Chapter 4 Alternate Meetings (Four Watches Asking for Monthly Tickets)
In the morning of San Antonio, Anxi's apartment was busy, the Jeff Hornacek family came, plus the moving company Anxi was looking for, they were cleaning Anxi's various luggage, and Anxi was moving. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After the media broke the news that An Xi was about to leave the Spurs, An Xi planned to leave San Antonio, but he knew very well that crazy Americans would do all kinds of crazy things, and the American imperialist people had guns in their hands!
So, Anxi bought a mansion in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and became neighbors with Hollywood superstars.
"Be quick, move that TV to the car!" Ivo Clark was naturally the commander-in-chief of this move, Anxi and Jeff Hornacek were chatting about something, and Ivo Clark wiped his sweat and came over.
"Ann, do you have to fly all these things?"
An Xi shook his head: "Of course not, I'll contact it and drag it out to sell it to a local Chinese restaurant in San Antonio." ”
Ivoclark nodded and was about to leave, An Xi grabbed him, Anxi just discussed with Jeff Hornacek, and finally decided to find time to go to the big dream training camp if he didn't have time this offseason, because even Jeff Hornacek said that the big dream's foot training is effective and can help An Xi make up for the biggest shortcoming at this stage, personal rhythm problems.
"Ivo, help me get in touch with Big Dream, I want to go to his training camp in August. "Thinking about it, I almost recovered from my injuries in August, so Anxi set this time.
Ivoclark nodded, indicating that he understood, and left the place to Anxi and Jeff Hornacek, and let the two of them talk a few more words.
"Have you figured out where to go?" Jeff Hornacek took out a cigar from his pocket, lit one himself, and handed one to Anxi, who reached out and refused. Jeff Hornacek smiled: "It's okay if you don't smoke, professional players, take care of your body." ”
"Both the Lakers and the Mavericks have contacted me, and the Mavericks are directly offering, and the Lakers have to sign first and then exchange. ”
"Where are you leaning?"
"Lakers, I want to sign first and then trade. ”
Jeff Hornacek took a sharp puff on his cigar and then exhaled a puff of smoke: "Phoenix is asking me to go back as head coach, and I'm hesitating. ”
An Xi was stunned, could it be that his father-in-law also wanted to dig himself? He didn't speak, and looked at Jeff Hornacek.
"Now that I've figured it out, I choose to go, although the Suns were the bottom of the West last season, but I'm confident that I can bring them back, I think, when you choose a team, don't pay too much attention to the strength of the team, the team is weaker, maybe it is still suitable for you to play. ”
Anxi couldn't help but think about it more, the suns in the penultimate and the weaker team are better, and his father-in-law really wants to dig himself? So Anxi looked at Jeff Hornacek with a suspicious gaze.
Jeff Hornacek guessed An Xi's thoughts: "Don't look at me, I didn't mean to let you come to Phoenix, you'd better not play under me, otherwise I don't know how many things will come out." ”
An Xi touched his nose, he thought about it a lot.
However, Jeff Hornacek's suggestion did give Anxi a lot of ideas, and it seemed like a good idea to go to a bad team, maybe he should ask for more when negotiating, such as unlimited firing rights.
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Anxi flew to Los Angeles with his family, and then moved into the Beverly mansion, which cost Anxi 50 million US dollars, which is one of the few mansions on Beverly Hills, the gate of the mansion is a black electric iron door, there is no gap to peek into the interior of the mansion, plus the stone brick walls and tall trees around it, the whole mansion is completely wrapped, and the concealment is very good.
The house is very large, covering an area of about one acre, open the door to enter, it is a very large square, you can park at least five extended Lincoln in the open air, behind the square is a four-story mansion, the first floor is the parking garage, all open can park seven or eight luxury cars, take the stairs upstairs, the first floor is the living room, the second floor is the room, the middle of the third floor is a hall, there are several small rooms around, can be used as a study, honor showroom, etc.
The floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby on the third floor face downtown Los Angeles, allowing you to see the night view of downtown Los Angeles from Beverly Hill.
