i am legend

Chapter 238 Take what you need
In the slightly empty reception room, Jordan was talking to Bruce about some interesting things in the league.

When the two were talking about the exciting free agents in the summer, John Gabriel, who was a little dusty, walked into the reception room slowly, carrying a black bag and led by his servants!
"Look who's here!" Jordan stood up happily, and then walked towards Gabriel.

Seeing the two hugging each other like friends for many years, Bruce couldn't help feeling weird!

"Hello, Mr. John!" Bruce stood up slowly as Jordan and Gabriel walked over, and greeted with a smile!

"Hello, Bruce!" Gabriel flashed a strange look on his face, and then held Bruce's hand very gracefully.

As the two withdrew their right hands, the atmosphere in the reception room suddenly seemed a bit awkward!

"Aha!" Jordan, as the host, took the lead in breaking the somewhat cold atmosphere.

Bruce and Gabriel smiled awkwardly when they heard Jordan's voice!
"Now that we are all here, let's enjoy a delicious lunch!" Jordan said while leading the two to the dining room. As the servants brought exquisite food into the restaurant, the tension between the three Only then did the atmosphere relax a bit!
Looking at the delicious food on the table, especially when Bruce saw the three classic Chinese dishes, he couldn't help but secretly admire Jordan's carefulness.

As the three of them ate well one after another, after the servant replaced some desserts with tempting food, Jordan raised the wine glass in his hand first, and said slowly: "I wish our transaction this time a successful result!"

Bruce raised his wine glass with a smile, and glanced at Gabriel, who was a little anxious beside him, and couldn't help feeling sympathetic!
"When!~"

As the three of them drank up the red wine in their glasses one after another, the atmosphere was greatly relieved!

"In this deal, I hope we can all get what we want!" Jordan poured the wine for the two of them himself, and then said bluntly: "We will take out the second-round picks later in 02, 03 200 first-round pick and Mike Smith's expiring contract worth $[-] million!"

Hearing Jordan's chips, the other two showed great interest!

Don't talk about the value of Mike Smith's deal, just say that Jordan is willing to use the second round of 02 and the first round of 03 as bargaining chips for the deal, which shows how much he wants Hughes.

Gabriel looked at Jordan with a confident face, especially after the other party looked at him, thought for a moment, and finally could only grit his teeth and say: "We will take out James Robinson, Elliott Perry, $100 million compensation and a second-round pick in 03!!”

Bruce looked at Gabriel, who was suddenly a little discouraged, in shock. He had been shocked by Jordan's chips before, but after Gabriel said the chips, he couldn't help but feel a burst of disbelief!

Although the two players proposed by Gabriel are basically two basic-salary players, even though their contracts still have one year left, their contracts are all partially guaranteed contracts in the second year, which makes it possible to get the two players. The team can get some salary release and transaction convenience next summer!

Bruce watched the two look at him with very different expressions, and couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face: "What do you want?"

Seeing Bruce's appearance, Jordan suddenly showed an excited expression: "You know what I need!!"

"What I need is to cut salary space!" Gabriel said a little depressed.

After listening to the words of the two, Bruce took a deep breath. It would be a lie to say that the two teams have a total of three draft picks!

"Larry Hughes, Ruben Gassers, and John Cook!" Bruce had thought of the possibility of this outcome before he came, and besides Larry Hughes's very good trading value, he deliberately put the two A minimum-salary player was also added to the deal.

Hearing Bruce's offer, Jordan and Gabriel breathed a sigh of relief at the same time!

In the previous discussion, the two discussed some possible situations in depth. Although they felt very sorry that Bruce did not come up with other valuable players, but with these three people as chips, in terms of the theme Basically, they are satisfied!
Ultimately, Jordan landed Larry Hughes, James Robinson and Elliott Perry at the end.

Gabriel got his wish to free up salary space, Mike Smith, Ruben Gassers and John Cook.

Bruce received a compensation of 100 million US dollars from the Magic, the second-round pick in 03 and Laron Proffit sent by the Wizards, the second-round pick in 02 and the first-round pick in 03!
Judging from the trade of the three, it seems that Bruce gained the most, but the Wizards who got Larry Hughes really got what they wanted!

So far, Bruce exchanged a large number of picks with Larry Hughes and a player, which seemed a little stupid to the other two!

