Chapter Thirteen The Legend Between Edison and Marion
"Paul, something happened."
Although Thibodeau's tone was serious and his voice was trembling a little, Edison didn't pay attention at first, because in his eyes, Thibodeau was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and he would be in trouble if something happened.
"Tom, what happened?"
"Paul, the trade plan discussed between us and the Timberwolves was exposed by the media."
After listening to Thibodeau's words, Edison chewed his teeth and frowned, "When did this happen? What were all exposed?"
"Just now, if you have a computer nearby, you can take a look. ESPN's basketball homepage is the news released at 6 o'clock. It said directly that the Magic and Timberwolves were trying to carry out a large-scale personnel exchange. Garnett replaced Marion and Dior Paul.
What should we do now."
"Tom, it's not a big deal. Player trades happen every day in the league. It has nothing to do with you. You don't have to worry. If someone asks you, just say you don't know."
After hanging up the phone with Thibodeau, Edison nodded and took a breath.
It is very common for transactions to be leaked in advance. It is not a big deal, but it is disgusting.
First of all, regardless of whether it is true or not, reporters in the media will definitely not let you go in recent times and will chase you for interviews. In this case, you have no room for freedom. And what is even more annoying is that no matter what you say, reporters will
You won’t even believe it. In other words, they are here for the interview purely to annoy you.
Secondly, this kind of thing greatly affects the unity of the team. People involved in the transaction will definitely have fluctuations in their hearts. They will have thoughts during training and games, and may participate passively and not work hard. But if one person does not play well, others will
There must be people who don't see eye-to-eye, which may lead to conflicts.
In the end, some people may think that just replacing people is enough, but things are really not that simple. Where there are people, there are gangs, and where there are gangs, there are gangs, and it is the same in the NBA. Although there are only about 10 players in a team
Individuals, but they will definitely be divided into several waves. Some people are easy to get close to, and some are not so interesting. If you replace a person, the original good relationship with him will be affected to some extent. The most typical
It was Francis and Mobley back then. Without the old cat, Francis began to cause trouble off the field, and his performance on the field plummeted.
When Edison returned to the hotel to check, it was indeed the case. When interviewed by reporters, Timberwolves manager McHale revealed the latest progress in the team's major overhaul, including the personnel exchange with the Magic.
Edison watched the news and cursed in his mind, "If you want to find a topic, don't talk about me. You're cheating me. It seems that I have been memorizing words this summer. Payton hit a snag. Mark Jackson was just a little bit better, and now he's doing it again."
I'm here, I'm offending someone."
Sure enough, Edison was still watching the news, so Fagan called.
"Paul, I saw the news that you plan to trade Marion. Is this true?"
"Yes, we are in contact with the Timberwolves and plan to use Marion as a bargaining chip in exchange for Garnett."
"Okay, next time I hope you can greet me in advance and let me prepare." During the playoffs, Fagan had negotiated with Edison about the issue of Martin and Marion. At that time, Edison gave a
The answer is affirmative, so in Fagan's eyes, the current act of trading Marion is the beginning of Edison's plan. In Fagan's eyes, players like Marion cannot become a superstar with amazing personal appeal, so he only needs to ensure that he
Just play time, get good data, and sign a big contract. It doesn't matter where he goes.
"By the way, Paul, what if the final deal is not reached and Marion doesn't leave?" Fagan asked again...
"Don't worry, we will definitely reorganize the team's interior this summer, and Marion will be the main bargaining chip in the transaction." Because of his annoyance, Edison told Fagan the truth.
Fagan was silent for a while, "Paul, can you tell me why you are so anxious to send Sean away?"
Edison also realized at this time that he had let something slip, and quickly went back to make up for it, "Actually, I also like players like Marion, who dare to fight, rush, can defend and attack, but the current Magic team is really not suitable for him.
Next season we plan to reorganize the inside line, and among the good inside lines in the league right now, none of them earn tens of millions of dollars per year. The only reciprocal contract we can offer is Sean's. And once the inside firepower is strengthened and the inside line upgrade is completed, Marion's
The small forward will be very embarrassed. He can't open up the offensive space and rush in, and his breakthrough ability is not enough, so he can only be traded away."
After listening to Edison's words, Fagan took a puff of his cigar silently, knowing that what he was telling the truth was true, so he hung up the phone without saying anything more.
But Edison did not tell the truth to Fagan. He was determined to trade Marion away. It started with an incident in April, at the end of the regular season.
