On February 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to be fierce, and the Warriors, who had just recovered some form and won a wave of five consecutive wins, collapsed again, and were reversed by Leonard's rested Clippers at home, losing 125-130 to the Clippers, ending the team's winning streak. Curry scored 41 points!
The Warriors have been reversed again, and I don't know how many times this season has been experienced, and fans, media, commentators, and other insiders seem to be surprised. The Warriors' record has been ignored for the time being, and the public's eyes are still on the curiosity that the Warriors want to trade James and form a strong alliance with Janku the day before the trade deadline revealed by ESPN's Woshen.
According to Woshen, it was Dream Green who instigated Warriors owner Lacob to contact Lakers owner Jenny directly by phone, according to Woshen. Without going through team executives, player agents, team coaches, etc., directly boss-to-boss, this is a very strange attempt at a trade between league owners, and what is even more puzzling is that the cause of the transaction was actually instigated by the player's dream Green. Why did Dream suddenly overstep his authority and encourage Lacob to trade for James without the knowledge of team executives, head coach Kerr, and even Curry? What was Dream Chasing's motive? Where did his trade idea come from? Was it spontaneous or was it instructed behind it?
You must know that Dream Chaser and James have the same agent Rich Paul, in addition to being James's agent, Fu Paul is also a very important business partner around James, and jointly owns several media companies. In private, Dream Chaser and James have an extremely close relationship, and they come and go very frequently, and Dream Chaser is the only one who looks forward to James, and often sees the two attending private parties together, or watching some key sports events, celebrity concerts, etc. James, Fu Paul, Dream Chasing, off the court they are a whole, a business team with common interests. This is the background of Hu and Yong's trading attempts.
The Lakers are still in a terrible season this season, finishing 9th in the West and hovering around the play-in tournament. Before the trade deadline, there were many trade rumors from the Lakers to strengthen the roster, but there was no actual action. At this time, some people couldn't sit still, first there were rumors that James would use the player option next season, and there was a possibility of leaving the Lakers, and then it was revealed that the Lakers did not get James' contract renewal commitment, in order to avoid next season's chicken and egg fight, let James go for nothing, the Lakers also intended to trade James in advance in exchange for chips. Then the day before the trade deadline, Dream egged Lacob on the phone.
Dream chasing behavior is extremely intriguing, he instigated the owner to trade James is not for the sake of improving the team's competitiveness, not to mention that the Warriors are on a rebound, the team is in a winning streak before the trade deadline, and there is no idea of a big trade at all; Green's words and deeds are more like doing things according to orders, as for who to obey orders, everyone knows. Lacob is also a smart person, after being hyped up by chasing dreams, he picked up the phone, held the mentality of having dates and no dates to try three shots first, threw a stepping stone to explore the way, and the matter became a big win, and there was no loss if it didn't work.
The final version of the trade was that Lakers owner Jenny called Forpaul to ask if James had any subjective intention to leave, and Forpaul told Jenny that James had no plans to leave the Lakers. On the surface, it seems that Fu Paul rejected the Warriors' trade request, but in fact, it is just a scene directed by James, a good show that kills two birds with one stone. If the deal is done, James will succeed as he wishes and passively join forces with Curry, the player he wants to partner the most in his career, without having to go to Curry to be controversial and affect his historical ranking, and in the last 2-3 seasons of his career, he can still go all out to impact the championship;
Jenny was forced to have no choice but to pay more than 7 million in luxury taxes after the trade deadline and found Dinwiddie from the buyout market with a base salary of 1.5 million. A Dinwiddie estimate isn't enough to challenge for a championship, and the Lakers will have to continue to pan for gold from the player buyout market.
This is the truth behind Dream Green overstepping his authority, not hesitating to offend Curry, and directly instigating Lacob to make a phone call without informing anyone else on the team. In fact, Dream also knew that the transaction would not be possible, and from a business perspective and profit maximization, James needed to stay in Los Angeles. The popularity and exposure of Los Angeles cannot be compared even to New York, which is also a big city, these are what James has needed so far in his career, and he needs constant hype and various heat to maintain. Whether it is a public interview with the media on the Knicks towel, or a dream chase and instigation of the trade behind the scenes, the purpose is to put pressure on the Lakers, and they don't really want to leave, unless they really join forces with Curry. In addition, he has to continue to build momentum and pave the way for Bronny, who is currently playing for USC, and his personal strength is quite limited, and he is not expected to enter the NBA on his own. Moreover, the Lakers' rival Clippers have risen strongly in recent years, and the local tyrant owner of the Clippers has not only spent a huge amount of money to build a new arena, but also recruited and formed a four-star lineup of Leonard, George, Wei Shao, and Harden. James needs the Lakers to strengthen the roster, in addition to the championship, he needs to counter and suppress the rise of the Clippers, and he can't stand the Clippers taking away the flash and traffic of the media from him.