In the summer of 2008, the league's long grass period was no longer as intense as last year, but some changes in the pattern also occurred.

The first to make the news was the Pacers.

After the championship celebration, various management teams began various offseason matters, and renewing the contract was the most important thing. There were two people in the Pacers who needed to renew the contract, one was Granger and the other Foster.

Foster has been a major player since joining the team in 1999 and is not an indispensable key figure. He is a reassuring veteran. When Kirirenko and O'Neal Jr. were injured, he also played a role in starting. The management therefore renewed his contract with him for three years.

Foster stayed.

It was Granger's turn but something went wrong.

Since the Pacers already have three maximum salary contracts, Bird asked for instructions and the shareholders believed that the team's championship competitiveness should be maintained after the meeting. The expenses in salary can be offset by the advertising effects brought by sponsors and Xie Hou, and the financial situation is not that difficult.

Bird provided a quasi-maximum contract renewal. Who knew that Granger's agent refused the quasi-maximum contract. They asked for a maximum salary contract and asked for a main position and tactical core position.

The main position is not impossible. The Pacers' main lineup has been greatly degraded, and the competitiveness of retaining the lineup will continue to decline. It is time to change, but the core position? Bird thought he heard it wrong.

How can Pacers with Xiehou give other players a core position?

The negotiations were frozen and neither side was willing to retreat.

Granger's agent threatens management to make a decision, otherwise they will not sign a contract renewal and will seek qualification contracts next summer. If they play for five years, Granger will become a completely free player and the Pacers are facing an embarrassing situation of being beaten.

Bird is also a ruthless man who can stop him when he is dead. He was the one who picked Granger. His style is extremely compatible with Xie Hou. Last year, he also sacrificed a year to play as a substitute in order to complete three consecutive championships. Now the dynasty has become, and he has to consider himself, which is a natural human nature.

Bird promised to trade it.

Granger was on the shelves, and people asked for the price in a row.

The most passionate one is the New York Knicks.

How much bonus does Granger's range have to do with Xie Hou and James are obvious. If Granger can be obtained, he and Jeff Richardson will combine the two swords to form the most powerful royal salute group in history, why worry about the great cause?

Moreover, the Smiling Assassin's proposal was extremely sincere.

They sent Wilson Chandler, the first round pick in 2013, with Shaq O'Neal for Granger and O'Neal Jr.

Chandler is a good wing. The first round of picks in 2013 was a long-term investment. O'Neal and O'Neal Jr. both have the potential to become garbage contracts, but the Sharks expired in the summer of 2010, and O'O's also expired in the summer of 2010. In terms of status, O'Neal is almost the same as O'Neal Jr. However, both of them are indeed drifting away from the road to garbage contracts.

Bird refused. The shark was not the shark of that year. His style of play was incompatible with Xie Hou. If he could disgust James, he could disgust King Arthur, let alone send O'Neal out.

When O'Neal Jr. was involved in the deal, things could not be discussed.

The new management led by Bird is indeed very worried about the contract between O'Neal Jr. and Kirirenko, but they have never thought about trading it.

O'Neal Jr. and Kirirenko are both heroes of the Pacers' four championships in five years. They are close friends with Xie Hou. In the future, the jerseys will be hung in the Banker Life Stadium. Now they are trading people as soon as they win the championship, which will make the players feel disappointed.

Furthermore, although the proposal proposed by the Knicks looks good, it is not good enough for the Pacers.

They don't want to trade with the Knicks, don't want to strengthen their opponents, and don't want to satisfy the Smiling Assassin. The grudge between Bird and the Assassin is a well-known history, and there is no need to mention it.

The Assassin failed in the first plan and quickly launched the second plan. He brought in a partner and wanted to engage in a three-party transaction.

Bird continued to refuse.

The assassin proposed a third plan, but Bird did not even call the communication channel, leaving only one sentence for him: "There is no need to talk, don't call again!"

The smiling assassin was furious and passed the New York media crazy Black Bird: "That sarcastic bird man is not worthy of being a gm. He brought personal grudges to work. I made the best offer, but he didn't even listen! He must be holding a grudge against what happened back then, he was really too stingy!"

The Knicks were buzzed out of the playoff team by the Bobcats, from Thomas to James and the entire team, and were ridiculed by the New York media for a summer.

In 2003, they got the Chosen Son, and the whole world thought they were about to rise. However, in five years, they only entered the playoffs twice, with the best result being sent home by the Pacers in the semifinals.

The emperor did not bring immediate results and changes, and the Knicks was still a stagnant pool.

The Smiling Assassin's slutty operation will make them not have a first-round draft pick in the next few years, so they can only trade if they want to strengthen them.

