NBA: Sharks at the peak, guard the basket!

Chapter 303 Gorilla Swap Big Shark?The death of the four heavenly kings in the palace was knocked down by Pippen! !
On the first day of taking office, the general manager's workload was full, but Bird was very comfortable with the job.

After all, he is determined to become the first man to have the three major trophies of MVP, best coach and best general manager.

at the same time.

Also busy without touching the ground, racking their brains to strengthen, or cleaning up the mess, and the management of each team.

In addition to the sporadic news that Bird took office, several news about players forcing the palace once again caused quite a stir.

The Sharks in Philadelphia not only make waves on the court, but also make waves off the court.

The Philadelphia Sharks once again applied for a trade to the team.

The news was provided by Sharks agent Leonard Almato.

Immediately detonated the Philadelphia fans, and immediately attracted the attention of the media.

The "Philadelphia Inquirer" directly gave an eye-catching headline on the cover of the newspaper: "Shaq O'Neal forced the management of the palace digital team! The time left by the big shark in Philadelphia is running out, where will his next stop be!"

As the "Philadelphia Inquirer" wrote, after being swept by the Bulls in the first round, it is no longer news that O'Neal directly forced the Palace management to apply for a trade.

In fact, the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia Digital Team had frequent contact before the player market opened.

Not everyone has the courage and determination to reject James Dolan, who is rich and generous!
When the free agent market + trading market is fully opened, the management of the two teams seems to have pressed the accelerator button, and the phone conversations have never stopped, just like a couple in love, sooner or later they will fall in love spark!

In addition, Shark's brokerage team contributed behind the scenes, and secretly stuffed several boxes of local products to the "Philadelphia Inquirer" executives, trying to put pressure on the progress of the transaction.

The "Philadelphia Inquirer" has no reason to refuse at all, it is because the other party has given too much! !

Therefore, under the multi-party fantasy linkage, the news that the Sharks will leave Philadelphia and go to the New York Knicks is already well known.

Shark's move was more like throwing a trophy, and it didn't take long to cause a chain reaction.

Immediately afterwards, the headline on the cover of the "Vancouver Sun" was also about players forcing the palace management.

"Exclusive news! Stephen Marbury, the 96th pick, suddenly forced the palace management and is looking for a deal?!"

Don't ask.

The source of the "Vancouver Sun" comes from Marbury's economic team.

These local media industries are indeed aligned with money.

As long as you are willing to spend enough money to stun the other party, the position of the headline on the cover of the newspaper will belong to you at any time.

It is indeed not new news that Marbury forced the palace management.

After all, Marbury in his rookie season showed the true qualities of the Poison Wolf.

He led the Vancouver Grizzlies straight to the No. [-] pick like chopping melons and cutting vegetables all the way. Although he missed a move, he also successfully helped the team win the No. [-] pick and won the "Bird II" spicy Keith Van Horn.

Therefore, when the news that Marbury was successful and ran away with a bucket was released, the media immediately joked:
"If there is any team that wants to hit the No. 98 pick in [-], then the offer for Stephen Marbury is definitely worth the money!"

Obviously, in the eyes of the mainstream media in the United States, Marbury, who was once on par with Iverson and was called one of the two strongest guards in the 96th session, has now become a rotten artifact-the best player for the No. [-] pick. Tool man.

But you really don't look down on the so-called rotten artifact, after all, he is a talented guard with the same reputation as Iverson.

No matter how lonely the poisonous wolf is, it is still a wolf that eats people without spit out bones.

Therefore, the offer chips that the Vancouver Grizzlies are currently getting are quite generous.

It turns out.

Even if you lead the team's performance is not very ideal, but as long as you have the topic of your body, your playing style is chic enough, and you can sell tickets, then it is still valuable.

There are still many teams that are willing to pay for you!
For example, James Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks, the man who once threw out a check for Jordan to fill out!
It's not a day or two for the Knicks to be interested in Marbury.

Son of New York playing for the New York Knicks, is there anything wrong with that?
There is nothing wrong with the fat and water not flowing into the field of outsiders! !

James Dolan's determination to overthrow and rebuild has long been written on his face.

