NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 251
At Chicago Bulls headquarters, owner Jerry Reinsdorf hung up the phone in disappointment.

Since meeting yesterday, he has been unable to contact Jordan today.

He knew that Jordan was waiting for his final choice, and if he didn't announce the firing of Jerry Krause, he would no longer be able to contact Jordan.

Just then, the phone on the desk rang.

"I'm Reinsdorf."

"Mr. Reinsdorf, this is Philip Knight."

"Mr. Knight, do you have any news about Jordan?" Reinsdorf asked quickly.

"Sorry, I can't contact him now. Mr. Reinsdorf, you can no longer hesitate. I support Jordan's decision. The Bulls need to replace part of the management to save Michael's heart. In order to express our Nike Sincerity, we will support the Bulls to rebuild a championship lineup during the offseason." Philip Knight said seriously.

Reinsdorf's mind was running at high speed, considering the pros and cons of the matter, and finally said: "This alone is not enough. Jerry Krause has built the Bulls Dynasty lineup. His value is very high. You must show greater sincerity."

"you mean?"

"If we want to build a championship lineup, it must cost a lot, and we will definitely pay a high cost."

"Nike has made a decision to increase its sponsorship of the Bulls."

"Mr. Knight, I will reconsider."

"OK, please hurry up, I'll wait for your news."

After hanging up the phone, Reinsdorf began to consider the issue of gains and losses, whether Jordan is important or Klaus is important.

But after only thinking about it for three seconds, he realized that this question didn't seem to be worth considering.

In the hotel, Neil Grant did not return to New York with the team, but stayed in Chicago.

The Bulls collapsed and will definitely become a player supermarket. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity to trade Kidd with Danny Fortson, which Jerry Krause wants.

Now he is waiting for a message, who the Bulls will choose.

At noon, the Bulls held a press conference, and boss Jerry Reinsdorf officially announced the dismissal of general manager Jerry Krause.

Jerry Krause can be said to have made great achievements in the Bulls, but because of his discord with Jordan and Phil Jackson, it caused mixed reputation. His dismissal won the cheers of most Bulls fans.

"Great, we can keep Michael!"

"He should have gone long ago, management made the best decision."

"Phil Jackson should be able to stay, too?"

"To be honest, in the Eastern Conference G4 game, I was a little disappointed with Jackson. We originally hoped to win, but we were stunned by the Knicks' broken tactics."

"It's Ewing and Rodman who are old. If they weren't blown up by the flying dragon, how could we have lost?"

Many fans waiting outside the press conference chatted excitedly.

I don't know how the outside world will react. After Neil Grant got the news, he immediately called the Bulls owner.

"trade?"

After receiving a call from Grant, Jerry Reinsdorf, who had just left the press conference hall, smiled wryly: "Mr. Grant, we haven't chosen a new general manager. This matter cannot be carried out at present."

"Mr. Reinsdorf, the league is likely to be suspended. If the Bulls rebuild, they must be traded as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the suspension is suspended and the team has not completed the reconstruction, you are also likely to lose Jordan, because he is likely to choose due to lineup reasons. Second retirement."

Grant advised.

Jerry Reinsdorf was startled, and after a little thought, it was really possible.

After meeting for two hours, he hung up the phone.

Although he has not yet chosen a new general manager, he has already made preparations. In order to appease Jordan and Phil Jackson, this time he is going to give Phil Jackson more power and let him serve as the general manager. This is what Jackson has always wanted of.

An hour later, Jordan and Phil Jackson showed up at Bulls headquarters.

"Ah, Michael's back, he's back!"

"Oh my God, who did I see?"

After seeing Jordan, a large number of fans outside the headquarters cried with joy and were extremely surprised.

"Michael, Phil, I'm really glad you can come back." After meeting the two in the office, Jerry Reinsdorf said helplessly.

"Jerry, I'm sorry, but I have to stick to what I'm going to stick to."

Jordan also said something apologetic, and then said: "Actually, last offseason, facing Jerry Krause's bewitching, I lost my way and agreed to trade Scottie, and later agreed to trade Ewing, it's all proven wrong now, so I can't back down this time."

