Chapter 233: distressed

On June 26, it started to rain in New York. Due to the influence of two strong warm currents, this metropolis located in high latitudes has the same hot and humid climate in summer with heavy rains. The rain washed away the heat and dust brought by the city's operation for a day, and brought freshness that is rare in summer. People who have been busy all day began to finish their work in the evening and leave the unit to return to their residence.
And Danny Angie was standing in front of the glass window of the small dining room on the 18th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in New York at this time, watching the pouring rain outside in a daze.
Five hours ago, Celtic boss Gross Pike met here with Timberwolves boss Taylor. The two exchanged views on the Garnett deal and reached some consensus to a certain extent. As the president of the team, Angie, of course, the so-called consensus is that the success of the transaction is still two Pacific Oceans away. The meeting between the bosses only means that this transaction can be put on the surface to discuss the terms.
Of course, this is already a great progress for Angie + + + novel + 3. + +. Originally, after the meeting with McHale, he thought that once the Timberwolves reinforcement deal was completed, the Celtics would have no hope. The peak circuit turned so out. That night, McHale called Angie, hoping to raise the level of trade talks between the two teams from general manager level to boss level.
So on this day, Angie arranged the meeting between Grosspark and Taylor.
This is also the first time Gross Parker has truly participated in the team's draft and trade since he became the owner. Before that, he trusted Angie extremely and handed everything to Angie. Now faced with such a major deal that may require the team to pay a lot of money, Gross Parker wants to personally participate in it and see if this complicated big deal is completed.
However, if you are personally involved, in the end all the details, decisions, and operations still have to be played by Anji. The two bosses chatted at the dining table for an hour and a half, talking and laughing, but in the end there was no substantial result.
Therefore, at this moment, Angie misses Fox Leon especially. When such rumors were flying all over the sky and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false, Anji especially hoped that this guy with the sharp eyes of a bald eagle could sit next to him and give him a reminder.
Although the two people often carried each other up and dismantled the stage on weekdays, at this moment, Anji looked around and only Leon was the most reliable assistant. The completion of this transaction requires many achievements. Angie can be sure that the recent rumors that secretly benefit the transaction must have been released by Leon through his influence in the New York media. To be honest, if these rumors flow out of Boston, it would be too easy to be seen, but New York media is mixed with many sources of news, which is a good place to fish in troubled waters.
Angie had to admire that Leon had the foresight and gave up to please the old guys in Boston, and chose to cultivate his influence in New York, the nation's largest sports media city.
Therefore, he especially needs Leon to clarify his thoughts and make a good kick in this somewhat chaotic situation.
There are a lot of trading rumors in the NBA, most of which look beautiful, but in the end they are difficult to form. In fact, most of the transactions that have been rumored are close to completion, and many transaction plans are directly strangled in the line of the general manager. But most of the deals that were close to taking shape were killed on the doorstep, aborted because of some seemingly trivial details. It may be a physical examination, it may be a sentence from a star, it may be a link, it may be a piece of news.
In short, the next few hours will determine the fate of the Celtics in the 2003-2004 season, and even the fate of the Celtics for several seasons.
But when Angie needed Leon so much, and Angie heard that Leon had fallen to New York, there was no news of Leon at all for two days. Leon's always answered, and later he gave Khomeinis, Leon seemed to change the number for this draft. After that, he went to Cowens and even Wj, and there was no way to contact Leon. He seemed to have evaporated, so he seemed to be able to disentangle all the rumors.
In addition to these two rumors, more than one team has also made trade offers to the Timberwolves, including Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, etc., but Angie can tell at a glance that these teams are all coming. Raising the price, none of them can give such a generous bargaining chip like the Celtics, nor do they want the Celtics to pave the way for so long, just to get Garnett.
Since Leon does not appear, Angie needs to think about many things. Standing in front of the glass window and looking at the big fish, Angie calculated in his mind, aside from the difficulties caused by the NBA's complex transaction process, there are currently several unstable factors or difficulties in this transaction.
First, the Timberwolves’ asking price. At present, the Timberwolves have not officially given an offer, but from McHale’s tone, they are likely to want Antoine Walker and Gilbert Arenas plus the team’s No. 2 pick, maybe With a certain addition, this can almost be the starting point for an NBA team. An Ji would certainly not agree to such a large price.
However, An Ji also, in dealing with this, selling houses will always raise the bottom line of his own interests, and he can definitely talk about it in the future. He is not particularly worried about this.
The second point lies in the internal opinions of the Celtics. Until now, there is still a second voice within the Celtics. They think that arrogant players like Garnett are not suitable for the Celtics. They need one by one. A pure green-blooded player who was selected by the Celtics from the beginning and grown up by the Celtics culture. Because Crosspark is not the only boss, the entire shareholder group is now very divided.
If the Timberwolves finally agreed to the transaction, but the Celtics rejected the transaction, it would be a joke.
The third and very important point is the protagonist of the transaction, Kevin Garnett's intentions. Since the beginning of the offseason, Garnett has been involved in trading rumors, but he has never made any remarks or statements. Instead, he is on vacation in his hometown of South Carolina, and everything about him is his The broker and the exposed.
There is no doubt that Garnett's inner thoughts are the most important thing, and this is also the thing that Angie is the least able to figure out now.
The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier. There was still an hour and a half before the start of the draft, and Anji was about to set off.
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At this time, several hundred miles away in South Carolina Molding, Kevin Garnett is in his home villa. The small town of Molding in the evening has a unique charm. This is Garnett’s day. Favorite time period. Because he still remembers that when he was in high school, he would play on a small court near his home park during the holidays, and in the evening, the old man of the park would chase him with a broom. And he will pretend to leave, and then sneak back to the court sneakily, taking advantage of the afterglow of the evening to complete shots again and again.
Now, there is an independent basketball court in his courtyard with a solid carbon basket, plastic floor and excellent drainage system, but this also allows him to regain the feeling of playing secretly in a small park until sunset.
He has grown up. He is 27 years old. He will receive 28 million in salary next season and become the highest paid person in the entire NBA season. He is the richest player in the league and a successful businessman. Many people love him. A few people hate him. He loves basketball, Minnesota, and Timberwolves. He is a man of great sentiment. He has thought about it more than once to spill all his blood on the ice and snow of Minnesota until the ice and snow there melts and brings them a championship. .
But it's been 8 years, no progress.
Garnett looked at the slowly setting sun, thinking about the recent trading rumors, and the news from Andy Miller, and the man in Boston who had made persistent statements that he wanted him. He, who was originally as firm as steel, was shaken in his heart.
He also fell into distress, that kind of violent contradiction.
"Finals..." A word flashed in Garnett's heart~EbookFREE.me~ The Boston Celtics reached the finals this season, and just two years ago, in the All-Star Game, He said that he wanted to fight for him with the qualifications for the championship. He laughed at it at the time, and now he has achieved it.
Nothing makes a man feel more moved and admired than a promise made.
The sun has completely gone down, and Garnett got up from the balcony chair. He decided to watch TV at night and watch the draft. At this time, the wife Brandi downstairs shouted to Kevin! Here comes yours! "
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(To be continued.)
Chapter 233 Distress
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