Vol 18 Chapter 1949: Durant's 1 day

With the two teams officially announcing the conclusion of the transaction and the official approval of the NBA, Sun Ce watched the real deal, and couldn't stop complaining about the Kings selling their strongest players again...
Although the deal was sudden, there was no wind before, and the Pelicans double champion did not even appear in the trade rumors, but Sun Ce felt not surprised at all about the operation of the Kings.
Drafting, trading, coach selection... The Kings have not been normal since they changed their bosses.
The current general manager of the Kings is called Vlad Divac. His greatest career achievement was the replacement of Kobe Bryant. In 1980, he was only 12 years old and entered the League of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and played in the Yugoslav Super Cup. To show up and analyze from another perspective, this means that Divac has not studied well after he is 12 years old.
Sun Ce checked Divac's operations after becoming the general manager of the Kings last season...stifling!
Sun Ce thought for a while before he thought of a better word to describe Divac's operation as the general manager-whatever he wants.
Inquired from Bill Duffy, it is said that the Kings really regard Julius Randall as an enhanced version of Randolph. For this, Sun Ce praised the general manager of the Kings.
Although he is not familiar, Randle is a player from his own agency. The person who asked the Kings to sign Randolph to guide Cousins ​​is Bill Duffy. Although his grandson is a shareholder, He can't control what the brokerage company wants to do, as long as it does not affect his interests, it is not a violation of the agreement.
Sun Ce sighed that those team managements with low abilities were really turned around by those agents.
"It's no wonder that Divac learned to be a magician and opened a fast food chain and almost went bankrupt. This ability is too bad..."
Sun Ce is not surprised what the Kings do. What is strange is the Pelicans.
It is true that I have never heard of any rumors about the Pelicans double champion trade before. Although the Pelicans have not produced results in recent years, the media and experts are very tolerant of the Pelicans. After all, the Bulls double champions for the first time. It’s already 14-15 seasons to enter the finals. They played for 7 and 5 years respectively. Both of the Pelicans are still young, and everyone can tell that the management of the Pelicans has done Save money and keep running blindly.
However, Sun Ce discovered something from the offseason signing of the Pelicans and the small trade in the early season.
In the summer, the Pelicans signed Ty Lawson. At the beginning of the season, they used the 15-16 Julius Irving Award, which is also the NCAA Best Small Forward Award winning rookie Denzel Valentine, to trade Darren- Collison.
Looking at it this way now, the Pelicans are well prepared!
Don't have the double champion, the double tower!
Looking at the data of Anthony Davis averaging 29.2 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals, and 2.7 blocks per game, then look at the data of Cousins’ averaging 27 points, 12.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game... this Nima.
If the Lakers made the playoffs first in the Western Conference and the Pelicans had a chance to make it to eighth in the Western Conference, the first round would be worth seeing.
Looking at the two people on paper, really... Sun Ce really doesn't know why the Pelicans wanted such an inside combination. Did their boss still use this against the Lakers Twin Towers 7 years ago?
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Just when Sun Ce really didn’t understand the deal between the Pelicans and the Kings, and fans were shocked by the Pelicans’ involvement in the twin towers. Just like Sun Ce’s first reaction to the deal, the trading market in the middle of the season led the way. The fuse has been ignited.
The flame that was lit was-unexpected!
Even in this era of endless quality point guards, Irving is still the top point guard, and many teams with the right chips want him.
Top point guard, "cheap" 5 years 88 million, the transaction value should not be too high.
There are few rumors about the Pelicans double champion trade. Few teams here in Irving think they have a chance to get him. Just like Klay Thompson and Paul George are not for sale for the Grizzlies, the contract is too good. .
Anthony Davis is full of uncertainty. The three-year contract is still 2+1. God knows if it will be traded back in a season and the other party is clamoring to trade.
With Anthony’s lessons learned, the current teams’ views on such a superstar full of uncertainties are very complicated. On the one hand, any team wants to get Anthony Davis, but on the other hand, they are worried that Anthony will happen again.
And the immortal Anthony Davis is also called Anthony...
The fire for the Pelicans to form the Twin Towers ignited the teams that really determined what they wanted to fight for.
