Bishop of the Devil

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Washington, the center of American politics!

The general manager's office inside the Verizon Center!

"That damn Richard! He's a madman!"

"We must not agree to his request. This lunatic should be burned on the stake!"

"Not a first-round pick?! Must be a lottery pick?! God, this greedy madman!"

"Even if we want to agree to that madman, we can't. If it's just the first round pick, then it's okay to say that we still have the 22nd pick in the lottery, a lottery pick?! We still want it ourselves!"

Half an hour after Carlisle made the call, the Bullets management was summoned to the general manager's office to discuss countermeasures overnight!

They really want to fly Strickland, a top point guard and two top insiders. This is definitely a dream combination. The Bullets management will drool just thinking about it...

But the damn Richard they were talking about actually made an offer that made them stare blankly...

"Okay, guys! Calm down. This meeting tonight is not just for calling Richard crazy. We have more important things to do!"

"That's how to take down Strickland!" Bullets general manager Ernie motioned for everyone to calm down.

"Ernie, it's hard for us to provide this offer from Richard!"

"Richard is opening his mouth like a lion..."

Just after saying this, the executive may have felt that what he said was a bit wrong, so he shut his mouth directly...

The Lions opening their mouths really doesn't count. Strickland can be considered an All-Star player, but what about Rasheed Wallace, who is also the subject of the transaction?

Although he seems to have potential, after all, he only averages 10+5 per game. Who knows where his ultimate potential is? !

What if the ultimate potential is 11+6?

Rasheed Wallace, at least until now, has not proven that he has All-Star potential!

The lottery ticket is indeed of high value, but this thing is completely in the nature of buying a lottery ticket. Otherwise, it would not be called a lottery, which itself means lottery...

It is true that there are many situations where you win the lottery, but it is even more common that you lose all your money!

Not to mention anything else, in a big draft year like 1996 alone, several teams lost everything on their lottery picks...

Another example is last season's draft. After one season, the performance of the first few picks was pretty good, but the performance of the rookies from the eighth to the 13th picks, except for Barry, who averaged 10.2 points per game. No one else can score in double figures, and there are even some who average three or four points per game...

The key point is that Richard is not licking his face now and insists on getting the top five or top three lottery picks, as long as it is a lottery pick!

So no matter which way you look at it, the bargaining chip requested by Richard is definitely not a lion's mouth!

"Well, just complaining won't solve any problems!"

"We are determined to win Strickland. Only the Trail Blazers in the league are willing to let go of such a top point guard. We can only trade with them, but the Trail Blazers have more choices. Strickland will definitely It won’t fail to sell!”

Ernie said very calmly.

The scene calmed down, and the Bullets' executives also realized what Ernie said, that is, the Bullets had no choice, but the Trail Blazers had a way out!

In this trade negotiation, the Bullets fell into a passive position from the beginning!

"We don't have the lottery pick that Richard requested, but we can exchange it. If that doesn't work, we can recruit a team that has the lottery pick and conduct a three-way trade with the Trail Blazers!"

"Anyway, we have to get Strickland!"

"Lynham, you are responsible for contacting the teams that hold the lottery picks and see who is willing to hand over the lottery picks in their hands!"

"If it doesn't work, Parker can be put on the shelves!"

"By the way, try to contact the teams with the tenth pick and above as much as possible. The top ten picks will definitely make us hemorrhage!"

Finally, Ernie set the tone of the meeting, and the management staff under him got busy!

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And Richard will not be idle next time...

The first thing is the rookie trial.

Although Richard feels that he doesn't need to try out the players at all, he still has to go through the procedures. He can't not try out every player. When the time comes to recruit a group of people in the draft, it really doesn't make sense... …

But Richard doesn’t have to worry too much about this job, just leave it to Stevens!

The role played by Stevens now is roughly equivalent to that of Brownie before. Most of what he does is low-level work...

Selecting and notifying rookies to try out is a job that suits Stevens just fine.

In addition to the trial training, trading a pick with the top five picks in the second round is a top priority. Richard has asked Stevens to contact several teams that hold suitable picks. !

Among the five teams with the top five picks in the second round, the Philadelphia 76ers rejected Richard's trade request without saying a word!

Not even a chance to negotiate...

The 76ers rebuild every day and every year. They regard draft picks as their fate. It is undoubtedly very difficult to get the first pick of the second round from them, which is almost equivalent to the first round pick.

As for the Bucks, Richard simply didn't ask Carlisle to contact him. This team had made Richard so disgusted that he didn't want to talk to him at all...

The remaining Raptors, Grizzlies and Timberwolves said they can talk. After all, they also know about second-round picks. If they want to select a strong player, they definitely need to be lucky...

The offer made by the Raptors was for the Trail Blazers to take out James Robinson, and then the Raptors would send the second overall pick in the second round plus Ace Earl with an annual salary of $1.04 million...

It just so happens that James Robinson's current annual salary is also over one million, which is a trade balance.

It seems to be a very good deal, which is more beneficial to the Trail Blazers. After the two parties exchanged a player with an annual salary of one million, the Trail Blazers also received a high second-round draft pick...

But such an offer was directly rejected by Richard!

Because this is a losing deal!

In Richard's memory, James Robinson will be the subject of the transaction in exchange for a quasi-All-Star player for the Trail Blazers!

Robinson himself is extremely young. He was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 23rd overall pick in the first round in 1993. Although he never got many performance opportunities, his statistics and on-court performance were good.

Considered a newcomer with good potential!

But Asi Earl's strength is in a mess. If he is traded, Earl will never get a minute of playing time in the Trail Blazers lineup...

Therefore, such a transaction will definitely be a loss for the Blazers in the end...

Of course, it cannot be said that it is a loss, it should be said that it has not maximized benefits!

After all, that second-round draft pick is very likely to bring Richard a big-money franchise, and it is impossible to lose money no matter how you calculate it!