Chapter 37: A Family Reunion
Chris. Wallace Jean Mickey. Kupchak waited, then hung up the phone and talked to his assistants about the feasibility of this deal, if you look at this deal from the current perspective, there is no doubt that the Grizzlies are the losing side. But in the long run, the Grizzlies are on the winning side.
Originally, the Grizzlies had a first-round draft pick, and now they have an additional first-round draft pick that originally belonged to the Lakers, and they can fully show their skills in this year's draft! A big gift from the Lakers in the early hours of the morning lifted the spirits of everyone in Grizzlies management.
It's just that one of the assistants found that under the terms of the NBA trade, the chips offered by the Lakers were not yet the minimum in terms of salary to complete the deal. But Chris. Wallace didn't care, since Mickey. Kupchak had come to make an offer, and he knew how to deal with this kind of thing.
And this time sell Paul. Gasol has enlisted Grizzlies owner Michael. Haesley agreed, so as long as Chris. Wallace nodded, the deal could be done at any time. After making sure that it was correct, Chris . Wallace dialed Mickey. Kupchak's phone said: "Mr. Mitch, the Grizzlies agree to the Lakers' offer!" But there is still a $75,000 gap in salary to close the deal before it can be done. ”
Grizzlies agreed to the offer, Mickey. Kupchak couldn't hold back his excitement, and the $75,000 less was not what Chris Wallace expected, Mitch Kupchak had already thought of a solution. He found Aaron Aaron, who used to play for the Lakers and is now the interim assistant coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. McGee, who signed him to a one-day contract ($75,000) and then traded him to the Grizzlies.
Mickey. Kupchak and Chris. Wallace said he was going to do it, and Chris. Wallace had to admire him. It is impossible for someone who can be the general manager of the Lakers, the top NBA giant, without some ability. So the Grizzlies and Lakers trade was reached at 4 a.m., and the league was reported to complete the deal.
The lightning deal was so fast that Paul, who was the object of this transaction. Gasol didn't even hear the slightest wind and was traded in his sleep to Los Angeles, 3,000 miles from Memphis. Six hours after the deal was struck, the Lakers officially released a short news message announcing what seemed to outsiders to be a robbery-like deal: the Lakers sent Kwame. Brown, rookie Jarvilles. Crittton, veteran Aron. McGee, who is playing in Europe. Gasol and first-round picks in 2008 and 2010 traded from the Grizzlies for Paul. Gasol.
The Grizzlies' shocking trade with the Lakers shocked the entire league. Judging from the bargaining chips traded by the two teams, more people believe that the Lakers have really picked up a big bargain. is equivalent to an empty glove white wolf, and he got an All-Star level super insider.
Paul gets up in the morning. Gasol was also confused when he got the news that he was traded to the Lakers: he was a Grizzlies player yesterday, and he woke up and became a Lakers player? Then the next second, he was called by the Lakers coaching staff, and he hurriedly packed his things and went to Los Angeles to settle down first.
This seemingly heist-like deal has caused media fans across the United States to discuss wildly, and as the beneficiaries of this deal, the entire Lakers team has also been treated with a lot of money because of Paul. Gasol seemed very excited to join him, despite the loss of Andrew. Bynum, but the sudden addition of a super All-Star interior still greatly improved the Lakers' roster.
And Ding Mo'an, who had been away from his parents for a few months, walked out of the airport and got into a taxi and headed home. For more than an hour, the taxi stopped at the entrance of a residential community, and before getting off the bus, Ding Mo Andose gave the taxi master a hundred yuan as a New Year's red envelope, said a good New Year's and walked off, and it was always not easy to come out and drive a taxi on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Walking into the community full of red lanterns, a few children lit a few firecrackers from time to time, and it seemed that even the air was full of the smell of the New Year. Ding Mo'an walked briskly through these familiar roads and headed in the direction of home, where there were people who the wanderer cared about. After a while, Ding Mo'an went to the corridor of the residential building, stepped over the steps one step and two steps, and stood in front of the gate of his house.
Ding Mo'an, who had a happy smile on his face, smelled the strong smell of paint at the door of his house. But when I looked left and right, I didn't see any paint. But when I saw that the door of my house seemed to have been replaced and the surrounding walls had been repainted, I froze. The iron gate of his house has been intact for several years since he moved in, and when he walked up from the bottom just now, he didn't see the walls of other floors painted, so why did he only paint the wall on one side of his house.
However, when Ding Mo'an reached out and touched the painted wall, he noticed that something was wrong. Although the wall was painted again, Ding Mo'an wiped it hard, and the color that was originally hidden by the white paint was clearly revealed. Red! A large piece of red paint, after Ding Mo'an vigorously wiped off the white paint, the pungent smell instantly penetrated into his nostrils.
Combined with everything I saw, my own home was splashed with paint by others. Lao Ding and Ding's mother were afraid that they would blame themselves for seeing it, so they went to change the door and paint the walls. Thinking of this, Ding Mo's guilt for his parents welled up in his heart: he was patting his ass. went to the United States to play NCAA alone, but the parents in China were found at home by the radical angry young people and splashed paint.
After blaming himself, Ding Mo'an knocked on the door that he hadn't knocked on for a long time. And Lao Ding and Ding's mother, who were waiting for their son to return home, heard a knock on the door and saw their son who had not seen him for more than three months through the cat's eyes, and they were happy from their hearts. In order to maintain the majesty of being a father, Lao Ding sat down at the dining table.
But Ding's mother didn't think so much about Lao Ding, she rushed to open the door and walked into the house with her precious son's hand on her face with a smile on her face, and asked Nuan Nuan: "Xiao An, it's cold in Su City, why don't you wear more, you child, you don't know how to add more clothes when you're so old, what to do if it's frozen." ”
"Mom, it's okay! I'm strong. Ding Mo'an put down the bag, turned his head and pretended to be expressionless, in fact, he also wanted to step forward to see his precious son's old Ding, and shouted: "Dad! ”
Lao Ding nodded and looked at the time, and waved his hand to let Ding Mo'an sit down: "It's hard to go home from the United States for the holidays, hurry up and sit down for a reunion dinner, your mother has been burning for a day, just waiting for you to come back to eat, I don't want to let you eat a bite." ”
"Old man, I just burned it for my precious son who I haven't seen for more than three months, and you're still jealous at your age." Ding's mother said as she sandwiched a piece of braised pork ribs and put it in Ding Mo'an's bowl.
PS: Hmm. In fact, sports novels and emotional dramas are where many authors are criticized. Xiaohao also knows that it is difficult to write emotional dramas, family affection between family members, love between lovers, etc., but Xiaohao still wants to try what kind of sparks will burst out after combining basketball and life. In the end, Ding Mo'an reunited with his parents, and Xiaohao deleted and changed it many times, striving to write out the warmth. I don't know if it's a success, but after reading it, the book friends will comment, whether it's okay to write, or bad!