"Well, it's over and we're going to have a new start."

Jerry Reinsdorf nodded, and said to Phil Jackson: "Phil, you will also serve as the new general manager. I hope you can create a championship lineup that satisfies Michael."

Phil Jackson was too pleasantly surprised, this was too much of a surprise for him.

His goal has always been to become a general manager and head coach like the head coach of the Red Jackets, Pat Riley, and Popovich, so he has been unhappy with Klaus, and now he has finally driven him away , achieved his goal.

"Congratulations, Phil." Jordan laughed.

"Thank you."

Phil Jackson said a little excitedly: "Michael, Jerry, I will not let you down, I will get to work right away."

Jerry Reinsdorf said: "Nike has contacted me. In terms of building the lineup, they will cooperate with us. We will have quite a few options."

"That's great." Phil Jackson said excitedly.

"In addition, this is a contract, a head coach contract, a general manager contract, look at it."

Jerry Reinsdorf took out two ready contracts and handed them to Phil Jackson.

Phil Jackson happily took it over and briefly flipped through it.

It's not as complicated as a player contract, and he signed a big name quickly.

"Michael, this is yours."

Jerry Reinsdorf handed over another contract, to Jordan.

Jordan took it over and took a look. One year, 400 million US dollars, 400 million US dollars more than last season, exactly 10%, the highest increase in bird rights, and nodded.

Nike also hopes that he will stay in Chicago, which is his home base. Chicago is also one of the largest cities in the United States. Now that Jerry Krause has been kicked out, he is not dissatisfied.

Seeing that Jordan nodded, Jerry Reinsdorf breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Phil Jackson: "Phil, I have an appointment with Knicks general manager Neil Grant... There are still 10 minutes to talk to him. A trade, Danny Fortson, trade Kidd, that's your first job."

"Trading Kidd?"

Phil Jackson immediately denied the deal in his mind.

Jordan said immediately next to him: "This is not acceptable, I disagree, Kidd cannot be traded."

Jerry Reinsdorf laughed: "Just talk, you decide."

Phil Jackson said with a smile: "Rodman has decided to leave, but even if he stays, he is old. Fortson's rebounding ability is what we need. The deal is still to be discussed, but we have to change chips, maybe we can Let Ewing go back?"

Jordan and Jerry Reinsdorf couldn't help shaking their heads and laughing when they heard this.

After leaving Jerry Reinsdorf's office, the two came to Phil Jackson's head coach's office to discuss.

"Michael, what do you think about the lineup?"

"Inside, inside, we want a strong inside."

Thinking of the memory fragments of being knocked down by Zhao Dong again and again in the G4 game, Jordan's brain hurts and his eyes are red.

That should be the most embarrassing time for him. He has never been so embarrassing in his life, and he has never been so embarrassing in front of the bad boy army.

Phil Jackson nodded, and said: "Inside, one attack and one defense, and you can also open, this kind of inside is most suitable for you.

In addition, do you think McGrady at the third position needs to be traded? "

"This rookie can defend well, and his offensive talent is also good. Like Pippen, he also has organizational talent. We have cultivated it for a season. It is a pity to trade. I guess he will be almost ready after another season."

However, Jordan hesitated and said: "His speed is very fast, he can keep up with the flying dragon, but the tonnage is not enough, since he mainly defends the flying dragon, he can't defend against it.

Right now he is 98kg but gaining weight will slow him down.In addition, his spine...it is impossible to have the ability to have a strong confrontation with the flying dragon. "

"Did you forget the last rule of the flying dragon? He doesn't have to fight the flying dragon on the outside. Of course, he still needs to gain weight. Once the flying dragon crosses the free throw line, there will inevitably be a strong confrontation, so your worry is justified. Then , why not trade him for Fortson?" Phil Jackson said.

"can."

Jordan nodded immediately, but then said: "The reason why the Knicks traded Fortson should be because he fouled too much, his temper was bad, and he was difficult to control. Have you considered this issue?"

