"You're not here to trick me, are you? Or do you want to ask for a sky-high price? ”

Wright didn't feel so nervous for a long time, so he directly pulled the deputy general manager next to him to listen to the phone, no way, it was the Knicks on the other side.

You have to guard against it!

That Jiang Chao chicken thief.

The Warriors have never had any contact with the Knicks since they were toyed with by the Knicks in 09, and this time I want to ask the price Thomas Jr. also wanted to try it with the first-round offer of the year after next week last week, so I just asked, after all, Thomas Jr.'s contract and potential are there.

Today, this Knick suddenly took the initiative to come to the door, and it seems that he contacted his own family, why does this feel like being caught again?

Something is wrong!

In fact, not only the Warriors, but other teams in the league have been wary of the Knicks, which is why Brother Li has never been able to find his next home, he is afraid of being pitted by the Knicks, Brother Li is indeed very powerful, but what if the exchange becomes more powerful in the Knicks, then he must not regret dying?

In addition, the Knicks are the champion team, and the championship team has to suffer a loss in trading since ancient times, otherwise there will be no one to play with you if your championship team still trades first.

But the problem is that the Knicks have never suffered a loss since Jiang Chao took over, and now they are looking for another team for the first time after winning the championship, and Wright is a little "flattered".

But with a two-way situation of 6.5 million in 5 years, it is impossible not to be impressed.

So the two sides talked from the coach to the management and directly to the boss level.

Lacob, the Warriors owner who was called that by Jiang Chao, was full of interest in Thomas Jr., who didn't know about this second-round show played in the Knicks recently, so they communicated with each other.

Jiang Chao and Max are both "reporting good news but not bad news", anyway, they exaggerate all kinds of advantages, and hide their shortcomings as much as possible.

It is impossible for them to say that the young marshal deliberately let Thomas Jr. brush out data fishing or something, nor that it is put on the shelf to be sold, but because the Warrior Wright has a lot of David Lee, and he has been saying in the early stage that if David Lee can be exchanged, the transaction is also possible.

That is, there is no meaning of trading Thomas Jr. at all. (Brother Li: Special Meow's can also accompany the run)

But Jiang Chao's wish to Max is to replace Thomas Jr. with Clay in the end, it seems that the Knicks will suffer a loss, and David Lee is also to lure the enemy deeper.

Otherwise, if we just say that we want Thompson, the Warriors will definitely ask for a sky-high price.

But if the Warriors ask David Lee who he can replace, you can say: Why don't you change your Thompson, if you think it is a loss to change David Lee, then we will use Thomas Jr., anyway, our Curry will come back from injury immediately.

And during this time, something happened that made Max and Mustache determined to trade Thomas Jr.

Because Thomas Jr. didn't have a five-year, 6.5 million two-way contract, which was a low-cost child labor contract, he asked if he could renew a 5 million annual salary contract in advance after he hit 30+ double-double data in the first game.

Both of them thought in their hearts that you should get out of here, but on the surface, they put Jiang Chao out and said that they wanted to apply for it.

In fact, he has been negotiating with the Warriors.

Negotiations with the Warriors are actually about the same, and both sides are also waiting for the Warriors to play the Knicks at home.

Jiang Chao rushed to San Francisco to watch the game in this game, also to communicate directly with Lacob, the outside world does not know, but they all know that the answer is basically out after the game of inspection between the two sides.

The special plane flew to San Francisco, and the high-level people shouted David Lee to talk.

Recently, David Lee has been getting worse and worse, and it is not a matter of going on like this with a middle-class contract year, coupled with the aggressiveness of their agent, the Knicks and David Lee have an open and honest conversation.

"I'm willing to go to another team, and I'm very grateful to you." David Lee cried and hugged Jiang Chao in business class and didn't let go, he gritted his teeth and said this.

He received a call from Curry the other day asking him how he felt when he was hit as a starter.

But what can he say???

Can he comfort Curry?

On the plane, this decision used all his strength.

There's no way, Ibaka needs time to improve, and he's stagnant, survival of the fittest, the Knicks want to stay, but he's going to play and play, and of course, maybe for more money in the future.

So it's bound to break up.

Fulfill the Knicks, and fulfill yourself.

"In the contract year, go to a weak team and develop well, maybe we will meet at the top in a few years."

Jiang Chao also had tears in his sincere eyes, it was the first time he had seen such a cruel situation in his team, it was really cruel.

But how to say it, this kind of brotherhood is still there, but the work can't work together to work together, no way, everyone likes to play with the Knicks.

