"Paul, we've only won two consecutive championships now, and I'm preparing to build a dynasty with Oden, can you talk about this slowly." Richard said with a wry smile.

Paul Allen is his own elder, and Richard can't help but give him face no matter what he says......

"Is this kid really that important? Don't you have a lot of inside lines......" Paul Allen said speechlessly, he already sensed that Richard had a plan to pay the bill.

"You kid don't want to pay the bill, do you?"

"Well, Richard, you dare to lie to me."

Richard's head is even bigger, and his father-in-law is a bit of an old naughty, otherwise, he wouldn't have been so old to engage in rock and roll and become a singer......

Although the Trailblazers are only an inconspicuous industry in his hands, he can't stop him from liking basketball, especially after the Blazers established a dynasty, he fell in love with basketball.

Now Macmillan's proposed rebuilding plan is still quite attractive to him, so he has not politely come directly to Richard to make a deal.

"Wait two more years, Paul, you're going to kill me." Richard really can't do anything about his father-in-law.

"No, just one year, after your pirate team establishes a dynasty, we will exchange Durant for Oden with you."

"That's it!"

With that, Paul Allen hung up......

Richard couldn't cry or laugh, this is a person sitting at home, and disaster came from heaven.

I also blame myself, I was cheap at the beginning, and I mentioned it like that, otherwise, how could there be such a thing today......

Paul Allen's appeal is reasonable, because they have to choose Oden, but they were fooled by Richard before choosing Durant.

Now that they're going to get Auden back, Richard is no different......

"One year at a time, try to get Oden to the top this year, but let O'Neill play as a substitute, can he be willing?" Richard frowned, a little helpless.

Oden's departure will definitely have an impact on the strength of the team, but it will not have much impact, after all, Durant has also been added.

The reason why Richard didn't want to change Oden was mainly because he wanted to see with his own eyes what Oden could do when he was healthy.

But now because of O'Neill, he has a bit of a headache.

O'Neal certainly doesn't want to play off the bench, and if Oden wants to be at the top of his game this season, he won't have enough playing time.

Is it possible to trade O'Neal?

It's not impossible, but it's difficult, because selling O'Neal means that the Pirates will have to swallow a contract that matches O'Neal's salary.

"Huh? Suns? Why don't you go and talk to the Suns, they normally traded hackers and cannon fodder for O'Neal, who only played half a season last season......" Richard suddenly thought of the Suns.

It's not bad to trade with the Suns, although Marion's current form is a bit down, but he is still one of the best forward players in the league, especially on the defensive end, which is quite good.

On the offensive end, Marion is more powerful in the fast attack system, and if he plays a half-court positional battle, the offensive ability will be weaker, but the most important thing the Buccaneers lack is offensive firepower, so there is no need to worry about this at all.

The most important thing is that Marion has only one year left on his contract, which is after the 08-09 season, and his contract expires, which is just in time to free up salary space for the Pirates.

Richard had long thought about taking Marion, but the time was not ripe, and now is a good opportunity.

Richard believes that as long as he goes to mention this deal to the Suns, the Suns are expected to accept it without saying a word.

Now O'Neal is in better shape than normal, and even the free throws have improved, and the Suns have been suppressed by the Spurs and the Lakers in the past two years, and they must be trying to overcome the team's internal weaknesses.

When the Heat traded with the Suns, in addition to thinking about getting rid of O'Neal's burden, Marion's contract is about to expire is also an important reason, Pat Riley is a gamble, if Marion and Wade can lead the team to win, it would be good, even if they can't win, Marion's contract expires, and they have plenty of salary space for reinforcements......

That is, the gathering of the Heat Big Three later.

I have to say that the God Operator is really a little impeccable in terms of calculation.

Richard only feels a little sorry for old O'Neill now......

He is going to have a good talk with O'Neal about this in a few days, if O'Neal is willing to play as a substitute in the next season, then he will not trade with the Suns, and if O'Neal does not want to play as a substitute, Richard will have to sell him.

……

Portland, the Trail Blazers' training ground.

"What? Nate? Are you telling the truth? Durant looked at McMillan in surprise.

"It's true, man, I don't have to lie to you about this, train hard, young man......" With that, McMillan turned and left the training ground.

Although it is still a long time before the start of the new season, Durant is already committed to training.

Today, it happened that McMillan came to the team to run errands, ran into Durant, and chatted with Durant by the way.