"You can make Rodman obedient, but you can't control a rookie?" Phil Jackson laughed.

Jordan nodded, but he still had some doubts in his heart, because he knew that the Knicks' locker room was very stable. It can be seen that the Dragons can also suppress Fortson, so the reason for the trade should be the problem of too many fouls.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Neil Grant came as promised.

"Congratulations, Coach Jackson."

After learning that Phil Jackson was also the general manager, Grant extended a hand of friendship.

"Thank you."

"Michael, does that mean you're staying with the Bulls?" Grant asked.

"Yes."

Jordan raised the contract in his hand and said.

Next, the three began to discuss the transaction.

Kidd's deal was explicitly rejected, and Phil Jackson proposed McGrady as a bargaining chip for Danny Fortson alone.

Both were first-round picks in the same year, and McGrady's pick is one lower and the value is similar.

"I need to consider Feilong's opinion," Grant said.

"Isn't he hands-off with management operations?" Jordan quipped.

"Yes, he does not interfere. But I hope to get his advice, mutual respect is very important." Grant laughed.

After being stunned, the black-faced Jordan snorted coldly and lost interest in talking.

Grant left the office and dialed Zhao Dong's cell phone.

"Maddy?"

Zhao Dong began to consider this deal.

He has never wanted to trade future stars like McGrady and Kobe. Now that his scoring ability is getting stronger and stronger, the Knicks simply don't have room for them to grow.

If McGrady is traded in, there is an [-]% chance that McGrady will not be able to grow into the later scoring champion McGrady, that would be a pity.

Instead of trading McGrady, it's better to keep Fortson and continue to hone, he doesn't believe that those bad habits of Fortson's rebounding can't be changed.

Or you can trade one or two outside spot-up shooters. You need someone with strong stability. If you have a certain ability to cut inside and defend outside, that is the best.

He remembered that McGrady was a player of Adidas, a person whom Adidas valued very much.

Kobe is also a member of Adidas. The current contract is 6 million for 4800 years. Later, when the Lakers played a dynasty in 02, Kobe asked Adidas to renew his big contract. A lifetime contract.

Of course, this choice was the same as giving up Jordan back then, it was also extremely wrong, and then it was picked up by Nike.

If Tracy McGrady is really hired, and he is fixed as a 3D player type, who does not give the ball or hands, and uses it as a basketball collar, I am afraid that Adidas will also go crazy, right?

"Nair, judging from the complementarity of the lineup, what we need now is a 3D role player. Although McGrady meets this requirement, he is the No. [-] pick in the first round. Would it be too extravagant to use him as a role player? "

"3D?"

"It's a three-pointer + defense, a role player with long-range shooting ability and good at perimeter defense."

"Well, Feilong, what you said makes sense. Now we really need a stable outside shooter and outside defense."

"This is just my personal opinion, you can decide for yourself."

Zhao Dong expressed his opinion to Grant, who said he would consider it, and then ended the call.

After hanging up the phone, Grant began to consider whether to trade McGrady.

His thoughts are different from Zhao Dong's. Zhao Dong's consideration is to affect McGrady's growth, which may cause some regrets, but he simply considers that the current McGrady does meet the 3D conditions that Zhao Dong just mentioned.

Indeed, it is too extravagant to use a No. 3 pick in the first round as a [-]D player, especially with Danny Fortson, a rebounding monster, it seems a bit uneconomical.

With this in mind, he decided to forego the deal.

"No McGrady?" Phil Jackson was taken aback, but it was fine.

He is also aware of McGrady's potential. Being able to get such a big rookie contract in the Heat also means that Pat Riley values ​​McGrady's potential. Now that the team has the sponsorship support of Nike, it is also a good choice to keep McGrady in the Bulls. .

"Mr. Grant, are you still interested in Ewing?" He asked tentatively.

Jordan couldn't help looking at Grant, and then saw a black face.

"NO." Grant said unhappily.

"Well, except for Kidd and Michael, the rest of our team, you can choose, we only want Fortson."

