Draft pick maniac Danny Angie lives up to his name.

Danny Angie, who was also in Chicago but not in the same hotel as the Eagles, was a little stunned when he heard the "doodoo" hang-up sound coming from the phone.

Why don't you play according to the routine?

Trading Antoine Walker is very reluctant for Angie, although he feels that anyone can trade, but Antoine Walker is a little different, this is the first rookie selected by the Celtics management after he retired, of course, Antoine Walker was selected and did not choose Kobe, it seems that it is indeed a failure now, but Antoine Walker was one of the first players of the 96 generation to be selected as an All-Star, earlier than Iverson, it seems that Kobe Bryant, who became an All-Star starter off the bench, is not counted, Antoine Walker was considered the best player of the '96 generation at the time, as he was a real player who could be selected as an All-Star by coaches on an Eastern Conference Lotto team.

This also allowed Angie's draft vision to be recognized by the Celtics management, and he naturally became the general manager of the Celtics.

But then Ron Moser came, and Pierce came right after, Pierce was okay and played early shooting guard, but Ron Moser was the kind of mature player who entered the NBA by standard and entered his prime, and Antoine Walker was forced to move from small forward to power forward.

This is the beginning of Antoine Walker's ability to become an All-Star from the second year to the beginning of his slow decline, Antoine Walker is also quite weak, stunned to play from small forward to power forward, and has also played point guard, practiced an average of 5+ assists per game, and has also played center, scoring guard has also tried, and has become what fans call "jack of all", and similarly, he has also practiced his prodigal style of play, thinking that he has a shooting percentage of 42+37 when he was in the second grade.

In the 2006 Heat championship season, Antoine Walker was already past his prime, and he was able to average 12 points per game as the main small forward in the Heat, which proved that he sacrificed a lot back then.

Just like now, Ange's determination to trade Antoine Walker was not voluntary, it all started when Antoine Walker submitted a trade request after being swept out by the Nets at the end of April, and also spoke his mind in front of the media.

"I'm tired of living on my own in Boston, I don't want me to continue to live like this in the future, I've been waiting for a long time, but Paul still hasn't been able to grow, I want to change the environment......"

As soon as this statement came out, Angie knew that the time for the Celtic twins was over.

As everyone knows, when Pierce heard what Antoine Walker said to the media, he felt hurt, and he didn't steal power because he took care of Antoine Walker's face.

But both of them didn't understand each other's thoughts, and because of their young friendship, they accommodated each other, but they made each other increasingly dissatisfied but not easy to say, and finally broke out directly.

Sometimes you don't ask, others don't say, and the breakdown of the relationship suddenly erupts.

Presumably this is the reason why Pierce will be able to become the boss of the Celtic Big Three in the future as the youngest one.

The Big Three in the future 08, everyone says that Pierce is the boss, Pierce is the soul of the Green Army, this should not be the point, Pierce's soul of the Green Army is the title he only had after he led the Celtics to win the championship, and he was the clear boss of the Big Three from the beginning.

At that time, Garnett's reputation in the NBA was almost equal to that of James in 2010, the data was day by day, and his personal performance was terrible, but most of the playoff results were average, but Garnett was the top three superstars in the entire league at that time, and in the previous nine seasons, he averaged 22+12+5 super data per game, and in the 06-07 season, he still averaged 22.4 points, 12.8 boards, 4.1 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.7 blocks per game, ranking third in the league in strength, second only to Kobe Bryant and beating James in the power list.

Pierce is only a top five star in the small forward position, and the two are not at the same level, but Pierce insists on the boss position, mainly because Pierce has lost face when he formed the Big Three because of the influence of Antoine Walker, who was once the absolute boss, and he has to establish the status of the boss well, and he doesn't want Antoine Walker's situation to happen again.

Of course, Pierce's approach succeeded, putting an end to the ball controversy from the beginning, avoiding the situation in the first year of the formation of the Heat Big Three, and avoiding the collapse of the Finals in the first year of James and Wade's cooperation because both of them gave up the ball.

When Antoine Walker's statement came out, Angie didn't have much sentimentality and immediately decided, tear down and rebuild!

Trade Antoine Walker for a draft pick!