The total area is 20,000 square meters, 8 bedrooms.
And from the second floor, at the back of the mansion is a swimming pool, a circular pool, surrounded by colored lights.
The mansion is big and luxurious, and Anxi can be regarded as extravagant once, but the thought that if you don't join the Lakers, you won't be able to live here often, my heart hurts a little.
However, Jeff Hornacek's words made An Xi feel a little more comfortable: "Now many NBA stars have a mansion in Los Angeles, and this is Hollywood after all." ”
Yes, after all, this is Hollywood, the most exposed place in the world.
said that it is the most exposed place in the world, Anxi realized it the next day, and the media broke out the next day that Anxi bought a house in Los Angeles, and may have reached an agreement with the Lakers and is about to join the Lakers......
In this regard, An Xi could only say that he was speechless, he hadn't actually met with the Lakers and the Mavericks yet, but since he came to Los Angeles, the process of meeting with the Lakers Mavericks was urgently started.
First up is the Lakers, Anxi met Kobe Bryant at a café in downtown Los Angeles.
Kobe Bryant's injury has not healed yet, and this time he came quite sincerely, he appeared in front of Anxi with Kupchak on crutches.
The negotiation with the Lakers was a little unsmooth from the beginning, Anxi found that it turned out that the Lakers wanted to sign him, but it was actually Kobe's private decision, Kupchak's attitude towards Anxi was lukewarm, and he was even more scornful of Anxi's proposal for a certain degree of firing rights and tactical freedom, so the negotiations collapsed halfway through......
However, Anxi still saved Kobe Bryant's face, he very tactfully rejected the Lakers' invitation, and then said thank you to Kobe.
For the attitude of the Lakers, Anxi also expected it, Kupchak never called Anxi, but Kobe Bryant, made two or three calls, but now Kobe, for the Lakers, is already more commercial value than competitive value, and for the Lakers, the highest competitive value is Dwight Howard, who is still between the Lakers, the Rockets, and the Mavericks.
And Kupchak's view of Anxi is also very simple, Anxi did break out in the finals, but it was only the outbreak of four games, the parameters were too small, there was no reference at all, what level Anxi was, he didn't dare to make a conclusion, so the biggest task at this stage is still to keep Dwight Howard's Lakers, and chose to perfunctory Anxi.
The meeting with the Lakers was very smooth, but the meeting with the Mavericks was very smooth, and the Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson came with head coach Rick Carlisle and star Derk Nowitzki in person.
For a certain degree of firing rights demanded by Anxi, and a certain degree of tactical freedom, Rick Carlisle bargained, and in the end, Anxi could get a certain degree of firing rights, as well as some personal tactics, as for tactical freedom, Rick Carlisle did not agree, but Anxi was already very satisfied, the right to fire was there, although there was no tactical freedom, but Rick Carlisle agreed to set up some personal tactics for Anxi, which is equivalent to having it.
It's just that it's a little harder, and Donnie Nelson said that if you want to sign and trade, the trade with the Spurs may be tougher, because the Mavericks and Spurs are sworn enemies in the same region.
Therefore, Anxi included the Mavericks in the optional category, but it was not the first choice, and it was not the time to make a final decision, because in the past few days in Los Angeles, three or four more teams have sent Ivoclark requests to meet and negotiate.
At the end of the two meetings, Iwo Clark gave an update.
"The Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Bobcats, and the Orlando Magic want to meet you in the East, and the Rockets on the West side. ”
"Rockets, aren't they still talking to Howard?" Anxi frowned.
"yes, they said they wanted to form the Big Three, and the general manager of the Rockets also said that they knew you wanted to sign and trade, so they were willing to sign and trade with Chandler Parsons and the Spurs. ”
An Xi continued to frown, and at this time, a piece of news swiped out on his mobile phone.
"The Atlanta Hawks officially announced in the afternoon, and former Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer has taken over!"
Then, the phone rang, and the call came, and the caller ID was Mike Budenholzer. (To be continued.) )