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Chapter 386 Do You Think I'll Like These Crumbs?

On the evening of June 6, the trading market, which had been silent for many days, struck the city buildings like a thunderbolt, arousing the amazement of countless people.

The league office announced: "A transaction has been completed between the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers."

The Knicks sent AC Green, Gerald Wilkins, Mario Elie, the 1990 first round and $70 in cash in exchange for the second pick in the 76 first round from the Philadelphia 1986ers.

As soon as the news of the transaction came out, sports reporters from all over the world couldn't help but work overtime, and each used their relationship sources to inquire about the news.

Only two media got the inside story.

They are both from New York, the Times and the Post respectively.

The relationship between the Times and Louis has always been bad, but their top reporter Dave Anderson was a team reporter for the Knicks last year and was friends with Louis.The other post is the media that maintains the best relationship with the Knicks in the New York area. Every sports reporter in them knows Louie.

Louie's message to the two varied.

The information he gave the Times was the inside story of the transaction, their initial preparation process and their bargaining in the middle and late stages.

Omitting Louie's series of shit-stirring operations, it created an image of a management that would do anything to get the second pick.

Information to the Post, possibly the most valuable.

Louis revealed to his friend Selvin Harry in the Post; "We don't necessarily keep the second pick, because we already have the first pick in our hands. Although the second pick is also a very good choice for us, I prefer to use it for some transactions."

On June 6, when the two media reported on the inside story of the transaction, the news disclosed by the Post made the aftermath of the transaction violently rippling.

Everyone didn't expect that the Knicks sent three promising young players and $70 in cash, and they didn't want to use the second pick to pick someone, but continued to trade?
A bidding war around the second pick had just ended, and the Knicks immediately started another bidding war around the second pick.

Almost all the teams that have chased the 76ers have come to chase the second pick in the hands of the Knicks.

Except for one.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, they seem to have given up treatment, from pursuing the No. [-] pick to building a team, to spending a lot of money in the free market to sign people.

Moreover, their management and coaching staff have undergone changes.

Harry Weltman stepped down and George Karl was fired.

Cavaliers owner Gund outspokenly criticized the work of the two men: "They didn't satisfy me. I want to see a new look."

Cavaliers general manager successor is Wayne Mobley, while the head coach is the Sonics general manager Lenny Wilkens last season.

After some operations, Wilkens allowed the Sonics to get rid of the dilemma of giving the Celtics the top seven picks, but they still gave the Celtics the eighth pick in the first round.

Wilkens, tired of being a manager, decided to get back to doing what he does best.

However, the Knicks still have the Cavaliers' right to swap picks for next year, and they only have one first-round pick from the Knicks.

There are still two days before the start of the draft, and the office phone of the Blue Palace in New York has been ringing.

There are four teams that have shown strong interest in the No. [-] pick.

Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls.

They have all launched enthusiastic pursuits to the 76ers before, but failed for various reasons.

These people's calls are basically answered by Baylor.

Louie made Baylor steady and pretended to be traded, but he didn't easily get too involved with any team.

Transactions must be traded, but you must be calm.

Currently, the most attractive offer comes from the Lakers.

Jerry West personally called Louie's home and proposed any player other than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magician, and Wilkins + the option of exchanging first-round picks for the next two years and two first-round picks, as well as $2 in cash.

This kind of offer was too harsh, and Louis couldn't even be polite.

"Jerry, I have to say this is the most sincere offer I've heard these days."

"But you still wouldn't agree, would you?"

"This one is actually like "Back to the Future" and "First Blood". Although the former is a very good movie and the box office champion of the year, I prefer the latter." West's quotation was simple and rough, and Louis gave him a direct answer, "Your quotation is the best so far, but it's not that good for me."

"I understand."

The madness of the Lakers is understandable. They have fallen in front of the Celtics for three consecutive years.

In the 60s, they lost five times to the Celtics in the finals.

Now, they have lost three more times.

These failures all have one thing in common: They were all Jerry West's teams.

"Hate green" is West's label, and building a team that can beat the Celtics is his personal revenge.

But for three consecutive years, the Celtics in the 60s seem to be back to the present.

