NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 48: The card master is addicted to gambling! Exchange draws in the first round!

Listening to the tone of defense over there, Jiang Chao clicked his tongue:

"I also want to ask you, where do you get the courage to show off like this?"

"Hahahahaha, you are also very pretentious, and you turned a blind eye to me!"

Bird realized in the next second that they were the same kind of people. The king of pressure meets the king of pressure. No wonder the media wrote that Jiang Chao was always arrogant, but his mouth was just fine.

What matters is whether you can really do it?

The most awesome thing about King Bi is that when he does so many things, he doesn’t really say what he says. His private diligence exceeds everyone’s imagination.

"I beg you that the Pacers will make the playoffs next season. Let's have a showdown. I beg you to kick the Knicks' butt in front of me."

"Okay, let's see if I am better or your general manager is better. There is no basketball president better than me on this earth."

The two telephones, thousands of miles apart, seemed to smell like gunpowder. Master and disciple Hayward shivered in the distance.

Is this the Hoosier Civil War?

Don't take me with you if you are bragging.

You are the boss and can be the hands-off shopkeeper. The pressure is all on me.

"But, can you make it to the playoffs?"

Bird narrowed his eyes with disdain on his face.

Ahem....

The students at Butler University couldn't hold back their laughter. Indeed, the Knicks have been so bad in the 21st century that they can immediately enter the playoffs if they change their owners?

Who can't brag? There's no need to take responsibility.

But Jiang Chao's next words made Bird's expression change instantly, and he took his cell phone and went to the sports car to make a call.

Hayward: Meow meow meow, this is my cell phone...

"Well, let's make a bet too."

I go?

Familiar feeling.

The young marshal was stunned for a moment, this scene seemed familiar!

Bet again???

Jiang Chao blinked.

At this moment, he transformed into a card master, and his gambling addiction relapsed.

Last night there was still a great fight between Carlisle and the young marshal.

I'll do it myself today.

"Bet? I like it. What to bet on?"

"Compared with who ranks higher in the Eastern Conference next season."

"No problem, I'll make the bet."

"It's up to you." Every word they said was like fighting with gods, every word was a trap.

Jiang Chao felt that he was bound to win, but Bird, an old fox, was already preparing to trick Jiang Chao.

"Let's record a sound together."

Bird seemed to be afraid that Jiang Chao would regret it, so he first picked up his cell phone to record.

Jiang Chao motioned to Stevens to also press the record button.

Play for real!

Stevens made a bet himself last night, but he didn't expect Jiang Chao to make a similar bet, and the bet between them must be huge.

"How about just betting on the right to swap first-round picks next season?"

Bird lit a cigar in the car and smoked it leisurely.

hehe.

guessed.

Jiang Chao knew that the old fox Bird was going to say this.

The first-round swap right actually means literally. A team with a good record in the second year can choose to swap first-round picks with a team with a poor record. Then it is very likely to switch from a late first-round pick to a lottery pick.

This is usually incidental to player transactions, and can be considered a gambling transaction between teams, and generally does not occur.

But this kind of pure exchange is unheard of.

It's like betting on their own fate before next season even starts.

Bird naturally thinks that the Knicks, who was the deputy squad leader in the Eastern Conference last season, will definitely sign a top-8 pick this season, and the Pacers will definitely have a better record than them next season.

Both of them were very confident. Jiang Chao replied instantly:

"Deal, the Knicks or the Pacers, whoever has a better record will have the right to swap the first round. If the Knicks have a better record, I will get the right to swap the first round with the Pacers."

"Yeah, but that won't happen." Bird took a sharp sip, becoming an old gambler.

With only Stevens sitting around in a daze, he must be playing too much. Although the draft is not particularly important now, the lottery picks are very important, and each team almost never draws its own lottery pick.

Unless the two teams are very close in ranking, this first-round swap right will definitely be used.

This is a gamble on the future!

Stevens is under a lot of pressure. If you say that he personally made a bet with Carlisle yesterday, then forget it. He just resigned. If the record is not good, he needs to be blamed. Then he is willing to be the scapegoat for Jiang Chao, a benefactor.

But is it too casual for Jiang Chao to exchange the rights so easily for the team's first-round pick?

But he couldn't say anything more. He could only work hard to achieve a better record than the Pacers.

"Awesome, enough for yourself. Remember what you said. I also recorded it. When my general manager finds it, I will ask him to submit a record to the league and wait for the draft next season."

"No problem, you can file it after the start of next season. Remember what you said first, little boss, you are too young."

Bird looked like he was calculating.

If this news gets out now, it will definitely make Knicks fans explode. After finding a general manager, Jiang Chao can be relieved of the pressure. Otherwise, it would be too willful to change the first-round pick inexplicably.

"If there is red wine now, I would like to drink with you."

"I'll have a drink with you at the draft in a year."

g, we will know what the result will be after one year.

Bird hung up the phone rudely.

He decisively gives up what he can't get, and this time, he got the Knicks' high draft pick for next year, not to mention how comfortable it is.

In fact, at first he wanted to change to this year's team, but considering that Jiang Chao wasn't that stupid yet, and there was no one he could think of for the team at the moment, he let it go.

But in fact, Jiang Chao is the one who smiles from the bottom of his heart.

He only went from serious to laughing after Bird hung up.

Young Marshal:

"Boss...you can still laugh. Isn't the stake too high? How will you explain it to the fans then?"

Jiang Chao laughed:

"Be more confident, okay? You should worry about how he will explain it to the Pacers fans."

in his memory.

If you guessed correctly.

In 2010, the Pacers got the 10th pick in the first round, and the player they got became the Pacers' star.

One of the four forwards——

General Qiao!

hiss……

If we can really win against Pickle, how strong will this Knicks be? Pickle is the man who can compete with James in a single-core tiebreaker, and he is the only man in the Eastern Conference who can compete with Mousse.

The main reason is that the style of play is very smooth and can definitely attract a bunch of fans.

Jiang Chao couldn't help but applaud himself.

And according to the script of the previous life, the Knicks were actually behind the Pacers in the draft. Because Dolan was very unlucky and picked a player after the 10th pick, a multi-party transaction exchanged a player and two second-round picks, which is equivalent to waiting for a year to get the air.

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The Knicks' lineup for next season has been pretty much figured out, and coupled with some great tactics, Jiang Chao is still confident of being in the top 8 in the Eastern Conference, not to mention the top 5.

In fact, according to the current Knicks lineup, even with Curry, a guard who averaged 17.5 points, 5.9 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game in his rookie season, he still has a place in the Eastern Conference.

so.

The king must pay the price for his expansion!

If I had known this, I would have played bigger.

Bird probably thinks the same as him, and doesn't want to s Whoever has a better record will directly get the opponent's draft picks. This is the real gamble!

But in this case, David Stern would be the first to kill them.

"I can't help but look at the expression on the King's face after next season."

"Boss, I discovered that you are the king of forcing..."