Chapter 707: Painful Stevens

Granger's face was extremely dull.
"Coach, I really don't want to leave the pirates, or do you think about it again..."
If the scene before me is known by other teams, I'm afraid I can vomit blood three liters.
Other teams are begging grandpa to tell grandma that they want to leave a young star like Granger, and even hesitate to impose some conditions for "losing power and humiliating the country."
However, the situation on the Pirates' side was quite the opposite. On the contrary, a young star like Granger begged to stay in the team, and even he didn't hesitate to cut his salary in order to get the chance to stay in the team.
"And, after leaving the Pirates, I really don't know which team I should join. I have serious selection difficulties..." Granger said painfully.
"Go to the Blazers, that's a good choice, they can give you a top salary, and their strength is good." Richard timely recommended Granger to join the Blazers.
Granger was stunned. He didn't expect Richard to recommend himself to the Blazers, because the Blazers are not a good choice.
The first is that the Blazers have Durant, which conflicts with Granger’s position. Although the two can play the position of small forwards and point guards respectively, by the time these two figures will definitely decline, and the matching effect It may not be ideal.
Secondly, the news of the Alliance about the Trail Blazers wanting to trade Xiaoao, the rumors spread, Granger is naturally very clear.
Without the Olympics, the Blazers can swallow their contract next season, but Granger is not particularly hungry for money.
The Trail Blazers will lose the Olympics and their strength will decline again. Even if Granger is leaving the Pirates, he will definitely want to join a strong team.
So no matter how you look at it, joining the Blazers is not a good choice. Although the Blazers can give the top salary, but other teams can give it.
For his own strength, Granger still has sufficient confidence.
In fact, because the Pirates haven't heard the news of contract extension with Granger, there are already several teams contacting Granger in private.
These teams not only promise Granger a maximum salary contract, but also a series of other guarantees.
However, Granger refused all. At least before winning the championship this season, even if Richard told him that the team would not renew him, he would not consider leaving the team.
This is what a professional player should have...
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Seeing Granger showing doubts, Richard couldn't help explaining.
"Danny, the next thing I tell you is confidential. Only two or three people in the league will know for now."
"After this season, Greg will exchange with Durant. Do you understand what I mean?"
"And, you should also know the relationship between me and the Blazers. After you go to the Blazers, you don’t have to worry about that much. If something is unpleasant, if MacMillan dares to treat you badly, I can let him that night. The roll-ups get out of Portland."
Granger stunned and asked, "Greg? Is it our Oden?!"
Richard nodded and confirmed Granger's thoughts.
Crazy, it's crazy!
Granger was sluggish. He didn't expect Richard to be so crazy that even Oden would be sold!
That was Oden, known as the super center who succeeded O'Neill!
Now that Richard is going to sell him, Granger really doesn't know what Richard is thinking...
Durant seems pretty good to Granger, but it's just good. Even Durant's strength is not as good as his own, how to compare with Oden!
Richard saw Granger's surprised look and smiled bitterly. He didn't want to sell Oden, but the old man did not sell it.
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"I know you don't want to play in an unfamiliar environment, but now Greg will also go to the Blazers, you won't feel unfamiliar there."
"The core players over there are all West Lafayette players and they are all their own."
"The most important thing is that the Trail Blazers' strength will start to take off after you and Oden join, and it will become a team qualified for the Spurs and Lakers in the West!" Richard said with a smile.
After Granger was sluggish for a while, his face also showed a smile and a long sigh of relief. Judging from Richard's description, joining the Blazers seemed like a good choice.
Of course, if you can stay with the Pirates, Granger is definitely the first choice for the Pirates, even if the salary is reduced.
"Go back and train well. This season's finals, fight for an FMVP, and leave the pirates in a beautiful scenery." Richard continued to say with a smile.
Granger nodded solemnly. Now that he is destined to stay with the pirates, he also wants to leave the pirates in a beautiful way.
After all, the opportunity of FMVP is quite rare. After joining the Blazers, although the Blazers are not weak, but who knows how many teenagers can see the hope of winning the championship.
Perhaps there is no chance to get involved in the championship in this life, which is not impossible.
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After Granger left, Richard was relieved.
I am quite worthy of Paul Allen, and all the help has been helped. Speaking of which, this is not help, after all, it is my own family.
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With the deepening of the schedule, the Pirates have remained undefeated so far, and the powerful combat power sometimes hasn't started, so the opponents have lost their fighting spirit.
On March 27, the Pirates went to Los Angeles to play away. The opponent was not the Lakers, but the Clippers in the same city.
After seeing Richard, Stevens was also sighing.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years later, I entered the league with Richard at the same time, but I entered the league as a teaching assistant.
For more than a decade, Stevens’ coaching experience could not be said to be successful. After he took charge of the Clippers, although he let the Clippers enter the playoffs, they are only teams in the playoff threshold level. Can't make a difference in the playoffs.
Once upon a time, Stevens, who had just joined the Clippers, also thought that he could one day become a great coach like Richard.
I have stayed with Richard for many years and learned many things. It may not take too long to make the Clippers a superpower in the west.
But the reality is to pour cold water on Stevens.
And what Stevens has to face right now is not only a question about his coaching level, but also despair for the Clippers team.
He has coached the Clippers for many years and found that this team has a lot of problems.
In particular, boss Sterling has the biggest problem.
Because Stevens is also a white person, Sterling sometimes did not take too much care when chatting with Stevens alone, and sometimes it revealed the meaning of discrimination against black people.
Stirling doesn't just discriminate against black people, he discriminates against all people of color, of course, homosexuality is also the object of his discrimination...
This can explain why Stirling hates the magician Johnson so much.
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This kind of thing, Stevens certainly can't tell Richard, because Richard is also a person of color~EbookFREE.me~ Based on his knowledge of Richard, if Richard knows this, It is estimated that he will be able to take someone to grab Stirling tonight.
The Clippers' starting five are all black players, and the team's 14 players have 12 black...
As a boss, Sterling is different from Richard and Cuban, who use players as brothers. He rarely meets with players. Even if they meet, they are all condescending attitudes.
He treats the player as his own employee, of course, this idea is actually correct.
Players use the boss's money to play for the team, which is essentially hired.
But if the boss treats the players with the attitude of hired employees, how can the players desperately try to win the game, regardless of whether they win or not, they all get so much salary.
Stevens now realizes that the Clippers have always been so fishy, ​​the owner Sterling is to blame, he simply does not know to respect the players.
But even if he realizes this, what can he do, he can only rotten in his stomach and walk step by step.