Lu Fei came to McMillan's office, and unsurprisingly, the team's general manager, Rick Sander, was also there, and the atmosphere in the room did not seem to be very harmonious.

The room was quiet, and it had been quiet since Lu Fei walked in.

Until Ray Allen coughed lightly.

Rick Sander sighed, lit a cigarette for himself, and said helplessly: "I think you have also seen the situation today, what should Rashad and Vladimir do, my opinion is the punishment within the team, but Mike means a trade, I think I still have to consult your opinion." ”

Ray Allen is the star of the team, and he naturally wants to talk to him about trading two starters, but calling Lu Fei over obviously shows the importance he attaches to Lu Fei, and it also explains Lu Fei's current status in the team.

"I'm just a rookie, it's still inconvenient for me to talk about this kind of thing, right?" Lu Fei hesitated for a moment and said deliberately.

Rick Sander flicked the cigarette ash off his hand and said, "We want to know what you guys think, too." ”

Lu Fei glanced at Lei Allen.

It is reasonable for Ray Allen to know that he should speak first, after all, he was the first to get angry and drop the towel on the field.

He said coldly: "I don't really want to play with teammates like this, that's my opinion. ”

When Macmillan heard this, his face looked much better.

Rick Sander said patiently: "But after all, the two of them are important rotation players for the team, trade them two at once, there are four rookies in our team's rotation lineup, of course, I'm not saying that the rookies are bad, Lu Fei is playing great, but the other few people still need time to grow, which will affect our record." ”

"I was the first to be unlucky." McMillan said from the side.

"......" Rick Sander.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Lu Fei hurriedly said: "Actually, I think you have also seen it, without them today, we almost won the game, you must know that the Spurs were last year's championship team." ”

This sentence is very crucial, and it completely sets the tone of this conversation.

Rick Sander gritted his teeth helplessly and said: "Okay, then choose to trade, I will contact you later, which team has the right chips, I explained in advance, if there is no suitable trade partner, I will not choose to trade." ”

McMillan and Ray Allen nodded in agreement.

Lu Fei glanced at it and whispered, "Actually...... I think the Clippers are good. ”

"Clippers?" Rick Sander hesitated for a moment, and repeatedly went through the Clippers' player list in his mind: "The Clippers don't seem to have the right players to trade, Margetty and Brand don't need to be considered at all, the only possibility is Richardson, the contract can be matched, but I think the Clippers are very likely to be reluctant to trade, after all, Richardson's average of 15+ points per game is there." ”

"No, no, I don't mean to trade these players." Lu Fei said with a smile: "Actually, you can consider trading Lewis or Radmanovic for the Clippers' Bobby Simmons and their draft picks, do they have a first-round pick next year?" ”

"Bobby Simmons is a good choice." Rick Sander hesitated.

Bobby Simmons, nicknamed "Silk," is well-balanced offensively and defensively and is a good small forward. The only embarrassment is that the small forward was drafted and then traded by the SuperSonics in the first place.

He just signed with the Clippers last month.

Predictably, he was on the bench for Richardson with the Clippers, and both Lewis and Radmanovic were clearly more attractive to the Clippers than Simmons.

"But what do you want that pick?" Rick Sander looked at Lu Fei with wide eyes, "With the current roster of the Clippers, they have a good chance of making the playoffs this year, and this draft pick will be worthless at that time." ”

The Clippers have two scoring combinations of Corey Margetty and Elton Brand who average 20+ points per game, as well as Quentin Richardson, a scoring machine, and the center is this year's strong rookie Chris Carman.

Lu Fei shook his head, sat down and analyzed for them: "The problem is in their lineup, their situation is very similar to ours, there is only one basketball, but there are so many scorers to shoot, and these scorers have no one to defend except Brand, such a team does not lose, which team loses?" ”

This is a pun on the phrase, reminding Rick Sander that if he doesn't trade Lewis and Radmanovic, we will lose, and in the same way, the Clippers will lose.

"In the first two years, they had Odom, Margety, Myers, plus Richardson, how many games did they win? With less than 30 games in a season, even if Brand's defense is on par with Odom Myers, how long does he hold the ball with his back? Do the other players still have the ball? ”

"Let's look at their preseason stats, how many of the eight preseason wins? Just one win against Orlando, they don't even dare to lose Phoenix, and you expect them to make the playoffs. ”

Rick Sander hesitated: "It's just preseason after all......"

"The preseason is just telling, and when they start to mess up in the regular season, the draft picks in their hands will be worth a lot of money, and then they want to trade them, but they won't make any profit." Lu Fei said with a smile.

McMillan nodded and said, "I think we can give it a try, it's a big deal that we'll train young people this year, and then select a potential forward and defensive player next year, and then rush to the playoffs." ”

Ray Allen nodded in agreement, and he had the patience to wait another year.

"Maybe we don't have to wait until next year, aren't we going to trade two players? I guess it's not hard to trade one of them for Sean Battier of the Grizzlies, right? Lu Fei showed a sly look in his eyes.

"Battier plays under Hubby Brown and has only averaged about 20 minutes per game when he plays a reduced playing time, which shows that Battier is already an insignificant part of Brown's rotation, and if he were to trade Lewis, I think the Grizzlies would be happy."

Rick Sander now regrets letting Lu Fei speak.

Where is this transaction, this is simply given for nothing!

Using Radmanovic for a draft pick, not to mention the number of picks next year, in terms of the quality of next year's rookies, it must be a draft year, unless you can get the first pick, but is it possible?

Bobby Simmons is good, and it looks like a good fit for this supersonic.

But what is another Grizzlies Sean Battier for? He only averaged a few points per game, single-digit points, three or four rebounds, and it was a waste to trade Lewis for a player who averaged 15 points per game.

"No, I can't agree to ......"

Before Rick Sander could speak, McMillan said excitedly: "If Battier can be traded, he can indeed form a good lineup." ”

“……”

Ray Allen also nodded and said: "Yes, we don't lack scorers now, what we lack is the defenders in the front line, I also think Battier is a good choice, I have been defended by him, I think his defense is no worse than Bowen." ”

"But that's a loss......" Rick said, taking a hard drag on his cigarette.

Lu Fei smiled faintly.

"That's why I said more benefits."

He touched his nose and showed a touch of sincerity in his eyes: "Our team is not only short of small forwards, but also short of big forwards, I think Wang Zhizhi of the Clippers is good." ”

Wang Zhizhi?

McMillan and Ray Allen instantly understood Lu Fei's intentions, Lu Fei wanted this person after going around for so long.

However, in order to trade Lewis and Radmanovic away, McMillan and Ray Allen also agreed to the decision in return.

It's just an add-on, it's insignificant.

Rick Sander rolled his eyes: "That's what you're for, but I can't guarantee that the other party will definitely trade, I'm going to report to the boss, and I need to look into this ...... Wang Zhizhi's player. ”

"No problem, we played the Clippers in the first two games of the regular season, you can observe enough." Lu Fei said with a smile.

"If he can play." Rick Sound reminded.

Lu Fei said confidently: "Don't worry, you can." ”

There's a reason for his confidence, as the two regular-season games were played in Japan.