Chapter 748： ：【Trading makes people rich】

LeBron James appeared in front of the camera again, three days after the finals.

He looked tired.

After the season, he did not return to New York. After a few days in Los Angeles, he would go straight to Las Vegas to participate in the US team game.

Last night, he had a meeting with Kobe Bryant.

The two Nike star players attended Nike's official event together before. The two frustrated people stayed together. What else can they talk about besides talking about Li Zhen?

They had made up their minds and decided to show Li Zhen a little bit of color in London.

"Bruce Lee started his four consecutive NBA championships after winning the last Olympic championship. It just so happens that the new Olympics is coming. This is a new reincarnation. Kobe, Wade...all the members of the dream team and I have already Be prepared, they all have a firm belief."

"We will get our glory back in the Olympics."

LeBron James said categorically when asked by reporters.

He has been hailed as one of the greatest losers in the history of the NBA, and even some faint voices are circulating: Why not award the Finals MVP to him? His stats are more gorgeous than Bruce and he performs with perfect scores in every game.

Many people compare him with Jerry West.

Jerry West didn't want to mention it, he had left New York in a low-key manner. His new job is the president of the Golden State Warriors. People like him will never lack job opportunities.

Although his three and a half years in New York was considered a failure by many people. However, he did get two championship trophies and entered the finals stage every year.

Although the squeezing out of Isiah Thomas was the biggest stain in his career, people did not count the ousting of Bruce Lee on his head, although he was also one of the instigators.

Moreover, being able to get the Big Three in the summer of 2010 under such circumstances and build a strong team that swept the East, he did show his ability and skill.

However, he will never recall the past more than three years.

He just wanted to start again.

The Golden State Warriors are considered by him to be a place with great opportunities. He is very optimistic about the young people of Golden State. He feels that the young people of Golden State only lack a good coach and a chance to take off.

So he came.

For LeBron James, Jerry West's departure is undoubtedly bad news. To a certain extent, he seems to be telling him: the plan failed, the commander has gone away, whether you still want to stay on the front line of fighting the Clippers is up to you.

If it was the former LeBron, he might run away with buckets.

After all, one is fresh and the other is cooked.

But now, LeBron James decided to stay in New York and fight.

"This season is over for me. Everything in the past is a prologue. Next season, I and my brothers will continue to make the most courageous impact on the championship, and we will be stronger next season."

When James talked about next season.

People have to mention the Los Angeles Clippers who have just successfully defended their title.

Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal, the four veterans collectively announced their retirement.

Although Stephen Nash said he would stay to finish his contract, Vince Carter also said he would enjoy the rest of his career, but for the Clippers, it is undoubtedly a crazy exchange of blood.

The crazier thing is, although the season is over.

Previous rumors have become apparent, and there are endless news about the Clippers wanting to trade the power of the newcomers.

Some have come from Dallas, some have come from Charlotte, and there are all kinds of news in Houston.

The rain is coming and the wind is all over the building.

More importantly in these two days, news began to spread from Los Angeles.

First, Blake Griffin's father told the media that Blake was not satisfied with the status of deputy, and he hopes to be the leader of a team next season, just like Paul George.

Then the friend of Jordan's also spread that he hopes to return to his hometown team to play.

And Gordon Hayward.

Hayward personally played, he expressed his desire to stay in the Clippers.

He is a good boy.

Li Zhen is actually very reluctant, but think about it carefully, let him go to Charlotte Bobcats as a leader, let him accept Michael Jordan's divine teaching, it is far better than staying at home.

Therefore, Li Zhen has already made a decision in his heart.

Including the departure of Blake Griffin and Jordan.

This is all within Li Zhen's plan, but the news that so many old members are leaving from a championship team suddenly gives people a sense of turmoil.

Especially Clippers fans, they will inevitably get into the mood of worry, they will inevitably worry about the future because of this.

For the defending champion, the biggest worry is the adjustment of the lineup.

And most importantly, Larry Brown also resigned, as well as Isaiah Thomas, who decided to go wandering around the world and read about men in the world.

From the players to the coaching staff, it takes more than half of the journey.

It is inevitable that people will think about it.

However, Li Zhen was very calm about this.

The departure of the players was already in his plan. Larry Brown and Isaiah Thomas were actually just consultants for the team this season. Thomas is more like a mascot, and Larry Brown has already given it to him.

He had high hopes for Jamilin, and he even claimed that Jamilin would become his most proud disciple on the night of the finals.

The spread of this sentence made Popovich more or less injured. After all, in the eyes of the public, Popovich is the most proud pupil of his old man.

Therefore, people interpret it more as a kind of flattery.

A kind of protection against Jamie Lin being questioned for so many years.

Jamie Lin has never been recognized by the public, even though he has been the coach for two consecutive championships. But he has not received any honor yet.

