The Way of the Center

"Transfer!?" There are only four days before the start of the new season, and Anjie is ready to create brilliance with the Thunder. E┡Fiction WwㄟW. Ω1XIAOSHUO. But at this juncture, An Jie actually received such news.

"Mr. Meslav, you must have made a mistake!?" Morris snatched the phone and questioned loudly. Although he only played in the NBA for two years, Morris has seen many people come and go. But he didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen to his good brother.

"I've been talking to Presti for a long time, and I'm sure that's what the Thunder are thinking. Ann, I'm flying back to Oklahoma tomorrow morning, and you and I will talk to Presti in person. .If possible, find the next home you want to go to. Specifically, we will talk about it when we meet tomorrow.” Moslav changed his clothes while making the phone call. His concerns were indeed right, that shrewd guy Presti didn’t get along with Ann There is a reason for Jay to renew his contract in advance.

After the phone call, no one at the table dared to make a sound. All eyes were on An Jie, to see how the person involved would react.

But An Jie still held the knife and fork stiffly, and he was still digesting what Moslav said just now. Transfer, find a good next home...he heard correctly, he waited hard for a year, but he and the Thunder still failed to reunite.

"Let's... let's continue eating, haha..." An Jie forced a smile at the table, and everyone agreed with him and began to move the knife and fork. But then, the cheerful Christmas atmosphere disappeared without a trace and never came back.

During the meal, Anjie stared out the window all the time, he was afraid that he would be the last to see a scene like Oklahoma. He was reluctant to let go of any scenery here.

The originally happy Christmas Eve ended in everyone's displeasure. After An Jie sent Catherine and Beard back to the hotel, he walked into the room alone.

When An Jie was abandoned by the king, Lei Ting accepted him. Originally, this was about to be Anjie’s fourth year playing for the Thunder. In the first two years, the Thunder and Anjie grew up together. Last year, Anjie was reimbursed for the season, but he believes that he will definitely be an indispensable part of the Thunder. , In the team, there is always a place for him Anjie. Unexpectedly, the nba is really an impersonal business alliance.

Not knowing how late it was, An Jie fell asleep in a daze. But An Jie felt that he woke up just after closing his eyes.

The sky is still gray, and the clock on the watch has just pointed to the position of "6". Even though it is cold winter, An Jie has no sleepiness.

He threw off the quilt at once, washed up quickly, changed his clothes, and then drove towards the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Outside the Chesapeake Energy Arena, there is also a big poster of Anjie. But he, who was originally in the middle, is now at the edge of the team. An Jie knows that the order of the posters doesn't mean anything, but at this moment, all the hints will make An Jie think wildly.

"Come here?" The gatekeeper of the Chesapeake Energy Arena greeted An Jie familiarly. Seeing this, An Jie suddenly became sadder in his heart.

Everything here is so familiar to An Jie that it has become a part of his living habits. But now, he went in to talk about leaving.

Anjie walked to Presti's office, but found that Meslav was already waiting at the door. The two didn't speak, just nodded to each other. After that, Meslav knocked on the door of Presti's office.

"Are you here? I've been waiting for a long time." Anjie and Moslav were worried that they might come too early, but they didn't know that Presti had been waiting here for a long time.

"Mr. Presti, you have to explain to me. We have cooperated well in the past three years!" Meslav is not the kind of person who beats around the bush. As soon as he walked into the office and did not sit down, he directly cut to the point.

"Ann is indeed an excellent player, and his contribution to the Thunder is also great. But with all due respect, there is no place for An in the current Thunder." Presti saw that Moslav was outspoken, and stopped being polite.

"If it was young, maybe Ann, KD, Russell and others could coexist. But you have also seen that now the Thunder are all revolving around Kevin and Russell, even Bledsoe, You can only get the ball when you come off the bench. If Ahn joins in again, the distribution of the ball will be very problematic. Although we stopped the Western Conference Finals last season, the Thunder's lineup is already strong enough. And... .." Having said that, Presti paused, looking at the reactions of Anjie and Moslav.

"And Ann's injury makes me very worried. Although he underwent meniscus repair surgery, as far as I know, Ann still has two intensive repair operations that he has not done. That is to say, Ann is dragging a The injured leg is not fully recovered and he is playing. Secondly, everyone has seen Yao’s retirement some time ago. I believe everyone is very sorry, including me. If it is not because of the injury, Yao will definitely have the ability to become the greatest in the league. One of the players. However, the injury problem of the Chinese is too serious. Up to now, An has not played full-time in any season. Dare to take this risk to use Ann. You also know that what the Thunder need now is to hit the championship. If someone loses the chain on the way, it will have too much impact on the team. As a team with the goal of the championship We can’t take this risk.” Presti told all the truth in one breath, after all, Presti was afraid that Anjie would become the next Yao Ming, or even Oden. Many rookies of the Thunder will face the problem of contract renewal next season. If he just renewed Anjie with a high price but Anjie has been on and off, who else would be willing to take over Anjie's contract.

