For the Suns, Colangelo's eyes lit up immediately after receiving the report from assistant Tom. After Barkley left, the first thing the Suns lacked was not his scoring contribution, but rebounding and defense, and Rodman can just make up for this.
Two pieces.
The only dissatisfaction is that the offensive ability is completely different from that of Barkley. Once he is paired with Old K, the low post offense will depend entirely on Old K. This is somewhat different from his idea.
The power forward he wants to introduce must have some offensive ability and can help Old K. After all, Old K is too old, and the offensive method is the most energy-consuming strong attack, and his shots are severely restricted. He doesn't want to kill him all at once.
The entire burden is placed on his shoulders.
As the defending team next season, if the team's performance is too poor, then the pressure on Old K will be great, and he needs to take this into consideration.
"Rodman is a player whose age doesn't match Old K. He won't be around for long, and his personality is not good. I heard he also has problems with his training attitude. If he is traded, he might have conflicts with Old K..."
After careful consideration, he decided to submit the quotation first.
"Immediately send an offer, using...Oliver Miller, our newly drafted Malcolm Mickey as a bargaining chip." He said to Tom.
Tom said at this time: "Boss, the Bulls just sent a quotation to Oliver Miller, and the bargaining chip is..."
"No, don't tell me the bargaining chip. If we don't make a deal with the Bulls, they won't get a chance to strengthen from me." Colangelo waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Okay, sir."
Tom understood immediately and went out to carry out Colangelo's instructions just now.
At the same time, the Spurs also submitted their own endorsement.
David Robinson lacks a power forward to do his dirty work, so both he and the Spurs management are extremely interested in Rodman.
At the same time, the same goes for bulls.
Grant is very good, and is far better than Rodman in terms of support and ability without the ball. However, in the past finals, the Bulls had an absolute disadvantage in rebounding.
In fact, when facing the Knicks, the Bulls were at an absolute disadvantage in rebounding, losing 20 rebounds in one game at most.
It can be said that one of the biggest reasons for losing the finals was rebounding.
So after Jerry Krause learned the news, he immediately sent a quotation to the Pistons, and the bargaining chip was the aging Cartwright inside fringe player Spencer King.
But soon, all their offers were rejected, which meant that their leverage failed to impress the Pistons.
Soon, their second quotation was sent.
This time, in order to get Rodman, the Spurs used young Sean Elliott, the darling of the Holy City and the team's second scoring point last season, as a bargaining chip at all costs.
Elliott's four-year rookie contract had just ended. In the past season, he averaged 17.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. The Spurs requested a sign-and-trade trade.
This deal made the Pistons tempted.
But at this time, the Bulls' second offer came over, and the bargaining chip was Grant Cartwright, Spencer King.
This bargaining chip also makes the Pistons feel good. The other two are supporting each other, but Cobra Grant is only 28 years old and is still in his prime. In the past season, he scored 13.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocks, which is worthy of comparison.
It is said to be versatile in offense and defense.
However, comparing the bargaining chips of the Bulls and Spurs, the Pistons still feel that the Spurs are better. After all, Elliott is younger, only 25 years old, and is more suitable for the rebuilding Pistons.
At this time, they received a second offer from Phoenix, and the chips were Oliver Miller, Malcolm McKee, and Frank Johnson.
This quotation still did not satisfy the Pistons and was rejected.
The Bulls were rejected again, and Jerry Krause became anxious. He really wanted to get Rodman, but he didn't have much leverage.
In the end, he was unable to solve the problem. It was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so she just sat back and watched the Pistons and Spurs reach a deal.
As for Barkley, he has no choice.
At one o'clock that day, Wang Tiejun arrived in Los Angeles.
He booked a flight to Beijing tomorrow and left the hotel, accompanied by Lance Hoxman, to go shopping.
After finally returning to China, he had to bring back some American souvenirs, such as clothes for Lao He and girls, perfume bags for girls, accessories, shoes, etc.
