NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 1265 Duncan returns to the Spurs
On the night of the 26th, New York, Nike headquarters, the Lakers' Kupchak and the Heat's Pat Riley are all focused here.

Pat Riley has been transferred to the Heat's president and general manager, and is currently fully responsible for the transaction.

The two general managers came to Nike just to trade Warcraft Howard.

What Nike measures is who is stronger, the Lakers or the Heat, and who has the chance to beat the Suns. Of course, this refers to the acquisition of Howard.

Facing inquiries from Nike President Philip Knight, Pat Riley and Kupchak argued with reason, and at the same time put out their own bargaining chips.

But in the end, Nike can't decide which team Howard will go to, because it needs to be traded with the Spurs again, depending on what chips the Spurs need.

On the 27th, the Magic and the Spurs reached a deal, and Warcraft Journey to the West landed on the Spurs.

The Spurs paid six trade picks. This is the future that the Spurs have saved for several seasons, and they are all used for a peak monster.

The Magic rebuild, with a Warcraft that can't bring a championship, get six futures, plus Nike's efforts in it, agreed to the deal.

After the transaction, the Lakers and the Heat immediately handed over the offer sheet to the Spurs.

The Lakers' chips are Duncan + Bynum + Artest + Odom, and the Heat are Bosh + Gasol.

With those two quotes in hand, Buford approached Popovich with concern, asking for his final thoughts.

"No, we want Howard." Popovich said coldly.

Buford knew he was in trouble, and he would be blacked out by the Lakers and Heat, as well as Nike.

Popovich said: "We now have Howard at the center, and we have selected Kawhi Leonard, who is very similar to the hammer, and we have hope of rebuilding..."

In desperation, Buford had no choice but to reject the deal between the Lakers and the Heat.

After the Heat and the Lakers were rejected, they both thought that the Spurs agreed to each other, so they were very frustrated.

At the same time, Howard also knew the news that the Lakers and Heat were rejected.

The reason why he is willing to go to the Spurs is because Nike, the Lakers, and the Heat promised him that there will be a follow-up deal. Now that the deal is rejected, he is very annoyed. He immediately asked Nike, the Lakers and the Heat through his agent, what happened? question.

Nike and other three sides knew that the Spurs had rejected the trade of both teams at the same time, and they were stunned.

When Popovich was thinking about next season's lineup in the office, there was a sudden bang, and someone broke in. When he was about to fly into a rage, he found out that it was the boss Holt.

Holt rushed in with an ugly expression on his face, and immediately asked, "Greg, what the hell are you doing, why did you agree to Nike and then reject the deal?"

"Because Howard is better, he is the cornerstone of our future team, as long as we keep him, we can complete the reconstruction immediately."

Popovich said with suppressed anger.

"But you know what you're doing? You ruined our credit, they won't let us go, what do you want me to do?"

Holt growled.

"I can't control it," Popovich said forcefully.

"Now Howard also doesn't agree to stay with the Spurs. This trade with the Spurs is just a transitional team. What's the point of you forcing him to stay?"

Holt said angrily.

"I'll do my job, and he'll stay," Popovich said coldly.

"No, I don't agree, you will completely destroy the Spurs." Holt said angrily.

"you?"

Popovich was furious. He didn't expect that Holt would not support him. He had been here for so many years, which he never thought about.

But he actually only considered the problem from his own point of view, not from Holt's point of view.

Now Nike is putting a lot of pressure on Holt and his partners. He and his partners are just businessmen with small assets, and they can't stand the pressure of a big company like Nike.

Moreover, this incident itself was the Spurs' mistake. After it got out, it would definitely cause a huge loss to his business credit.

"What if I insist on keeping Howard?" Popovich asked coldly.

Holt gritted his teeth and said, "Greg, we've worked together for so many years, I let you decide everything, don't force me, I have no other choice at all, do you want to see me go bankrupt?"

Popovich stared at Holt for a full minute before sitting down sadly.

He knew that his plan had failed. When he promised the Magic to trade Howard with six picks, he planned to break the contract, but the facts told him that this was a world of capital, and he couldn't decide everything.

"You can decide whether to trade with the Heat or the Lakers." Holt said before leaving with a sigh of relief.

Popovich sat alone for a long time, took out his mobile phone, and called Duncan.

After Duncan left Xianbei Castle, he went to Los Angeles to prepare for a lawsuit with Garnett. When he received the call, he was a little surprised because Popovich had never contacted him since leaving the Spurs.

He swiped the screen and connected the call.

"Hey, Greg."

"Tim, do you want to come back?" Popovich's deep and somewhat cold voice sounded from the opposite side.

"Back to the horses?"

Duncan was startled, he remembered what Li Ba said a few days ago, has he really become a bargaining chip?

The two did not speak, and the phone continued.

The reason why Popovich wanted to trade with the Lakers was not because he wanted Duncan to come back as the core. Even in the two seasons before Duncan left the Spurs, he was no longer the core of the Spurs' offense. At that time, the core of the Spurs' offense was Parker and Ginobili.

His idea is to let Duncan continue to be the spiritual leader of the Lakers and the nutrient base for the Spurs to rebuild.

He is optimistic about the No. 15 rookie selected this time. Kawhi Leonard has a pair of big hands like that hammer. The "hammer" on the front line to complete the reconstruction.

Of course, this is just an idea. Although he is optimistic about the potential of this rookie, it will take time to prove whether the potential can be realized.

At the beginning, he picked Ginobili from the end of the second round and Parker from the end of the first round. Both guys played well and became All-Star players. He believed in his own vision very much.

But at the same time, he also misjudged two people, that is, Oden and Beasley, which made the Spurs' reconstruction fail.

But he believes that failure will not come to the Spurs again and again, and he will find gold and even diamonds from rookies.

Thinking of diamonds, he thought of the Suns picking up Li Ba, and he couldn't help feeling extremely envious and jealous.

(End of this chapter)