On the same day that the deal was completed, the Clippers negotiated with Kassel and officially announced that they would cut the team's main point guard, Sam. Kassel, the 38-year-old veteran, has since bid farewell to Los Angeles where he has lived for 3 years and officially became a "free man" in the transfer market. Kassel himself has no plans to retire at present, and many teams in the league have expressed strong interest in "aliens", and he is expected to find a new owner soon, and it is said that the Celtics have thrown an olive branch to Kassel.

The Clippers bought out the veteran for just $2 million. Blavin. Knight has returned to work with the team, Cassel knows that the Clippers have no place for themselves after trading to Billups, and the aliens are hoping to get a ring before retiring, so it is clear that becoming a free agent to join the Celtics is a better opportunity.

The deal between the Pistons and the Clippers has now been submitted to the league, and until the league officially approves it, Billups is still an Eastern Pistons player for the time being, so it will not affect his All-Star Game journey, and he will still represent the East in the All-Star Game.

The Clippers made a trade to free up salary space for the team, and after the All-Star break, the league asked for a trade, and their roster remained 14, but the salary was about $5 million less. Abdu. Raheem and Sean. Livingston's contract expires, and the Clippers can even poach another prospective All-Star.

PG: Chaunsien. Billup, Blaven. Knight, Sean. Livingston

SG: Catino. Mobley, Francisco. Garcia, Aron. Afflaro

SF: Ron. Artest, James. Posey

PF: Ji Guoyi, Tim. Thomas, Amir. Johnson, Sharif. Abdu. Rahim

C: Ji Guoqiu, Paul. Davis.

Although the Clippers' deal has not yet been approved by the league, everyone knows that the two teams in Los Angeles are not to be outdone. There's a big deal on your end. I can't be small on my side. While the Clippers' trade is nowhere near as cost-effective as the Lakers' outright grab, it's complementary.

The Pistons are ready to bolster rookie point guard Rodney. Starkey, trading Billups can both make way for the rookie and trade for All-Star interior Elton. Brand, not only will their strength not decline, but they may also improve their competitiveness in the East. At the same time, Brand's expiring contract is also valued by the Pistons, and the Clippers' draft pick next year is also very valuable.

The Clippers didn't lose anything on the deal either, and Brand is no longer part of the team's plans. With a salary of 15 million, how can twins be worthwhile, these two little guys will be one or two million dollars in the next three seasons, and they will be cheap players. Even without Brand in the first half of the season, their record was not bad, and now that Billups fills the only shortcoming, the team's strength will only improve, not decrease. Although next year's first-round pick is precious, it is impossible to draw a lottery draft with their record, and they don't need any rookies, just pick a few second-round picks to patch up, and the Clippers' rebuild is completely completed after this trade. It can be called the fastest rebuilding team in the league.

The most frustrating of the deal was Billups. Mr. Key also made his request to Dumas not long ago, if he did trade himself, he hoped that the team would trade him to his hometown of Denver, but in the blink of an eye he came to Los Angeles. Perhaps the only good news is that the Clippers are a good fit for him, and the team is so strong that they still have the playoff qualifications, and it's not impossible to dream of a division final.

The Los Angeles Clippers have a 32-18 record after their last win over the Wizards, one more win than the Pistons' 31-18.

The Clippers are currently seventh in the West, with the Spurs at the top team, the Suns at the top, and the Jazz at the third, which are the top three in the West. In fourth place is the Rockets, who have won 18 in a row, and the Houstonians are close to catching up with their fellow rivals Spurs. In fifth place is the Hornets, and in sixth place is the Lakers, who have been winning streaks since the trade. In eighth place is the Nuggets, and in ninth place the Mavericks. From sixth in the West to ninth in the West, these four teams are just one win away from each other.

This year's All-Star Game was held on February 17, 2008, at New Orleans Arena, home of the New Orleans Hornets in Louisiana. It was the 57th All-Star Game in NBA history and the first time the city of New Orleans had hosted an All-Star Game. It was also the city's arena that hosted the first professional sports competition since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The league's move could boost the local economy and boost its own prestige, but it has little to do with the players.

