Chapter 132: Mr. Hughes

Howard Hughes was a very awesome guy, he became an orphan at the age of 17, dropped out of school to take over his father's business, became the chairman and director of the film company at the age of 21, drove an airplane designed by himself at the age of 30 to set a world flight record of 567 kilometers per hour, flew over the Americas in 7 and a half hours at the age of 32, set a 91-hour round-the-world flight record at the age of 33, and then spent 5 years building an aircraft designed to carry 750 passengers and flying a mile.

In the United States of America, Howard Hughes's name is as well known as Washington, Abraham Lincoln. This is not only because he is one of the few wealthy people in the United States of America who enjoys the prestige of the world, but also because the people of the United States of America regard him as a hero.

With the same surname as Howard Hughes, Larry Hughes is not a big name in the NBA, except for the steal king and the best defensive team of the year, there is nothing to do.

However, in the Knicks' current roster, he is the kind of sweetheart that other teams want, not because of his form, but because of his expiring contract, which expires this summer on a five-year contract with the Cavaliers in '05.

The Knicks wanted to trade, and Hughes was a good bargaining chip, so in the next Devil's schedule, the Knicks gave Larry Hughes the right to fire wirelessly after trying their best to still be dragged into garbage time by the Celtics and other teams at halftime.

Hughes is not a fool, and he knows what this means, but his performance is proportional to the future contract, and he must definitely seize the opportunity to brush up on his data.

So, in the next dozen games, the Knicks lost nine.

And Larry Hughes did his best in these games, although the shooting rate was only 42%, but relying on the Knicks' small-ball tactics, he had a lot of shots.

In these dozen games, Larry Hughes has simply become Mr. Hughes on the basketball court, and the big AI with fast breakthroughs and strong defense is back, and in these dozen games, he has cut down super data of 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals per game, of course, provided that the Knicks give him twenty or thirty shots per game.

Although the uniform teams in the league understand what this means, Hughes is not only an instant force now, but also has a large expiring contract, even if it can't be later, it can save money.

So, in the past few days, Donnie Walsh's phone has been blown up.

As soon as he hung up a few calls, Walsh smiled from ear to ear, not like Li Feng's suggestion is really good, Larry Hughes is like a rose, the data is too dazzling, many teams are willing to jump even though they know that this is a scam, because their goal is the playoffs, as long as they can strengthen the team, they can do whatever it takes.

What makes Walsh even happier is that several young players proposed by Li Feng are indeed as he said, and the price to get is not high, Li Feng is the core of the team, and completing this deal can not only appease D'Antoni, but also show that the team values Li Feng.

What makes Wash's brain distress is that Demaster Cousins of the University of Kentucky is also very good, but he is so good that unless the Knicks are bad, there is no chance that Cousins will fall to the Knicks, which is why he has not traded Hughes for a long time.

On his desk are the profiles of three teams, the three most viable to trade.

The first is the Sacramento Kings who only played against the Knicks not long ago, Evans has now overshadowed Martin's limelight, in order to further rebuild, they decided to get rid of Martin's big contract, Hughes's big contract is one of their goals, of course, they also want to get the Knicks' Gallinari to enhance the team's outside firepower.

Martin is a top scorer in the league, with fast shots, elegant style of play, and indeed strong scoring ability, if he is paired with Li Feng, he will definitely achieve good results. …,

However, Walsh is not Thomas, and in addition to seeing Martin's excellence, he also sees Martin's injuries and defensive weaknesses.

Thinking of this, he picked up the profile of Marcus Thornton again, this player is considered to be a Ben Gordon type player,

Thornton was the "Southeast Region Player of the Year" in college, especially in March against eventual champions UNCA, where Thornton scored 25 points on 5-of-11 three-pointers, and he took turns challenging Tylawson, Ellington and Danny Green on the outside of North Carolina in an impressive match.

Compare Thornton with Martin, although Thornton is only a redundant player for the Hornets now, and he can't compare with Martin's data, but as a general manager for many years, he thinks that Thornton is no worse than Martin.

However, based on the Kings' record and the competitiveness of the West, their lottery pick is very appealing to Walsh, and if the Knicks want to get Cousins, the Kings' lottery pick should not be missed.

So, Walsh called the phone number of Kings head coach Petri, and as soon as the phone was connected, there was a cordial greeting:

"How's it going, old man!"

Secretly scolding the old fox, Walsh also smiled and said:

"It's okay, you!"

Here Petri also secretly scolded the cunning, and said:

"Sacramento recently opened a club and the chicks in there are very nice......"

When it comes to chicks, both of them tacitly did not mention any deals, and have been talking about the world. Li Zhan talked about 9.1.1, but he didn't say anything related to basketball.

After talking for more than an hour, Petri couldn't help it, and scolded Washh for being cunning and cunning, and said:

"By the way, old man, my secretary reminded me just now that we really wanted to give you a trading intention, have you seen it?"

Walsh secretly smug in his heart: I still won, said:

"Intent to trade? I'll look for it! ”

As he spoke, Walsh pretended to flip through the papers on the table, and the sound was so loud that Petri over there heard it.

Petri sneered in his heart, what are you pretending, if you really don't want to trade, what are you doing with this call?

When it comes to trading, there's no need to talk nonsense, Walsh said directly.

"Was it Kevin Martin who traded Larry Hughes?"

Petri replied:

"Yes, how are you thinking about it?"

After a deep sigh, Washsh simply said:

"You all know what we planned for the summer, Martin's contract is very big, Hughes's contract expires, we can get one more superstar in the summer, and Martin is often injured, the defense is rubbish, even my grandson can blow him up......"

Even your grandson can blow him up!!

Petri almost shouted that you were shameless, but he calmed down instantly, and he understood what the other party meant, and said:

"What we mean is to trade Jason Thompson and Kevin Martin for Larry Hughes, Jason believes you know that you will definitely not lose money on this deal!"

Over there, Walsh replied directly:

"No way, we have a striker, we don't need Jason!"

Petri subconsciously replied:

"And what do you need?"

Walsh smiled and said:

"Need your picks, that lottery pick!"

The voice on the other side of the phone suddenly became louder, and he couldn't calm down anymore, and shouted:

"Donnie, do you think it's possible, Kevin is an All-Star level scorer, Larry Hughes is just an expiring contract, Jason Thompson is a potential rookie, you've earned this deal, you want our draft picks, it's impossible, you're not sincere at all, bam !!"

Hung up the phone, and Petri scolded a. Child-raised, this lottery is what the Kings value most in addition to Evans, they have a crush on Kentucky's John Wall and Cousins, no matter which one it is, according to the current situation of the Kings, they can get it, if they get Wall, Walga Evans, the Kings' backcourt will soon be a double All-Star.

Thinking of this, Petri was angry.

And over there, Walsh just shook his head and continued to look at the offers of the teams behind, the Kings are only one of them, so what can they do if they refuse?

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ps: Tomorrow's fifth watch, Xiao Kai uses the update to show his sincerity, I hope the brothers vote for the votes, the classification click list and the recommendation list are pressed, and the click list is about to be exploded by the book that is not strongly pushed, I hope it will be powerful!!