Chapter 336: Zhuang Fei's Final Whereabouts
Donβt wait for prosperity to care for the things important to you.
This is the current status quo of the NBA's No. 1 giant, the Boston Celtics, the current No. 1 giants have missed the playoffs, and this time period is the most tense time for the NBA playoffs, in fact, for non-playoff teams like the Celtics, it is the most correct way to lick their wounds quietly in the offseason, in anticipation of the battle in the coming year, so it stands to reason that they should be working hard for player transactions or rookies.
But it's clear that now the Boston Celtics want to be still and can't be still, in fact, since the Cels owner poached Pitino from the NCAA three years ago and signed a 5-year contract at once, it is hoped to give Pitino a stable coaching space, and then lead the oldest giants to regain the glory of the year, but now only three years have passed, and Pitino has suddenly resigned from the Celtics management. The coach abruptly resigned as head coach.
In fact, the management of the Celtics does not find anything difficult to accept for Pitino's resignation, the head coach is now angry in Boston, in fact, many people hope that the coach will get out, so the Boston management is a little happy to receive Pitino's resignation, but there is no doubt that with the departure of Pitino, the Celtics will once again embark on the road of rebuilding, which is also an extremely painful thing.
Now that the team has missed the playoffs for 8 consecutive years and the Eastern Conference Finals for 13 consecutive years, the current Celtics have begun to slowly lose all their pride, and the king's spirit is gone in this team. Maybe this year this team will slowly become a 'former champion' team like the Warriors or the Bucks, and Boston is very aware of that, so now the team continues to change.
Especially after Pitino leaves, the team must change, and the source of all the changes is that the team owner Paul Gaston is ready to sell the team, in fact, this is also a very acceptable thing for Paul Gaston and Celtics fans, because Paul Gaston's eight years with the Celtics are the darkest eight years for the Celtics. This is also the eight years that Boston has completely been reduced from a giant club to a fish belly, and at this time, even if Paul Gaston is reluctant to come, I am afraid that Boston Celtics fans will treat him like Pitino, who used to be able to help him attract firepower. But now it's clear that no.
Pitino leaves, Boston is happy, and Paul Gaston leaves. Boston is also happy, but now these two things happened at the same time to catch everyone off guard, these two people are the real two at the top of the team, the impact of this incident on Boston is self-evident, the team is now fully prepared to completely change blood from top to bottom.
Therefore, what makes many Boston Celtics fans very depressed at this time is that the Celtics are in turmoil again, and according to this trend, the results of the Celtics next season are expected to be lottery.
"Danny, the negotiations over there are almost over."
In the chairman's office of the Boston Celtics, Pitino looked out the window with some distraction, and his hand kept stroking the book he was most familiar with on his desk. Now the person with the most power in the Celts is a little emotional. What a beautiful time I came back then, and now I leave so sadly.
"Well, Mr. Gaston has agreed to their offer to sell the team, and now it's just a matter of signing and league approval."
Danny Angie, deputy general manager of the Boston Celtics, also sighed and said, seriously. He didn't have much hatred for the man in front of him now, in fact, he might have hated him a little like the other Celts before, but since Danny Angie came to Boston, he has completely changed his opinion. β¦,
The current Boston Celtics are already a rotten team, and the current team needs to be changed from beginning to end, and Pitino has actually changed a lot of this team in the past three years, but because of these changes, he has not been able to achieve actual results. Pitino's dedication and hard work to this team Danny Anji can be seen, and he is also extremely admired, and now he has come to this point, Danny Anji is also very reluctant to see.
Pitino is now resigning as head coach, but he still retains his position as Celtic's chairman and general manager, because at this time the team needs to change hands, the owner simply does not care about the day-to-day management of the current team, and he also needs to maintain the stability of the team as much as possible, and most importantly, he wants to get his enemy here.
"Danny, did you think he would come?"
The two people in the office were a little silent, Pitino was still looking out the window, and the voice was still a little erratic, and anyone could feel the apprehension and anticipation in his heart at this time. It's just that Danny Angie is shaking his head at this time, constantly shaking his head.
"If I were him I wouldn't be here, he has a lot of better options now, New York and the Trail Blazers are also chasing him, New York is the best choice" Danny Angie sighed and said, and Pitino nodded faintly after hearing Danny Angie's words, obviously he also agreed with Danny Angie's words.
"Yes, the Knicks are indeed a good choice, who wants to take over this mess in Boston, I'm afraid we are a little better off than Portland now" Pitino said with a sudden smile, but the bitterness in his smile was also extremely obvious.
"This is not necessarily, I heard that the general manager of the Knicks, Dolan Jr., had a holiday with him, and now the old Dolan resigned Jr. Dolan in order to show favor to him, but it is not certain whether Coach Z can accept such a overture" Danny Angie also said with a wry smile, at this time the mood of the two was extremely complicated, and at this time the door of the Celtics chairman's office was pushed open, and Danny Angie and Pitino also looked out the door, and the person who came was Paul Gaston, the owner of the Boston Celtics.
"Mr. Gaston, how are things going?" asked Danny Angie as he looked at Paul Gaston earnestly, while Pitino was quietly watching the owner of the team who was going through the same situation as himself.
"Well, it's done. I sold the team to Grossbeck for $300 million, so Danny can rest assured," Paul Gaston said with a smile on his face as he looked at Danny Angie. And Danny Angie's face was also a little embarrassed after hearing Paul Gaston's words. He's one of those who want Pitino and Gaston to leave, and he's one of the Celtics' fames. It's just that when he heard that Gaston sold the team for 300 million, the deputy general manager was also a little moved.
