Chapter 106 The Promise of the Championship?

(The second chapter arrives, it's a little late, and the third chapter is in the early hours of the morning~)

'Brewer's position in the team is important, he can bring a lot of necessary things to the team, and it would not be wise to trade him.

McHale glanced at Li Shihao, he didn't expect Li Shihao to oppose him, he was a little surprised, the coach had ulterior motives for opposing it, but if Li Shihao, who was a player, also objected, this matter was worth scrutinizing.

"Tell me what you think!" McHale calmed down and stretched out his hand to signal Li Shihao to talk about his views.

"Brewer is now the team's perimeter defensive gate, and he can make a difference on the defensive end of the floor in a way that the stats don't see."

McHale laughed, he felt that Li Shihao's remarks were a little funny at the moment: "Bruce, I don't think so,"

Brewer is now averaging more than 30 minutes per game, but the only value he can bring to the team is a scarry 7 per game. 8 points? I guess Brewer's value has limited to that. ”

However, he can now provide the Timberwolves with the most scarce outside defense, and the Timberwolves can't do without him today! What's more, he still has room to grow, and he is very likely to become Pippen on the defensive end in the future! Li Shihao argued.

McHale shook his head and smiled, and said in a cold tone: "This young man I chose at the beginning, no one knows him better than me, I was also optimistic about him at the beginning, and had a lot of expectations for him, but he didn't play the performance I expected, his achievements will not be too high, and the ceiling is limited to this!" ”

Head coach Frank Vogel frowned and said, "What about defense?" After Brewer is gone, is the team's outside line equivalent to being undefended? ”

McHale looked up at the ornately decorated chandelier overhead, his eyes wandering: "Actually, if you want to break into the playoffs, you don't need too much defense, if you want to make a good record in the long regular season and break into the playoffs, offense is the best way!" ”

Frank Vogel was stunned and silent, he really couldn't refute this.

It's true that it takes three or five years to develop a team's defensive and tactical system, but it doesn't take long to develop a team's offense, and it sometimes takes only one season to transform a team that brings a team to the playoffs, and they use offense!

Attack, desperately attack, even if it's a rhythmless mess!

But the amount of time a playoff team will become a championship is unknown, and perhaps one season, perhaps the entire career of a player, is not possible.

What's more, the most essential reason is that blue-collar workers are not very popular in this league, at least in the fanbase, a group of players who are not valued when they are in the fan base, even if they give a lot for the team.

However, those players who are good at attacking can but can use flashy, spectacle scoring skills to impress the hearts of fans, and the standard of which is better and worse is immediately established.

The offense can bring the most crucial box office to the team and lead the team to the playoffs as quickly as possible, while the defense can bring only an illusory championship dream.

The entire general manager's office is silent, and if an embroidery needle falls to the ground, it will be clearly audible.

Li Shihao's throat rolled a little hard, and he said, "So, Brewer is going to be traded?" ”

When this was asked, McHale nodded, he looked at Li Shihao's somewhat ugly face, understood that this young player was very uncomfortable in his heart, and hummed lightly and did not speak again.

Head coach Frank Vogel glanced at Li Shihao, understood what he was thinking, and sighed, Brewer is now traded, and the Timberwolves may suffer great trauma, which may not only affect the chemistry between the players, but also damage the morale that is already low at the moment.

He thought for a while and said: "If Brewer is traded now, I'm afraid it will cause a huge impact on the team, after all, he is not Al, Al was originally traded from the Celtics, and his roots in the team are not deep, but Brewer is different, he was originally played in the Timberwolves, and his temperament does not want to be as introverted as Al, once Brewer is traded, I am afraid it will cause a series of adverse reactions in an instant, this reaction is unknown, and it is very likely to be uncontrollable, The team will even miss out on the playoffs this season. ”

McHale sighed, he also thought about this, Brewer is more of a locker room boss in the Timberwolves, he has a lot of influence in the hearts of the Timberwolves' group of players, and many bench players see him as a big brother.

Head coach Frank Vogel raised his head, his tone suddenly became a little heavier, and he said quite earnestly: "Keep Brewer until the end of this season, the Timberwolves still need him now, Bruce's defensive skills are not mature, he still needs Brewer's help on the outside, and Brewer also needs to play a beautiful statistic to match a better value player or draft pick." ”

McHale nodded and said: "The free market is big next summer, the stars of the 03 generation have expired their contracts to test the free market, and the Timberwolves still have plenty of salary space now, so they can keep Brewer until the end of this season and wait until then to make a move." ”

"As for trade chips, I think we can try to get a draft pick next year or the year after, and by the way, further empty the team's salary space, so that we can not only store more salary reserves for the team to bring in reinforcements in the summer, but also select a cheap rookie to flesh out the roster."

With that, general manager McHale tentatively looked at Glenn Taylor to see what the team owner thought.

Glenn Taylor took a sip of coffee, nodded, and said, "This is indeed the most feasible way now, and in terms of feasibility, it is indeed the highest, but I have one thing to explain about next year's free market reinforcement plan!" ”

As he spoke, Glenn Taylor raised his index finger and spoke in a somewhat solid voice: "If Bruce can lead the team to the playoffs this season, then next summer's recruitment plan will be based on Bruce as the core, on the contrary, Bruce, you have to be ready to hand over the power of the team, you may have to become a Pippen-style player!" ”

Glenn Taylor glanced at Li Shihao with a smile, and the indescribable meaning in his eyes: "This is a business league, I need you to prove your worth, I am a businessman, even if I love basketball, but you also need to give me a reason to invest in basketball!" ”

"Getting to the playoffs in your rookie season is often a benchmark for superstars, and if you do that, it proves that you have the potential to be a superstar, and I was going to invest more in you to build a championship team around you!"

"Even money is not a problem, although Minnesota is a small city, but I am not short of money, I can give Garnett hundreds of millions of contracts, and I can also find you a group of championship helpers!"

"But only if you have the quality to win the championship!"

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