Chapter 406

After the awards, the party returned to Portland. Paul Allen, the boss, had been waiting at the airport for the heroes to return triumphantly.

It's another wave of sweeps to win the championship, but it's a pity for the pioneer fans!

Because these two championships are won at home, they pioneers fans can not see their home team win the championship, naturally some regret.

But anyway, it's good to win the championship. What kind of bike do you want.

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There are three days to go before the championship parade. The day after he returned to Portland, Richard stayed in his office for a whole day.

Other people can relax, but Richard can't relax at all, because there are so many things at hand.

Richard received calls from heat coach patrael and magic coach Doug rivers.

They called, naturally, to see if Richard could help persuade McGrady to think about his team.

Both teams are quite eager for Tracy McGrady.

The heat, with Monin, Mashburn and Tim Hardaway at the core, have enough room to pay McGrady a top salary.

If they can get T-Mac, their lineup dare not say to compete for the title, at least in the East can also lead, become the existence of the eastern hegemonic level.

As for magic, they also have plenty of salary space

Richard naturally didn't give the two managers any definite words. At present, T-Mac has nothing to do with the trailblazers. How could Richard be a lobbyist.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Richard saw McGrady in his office.

McGrady is here to say goodbye

Richard was satisfied with this. McGrady came to see him goodbye, which made Richard feel good.

At least I didn't leave without saying goodbye

"Young man, where do you want to go?" Said Richard with a smile.

McGrady nodded. "They're going to the magic. They're paying good salaries. And listen to Doug rivers. They're going to make big moves!"

Richard couldn't help laughing. Dougreeves didn't lie to McGrady about his big moves.

Now the magic have begun to contact the pistons, they want to get the piston Grant Hill, and then with a young limitless McGrady, based on this, to attract Duncan.

Richard is also uncertain whether Duncan will choose to join the magic in the end, after all, the magic is quite attractive to him.

If Grant Hill, a good friend, and McGrady and Duncan join us, the magic will become the top player in the league.

At first, Richard really planned to introduce Duncan during the off-season this year

But now it seems that there is no such opportunity. Duncan is also a completely free player. Where can Richard get Duncan a top salary.

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Richard is ready to pay attention to the situation of magic. If Duncan does magic, it may not be a good thing for the pioneers.

If Duncan left, the Spurs would be dead, so the Blazers would have fewer opponents in the West.

Just think of a way to get the Lakers

"Well, I wish you the best in the magic Richard patted McGrady on the shoulder and said sincerely.

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Another powerful star has been sent away, and Richard must not feel very well.

It's mainly that Richard couldn't get any benefit from McGrady's leaving.

Like wusheng Jackson, who was traded by Richard at the beginning, he gained quite a lot of chips, including Artest and McGrady

Now that McGrady is gone, it's not a loss to change wusheng's order to an Artest.

The main Artest is a rookie contract, and wusheng will sign a big contract this offseason!

It's said that Raptor is not going to give wusheng the top salary contract, but the contract amount is not too much. The six-year contract of $50 million is not shabby

Now it's up to wusheng to say no to the contract. If Richard didn't make the deal with the Raptors, he can only watch wusheng Jackson signed by other teams now. He won't get any benefits!

After all, how could the trailblazers offer wusheng such a high contract.

At least four years of cheap coolie, Artest, has been bought now. It's not a loss at all.

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Now Harrington's trading value is very high. Richard is not ready to stay in his hands. If Harrington continues to be consumed, it will completely harm others and yourself.

Keeping Harrington for another year will reduce the trading value of Harrington. After all, it's not the same thing that there are only two rookie contracts left and only one rookie contract left.

Besides, if Harrington joins other teams, he can also get more playing time, which is good for Harrington.As soon as he saw McGrady off, Richard called Harrington into his office.

"Stevens, get a list of the teams that wanted Harrington!" Richard said to Stevens.

