God of NBA point guards

Chapter 166

"Nate, send this quotation to Philadelphia."

At 29 a.m. on the 9th, Detroit, Pistons headquarters, Troy Weaver handed his carefully drafted trade offer to assistant Nate Houston.

"Okay, sir." Houston hurried out.

"I don't know if Philadelphia is willing to keep Barkley in the East."

Weaver didn't have much confidence in his mind, but he wanted Barkley very much.

Barkley + Rodman, even though the interior loses height, Barkley is a superstar who can play on top of the three super centers, and his rebounding ability is also very strong. Teaming up with Rodman should be a good team. s Choice.

The digital team received an offer from the Pistons, and general manager Billy King couldn't help scoffing. He is a man with dreams, how could it be possible to keep Barkley in the East, of course he was traded to the West.

Moreover, even if he is willing to trade Barkley to the Pistons, I am afraid that after the deal is handed over, David Stern will veto it?

Stern is crazy about relying on his own signature. Although the Pistons lost 2:4 in the Eastern Conference Finals, if it weren't for the injury factor, the Bulls really didn't have the strength to win steadily, so how could Stern allow the Pistons to get Barkley? Woolen cloth?

"Hey, the offer is quite sincere, and we can still talk about it. It shouldn't be a problem to ask them to add some chips."

He took a look at the Pistons' offer, John Sely, Ulrich, plus the first-round pick protected by the top five in 93.

He made a calculation in his mind. Sely and Ulrich are both the main players of the Pistons. They are not very old, and they can also be the main players when they come to the digital team.

This made him hesitate, should he keep Barkley in the East?
After thinking about it, he feels that these chips are not enough for him to keep Barkley in the East, because neither of these two people is the core of the team, and he hopes to use Barkley to replace the core of the team.

"Sir, they have responded."

At 09:30, Nate Houston pushed the door open, but his face was not very good.

"What do they want?" Weaver asked calmly.

"They want an iron fist." Nate Houston smiled wryly.

"Shet!"

Weaver cursed, took a look at the quotation, not only Iron Fist, but also John Sely, plus next year's unprotected first-round pick, is this robbery at gunpoint?

However, Barkley is at his peak, and he is really excited. Out of the duties of the general manager, he still has to consider this transaction offer.

If the Iron Fist is traded, the Assassin can only return to the main lineup, and join forces with Joe Dumars, plus Barkley and Rodman inside, the lineup is also very strong. Dead Bull, realize the dream of three consecutive championships.

However, how can the assassin play the main point guard in the current state?

After deliberation and deliberation all morning, after drinking six cups of coffee and smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, he finally decided to veto the deal.

The reason is that Tekken really has great potential. Assassin can lead the team to two consecutive championships. He thinks Tekken will have a chance in the future.

And once the deal is made, if Barkley fails to lead the team to win the championship, then he has to bear all the responsibilities as the final deal, and the boss is likely to fire him.

So can Barkley lead the team to defeat the Bulls and reach the finals?Can you lead the team to win the championship?
With Barkley's experience in Philadelphia for so many years, if he has this ability, will Philadelphia still trade him at his peak?

So he finally decided not to take risks, but to continue to cultivate Iron Fist, looking forward to his future, which is safer and more sure.

"Nate, tell them that Iron Fist is not for sale, it's still the original offer, next year's first-round pick doesn't have to be protected."

After thinking it over, he ordered.

Soon, Billy King in Philadelphia got the news.

The strength and potential of Iron Fist has been proven in the playoffs, especially in the Eastern Conference Finals series. A young man who can compete with Michael Jordan, he originally hoped to get Iron Fist and complete the reconstruction in one fell swoop, but unfortunately he failed to achieve his goal.

But he did not give up and handed in a new offer.

"Sir, Philadelphia has a new offer. They want to exchange Barkley for Iron Fist." Nate Houston pushed open the door of Weaver's office again.

"..."

Weaver couldn't help but stay.

Barkley + Rodman + Ulrich + Joe Dumars + Isiah Thomas, this main lineup has offense, rebounds and defense, which makes his heart tremble. He feels that he can do things with the Bulls. .

Even if Isiah fails, Joe Dumars can still play point guard, or let Isiah play as a substitute, or use Isiah to replace a second-rate point guard.

With John Sely on the bench, the entire Pistons, from the main force to the bench lineup, can definitely be upgraded to a higher level.

"Want to gamble?"

His heart was really moving, and his heart was beating very fast.

The bet has won, if he uses this lineup to kill the Bulls next season, he even has the hope of becoming the honor of the best general manager.

With the feud between the Pistons and the Bulls, if he can interrupt the Bulls' three consecutive championships next season, he will definitely be praised by all Detroit people. He doesn't want to be the general manager, and those fans will follow him.

