In the past, a reasonable championship team was focused on an outside scoring core, plus an offensive and defensive core inside, a dual-core All-Star team.
But since the Celtics set a precedent for the Big Three, the atmosphere of the entire league seemed to be quietly changing.
The three giants had won the championship back then, and this year, they had once again entered the finals and almost won another championship.
This was the power of the three magnates working together!
The Celtics demonstrated to all the All-Star players and teams that were aiming to win the championship that the best way to win the championship was to have three All-Star players together!
Under such circumstances, LeBron James, the proud son of the stars of the Clippers, was the first to lose his patience. He gave up his territory and came to the South Coast. Together with his good brother, Wade, and the Dragon King, Bosh, they formed the even more explosive " Big Three of the Heat."
This situation made the other NBA stars even more uneasy!
With the existence of a team like the Heat's Big Three, if they wanted to compete for the championship, they would have no hope if they didn't learn to band together.
Among them, the most anxious All-Star player was the Nuggets 'super scorer, Cameron Anthony!
As the representative of the platinum generation in 2003, Cameron Anthony and LeBron James were known as the Peerless Twins. The two of them had been enemies since high school and were often compared by the media.
In high school, Anthony was slightly better.
He played in college for a year, while James, who was one grade lower in high school, directly participated in the NBA draft.
In the 2003 draft, James and Anthony each had their own strengths.
But in the end, the Cavaliers chose LeBron James, who had better physical talent, based on the principles of the draft.
As for Cameron Anthony, who had more comprehensive offensive skills, he became the flower of the season.
No matter what, Anthony would never feel that he was weaker than James.
After entering the NBA, James went to the Cavaliers to be his little emperor, while Anthony came to the highlands of denver. Soon, he welcomed his helper, Allen Iverson, and formed the golden twin guns that the entire league envied at that time.
Anthony thought he would win the honor alone before LeBron James.
However, he never expected that the first person to win the championship in 2003 would be Dwyane Wade!
Although this stimulated Anthony, it was not much. After all, James was still struggling in the Eastern Conference and did not win the championship before him.
The thing Anthony cared about the most was the comparison with James.
As long as LeBron James did not win the championship, it would be fine if he could not make it out of the Western Conference with the Nuggets. After all, his numbers were good every year.
However, after this offseason, the situation had changed.
LeBron James had gone to the South Coast to form the Big Three. According to the fans and the media's " NBA Finale," it meant that James would definitely win the championship.
In this way, he became the only one of the three platinum heroes of the 03 generation who did not win the championship!
If that was the case, how could Cameron Anthony not be anxious?
Would there be a future in the Nuggets? Although his and Iverson's backfield combination was the strongest firepower in the entire league, reality had proven countless times that such a combination would not work.
After that, the Nuggets traded Iverson for Billups, but the effect was still not great.
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Anthony lost his patience!
He had conversations with the Nuggets 'management again and again, all about how he did not want to waste time here and hoped that the Nuggets would trade him to a team that might be able to fight for the championship.
After the Nuggets executives weighed the pros and cons, they agreed.
They could only agree. Otherwise, they would not get anything if Anthony left after the contract expired.
The news was a secret. The Nuggets did not make it public, but their general manager would communicate with other teams that were interested in trading and had assets.
There was no need to talk about the market for Cameron Anthony. As long as they released the news, the other side would definitely want him.
Recently, the Nuggets had some secret negotiations with the rebuilding Knicks.
When it came to the trade for Cameron Anthony, the Knicks naturally wanted the player.
However, a deal wasn't something that could be settled easily. Even if you went to the street to buy a piece of clothing, you would have to haggle over it, let alone an NBA star worth tens of millions of dollars.
The Knicks had expressed their intention, and the Nuggets would let them make an offer. In the beginning, of course, it was impossible to give the highest price. The two sides would discuss it a few times.
Even if the Nuggets were satisfied, they would not trade immediately because the Knicks were not the only team interested in Anthony. They would continue to let other interested teams make offers.
Before the trade deadline, the team that offered the most satisfactory price would be traded.
Of course, the Nuggets and Anthony had reached an agreement. The team that would be traded had to satisfy Anthony.
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In short, Anthony's chips were rare goods, and the seller was naturally not in a hurry.
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