After negotiating a transfer agreement with the Grizzlies, the Rockets immediately traveled to Salt Lake City to discuss the transfer of Shanton Anderson with the Utah Jazz.

On Tiger's private jet, Dawson also laid out his thoughts on the deal.

"Boss, I'm not very bullish on this deal, and Shanton is doing very well right now, averaging 8.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game in his limited playing time, and that's the time left after Horry, Clyde, Ray and Sboga shared small forward and shooting guard. This kid is definitely an underestimated person, we can't let him go like this. Dawson was still opposed to the deal.

Seeing that Dawson had a flushed face, Tiger smiled silently and said: "Dawson, my general manager, you can rest assured, when did you see me suffer, this time I am going to cut a piece of meat on Jazz, and I can't let them say anything." ”

"Hehe, I said man, when have you ever seen our boss suffer, he will always be the one who takes advantage." Lao Tang also said with a smile on the side.

"Why, Rudy, you're in favor of the deal too." Dawson looked at Lao Tang in some surprise, and thought to himself: Didn't he also oppose this deal a few days ago.

"Hehe, don't look at me like that, I was against this deal a few days ago, but I thought about it again in the past few days, if Shanton continues to stay in the Rockets, it may be wasted, you think about how much playing time he averages per game, with Horry and Ray Allen in front of him, how much playing time Shanton can get, a player can only be honed on the field. I don't want to look at Shanton, this young man with great potential has been abolished like this, if he can really go to the Jazz to play, you think about the Jazz in addition to the three old guys, there are a few young strongmen, Byron Russell is 27 years old, Ostertag can only be regarded as a qualified player, after the Jazz three old men gradually age, the Jazz will inevitably rebuild, so the relatively young Shanton Anderson, a player who has had the Finals, is bound to become the object of Sloan's old guy's dependence. And this kid has learned a lot from Horry and Clyde, and a little bit more from Hornacek and Stockton, and I think he won't be an All-Star level player in the future, and he'll be the best of the role players, a guy who can play on any team. Old Tang told his thoughts, and Dawson shook his head again and again.

"So, boss, do you think we only need a '99 first-round pick and some cash, and we're losing too much on such a deal." Dawson still felt a little out of place.

"Hehe, Dawson, what do you think of Jazz's play." Tiger suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

"Well, the Jazz's style of play and style, they've taken the pick-and-roll tactics to the extreme, and all the players can automatically run the pick-and-roll tactics, misalign the offense, play big and play small, and play big and big, which requires their guards to have a certain vision and speed, and the forwards have a certain follow-up ability, awareness and mid-range shooting, all of which are Sloan's style." Dawson was a little strange, but answered his boss's question anyway.

"Hehe, do you want to know what I think." Tiger said to Dawson with a smile.

Dawson nodded.

"Well, my opinion is that all the players of the Jazz team are Sloan's chess pieces, Sloan's tactics are like chess tactics, players are like chess pieces, Sloan only needs to put the players who fit his tactics as chess pieces and put them on the chessboard, and those chess pieces can go down the chess game step by step, such a team can become a strong team, but they can't become a champion, because they can't find excellent chess pieces like Malone and Stockton. Now a few old guys of the Jazz are going to be unable to play, as long as these old guys go home, the Jazz will lose their competitiveness, they may be a strong team and regular visitors in the playoffs, but they have no hope of winning the championship, unless they make changes, but as long as the old Sloan is the head coach, the change seems impossible, and the tactical system that is deep in his bones wants to change, it is not easy. Tiger spoke out about his thoughts on Jazz.

"Does that have anything to do with our deal?" Dawson was still a little confused.

"It may be cruel to say it, but I went to Jazz this time to give a gift to Jazz. I also know that a player like Shanton is very good, but we have to think about the future of the Rockets, we need allies, and now we're pretty much the team that the league wants to rob, and look, they're going to come up with a lot of contracts next year to lure our players. We can do a good calculation, Kevin and Ray must have a big contract to stay, De Yang has already stayed, and the average annual contract of 8.3 million is not small. The minimum contract amount for these three people is 30 million. Big Ben, I estimate that at least 2 million to 3 million can stay, if the performance is better, his value will be greater, the bus is estimated to be unable to stay, he is at least 3 million worth, Marik wants to stay more than 2 million, if you sign a contract after 00 years, it is estimated that you will have to over 5 million, don't look at me like that, Marik has such strength, we must stay, this guy is too dangerous, if he stays more than 3 million plus Saulus's 3 million, Mark's 4 million, so that we have a minimum salary of about 47 million, once these players are tempted to become free agents, we will be very unlucky, and the purpose of sending Shanton out now is to send a message to the whole league, that is, as long as the price is enough, we can trade, so that a large part of the team can avoid a large part of the team to loot the Rockets. And the Jazz's future style of play and style will inevitably be incompatible with the league, I think they would be happy if they had an ally like the Rockets, but I'm a little sorry for Shanton, but I think the Jazz will give him a good salary. Tiger told his true purpose, and Dawson pondered for a long time.

