NBA: Start with 20 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 33 Digging Big Bird Bird?Call Genius General Manager

Chapter 33: Digging Bird Bird?Call Genius General Manager

"If you really have no choice, I can suggest some reliable candidates for you."

David Stern hid the knife with a smile, but in fact, he was also under a lot of pressure.

The bosses and the players union are all putting pressure on him. Damn it, how strict you were with us, and Jiang Chao under your nose didn't care?
Is it possible that the foreign boss will give preferential treatment?

The fine traditions of the United States are gone?

So he also has to give an explanation to the NBA team under him, whether the Knicks will find management.

"Soon, but you can talk about it, Mr. Stern."

Then Stern introduced a few unemployed general managers. In fact, they were the ones who contacted the Knicks. powerful.

There are even retired officials and referees from the NBA league, who are suitable for people who have never eaten pork but have seen too many pigs running?

As someone who has experienced it, he doesn't want to slowly train a manager or general manager that he can't even predict.

Seeing Jiang Chao's casual and distracted appearance, Ryan reminded him:
"Hey, boss, what do you think of the president's suggestion? Although these few people are not as experienced as Old Downey and D'Antoni's resume, they all have potential."

Jiang Chao remained expressionless: "I'll figure it out, thank you all."

Who do you recommend and who do I use?
This kind of threat to let him choose is not useful.

"We are also kind, and we don't want you to go to the point of selling the team." Among the people introduced by President David is Ryan's brother. He also thinks that his brother is a Knicks executive, so he will also have free seasons in the future. voted.

"As long as I don't go bankrupt and shut down the team without operating, you can't intervene in my operation, haha, I'm still too early to reach that point."

Jiang Chao handles the law very well.

Did Ryan sell the team?
This must be the opinion of most people in the alliance, can't the fox's tail hide?This means looking down on Jiang Chao.

Pity.

The league has no power to force an owner to sell the team, unless it is a global sensation, such as the Clippers owner Sterling incident and the magical case of Chelsea.

Unless the league itself acts (as) the team owner.

A deal that almost changed the league structure in 2011 was not realized because the league itself represented a team owner.

At that time, the Hornets went bankrupt and the league bought them. The kind old man in front of him is equivalent to the owner of the Hornets. At this time, the star Paul is looking for a deal.

At that time, Stern did not allow the league's No. 1 controller to be on the same team as the league's No. [-] under the balance of interests, otherwise other teams would not be able to play.

Of course, if the Hornets were still their own boss at that time, the deal might have been reached.

"Ryan, you go out first."

Ryan looked more immature in front of Jiang Chao. David Stern signaled the vice president to leave the office quickly, which was almost killed by Jiang Chao. David wanted to eat Ryan.

Can't hold back, no matter how young they are, they are still employers, and they want to share the profits with the alliance.

If the Knicks continue to rot and are really sold, the league's profits will also decrease.

Ryan didn't expect Jiang Chao to know his professional field so clearly, so he went out in disgrace, cursing:

"I want to see what you can do next season!"

……

Now there are still two of them in the office.

Jiang Chao raised his glass: "A clean environment seems to be more suitable for drinking tea."

If it wasn't for Stern, he might have said rubbish like flies are noisy.

David Stern held back his irritability and smiled:

"Well, you can consider my suggestion. Find the management as soon as possible, which is good for both of us."

Jiang Chao: "Today I will look for a head coach candidate."

"Yeah, I heard you're going on a business trip?" David was also a little surprised, it was almost the draft, and Jiang Chao was on a business trip now.

Crouching in the NBA doesn't work, but it's okay to grind your guns before the battle. All kinds of tricks will appear in the draft.

"Yes, I will go to Indiana in the afternoon, and the ticket is ready."

"Oh~~ not bad." Stern finally felt relieved.

"You want to dig Bird Bird, a good choice, he is very strong as a head coach and general manager."

There are not many people who can make Stern say this, and forcing the king is one of them.

When it comes to Indiana, in his opinion, it must be to poach Bird. Larry Bird is the only player in NBA history who has achieved regular season MVP, finals MVP (FMVP), best coach of the year and best general manager of the year. Manager awards slam man.

"I checked, his contract with the Pacers' general manager has indeed expired, yes!"

This kind of legend, coming to the Knicks, will be more worth looking forward to than players.

"Ahaha, yes."

Jiang Chao didn't explain too much, Stern thought it was okay, anyway, he did what he wanted to do.

A person like Bird is a match for him, and Wang Wang is a super pretender that the boss doesn't pay attention to. How could Jiang Chao allow someone to pretend to be under him? ?If it really comes, he has to completely delegate power, which is obviously not something Jiang Chao would do.

And Bird's family lives in Indiana, he will not move unless the Knicks move to Indiana.

"That's fine."

David Stern was too relieved. If he really wanted Bird to come over, although the effect was not as good as Kobe's coming to the Knicks, it would definitely make everyone look at Jiang Chao with admiration.

To poach Bird, no matter whether he continues to be the general manager or resumes coaching, compared with him, Old Downey and D'Antoni are indeed birds, and what fans look at is their historical status!The highest-status player in white basketball player history!

"Hey, old man, don't be impatient, don't be led astray by public opinion, I'm not really crazy, I'm also poaching people with the Spurs, the process is a bit slow, trust the process!"