When the team led by a big score of 3:1, but was abruptly reversed by the Eagles to become 3:4, and the moment it was pushed to the pillar of shame in history, there were no non-sale items in the New York lineup! !
The Uncrowned King Ewing?

Nothing! !
Marbury and O'Neal, he wants them all!

He wants to build the Knicks into a powerful super chariot, rampage all the way to the finals! !

February 7th, US time.

That is, the second day after the opening of the free agent market and the trading market.

A key step in James Dolan's rebuilding plan, officially reached.

NBA officials approved the first trade in the summer of 1997.

The two sides of the transaction are the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia [-]ers that have been rumored before!

The specific transaction details are as follows: The Knicks sent the team's starting core big center "King of New York" to Patrick Ewing, nicknamed the gorilla!
This is a passing center senior who also came from Georgetown University like Lin Hong.

And Big Mom Boxer Larry Johnson.

That's right, the brawny man who is as strong as a cow, but wears skirts, wigs, glasses, and teeth, and shoots advertisements in the shape of an old woman.

The Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers sent Shaq O'Neal, the big shark!
On the surface, this is the simplest one-for-one transaction.

Last summer, some media broke out that the Knicks wanted to trade Ewing for O'Neal alone, but the locker room mutiny failed.

Unfortunately, the trade between the big shark and the gorilla has resumed.

The gorilla Ewing still couldn't escape the fate of being sent away by the Knicks.

"King of New York" Ewing's dream of one person, one city is shattered, and the Knicks career has finally come to an end, and is about to start a digital life.

at the same time.

After falling out with the Orlando Magic in the summer of 96, the Sharks broke up with the Philadelphia Digital Team again and took the initiative to run away with a bucket.

He directly stepped on the title of digital king, turned his head and left Philadelphia, and came to the coveted city of Big Apple.

The "New York Times" report on this deal is also very straightforward: "The Knicks Packet Ewing era is over, and a new King of New York is about to usher in!"

Of course, as the absolute hero of New York, the first half of the newspaper used a lot of pen and ink to detail Ewing's glorious career and contributions in the Knicks.

Gorillas definitely deserve the title "King of New York."

He is also the fourth generation "King of New York" after Willis Reed, Walter Fraser, and Bernard King.

In the second half of the news, the "New York Times" directly began to brag about Shaquille O'Neal.

If it weren't for the birth of Lin Hong, who suppressed O'Neal to a dim star, the 25-year-old O'Neal, one of the league's four super centers, would definitely be the top center in the future.

Even before O'Neal put on a Knicks jersey, the "New York Times" had already put the title of King of New York on O'Neal in advance.

He is the Fifth Hokage Hokage Tsunade!

Ah no...it should be the Fifth Generation "King of New York"!
For this deal, New York fans have mixed feelings, sorrows and joys.

Sadly.

The team's practice of killing donkeys and crossing rivers and bridges is chilling.

Actually sent away the absolute core who has played for many years, the absolute hero of the Knicks, Patrick Ewing, one of the four-day centers.

Ewing led the team to the playoffs last season, and then the experience of being overturned 3:1 is still vivid!
Pooh…

This fan must have a rhythmic black fan, fork out the knife!
Cough!

Thinking about it this way, it seems that it should be traded!

But anyway.

Ewing's contribution to the Knicks is obvious to all. How can you say that the transaction is a transaction?
The good talk of one person, one city and one city forever in New York was shattered.

The Knicks management team is so smart, it's over if they get sprayed!

But after another thought, Ewing, who is already 35 years old and close to the tail of his peak, is exchanged for a young and strong Shark who is at his peak?
Emmm
A super center with 26.2 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.9 blocks per game?
What a sweet deal! !
If the gorilla knew that he was decisively abandoned by the New York fans, he would cry in the toilet.

I used to illuminate the moon with my heart, but the bright moon shines on the ditch.

After all, it was a wrong payment! !
This is not the king of New York! !

After speaking, the gorilla jumped off the Empire State Building! !

To be honest, in fact, the management of the Philadelphia [-]ers was not willing to exchange the big shark for only a gorilla at the end of its peak at first, and they had no brains.

As a result, due to the big shark forcing the palace, they almost appointed the next house, which caught them by surprise.

So other teams dare not offer O'Neal.

