Chapter 173: Kidd Who Loves to Blow His Hair

The next morning, a well-known media website reported on this trade.

The Suns' official website also published this news.

At the same time, Suns head coach Jason Kidd updated his Twitter with a photo of him and Bynum's group at the Sichuan restaurant.

The caption read:

"It's been an honor to walk this path with you. In the future, no matter how successful or obscure you become,

I will remember the moments from last year to this year, from late winter to early spring,

when I witnessed the light in your eyes and the path under your feet.

So, I wish you all smooth sailing forever, and may you sail through thousands of seas and return as a youth!"

This was a complete plagiarism of Wade Dong's drunken speech from the previous night.

Suns owner Sarver even liked and retweeted this tweet.

...

"Has Myers gone crazy?"

"This is a terrible trade!"

"I can't believe it!"

The trade was so sudden that all the teams were surprised when they saw the news.

Curry averaged 22 points and 6 assists this season, and Thompson averaged 16 points. Both players are young and can be developed as the team's cornerstones.

But Myers actually put these two players on the trading block and traded them from the Suns for Bynum and three other players.

Of course, Bynum's performance this season was also impressive. With Wade Dong by his side, he had his most outstanding season, averaging 20+10, which was even more eye-catching than Curry's stats.

In the TNT studio, Barkley and O'Neal were discussing this trade.

Barkley analyzed, "Thompson and Wade Dong have overlapping positions. Curry is an offensive point guard, and the Suns already have Nash and Wade Dong, so they won't perform well on the Suns. It's hard to imagine Sarver giving up Bynum and Dragic for these two players."

O'Neal said, "I disagree. I think this trade is a loss for the Warriors. They gave up the team's future! Bynum is not worth much, and the Warriors will definitely regret this trade."

"Anyway, it's a terrible trade."

Barkley said, "Both teams' management are stupid. This is a lose-lose situation. The Suns will miss out on the championship this year because of this trade."

"Last year, you said Wade Dong couldn't win the championship, and you still haven't kissed my donkey's ass."

O'Neal mocked.

Barkley: "..."

...

The Suns have 29 regular-season games left. Tonight, they will host the Pelicans at home.

The Pelicans' star player is rookie Davis, who was the first overall pick in the 2012 draft.

The Suns and Warriors trade has just been completed, and Curry and Thompson have not yet reported to the team. As for Bynum's group, they cannot play, and Nash is out with a back injury.

So, for this game, the Suns can only play a seven-man rotation.

However, against the Western Conference's bottom-dwelling Pelicans, a seven-man rotation is enough.

Before the game, Kidd said, "Suddenly losing four players, I feel a bit shorthanded."

"Old Kidd, your time to shine has come."

Wade Dong laughed, "If we lose this game, we'll blame the coach."

Kidd glanced at Wade Dong, "Then I'll leave?"

"Haha..."

Wade Dong laughed again and suddenly noticed that Kidd's hair had grown long. He asked Kidd, "When did you start growing your hair?"

"Last summer, when I returned from China, I started growing my hair."

Kidd blew his hair and asked, "Isn't it handsome?"

Blowing his hair???

Wade Dong saw Kidd's action and said with a straight face, "Old Kidd, your habit of blowing your hair is not good!"

"Is it not good?"

Kidd looked at Wade Dong in confusion, "I've been studying Chinese culture and found that many coaches in China like to blow their hair. That's why I started growing my hair."

"You only learn the bad habits!"

Wade Dong said and walked onto the court to warm up.

Kidd blew his hair again and turned to McGrady, "Is it handsome?"

"I don't see it."

McGrady also walked away with a straight face. He really didn't see what was handsome about blowing hair.

"Is it not handsome?"

Kidd blew his hair again.

...

At 7 PM US time, the audience entered the arena, and the game was about to begin.

With Wade Dong on the Suns, even a game against the Pelicans filled the US Airways Center.

"Beep!!!"

As the referee blew the whistle, the game began.

Pelicans starting lineup: Davis, Gordon, Anderson, Henry, Lopez.

Suns starting lineup: Wade Dong, Gortat, Middleton, Tucker, Green.

Even with a shorthanded roster, Kidd still did not start McGrady. The Suns' bench players included McGrady, Frye, Varick, and Brooks.

Davis and Gortat jumped for the tip-off, and Davis easily tipped the ball to Gordon.

"I suddenly miss Bynum a bit."

Wade Dong thought to himself. This season, Bynum had almost never lost a jump ball. Suddenly losing four players, not to mention Kidd, even Wade Dong felt a bit unaccustomed.

Due to Nash's rotation rest and Dragic's trade, Wade Dong played the point guard position.

Gordon dribbled the ball and was visibly nervous facing Wade Dong's defense.

This was his first time guarding Wade Dong. Although Wade Dong had only been in the league for a year, in Gordon's eyes, Wade Dong was already on par with James, Kobe, and Durant, the league's top players, and even stronger.

Wade Dong saw Gordon's eyes wandering and comforted him, "Idol, don't be nervous!"

"Huh???"

Suddenly being called an idol by Wade Dong, Gordon's heart skipped a beat!

"Oh... how can you space out while dribbling?"

Wade Dong said again. He has the league's top stealing ability, so he directly stole the ball from Gordon's hands and then rushed to the frontcourt for a tomahawk dunk!

2:0!!!

Although the Pelicans won the jump ball, the Suns scored first.

Lopez saw this scene and muttered, "East Brother is even stronger than before!"

Lopez played for the Suns last season and won the championship. Before the game, he greeted his former Suns teammates and chatted with Wade Dong for a bit.

"I don't want to be stolen from either, but he called me an idol~"

Gordon still hadn't come to his senses, and the word "idol" kept spinning in his mind.

"Gordon, catch the ball!"

It wasn't until Anderson passed the ball from the baseline and called Gordon to catch it that Gordon came to his senses.

After dribbling to the frontcourt and facing Wade Dong's defense again, Gordon said seriously, "Please don't call me an idol. I'm not worthy!"

"You are worthy!"

Wade Dong said and waved his hand, reminding Gordon, "I'm going to steal the ball..."

"Ah???"

Hearing this, Gordon quickly passed the ball out.

After personally experiencing Wade Dong's aura, Gordon realized how much pressure there was in guarding Wade Dong!

In this game, forget about scoring, if he could pass the ball safely without making a mistake, it would be considered a success.

Without Bynum, the Suns' interior offensive ability was significantly weakened. Although Tucker's defensive ability is good, he is still ten points inferior to Davis. Davis relied on his height and weight advantage to score several times against Tucker in the paint.