Instead of waiting for Anjie's contract to expire and be poached away, it is better to trade Anjie out now, so that he may be able to exchange for some useful spells.

All these reasons, large and small, made Presti make today's decision.

"Ann?" Moslav looked at An Jie, he hoped that An Jie would say something, even if he said something casually. As long as Anjie speaks, Meslav will fight Presti to the end. But An Jie just waved his hand lightly. An Jie actually wanted to stay, but what's the use of thinking? As with the Kings, the Thunder don't need him now.

"What choice do we have?" Seeing An Jie's reaction, Moslav turned his attention to Presti again. He had prepared a lot of statements, and wanted to persuade Presti to let An Jie stay. . But he didn't expect An Jie to accept this fact so quickly.

"Several teams have expressed interest in Ann, and their bargaining chips make me very interested in completing the transaction." Presti said, took out several documents and handed them to Moslav. If these things were placed last year, Presti would not even look at them. But for Anjie now, these transactions are no longer a choice.

Moslav looked through the information at random, and almost all of these teams had contacted him, but Moslav rejected them all at the time. Unexpectedly, now I have to seriously consider An Jie's next stop.

"Andy and I went back to study. Before that, I hope that Ann can continue to train with the Thunder. Remember, before he leaves, he is still a member of the Thunder." However, it affected An Jie's competitive state, and An Jie still had to have the training he should have.

"I can assure you of that."

"Let's go Ann, you go to training. After the training, I will discuss it with you at your home." Moslav pushed open the door and walked out of the office. If An Jie compromised, what he can do is to find the most suitable next home for An Jie. As for everything about the Thunder, it has nothing to do with him from now on.

When Anjie stepped into the training ground again, his teammates still greeted him kindly, and Van Gundy still smiled at him proudly. All this is still so familiar, all this is still so beautiful. But at this moment, only An Jie and Morris knew that his days here were numbered.

In today's training, An Jie's state is still exactly the same as before. He seems to have lost the dominance of the year, and was frequently beaten by Bledsoe into wonderful breakthroughs. But no one would blame him. On the contrary, Durant and Westbrook have been encouraging Anjie, and Van Gundy has also let Anjie relax his mind time and time again. Perhaps only Presti thinks that Anjie is no longer a member of the Thunder, but Anjie's teammates and coaches have never ruled him out from the beginning to the end.

There are only three days before the start of the new season. With Anjie's return, the Thunder is still as confident as in previous years. But Anjie and Morris had the least smiles, because only the two of them knew what would happen next.

"What's the matter, Ann? You're not very happy today." When changing clothes in the locker room after training, Westbrook suddenly sat next to An Jie.

"No, I'm very excited to be back." An Jie looked at Westbrook. This guy entered the NBA with him and worked hard in the Thunder. But just because of the gap of that year, Westbrook is now considered a superstar, while he, An Jie, has become an "x" factor.

"Hey, that's good, I thought you were scared. I said, the butcher is not afraid of anything. Come on, it's just a season of injury. Let those idiots take a good look at our Thunder three young masters elegant demeanor." Westbrook put his arm around Anjie's shoulder and laughed wantonly.

"Hey Russell, how would you feel if I left the Thunder one day." Suddenly, Angie asked Westbrook this question. He didn't know why he asked such a question, but he knew that he really hated these guys.

"Impossible buddy, we agreed in the first season that we want to win the championship together! You don't want to escape, never!" Westbrook didn't think about that at all. Thought An Jie was joking with himself.

"Don't leave. If you want to leave, Russell won't pass the ball." Durant, who heard the conversation between the two, also came up to join in the fun.

"Don't worry, Morris and I will grab the offensive rebound." Ibaka also complained about Westbrook's shooting percentage.

"You guys..." After that, the Thunder's locker room once again became the scene of a group of men in their twenties.

"My God, did I enter the locker room of which elementary school's basketball team?" Van Gundy just opened the door and saw a group of tall men chasing each other.

An Jie looked at what was happening in front of his eyes, shook his head with a wry smile, Westbrook, Durant, Sefoloza, Nick Collison, Serge Ibaka, Morris, Van Gundy... ...these guys, fought side by side with me for three years. Now, it's time to say goodbye.

"Russell, Ann, what do you think...is it possible for the three of us to win the championship?"

Angie still remembers, in his first season, on a sunny afternoon, Durant looked at the sky and asked Angie and Westbrook this sentence.

At that time, the three of them had great ambitions and felt that nothing was impossible in this world. But now, An Jie can answer this question.

Maybe...maybe it's really...impossible, maybe it's really impossible for the Thunder three to win the championship together. Perhaps the third Thunder Master has become history...