"Mr. Gaston, thank you for your dedication to the team" Danny Angie also said with a sincere face at this time, although the Boston Celtics have now sunk, but as the league's No. 1 giant, this is a team that can sell at least $400 million. As long as Gaston is given enough time to contact the buyer, not to mention 400 million, it can be sold at a higher price, but this boss only sold 300 million in the end, which is undoubtedly giving up a lot of his own interests. Because the only person who can buy the Celtics for $300 million is probably a local businessman in Boston, and the owner finally gave up a lot of his own interests in order to ensure the purity of the team's pedigree, and Danny Angie naturally needs a lot of courage to do this. That's hundreds of millions of benefits, and even if Gaston does sell the team to outsiders, they can only be in a hurry.
"Hehe, I think this is some compensation for the damage I have caused to the team in the past eight years, the Boston Celtics are still the Celtics of the Boston people" Gaston also waved his hand and sighed and said: "How is Coach Z contacted?" Is it possible for him to come here? ββ¦,
He is also extremely enthusiastic about Coach Z, originally he was ready to use Coach Z to drive away Pitino, but now he doesn't need to, now he really hopes that the magical Chinese can change the current situation of the Celtics, and he also believes that the Chinese is the one who can re-establish the backbone of this old giant. It's just that Coach Z at this time is no longer the rookie coach who was given up by him when he entered the NBA at the beginning of the year, and it is extremely difficult to invite him at this time.
"I think all we can do now is wait," Pitino said faintly, while Danny Angie and Gaston were stunned and nodded
The chairman's office in Boston is dignified. And the Timberwolves' office is actually very dignified, and this fax file from Pitino is actually a letter and an invitation letter written by Pitino to Zhuang Fei.
When Zhuang Fei got this document, he also understood what Pitino said he hoped he could do, and as for the final invitation, it was naturally the matter of hoping that Zhuang Fei would join the Boston Celtics.
In fact, for the current Zhuang Fei, it will not surprise him to receive an invitation from any team in the league, not long ago he also received an invitation from the old Dolan, after the Knicks were out of the first round of the playoffs this year, the whole world knew that Van Gundy Jr. was definitely going to sweep away. And at this time, Zhuang Fei was a little surprised that Lao Dolan extended an olive branch to him again, for which the tycoon did not hesitate to assure Zhuang Fei that as long as Zhuang Fei went to the Knicks, he could transfer his son out of the team, and then let Zhuang Fei take on all positions like Pitino of the Boston Celtics, although Zhuang Fei was not very interested in the Knicks and the New York media, he still had a certain impression of Lao Dolan, and this tycoon really admired him. Zhuang Fei also knew this, but at this time, it was difficult for Zhuang Fei to make a promise to the tycoon, so he dragged down this invitation, just like leaving the invitation of Trail Blazers boss Paul Allen. It's just that now Zhuang Fei also has one more choice.
"Zhuang, this is the tenth time I've sent you such a fax this month, do you need me to refuse the Celtics later?"
Looking at Zhuang Fei in front of him in a daze, the general manager of the Timberwolves, McHale, also said with a wry smile, in fact, he was extremely helpless about why Zhuang Fei didn't let his agent contact these teams and let those teams directly send the invitation to the Timberwolves club, he knew that Zhuang Fei was showing everyone that even if he wanted to leave the team, he would not do anything in secret, everything about him was public, which made everyone in the Timberwolves know Zhuang Fei's dynamics, This also makes all Timberwolves players not have any other ideas, he is still the head coach of the Timberwolves, if he really asks his agent to contact the team, it is estimated that rumors will be flying all over the world now, and the Timberwolves are estimated to be greatly affected, but Zhuang Fei only makes McHale a little painful.
"Hehe, don't need to stay first," Zhuang Fei said with a smile, and then fell down to the office chair behind him, his eyes closed.
"No refusal?" McHale was also stunned, in fact, for many invitations, Zhuang Fei just glanced at it and asked him to reply and refuse, McHale knew Zhuang Fei's dynamics very well, and the only invitations that could make Zhuang Fei stay could be the ones that he stayed now.
It's mid-May now, and it's only more than 1 month away from the draft and summer raiders, and now the Timberwolves are still playing the playoffs, if the Timberwolves can still win the championship this season, then the time has come to mid-June after the Timberwolves win the championship, and it is impossible for Zhuang Fei to start choosing his next home at the end of the Timberwolves playoffs, so McHale has always believed very much that Zhuang Fei will definitely make a decision in the next few days, and it is estimated that the latest is before the start of the Finals after the Western Conference Finals. And in these days, the team owner Glenn Taylor will also come to Zhuang Fei to make a final reservation.
It can be said that after Zhuang Fei left the invitation of the Knicks not long ago, McHale was extremely confident that Zhuang Fei would go to New York, and New York was indeed worthy of Zhuang Fei, and he could also provide Zhuang Fei with everything he needed, as for the Trailblazers, McHale did not consider it at all, this team is not worthy of Zhuang Fei at all, the city is not worthy, and the history of the team is not worthy, according to the current prestige of Zhuang Fei, if the Trailblazers go to the Trailblazers, then it can only damage their reputation, and the higher the salary Paul Allen gives to Zhuang Fei, the more passive Zhuang Fei will be.
Could it be that this Chinese will go to the Celts? McHale also thought of this in his heart, and just when McHale was thinking nonsense, Zhuang Fei, who was still thinking with his eyes closed just now, suddenly spoke.
"Kevin, what kind of team do you say the Celtics are" Zhuang Fei's ethereal voice came, and McHale was stunned again.
What kind of team are Celtic? McHale didn't know how to answer for a while, and Zhuang Fei smiled slightly after looking at McHale deeply.
"It looks like this team has now lost its logo" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )