The Suns gave away the star Stephen Marbury, the starting blue-collar power forward Bo Ottoro, and exchanged the Knicks for this year's No. 7 rookie Nene Hillaryo, the 2003 second-round draft pick, part of the cash and the expiration contract of "Auntie" Larry Johnson in the last year.

"Auntie" announced his retirement as early as 2001, but his contract will not expire until 2003. His annual salary last season is 11.34 million, and next season is partially guaranteed. The Suns only need to pay him $9.61 million to complete the buyout.

Everyone was shocked. What you gave was Marbury, but in the end they exchanged for a garbage contract? And they had to spend nearly ten million to lay off people. Isn’t this crazy?

Suns manager Brian Colangelo was worried that Guo Xu could not wait, so he sent Marbury away as soon as possible to show his sincerity. Fortunately, he was neat enough, otherwise the transaction would not be completed.

The Nuggets manager is also negotiating with the Knicks, hoping to get Marcus Camby, Nene Hillaryo, Mark Jackson, and the chips are McDyce, Frank Williams and the 2003 second-round draft pick.

This is a famous "robbery" transaction in Guo Xu's previous life. Now without Nene, the Nuggets will not have much advantage in trading with the Knicks. At most, they will get another "glass man" Camby.

New York media immediately sent a congratulatory message saying that the son of New York had returned home.

The Knicks manager said excitedly: "We got an All-Star point guard and an experienced defensive blue-collar worker. The Knicks will definitely rise next season. We already have the strongest outside combination in the league."

The Marbury, Spreeville, and Alan Houston combinations look very powerful on the surface, but when you think about it carefully, both "Lone Wolf" and "Madman" are players who need to hold the ball to play. It would be nice if the two of them didn't pinch each other's neck.

Marbury himself was very excited. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his biggest dream when he was a child was to play for the Knicks. At the press conference, he especially thanked the Suns management for helping him.

After seeing the news, Guo Xu was shocked. It was not that he felt that the Suns traded a big loss, but because Nene was actually sent to the Suns. He had a very strong teammate next season.

Nene is 211cm tall and weighs 113 kilograms. He can play in two positions: center and power forward. In his previous life, he was 14.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2 assists at the Nuggets' peak, with a balanced offense and defense, selfless style of playing, and his shooting percentage is more than 60% in many seasons.

Nene's disadvantage is that he is easily injured, so he doesn't play for a long time. He played 33.6 minutes in the most season. It just so happened that the Suns had a miracle doctor, so it was perfect for him to come here.

The Suns are not finished crazy yet. On the 6th, Brian traded with the Hawks again, sending out the team's third leader Anthony Hardaway, and replacing veteran Tony Kukoc in the decline period and power forward Chris Crawford.

Hardaway performed well last season, had no injuries, played a total of 80 games, scored 12 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 30.8 minutes, with a shooting percentage of 41.8%, and a good efficiency.

The reason why the Suns firmly sent him away was because they were worried that Hardaway would rely on his seniority and influence Guo Xu to take office. You know, he forced O'Neal to pass by the Magic, and now he asked him to be a younger brother in the Lakers. Can he tolerate it?

Given Hardaway's brainlessness, Guo Xu didn't know how much trouble he had to make after signing the contract. At that time, other teams didn't need him anymore and he had to be in the team. He signed with the Suns in 1999, with 7 years of US$87.7 million, and the contract did not expire until 2006.

This is a foreseeable trouble, and the Sun management must eliminate this hidden danger.

Although Kukochi is more popular than Hardaway, he is still useful. He currently plays power forwards. He has played 59 games last season, averaging 9.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per 25.3 minutes, with a shooting percentage of 41.9%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 31%.

He also has hidden dangers of injury. The contract expires in 2004, and his annual salary in the next two years will be 8.05 million and 9.06 million.

Power forward Chris Crawford is 206cm tall and weighs 107kg. He signed with the Mini Middle School until expired in 2005. He was reimbursed in seven games last season, scoring 7.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in 18.7 minutes.

The Hawks had no hope for Chris. He is one of the most famous glasses in the league. He was selected in the second round in 1997 and won a long appointment with his brave style of play. The price of his bravery was that he was injured every year, and he never played a full season, and played 55 games in his peak season.

After the Hawks management traded, they felt that they had made a big profit. They needed a balloon star to drive the market. Hardaway now focuses on swingers, and it is also suitable to partner with Terry in the backcourt.

Afterwards, espn experts used a joking tone when evaluating Suns' transactions. "Many people predicted that 2003 was the year of the draft, and the Suns management is now preparing. They want to draw the No. 1 pick to change their destiny. I think when negotiating with the Hawks, the Suns manager probably said that we send out 'penny'. If you have any garbage, just throw it over."

No matter what others think, the Suns' management has achieved its goal. The only player in the team who has an annual salary of tens of millions is Tom Gugliotta. The free salary space can not only sign Guo Xu, but also renew Marion in 2003 with a high salary.

Apart from signing a super bad contract and being unable to trade, the Suns are full of young players, so these people must listen to Guo Xu. Next season, the Suns will be Guo Xu and Marion as the core.

Marion is a non-sale product for the Suns. He played 81 games last season, scoring 19.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks in 38.4 minutes. His physical fitness is top in the league, and he can help the team on both offense and defense.

Online, fans of other teams mocked the Suns for three days, and the Suns management became the negative textbook for the entire league.

Suns fans collectively protested, dissatisfied with the dementia of the Suns management. They sent away Kidd and Marbury two star point guards in the past two years. They could not accept this bad way and would never watch the Suns game next season.

Then, all the fans were shocked.

On July 10, the Suns officially announced that Guo Xu would join with a maximum salary of 75 million in 6 years, and the last year was the player option.

The media was in an uproar. What about you who promised to go to the east?

President David Stern did not dislike Guo Xu's approach after receiving the news, because there were only a few big city teams in the East, the Heat and the Knicks had no space, the Wizards had Jordan, and the Celtics were controversial. Now the Suns sent Marbury to the Knicks and Hardaway to the Hawks, which was a joy to everyone.

Because Guo Xu is the lowest maximum salary, this contract is not too big.

The labor-management agreement stipulates that when Bird terms are used, players and teams can sign a contract with a maximum floating rate of 12.5% ​​per year when the annual contract can only be signed for 6 years, with a maximum floating rate of 10%.

The maximum starting salary offered by the Sun to Guo Xu according to the labor-management agreement is US$10 million. As it grows year by year, his annual salary in the last year is US$15 million.

Guo Xu was willing to sign for such a long time to show sincerity and prove that he was here to compete for the championship, not to make a lot of money. And as long as he achieved his achievements, he would not worry about not having an advertising endorsement, and he would make up for the losses if he had any two advertisements.

In fact, he has made a lot of money. The No. 1 pick Martin's annual salary in the last two years was only 4.07 million and 5.13 million. When the first round rookies in the 2000th year were all fulfilling their four-year rookie contracts, Guo Xu became a ten-million-million-first-hand man. (https:)
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