Banyani won the AMVP trophy, and the 2013 All-Star Weekend finally came to an end.

This can be said to be the All-Star game that Li Xing played the most seriously, and the final result was happy, and Banyani got what he wanted.

Next, it is the performance moment for the management of each team.

Before the season opens again, the NBA will first usher in a storm that can be big or small - the trade deadline.

Some teams can turn over through crazy operations on the trading deadline, while others can break up the team's main lineup in just one day and completely knock it down and rebuild it.

Different teams have different needs.

This season, there are no star players on the trading market.

Therefore, Stephenson, who can play starters on most teams, can only play substitutes in the Timberwolves, and is still a rookie contract, is an urgent need for each team.

The transaction was already completed, but Li Xing intervened at the last moment, making the Raptors and Kings' exchange transactions ended in vain.

Colangelo can only continue to sell Stephenson in the trading market.

He is in an extremely passive situation, and the trade deadline is about to end. If Stephenson is not thrown out, he will have to be kept until the end of the season.

Will Stephenson cause trouble during this period? Will it affect the stability of the team?

These are all uncontrollable factors, and the existence of these factors has caused Stephenson's transaction value to be repeatedly reduced.

The exchange with the Kings was originally the best stop loss transaction, but it was stopped.

Every time this time, Colangelo wanted to bite Li Xing's ears.

Why is it ears? He hates Li Xing’s ears!

As soon as the All-Star Weekend ended, Snyder and the Raptors five returned to Toronto together.

At Pearson International Airport, there are a large number of journalists waiting for their return.

Li Xing glanced at them and said, "We are very tired now, so there is no news and don't want to be interviewed."

“There is only one problem.”

"Please tell me."

Snyder took the interview before Lee Xing offended all these reporters.

"How will you place Lance Stephenson?" the reporter asked.

Snyder glanced at Stephenson and replied: "Everything is possible, regardless of whether Lance's future is in Toronto or not, he will always be a member of the Raptors, and we will not forget his contribution."

An official answer reveals this question.

Dante led a team of bodyguards to wait outside the airport.

Li Xing said goodbye to the coaching staff and teammates at the airport gate, especially Stephenson: "Lance, go back and have a good night's sleep. Believe me, good things will happen."

Stephenson was waiting for news. He knew that he would not go to Sacramento anymore, and he also knew that it was Li Xing who secretly helped him.

But he still restless.

The team will definitely sell him as much as possible, and the next stop is still unknown.

It's possible that it's worse than Sacramento, and it's possible that it's better.

Li Xing's words made him feel a little relieved: "Thank you, Lachi."

Li Xing nodded slightly and said to Dante: "How is the family recently?"

"Everything is OK, Charlize and Jackson are back yesterday," Dante said.

"Oh? The film is over?"

"It should be."

Since Theron adopted Jackson, she has not been as hardworking as before. Apart from filming, her work focus is basically in Toronto, and there are not many notices. She has become increasingly harsh in the selection of movies. Unless it is a script that is too fond of, she will refuse to drop it.

This is the capital of the powerful.

An actor like Theron, who has a top-notch appearance and amazing acting skills, can play a goddess or gain a lot of weight in a short period of time, destroys his image just to create a good role. No one cares about his age and deterioration of his beauty.

"Let's go, go home."

Lincoln Apartment

In recent days, Lincoln Apartment has a large amount of entry and exit.

In the past, there were basically more than ten people staying in apartments, but recently there were only six or seven.

Except for Delins, who only receive notifications during the offseason, others are basically working outside.

Li Xing took his backpack, opened the door, and then took the elevator to the main building.

"Didn't anyone come out to greet me?"

Li Xing opened the door and took a look. There was no one in the family.

Such a quiet Lincoln apartment is really unaccustomed to it.

Li Xing called Ingrid and asked where they were going.

The answer I got was to go and support Katherine McPhee's concert.

Li Xing had to open the refrigerator and cook something by himself.

I usually eat at home, so I don’t know how to cook. Fortunately, there are “failed products” left by Delins in the kitchen.

It was a waste to keep it. Li Xing was hungry alone, so he took it and ate it. Then he turned on the TV and switched to ESPN TV station.

Sure enough, a message from the NBA trading market is being played above.

After a brief description, the picture was cut back to the studio. A host had several guests around him. Some of them could only analyze the movements of each team based on rumors, while some people who really had the inside story talked freely and talked about a few possible transactions.

"The Lakers are very interested in Lance Stephenson, but they are only willing to trade Steve Blake."

Get a Blake for Stephenson?

Li Xing remembers that this defender was 5 points behind Stephenson's score and was still a veteran. Unless Colangelo was crazy, this deal was impossible.

"There are rumors that the deal negotiations between the Kings and the Raptors had reached the final step a few days ago. The management of both sides had even reached an oral agreement, but were stopped by some unexpected factors."

"Based on the intelligence I've got, the person who blocked the deal was Rachi Lee."

"He doesn't want Lance to go to Sacramento, which is highly competitive in the back."

"If it was Rachi, I would like to praise him for his loyalty and friendship, but I don't like players interfering in management, players playing basketball, and management doing transactions. This rule cannot be broken!"

Li Xing didn't expect this incident to spread so soon.

It seems that the people around Colangelo are not reliable at all.

Li Xing was eating the cake and listening to these people talking nonsense, there was not much valuable news.

Li Xing kept on the TV. Even if he finished eating, the TV was still not turned off. He needed to understand the progress of the transaction as soon as possible.

That afternoon, a rumor appeared.

"Orlando Magic is interested in Lance Stephenson."

Half an hour later, another news.

"The Magic and the Raptors officially started negotiations."

After Howard left, Magic became a slim fish. No one knew how many years they would be. Although Li Xing had fought with them, he didn't know much about their personnel.

I remember that this is a very bad team.

Li Xing searched the Magic Team's list online, and he looked it over and over again.

What if Stephenson went to the Magic?

He has only one competitor: Jamil Nelson.

The Magic's main control for many years, Howard's most loyal subordinate, has now reached its peak, and averaged 14 points per game in the undesirable Magic.

His rating is only 78, and his indicators are worse than Stephenson in all aspects.

If Stephenson is traded to Orlando, he will undoubtedly get the best piece of soil.

He can grow wildly in this team that has no results and does not care about the performance of the players.

Can a transaction be reached?

Li Xing didn't know, but this was the best team for Stephenson.

Moreover, it is also the only team that is currently negotiating with the Raptors.

Li Xing could only pray for Stephenson.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Delins and the others returned to Lincoln Apartment.

Seeing Li Xing watching TV with a serious face, Theron sat next to him and asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"It will be all right."

Of course, such a perfunctory answer is not possible.

Theron turned his face and said, "No, you have to tell me what to eat."
To be continued...