After the game, the team's general manager, Whitsitt, ran into the locker room excitedly. Whitsitt was so excited that Reid produced such god-level statistics tonight.

In at least the past ten years in the history of the Trail Blazers, they have never selected any outstanding rookie in the draft, let alone a second-round pick.

Of course, it cannot be said that he was not selected at all. For example, Ou was selected by the Trail Blazers, but they did not train Ou, which resulted in Ou being poached by Jiang Dongbing.

"Jiang, your vision for drafting is really incredible. Michael was simply the incarnation of Jordan tonight. No, he was simply Jordan equipped with long-range artillery. He played really well!"

"Hido is also good at playing, he is simply the white version of a magician!"

"Well done, boys, you all played well!" Whitsitt praised the Blazers rookies without hesitation.

"Bob, let's go out and talk alone. I have something I want to talk to you about." Jiang Dongbing said to Whitsitt.

Whitsitt quickly followed Jiang Dongbing out of the locker room, "Jiang, what's wrong? What's wrong?"

"No problem, I just want you to contact the Grizzlies to see if you can make a deal."

"Making a deal with the Grizzlies? God, Ginger, do you still want to have anything to do with the Grizzlies?" Whitsitt asked curiously.

"How can we completely ignore the connection? The Grizzlies are under a lot of salary pressure right now. I wonder if I can replace their Ron Artest."

Whitsitt was speechless. Replacing Artest? The guy who was suspended for nearly a whole season?

"Ginger, this is not a good idea. I admit that Artest is good, but his character is too irritable and he can easily get into trouble."

"Last season, the Grizzlies' lineup was really, really good. Otherwise, believe it or not, you would probably miss out on the championship because of Artest," Whitsitt dissuaded.

What he said is indeed correct. As the team's starting player, Artest is a very important part of the starting lineup. If he is missing in the playoffs? It will be extremely fatal to any team? Also

It is the extremely rare super lineup like the Grizzlies that can withstand the painful period of missing Artest.

Jiang Dongbing also knows that what Whitsett said makes sense, but with the Trail Blazers' current lineup? If they want to get a good record, they need a perimeter defensive gate.

Both Turkoglu and Reid are not very good defensively? Almost none of the small forwards or shooting guards they selected are good at defense? If they play against those weak teams? Maybe the effect will be okay? But what if?

Facing those really strong teams? This lineup will probably be beaten.

Now Jiang Dongbing knows very well that the Grizzlies have already given up on Artest. The main reason is that the Grizzlies have too many people to beat, and there is no need to hang on Artest, a tree that can explode at any time.

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Other teams are not very interested in Artest. After all, no one wants to plant a time bomb in their team.

If Artest is the kind of player who has a gorgeous style of play and can attack and defend? Then there may be teams willing to tolerate his personality and recruit him, but now Artest's offense is not particularly good?

He is a championship puzzle player.

"Ginger? Besides, we actually don't have much chips to trade for Artest? The Grizzlies won't give him to us for nothing." Whitsitt said again.

"Exchange Peterson." Jiang Dongbing said directly.

"Ah? This is a bit too cheap for the Grizzlies, isn't it? The player you just selected, who is definitely the future talent, is actually being traded for Artest?" Whitsitt was somewhat reluctant to agree to the deal.

In his opinion, Artest doesn't have much value now. Although their Peterson has not shown much strength yet, is this the player selected by Jiang Dongbing? Can his strength be inferior?

You must know that Reed in the second round this year produced miraculous statistics in his debut. Peterson was picked much higher than Reed, and his strength is also very exciting.

The most important thing is that Peterson is only in his first year as a rookie and Artest is already in his second year. This means that Peterson can last one more year than Artest.

All in all, in Whitsett's opinion, this deal was a huge loss.

Jiang Dongbing laughed. I am afraid that the entire league has fallen into a misunderstanding. They think that as long as a player is selected by Jiang Dongbing, he must be extremely powerful. No one will doubt the possibility that Jiang Dongbing will select any parallel imports in the draft.

But as luck would have it this time, Peterson is still a "parallel import".

