amaotonovel Chapter 169 A shocking trade that shakes the league: Wang Xiucheng transfers to the Nets!!!
Chapter 169 A shocking trade that shakes the league: Wang Xiucheng transfers to the Nets!!!
"deal?"
Wang Xiucheng wasn't surprised by Ma Xiaoxuan's words.
He had a premonition about this.
The only reason why there's not a single word about Shams and Woj is that it's orchestrated by the team's top management, namely Stone, or even Fertitta himself.
"Do you know where you've been traded to?" Ma Xiaoxuan spoke quickly, sounding very unhappy.
Her manager couldn't even know about this beforehand, which made Ma Xiaoxuan feel disrespected.
"Where to?" Wang Xiucheng crossed his legs, also showing great interest in his new employer.
Although many teams are interested in him, few actually have the resources to back him up.
Teams like the Warriors and Lakers simply don't offer the Rockets anything that would tempt them, unless the Rockets shamelessly ask for Curry or James.
Then you'll see if you get beaten up or not.
The Spurs have enough draft picks, but no player can be traded for Wang Xiucheng.
Especially after the Dejounte Murray deal.
The Rockets can't trade Wang Xiucheng for a bunch of draft picks and then keep dreaming of taking off through the draft.
Wang Xiucheng suddenly thought of Durant and Irving, who had been appearing in the media every day recently.
"Could it be the Nets?" Wang Xiucheng asked tentatively.
As a long-established superstar in this league, if he were to trade himself for one of the two players, the Rockets could at least reach the playoff level.
If we wait for Jaylen Brown, Draymond Green, and Shen Jing to develop further, it's not impossible for them to contend for the championship.
Wang Xiucheng simply didn't think he would be any worse than these two in the future.
Did I know all those older sisters for nothing?
The advantage of this trade for the Rockets is that it brought forward the possibility of the Rockets achieving results in a few years, or even five years, to this year.
But this trade is clearly more beneficial to the Nets than to the Rockets.
First, both Durant and Irving are requesting trades.
Requesting a transfer is a player's right, but deciding where to transfer you is the owner's right.
Trading one of them to Houston to experience the joy of rebuilding a team would be a good thing.
Trading one of their players for the younger Wang Xiucheng might temporarily weaken the Nets, but in the long run, it's more beneficial than harmful.
Especially since the Nets' owner is Chinese, it's a natural step to establish Wang Xiucheng as the team's future core.
If the Nets can bring Wall into the deal, they can then waive Wall in the final year of his contract, which would be a significant benefit to the team's future salary reduction.
Although the Nets don't care about this amount of money.
Upon hearing that Wang Xiucheng had guessed her whereabouts, Ma Xiaoxuan had to admit that the Rockets had made a wrong decision.
Judging from Wang Xiucheng's intelligence, his future achievements will certainly not be inferior to those of Irving.
"The Rockets traded you and Wall as the core of their acquisition of Kyrie Irving and two other players from the Nets. The Nets also gave you two unprotected first-round picks, but the pick years are still unknown."
As Wang Xiucheng listened, he was also making calculations in his mind.
My annual salary this year is 1100 million, while Wall's contract is 4700 million.
Kyrie Irving's contract is $3600 million, so an additional $2200 million is needed to balance his salary.
In this trade, Wang Xiucheng and Irving were the main players, while Wall and the others were used to balance salaries.
However, Wall's contract is expiring and therefore has great value.
So the Nets compensated the Nets with a first-round pick.
The fact that they've only added two first-round picks shows that both sides recognize Wang Xiucheng's potential, but two does seem like a lot, so there will likely be some additional conditions.
At first glance, it seems like it would take Kyrie Irving plus two first-round picks to get Wang Xiucheng.
However, upon closer analysis, both Ma Xiaoxuan and others believe that the Nets actually profited.
“Going to New York is not bad either.” Wang Xiucheng hung up the phone with Ma Xiaoxuan and laughed.
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The news of Wang Xiucheng's transfer quickly went viral in the NBA and even the entire sports world.
The transfer news was released by both the Rockets and the Nets, and was later confirmed by the league office.
Prior to this, neither Shams nor Woj, nor the reporters covering the two teams, had released any information.
The deal was completed as soon as the news from both sides was released.
This caught many teams off guard.
They don't even have the chance to get involved.
Fans were just enjoying the spectacle, but those involved saw the underlying problems.