Ibaka also knows about this situation, but this is not a matter of letting go, he will start in place of Brother Li sooner or later, even if Oku doesn't leave last year, he will, and then he will squeeze Yi Jianlian's time more and more, this is the growth trend of newcomers, a big improvement every year, and then gradually eliminate the veterans.

Not to mention that the average player's NBA life cycle is 7 years on average, in 7 years, the rookies on the team must rise in 5 years, and the remaining 2 years of veterans have a base salary to wander around.

However, Brother Li is not an ordinary player, nor is he a veteran, he is a member of the championship team or a flexible center, since he has opened his mouth to trade himself, then there will be a lot of teams that he wants.

That's why he cried, because he knew that he would leave soon after saying this......

On the day of the race.

Jiang Chao and Sean Marks sat in the box.

"Little Thomas, huh."

Jiang Chao, who heard that Thomas Jr. was going to renew his contract in advance, sneered, Thomas Jr. was easy to swell and be beaten badly, and he knew that he was wrong later.

This time it is necessary to make him understand the cruelty of society, and the Knicks are not a place where you can do whatever you want.

Curry did return from injury, but Stevens was ordered to play an Oscar night tonight with his record firmly in place at No. 1 in the East.

That is, Curry only played 17 minutes in the whole game, and the reason for the young coach after the game was naturally to come back from injury to find a feeling, but in fact, people were injured and stopped a game, Curry didn't sweat, and finally fell behind by 5 points and was desperate to play when he was stopped by D'Antoni, and said the plan in his ear to make Curry calm down a lot.

Oh...... To trade Thomas Jr.

That's fine!

Think of this victory as a welcome gift to the Warriors.

Curry was completely relieved, they all knew about Brother Li on the plane yesterday, he didn't know that the management teamed up to make a game for Thomas Jr., he only knew that the boss hadn't talked to him and hadn't taught for a long time.

He was too afraid that he would follow in Brother Li's footsteps.

Although the probability is extremely low, who is not afraid of little Thomas's bang bang, he called Brother Li before, but fortunately, Brother Li scolded him directly:

"You're afraid of a starter who averages 21+7.7 per game?? Your limit isn't there yet! ”

…………

"Coach D'Antoni, ask you silently, the boss also let Thomas Jr. go?"

"Nonsense...... Who would dare to make such a deal without the nod of the boss? Boss Jiang really wants him to leave the Knicks!! It's not fake! Because little Thomas also touched the boss's scales. ”

"Well, it's true that the style doesn't match us, and I admit that I also really like his passion and style of play on the court."

With Klay Thompson defending Harden at the last moment, Harden shot 3 non-stick three-pointers, and finally the Warriors defeated the Knicks 96-91, and the 12th in the West defeated the first in the East, creating a big upset, betting on the dog is the end.

David Lee, who everyone is concerned about, was arranged by the young marshal to partner with Thomas Jr. for 20 minutes + today, so the data is good, 8 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, but the desire is still not strong, otherwise he is a rebounding monster, playing a team like the Warriors, and grabbing 10 rebounds in the case of 28 minutes on the court.

Thomas Jr., who is the most concerned, is a little out of shape today, because the Warriors' outside line is generally very high and fast, and he is facing Ellis or Thompson, who are players who move very quickly, so Thomas Jr. has 18 points, 7 assists and 2 steals, but it's okay.

Because the opposite side is not comfortable, the opposite side is purely Ellis as the big brother, and the future Curry boss Monta Ellis scored 29 points and 7 assists.

As the starting quarterback, Klay Thompson, the 11th pick pick this year, only had 11 points, 1 assist, 0 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block, which looked very ordinary.

Below the season average is naturally the Knicks' defensive credit, because the young coach and D'Antoni know that this is a battle between the two sides, and the actual battle can't make Klay Thompson's stats look good when playing the Knicks, and it must make him look as moderate as possible.

Therefore, he didn't let Harden defend at the beginning, but let George cling close, and after George went down, Klay finally took a breath, and it was Haywood and Beverley who rotated and pasted him, and the Knicks seemed to have studied his position before the game, and didn't let him get out of a no-ball running position for three points.

As a starting quarterback, he only scored 11 points on 2-of-6 three-point shooting in 35 minutes of play, which is really incomprehensible.

Although he lost, Jiang Chao high-fived Sean Marks in the box.

Because this loss can be expected, Thomas Jr. has been playing for too long, this is his problem, it is okay to play nerve knives, and the offensive efficiency will definitely decline after too long, plus others are desperate to find him on the defensive end, and it is normal for the Warriors to score points, and if Curry and Beverley are rotated, the Warriors will not be able to score fast 100 points in this game.

