Bishop of the Devil

"Angie, please make a sincere offer. I don't think your offer is sincere." Richard leaned on the chair and looked at Danny Anji with a smile.

"In addition to this Nets pick, we are also willing to give us Green Kai's own first-round pick, how about it?" Danny Ainge asked with a frown.

The quotation he just gave was actually meant to test Richard.

Nowadays, Rondo's problem is very difficult to solve. I am afraid that only Richard in the current league can ignore Rondo's thorny problem and can suppress Rondo.

Therefore, Richard inherently had a great deal of initiative in this transaction, and Anji had no choice but to continuously increase his bargaining chips.

Greencap's first-round pick this year is the 16th pick. Richard smacked his lips. The 16th pick was very embarrassing. He couldn't select Giannis Antetokounmpo with the 15th pick.

But Richard also knows that adding this first-round pick to Anji is already his bottom line.

If he continues to ask for a price, Anji will probably not be able to agree.

In this transaction itself, if Rondo's thorn problem is not considered, Green Kai's blood loss will actually be lost.

But now they had to solve Rondo's problem, so they had to do a lot of bloodletting, took out two first-round picks, and then made a deal with Richard.

"Well, for Stevens' sake, I agree to this deal." Richard nodded and said with a smile.

Hearing that Richard agreed, Angie and Stevens breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, the plague god Rondo is sent away...

Rondo certainly has the strength, but the problem is that he likes to cause trouble, and there is no one in the Green Kai team who can suppress him...

Now that the Green Keys have acquired Horford and Thomas Jr., plus they still have a lot of future draft picks on hand, they can finally rebuild.

Greencap sent out Rajon Rondo, Terry to the Jets, the 2013 first-round pick No. 7 and the first-round No. 16 pick in exchange for Al Horford and Thomas Jr. from the Clippers.

Although the two teams have not made an official announcement yet, many people in the outside world learned about the news through the grapevine, and no one said who lost and who gained between the two teams.

Looking at the books, there is no doubt that Green Kai suffered a loss, but they got rid of Rondo's big contract through this deal, and also introduced the Western Conference finals center Horford, which does not seem to be a loss.

As for the Clippers, it seems they made a profit, but many people still don't understand why Richard wanted to sell Horford.

Is he planning to let Ben or Brad Miller play the starting center next season? This is obviously an impossible question.

Ben is already old, no one can deny this. Although his condition on the field is still good, it is okay to keep the playing time within twenty minutes. Once this time is exceeded, the efficiency will collapse.

As for Miller, it's anyone's guess whether he will retire this season or not.

In this case, Richard sold Horford, which was obviously an extremely risky move.

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After the deal was completed, Richard received a call from Jazz head coach Tyrone Corbin.

The Jazz actually wanted to trade with Richard. They wanted to use the 14th pick in their hands to replace the 27th pick in Richard's hand, and help each other select players in the draft.

If there are no additional conditions, the Jazz's deal is undoubtedly a gift of warmth. The 14th pick is exchanged for the 27th pick. If it is not a gift of warmth, it is nothing else.

Although Richard's relationship with Jazz has turned into friendship in the past two years, it is not good enough for Jazz to send him warmth.

In addition to the 27th overall pick, the Jazz also want the 27th overall pick in the second round that the Clippers have.

Because there is no decent player in the second round this year, under normal circumstances, Richard would not be unable to agree to this deal. Anyway, it doesn't seem like he will suffer a loss.

However, the Jazz's trade request reminded Richard of something. He had ignored this matter in his previous plan to use the 27th pick to pick Gobert.

Under normal circumstances, Gobert was selected by the Nuggets with the 27th overall pick, and then the Nuggets made a deal with the Jazz and sent Gobert to the Jazz.

The Spurs actually also took a fancy to Gobert, but they only had the 28th overall pick. As a result, Gobert was directly intercepted by the Nuggets, or to be precise, by the Jazz.

Now the Spurs are ranked fourth in the Western Conference, and the draft pick in hand is the 23rd pick in the first round. Anyway, it will definitely be difficult for the Nuggets to intercept the Spurs.

The Jazz probably still don't know what the Spurs think about Gobert. They think that the 27th overall pick is enough to pick Gobert, so they came to the Clippers to make this deal so that their picks can maximize the benefits. change.

Richard is feeling a little sore now. Should he do this deal with the Jazz?

If not, the 27th overall pick in Richard's hand will be completely wasted.

Because the Spurs are ahead, Gobert will not fall to the 27th pick no matter what...

And if he makes a deal with the Jazz, then when he uses the pick given by the Jazz to sign Gobert in the draft, the Jazz management will probably be furious.

After all, their original target was Gobert. Now that Richard used their draft pick to select Gobert, they would be surprised if they don't explode with anger.

This is very uncomfortable. Richard frowned. Doesn't this force him to offend others?

He also doesn’t understand why so many teams are concerned about Gobert. Logically speaking, Gobert’s performance in the Ligue 1 is not outstanding. He averages about 8 points and 5 rebounds per game, which is not worth mentioning at all. carry.

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The current situation is that if Richard does not agree to the Jazz, it is estimated that the Jazz will find a team with the 26th or 25th pick to trade.

In this way, the Spurs can easily get Gobert.

This is definitely a scene that Richard doesn't want to see. The Spurs have obtained a trident lineup in the backcourt in the past two years. If they give him another inside shot, Gobert, then Richard will be fooled.

Although Stern and Xiao Hua had previously promised to win less championships and have more suspense, Richard knew very well that if Gobert was taken away by the Spurs, the Clippers would no longer be a problem of less championships, but whether they could win more championships. The problem of not being able to win the championship may be that the Spurs will suppress the Clippers for at least the next four years.

Therefore, if Richard doesn't want the Spurs to get Gobert, he must agree to the Jazz's deal.

But if he agrees, then Richard will probably offend a wave of knights again...

Or tell the Jazz directly that the Spurs are interested in Gobert, let them not proceed with the deal, and directly select Gobert with their 14th pick?

If you do this, not to mention whether the Jazz will believe it, even if they believe it, if Richard does this, if someone finds out about it, he will offend the Spurs again.

To offend the Spurs? Or offend Sir? This is a problem……

"God is forcing me to be a bad person..." Richard sighed speechlessly.

"Corbin, I agree to your trade application. When the draft comes, tell me the candidate you want?" Richard called back the Jazz coach...

Corbin is a little happy. With this extra second-round pick, they also have their favorite player. Originally, one 14th overall pick could only select one player, but now it has been replaced with two picks, allowing them to select two favorite players. , this transaction was profitable.