readytorunbook Chapter 219 The Art of Digging and Super Managers!
Chapter 219 The Art of Digging and Super Managers!
Chapter 219 The Art of Digging and Super Managers!
One week after the All-Star Game is the trade deadline, and before the hour passes, all unexpected big trades may detonate the entire league...
The first move of player trading!Never play cards according to the rules, always put the player you actually want, neither at the front nor at the end...
"Hi, is that Sam Presti from the Oklahoma City Thunder? This is Ron..."
Under the incredible eyes of Olajuwon and Barry, Ron has already taken the lead!
"Oh! Rare! Welcome! You know, on player deadline day, the phone is so annoying... How about Ron? What's your business?"
He secretly glanced at the swallowing Berry and Olajuwon. No one wanted to see this hard-fought all-star player, because Ron had recently sold this thing at a low price...
"Tsk...Let me tell you this, we have a bastard here, it makes me very angry, I don't want it anymore, I want to ask if you are interested...Of course I can tell you the truth, after I finish your call, I still have 28 calls to make..."
"Yah! Why did Mr. Ron think of us in the first place? It's a great honor! Tell me, which bastard made you angry, and I will give you the answer you want..." "Hero" Sam really lived up to his reputation. This person has sharp eyes and unique vision. Just judging from the rookies he has selected in the past few years, it is enough to see how talented he is in this industry...
07 Durant, 08 Westbrook, 09 Harden... (The Timberwolves, who have had an infinitely high pick in the past few years, want to cry but have no tears...I'll go...)
"Well, well, because I heard from others that you are a real person, dealing with you is sure to make money...so I took the initiative to send you to join in the fun!" Ron blinked at the two old men who had already stared blankly. This was the first time that Barry felt that Ron was more suitable to sit in the position of general manager than himself...
"Haha! I like you! Come on, let's stop talking nonsense, you know, the day the transaction ends, every minute is precious...because you still have 1 calls to make..." Sam joked humorously.
"Hey, I hope that Mr. Sam can save me the phone bill for these 28 calls... Well, it's OJ-Mayo!"
"Oh! My God! It's a big deal..." Sam was clever and almost fell off his chair: "Listen, are you sure? You will attract the attention of the entire league again. Your Mr. Ron...has guts! (Insinuating that Ron wants to be famous at all costs)"
Ron smiled wryly: "Don't make fun of me, bro, let's put it this way, I think you've studied us, once or twice... We play team basketball, and Yao Ming is always at the top of the list, and that guy Mayo is too independent and has caused me so much trouble off the court... I'm very dissatisfied, so let him pay for his stupidity with his youth... But if you're not interested..."
"No...no...no! I am very interested in any All-Star player...but I have to tell you one thing first...Kevin will not change (Kevin Durant), even if you add Yao Ming, I will not change...and Russell (Russell Westbrook) is also in my team building plan, so...Of course I am very interested in Mayo...So tell me about the chip you are interested in..."
We all know that you don't have a good SG, Westbrook, and Durant are almost all players who need a lot of shots in the 09-10 season. Of course, if Mayo can be trained to be the Mayo who likes to pass the ball and put the team first (he did it), wouldn't this kind of outside combination make Sam drool?
"My God! Mr. Sam, your ambition is really big. Well, why don't you tell me about Sergio Ibaka?" Ron asked tentatively.
"Ibaka?" Sam fell into deep thought... "Ibaka...don't sell, otherwise we won't even be able to make up the first five players! Or you add Tyson? Or Scola?"
Depend on!robbery?Ron fainted for a while... It seems that he met a robber in Ohio...
"Aha... Are you kidding me? Mr. Ron... Mayo is also an All-Star player... It's just Ibaka, which is also one of the team's team building plans... So..."
Depend on!Didn't you say it was over?
But, I really didn't come here for Ibaka...
"Or, James Harden?"
"Who? I like that guy..."
Like a hair... Which one do you not like...
"Uh...no, sorry, I made a mistake, I mean Jeff Green..."
There was a moment of disappointment on the other side. Obviously, this effect was what I wanted...
Then Mayo for Harden, of course, is a sure-fire deal for the Thunder at the moment...
One is an All-Star who has proven himself, and the other is just a fledgling first-year rookie. Although he is gradually emerging, what the NBA pays attention to is instant combat power...
"Jeff Green? Tsk...although I like Green too...if you insist..."
"Single exchange? Impossible Sam... My family is an All-Star! You should understand the basic market conditions! At least you have to add something... For example, a potential stock that can replace Mayo..." Ron wanted to play hard, he didn't care what Green was doing, he just dug a hole, waiting for you to jump down...
"What? Oh! Mr. Ron, you didn't come to make a deal with us sincerely, did you? What we Ohioans pay attention to is integrity...Look, although Mayo is an All-Star, it's true, but he became famous not long ago...There are a lot of troubles outside the game, and he almost went to prison..."
"But Sam, this little bastard scored a total of 60 points in the last two games (36+24), and it was a game we lost..." Ron continued to dig.
"I don't want him to score... On the contrary, this is my biggest worry!"
"Hey, it looks like... we still can't reach a consensus..."
"Well, it's not a matter of benevolence and righteousness...I've made a deal with you as a friend..."
The deal that seems to be on the verge of collapse is actually a lot of knowledge...
