Forward to the basket

Being the manager of a team in the NBA, sometimes the test is not your vision, but your ability to withstand pressure, because you really can’t guarantee that you can get good players every time when doing transactions here .

There are many deals that sign bad contracts at a high price. Looking at the current situation in New York, you can imagine that Dolan's more than [-] million has been invested in it, and he has not seen any improvement in his team's performance. improvement.

Moreover, the Knicks are getting worse and worse. This season's New York is almost doomed from the beginning. Anyway, Dolan's more than 1 million US dollars is completely in vain. He didn't even hear the sound. .

The New York fans didn't even bother to scold them anymore. Anyway, Thomas signed more than one bad contract. Everyone was just watching the farce within their team.

Anyway, at this time, the boss will definitely not be scolded, at most someone will say behind his back that he is stupid and has a lot of money.

Uh, under normal circumstances, Dolan is carrying the name of the second ancestor, and then being pointed at by a group of people behind his back. This guy may have long been accustomed to various evaluations of him by the outside world.

But staying in New York, Dolan is not afraid that a large amount of investment will not bring attention, even if the news is negative, he doesn't care, as long as there is exposure, he, a businessman at heart, is considered to have made money.

The owner is naturally not afraid of what others say, but the team manager must be the first to be shot, even if it is a guy like "Smiling Assassin", who is regarded as the No. [-] figure in the NBA, he will inevitably be scolded by the fans.

Because no matter how bad the player is, the fans will at most just boo him wildly. Anyway, he is already rotten, so what else can you do?When watching the game, just boo twice to vent.

Even if there are hot-tempered fans, they just yell at the players. If the opponent has the same hot-tempered personality, it will be a big deal for the two sides to spray each other. This is just for the reporters to take advantage of it.

The team manager will definitely be yelled at by the fans. Most of the time, the fans will say angrily, "That idiot! He bought a piece of trash with the ticket money we contributed!"

Most of the team managers can only mutter bitterly at this time, "This is your sister, it's none of my business! This guy can still get a double-double last season, who knows that his stats will be halved in another place!"

Of course, this kind of chanting can't be loud, who told you to lead this transaction, if you don't scold you at this time, is there another scapegoat?Anyway, the team manager is basically used by fans to grind their teeth.

When the team is good, I can’t remember how much credit you have contributed. When the team is not good, uh, you are the first character to stand up and be scolded, and no matter how scolded you are, you can’t fight back.

After all, the manager is the team's management, he must face the media and fans, and the voices of criticism must be the most.

It's okay for the fans to scold, after all, it's their own family, but the media will usually fan the flames at this time, making all kinds of extremely bad contracts, and they will look at them if there is nothing wrong.

New York, Portland, these places are the hardest hit areas for all kinds of bad deals, but whenever there are failed deals, the glorious history of these two cities will always be compared to see who is worse.

So, to be a team manager in the NBA, you need to have strong nerves. Once you select a rookie with good talent, or you have a beautiful big deal, it means that you are fully developed.

Although the NBA has the selection of the best manager every year, this kind of lucky one is just a good year. Most of the time, they are still the best candidates to take the blame for the team's poor performance.

The team is bad, scold the manager first, then scold the coach, and finally scold the players. This has basically become a fixed pattern. Anyway, the manager is always the first to be shot, and he is the most stable in pulling hatred.

Therefore, the average team manager has a mocking face. Internally, those players who want big contracts don't like them, and externally, the fans and the media don't look good at them.

What Angie has to deal with now is such a situation. Chen Feng and Rondo have been selected. He has been in front of the media for a few days. Many people say that he is destined to be the best manager of this season.

But at the same time, some people criticized, saying that the salary structure of the Celtics is very bad. This is also the mess left by Angie's poor management in the past few years. Angie is also very helpless when encountering such a statement.

That's right, there are a few deals that he did badly, but most of the bad contracts were finalized when Pitino was the coach, and those players were picked by him!It really has nothing to do with Angie.

Angie is a typical representative of being shot while lying down. When he took over the team, Pitino had already ruined Boston. Even Auerbach was dissatisfied with that college coach.

Although the team still had a combination of twin stars such as Pierce and Walker at that time, the atmosphere of the entire team seemed lifeless and uncompetitive.

Without a genius like Auerbach, Angie can only start to make up for the team's loopholes with trepidation, but he can only be regarded as diligent, and there are no bright spots in his transactions and operations.

After the end of last season, there was news that Pierce was going to leave. I have to say that this is the biggest irony to the work of the team manager. Fortunately, the situation has finally turned around this season.

