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Zhuang Fei is not a stranger to Michael Lyon-Carl, not long ago Zhuang Fei saw this Boston Celtics executive in the team to welcome him, he is also a former Celtics player, it can be said that he is an old man in Boston, at the welcome ceremony Zhuang Fei every time he smiled and looked at this powerful figure in Boston, the director of operations always faced him with a cold face, and even Zhuang Fei could see from this person's mouth that this guy was snorting coldly to himself.

Zhuang Fei had heard a lot about Boston from McHale before he came to Boston, so he knew this Mr. Carr very well.

Michael Carr is the head coach and general manager of the Boston Celtics in the 1995-1998 season, which can be said to be Pitino's predecessor, but the head coach was the most painful period of Boston during his tenure, especially in the 1996-1997 season, which was the gentleman's second season in charge of the Celtics, and in this season the Celtics head coach was extremely 'ashamed' in order to get the league's bottom record' Deliberately losing', and a blatant loss, this kind of thing has never happened in the illustrious history of the Boston Celtics, and it can be said that because of this incident, the Boston Celtics have been completely pushed down from the glory position.

Zhuang Fei was in the NCAA's Wake Forest, but he still remembers this incident deeply, the 1996-1997 season was the last season of Wake Forest boss Tim Duncan in college, who is Tim Duncan? Back then, he was known as beating one of the four centers in his junior year, and then led Wake Forest to defeat the unbeatable Dream Three. Since 1995, Duncan is the best choice for the top pick as long as he participates in the NBA draft, which is the consensus of the league, but the Wake Forest boss does not want to participate in the draft in advance, and then it has been delayed until 1997, in which almost most of the league participated in the action of 'brushing failure', and even the head coaches of the league powerhouses Heat and Lakers at that time publicly said that if they failed to rank in the top four in the division in the middle of the schedule, they would also fail. In that season, many teams started losing streaks after only halfway through the season and saw that their team had no hope of making the playoffs, but there was another team that kept losing from the beginning of the season. That team is the Boston Celtics.

As the head coach of the Boston Celtics back then, Mr. Karl unabashedly said a sentence that is still extremely influential in the American basketball community in the face of those doubts.

"Am I a sinner in Boston? Yes, I will also be a hero, and today's crushing defeat is in exchange for tomorrow's crazy victory"

You can imagine how decisive the head coach was at that time. It can be said that he has put everything on the line and put down his entire coaching career, and he must know that no matter whether the team can get Duncan in the future or not, he will become a scapegoat and be sacked, and other teams will not need such a person in the future.

This is a fanatical 'Celtic', and this kind of dedication to the Celts makes Zhuang Fei seem a little sick.

In fact, the would-be Celtics revival 'hero' managed to finish the league with the worst record that season, with the Celtics finishing up with a 13-69 record that season. He lost almost everything he had with the Celtics because of this result, but in the end he went to the league's draft pick lottery with great anticipation.

It's just that in the end, David Stern deprived Mr. Karl of the opportunity to become a Boston hero, and the Boston Celtics, who had the highest probability of winning the first pick in the 1997 draft pick, ended up only getting a probe pick. And because the Spurs, who had the fourth worst record in the league in the Admirals' season, were 'unexpectedly' picked by the top pick, only the Spurs did not participate in the 'brush failure' operation among all the teams in the lottery. …,

The 1996-1997 season was the darkest in the NBA, and David Stern's most painful season. Perhaps it was also from this season that David Stern also firmly established his black-box operation in the draft picks, and it seems that from this season, most people agree with David Stern's black-box operation. If you finish last and don't get the top pick, then it must be David Stern who thinks you're brushing the numbers.

Thinking of everything in this Mr. Carl's life, Zhuang Fei also sighed a little, and at the same time had some respect. This is also the reason why Zhuang Fei is difficult to deal with him now, now this Mr. Carl is his assistant, but his assistant does not like him, and he is not a 'normal person', Zhuang Fei even thinks that if he fires this person, this 'fanatics' will pick up the shotgun at home and commit suicide in front of him.

Michael Carr has been standing quietly in front of Zhuang Fei's desk since he entered Zhuang Fei's office. Then he kept looking ahead with a straight face and blazing eyes, as if Zhuang Fei did not exist, and he was completely upright as a soldier.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Fei didn't speak, and now Zhuang Fei is also looking at him quietly, until the arrival of Danny Angie, the deputy general manager of Celtic, broke this embarrassment.

"Zhuang, Michael, I'm sorry, I'm late"

When Danny Angie entered Zhuang Fei's office, he sighed in his heart when he saw such an embarrassing scene, Karl is another faction within the Boston Celtics, and this faction is the so-called ' The head coach of the Celtics has to be the Celtics', some like those crazy nationalists, the two factions in Boston can agree on the matter of ousting Pitino and former owner Paul Gaston, but the two factions are divided on how to revive the team, Danny Angie they think they should choose the best head coach in the NBA, and this Mr. Karl group thinks that they should choose a coach from the Celtics, such as Larry Bird. Because in the eyes of these people, the reason why Boston was so brilliant before was because it was led by its own people, and only when its own people led their own teams could they go all out and not be afraid of death.

"It's not too late, it's just that we're a little too early," Zhuang Fei said to Danny Anji with a smile. And Michael Carl was also relieved when he saw Danny Angie come in, which also eased the embarrassing atmosphere in Zhuang Fei's office a lot.

Today is Zhuang Fei's new day, and it is also a day to discuss the specific plans of the Celtics for the new season with his two assistants, it can be said that today's meeting is a major event that will determine the future season of the Celtics, and now the time has come to the end of June, and the NBA draft is only 1 week away, so it can be said that there is no time for Zhuang Fei and his two assistants to have too much time to think about it.

