July 13.

An ordinary night.

Li Lei finished his training and was preparing to go back and rest with Yao Ming, Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian.

His cell phone rang suddenly.

Contact: Bill Duffy.

Li Lei suddenly had some premonition.

Generally speaking, Duffy won't bother him late at night.

"Stone, you can't go to Los Angeles anymore!"

Duffy said disappointedly at the other end of the phone.

Li Lei was stunned.

"Has O'Neal's deal failed?"

When Li Lei came to his senses, this was his first reaction.

Duffy shook his head: "No, no, no! O'Neal went to Miami, you are teammates with him!"

Li Lei: "…"

This tm was never expected.

Are O'Neal and I a teammate?

Li Lei was stunned for a long time.

But he couldn't figure it out.

Didn’t the Lakers call him?

Haven’t the Lakers’ official website been posted?

Stone, welcome home?

Then, Duffy told Li Lei the news he found.

The Lakers have indeed always wanted Li Lei, and the Heat want O'Neal, which is true.

However, they did not exchange their bosses, but instead became teammates.

Pat Riley gave the Lakers two trading plans at the last moment of the trade.

In the first part, the Heat played Odom Grant Li Lei.

In the second installment, the Heat made Odom Grant Butler Cato's two future first-round picks.

Of course, compared with the first plan, the Lakers need to pay not only O'Neal, but also need some extra points to match the deal.

But even so, the two plans are very different.

Last season, Kato's contract was also considered a garbage contract.

But after this season, no one thought so, Kato played value.

Moreover, in the O'Neal era, the meat shield center was generally valuable, and it was normal for the salary to be twice that of others.

There is also a first-round draft pick, which is also a good thing.

Why do the Timberwolves keep rotting? Isn’t it just that they were fined a first-round draft pick that has been fined for five years?

The Lakers looked at the two trading plans and chose the second one.

"Yes, normal people will choose this way."

Li Lei is very good, but Butler Cato's two future first-round picks are even more delicious!

The Lakers made a fortune.

The 33-year-old O'Neal changed to an All-Star in the Year, a second-year best sixth man, a meat shield center, and a blue-collar power forward with a lot of oil, and two first-round draft picks.

Isn't he smelly?

Reason tells Li Lei: The Lakers' choice is no problem.

But sentimental tells Li Lei: A joke!

"Welcome home, Stone!"

This is a joke!

The day before, I was impressing the player with my feelings, but the day after that I gave up.

NBA is a business!

Never talk about feelings.

...

July 14.

The sharks traveled eastward, and the whole league was shocked.

Li Lei called Odom, Kato, Butler and Grant one by one.

Odom was very happy: "I didn't go to New York, and Los Angeles is also good."

Odom was in the Los Angeles Clippers for the first four years of his career, so he didn't know much about Los Angeles.

Li Lei laughed: "In the future, you don't have to worry about the gangsters hired by Riley! You can play with it."

Odom laughed too: "From the future, I will take you to the best nightclub and grab the most beautiful young model!"

Li Lei: "Just play, don't waste yourself like a big dog."

Odom said arrogantly: "My capital cannot be compared to my big dog."

Then Butler.

The gentle man told Li Lei: "Stone, you will always be my best brother, I love you!"

Li Lei said sincerely: "Caron, too, come on together!"

Then came Kato and Grant. This was the first time that these two veterans were traded, and they were already very open-minded.

Besides, this is going to Los Angeles. Who doesn’t love Los Angeles?

Afterwards, Li Lei contacted Wade.

Wade was also in shock. The two of them will join forces with the league's number one next season!

The deal also opened the door to the free market this year.

Kobe and the Lakers immediately renewed their contract.

"Zen Master" Phil Jackson was very disappointed and refused to renew his contract with the Lakers.

The Lakers then invited the famous coach Rudy Tomjanovic.

Shuai Tang is the founder of the Mosaic Dynasty and Yao Ming's first NBA coach.

If you still don't remember who he is.

Then think about the head coach who was hit by Washington's head.

"Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

He said this too.

Afterwards, the teams signed contracts one after another, and various transactions were also underway.

One worth mentioning is:

The Nets signed first and then switched, sending Kenyon Martin to the Nuggets.

Martin got his first big contract in his career, with $90 million in seven years.

The Nets have won three first-round draft picks.

They originally wanted Nene in 2002, but the Nuggets insisted on not giving it to them.

The main reason is that the Nets' salary space has exploded, and Martin, who is determined to have a big contract, can only cut his losses and let others go.

The Mavericks let Nash go.

The Mavericks were determined to chase Danpier and ignored Nash. Kuban only gave Nash an insulting offer, and just pretended, without even saying a word to keep him, and secretly forced Nash to leave.

Nash left the team in anger and accepted the Suns' six-year, $63 million contract.

Of course, the Mavericks also managed to get Danpier in the end.

The Warriors signed first and then switched, and sent Danpier to the Mavericks.

The Jazz signed Boozer.

Boozer and his agent deceived the Cavaliers' management, luring the Cavaliers to give up the $700,000 team option for the last year of the rookie contract, and promised to renew a $41 million contract with the Cavaliers for a six-year, $41 million contract.

But as soon as the Cavaliers gave up, Boozer turned around and signed a 6-year, $68 million contract with the Jazz.
To be continued...