Chapter 609 The Wolf King Escapes from Minnesota (Part 2)(1/2)
Finland is a great place to go on vacation.
Outside the wooden house resort is Wakadi, a city with pleasant scenery. On July 9, Xie Hou had enough of the hesitant NBA team, and went to the city to relax with Xuewei.
In a beautiful city, there are not many people who can recognize the big star Xie Hou.
It’s not that Xie Hou is not recognizable, nor that Wokadi’s people are all local buns, but that Xie Hou’s changes are big enough.
When she arrived in Finland, Xie Hou was worried about being recognized, so she deliberately dyed her sexy red hair.
The decision proved to be extremely correct.
Although the 204 cm tall red-haired Asian man is of course very eye-catching, few people can connect him with the person who ruled the NBA. There are not many people in Finland who see the NBA. As a star in the league, he will be widely promoted, just like an image facing the outside world. Even those who don’t watch football know him.
Xie Hou's decision was wise, and the red hair set a beautiful cover for his trip.
He and Xuewei were able to participate in the city cycling competition. In addition to participating in the competition, he also broke the 100-meter race for tourists.
After Xie Hou brushed the next record, the host on site pointed the microphone at him and asked him about his acceptance speech.
Xie Hou said lightly: "This kind of honor is no big deal for me, I have long been used to it."
He heard the travelers at the scene shaking their heads, and everyone felt "this person is so arrogant".
Xie Hou and Xuewei had a day of fun, and returned to the resort, lying in bed without wanting to move.
"I haven't exercised for a while, and my physical fitness has dropped so much." Xie Hou sighed for a moment.
"Really, you are getting less and less useful Arthur." Xuewei, who had a very obvious weight gain, said arrogantly.
Xie Hou resolutely implemented the principle of "not making Xuewei angry during pregnancy" and was silent about this unreasonable criticism.
"Are you hungry?"
Xie Hou doesn’t want to eat anything now, including Xuewei.
His answer was: "Didn't you just eat it?"
"Uh, is that?" Xuewei rubbed her slightly raised belly. The layman would think that it was a symbol of the baby's development inside, but only Xie Hou knew why.
After getting pregnant, Xuewei's appetite increased sharply, and that's it...
Thank you for accepting her gain weight, as long as you don't go too far...
"But I'm hungry."
She said, her tone full of undeniable.
Xie Hou stood up and asked, "Do you want to control it? Look at your belly, you have become a little fat lately..."
Xuewei frowned.
"But you're going to lose weight." Xie Hou had already had the ability to observe the words and expressions. He saw that Xuewei didn't like it and immediately changed his words, "It's better to be fatter. Only mothers with overnutrition can give birth to healthy and smart babies."
The more this little mouth can speak, Xuewei's body shape management will be as bad as that.
"Then you're going to prepare a delicious late-night snack for our children?"
Well, today's second late-night snack.
And, should I prepare? Xie Hou didn't think the midnight snack he prepared was delicious. He walked out of the wooden house and immediately called the resort management and ordered a dessert.
He was making other things outside and preparing for the midnight snack carefully.
Suddenly, Xuewei called him in the room.
Xie Hou returned to the house, Xuewei pointed to the screen of the notebook and said, "There is new progress in the transaction."
Xie Hou walked up to look, and the screen was titled "Paul Pierce: I'm tired of constant reconstruction."
In this way, Pierce forced the management to make decisions.
Will Garnett come? Can you get a few people you can fight in the summer?
His forbearance has a long history. Looking back in 2005, Paul Pierce's fate was like this. That summer, the Celtics had enough of this guy. This Kansas genius. Yes, the first thing they couldn't stand was the Celtics.
He always gave hope to the Celtics and disappointed them. Finally, in the 2005-2006 season, Pierce suddenly became a real Celtic. He played perfectly in a season one-average of nearly 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists per game. In a score against LeBron James, Pierce scored 50 points with pleasure. When challenging the Pacers in Indiana, facing the best NBA defender "AK47" Andre Kirilenko, Pierce scored 30 points in 31 minutes, making AK47 doubt whether he was excellent.
Danny Angie gave him a young team to lead, so he carried them forward without complaint: he brought classical center Al Jefferson, who was less than 22 years old, 23-year-old organizational guard Deront West, a wing-sider with a weird mind, Ricky Davis, a center with accurate mid-range shots but soft-playing style, and a college-time guy, white insider Lafrenz, who still played enthusiastically without the hope of the playoffs.
Why did he really become a Celtic this year? Because Botudo Celtic Gardens is a historical holy place in the NBA, and the great numbers hanging under the ceiling, those kings who won eleven championship rings between 1957 and 1969, and five more championships in 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984 and 1986, those great names have a self-distorted side because of victory.
Bill Russell vomits before the game, K.C. Jones becomes mute during daily chatterbox games, Larry Bird's vicious mockery, Dave Covings becomes hysterical when he is excited... The cultural heritage of this team is as follows: each of them is a mild pervert with a superficial in appearance, but paranoid inside. Their extra passion often vents to the wrong place.
