Chapter 68: The Tallest and the Shortest
The next day, the Knicks made an official trade with the Wizards, trading John Wallace for Ben Wallace.
This is the first deal after President Xia took office, and fans are puzzled by this - who is Ben Wallace? Why would we trade such a player?
In everyone's eyes, although John Wallace belongs to the end of the bench, he definitely has more potential than Ben Wallace, one is a first-round pick and has been a star in the summer league in a row, and the other is unqualified and unknown.
However, major media in New York quickly revealed that Ben Wallace and Oakley are good friends, and the Knicks traded him to appease Oakley, and his locker room significance is far greater than the significance on the court.
Oakley is a veteran of nearly a decade in New York, Ewing's right-hand man, who has made the All-Star Game and won the best defensive team, and his things are undoubtedly 10,000 times more important than the rotation players at the end of the bench, so fans don't talk about this seemingly meaningless trade - Oakley likes it, which is the biggest significance.
After another inquiry into Oakley's news, the fans breathed a sigh of relief.
Knicks head coach Li Wei has reached a settlement with Oakley, and not long ago, reporters photographed Li Wei and Chuck Daley and others having dinner with the Knicks' veteran players. It seems that there should be no major turmoil for the Knicks, and it is not easy to have two of last season's starting five tigers left.
After Ben Wallace reported for duty, he prepared a two-year contract extension. Big Ben has one year left on his contract, and another two years will be three years.
In fact, Li Wei really wants to continue for a few more years, but it doesn't make sense to give a long-term contract to a marginal player. In addition, Li Wei feels that a person's performance on the court has a lot to do with his mood, and if he takes a long-term contract and doesn't play well, it will also become a problem.
Think about it from another angle, in the next three years, Daben will stay in the Knicks with a very low salary, which is already very profitable, and if people play well in the future, it is also appropriate to give a big contract, as a billionaire, you can't be too picky.
"Thank you, President Xia, thank you Coach David!"
Ben Wallace was also very happy when the contract extension was reached, and he promised that he would continue to learn from Oakley and play hard in the future.
On the other side, Stephen Jackson blinked in disbelief.
A few days ago, he was jealous of John Wallace, and he always felt that Li Wei had no vision and would actually fall in love with such a guy. But today, the star of the summer league, who has scored high scores in a row and shines brightly, was actually traded away from the team!
The ups and downs of life are so exciting!
"Coach Li's thinking is really different from ordinary people, I better not be jealous of others, and strive to sign a contract with a basic salary to stay in the team. Maybe he doesn't think well of me on the surface, but he thinks very well of me in his heart! ”
While Stephen Jackson struggled to get his first contract, John Wallace, who came to the Wizards, also played with the Wizards.
Because he played well on the inside with the Knicks, Wizards assistant coach Broveley also asked John Wallace to play power forward to replace Ben Wallace.
The Wizards' opponent this time is the Spurs, and against John Wallace is the Spurs' rookie this year, Tim Duncan.
Tim Duncan played a mess in the summer league in the past life, and he is not very good in this life. Just the day before yesterday, O'Neal Jr. at the end of the Trail Blazers' bench slashed 23 points on his head, so he was a little bit of a mess today.
Duncan stepped up on the defensive end, and John Wallace was tragic, scoring just four points on 1-of-11 shooting.
Wizards management was silent. The only consoling news is that the Knicks' Ben Wallace scored just two points, which is not as good as John Wallace.
Of course, they didn't care that Big Ben scored two points and grabbed ten rebounds at the same time - John Wallace was more able to brush it when he was with the Knicks, and Big Ben's rebounds were just a dumpling.
Prior to 2013, there were no champions in any summer league in the NBA, let alone MVPs. To put it bluntly, it is a few friendly matches, and they will be pulled down after the fight.
Li Wei left after watching a few games, he had more important things to do.
This summer is destined to be an unquiet summer.
In Southeast Asia, after the Thai baht could not support it, the Philippine peso and the Indonesian rupiah were also attacked by international speculators. In August, Malaysia abandoned its efforts to defend the ringgit, and the Singapore dollar, which had always stood strong, could not hold on.
Panic spreads everywhere, and Asia is mourning, but for the bigwigs on Wall Street, this money is like a strong wind, and it is effortless to earn, and Li Wei's fortune is also rising this summer!
Time Magazine interviewed Li Wei in a special interview, and they are going to use photos of Li Wei and Soros as the cover of the next issue. However, more newspapers and magazines are criticizing Li Wei and Soros for being rich and unkind, and they have robbed Southeast Asian countries of depression and ruined their families.
In response to the media's doubts, Soros said lightly: "The financial market does not belong to the category of morality, it is not immoral, and morality does not exist here at all, because it has its own rules of the game." ”
Li Wei said: "Bursting the bubble and stopping the irrational phenomenon in the market can improve market efficiency." When we sniped the British pound and kicked Britain out of the European exchange rate system, the British economy reversed years of decline and has maintained a higher vitality than the European continent.