It was a bright spring day, and the warm breeze was blowing every inch of Orlando. That day Nelson brought a new instrument to the team. It was like a gameboy, an electronic brick.
Edison saw Nelson walking around the arena with this thing. He was very surprised and asked Nelson what it was used for.
Nelson put the thing in Edison's hands and explained to him, "This is the latest technological product - the human magnetic field measuring instrument, which was jointly developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tokyo Denki University."
Although Edison didn't quite understand it, looking at Nelson's expression, as well as the nouns and school names that appeared in his words, he thought it was very powerful. "Then what can this thing be used for?"
"Detect people's magnetic field. You see that the earth has a magnetic field, and the human body can actually produce a magnetic field. Because redox reactions are constantly going on in life activities, during these biochemical reactions, electron transfer occurs, and the transfer of electrons or the transfer of ions
Movement can generate electric current, which is called biocurrent. Human organs such as the heart, brain, muscles, etc. have regular biocurrent flows, and when there is current, a magnetic field is generated. We can use this machine to record each person's magnetic field.
Then record it every day. Once it is found that his magnetic field value is significantly different from usual values, it means that there may be a problem with his body, and early detection and treatment can be achieved."
Edison thought to himself, "It's so profound and high-tech." So he humbly asked Nelson for advice.
"Then how do you use this thing?"
"It's very simple. First of all, you have to make sure that the measurement target is not moving. Secondly, point this opening towards the target you want to measure. Pause for 5 or 6 seconds each time to let the machine determine the reading. Then you can read it from the electronic screen in front.
Now you can see the numbers. We usually measure the head, neck, chest, belly, two knees and elbows in order. After measuring the front, we turn around and measure the back, then record the readings and compare them with the usual numbers.
That’s right.”
"So simple?"
"It's that simple."
"Okay, Aaron, please lend me this thing to play with first, and I'll try to measure some data."
So Edison, like a child, measured the people idle in the arena. Since he had no usual reference, he didn't know how much was healthy. In the end, it became a matter of looking at whose number it was.
big.
Although he was very childish, Edison had a lot of fun. But when he was testing, he suddenly found that the numbers on the instrument began to jump around and could not be settled. Edison took out the repair method inherited from his ancestors and knocked twice at an angle of 45 degrees, but
It didn’t work either….
"Is it broken?" Edison also muttered in his heart, so he looked up and tried to find Nelson.
When he looked up, he was shocked to find Marion sitting 2 meters in front of him to his left, drinking Gatorade.
Edison wanted to ask him if he had seen Nelson, but he took a step towards him and opened his mouth to face him, when the instrument beeped.
Hearing the noise, Marion followed the direction of the sound and looked at Edison.
After the two people's eyes met for more than 10 seconds, Edison could not see any emotional fluctuations in Marion's eyes.
There was a beeping sound in his ears and Marion in front of him. At this moment, Edison seemed to understand something. A question that had been lingering in his brain for a long time seemed to have an answer. Edison did not communicate with Marion. He turned around and held up his hands.
He clutched the instrument tightly and left.
But the matter was not over yet. In the next few days, Edison accidentally discovered that Marion and Cassel were in very frequent contact. The two talked on the phone almost every day.
And as mentioned earlier, Edison suffered from a bit of neurasthenia due to excessive pressure during that time, and he felt less sleepy and more dreamy.
As a result, Edison had a strange dream one time. He dreamed that he was directing the players to run tactics in the training hall. Suddenly, a dazzling white light suddenly appeared outside, and it seemed that the entire stadium was wrapped in a beam of light. Then the players inside
All the players suddenly disappeared, and then the door of the training hall was opened.
The white light became even more dazzling. After Edison squinted his eyes to adjust, he was finally able to see things. As a result, he saw Marion walking out of the door, followed by 3 or 5 Cassels of different skin colors.
Before Edison could react, they tied him up too close to the light source.
Marion pressed Edison on a workbench and asked him how he traveled through time. Edison couldn't answer, so Marion used various instruments to conduct experiments on him. At first, he just inserted tubes into his limbs, and later Marion inserted a tube into his limbs.
It entered his nostrils, and then sucked out his brain while Edison was awake.
Edison watched helplessly as his brain was sucked out. The psychological and visual impact could be imagined. At this time, Edison woke up with a start.
From then on, Edison began to have a psychological shadow on Marion. He always felt that this guy had discovered the secret of his time travel and would join forces with Cassel's alien army to torture him.
So Edison made a decision. No matter what, he must send Marion away, otherwise he would go crazy sooner or later.
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