Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 87 Anthony's Proposal
"I think Nash is the focus of the transaction. If he knows what Cuban thinks, he should think about his future. Our team beat them. If our competitiveness can surpass that of the Mavericks, the same is true. Running and bombing, Nash may be more likely to consider us." Anthony said with some uncertainty, and his current thinking is that it would be more beneficial to sign Nash naked during the offseason.

"Nash." Vandeweghe nodded thoughtfully.

Trading Nash is a new instruction from the boss to Vandeweghe. If you want to trade, there are two ways to go. One is to trade this season. Because it is a completely free agent, the Mavericks may lose Nash in the offseason and get nothing. There is a certain possibility, but now because of the old Nelson, this is more difficult.

The second method is to sign naked during the offseason. This possibility is much higher, but if you want to sign naked, you must trade some expired contracts to make room for salary, which will be detrimental to the team's playoff goals. Neither path is so easy to achieve.

Anthony also understands this. After all, he is not a full-time manager, and his ideas are limited. Vandeweghe still needs to find a way to solve these, but he can just take the opportunity to mention some of them.

"Qiqi, Wang Zhizhi, who was recently traded by the team, played well." Anthony said without any reason.

"Huh? Wang Zhizhi?" Vandeweghe flipped through the table, picked up the Nuggets and Mavericks tactical statistics, and said softly, "10 points and 3 rebounds..."

"Good statistics, it seems that he has a chance to occupy some playing time with the team." Vandeweghe put the technical statistics back on the table, paused, as if thinking of something, looked at Anthony and said, "Melo , why did you say this suddenly?"

"Qiqi, what happened with Wang Zhizhi illustrates some things. For example, after the team changed the head coach, whether the player configuration is suitable for running and bombing tactics, and our team's bench is relatively weak. If we can use this With the opportunity to trade some good substitute players who are suitable for the team, I think the team's record will definitely improve." Anthony said his purpose.

Vandeweghe dragged his chin, and didn't answer right away, but seemed to be in deep thought. After a long time, he said: "Melo, it will take some time for the player's suitability to be reflected, and the trader has strength. Substitute players are not as simple as you say."

Anthony also didn't know how to answer the conversation. He took it for granted. He knew which players would become stars in the future, but the players he thought of with low transaction difficulty were basically marginalized in their respective teams. , how to make Vandeweghe believe them is a more troublesome thing.

"Qiqi, can I give some advice? About the substitute players." Anthony still decided to give it a try.

"Huh? Tell me about it." Vandeweghe didn't refuse.

"Can you give me information about other teams? Give me paper and pen by the way."

"En." Vandeweghe agreed, and then took out a folder from the table, and handed the paper and pen to Anthony.

After Anthony took the things, he didn't stop for a moment, and then he started to search. When he saw a familiar word, he wrote it down on the paper with a pen. When he went through the other 28 teams, the paper was already written. After reading the names of several players, he then handed the paper to Vandeweghe.

Vandeweghe took a look at the paper, and there were several players' names written on it: Kyle Korver, Raja Bell, Gerald Wallace, Sean Battier, Boris Diaw , Mehmet Okur, Dikembe Mutombo.

He couldn't help frowning after watching it, and said to Anthony strangely: "Melo, except for Dikembe, I don't seem to have heard of any of the players you are looking for, and Dikembe has already It's the end of my career..."

Anthony also guessed Vandeweghe's reaction, and he went on to say: "Qiqi, I used to play in the basketball park. These players have all played against each other. Their strength is not bad. It's just because of the opportunity or the team's style of play. None of these issues have been taken seriously by their respective teams."

"Like Kyle, his three-point shooting ability was very outstanding in college, but because he was a rookie, he didn't get enough playing time. Another example is Gerrard, his athletic ability is very good, and his defensive ability is also very good. Seriously underestimated, has the potential to become the team's forward defensive gate, and Mehmet, he is a center, but he has a three-pointer that can kill the opponent enough to pull the opponent's player out of the three-point line at once , To free up enough positions for the team's offense, as long as a few of them can be traded, I think it will be a very important improvement for the team's bench strength."

"As for Dikembe, he's still a defensive intimidator, and he can be the veteran of the town team and the leader of the locker room."

