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Chapter 355

The Cavaliers have lost 6 games in a row. After this game, it was completely blown up!

The fans couldn't accept it, the Cavaliers coaching staff was blamed, James and Shou Ye were pushed to the forefront...

Even without winning, what is wrong with this team?

Waiters went to play the sixth man, he seemed very unhappy.Obviously he is emotional, no, he is completely out of the team's tactical system on the court.

In an interview after the game, Waiters said: "I am capable of starting. This is the coach's arrangement (playing the sixth man), and I can only obey."

As soon as this remark came out, Waiters was basically blaming the coach, and he almost became famous.

But his words also attracted a lot of criticism.Many NBA celebrities criticized Waiters, you have performed so poorly and played so ego, what qualifications do you have to blame the coach.If you play well, the team will not let you play as a substitute, and the record will not be so bad.

On November 11, woj, a well-known reporter from Yahoo Sports, suddenly broke the news that the Cavaliers, the Knicks and the Thunder completed a three-way deal!

As soon as this news came out, it caused heated discussions in the NBA circle!Because generally big trades will be carried out in the middle of the season, that is, the trade deadline.However, there are very few trades at the beginning of the season. Generally, teams will run in, and even if they want to trade, they will wait until the middle of the season, when there are more options for trading.At the beginning of the season, some teams will sign or lay off players, and there are very few big deals.

That's why this deal was such a surprise.

The final confirmed transaction plan is as follows:

The Cavaliers traded Waiters, Louis Amundson, and a 2019 second-round pick for JR Smith and Iman Shumpert, as well as a high-protection future first-round pick from the Thunder.

The Knicks sent JR Smith and Iman Shumpert, got the 2019 second-round pick from the Cavaliers, and three non-guaranteed contracts for Amundson and Lance Thomas (from the Thunder);

The Thunder sent a first-round pick with conditional protection in the future, Thomas, to get Waiters.

The main body of this contract is Waiters, Shumpert and the first round pick.Others such as Edmondson, JR, etc. are all additions.

It's no secret that the Knicks want to get rid of JR, and it's a cancer for them.Shumpert and the others don't want to stay either. This defensive champion has frequent injuries, and they have a lot of talents at the 2nd position, so they have no time to train him.

Earlier, when Cavaliers general manager David Griffin asked James for his opinion on whether to get JR, he just said: "You just do it, I'll get him!"

That's it, the deal is officially closed!

Shou Ye knew that the deal in his previous life seemed to be concluded in January 2015, because the Cavaliers' current record is too poor and there are too many conflicts, which made the deal concluded in advance.

Of course, it’s not a loss for the Cavaliers. Edmondson and the second-round pick are not worth much. It’s good to exchange for a first-round pick; while Waiters traded for two, and exchanged for a defensive champion and a shooter, just to reinforce The team's No. 2 position.

The potential of Waiters is higher than that of JR and Shumpert, but in terms of immediate combat power, he is not necessarily better than these two.The most important thing is that now that the team already has Irving, there is no need for another ball holder in the backcourt.Since you don't want to play the sixth player, you can only be traded.

For the Cavaliers, JR is a thorn. His contract is about to expire, and it is not big. The team has alternatives, and the big deal is not to use him.But Waiters is different. The No. 4 pick selected by the team has no injuries. If you DNP, he won’t demolish your house?And it's not appropriate not to use him. There is no plan B for this position in the team, and it is very ineffective to let Marion play the starting 2 position.

After Waiters learned that he was traded, he only said this sentence: "I still think I am better than Kyrie Irving!"

Obviously, between him and Irving, the Cavaliers chose the latter.His self-esteem prevents him from being inferior to Irving, he is still confident, and he still thinks that he is the better of the two best.

In the apartment of Shou Ye and Bu Bowa, the two are watching the game video.

After reading it, Beaubois said: "David (general manager of the Cavaliers) is really fast. After we lost the game, he didn't let the conflict continue to ferment, so he pulled the trigger on the deal!"

Shou Ye nodded and said: "I admire David's resoluteness. He is a very good general manager. Carey and Dion must trade one, unless one of them is willing to play the sixth man."

Beaubois sighed: "In fact, I never thought that we would have such a poor start record. It is completely meaningless for them to fight all the time! If they win the championship, everyone's worth will go up."

Shou Ye said: "Maybe there is a Mamba spirit! I am the only one, and I am not allowed to have another person of the same type around me. I have to prove that I am stronger than him. But this way of proving will hurt the team. I said it before. , You help the team win, and you compete again, which is a virtuous cycle. You can’t help the team win, you compete like this, this is vicious competition, it’s disgusting.”

"Tom, do you think we will get better when JR and Iman come?" Beaubois was still a little worried.

"Don't worry Rodrigue, we will get better. Have you received the text message, there will be a player meeting tomorrow!"

Beaubois took out his mobile phone, looked at it, and said in surprise: "I received it, and there will be a player meeting without the coaching staff tomorrow!"

Shou Ye said: "Don't underestimate LeBron's team, he is far more capable of leadership than you think!"

On November 11, the Cavaliers played against the Magic at home in the evening, and the team did not practice during the day.In the team's tactical meeting room, the player meeting led by veterans James Jones and Mike Miller was held here.

Attending the meeting were all the players on the team, including Shumpert and JR who had just been traded.They will not play for the Cavaliers tonight, but they are already part of the team now that the deal has been reached.

In the meeting, everyone expresses their opinions and expresses their own ideas.

Shou Ye's thinking is highly consistent with James', which is to put the team's winning as the top priority and put some personal emotions and thoughts aside.

The veterans are here to win the championship, so they naturally support winning as the top priority.

Irving didn't express different views either. His ideas were so different that no one could guess what he was thinking.But the team is obviously currently dominated by the James camp and the Beast camp. TT, who is as young as him, has gradually become James' younger brother, while Dellavedova and Joe Harris are marginal figures on the team. No status, people speak lightly.