The two parties almost just said goodbye and hung up the phone, but they both held on to the phone tightly and remained silent...
At the scene, Olajuwon and Berry were stunned. They didn't know that the deal could be negotiated like this...
Ron fully played the golden sign of the All-Star. In fact, before that, Mayo was just a potential second-year rookie...
And when the pit is ready, everything is waiting for Sam to jump into the fire pit by himself...
"...Hello, Mr. Ron? Are you still there?"
Hooked!
"Huh? Oh, I just made myself a pot of tea..." Ron blushed and couldn't help but flustered, obviously not moving his butt away half a step.
"Hiss... this, I suddenly thought... you see, can this work...you are very upset with Mayo..."
"Hmm!" Ron snickered.
"You just want to find a deal to send him away without losing money, am I right?"
"It's reasonable, it's very reasonable..." How could it be unreasonable?You have learned to answer by yourself!
"So how about this, I'll give you James Harden, at worst, I'll add some more chips... How about it?"
"Hmm... let's see what kind of chips you put out..." bingo!
"Eric Maynor..."
"What? Who? Never heard of it..." Ron chased after the victory...
"This…"
"You'd better get something affordable! For example, cash for draft picks or something..."
"￥%...&*"
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The Art of Digging…
Never play cards according to the routine, always put the player you actually want, neither at the front nor at the end... Just mention the player you want most when talking with your opponent, and then dig a hole, wait for the opponent to jump in, it's that simple...
The final verbal agreement reached was James Harden plus 2 second-round picks. In fact, this has exceeded everyone's expectations...
Anyone can see that Harden's achievements in the future will obviously not be lower than Mayo's. From the perspective of technology, confidence, character and physical condition, it is completely better than worse...
All right…
Everything is ready…
He glanced at Barry, who was dazed aside, and then at Olajuwon, who was worshiping, and smiled knowingly...
"Well, since you are the manager...you have made your decision, so let's listen to you..." Before leaving, Barry said with some displeasure.
...
At this very moment, in a certain corner of the Toyota Center in Houston, Mayo was leaning against the wall quietly, but his heart was terrified...
He blames himself a bit, yes, no one is perfect, he is also human, maybe he is just a 22-year-old young man who is not mature enough...
To be honest, from that day in Houston, from the moment he met Ron, he felt like it was another home... but those damn desires...
But always follow...
To be honest, even if he was sent away mercilessly by Ron today, he has no regrets...
It's as if he's to blame for all of this...
"I'm a guy who doesn't have strong self-control..." Mayo rarely opened up to reporters, but he said a lot to Jonathan Fagan, an old columnist of the Chronicle: "Yes, he (referring to Ron) is like a life mentor. Guide me the way forward...No matter what he did to me, I don't remember him...I know that everything he did was for my own good..."
"We met in West Virginia, and when we first met, we liked each other like unmasked brothers..."
He finally recalled that evening in West Virginia, recalling the heroic words he once said to Ron...
...
"I'm a player with high self-esteem. I like a free and carefree life. It doesn't matter how much money you have. The important thing is to have fun. I'm likely to lose my first NBA team. Ha ha... I don't know where it is... But I still believe in my dream, and I will let everyone remember me..."
"For this dream…"
...
Memories are a stick of sandalwood.Lit carelessly, burning silently.That graceful misty, dancing gracefully with the wind is the real green smoke like a dream, and it is also the passing time that is gradually fading away. .The fragrance is exhausted, the smoke disappears, the ashes fly out, and the fragrance of the dream soul.
Memories are a frame of photos, an old photo with yellowing and fading.Staring silently, youth is no longer, beauty is no longer, the past is old.There are tears falling down, falling down, there is nothing to say, nothing to say.
A memory is an old song on an old phonograph, dusty and scarred.Babbling, babbling, babbling, it seems to talk about the desolation of the fragmented and broken life, and it seems to read the vicissitudes of the endless years.
When he suddenly had a sore nose and bit his chin tightly, tears of regret poured down like rain, leaving only tick-tock time to accompany him and loneliness...
Since then, he is no longer a rising star, no longer the No.4 super All-Star in Houston, he is just Mayo, a teenager who loves to play and has a dream...
hum…
The cruel reality and the vibrating sound of the mobile phone shattered his last salvation at that moment...
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"This kind of thing, why did you call Barry? That guy will definitely get in the way and try his best to obstruct you, or release rumors to make you lose face..." Olajuwon said with some worry.
"Hehe, I let him obstruct it... because I know he will shake out the news of the transaction..."
"what?"
"I like James Harden, but...not now..."
"Then what are the things you have spent so much time doing..." Olajuwon was completely dizzy.
"Because, human nature..." Ron sighed: "If a person doesn't wait until the last moment, he won't reflect on what he did before... I hope that through this incident, I can really push that guy back from the edge of the cliff..."
"What if Berry hadn't blocked your deal?"
Ron looked out the window with a determined expression...
"That means, I made a very wise decision..."
Olajuwon suddenly remembered that Ron had tried every means to tell himself that when he made a decision and was entangled in emotion, he said that he should wake himself up when he was in a hurry...
It's just that at this moment, he himself couldn't bear it...
"Then give that kid a chance..." Olajuwon thought.
...
"Hello? I'm OJ..." He was already looking at the bright red No. 23 jersey in the locker with great nostalgia...
"...Mayo? Come to my office..." - Ron
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