Stevens went to find the list. Richard was smiling at Harrington.

"Congratulations, young man, maybe in two years you will be one of the top paid players in the League!"

"Thank you for training! It's my honor to be a member of serafaye! " Harrington was rather shy, and now he was full of flesh.

Richard smiled and nodded. He thanked Harrington for his ability. If it wasn't for the God building task, Harrington's rebounding strength would be relatively ordinary, with an average of about six rebounds per game. It can't be too good for a double energy forward.

But now Harrington has the ability to play 8 rebounds per game. The achievements in the future may be higher than normal.

That's why Richard was able to accept Harrington's thanks with ease.

"Well, don't talk so much nonsense, you should know that we have the intention to trade you. Now let me know if you have a team that you want to go to, and if so, I will try to meet your requirements." Richard asked directly.

There's no need to cover up. Harrington can't accept this win-win situation.

"Coach, I want to go to a weaker team..."

Harrington is a bit embarrassed. He is not the kind of ambitious player. At present, he may want to be the second leader of a team, or even the big leader, and get a top salary contract two years later.

As for winning this kind of thing, Harrington has two championship rings on his hand. At least at present, he doesn't have much pursuit for the championship.

So he didn't really want to go to the strong team.

There are top stars in a strong team. If he joins, he can't be regarded as the cornerstone of team building.

Richard nodded and wanted to go to the weak team? This is easy to do.

If Harrington said he wanted to go to the strong team, Richard would feel a little difficult, because the strong team could not take any chips to trade Harrington.

"Well, Al, go back and wait for the news. I'll give you a satisfactory answer in three days!"

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"Boss, this is the team that called before to trade Harrington. In recent days, several teams have called, a total of 13 teams!" Stevens quickly sorted out the team list.

Richard took a look and, without saying anything, directly crossed out the Pacers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the heat and other teams with outstanding achievements.

These teams are all strong teams and do not meet Harrington's demands.

Besides, the draft rights of these teams are very poor. Since Richard wants to trade Harrington, the main purpose must be draft rights.

These teams must have no decent draft rights

So Richard crossed out these teams without saying anything. Although the relationship between Philadelphia 76ers and Richard was very strong, Richard could not give them a Harrington.

A good relationship is a good one. My brother knows how to settle the accounts. A Harrington has a high value. If Richard really gives Harrington away, I'm afraid all the pioneer fans will go crazy.

Now Richard's every decision-making, in fact, not only to his own responsibility, but also to the countless fans of the Blazers.

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After cutting out the strong teams in the list, Richard Solso cut out the teams with the level of goalkeeper in the playoffs.

These teams are all in the top eight or so in the East and West. If they get Harrington, it is likely that their record will be improved a lot. At that time, the draft rights will be very low.

Richard has suffered from this kind of loss. When he was trading with the Hornets, he suffered from this kind of loss. So this time, he has a long mind and directly targets the real fish belly teams.

In this way, there are not many teams left to consider.

Several teams, such as eagles, knights, wizards and warriors, are quite sincere.

They are willing to trade Harrington with their unprotected draft rights next year. Of course, they also know that only a first round draft right, Richard will promise to trade unless he has a brain drain

So more or less, they all put up some other chips.

But none of these chips satisfied Richard.

For example, at the Wizards' side, they even want to use the car plus a first round draft right to replace Harrington

"Coach walker, I want to ask you if your chips are serious?" Richard made a phone call to the wizard's current manager, Walker.

In the past two years, the speed at which wizards change coaches has been amazing

"Coach Li, this is Michael's offer. I don't have that much authority over this matter..." Coach Walker said bitterly to Richard.

"Jordan?!""Who else can it be..."

Richard thought about it and called Jordan directly.

"Michael, if you're serious, it's impossible to change to a player like Harrington with a flying car and a first round draft." Said Richard rudely.

"Li, do you remember what you replaced from the wizard with a flying car?"