Although draft picks are very important to every team, the draft picks in the next few years have been underestimated by the media and scouts one after another, which makes the draft picks of other teams in the league seem not so untradable!
Back in Oakland, Bruce did not return to his office in the arena, but returned to his residence in a very good mood!
Mrs. Shirley was in a good mood and made a very delicious home-cooked meal for Bruce. Seeing the Warriors gradually show great competitiveness under Bruce's operation, this made her a die-hard fan extremely excited!

"Mr. Bruce, come and try this!" Mrs. Shirley excitedly pointed to a plate of crystal clear caviar shortbread, looking at Bruce expectantly.

"Ms. Shirley, your craftsmanship is amazing!" It's been a long time since I tasted such comforting food, and Bruce felt his appetite increased!

On December 12, when the Warriors returned to Oakland with a 13-point loss in Portland, everyone was very surprised by Hughes' trade!

"Bruce, you made a great deal!" Wilkens looked at Bruce with admiration, and when he returned to Oakland, he rushed to the arena as soon as possible, and he very much agreed with Bruce's deal!

"Lenny, can you say something else?" Bruce smiled bitterly. Although he gained a lot of draft picks from this transaction, even so, he still seemed a little depressed!
Larry Hughes' abilities are very comprehensive. Although he does have some problems on the defensive end, he really makes the Warriors' bench and second team very competitive on the offensive end!
Now losing Hughes and Percy in a row, this still makes Bruce feel a little bit sorry!
"Well, I really hope you can expand quickly!" Wilkens shrugged helplessly, thinking of the previous defeat, he couldn't help saying seriously: "With the current strength of the Warriors, these boys have A very good achievement, even though they lost this game, I think they learned a lot from this loss!"

"If they have been stagnant, I don't think they will appear in the Warriors' lineup!" Bruce said with a smile.

Wilkens looked at the forced laughing Bruce with a smile, shook his head and said with some expectation: "Now that our lineup has been adjusted, it seems very reasonable. Tangyell can finally play his strongest strength!"

"That's right, if Donyell returns to the small forward position, with the cooperation of several other positions, the Warriors' starting lineup will be very balanced and exciting!" Bruce shook his head angrily, and then looked forward to Said.

The position of small forward has lost Hughes and Posey in a row. Although it will have some impact on the depth of the lineup, with the combination of Marshall, a heavy gunner, Bowen and Mullin, this position is still very competitive.

Judging from the current changes, the Warriors' lineup has truly developed towards balance!

The two talked for a while, and Wilkens' expression suddenly changed, and he said with a strange expression: "Is that Russian boy really as good as you say?"

Hearing what Wilkens said, Bruce finally felt better: "That guy is very fierce!"

"Fresh??" Wilkens said with some disbelief.

"That's right!" Bruce said excitedly, and then he took out a videotape that the scouts had found out of the cabinet, and then walked to the corner of the office!
Watching Bruce's actions, Wilkens became more and more curious!
As Bruce stuffed the videotape into the projector, a burst of Russian suddenly came out of the TV!
On the TV, it was the top match in Europe, the top match between the Moscow CSKA team and the Greek giant Olympiacos team!

This video is just the highlights of the two teams. When Wilkens saw the running figure of the white youth wearing the No. 13 jersey on TV and the fierce defense, his eyes suddenly showed a bright light!
"That No. 13 is the guy we are about to welcome!!" Bruce looked excitedly at the slightly immature Andrei Kirilenko on TV. I didn't deliberately bring him to the NBA, and I couldn't help but feel lucky!
Make up defense, block shots, pass the ball, break through, when Wilkens saw Kirilenko making the above actions again and again, and they were extremely threatening, he couldn't help showing a hint of excitement on his face!

"Good, good, good! It's really great!" When the highlights on TV were played, Wilkens excitedly praised Kirilenko's performance with three good words!
Seeing Wilkens' appearance, Bruce was really excited!
"He is exactly the team player I want very much. His awareness of defense is too strong. If the Warriors have him to join, the small forward position must be the team with the strongest defense in the league!!" Wilkens thought Afterwards, with the addition of Kirilenko, coupled with Bowen's super defense, he is very confident that all teams in the league will find it difficult to play at the small forward position!
(End of this chapter)