Of course, it is not appropriate to say that Peterson is a parallel import. After all, in his peak period, he averaged 14.5 points per game all year round, so he cannot be called a parallel import.

But compared to the other players selected by Jiang Dongbing, he is indeed not that strong, and because his potential is not 90, Jiang Dongbing is unable to undergo special training.

Therefore, Peterson is indeed a useless player in the hands of Jiang Dongbing, but if left to those weak teams, if he is properly trained, he will be more than enough to be the third in charge, and even the second in charge is not impossible.

"That's it, I won't come forward. You go contact them and the matter will be finalized in the near future." Jiang Dongbing said slowly.

Whitsitt could only nod and agree. He was not optimistic about this deal, but Jiang Dongbing definitely had his own plans. The only thing Whitsitt could do was to resolutely implement Jiang Dongbing's plan.

Next, the Trail Blazers played two consecutive home games. Their opponents were both teams at the bottom of the league. One was the Bulls in the Eastern Conference and the other was the New Jersey Nets. As a result, the Trail Blazers won both games easily. Compared to

It's much easier to fight the Warriors in the first battle.

The three-game winning streak at the start of the season stunned the experts who were looking down on the Trail Blazers at the beginning of the season. Many experts even thought that the Trail Blazers would fail this season and then get a high draft pick, and Jiang Dongbing would rebuild next season.

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But no one expected that the Trail Blazers had no intention of failing and started the game with a bang, winning three consecutive games.

The rookies obtained by the Trail Blazers in this year's draft also attracted special attention, especially Reid, the second-round pick, which simply shocked the entire league. After scoring 37 points in the first game, he scored all the points in the second and third games.

More than 25 points!

Although the three-pointers in the second game were embarrassing, with only 4 hits in 16 attempts, Reed still scored very high points by relying on high shots.

No one expected that a second-round pick like Reed would be given unlimited firing rights in the hands of Jiang Dongbing. Other second-round picks in the same class might have gone crazy with envy. They were both second-round picks, and they might not have even made the team.

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Turkoglu, an alternative small forward, has also attracted the attention of the league. He averaged 10 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists in three games, making him a very reliable point guard.

Richardson and Peterson have received slightly less attention, especially Peterson, who has never played yet.

One day later, the Grizzlies and Trail Blazers jointly issued a statement. The two sides made a deal. The Grizzlies sent Ron Artest and the Trail Blazers sent Maurice Peterson. The two parties exchanged players.

This transaction seems to be a very inconspicuous transaction, but considering that the Grizzlies are Jiang Dongbing's old club, this transaction is also attracting attention.

Originally, everyone thought that Jiang Dongbing and Grizzly Bear would never have any contact with each other. But now it seems that the relationship between Grizzly Bear and Jiang Dongbing is still good, otherwise it would not be possible to reach this deal.

Looking at the transaction content, many people think that the Grizzlies made a profit. After all, Artest's value is really limited, and no one knows whether he will do such a dangerous thing next time.

The reason why Jiang Dongbing went to make this deal with Grizzly Bear could actually be said to be a drunkard's intention.

His real purpose is actually to keep an eye on the Rockets' 2002 draft pick in the hands of the Grizzlies...

This draft pick is of great significance to Jiang Dongbing. With this draft pick, he can successfully acquire Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's value is self-evident. In addition to being a compatriot of Jiang Dongbing, Yao Ming's own strength is also particularly attractive.

Think about this league today, who else can really be called a killer player at the basket? O'Neal is one, David is one, Mourning is half, and then they are gone...

After searching the entire league several times, there are only two and a half big killers under the basket. How many big killers are there on the outside? Jiang Dongbing doesn’t even need to count, the number will definitely not be less than ten!

This highlights the value of a killer under the basket. After all, things are rare and valuable, and Yao Ming is exactly a killer under the basket.

In addition, Jiang Dongbing also wants to see the showdown between Yao Ming at his peak and O'Neal at his peak. This is the real Yao Shark showdown.

Therefore, Jiang Dongbing will definitely try his best to get the Rockets' 2002 draft pick.

