Chapter 70: A Late Deal
Winnie's arrival has added a bit of life to the Warriors, yes, it's live.
If you want to say which of the 30 teams in the NBA has the best locker room atmosphere, it is almost the Warriors, although they have a bad reputation outside, but the players of the Warriors have a very good relationship with each other, and they have similar temperaments, and they are all men who value feelings, and they are a group of brothers who are lively together.
But all this, with the rise of Chamberlain, was ruined.
Nelson Sr. devised a new game for Chamberlain, the team didn't show enough concern after Davis' injury, and the Warriors, despite losing two games after losing him, have made their best start in the last decade so far. And everyone admits that after having Chamberlain, the strength of the Warriors has improved a lot compared to before.
There was a gap between Davis and Chamberlain, like the old and new lion kings in the lion pack, and the two went farther and farther away for power.
This is especially true of Biderlins, who has publicly requested to be traded, and the Warriors' uniform team is doing the same, actively operating.
Trading is the easiest way to ruin the atmosphere in a team's locker room, so most teams operate in the offseason and try not to trade players in the middle of the season, otherwise it will hurt morale too much. Now it is certain that Biedrins must go, but everyone knows that he will not go on his own, because of the principle of salary matching, he must bring a veteran with a middle-class contract.
But who could this person be? Although Barnes, Azubuke and others don't seem to be affected by the trade, they are actually worried that the team will trade them away. The current Warriors, except for Chamberlain, are not for sale.
Winnie's rigorous and methodical training was an eye-opener for the players, and she was beautiful and sexy, and although she was grumpy and easy to clean up on them, she was quickly accepted by the Warriors.
On November 18, 2007, at one o'clock in the morning, Chamberlain was suddenly woken up by Li Qun's phone, who asked him to turn on the computer, and then on the official homepage of the Warriors, a message was hung in the most prominent position:
The Golden State Warriors completed a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, with the Warriors sending 6'11" center Andris Biedrins, 6'10" power forward Austin Crohill and small forward Stephen Rasme in exchange for 76ers playmaker Louis Williams, power forward Reggie Evans and a second-round pick next year. The transaction has been completed and is effective November 20......"
There's a lot more to come, including Nelson Sr. and Mullin's regret over the departures of Bidrins, Crohill and Rasme, and praise the trio for helping the Warriors. He then praised Louis Williams and Reggie Evans, and looked to the future, saying that with these two men, the Warriors would be a strong contender for the championship.
This is the first trade Chamberlain has experienced since coming to the NBA, and it is a personal experience, unexpectedly, Crohill and Rasmay were sent away, and maybe starting tomorrow, he will never be able to see them in the Warriors' locker room again.
Everyone understands that the NBA is a business, but when people interact with each other, they will understand that players are human beings after all, they have feelings, they have likes and dislikes, they are not things, and it really hurts the hearts of players to buy and sell them.
But so what? Player trading is part of NBA culture and a fact that no player, fan, or team can change.
Chamberlain had long known that Dow was leaving Bidrins, but he didn't know that Dow Crohill and Rasme were also leaving, and what he had heard was that the team was going to send Hudson away and take the opportunity to get rid of his sloppy mid-class contract. But apparently the 76ers' uniform team was not stupid and resolutely did not want Hudson, and finally replaced it with Russ and Croesher.
The latter two are similar to Anderson, they are both marginal personnel of the Warriors, and the chance to appear in a season is probably similar to the chance of Chamberlain to appear in a game.
Crohill is a Californian himself, grew up in California, and has a lot of affection for the Warriors. Even among white forwards, his individual skills are excellent, and he can play two different positions as a power forward and small forward as a young man, and he can also make temporary cameos as a center.
In addition, unlike the interior in the United States, Crohill has a beautiful long-range shot, and once had a three-point shooting percentage of 39 in one season when he was with the Pacers. 1%, that's what shines among shooting guards as well. However, as he grew older, his ability declined dramatically, and white players were not as physically fit as black as blacks.
However, Crohill's contract fits well with the needs of this trade, he signed a seven-year, $51 million long-term contract with the Pacers on August 1, 2001, which expires on June 30 next year, and his salary for this season is $7.3 million, so that the 76ers can get him and have a $7 million vacancy next season.
This is very attractive, the Warriors were originally going to use it for themselves, but in order to get the deal done, they sent Crohill away. In fact, Luis and Evans are not as valuable as Crohill combined, but the Warriors also exchanged some cash.
Chamberlain had a good relationship with Crohill, who saw him as rough in his skills and used to point him out and often train him with Corey on his free throws.
Nelson Sr. also called, and apologized to him euphemistically, after all, Chamberlain is already the core of the Warriors, and he is qualified to know everything about the trade in advance. However, the trading chips this time have just been determined, and the Warriors are also temporarily changing formations.
