Chapter 192 Rebounding King Rodman hits the shelves

   "Charles, do you have a team you want to go to?" Pharaoh asked.

  Barkley shook his head and said: "Just decided, I don't know which teams Frank has contacted."

   He said: "You must go to a team with championship strength? There are only a few teams with championship strength."

Barkley smiled and said: "Actually, brother, I have won the championship now. Of course, I can win another one. It's not bad to have as many as Michael, but it's okay to have none, and I can accept it. I won four hard honors this year. I have enough."

   The two ate and chatted, but instead of talking about this matter, they talked about other things, such as their first meeting in New York's Chinatown.

   "You know, old K, Mark West has been announced by the Bulls, and he has also announced his retirement." Barkley laughed.

   He has nothing to do with Mark West. The two have been teammates for only a few months. He said with a smile: "If it wasn't for him going to that stadium, we would never have met you."

   "Then we all have to thank him, you, I, all need it, haha!" Lao Wang laughed.

   Speaking of this, he suddenly said with a strange expression: "Charles, you and Jordan are an agent, he won't encourage you to go to the Bulls, right?"

   "That's impossible, bro, if I go to the Bulls, I might as well stay with the Suns. Is that guy Michael willing to call me the boss? Unimaginable, haha!" Barkley laughed.

   He nodded, it's really unlikely, Barkley is going to be a team that can be the core, not the second child.

   He joked: "If you go to the Bulls, maybe you have to fight with Pippen for who is the second child."

   "Just by him?" Buckley said disdainfully.

   At this moment, their phones rang almost simultaneously.

   "Hello, I'm old K."

   "Old K, where are you?"

   "Kevin? I'm here with Charles."

   "Okay, I'll be right here. Listen, don't fight, let alone fight, we're brothers..."

   "No, Kevin, you think too much..."

   "Okay, old K, shut up first, I'll be there soon, I'm driving, this is dangerous driving, don't let me get caught by the police."

   "Hey Charles, I'm Tom Chambers, where are you?"

   "I'm at home with old K, do you want to come over?"

   "Of course, I'm with Marley and Danny Ainge, we'll be over right away, don't be rough with old K before we come, you know? You can't beat him."

   "Damn, how could I not beat him? Oh, I was taken crooked by you, damn, who do you think I am? How could I be rough with my brother? Hello, damn, this is dead?"

   The two hung up the phone, no, they were hung up, looked at each other and laughed.

   "They thought we were going to have a fight, maybe even fight, for a central position, is that possible?" Barkley exclaimed.

   "Why don't we play tricks on them?" Old Wang said with a smile.

   "Okay, you two, don't get into trouble, this is not a Hollywood studio." Maureen, who had been silent for a while, hurriedly stopped him.

   After a while, a group of Suns players poured into Barkley's villa. They were a little surprised to see the peace between Barkley and Pharaoh, but they were all relieved.

   "Don't worry, for a core position, I won't turn against my brother."

  Buckley patted his chest and said, "For the sake of old K, I choose to leave. Praise me for my greatness."

   "Cut, you are so great!"

  Dan Marley raised his **** and scolded with a smile: "You are the one who was abandoned, just like in Philadelphia. We came here because we were worried that you would be beaten up. Come and thank us."

   "Sheeter! Dan, beat people without exposing them..."

   The short hair that just appeared on Buckley's head stood up immediately, and said angrily: "Are you here to comfort me, or to beat me?"

"Ha ha…"

   Kevin Johnson and others burst into laughter, and Barkley himself laughed helplessly.

   "Old K, are you ready?" After laughing, Kevin Johnson asked seriously.

  Pharaoh thought for a while, and then said seriously: "I'll do my best when I'm done."

Kevin Johnson glanced at the crowd and said: "With our group of people supporting you, even if the management introduces new people, your position will be stable, and there will be no problems in the locker room. But in terms of strength, it is somewhat uncertain. .