In order to get the next Rodman, Phil Jackson put the bottom line directly.

He is now going to start the cleaning plan, leaving only Kidd, Jordan, and Tracy McGrady as bargaining chips. With the support of Nike and Adidas, I believe that a championship lineup can be successfully rebuilt.

"Sorry, except for Kidd, you don't have anyone I want." Grant didn't like those marginal people in the Bulls.

In the evening, Zhao Dong called Liu Yumin.

"Hey, Zhao Dong, congratulations, you've reached the finals."

"Thank you, Director Liu."

Liu Yuming smiled and said, "Zhao Dong, the training base you set up is very effective, and the General Administration is very satisfied and fully affirms your contribution.

Those training methods, concepts, and training equipment are very advanced. We did not have these things before in our country. The training is very backward. We have not been exposed to these things, which caused many of our outstanding athletes to suffer from many injuries. On behalf of the General Administration, I would like to thank you. ! "

"It's just too small to accommodate many people. I plan to expand it and increase the scale." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Yes, the General Administration is also considering this issue." Liu Yumin said.

"By the way, Director Liu, what's the big problem? I've already signed up for him. If the problem is solved, it's time for him to come, and the draft will be at the end of next month." Zhao Dong said.

"Oh, I was just about to talk about this too. The center has talked with the military, the CBA, and other parties many times, and the problem has finally been resolved." Liu Yumin laughed.

"That's great." Zhao Dong laughed.

That night, the Western Conference Finals G6 battle started.

O'Neal showed off his power and scored 39 points to defeat the Jazz. The two sides will tie the tie.

In the evening, Zhao Dong also contacted Dazhi.

"Brother?"

"Dazhi, come here as soon as you get ready."

"Thank you brother."

"Thank you, there is nothing to thank, just play hard when you come here."

"By the way, Brother Dong, for the draft, I..."

"Don't worry, the Knicks' pick is at the end. If you don't get picked earlier, the pick will be prepared for you at the end of the round." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Thank you Dong Ge." Da Zhi excitedly said.

At noon that day, a group of national men's basketball players from Beijing, including Liu Yudong and Li Nan, had a farewell party for Dazhi.

"Dazhi, cheer up there. Hu is an important substitute for the Knicks. You have to strive to go one step further and become the main force." Sun Jun said.

"That's really possible. In the Eastern Conference Finals G4G5 game, the Knicks' two insiders who often start in the regular season didn't play much. Their offensive ability is very weak, and they are likely to be given up. They have a chance to be the main force." Shan Tao road.

"This year's World Championships, let's strive to go one step further." Liu Yudong said suddenly.

Everyone was stunned. If they went any further, they would at least be seventh in the world, that is, they would win the first round of the knockout round. Although Zhao Dong was there, it still depended on luck. If they met the strongest countries, they would have no chance at all. .

Time to enter October.

On the 1st, the union's labor negotiations broke down again, and the risk of a lockout is increasing.

Beginning in March, after the All-Star Game, labor negotiations began, and both sides refused to back down, reaching a stalemate.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Dong, Dayao and Hu Weidong went to the airport.

At 01:30, arrive at New York International Airport.

After a year of the most professional training, and the diet is also a professional nutritious meal, compared to last year, he has changed a lot, and he has become much stronger, but he has not become very strong.

Zhao Dong's vision for Dazhi is the same as Dayao's. The two are originally skilled, and he wants to make them into a skilled center, the same type as Dameng.

So much so that he didn’t gain weight, and now weighs 115 kg. Like Zhao Dong, the strength training he conducts is to reduce fat and increase muscle. On the premise of not increasing the tonnage, he can increase the confrontation ability and strength, but it does not affect his physical strength. mobility.

In addition, there are some speed training, especially the parallel movement training, which increases Dazhi's lateral movement speed and increases his ability to assist in defense.

In terms of offense, what has been carried out this year is the shot stability training in the confrontation.

This season, Dazhi's strength has improved a lot, he won the CBA MVP honor, and led the Bayi team to the CBA championship.

(End of this chapter)