Chapter 133 James Harden

When Walsh hung up Petry's phone and was picking up a cigar to light it, the phone rang again, and Walsh answered the phone and said:

"Sam, what's the matter?"

A hearty smile came from the other side of the phone, saying:

"Donnie, I have a deal, I don't know what you think!"

On the other end of the phone was Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Sam Presti.

In recent seasons, after accumulation, the Thunder has shown a rising trend this season, currently ranked seventh in the West, and the playoffs are just around the corner, however, the Thunder is still a new army, the core Kevin Durant, Westbrook, Jeff Green are all young and positive, and Larry Hughes's recent performance has also attracted the attention of the Thunder.

However, they won't spend a lot of money on a Larry Hughes, even if Larry Hughes is averaging 27 points per game.

Without waiting for Walsh to answer, Presti continued:

"We want Larry Hughes, we can swallow Mirisic, you're going to get Itan Thomas and Krstic plus our 2010 first-round pick!"

It's a joke!

The idea crossed Walsh's mind for the first time!

Although Larry Hughes was brushed up, but now the trade value is there, and Washh can't sell it for one Itan Thomas and Kerstic, and the Thunder's first-round pick, according to the current record, is simply impossible to lottery picks, and it is not very attractive to the Knicks.

However, the deal was negotiated, and Walsh did not directly refuse, but said:

"Sam, you have to know that Larry is our top scorer, and you want to get our top scorer with two interior blue collar workers, so I trade Darrell Arthur and Jordan Hill for Kevin Durant, will you agree, if you promise, I will also promise!"

Hearing Walsh's words, there was also a little bottom in his heart, the price just now was just the most preliminary temptation, Larry Hughes is an expiring contract, and the Thunder are not afraid of being deceived, on the contrary, at least during this period, getting Hughes can bring a wealth of experience to Durant and others, which is also worth it.

So, he said:

"Donnie, let's each take a step back, how about we take out Sefrosa and Jeff Green, and you guys take Jordan Hill and Gallinari!"

Walsh thought about it for a moment in his mind, Jeff Green and Sefrosa are indeed very attractive, although he was abandoned by the Thunder in the back and sent back to the Celtics, but at this time, he is the main player of the Thunder!

If this deal goes through, the Knicks' outside line will have two more players with a relatively balanced offense and defense, and they will lose one of their most consistent shooters.

However, at this time, Walsh keenly noticed that the Thunder's forward guard was obviously bloated, otherwise he would not trade Jeff Green, and Hughes's contract was about to expire.

This is......!!!

There's no doubt that Washh knew what the Thunder had in mind, and they picked out James Harden of the University of Arizona in this year's draft.

But Harden's performance was unsatisfactory, the champion Griffin, Li Feng, No. 4 Evans, No. 7 Stephen Corey, and No. 10 Brandon Jennings all left Harden far away!

Even Zhu Holiday, Tylawson, Jeff Teague and a large number of rookies are also more famous than this flower show, in the current game, Harden averages 6.6 points per game, it can be said that just looking at the data, he has become the biggest parallel commodity in this draft!

Of course, the Thunder don't think so, otherwise the first thing that was just proposed is that Harden is not Jeff Green, which proves that the Thunder want Green to give way to Harden.

However, trading this matter, as long as he pays enough price, the Thunder will also give in, and the current Harden is just a potential stock, and it is also a potential stock that is underestimated, but Walsh likes him more than Jeff Green. …,

This is mainly because before the draft, although Harden predicted that he would not fall to the Knicks, the Knicks still focused on observing Harden, Washh knew that this young player is very potential, on the one hand Durant occupies a lot of shooting opportunities on the Thunder, and then the point guard Westbrook is not a traditional "playmaker" at all, at most it is called a "guard with the ball", plus Tseflora's defense is much better than the head coach's favor, so the data is only like this!

Thinking of this, Walsh tentatively asked:

"Russell trade, we can pay any price except for the striker!"

Instead of mentioning Harden directly, but attacking Westbrook in this area, Washh is very experienced in this area, and he has been widely praised for so many years with the Pacers.

Not surprisingly, the voice over there became cold, and said:

"I don't think any of you can compare to Russell, if you are willing to pay Li Feng, we can also pay any player except Kevin thinks, we can use Russell to trade Li Feng directly, how about it?"

Of course, they don't want to trade Li Feng, it's impossible, even a rich man like James Dolan is now considering whether to LeBron James, because of Li Feng's arrival, the Knicks' stock price has doubled!

Walsh was not angry either, and said:

"It's not going to be, Sam, I'm proposing a plan where we're willing to send the next three first-round picks, then Larry Hughes and Jeffries and Mirisic, and Gallinari and Jordan Hill and Darrell Arthur, and you send Etan Thomas, Kristic, Jeff Green, James Harden and ...... Sefrosa and Sergi Ibaka, what's going on, Russell and Kevin weren't involved, you robbed our Mr. Hughes and the marksman......"

Walsh was gushing and seducing the other.

However, Presti didn't say no right away, and he was also wondering what they would get after the deal.

If a deal goes through, the Thunder's starting lineup would be Jordan Hill, Mirisic, Durant, Hughes and Westbrook, and the bench players would be Gallinari and Darrell Arthur, as well as two first-round picks.

This made Presti also moved, but he suddenly found that before he knew it, Walsh had put Harden in, but, thinking of three first-round picks, he wavered, what team is the Knicks?

Back then, for Crawford and Corey gave the Bulls Taylor Thomas, and Noah, even if the Knicks have Li Feng, it is not certain that they can't get James this summer, and this summer's first-round draft is also very attractive, maybe it will become the champion, and Walsh didn't mention protection!

However, Thunder head coach Brooks only recently mentioned that he would trade Green to make way for Harden.

Although he didn't like the head coach's fingers, Green was introduced by him back then, and it would be a pity to give up like this, but he didn't want to conflict over this, so, after thinking twice, he replied:

"Green and Harden, you can only have one person, let me think about it for a few days, and I will get back to you as soon as possible!"

Hearing this reply, Walsh secretly said in his heart that he had succeeded, but he replied very normally:

"That's great, but there are a lot of people who want Larry, if you don't get it sooner, don't blame me for trading to other Western teams!"

The other side, apparently anxious, replied:

"I'll reply to you tomorrow, how can I give you a day!"

Walsh smiled and said:

"It's good, just tomorrow, I hope you don't disappoint me!"

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ps: Yesterday's fourth shift, let me explain, yesterday was my brother's birthday in the dormitory, I was going to come back after eating the codeword, who knew that Lu Dao couldn't go after drinking, the most Lu drank after drinking and drank a problem, a brother drank too much and sent to the hospital, stay up late to code the word to update this chapter, very sleepy, I don't know if I can wake up at noon, the class must have escaped, I will update when I wake up, five more will not be less, it may be late, I hope the brothers understand, Xiao Kai thank you, the most Lu after asking for a recommendation vote, five more will not be less, Xiao Kai has never spoken!