NBA backer king

Chapter 193 Returning to China
For the Suns, Colangelo's eyes lit up immediately after receiving the report from assistant Tom. After Barkley left, the first thing the Suns lacked was not his scoring contribution, but rebounding and defense, and Rodman could just make up for these two pieces.

The only dissatisfaction is that the offensive ability is very different from that of Barkley. Once he is partnered with the old K, the low-post offense will depend on the old K. This is a bit different from his thinking.

The power forward he wants to introduce must have some offensive ability to help old K. After all, old K is too young, and the offensive method is the most energy-consuming aggressive attack, and his shots are severely restricted. He doesn't want to put all the burden on his shoulders at once.

As the defending team next season, if the team's performance is too poor, the old K will be under a lot of pressure, and he needs to take this into consideration.

"Rodman's age doesn't match the old K's. It won't take long, and his personality is not good. I heard that there is also a problem with his training attitude. The trade may cause conflicts with the old K..."

After thinking twice, he decided to submit the quotation first.

"Send an offer immediately, using... Oliver Miller + Malcolm Mickey we just drafted." He said to Tom.

But Tom said at this time: "Boss, just now the Bulls sent Oliver Miller a quotation, and the bargaining chip is..."

"No, don't tell me the bargaining chip. We don't make deals with the bulls. They don't want to get a chance to reinforce from me." Waving his hand, Colangelo smiled.

"Okay, sir."

Tom understood immediately, and went out to carry out Colangelo's orders just now.

At the same time, the Spurs also handed over their own endorsements.

David Robinson lacks a power forward who can do the dirty work for himself, so both he and the Spurs management are very interested in Rodman.

Meanwhile, the same goes for the Bulls.

Grant is very good, whether it is support or off-ball ability, he is far better than Rodman, but in the finals just past, the Bulls have an absolute disadvantage in rebounding.

In fact, when facing the Knicks, the Bulls were also at an absolute disadvantage in rebounding. The most they lost was 20 rebounds.

It can be said that one of the biggest reasons for losing the finals was rebounding.

So after Jerry Krause knew the news, he immediately sent a quotation to the Pistons. The bargaining chip was the old Carter White + the insider fringe Spencer King.

But soon, their offers were rejected, which means that their chips did not impress the Pistons.

Soon, their second quotation was sent over.

This time, in order to get Rodman, the Spurs also used the darling of the Holy City, the team's second scoring point last season, the young Sean Elliott as a bargaining chip at any cost.

Elliott's four-year rookie contract just ended. In the past season, he averaged 17.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. The Spurs put forward a sign-and-trade application.

This deal made the Pistons tempted.

But at this time the Bulls' second offer was sent over, and the chips were Grant + Carter White + Spencer King.

This bargaining chip also makes the Pistons feel good. The other two are playing heads, but Cobra Grant is only 28 years old and is still in his prime. In the past season, he scored 13.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocks.

However, comparing the bargaining chips of the Bulls and the Spurs, the Pistons still feel that the Spurs are better. After all, Elliott is younger, only 25 years old, and is more suitable for the rebuilding Pistons.

At this time they received a second offer from Phoenix, the bargaining chip is Oliver Miller + Malcolm McGee + Frank Johnson.

This quotation still did not satisfy the Pistons and was rejected.

The Bulls were rejected again, and Jerry Krause became anxious. He hoped to get Rodman, but he didn't have any chips in his hands.

In the end, he also failed to solve this problem. It is hard for a smart woman to cook without rice, and just sit and watch the Pistons and Spurs reach a deal.

As for Barkley, he is even more helpless.

At noon that day, Wang Tiejun arrived in Los Angeles.

He booked a flight ticket to Beijing tomorrow, and accompanied by Lance Hawksman, he left the hotel and went shopping.

After finally returning to China, he had to bring back some American souvenirs, such as clothes for the elderly and girls, perfume bags, accessories, shoes and so on for girls.

The two wandered the streets for several hours before returning to the hotel after dark.

In his room, there are all kinds of packages and handbags, which have to be packed and checked back home.

At eight o'clock in the evening, he made a phone call to the eldest sister, who had a mobile phone, which he asked to buy, so it was convenient to contact her.

At this time, in China, it was 7 am on July 6th, and this year's college entrance examination was about to start, and it would be completed on July 8, 7, and 8, only one day away.

Da Ya Er Ya returned to Qing County after watching the finals, rented a few rooms in a guest house near the county examination room, and seized the last bit of time to review.

It was also summer vacation, and several tutors that Zhang Lili hired for them also came, and they didn't dare to relax at all.

Because Wang Tiejun said a long time ago, if the eldest sister and the second sister are admitted to university, each of these tutoring teachers will give a bonus of 2 yuan.

In this day and age, the per capita salary in Beijing is only around 2 yuan. Even for university lecturers like them, their monthly income is only around [-] yuan. The [-] yuan bonus is very attractive to them, so everyone is doing their best to help everyone.

"Old man, when are you coming back?"

After receiving Wang Tiejun's call, Da Ya was very happy, and Er Ya immediately squeezed aside, putting her ear on the phone.