If you make a heavy bet and get back a locker room bomb that continues to force the palace, and you don't get the mutton by then, and you make a fuss, then you will lose a lot.

The idea of ​​​​selling it for a price was completely shattered, and the management of the Sixers could only sell it at a loss with tears in their eyes!
This gave the Knicks the opportunity to pick up the leak and trade the gorilla for the big shark.

On the surface, the straight-talking New York fans sprayed the Knicks management upside down, but in fact they expressed their sincere joy and expectations for the arrival of the Sharks.

The era of the Fifth Generation Shark "King of New York" has officially begun!
It is worth mentioning that.

After learning that the Sharks had successfully forced the palace and joined the big ball city of New York as they wished, the Marbury team in Vancouver could no longer sit still and put pressure on the 76ers' management again.

Who wants to be in freezing Vancouver? !
The Big Apple in New York is so delicious!
Marbury and O'Neill forced the palace one after another, and the news that O'Neill realized his dream in New York also made these two thorns successfully out of the circle, and once again won a good name.

That is - forcing the palace double yin!

More interesting.

Scottie Pippen, who was alone in the Chicago hospital and was undergoing the examination silently, noticed these two pieces of forced palace news, and his long-suppressed heart could no longer bear it.

Even a rookie dared to put pressure on the team's management, and he succeeded.

And players like the Sharks who have just changed their new club and only stayed for one season dare to bully the management to submit a trade application, and even successfully went from Philadelphia to New York?
Then he, the champion core of the Bulls, couldn't be more reasonable to ask for more money! !

Thinking of this, Pippen couldn't sit still.

He is not Jordan, who has made a lot of money from endorsements and investments.

At the beginning, he refused to listen to Jordan's dissuasion, and resolutely signed a 7-year 2000 million contract with the Bulls.

But the salary of this contract is decreasing year by year. With such a wonderful contract, Pippen once became the Bulls' second-paid player.

But what Pippen didn't expect was that not long after he signed the contract, the league ushered in a big salary increase.

The annual salary of several million has become a bad street existence, and many stars have received tens of millions of contracts.

Pippen regretted it, but he could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

As a result, last year's salary exploded again. There were several major leagues with hundreds of millions of contract renewals, and Jordan's annual salary was 3000 million.

Who can bear the feeling of only being a spectator and losing tens of millions of dollars in vain! !

The dream of a big contract at your fingertips, I, Pippen, are coming! !
Without tens of millions, and without medical insurance, how will you be able to eat and drink spicy food in the future! !

Resisting the waist injury, Pippen directly pushed open the door of the operating room, and joined the ranks of the duo without looking back.

In 1997, the third place among the four heavenly kings in the palace came from the Chicago Bulls-Sickie Pippen!
It's different from the previous two forced palace kings, Lengtouqing, who directly applied for a deal.

Pi Erye played more delicately and with more depth.

"Jerry, I think it's time to talk about a raise."

Postponing the waist surgery, Pippen single-handedly entered the office of general manager Jerry Krause. After sitting down with the golden knife at the door, he smiled and looked at the leek in front of him. No, it was the gold master.

"Jerry, I hope my contract can be renewed for a salary."

"You don't want your Bulls career without a championship!!"

Pippen sneered, tapped his fingers on the table slowly, and then suddenly changed his voice:
"Of course, I won't make things difficult for you. Dennis's 900 million yuan should have expired. I think it's time to let him go. It's just right to add the 900 million yuan gap to my new contract."

900 million meters + the original annual salary of 230 million, which barely broke through the annual salary level of [-] million. Pippen felt that this annual salary was barely worthy of his ability and status.

Taking the opportunity to expel Rodman and win a big contract is really a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

Moreover, this is only the case of not winning the championship.

If the Bulls win the championship again next season, the price will not be the same, and they will have to pay more!

Without a 2000 million meter knife, Scottie Pippen would not agree!
"But we just lost the championship. The team needs to spend more money on strengthening the lineup."

Klaus looked at the menacing Pippen, subconsciously raised an intriguing arc at the corner of his mouth, and said noncommittally.

Give Rodman's money to Pippen, how can you strengthen the team?

Don't strengthen the team, but let Rodman cut his salary? ?

