Chapter 135: The Deal Is Done
Chris on the other end of the phone. Wallace, chuckling, from the moment OJ Mayo announced that he did not want to go to the Timberwolves, the goals and intentions of the Timberwolves in this draft meeting were all exposed.
The Timberwolves need a scorer with a lot of potential! And just then, Chris. Wallace has the chips the Timberwolves want!
"We're willing to take Rudy. Guy is used as a bargaining chip, trade your third pick, and then you go and pick Ding Mo'an, and then trade it to us. ”
Chris. Wallace's words made the general manager of the Timberwolves more and more suspicious. Everyone knows that Ding Moan has already gone to the Grizzlies, so no other team will choose him.
So why do the Grizzlies have to do more to take Rudy. Gay, a forward scorer who has proven himself to be a promising stock in the league, moved to the No. 3 pick.
Even from the perspective of the general manager of the Timberwolves, the Grizzlies can use the No. 27 pick in the first round to take Ding Moan, a super genius who has long been a Grizzlies, and then use the precious No. 4 pick to select others to maximize the benefits.
There is no problem at all, the NBA is a business league, and maximizing interests is nothing more than the most common thing, and at most it will be condemned by public opinion afterwards.
But what impact can these public opinions have on the Grizzlies, but the Grizzlies can do a lot of things with the No. 4 pick in their hands.
However, all he could think of was Chris. Would Wallace, who was also a shrewd businessman, not think of it?
If you really use the 27th pick in the first round to select Ding Mo'an like the general manager of the Timberwolves, then Chris. Wallace probably had to think about what he was going to eat for his last supper. A month ago, the entire Memphis was empty and hundreds of thousands of Memphis people surrounded the FedEx arena. Wallace remembers now.
At the same time, through this incident, Ye has a deeper understanding of Ding Mo'an's status in Memphis, like a hero's status. Suppose Chris. Wallace's decision to pick Ding Mo'an with the No. 27 pick is undoubtedly a humiliation of the city of Memphis and a provocation to hundreds of thousands of Memphis fans.
Chris. Wallace didn't dare to do that, and the reason why he approached the general manager of the Timberwolves and offered to trade Rudy. Guy is actually maximizing the Grizzlies' own interests in their current situation.
If only before he got Ding Mo'an, Rudy. Guy is indeed a Grizzly Bear who wants to be in Paul. After Gasol's departure, the core of the new team was propped up. But when Ding Moan arrived, the Grizzlies' previous decision was undoubtedly embarrassing.
After all, you can't let the son of Memphis, the hero of the city, or even the honorable Ding Mo'an, help Rudy. Guy, an "outsider", start and be the second master.
In this case, in the FedEx Arena, the fierce boos of the season are definitely indispensable to Rudy. Guy and Grizzlies management.
So Chris. Wallace seized the Timberwolves near the draft, but because of OJ Mayo's change,
When he began to desperately look for a life-saving straw, he handed out an olive branch in time, intending to bring Rudy. Guy's hot potato is thrown to the Timberwolves.
So if the deal is made, the Grizzlies are getting rid of Rudy. Guy, a hot potato, can also gain the favor of a large number of Memphis fans, after all, the fifth pick is incomparable to the order of Tanhuaxiu, which has given birth to many legendary stars.
And what really benefits the Grizzlies is in the back, once Ding Mo'an is selected by the No. 3 pick, then the Grizzlies' No. 5 pick is also vacant. As long as the Grizzlies make good use of the vacated No. 5 pick, then at the beginning of the new season, the Grizzlies will have one more talented player who is only inferior to Ding Moan!
The Timberwolves general manager on the other end of the phone is also considering the feasibility of the deal. In recent seasons, the Timberwolves have had a poor life. The star of the team who can come up with people is Al, who averaged two doubles per game last season. Jefferson.
Visible in the loss of Kevin. After Garnett, the wolf king, the dilemma faced by the Timberwolves. And the timberwolves are now facing a leaderless state of wolves, which is like scattered sand. Honest and kind Al. Jefferson is okay to be the second leader of the team, but as the boss of the team, he really lacks the domineering of the boss.
Now, the Grizzlies are putting their only talent on the team, Rudy. Guy took it out just so that they could use the No. 3 pick to select Ding Mo'an, and it was difficult for the general manager of the Timberwolves not to be impressed.
Rudy. Over the course of a season, Gay has shown the qualities of a team leader and the potential to be a powerful scorer at the forward.
In addition, the Timberwolves are in a special situation, and there are more icy and snowy environmental factors than other small cities, unless they get the top pick, they can make the genius they fancy and pinch their noses.
Can now get Rudy from the Grizzlies. Guy is a talented small forward, and the general manager of the Timberwolves believes that this deal is not a loss. Anyway, now everyone knows that the Timberwolves are interested in the object, OJ Mayo cannot come to the Timberwolves, and in this draft, except for Ding Moan and OJ Mayo, there are no players who meet their conditions.
And the general manager of the Timberwolves doesn't want to rot the precious No. 3 pick in his own hands. So he readily agreed: "Then the deal!" ”
"Happy working together!" Chris, who made the deal. Wallace also laughed.
Meanwhile, when the two teams signed trade contracts privately, the draft had begun in Madison Square Garden.
Ding Mo'an, his parents and Uncle Zhang's family, sat in the "little green house" that represented the lottery players who belonged to the lottery show to be invited by the league.
At this moment, more than a dozen players who were already sitting in the small green room all looked at Ding Mo'an, who will be the most dazzling tonight. And seeing that his friend was coming, Rose, who was also sitting in the small green house, went up and gave Ding Mo'an a hug.
"Ding, did you give up going to the bull because of me?" After hugging, Ross looked at Ding Mo'an seriously and asked.
Because Ding Mo'an decided to stay in Memphis only, Rose, who was originally covered by Ding Mo'an's brilliance, almost booked the position of the champion show this time.
And because of Ding Mo'an's abandonment, he made himself the favorite of the champion, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Although he usually makes jokes, Rose also has the pride of his own genius in his heart.
He didn't want Ding Mo'an to give up the No. 1 spot knowing that he had dreamed of joining the Bulls since he was a child, which would make him feel ashamed.
"Cut! I'm not a kid, I'm just trying to stay in Memphis. The corners of Ding Mo'an's mouth were disdainful, and then he pointed at himself and said: "And even if you are the champion, after entering the NBA, you don't have a good performance, then congratulations, you will be remembered by history, and parallel goods are you." ”
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