The trade with the Grizzlies now is, on the one hand, Jiang Dongbing really wants Artest to improve the team's perimeter defense, and on the other hand, it is also to pave the way for subsequent trades, so that it would be awkward to trade directly with the Grizzlies.

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Last season, the Rockets ranked tenth in the Western Conference, which was not good but not particularly bad. If the lottery was based on this result, they would probably be able to get around the tenth overall pick.

Of course the value is there, but it's not out of reach. Jiang Dongbing must still have a way to get it.

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In the fourth game of the regular season, the Trail Blazers challenged the St. Anthony Spurs away from home.

As soon as Jiang Dongbing and the players got off the plane, he received a call from Popovich. In order to thank Jiang Dongbing for keeping his promise, Popovich made a special trip to treat Jiang Dongbing to a meal. Naturally, he had to give Jiang Dongbing a taste of his treasured wine.

On the second night of the game, Jiang Dongbing took a look at the Spurs' lineup. If the lineup wasn't quite aging, the strength of this Spurs should not be underestimated.

In the end, the Trail Blazers lost by 8 points and suffered their first defeat of the season. Jiang Dongbing smacked his lips, as if he had not experienced this feeling of losing for a long time.

However, there is nothing that can be done about it. With the lineup I have now, it is obviously a dream to achieve an 80-win record like last season.

What's more, the current Blazers are not perfect. When Artest's suspension ends halfway through the season, and when the players have grown to their peak after special training, the strength of this Blazers will be very impressive.

, at least not weaker than the Spurs.

The real threats to the future Blazers are the Lakers and Grizzlies.

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As the schedule progresses, Richardson's performance is getting better and better, mainly because his attributes have improved rapidly. His mid-range shooting, breakthrough ability, and even rebounding ability have been greatly improved.

From having little presence at the beginning of the season, to the last three games, he has even averaged 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, once again proving to the entire league how vicious Jiang Dongbing's vision is.

As the newcomers' data gets better and better, the Blazers' management is naturally extremely excited. The Blazers are currently thriving and have a promising future.

But not everyone is happy to see this scene. Rasheed Wallace, for example, is extremely dissatisfied with the current situation.

Because Jiang Dongbing focused on outside attack tactics, Reed obtained the team's unlimited firing rights. Although Jiang Dongbing never said that Reed had this unlimited firing power, in fact he did.

As for Rasheed Wallace, as the oldest player on the team and the highest-ranking player in the league, he doesn't take as many shots as Reid. How can he accept it?

Last season, Rasheed had conflicts with famous players like Pippen because of the issue of ball rights, let alone the current rookie Reed.

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During the team training match, Jiang Dongbing was sitting on the sidelines.

After Reid scored three consecutive three-pointers, Rasheed threw the ball to the floor angrily and began to lose his temper.

Jiang Dongbing frowned. This was not a good sign. There were many new players in the team, and not long after the start of the season, there were already signs of internal strife.

And now Artest has not joined the team. If he joins the team, it is difficult for Jiang Dongbing to imagine what kind of conflict will break out between Artest and Rashid. Both of them are brainless and unhappy.

It is very possible for them to fight directly if they disagree with each other.

If Rasheed is not very important, then that's fine. Jiang Dongbing simply traded him away, but now Rasheed is extremely important to the Trail Blazers, and it will be difficult to find a suitable replacement after selling him.

There are only a few top power forwards now, including Duncan, Garnett, O'Brien and Webber. Next is Rasheed. Nowitzki is not as valuable as Rasheed.

"Exchange Rashid for Nowitzki?" Jiang Dongbing suddenly had an idea in his mind, a very tempting idea.

Nelson has been unwilling to sell Nowitzki. I wonder if Rasheed would have a chance.

Jiang Dongbing got through Old Nelson's phone without saying a word, but was teased by Old Nelson...

Nowitzki has averaged 22 points and 9 rebounds per game this season. The key is that he still has one and a half years left on his rookie contract. He is an extremely cost-effective player. Old Nelson said that unless Jiang Dongbing is willing to trade himself for Nowitzki
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