Champion Creed
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504: 186: Miraculous Fate Ultimately Converges (Request for Monthly Tickets!)_2 504: 186: Miraculous Fate Ultimately Converges (Request for Monthly Tickets!)_2 Facing the media, O’Neal’s attitude had hardened considerably, “Feelings?

Damn awesome!

I can finally beat the crap out of Roger and show you idiots who really deserves the MVP and FMVP!”

Sergeant Harrison sighed, they were all too young, still too young.

Shaq’s departure from Orlando had more and more media focusing on the future of the Magic Team.

Shaq, Saru, Cage, Wilkins…

The Magic Team suddenly lost four main players.

Who would they find to replace Shaq?

How many years would the Magic Team take to rebuild?

While fans and media were speculating, a blockbuster news broke: The Magic Team was trading Roger!

Not just the fans, even David Stern was somewhat caught off guard by this.

But there was no helping it, this is probably the limitation of a small-market team.

Even if you give it a superstar, it can’t bear or doesn’t want to bear the totally exploding payroll.

So, the salary cap is really important.

Setting a fixed cap, this must be included in the next labor agreement.

John Gabriel candidly told reporters in an interview, “We wanted to go one way, Roger wanted another, so this is the outcome.”

The breakup of the two sides was not earth-shattering; the previous negotiations were also very calm.

Compared to Shaq leaving with grievances, Roger and the Magic Team hadn’t yet completely torn each other apart.

However, for fans and the media, this was hardly calm.

Overnight, almost all sports shows were talking about this.

“The Magic Team plans to overhaul this aged and bloated salary structure lineup, just like John mentioned earlier, they don’t want to become the second Boston Celtics.”

“The Magic Team’s decision fully proves that the only lesson humanity learns from history is that it never learns from history.”

“Source: Orlando won’t be fully competing for many years to come, that’s the main reason why Roger is leaving.”

“It’s not about rebuilding, John’s series of attitudes had already made it clear, the Magic Team no longer wants to invest that much in championships.

Roger’s career should not be stagnated by the inaction of the Magic Team.”

The next day after the news exploded, the whole Orlando erupted into turmoil.

Countless fans took to the streets with signs trying to stop the Magic from trading Roger.

One fan shouted in front of the camera, “Rich DeVos better let Roger stay in Orlando honestly, or we’ll cause trouble in the town!”

In this matter, no Orlando fan would blame Roger.

Not to mention Roger’s contributions to the city, being traded and opting out of a contract to leave are completely different.

Faced with this situation, John Gabriel began to utilize the media, deploying his trump card “Orlando Sentinel.”

Sentinel launched a brand new poll: “Would you accept it if Roger were replaced with new cores like Tim or Tracy?”

Among them, 91% of fans chose to accept.

Where did the poll data come from?

Sorry, it can’t be provided.

Regarding Roger’s trade, considering Roger’s trade value, almost the whole league was bidding.

This was similar to the “entire league tanking for Duncan” phenomenon.

Other players being traded involved rumors with just a few teams.

But Roger being put on the trade market directly involved rumors with all league teams.

Even Pat Riley made an offer for the Magic, which you could hardly believe, because Roger had made Riley look foolish before.

Roger’s entire career could be considered Pat Riley’s nightmare.

But when there was an opportunity to acquire Roger, Riley didn’t hesitate to make his move.

Team owners were so desperate they were almost willing to include their wives in the trading chips.

The Forest Wolf Team reacted the fastest, willing to send anyone but Garnett and many years of future first-round picks, take your pick.

The Forest Wolf Team was a place Eric Fleisher liked, Garnett was still very young, he and Roger were friends, so conflict was less likely.

Moreover, the Forest Wolf Team assured Eric Fleisher that even if they brought in Roger, they would continue to offer KG that huge contract, not causing any dissatisfaction to KG.

“The short-sightedness of the Magic Team won’t happen to us,” Kevin McHale, the general manager of the Forest Wolf Team, told Fleisher.

If the trade really happened, Roger and KG could work together for a long time.

Having your best two players on one team makes operations and management more convenient.

Though going to the Forest Wolf Team also had its drawbacks, such as the Minneapolis market not being as good as Orlando, which could limit Roger’s development.

However, a trade was never perfect.

Overall, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for moving to the Forest Wolf Team.

But the Magic Team was not very interested in this deal, the most valuable trade asset in the Forest Wolf Team was Garnett, yet Garnett wasn’t on the table.

If all you have in front of you are A’s, would you still feel the desire to choose?

Stephon Marbury?

He did have potential, but no one really thought he could become a superstar on Roger’s level, right?

The Magic Team told Roger’s team that unless no better solutions were to be found, they would consider trading with the Forest Wolf Team.

Meanwhile, the Magic Team themselves had contacted the Spurs, wanting to get Duncan plus half of the Spurs’ team.

Funnily enough, the Spurs countered by offering the Admiral instead of Duncan as part of the deal, turning it into the Admiral + half the team, which was rejected by the Magic.