Just when everyone thought that the talent show was over.
This transaction caused an uproar!
Almost all the shoutcasters had one word written on their faces when they received the deal:
ＷＨＡＴ？
The reason was simple.
This was a big deal.
It involved four teams and a total of 11 players!
And three of them were rookies with potential this year, and two of them were young stars who had already made a name for themselves in the league!
More importantly, people saw the name of a once glorious team among the traded teams.
The Boston Celtics!
"This deal is definitely the work of the Cardinal!”
Cardinal Auerbach, the best coach in NBA history who created the glorious history of the Green Army!
His SHOWTIME was finally here!
The details of the transaction were as follows:
The teams that were traded this time were: the Houston Mavericks, the Phoenix Suns, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Boston Celtics!
The Mavericks sent out Jason Kidd Tony Thomas 1998 second-round pick!
[Acquired: 1995 rookie Michael Finley AC Green 1997 second-round pick from the Celtics!]
The Phoenix Suns sent out: Michael Finley AC Green Sam Cassel 15th rookie in 1996, Steve Nash 1998 second-round pick!
[Acquired: 1996 No. 6, Stephon Marbury Diana Barros 1998 draft pick by the Mavericks!]
The Philadelphia 76ers sent out: 1996 No. 1 draft pick Wang Yan Michael Cage Don Macklen 1997 first round pick!
Obtained: Jason Kidd Sam Cassel Suns '98 second-round pick Celtics' 97 first-round pick, 99 first-round pick 99 second-round pick 01 first-round pick!
The Boston Celtics sent: Stephen Marbury Diana Barros 1997 first round 1997 second round 1999 first round 1999 second round 01 first round!
Obtained: Wang Yan, Michael Cage, Don Macklen, Steve Nash, and the Philadelphia 76ers '1997 first-round draft picks!
He looked at the deal carefully.
The Mavericks sent away Kidd, the Rookie of the Year in 1994, but they received Finley, the potential forward in 1995!
Many commentators speculated that this was because the three stars of the Dallas team, led by Kidd, had some private conflicts.
Out of consideration for the other two, the Mavericks sent Kidd away.
The Suns, on the other hand, had long taken a fancy to Marbury, a potential point guard. They had even managed to recruit All-Star guard, Danas Barros, from the Green Army. It was a bloody profit!
The Philadelphia 76ers, on the other hand, were unanimously agreed by all the commentators: The biggest beneficiary of this transaction!
First of all, the 76ers needed a point guard.
With this trade, they had acquired two point guards above league standards, Kidd and Cassel. They were young and had potential, and they had already played All-Star style!
Moreover, the 76ers also sent away the two garbage contracts of Cage and Macklen to free up salary space.
Most importantly, the 76ers only used their first round pick in 1997 in exchange for three years of first round picks from the Celtics!
In this deal, the Green Army had sent away an All-Star guard and only got Wang Yan and the No. 15 player of the same year, Nash.
In the next few seasons, the Celtics were visibly bad.
Their draft picks for the past few years might all be at the lottery level!
The 76ers traded Wang Yan for a bright future and formed the backcourt combination of Kidd and Stackhouse.
The most profitable transaction, there was nothing to say!
As for the Celtics, everyone's expression darkened.
Was this the strength of a Red Cardinal?
This was the deal Auerbach handled?
Other than losing a lot of blood, there was no other evaluation!
First of all, they sent away the only player on the team who might be worth trading, Diana Barros, an All-Star guard!
Secondly, they had swallowed two garbage contracts from the Sixers: Michael Cage Don Marklen.
In the end, the Green Army only received two possible positive assets, Wang Yan and Steve Nash.
In the new season, the Celtics were going to build a team system around two rookies?
It could be foreseen that they would dive all the way to the bottom of the Alliance!
If it was just a mess, then it would be fine if he relied on the 1997 draft to strengthen it.
The key was that they would trade all the first and second round signings for next year, as well as the first and second round signings for the next few years!
Even though he got the first round pick for the 76ers next year.
However, they had Kidd and Stackhouse, so the number of signings definitely wouldn't be that high!
Even if the Green Army were to mess up, they were doing it for the Philadelphia 76ers!
He helped the 76ers to get a trashy contract and even worked for them to get the top pick.
The Celtics were such a sucker!
"I don't understand the Celtics 'reason for participating in this deal at all. Just for Wang Yan, they are willing to pay so many draft picks and swallow a garbage contract?”
"The other three teams all took what they needed, and the Philadelphia 76ers didn't lose anything. Only the Celtics were the final losers!”
Someone said,"
"This is the Cardinal's gamble on the future of the Celtics!”
Someone said,
"The Cardinal is already old. This deal will speed up his retirement!”
(This chapter contains a lot of information and foreshadowing. This transaction should have happened in the first place. On the basis of the trade between the Mavericks and the Suns, I hope that readers will give me a wave of flowers and tickets to support me!!）
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