Even the unexpected trade of Irving for Cousins ​​happened. Will the star they want and have confidence in their hands suddenly lose hope?
This is hard to say!
Ever since, the original trading ideas that the teams were still testing and preparing for the mid-season, etc., after seeing the situation clearly before making decisions during the All-Star Weekend, are now starting to really work.
Hundreds of scouts in the league and hundreds of uniformed members of each team were active.
It also includes the uniform group of the Grizzlies that received the news but sour. They really don’t have any trading opportunities. It is unlikely that these two consecutive championship players will be traded. If you move Nance, it is because Nance only won one championship. He can't move, at least after this season, regardless of whether he wins the championship or not.
But they still have ideas. For example, after a certain team completes the deal, the players they get are bloated, and there are layoffs... They can pick up and miss.
Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace feels that he is weak and humble, so he can only "pick up the tatters" and feel that he is the worst general manager in the NBA.
When the situation in the league was muddled by the Pelicans and Kings, the Grizzlies started their first game of the new month with the Wizards away.
In the past four games, the Grizzlies have tried their best to integrate the newcomer Giang into the team.
It's a bit difficult. Gion can play a power forward, but he has never played a power forward of a team like the Grizzlies.
This postgraduate student in engineering, majoring in information and communication, is an otaku in private. He speaks very little, and he doesn’t say what he suffers. He suffers silently... After several games, his teammates and coaching staff realized that he had difficulty adapting. Just trying to adapt, so after coming to Washington, DC, the coaching staff chose to adjust the team rotation.
The running and bombing lineup can only be idle for the first time. The poor version of Randolph + Sanders officially returned that year, allowing Gion and David West to partner inside.
Whether the tactical positioning, lineup match... is reasonable, you can see the difference in the game.
Although the strength of the Randolph + Sanders duo is not small, it should not be underestimated! Randolph + Sanders was the starting insider combination, and David West and Gion were one of the substitute insider combinations. The key is that the main player of the Grizzlies is no stranger to this game!
In the second half of the game against the Wizards tonight, the Grizzlies sent a combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, David West and Gion.
Although the inside line is weaker than Randolph + Sanders, the outside line is stronger! The overall strength is not as good as that lineup, but definitely stronger! In 9 minutes, the Wizards played a wave of 24 to 8, and in one fell swoop the half-time difference of 13 points was opened to 29 points, and the Wizards directly raised the white flag!
In the end, the Grizzlies slaughtered the Washington Guards 117 to 90, raising their record to 15 wins and 6 losses.
Little Nance changed Gion...not to mention the future, for the moment, this deal has greatly strengthened their Grizzlies' internal comprehensiveness!
As for the running and bombing lineup temporarily idle, there is no way. Little Nance is just suitable for running and bombing. Compared with Jordan, Stoudemire, Richard Jefferson...and others, he is far behind. The weakening brought about by leaving is far less than the strengthening brought about by Gion.
In this game Aldridge did not play in turns, and Yi Jianlian and Gobert did not increase their playing time as a result. Coach Hollins, after discovering that there was indeed an improvement, allowed Gion to play longer. To be precise, he still tried in the first half. A variety of combinations were used, and the most likely successful combination was determined after the intermission.
In 29 minutes, he scored 12 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks. This playing time is definitely not so much playing time for Gion, but it is almost the middle of the season. Based on the injury situation of the two consecutive defending champions, Based on the injury assessment of the team doctor and the trainer, the coaching staff has two options, one is to reduce playing time, the other is a rotation, and coach Hollins chooses a rotation.
Let a player who usually plays 30 minutes play 20 minutes... Not to mention the impact on the data, it will also make the player get used to putting more physical energy in 20 minutes. The effect of reducing injuries and reducing fatigue is actually not that great. It may be It has an effect on reducing injuries, but it does not have much effect on fatigue.
It's better to simply take a rotation. The players are happy and the data won't drop much. Although they don't care about the data when playing for the Grizzlies, it is better to drop a little less, and take money while resting...
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After playing against the Wizards, the Grizzlies came to Philadelphia to play the 76ers.
Aldridge takes two consecutive rounds and his injury risk is the highest on the Grizzlies team. The next few games will definitely let Gion try more possibilities.
