Chapter 575: When the Big Deal Is in Progress (4/5)

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After the draft was over, Qiao Hai and his party returned to Charlotte.

On his first day back in Charlotte, Qiao Hai formed a new department, the Social Media Department.

Under his supervision, a hired female employee created an account on Facebook called Charllote Bobcats.

Then Qiao Hai made a phone call to Rolf Pagano and added V directly.

Then, he posted a post on the Facebook account, announcing several transactions one after another.

"It's official: Charlotte Bobcats made a deal with the Cavaliers to send Alexander Pavlovich to a future first-round pick from the Cavaliers."

"Charlotte Bobcats made a deal with the Bucks to send Zazapachulia to a future second-round pick from the Bucks."

“……”

"Charlotte Bobcats made a deal with the Clippers for a first-round pick (Shaun Livingston) and a second-round pick (Lionel Chalmers) for a first-round pick (Emeka Okafor)"

"The Charlotte Bobcats made a deal with the Hawks for the second pick in the first round (Emeka Okafor) and the seventh pick in the first round (Andre Iguodala) and the seventeenth pick in the first round (Josh Smith) from the Hawks."

In the beginning, not many fans paid attention to the Bobcat's account, but Facebook has an algorithm that if an account regularly browses NBA-related content, then he will see more NBA-related content.

As a result, several social updates released by Bobcat were soon discovered by some reporters.

Especially after Qiao Hai made another phone call to Hoop Sports, and then Adrian Wonarowski, who has millions of followers on Facebook, retweeted all of Bobcats' official tweets.

This Facebook account of Bobcat is completely popular!

The transaction of the No. 2 lottery for the No. 7 and No. 17 lottery directly appeared tens of thousands of comments.

The highest reply to the top reads: "Is Qiao Hai crazy? Don't want to sign the list, but replace it with two low-level signs? ”

The following reply was similar: "You don't want to give you the opportunity to choose a cornerstone player, and you are optimistic that Qiao Hai will encounter Waterloo in the Bobcats." ”

"There were no star players in the first season, just a bunch of rags from other teams, will Qiao Hai lead the team to the bottom? Quite likely, right? ”

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Qiao Hai didn't care about these comments, the role of Bobcat's official social account is to officially announce some transactions and signings, and now this role has been played, and there will be nothing for him to do next.

Now, more and more NBA teams have their own official accounts on Facebook, and the day after the draft ended, all kinds of questions about draft day transactions were frantically forwarded and commented on, and for a while, Facebook's traffic also increased a lot.

Then, the official account of ESPN broke the big news, and they retweeted the tweet of their successor Makstein.

The tweet read: "The Lakers have put Shaquille O'Neal on the shelf, several teams are interested in it, and a big trade is on the verge of going ahead. ”

Then, the major media in North America took action.

The New York Daily News wrote on their official Facebook account: "The New York Knicks are interested in Shaquille O'Neal, or a super trio of Stephen Marbury, Alan Houston, and Shaquille O'Neal. ”

But underneath this tweet, all the fans were ridiculing the New York Daily News.

"Did the Knicks trade air for Shaquille O'Neal?"

"No, it's supposed to be O'Neill's grandmother!"

"Stephen Marbury and Alan Houston together, neither of them can be exchanged for Shaquille O'Neal!"

“……”

Teams such as the Dallas Mavericks, Vancouver Grizzlies, and Miami Heat have been revealed to have made bids on Shaquille O'Neal.

Even the Bobcats have broken the news, and Henry Albert, an expert reporter under ESPN, broke the news: "The Bobcats are also interested in trading for Shaquille O'Neal, and Shaq may be reunited with his former mentor." ”

But Qiao Hai tweeted on his own Facebook account, teasing himself.

"What to exchange for Shaq? Mitch Kupchak, a live shark from the Atlantic? ”

Of course, Michkupchak didn't have time to reply to Qiao Hai, because at the moment, he was very busy.

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In Los Angeles, Mitch Kupchak was already busy, he received four offers in succession, the Lakers' liaison officer kept handing him the email, and then Mitch Kupchak called one after another.

"The Miami Heat are bidding, Lamar Odom plus Brian Grant, plus a future first-rounder, hoping to get Shaq."

Mitch Kupchak immediately nodded: "Okay, okay, let me call and talk to this guy Pat." ”

It wasn't long before the sound of him and Pat Riley greeting each other rang out in Mitch Kupchak's office.

But then, the liaison officer barged in again.

Another piece of mail arrived.

The offer from the king, Mitch Kupchak glanced at it, this offer is dominated by Chris Webb, and it seems to be quite sincere.

So, he nodded and motioned for the liaison officer to leave first, and later, he would make a phone call to the king's general manager, Jov Petri.

Mitch Kupchak and Pat Riley soon began to bargain, and the two were old acquaintances, but when it came to the deal, both men were uncompromising.

In the end, the two talked about putting the deal on hold for the time being and negotiating next time.

Then, Michkupchak dialed the phone number of Jov Petri, and he and Petri did not have much friendship, so the negotiations were very official.

In the end, it was not possible to negotiate directly.

There is no way, Shaquille O'Neal's trade is just hard to do, next season, O'Neal's salary reaches $27 million, and the team that trades it needs to find a way to match the salary.

As a result, like the Heat, they took Bryan Grant's garbage contract, with an equal salary, and there are also stars like the Kings who directly brought out their own declining stars, and the contracts are also not low, and they are traded directly, at most one or two draft picks.

But obviously, such a trade chip is difficult to satisfy Mitch Kupchak.

Jeribas gave him the task of saving as much money as possible, sending Shaquille O'Neal away, and keeping the team competitive.

This undoubtedly adds to the difficulty for Mitch Kupchak.

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Then, the Mavericks also sent an offer, a simple and crude offer: "Pick anything but Dirk Nowitzki!" ”

Mitch Kupchek replied directly: "Deknowitski must be included." ”

The Magic also sent an offer to bring O'Neal back to Orlando, and their offer was just the top pick, Dwight Howard Gajuwan Howard Gary Gaines Gard Guden Gatellon Lue, five for one, no draft picks.

was also directly rejected by Mitch Kupchak.