McMillan was not stupid enough to tell Durant that he would trade with Oden in a year, but he also said the "agreement" between the Trail Blazers and the Trail Blazers in the '07 draft.

This can be regarded as a preventive shot for Durant.

……

Watching McMillan leave, Durant felt a deep resentment in his heart.

He felt betrayed, betrayed by Richard......

Originally, I thought that the pioneers valued themselves very much, and then chose themselves with the champion sign, but I never expected that this was the case!

It is said that Richard could obviously choose himself, but he didn't choose it, and chose Oden!

It is conceivable that Durant is complaining at the moment, he has always regarded Richard as his spiritual totem, and he entered Purdue University to have a closer relationship with Richard.

Now, Richard has deeply "betrayed" him.

Durant is extremely sensitive in his heart, and sometimes he likes to drill the horns, but the more he thinks about it, the more uncomfortable he becomes, and he doesn't have the heart to train anymore, so he sits on the sidelines in a daze.

……

Richard certainly didn't know that he had been sold by McMillan, and he was now in talks with the Golden Dragon about the Warriors.

"What do you say over there?" Richard asked about the Golden Dragon.

The golden dragon smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The situation is not very good, they offered 350 million US dollars, and I gave 350 million US dollars without even making a counteroffer, but this matter is still delayed again and again, and I don't know which link went wrong." ”

Richard's face was hard to look at, and this thing was quite strange.

Under normal circumstances, the Warriors' sale this time is only 320 million US dollars, and it must have been repaid at a counteroffer, but now the golden dragon has not made a counteroffer at all, and the other party wants 350 million US dollars, so he will give it to the other party directly.

In this case, it stands to reason that the transaction should be quite smooth, and the transaction can be successful directly, but the other party still did not give the letter, and I don't know what happened.

"Could it be that Stern's side is doing something?" The golden dragon asked with a frown.

Richard nodded, it was really possible that Stern was the one who got in the way.

The relationship between the golden dragon and Richard is not a secret at all, and it was the golden dragon who came forward after Richard paid the fine with a steel hammer.

So Stern must have been very impressed with the Golden Dragon.

A Richard has already kept Stern awake at night, you must know that Richard not only controls the Pirates, but may also control the Trail Blazers in the future, if the Golden Dragon wins the Warriors, it is equivalent to Richard indirectly controlling three teams.

Stern knew very well that the Golden Dragon and Richard were wearing the same pants at all.

Take control of three teams? Stern probably couldn't sleep even more......

So it's very likely that he'll thwart and prevent the Golden Dragon from getting his hands on the Warriors.

As for what means were used, Richard did not know, and he did not bother to know.

Now Stern is making a stumbling block, which is just a guess, and Richard is not too accurate about what the specific reason is.

"Possibly, but don't worry about him Stern." Richard said with a smile.

The golden dragon was full of doubts, don't care about Stern?

After pondering for a moment, Richard probably came up with a specific plan in mind to ensure that the Golden Dragon would take ownership of the Warriors.

"Let's build momentum......"

"Expose the fact that you're going to buy the Warriors and then run into unknown resistance."

"The major sports media, the major news media, have asked people to make announcements, and they don't need to name who is stopping this, they just need to let the fans in Auckland know about it."

"Remember to let them highlight your yellow identity and lean on racial discrimination as much as possible."

Richard slowly said his plan, and after listening to it, the golden dragon's eyes showed a bright light.

He probably understood Richard's true purpose.

The city of Oakland is populated with Asian-American residents who contribute a lot of revenue to the Warriors.

Now Richard means to use the pressure of public opinion to defuse the resistance to the acquisition of the Warriors.

When Oakley's Asian fans found out, you can imagine how annoyed they were.

Finally waited for a boss of the same skin color, but someone obstructed it? They won't say yes.

When the time comes, these fans will probably boycott, and no matter who you take over the Warriors, as long as it's not the Golden Dragon, they won't go to the game......

This was enough to make many of the Golden Dragon's competitors disperse.

After all, so many fans of the team are going to boycott the team, so if such a team buys, it must be very troublesome in the early stage and is destined to lose money.

This is a big risk, and most businessmen must still seriously consider it unless they are really panicked about burning too much money.

"Okay, that's a good idea, use public opinion to build momentum."

"I'll do it now, let Miles help me, he's more familiar with the media." The golden dragon said with a smile.

Richard nodded, "Okay, when the Warriors get their hands on it, just let Miles go over to help you, he belongs to the Warriors." ”