"Rob! What are you talking about! ”

When Pelinka said this, the biggest reaction was Harden, who sat next to Pelinka and listened to the conversation.

He asked his agent to talk to Wang Xiao, the main purpose was to become the team's starter and get more rights, not to threaten him to leave the team, Pelinka's words were completely different from what he wanted to express.

Hearing Harden's anxious voice, Pelinka glanced at Harden, although he didn't speak, but the meaning he expressed was obvious.

"I'm an experienced agent, I know how to handle such a thing better than you, don't worry, I'll take care of it for you!"

Indeed, as one of the top agents, Pelinka has done too many similar negotiations for players, and he understands very well that it is difficult to be accepted by the other party simply by making a request, and in this case the other party must put some pressure on the other party in order to better achieve the goal.

And before saying this, Pelinka also did preparations, Harden is currently on a rookie contract, with an annual salary of only more than five million, but his value is already at the level of many All-Star level players.

In other words, it's hard to find trade chips in the league that match the value of $5 million, and no matter which team the Wizards trade with, it's a dead loser.

Moreover, Harden is young and has the potential to continue to improve, and his position in the Wizards' tactical system is also very important, Pelinka is fully sure that the Wizards will definitely keep Harden with the maximum salary, and will not trade Harden unless absolutely necessary.

This is his experience over the years of working as a broker.

It's a pity...... Such experience cannot be used to measure Wang Xiao.

On the other end of the phone, after two seconds of silence, Wang Xiao's voice rang again, but the response Pelinka received was not the compromise he wanted.

"Well, I see, since Harden wants to leave and wants to seek a bigger stage, I won't stop it, I'm going to find a few teams that are suitable for trade as soon as possible, and then let Harden pick the team he wants to go to......"

Pelinka was stunned, what's the situation? Why is it not the way he imagined?

"Wait, I think you're mistaken, James doesn't want to leave the team, he just wants more rights and ......"

"Doodoo ......"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Xiao hung up the phone.

Pelinka and Harden looked at each other, and then he saw disappointment and anger in Harden's eyes.

"Is this Chinese man crazy? Trading a 21-year-old potential star? Are you kidding? ”

After a long pause, Pelinka couldn't help but mutter.

On the other side, after hanging up the phone, Wang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Regarding Harden, Wang Xiao has actually been very hesitant.

As an MVP-level superstar, Harden is full of possibilities, and under the cultivation of the system, his future achievements may be even higher than that of another time and space.

But as the saying goes, you can't have it both ways, and as strong as Wade, he also had to make concessions for James. Jordan was only Pippen and not another Jordan.

Before Curry and Harden fully grow up, Wang Xiao can only choose one as the absolute main core of the team, as Jordan and James.

And his choice is Curry, and Wang Xiao believes that most people will also choose Curry when they choose between the two.

In terms of pure individual ability, Harden is not inferior to Curry in any way, and even better than statistics, Harden is better than Curry.

In Curry's peak season, he averaged only 30 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, while Harden in the 18-19 season was crazy about averaging 36 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game.

But a player's quality cannot be measured by stats alone.

There are many, many reasons why Wang Xiao chose Curry, such as Curry is more self-disciplined than Harden, and nightclub boarding and eye defense are by no means in vain.

For example, Curry's Warriors in another time and space have proven that he can be a perfect match even if he is on the same team as Durant, Thompson and Green.

In fact, if Harden is promoted to the starting position and Curry plays more off-ball offense, it is theoretically feasible, and it has been verified in the previous two seasons that with Curry to help pull the space, Harden's lethality will become greater.

But when Curry and Harden are on the court at the same time, the defensive leakage is too big, and there is a serious problem with this.

Clay. What about Thompson?

Wang Xiao definitely wants to choose Thompson, because Thompson and Curry are almost the most compatible partners.

In Wang Xiao's view, Curry + Thompson is undoubtedly better than Curry + Harden.

After all, Curry + Harden's offensive ability may be stronger, but Curry + Thompson's offensive and defensive ends are more balanced.

Of course, Harden + Thompson is also feasible, because Thompson's technical characteristics can fit any player, but in that case, what about George? And what about Leonard?

Curry can make peace with Durant, Thompson, and Green, but it's hard to say about Harden, the best sixth man in the Thunder period can, but it's probably difficult for Harden to make fouls in the Rockets period.

It may not be fair to Harden to do that, but it's a win-win situation.

Harden can't play to his maximum potential with the Wizards, and the Wizards' tactical system dictates that Harden can't have unlimited fire and ball possession like he did with the Rockets.

And if Harden is to be traded out of the team, then Wang Xiao's previous headache of the top pick will no longer be a problem.

With Harden's value, I believe many teams will be happy to make this deal......

On the same day, Wang Xiao made another call to Harden.

Wang Xiao feels that although the NBA is a cruel trading field, as the head coach of the team, he personally selected Harden and got along with him day and night for two years, saying that there is no emotion is false, Harden, like Curry, does not belong to the kind of player with a strong personality, which also makes them get along very well before, even if for the future development of the team, if they want to trade Harden now, Wang Xiao does not want their relationship to be too stiff.

On the phone, Harden made it clear that he likes the atmosphere on the team right now and loves playing on this team.

But Wang Xiao gave him a careful analysis on the phone.

"James, when I heard the request from your agent, I was really happy because I saw the side of you who didn't admit defeat, and the side where you wanted to be better and stronger, but I'm sorry, the current Wizards team can't provide you with such a platform."

"I know you want to stay on the team, but here, you can only be a substitute all the time, and in other teams, with your quality, you will definitely become the main core of any team, you will have a bigger stage, more opportunities, maybe in a few years you will be the next regular season MVP."