After a long time, Dawson let out a long breath and said, "Boss, I will unconditionally agree to any decision you have in the future, you really think too deeply." ”

"Hehe, Dawson, otherwise people can be bosses, and we are part-time workers." Lao Tang smiled and quipped.

"Actually, I have an idea, and I guess a lot of people do. That is to see if you can, open the boss's brain, and see what is inside, I think this is also the idea of many people in the United States, to see if there is an alien living in your brain. Dawson jokingly pointed to Tiger's brain.

Hearing this, Tiger smiled silently, but secretly thought in his heart: Lao Tzu has crossed over, can you know.

The plane arrived at the Salt Lake City airport shortly after.

Scott Rearden, the Jazz's vice president and executive manager, personally led the Jazz staff to greet them.

If Dawson or one of the old soup had come, Scott Redden wouldn't have come in person.

However, it is the boss of the Rockets who leads the team, so Raidon must come over in person, and a financial predator with unpredictable capital is not something he can slack off.

Seeing this future "wronged boss" in the Knicks at the airport, Tiger has been wondering if this kid is a spy sent by the Jazz to the Knicks.

While still with the Jazz, Redden is best known for convincing his father in 1984 to pick an obscure point guard with the 16th pick, John Stockton. Just a year later, Rearden saw it again in the draft, and he decided to sign Karl Malone with the 13th pick, laying a solid foundation for the team for nearly 20 years. Having promoted Hornacek, Russell and Anderson to the second round and was named the 1994~1995 Manager of the Season, Sloan said at a press conference: "I'm excited to make this statement, Scott has a lot of basketball knowledge and he will be a great help to our coaches." ”

And in 99, after this person became the general manager of the Knicks, he made a lot of tricks. There are countless classic cases of Raidon. More famously, Alan Houston signed a six-year, $100 million contract in 2001, and a stack of dollars put Houston on top of the league's highest-paid player. As a result, in the 2001~2002 season, the Knicks only won 30 games and missed the playoffs for the first time in 15 years. Here's what their opponents have to say: "They gave Houston and Sprewell so much money to support a team, but these two can only be considered good players. “

Red-eyed Redden began to make desperate bets, and last season he sent Sprewell, who was on the same level as him, to the Timberwolves, and then traded white forward Van Horn from Philadelphia. The result of the trade was literally blood-soaked for the New Yorkers, with Sprewell mixing well in Minnesota and Van Horn dying and unable to even secure a regular position. Knicks fans have finally lost patience with their incompetent general manager. On November 4, 2002, the Knicks' streak of 433 consecutive ticket sales since 1993 came to an end, and Madison Garden vacated 1,663 seats in the game against the Bucks; Fans chant "Layden down" at every Knicks home game, and they haven't forgotten that convention even in the draft. At the same time, the Knicks' operating conditions are getting worse, and the team's salary space is too large and bloated, and the Knicks' total salary in the past two seasons has reached $93 million and $84 million, respectively, ranking in the top two in the league, but the corresponding is the embarrassing result of not making the playoffs, or a disastrous sweep in the first round of the playoffs. Seeing the team in shambles, paying a staggering amount of luxury tax every year, and enduring endless criticism from fans, owner Dolan made a painful decision to fire Ryden on December 23, 2003, and replace him with Thomas "The Smiling Assassin". This is the end of Raidon's unbearable New York journey.

Looking at Scott Reden, who is now in high spirits and is not yet 40 years old, thinking about the confused general manager in the original time and space, Tiger sighed at the wonder of life's encounters.

After everyone greeted each other for a while, Rocket and his party were arranged to stay in the hotel.

Prepare for the negotiations that will start tomorrow, and recharge your batteries.

Shanton Anderson's fate was decided thousands of miles away in Salt Lake City.

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