As soon as news of Pang Bo's trade broke, it sparked speculation among countless industry professionals and an outcry from countless fans.
Fans were always emotional.
They cursed the management for being stupid and said the Raptors were practically digging their own graves.
Reporters and experts, meanwhile, offered supposedly rational analysis, but in truth they were all just wildly guessing.
Some guessed that Pang Bo and Wang Yi didn't get along, so Pang Bo had asked to leave;
Others said Pang Bo was too fat and had lost some of the speed he'd had in his first season. He lacked discipline, so the management wanted to trade him;
Some went straight to claiming that Pang Bo had a health problem and was at risk of injury, so the Raptors wanted to trade him while his value was still high.
Reporters wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, so they contacted several people for information, but learned nothing.
They wanted to interview Wang Yi, but he was still in China.
Pang Bo himself was also in China.
And the Raptors' management had yet to show their faces.
Besides, the NBA was in the offseason, and the Raptors' management had every right to refuse interviews.
This left the reporters helpless and the fans at a loss.
As for the other NBA teams, the Raptors' announcement that Pang Bo was on the trading block was like setting off a massive bomb.
All 29 other teams, whether they had anything to offer or not, contacted the Raptors' management within a single day.
They all made offers for Pang Bo.
To show their respect for him, the Raptors didn't just listen to the offers; they also sought Pang Bo's opinion.
Pang Bo had no particular demands aside from wanting to join a team