  Dan Marley can help you. Although my state is a little down, I can still help you. For the rest, it depends on the management's operation and what kind of things this guy Charles can get back. "

  Barkley said proudly: "Don't worry, I can at least get back most of the team. I'm a historical-level superstar who combines MVP, FMVP, championship, and best team in a single season. I won't do it if it's cheap."

   Seeing that Barkley was funny, everyone laughed again.

  …

   "Michael, will management trade Barkley?"

   At this time, Pippen called Jordan on the phone.

   After hearing the news of Barkley, he immediately thought that Barkley and Jordan shared an agent, so when the Bulls urgently need to strengthen the inside line, will David Frank get Barkley to the Bulls to assist Jordan?

   If that's the case, he can't be the second child, and the third child is his position in the Bulls. This is not acceptable to him. He is willing to be the second child, but he doesn't like being the third child.

   But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he felt that something was wrong. The Bulls wanted to trade Barkley, what leverage would they have?

   "Damn, won't you use me as a bargaining chip?" He suddenly became anxious.

   He definitely doesn't want to be traded, let alone be traded to the Suns, to be the second child of a rookie, that would be an absolute humiliation for him.

   But Jordan's words immediately let him breathe a sigh of relief. Jordan said: "NO, our goal is old K."

   "What?" He was startled.

   "What, Scotty, don't you want to reinforce the 5th position?" Jordan frowned over there.

   "Yes, but that kid is our mortal enemy." He hesitated.

   "So what, get the Bulls, he's our man. If we have him, we can guarantee a three-peat." Jordan laughed.

   "How can the Suns be willing to trade old K? They're giving up Barkley now." Pippen asked.

"Just fighting for it, forcing the Suns to give up their current team-building ideas through public opinion, and see if there is a turnaround. Even if it doesn't work, the Suns don't have Barkley, only one old K is left, and Kevin Johnson's state is also in decline. Are they still our opponents?" Jordan asked.

   "That's right," Pippen said.

   "I just said, Scotty, don't talk nonsense outside." Jordan urged.

   "I understand," Pippen said hurriedly.

   The next day, almost all the media was ridiculing that the Suns were suicidal, and that giving up on Barkley was the stupidest act.

   At the same time, the general managers of most teams in the league, as well as the stars of these teams, have expressed their views on this matter.

   They all have similar views and are not optimistic about the choice of the Suns.

Bulls general manager Krause took the initiative to accept an interview with the Chicago Sports News, saying: "My suggestion to the Suns is to give up the existing team building ideas, and Barkley in his prime is the real choice. Ability of the second grade, this is a rather wrong decision.

Of course, I also know that after this incident, Barkley and the old king can no longer coexist, and they are both low-post players and cannot coexist at all, so I have a conscience suggestion, that is, use the old king for some good chips. , so that the Suns don't have to hurt their muscles and bones, they can keep the strength of winning the championship. "

   The team's star Pippen was also interviewed, and he said in a mocking tone: "I don't understand the Suns' management idea, what qualifications does a rookie have to lead a defending team?

As the leader of a team, it is not enough to play 20+10 data. Maybe we can imagine the chaos of the Suns next season. When their leaders are reckless and do not participate in defense, the Suns will To be a bad team at the bottom of the league, they may become the first defending team in history that can't even make the playoffs. "

  Remarks and opinions like Claus and Pippen gradually occupied the mainstream under the guidance of certain forces, and gradually formed a huge public opinion.

   These opinions quickly created pressure and misdirection on Phoenix fans, which they in turn applied to the Suns front office.

   All the calls that could be made through were blasted by the fans, and the voices of a large number of requests to stop trading Barkley reached the ears of the management.

Fortunately, Pharaoh has formed a stable fan base in Phoenix, and he is more popular locally than Barkley. The fans opposed to trading Barkley, not targeting him, so not many fans asked to trade him, but stay. Under Barkley, basically requires the team to keep the current championship lineup.

