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"What's not so?" Stephenson looked at Tang Shuai suspiciously.

"It's nothing, but Lance has to keep your confidence, the deal has not been announced in the end, which means that things have a turnaround, maybe the deal will be aborted in the end?" Of course, Tang Shuai would not say his thoughts to his face, otherwise Stephenson would definitely not let him do so.

"Perhaps." Stephenson smiled, but helplessly.

After returning to the villa from the stadium, Tang Shuai immediately called Duffy.

"Don? You're back? I've already told them about the moving company, they'll be over tomorrow morning, you can sort things out first......" As soon as the phone was connected, Duffy's voice was heard.

"Jaime, that's not the case, you tell the movers to come back in two days." Tang Shuai directly interrupted Duffy's words.

"In two days? Didn't you say tomorrow? Or am I remembering the wrong day? Duffy said suspiciously, and after speaking, there was a crackling sound, and he should have gone to search for the day.

"It's not a mistake, I don't care about the move for now, Lance was traded." Tang Shuai said bluntly.

"What?!" As soon as the voice was heard, then Duffy's tone of surprise came from there, and he could hear that he didn't know that Stephenson had been traded.

"This is impossible, there is no sign at all from the sources on my side, this transaction is impossible! Who do you listen to? Duffy seems to have confidence in his news network.

"Lance told me personally, his agent told him."

"This ...... It should have been some sudden external factor that made the deal happen. Don, that's the NBA. Don't be too upset......" Duffy's side quickly reassured.

"Don't be in a hurry to say this, you can make an appointment for me. I'm going to talk to Dave in person tomorrow. Tang Shuai said directly, in the exchange just now, he could feel that Stephenson didn't want to leave the Clippers.

"Don, I don't recommend you to do this, since Lance knows it, it means that the deal has basically been concluded, and you can ...... it at this time"

"Stop talking nonsense, make an appointment." Tang Shuai directly interrupted Duffy.

Duffy was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll try." Get back to you within 10 minutes. ”

"Okay, I'll wait." Tang Shuai hung up the phone after speaking.

hung up the phone, and immediately took out his mobile phone to read the rumors.

He brushed it several times and didn't see the report of woj, and he breathed a sigh of relief, if the sources of woj came out, it would really be a certainty, and if it hasn't been yet, it means that there is still a turnaround.

Duffy was indeed Duffy, and said it was within ten minutes. Less than five minutes later, the call came back.

"Dave's schedule for tomorrow is full, but I managed to convince him to see you in the evening, but I want you to visit him at his house." Duffy didn't talk nonsense, and directly said the results.

"No problem." Tang Shuai said simply. It's just that I want him to visit, and it's not a big deal.

Hung up the phone and waited for the address sent by Duffy. He drove straight to Wall's house.

Wall's home is in a modest residential area, although he is the general manager of the team. But compared to the players, their salaries are still very small.

This is a similar apartment in the country. Wall's house was on the third floor, and he parked his car downstairs and went straight upstairs.

According to the address given by Duffy, he went to the door to confirm it, and then rang the doorbell directly.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps from the room.

The door was opened after a while, and Wall stood in the door with a smile: "Don, you're here." ”

Regarding Tang Shuai's visit, Duffy had already greeted him before.

"Dave, I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late." Tang Shuai said apologetically.

"It's okay, come in." Wall opened the door with a smile.

Tang Shuai followed behind and walked in.

Although the layout is very similar to the domestic one, the decoration inside is completely different, a typical American decoration style.

"Sit down, I'll make you a cup of coffee." As soon as they entered, a white woman said to them with a smile.

"This is Mrs. Wall, right? Hello. Tang Shuai saw Dave nod, and then greeted the white woman.

The white woman smiled and went to make them coffee.

"Don is here! Where is he?! Just then, a little boy wearing a mini Clippers jersey rushed out of the room inside.

"Rick!" Wall called out to the little boy.

The little boy stopped suddenly, but looked at Tang Shuai expectantly, his eyes full of excitement.

It was at this point that Tang Shuai noticed that the jersey number on the little boy was No. 24.

"Don't mind, Rick he's a little fan of yours, and he's excited to know you're coming." Wall said with a smile.

"It's okay, it's an honor." Tang Shuai smiled and beckoned to the little boy, and the little boy ran over at once, and then jumped on Tang Shuai's body.

Tang Shuai picked up the little boy and played with him for a while before putting him down.