"Nate, you go out first."

All afternoon, he locked himself in the office and did not come out. Occasionally, Nate Houston went in, and the inside was smoky, like fog.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Weaver finally made a decision and called Billy King himself, and the two talked for 10 minutes.

……

The time has entered July, and the Olympic Games are getting closer and closer.

"Xiaoquan, if only you could compete in the Olympics someday."

When watching the news broadcast that night, there was some news about the Olympic Games, Zhou Jianguo said enviously and expectantly.

"I didn't come from a sports school, so I guess no one knows me now." Zhou Quan shook his head.

"If I knew you were playing basketball, I should have sent you to a sports school," Zhou Jianguo said.

"Go to the sports school, enter the city team and enter the provincial team. If you play well, you will have a chance to join the national team, but you won't have the chance to play in the United States." Zhou Quan laughed.

……

At the beginning of July, the Sports Department of CCTV finally found out Zhou Quan's information, which he obtained from the NBA.

Minister Ma Li, Xu Jicheng, and Sun Zhenping were a little surprised. They are now the people who have the most contact with the NBA in China. Of course, they got in touch with the video tapes they sent. Therefore, they are the people who know the NBA best in China, even better than the national team. learn.

Of course, without personal contact, just some collections, this level of understanding is only very superficial, not as deep as Zhang Lili.

But even though it was very superficial, they were also very surprised. They felt that Zhou Quan's strength was not bad, and now that the Olympic Games were about to start, they felt that it was necessary to tell the relevant parties the news.

They had contact information with the basketball department, so they informed the basketball department of Zhou Quan's news, and a staff member answered the phone.

However, the basketball office was busy preparing for the Olympics, so it didn't respond to the news. No one knew whether the staff had reported the news, and neither did CCTV.

……

"Zhou, the matter with the postman has been finalized."

On July 7, Philip called from the United States.

"Tell me."

"We have already negotiated with the WBC. We will fight a regular boxing match in Los Angeles, with a six-round system. They will arrange for us. But the premise is that we must apply for a boxing license in California."

"What if I can't apply?"

"Then you can only go to some fighting games, which don't require a license. Zhou, although you have practiced boxing at UCLA, you don't have enough training time. If this is the case, you need to do some professional boxing training after you return to the United States."

"No problem, you ask Swildon to adjust the training plan."

"OK."

……

The time soon came to late July, on the 18th, in almost a month, Zhou Quan completed four trainings.

Ball control training, let the ball control, ball sense, and breakthrough each be upgraded by one level. Now they are 92, 92, and 88 respectively.

Layup training, let the layup increase by one level, now it is level 94, this task can be done once more.

This is Zhou Quan's happiest thing. After his layup skills improve to level 95, his finishing skills at the basket will reach the top level.

The step-back jump shot has been upgraded to level 87, and this task can be completed 4 times.

Throwing has also been upgraded by one level, it is now level 91, and you can still do it once.

The Olympic Games will start in a few days, and it's time for Zhou Quan to return to the United States, and the ticket has already been booked.

The next day, he drove his family to Hubei to visit his grandfather, stayed in Wudang Mountain for one night, and then separated from his family, flew from Hanwu to the capital, and then to Los Angeles.

At noon, the plane arrived at the Capital Airport. When it came out, it happened to meet the Chinese Olympic delegation, which was a huge team of hundreds of people.

Zhou Quan watched with the others. It would be a lie to say that he was not envious. As an athlete, who wouldn't want to fight with the national flag on?

Don't you see that Isiah Thomas has completely torn skin with Jordan and John Stockton for the national team?

He also saw the men's and women's basketball teams, a group of tall guys stood out together.

This year's men's basketball team is very strong, especially outside talents, and some domestic media even call this group of people the golden generation.

In fact, he himself is also very conspicuous. The height of his shoes is 191 centimeters. He stands out among a group of ordinary people. Moreover, his attire is completely different from the dressing style of this era in China. He has fashionable casual sportswear and a pair of handsome iron fists. A generation of basketball shoes, and wearing a pair of very pretentious sunglasses, in the eyes of others, he looks very foreign.

Yes, he is foreign, and he is also very handsome. There are many people around him who look at him from time to time, especially some girls, who stare at him.

"Keep up!"

Liu Yumin, director of the basketball department and leader of the Olympic basketball team, walked beside the team and shouted at the members of the men's and women's basketball teams.

She also noticed Zhou Quan, and couldn't help but take a few more glances.With a few glances, she saw something.

For example, Zhou Quan's basketball shoes seem to be very high-end foreign products, and this kind of shoes cannot be bought in China. The basketball shoes of the national team are specially bought from abroad.

Another example is the basketball bag in Zhou Quan's hand, with the Skechers logo on it, and a basketball inside.