   This disappointed Krause and the others. Their original idea was to use public opinion to force the Suns, and finally forced them to keep Barkley, and Barkley could not coexist with the old K, and finally forced to trade the old K out.

   "Father, why are the management of so many teams suggesting that we trade old K?" Little Colangelo found old Colangelo again.

Colangelo said with a smile: "Because this is an era of traditional centers, and old K is the most traditional center play style, a real low-post behemoth, even if he has not fully grown up, his potential value is greater than Barkley.

Don't doubt my words, Barkley has proved in Philadelphia that he can't lead his team to a championship, or even to the Eastern Conference finals, but K has proved in his rookie season that he can play in the finals no less than Barkley's performance.

   So they all want us to trade old King so they have a chance to get him.

   Make a bet, Brian, we're going to be getting tons of trades for K, including the Bulls. "

   "So it is, these guys are too cunning!" Little Colangelo said helplessly.

   "Haha!" Old Colangelo laughed.

  …

   On this day, Wang Tiejun received a call from Zhang Lei.

  Old Zhang told him that the Sports Commission had a warehouse for sale on the East Third Ring Road of Beijing, which could be rebuilt as a gym and training hall. He asked him if he would buy it, and it only cost 3.8 million yuan.

   "Lying X, Brother Zhang, it's just a few months of training, you don't need to spend this money, right?" He hurriedly said.

   "No, Tie Jun, you really don't have a long-term vision. Let me tell you, the housing price in this capital is now one price a year, and the package is not allowed to be one price a day in the future. If you miss it now, you will regret it later." Lao Zhang said.

   "Have you bought your house yet?" he asked.

   "I bought a 120-square-meter house in the East Third Ring Road yesterday, not far from that warehouse."

   Zhang Lili said, and then added: "I went to Liu Yumin Liu Chu the day before yesterday, and she told me about the warehouse when she talked about finding a training place for you.

   Let me tell you, the location is very good, and no one outside knows about this news. She specially asked me to tell you that if you want to buy it, I will give it to you. "

   "But this isn't a commercial building, don't smash your hands." He hesitated.

"You have to come back every year, don't you want the training hall next year? How could you smash your hands. I can tell you that maybe you will move someday. Don't forget to give me a red envelope to make money in the future." Lao Zhang said angrily. .

   "Xingxing, how big is the area?" He thought about it right. He had to go back for a few months every year, and it was convenient to have a fixed training hall.

"In addition to the warehouse, there is a two-story office building, covering a total area of ​​3,600 square meters. The construction area of ​​the warehouse is 800 square meters. Above the office building is a dormitory, which has three floors and covers an area of ​​more than 300 square meters. It is not commercial land, but industrial land. The dormitory should be able to apply for reconstruction, and you need to consult the relevant departments for details. Anyway, the land and the building are counted together, 3.8 million is not expensive.” Lao Zhang said.

   "That's okay, I bought it."

  He did the math, it was close to half a million dollars, and 3.8 million really wasn’t much.

   "Alright then, the sports equipment you ordered has already arrived at the Beijing Customs, I will order it for you first, and the equipment will be delivered directly here, and we will transfer the ownership when you come back." Lao Zhang said.

   "Yes," he said.

   In order to conduct high-quality training in China, he specially ordered many sports equipment and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars.

   He asked again: "Brother Zhang, have the procedures for my car been done?"

At present, there are few models in China, and there are not many cars suitable for him. He is afraid that he will not have a car after returning to China. In March, he bought a Mercedes-Benz SUV in the United States and shipped it back to China, but no one went through the formalities. Stop at customs.

   "I just finished it yesterday, and I paid the tax and got the card. The card of the Four Nine Towns can be opened." Zhang Li said.

   "Okay, Brother Zhang, you drove to pick me up that day. I have a lot of luggage." He said.

  Monthly, Wang Tiejun finally completed the training content of flexibility and speed. The speed was increased from level 62 to level 63, and the flexibility was increased from level 68 to level 69. During the two-month training period, they were improved by three and four levels respectively.