The two wandered the streets for several hours before returning to the hotel after dark.
His room was filled with various packages and handbags, all of which had to be packed and shipped back to China.
At eight o'clock in the evening, he made a call to his eldest sister. The eldest sister had a mobile phone that he asked to buy for easy contact.
At this time, it is 8 a.m. on July 6 in China. This year’s college entrance examination is about to begin and will be completed on the 7th, 8th and 9th, with only one day left.
After watching the finals, Da Ya Er Ya returned to Qing County, rented several rooms in a guest house near the county examination center, and seized the last bit of time to review.
It was also summer vacation at this time, and several tutors Zhang Lili hired for them also came, and they did not dare to relax at all.
Because Wang Tiejun had already said that if the eldest sister and the second sister were admitted to college, each of the tutors would receive a bonus of 20,000 yuan.
In this era, the per capita salary in Beijing is only about 300 yuan. Even university lecturers like them have a combined monthly income of only about 1,000 yuan. The bonus of 20,000 yuan is very attractive to them, so every
Everyone is trying their best to help Da Ya Er Ya.
"Old man, when will you come back?"
Da Ya was very happy to receive Wang Tiejun's call, and Er Ya immediately squeezed aside and put her ear to the phone.
"Sister, you don't have to worry about my flight tomorrow. Just pass the college entrance examination and pass the university. I will serve you wine in the village and invite the whole brigade to drink." Wang Tiejun said with a smile.
"We don't know if we can pass the exam," Da Ya said without confidence.
"The eldest sister can definitely pass the exam. Several teachers said that there is no problem for her to pass the exam. But I don't know about your second sister. I am far behind the eldest sister. Hehe, if the eldest sister passes the exam, she will be the first in our No. 57 brigade.
A female college student." Erya shouted.
"Come on, eldest and second sisters, it doesn't matter even if you don't pass the exam this year. You have a short review time. If we work hard next year, we will definitely get into college." Wang Tiejun encouraged.
"Yeah!" The two sisters nodded repeatedly.
…
At 8 o'clock on July 6, 1993, Wang Tiejun got up from his hotel room, moved around in the room for a while, and then did flexibility training for half an hour.
This training cannot be skipped for a day. Even if he has completed this training and has not yet exchanged for new training content, he will continue.
At 9 o'clock, while he was washing up, Hoxman arrived and ordered breakfast service for him.
"Old K, everything has been packed and sent to the airport." Hawksman said while he was having breakfast.
"Thank you." he said.
After breakfast, I put on a suit worth tens of thousands of dollars, put on cool sunglasses, and then left the hotel.
At 10 a.m., Wang Tiejun boarded a direct flight to Beijing.
This was Capital Air China's flight. He chose it specially because the last time he came to the United States, he also took Air China. The flight attendants were all beautiful and gentle, and he still misses her so much.
Thinking of this, he thought again of the corrupt prisoner who helped him come to the United States. This time he went back to see him. That guy had been sentenced to ten years. It had only been four years. Even if he was sentenced, he should still be there.
.
"Hello, sir! Welcome to Air China flight xxx."
At the door of the cabin, they saw a giant man in a suit and ties appearing in front of them. Several flight attendants immediately felt a huge pressure. They looked up at the big face wearing cool sunglasses. Because the space was very small, their necks were particularly strained.
Wang Tiejun glanced down at the flight attendants, who were still as beautiful and gentle as ever. They were all beauties. He handed the boarding pass to the tallest flight attendant and asked casually in Mandarin: "Comrade, where is my seat?"
"
The flight attendants were obviously stunned. Such a cool man was wearing such a high-end suit, but it was actually made in China?
The stewardess who took the boarding pass looked at it, eh, first class? The smile on her face blossomed even more beautifully, and she smiled softly: "Sir, please come with me."
While he was enjoying the attentive service of the beautiful flight attendant, Barkley and David Frank were sitting together and discussing which team to go to.