Evans averaged 28.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game this season, hitting the peak of his career, but he can only support the 76ers in the playoffs. After Gasol left, 76 The team is really empty.
The fans find it strange that the 76ers, the big city, and there are superstars, why is no one coming?
Sun Ce also found it strange, but he checked it out during the break. Whether it was in the Barkley period, the Julius Owen period, or even the Iverson period, the 76ers were all superstars running, and superstars rarely joined. Circumstances, it was finally difficult to trade back a Moses-Malone, but it didn't take long to win the championship.
As for the reason, Sun Ce didn’t find out, but the more so, the more Sun Ce thinks there is something wrong with the 76ers...
This Sun Ce couldn't manage, he was just curious, shook his head and plunged into the game.
In terms of an anti-trend team, the Warriors are not the first one. The first is the Grizzlies. As long as they have a chance, the Grizzlies will be inside. When Gasol was there last year, the 76ers The inside line is still barely able to contend with the Grizzlies. Now, Aldridge is taking a break, and the Grizzlies' inside line is also crushing the 76ers, and Sun Ce ran to the low post and sat down.
In this game, the Grizzlies had a good outside shooting touch. Klay Thompson scored 3 three-pointers, Sun Ce scored 4 three-pointers, Paul George and Brogdon each scored two three-pointers, Carter and Yi Jianlian also had their own. One.
Perimeter shots through opponents can make the cut-in players feel comfortable, and conversely, if the inside is drilled through, it can also make outside shots comfortable.
Relying on the team's 13 three-pointers and 31 points on the inside, the Grizzlies have blossomed more inside and outside, even if the 76ers' Evans scored 35 points, it will not help.
109 to 95, the Grizzlies undertook the 76ers, and won three consecutive victories in the last three games of four consecutive away games, ending this wave of consecutive road trips.
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After 4 consecutive games, the Grizzlies once again started a two-week alternate home and away game. The opponents in the playoffs include the Spurs, Thunder, Raptors, Hornets, and Jazz. The other four opponents are the Timberwolves, Magic, Bucks, and Pistons.
There are too many teams competing in the playoffs, but they are not very strong. After this wave of consecutive home and away games, it will be the mid-season. Coach Hollins, in accordance with the plan at the beginning of the season, is in this four consecutive away games. After the end, the official rotation plan was started.
Unlike previous seasons, this time Klay Thompson also entered the rotation ranks, because Klay Thompson has suffered two injuries this season. Although it is not serious, it did not affect the appearance, but only after the two sprains. In the next two games, playing time was reduced, and the defensive end changed from chasing defense to supplementary defense, but it does require attention.
But Klay Thompson just didn't play back-to-back for the second game, and overall it had little effect.
In addition, Yi Jianlian’s regular season playing time has also begun to be strictly controlled. The team did not hesitate to make decisive shots when they had a chance to get Giang, just to reduce Yi Jianlian’s playing time. This season, Yi Jianlian’s cut-in play has also been restricted. He rushed in to make up for deductions like in previous years. He participated in all the past four championship trips of the Grizzlies, although because the play is purely role player play, it consumes no Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Tony Allen. So big, but also pay attention.
As the head coach of two consecutive defending champions, Coach Hollins has maximized his strongest ability, that is, the ability to adjust rotations. While increasing the rotation and reducing the playing time of old players, he must also take into account the decline in the strength of the team. Not so serious, if his hair grows again, it is estimated that he will become bald again.
In these 9 games, the Grizzlies scored 9 wins and 2 losses. The game the Grizzlies lost was not the five teams competing in the playoffs. Playing against those 5 opponents, the Grizzlies did not take turns. , Although Westbrook scored 29 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists when playing the Thunder, Sun Ce also got the fourth triple-double of the season, with 18 points, 17 rebounds, 15 assists and 3 times 15 super. Strong data, won the 6th time in the regular season of his career, 3 times 15; the two opponents of the Spurs and the Jazz, the Grizzlies won with the team's cooperation; it was very difficult to play the Hornets, half The Grizzlies only scored 31 points, outside shots went out of the sky, and only 23 points in the third quarter. However, the fourth quarter felt warmer, and they scored 31 points in a single quarter, 31 to 19 in a single quarter. , Also took advantage of the overtake score and narrowly defeated the Hornets 85-79; Sun Ce worked hard when playing the Raptors, with 55 points in a single game, winning the fourth single game of 40+ and the second single game of 50+ this season.