Pierce is not leaving, and the team's competitiveness has gradually increased. Now in the East, the Celtics can be regarded as hovering around the middle, and their hopes of entering the playoffs have also greatly increased.

Rivers even has the idea to compete for the top spot in the Atlantic Division, especially Chen Feng and Rondo's recent performance is like taking a dope, which also makes Boston fans feel very excited.

After all, the team has been away from the honor of the playoffs for too long. Even if it entered the playoffs in the past few years, it was a round trip. It was difficult to break into the Eastern Conference finals once, and was kicked out by others.

But now Rivers has also put the problem on the table for Angie, trading and replenishing the lineup. If the Celtics want to remain competitive in the East, they must make up for their current shortcomings.

The Celtics' initial record is good, but they are far from the time when they can relax their requirements.

Rivers didn't make it difficult for his old partner, but the needs he listed were enough for Angie to scratch his head. After all, there are only so many players in the NBA, and few can make Rivers look up to him.

"Three-point shooter, inside scorer, uh, is this guy Doug trying to kill me?"

"If you can get good pitchers and insiders, how can it be cheap? Doesn't any team have to keep it as a baby, and can easily release it for you at this time? Isn't that a dream!"

"Why didn't this guy write everything about Kobe and Iverson! This is really him!"

"I'm going! It turns out there are more on the back, copy! Kobe, Iverson, O'Neal, Duncan! This guy is really written! Your sister! Doug, you bastard, do you want to bankrupt the team! Which one is not worth 2000 Ten thousand!?"

Angie is scratching his head, but facing the current salary structure of the team, he does have some ideas. This season, the Celtics' total salary is only ranked 19th in the NBA, with 6000 to 20 million.

Of course, they are definitely not comparable to the prodigal sons of New York, and they are at the middle and lower levels in the NBA.

But both Angie and Rivers are very dissatisfied with the few guys who get high salaries among the players. Pierce is 500 million a year, which is nothing to say, after all, he is the core of the team.

Whether it's the fans or the management, everyone can see Pierce's state. As long as this guy can play, he will do his best to deal with any opponent. He can definitely be regarded as a team leader.

But compared with Pierce, Szczerbiak with a salary of 100 million and Ratliff with a salary of almost 1000 and [-] million gave Angie a headache.

Szczerbiak is a bit better, at least this guy is pretty decent in terms of shooting, at least you can't say he is a useless player, but compared with the salary, it is a bit out of proportion.

Ratliff is a bit unbearable. From the very first game, this guy has been intimidating to the end. He doesn't have the demeanor of the inside shot-blocking king at all. The appearance of being afraid of his hands makes Rivers What I hate is that the roots of my teeth are itchy, and more often I can only throw this guy with high salary and low ability on the bench.

But that is more than 1000 million!Just throwing it away is useless, and Ogwokandi's annual salary of more than 100 million is a headache for Angie. He is also thinking about how to deal with these two guys.

Cleaning up the bad assets inside the team is one step, but it is not so easy to throw out a useless big contract like Ratliff, unless there is a team that wants to free up salary space, prepare this guy to sign and then buy directly Break the contract, otherwise, no one is likely to be willing to spend such a large price to buy scrap materials back.

This season is uncertain, and maybe it can be considered next season. Anyway, Rivers and Angie have already made up their minds. Boston will definitely not keep such a useless Buddha.

And if Ogwakandi's contract expires, he will definitely be kicked out. Compared with these useless guys, Angie's headache now is probably what players he signed for Rivers as a supplement.

A mid-range and long-range scorer, a stable scoring point inside, uh, this difficulty, Angie scratched his head, and began to think about what kind of goods he could get for Rivers.

"There's still $350 million in cap space, but what kind of players can I get with this little money? God, unless those agents stop talking about it, I can only hope for luck like the draft. , otherwise, I can’t satisfy Doug’s vision with one, and two more? Dreaming!”

When Angie was roaring with the office, a sudden ringing of the phone made the guy quiet down quickly. When his secretary watched Angie walk out of the office, the smile on his face was, uh, still There is really a little... rippling.

Only the devil knows what happened to this guy, but on the desk in Angie's office, there is a piece of white paper full of people's names, which is gently falling with the breeze.

No one knows who is written on it, but Angie's unusually rippling smile seems to indicate something, at least, it is definitely not bad news...

(Recommend a book, "The Beast Basketball", um, it was written by a guy named Xuanzhong Tingyu. He has been expecting to surpass me in grades, so, the recommendation is the recommendation, and you are not allowed to add red tickets to him. Wow Kaka. Wait for more)