basketball task

Chapter 36 Meeting Angie

In the luxurious manor, Channing had already eaten all the dishes on the plate, and was sipping red wine while patting his stomach.Sitting opposite is Celtics general manager Danny Ainge.

After thinking for a long time, Channing still came to Danny Ainge's dinner alone. The general manager of the wealthy club personally invited him, so he had to give this face. After all, Channing is just a rookie player with no status. There is a danger of being traded away, and Channing doesn’t have a good impression of the 76ers, especially Billy King, who made no secret of his indifference and contempt for him when they first met. I’m afraid such a team won’t last long , the cunning rabbit and the three caves, Qian Ning needs to broaden his network and make more preparations for the future.

To Channing's surprise, the place where Angie invited him to dinner turned out to be Howson Manor, which was Angie's villa in Las Vegas.This place is very hidden, outsiders can never come in, and the risk of being secretly filmed and eavesdropped by the media is completely cut off.

"As expected of Angie! Do things in a tight-knit way!"

In fact, this kind of private contact with non-free players by the management of other teams is expressly prohibited by the NBA. Heavy punishment.

In Channing's impression, in 2017, Lakers general manager Pelinka was fined $50 by the league for violating regulations to lure Paul George, who was still under contract. warning for his remarks.

However, as long as they can escape the league’s investigation, many teams are willing to take risks in order to get their favorite players. A certain team manager once said: “Privately contacting players is the foundation of the entire league. Free agency, if a team's front office isn't trying to break the rules, they're not trying."

As a master among managers, Angie is very experienced in how to avoid the tracking of the alliance. He sent a driver to take Channing directly to his villa. This trick is guaranteed to be silent and no one will know.

For Danny Angie, although it was the first time we met, Channing's memory before his rebirth has a lot of impressions about Angie. He is the general manager of the Celtics, an ambitious natural gambler, and a manager. The top gamers inside have the most valuable qualities of these two characters: boldness, cold-bloodedness and patience.

Speaking of Angie, everyone knows that he made a big gamble during the 2007 offseason. He paid half of the team's lineup. First, he got Ray Allen from the Supersonics, and then got KG from the Timberwolves through McHale's relationship, forming the first generation. The Big Three defeated Kobe Bryant to win the championship in the first year, becoming a myth in the circle of professional managers, but they also started the unhealthy trend of super-giant gangs. In order to win the championship, James and Durant followed suit. After that, loyalty was worthless, and one person, one city became the biggest joke.

The Big Three of the Green Army made Danny Angie famous, but the cold-blooded ruthlessness in Angie's bones will not disappear because of winning the championship. He abandoned Ray Allen and cruelly traded the old Green Army captains Pierce and Garnett to the Nets. Ainge squeezed every ounce of value out of the Big Three.

SI reporter Thompson once described such an old joke: At the Celtics Club's Christmas party in 1988, Angie, who was the team's starting guard at the time, had dinner at the same table with the Cardinal, Bird, McHale and their families.Rumors were rife at the time that Boston was interested in sending the injured Bird and McHale to Indiana and Dallas, respectively. "Look at these two, one has a cast on his foot, and the other has a nail in his leg. If it's me, sell them immediately!" Danny yelled at Auerbach in front of several bigwigs.The big guys thought this guy was just joking around and laughed so hard.

However, Danny never joked about business.To this day, he still insists that if the Celtics were under his rule at that time, Bird must leave, just like he later dealt with the Big Three ruthlessly.

This is Danny Ainge, a shrewd genius, an avid gambler, and a ruthless executioner.

Although he didn't know what the purpose of this meal was, he must be careful when dealing with such a manager, Qian Ning told himself in his heart.

After the meal was finished, Anji wiped his hands, straight to the point, expressed his optimism for Channing, and directly proposed to invite Channing to join the Celtics.

Sure enough, Channing guessed it right. Angie, an old fox, has always been vicious. Being able to be valued by Angie also shows Channing's ability. Moreover, the Celtics have a strong team background, and Ray Allen has already arrived. , Garnett will also officially announce his joining soon. With these three brothers, getting a ring is not as simple as drinking water.

Qian Ning silently took a sip of the red wine, as if he hadn't heard what Anji said. It's too early to respond now, and he wanted to wait for Anji to reveal more information.

The young man was quite calm, Angie was a little surprised, and continued to seduce:

"Channing, a potential star like you, staying in Philadelphia will definitely waste your youth. The 76ers are a team that is rebuilding. The strength is very weak. You will soon get tired of trying your best every night, but you can't do it game by game. If you lose one game, you can't win a game at all, and even Philadelphia will be so bad that it will become a joke in the league. Staying in such a team, there is no hope."

"As far as I know, Boston was the real bottom of the league last season, losing two games more than the second-to-last Grizzlies." Channing interjected.

When it came to the pain, Anji's face was a little unhappy. No one had ever dared to contradict himself like this. He knew that the young man in front of him was not as easy to deal with as he seemed, so he could only use his trump card:
"But, Channing, next season we're going to be completely different. We've got Ray Allen, he's the best [-]-point shooter in the league, and, I promise you, it won't be long before we have an MVP-caliber player. With the addition of more stars, they will form the Big Three with Pierce. The three All-Star superstars are still at their peak age. This is a truly historic event. At that time, who can stop the entire league! O'Brien Cups are at your fingertips!"

Looking forward to a bright future, Angie danced and danced, eyes glowing:
"And you, Channing, will be the first backup for that MVP insider, and you will win the championship in your rookie year. In the future, you will wear rings on both hands, even more than Russell, how about it? Come join us, a big ticket!"

Angie's impassioned words made Channing a little excited.

Indeed, 0708 belongs to the Big Three of the Celtics. If there is no accident, then the ring of the Celtics is guaranteed. Joining the favorite team to win the championship is indeed the best way to get the championship ring. Sun Yue In this way, Yao Ming won the championship trophy that Yao Ming never had in his life, and Battelle followed the Spurs to win the championship in this way. The two of them did make their own contributions to the team's championship.

(End of this chapter)