Chapter 125: Knight's revival is just around the corner
Danny Ferry also knows that if this goes on like this, his general manager will soon be at the end of his job, and he will lose his hair every day, and he will not be far from baldness.
But except for the former balloon stars who want to retire, no one really wants to come to Cleveland. The Cavaliers have a bunch of bad contracts and can't give them any good bargaining chips. He can only watch the stars of other teams drool every day.
Now that James called Monta Ellis by name, Danny Ferry gritted his teeth and offered an offer to the Warriors.
As long as James can be retained, the Cavaliers will still be the top power in the league. He must let James see the determination of the team to strengthen!
...
"Xiaoyu, your dad and I went to your Aunt Zhao's house to play cards...you washed the dishes!"
Li Yinghua put on the clothes Zhang Yu specially bought for her from the capital, looked around in front of the mirror, and shouted loudly.
Zhang Yu was watching the video of the Warriors' game in the room, when he heard the words, he replied weakly:
"Got it... come back soon."
Tomorrow he will go to the mall to buy a dishwasher and come back!
In the past two years, Li Yinghua and Zhang Haijun have fully adapted to retirement life. They walk around, play cards and play chess every day. They know that their son is already a rich man, and they will not save money for Zhang Yu. They can buy whatever they want, and live a good life very comfortable.
In the few days since Zhang Yu came back, Li Yinghua greeted him with care, and he just opened his mouth with clothes and food, which was much more comfortable than in Oakland.
But only a week later, Li Yinghua began to pick on Zhang Yu, nagging him every day that he stayed up late at night, got up in the morning, and found him some housework to do.
It can only be said that the same world, the same mother, Zhang Yu's status as a billionaire is not easy to use in front of Li Yinghua.
"Ding..."
He was about to get up and go to the kitchen when his cell phone rang, and it was Larry Riley calling.
Zhang Yu picked up:
"Larry, what's the matter?"
"Boss, I have received several offers for Monta Ellis, but many of them are tentative. The most sincere ones are Cavaliers, Mavericks and Knicks." Larry Riley said respectfully.
"Knight?" Zhang Yu was a little surprised.
"Yes, and the conditions given by Danny Ferry are good, but he asked to add Stephen Jackson to the deal." Larry Riley said.
The Knicks and the Mavericks are interested in Monta Ellis. He is not surprised. Donnie Walsh is crazy about the stars. He will never let go of such an opportunity.
The Mavericks are old perimeter players, supported by 31-year-old Jason Terry and 35-year-old Kidd, and have been looking for ball-handling attackers. Monta Ellis performed well in the Black Eight Miracle two years ago. The Mavericks were impressed and offered a generous offer.
But the offer from the Cavaliers was beyond Zhang Yu's expectation. There was already Mo Williams in the team, and Monta Ellis had a similar role to him, and James also had to hold the ball. One ball was really not enough for three people to score.
And Danny Ferry also wants Stephen Jackson. Wu Sheng is now in his prime. Last season, he averaged 20.7 points, 6.5 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. He is very versatile, but he also needs the ball.
Danny Ferry should have some action next, or Mike Brown will adjust the lineup.
Although Zhang Yu didn't know that James wanted to further control the ball in his hands and become the de facto point guard of the Cavaliers, in his previous life, the Nets had three top outside ball handlers, and there was no problem with the distribution of the ball. , let alone James' thriving Cavaliers, this kind of small problem is not difficult to solve.
"What is the knight's offer?" Zhang Yu asked.
"Danny Ferry is willing to offer Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao, first-round picks in 2010, 2012 and 2014, of which the top three in 2012 are protected, and if they are postponed to 2013, they will be unprotected in exchange for Stephen. Jackson and Monta Ellis."
After Larry Riley finished speaking, Zhang Yu thought for a while and understood Danny Ferry's thoughts.
The Cavaliers are trying to seize the last year of James' contract and work hard.
Ilgauskas is the big Z. The former big Z was an All-Star center. Now he is approaching the end of his career. Although he could still play 27 minutes per game last season and contribute 12+6 data, his two His legs are already scarred and his mobility is poor. The defensive end can only squat in the paint, and the offensive end also slowly shoots a few mid-range shots, which is not suitable for James, who likes to play fast breaks.
After the Cavaliers traded to O'Neal, they obviously don't need Big Z to sit on the inside.
Varejao is a blue-collar power forward from Brazil. He is good at drawing offensive fouls and grabbing offensive rebounds. He plays hard and his defense is above normal. He steals from time to time on the offensive end. He averages 8 points and 7 rebounds per game. He is the Cavaliers The team is one of the few players who have been trained by themselves.
Of course, these two players are obviously used to balance the salary. Big Z has a contract of more than 1000 million, and Varejao's contract of 630 million US dollars will expire next summer. It is suitable for a rebuilding team like the Warriors. Free up salary space and chase stars in the free market.
The focus of this deal is the three first-round picks!
Danny Ferry is obviously going to stud.
He is betting that Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson can help the Cavaliers make a breakthrough in the playoffs and keep James smoothly.
In this way, the Cavaliers are still a super strong team. These three draft picks are all picks at the end of the first round, so they are worthless.
Of course, Danny Ferry still retains a semblance of reason. If Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson are not as helpful to the Cavaliers as he imagined, and James is gone, the Cavaliers will neither grasp the present nor lost future.
He made the 2012 first-round pick a top-three protection just in case.
What Zhang Yu doesn't know is that Danny Ferry is still very confident in keeping James. This is just a habitual move by him as the general manager.
After all, the management has been trying their best to find helpers for James in the past few years, and they don't feel bad about spending money. Big contracts are awarded one after another, but they are not given to the right person, so it has become a big coin...
But this kind of sincerity should be seen by James, otherwise he would not have declared to the media many times that he would stay with the Cavaliers.
In Danny Ferry's heart, James is a native of Cleveland, and he is the little emperor in the Cavaliers. Even the general manager and head coach dare not disobey him. He has no reason to leave his hometown team.
In his opinion, exchanging a rubbish contract, a blue-collar power forward, and three late first-round picks for a 3-year-old young scorer and an all-around small forward at his peak, this sum Trading is a bloodbath for the Cavaliers.
The revival of knights is just around the corner!