The Grizzlies have won these games, losing to two of the four non-playoff contenders, the Pistons and the Magic.
The reason for the loss was the inside line. Aldridge did not play in these 4 games. When facing Drummond, Drummond scored 18 points and 30 rebounds, including 9 offensive rebounds. The Grizzlies did this. The edge was snatched through; the loss to the Magic was defeated by Embiid, who had become more glamorous, and Vucevic, who had an average of 19+12 per game.
Embiid's performance made Sun Ce feel a bit more powerful. The low dominance is not good. Compared with Yao Ming and O'Neal 10 years ago, he is one Cousins, but he has all-round skills! And Gobert and Gion are both skinny.
After this wave of consecutive home and away games, the Grizzlies' record has become 23 wins and 8 losses, surpassing the lackluster Trail Blazers during this period and reaching third in the West.
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On December 17, after the two-week game with the Timberwolves, Sun Ce returned to Memphis with the team.
After arriving home, Sun Ce first took a shower, then changed into T-shirts and shorts, and turned on the heating...This old house that was bought and remodeled was finally refitted before this winter. In the United States, a country with extremely serious waste of resources , Even if Sun Ce uses natural gas for heating 24 hours a day, no one will say anything.
Holding Xiaofang who climbed onto his lap and collapsed in his arms and started taking a nap, Sun Ce used the tablet to scan the team manual that has now been changed to an electronic version.
The biggest advantage of changing to the electronic version is that it can be updated in real time.
In the previous paper version, if you want to get the latest detailed report of the team, you have to go to the person in charge of the data room to get it, because not every player cares about the detailed matters of the team or not every player needs to care about these things. , The role players do what they can do, and the spiritual leader is also responsible for communicating with teammates, helping young teammates to solve their puzzles or guiding young teammates...
So in the past, there were usually three-stage team manuals at the beginning of the new season, after the All-Star weekend, and before the start of the playoffs.
Usually real-time updates are too wasteful.
Now the team has equipped each player with a tablet, and the player account can be used to learn the details of their own team through customized software.
After the first 31 games, Sun Ce knew that the next start would be the middle of last season.
In the past 9 games, Sun Ce completed two temporary events, got a C-level draw card and a B-level draw card, and also saved 3 individual energy potions. The S-level event last season was difficult, but In the new season, it will definitely play an important role. Just like now, physical stamina can be used whenever you want, and you don’t need to calculate when to use it because you cannot store energy.
However, there was also a failure, in which a special card of Sun Ce was deducted-the passer of the sewer.
The failure event was the failure of the Magic team.
Looking back at the 31 games before the season, Sun Ce learned that among these opponents, there are not many really powerful opponents. This allows the Grizzlies to make adjustments at the beginning of the season and their strength fluctuates. They can still have 23 wins and 8 One of the reasons for the negative record.
To keep the basic play style unchanged and to create a new combination, the Grizzlies coaching staff and players are working hard, coupled with the great schedule, the progress of running-in and adjustment is very fast, and the winning rate is gradually rising.
And this is also the first game of Aldridge's injury at the beginning of the new season, and after his return, he started the rotation without playing back-to-back, and now it has gradually become a playoffs-based team and a non-playoffs-based team. Selective appearances; Klay Thompson recently started not playing back-to-back in the second game... It is not easy to complete on these foundations.
But the easy schedule is now over. The first 31 games are easy, which means that there will be a lot of matches against strong teams in the next 51 games!
No, after returning to the home court, the Grizzlies will usher in a brutal three consecutive home games, playing the Clippers on the 19th, playing the Bulls on the 21st, and then playing the Warriors on the Christmas season.
However, this brutality is the evaluation of the media after the league announced the schedule in mid-September.
At that time, the Clippers were blown to the sky, and the Warriors were also regarded as Sun Ce’s "fateful opponents." As a result, the Clippers were tepid and the Warriors had a terrible start. They only gradually returned to normal performance after December. It has now reached fifth in the Western Conference, but since the Lakers and Suns are the top two in the Western Conference, the Grizzlies and Trail Blazers are the first in the division. The Warriors cannot make the top four in the Western Conference unless their record surpasses the Suns.