It's the same in Southeast Asia. As for the fact that after the bubble burst, some people were hurt, and it is simply nonsense not to blame the people who blew the bubble, that is, the governments and central banks of Southeast Asia, but to blame the people who burst the bubble.
It's like a person who has a tumor, and we, as doctors, help him cut it, and they don't resent the tumor, but instead scold us because it hurts too much when we cut the tumor for him, resent us, and even attack us morally. ”
Plundering the countries of Southeast Asia, Soros wants to snipe Hong Kong again. Li Wei said very firmly this time: I am a patriotic person, and Hong Kong (Harmony) has returned to China, and it is impossible for me to attack it.
Soros despised Li Wei with contempt, but he didn't take it seriously. Now the international speculators have been brought up by him, not more than Li Wei, and no less Li Wei.
When the eyes of the world were focused on Southeast Asia, a company called Apple was also on the verge of bankruptcy.
Apple's previous CEO, Amelio, lost a total of $1.6 billion during his tenure, and Dell founder Michael Dell told Apple that the best decision for them was to close the business immediately and return the remaining cash to Apple shareholders.
It's a pity that Apple didn't listen to the persuasion and appointed Steve Jobs as interim CEO!
Jobs, who was one of the founders of Apple, was swept away by the board of directors in 1985 and subsequently founded a software development company called NeXT. NeXT was acquired by Apple this year, and Jobs also returned to Apple and took over the mess!
Jobs was ambitious, ambitious, but unfortunately he didn't have any money, or rather, he didn't have enough money!
If he wants to turn the tide, he can only raise money everywhere, but there are few companies that are optimistic about him!
Li Wei met with Jobs very warmly, and at the same time injected capital into Apple, he also formally promised that even if Weiwei Fund became the majority shareholder of Apple, it would never interfere in any of Jobs' business decisions.
Jobs is most afraid of luring wolves into the house, and in the United States, there are countless examples of people unloading and killing donkeys and doves occupying magpies' nests after bringing in capital. Li Wei does not participate in the company's decision-making, but only receives dividends from shareholders, and he is of course very happy.
In August, Li Wei also filmed a public service announcement. This is the NBA's public service announcement for people with disabilities, and he was joined by the NBA's twin towers, Manute Bol and George Muresan.
What, you haven't heard these two names?
Since the establishment of the NBA, these two tallest players are these two, the official height is 7 feet 7 inches, which is 2.31 meters in the international system. It is said that Muresan is actually one centimeter taller than Boer, but the difference is not reflected in inches.
Li Wei couldn't tell which of them was higher and who was lower, anyway, both of them were a cut above Da Yao. Two tallest players and one of the shortest players play against each other, the scene is shocking, and the ad is very successful.
At the end of the advertisement, Li Wei, Pol, and Muresan stand hand in hand. Bol, from Sudan, is a black man, Romanian-born Muresan is white through and through, and Li Wei is a purebred yellow man. The unity and friendship of three people of three colors is very much in line with the main theme of the United States, and the media are constantly singing!
"Godfather, I want to take a picture with them." Xie Siqi said timidly.
Xia Cuirong finished her sister's work at the end of July, and Xie Siqi and Gigi Tse came. In addition, Xia Cuilan also came over in the name of a nanny, with a salary of three thousand dollars a month.
Li Wei originally planned to ask Xie Jianguo to come over, but Xie Jianguo liked the position of sales manager of the shoe factory very much, and he couldn't speak English, so he resolutely refused to come.
"Manute, George, my daughter wants to take a picture with you!" Li Wei shouted.
The two giants, of course, don't mind taking pictures with the kids. After taking the photo, Manute Bol also smiled: "David, it's a pity that I can't compete with you in the NBA, I especially want to cap you!" ”
Due to his late contact with basketball, Bol's skills are very scummy, and his only role on the court when playing is to block, and he has won the block king twice.
You know, he plays on the bench most of the time, and only has two seasons where he has played more than 20 minutes, and both seasons have won the block king, and the season when he played 26 minutes, he averaged 5 blocks per game, and the efficiency is very terrifying.
However, he retired from the NBA in '95, then played in other leagues for another year, and retired completely in '96. Now it is impossible for him to fight against Li Wei in the NBA.
Li Wei chuckled: "Although you can't cover me, but you bullet team, oh no, now you're a wizard." The Wizards have George, and I'm sure I'll be covered. ”
Ball originally played for the Bullets (Wizards), and George Muresan was also with the Wizards. Compared to Bol, Muressan's blocking ability is inferior, but his other abilities are superior. Last year, he averaged 14.5 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game as the most improved player and was the interior pillar of the Wizards.