NBA: Starting with $20 billion, buying the Knicks

Chapter 425 Curry substitutes, decides to trade! ! !
"What? Really? Start for Curry? Is it too soon?"

"Of course it is true. Wait for the good news in a few days."

Little Thomas was indeed a man with no back of his head, he just bounced away, with his butt up in the sky, which is what he looks like now.

Jiang Chao's initial inheritance of 20 billion US dollars is not as floating as he is now.

Little did he know that he had been sentenced to death by Jiang Chao.

After Thomas Jr. left, Jiang Chao called Sean Marks' office directly:

"You, Stevens, D'Antoni, the three of you come to the office."

"now?"

"immediately."

"Okay!" Sean Marks responded quickly.

"Hey, don't worry about it this year."

Jiang Chao leaned on the chair and waited for them to arrive, while rubbing his temples with a headache.

Indeed, the young team has such a painful period in three years, which is a bit difficult to manage.

It's not like they were all newcomers at the beginning, and everyone started a business together.

Now that you have the backbone after winning the championship, you can come out as a rookie if you want, but definitely not in this way.

Sometimes patience is more important than explosion.

When Thomas Jr. opened his door and said these words, Jiang Chao knew that this person could not stay in the Knicks.

Otherwise it will be a time bomb sooner or later.

There is an essential difference between him and Li Ge's knocking on the door: Li Ge came back from an injury with a dazed face and didn't start the game, not because of his own mistakes.

Thomas Jr. bypassed the coaching staff and management and directly told his boss to ask for a rotation. Whether it is ancient or modern, it is a leapfrog report, and the consequences of leapfrog reporting are generally not very good. but to advance their own interests.

It's not that Jiang Chao thinks he doesn't know people well, the later generations of little Thomas already have such an inflated look.

That year in the Green Army, he thought he could not be traded, but he was "thrown away" by Angie every minute. He was beaten up by the society before he realized his mistake. Later, when he was looking for a job everywhere, no one wanted him.

Of course, this is also related to his gluteal muscle injury. Jiang Chao chose him because he does have mvp-level strength on the offensive end.

Moreover, even if he had to trade, his current trade value should be very high.

Jiang Chao asked this question first when Sean Marks, Stevens, and D'Antoni entered the office.

"Indeed, after these four or five games, many teams offered him offers, but I didn't respond."

The three of Sean Max looked at Jiang Chao strangely, not knowing what happened and why Thomas Jr. was suddenly mentioned.

Then Jiang Chao talked about the fact that Thomas Jr. came to the office privately to find him just now.

"What?? This brat still wants to stabilize the second rotation?? Want to squeeze out Beverly's position? Just dream, Beverly's defense, he can only achieve it by reincarnation in his next life." D'Antoni spoke rather bluntly, directly Just started cursing.

After hearing Jiang Chao's words, the other two people's faces sank. To be honest, this happened because of their management negligence, because after all, the Knicks are only Jiang Chao's investment products. How can they allow such trivial matters to trouble Jiang Chao?
You must know that Sean Marks will take the initiative to find Jiang Chao every time he decides to trade or draft.

If you have to communicate with Jiang Chao about any transaction trend, what do you need him as the general manager? ? ? ?

So Thomas Jr. had this situation, in exchange for their direct subordinates in the unit to write a reflection book.

So Stevens was also decisive:
"Boss, don't worry, this kind of situation will not happen again in the future. I gave him too much time in these few games to make him swell, and I will definitely not let him have this illusion that he can be in the second rotation regularly!"

D'Antoni also nodded, saying that this is a training session for Beverly to defend Thomas Jr. so that he can know what a real championship-level defense is!

You must know that Beverly was the hero of the Knicks when they won the championship. Without his defensive passion, how could they break through the outside group like the Heat?
Sean Marks also nodded. Although he thinks Thomas Jr. is a very good player, it is a mistake if he makes a principled mistake, and it's fine for them to pursue it by themselves.

Boss Jiang, who single-handedly chose him, is pursuing this matter, so he must be dealt with strictly.

NBA teams also have a little bit of a hierarchy. This season is not halfway through yet. If you are a second-round pick and want to be in the second rotation, do you want to go to heaven?

That is to say, Stevens' egalitarian basketball will give Thomas Jr. a chance. If Popovich is replaced, Thomas Jr. will not be able to play 1 minute in the regular season.

Jiang Chao didn't interrupt and listened to them.

But what they didn't know was that Jiang Chao was about to expel Thomas Jr. from the Knicks because of this incident!