Anthony said all he wanted to say in one breath, then looked up at Vandeweghe, but the latter was looking at the list, the gloom on his brows did not dissipate, obviously he didn't quite believe what Anthony said.

Anthony sighed, but he couldn't help it. These players were originally marginal people, and only he, who traveled through time, knew their future. It was too difficult for a professional manager like Vandeweghe to believe.

The coffee in the cup was cold, so Vandeweghe picked it up and took a sip, put down the paper Anthony gave, and said after a moment of pondering: "I can try to trade two players first, to see if it is suitable for the team as you said."

"Okay!" Anthony's face suddenly lit up when he heard what Vandeweghe said, and he continued, "If you want to strengthen the team in the short term, Korver and Bell are the most suitable."

"Kyle Korver, Raja Bell." Vandeweghe ticked next to the two names, then moved the chair to the computer, and began to look up the information of the two players.

Looking at it, he suddenly let out a soft "Huh".

"What's wrong?" Anthony asked suspiciously.

"This Raja Bell was just a fringe player in the previous seasons, but he seems to have performed well in the Jazz this season. It seems that what you said has some basis." Vandeweghe said a little excitedly. Obviously, Bell's performance deepened. The convincing degree of these players written by Anthony.

"Yeah." Anthony just nodded and didn't say much. It's not his turn to comment on Vandeweghe's own actions.

"Hey, this is really..." Vandeweghe suddenly said in surprise.

Anthony poked his head over and saw what was on Vandeweghe's computer screen.

"Korver, the 22nd pick in the second round, Bell, free agent signing, Melo, if these people can really be used in the team rotation as you said, then they are really a model of basic salary and high energy." Vandeweghe said with a smile.

Anthony withdrew his head and said with a smile, "They will."

"Well, well, the investment risk of these players is very small. If they can play, it will definitely be an exciting thing." Vandeweghe moved his chair back and said a little excitedly.

Anthony also nodded with a smile. As the general manager of the team, if he trades some high-performance players with a basic salary during his term of office, and these players can occupy an important role in the team's future lineup, he must have a lot of attention in the boss's impression. Big plus.

"Well, let's have dinner together at night? I've been so busy with the team's affairs these days, I don't have time to have a good meal. The Chinese restaurant last time?" Vandeweghe said to Anthony with a smile. The few players he proposed made him feel a lot better.

"Very happy." Anthony also said with a smile, "I'll go back and change my clothes."

"Well, good." Vandeweghe stood up and sent Anthony out of the office.

Anthony stepped out of the office, took a deep breath, and felt that his spirit had improved a lot. As long as Vandeweghe was willing to try, and as long as Korver and the others proved their strength, then things would naturally follow. The team's record soared, attracting Nash to join, running and booming, entering the playoffs, overcoming obstacles all the way until winning the championship trophy...

Anthony couldn't help but laugh out loud at the thought.

"Melo, what are you smirking at?" At this moment, a voice suddenly appeared, bringing Anthony back to his senses from the infinite y/y.

As soon as Anthony turned his head, he saw a familiar figure, the team's assistant coach, Kevin Thorpe.

"Hey, Kevin, why are you here?" Anthony didn't expect to meet Thorpe here, thinking that the scene of his y/y just now must be very funny, he couldn't help but blush slightly.

"I'm doing special training for Nene, Mike's request. Would you like to go over and have a look?" Thorpe said and gestured to the things in his hand, there was a document there.

Anthony took it over and took a look. It was written on the training plan. He also suddenly realized that the emotional coach was giving Nene a little trouble. At this moment, he suddenly discovered that besides Nene, there was another one. The character is Wang Zhizhi, followed by a series of training plans, but it is defensive.

"This is?" Anthony took out Wang Zhizhi's training plan, and looked at Thorpe suspiciously.

"Cooper asked me to take it. He's training Wang in the arena right now. Wang...is miserable." Thorpe couldn't help but twitch the muscles on his face as he spoke.

"It's miserable?" Anthony suddenly became interested, returned the training plan to Thorpe, and said with a smile, "I'll go with you to have a look."

"Well, good." Thorpe responded, took the training plan, and walked towards the training hall together with Anthony.

The smile on Anthony's face grew stronger, and he wanted to see how Cooper made a fuss about Wang Zhizhi.

(End of this chapter)