"Dad, take a picture of us!" The little boy was still excited, and shouted for Wall to take pictures.

Wall looked helpless, but still took out his phone and took a photo.

After the little boy confirmed that the quality of the photo was acceptable, he ran back to the room with his tongue out.

"Rick is usually shy, but it's rare to be bold." Wall said with some embarrassment.

"It's okay, he's cute." Tang Shuai said with a smile, he didn't know how to speak, after all, except for the Reeves period at that time, he had very little contact with Wall, and the appearance of the little boy narrowed the distance between the two people.

"Come, coffee." Mrs. Wall had made her coffee and brought it to them with a smile.

"Thank you." Tang Shuai got up and took the coffee.

Mrs. Wall saw that the two men had something to talk about, and after saying "be careful," she left the drawing-room.

"It's authentic California black coffee, you try it." Wall smiled and picked up his coffee. I blew it and took a sip.

Tang Shuai was in the mood to drink coffee, so he waited until Wall drank it. He followed up and said, "Dave, I heard that Lance is going to be traded?" ”

Wall nodded. didn't seem to have any intention of concealing it, put down the coffee cup, looked at Tang Shuai and said: "Your intention, your agent has already told me, I know that you and Lance are friends, but this deal has been reached, and there is nothing I can do." ”

"Dave, I'm not here just because Lance is my good friend, it's because Lance is important to the team. Trading him now would be a big blow to the team. Of course, Tang Shuai would not be beaten back by Wall's words, and then said.

Wall didn't speak, but he didn't respond.

"Reims played very well in the team, he was a very important substitute for the team, an important rotation, and he didn't make a mistake and was traded, which would be a big morale blow to the team." Tang Shuai saw that Wall didn't react, and then said.

"Don." Wall spoke at this point. "I know what you're saying, but the trade wasn't my decision alone, our team weighed all the pros and cons and decided it was best for the team. will make this deal. ”

Tang Shuai couldn't help frowning, Wall's words were too perfunctory.

He still didn't give up and said, "Dave, I know the management's concerns. We're worried that the team will lose their current position in the playoffs, but you have to trust us. We can keep this position. ”

Wall smiled: "Don't worry, take a sip of coffee first." If you don't drink it, it's going to get cold. ”

Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Wall stretching out his hand to him again, he picked it up and took a sip.

"I'm going to watch tonight's game." Wall took a sip of his coffee and said suddenly.

'Tonight's game wasn't the real level of the team. Tang Shuai immediately skipped the topic, "And, Dave, Blake has only been injured for a month, at this time, if Lance is traded away, what if Blake comes back?" When the time comes, there will be a shortage of people in the backfield. ”

Wall shook his head: "Don, it doesn't matter what you have to say, the team needed to trade for Corey (referring to Brewer) on the one hand, Devin (referring to Booker) is also an important part of the team's future planning, and the team needs a stable player who swings in the third or fourth position." ”

"Josh......" Tang Shuai just wanted to say Smith, and when he saw Wall's mysterious smile, he immediately knew that the management did not recognize Smith's ability.

"Don, I know what happened to Doug at the beginning, and I benefited a lot, but there are some things that you shouldn't say." Wall suddenly smiled and said, "You're a player with a lot of potential, that's why I'm going to see you at this time, and hopefully you can bring your talent more to the game than to those things." ”

Tang Shuai was stunned, he didn't expect Wall to suddenly speak so deadly.

"I ......" he wanted to fight again.

"It's not too early, Don, if nothing else......" Wall said abruptly and stood up.

Tang Shuai was stunned, he didn't expect Wall to directly issue an eviction order......

"I see, then I'll go back first." Tang Shuai stood up as he spoke, and then said goodbye.

"Why did you leave so quickly?" Mrs. Wall came out of the room and looked at Wall suspiciously.

"It's nothing, just a young man." Wall smiled, then picked up the newspaper on the table and continued to read.

Tang Shuai came out of Wall's house, unusually irritable in his heart.

Although he knew that this was likely to be the result, Wall's attitude hurt him very much, and the tone of his words in the end completely made him feel like a child.

"Damn it!" He angrily slammed his fist into the trash can next to him.

With a "bang", the trash can was directly smashed by him with a punch.

The passers-by next to him couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him.

He didn't see it at all, and after getting into the car, he drove directly in the direction of the villa.