Sun Ce has been paying attention to the Warriors. The Warriors' record recovery is not because of how well their new tactics are running in, but because Steve Kerr finally gave up his offseason plan from a "perfect" perspective. Similar to the Spurs' tactics that maximize the abilities of role players.
This tactic, which weakened the importance of stars and paid attention to role players ignorantly, ultimately failed.
After Sun Ce and the Warriors played against each other once, he understood that that would not work. The Spurs’ Spurs system is said to give full play to the full strength of role players and to show the characteristics of role players to the fullest, but the foundation is the troika and the core Duncan.
There is no system that can succeed, and no one can bypass the stars. The Warriors are not short of stars. Sun Ce really doesn't know what Steve Kerr is thinking.
At present, the Lakers are ranked first in the Western Conference with 26 wins and 5 losses. In the Eastern Conference, the Celtics and Bulls are vying for first place in the Western Conference.
The Lakers, Celtics, and Bulls, the three teams with the top three championships in NBA history, are fighting fiercely for the regular season championship. This is a rare scene. The Celtics and the Lakers The peaks often overlap. Although the eight consecutive championships and eight consecutive years have passed for decades, people will immediately come up with two names-Russell and Baylor.
But the Bulls peaked in two periods, Jordan's two dynasties, and the current double champion period.
Celtics coach Stevens and Lakers coach Vogel, these two coaches who are about the same age as Duncan have become famous this season.
Sun Ce ignored this for the first time in three years. He played 31 games for the first time in three years and lost 8 games. It was okay when he played the games. It was enough to go all out in each game, but he was always a little impatient on the rest day.
Putting the game aside, Sun Ce played a game with the pregnant Zugo for an afternoon, putting those things aside, going to bed early tonight, and preparing for the game with the Clippers tomorrow.
Sun Ce also pays attention to the Clippers’ performance this season. Generally speaking, they are tepid, good and not particularly good, and not bad. It seems that the goal is only to overtake the Thunder. They win when they play against the Thunder. The losses are mixed, but the Clippers have always had a better record than the Thunder.
Sun Ce and Rolle Deng analyzed the Clippers when chatting, and concluded that the Clippers’ goals are not clear...or that the Clippers don’t seem to have any specific performance goals this season, and they have no experience to dig for cooperation. The potential of the player is to develop the potential of the players. Even the head coach is not the kind of head coach who can make achievements, but the head coach Maurice Cheeks who is famous for training players. He leads the team with the best record. The year was the rookie coach’s season with 50 wins, and the season before that season, the Trail Blazers had just reached the Western Conference Finals and had a strong team. Once he left, he began to tap Rashid Wallace’s defensive potential. There may be some thoughts, but the record suddenly became tepid.
The situation is similar to the training of Iguodala later. The 76ers had a poor lineup the previous year and could enter the playoffs with the seventh in the Eastern Conference. In the second year, he began to focus on training Iguodala. Cultivated, but the ranking fell to ninth in the East.
Maurice Cheeks is very good at cultivating second bosses. Whether it is the Tianzun next to Ben Wallace or Iguodala, the league’s top second boss, they were all trained by Morris Cheeks. .
The Clippers, Russell, Wiggins, Durant, Jokic, Hilde...the talent has overflowed, mainly because of Durant’s plug-and-play all-league stability One of the best superstars, no matter how much Maurice Cheeks toss, the Clippers' performance is not much worse, but it is impossible to get better, Morris Cheeks does not have that ability.
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On December 18th, the Clippers, ranked sixth in the Western Conference with 19 wins and 11 losses, came to Memphis to prepare for the game against the Grizzlies.
Until now in the new season, Durant’s heart is very heavy. It is not about the record. He sees Jokic’s talent. The team focuses on training Jokic. Durant feels that there is no problem at all. As for Jokic now His ability is not particularly strong. With a bunch of good teammates, he can only take the team to the present level. Durant can also accept it. After all, he is not a player with the core style of play. The team is not as good as Jokic.
In addition, he needs to show that he can accept the second-in-chief status. After the start of the new season, he did not say a word that he is the team leader and boss, and he did not ask for the core play.