On Feb. 17, the first day of All-Star Weekend, there was no charity during the day, and a bunch of billionaires pretended to help poor New Orleans victims move bricks, plant trees, and paint...... It took three years for the U.S. government, and tens of thousands of people are still homeless in New Orleans.

The two brothers arrived in New Orleans on the 16th, but their teammates were not followed, it was not unjust, All-Star tickets were in short supply, since Artest and others were not selected as All-Stars, and the two did not have a program to cooperate with, the Clippers players all chose to rest at home and support their teammates in front of the TV.

Taylor. Swift and Christine also didn't come to New Orleans, and it was better for All-Stars to watch the live broadcast at home, and even their neighbor Peter Pan didn't bring his wife, only Gasol......

The two got off the plane and stayed in the hotel arranged by the alliance, Ji Guoqiu planned to contact Yao Ming as soon as possible, but as soon as he took out his mobile phone, Nash called the two first. The Son of the Wind plans to bring his two compatriots along, hoping that the twin brothers will join him at tonight's banquet and tomorrow's daytime charity event, saving them from attending the NBA for the first time.

"What should we do, are we still looking for Yao Ming?" Ji Guoqiu received a call from Nash, and after putting it down, he was a little dazed.

"Then what are you looking for, the little giant is bringing Space Yi, let's not go to join in the fun."

Ji Guoyi has been very dissatisfied with the basketball association's cousin recently, and those guys finally remembered them some time ago, just a few days after they signed Aston Martin and Nokia. It's clear that it's for the money, not for the people. The Basketball Association's attitude towards him and his two brothers changed every once in a while. Now the space is getting better and better. The Basketball Association immediately performed a Sichuan opera to change their faces, and put forward a request for them to hand over their income.

This incident made Ji Guoqiu's attitude towards the Basketball Association also very dissatisfied, and now the negotiations between the two parties have reached a stalemate, and the matter of their brothers joining the Chinese team has been delayed, Brian has talked with the Basketball Association twice on their behalf and is too lazy to talk about it, and the requirements put forward by the Basketball Association are too high.

Athletes trained in China are required to hand over 50% of their commercial income according to regulations, which is open to all Chinese athletes. Whether it is basketball, football or table tennis, they are all treated equally, even when Yao Ming first entered the NBA, and now Space Yi can't escape this stubble.

Yao Ming signed a new contract last year, which was a 4+1 contract worth 76 million US dollars, and the little giant was naturally unwilling to continue to be exploited by the Basketball Association, and this time 50% is not a small amount. The little giant, with the help of Yao's team, exposed his affair with the Basketball Association in the media, which caused an uproar in China last year!

The NBA Players' Union claimed that it was a "robbery", under the efforts of the "Yao Team" to exploit media opinion. They fought for Yao Ming to maximize their interests in negotiations with the Chinese Basketball Association. In the end, the amount of Yao Ming's surrender was not announced, but according to foreign reports. It's about 5% after tax, and there are reports that it's only 3%. According to this ratio, the Chinese Basketball Association may get 2.1 million to 3.5 million yuan from Yao Ming every year. This is only a small amount relative to Yao Ming's personal income.

Yao Ming himself said in his autobiography: "In the end, they only got a small part of my income. ”

The Basketball Association lost Yao Ming, the big boss, and could only suck some oil and water on Space Yi this year. However, how could Space Yi compare with Yao Ming, so they set their sights on the twins who had just signed a big contract. Fortunately, they also have a pharmacy Bilian, and they are embarrassed to ask for 50% directly, as long as 30% is a figure that they think is very fair.

Ji Guozhi is not very good at math, and after calculating that he signed the sneaker contract, all the contracts add up to about 15 million annual income, which has to be handed over to the damn US government 50% of the tax, and there is about 8 million US dollars left. If this is to give another 30% to the Basketball Association, Ji Guozhi said that unless Lao Tzu's IQ is 250, the Basketball Association might as well grab it directly!