When I returned to the villa, I saw Su Mei waiting for him inside, and when I saw him come back, I said directly: "Where have you been?" Didn't you say you were going to move tomorrow? I called you and no one answered. ”

Tang Shuai didn't answer Su Mei, went up and picked her up, went directly into the room, and slammed the door shut.

"What are you doing?" Su Mei said a little angrily.

Soon, however, there was a gasp in the room......

After about an hour, the sound in the room gradually stopped. Tang Shuai had already played, after another toss. The whole person was lying on his back on the bed, with his feet facing the sky.

Su Mei lay on his chest and stretched out her hand to draw small circles on his chest. The originally cold woman was as gentle as a tamed lamb at this time.

"If you're bothered by something, tell me about it." Su Mei drew circles on her hands and asked.

"Lance was traded, I went to Dave and wanted him to cancel the trade, and he told me that it's not something you should be in charge of, it's the game that you should be in charge of, it really is. Reeves is gone, and he can only have a bright day, and then he will not recognize his six relatives. As soon as he remembered what happened before, Tang Shuai said a little angrily.

Su Mei stopped what she was doing, looked up and said, "You shouldn't be involved in this kind of thing, why didn't you discuss it with me in advance when you went?" ”

"When Reeves didn't let me play, Lance rushed to the office and went straight to argue, and now that he's going to be traded, isn't it right for me to fight for it?" Tang Shuai said a little angrily.

Su Mei sat up from Tang Shuai's chest at this time and said, "You didn't do anything wrong. I was wrong. ”

Tang Shuai saw that Su Mei was a little angry, and when he thought of this, he kicked her up inexplicably, and turned around and said that she was not right. got up and took her back into his arms, and said apologetically: "I didn't say what you meant, I just think Dave is too impersonal." ”

"If only there was a human touch. He can't be the general manager. Su Mei followed.

"Alas~" Tang Shuai couldn't help but sigh, originally hoping that Wall would be able to read some of the feelings on the Reeves incident. In the end, it didn't help Stephenson.

"It's a bit of a nasty thing to say, but you're really just a rookie. If you want to have a say in the team, you need to have a lot more performances, and as everywhere else, he's unlikely to listen to your advice until he's getting enough of it. Su Mei followed.

Tang Shuai said "um" and didn't speak, in fact, he understood Su Mei's words, but understanding and accepting are completely different things, Stephenson's matter he was ultimately powerless, but the seeds of the contradiction between him and Wall were planted.

After a while, Tang Shuai's hand roamed over Su Mei's character, and soon he felt it, and after a while of caresses, he turned over and pressed it again.

When Duffy came back, he heard the coquettish panting sound from Tang Shuai's room, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, and withdrew with a tablet.

When he got up the next day, Tang Shuai got up and received a call from Duffy.

"Don, Danny still made an offer for the Clippers!" Duffy looked excited as soon as he spoke.

Tang Shuai turned over suddenly, and rushed directly to the next room, only to find that Duffy had not returned, and then asked: "What's the situation, didn't you tell Danny that I didn't want to go?" ”

"I said it, but it's one thing for me to say it, it's another thing for him to make an offer!" Duffy also looked helpless, and it was obvious that Anji's stubborn approach was also unexpected by him.

"So what's going on now?" Tang Shuai asked, this Stephenson's matter has not been dealt with yet, and he himself has been involved in trade rumors.

"Still talking, I'm waiting, I'll be back soon, oh yes, did your girlfriend go back?" Duffy spoke.

"Girlfriend?" Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment, and then immediately knew why Duffy didn't come back, it must have been when he did that kind of thing with Su Mei yesterday, and Duffy came back.

"Come back quickly!" After Tang Shuai finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

On the evening of February 19, US time, the NBA league trade deadline finally ushered in his end as time passed little by little.

Trading, to put it bluntly, is no different from buying something, the only difference is that the product is a player, and the so-called rumors are nothing more than inadvertent words that flow out when buyers and sellers bargain.

The closer the time of the trade deadline, the more direct the two sides of the negotiation will be, and they still hide the hope of improving their chips before, but at this point they are directly showing their hole cards, success or failure, and it is in the last negotiation.

In an office in Los Angeles, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge and his assistant sat directly across from Dave Wall, the general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers.

"Dave, 16th pick plus Isaiah Thomas, Donga Stephenson, this is the last chip, I've shown enough sincerity!" Angie couldn't help but rub her head as she spoke. Talked with Wall in the office all night, after getting older. It's all false to say that you're not tired.

