NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 219 Trading Flounder

Stern put down the receiver, leaned back on the chair, thought for a while, picked up the receiver again, and made a call.

"Hi, I'm Philip Knight."

"Hi, Mr. Knight, I'm Stern."

Nike headquarters, the president's office, Knight's heart sank when he heard it was Stern's call.

Getting a call from the league so quickly, and it was Stern calling himself, wasn't the response he was expecting.

What he expects is that the league will ignore this matter, and at most ordinary staff will contact it.

But on the contrary, the reaction he waited for was the last thing he wanted to see.

It can be seen that their behavior has been determined and touched Stern's bottom line.

"I see, Mr. Stern."

There is no need to say a word to Stern on the opposite side, Knight said with a wry smile.

"Mr. Knight, you can use your influence appropriately, but don't touch the bottom line. This alliance is ours."

After talking about this, Stern hung up the phone.

The sponsorship of Nike and Adidas is very important, but there are not only Nike and Adidas in this world, but also many sports brands. Without the support of the league, companies such as Nike and Adidas cannot be transferred in the North American basketball market.

Even, in his opinion, the importance of these sponsors is not even as important as those of the media.

The media is now the most important force in promoting the alliance, and it is also the force he is least willing to offend.

Even when the media attacked Jordan a few years ago, he couldn't defend it, and it was for this reason.

Putting down the phone, Philip Knight began to think about how to continue this matter.

The Knicks must not be able to move, but they cannot weaken the Knicks, but they can continue to strengthen other teams. This is operable.

In addition, regarding the media, the United States can make small moves, but they can't make big moves, and they can't wantonly smear, suppress and attack Zhao Dong, otherwise Stern's phone call will definitely come again.

However, Chinese media can be used.

As the time enters the end of January, the All-Star voting has entered the hottest stage, and the deadline is approaching.

In the west, at the center position, O'Neal is in the lead, followed by David Robinson, both of whom have more than 50 votes, and the third big dream is only more than 30.

For the forward position, Karl Malone and Kevin Garnett ranked the top two, both close to 50 votes, followed by Barkley and Duncan, both with more than 40 votes, not far behind, and have a good chance of surpassing the top two.

In the guard position, Gary Payton is the first, with more than 50 votes, followed by Kobe, who is close to 40, which is a bit far behind, followed by Stockton and Marbury, both in the early 30.

In the East, at the center position, Mutombo is first, Mourning is second, and super center Ewing is third.

In the forward position, under the alliance's strengthening of Zhao Dong's publicity, his number of votes is almost close to 100 million. The second is Grant Hill in the early 80, and the rain man Kemp is far behind.

For the guard position, Jordan's votes reached one million, tens of thousands more than Zhao Dong, which shows that his influence is still extremely strong.

The second is Anfernee Hardaway, who just broke 50. After that, Tim Hardaway and Iverson are both in their early 30.

"Damn it, the postman is actually number one."

That night, after checking the All-Star voting again, Zhao Dong was a little upset to see that Karl Malone was still the No. [-] forward in the Western Conference.

He was not surprised by the number of votes for Karl Malone. In the United States, the most brutal and brutal NFL is the most popular sport. is a tough one.

Plus, Grant Hill had a really big impact, getting 80 votes.

He came from a good background, with both talent and skills. If it wasn't for injuries that ruined him, Zhao Dong felt that as long as Hill was lucky, it was really possible to catch up with Jordan.

This year's All-Star just happened to be held in New York, and his wedding was also arranged during that time, and it's almost ready now.

There are many things, besides the marriage, the release of the Silver Devil is also going on at the same time, he has shot a lot of commercials during this time.

In addition to his own commercials, he has also shot a lot of commercials for the alliance, and these commercials have been promoted to the whole world, and his influence is expanding rapidly.

But what makes him unhappy is that recently, the domestic media has been slandering him like crazy, and there is no bottom line.

After he entered the league, there was actually not much black material, not about picking up girls, that was all in the past, but those media caught him fighting and described him as a violent person.

"President Wang, Moulang, Mouhu, Penguin, these three Internet companies are the main venture capital targets this year, and I am optimistic about their founders."

He contacted Wang Xin, the general manager of Julong Venture Capital.

"Okay, boss, I will collect the information of these three companies immediately." Wang Xin said.

Now that he has nothing to do with the domestic media, he will start with the Internet. As long as China enters the era of online media, these media will have nothing to do with him.

At the end of the month, Zhao Dong and Lindsay's villas were also renovated, and they just moved in.

On the evening of the 27th, five members of Zhao Dong's family, plus Lindsay, invited Dorisa and his wife who were still in New York, and eight of them had a New Year's dinner.

Only Zhao Dong's father, Zhao Zhenguo, was missing, because Zhao Dong got married in a few days, so he didn't come over this New Year's Eve, and planned to come back in a few days.

That night, the Knicks challenged the Spurs away.

In this game, Tim Duncan's performance was qualitatively different from the performance of the two teams in the first regular season. He scored 31 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks.

Without Zhao Dong, the Knicks were defeated, and the two teams drew in the regular season.

