"Mr. Magic, is it true that you're asking the Warriors for a trade for Harris Barnes?"

"Wow, it would be great to get a player like Harris, and next offseason Harris is going to be a free agent, so why don't we pursue him? Oh, nononono, you're talking to me again, I can't say I'm trying to woo him, of course, I won't do that when I meet him, but I'm sure I'm going to wink at him, and I think he'll understand what I mean......"

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When the Lakers faced the Pelicans and Jazz at home in a row, making Anthony Davis and Gordon Hayward feel the deep malice from Los Angeles again, the NBA community began to go crazy about the Lakers' request for a trade from the Warriors, which became the biggest news for a while, and Anthony Davis and Hayward were bullied by the Lakers and no one paid attention to it at all.

This news is naturally a no-nonsense thing released by the Chick after contacting the Lakers management, but this kind of possible trade between the first and second in the league, even if it is just a rumor, will still cause an uproar, and a non-score thing can make the media blow that the deal is about to happen.

Then Magic's words brought the Lakers only a $500,000 fine, and nothing else was seen.

But that's enough, and it's just the beginning of a plot by the Lakers and Liu Ren's company.

And it did have a little bit of a small impact on the Warriors, giving them their third loss of the season, which was of little use but better than nothing.

With 34 wins and 6 losses, the Lakers continue to maintain the second record in the league, three wins ahead of the closely chasing Spurs, and the pressure is still quite high.

And the Lakers' next opponent on the road is the Warriors, who are now 37-3.

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The Warriors are also depressed, who is recruited, we finally cultivated a backcourt trio, and we were actually targeted by the Lakers.

Bob Myles, the general manager of the Warriors, is a sorrow, a sorrow that is drifting in the snow.

He felt very sad, thinking that you have so many super talents in the Lakers, and you are still staring at us as a "small" team, although we have the best start in history, 37-3 Even the Lakers and Bulls have never played such a start, but this is still too unreasonable!

Of course, Bob Myers didn't know that Curry and Durant had a private connection, otherwise he wouldn't be so worried, and maybe he would be happy that he would get Durant.

Fortunately, Wharton reacted in time and quickly calmed down Barnes, and the words of appeasement were very simple, even if Barnes wants to go to a bigger stage in the future, or pursue better development, he must play well enough this year, otherwise he will not be taken seriously by other teams, so after the Warriors lost a game, Barnes performed better after that.

At this stage, the news that the Lakers are interested in Barnes has instead encouraged the Warriors.

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The Lakers and Warriors game is about to begin.

Due to the rumors about Harris and the Lakers that broke out before, this game is more of a tense atmosphere between the two teams in addition to the gimmick of the league first and the league second.

You must know that in the past, the Lakers and the Warriors have always been friendly partners, because the two teams are very close, but not close enough to have an impact on each other's ball markets like the Clippers, there have always been a lot of high-level exchanges between the two teams, and there are also a lot of large and small transactions, such as Green provided by the Warriors to the Lakers and Bazemore, who traded to Korver, not only did not make the management of the two teams have a gap, but made the relationship between the two teams more harmonious.

This is a very obvious truth, since one party has already suffered, then if it continues to be friendly, the next time it will definitely return the favor of the last time.

However, this time the Lakers reported that they were interested in Barnes, which made the Warriors management a little uncomfortable.

The Magician also came to Oakland with the team and is now soothing Bob Myers with his smile.

Not to mention, the Magician's smile has always been very contagious, and this time is no exception, Bob Myers is really not as depressed and angry as he was at the beginning, but he is still very unhappy: "Elwin, we have been good friends for many years, if there is anything you want to do, you can tell me, you know that we have Barnes's parent team contract extension, and we can match any contract." ”

Bob Myers really cares about the team the most in three positions, one is the point guard, that is, Curry, and the other is the power forward, that is, Randle.

If Randle's ability to top the No. 5 position, playing a beautiful death five, and organizing offense at a point forward are the keys to the Warriors' rise, then Curry is the cornerstone of the Warriors' rise.

In addition to that, Bob Myers values the team's small forward position the most.

Although it is now the era of small forwards, the three strongest players in the league in the minds of the major management of the league are James, Durant, and Liu Ren, James is an absolutely powerful strength, Durant is a super scorer who can raise the ceiling of a team, and Liu Ren represents the future...... and the wealth brought to a team, the Lakers' income last season surpassed that of the New York Knicks, relying on the attention brought by Liu Ren.

And all three players are small forwards.

It seems that small forwards do dominate the league, but in fact, there are not as many high-quality small forwards in the league as imagined, counting James, Durant of the Thunder, Leonard of the Spurs, Paul George of the Pacers, and Anthony of the Knicks.

There is also Liu Ren of the Lakers.

Other than these few, Bob Myers can hardly find a better small forward than Barnes, with the Jazz's Hayward counting one and the Bulls' Jimmy Butler counting one.

Those who can compare to Barnes or be stronger than Barnes add up to less than two hands in the entire league.

And these small forwards seem to be basically impossible for Bob Myers, no team will let go, and he doesn't think his team can attract anyone, after all, no one has expressed a desire to go to the Warriors.