"Danny, is this your last sincerity? There is less than an hour left before the deadline. Wall said and yawned. After Anji's offer, he had already said that Tang Shuai was not for sale, but Anji also came to Los Angeles in person, so he had no choice but to start talking, after all, Anji's hole cards were still enough.

"Dave, we're old friends, I'm already very sincere, Don is a good player, but next year is a big year for the draft. And Isaiah just made the All-Star, and he's going to be your Super Sixth. "In order to get Tang Shuai, Anji is completely out of the way at this time.

"Draft year?" Wall couldn't help but smile and said, "My old friend, I don't think we really need to talk anymore. ”

After speaking, he was ready to get up and accompany Anji for one night, already for the sake of the other party being a basketball celebrity. It's almost trade deadline, and he really doesn't need to waste any more time.

"I'll add another 23rd pick in the draft!" Angie said as if she was in pain when she saw that Wall was about to get up.

Wall smiled, still not stopping to get up. After standing up, he smiled and said, "Danny, he was selected as an All-Star starter in a rookie season, cutting 20+ players." Do you really think you can get this chip? If you can, you can send me a dozen. ”

After speaking. He was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait!" Angie slammed the table suddenly.

Wall looked back at Angie suspiciously, he didn't expect Angie to lose his temper in the end.

Angie saw Wall's appearance. Suddenly smiled and said, "I can get out of that Nets pick." ”

Hearing Anji's words, Wall finally turned around and said with a smile: "Is there a little sincerity in this way?" ”

The Nets' trade to the Celtics' draft pick is completely unprotected, and now the Nets are ranked third from the bottom in the league, and it doesn't seem to be any improvement in the future.

Angie saw Wall coming back and said, "But I want two players, Don and Devon." ”

……

Tang Shuai sat with Duffy in the villa, and when Duffy told him that Angie and Wall had sat in the same office to negotiate, he couldn't sit still, and this last period of time was likely to decide which team he would play for the next half season.

"Again." Duffy shouted at this time.

"What deal?" Prior to this, he had witnessed several transactions with the continuous leaking of sources.

"Magic send Harris and get Jennings and Ilyasova." Duffy read the contents of the transaction, and then analyzed, "Even if you still trade a guard, is the Magic going to trade another guard out?" ”

"Magic is really alive." Tang Shuai said that he refreshed the news again, he was very nervous now, and he was afraid that one would accidentally brush out his own trading content.

"Sure enough, it's another one." Duffy didn't finish speaking, and then said, "It's still a three-way, the Magic sent Frye to get Corningham and draft picks from the Trail Blazers, and it looks like the Magic have finally given up the playoffs and are going to develop Aaron Gordon." ”

Duffy said and looked at Tang Shuai: "You helped Aron win the championship of the slam dunk contest, he should be very grateful to you, if you make a name for yourself in the Magic, it will definitely help you in the future." ”

"I didn't think much of it." Tang Shuai smiled and said.

"Less than twenty minutes left." Duffy said and looked at the time.

"Well, the time is almost up, and I'm relaxed." Tang Shuai said and yawned, after all, it was already more than 1 o'clock in the morning, and he was already very sleepy.

"That's not right, it's all a little raindrop, there's no movement in Houston, why there's no news from Atlanta, it's so lively before, it shouldn't be." Duffy said strangely when he saw that the source had not been updated for a long time.

"The thunder is loud, the rain is small, maybe people just come out to stir up the situation." Tang Shuai couldn't help but yawn as he spoke.

"It's weird, hey, there is! Atlanta! Duffy shouted excitedly.

"Really?" Tang Shuai was taken aback, turned his head and immediately looked, could it be that the Eagles were also scattered and rebuilt like the Pioneers? In that case, it's very interesting.

"The Hawks sent Shervin Mike and a second-round pick, and got Hinrich, it's still a three-way trade ......" and so on, he was speechless for a while, this deal is even smaller than what just came.

"I'm going to make a cup of coffee." After reading the content of the transaction, Tang Shuai couldn't help but press his temples with his hand, and stood up from the sofa a little speechlessly, and if he continued like this, he was about to fall asleep without waiting for 2 o'clock.

After brewing the coffee, he walked out to see Duffy staring at the screen motionless, he put the coffee on the table, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" It can't be that I'm being traded, right? (To be continued.) )