In fact, Li Zhen and the players have been very convinced by him, thinking that his tactical thinking has been very mature.

But... after all, people's words are terrible.

However, for Jamelin, it was nothing.

The night after the finals, he called Li Zhen for thirty minutes. You can tell from the voice on the phone, he drank some wine.

"...I can't believe it. I turned from an assistant coach to an NBA champion coach and the head coach of the Chinese team."

Jemilin's voice was trembling on the phone.

For him, this has been a dream for six years. He didn't dare to dream that all of this would happen like this, and he could still remember the scene of his first meeting with Bruce. He can still think of the college head coach who saw that the game had no chance and simply left the team and left him and Bruce as a result of the NCAA miracle.

"This scene is simply a legend."

Jamie Lin said incredulously: "Our lives have changed drastically. Bruce, I even thought I would leave basketball forever."

Li Zhen smiled, and he said, "Perhaps in another time and space, you've been selling meat jiamo long ago? I remember your ancestry is from Shaanxi."

Jemilin laughed loudly on the other end of the phone.

After a while, he started discussing the national team with Li Zhen, and he will fly to the country immediately. As the men's basketball coach jointly recommended by Li Zhen and Yao Huang, he will shoulder the mission of leading the national team to win the championship.

This is a daunting challenge for him.

Stephen Marbury will go with him. Although Marbury has not mixed into the official assistant coach position, he will appear in the training camp as a team consultant.

Marbury is forming a new partner with Jamie Lin.

In the near future, Jason Kidd and... Phil Jackson will also join them.

Yes it is.

The old Zen master has signed the contract with the Clippers as the team's general counsel, and after being displaced, the Zen master finally returned to Los Angeles, where he was in trouble.

It's just that, although his name is very famous, but... the treatment is far worse than in New York.

After all, the Los Angeles Clippers are based on strict budget control.

The woman is home.

The return of the Zen Master has not yet been announced, and the Clippers have no plans to announce it so soon. Because the offseason operations have not yet officially started, although Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Nowitzki have confirmed that they will join in the new season, the draft has not yet started.

Li Zhen took a look at this year's draft pick list, except for Anthony Davis. Li Zhen actually wants to choose a reliable point guard. If not, a combo guard will do.

Because according to the current lineup, the inside problem is actually not big, even if O'Neal, Griffin and Jordan all leave. But Kevin Garnett, Nowitzki, and Anthony Davis's supplement may not be as good as tactical adaptability, but the overall strength has not declined. Even... a slight increase.

In addition, Li Zhen has also decided to focus on training Jimmy Butler in the new season. With Gordon Hayward's departure, it is bound to cultivate a new forward guard who holds the ball.

Jimmy Butler has this quality, he is very tough.

So much so that the US team pulled him to Las Vegas as a sparring practice.

Jimmy Butler has no complaints about this. This is a child who has suffered. He cherishes every opportunity. Therefore, Li Zhen also thinks that even if he is already an older rookie, and the talent is not that good. But he always feels that this guy's upper limit has a chance to exceed Paul George, even if Paul George has reached 20+5+5 in the Hornets last season.

Previously, the big deal between the Clippers and the Hornets was called a loss by critics.

Now, with Nash winning the Clippers and the Hornets getting the No. 1 pick, everyone says the Clippers are making a lot of money.

Many people even said there, never make a deal with the Clippers, they are the devil, and they won't lose money.

Regarding this alarmist voice, the Mavericks and Bobcats did not stop, they are still sweeping the draft market, and they hope to get a pick that satisfies Li Zhen.

After all, the potential superstars held by the Clippers are really fragrant.

If the previous changes were not enough to make Li Zhen depressed. The next call he received made him a little broken.

Eddie Griffin chose to leave.

No, it should be said that he chose to leave basketball and go on an artistic road.

He sincerely told Li Zhen on the phone: "Bruce, in fact, I lost my love for basketball a year ago. I am very grateful to you for saving me from a dead end and allowing me to receive honor, respect and wealth. But now, I want to take a path that I really love, and I am going to be a classical artist."

amount….

Li Zhen was stunned at the time.

He didn't know what Eddie Griffin thought.

Eddie Griffin is the closest person to him in the NBA. They have been good friends since he first joined the Lakers to play in the Summer League, and they have continued to the present.

Li Zhen originally thought that they would continue to cooperate, and even Li Zhen thought in his heart that if Eddie Griffin was willing, the Clippers could provide him with a salary until he could not run on the court at all.

However, Eddie Griffin personally put an end to his career before he was 33 years old.

He told Li Zhen that he is not short of money, and that he has made more money than most NBA players after investing with Li Zhen for so many years. And he asked Li Zhen to rest assured that he doesn't have to worry about his livelihood in the second half of his life. He has low material needs now, and now he only wants to pursue the path of art and spiritual needs.

