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Chapter 460 A win-win deal?
"Isn't he overreacting?"

Louis hesitated for a while, and Harry Weltman's first reaction when he heard his call was to hang up, which hurt his heart a bit.

"It's understandable, after all, you left him with some bad memories." Baylor heard about Louie's previous trade with the Cavaliers.

He's a typical afterthought: "If it were me, I wouldn't talk to you either."

"Why?" Louis wanted to know.

"It's very simple. As a Cleveland native, you can't bear such a black hand on your hometown team!" Baylor successfully substituted the victim's perspective.

Not only was Louis not sad at all, he even wanted to drink a Coke.

He opened the drawer, took out the coins, and got up to buy a Coke with the coins.

"Don't make it seem like I forced them to make a deal with me. Many people only saw that Cleveland lost to us last year's No. [-] pick and this year's seventh pick in the first round, but they forgot that we also sent two consecutive draft pick swaps." Louie said proudly, "From the day it was completed, this deal was destined to be a gamble between the Knicks and the Cavaliers to see who would get out of the quagmire earlier. Unfortunately, we have already landed."

Baylor said incredulously, "How could Bill Cartwright be worth that much?"

As far as today is concerned, Cartwright has been transformed into Oakley, Wilson and this year's No. [-] pick.

Yes, in this transaction, Cartwright played the most important role in his life, and even he himself didn't know he was worth so much.

"At that time, we were ranked fourth from the bottom in the league. I traded away all the veterans. Although I got Patrick, he only had a group of young people around him. We were not a strong team." Louis opened a Coke with one hand, "Who would have thought of that?"

He took a sip of Coke comfortably.

"We ended up winning 50 and gladly took Benj from the Cavaliers."

"My only advantage in this trade is making my opponent think he's smarter than me," Louie asked. "Elkin, can you blame me for that?"

Baylor looked back and thought, it seems that Louis should not be blamed.

"What do we do next?" Baylor asked.

"Of course it's a bid with Chicago." Louis laughed. "This time, you will call Wiltman and offer a bold price, saying that we vow to take their fifth pick in the first round."

Baylor already understood the cause and effect of the matter, knew why Louis targeted the bull, and stopped running around like a headless chicken.

So now, finding a way to disrupt the situation is what he has to do.

Baylor went to his office, and Louis believed that he could do a good job with instructions.

Louis didn't know what to do when the phone in his office rang again.

Could it be Harry Weltman calling?

Louis put the Coke in a safe place, then lay down on the table in a very disrespectful manner, and finally answered the phone.

"Hey."

"Coach Lu, I hope you still remember me."

Louis was somewhat unfamiliar with this voice.

He tried to guess, "Jack?"

"It seems that I am still your friend, and you still remember me."

Jake McMahon, a former Sixers super scout whom Louie has known since his career.It was McMahon, too, who made Louie realize that scouting reports could be sold, and the two often traded scouting reports to each other.

McMahon was one of the first insiders to spot Louie's talent.

A few years ago, the owner of the 76ers, Katz, had serious business problems and reduced his investment in the team. McMahon also invested elsewhere.

In Golden State, he had the power he dreamed of.

It is not that he has never been a general manager, but the last time he was a general manager was 20 years ago.At the time he was the general manager of the San Diego Rockets -- the precursor to today's Houston Rockets.

One of the most important things he did in the Rockets was to select Pat Riley with the seventh overall pick in the first round.That's right, the one you thought of.

Twenty years later, he has the power to control a team again.

"What's your business, Jack?" Louis asked straightforwardly without chatting with him.

McMahon said flatly: "I believe Scottie Pippen is not your target, who do you want?"

"Ahem, why do you think so?" Louis asked back.

"I don't think he and Benjamin can coexist, and I don't think you're going to trade John Stockton, and I don't think you're going to use this year's front pick to pick a substitute who can only play 10 minutes in the new season."