So even if the Lakers are rumored to be interested in Curry, Bob Myers is not so angry, after all, even if it is a super point guard, there are not a few who have changed hands in the past two years, and the 76ers are almost about to steal Curry's scoring title, isn't it that the 76ers exchanged a draft rookie of the year and two or three painless first-round ends and second-round picks.

And the Warriors are the best team for Curry, and Bob Myers doesn't believe Curry will leave, which he is confident in.

But it's hard to say about Barnes, who is almost as good as Sima Zhao, and Warriors management is having a headache about how to keep him.

So then the magician came in person, and Bob Myers didn't give a good look.

"Oh, Bob, I'm so sad you said that, I never said I was going to take someone from you." The magician exclaimed exaggeratedly.

"Do you think I'll believe it? Didn't you steal Kenta and Drummond? Bob Myers began to rehash the old story.

The Magic also knew that this was Bob Myers' desire to use the favor that the Lakers owed him to dispel his interest in Barnes.

But......

The magician was not interested in Barnes in the first place......

"God! Bob, you didn't know that Kenta and Drummond could fight that well, right? We don't know! If we want Harris, I'm going to absolutely tell you that we want to trade, and you know we've got so many talented players and they're all going to be a liability, how can we just get one back? If you use trading, it will definitely not make you lose money! We've been friends for so many years, don't you still trust me? "The magician looked like I was hurt.

"Come on, I know you're not at ease, let's say, what do you want to exchange for Harris, if you want to rob me, then please finish your coffee and leave." Bob Myers rolled his eyes, he didn't want someone yet, he said desperately, if the Lakers robbed Barnes with them in the summer, he really couldn't grab it, and he was distressed, but he had to let the Lakers bleed, at least get back a bunch of chips to get back the vacancy after Barnes left.

"Bob, I said I'm not interested in Harris, we already have the boss, do you think there's anyone in the league who can replace the boss's dominance at small forward? He's younger than Harris. This time it was the magician's turn to roll his eyes.

Now Bob Myers is a little confused, this smiling Buddha doesn't want Barnes, what are you doing here,? Have nothing to do?

"And who do you want?" Bob Myers was curious, he didn't believe that the Magic would bring up such a thing as Curry or Randle, and that the Warriors management would hang up the call without thinking about it, and he believed that the Magic would not be so stupid.

But apart from Curry, Randle, and Barnes, what else can get into the eyes of magic? Bob Myers couldn't think of it.

"You know, I've been preparing for what happens after Kobe Bryant's retirement, and we went to McCollum before that." The magician replied.

Hearing this Bob Myers's face twitched, McCollum's strength was seen by everyone, it was definitely the top ten or even higher strength among the league's scoring guards, if there was enough playing time and opportunities, not too much, just Kobe's playing time and opportunities, averaging 20 points per game was not a difficult thing, and the Trail Blazers actually sent McCollum to the Lakers in an almost free way, and directly gave the Lakers a replacement for Kobe.

Bob Myers felt that the Lakers were so lucky, and the corners of his mouth twitched before saying, "Elvin, are you here to show off to me?" ”

"No, no, no, I don't think McCollum is a good fit for our requirements for our future shooting guard, he is too versatile, and we need a player without the ball, of course Harris can also play as a shooting guard, if you are willing to exchange Harris, I will provide McCollum, in addition to LaVine, boss, Antetokounmpo, Green, Whiteside, the rest of our team you choose, as long as you have enough space, we are willing to provide." The magician began to laugh a little cheaply.

Bob Myers was about to roll his eyes again: "At the end of the day, you still want Harris, I admit I'm interested in McCollum, and you've caught my weakness, but you want Harris to be free!" McCollum's salary isn't much lower than Harris's, and the two of them traded for which player of yours could I want? Whiteside, would you be willing to give? ”

Bob Myers refused very crisply, but for McCollum...... He really wanted to take it!

What are the Warriors doing now? Isn't it a player who has the ability to score on his own?

Now the Warriors can organize the offense Curry, Iguodala, Green, and the rest of Livingston and Barnes can only barely organize the offense, but the organizational effect is really average, and Iguodala is not valued by Wharton, Barnes is not valued by Steve Kerr, if there is McCollum, there is a great option.

McCollum did a great job last season when he took on the responsibility of playmaking guard, and the rest of the league coveted McCollum, but at that time McCollum was advertised by the Lakers as Kobe's successor, so the idea that everyone else would rather play Antetokounmpo, who is more talented and more valuable, would not hit McCollum.

Now that the Magic has offered to use McCollum as a bargaining chip, Bob Myers really can't say it so desperately and refuses very simply, but there is still room for it.

The magician just smiled and looked at Bob Myers without speaking, it wasn't him who was in a hurry anyway, and he believed that Bob Myers would never give up the chance to get McCollum.

Catch-and-Shoot ...... Catch-and-Shoot ......

Replace a shooting guard with the potential to be a top-five scoring guard in the league in the future, or an all-around scoring guard......

Bob Myers didn't say anything to death at the first time, but he didn't come up with a solution at the first time, and the deal was temporarily stalled for a while, and both sides were not in a hurry, because it is unlikely that they want to trade now, both teams' salaries exceed the salary cap, and the chemistry of both teams is excellent now, and it is unlikely that the chemistry of both teams will be broken immediately, so it can only be slowly figured out......