked down on him.

He can only wish Rondo to play better and earn more in his career than he originally did, and to enjoy himself for a while after retirement.

However, if given the chance, he would also suggest that Rondo, like Iverson and Felton, put part of his salary into a trust fund to buy security for the future.

Of course, whether Coach Long listens or not is not Zhang San's business. There are not many black athletes who listen to advice like Little Fat Boss. Before the start of last season, he mentioned this to Little Fat Boss. Little Fat Boss immediately went to Boss Joe to withdraw 30% of last season's salary in advance to buy a trust. He can start receiving monthly payments after he turns 40.

Zhang Yang entered the restaurant and was led by the waiter to the small hall reserved by Rondo. The members of the "Boss Gang" were already there.

During dinner, some teammates expressed their reluctance to leave Rondo, some sent him blessings...the overall atmosphere was very relaxed.

The main reason is that Rondo did not show any dissatisfaction or anger about being traded. He seemed to be somewhat happy, but he could also see sadness...

Zhang Yang estimated that Rondo might have wanted to go to a team where he could get more opportunities. Of course, after playing together for more than a year and winning the championship together, he must have been reluctant to leave...

...

After a day of rest, on January 1, the Bobcats' 20th game day of the season arrived.

In the morning, Zhang Yang left home early and went to the gym.

After a good sleep, he put aside the sadness caused by his teammate being traded and looked forward to the arrival of new teammates.

When arriving at the stadium, Zhang Yang saw that there were already many reporters waiting in the square outside the gate. Jordan was open to media interviews again today.

Originally, after Christmas, basketball fans' enthusiasm for watching games and discussing games continued to decline, and the media's coverage intensity was also decreasing. The NBA's attention and ratings would reach the lowest point of the season before the NFL finals.

但是，张杨刷新历史最年轻单场60+纪录、张杨超越詹姆斯登顶得分榜、隆多连续两场三双且第2个三双是3乘以15、张杨连续3场40+再次击败詹姆斯、山猫队打骑士队19连胜……山猫队最近的表现，成功点燃了球迷们的观赛和讨论积极性，媒体们也争相报道。

Now, Rondo just played a rare performance of 3 times 15 in this era, and was traded the next day. It is conceivable how hot the topic was and how controversial it was.

Last night, Zhang Yang browsed the news before going to bed and saw a lot of comments attacking their deal, mainly focusing on Rondo's talent.

This was within Zhang Yang's expectations. If he had waited until the All-Star Weekend and Rondo's consecutive triple-doubles had cooled before trading him, there wouldn't have been so much controversy. At that time, it would have been just a matter of exchanging talent for combat effectiveness.

However, most media outlets have a positive assessment of the impact of the transaction itself.

After entering 2008, some experts have analyzed the reasons why their offensive performance lags behind the Warriors, Nuggets, and Suns. One of the main reasons is the weak inside support ability. Okafor's support performance is more stable than creative, and he rarely passes the ball outside of tactics, and cannot serve as a core support like Duncan.

Mike Miller's passing ability is limited and he can only complete passes from the three-point threat points on both wings.

Hill's passing style is not suitable for supporting, and he is forced to do it. At his age of 35+, it is impossible to change it.

Millsap has made rapid progress, but he is not yet at the level where he can complete the coordination on his own.

When their forwards were doing supporting work, they relied a lot on Zhang Yang.

The offense played at completely different levels when Zhang Yang is on the court and when he is not. When playing against opponents with strong defense, after Zhang Yang is substituted, their offense often degenerates into Felton, Okafor, Jarrett Jack and Millsap taking turns to play one-on-one.

Not only that, when Zhang Yang is on the court, he has to focus part of his energy on his teammates' ability to assist in passing the ball during offensive running.

Therefore, most media outlets said that the addition of Brad Miller, a center who averaged 4 assists per game in the last four and a half seasons and 3.8 assists per game this season, would definitely be a big boost to the Bobcats' frontcourt strength.

Moreover, not all media criticized them for sending away Rondo, whose talent had already been demonstrated. Some media also analyzed the potential playing time conflict between Felton and Rondo.

After these comments appeared, a group of "3-year Bobcats fans" emerged, saying that they were more optimistic about Rondo and questioned why the Bobcats did not send Felton away and keep Rondo.

