Washington, the political center of the United States!

The General Manager's Office in the Verizon Center Arena!

"That damn Richard! He's a madman! ”

"You must not agree to his request, this madman should be burned at the stake!"

"The first round is not good yet?! Must be a lotto draw?! God, this greedy madman! ”

"Even if you want to promise that crazy guy, if it's just a first-round pick, then it's okay to say, we still have a 22nd pick, lotto pick?! We still want it ourselves! ”

Half an hour after Carlisle's phone call, the management of the Bullets team was summoned to the general manager's office to discuss countermeasures overnight!

They really want to fly Strickland, and the top point guard with two top interior players is an absolute dream combination, and the Bullets management can drool over it......

But the damned Richard they said had made an offer that made them stare dryly......

"Alright, guys! Calm down, tonight's meeting isn't just for calling Richard crazy, we have more important things to do! ”

"That's how to take Strickland!" Bullets general manager Ernnie motioned for everyone to calm down.

"Ernnie, this offer from Richard, it's hard for us to give!"

"Richard, this is the lion's mouth......"

As soon as he finished saying this, the executive probably also felt that what he said was a little wrong, and closed his mouth directly......

The Lion's big mouth really doesn't count, how can Strickland be considered an All-Star level player, but what about Rasheed Wallace, who is also the subject of the trade?

Although it seems to have potential, but after all, he only averages 10+5 data per game, who knows where his ultimate potential is?!

What if the ultimate potential is 11+6?

Rasheed Wallace hasn't proven himself to have All-Star level potential, at least until now!

And the lotto lottery, it is indeed worth a lottery, but this thing is completely in the nature of buying a lottery ticket, otherwise, it will not be called a lottery, itself is the meaning of the lottery......

There are indeed many cases of winning the lottery, but the situation of losing all your money is even more common!

Not to mention anything else, in a draft year like '96 alone, there are several teams that have lost their money in lotto......

Another example is last season's draft, after a season, the rookie performance of the first few picks is okay, but the rookie performance from the eighth to the thirteenth pick, except for Barry Jr., who can average 10.2 points per game, none of the others can score double-doubles, and there are even three or four points per game......

The key is that Richard doesn't lick his face now, he has to ask for the top five or top three lotto draws, as long as it's a lotto draw!

So no matter how you look at it, the chips asked for by Richard are definitely not a lion's mouth!

"Well, blindly complaining won't solve anything!"

"Strickland, we are determined to win, only the Trail Blazers in the whole league are willing to let go of such a top point guard, we can only trade with them, but the Trail Blazers have more options, Strickland will definitely not be unable to sell!"

Ernny said calmly.

The scene calmed down, and the Bullets executives also realized what Ernnie was talking about, that is, the Bullets had no choice, and the Trail Blazers had a way back!

In this trade negotiation, the Bullets fell into passivity at the beginning!

"We don't have the lottery lottery that Richard asked for, but we can change it, but we can't do it, pull a team with a lottery and make a three-way deal with the Trailblazers!"

"Anyway, Strickland we have to get our hands on it!"

"Linham, you're in charge of contacting the teams with lotto picks and see which of them is willing to hand over their lotto picks!"

"If it doesn't work, Parker can be put on the shelf!"

"By the way, try to reach out to teams after the 10th pick, the top 10 picks will definitely make us bleed!"

Eventually, Ernnie set the tone for the meeting, and the management began to get busy!

……

And Richard's side was not idle for the rest of the day......

First of all, it's about the rookie tryout.

Although Richard feels that he doesn't need to try out players at all, the procedure that should be followed still has to be followed, and it can't be that no player will try out......

But Richard didn't have to worry too much about this job, just leave it to Stevens!

The role that Stevens plays now is probably equivalent to that of the previous Brownie, and most of the work is hands-on......

Selecting and notifying candidates for a tryout is a job that suits Stevens.

In addition to tryouts, trading for a top-five pick in the second round is a top priority, and Richard has asked Stevens to contact a few teams with suitable draft picks!

Of the five teams with the top five picks in the second round, the Philadelphia 76ers rejected Richard's trade request without saying a word!

Not even a chance to negotiate......

The 76ers are rebuilding day by day, year after year, and they take the draft pick as their destiny, and it will be very difficult to get the second-round pick from them, which is almost equivalent to the first-round pick.

On the Bucks' side, Richard simply didn't let Carlisle contact him, and the team had disgusted Richard and didn't want to deal with it at all......

The remaining Raptors, Grizzlies, and Timberwolves said they could talk about it, after all, they also knew about second-round picks, and if they wanted to draft a strong player, they would definitely need to hit the luck ......

The Raptors made an offer for the Trail Blazers to take out James Robinson, and then the Raptors sent the second-round second-round pick plus Assi Earle, who has an annual salary of $1.04 million......

It just so happens that James Robinson's current annual salary is also in the millions, reaching the trade level.

It looks like a very good deal, and it's good for the Trail Blazers, who also got a second-round pick after the two sides traded for a million-year-a-salary player......

But such an offer was directly rejected by Richard!

Because it's a losing deal!

In Richard's memory, James Robinson will be the subject of the trade for the Trail Blazers in exchange for a quasi-All-Star level player!

Robinson himself is extremely young, and was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 23rd pick in the first round in 93, although he has not had many opportunities to perform, but his statistics and on-court performance are good.

Considered a newcomer with good potential!

And Assi Earle's strength is a terrible mess, and if it is traded, Earl will definitely not get a minute of playing time in the Trail Blazers lineup......

So such a deal will definitely end up losing the Trailblazers......

Of course, it can't be said that it is a loss, it should be said that it has not achieved maximum benefits!

After all, that second-round pick is likely to bring a big Ben to Richard, and it is impossible to lose no matter how you calculate it!