They high-fived because the trade should be fine.

Because the Warriors won the game, Thompson's statistics are average, which will make the Warriors' boss Lacob and President Wright think that the victory in this game has nothing to do with Thompson, and winning the first place in the East does not depend on Thompson, how strong Ellis and Jenkins are!

If you give them this illusion, there is a high probability that you can completely take the bait.

But in fact, Jiang Chao and the two were successfully inspected, Thompson defended Harden well, Harden only got 14 points and 10 assists, in Jiang Chao's opinion, the assist is unpreventable, but the Knicks' outside first scorer is 14 points? The two pairs are a fig leaf, and Harden himself will definitely reflect after the game.

So this game is destined to be a successful inspection of both sides, Thomas Jr. and David Lee's blocking and cutting cooperation also made the Warriors look greedy, and then the Warriors' small lineup will not take off? ?

Sure enough, without waiting for Sean Marks to contact Wright, Wright took the initiative to call before the audience left:

"Max, shall we come to your box to talk?"

"Come on, our boss is too."

"Well, now at the press conference, we're pretty much sure."

Jiang Chao also smiled:

"Come on, save them another time."

This is actually the perfect way to trade, and the players to be traded by both sides join the opposing team in situ after the inspection.

This has happened a lot in later generations, sometimes the transaction is waiting for this day, and the capitalists are like this, and they can save some money.

(Note: For example, on February 9, 2023, the Spurs and Raptors traded on the last day of the trade deadline, and it happened to be the Spurs playing the Raptors away, and after the game, they traded Bolt to the Raptors, saving the two sides from swapping players back and forth to go abroad.) ）

Inside the box.

Jiang Chao, Sean Marks, Wright, and Lacob simply started the four-way talks.

Thomas Jr.'s plan to replace Klay Thompson alone is naturally unlikely, not that the Warriors coaching staff doesn't want to.

It's too much of a slap in the face, and the social response is not good.

This year's first-round 11-pick pick played half a season and swapped with the second-round last pick?

Doesn't this directly slap the Warriors management in the face?

And Thompson is not without potential, his height and defensive body shape are here, and theoretically the ceiling is much higher than Thomas Jr.

Unless the Warriors really want to gamble, Thomas Jr. will become an All-Star ball-handling core.

But in fact, from Jiang Chao's point of view, whoever takes Thomas Jr. now is making money by blood, and even he has a small loss, Thomas Jr. will be the first in the east with the poor lineup in the future, and the Celtics will be the first in the east and still hold the champion, and Anji will be directly named a god at that time.

Therefore, the Warriors will not say that they will be pitted in the past, and they may directly enter the playoffs, don't underestimate the regular season scoring ability of this kind of small man, and the record is also first-class.

Therefore, Jiang Chao is also the most honest time in history to say that you can not only change, but I still have to say that the surprises brought to you by Little Thomas are definitely not only so many that you see in the Knicks now, anyway, it means that you do not lose.

This is the first time Sean Marks has heard Jiang Chao say this, according to the previous trading with the Knicks, it is generally the Knicks who make money and the opponent who loses blood......

Look at Jordan Hill, who the Warriors chose after Curry back then, and now he can't be seen in the NBA......

But he saw Jiang Chao's sincerity, to be honest, if he hadn't overstepped the level and reported, Sean Marques wouldn't want to let go of this kind of "Ginobili"-style Taobao second-round show, there is still potential.

The Warriors boss couldn't hold back watching the highlight clip video of Thomas Jr. in the past few days on his mobile phone:

"Well, you add David Lee, give us a championship team member guarantee, and we add Kwame Brown, you may not know it when you're young, this is the '01 champion."

"I'm young, but I'm not stupid...... One of the top water champions, I don't need this kind of veteran. ”

"The inside line is for the inside line, the statistics are similar, and they have all won championships with the team (Kwame Brown won the championship a few years ago when he was with the Lakers. Wright coughed.

Max: "We're playing little and we're all championship centers, so there's a difference!" ”

Jiang Chao couldn't help laughing, although he didn't understand anything in 01, but who didn't know Kwame Brown, the champion striker of 2.11 meters in 01, but he averaged seven or eight points per game and changed four or five teams to no avail, what do you want to do with this kind of rough brother? And he will retire after playing for another 2 years.

However, since Lacob has added David Lee, it means that he really wants little Thomas,

So Jiang Chao said directly:

"That's it, with Thomas Jr. and David Lee here, you won't be bad next year, we will lose a little, you give another 2012 first-round pick, and I will sign."

"No problem, don't regret it! I will compensate another 2 million in cash! ”

(End of chapter)