the great gatsby

Chapter 132 Gatsby's Prediction!

"You have the same opinion as Isaiah, he is also doing this." James Dolan said.

Gatsby's heart jumped: Isaiah Thomas?

Gatsby couldn't help but glanced at Donny Walsh, and Donny Walsh's complexion turned very bad in an instant, Gatsby sighed secretly, Isaiah Thomas really didn't give up!

As early as last summer, there was news in the league that Thomas was coming to serve as a special advisor to the Knicks, which made Walsh quite unhappy.Thomas still wanted to return to the Knicks and serve as the supervisor, so he continued to intervene in Anthony's trade, trying to force Walsh away, or to prevent Duran from keeping him when Walsh's contract expired.According to insiders, Thomas is likely to return to serve as the president of the Knicks in the future.

In the past few months, Gatsby has heard that Thomas has been telling others privately that Walsh will leave the Knicks this spring because Walsh has a team option in his contract.For succeeding Walsh, Thomas showed great confidence.

The root of all this is that the relationship between James Dolan and Thomas has always been very good. Although Donny Walsh helped the Knicks get rid of so many bad contracts, James Dolan still doesn’t trust him. What he trusts more is Isaiah Thomas, this made Donny Walsh very unhappy.

As far as Gatsby is concerned, he appreciates the work of Donny Walsh very much. The Knicks are able to welcome Anthony. Although Isaiah Thomas has contributed, but not as much as Donny Walsh has done. Work, the Knicks simply do not have the salary space to recruit such powerful players as Stoudemire, Anthony, and Billups at the same time.

The smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas should not be the general manager in Gatsby's opinion. He is excellent as a player, but he is a piece of shit as a general manager. He can't even be a coach. The best thing for him is to go to ESPN Being a guest and spraying people anytime and anywhere may be more popular.

What Isaiah Thomas did in the position of general manager was a mess. Not only were there a lot of bad contracts, but the team also had a lot of trouble off the field, making it the biggest joke team in the league.And Thomas is also regarded as a thorn in the side of New York fans, and many Knicks diehards despise Thomas quite a lot.

If James Dolan welcomes the Smiling Assassin back, not to mention what he can do, even the psychological impact on the players will be severe. A more appropriate analogy is that the Smiling Assassin is a shit-stirring stick.

"Do you think you have to wait until Cameron's contract expires to join as a free agent?" James Dolan frowned.

Gatsby smiled. This is what he said to D'Antoni. He doesn't agree that it's not worthwhile for the team to trade all the potential assets in the team, especially when Anthony may be in the summer. In the case of signing with the Knicks as a free agent, this is also Donnie Walsh's opinion.

"This is just my opinion. Maybe we will have a better choice, such as LeBron James." Gatsby laughed. He is unwilling to discuss Anthony's issue here, because no matter which opinion he supports, he will offend people. .

James Dolan supports Isaiah Thomas to trade Anthony to New York as soon as possible, while Donnie Walsh feels that he must be patient, maintain a relatively stable lineup and leave room for financial operations. Obviously, he appreciates Donny Walsh's approach more, but if he supports Donny Walsh, he will definitely offend James Dolan, so he uses James to divert the topic.

Sure enough, James Dolan's demeanor changed, and he became beaming: "Ricky Paul is already expressing kindness to us, and James is already a little bit moved by us."

Gatsby was a little surprised, James was tempted by New York?

Could it be that his arrival attracted James' attention and gave James an idea?

Gatsby thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible. The Knicks now have room to operate, and they have their own outstanding performance. James didn't care about the Knicks before, because he just disliked the Knicks for not having potential. Now he has a potential stock of his own." , it is normal for James to be moved!
"Although Rich Paul didn't say anything about James, he praised that we have been doing well recently, and he also mentioned you specifically. He said that James admires you very much." Donny Walsh said.

Gatsby nodded, it should be like this, he smiled: "It's obvious, LeBron already has some ideas, but it depends on how they perform this season, if the Cavaliers can enter the Finals and win championship, then he may not leave."

James Dolan was a little nervous: "Then do you think the Cavaliers can win the championship this year?"

Gatsby shook his head: "I'm not optimistic about them. The Sharks are too old. The Cavaliers have no advantage against Orlando or Boston. I think the Cavaliers will be in the second round at most. This year is already LeBron's seventh year." , he is likely to leave like Garnett."

"Boston is so strong?" James Dolan asked.

"Don't look at them as old, but they are really strong." Gatsby laughed.

Donnie Walsh thought about it, and said, "Then what do you think is the possibility of LeBron going to the Knicks?"

Gatsby thought for a while: "It's hard to say. I saw Henry Thomas join CAA this morning. This may be an important turning point."

"You mean?" James Dolan asked.

"LeBron will probably go to the Miami Heat!" Gatsby said.

"How is it possible!" Donny Walsh and James Dolan exclaimed in surprise.

"Possibly, when Wade and Bosh's agent, Henry Thomas, becomes part of CAA, that means James, Wade and Bosh are clients of the same agency.

This summer, James, Wade and Bosh can all choose to jump out of their contracts and return to free agency. James certainly hopes that Bosh can come to Cleveland to join forces with him. However, Bosh is unlikely to be willing to go to a small place like Cleveland. He has had enough. In order to stay away from the center of the NBA, he wants to enjoy higher attention.

In this way, if Bosh and Wade have a common agent Thomas, Bosh and Wade are likely to be side by side in Miami, which has more salary space, and they will form the Big Three of the Heat! said Gatsby.

"Oh my God!" James Dolan and Donnie Walsh exclaimed, this is not impossible, but very possible!
"They will become enemies of the alliance! How dare they?" Donny Walsh said.

Gatsby sneered and said: "What dare they dare not do? What dare Pat Riley dare not do? LeBron has entered the league for the seventh year. Apart from some personal honors, he doesn't have a championship ring. Neither does Bosh. So, Wade does have rings, but there are never too many championship rings, why don't they dare!"

The office suddenly became quiet, the prospect was too scary, if the Heat formed the Big Three, there would be no room for the Knicks to stand out!
(End of this chapter)