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Chapter 368 O'Neill's Thoughts
"What? Shaq? Are you serious?" Davis looked at O'Neal in surprise.

O'Neal lowered his head, covered the back of his head with his hands, and remained silent.

"We haven't won the third championship yet, why did you choose to leave at this time?" Davis asked him wonderingly.

After a long time, O'Neill finally raised his head.

"Michael, I want to go to a team that can win the MVP."

Now, it was Davis' turn to be silent.

DeWeese knew that without him, O'Neal would be in Los Angeles now, working hard for his own dynasty.

Although he just gave O'Neal a big contract last year, Davis knew without even thinking about it. There must be 28 teams in the league who are willing to win O'Neal's contract.

Everyone has their own aspirations, and Davis has no way to stop O'Neill from pursuing his ideals.

Then, the upcoming Atlanta Olympics should be the last chance for the two to join forces.

"Shaq, I respect your choice, but your departure should bring enough benefits to the team, otherwise I won't let you go, but you can contact the team yourself, as long as their price is enough, you can go to any team you want, even the Bulls."

O'Neal raised his head, his eyes full of guilt.

"Michael, it's a pity that I can't accompany you to win the third championship ring. In my opinion, your future will be greater than Jordan's."

DeWeese was depressed and stayed where he was without saying a word.

When he entered the league, O'Neal was by his side. There are almost no people left by the Magic team. Rodman is gone, Scott is gone, Anderson is gone, Skiles is gone, Sprewell is gone, plus those unknown substitute players.

Although the current lineup is built by himself, the people who brought him the first experience of the NBA back then are now on different sides, which makes Davis very sad.

However, melancholy is melancholy, in this business league, the next thing Davis needs to consider is how to use O'Neal's trade to bring the greatest benefits to the Magic.

The next day, the news that the Magic put O'Neal on the shelves spread throughout the league in the first place.

And after Davis tossed and turned all night, he finally figured out why Lionel was so preoccupied in the playoffs. It turned out that he had already had this idea.

After getting this news, the managers of the other 28 teams in the league, the first thing to do is to confirm whether today is April Fool's Day.

Are you kidding me, just after winning the championship, the team's No. [-] center in the league is about to be sold?

Shouldn't it be a fight with Davis?

But after the confirmation, the second thing they did was to send a trial offer to the Magic.

"Within an hour after the news was released, we received 28 offers." A uniform player reported the news to DeWeese.

Davis nodded.

"Don't read it, just reject them all."

"Now there are only 14 teams left." An hour later, the news came back again.

"Reject again."

Another hour passed.

"Now there are only six teams left."

Davis just stopped practicing, walked to the sidelines, and picked up the quotation while wiping his sweat with a towel.

The remaining six teams are all marginal teams in the playoffs, or teams that have just successfully rebuilt and are ready to hit a good result.

Mavericks, Celtics, Lakers, Suns, Trail Blazers and Timberwolves.

Then, the assistant came up with another offer and handed it to Davis with some embarrassment.

Davis took it strangely and found that it was an offer from the Bulls.

"Jordan for O'Neal + Iverson? Is Krause crazy? How dare you sell Jordan?" Davis glanced at it and laughed dumbfounded.

"The Bulls rejected the offer directly."

The Mavericks are willing to exchange everyone except Hill and Hardaway for O'Neal, and the price depends on the Magic.

The Celtics are willing to exchange Mashburn + Alan Houston for O'Neal.

"It seems that the Celtics are still more optimistic about Kidd. They didn't even put Kidd in. Maybe they also know that the Magic will not want Kidd." Davis put down the second offer.

The Lakers' offer is also very sincere, but they really can't come up with any effective bargaining chips, Ceballos + Eddie Jones + Divac + two first-round picks, which have basically emptied their lineup.

The Suns are willing to exchange Barkley + Danny Manning + AC Green for O'Neal. Everyone knows that O'Neal and Barkley are at odds, so this offer is reasonable.

The Blazers' offer is a bit strange. They want to trade Clifford Robinson + Sabonis + Strickland + Aaron McGee for O'Neal + Clay.

"Do you think our place is a garbage dump? Send all the mess here." Davis sneered.

The last offer was from the Timberwolves, who wanted to trade Laettner + Rydell for O'Neal.

"Are the Timberwolves trying to build the Minnesota Magic? Are you still not reconciled with Rodman and Latt, and want Shaq?"

Davis shook his head, not very interested in these offers.

He still decided to seek O'Neill's opinion.

Then he remembered something.

"Contact the Hornets and ask if they can't get the number [-]. Is Mason or Horry the bargaining chip?" After thinking about it, Davis added another sentence.

"In addition, Nick played less and less playing time after Allen came. Ask other teams if they are interested."

The member of the uniform team couldn't react.

"Michael, you mean, clean Antonio, Robert, and Nick at the same time?"

Davis nodded.

"Tell all interested teams that we only want draft rights! Only draft rights! Only draft rights!" DeWeese bit the word draft rights very hard.

Seeing the confused look of his subordinates in front of him, Davis shook his head dissatisfied.

"You call Kyle here, let him be responsible for this matter."

It wasn't that the member in front of him was incompetent, but that he really didn't dare to take over such an important deal. This was the second consecutive year that the Magic had dismantled the championship lineup.

Soon, Kyle rushed over.

Looking at the scout who wanted to recruit him back then, Davis smiled knowingly.

"Michael, what can I do for you?" Kyle asked, and accepted the trade offer Davis handed him.

"It's like this. This year the team is going to trade Shaq, Antonio, Robert and Nick. You are in charge of these transactions. Remember one sentence, I want as many draft picks as possible, this year." Davis briefly explained, and Kyle nodded without hesitation.

"I know Michael, give me some time."

(End of this chapter)