"What do you think of the Hornets now?" Liz didn't seem to want to talk nonsense, and asked straight to the point.

Monty first looked at Liz and then looked back at Wang Meng and Gasol, and then said hesitantly: "To be honest, the Hornets have a lot of problems, not to mention the ability of external personnel such as training personnel, medical personnel and scouts, just talking about the team players There is a very big gap with other first-team teams, although we have two players, Gasol and Wang Meng, and rely on the performance of the two of them to win two tough battles in a row, but I feel that with these two people, let alone the championship, I am afraid it will be difficult to even rush into the playoffs." ”

Listening to Monty's words, Wang Meng and Gasol glanced at each other, they also know this truth, don't look at the two of them are working together quite well now, but think about the Yao Mai combination of the Rockets, and the Jazz double brake a long time ago, it is indeed not ordinary difficult to play well.

"That's right, if you want to play well, you can't rely on these two guys alone, we need a very good role player." Liz sat in the audience, looking pensive, "But looking at the few players that the Hornets have now, it's really hard to trade some good players." ”

"It's simple, a lot of teams in the league have a way of solving it, though." Monty hesitated, then said, "I'm afraid you won't be happy. ”

"Not happy?" Liz was stunned, "What do you mean?" Be clear. ”

"In this way, if we mess up in the next period of time, and then we specifically brush up the data for the players who want to trade out, then it will increase the trade value of the players, and it will also increase the trade value of our team's draft picks." Monty said: "It's just that this method is generally done by teams that don't have stars, and we have two stars in our team, so we can't just lose on purpose, which will have an impact on the number of fans of the stars." ”

Wang Meng and Gasol sounded a little blind, "Deliberately losing? Farming stats for players you want to trade? This situation is relatively unfamiliar to Gasol, who is the champion of the Lakers, and Wang Meng, who has just entered the league, because this is the method that the weak team will choose, and players like Wang Meng and Gasol generally don't want to do this.

"Isn't that good, deliberately losing?" Lisi immediately hesitated when she heard this, as the small boss of the team, who wants their team to lose.

"yes, so I'm hesitant too." Monty said, "Our team is not without strength, but the strength is really not very strong, according to my estimation that the overall strength of the Hornets can only be compared with teams such as the Rockets, Suns, Jazz, a little worse than the Hawks, Grizzlies, Trail Blazers, and a little stronger than teams such as the Timberwolves and Wizards, and the team has not traded players well, and now that the league has just started, it is more unlikely that you want to sign card players for money, and you can only do this if you want to strengthen the team, which is also one of the team's tactics." ”

"What do you two think?" Liz can't help it, she really doesn't know about this, in general, she wants the Hornets to become stronger, but she is not a fool, she knows very well about the commercial field of the NBA, if she is in a hurry to put her team's players on the shelves to seek trade, I am afraid that she will be slaughtered by other teams, and she will not be able to change the players she wants.

Wang Meng and Gasol glanced at each other, in the end, it was an international player who had been mixed in the NBA for a long time, Gasol, who was already thirty years old, first said: "If it is the request of the general manager and the head coach, I personally have nothing to oppose, I am thirty years old, as an insider, the prime time is running out, I still want to get more honors, I also know the current situation of the team, it is basically impossible to get results, this season is just a shrinking season, if you can guarantee that I will not be traded because of my bad data, Then I wouldn't object to deliberately messing around this season. ”

"You can rest assured of that." Monty nodded and said: "This season is just a shrinking season, sixty-six games are very tight, and there are many back-to-back games, the physical exertion of the players is very large, my idea is this, in the first half of the game, you play while resting, save physical strength and energy, and then exert your strength in the second half of the game, as long as you can rush into the playoffs, at that time we have exchanged good players, and we can play well." ”

Hearing Monty say this, Wang Meng was also a little moved, whether it was Wang Meng or Gasol, they were not paranoid like Kobe, and they had an almost fanatical thirst for victory, although Wang Meng also wanted to win, but if it was for the team's future results, it was acceptable to release a little water Wang Meng, not to mention that the owner of this team is Lis's father, if nothing else, Wang Meng felt that he might have to stay in this team forever.

Wang Meng is not a fool, why did people buy such a team as the Hornets that are extremely poor? It must have something to do with myself in this team, so it doesn't matter if I pay some of it.

Thinking about it, Wang Meng nodded, "I think it's okay, if it's just a mess in the first half of the game, in exchange for one or two more powerful players, I still have confidence that the Hornets can make the playoffs in the second half of the game." ”

"Then do as Monty says." Liz said: "Don't talk about this kind of thing everywhere, just a few of us can know, since this plan is discussed by a few of us, then I won't trade or fire a few of you, but if you don't play well in the second half of the game and can't get into the playoffs, then I can't guarantee that I want you." ”

"No problem, Wang Meng and Gasol, plus two, no, plus a quasi-All-Star player, it's too easy to make the playoffs." Monty waved his fist excitedly, he didn't expect this general manager to be so easy to speak, in fact, Monty himself also has a little selfishness in his heart, he himself is not sure if he can lead this team, after all, this season is a shrinking season, and there is not much time for training.

And now, the previous losses are all discussed with the general manager, even if you lose, it doesn't matter, and when you get an All-Star plus a few powerful role players in the second half, if you still lose, it proves that you really don't have the ability to lead a good team, then there is really no way, you can't mix in any team, which is also Monty bought himself a little time. "We still need to discuss the specific matters ourselves, waterproof is not a good reputation in the league, we must discuss seamlessly, not let people see a little abnormal, it is better to pretend to want to win very much."

"Okay, we'll discuss these things later, let's do this for now, I'm a little tired, let's go home." Liz waved her hand and declared the meeting over.