There is no way, he is a man with open eyes, once this kind of thing happens, he will know what will happen next.

He didn't want to wait until the day when things got serious, so he killed the matter directly at the source.

If he didn't take care of this matter, one can imagine what would happen later.

fast forward to-

After replacing Beverly, he played 40+ in a single game, and was praised by fans as the strongest second-round pick, the king of the last quarter.

After showing off in the playoffs, he even aimed at the position of starting point guard Curry, and wanted to try starting...

After the coach refused to start, he asked the management to request a trade or to renew the big contract in advance...

The data explosion in the contract year, the offseason and the management turned against each other, led to the Knicks having to trade him...

Maybe this process can win the championship, but this kind of thorn will make all the credit for winning the championship belong to him, that is, a capable person coupled with a sensational personality, it is very suitable for a big ball market like New York...

But it is not suitable for the team built by Jiang Chao.

The current Knicks do not allow people who dance like this to exist! !
So when the three people in front of him were waiting for Jiang Chao's answer, Jiang Chao waved his hand:
"No, no, no, how can you put him on the bench? Such an easy-to-use player, starting the game, you must try it!"

"Ah?? Impossible, but Curry is the starter!!!"

D'Antoni was anxious when he heard it. Thomas Jr. was targeting Curry's position. How could he replace Curry's role? This is too exaggerated.

Sean Marks didn't look at Jiang Chao's expression, and immediately said in deep thought: "Although Thomas Jr.'s plus-minus efficiency is indeed high recently, there is no need to try it in the starting lineup... This will also cause internal strife in the team, and let's talk about you, the boss. You didn't call us here to right him..."

Originally, what Jiang Chao said about this matter meant that Thomas Jr. wanted to be a serious rotation player. It is hard to believe that Jiang Chaozhen's attitude.

But when Stevens spoke, they all looked at Jiang Chao's smiling expression.

Young Marshal: "Can't you see that what Boss Jiang said is ironic?"

Because Jiang Chao said it with irony, and he couldn't hear it unless he listened carefully.

"How to say, boss!!"

"Do you think it is possible for him to replace our team's starting guard??? It is impossible to replace him now. If he does this, he must leave, but the four of us know about it." Jiang Chao also said directly made his own plans.

"Leave?????"

The three high-level Knicks were all shocked, isn't this too decisive?
Thomas Jr. has just signed the contract for less than 4 months, is this about to be traded? ? ?

It was chosen by Jiang Chao himself!

This……

Sean Marks doesn't understand Jiang Chao's brain circuit. Since you think he can't do it, why choose him?

But Jiang Chao reminded the three of them in one sentence:

"Didn't you also say that he has the highest transaction value now?"

"Sure, the rookie contract, with an average of 20+6 per game, any team with a big belly can hold the ball and have a big core!"

Sean Max clapped his hands, and had to say that if he really wanted to trade, this would definitely allow him, the general manager, to flex his muscles. It's so sweet!

This kind of rookie is generally regarded as a treasure by the team, because the contract expires in two and a half years.

Jiang Chao actually wants to sell it now?
Although only the four of them know about it now, they still find it unbelievable. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as this 175 little guy is cultivated, he must be an attacking big core.

And this kind of big core is self-contained like Irving. When he needs to attack and score, he can pull off singles or match a pick-and-roll. NBA tactics are sometimes so simple and unpretentious.

"Boss, are you sure?" From the point of view of the coaching staff, the young coach must have cherished his talents. It took so much effort to cultivate one, and he was let go so soon. To be honest, he was not reconciled.

He belongs to the coach who treats players very well, and he hopes to exploit all his energy by himself.

But if it is true that Beverly may target the team's starting point guard Stephen Curry in the future as the boss said, it can be said that it has touched everyone's back scales. Who doesn't like elementary school students?

"Of course, although we lost Mills because of him, I believe he will get someone better than him."

"True or fake...better..."

The mustache D'Antoni murmured in his heart, this is unlikely, Thomas Jr.'s current performance, at most one rookie from another team, it is impossible to get any star, and it may be a future draft pick, but the future is in the future The future is coming, the Knicks will strive for two consecutive championships this year.

If you want to change it, you can change it immediately. If you look at the rookie guards who can get this data in the league, it's just... Irving and Kemba Walker of the Bobcats. The one who arrived was basically an ordinary Samsara player.

"We don't take the initiative to trade, and now several teams contact me to make an offer." Sean Marks reminded everyone not to leak it, as long as the other party doesn't know that the Knicks are going to take the initiative to trade Thomas Jr., then the Knicks have the advantage.