"Sister, don't worry about my flight tomorrow. Just pass the college entrance examination and go to university. I'll serve you wine in the village and invite the whole brigade to drink." Wang Tiejun laughed over there.

"We don't know if we can pass the exam." Da Ya said without confidence.

"Eldest sister will definitely pass the exam. Several teachers said that she has no problem passing the entrance examination. But I don't know about your second sister. I am far behind the eldest sister. Hehe, if the eldest sister passes the exam, she will be the first female college student in our [-]th brigade." Er Ya shouted.

"Come on, big sister and second sister, it doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam this year. Your review time is short. If we work harder next year, we must pass this university." Wang Tiejun encouraged.

"Hmm!" The two sisters nodded repeatedly.

……

At 1993 o'clock on July 7, 6, Wang Tiejun got up from his hotel room, first moved around in the room, and then did half an hour of flexibility training.

This training cannot be missed for a day. Even if he has completed this training and has not exchanged for new training content, he will continue.

At 9 o'clock, while he was washing up, Hawksman arrived and ordered breakfast service for him.

"Old K, everything has been packed and sent to the airport." While he was having breakfast, Hawksman said.

"Thank you," he said.

After breakfast, he changed into a suit worth tens of thousands of dollars, put on cool sunglasses, and left the hotel.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Wang Tiejun boarded the plane that flew directly to Beijing.

This is the flight of Capital Air China, he specially chose it, because the last time he came to the United States, he also took Air China, and the flight attendants were all beautiful and gentle, and he has been nostalgic to this day.

Thinking of this, he thought of the embezzler in the same cell who helped him come to the United States. This time he went back to visit him. That guy was sentenced to ten years and only four years have passed. Even if his sentence was reduced, he should still be there.

"Hello, sir! Welcome to Air China flight XXX."

At the cabin door, seeing a giant in a suit and leather shoes appeared in front of them, several flight attendants immediately felt a huge pressure. They looked up at the big face wearing cool sunglasses, because the space was very narrow, and their necks were particularly difficult.

Wang Tiejun glanced down at the stewardesses, who were still as beautiful and gentle as ever. They were all beauties. He handed the boarding pass to the tallest stewardess, and asked casually in Mandarin, "Comrade, where is my seat?"

The stewardesses were obviously taken aback. Such a cool man, wearing such a high-end suit, is actually made in China?
The stewardess who took the boarding pass took a look, huh, first class?The smile on his face became even more beautiful, and he smiled softly: "Sir, please follow me."

While he was enjoying the meticulous service of the beautiful flight attendant, Barkley and David Frank were sitting together, discussing which team to go to.

Barkley said: "Dream and General have called me, they hope to join forces with me. David, you said that if I go to Mosaic or Spurs, I might as well stay in the Suns. After all, old K helped me win the championship, I..."

"NONO..."

David Frank shook his head quickly and said, "Charles, I understand what you mean. It's true that you can't become the only core if you go to the Spurs and Mosaic, but you have to understand that if you go, you will be one of the dual cores.

And if you stay here, you are just an ordinary main force, not a core, nor one of the dual cores, and you even have to do the dirty work for that rookie, which is a completely different situation.

You can be dual-core with a super center, but you must not work hard for a rookie who is not even an All-Star, absolutely not. "

Barkley was stunned for a while, and after thinking about it, it was indeed the case, and he couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.

David Frank said again: "Have you done the math, I just brought you tens of millions of dollars in sponsorship contracts, if you turned around and worked as a coolie for Old K, would you still get these contracts?

No, those sponsors will immediately kick you away and turn to old K, because you are just a coolie, and no sponsor will offer a big contract to a coolie.

You look at the old K, did he have sponsorship in the first half of the season?No, his sponsorship was in the second half of the season. At that time, his tactical status rose, replacing part of your tactical status, and became half of the low-post core. This is the influence brought by the core status. "

Barkley was stunned, smiled wryly, nodded, but did not speak.

David Frank said again: "So when the Suns give up on you, you absolutely have to leave, either go to a team that can become the only core, or go to a team that is competitive for the championship and become a dual core."

"You suggest I go to the Spurs and the Mosaics?" Barkley asked after calming down.

"No, I don't suggest you go to the Spurs. It's an absolutely small ball market. You don't have any sponsors interested in you there." David Frank said.

"To Houston?" Barkley said.

Nodding, Frank said: "Houston is a big city and a big ball market, that's where you should go."

"Don't you want me to help Michael?" Barkley said playfully.

"Haha, NO." David Frank laughed twice and shook his head decisively.

"Haha..." Barkley also laughed.

They know well that the Suns will never trade a super power forward to the Bulls.

"Then I'll contact Mosaic to see if they can offer a bargaining chip that the Suns are satisfied with," Frank said.

"If I really went to Mosaic, then the Suns probably won't make it to the finals next season," Barkley said.

Frank said with a smile: "The goal of the Suns next season will definitely not be a championship, let alone without you, even if you stay, the chance of winning the championship is very small.

