After the game, Tracy greeted Li Ang and Carter, opened the door and walked out of the locker room.
In the past, these three would leave together after the game, but today McGrady is uncharacteristically.
Carter shrugged at Li Ang: "He must be upset."
That is, who can be happy when they hear that they have been actively traded by the team?
What's more, this is not the first time the Menglong team wants to sell McGrady.
As early as less than two months after joining Menglong in his rookie season, McGrady was put on the shelf.
When McGrady went to training one day, Popeye Jones, who was named one of the "Top Ten Ugliest Stars in NBA History", put his ugly face in front of McGrady:
"Pack up your things, kid, we've been traded to Philadelphia."
At that time, Menglong wanted to exchange McGrady + Jones for Stackhouse + Clarence Witherspoon.
Although the deal was not concluded in the end, it still had a big impact on Tracy who had just entered the league.
Loyalty and career, business and basketball At the age of 17, he didn't know the connection, and he didn't know why he was put on the shelf.
Not long after, "Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire, who was playing for the Raptors at the time, often pulled McGrady to talk about some life philosophies, reminding him not to be fooled by money, but to believe in the power of loyalty.
As a result, Little Flying Squirrel took the initiative to ask for a deal not long after, all because of money.
That transaction caused a second shock to McGrady. A big brother who is loyal every day, but gave up his loyalty because of money.
Everyone understands the truth, but no one will compromise when it comes to money.
Therefore, the young McGrady understood a truth at that time-business is business.
Ever since, the early contract renewal talks between the Raptors and McGrady this year have not been very smooth.
Early experience let McGrady know that there is no absolute mutual loyalty in this alliance. Therefore, the emotional card played by the Raptors has no effect on McGrady.
He wants to stay in Toronto, but only if the salary meets his requirements.
But the Raptors are not some rich team, they don't want to offer a big contract to McGrady whose future is still unclear.
Firstly, there is no money, and secondly, the Raptors also think that McGrady is not worth so much money.
? As a rookie in high school, McGrady has no advantage compared with Kobe, Garnett and others in the same period.
Neither side is willing to back down.
Signing contracts in this era is not like in the future, they are all signed for four or five years.
Before the 2005 version of the collective bargaining agreement, the longest contract period that a player could sign with the team was seven years.
So if McGrady cuts his salary, it is not a one-year or two-year salary cut, it will directly affect his entire career!
At that time, people will no longer tease Jipi, but Jimai.
How many seven years does a player have in his career?
If it was you, would you give up the chance to pursue a big contract? For the sake of so-called loyalty and affection, seven years of low salary?
If McGrady hadn't experienced those in his early years, he might have agreed.
But McGrady, who has gone through all that, will never compromise.
McGrady's agent team itself does not want him to play in the distant Toronto, which can be said to coincide very much.
And the rookies before the 1999 labor agreement will be completely free agents directly after the rookie contract ends, and the home team has no right to match.
Therefore, Menglong may see that the chances of renewing McGrady's contract are very slim, so he chose to trade McGrady out at this time in order to stop losses.
It's better than being directly signed by others this summer and leaving nothing behind.
Originally playing next to Carter and Leon, McGrady is quite happy this season.
Three young men of similar age were laughing and laughing all day long, playing ball and having fun together, as if they were carefree.
But the reality tells McGrady that the NBA is an adult world.
Here, there are no carefree days. Some things cannot be avoided.
"Damn! Who leaked the news!"
Grunwald was very angry. He wanted to sneakily make a big news, but he was stabbed in the ass.
"A reporter named Stephen A. Smith, nobody."
"Fuck, get in the way! Stop the deal, now that the whole world knows that we are going to trade Tracy, I want to hear the offers from other teams first."
Grunwald sighed, and he terminated the deal.Pick up your head and move forward.
Later, Harder hurried to his teammates, ready to go back with them.
At that time, his vest was wet!
Just like that, Li Ang almost made a move twice, but failed in the end.
So miraculously, Li Ang played safely until April 19, the last day of the regular season of the 99-00 season.
During this period, Li Ang experienced an upgrade, extending his consecutive double-double record to 27 games.
During this period, Maizi was not traded before the trade deadline, and because of his outstanding performance in the second half of the season, his scoring average also came to about 15 points per game, which is similar to the original history.
And with the efforts of Maizi and his master, Li Ang has climbed all the way in the rebounding list, and has already climbed to the same position as Uncle Mu
And Uncle Mu goes upthere is no one left!
If you go further up, you will be the special rebounding king!
In today's last game, whoever grabs the most rebounds will be the rebounding king!
Li Ang dislikes the title of rebounding champion, after allhave you ever seen a serious shooting guard win the rebounding champion!
Although Li Ang disliked the title of the rebounding leader who was easy to be misunderstood by others, he really couldn't play randomly in the last game, and he had to grab it.
Because the current records of the Raptors and New York Knicks are both 50 wins and 32 losses.
The last game will determine who is third and who is fourth between the Raptors and the Knicks.
No one wants to be fourth. If they fall to fourth, it means that they will play the Philadelphia 76ers led by Iverson in the first round.
The record of the 76ers is not much worse than that of the Knicks and Raptors. They have won 48 wins so far this season, and their strength is actually very close to the above teams.
The Knicks were a finals-level team last season, and they are not afraid of not being able to beat the 76ers.
But for the playoffs, the weaker the opponents you encounter, the better.
After being softened in the first few rounds, it will be difficult to harden up when encountering stronger opponents later.
Therefore, this last game will determine the playoff journey of the two teams.
And for Li Ang personally, this game is also extremely important.
After experiencing two promotions before this season, Li Ang just reached the threshold of promotion today. Since the last upgrade, another 26 games have been played.
At present, the experience value is almost enough. Today, as long as Li Ang doesn't stretch his hips and doesn't take two orders of data, he will definitely be able to fill up the experience bar.
Therefore, if Li Ang wants to be promoted again before the playoffs, he must win the game today!
The opponent of the Raptors in the last game is the Orlando Magic, which is currently 41 wins and 40 losses.
They and the Bucks are also 41 wins and 40 losses.
Their situation in the next game is similar to that of the Raptors. Whoever wins the Magic or the Bucks will enter the playoffs!
Therefore, Magic will definitely go all out.
The last regular season game, the last promotion before the playoffs, must fight a tough battle.
Li Ang found that the rebounding champion seemed to be getting closer to him.