Angie has an inexplicable fondness for draft picks, and using Antoine Walker as a bargaining chip in exchange for draft picks is also a good idea.

But Antoine Walker's trade value is far less than Angie expected.

The rules of the NBA are that when a team that doesn't make the playoffs, or is eliminated from the playoffs, they can negotiate a trade with other teams that have finished the season, of course, verbally, and the real deal can only go until the offseason, or a trade with draft picks, which can be after the Finals and before the draft.

To Angie's surprise, two months on, very few teams have asked for Antoine Walker.

There have been two teams that have made official offers for Antoine Walker, initially the Trail Blazers, who were also ready to rebuild, to trade Rasheed Wallace for Antoine Walker, and for the deal, Angie said NO.

In terms of lineup and strength alone, the combination of Pierce and Rasheed Wallace is perfect, but Rasheed Wallace's reputation is too bad now, a thorn in the head, a tumor, and it hinders the harmony of the team anyway, and the trade can't be traded.

Angie chose to refuse.

After the Western Conference finals, the Mavericks also approached Angie and proposed a trade plan.

Reeve Lafrenz is the main one, plus two additions to balance the salary, plus a first-round pick from the Mavericks in '04.

After experiencing the lukewarm of the trade market, Angie did not directly reject the Mavericks this time, but put the trade on hold first.

Anyway, the Mavericks were the first team willing to send a draft pick, and the other teams wanted to trade Antoine Walker for a bunch of players they didn't want.

And Angie doesn't want to trade a player with a tumor attribute for another cancer or a bunch of junk contracts back.

The main thing is that Lafrentz is also not bad, a great big center, during the four-year rookie contract, he is also a high-quality projection big center with an average of 13+7.5 per game, otherwise the Mavericks would not have sent him an exaggerated 7-year 70 million contract last summer.

It's just that Lafrentz arrived at the Mavericks and was nowhere near as good as he played with the Nuggets during his rookie contract, and both he and Nowitzki needed outside space, and the two overlapped positions.

Angie was ready to wait until the summer, and if Antoine Walker really couldn't get a better return, he would trade with the Mavericks, but he didn't expect the Hawks to come to the door.

The Eagles have been known as the Big Fat Sheep in the past few years, and Anji was ready to slaughter it, but what he didn't expect was that the other party heard his lion's big mouth asking price and hung up the phone directly.

After hesitating for a moment and looking at the time, Angie saw that he recalled the past when he and Antoine Walker grew up as a manager and player, and half an hour passed, and Angie took out his mobile phone again and dialed it out.

Draft picks! Only the Eagles are willing to give two draft picks!

……

On the Hawks' side, Coach Kruger, Price and others waited anxiously and walked back and forth.

But Liu Mang ordered a bunch of food, and more than twenty minutes later, the waiter delivered the meal to Price's room, anyway, the team paid and caught the expensive point.

"Ace, do you still have the heart to eat?" Watching Liu Mang cut the steak into small pieces, Coach Kruger was powerless to complain.

Coach Kruger used to be a college coach and has no experience in this kind of trade, and Price is the type who thinks the offer is acceptable and directly agrees, and he can't settle down at this time.

"Don't worry, he's going to call ......"

Before Liu Mang finished speaking, Coach Kruger's mobile phone rang.

Liu Mang pouted at the mobile phone on the table, meaning: Look, I said he would call again.

A few people in the room who didn't know how to do business at all looked at Liu Mang in surprise, and Liu Mang said, "Coach, if you come, you can say it...... The signal is not good. ”

...... "Is this an excuse made by people?"

Coach Kruger organized the language and answered the phone and turned on the speakerphone: "OH...... I'm really sorry Danny, my phone just ran out of battery, and I just charged it, and I was going to give you back, but I didn't expect you to call first. ”

"It's okay, I just thought about it, maybe I want too much, it's a bit rude, this year's first round is really too precious, so I think I can change it to another chip."

Coach Kruger didn't expect that the other party really regressed as Liu Mang said, so he smiled and said, "Other chips? Danny, if you want Ace, no, he's not for sale. ”

"Haha, Lang, you love to joke too much, I won't delay your time, you should also be preparing for tomorrow's joint tryout, I thought about it, don't use this year's first round, use your Tyshawn Prince ......"