It's just that this group of people underestimated how popular Felton was among the Bobcats fans and Zhang Yang fans. The Bobcats fans were also sad that such a talented kid Kidd was traded away. When they saw someone saying that Felton was not good enough and wanted the Bobcats to send Felton away, they immediately united and concentrated their firepower...

When the team performs well, players like Felton, who have a generous and extroverted personality, are simply too likable.

After Zhang Yang changed into his training clothes in the locker room, he saw that it was still early, so he practiced passing and controlling the ball for a while.

The alternative approach that Teacher Na helped him to come up with really worked!
His breakthrough skills such as change of direction in front of the body, butterfly step, cross step... have become more and more proficient as the season progresses. Although their actual effect is not as good as the rhythm flow breakthrough, he practices these when he has free time, and tries them a little when he is bullying the weaker opponents in the game. Over time, he gradually feels that his control over the ball has improved!

He sees hope that his ball control will break through 90 and reach the top level. In addition to the passing that he rarely practices outside of team training, he has also made subtle progress and is expected to break through 85+.

In fact, there is another way - just wait and play for a few more years. With more experience, his sense of the ball will naturally improve. His ball control has not yet reached the upper limit of his talent.

But it would be better if we could think of ways to speed up the process of improving our sense of the ball.

While Zhang Yang was practicing passing and controlling the ball, his teammates came to the gym one after another.

When Zhang Yang saw Jarrett Jack entering the training ground with a happy look on his face, he had a strange expression on his face for a moment.

Zhang San didn't expect that Jack, the great god that Bald Joe used to "bid the entire league", would actually stay in the end... After the training, let's go and burn some incense to Guan Erye and pray for the fat boss.

When Zhang Yang's eyes swept across the training ground in the corner, his mood became complicated... He then remembered that the artist who had not had a chance to play this season had also been traded.

He was not close to Hermann, but he liked this teammate very much, as he was one of the only three cultured people on their team.

Occasionally, when he was out of books, he would go to Herman and always be able to borrow a good book... Now, he and Duncan Jr. were the only educated people in the team.

...

The morning preparation meeting and training time were very short. We were playing against the last team, so there was nothing to prepare for. Besides, Wade and O'Neal couldn't play tonight as they were both injured.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yang, who was taking a nap in Lounge No. 3, was awakened by Felton.

Zhang Yang: "Boss, why are you here so early? And you're still wearing your training clothes?"

Felton: "Rajon is gone. If Lu doesn't report today, we will only have Jarrett as the point guard. I will definitely have to take over."

Zhang Yang: "Then why not just let him play for 48 minutes? Do you not care about your ankle?"

Felton: "Thomas said my ankle has basically healed. Although I haven't done any recovery training yet, they allowed me to play against the Heat... I feel like you have a prejudice against Jarrett, which is not okay."

Zhang Yang: "No, I like Jarrett very much. His last name is the same as my English name. I am worried about you... Have you offered incense to the God of Wealth?"

Hearing this, Felton suddenly remembered the 'curse theory' and quickly said, "I'll go and burn incense right away! But you don't have to worry, Lu and Miller are here, I called you so that you can meet them, your TV station is waiting to film you meeting your new teammates."

Zhang Yang stood up upon hearing this, went to the mirror to straighten his clothes, and left the third lounge with Felton. Appearing on camera is something that cannot be taken lightly.

Suddenly he felt something was wrong and asked, "Don't we have three new teammates? Where's the other one?"

Felton was speechless and responded, "After hearing that he was traded, Pietrus cried in Oracle Arena and got drunk last night. His agent called to apologize and said he would report back in two days."

Zhang Yang was speechless and said, "You can say he has no professional ethics, but he has such deep feelings for his old club, and he deserves praise."

Felton: "I heard that the Warriors players are very united. Before last season, they hadn't made the playoffs for more than ten years. That group of players worked together to make the playoffs and completed the black eight miracle. Their teamwork is no worse than the group of people who won the championship with us.

In the past few months, Ellis and Richardson have been competing for the starting position. The veteran Warriors players are on Richardson's side. I saw news reports that the Warriors may have potential internal strife, but Nelson may be able to suppress it. "

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "This is very interesting. I really want to know what kind of expressions Artest and Jackson (Stephen) will have when they become teammates again and see each other. Will it be a hug of relief? Or a more intense conflict?"

Xiao Fei: “…”

My little brother has a very bad heart!

The two chatted as they came to the training ground. Seeing Tyronn Lue talking in front of the camera, Zhang Yang smacked his lips.

(End of this chapter)