God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 168 Opening the Transaction

In the general manager's office of the 76ers, Brown looked at Billy King sitting in the boss chair with a gloomy face, and the latter had a very simple and honest smile on his face.The reason why the coach is in a bad mood is very simple. When he made it clear that he hoped that the team could start negotiations with the Hawks on Mutombo first, King refused without hesitation.

In fact, it can't be regarded as a rejection. Kim still attaches great importance to Brown's opinion, but he didn't put Mutombo in the first sequence. His goal is McGrady.If Chang Wei knew his thoughts, he would definitely lament the inertia of history. In his previous life, Jin almost traded Hughes for McGrady, who was still serving as Carter's backup for the Raptors.Unexpectedly, Jin is still infatuated with McGrady now, this damn loves him so deeply!
Although King promised to start negotiations on trading Mutombo as soon as possible, Brown was still very unhappy. He blew his beard and stared and said: "Then tell me, if the Raptors and the Eagles want the same player, what should you do?" ?”

Jin was taken aback, thinking: That must be the priority to trade McGrady!But he thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say so, the old man's face still had to be taken into consideration.Jin pondered for a while, then said with a smile, "I'll communicate with the general managers of the Raptors and the Eagles respectively to see what price they offer, and then discuss it with you. Do you think it's okay?"

Brown sighed, he could see that Jin was determined to get McGrady, it seemed that this was his bottom line.He nodded casually and said, "That's it, then I'll wait for your news." After finishing speaking, Brown left angrily. Looking at his leaving back, Jin smiled helplessly and picked up the microphone. , dialed a number.

"Hi Isiah, I'm Billy, and I think you have a player on your team who would be a good fit for us, so I want to ask if we can do a trade between the two teams... Well, I want to Lacey..."

Before King could continue speaking, Raptors general manager Isiah Thomas on the other end of the phone interrupted him: "I'm sorry, Tracy is not for sale, you think our budding team Will the core players be sold?"

Jin frowned: "But don't you still have Vince? I think he can also be your cornerstone."

"No, no, Billy, if you say you want Vince, I can think about it a little bit and make you an offer, but if you want Tracy, then I can only say sorry , we will not trade him."

For the next half an hour or so, Kim spoke dryly and couldn't make Thomas let go.The premise that the two teams almost reached a deal in the previous life was that McGrady was not very popular in the Raptors, and he played as a substitute for his cousin Carter, and his statistics were similar to Hughes.But now that McGrady, who has been trained by Chang Wei, has the momentum of the league's new generation of small forwards, the Raptors will naturally not let go, let alone Hughes, even if the 76ers take out Iverson, they still need to think about it.

Of course, McGrady joined the Magic in the previous life to get a higher status and salary, and secondly, his rookie contract had expired, so he was poached directly.But now because of Chang Wei's appearance, McGrady has postponed joining the NBA for a year. Now he is still in the rookie contract period. Any team that wants him has to go through the hurdle of the Raptors management.

After hanging up the phone, King rubbed his face tiredly. He knew that Thomas had said his words to death, which also meant that Tracy McGrady had no fate with the 76ers.He took a sip of water to moisten his throat, picked up the receiver and made another call, this time to Eagle.In fact, King didn't have any hope. Mutombo is still the inside barrier of the Eagles. He doesn't believe that the opponent will let him go. Like the Raptors, he will probably be positioned as a team not for sale.

But King quickly realized that he was wrong. The Hawks actually wanted to reshuffle the cards. They were open to trading Mutombo.In fact, they can’t do anything if they don’t shuffle the cards. Last season, the Eagles only achieved a poor record of 28 wins and 54 losses. Among the team, there is only one Ryder who averaged 19.3 points per game. It’s not as good as young players such as Terry. Start rebuilding from the base.

After a lot of verbal confrontation, the two sides initially reached a framework for the transaction. The 76ers took out Ratliff, Kukoc, Mohamed and Sanchez, and the Eagles took out Mutombo and Mike Leaud. The increase or decrease of bargaining chips on this basis requires further discussions between the two parties. At least the entire framework has been finalized.

King immediately called Brown and told him the news.Brown was also very surprised. He didn't expect that the two sides hit it off so easily. Such a price was acceptable to him.But Brown suddenly decided to listen to Chang Wei's opinion first. After all, Mutombo was the candidate he proposed, and he also needs to know the progress of the transaction.

Thinking of this, Brown said directly to Jin on the phone: "I have no objection in principle, but I plan to discuss with my team again to see if we can further reduce our price." A professional manager must have the awareness of taking advantage. It would be great if he could get the highest return at the lowest price.

After receiving Brown's notification, Chang Wei hurried to the office.Brown casually put a note in front of him, beckoning him to take a good look.The content on the note was very simple, it was the initial deal reached between the 76ers and the Eagles. Chang Wei had no opinion on this, but he still said: "See if you can let the other party get another second-round pick or the 2003 first-round pick." Round pick? If we can get the first round in 2003, we can pay this year's No. 20 pick."

Brown asked suspiciously: "Why is the 2003 first-round pick designated?"

Chang Wei smiled and said: "I still know a little about high school players. 2003 will be a big draft year. So if the Hawks have a first-round pick in 2003, I think we can get it in advance."

Chang Wei's reasons were not very good, but Brown didn't ask too much. He picked up the phone and conveyed his opinion to Jin, who then called the Eagles.It is a pity that the Eagles are not willing to give up the first round in 2003. To be precise, they want to hold the first round in the past few years, but they have given a draft pick with the 40th pick in the second round this year.

After both parties have confirmed it, the deal will be considered finalized. You just need to wait until the transfer market opens and submit the transaction content to the league.Although the alliance has the possibility of intervening in major transactions, in Chang Wei's view, you didn't intervene in the previous life, so you won't be talking about this transaction now, right?
(End of this chapter)