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Glenn Gruward is looking at Brian Grant, a strong man with a height of 206cm and a weight of 115kg.

Grant averaged 31.8 minutes, 12.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game last season. His mid-range shot is very accurate, the defensive end is strong, and his fierce style is a bit like Oakley.

Larry Miller flatly refused. "No, Bryan is very important. Sabonis can't play for long now. We are a team that wants to win the championship, and we don't have time to train new players. If you want to change, we can only send Jermaine O'Neal."

"You trade the fringe of the team for our inside core, the league's block leader?" Glenn laughed angrily, really wanting to hang up the phone directly.

Jermaine O'Neal has been a fringe man since he entered the league. Last season, he averaged 13.5 minutes per game, 4.5 points and 3.4 rebounds. The only bright spot is that he averaged 1 block per game, which was also a garbage time block.

Miller was interested in Camby and began to sell: "Glenn, I'm not cheating on you. Think about it, the reason why the Raptors were poor last season was directly related to their inability to shoot inside. Jermaine has a mid-range shot and physical fitness. Not bad. It’s just that there are too many inside stars in our team, so he was forced to come off the bench. If he goes to a bad team, he will definitely be focused on training.”

Bad team, are you talking about us... Glenn's veins are popping out.

O'Neal was the 17th pick in the first round in 1996. If the Raptors traded Camby, who has no data, with the No. 2 pick in blocks, the Toronto media would definitely spray him as a fool.

Seeing that he was silent, Miller smiled and said, "You can think about it. Except for us, there is probably no team willing to trade with you for an insider who can shoot. There is still time before the draft. If you think about it, please contact me. "

"Hmph!" Glenn snorted coldly and hung up the phone. He felt his body being hollowed out, and rubbed his face with his hands, not knowing what to do.

Camby and his agent were too bullying. They had no intention of communicating with Yang Rui at all, leaving no room for it, and made it clear that they would embarrass the management and the new coach.

Now convening a management meeting, the same can only be like sending away "Little Flying Squirrel", replacing Camby with a role player. If Yang Rui is not happy, the manager Glenn is not a good person.

After thinking about it, Glenn called Yang Rui to get his opinion.

Yang Rui is currently not enough weight to ask the management to find stars. If he can accept ordinary players in exchange, he will have an explanation to the boss and the fans.

Of course, doing so is also suspected of bullying young people, and Glenn is full of guilt. Jerry is about the same age as his son, and he actually wants to stand in front of the arrow...

"Hi, Glenn." Yang Rui answered the phone.

"Jerry, I want to talk to you about the trade. This year, due to labor negotiations, the trade has become very difficult. It is difficult for us to exchange for a power forward who can shoot, and we have no bargaining chips that can impress people, so we can only trade Marcus. Camby, do you think you can play well next season without Camby?"

Glenn was holding the phone, blushing hard.

How to fight? Not even a capable center forward.

Yang Rui knew that Camby might be traded, and he was not interested in this blue-collar "glass man" with poor attack power, but he still asked in a depressed tone: "Isn't Marcus the core of the team last season? He If you leave, how will you defend? Well...you can tell me who can be replaced first?"

Glenn asked: "Charles Oakley of the Knicks, do you think it's okay?"

"Is there any mistake? His annual salary next season will be tens of millions, and he will be 35 years old." Yang Rui exclaimed.

He didn't pretend, but was really surprised. Oakley was reduced to a substitute last season, and the Raptors still want him?

Glenn is very embarrassed. He wants to throw out a hopelessly stupid choice first, and then talk about the other two stupid choices that are somewhat salvageable.

"The other is Tony Batty, a Nuggets power forward, who can hit the mid-range shot."

"This is not good either,

Is there any more? "Yang Rui knew Batty, the No. 5 pick in 1997, was a high pick. He hadn't played in his previous life. He was just an ordinary role player with a style similar to Mickey Moore.

"The last one is Blazers power forward Jermaine O'Neal."

"What?" Yang Rui was stunned, his jaw almost dropped, and he asked loudly, "Who do you want to change?"

"Jermaine O'Neal," Glenn repeated, sweating. "Jerry, don't be angry. Although his statistics in the Trail Blazers are poor, he is just a substitute... But his physical fitness is not bad and he can shoot. It's just that the Trail Blazers lineup is too strong, so he didn't have a chance to perform."

Glenn couldn't even convince himself, what a substitute, just a marginal person.

Yang Rui was not angry, but was so surprised that he couldn't believe it.

Compared with O'Neal, is Camby a ball? !

When O'Neal played for the Trail Blazers, he was only eighteen years and one month old, making him the youngest player in NBA history. He is 211cm tall and weighs 103kg. He is too thin, which is why he can't play.

After two years of training, O'Neal's weight has risen to 110 kg, still slightly thin, but able to adapt to confrontation.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Jermaine O'Neal was selected to the NBA All-Star Game six times in a row in his career, was selected to the NBA Third Team twice, and was selected to the NBA Second Team once. If it wasn't for the Pacers coach Rick Carlisle who allowed him to gain weight to 120 kilograms to play center and suffer from serious injuries, the honor would be even more.

O'Neal has no dead ends in the mid-range shot, can shoot from any position, is fast and can make fast breaks, and has footwork in the low post.

On the defensive end, he has first-class awareness, excellent shot-blocking ability, footwork to prevent pick-and-rolls, and first-rate confrontation, which is more helpful to the team defensively.

A healthy O'Neal is inferior to Garnett and Duncan, but he has no problem wrestling with Nowitzki, Webber, Brand, Gasol and others. He is an absolute star.

Yang Rui took a few deep breaths, stabilized his mentality, and said seriously: "Glenn, the situation in the team is not good right now? Is it because Camby has to leave, so you can only be forced to trade, and there is no suitable partner? We are now As a family, don’t hide your difficulties from me, although I am young, everyone can work together to find a way to get through the difficulties.”

Glenn felt hot. What a good boy, he guessed my difficulties with just a few words, and thought of me, but I still want to put the blame on him...

"Jerry, I'm sorry, it's hard for us to recruit big-name players, and we can't keep Camby. He didn't care about it from the beginning, and he definitely won't be able to keep him."

Yang Rui smiled and said: "Then let's trade, change to Jermaine O'Neal, you must call me, there must be no better choice. Although his statistics are bad, he is only 20 years old. If he is trained well, he may not be able to Become a star. However, it will definitely be more difficult to make the playoffs in the new season, and we have to find a center."

Glenn sighed: "We probably can only find veterans in the free market as a center."

"If you believe me, I can find two people in the second round or undrafted rookies." Yang Rui sighed.

He also sighed, Yang Rui was actually happy in his heart. O'Neal, Tracy McGrady, Carter, Billups... He will lead the Raptors to win the championship in the future.