For this, both Danny Angie and Michael Carr are well aware. So as soon as Danny Anji entered the door and greeted Zhuang Fei Karl, he sat down in front of Zhuang Fei and then waited for Zhuang Fei's orders, and now what the Celtics need is efficiency.

"Mr. Zhuang, if you have any orders now, just mention it. We'll do it right away" Danny Anji looked at Zhuang Fei with a serious face, and Carl next to him also made a straight face again. Zhuang Fei also smiled when he saw the expressions of these two people.

"You should have heard that the Timberwolves are going to sell Jermaine O'Neal," Zhuang Fei said with a smile, and the two of them also nodded. Then Zhuang Fei continued: "I now need you to fight for Jermaine O'Neal with all my might, and join the team to snatch Jermaine O'Neal as soon as possible."

"So what conditions do we need to come up with" Danny Ange is not surprised by Zhuang Fei's trade for O'Neal Jr., this is inevitable, there is no team that does not want such a player, not to mention the Celtics, who are still so short of people, it can be said that even if Zhuang Fei does not tell them, they will join the battle. When Danny Angie asked what chips he needed to pay, Carl also looked at Zhuang Fei, now the Celtics don't have many chips, although Glenn Taylor wants to make a move as soon as possible, but he is not a stupid ×, Xiao Ao is not a casual garbage player can be exchanged. …,

"Anthony Walker, our chip is Anthony Walker" Zhuang Fei said the name, and the two assistants in front of him were stunned. Obviously, this is a bit of a surprise for the two men, Anthony Walker is the boss of the team and Larry Bird's successor. Such a player actually wants to be traded by this Chinese, and before Danny Anji could react, Karl next to him angrily stood up from his seat and pointed directly at Zhuang Fei with his finger.

"No, absolutely not. Anthony is the best player on our team, and there's no way he's going to trade him for that Timberwolves center, I definitely wouldn't agree."

In fact, Zhuang Fei is not surprised to see this scene, when he traded the Timberwolves' second son Marbury in the Timberwolves, he was besieged by Timberwolves fans, and now he trades the Celtics team boss Anthony Walker will naturally encounter obstacles, and Zhuang Fei is psychologically prepared at this point. So Zhuang Fei didn't have any other expression when he saw his assistant standing up and pointing at him, still smiling.

Danny Anji, who just woke up, was a little startled when he saw this scene, Zhuang Fei is a well-known dictator in the alliance, how can he tolerate Carl pointing at him like this, he was about to apologize to Zhuang Fei, but in the end he found that Zhuang Fei was not angry, which also made Danny Anji extremely surprised, and even wondered in his heart, this Coach Z knows Carl? Otherwise, how could you know this guy's temperament so well?

"Michael, I know what you mean, it's a big loss to replace one Anthony Walker for one Jermaine O'Neal, so I'm not ready to change it like this, I need you to not only be able to change Jermaine O'Neal back when you use Anthony Walker as a bargaining chip, but also at least give me a guard player who can control the ball and shoot three-pointers, and the best can defend, of course, this is the minimum requirement, I don't care what I can change at most" Zhuang Fei said to his two assistants with a smile, Zhuang Fei's words were obviously deliberately misinterpreted by Michael Carr's words just now, so when Zhuang Fei finished speaking, this Mr. Carl was ready to speak again under the pull of Danny Angie. It's just that this time, before he could speak, he was cut off by Zhuang Fei.

"Michael, do you think Anthony and Tracy can still coexist in their current situation? The current situation is that Anthony and Tracy can only keep one of the two, of course I know that Anthony is a very good player, but Tracy is more in line with my tactical requirements, so, Anthony Walker must leave" Zhuang Fei's words were a bit heavy, and there was a little warning, but a person with a character like Carl would naturally not be frightened by such a Zhuang Fei, so he wanted to say something more after being stunned, but Zhuang Fei did not give him this opportunity.

"Mr. Karl, I am the president of the team, if you don't want to listen to me, I have the right to let you leave this club" Zhuang Fei said lightly under the surprised eyes of Danny Anji and Michael Carl, this time Michael Carl did not have any more entanglement after glaring at Zhuang Fei deeply and then snorting coldly. And Danny Anji looked at Zhuang Fei with some surprise, and the Chinese in front of him knew Carl quite deeply.

Zhuang Fei looked at the thorn in front of him and smiled, of course he was not ready to fire this die-hard Celtic, just to scare and scare him, for this Celtic die-hard to leave the Celtic is the most painful and unimaginable thing for him, this is the softest line of defense in the heart of this diehard, as long as Zhuang Fei grabs his soft flesh Zhuang Fei can choke his neck, and Zhuang Fei can also control him very well.

Looking at all this in front of him, Danny Angie also smiled on the side, originally he thought that this Chinese would touch some gray in front of this colleague of his own, but he didn't expect to find his weakness so quickly, for this stubborn Mr. Carl Most of Boston's own people are helpless, this guy is loyal to Boston, and in terms of ability, it is absolutely not said, whether it is player training, player inspection, or tactical analysis, etc., it is extremely good, If Zhuang Fei can really subdue this guy, he will definitely be able to help him a lot.

"Okay, now let's talk about this year's draft," Zhuang Fei continued with a smile after seeing that his two assistants had calmed down.

And when Zhuang Fei said that he wanted to ask for the show, Michael Carr also got up and distributed the scouting report he had been holding in his hand to Zhuang Fei and Danny Angie, and the team's scouting affairs have always been in his charge, and even the Celtics scouting report that Zhuang Fei got from the Timberwolves last year was from this gentleman.

Boston has three first-round picks this year, one is its No. 3 pick, one is the No. 9 pick of the Nuggets, and the other is the No. 16 pick of the Suns. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )