At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lao Fu and Marquis Jackson stood in the aisle of the players, watching the players run on the court, the players on the court were divided into two groups, and the intra-team match was underway, and the sound of sneakers squeaking on the floor and the sound of players shouting tactics were endless.

A short black point guard apparently saw Lao Fu and motioned for other players to replace him, then he approached Lao Fu, stretched out his hand, and said, "Hello, you are the team's new Chinese manager, my name is Chris Paul, it's nice to meet you." ”

The old man stretched out his hand and shook Paul's hand.

Paul's face is no different from the average black young man on the street, curly head, wide forehead, high nose bridge, thick lips, and frighteningly white teeth, but these two dark eyes are a little special, it is particularly bright, like two pearls, and like a mountain stream flowing through the stream, clear to the bottom, Paul is only 25 years old this year, but he speaks very sophisticated, and has a feeling of youth and old age.

"Hello, my name is Fu Ming, it's a pleasure to meet you," Lao Fu continued, "I heard from the other staff members, you are the leader of this team, and the team's record this year depends on you to a large extent, I hope you can always maintain the momentum to move forward." ”

"Victory is everyone's credit, defeat is my responsibility," Paul smiled and said, "There is a strong opponent tonight, the players are seizing all the time to train again, so I didn't go to you at the first time to say hello, I originally wanted to go tomorrow, I didn't want you to come now, you are a good manager." ”

"A strong enemy? Be......? The old man asked.

"At 7:30 p.m. tonight, our team hosts the Houston Rockets." "Today is your first home game, so I hope you'll be there." ”

"Don't worry, as the general manager of the team, I will definitely go," the old man nodded lightly, because of Yao Ming, the current Rockets team is too familiar to Chinese fans, just like the parent team of 1.3 billion Chinese, and even in China, not only superstars have nicknames, but even role players have nicknames, which is a unique team in the history of the NBA! At this time, Maddie was traded to the New York Knicks and then to the Detroit Pistons, in addition to the little giant Yao Ming, there are crooked machine guns Kevin Martin, little black bean Aaron Brooks, Argentine big diamond Luis Scola, small steel cannon Kevin Lowry, Chuck Hayes and Batman Sean Battier, everyone in this has unique skills, it is indeed a difficult team to play.

The old man nodded lightly and said, "In the face of a strong enemy, forming a unity is the way to win." ”

It can be seen that the young Paul is a very competitive player, and after chatting with the old man for a few words, he went back to training.

The old man turned to Jackson and said, "Send the red envelope to everyone, including players, caddies, cleaners, etc." ”

Jackson nodded.

To be honest, the change of team owners has a much smaller impact on players than those senior leaders of the team, which is to talk about the operation mode of the NBA, we often say that the NBA, in fact, is composed of two leagues, one is the NBA league, including team owners, team executives, and even the team's head coach, assistant coach, and the other league is the players' union, including all players registered to play in the NBA, the NBA league and the players' union is the relationship between the main employer, The former hires the latter to work (play) for him and pays his salary, while the former receives a variety of revenues including jersey sales, mascot sales, ticket sales, team culture chains, TV broadcast agreements, and so on.

Therefore, the team's top management worked diligently, and they didn't dare to make mistakes, for fear of losing their jobs if they didn't do a good job, but the players are different, as long as the contract is signed, they just wait to collect the money, whether it is to change the boss, they have to pay a lot of salaries.

The team's home stadium, the New Orleans Arena, is just across the street from the Simon Business Center, and after only a ten-minute walk, the old man returned to the office, but he didn't expect head coach Monty Williams to wait for a long time.

"Hello." The old man shook Williams' hand.

"I just went to the arena, the players are scrappy and passionate, tonight against the strong opponent Rockets, I think the team will definitely beat them under your leadership," Lao Fu sat behind his desk and said, "The regular season has started three games, and the record is two wins and one loss, which is still acceptable, but I want to know the team's record goal for this year." ”

"God forbid," Williams said with a smile and a mouth full of porcelain teeth, "Last year's record was 37-45, a 45.1 percent winning rate, and this year, under my leadership, I hope to be able to reverse the number of wins, 45 wins and 37 losses, a 54.8 percent winning rate." ”

"Is there anything I can do to help you?" The old man obviously heard Williams say something.

"Look at the data," Williams pulled out a piece of paper from his bag and handed it to the old man, who looked at it, it was the average data of the players in the first three games.

"Any questions?"

Williams also has one in his own hand, and he looked at it, as if he was talking to himself: "As far as these three games are concerned, the starters West, Paul, Ariza, and Okafor have played relatively well, and the backup scoring guard Thorton has played well, averaging 23 minutes per game, he can score 17 points, shooting 54.7%, and 50.0% three-point shooting, but the starting scoring guard Belineri, averages 27 minutes per game, 11.7 minutes per game, and 32.8% shooting, Three-point shooting is only 25 percent, you can see what I mean. ”

"I understand, I've been aware of this problem for a long time," said the old man after carefully looking at the data, "Thorton's style of play is more suitable for playing as a substitute, but the starting Pelinery's ability is not up to the requirements of a starter." ”

"Yes, since the start of the season, the team's record is two wins and one loss, winning against the Bucks and winning against the Nuggets, but in that game on November 1, the team lost 79-103 to the San Antonio Spurs, and the two best players for the Spurs were Richard Jefferson, who scored 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting, and the second-best player was the bench shooting guard, Manu Ginobili, who shot 9-of-14 and had 24 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals. And our starting point guard Belineri shot 4-of-11 and scored only 8 points, and Thorton shot 2-of-9 and scored 7 points, and the plus/minus of these two people is minus 44, so a qualified starting No. 2 position is our most urgent need at the moment. ”

"If you tell me this, then you must be the solution." The old man said, "Say it and listen to it." ”

"Since the start of the game, overall Thorton has played well, and his trade value is also the largest at this time, and this year is his last year of contract, and it is not certain which team he will play next year, the contract amount is less than one million, Peja has not played well this year, averaging only 3.4 points in 23 minutes per game, and the shooting rate is only 29.8%. But he still has more than 15 million left on his contract, which is very tempting for some teams that are eager to clear salary space, and I think we can package two people and trade a better starting point guard. ”

"And who do you have in mind?" The old man asked questions.

"I'm just making a suggestion, it's you who really makes the decision," Williams smiled lightly, bared his white teeth, and then looked at the old man and said, "If you don't want to trade, you can sign a free agent." ”

"Who do you think is the best fit among free agents?"

"There are hundreds of free agents in the NBA at the moment, but there is only one person who is really capable of playing the starting No. 2 position."

"Who?"

"Born in Hampton, Virginia - Alan Iverson!"