Jokic has become more and more comfortable in leading the team as the season deepens, and his ability still needs time to improve, but if he sees improvement, he is already very good. Such a large center can lead the team into the postseason in the second year of the NBA. The ability to compete, and only 21 years old, can be said to be quite outstanding.
Durant's complex mood is due to the uncertainty of the team.
He was really worried that he was sold by the Clippers!
Recently, trading rumors have been everywhere in the league, and the Clippers, who have so many talented young players, have become one of the centers of rumors without any suspense.
But the team's attitude is intriguing. I don't know what the idea is. Is it waiting to pursue Sun Ce during the offseason or try a trade? Durant certainly hopes to be the former, but the team management is open-ended in this regard, and even some teams inquire about him, which makes him feel very uneasy.
Also, he heard that the team was pursuing Chris Paul... This made Durant's head hurt, and it seemed very different from what he thought at first.
However, there are a lot of teams pursuing Paul this year. Although the Clippers’ bargaining chips are the first echelon, the Nets, Celtics, Hornets, Magic... these teams do not lose to them. For the Clippers, Durant felt a little more settled.
After having lunch in the hotel and taking a break, Durant is going to the FedEx Arena ahead of the team. If he has the opportunity, he wants to chat with Sun Ce and explore his style.
Just when Durant turned on his phone and was about to post a chicken soup, picture, and pretending to be in his circle of friends, WOJ's Twitter he was following suddenly popped up, and WOJ has a new tweet! There are two words "Evans" and "Clippers" in the prompt, which shocked him!
I quickly clicked on it, and was relieved. It was Evans who was traded, but the word "Clippers" appeared in the ranks of "failed to compete."
The Celtics, Suns, Hornets, Magic, Pelicans... Attempts to trade Evans failed. Several of these teams are really pursuing Evans. It’s hard to say, anyway, they are all passing The team that has made rumors about the offer.
But Durant did not expect that the team that got Evans was the Nets that had been pursuing Paul!
Durant breathed a sigh of relief. Recently, no matter what transaction happened, he would watch it. Even the big data system of APP likes to push his favorite keyword "Clippers".
After a ride, Durant came to the Federal Express Arena and looked at the six big stars above the gate of the stadium. Durant was an envy. If he took the initiative to toss, maybe the Grizzlies could get it. He, then Aldridge is not the one "picking the bargain".
Just when Durant was going to the stadium to talk to Sun Ce, his cell phone rang. It was a call from the team's general manager, former team assistant, and former Nets coach Lawrence Frank.
Durant's heart burst again! Call him at this time... Could it be that he was notified that he was traded?
Now Durant is like a bird of fright, there is no way, since the deal between Irving and Cousins, ~EbookFREE.me~ has too many trade rumors, and many teams really have substantial operations.
Durant shook his hands when he answered the phone, and asked, "Lawrence, what's the matter?"
"Kevin, there is a news to let you know..."
Durant listened to the phone with a tone that seemed unbearable, as if he heard his own heartbreaking voice, took a deep breath, and asked with a trembling tone: "If you have something to say, I can accept it."
Although very worried, when it really happened, Durant's first reaction was not to be furious, but to hear what happened.
Lawrence Frante sighed into Durant's ears, and then Lawrence Frank said in a heavy tone: "Kevin, this matter has not been discussed with you in advance. I'm really sorry, you go back to the hotel and prepare. Go to the airport..."
At this moment Durant was really about to cry. He thought about how angry he would be if he was sold by the Clippers, but when he really knew he was traded, in addition to feeling humiliated, he wanted to cry more! In the offseason, he made so much determination and accumulated so much courage to come to the Clippers a year earlier...
Just when Durant was about to respond, but the whole person was down and his head was dizzy, and his mouth, which seemed to be blurred before his eyes, seemed to be unable to open, the voice on the other end of the phone continued: " Ready to pick up Stephen... Yes, it’s Curry. I’m sorry we didn’t discuss with you in advance about trading Curry with young players."
"Oh... ah? Lawrence, are you kidding me!"
Durant had already ran away from the three souls, listening to the successful laughter from the opposite side, Durant was not angry at all, but jumped up with excitement!
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