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"It seems that our deal can't go on." Presti shook his head on the phone and shrugged. It doesn't matter if the deal fails.

Although it is a bit wasteful to hoard Earl Watson, Luc Credno and this year's newly drafted Russell Westbrook three excellent point guards, it is better than having no one available.

Although the three players will inevitably bring playing time problems after the start of the season, there is still a long time before the start of the season, so there is no need to worry too much.

This is fundamentally different from holding players with bad contracts and wanting to sell them out as soon as possible, so Presti immediately said lazily: "Forget it, I hope we will have a chance to cooperate next time."

Pritchard is not willing to do this. Although the trade with the Indiana Pacers can also be exchanged for a point guard, he still believes in proven players like Luc Crednow, who is still young and experienced. , there is still a certain potential, so he immediately raised the price: "How about Channing Fleigar, James Jones and Josh McRoberts, didn't you also ask us about Josh McRoberts?"

Presti did ask Pritchard about Josh McRoberts, and that was when the Portland Trail Blazers had just drafted Josh McRoberts, the seventh pick in the second round last year, and the Blazers shot just right Disrupted Presti's plans.

So in the draft, Presti asked about the possibility of trading Josh McRoberts, but at that time Pritchard had just taken charge of the team and was about to show off, and Josh McRoberts happened to be him The type of player I like very much, so he didn't let go.

In fact, as the main force of Duke University, Josh McRoberts' performance in the university is still very eye-catching, especially the protection of rebounds, but why did he fall from the top three favorites in the first round to the second round? In addition to the poor performance of the university this season, it has something to do with many general managers, including Presti and Ray Richard.

The draft is full of randomness and unpredictability, because you don't know the team in front of you will choose that player, but if a candidate who was originally a big favorite falls to a position that is impossible to reach, then the general manager of the team behind Also think more about why the team in front didn't choose him.

Did he expose some problems in the trial training of the previous teams?Some people will doubt it like this, and the people behind him will naturally think the same way. In this case, this player will keep falling. Josh McRoberts is such an example.

Naturally, Presti also fell in love with it, but since there was no candidate, he was not in a hurry to choose, to see if he could fall into the second round, but he was cut off by the Trail Blazers first. McRoberts has lost interest, and last season, Josh McRoberts' Trail Blazers did not perform well. Although there are reasons why the Trail Blazers have more inside players, it is also seen that his competitiveness is not strong.

Now Presti has no interest in him. No matter how low his salary is, Presti still doesn't want to give it to the Sonics. Two is enough, adding another player is more troublesome.

If Josh McRoberts can be replaced with a first-round pick, Presti can consider one or two, but Pritchard is also a general manager who likes to show his vision in the draft market, so he will not easily put The first-round pick was traded.

The transaction was temporarily put on hold, and the two hung up the phone without saying anything. The transaction was not canceled, but one party was not satisfied with the other party's bargaining chip. Maybe he agreed after a while, maybe after a while Raise the stakes.

On the second day, Presti was watching the training video of Serge Ibaka and Russell Westbrook. Although Palauson was brought to the national team by Stephen, the Sonics did not have any other video analysis. member.

Westbrook's adaptability is very strong, especially his breakthrough ability, which is absolutely league-level, but Serge Ibaka's performance is not as good as Presti expected.

It may be due to environmental problems, or it may be due to the lack of perfect training in the past. Although Ibaka's physical fitness is excellent, he also exposed some of his problems when playing against other inside players. There is a deviation in understanding, and there are also some problems in cooperating with teammates.

Just as Presti finished watching and was about to write an evaluation, the phone rang suddenly, and he took it over to see that it was the phone number of John Hammond, the general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks.

John Hammond is also a general manager who has just taken office for a short time. After taking over the general manager position of Harris, in addition to choosing a new head coach for the team, the first transaction he made was to send Yi Jianlian away. .

Harris is the son of "Silver Fox" Harris, the former head coach of the Chinese national team. There are enough economic benefits, so his departure is inevitable.

The new general manager naturally has to follow his own principles. In this way, Yijianlian has become a victim of the high-level change, but the relationship between John Hammond and Presti is not bad. He is the deputy general manager of the Detroit Pistons. He had dealt with Presti when he was there, so Presti was very happy about his words.

"What? To trade Luc Crednow, what price are you going to offer?" Presti raised the corners of his mouth when he heard John Hammond's request, look, someone like Luc Crednow Players don't need to worry at all, someone will come to them naturally.

The Milwaukee Bucks also needed a point guard, especially a point guard who could pass the ball inside, and they chose Ridnor, but their chip was just a Desmond Mason, just such a chip But Presti couldn't be moved.

Mason was originally a player of the Sonics. He has very good physical fitness and plays very hard, but his temper is not very good, and as a swingman, he basically has no outside shooting ability. From the looks of it, it doesn't quite meet the requirements of the Sonics.

"He does not meet the requirements of our team, please forgive me." Presti refused directly.

"If Joe Smith is added, Cleveland is also willing to join in." Sometimes both parties to the transaction are not satisfied with the other party's chips, and the transaction can introduce a third party.

"Joe Smith is also not in our plan, but if there are two first-round picks, this transaction can continue." Draft picks are not bad.

In this year's draft, the Bucks won the seventh place in the first round. After the turmoil this summer, Presti is still not optimistic about the Bucks next season, so the first-round pick is valuable.

"Sorry, this is impossible." John Hammond expressed his unwillingness to include the first-round pick in the negotiation, but said that the second-round pick could be negotiated, which was also unacceptable to Presti. So the transaction has also been stranded.

Since there was no substantive attack, Presti did not report the news to Stephen, and Stephen was still training under the scorching heat under the scorching heat.

That day Stephen followed Yao Ming to welcome the arrival of the Argentine national team. There were Yao Ming's teammate Scola, and Stephen's original teammates Gino Ratio and Oberto. No matter what, the two had to do their best. friendship.

After the Western Conference semifinals, Stephen has no contact with the Spurs players, no matter who they are.

But when they came to China, Stephen still knew what to say, Ginobili was still the same, but Oberto looked a little impressive.

"Why are you embarrassed? It's not your problem." Stephen patted Oberto on the shoulder. He knew that Oberto's character was straightforward, otherwise he wouldn't be embarrassed.

The strength of the Argentine national team is quite good, and the number of nba players they have is countable even if you look at the world. In addition to Ginobili, Oberto, Scola, there are several people such as Nocioni, Delfino, etc. It is considered that in this Diamond Cup, the only team that may prevent the Chinese national team from winning the championship.

Just welcomed the Argentine national team, and before returning to the hotel, Stephen received a call from Presti, informing him of the deal the team had just concluded with the Portland Trail Blazers.

It is still the Portland Trail Blazers who sent Channing Frye and Jarrett Jack, and the Seattle SuperSonics, in addition to sending Lucid Noor, will also trade Diwan Harding, who was selected with a second-round pick in this year's draft. To the Trail Blazers.

Although the Portland Trail Blazers came to the door again, they thought that if Jarrett Jack was traded to the Sonics, their deal with the Pacers would not be able to continue, so they wanted to ask for some compensation, Presti Just traded this second-round pick to them.

As a result, the Sonics traded their three picks in the second round of the draft this year to the New York Knicks and the Portland Trail Blazers, leaving only one Du Fei.

I don’t have much impression of Jarrett Jack Stephen, but I still have a strong impression of Channing Frye and Stephen. Although it is not uncommon for outside bigs to shoot outside the three-point line, many of them only Shooting, Channing Frye also has a defensive ability.