Chapter 2 Strike Again (Ask for Subscription, Reward)
"Ferry, do you still want to do anything?" James looked at Ferry across from him and asked.
"James, I'm very confident in this year's team, and I do want to make another trade, but it's all after the league agrees to Iverson's deal. In order for this deal to be equal in salary, we also sent a trade exception, but this is nothing, the important thing is to hope that the league can quickly agree to this deal" Ferry said, for this year's lineup, he is indeed very confident, not to mention the record ranking first in the league, the team's lineup alone is very strong.
James thought for a moment and said, "Then I don't know who else you want?" Who to send away? That's what he's most concerned about, he's most concerned about who is leaving, he doesn't want important players to be sent away, but he also believes that if it's important players, then he will definitely discuss it with him.
"Hehe, James, what position do you think our team is most lacking?" Ferry didn't answer James' question directly, but instead asked. He believed that if he asked this, the other party would understand.
"Of course it's the inside line, the inside offense is too bad, and the defense has Asik is not bad, but he can only defend and doesn't have many offensive means, and what our team lacks is the inside attack, but the current inside asking price is very high, and we can't get a good inside line at all, because we don't have that chip." James naturally knew that his team was very weak on the inside, but that was helpless.
The current interior line is very rare, and the value of a slightly better line is very high, so he doesn't think the team will trade an interior line that can bring a lot of help to the team, which is simply impossible in his eyes. So now he is very worried that the team may give up players who are very important to the team for the sake of a good interior line, such as Battier, Asik and others, so he is really worried now, if this is the case, then he will choose to persuade the team to abandon this trade plan.
"What I'm looking for this time is not an offensive interior lineman, but an almost forgotten interior lineman, also with the Pistons, I must know that, right?" Ferry said with a smile.
Hearing Ferry speak, James fell into deep thought, and then said, "Are you talking about the first high school student, Kwame Brown?" He was still very surprised by this answer, because Kwame was completely a parallel champion, and this champion was personally selected by Jordan and became one of the rare laughing stocks in Jordan's life.
Ferry nodded at James' words and said, "I'm talking about him, he is a completely forgotten character in the Pistons, averaging about seventeen minutes per game, I don't want the price to be too high, right?" ”
Ferry's point is indeed good, Brown's asking price is definitely not high, but can such an interior line help the team? James is very skeptical about this, everyone knows that the parallel trade champion will not be mixed up to such a point if he can really help the team.
Thinking of this, James was very worried and said, "Are you sure he can help our team?" You know, our team's interior player Asik is better than him, there is no need for him, and his salary has reached four million dollars, which can sign the next good player. ”
Ferry naturally knew that James's worries were not unreasonable, smiled, and said seriously, "I believe that Brown's performance will not disappoint us, he has always been an underrated insider, this season he averaged seventeen minutes per game in the Pistons, and he got about four points plus five rebounds, as well as 0.4 steals and blocks, and his performance is still very good." ”
"And he is richer than Asik in offensive means, Big Z is old, I don't know if he can withstand the playoffs, you know the intensity of the playoffs, when the time comes, our interior line may become the only weakness, and it is a very big weakness, and Brown and Asik will definitely bring very big trouble to the opponent on the defensive end, at least better than Big Z's performance."
Ferry said very patiently that he had to convince James that if James refused, then he couldn't start the deal, and James's status on the team was above him, so ......
"Have you figured out what chips to use?" That's what James cared about.
"The chips are already good, just use Gibson and a fringe player who can't play, I think that kind of chip should impress the Pistons, right? The Pistons need a backup point guard, and Gibson clearly fits his heart, and I think he'll agree. Ferry said as if he was confident.
Then the fax machine rang, and Ferry immediately took it and looked at it, and then laughed and said, "The alliance has agreed to this deal, and the next plan can be started." Then Ferry picked up the phone on the table and dialed it out.
Seeing that James was still sitting in the same place, he didn't mean to stop it, so he knew that James agreed to his deal, and then he discussed the deal with the general manager of the other party without hesitation, and the general manager of the other party was still very surprised when he received his call, you must know that the alliance has approved it just now, why is this still calling?
