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It was Kevin Pritchard who called, he is the general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers, he also succeeded Steve Patterson last year and became the general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers. It is his first general manager position in the league. He took office in the same year as Presti, and they are both relatively young and new faces in the position of general manager.

Moreover, both of them have stayed in the Spurs before, but Pritchard was not as successful as Presti in the Spurs. He was just a scout, and there was no relationship between the two other than that. Although the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle SuperSonics usually do not have any deals, due to geographical reasons, the two teams are naturally closer.

Why is it that Seattle is less than 250 kilometers away from Portland? Both teams have had glorious pasts, and the time of joining the league is almost the same. began to decline.

In the 90s, under the leadership of various leaders Gary Payton and Drexler, both teams ushered in a revival. Although the final circumstances were different, the two teams can be regarded as sympathetic.

Now the two teams have started to rebuild almost at the same time. The Trail Blazers selected Aldridge and Brandon Roy successively since [-], and last year they selected the highly promising Gray with the No. [-] pick. Georden, the Sonics used the second pick to draft Kevin Durant, and then traded for Stephen.

Probably the bad luck of the Trail Blazers. Greg Oden, whom they placed high hopes on, did not show their dominance on the field, but was directly reimbursed for the season. Affected by such a blow, the Trail Blazers were still rising all the way in the early stage. Under the circumstances, the final record continued to decline, and they failed to enter the playoffs.

The Sonics, on the other hand, sang all the way and became No. [-] in the Western Conference. Although they were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals, they were still very successful compared to the Trail Blazers. Presti naturally felt that he had a psychological advantage.

"Kevin, what's the matter with calling so late?" Presti said to Pritchard in a very familiar tone. In fact, the two were not so familiar, but since the other party came to the door, That must be a good thing. Presti pretended to be more enthusiastic, so as to prepare for the later bargaining.

"How's your summer going? I heard you like fishing. I wonder how your harvest has been?" Pritchard was not a good person, and immediately asked about Presti's favorite hobby like an old friend. That is fishing, and the implication naturally refers to the trading market.

"It's not that good. The fish nowadays are quite cunning. If there is not enough bait, it's not easy to take the bait." He was talking about the fish, but he was actually referring to the players. Presti made up his mind not to speak first. When can Germany introduce the theme.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and seeing that Presti was not at all curious about his intentions, Pritchard had no choice but to speak up.

You want the players in the hands of the other party, and the other party wants to sell his players to you. These are two completely different negotiations. Although both of them are new to the position of general manager, they both have a deep understanding of it. Presti, in particular, is very clear about what he wants and what deals are worth making, so he doesn't easily make deals that don't look good but aren't bad.

These are two completely different operating styles. Many general managers will make transactions that seem to have no clear purpose, that is, they do not reduce the team's salary expenditure, and do not fill the obvious loopholes of the team. Useful players for useless players.

What they hope is that this is the case anyway, in case the replaced players can play a little role, but Presti will never do this style of trading, of course, **Vich will do.

Since the two parties have no business dealings in history, even if it is a sales promotion, sometimes it will not be sold to the other party's head, so Presti didn't want to do anything to Prechard, so he put the receiver on ear, listen patiently.

"I heard that you plan to trade one of Earl Watson or Luc Crednor. I wonder if there is any player you want on my side?" Pritchard could only bear his temper and said. .

The Trail Blazers have three point guards, Steve Blake, Jarrett Jack and Sergio Rodriguez, but none of them can satisfy Pritchard. Steve Blake has a more stable style of play. But both offense and defense are unsatisfactory.

Jarrett Jack and Rodriguez both have different shortcomings, and their style of play cannot satisfy Brandon Roy. Brandon Roy is a very good combo guard. Sometimes it will be better to control the ball in his hands.

Pritchard wants to find a point guard who can play well with Brandon Roy. Although Steve Blake is good, it is impossible to rely on him to play the whole game, and his ability cannot make Pritchard De satisfied.

Since the two teams had no relationship before, Presti didn't sell to them. After hearing the news from other teams, Pritchard's eyes suddenly lit up. Isn't this exactly what he was looking for? player?

Stephen is a bit similar to Brandon Roy, but they are more greedy for the ball. Both of them can cooperate well with Stephen, and naturally they can also get along with Brandon Roy.

At first, he hoped that Presti would expand his sales scope and did not intend to take the initiative, but as time went by, although the Supersonics selected Russell Westbrook as a point guard in the draft, But it did not strengthen the marketing efforts.

In the end, he couldn't sit still. When this happens, there are two possibilities. One possibility is that the Sonics have found a trade partner, but the trade cannot be carried out for some reason.Another possibility is that the Sonics' trading intentions are not strong. Of course, it is possible to trade, but if the price is not suitable, they don't mind keeping it in their hands.

No matter what the situation is, it is not a good thing for the Trail Blazers, so after thinking about it, he watched the game video of the two in person, and then asked the scouting department to issue a report, and took the initiative to unplug the general team. Resty's phone call.

"Yes, we have this idea." Presti did not hide it, and directly admitted the matter, but he did not say that although he wanted to send one of the two people away, the price was not suitable Otherwise, he wouldn't recommend Liuliu again, anyway, both of them performed well, and they were young, so they definitely wouldn't fall into his own hands.

"The players in our team, you see, there is one who is more suitable for you. This is just a small transaction. I don't intend to contain too many players." Pritchard means that the transaction is limited to one of them, He wasn't going to make a fuss, so he told Presti clearly not to think too much.

"In your team, I only have my eyes on one player." Presti's words relieved Pritchard's tense nerves. As long as there is a player he likes, even if the salary is not equal, Just find a way to match, so he asked playfully: "I don't know which player has this honor?"

"Brenton Roy." Presti spit out a name directly, which made Pritchard so angry that he almost dropped the phone in his hand.