The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 441 - 208: The Birth of a Super Team_2

Chapter 441: Chapter 208: The Birth of a Super Team_2

July 29, the summer league ended, and on this day, there was a stir in the long-calm NBA free agency market.

Still the Celtics...

They traded away Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Jerald Green, Ratliff, Telfair, and two first-round picks to the Forest Wolves in exchange for the famed "Wolf King" Kevin Garnett!

Boston thus formed the "Three Giants"!

If previous trades for Ray Allen by Angie were not enough to draw media attention to the team, Kevin Garnett’s arrival was enough to shake the entire league.

Boston’s media were ecstatic.

Their impression of Angie completely changed!

Originally, they thought Angie was "trash"!

Now, how could Angie be "trash"?

He was, in fact, calm, knew how to wait for the right moment, and his moves were lethal!

ESPN believed that starting with this trade, Angie would become one of the top general managers in the NBA.

The New York Times believed the Pacers had seen their biggest competition emerge!

As for some of Boston’s old fans, they started laughing and ended up crying...

How great would it have been if all this had happened a year earlier?

Then Auerbach could have left without any regrets.

The "Red Priest"’s greatest wish was to see the Celtics revitalized, but he did not live to see the day.

Su Wan also saw these Bostonians "wailing" on the internet, and he thought... is it possible that if Auerbach had not died, Angie of this year would have been the same as before, too scared to make any moves.

Look at Angie’s later trades. The formation of the "Three Giants" now, compared to the painful slaughter of Billy King in ’14, was "child’s play," and afterward, he went to the Jazz, where his scheming continued, including the overpriced trade for Gobert, which he also engineered with the Forest Wolves as the trading partner.

From here, you can actually see that Angie is particularly good at engaging in these pillaging-style trades.

Why did he remain inactive in the past when he had the chance?

There’s only one reason:

If Auerbach were still alive, David Stern would not have allowed it.

Do you really think it a coincidence that Auerbach died in ’06 and the Celtics formed the "Three Giants" in ’07?

If it were just a coincidence, how could David Stern have saved a league that was on the brink of bankruptcy?

His repression of Boston continued until the end, also as a lesson to others in the league who might try to play tricks with him. He needed to set an example to better control the league.

Is the position of the league’s leader that easy to hold?

Especially in a world filled with billionaires.

However, this is no longer important. The key issue is that Boston did indeed form the "Three Giants" and had already secured a spot among the top three teams for the new season, making them one of the most favored contenders for the NBA championship.

Paul Pierce’s voice boomed, "The Celtics’ time to return to the center stage has come!"

To be honest, the formation of the "Three Giants" was the biggest boost to Paul Pierce’s status.

Without the "Three Giants," according to Ray Allen’s career trajectory, he would remain the temporary "Three-Point King" and then make the most valuable three-point shot in history with the Heat to tie the game.

There has been no "clutch shot" with a bigger "butterfly effect" than Ray Allen’s three-pointer!

If that shot hadn’t gone in, the original Tim Duncan would have won six championships, becoming one of the top five superstars in history.

The Heat’s "Peak Three Giants" might likely have disbanded after three years with only one championship.

Ray Allen would also have had the best shot of his career.

This shot undoubtedly made more fans remember the name Ray Allen.

Kevin Garnett needs no mention; he was a regular-season MVP, and even without this championship, his historical ranking would not have dropped much.

Only Paul Pierce needed this championship and the Finals MVP award, along with the honors collected after forming the team, to possibly not even make the top 75 list.

After all, before forming the "Three Giants," Paul Pierce’s honors were merely two "All-NBA Third Team" selections and four or five All-Star appearances as a reserve.

This record is actually similar to Yao Ming’s, although Yao had the honor of being "All-NBA Second Team" and the title of All-Star Ticket King.

But Yao did not make the top 75.

With Boston’s bombshell creation of the "Three Giants" setting off the entire trade market, the league shook, and time moved into August.

Su Wan briefly followed up on the Artest contract renewal through the newspapers and found no reports from the Indiana media, suggesting two possibilities: either negotiations had fallen through and Artest was leaving, Larry Bird had locked down the news and was biding his time; or Larry Bird had convinced Artest and they ceased further discussion for the time being...

And just at that time, another trade happened in the league.

Su Wan was stunned when he heard about the trade.

How alive Boston was in forming the "Three Giants," he knew that well.

Therefore, even though he knew the Celtics would be a major trouble, he was not surprised.

But the trade that followed...

Su Wan had known about it, but it should not have happened!

How could...

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