For example, when Pierce is a normal person, he is the most unstoppable scorer in the league; but when he is unhappy, he will wield his jersey and does not feel naive at all.
It is his weirdness and contradiction that he persevered in his complacent and frustration.
Then came 2006-2006 was the year of the Ertes' bad luck: the Celtic veteran and the greatest hero in NBA history, the "Cardinale", died at the age of 89; to make matters worse, Pierce played only 47 games due to injury in the 2006-2007 season. Although he still had about 5 points, 6 magnetic boards and 4 assists, the Celtics made the worst record in the team's history with 24 wins and 58 losses in the regular season.
Pierce seemed to suddenly get angry.
Danny Angie stocked up 11 teenagers born after 1982 in the team. His fantasy was about waiting for 11 people to become collectively, just like the bench of the Garden Arena in the 1960s. After playing for two seasons with this lineup, Pierce suddenly realized that this was impossible.
Danny Angie's young Celtics seemed to be dreaming far away, like the dynasty of the 1960s: Pierce protected these teenagers and waited for them to grow up and mature.
However, Pierce lost his patience and made Angie understand the uncertainty of the future. So he used these young people to ask for a great team in advance. What about?
How to build a better Celtic team?
As early as the 1985-1986 season, the Celtics played one of the most brilliant seasons in NBA history, but then they were away from the championship - they won the championship sixteen times in the previous thirty years, but in the next twenty years, Boston seemed to be making up for the mental trauma created for the NBA that year. In the year of winning the championship in 1986, they selected Baias with the second pick in the draft, and then suffered the sudden death of this person. In 1994, the captain Lewis died suddenly during training, and Kevin McHale retired.
The ups and downs that followed were the story before 2005, and that was everything Paul Pierce experienced after becoming a Celtic.
The hesitation about Garnett was finally let go, and the Celtics decided to give it a try.
"It seems that there will be a result soon." Xie Hou said.
"How do you know?" Xuewei asked.
Xie Hou patted her lightly: "Everything is important to have a momentum, and they must show their determination to get KG."
However, things are not as simple as they seem.
The Celtics really have to make a big move, they traded Gomez, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratree, Terfer and the first-round picks in 2008 and 2009 as the core, with the Timberwolves.
In terms of trading chips, there is no other Celtics better than the team.
However, the five people they gave were all young potential stocks, and they might not be able to soar to the sky next year, making the Celtics regret it to death.
Trading potential stocks are risky to both parties, and no one knows whether this stock is good or bad.
A big problem at present is that Garnett does not want to go to the Celtics. Although his voice lies with the management, he has contributed his peak years to the Timberwolves. I still need to refer to my personal opinions.
McHale began to persuade Garnett.
Garnett doesn't like the Celtics lineup. If he goes, there is only one Pierce. What can he do?
He wants to go to those competitive teams, even the Cavaliers.
Both sides were about to froze. When McHale was about to break up with Garnett and forced him to send him away, the rescued party appeared.
The one responsible for the rescue is Phoenix Sun!
The Sun's offer and new plan completely shaken both sides.
In just one day, the dust has settled.
NBA official: "The Timberwolves and the Celtics and the Suns reach a three-party deal!"
EPSN: "Big! KG runs to Phoenix City, and the details are given later!"
TNT: "I announce that a team that makes the West tremble is born!"
Half an hour later, the details of the three-party transaction were announced.
The original chips offered by the Celtics remain unchanged. The Timberwolves took action against Garnett, Mark Blunt, and the Suns sent Stadmeier and Cote Thomas to the first round in the future.
The shocking three-party transactions produce shocking results.
The Celtics get Stoudemire and Cott Thomas, the first round of the Suns;
The Timberwolves get the Celtics’ youngster and first round;
The sun gets Garnett and Blunt.
The Wolf King successfully fled Minnesota and the Suns formed a team in the Shock League.
The starting points they can send next season are Nash, Laga Bell, Iguodala, Marion, and Garnett. What's the price? They sent away the Little Box and Thomas, that's all, but the addition of Garnett and Blunt is enough to make up for the team's losses.
They went from a championship team to an undisputed top hot seed in the West.
The Celtics failed to get Garnett, but with Stoudemire as compensation, the superstar of last season, Nash's right-hand man was enough to regain confidence in the team.
Chapter 610 The Hill
Garnett fled Minnesota and led to the rise of the "Super Sun".
Since 2004, Garnett seems to live in another world. He won the MWP in 2004, broke through the first round, and rushed to the Western Conference Finals, as if the county's dream appeared.
Taking history as a mirror, there is no other legendary power forward who is like him. He is deeply involved in the first round when it is time to achieve results, and he can't even make it into the playoffs.
It's different now. He went to a team that needs him the most and may also be the best for him.
The Celtics did not end the reinforcement after getting Stoudemire. Their purpose was to form the Big Three.
To be continued...