Myers contacted Thunder head coach Callesimo and told them about Richard's idea of redeeming the No. 5 pick, and Callesimo was naturally interested.

Any manager, especially the head coach of a weak team, has a precarious job, and they absolutely don't want to miss any opportunity to improve the team's strength as soon as possible.

Although some trades will cause the team to lose its future, these managers don't even have the future, so why don't they care about the future......

As a result, Callesimo called Richard to ask about the situation in detail, and he felt that Richard must not be so kind and wanted to sell the No. 5 pick he had just gotten.

As a result, Richard's reply made Callesimo almost vomit blood.

"Let McClendon come to me to discuss this, you will definitely not be able to make a decision on this matter."

Richard's words are a little hurtful, but this is the truth, Callesimo has no say in the Thunder, even if he is a relatively senior head coach at the moment, but without honor, who will take him seriously.

McClendon is one of the Thunder's bosses, and he has the most voice among the bosses, but he has also gotten into trouble because of it.

A few days ago, the Thunder announced that they were moving from Seattle to Oklahoma, and in the face of questions from Seattle fans, McClendon said something that completely chilled Seattle fans.

"We bought the Seattle SuperSonics in order to relocate to Oklahoma......"

This sentence made many Seattle fans swear that they would never watch an NBA game again in their lives, and Seattle celebrities like Payton were also angry, which is why he was reluctant to retire his jersey at the Thunder.

Stern saw that McClendon caused such a big mess and directly issued him a $250,000 fine......

Although the Thunder moved away from Seattle, Seattle fans can also generate revenue for the league, how could Stern miss these fans, in order to make up for the psychological trauma of these fans, he can only take McClendon.

……

Naturally, Callesimo relayed Richard's exact words to McClendon.

McClendon naturally took the initiative to call Richard, in fact, if you really want to talk about it, McClendon needs to look up to an existence like Richard right now.

He is just one of the owners of the Thunder team, and his total worth is 300 million US dollars, which is really not enough compared to Richard.

Moreover, after McClendon was heavily punished by Stern, he was also full of upset, knowing that Richard's relationship with the alliance was also not very good, so he wanted to complain to Richard.

Of course, his ultimate goal must be to get some benefits from Richard, after all, they are almost equivalent to a complete new army in the future, not only the team city has moved, but even the team name has changed, and there are no reliable players inside.

Except that they don't have the right to expand the draft, they are almost exactly the same as the original Buccaneers.

McClendon also wanted to make the Thunder rise as quickly as possible, so that it wouldn't make those damn Seattle fans laugh.

……

"Lee, I'm more and more able to appreciate Stern's domineering now!"

"What did I say wrong? Stern fined me $250,000! ”

"What league rule am I violating? It's so unreasonable. ”

As soon as he got on the phone, McClendon began to whine at Richard like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

He knew that the relationship between Richard and Stern was not very harmonious, and it was no secret that almost everyone in the whole alliance knew about it.

So he didn't fear that Stern would know about this complaint.

Richard couldn't laugh or cry at McClendon's complaints, but in fact, Stern didn't do anything wrong about this, for the sake of the alliance, don't punish you McClendon for punishing anyone, dare to say that kind of thing publicly, it's not death.

However, seeing that McClendon has such a big grudge against Stern, Richard feels that he may be able to use McClendon in the future......

"Man, I didn't come to you today for this, Callesimo should have told you what I thought." Richard said with a smile.

"You know, you want to trade the No. 5 pick for our first-round pick next year, and that's a pie-in-the-sky thing for us, but I'm sure you have other requirements." McClendon also replied with a smile.

"No special requirements, I just hope that you Thunder will play a bad game next season, at least to get the bottom three in the league." Richard told his true goal.

McClendon immediately sensed that Richard was crazy......

And this kind of operation? Let other teams mess up?! What the hell......

Richard let the Thunder swing around, naturally in order to get a higher draft pick in '09, which McClendon knows well.

But if it were according to Richard's trade plan, the Thunder would lose a lot of money......

They're giving away their first-round pick this year, and they're going to be helping the Pirates next season!

The league's top-three record, as long as the luck is normal, it must also be a top-five pick, and even getting the top pick is not an incredible thing.

Although McClendon really wants to pick No. 5 this year and wants to win Wei Shao and Guofu at the same time, the two UCLA twin stars, he doesn't want to do this kind of obviously loss-making business.

"Lee, you must be joking, right, no matter how you look at this kind of thing, our Thunder will lose it......" If someone else made this kind of request to him, McClendon would probably have turned his face.

But he didn't want to offend Richard, because Richard is now a towering tree in the league, offending Richard to death, no team will have a hard time, and no one will forget the lessons of the Jazz.

"No, I'm not kidding, I'm pretty serious about trading with you."

"Of course, I also know that this deal, you Thunder will definitely lose, but I will now give you two options to make up for your Thunder's loss." Richard said confidently, he was very confident that McClendon would definitely agree to his conditions!

Richard's words directly aroused McClendon's interest, "Lee, what choice?" I'll hear it. ”

"The first option, I'll help you rebuild the team and make sure you get back to the playoffs in three years, maybe not three years, two years or even a year is enough!"

When McClendon heard Richard's words, he immediately rejoiced, this is a good thing, definitely a pie in the sky is a good thing.

Richard came to help the Thunder rebuild, which was a good thing that couldn't be found with a lantern.

McClendon immediately wanted to agree to Richard, but he was still curious about what the second option Richard proposed was.

"What about the second option? Plum. ”

"The second option is that I can save you from a catastrophe that will kill you, haha......" Richard said almost jokingly.

McClendon was also happy when he heard it, he didn't expect Richard to make such a joke.

Avoiding a catastrophe? Why does it sound so much like a cheater......

"Lee, you're such a funny person, in that case......"

"I'll still choose the first option, my life is not that valuable." McClendon said with a laugh.

Richard also laughed, but sighed in his heart.

In the next decade or so, many bosses in the league will die.

For example, in the next '09, Pistons owner Davidson Sr. will die.

For example, Pelicans owner Benson died at the beginning of '18, and Paul Allen died at the end of '18......

However, all three of them died of age or cancer, and even if Richard reminded them, it was actually useless.

Richard is not a god, no one can stop the death of dying because of age, and after the death of old Davidson and Benson, they were both in their nineties.

As for Paul Allen, Richard didn't think of a way to save his loved one, he had previously thought about whether this thing could completely eliminate the cancer in Allen's body......

But unfortunately, the target of these props is players, and they must be players with names and surnames under normal circumstances, and Allen does not belong to this group.

Richard has reminded Allen more than once to pay attention to his physical examination, but his reminder is actually tantamount to saying in vain that Allen's worth, with a top medical team around him, all of them have regular and regular physical examinations, and in the end he still can't fight cancer.

So for Allen's future tragedy, Richard is also powerless.

The above three people are all unstoppable causes of death by manpower, and this McClendon's cause of death is actually avoidable.

This thing was in an accident on a bicycle......

Richard reminded McClendon not to ride a bicycle for the rest of his life, and to avoid accidents.

But even if Richard brings up this kind of thing, McClendon will probably feel that Richard is joking, or feel that Richard is crazy......

Richard is also powerless, he can only mention this matter to McClendon in a joking tone, if the other party is interested, Richard can also be regarded as a merit, if he is not careful, Richard can also be worthy of his conscience.