Taking a step back, even if Rodman agrees to cut his salary, he can barely make it out of the Eastern Conference with his one-year-old team. In the finals, wouldn't he still give the Lakers free food? !

Therefore, the Bulls management is unlikely to give Pippen a big contract this summer, and there is even the possibility of putting the other party on the shelf.

At that time, Pippen can still only have an annual salary of 230 million meters comparable to a child labor contract, while watching some stars who are several levels better than him have an annual salary of tens of millions.

For Klaus' refusal, Pippen had already been prepared, and he still had the confidence to completely grasp the other party.

If the team does not renew its contract, then Pippen will directly open up and refuse to undergo waist surgery.

Come on, hurt each other!

What Pippen once lost, I must get it back with interest!

If in this case, the team still does not agree to compromise and agree to increase their contract salary.

Then he dies Pippen will follow the example of the Sharks and apply for a trade to leave the team! !
Money or a championship?
Choose one! !
Looking at the poor Pippen, Cross instantly fell into a dilemma.

On the one hand, if the Bulls want to win the championship again next season, it is necessary to keep Qiaopi as the absolute core.

As for Rodman's stay or stay, that's all after the renewal of the contract between Qiaopi and the two.

On the other hand, Pippen's sudden price increase of 900 million during the contract period is a bit outrageous.

A wave of price increases directly locked the team's reinforcement space, and even Rodman couldn't keep it.

At that time, the league's first-class interior defense will be directly weakened into toilet paper for attacking tens of thousands of people.

Relying on Qiaopi alone, do you want to avenge the Zijin Army led by Lin Hong?

Eating fart! !

You are so capable, why don't you go to heaven? !
But Pippen's attitude is very firm, and there is no possibility of letting go.

What reinforcement signings, what revenge for the Lakers, what dynasty, are all floating clouds in front of Mi Dao, and have nothing to do with Pippen!

The team's operational reinforcement is something that the general manager of the team needs to consider.

As a player, Pippen currently only cares about one thing: that is to add money!

He Scottie Pippen is really poor and crazy!

Get rid of everything else!

The beautiful knife in hand is the eternal god!
If you don't give money, you can't afford to cut your waist, so let the master go as soon as possible.

Pippen is confident that with his own strength, there are definitely many teams that are willing to give him a big contract!
"I see, Scotty, give us a moment."

In the end, Crowe started to practice Tai Chi and used the drag word: "After all, I am just a worker. A major event such as changing the contract needs to be negotiated with the team's top management. Then I can give you an accurate answer."

"Scottie, trust me, you go for back surgery first, and then we'll talk."

In Klaus' view, the issue of salary space is actually not a big problem.

The most important issue right now is to allow Pippen to undergo waist surgery as soon as possible.

During the long postoperative recovery period, Pippen is destined to miss some games, and the Bulls in Seth's early days will be very passive.

The price can be negotiated, but the operation cannot be delayed for too long.

This is a matter of professional ethics, and it is impossible for any team management to accept this threat.

Even if the team management will compromise, the Bulls management absolutely cannot accept this form of threat.

"Jerry, if I don't have a salary of 1000 million dollars, what am I going to do for surgery and recuperation?"

Maybe the little butterfly slapped it again, and Scottie Pippen actually uttered the madman Sprewell's words in advance:
How can you support your family without 1000 million?

As if Klaus was struck by lightning, he was directly defenseless, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Good guy, it's really a knife in the ass, open your eyes.

A toad sleeps a frog—an ugly flower.

The old woman got into bed and made me laugh out loud!

Are you covered in gold all over?It costs 1000 million meters to perform an operation?

Do you really think of yourself as a god?
There is only one true god for the bull!
That is Michael Jordan!

You are at most a second in charge! !
of course.

Klaus, an old fox, still manages his face very well, and his energy-raising skills are even more proficient.

Even with the MMP in his heart, he still has a smile on his face.

Faced with the "concession" of the team's general manager nodding and bowing, Pippen was secretly a little proud, but also a little regretful!

Damn it! !
This simple and crude method of coercion can work, he should have used it long ago!
"[-] million yuan contract, there is no reason why I can't get a [-] million yuan contract."

After Pippen finished speaking, he walked out of the office without looking back.

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(End of this chapter)