The inflated salary space, unstable people's hearts and team atmosphere, the New Yorkers' expectations for them, patience for the emperor, and the prospects of the team are becoming increasingly unfavorable.

Later, Bird responded to the matter: "I have become a GM for the team for the first time. There must be some inadequate things, and I accept criticism. But I don't think some guys who molest employees deserve the position of GM1."

1. Smiling Assassin molested a female employee during his tenure. Knicks paid him tens of millions of dollars to settle with the woman.

Granger will still be traded, and the Knicks are out.

Bird didn't want to get cheaper Eastern teams, so he traded Granger to the West.

The Portland Trail Blazers proposed a price tag that is acceptable to both sides.

They took advantage of thin two-way forward Travis Outro and the unprotected second round pick for the next year in exchange for the Pacers' Danny Granger.

In this transaction, epsn rated it as a-.

For walkers, espn's rating is b.

Outro's main position is the third position, and he is likely to be placed in the fourth position like Kirilenko. The Pacers need him to play the fourth position. His performance in the fourth position is definitely not as good as the third position, because his figure is not strong enough. Granger has made obvious progress. When he goes to the Trail Blazers, he has enough firepower and is very likely to become a star player.

The Trail Blazers made a clever deal, while the Pacers just tried to stop losses.

The Pacers fired the first offseason shot, and then the teams began to launch various trades.

Next, big brands change air frequently.

The most typical ones are the Knicks and the Bulls.

The difference is that one is to clear the space and the other is to usher in a bigger card.

The Knicks dumped O'Neal to Milwaukee, where there was nothing to say except a group of recruits. For a few high-paying and low-energy fish, the Knicks shouted that they had completed their summer plans.

The author of this work is not the Smiling Assassin, but the godfather of the Pacers Dynasty, Donnie Walsh.

After Walsh left office from the Pacers, he was immediately invited by the Knicks to be the president of basketball. Previously, the Knicks had no president of the basketball application department, and basically had a smile assassin. Now, with the person in charge of the Smile Assassin on it, he could no longer initiate a transaction at will to stimulate the hearts of fans.

The first thing Walsh did when he came was to fire the assassin.

But the Assassin and James hugged each other tightly.

Although the assassin basically destroyed the Knicks' operating space in the next few years, it made James feel comfortable. The Chosen Son spoke for him and the whole team supported him. Walsh failed to establish his power, and the Smiling Assassin stayed. From then on, there will be civil strife that has lasted for several years. I won't mention it here.

The Bull did a similar operation.

They sent Ben Wallace and filled in two draft picks to change the air.

The Knicks at least got the fish, but they got nothing, and it was really a change of air.

The Smiling Assassin hinted on various occasions that he did not like the deal.

It is right to send out the Sharks. He destroys the team's chemistry. He always doesn't know it and wants to be the core of the offensive, which makes James unhappy and makes the Knicks miss the playoffs last season. He deserves to die, but how can he exchange it for the miscellaneous fish?

Walsh was all about cleaning up the space and putting the Knicks' future into a longer future, while the smiling assassin only had the present in his eyes.

The bull's way of changing Big Ben's air has attracted more confusion.

Until Kevin Garnett became a free agent again, they launched a fiery pursuit with strong momentum.

The Suns have no room to renew their contracts, and other teams are not very attractive. The Bulls played seven games with the Pacers last season, but now they have just cleared out the useless Big Ben and enjoyed the benefits of Chris Paul's rookie contract.

Before Garnett made the decision, the Bull made another deal with a mighty momentum.

They sent out old captain Coke Hinrich and JJ Hickson, the 2008 first-round No. 18 pick from the Knicks, and exchanged for the 2007 lottery pick Corey Brewer from the Timberwolves.

This move is a firm demonstration of their determination to rush out of the East.

They don't have potential, they just need combat power. Brewer enriched the Bull's weak wings, and with Paul, Howard, and Kevin Martin, they were like the sun last year, everything was ready, and they only needed the Wolf King to arrive.

The biggest difference between them and the Sun is that Paul and Howard are still young.

Even Martin, Brewer and others are very young, and they need a leader.

Garnett, 32, is the leader they need.

Other teams are not competitive enough and the Suns are difficult to clear out space. Garnett flew to the east and joined the Bulls, once again rewriting the pattern of the league.

"Kevin Garnett has experienced Phoenix's failure, and now his decision has changed the situation in the league again. Who can stop the Bulls next season?"

Later, Garnett entered the Dream Team with his new teammates Paul, Howard and others, and it looked more like they were getting familiar with each other before the start of the new season.
Chapter completed!