"So, you need to make his data better to make his transaction value higher, right?"

"Boss, please elaborate!"

"All ears!"

Stevens sighed: "Let me say yes first, if you want to change, you have to change the guard... Beverly is really not good at offense. If you can't change the guard, I don't agree."

Jiang Chao nodded: "Let's talk in the conference room."

The four moved to the meeting room next door, and Jiang Chao made a preliminary decision, that is, Thomas Jr. must be traded before Christmas this year.

Americans take Christmas very seriously. It is not good to trade players after Christmas. Before Christmas, let players go to other teams to pack their bags and prepare for Christmas with peace of mind.

Spending Christmas with a new team is much better than spending Christmas with your home team and an already disjointed front office. It's a good thing for both parties.

For this reason, there is no way for him to sacrifice some victories when brushing the data. After Christmas, he can still pull the record.

There are still about 12 games before Christmas, which is enough for Thomas to make good statistics.

The purpose of brushing out the data is to be able to sell it for a big fish, and it is most effective to deceive other management to use the data to speak.

If the last 3 games continue and the average performance is 20+8 per game, some teams may not be able to replace the starting point guard. Thomas Jr. is only 21 years old. This is the future.

"Do the opposite, it's easy to catch!"

This time, the old fox with the mustache finally realized that Jiang Chao wanted to use the time before Christmas to let him swipe his data to fish.

"Sure, Thomas Jr. thinks he is good. He wants the ball and doesn't want to waste time. Then give him enough opportunities to let everyone see how good he is. No matter how good the data is, I will not change my mind. .”

"Understood." The management is not a fool, they also know the upper limit of Thomas Jr., and everyone will defend with all their strength in the playoffs. How can you hesitate to succeed every time?The height is flawed, and the offense and Curry Harden are still far worse than that. If the increase in value can change to a good player, then it is right to let go.

"But these have to be kept from the players. The players are immature and mostly talk big."

"That's for sure. Players know it, and Thomas Jr. will know it every minute." The four people in the meeting room nodded tacitly.

As the head coach, the young marshal suggested to Jiang Chao: "It's not good to start directly. Why don't you let him replace Beverly first? The starting is too exaggerated, and Curry will be so worried that he can't sleep at night. I can't think of hundreds of reasons." Can't think of our reason."

"Haha, okay, Christmas is still early anyway, as long as he has good statistics, it's okay if he doesn't start, or Curry can take a few games off and let Thomas start." Jiang Chaokuai taught.

"OK, I understand."

Mustache also laughed, if Beverly knew, he would probably scold her.

Beverly: Meow meow?
This was treated as a test case by the management.

But later they found out that Beverly was a real Knick. After being squeezed out of the rotation, he was just training hard and didn't mean to complain. He knew that he was not good at offense, but he also knew that he was very good at defense. To a certain extent, it helped Thomas Jr. to enter the super scoring state of the MVP competition in advance.

"When the right opportunity comes, put him on the shelf and let him roll."

Jiang Chao also told Sean Marks at the end that he could negotiate after squatting to a team asking for a price.

"Which one?" The other three all stared over.

"Warriors."

"Huh???" Sean Marks opened his eyes wide. Curry was robbed by the Warriors three years ago. Now he wants to trade with them, isn't it easy?

Forget Wright, Warriors owner Lacob has made it clear that he will not associate with Jiang Chao, but I have to say that Lacob is really rich and very generous when trading, but they have accumulated a lot of draft picks waiting to be as boring as the Knicks next year get up.

"Monta Ellis? You can't change this."

"Dorell White? This player was just given to the middle class, and he can't change it. A team can't have two middle class contracts."

"Charles Jenkins? The rookie selected by the Warriors with the 14th pick in the second round this year is also pretty good. The second round exchange? He is a 1 meter guard. We can train it."

The young marshals guessed that Jiang Chao must have taken a fancy to their players when he chose the Warriors.

But in fact, the Warriors have no useful players at all. Jordan Hill, who was selected in the first round in 09, is now uninhabited in the Development League. This is why Warriors fans are annoyed when they see the Knicks. Lis's double guns in the backcourt.

Jiang Chao let them think about it for a while, and then laughed:

"Maybe, we can try to exchange Thomas Jr. in the second round for their first-round pick this year?"

"You mean? Klay Thompson???" Sean Marks said immediately, he knew the players of each team well.

(End of this chapter)