NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 22 Media Day

The next day, Presti got on the plane back to Oklahoma, and Presti rubbed his temples. He and Anjali had played too crazy these days, especially after the two of them pierced the window paper yesterday, they had no scruples.

It is estimated that he will inevitably be criticized after going back. The general manager of the media day is not made by him, and the boss needs to notify him. Think about how to explain it.

A few hours later, Presti got off the plane and went straight to Thunder's office. As soon as he stepped into the office area, the assistant ran over and said, "The boss is very angry now.".Presti patted his assistant on the shoulder, "It's okay."

After knocking on the boss's door, Presti slowly pushed it away, looked at the boss's angry face, and said with a smile: "Boss, I haven't seen you in an offseason, and you are even more handsome."

"Don't do this with me! Tomorrow is the media day, and I need to make a decision, and I need to notify you to come back, who is the boss!" Clayton became more and more angry, and finally stood up directly, patting the table with his right hand.

"Calm down, calm down, I've actually been studying the lineup for the new season and the direction of the team's development these days," Presti still said with a smile.

"Oh? What did the research come out of? Did you study a Raheem who is about to retire and a Davis who is about to enter the end of his career? I won't talk about Raheem. A basic salary doesn't matter. Davis, you actually gave a five-year contract of 5 million yuan. Are you crazy!" Clayton felt that he was about to go berserk at any time.

Presti put away his smile and showed an extremely serious expression. The boss was really angry, and he had to say something.

Presti closed the door, then walked to the chair opposite the boss and sat down: Looking at Clayton, he said seriously: "The reason why I said at Summer League to win the championship within three years is because I have confidence, because I found a genius, he will be an important contributor to our championship.

I signed these two people to show that they are bad. I need to get a high pick. The team is full of rookies. "

Clayton saw for the first time that since the draft meeting, Presti had such a serious conversation with himself, and his anger subsided a lot in an instant. Clayton sat down and asked dubiously, "Genius? Which university and what's its name?"

"Haha, it's a secret, I'm sure you'll be surprised when the time comes." Seeing that the boss had lost his temper, Presti immediately put away his serious expression.

Clayton said helplessly: "Even if you want a high pick, you don't have to sign Davis. It's a five-year contract, and it will be rotten in your hands."

"Don't worry, I promise to trade him at the end of this season," Presti said confidently.

Seeing Presti's confidence, Clayton could only say, "You can do whatever you want, but I don't ask you to win the championship in three years, just make the playoffs in three years, otherwise I can't explain to the shareholders."

"You underestimated me, just wait and see, I'll get ready first," Presti quickly left the office after finishing speaking.

The next day, Presti came to the arena early in the morning. Generally speaking, the general manager of the team does not need to participate in the media day, but Presti is also the head coach, so he must come.

I thought I should be the earliest, but when I arrived at the arena, I found that the players and assistant coaches were already waiting in the arena.

As soon as he saw Presti, the players immediately leaned over and came to say hello. Although there were several players here that he had never seen before, he still knew about them on TV in his previous life.

Before the game, Presti gave 7 rookies training tasks. At this time, they all came to report the training results, and Presti nodded with satisfaction after listening.After listening to them, Presti patted the arms of other players and said, "Let's work hard for the new season!".

It didn't take long for the reporters to arrive at the arena. After seeing Presti's figure, they all rushed towards him.

Generally speaking, reporters usually go to interview big-name stars, but for the Thunder team, except for the newly arrived Baron Davis, who is regarded as a star, they really can't do anything else.

Even though he was well prepared, when Presti looked at the swarming reporters, he still couldn't help complaining in his heart. On the media day, players and coaches are not allowed to refuse media interviews, and they have to answer questions raised by reporters.

So when surrounded by reporters this time, Presti didn't ask one person a question.

A reporter wearing glasses was the first to ask: "Hello, Presti, what are the goals of the Oklahoma City Thunder for the new season?"

Presti said with a smile: "The goal of the new season is that the rookies can grow rapidly and the veterans can play their own value."

The reporter was obviously dissatisfied with Presti's answer, and then asked: "Then how many wins are your goals for the new season, what is your ranking in the Western Conference, and whether you can enter the playoffs?"

Presti scratched his head, thinking that this question is still coming, should I answer the last one? , put it badly?Wouldn't my signboard be smashed?Although the start of the regular season is the same.

Presti pretended to think for a while, and said after a long time: "The question you asked just now is too much, I didn't remember it."

Seeing that the flushed reporter wanted to ask again, Presti quickly pointed to the reporter at the back and said, "What did you ask this reporter just now?"

The reporter who was pointed at was stunned for a moment. I didn’t ask. He was listening carefully to Presti’s answer to the question just now, but since he was pointed at himself, he could only ask. In fact, he was going to ask the reporter’s question just now. Now that he was asked, would it make him look low-level if he asked again.

So the reporter had an idea and asked: "May I ask Presti, you signed Davis, who just created the "Black Eight" miracle, at 5 yuan for five years during the offseason. Can it be understood that you are going to enter the playoffs this season and then kill the Quartet?"

Presti wanted to cover his face, must you want to hear me boast?But he still smiled and said: "When I saw Davis' outstanding performance in the playoffs, I don't think any team would refuse to sign him, and we are the same."

"Then I can understand your answer, you are not confident to enter the season..." Before the playoffs finished, Presti immediately interrupted: "I think the reporter is very anxious, you can ask."

Wanting to trick me and suffocate you all, Presti said inwardly, this is the reporter who was accused of being fooled, but he still asked: "You signed Raheem, a player who is about to retire this offseason, to be a rookie's teacher?"

"There are considerations in this regard, but the most important thing is that we signed him to play as a starter," Presti replied seriously.

Wow!You heard that right, Raheem probably can't even dance now, so he's the starter?Presti's mind is really different from that of ordinary people, and now the reporters finally caught the groove, and began to ask questions around Raheem.

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Towards the afternoon, the reporters finally retreated. Of course, the expressions of the reporters leaving were very dissatisfied. Every time they asked a key question, Presti's answer was either to interrupt and change to another person, or to forget. In the end, he just said that he had a sore throat...

"Well, I'm finally gone. The training camp will start tomorrow. It's a good time to test the offseason training results of these rookies." Presti said to himself.

　Chapter 2 has been released
　　
　
(End of this chapter)