After losing to the Spurs, without Zhao Dong, the Knicks rushed to Los Angeles overnight to challenge the Lakers back to back, and finally swallowed their first two-game losing streak this season.

Back in the east, the Knicks challenged the digital team away. Zhao Dong rushed over to help the team win a victory and end the losing streak.

In these three games at the end of January, two losses and one win.

All three teams have future superstars, Duncan, Iverson, and Kobe. Zhao Dong was a little surprised by the performance of these three in these three games.

"It seems that they are a little stronger than they should have been?"

Zhao Dong returned to New York and asked Thibodeau at the headquarters to check the data of the three this season, which proved his guess.

"Feilong, why are you checking the data of the three of them?" Thibodeau asked.

"They are very strong, or have great potential. Both Iverson and Kobe have improved a lot this season." Zhao Dong said.

"Kobe?"

Thibodeau didn't mention Duncan and Iverson, and said, "That kid from the Lakers isn't very good, right? His All-Star voting this year was all pushed by the Lakers, and he was pushed to the second position. In fact, he couldn't reach the All-Star starting position at all. standard."

"No, I mean his potential." Zhao Dong said.

"Is the potential great? Do you want to find a way to trade it?" Thibodeau joked.

Zhao Dong smiled and said: "We have no leverage on the outside, but they have big sharks on the inside. They don't need our people. What kind of deal do you take?"

Nodding, Thibodeau didn't mention this again, but said: "I don't know about Duncan, but I know a little about Iverson and Kobe."

"Oh, talk about it."

"There are reports in the media that these two have been practicing extra during the offseason."

"what?"

Zhao Dong was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped, he couldn't believe it was real.

Of course, he was not surprised by Kobe, it is normal for Kobe to practice more, but he was surprised by Iverson.

Maybe it's fake news from the media?Iverson's avoidance of training is almost the same, how can it be possible to practice for a few more months?
"Jordan is the same. I heard that he only rested for half a month during the offseason, and then he has been training. I even think that during the regular season, he has been accumulating energy. In the playoffs, you must be careful." Xibo Du reminded.

"I know."

Zhao Dong nodded.

Jordan's requirements for his teammates are very strict, very strict, and he often argues with his teammates for this reason.

But he is not strict with himself, he is harsh.

A person who has the courage to be harsh on himself must be a very terrible person, Zhao Dong knows this very well.

At the end of the month, Zhao Dong remained No.1 in the league's official MVP rankings.

However, the league gave Jordan the best of the month this month.

There is no way, Zhao Dong has taken it twice in a row, and the alliance doesn't want to give it to him, even if his stats are still invincible.

With 31 wins and 12 losses, for three consecutive months, the Knicks' record remains at the top of the league, which surprised the media.

However, compared with the Lakers, the Knicks only have half a game more than the Jazz, and only two games more than the Spurs, so the strengths of the several teams are not much different.

Zhao Dong didn't think the Knicks would win these teams steadily. Daben hadn't grown up yet. Once he entered the fierce playoffs, his performance would be a time bomb for the Knicks.

At the same time, the same is true for Danny Fortson, who is also a time bomb. If he can't control his fouls and emotions in the playoffs, the impact will be great.

At the same time, John Starks' performance is also very unstable. During this period, the old Nelson has taken the starting position.

With Charlie Ward entering the starting lineup, the scoring ability of the starting lineup has also declined.

Oakley is getting older, his scoring ability has further declined, and his mobility has declined, resulting in a somewhat reduced defensive area. Fortunately, he can maintain an average of 8.5 rebounds per game.

In addition, Alan Houston also seems to be a nerve knife. Sometimes he is very accurate, sometimes he shoots wildly, and his scoring lacks stability.

He is not self-praise, if it is not for the quasi-triple-double super performance this season, all-round offensive and defensive, the Knicks' record may be difficult to enter the playoffs.

What's more, behind these teams, there is still a Bulls team hidden.

The indomitable brilliance of the Bulls during the dynasty seems to have disappeared, but Zhao Dong will not ignore it. The strongest opponent this season is still Jordan's Bulls.

It was February, and his wedding was only a few days away. The whole villa had been decorated by the wedding company, which was arranged by Mrs. Dorisa.

This wedding was held in the United States. If it is in China, they will return to China after the end of the season to hold a make-up one.

On the morning of the [-]st, Grant called him and asked his opinion on trading Camby.

"Flying Dragon, I originally wanted to trade a star insider or point guard, but it failed. Even if the team agreed, some stars refused us. I think it's Nike and Adidas who are playing tricks." Grant said angrily.

"Then what is your plan now?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Only two good pitchers with hope of being traded..."

Grant mentioned two names, and Zhao Dong shook his head when he heard that: "Both of these guys have unstable shots. Instead of trading them, we might as well accumulate a lottery pick for this year."

This year is said to be a small draft year, but Zhao Dong knows that this is actually a big year.

White Chocolate Jason Williams, Larry Hughes, Al Harrington, Mike Bibby, Rashad Lewis, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Paul Pierce, Nowitzki, this is the future A famous star.

In addition to these people, there are also some good stars, such as Bunch Wells, Morris, and streetball king Alston.

