ace marshal

Chapter 1231 Billups, the best candidate for the first position

"The previous signing is just the beginning of reinforcement. Although the new season is about to start, our reinforcement will not stop~!!"

"What's going on~!?, Is there a big deal going to happen~?!"

"It's still in the making, but it's been brewing for a long time, maybe in the past two days, you'll know~!"

During the chat with Cole, Lan Shengli and Harper learned that the team was planning a big deal.

But Lan Shengli believes that any transaction should be handled transparently, so he hopes that Cole can truthfully explain the details of the transaction.

"Since you are so interested, go find Ballmer. He was the one who contacted you about this deal~"

Cole responded.

"Ballmer~?!"

Lan Shengli and Harper looked at each other, puzzled.

"That's right, after all, I just took office as the general manager, but Ballmer has been the owner of the team for a summer. Don't think that he is just the owner. Before I came to the team, he was a temporary general manager~"

Cole responded.

"I'm going to find him~"

Lan Shengli immediately got up, said, and walked.

"Wait a minute~ I'll go with you~"

Seeing this, Harper immediately got up and wanted to follow.

"Just let him go alone~"

Cole looked at his old teammate Harper and dissuaded him with a smile.

Seeing this, Harper sat back directly.

"Mr. Ballmer, I heard that the team is preparing for a transaction~?! As the head coach, I think I have the right to know the details of this transaction~!!"

Here Lan Shengli quickly came to Ballmer's office and said in a serious tone.

"Cole told you~"

Ballmer turned the pen in his hand and said.

"That's right, but it doesn't matter who told me about it, the important thing is that I should be known about it~!!"

Lan Shengli said.

"Originally, I was going to tell you, but for some reason, I did hide some facts. If you really want to know, I can tell you~"

Ballmer continued to spin his pen and said.

"Mr. Ballmer, please allow me to remind you that I am the head coach of the team. I have the right to know and participate in any changes in the team about players. I,, I will not do what you said The kind of puppet character~"

Lan Shengli said in a very strong tone.

"Papapapa~!!!, this is what I admire about you, you have independent thinking, charismatic personality, and fighting spirit~!!"

Ballmer nodded, clapped his hands, and said in a tone of approval.

"Sit down, sit down~, don't worry~, listen to me~"

Ballmer waved his hand and said, Lan Shengli quickly sat down.

"Do you still remember what I said when we first met before~?!"

Ballmer asked.

"I don't have any impression~"

Lan Shengli shook his head and responded.

"After all, the new season starts in less than a month~, and now every team is busy adjusting the lineup, and there is no time to discuss trade matters~"

"This is what you told me back then~!"

Ballmer recalled what Lan Shengli said before and reminded him.

"Oh, I remembered, and then you said that's not necessarily the case~!!"

Lan Shengli responded with a sober look.

"Did I say that I was such a mother~?!"

Ballmer asked half-jokingly.

"Haha~, maybe I exaggerated a little~"

Lan Shengli sighed with a smile.

"So, at that time, you had already contemplated the current deal~?!"

Lan Shengli continued to ask questions.

"Yes, it may be earlier, but~, the progress is relatively slow, so so far, we are still discussing~"

Ballmer responded.

"So, what kind of deal is it~?!"

Lan Shengli looked at Ballmer expectantly and asked.

"I heard from Kerr that it was a discussion about trading young players with experienced players. I think it should be one of our five starters~!!"

Lan Shengli guessed by himself.

"Considering that I don't think you will use Harden, George and Love as bargaining chips, unless you can exchange for Kobe, so I think the high probability of the bargaining chip is one of DeAndre and Hill~"

Lan Shengli continued to speculate.

"Congratulations, you have increased the probability of guessing to 50%~"

Ballmer nodded and said.

"Then I'll guess Hill~, after all, Hill's market conditions may be better than DeAndre~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to guess.

"So~, I basically don't need to tell you, you can guess it yourself, haha~, congratulations, you got the answer right~!!"

Ballmer responded.

"Although I can guess the bargaining chips provided by our Clippers, I really can't guess which team will want to send an experienced player in exchange for a young player at this juncture when the new season is about to start~ "

Lan Shengli replied.

"I know that there is a high probability that it is a semi-rebuilt team, but there are too many such teams~"

Lan Shengli added.

"Okay~, okay~, don't say it~, if you continue, I think you are about to guess it, let me say this answer with a sense of ritual~!!"

Ballmer heard it and said immediately.

"All ears~!!"

Lan Shengli replied.

"Actually, I didn't think about trading Hill at first, but the Rockets and the Pacers had inquired about Hill before, and I suddenly realized that Hill's transaction value is so great, so I tried to use Hill to inquire. See what kind of player can be changed, because I want to bring a more experienced guard to the team, so I finally locked the target on the Knicks guard~”

Ballmer said.

"Could it be Chauncey Billups~?!"

Lan Shengli raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise.

"That's right, Billups, the former Finals MVP who was traded with Anthony from the Nuggets to the Knicks last season~!!"

Ballmer responded.

"My God~!!, Billups~, this is an excellent candidate~!!"

Lan Shengli nodded and said.

"If Hill is the best guard to match Harden, then Billups is the best guard to match our entire Clippers, and even the best candidate for the team's No. [-] position in my eyes~!!! "

Lan Shengli said in a very approving tone.

"It seems that our ideas have reached a high degree of agreement. I am really looking forward to the opportunity to trade players like Billups~!!"

Ballmer said with a gratified expression.

"However, judging from the current situation, it is still somewhat difficult to reach a final deal~"

Ballmer continued.

(End of this chapter)