After completing three consecutive championships, Elvin Johnson's most well-known nickname is not "Magic" but "Tragedy".

Even though his performance in the 1985 and 1986 finals was remarkable, fans still regarded him as a tragedy.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an old man.

Wilkins got even harsher evaluations—dunk dunks.

Pat Riley, good at math, good at aesthetics, can dress himself up, but he can't lead the team to beat the Celtics.

Jerry Buss, a fool with a lot of money.

West, from the stage to the backstage, he is a loser.

How has the Celtics changed?
After winning the championship this year, 4 regular season MVPs and 3 finals MVPs made Bird hailed by the media as the best in history.

Although Bird said that he is not as good as Bill Russell, because the latter's 13 championships in 11 years are unprecedented.

But the media has their reasons. There were few teams in the 60s, and the level of professionalism was not high. Russell was not the first offensive choice in his own team. Anyway, Bird is the best in history, no doubt.

Ralph Sampson, since 1984, has been in the double first team for three consecutive years, DPOY for two consecutive years, and alone in the 1985 finals, Kerry won the FMVP. His current achievements make him one of the five best centers in history.

Isiah Thomas has sacrificed the most on fame.

Known as the top five in the league, but because of the existence of the monster magician, he cannot enter the team as a guard.

There are two stealers in the team, so he can only wait for his opportunity.

That's all Louis had after 1977, he completely changed the landscape of the '80s.

He put down the phone and was about to put work aside and flirt with Lorraine.

Then someone called again.

He didn't know why these people knew his home phone number, he just knew he was very upset.

"Coach Lu, I hope I didn't disturb your rest."

With an unpleasant tone, Louis could imagine how ugly the person who said it was.

"You've interrupted."

The caller was Bulls general manager Jerry Krause.

"Coach Lu, I know you may have rested, but I want to talk to you about a deal that is beneficial to both parties."

Usually when Louis hears that the other party wants to negotiate a mutually beneficial deal with him, he will directly understand that it is good for him and bad for me.

"You have three minutes."

But now Louis's mind is full of Lorraine, and he doesn't want to be wasted by a guy who unbuttons his pants to pee but can't see the pee tool.

"Coach Lu, as far as I know, you don't want to acquire two rookies who need to be cultivated for a long time at the same time, so you prefer to exchange the second pick for immediate combat power, right?"

"You still have half a minute."

"Coach Lu, we hope to exchange your second pick with Orlando Ulrich, Sidney Green, Kyle Massey and the 1987 first-round pick. I wonder what you want?"

"Goodbye."

Louie hung up the phone harshly.

"What's the matter, so angry?" Lorraine walked in and asked.

"There's a fool who thinks I'm stupider than him, and I did it to make him realize his mistake." Louie didn't pull the line because he knew Klaus would call again.

Before Lorraine could ask who the fool was, the phone rang again.

"say!"

"Coach Lu, I don't know why you hung up on me"

"Why? Good question. When you were negotiating a deal with Philadelphia, you even brought out Kevin McHale, but now you only give me Ulrich, Green, Messi and others?" Louis sneered, "Mr. Claus, you think that even Philadelphia doesn't like bread crumbs, will I like it?"

"This is a big misunderstanding, Coach Lu, I didn't mean that at all!"

"You have interrupted my rest, but you can't give me an offer that satisfies me. Unfortunately, Jerry, you may have been out, so let's do it tonight." Louis didn't give Klaus a chance to further increase the price, "I'm going to rest."

Louie hung up again, and this time he unplugged the phone.

Lorraine came to Louis with a smile and hugged him: "Honey, you are so overbearing."

"Like it?"

"like."

"Then do you want to see me more domineering?"

Lorraine's cheeks glowed red, "Well."

"Okay, tonight I will do justice for the heavens and accept you, a goblin!" Louis decided to release the pressure accumulated in the past few days of negotiations.

He shot directly and hugged Lorraine by the waist.

That night, Louis took an active and bold frontal attack, leading his second brother to bombard wildly. The offensive was so strong that even the Lakers' Show Time and Denver's Passing game were inferior.

When Louis woke up the next day, Lorraine had already prepared breakfast.

Today is June 6th, and there is still one day before the draft.

(End of this chapter)