In addition, there is another undrafted pick this year, Brad Miller, an All-Star center.

In particular, among these rookies, there are several guys who are expected to join the Hall of Fame in the future, such as Nowitzki, Vince Carter, Paul Pierce and so on.

If 96 was the golden generation, then this year seems to be no worse than the 96 generation.

In particular, some of the rookies who will be able to play in the future have already been signed by Feilong Sports Goods, and they are considered his people.

For example, the most attractive Vince Carter in the future, the half-human and half-god who supported the league's ratings after Jordan retired, has been taken under his command.

The contracts signed by other people are all second-class, because they will be typed out later, and the attention will be average. Including the old driver and Paul Pierce, the influence is actually limited and they will not sell many shoes.

Only Vince Carter, Zhao Dong directly asked the company to give him the first-class signed sneaker contract.

Not counting himself, this is also the first signature sneaker contract of the Silver Devils generation.

However, because of this, he is not very good at recommending, so he can only speak vaguely.

"Lottery?"

Grant was taken aback.

This year's draft is not favored, it is a small year, there are not many people, but Lexiu District should have some potential, and it is not bad to get a lottery.

"But Feilong, don't we invite people to come in? The trading window closes at No. 16, there is no time." He said again.

"Or, if you trade Kobe from the Lakers or Tracy McGrady from the Heat, they are all substitutes now and should have a chance."

Zhao Dong joked with a smile.

He doesn't care much about the lineup, and if he brings a bunch of future fierce players over, and waits for them to grow up, isn't this stealing his ball and shots?Just get some decent role players.

"Kobe should have no chance. He was traded by Jerry West with Divac. It is impossible to trade him. But McGrady, there is no chance in the Heat. Let me ask."

Grant laughed.

The reason why he asked Zhao Dong was that there was nothing he could do. Now that the Knicks are being targeted by Nike and Adidas, they can't trade stars and can only trade ordinary players. Hu Weidong brought in by Zhao Dong is not bad, and Da Ben even entered the starting lineup. , so this time is the same, I hope Zhao Dong can provide him with a good choice.

"Camby for McGrady?"

Pat Riley frowned when he received a call from Grant.

He can see the potential of McGrady, but now the team does not have the opportunity for McGrady, and he has McGrady in his hands, which is also up for sale.

But Camby, he doesn't like, is too fragile and doesn't meet his requirements for the inside.

His requirements for insiders must be the same as those of Oakley and Mourning, tough, iron-blooded, and durable.

And Camby, the glass man who hurts when he touches it, he doesn't even want to look at it.

Rejected again, Grant had to make up his mind again.

The trading window was only about ten days away, and he was a little anxious.

At this time, a team took the initiative to contact him, and it was the Raptors.

"You want Camby and Toni Kukoc to change, what are you kidding?" He almost cursed.

At the beginning, the Raptors traded Ewing and the Raptors for Camby, and now the Raptors want to trade a Tony Kukoc for Camby alone.

"Take Ron Harper + Toni Kukoc in exchange." He opened a bargaining chip.

"I'll think about it." The Raptors didn't directly refuse.

Grant didn't wait for the Raptors, and immediately contacted the Celtics.

He took a fancy to the Celtics' main point guard, last year's No. [-] pick, Chauncey Billups.

Billups' scoring ability is average, and his scoring efficiency is not high, his shooting is not accurate, and his three-pointers are average, but what he needs is Billups' passing, and Billups' speed is not bad.

He also knows that the Celtics don't value Billups too much, because Billups has not shown the value and potential of the third pick. Now that the Celtics have found a new point guard, the third pick It's on the shelves and it's on sale.

"Camby for Billups? Yes."

When the general manager of the Celtics heard this, he agreed very readily. The speed made Grant feel that he had been fooled. Did Billups suffer some serious injury?
The Celtics and Knicks are rivals in the same district. If they are cheated, it will be over.

In fact, he doesn't need to worry, the Celtics just lack a center.

The current center of the Celtics is still the Knicks traded the first-round pick in 96, McCarty, which is a notch lower than Cam. The strength and potential of the role players can be exchanged for Billups they don’t want. Than, wish for it.

Soon, the deal was concluded, one No. [-] pick, one No. [-] pick, the contract was similar, and the Celtics paid hundreds of thousands of cash for a single exchange.

On the night of the first, the Knicks lost to the Heat at home.

Big Ben failed to guard against Mourning and was blown away.

Now his strength is still too immature when facing these top insiders.

But Danny Fortson's foul was not well controlled, and he sat on the bench early.

These are two important reasons for the loss, the inside line collapsed.

"Feilong, do you think Fortson can do it?" Old Nelson asked Zhao Dong on the way to the conference hall after the game.

"I think it's ok, just one more season. His current technical fouls have been controlled, but he still can't control his habitual movements when grabbing rebounds."

Zhao Dong thought for a while and then said.

"Then you need to play in the low post in the playoffs." Old Nelson said.

"Of course." Zhao Dong nodded.

The regular season can be honed, but in the playoffs, it is definitely not possible to hone the rookies. Big Ben and Fortson will spend less time in the playoffs, and even return to the bench.

(End of this chapter)