In order to make Stern more at ease, Jiang Chao moved out of the Spurs system, which is very stable at first sight.

Sure enough, when Stern heard about the Spurs, um, it was okay.

The Spurs are the only top team in the small ball market that didn't want to push hard but could win the championship during his tenure. He admires the Spurs management very much.

And the people of the Spurs really have to grind slowly, there is no way, the experience of the playoffs with the Spurs is too good, in the management of other weak teams, it is a novice village experience, and with the management and coaching staff of the Spurs, it is difficult to play The copy has been leveled up.

David Stern suddenly thought who it was, maybe Cole?

After all, now that the Suns general manager Stephen Cole is in crisis, it is not surprising that Jiang Chao is looking for Cole.

It’s just that Cole is still too young compared to RC Buford and Larry Bird. It may be that he was criticized in another place (Last year, the ninth Suns in the Western Conference did not make the playoffs, and the general manager Cole was also scolded for his inability to operate. .)
Thinking of this, David Stern slapped his head. He thought of a very powerful young general manager in the past two years:
"Hey, boss JIANG, why don't you go to Sam Presti, his three-year contract with the Thunder expires this summer, he is a talent in the draft!"

David thought that Jiang Chao had never heard of this kid, but Jiang Chao had already heard of the president of YYDS in the eyes of this fan.

Jiang Chao is very generous:

"Do you have his phone number, sir? I'll talk to Mr. Pu now."

"Naturally."

"Am I becoming your 'accomplice'?"

David Stern found out the Thunderbolt management phone number in his notebook, and blinked, he turned out to be Jiang Chao's tool man.

"I'm in a hurry."

Jiang Chao originally wanted to contact Mr. Pu, but not for the general manager's affairs.

But now I just have this opportunity to say hello to Mr. Pu and reassure David Stern, so we can kill two birds with one stone.

Before Stern could react, Jiang Chao called the legendary general manager face to face.

Sam Presti!

Before Jiang Chao crossed over, Mr. Pu let the Thunder have 7 first rounds and 17 draft picks in the next 34 years!
Then the rookies he fancy are basically not good at water. In 0708 and even this year's 09, he didn't miss it. He directly selected 3 MVP-level super giants. The current Thunder fans haven't felt it yet. Jiang Chao often regrets the three young days Thunder.

He is a super general manager with draft ability at the TO level, and he has already begun to emerge, and everyone except Ibaka has played it.

So David Stern now said that President Pu is always a genius, and everyone understood it later. He suggested that Jiang Chao vigorously smash President Pu just for the future of New York.

But in fact, Jiang Chao just gave it a try, if it didn't work, forget it.

Sure enough, after making the call, Mr. Pu was stunned for a moment, thinking that Jiang Chao was going to negotiate a deal, but it turned out that he wanted to poach himself?

Don't even think about it.

He said that he played well, and this year's draft has not come yet, so he can't give up the Thunder fans.

This sentence made Jiang Chao see his tragic general manager career.

The reason why President Pu has a soft spot for draft picks is because he saw the sadness of the small ball market early, and Durant's departure made him realize the reality.

If another Durant is selected, he will still leave, so his operating strategy is rookie Taobao + stud big fish depending on the situation, if it doesn't work, it will be completely bad and continue.

No one knows whether his strategy is right or not, anyway, Jiang Chao would not play like this.

This has to talk about Mr. Pu's weakness. His draft ability is to, but his operation ability is t2.

Thinking about how difficult it is to choose the Four Young Masters at the same time, it will be even more difficult to use it if you choose it.

One of the top 3 stupid trades in NBA history came from President Trump.

Harden's contract extension that year was $6000 million for four years, but the Thunder offered $5400 million for four years, and only gave Harden an hour to think about it.

This directly caused the humiliated Harden to leave angrily. After the Rockets killed the Quartet, the three Thunders never had a chance to win the championship together.

Just to save the boss the 600 million, to do such a stupid thing, to dismantle the team by himself, the fans disagree with this operational ability, and even messed up the relationship with the best sixth man he selected, which is too mysterious.

Later, Anthony and George were traded, but they didn't match Westbrook, and they couldn't find a lineup that could make it to the finals again.

Of course, why Jiang Chao didn't want to spend a lot of time digging out this talent in the draft psychologically.

Because he thinks.

Meow, I am the real draft talent of this era!

I have opened the eyes of the sky, which is better than anyone else.

Rip always refused the call very decisively. The Thunder will do big things next season, and he doesn't plan to leave.

Seeing Jiang Chao's expression, David Stern could only feel sorry, otherwise this would be Boss Jiang's good helper.

"Well, Mr. Pu, it seems that we have no fate. I wish you better and better in the Thunder, and this year's draft will be brilliant!"

"You too, Boss Jiang, I hope you can build the Knicks."

"It's a pity, we could have built it together."

"It's okay, you'll find the right one."

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Jiang Chao's attitude is very sincere, and he is comfortable with Mr. Pu's flattery.

From Stern's point of view, Jiang Chao really wanted the general manager he recommended, but in fact, Jiang Chao felt that it was necessary to build a good relationship with President Pu and cultivate a good impression, which would definitely be needed in the future!

09 double iron, he doesn't want to miss any of them!

"Then talk back?" Jiang Chao emphasized the word "chat".

"Talk back!" President Pu over there was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

(End of this chapter)