Bishop of the Devil

Right now, the Clippers only have two draft picks on hand, one in the first round and one in the second round. What's terrible is that the 2012 first-round pick was sold by Stern in a previous transaction.

This also led to Richard's idea of ​​​​exchanging the 2012 draft picks for the 2011 draft picks, which completely failed.

There is still a second-round pick left in 2012, which will definitely not be put to any big use...

Right now Richard is having a headache on how to get more draft picks.

Judging from the current situation of the Clippers, if you want a good draft pick, you may have to trade Griffin or Sun Yue.

Whether it is Griffin or Sun Yue, the transaction value is actually quite large.

In just his rookie season, Griffin averaged about 24 points and 13 rebounds per game. Many experts predicted that Griffin might become one of the top three super power forwards in history.

If this kind of super talent is visible to the naked eye, if it is put on the trade market, it will probably directly cause the trade market to boil. For those teams in the rebuilding period, who doesn't want to get players like Griffin.

He is extremely powerful, but the key is that his style of play is exciting and good-looking. Ever since he started the All-Star Game in his rookie season, we know how popular this guy is.

If they can get this kind of player, the team can immediately start rebuilding. With Griffin as the core and a few reinforcements, it will be a team with a stable playoff standard.

As for Sun Yue, his strength is naturally not as good as Griffin's. Although his points per game are among the top 20 in the league, his offensive efficiency is a bit lower and his value is definitely not as high as Griffin's.

But Sun Yue also has his own advantages, the contract is cheap...

A four-year contract of only $15 million is ridiculously cheap. All the high-ranking rookies who have entered the league in the past two years have paid more than this price.

In this way, Sun Yue is simply a treasure to those teams that are interested in strengthening but suffer from no salary space.

It is foreseeable that if Richard lets out rumors that he wants to sell Sun Yue, many teams will be interested.

But right now, Richard actually has no plans to sell Sun Yue...

The four-year, $15 million contract is so cheap. The key is that I spent some money on Sun Yue. It would be a bit of a loss if I sell it now. It would be better to use it for a few years first.

Griffin can be taken out. If there is a suitable bargaining chip, Richard may really sell Griffin.

After all, Griffin is the most important bargaining chip that Richard has at hand right now. It can even be said to be the only bargaining chip that Richard can use.

Among the Clippers left by Stern to Richard, the value of all the players added together, Griffin may account for 90%, or even more...

In this case, if Richard wants to rebuild, he must make drastic transactions.

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After the All-Star Game, Richard discussed Griffin's trade with several teams with good relationships.

When they learned that Richard had the idea of ​​trading Griffin, these teams were obviously shocked by Richard.

In their view, Griffin is undoubtedly the best cornerstone for the current Clippers' reconstruction. Now Richard wants to sell all the cornerstones. How can it not be surprising?

Richard's discussion with these teams about Griffin is actually just sending a signal to the outside world, that is, Griffin is not for sale to the Clippers at the moment. If there is the right bargaining chip, Richard will take action. Sell ​​Griffin.

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A few days later, the top executives of more than half of the league's teams knew that the Clippers were interested in moving Griffin.

This kind of news naturally spreads in small circles, and the outside world still doesn't know Richard's thoughts.

If the outside world knew about it, it would probably cause quite a stir...

If others didn't tell him, Griffin probably wouldn't be able to bear it.

Is your performance not good? His performance in his rookie season was unparalleled, but under such circumstances, the boss still had to sell him, which was completely unreasonable.

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Soon, the first team couldn't sit still and called Richard's phone to seek a deal.

Minnesota Timberwolves!

Many experts predict that Griffin's future achievements may be higher than Garnett's. In this case, the Timberwolves management cannot sit still.

Now they have a Beasley on the team. How can they have a chance to revive the Timberwolves with just one Beasley...

And now the Clippers want to move Griffin, giving them hope of the Timberwolves' rise.

They can also roughly guess Richard's purpose of selling Griffin, and they must be thinking of exchanging Griffin for some future draft picks.

In this case, they gave two quotation options.

The first is to send Corey Brewer plus an 11-year first-round pick in exchange for Griffin.

This plan is undoubtedly sincere. The Clippers' record currently ranks last in the Western Conference and last in the league. Their draft picks are probably not much worse.