Barkley said: "Dream and the General have called me, and they hope to join forces with me. David, you said that if I go to Mosaic or Spurs, it is better to stay in the Suns. After all, Old K helped me get the total
Champion, I..."
"Nono..."
David Frank quickly shook his head and said: "Charles, I understand what you mean. It is true that if you go to the Spurs and Mosaic, you cannot become the only core, but you have to understand that if you go, you will be one of the two cores.
And if you stay here, you are just an ordinary main force, not the core, nor one of the dual cores. You even have to do the dirty work for the rookie. This is a completely different situation.
You can work as a dual-core player with a super center, but you can never work as a coolie for a rookie who is not even an All-Star, absolutely not."
Buckley was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, it was indeed like this, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
David Frank said again: "Have you done the math? I just brought you tens of millions of dollars in sponsorship contracts. If you turn around and work for Old K, can you still get these contracts?
No, those sponsors will kick you away immediately and turn to Old K, because you are just a coolie, and no sponsor will offer a big contract to a coolie.
Look at Old K, did he have sponsorship in the first half of the season? No, his sponsorship was all in the second half of the season. At that time, his tactical status increased, replacing part of your tactical status, and became half of the core of the low post.
, this is the influence brought by the core position."
Buckley was stunned, smiled bitterly, nodded, but said nothing.
David Frank said again: "So when the Suns give up on you, you must definitely leave, either to a team that can become the only core, or to a team with championship competitiveness and become a dual-core team."
"You suggest I go to the Spurs and Mosaic?" Barkley asked after calming down.
"No, I don't recommend that you go to the Spurs. It is an absolutely small ball market and there will be no sponsors interested in you there," David Frank said.
"To Houston?" Barkley said.
Nodding, Frank said: "Houston is a big city and a big ball market, that's where you should go."
"Don't you want me to help Michael?" Buckley said playfully.
"Haha, no." David Frank laughed twice and shook his head decisively.
"Haha..." Buckley also laughed.
They know full well that the Suns will never trade a super power forward to the Bulls.
"Then I'll contact Mosaic to see if they can offer a bargaining chip that the Suns are satisfied with," Frank said.
"If I really go to Mosaic, the Suns may not reach the finals next season," Barkley said.
Frank smiled and said: "The Suns' goal next season will definitely not be the championship. Let alone without you, even if you stay, the chance of winning the championship is very small.
Kevin Johnson's condition has declined this year and will be even worse next season. Dan Marley's potential is also limited and he cannot become a first-class shooting guard. The third position has always been the Suns' weakness, and it is very difficult to become an excellent small forward.
Look. So the Suns' perimeter will be worse next season than this season.
In fact, Colangelo did the right thing. It is better to take action on the lineup now than later when the lineup sucks.
And your peak period will always pass. Once your peak period is over, the transaction value will decline, and it will be too late to take action by then.
Now start, you have won four major honors in a single season, the trade value is very large, the Suns can also use you to exchange for good bargaining chips, he is really smart and courageous."
Buckley thought for a moment and nodded.
Indeed, even if he stays, as long as the Bulls strengthen the inside line, with the strong outside advantage, the Suns' inside advantage will not be so great, and the increasingly weak outside line will definitely be defeated by Jordan and Pippen.
The chances of defending the title are too slim.
Thinking of this, his last hesitation disappeared. After all, he didn't just walk away. With his current trading value, he could get at least half of the team back for the Suns.
The only thing was that he felt that he couldn't help Old K. Old K helped him, but he was unwilling to help Old K.
…
More than ten hours later, when Wang Tiejun landed at the Capital International Airport, it was 3 pm local time on the 7th.
"If you don't come out even after arriving at the airport, what is this guy doing?"
Zhang Lili came to pick him up, but it was not until 4 o'clock, the flight had arrived for an hour, and Wang Tiejun was nowhere to be seen, so he became anxious.