"This kid plays basketball? The family conditions are really good!" In the blink of an eye, she and Zhou Quan passed by.

……

On the afternoon of the 22nd, Zhou Quan arrived in Los Angeles, and Roger Philip picked him up.

"Zhou, you played 20+10 in the Eastern Conference Finals. From the end of the Eastern Conference Finals to the present, the sales of sneakers have been good. I don't think there will be a problem with the $800 million in the second year."

"That's good."

This is good news, Zhou Quan is very happy.

Next, he will stay in Los Angeles for training, and Philip and trainer Swildon have arranged everything.

Strength training, technical training, at the same time.

In addition to these, Philip also found him a professional boxing gym, where he had three hours of professional boxing training every day.

"Zhou, don't be careless. There are media reports that Oakley and Larry Johnson are doing boxing training every day during this period." Philip reminded.

"Don't worry, I won't be careless." He said seriously.

In the boxing gym, he mainly trains boxing steps, dodges, and actual combat.

There is very little strength training, and the postman and others he fights are all insiders, and their muscle explosiveness is not as good as him, which means that the punching speed is not as good as him, so there is no need for professional boxing strength training.

And with a full-level spatial imagination, he has first-class strike accuracy, but he also needs first-class dodging ability to strengthen his defensive ability.

The full-level spatial imagination also makes his dodging ability very powerful, but it still needs the cooperation of boxing steps.

Needless to say, actual combat is the only way to turn one's own potential into strength.

On the 23rd, a schoolgirl a few years older than him contacted him, called Cheng Lin, who sang Xintianyou, the first female pop singer in China, who went to the United States to study after falling out of love in 90, and paid homage to Michael Jackson at UCLA Studied with and associated with Madonna's teacher, Sass Riggs.

"Zhou Quan, have you come back from China?"

"how do you know?"

"Look at the news, there are reports from the Logan media."

"Oh, junior, do you have something to do? Come out and get together if you have nothing to do."

"Yes, I have time. But Zhou Quan, would you mind putting on airs of your senior in front of me? I'm half a year older than you, and you entered UCLA a year earlier than me."

"That junior, from the time you entered UCLA, our status has been settled."

"Fame, you bastard!"

……

On the 25th, the Olympic Games begin.

On this day, the NBA's transaction freeze period ends, and the team can officially trade.

At the same time, the league announced the salary cap for next season, about $150, an increase of $[-] million from last season.

However, the NBA has not yet introduced a luxury tax system. That is to say, according to some rules, such as the veteran contract, the team can overcap renew the eligible players of the team, and the part of the salary that exceeds the salary cap will not levy any luxury tax.

But the team cannot exceed the salary cap to sign non-team players.

……

David Stern just sat down in the executive chair in the morning, when the special assistant Hawk Houston brought in a cup of coffee and put a large stack of trade applications on his desk.

"Thank you!"

While drinking coffee, he looked at the transaction applications, approved several in a row, and was stunned when he picked up the seventh transaction application.

"Barkley just traded the rights of the week? What does the Pistons want to do?"

He immediately put down his coffee cup and began to study the Pistons' lineup, and his brow furrowed.

"No, if Barkley goes to the Pistons, with the Pistons lineup, the Bulls probably won't be able to get it next season. This deal?"

The strength of Iron Fist is good, but there is still a long way to go from Barkley. If Barkley replaces Iron Fist as the core of the Pistons, plus the original lineup of the Pistons, the Pistons will not be able to take off?
What he is thinking day and night is to win Jordan, and the best way to win Jordan is to let him win the championship and keep winning, preferably a dynasty with three consecutive championships, and the Bulls have won two consecutive championships, and next season will be very Hope to win.

"The transaction was rejected by the alliance? Why?"

At nine o'clock in the morning, Weaver was stunned when he received a notification from the league.

"Basketball reasons, the league so informed." Nate Houston said.

"What kind of shit is this?" Weaver swears.

He stood up, walked quickly around the office a few times, and after calming down, he ordered: "Nate, this transaction must not be leaked, you understand?"

"Yes, sir."

Nate Houston nodded quickly, but he reminded: "Sir, Philadelphia and the league may also leak this matter."

"Then we can't control it."

Weaver said something helplessly, and then cursed: "Damn the league, what the hell is the reason for basketball?"

The league vetoed the deal, and the news caught him off guard.

It’s not a problem if the deal is rejected, but if the news gets out and the Iron Fist knows that the team wants to trade him, it will be troublesome. The Iron Fist is likely to have a different heart, and it is likely that he will no longer support his work. Detroit fans will also scold him he.

On the Philadelphia side, Billy King was also very disappointed and could only turn around to look for other trading possibilities. At this time, the Suns sent their quotations.

(End of this chapter)