Brewer's strength is quite good. He averaged 13 points per game last season, and he is also very strong defensively. That is to say, the Timberwolves now have Beasley and Wesley Johnson, who they just acquired last season. As a result, they were unable to give company commander Brewer more playing time.

Richard directly rejected this first plan...

He doesn't need such a high pick from the Timberwolves, guaranteed to be in the top four. If Richard really gets it, he really doesn't know what to choose.

As for Brewer, he is naturally good and a member of West Lafayette, but his style is too similar to that of Sun Yue. The current styles of these two players are almost completely carved from the same mold.

And Sun Yue's current strength is slightly stronger than Brewer. In this case, taking Brewer can only be placed on the bench, which is not worth the gain.

As for the second trade plan, it is actually quite sincere, sending Beasley plus a top-10 protected pick in 2012...

To be honest, the Timberwolves can be said to be quite sincere. In order to get Griffin, they even gave away Beasley.

Beasley is actually pretty good right now, a bit stronger than normal.

Because of Richard, Beasley is now very strict with himself and has not caused too many troubles.

The performance on the field is not as casual as normal...

In addition, he is still very young, and with good training, although it will be difficult to reach Durant's level, at least he can definitely reach the All-Star level.

But now in order to get Griffin, a power forward with incredible talent, the Timberwolves are willing to bear the pain of sending Beasley, and then added a protected first-round pick.

Richard almost agreed to the Timberwolves' trade plan...

That is, the 2012 draft pick given by the Timberwolves. If it was the 11th draft pick, Richard would probably have agreed without saying a word.

But now Richard doesn't really want the picks in 2012. In fact, after excluding the number one pick, this year's draft is almost an embarrassing year. There is no one in the first round that Richard likes. player of……

Under this situation, Richard directly rejected the Timberwolves' offer plan.

Anyway, there is no rush to sell now. You should always shop around and seek to maximize profits.

Next, the Kings, Wizards, Raptors and even the Celtics all approached Richard, hoping to buy Griffin from Richard.

Buying Griffin is definitely a sure-profit deal. As long as the bargaining chip is not too exaggerated, capable teams hope to get Griffin.

Richard also rejected their quotations from these teams.

Either he doesn't have the bargaining chip that Richard wants, or he wants to take advantage of Richard like Lu Kai...

It's so easy to take advantage of Richard. For such a team, Richard naturally decisively closed the trading channel and didn't give them any chance at all.

After nearly a month of screening, Richard finally selected the last two relatively reliable trading partners.

One is a knight and the other is an eagle.

The Cavaliers want Griffin, which is completely normal. James has just left, and they definitely need a popular star to save the market.

There is no doubt that Griffin is a very good choice.

The style of play is exciting and the data is good. The Cavaliers management is confident that after acquiring Griffin, the Cavaliers' football market can return to its previous peak.

For this reason, the Cavaliers have spent a lot of money, and they are willing to offer a combination of Varejao plus Ramon Sessions or Maurice Williams, plus a first-round pick in 2011, in exchange for Griffin.

An inside player plus a decent point guard, whether it's Sessions or Mo Bu Chuan, these two point guards are both good, and the Clippers are currently short of point guards...

In terms of draft picks, the Cavaliers currently have the second-to-last record in the league, only one more win than the Timberwolves, and their pick will definitely be high.

Richard knew the Cavaliers would be the No. 1 pick...

Logically speaking, Richard should not have any room to refuse such a transaction bargaining chip.

A No. 1 pick, plus two absolute starting-level players, even quasi-All-Star players, in exchange for a Griffin, Richard would not lose money no matter how he looked at it.

But the offer from the Eagle was also extremely tempting for Richard.

The Hawks are willing to trade their inside core Al Horford and an 11-year first-round pick in exchange for Griffin and the Clippers' current starting point guard Blake.

There is no doubt that this offer is no less tempting to Richard than the Cavaliers' offer.

Although they asked for an extra Blake, Blake actually has little value in Richard's eyes. Anyway, he is definitely not in Richard's reconstruction plan. Now that the Eagles want it, they can just give it to him...

Under normal circumstances, the Eagles have actually been on the rise in the past two seasons.

But this is just a normal situation after all. The Hawks have a good record because of the troika of Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and Al Horford...

At least now they don't have Joe, the most important singles player in the troika, which makes the Hawks always feel a little bit uninterested. Their record is good and bad, and they are currently at the level of goalkeepers in the Eastern Conference playoffs.