Kevin Johnson's state has been declining this year, and it will be even worse next season.And Dan Marley's potential is limited, he can't become a first-class shooting guard.The third position has always been the weakness of the Suns, and an excellent small forward is very difficult to find.So the Suns' outside line will be worse next season than this season.

In fact, Colangelo did a good job. It is better to start with the lineup now than to start with a bad lineup later.

And your peak period will always pass. Once your peak period passes, the transaction value will drop, and it will be too late to start at that time.

Let's start now, you have won four hard honors in a single season, the transaction value is very high, and the Suns can use you to exchange for a good bargaining chip. He is really smart and very courageous. "

Barkley thought for a while and nodded.

Indeed, even if he stays, as long as the Bulls strengthen the inside line, the Suns' inside line advantage will not be so great under the strong outside line advantage, and the weaker outside line will definitely be defeated by Jordan and Pippen. The chance of defending the title is too small.

Thinking of this, his last hesitation disappeared. After all, he didn't just pat his ass and leave. With his current transaction value, at least half of the team can be exchanged for the Suns.

It's just the only one. He feels that he can't help old K. Old K assisted him, but he is unwilling to assist old K.

……

More than ten hours later, when Wang Tiejun landed at the Capital International Airport, it was 7:3 pm local time on the [-]th.

"He didn't come out at the airport, what did this guy do?"

Zhang Lili came to pick up the plane, but it was not until 4 o'clock, the flight had been there for an hour, and there was no sign of Wang Tiejun, so he became anxious.

"Nothing will happen, right?"

He was not the only one who was in a hurry, Yu Feihong was also in a hurry. If it wasn't for the flight showing that he had landed safely, he would have thought there was a plane crash.

There was no way for the two to contact each other. Wang Tiejun didn't have a pager or mobile phone that could be used in China, so he could only wait.

When it was almost 04:30, Wang Tiejun came out slowly pushing two luggage carts. The two luggage carts were stacked on top of each other, and six large suitcases were loaded on them.

"Tie Jun, you have too much luggage, right?" Lao Zhang greeted quickly after seeing it.

"Old K..." Yu Feihong also waved and shouted.

"Hey, so you picked him up too?" The two were startled.

"Come and help me, I have too much luggage and it's hard to move." Old Wang shouted quickly.

"Tie Jun, don't you have too much luggage? What are you packing?" Lao Zhang hurried over and helped pick up a luggage cart.

"I went to the United States once, and I can't bring some local products from there when I come back?" Old Wang said with a smile.

"What souvenir?" Yu Feihong asked curiously.

"I bought some clothes, daily necessities, electrical appliances, miscellaneous things." Lao Wang laughed.

"What kind of souvenir is this?"

Yu Feihong gave Lao Wang a white look, and said with a smile: "If you want to bring souvenirs, you should bring a golden-haired foreign girl, that is the real souvenirs."

"Ha ha……"

Lao Wang and Lao Zhang both laughed.

"Yu Yu, have you driven?" He asked after laughing.

"The rented car, a Santana, is still waiting. I just returned it and asked me to pay more." Yu Feihong complained.

"That's right, let your car pack a few boxes, and mine doesn't seem to be able to fit so many boxes," he said.

The three of them pushed the luggage cart to the parking lot and came to the SUV side.

"Is there such a car in China?" Yu Feihong asked in surprise.

"I bought it from the United States. By the way, Brother Zhang, how much is the customs tax?" he asked.

"30%, you bought 26 and paid [-] US dollars, and you only accept US dollars, not RMB." Lao Zhang replied while packing his luggage.

"That's a good deal too. If this car is sold in China, it must be more than 40 US dollars." Yu Feihong said.

Lao Zhang felt a toothache. He bought a car for 40 US dollars and 300 million RMB. Now few people in China can afford it, and the car for receiving foreign guests may not be so expensive.

He has been driving this car for the past few days, and it has attracted enough attention in Forty-Nine City. As long as he gets on the street, the rate of turning heads is super high, and there will be a crowd of people watching wherever he parks.

The three of them got into the car, Lao Zhang was still driving, Lao Wang was in the co-pilot, and Lao Yu was in the back.

After leaving the airport and heading all the way to the city, Wang Tiejun looked at the city curiously.

Although his hometown is close to here, he doesn't come here often. He came here twice when he was in the provincial team and once when he went to the United States, but he never played. This is the fourth time, and his impression of the capital is still very strange.

After driving for a while, there was a car accident ahead, and there were too many queue jumps and changes of direction, which caused a big traffic jam. Lao Zhang simply took a detour. The airport is in the northeast of BJ, so he detoured west.

"It's all about our Nortel."

Before entering the third ring road, Yu Feihong pointed to a gate passing by and said.

"The urban-rural fringe area, the geographical environment is not very good, your school is not very good." Lao Wang glanced at it and said.

"..."

Yu Feihong rolled his eyes at Lao Wang, wanting to slap him, and immediately said, "Do you know Tsinghua University?"

"Can you not know?" he said.

"It's still outside, the real countryside." Yu Feihong pointed to the back and said.

"No way, Tsinghua University is not in the city center?" He asked in surprise.

"Can the university be built in the city center? Take up more space!" Yu Feihong said angrily.

(End of this chapter)