Chapter 167: Andy the Merchant

The first round of the playoffs is all over, and there are no upsets, everything is developing in the expected direction, so that this season's playoffs are greatly discounted in terms of excitement, even if they have been looking forward to it for a long time, the regular season awards have not produced any surprises. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among the awards that have been announced, Ginobili of the Los Angeles Clippers won the best sixth man for a second time, the legendary coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, Larry Brown won the best coach award, and the Orlando Magic, who was out of the first round, became the biggest winner in the awards, not only did they win the best manager, the team's rookie Mike Miller won the best rookie, and Tracy McGrady also won the award for the most improved player. And the most watched best defensive player, and the regular season MVP, the two heaviest awards, have not yet been announced.

Of course, when the first round of the playoffs was conducted, the rookie training camp organized by the NBA league also started on time, a large number of media and scouts, pouring into the rookie training camp, the Clippers signed very badly this year, 28 in the first round, and the last in the second round, Tiger did not have any hope for this year's draft, although he was very optimistic about many rookie players, Andy took a rookie list from Tiger and handed it to the most trusted scouts to go to the rookie training camp for detailed data investigation, From the feedback information, Andy once again confirmed Tiger's forward-looking vision, and many players in the list moved Andy.

Compared with Tiger's hopelessness, Andy has begun a lot of preliminary preparations, just before the end of the first round of the Clippers playoffs, the Clippers also announced the news about the player's contract renewal, Jason Green's stay, in reason and expected, Skinner, Stephen Jackson and Ragabel's stay are acceptable, and there is not much controversy, and Ginobili's contract renewal was beyond everyone's expectations, Ginobili's 5-year 40 million renewal of the Los Angeles Clippers news, after it appeared, shocked the league, This is not a contract with a maximum salary, but it is not low for Ginobili, with an average annual salary of 8 million, which shows the financial strength of the Clippers, and also makes many people attack, Ginobili stayed with the Clippers for money, Ginobili did not explain this, this is his character, and he still does his own thing conscientiously.

Before announcing these contract renewal news, Andy met with Jermaine O'Neal and Wang Zhizhi's agent again, both of them made it clear that they wanted to leave, Wang Zhizhi said that this year is his contract year, he signed a 2+1 contract with the Clippers, even if he leaves, he is also a restricted player, as long as there are the right trade chips, the team will not interfere with him too much, and Jermaine O'Neal is different, when he joined the Clippers, he signed a 5-year contract with the team from the beginning, and now it is only the second year, If he wants to leave, he needs to look at the team's face, of course, Andy and Tiger will not force him to stay, Tiger has also said that he will try to trade according to his wishes, but compared to Tiger has a soft heart, Andy is an out-and-out businessman, like Ginobili, a player who stays without regrets, Andy will respect, give him shelter, give him more benefits, and choose to leave, Andy will not blame, only maximize the benefits.

This year's No. 1 pick holder, the manager of the Washington Wizards, Jordan Dashen, needs to find a strong interior player for the team, the Memphis Grizzlies with the No. 3 pick, the Golden State Warriors with the No. 5 pick, oh! Thanks to Jermaine O'Neal's strong ability, these teams have sent trade intentions to the Clippers, hoping to get Jermaine O'Neal, Andy now has a feeling of being a strange commodity, he has too many options, just wait for the end of the playoffs, put Jermaine O'Neal on the trade shelf, and choose a trade offer that suits him the most, of course, the draft pick at the top of the first round is essential.

Tiger once told Andy that Coach Larry Bird of the Indiana Pacers and Coach Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz both want to get Jermaine O'Neal, and Jermaine O'Neal is also more biased towards these two teams, the strength of the team itself, the ability of the head coach is what the players value more when choosing, but because the two teams do not have a high-ranking signing, they were directly filtered out by Andy privately, of course, these Tiger don't know, and now Tiger doesn't have the time and energy to worry about these, He couldn't be distracted in order to make the playoffs, and Andy deliberately concealed this, and when everything was settled, it was useless for Tiger to object.

When Andy carefully planned the big move of the Clippers, the second round of the playoffs soon began, the Los Angeles Lakers were going to San Antonio first, for an away game, while the Los Angeles Clippers were sitting at the home of Staples Arena, waiting for the arrival of the Saramento Kings.

Bartlet also appeared in the audience, wearing his cherished Clippers No. 11 jersey, like an avid Clippers fan, blending into the audience, Jessica has completely let go of everything before, after seeing Bartlet, and had a brief conversation with him, the two of them talked for the first time like ordinary friends, teasing Bartlet's collector's jersey, talking about some recent situations, and drawing a complete end to the memories of youth.

Before the start of the game, on the big screen at the scene, the starters of both sides began to be introduced, Coach Bill Fitch in everyone's puzzled eyes, still maverick sent a, small starting lineup, Tiger Washington, Stephen Jackson, Billups, Ginobili, Michael Reed, the detailed introduction of the five people, was introduced in detail on the big screen, there is no dispute, this is a mature formation that has been used many times by the Clippers, but this lineup is not suitable for the playoffs in everyone's opinion, What is the playoffs for? Defend! However, this is a defensive and offensive lineup, and the Clippers have no need to take such risks, and the twin-tower combination of Jason Green and Jermaine O'Neal is fully equipped with the ability to control the basket of the Salamento Kings in the game.

"Yes, we can win this series with more security. However, that would not be any extra good for us, except for being able to get more rest, to give up the defense and use pure offense to win this series, let the world know that we are strong, and win the love of fans all over the world! That's what you need to do next. In the Clippers' locker room, Bill Fitch explained it to his players after announcing his starting list. (To be continued.) )