"No, it wasn't a wizard at that time. It was a Washington bullet!" Jordan asked with a wry smile.

Richard was stunned. The car ride was Richard's first transaction after crossing. Naturally, he was quite impressed.

In the deal, Richard traded the car for the prodigy's backup power forward Rasheed Wallace and the Nets' first round draft rights.

Richard used this draft right to choose Kobe

That is to say, Richard used to fly to get Rasheed and Kobe!

"Cough, Michael, it's not interesting for you to say that..." Said Richard with a dry smile.

It's really boring to say that. At that time, the car was really worth the price, and the Wizards could not say that they suffered losses by changing a new substitute and a first round draft right.

But now the situation is totally different. The flying car is not the one before, and Harrington is not Rashid at that time.

At that time, Rasheed's data were not comparable to Harrington's.

"Can't you help me?" Jordan asked, a little hurt.

In Jordan's eyes, it's really unreasonable

At the beginning, Richard took a flying car. No, it's not a flying car. It's a tattered old car. He replaced Rashid and Kobe!

A double MVP Kobe Bryant, and a Rashid who got the top salary in the Bulls!

Now the wizard wants to return the car to Richard, but Richard obviously can't see it

Even with their first round draft right, Richard doesn't want to

"McGrady has left the team. You trailblazers are short of a backup point guard. Let Ginobili start and let the car play as a backup. I think it's quite suitable!"

"And our first round draft right, next year you can get a reliable new talent, how do you think you are very cost-effective..."

Jordan said.

"Cough, Michael, I'd like to help you, but I'm sure I won't want to fly. For the pioneers, flying is not worth a dime!"

"What do you say? We wizards are so much in charge now. Who can you see except Hamilton? " Asked Jordan, speechless.

Richard is also speechless. He is such a genius. He really can't see it

"Then there's no way, Michael. We can only cooperate later..." Said Richard with a smile.

At present, Richard is not a headless fly, he still has a goal.

For example, he now has some fans of the Suns hacker Marion, but the Suns did not show any interest in Harrington.

Then Richard called the knight again.

The knight was a bachelor and offered two trading plans.

One deal is for them to trade Andre Miller, the No. 8 show of 1999, for Harrington.

Andre Miller in the just concluded season, an average of 11 points and 6 assists per game, for a point guard, the strength is quite good.

In fact, Richard is also a bit moved, but the problem is that Miller has no three-point ability, which is not suitable for Richard's tactical system.

Another deal offered by the knights is to protect the draft rights in the first three rounds in 2001 and 2003

Without the protection of the first three ranks, Richard would have agreed to the deal without saying a word.

Because in the draft year of 2003, Cavaliers are the top picks!

But now with a top three ranking protection, Richard's interest may be reduced a lot

In the trading market, after a tour, Richard helplessly found that it seemed that the knight had become his only choice.

The main thing is that the Blazers don't want players with big contracts at the moment, so they have eliminated several teams

And other teams willing to offer rookies plus draft rights in exchange for Harrington, they give the rookie, Richard is not eye-catching.

It's not as good as Knight's draft right

In the end, Richard made a direct decision and made a deal with the Knights. He traded Harrington for the first round draft rights protected by the knights in the first three places in 2001 and 2003.

It's mainly that Andre Miller, the knight, has value. Otherwise, Richard would probably pull something out of the knight's hand.

Harrington's two first round picks, in fact, in the eyes of the outside world, Richard does not earn.

However, Richard is very clear that the two draft powers for the Blazers in exchange for the value of Harrington far more new players.2000 is a draft year, but 2003 is a big year, 2001 is also pretty good.

For example, when the Cavaliers signed in the first round in 2001, Richard could even choose a player with a high force like Joe Johnson.

As for 2003, due to the reasons of the first three rounds of protection, the trailblazers may not be able to get the first round signature of the Cavaliers in 2004.

But even so, the knights were Lotto signers in 2004!