What can Li Zhen say.

I wish him all the best.

I hope everything is well for him in Germany. I hope classical music can accept him as a layman.

Eddie Griffin's departure left Li Zhen with emotion.

...

The 2012 draft was really lacklustre. Li Zhen glanced at the list, and he even stopped the Mavericks and Bobcats' plans to search for rookie picks.

Although in this list, he saw a few names that made him ‘familiar’.

However, they are not very suitable for the Clippers.

Therefore, he simply didn't care about anything and let the general manager take care of his hoarding of three draft picks this season.

It’s boring to open the sky too much, it’s better to open it blindly.

Draft day came soon.

During this time, Li Zhen suffered from the torture of the Los Angeles girls. He was finally allowed to travel to New York on business in the weekend before the draft. When he arrived in New York, he did not stop his work. After all, Sharapova and Giselle have been stationed in New York.

These few days are also day and night, step up to make up.

When Li Zhen appeared in Madison Garden, the fans in New York did not boo him, but greeted him with applause and cheers.

This really surprised Li Zhen.

"Maybe they don't treat the Clippers as opponents anymore."

Kevin Garnett's mouth was very direct, as if he had wiped it off.

He has bought out the contract with the Celtics, and everyone knows that he will join the Clippers as a free agent. The Clippers have already expelled him from a three-year $10 million contract.

And his former teammate Ray Allen, Ray Allen is a bit higher, 8 million US dollars in 2 years.

After all, Sagittarius is popular.

In this regard, Garnett has no objection, he has long stopped making money. The money he made from the NBA is almost equal to the money Eddie Griffin made from investments following Bruce.

One can imagine what an amazing rich man Eddie Griffin is now.

It's no wonder that he is not greedy for material things and goes to pursue classical music.

People, it's easy to get some spiritual pursuits with more money.

But isn't this kind of pursuit all a bullshit?

"Do you think you are weaker than the stars who left?" Li Zhen asked Garnett back.

Of course, Garnett denied that he said that he is still strong and fierce and still the top center of the league.

Center?

Li Zhen remembered it. Let Garnett play center next season.

Garnett can only play center, after all... Anthony Davis and Nowitzki are not serious center talents. Most of the time, Milicic couldn't keep it. When he arrived in the contract year, with his current wealth, the Clippers would definitely not be able to keep it without paying a tens of millions of annual salary.

In fact, the Chicago Bulls have been hooking on him.

The Chicago Bulls have been active recently. After losing to the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, they began their league-wide hunting plan.

According to media insider information, Brandon Roy has decided to join the Bulls.

This made Li Zhen particularly excited. Roy and Rose are both types of players Li Zhen likes, and the fortunes of the two men's career have changed because of him, if they really work together and perfectly integrate into Thibodeau's tactical system. The New York Knicks' days in the East have not been so easy.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen even thought about sending Milicic to the bull. The Bulls also stocked up some swingers.

Moreover, the products produced by Thibodeau must be durable products.

...

Known to the whole world, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Anthony Davis with their No. 1 pick from the Hornets.

This thing is really...no surprise at all.

The Clippers store even couldn't wait to put on Anthony Davis' No. 23 jersey yesterday.

Immediately afterwards, the Clippers used their first round of No. 22 picks to select Jay Crowder from Marquette University. This is the person recommended by Jimmy Butler because they are alumni. Jimmy Butler claimed that Jay Crowder was a top 3D player, and the Clippers obeyed.

He didn't even finish reading Claude's information.

No way, the tone of this draft has been set, and the focus is on participation.

After all, they won the champion. The rest, whatever you want.

Then they picked a Nigerian center and Chris Middleton of Texas A&M University.

Finally completed this mission.

On time, the Clippers deal seemed to cause shock bombs.

The first to bear the brunt is that guard Gordon Hayward, who has superstar potential, was sent to the Charlotte Bobcats. The Bobcats paid cash plus the 2013 first-round picks and the 2014 second-round picks.

This cash refers to... Gordon Hayward's first-year salary for his first contract after the expiration of his rookie contract. At that time, after the league draws, all the remaining parts will be sent to the Clippers.

The Clippers exchanged Gordon Hayward for a training fee of at least 10 million U.S. dollars. At the same time, they also got the unprotected first-round pick in 2013. The 2014 second-round pick was taken as a lead.

Then, the Clippers sent Blake Griffin to the Dallas Mavericks, and the Mavericks paid cash and the 2015 first-round pick.

The trading model refers to Gordon Hayward.

It's also a deal to exchange potential superstars for training fees.

But, it's next. DeAndre Jordan's transaction was stopped by Lao Li. Because... the Chicago Bulls made a better offer, and the Miami Heat are also competing.

They crossed the bar, and even disrupted Li Zhen's plan.

However, these two families are really willing to give the capital!

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