the rest, only noise

Chapter 1110
The first thousand and 120 chapters of the black heart

Top [-] pick this year = Scottie Pippen.

As soon as the price tag came out, the Knicks, Heat, and Trail Blazers all started to act.

Among the teams with the top three picks, there is a team that has clearly expressed its lack of love for the second pick.

That's the Spurs.

They need an insider, but they can't get the recognized champion Lang Joe Smith, and they are unwilling to bet on Kevin Garnett's talent.

Recognized No. [-] overall pick Jerry Stackhouse is good, but not the player they need.

It's a pity to waste the second pick on Rasheed Wallace. What's more, this guy's mood is unstable and his professional ethics is questioned. Whether he can play in the Holy City with peace of mind is open to question.

The Blazers launched a swift offensive, and they proposed to use Sabonis and Mason in exchange for the second pick and garbage contract.

The Spurs need insiders, and they are very excited, but considering Sabonis' serious injury, they don't know how much the Lithuanian still has immediate combat power.

Mason has a bad reputation, and the Spurs wouldn't be thrilled to have him as a piggyback.

The Heat are simply messing around, and they can actually quote prices like Rodman, Sely and the future first round.

Rodman is a bottle of poisoned wine. He has great abilities, but he is not a player that is beneficial to the team, let alone Sely, the notorious whistleblower. The Heat's future first round is destined to be at the end of the first round and has no value.

The Spurs froze there.

Seeing that the opponent was not moved, Shafier withdrew Rodman and moved Drexler out.

It's a solid offer, but the Spurs are a rebuilding team and don't need Drexler to steal Mashburn's ball.

This is the hardest part of the deal with the Spurs.

The Knicks and the Heat, which have the most resources, trade mainly on the wings, but the Spurs are not rare on their wings.

This is why the Knicks have never made an offer.

While the Blazers and Heat were fighting for the Spurs' No. [-] pick, the Knicks found the equally hesitant Celtics.

This trick is just right.

Reed Auerbach gave Stackhouse a bad review, the clearest opinion he's given in a while.

Although Gavitt was the one talking, he dared not take Auerbach's suggestion lightly.

The Celtics are in the early stages of rebuilding, and there is no one in the team who cannot be traded.

If the third pick doesn't have the right player, it's still tradable.

Only one objected to the deal.

That guy was Larry Bird, and he was the only one arguing for Kevin Garnett with the third pick.

But that's where Bird's embarrassment in Boston comes in.

Everyone seemed to respect him and said he would take his opinion seriously.

But every opinion Bird gave, right or wrong, fell on deaf ears.

He is an ineffective advisor.

The Celtics seem to keep him just to continue the glorious tradition of letting meritorious service stay in the team.

This made Bird very dissatisfied, but what made him even more dissatisfied was that the Celtics ignored his opinions internally.

When the Knicks offered Hill and the 1996 first-round pick (from the Kings) in exchange for their No. [-] pick, Gavitt said yes.

"I quit!"

Bird flew into a rage and rushed straight to Gavitt's office to resign.

On the other hand, after the Knicks got the third pick from the Celtics, they didn't even think about using it for the draft and immediately contacted Los Angeles.

Louie was amazed at their efficiency.

"Louis, we did what you said, so let's agree quickly." Baylor said as if he was a winner, "We are all old friends, and we all get what we need."

This is what everyone needs.

Pippen is the most suitable small forward for the Knicks among active players, except for Wilson and Jordan.

He lacks the offensive threat of those two, but his versatility and defensive ability are enough to seamlessly connect with the Knicks.

"Really? There's a bunch of people out there fighting for the No. [-] pick in San Antonio for Scottie Pippen. Why do I think Scottie is worth more than that?"

"Louis, that's too much. We've got the third pick according to what you said. Why are you going back on your word?"

"Elgin, are you so naive? In such things as trading, valuable commodities are sold at a high price. Scotty was only worth a top three pick at the time. Now I think he is worth more."

"Fuck, don't go too far!"

"We are old friends, how can I be too hard on you?" Louis leaned on the chair, he was still used to the desk in the Blue Palace that he could lie on, "You just need to help me eat Tom Chambers' rubbish contract, and then give me your first round this year, and we can make a deal."

"You bastard who doesn't miss old feelings, is there anyone like you?"

"If you scold me again, the negotiation between us will come to an end!"

Baylor immediately changed his face: "I'm sorry, my fault, Uncle Louis, you don't remember the old man's fault, can you give us a friendship price for the sake of our friendship for so many years?"

"You know, Elgin, the reason why I only want your first round this year, not the first round in the future, is because we have worked together for many years."

Louie had him.

"This is just a temporary offer. You can continue to delay. If Portland or Miami get the second pick, I will let you never pay back the offer."

"Give me a day, we need to make room!"

"I'll only give you half a day."

"You black-hearted bastard, I see through you!"

"You curse again?!"

Baylor hung up the phone.

Louis also hung up the phone, and Jim Bass, who had witnessed the whole process, looked adoring: "Sir, are you always so cruel to old friends?"

"It's about the future of the team. There's no room for nostalgia." Louis snorted. "Besides, we take the absolute initiative. If I change teams, my asking price will be more than that."

"this point?"

Just yet?

Jim suddenly found that he still had a lot to learn.

He is often soft-hearted towards his friends, but Louis tells him with practical actions that if the benefits are not enough, what are friends?

"Don't make a fuss, Jim, if you make a small step when negotiating, the other party will take a big step forward. Remember, as long as we are the active party, there is no room for concession. Whether to kick the other party off the cliff or force it to the edge of the cliff is only between our thoughts."

"Then Nix was kicked off the cliff by you?"

"What are you talking about? Scottie Pippen is one of the most important players on our team, and he is strong enough, both offensive and defensive. Looking at the league, apart from Benj, there is no better small forward than him."

"This is already the price of my conscience."

Jim stayed for a long time and said, "Your words remind me of a little story my sister told me a few years ago after she had a drink."

"What little story?"

"Did you know my sister likes older men?"

What's wrong with liking the year?Louie almost shuddered for Benj.

"Oh, so what happened?"

"She was definitely drunk that time, and she was delirious, otherwise she would never be able to tell that story."

Jim began to sell sister.

Once, Jenny got drunk and started talking nonsense, telling a little story about herself and some old man she no longer communicated with.

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Louis is liking this dude more and more, and may his "Secret History of Bath" never end.

In order to free up the space needed for the trade, the Knicks reluctantly sent Rick Mahon to the Memphis Grizzlies, who had enough space to worry about not being able to sign anyone, in exchange for a 2000 first-round and 1996 second-round pick with strict restrictions.

In this way, the Knicks made room, lest Louis raise the price again, and completed the deal with the Lakers that afternoon.

At 5:21 p.m., the league office announced that the New York Knicks sent the No. 1995 sixth pick and third pick in the first round of 20 to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Scottie Pippen and Tom Chambers.

The Lakers, who originally had no picks in the first round, got three first-round picks after a few days of operation.

They suddenly changed from the spectators of the draft to one of the protagonists.

(End of this chapter)