  …

   Next, as Colangelo said, he not only received a large number of trading applications for Barkley, but also many trading applications for Wang Tiejun, including the Bulls’ trading application for old K.

   On July 1st, the Bulls’ quotation was placed on Colangelo’s desk, and the Bulls were also very sincere, taking Cobra Grant, one of the Iron Triangles, as the subject of the transaction.

   Colangelo threw the quotation directly into the trash can by the table, and then asked the assistant to notify the bull.

   But a minute later, Jerry Krause himself called and said the chips could be replaced by Pippen.

   "Jerry, you are short of a small forward, and Pippen is the best small forward in this league, don't miss this opportunity." He said very sincerely.

   Colangelo just wanted to laugh, traded old K, I do have a small forward, but what about my center?

"Jerry, well, I tell you clearly, old K is not for sale, you can go to the free market to see if there is any good stuff, maybe the big dream leaves Houston, there are rumors during the season ." he said.

   "Big dream?"

   Klaus on the opposite side was startled.

This is true or not. During the season, Da Meng was sidelined due to injury, but the team doctor of the Mosaic team thought that his injury was not enough for him to sit on the bench. The management asked Da Meng to play with the injury, which made Da Meng and management There were serious differences between the layers, and there was indeed news of a breakup.

   "Okay, Jerry, if you're going to sell old K someday, please let me know first." He said very sincerely again.

   An hour after the two hung up the phone, the Suns announced through the media that Old K was not for sale and would not accept any offers.

   Not to mention, in the next few days, Wang Tiejun signed a lot of sponsorship endorsement contracts. These contracts will allow him to reap tens of millions of dollars in business income every year in the next two years.

   He is not even an All-Star. He can get so much business income in the United States, and he is not an American, which is incredible.

Lance Hoxman did not sign him a long-term contract, because he will be the new core of the Suns next season. Once he performs better, his commercial value will be further improved. These second- and third-tier players The brand doesn't fit.

   On the 5th day, the NBA's trade freeze period ended and the trade period officially began.

  It was also this morning that Wang Tiejun had booked a flight to Los Angeles and was ready to go back to China.

   "Charles, haven't your deal been finalized yet?" Before leaving, he made a phone call to Barkley.

   "Not yet, don't worry, I'll let you know when there is news." Buckley said.

   "OK, I will leave Phoenix today, see you next season," he said.

   "Wait, I'll come and see you off." Buckley said quickly.

   "Don't bother, I'm almost at the airport," he said.

   But Buckley made it to the airport and put him on the plane.

   As he boarded the plane, the Pistons put Dennis Rodman, the two-time rebounding champion, on the shelf.

  Rodman defended his rebounding title in the 91/92 season and the 92/93 season just past, but he is 32 years old, and this season is obviously not as good as last season.

   In fact, it was mainly because of problems in his marriage that he and Carmen divorced after only seven days, and Carmen even cheated on his former teammate during this period, which hit him deeply, and his state was not good for a season.

   In addition, he has a lot of injuries. He only played 65 games this season, and his attendance rate is not high, which further affects his state.

   And the Pistons are now in an aging lineup and are in the process of rebuilding, so the Pistons decided to trade him, taking advantage of the fact that he still has some trade value, and made an early move in exchange for some chips.

This is the same idea as Colangelo's. Barkley can accept the position of assisting old K, so he can stay, otherwise he will take advantage of the huge transaction value. If it's worth it, then it's too late.

   In the past season, Rodman averaged 18.3 rebounds per game. With this ability, there will be many teams that want to trade him, but the reality is, there is no.

  Rodman's character is too eccentric, and the average team is interested in him, and has no idea of ​​handing in an offer.

   But there are still some teams that want to trade him, especially the teams that are aspiring to the championship, all want his rebounding ability.

   The news was just announced, and it immediately attracted the attention of several teams.

   (end of this chapter)