When Sam Presti flew from San Antonio in the south to New York, three days had passed. In these three days, Blake Dolan had experienced so many troubles from college athletic director Scott Weidman. Things completely surrounded him until Sam Presti arrived.
"I'm so happy to see you!" Blake Dolan gave the gentle-faced guy with glasses a hug.
"Of course! Me too!" said Sam Presti.
"Let me introduce you. This is Sheldon, my assistant. If he hadn't helped me digitize everything these days, I might have gone crazy. It's unimaginable that I even had countless trivial incidents. Care about replacing the floor at Madison Square Garden! Can you imagine?" Blake Dolan said excitedly as he finally waited for his rescuer to arrive.
"Sure, it's messy and trivial, but it's fun, isn't it?" Sam Presti said as he sat on the sofa.
"Interesting?" Blake Dolan glanced at Sam Presti: "You are the same as Sheldon, because he also uses this word to describe his work these days."
"We've met, right, Sheldon?" Sam Presti said.
"Of course, we have exchanged many issues online in the past three days, including the trivial matters I have dealt with, some of which were suggested by Sam online." Sheldon Cooper looked at Blake Dolan and said.
"Why don't I know?" Black Dolan asked, looking at the two people.
"Because you have a headache," Sheldon Cooper said.
"Okay, Sam, tell me, what should we do?" Blake Dolan asked.
Sam Presti adjusted his glasses, then looked at Blake Dolan and asked:
"This question should be me asking you, what kind of team do you want in the league next season?"
Blake Dolan shared the player information in Young's hands:
"What do you think? Do I move forward with these guys who have big contracts but are having terrible games, or do I move forward with a new group of soldiers?"
"There is no doubt that it is the latter. It belongs to you. The new team, just like every time a new director of the FBI comes, there will be a purge." Sam Presti said.
"Then let's send these guys to where they belong! See if any other teams are willing to take these guys and tell them that the Knicks merchants in New York are having a big sale and there's nothing that can't be traded!" Blake Dolan said.
"All players can be traded?" Sam Presti stared into Blake Dolan's eyes.
Blake Dolan obviously also realized that there was something wrong with what he just said:
"No, I want to keep two people."
"Well, actually, before I came here, I thought that you would do a big purge. I also thought that some players would be left behind. How about we write down the names in our hearts and see if they are the same." Sample Lesty said: "We can also test our tacit understanding?"
"Of course, a good idea." Black Dolan turned around, picked up a piece of paper, and wrote two names, while Sam Presti also faced the other direction and wrote the name in his heart on the paper.
When the two people turned around, Sam Presti's paper had Charlie Ward, Alan Houston, and Kurt Thomas written on it, while Blake Dolan's paper only had Charlie Ward and Alan Houston written on it.
"It seems that we have a very good understanding of each other." Blake Dolan said as he glanced at the list in Sam Presti's hand.
"Kurt Thomas, why trade? He is a very efficient player among the Knicks, and most importantly, he has a good mentality and stable performance." Sam Presti said.
"Because I need a player who can make other teams interested, so that we can get what we need. Do you think that with players like Travis Knight or Frank Williams, we can find the person we need?"
?" Blake Doran said...
"Hey! Why don't you consider trading away Alan Houston, who is worth 100 million, he can free up a lot of space for us." Sheldon Cooper suddenly looked up and asked.
"Because in the short term, no one will be willing to take such a big contract. Moreover, Alan Houston's performance in the two seasons is completely inconsistent with his worth. No stupid team will do this." Sam Presti said.
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"Then why did Charlie Ward stay, instead of Othella Harrington, who has better statistics than him and is younger? And Charlie Ward's contract is not small, his salary next season will be as high as six hundred
Ten thousand." Sheldon Cooper said as he looked at the player data in front of him.
"Charlie Ward's role is not only reflected in statistics, but his role is like a veteran who has faced death on the battlefield. Most importantly, he is a complete experience of the Ewing era of the Knicks, and the Knicks for ten years.
Throughout his career, he is a living history of the rise and fall of the Knicks. We need him. He has never thought about a transfer or offered to raise his salary. For such a loyal player, what we have to do is to keep him.
, let him retire here, he will not go anywhere." This time it was Blake Dolan who answered Sheldon Cooper's question.
"Okay, let's continue the topic just now. Putting aside these, what kind of players do you want to get? Moreover, I need to contact the Knicks' scouting director Rodney Hurd as soon as possible. It won't be long before the draft will be held.
." Sam Presti said looking at Black Dolan.
"What kind of players do I want? Do you know? When I was with the Princeton Tigers, I envied my opponents countless times. I envied their opponents' players for their physical qualities that made me drool, while my players only had fluffy fat. You wouldn't
I understand that feeling, so I decided to find a group of young and strong men in good health to fill the Knicks locker room, who are young, strong and know how to defend." Blake Dolan said.
"But the tactics you showed in the NCAA game are more suitable for amplifying the offensive capabilities of your players. This is a bit contradictory. We can't just hire a group of coolies regardless of the tactical system just because you like those strong men." Sam Pule
Steve had done his homework before coming.
"Let a group of fierce defenders play the most dazzling offense in the league. Isn't this a crazy and fascinating plan? Tactics have always been for the players. What kind of players there are will be what happens on the chessboard.
The chess pieces, in NCAA, I only have a group of weak soldiers in my hands, but this time, let them see, when the chess pieces in my hands become strong knights, what will my Princeton Matrix look like? A powerful offense
, strong body, brutal collision, at that time, the Knicks will be the football team in the NBA." Blake Dolan said.
"This is a crazy plan with an unpredictable outcome." Sam Presti took off his glasses and rubbed his eyebrows.
"Yeah, no one can predict the outcome." Black Dolan took out a cigarette and slowly lit it.