"What's the matter with Ferry?" The general manager of the Pistons asked, and his heart became active, he would not think that the other party called him for no reason, and if he called, then there must be something, and the matter between the general managers is nothing more than a transaction, a transaction? That's right, it's a deal! I wonder who he is going to want? Thinking of this, he went through the list of his team in his mind, and he didn't think about what players the other party wanted.
"Hehe, I'm naturally here to make a deal with you, I want to discuss it with you, I don't know if you're interested?" Regardless of whether the other party is interested or not, he continued, "I hope to get your team's Kwame Brown, you also know that our Cavaliers' interior line is very empty, good players can't afford it, you can only find this waste that you don't have much use, I don't know what kind of chips you want?" ”
The waste in the words, Ferry bit very hard, just to let the other party know, remind him that Brown is just a waste, don't think about the lion opening his mouth, this is also a small means in the negotiation between the general managers.
Although it is a small means, the general manager of the Pistons also knows that what the other party said is indeed the truth, and he does not plan to ask the lion to open his mouth, and he has already had the intention of cleaning up Brown, but no one has been interested, and no one is interested in discussing Brown's deal with other teams, and now that someone is interested, he naturally hopes to send it out, so he thought about it and thought of chips, although it is a waste, but after all, it is also an inside line, and naturally it cannot be lost.
"I want Gibson from your team, plus any head, I don't care what the head is, what do you think?" For fear that the other party would not agree, he then explained, "We just lost Iverson, although we said that we got a guard, but after all, we are not a point guard, so getting your Gibson can be regarded as supplementing our guard, as for that partner, you also know that it is just a salary equal." ”
Listening to the other party's offer, Ferry laughed in his heart, "Sure enough, everyone says that the manager of the Pistons is an idiot, and he is really an idiot, whether it is the previous transaction between Iverson and Billups, or the transaction about Iverson that has just been completed, not to mention that he is an idiot, he is sorry for his title of idiot." Of course, he could only think about this in his heart, and if he said it, then the other party would definitely not agree to this deal.
Ferry, who pretended to be contemplative for a while, forced a smile and said, "How about I hope you can give your draft pick this summer?" Of course, it's just a second-round pick, you must know that you will definitely enter the playoffs this season, so the second-round pick is also very low. ”
Indeed, as Ferry said, this second-round pick must be very low, and it is very difficult to find a treasure with such a low pick, thinking of the general manager of the Pistons, he smiled and said, as if generously said, "Then that's it, I'll draw up the agreement immediately, you wait." After saying that, he hung up the phone directly.
The general manager, who hung up the phone, looked out the window and said, "Do you really think I'm an idiot?" We'll see, who's the idiot and who's the winner? As this sentence fell, he continued to get busy, and the busy was naturally the agreement he had just traded.
Seeing that the other party hung up the phone, Fei Li laughed directly in front of James, and said while laughing, "The general manager of this Pistons is really a bit of an idiot, if he insists on not giving away the second-round draft pick, then I will definitely not ask for it, I didn't expect that I just said it casually, and the other party agreed, which made me feel very surprised, except that the other party is an idiot, I really don't know how to describe him"
He didn't know that the general manager of the Pistons had a reason for doing this, he knew that it was a deal that seemed to be a loss, but he still chose to agree, as for why this is so, only then will know, why this will be why no one knows, hidden in his heart, he doesn't say, who will know.
James also smiled, he also thought that the general manager of the Pistons had lost money again this time, but he didn't say anything about it, although he was not optimistic about this deal, but he still believed in his general manager and believed that Brown would help him. Besides, losing Gibson didn't hurt his players much.
Iverson's joining, the playing time must be enough, and he is a two-way guard, whether it is a point guard or a point guard, he has no problems, and in addition to Iverson, the team has other guards, so it is enough, he believes that the backcourt combination of Iverson and Huang Jun will definitely have a chemical reaction and create a certain spark, and this spark will definitely not burn his own team, and it is the opponent's team that will burn.