Woj posted a long article online.
The article states directly, "The trade between the two teams couldn't have just started recently."
The Nets cannot sign-and-trade because they exceeded the limit.
Coincidentally, the four-year, 80 million yuan contract that Wang Xiucheng signed three months ago is now ready for sale.
As a result, not a single day was wasted; the Nets and Rockets completed the trade on the very first day after Wang Xiucheng's trade was unfrozen.
This is obviously not normal.
Woj has already been very tactful in his statement.
But the teams in the league weren't so polite.
Early in the morning, Adam Silver received a series of calls from team owners, demanding that the league investigate the trade.
The transaction was completed secretly without any prior notice; there was nothing fishy about it, and they would never believe it even if you beat them to death.
Not only do these business owners not believe it, but even Adam Silver doesn't believe it.
However, this trade involves Wang Xiucheng, the Rockets, and the Nets, so Adam Silver has to be cautious.
Adam Silver clearly prefers Wang Xiucheng to go to the Nets rather than the Rockets.
This has nothing to do with the fact that the Nets' owner is of Chinese descent.
It's not because the Rockets and China have a bad relationship.
The Rockets' preseason games have been confirmed to be played in China, but the response has been lukewarm, with some even boycotting the event.
This annoyed Xiao Hua, whose primary goal was to make money.
However, if Wang Xiucheng goes to the Nets, given the Nets' owner's background, then these problems naturally won't exist in China.
This is beneficial to both him and the entire alliance.
But now these bosses are demanding that he investigate the deal, and he has no choice but to do something about it.
So in the afternoon, the alliance office acknowledged the deal and announced the formation of an investigation team to investigate it.
Meanwhile, on the Nets' side, all the Chinese fans in New York went wild at this moment!
Wang Xiucheng actually came to New York?
And it was obtained in exchange for Kyrie Irving, who often cultivates immortality and doesn't play games.
What's the difference between this and getting Wang Xiucheng for free?
Gradually, long queues suddenly formed at the manual ticket counters in the Barclays Center.
In almost an afternoon, the Nets' season tickets for the new season were sold out.
This greatly displeased the fans who came specifically to buy tickets after get off work, and some even sat directly at the ticket window to protest.
"I work so hard to earn money just to watch the game, and now you're telling me there are no tickets? Are you kidding me? You'd better have Cai Congxin come over and tell me in person, or I'm not leaving."
An old man who looked to be in his fifties cursed directly in Chinese.
The ticket sellers were terrified.
If Americans did that, he would have called the police long ago.
But he's of Chinese descent, who knows what connections he has in Chinatown, or whether he can get in touch with the boss.
The Chinese fans in this arena are a very special group.
And it will only become more special in the future.
So they quickly reported it to the higher-ups, and the Nets management had no choice but to start selling regular season tickets ahead of schedule, which finally calmed the fans' dissatisfaction.
Compared to the Brooklyn Nets fans celebrating wildly, Houston fans woke up to find the sky had fallen!
Their king, their cornerstone, were traded away without any warning?
The Rockets' official website still has a survey on "Who are the cornerstones of the future?"
Wang Xiucheng also ranked first with over 70% of the votes.
And now you're telling me the person is gone?
This is something that many people simply cannot accept.
As a result, many fans drove directly to the Windfield Center, blocking the nearby streets and holding huge banners demanding that Fertitta come out and explain himself.
Gradually, the traffic jam started from the center of Kazeta and spread to the surrounding areas.
The hat-wearing uncles, who had been alerted, were all cornered at the police station.
Of course, most of these men in hats are also Rockets fans, so they wouldn't go to maintain order even if they could.
If they weren't wearing these clothes, they would have loved to go out and vent their frustrations too.
At this rate, we won't even be able to watch football anymore. Where will we go to relax during our holidays?
O'Neal and Barkley immediately launched into a rare exchange of insults on Twitter.
Barkley, having played for the Rockets, was relatively tactful in his assessment.
O'Neal didn't have such concerns and directly criticized, "I've never seen such a short-sighted management team. If I were from Houston, I would feel disgusted."
Just two weeks ago, the Wang Hsiu-Cheng Foundation, run by O'Neal and Barkley, donated all its money to Houston residents affected by the hurricane.
This has brought Wang Xiucheng's profile in Houston to a new level.
Now that Wang Xiucheng has left, the Rockets' season tickets, which had just gone on sale and were selling very well, are suddenly not selling anymore.
And many people have already started asking for refunds.
Wang Xiucheng is gone, who the hell am I supposed to look after?
Unlike ordinary fans in the United States who just watch the excitement, it's completely different in China.
The news broke at 10 p.m.
Fan Chengcheng could only watch helplessly as the name "Wang Xiucheng" climbed to the top of the trending search list.
The trending topic "Fan Chengcheng's new drama is so handsome" disappeared from the search results in less than three minutes.
Fan Chengcheng took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then made a phone call.
"Sis, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
"The good news is that Wang Xiucheng, whom you always say is more handsome than me, is trending on social media again."
"The bad news is, sis, all the money you gave me has been wasted again..."
After saying that, Fan Chengcheng burst into tears.
That's fucking outrageous! Can't you find someone else to scam?!
Weren't there no matches scheduled? How come they've suddenly resurfaced?
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In less than 30 minutes, the news of Wang Xiucheng's transfer to the Nets topped almost every major news list.
Hupu Live and other fan gathering places have suddenly seen their traffic increase dozens of times, and it is still growing rapidly.
CCTV Sports even continuously broadcast this news below the live broadcast of the Premier League.
On Douyin, any live stream with the words "Wang Xiucheng" or "Nets" in it attracts over 10 viewers, and gifts like sports cars and rockets are flying around.
Yang Yi directly posted a video, providing a detailed analysis of his views.
He believes that although the trade has caused dissatisfaction among other teams in the league, it is a very good result for Chinese fans.
"The Nets are a championship contender. I don't think their strength will decline after Wang Xiucheng arrives."
"I just got the news that Durant has withdrawn his trade request and posted a smiley face on Twitter. Although he deleted it quickly, it was still screenshotted by fans."
"Whether Wang Xiucheng is strong or not, Durant has already told everyone without us having to say it."
"If I were the person in charge of scheduling games in the league, I would immediately schedule 20 Nets games for full-field live broadcast in the new season, and immediately replace the Rockets with the Nets in the preseason. You have to admit that Americans are inefficient."
It wasn't just Yang Yi; almost everyone involved in basketball jumped out to ride the wave of popularity.
Li Chen, nicknamed "Big Black Bull," photoshopped a Nets jersey with the number "12" removed from the Rockets' jersey.
Some quick-thinking fans, seemingly inspired by Yang Yi's video, immediately opened ticket-buying apps and began purchasing large quantities of tickets for the Rockets' preseason games.
Basketball jerseys that were previously ignored online, regardless of whether they were authentic or not, would sell out immediately if you dared to buy them and print the number "12" on them.
All the machines in Yiwu's factories were running, almost smoking from the constant spinning.
While many business owners were overjoyed, they were also somewhat bewildered as to how they suddenly received so many orders for basketball jerseys.
Wang Xiucheng received a constant stream of phone calls on his way home.
From her older sister in China to her former teammates on the Rockets.
From Wu Yanzu, whom I only met once, to superstars like James and Curry who seem to have no connection.
Upon receiving the news, everyone called Wang Xiucheng.
Surprisingly, everyone was congratulating Wang Xiucheng.
It seems that leaving Houston for New York is a better thing to do.
As soon as Ma Wei parked his car in the parking space in front of Jenna's villa, Wang Xiucheng's phone rang again, just as he had hung up.
Unlike the previous phone numbers, which I recognized, this number was just a string of numbers; it didn't have a name.
This means that the number belongs to someone you don't know.
Wang Xiucheng opened the car door but did not answer the phone.
The villa door opened, and Jenna seemed to have been waiting for Wang Xiucheng.
She probably knows about this too.
Wang Xiucheng kissed Jenna on the cheek and went into the yard.
"Sister-in-law, I've brought my brother back. I'm leaving now." Ma Wei waved to Jenna at the door.
"Thank you for your hard work," Jenna said with a smile.
Ma Wei and the Wu brothers, Wu Di and Wu Jia, naturally wouldn't live here. Jenna has several houses in a community a kilometer away, where Ma Wei and his family live.
After watching Mawei leave, Jenna closed the door and returned to the yard.
Wang Xiucheng's phone rang again at this moment, and it was the same number.
This time, Wang Xiu took over.
If it's a harassing call, it probably won't come a second time.
"Hey, Wang, this is Kevin," the voice came from the phone.