"Doodoo ......"

Liu Mang hung up the phone again: "Come, let's eat something, we may have to really negotiate in a while, don't be hungry and dizzy for a while." ”

The other people calmed down this time, they all sat down to eat, the coaching staff was okay, they were not good at this kind of thing, but Price, who had been the boss for several years, found that he didn't have a young man in his early 20s to talk about business!

The main thing for bargaining is to be thick-skinned, otherwise I am really embarrassed to open my mouth for such a thing.

Of course, such a thing as bargaining to death also requires a thick skin......

……

"Ace, the repeater has been bought, what do you want this for?" Price took the repeater from the team staff and handed it to Liu Mang.

"Recording! What if we talk about him and then regret it? Legally speaking, the promise of recording conversations has legal effect, I don't know what the rules of the NBA are, but there must be an insurance with this, and Angie will definitely call back, this time it's almost time to start real negotiations, BOSS, coach, if you negotiate formally in a while, follow what I said......"

Watching Liu Mang skillfully put the tape into the repeater, a few people next to him were tight, and they must not be caught by this kid!

With this skillful skill and this rich experience, I have done this kind of thing!

Liu Mang is so proficient in operating the repeater, entirely because this is the most precious "high-tech product" he ever had in his childhood in his last life, before the popularity of lithium electronic MP3, at this stage it is still the battery version of MP3 is more popular, and now MP3 many do not have a recording function, and the voice recorder is not to say that you can buy it this year, especially in the United States, a country that pays attention to protecting privacy, Liu Mang directly asked the staff to buy a repeater and tape.

Regarding the game of this transaction, Liu Mang's thoughts are very simple.

Angie first wanted the 2003 and 2006 picks that the Hawks traded for the Spurs and Hawks picks.

The three first-round picks were directly replaced by Rashid Wallace, and the Trail Blazers were asked to help eat the spicy chicken contract, and the Trail Blazers would agree, and Liu Mang hung up the phone without hesitation.

Mainly in the first round of the 14th pick in 03, this is the most important thing, in case the team in the lottery area misses a player who was originally regarded as a rookie in the lotto, this position is the best opportunity to pick up the leak, maybe pick up a future Kobe, that?

The second time Anji actually wanted Prince, in Liu Mang's opinion, Prince is worth more than the draft pick in the middle of 03!

Although 03 is a big year for the draft, the future development of good talent is basically concentrated in the lotto area, and there are very few outside the lotto area, so I really want to find it, except for Korver and Josh Howard, it is difficult to find others who are even comparable to Prince.

Josh Howard is one of the candidates that Liu Mang is considering recommending to management, and Korver is at the end of the second round, and the Hawks already have a second-round pick, so they can take this pick apart, and if nothing else, they can pick Korver, and Korver's draft market is very bad.

So this time, Liu Mang hung up the phone again.

Before waiting for Anji's call, a group of people from the Eagles ate first, and Liu Mang also called Levia and them, helped them order what they liked to eat, and then asked the waiter to clean it up, and asked the staff to buy a repeater.

Everything is ready, just wait for Angie to call again.

Liu Mang is too impressed by Anji, the general manager who has a habit of collecting draft picks, there is no doubt that Anji is a very good coach, the Celtics have been miserable since the collapse in the late 80s, Anji was a mess when he took over, or a mess with three talented small forwards, and he didn't know how to deal with these three overlapping players, and then it was time to send Antoine Walker away and collect potential young players for several years, Then he traded this group of players to Garnett and Ray Allen in 2007, proving that he did the right thing, and the large number of draft picks that he traded with Garnett to the Nets in the future is also a testament to his ability.

Therefore, Liu Mang is very sure that when there are two first-rounders, and there may even be a third draft pick, Anji can't be unmoved!

Because there's no way Walker can get more draft picks than that.

Liu Mang sat firmly on Mount Tai here, and after a few people next to him finished lunch, Anji still didn't call, and began to be anxious again.

Finally, at three o'clock in the afternoon, it was probably because Anji took a nap and thought about it? Coach Kruger's phone finally remembered.

In this conversation, the two sides became "sincere" and "harmonious" a lot......