2004 is also a draft year. This is a good draft right. Maybe the Blazers can get igodara, Al Jefferson or Josh Smith.

Therefore, it is certain that there will be no loss.

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After the deal was finalized, Richard told Harrington the news.

Harrington must be quite satisfied with this. Richard didn't cheat him. He really traded him to a garbage team.

Rubbish in rubbish

The Cavaliers now have a scrapped camp in the team and a new point guard, Andre Miller. If Harrington joins, he will be treated as a God by the Cavaliers' management.

Want the right to sell? Give to give, anyway, camp is finished. Andre Miller is a point guard who does the work of passing

Time to show up? Give give give give, as long as you can play, every game is played for 48 minutes!

Harrington thought of his happy life in the future, he could not close his mouth happily.

In such a team, if you try your best to brush the data, you can get a 20 + 8 data before the end of the rookie contract, which is enough for Harrington to get a top salary contract.

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Harrington nodded his head and agreed to Richard's operation.

In this case, because Harrington has his own contract and the target of the transaction is the draft right, there is nothing to hide between the two sides, and the two sides directly disclosed their transaction plan.

Richard sent a Harrington here. The Cavaliers took out two draft rights and a new player with one year left on his contract. The deal was concluded.

The reason why the Cavaliers took out the player was mainly to balance the salary. Richard thought not all of them could not.

In any case, the Blazers are short of players. They are the right gunners to make up for the list of 13.

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The news that the trailblazers sold Harrington caused a big stir in the league.

As a defending team, any news about them can attract the attention of fans

When the team sold Harrington, although the pioneer fans were reluctant, they also knew Richard would not make a loss deal, and the final beneficiary of the deal was the pioneer.

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The draw conference has already ended. The trailblazers have three draft rights this year.

A first round 29 ranking draft right, and two second round signings with relatively low ranking.

It's only a few days since the draft convention began. Richard finally sold the two second round signings

Two rounds replaced one of the warriors' rounds in 2001.

The main reason is that this year's two rounds are useless. Richard has decided to use their bottom first round to choose gold left-handed Reid for insurance.

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In late June, the annual draft convention began.

This year's draft conference, the trailblazers are quite low-key, they just use the bottom of the first round in their hands to get a 198 cm high point guard player.

Michael Reid, a junior from Ohio.

Richard's choice of Reid is quite surprising, mainly because Reid's popularity is a little low and his age is also a little old

According to Richard's consistent selection characteristics, the players he won in the first round are generally very young players.

Before the draft starts, Reid will probably be selected in the middle of the next round in the prediction of major media, and even some media prediction lists will not have Reid's name at all.

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Now that Richard chose the junior, it means that the player is underestimated. Otherwise, Richard will not start.

At the end of the draft conference, the trailblazers often hold trade conferences with other teams.

But this year they didn't hold any press conference. Obviously this year they didn't give too much as they did in 1997.

Michael Reid is the only thing the Blazers got at the draft this year.

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For a while, the media of all sides were quite confused.

The trailblazers left with McGrady, didn't they say there was no guard?! How can I choose a point guard of standard height now

Do you think Germany has the potential to play point guard?!

Many reporters went to the video of Reed's University game. Through analysis, it seems that reed didn't have the ability to play point guard eitherIt's quite strange. Isn't Richard ready to take charge of the guard?!

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As a matter of fact, Richard is now having a headache with the guard.

If there's any reliable point guard at this draft conference, Richard will certainly be elected even if he pays a price.

But now the problem is, this damned draft junior, there is no decent point guard.

However, now Richard can only start to play the idea of new guard of other teams.

The point guard has only one Ginobili. That's not good

It's impossible to play Ginobili for 48 minutes!

Apart from Ginobili, there is no player in the Blazers team who can take on the role of point guard.

Not for Mobley, not for old Curie!

So the most urgent thing for Richard now is to find a reliable point guard.