"Well, I really don't want him," Louie said sincerely, "but I do like him."

"I like him too. If San Antonio loses his mind and chooses him with the first pick, I will write you a check for $10 as a thank you."

"Dealed? I'm going to call and discuss with Bob Hill the possibility of picking Scotty with the No. [-] pick!"

If they had no business to discuss, McMahon was more than willing to mess with Louie.

"Let's get down to business, Lu, who do you want? I can help you." McMahon said lightly, "Except for David Robinson, you can get anyone you want, as long as you give me the No. [-] pick and Dennis Rodman."

"You take it easy, Dennis is not for sale, and I don't want to trade the seventh pick."

McMahon concluded that Louis raised Pippen's worth in order to fish in troubled waters.

He must have had his eye on a player in the lottery and hoped some idiot would take the bait and he would get it.

The Warriors have the second pick this year. If Louis really wants to, just trade directly. Why is it so troublesome?

At this time, Louis' rhetoric was regarded as a smokescreen by McMahon.

"Lu, I mean it, we can make a trade, or if you're willing to send Dale Ellis, Charles Oakley and your No. [-] pick, the second pick is yours."

Louie knew he was greatly misunderstood.

Presumably at this time, McMahon's fat face, which can at least compete for No. 3 among all general managers in the league, has seen the image of Louie playing with the whole league as a behind-the-scenes man with a sinister smile.

If you want to know who the No.1 and No.2 of the big fat-faced general manager are, you might as well tell you, Jazz general manager Lydon, Bulls general manager Klaus, plus McMahon, three shrewd and capable fat men, it is really hard to say who is the fattest one.

"You misunderstood, I really don't want it, and I really like Scottie." Louis smiled wryly.

McMahon said lightly: "It's a pity, Lu. I can solve your problem. You only need to pay a small price. If you reject my proposal, I will definitely find the big fish you want, and I will select him with the second pick."

"You'll never get it again."

"Then I can only cheer you on, Jack."

No way?No way?Doesn't anyone really take the top six pick for Reggie Miller?This is the only player he wants this year.

Louis hung up the phone, patiently waiting for the prey to surface.

The biggest difference between this year and previous years is that the talent pool is not deep.

Except for Robinson, there is no player who is guaranteed to become a talent.

Louis continued to wait, waiting for the next call.

He didn't make him wait long when a call came from Los Angeles.

Louie was cautious every time he took a call from Jerry West.

Before he crossed over, West was no different from a god-man in his eyes, but after a few contacts, he felt that the other party was very pragmatic.

West is an opportunist like Auerbach.

If you have a head, do it, if you don't have a head, you can win a lottery.

Louie made several deals with the Lakers. Although they asked for two first-round picks, they were basically at the end of the first round that others thought were of little value.

"Coach Lu, I want to talk to you about a deal that is beneficial to both of us." West's opening remarks made Louis very happy.

He likes this kind of transaction that is beneficial to both parties.

"Appreciate further details."

"Now you are the best team in the league. The team is full of talents. However, it is good to have talents, but if you cannot realize them, you may become a bubble. Now you are the team most likely to beat the Celtics in the next few years. Do you want to go further?"

The background of West's remarks was in the case of the Celtics 3-1 Lakers in the finals.

The Lakers have been unable to play against the Celtics, and fans are about to witness their first four consecutive championships since 1969.

No, even the defending champions, the last one to do it was the Celtics, and now it is the Celtics who do it again and again.

The Lakers couldn't escape the shadow of their predecessors and got what they called "the most hated sentence in the English language 'the Lakers will never beat the Celtics in the Finals.'"

"Of course, I think about it every day." Louis followed his words.

"So, I want to give you a chance." West said bluntly, "I can send Dominique Wilkins to the Knicks, and then you will have a wing player that the Celtics can't limit. With the N.UCLA system, you can let him catch the ball in the comfort zone.

(End of this chapter)