Chapter Seventy-Nine: Goodwill from the Motor City

The game continued, but the departure of opposition defender Iman Shambaugh from mid-game injury still had a big impact on them.

Bai Xiaonian's side played more and more like a whole as the game deepened, while Kante's side was still playing very tangled, everyone had a heroic dream, but every time they attacked, they beat themselves into bears.

The outcome of the game didn't make any real sense, and in fact no one cared who won the game in the end, but the uniforms of the teams on the sidelines saw what they wanted.

In this game, Bai Xiaonian played more of a green leaf role, helping each of his team members to glow with their own brilliance in a limited time.

The result was a game-high 17 assists from both sides, some of which were imaginative and subtle, inadvertently showcasing his selflessness and playmaking talent to the uniforms and management on the sidelines.

After the game, Farid and Vucevic were excited to find Bai Xiaonian.

"Wood, you're amazing, you're the best point guard in the world!"

Farid shouted excitedly, in this game, Bai Xiaonian sent him just the right passes, so that he could catch the ball very comfortably, and the continuous air catch dunk perfectly explained to the audience what it means to be a half-orc.

"If I could, I would really like to be teammates with you again in the NBA!" Vucevic said to Bai Xiaonian sincerely, today's game made him feel that the point guards who cooperated with him in the NCAA before were shit!

After greeting these lovely temporary teammates, their temporary team also disintegrated, Bai Xiaonian put his left hand around Owen, and Leonard in his right hand was ready to take them out for a while...

"Hello Wood, my name is Jeff Ball, people who know me well like to call me Fat Jeff, I think you recognize me by now. Watching you today, I felt like I was not wrong at all in the decision I made. ”

With a smiling face, Jeff Ball said to Bai Xiaonian, looking at the energetic little guy in front of him, he seemed to have seen the overcrowded scene in the Auburn Hills Palace Arena. There is no doubt that he is the guarantee of the box office of the teams in the league.

He can now guarantee that no one in Detroit will refuse to pay a ticket for such a basketball talent.

Bai Xiaonian looked at Jeff Ball who suddenly appeared in front of him with some astonishment, of course he knew that the Pistons bigwig even had a special invitation call for him to tryout, but he didn't expect to see him on such an occasion.

"Wood, I didn't mean anything else when I found you today, if you can be kept in the eighth pick, then we will definitely take you away without hesitation!"

Jeff Ball is also a straightforward uncle, and when he saw that Bai Xiaonian seemed to have other activities after the game, he said directly.

"And... If possible, I will apply to the board of directors and do my best to seek a deal upwards! ”

Bai Xiaonian looked directly into Jeff Bauer's eyes, and he saw the sincerity and determination of this chubby uncle to seek talents, which made Xiao Bai Tongshoe's heart quite moved.

"Thank you! I'm also looking forward to working with you..."Bai Xiaonian replied politely, and now that he thinks about it, it doesn't seem unacceptable to go to the Motor City to start his career.

After leaving Oakland, Bai Xiaonian did not go to the trial camp held by other teams alone like other rookies, but flew back to Los Angeles alone.

"I don't see exactly what he deserves to be paid for by the team to get him, given his terrible offense and colander defense..."

After the joint trial camp, Pistons manager Jeff Ball severely criticized Bai Xiaonian's poor performance in the trial camp in front of the reporter of Sports Illustrated, and bluntly said that he would never pay the No. 8 pick to win this "team cancer".

This remark exploded among the fans who supported Bai Xiaonian, and in an instant, Jeff Power's personal social media was attacked by Bai Xiaonian's fans.

"Who doesn't know your number eight? We're not going to your goddamn Motor City! ”

"Excuse me! We're not rare..."

"Stupid! What the hell did you blow up? ”

………

Of course, our little white kid shoe was silent about this, knowing full well that this was just a way for NBA teams to compete for the draft.

As for what happened next after the trial camp ended, Bai Xiaonian didn't have to worry about it, and now it was the team management who wanted to get him.

"Hey! David? I'm Jeff Ball, and I'd like to talk to you about trading the No. 4 pick in the first round..."

In Detroit, far away from the City of Angels, Jeff Ball, the manager of the Pistons' basketball affairs department, had just gotten off the plane and had not had time to change his clothes.

"Jeff? I didn't expect it to be you, my old friend! Tell me what you can get paid, and the power to pick a rookie with the fourth pick in this year's draft is very valuable! ”

The voice of Cavaliers general manager David Griffin came over the phone.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have the No. 1 and No. 4 picks in the lottery section of the draft this year, which allows them to do whatever they want in the draft market this summer!

Truth be told, though, they already have their own goals for both lottery picks, and in addition to Kyrie Irving, a well-known super-guard, and center Tristan Thompson from the University of Texas, they need TT's tough ability to protect the basket.

So if the outside world wants to trade their two draft picks, they need to come up with a corresponding amount of chips, and the value of the trade content is much higher than the two high-potential rookies, at least for now.

No one knows what the two most treacherous guys in the NBA said on the phone that day, only that both sides hung up with smiles on their faces when the call ended.

"Boss, do we really want to trade the number four in our hand? Tristan Thompson is a really awesome guy! ”

George, an assistant in the Cavaliers' general manager's office, told David Griffin that he couldn't understand what his boss had just said about his intention to give up on Tristan Thompson, which was an important draft plan that they had come up with after a day and night of selection!

"Oh! I think so, the Pistons have a chip I can't refuse, George, you know there's nothing in this league that can't be traded! ”

David Griffin said with a smile, it seems that this kid George is still a little younger, and he will have to practice for a few more years before he can bear the heavy responsibility.

Soon a trade rumor that shook the league appeared on the news that the Detroit Pistons requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers, trading starting guard Tracy McGrady plus a second-round pick the following year for the Cavaliers' No. 4 draft pick.

The appearance of this trade news caused an uproar in the basketball public opinion circles...

"What's going on in the head of the Pistons management? It's outrageous..."

Trading a super scorer at the top of his career for a rookie whose future is uncertain? How outrageous this deal looks to outsiders!