Chapter 117: Prelude to the Transaction

"Sam! Are you sure your decision is not wrong? It looks like the little guy you chose doesn't have a good temper. In the cubicle upstairs, General Manager McCloskey and the coaches looked down and watched the situation unfold on the training ground. This is a type of single-sided reflective glass that allows you to see the outside and the outside to see the inside. It was General Manager McCloskey who spoke.

"It's fine!" Sam furrowed his face and raised his eyebrows, apparently not in a good mood. Who likes? It's a coach who doesn't like it, and it's not about showing off your personality, it's about being a black sheep.

"Telek! You go down and tell Raff that I'm upset. "It looked like it was going to start, and McCloskey felt the need to stop.

"Wait! Just watch, we just watch. Sam shook his head and shouted to stop, although he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't want to know, but the people he had chosen to fight on the first day of the training camp made him very embarrassed. Sam decides to teach Kyle a lesson, and then punishes him aggressively, and then slowly smooths out Kyle's edges, and he wants to see what this nineteen-year-old kid wants to do?

Sam has reason not to be happy, the draft was originally planned to select Villanueva, an outside big man, but Kyle fell to the seventh pick, Sam was out of the crowd, and Kyle came to Toronto. The reason is simple, Kyle's St. Joseph's knockout of Illanieva's Connecticut in the tournament is proof that Kyle is better, more decisive and more talented. Now Kyle is making trouble on the first day of training, and for whatever reason, it's a big mouth slapping Sam in the face, and he won't tolerate it.

That's the first point, and there's this summer league, which Sam wants Kyle to play in. In such a league where the draft is rampant and the low-level league is cool, he thinks Kyle should be able to brush up on the stats to prove that his vision is not wrong, and let the Raptors management take a reassurance, the most important thing is that he needs this reassurance pill to block the mouths of Yoyo, after all, Sam is under a lot of pressure. But Kyle doesn't bird him, and he forgets after hearing it, which makes Sam a little angry. All right! Generally, high-ranking players scoff at summer league and are very unimpressed, so it's completely forgivable that they won't participate if they don't participate. But now that this basket is poked out, then there is no atonement for the sin!

Things didn't go bad, Bosh was out! This relieved Sam that the player he relied on the most did not disappoint him, knew how to be a leader, and Sam's injured little heart was comforted a little.

The ensuing bullfight heads-up made the guys in the office shine! The perfect combination of strength and speed, the maturity of toughness and skill, the interpretation of physical talent, the ability to use their strengths, and the ability to play smart. The most surprising thing is Kyle's psychological maturity, choosing the decision of three goals to determine the winner, playing to his strengths and avoiding weaknesses, which makes people can't believe that he is only nineteen years old. This is what everyone thinks of Kyle at this time, the seventh pick, and the visual measurement is earned. Sam also has an extra layer of evaluation in his heart, that is, Kyle is a very, very hard-working guy. Kyle was able to train in the gym all summer, Sam agreed, and he often sneaked a peek at the results of Kyle's training, and the genius didn't mean to play as a pastime, but actually practiced himself.

Sam happened to show up at the end of the bullfight because he needed to protect Kyle, and he felt like he had made the right decision in the draft, which was to pick Kyle, who was a cornerstone figure, but how was it? Soon it will be verified, pre-season is here!

The next two days were a lot calmer, with occasional confrontational training. Kyle also gets the respect he deserves on the team, at least no one yells at him to do this and that. Joey and Calderon were not so lucky, as newcomers, the two became Raptors errand boys, busy before and after.

In the attic office, Sam and McCloskey face each other, seriously discussing work.

"Do you really need to do this?" McCloskey propped himself up on his elbows and played with a pen in his hand, apparently seriously considering the trade-off of Sam's proposal.

"It has to be done! We have no way back, we lost all our chips when Vince left last year, and if we can't make a breakthrough this season, I'm afraid you or me will be the next to leave. Sam's expression was serious, showing a sense of urgency in his heart.

"Alright! That's true, but a team needs more stability, we don't have the right chips, we don't have the right targets, we don't have the right people to wait until before Christmas. McCloskey paused. You give him a little more chance to perform, and then he will be worth more money. ”

"Nope! No! No! We can't wait that long, it's too late. Sam's answer was crisp, and it reflected his determination to change. Chicagoan's Eddie Curry is a good choice, and they have that meaning, you know. ”

"Eddie Curry? If we swap him, the price is too great for us to afford, and we have to pay for the draft picks, which I can't accept. ”

"Okay!" Sam was a little speechless, draft picks are indeed treasures for a bad team. "Reggie Evans, he's very hot, he's a rebounder."

"He's too short, and he's overlapping with Chris, so he doesn't have a big role, Sam, what the hell do you think? You're not trying to put Chris in the center position, are you? ”

"Yes! That's what I thought. ”

"Are you crazy? Chris will be upset. ”

"It's all about winning and I think he's going to make sacrifices and be willing to try."

"Nope! No! No! Sam, that's all there, can we end this topic? "McCloskey has a look on his face, he is obviously scared, you can offend anyone, you must not offend the star, whether it is a coach or a manager, you must remember this rule, otherwise it will not end well.

"McCloskey! It's not going to go on like this, and to be honest, I'm very bullish on Kyle, he's going to be our backcourt leader, he's going to surprise people, he's going to be a guy like Vince. But we have to have time to wait for him to grow, so we have to change, otherwise this fruit of success will be swallowed by others, and we will get nothing, maybe we will have to submit resumes every day in the future. "Sam is also anxious, afraid of this and that, that is still a fart! He decided to use the killer move, "We have no way back, time is running out, man." ”

McCloskey rubbed his face with his palms, obviously under pressure, Vince Carter was his pain, and it became the straw that overwhelmed him, and he was silent for a long time before he spoke. "You put together a list for me, I'll do it, and this time I've put all my hopes in you, Sam! I hope you're right. ”

"Of course! I promise. ”

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