"Is nothing going to happen?"
He was not the only one who was anxious. Yu Feihong was also anxious. If it hadn't been for the fact that the flight had landed safely, he would have thought there was a plane crash.
There was no way to contact the two. Wang Tiejun did not have a pager or mobile phone that could be used in China, so he could only wait.
At almost 4:30, Wang Tiejun slowly came out pushing two luggage carts. The two luggage carts were stacked front to back and six large suitcases were loaded on them.
"Tie Jun, do you have too much luggage?" Lao Zhang greeted him quickly after seeing it.
"Old K..." Yu Feihong also waved and shouted.
"Hey, so you picked him up too?" The two of them were startled.
"Come here and help me, I have too much luggage." Lao Wang shouted quickly.
"Tie Jun, you have too much luggage, right? What are you packing?" Lao Zhang hurried over and helped take over a luggage trolley.
"After a trip to the United States, why don't you bring back some souvenirs from there?" Lao Wang said with a smile.
"What local specialty?" Yu Feihong asked curiously.
"I bought some clothes, daily necessities, electrical appliances, and other miscellaneous things." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"What kind of souvenir is this?"
Yu Feihong rolled his eyes at Lao Wang and said with a smile: "If you want to bring souvenirs, you should bring a golden-haired foreign girl. That is the real souvenirs."
"Ha ha……"
Both Lao Wang and Lao Zhang laughed.
"Lesui, have you driven?" he asked after laughing.
"The rental car, a Santana, is still waiting. I just returned it and asked me to add money." Yu Feihong complained.
"That's good, let me put a few boxes in your car. My car doesn't seem to be able to fit so many," he said.
The three of them pushed the luggage cart to the parking lot and came to the SUV.
"Is this car available in China?" Yu Feihong asked in surprise.
"I bought it from the United States. By the way, Brother Zhang, how much customs tax did you pay?" he asked.
"30%, what you bought was 260,000, and you paid 85,000 US dollars, and you only accepted US dollars, not RMB." Lao Zhang replied while loading his luggage.
"That's a good deal. If this car were sold in China, it would definitely cost more than 400,000 US dollars." Yu Feihong said.
Lao Zhang felt that he had a toothache. He wanted to buy a car for 400,000 US dollars and 3 million yuan. Not many people in China can afford it now. Even the cars used to receive foreign guests may not be that expensive.
He has been driving this car in the past few days, and it has attracted a lot of attention in Sijiu City. As soon as he takes to the street, the turnaround rate is extremely high, and there are a bunch of people watching wherever he parks.
The three of them got into the car, Lao Zhang opened the car, Lao Wang sat in the passenger seat, and Lao Yu sat in the back.
After leaving the airport and heading towards the city, Wang Tiejun looked at the city curiously.
Although his hometown is close to here, he doesn't come here often. He came twice before when he was in the provincial team and once when he went to the United States, but he has never played there. This is the fourth time and he still has a very good impression of the capital.
Strange.
After driving for a while, there was a car accident ahead, and there were too many people cutting in line and changing directions, causing a huge traffic jam. Lao Zhang simply made a detour. The airport is northeast of BJ, so he detoured to the west. It went smoothly. Now his private car
It was quite rare and I didn’t encounter gambling cars again.
"This all goes back to us at Nortel."
Before entering the Third Ring Road, Yu Feihong pointed at a gate passing by and said.
"The urban-rural fringe area, the geographical environment is not very good, your school is not very good." Lao Wang took a look and said.
"..."
Yu Feihong rolled his eyes at Lao Wang and wanted to slap him, but immediately said: "Do you know Tsinghua University?"
"How can you not know?" he asked.
"It's still outside, in the real countryside." Yu Feihong pointed to the back and said.
"No way, Tsinghua University is not in the city center?" he said in surprise.
"Can a university be built in the city center? It will take up too much space!" Yu Feihong said angrily.