This request is unacceptable even to Ji Guoqiu, what is money grabbing? The Basketball Association is called money grabbing!

Some time ago, the two of them jointly donated $1 million to the orphanage they adopted, and decided to donate this amount every year until they retired. The orphanage that adopted them was founded by a Chinese, and the director was also Chinese, and immediately after receiving this donation, he took it out to open a new orphanage and expand the adoption capacity of the existing orphanage.

But if they give this money to the Basketball Association, what will they do with it? Most people can think of it without taking off their pants.

"Do you still want to join the Chinese Basketball Association?"

"We're not playing for the Basketball Association, we're playing for the country."

"Then you have to be able to join, and besides, if you join the Chinese team, you can't play in this Olympics, so why join? We've got a contract for our sneakers now, and there's not a letter yet. But believe it or not, as long as we promise to give money, we can join the national team immediately, but if we don't give money, what do people want us to do? ”

Ji Guoyi's meaning is very simple, in addition to the important factor of the basketball association grabbing money, the two brothers also face a bigger problem when they join the Chinese team, that is, the FIBA regulations on naturalized players.

The FIBA stipulates that each country participating in FIBA international competitions can have two players who have reached the age of 16 before obtaining the nationality of that country, and the player has not previously represented the national team of the original nationality in world-class competitions such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships. There is also a supplementary clause that players who do not become a citizen of that country until they have reached the age of 16 must wait for 3 years to become a new citizen before they can officially represent that country.

If this is the case, they will not only be unable to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games, but also the 2010 World Championships, and will have to wait for the 2012 London Olympics. This is also the reason why the Basketball Association is lukewarm to them, at that time, these officials did not know that they were still in office, and digging wells for future generations was a good thing that would be done for a long time, and these officials of the Basketball Association and the Football Association refused to do it.

And there are rumors in the FIBA that due to the excessive use of planning players in many countries, which has caused dissatisfaction in many countries, FIBA will introduce regulations to further restrict naturalized players in 2010.

Ji Guoqiu shook his head, and didn't think about these troublesome things for the time being. Since Nash took the initiative to invite them, it would be too much not to give face, they were participating in the All-Star for the first time and didn't understand anything, and it was undoubtedly a good idea to follow Nash, an old Jianghu.

On February 17, today is the first day of All-Star Weekend, Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guoyi, plus the Suns' two All-Stars Nash and Stoudemire, the four of them were grouped together and pulled to a construction site in the suburbs of New Orleans early in the morning. Frightened, Ji Guoshi thought that this was to let them move bricks, and the four of them had an annual income of more than 10 million, isn't this a joke?

Xiao Si's already black face is even darker at the moment, the little overlord and the little fox have the same idea, everyone is tens of millions a year, who wants to move bricks?

Nash also touched his back, and said that I have a back injury, so I can't bend over!

Not to mention, Ji Guoyi's guess was quite accurate, the four of them really came to move bricks......

This construction site was built by the coalition donation for the refugees affected by the hurricane in '05, our American government is so poor that it can't get a dime, so now many homeless and unlucky people rely on these private charities to get help. No, it's been three years, and tens of thousands of refugees in New Orleans have been left homeless and living in tents.

Of course, the alliance won't let him really move bricks, the four of them just make a show, and let the accompanying cameraman take a shot of them moving bricks.

Today, the alliance sent a total of nearly ten film crews like this, such as Kobe Bryant and his sister-in-law over there who were laying bricks, Ji Guozhi thought to himself, if they didn't demolish everything they built afterwards, the house would collapse before it was completed; On the other side, the Celtic triumvirate is planting trees, and it is estimated that the trees they planted will not live for more than a year; Yao Ming is the best, and he doesn't use a ladder to stand and paint over there; The GDP portfolio in the distance is stealing manhole covers......

No, it doesn't seem like it?

But the three bald heads were holding a manhole cover, and they were so obscene, bowing to what they were doing, maybe they were really stealing the manhole cover...... (To be continued......) R1292