Chamberlain didn't care about that, he didn't care that it was still midnight, so he took a taxi to Oracle Stadium. Because he knew that Crohill and Rasme would go to the locker room after tonight's trade to move their things, which is an unspoken rule in the NBA, after all, stars are all people with heads and faces, and it is a bit too embarrassing to move things and leave in front of a group of teammates.
Sure enough, when Chamberlain arrived at the arena, both of them were there, along with their agents and the Warriors staff. Chamberlain silently watched the two take away the things in their lockers, and before leaving, they had a silent hug with the two.
After Crohill and Rasmay left, Chamberlain did not feel sleepy and went to the training gym. The deal put pressure on him, and he wondered if he would be sent away like this one day, even though he was still young and valuable.
When he arrived at the training hall, he was stunned to find that there were people inside, and Winnie, who was wearing a yoga suit, was looking at the computer intently. Originally, Winnie's figure exploded, and wearing a tight yoga suit, it made her convex and backward and her figure long.
The two of them were like they didn't know each other, one was going to practice, and the other was tapping on the keyboard.
After a while, Winnie stopped and walked to the side of the court, and said to Chamberlain, "Are you done venting?" Once you're done, then you need to go back to rest, you've trained hard enough during the day, and now you have to go to sleep. ”
Chamberlain was doing the bench press, two truck tires-like barbells hanging from the steel bar, and he held his breath and put it down again and again, pushing it up and down. I saw that under the light, the muscles on his two thick arms were surging, the muscles of the forearms were tightly arranged, and the blood vessels were wrapped around them like old tree roots, twisting and writhing with the rise and fall of the barbell.
On his bare chest, the two pectoralis major muscles bulged hard like a rock in the wind and sun, and the eight perfect abdominal muscles opened and closed rhythmically, as if they were made of copper and iron, and there was a faint sound of steel hitting as the breath agitated.
Eight times in a row, Chamberlain slowly put down the barbell, a barbell of 100 kilograms, his previous bench press was a total of 200 kilograms, and this is not his limit, in this era of the withering of the center, he is indeed a terrifying existence, no wonder old Nelson values him so much.
"You know the way, huhu, know the way of me, huhu I am very hard, and during the day, I am still so, huhu so practice, ****?" Chamberlain gasped and said, he raised his head and glanced at Winnie, but he didn't see the girl's appearance from his point of view, and his vision was blocked by the two ****.
After a glance, Chamberlain was embarrassed and lowered his head.
Seeing this scene, a light smile quickly slipped on Winnie's face, but she quickly regained her cold expression, she was silent for a while, and said seriously: "The reason why I made you suffer so much is because I am exploring your limits, you must know that you are like a new battery now, and overcharging is helpful to develop your potential." ”
"And," Winnie continued, "the other reason I'm doing this is because I want you to fit in with the players better. Z, you used to behave so inhumanly that the players felt that they couldn't match you, and they started to reject you as if they were nothing. I let you show your tiredness just to tell others that you are also an ordinary person, and you will be tired and weak. ”
Chamberlain had nothing to say, and Winnie was not obliged to explain it to him, because of old Gottlieb, Winnie's training was free. But she explained to him that this girl was not as cold and violent as she appeared on the outside, but that she was very delicate.
"Rest early." Chamberlain wiped the sweat from his face and stood up, he only came to see off Crohill and Rasme for a ride, he was exhausted from the day's training, and he really needed a good rest.
Seeing that Winnie didn't react, he repeated, "You should rest early." ”
Winnie smiled, and in the snow-white light, her smile was extremely beautiful, or rather seductive. However, she seemed to know this, and with a slight smile she restrained her smile, as if it were an epiphany, blooming only briefly at midnight with beauty.
The two walked out of the training hall together and then went to the parking lot, but when they saw that the parking lot was empty, they subconsciously asked each other in unison: "Where is your car?" ”
After saying that, then the two were a little embarrassed, and said in unison: "I don't have a car." ”
Speaking in unison twice in a row, Chamberlain laughed and asked, "How come you don't have a car?" ”
Winnie shrugged her shoulders absently and said, "The police said I was violent and confiscated my driver's license." ”
Then it was Chamberlain's turn to explain, and in the face of Winnie's curious gaze, Chamberlain sneered: "I didn't get a driver's license." "This kind of thing is very shameful in the United States, basically American men get their driver's licenses when they become adults, because of this, Chamberlain does not know how many times he has been despised.
To avoid being scorned, Chamberlain changed the subject and asked, "Now that the federal police have too much to do, why should they confiscate your driver's license?" California's Traffic Code does not prohibit violent people from driving. ”
Winnie nodded in agreement, frowned a little distressedly and said, "Yes, I think so too, I just hit the car of the thugs who whistled at me twice, hit and injured a bank robber once, and once used the gasoline in the car to burn a black bar where loan sharks were used, and the police seized my driver's license, what a bastard!" ”
Chamberlain peed.