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Two days later, general manager Glenn Gruward began to make a big deal about Marcus Camby's transfer.

The team signed Yang Rui, which only made Camby and agent Rick Kaplan tougher.

Rick called and said: "In any case, Marcus will not play for the Raptors next season. You don't want the team to become stronger at all, do you? Believe a 24-year-old Chinese lead the Raptors into the playoffs? I never I've seen better braggarts than him."

Glenn tried hard to persuade: "If Jerry Young can't make the team stronger after staying for another half season, I will trade Marcus out immediately. Is this okay?"

"Last season, you said that. Damon Stoudemire was sent away in the middle of the season, but Marcus was not sent. He is now the league's block leader and has a high transaction value. Who knows next season? Reuse him? And it is said that the league is going to be suspended. If we don’t trade in the draft, we don’t know when it will be. We can’t take risks.”

You guys can't take risks, but we can? Glenn really wanted to turn his face directly, but that would be even more detrimental to the team.

Once the media reports that Camby has completely fallen out with the team, he will have to depreciate, and other teams will sit on the floor and raise prices.

Fortunately, Camby didn't want to tear himself apart with the team, which really angered the management. The next season will be frozen, and the players can't afford to go around.

"Let me think about it. If no strong team is willing to take Marcus, don't blame me." Glenn said in a bad mood.

Camby mentioned more than once that he wanted to go to a strong team and mentioned the New York Knicks.

Now that the Knicks are the defending champions, they need immediate combat power and have no time to train new players. Even if they want to train, the team already has an excellent blue-collar Ben Wallace.

Rick smiled and said, "I'm waiting for your good news. It's best to trade on the draft day. You don't want to delay the start of the season, right? Trade early, everyone wins."

Seeing Glenn's resignation, the agent's goal has been achieved. The Raptors knew that they couldn't keep Camby, so they could only choose to get together and leave.

Glenn hung up the phone. Scout Hanks happened to be reporting to work and asked, "Is it about Camby again?"

"Well, Thomas shouldn't have picked this bastard at the time. He knew he was jumping and blocking shots, and he couldn't grab a few rebounds. What can he do? Fuck!" Glenn cursed.

The Raptors don't win at all, and Camby's data is very watery, and other teams must know it. Fortunately, Camby is the second pick of the golden generation, so there will be many teams interested.

Hanks suggested: "Jerry said that the 4th position is too weak, it is best to trade for a power forward who can shoot, and take Camby for someone?"

Glenn sighed: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to exchange for those who are capable. You should find the right candidate first. Jerry didn't ask for it, so it should be easy."

Hanks asked: "Should I tell Jerry about sending Camby away? He said before that he is optimistic about Camby's potential."

Glenn heard that his head got bigger. Camby is the Raptors' biggest rookie. He doubted that Yang Rui would be impatient. The insiders are all gone, what the hell is going on next season?

"Let's not talk about it, see if there is a strong man who can be exchanged? Jerry said he likes someone who can shoot...Marcus's shooting level is so good that he can't be the core of his subordinates. So, let this greedy bastard go, it's better to go Seriously injured and retired," Glenn cursed.

As soon as Camby entered the league, he haggled over contracts with his agent. He wanted to sign a high-paying long-term contract. He was not satisfied with the team's second-highest salary in his rookie season. It seemed that his annual salary of 2.8 million had humiliated him.

The Raptors are a very poor team. Not long after it was established, the owner lost money every year and struggled to support it. He has done his utmost to Camby.

But Camby wasn't satisfied. He was a greedy guy who had a bad record in college.

Because Camby was found to have accepted $28,000 from two sports agents, UMass was disqualified from the Final Four and the school was ordered to return the $151,617 they had harvested from the NCAA tournament. Camby later repaid the school. loss.

Those two brokers from Connecticut,

John Lawnsbury and Wesley Spears both hoped that Camby would hire them as spokespersons after he became a professional athlete. It was revealed by the media that Camby also received jewelry, rental cars and insurance from his agent. ***In the end, Camby did not find these two agents, but chose Rick Kaplan, who is more famous, in order of course to get more money and join a good team. At the end of the day, he looked down on the Raptors and played big names for two years, even if the statistics were not very good.

With less than two weeks left before the draft, time was very tight. Glenn immediately contacted multiple teams to seek trades. Famous veterans and capable young players could not be exchanged.

The Knicks are also Glenn's trade partner. With Ben Wallace in the team, they are trying to sell Oakley.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Oakley started for one season, averaged 34.6 minutes per game, 9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists, and was selected to the second team of the best defensive team in the regular season.

Looking at the data, the Raptors management believes that Oakley is still an excellent blue-collar player, and he is willing to change because of his reputation, even if he is a 35-year-old veteran.

Now, Oakley averaged 25.2 minutes per game in the regular season, 6.7 points, 6 rebounds and 1.8 assists. In the playoffs, his average is 7.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2 assists, which is not enough.

He gave people a feeling that he couldn't play anymore and couldn't play for a long time, and he lost the personal honor of the defensive second team.

After the discussion, the deal was not reached, and the Knicks were willing to send Oakley. Van Gundy loved Ben Wallace very much and planned to focus on training.

The Raptors didn't want to. There is a big difference in salary between the two. If they trade, the Raptors will have to take a few role players, and those players can be replaced by others. The management is very annoyed with Camby. How could he send him to a strong team like the Knicks to win the championship at a loss?

In the end, Glenn asked around, and sadly found that if he wanted to send Camby away, he would only suffer a loss.

The Raptors want to exchange insiders for insiders, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the transaction. At present, there is a shortage of high-quality insiders in the league. The kind of space power forward Yang Rui mentioned, experienced players are very valuable.

If you are looking for an insider who can only shoot and has poor defense, there is one in the free market, and there is no need to trade Camby.

The most terrible thing is that the Raptors, as a new army, are located in Canada and have no friendship with the management of the American team. They have no connections, no one gives them face, and they all want to rob them.

The Knicks' Oakley and the Nuggets' Tony Batty, these two are considered reliable bargaining chips.

The only one with a little human relationship is the Portland Trail Blazers. In the middle of last season, the Raptors "assisted" the Trail Blazers and almost gave away Damon Stoudemire for nothing, only in exchange for two draft picks and useless role players.

The Blazers have no shortage of power forwards who can shoot. Even the team's fifth man can shoot. They lack a center.

After thinking twice, the desperate Glenn called the Blazers manager Larry Miller.