When Glenn called, Boykins was working out at the gym and preparing to play in the summer league. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The height disadvantage makes him have to have enough strength and balance to gain a foothold in the NBA, otherwise any guard can knock him down, how to defend?

He worked on his biceps with dumbbells in one hand and picked up the phone with the other. "Hey, hello."

"Hello, Earl Boykins? I'm Raptors manager Glenn Gruwald, and I'd like to invite you to join, so I want to ask you about your contract first. ”

"Raptors?" Boykins was taken aback, and the dumbbells were thrown on the ground, almost breaking his foot into a comminuted fracture.

Many people in the gym looked at it, and he didn't care about the dumbbells, and said excitedly: "Hello manager, I'm a free man." ”

Glenn sighed in his heart, of course I know that you are a free man, you have changed temporary workers for two teams in one season, and you don't even have an agent, why did Jerry take a fancy to you?

"Come to Toronto to do a body side, if there is no problem, we plan to sign a contract with you, the first year must be fully guaranteed, you can consider it."

"Huh?" Boykins was stunned, pie in the sky.

Instead of participating in the preseason, but signing a contract directly, what did the Raptors like about me? Do I have any unknown advantages?

Last season, Boykins played in 22 games for both teams, averaging 3-pointers and 1.5 rebounds per game while shooting 38 percent from the field and 16.7 percent from three-point range.

Signing a contract for a whole year and having a guaranteed base salary is a luxury for him.

"Hey, are you listening?" Glenn asked.

"Listening, I'm fine, I'll be able to go to Toronto tomorrow." Boykins exclaimed excitedly.

"Okay, tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, you go to the stadium, I'll send you a number, contact the staff......"

After receiving the text message, Boykins immediately left the gym with his sports bag on his back, shouting excitedly.

He loved basketball more than anyone else, and despite the numerous discrimination and stares he endured on the court, he persevered and never thought of giving up.

His family and friends almost did not support him playing basketball, believing that his height to become an NBA player was wishful thinking and that he should see a psychiatrist.

Four years in the NCAA, averaging 18.1 points per game in college, he is still unpopular on draft night. No matter which team he goes to interview, the other party will dislike his height and doubt his ability.

Now, he can finally raise his eyebrows and join his favorite Raptors. Coincidentally, before graduating from college, he used the "little flying squirrel" Stadamire as a role model.

THE 178CM STOODAMAYRE SCORED 20.2 POINTS AND 8.8 ASSISTS WITH THE RAPTORS, AND ALTHOUGH BOYKINS IS SHORTER, HE IS CONFIDENT THAT HE CAN HELP THE TEAM WITH HIS EXCELLENT TECHNIQUE.

Glenn immediately called Yang Rui, and only 10 minutes had passed. "Jerry, it's done, he's willing, he'll be on his side tomorrow. Trade DeBron and Thomas, do you have any picks? ”

The fact that DeBlanc and Billups have to be separated is a good thing for both sides. It's no secret that the management wanted to break them up in the middle of the season.

Otherwise, in Toronto's famous nightclubs, fans can often see the two of them lingering and flying, flying over the red dust forever, and then playing the next day with weak feet.

"Reaching out to the Jazz for a trade for Jeff Hornacek, who and Curry will provide consistent three-point firepower for the team, is what we're missing right now."

Hornacek is about to retire, partnering with the Jazz and Stockton, the perimeter defense is not strong enough, and the Jazz outside line has been blown up year after year in the playoffs, and many media analysts have analyzed that the Jazz must rebuild and strengthen the No. 2 position.

After two failed attempts to reach the top, the Jazz suffered a major injury, and since then the team has begun to decline, Malone and Stockton are getting old, and the problem of team restructuring has been put on the table.

Jazz management will definitely consider trading Hornacek a bit impersonally, but it's good for both parties. Hornacek can go to a strong team and pursue a championship ring in the final years of his career, and the Jazz can complete a rebuild as soon as possible.

If you wait for Honacek to retire next year, it will only free up 5.2 million salary space, and people will have to dig in the free market. Judging by his current form, the salary is also too high.

Glenn didn't talk nonsense and immediately contacted Jazz new manager Kevin O'Connor.

Former Jazz manager Scott Reden was just poached by the Knicks. Old manager Ernie Grunfeld is leaving, Van Gundy is yet to leave class, and the Knicks haven't found a better replacement for the time being.

O'Connor was ready to make a big deal when he came to the stage, and he knew very well that the Jazz would not win a championship if they kept their original lineup, and a trade with the Raptors was a win-win situation.

DeBron is 31 years old, has outstanding physical fitness, can shoot three-pointers, can break through, and if he joins the Jazz as the sixth man, it will not be small, and he looks like he can play for many years.

It's just that O'Connor has no interest in John Thomas. "Glenn, we don't have a shortage of meat shield interior on the team, even if Thomas is cheap, he is only a fringe man in the Raptors, if you are willing to send Alvin Williams, a trade can be considered."

"I'm going to discuss."

Glenn called Yang Rui. Alvin Williams is a two-way guard, fast, played in the rookie game in '98 and averaged 6 points and 2 assists per game that season, and looks like he has some potential.

Yang Rui smiled: "Let's trade, I admit that Alvin has a good quality, but his mid-to-long-range shooting is inconsistent, and he is of limited help to the team in my system." He has poor organization in the No. 1 position, poor confrontation in the No. 2 position, and there is no place for him after Hornacek joined. ”

"Okay." Glenn readily agreed, and did not consult with the rest of the management.

Yang Rui asked: "Thomas still has a one-year contract of 830,000, and he doesn't have many opportunities to play, trade him, I have a candidate, you can ask." ”

"Say it."

"It should be easy to find the Kings to trade last year's second-round rookie Jerome James, who didn't have much of a chance to play, just played 16 games, only 2.6 minutes per game, a pure blue collar."

"And what do you want him to do? Thomas was one of the 25 rookies in the first round in '97 and could attack in the low post. ”

Yang Rui smiled: "I don't need Thomas to attack, I need Jerome to deal with O'Neal, it's related to whether we can win the championship next year, according to what I said." ”

Kevin Cato alone is not enough to try to keep O'Neal at bay. Jerome is 213CM tall and weighs 136 kg, and he is a rough brother, but he has absolutely no problem fighting with Ao Fat.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Jerome averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game in the supersonic for 4 years, and because he was good at defending the restricted area, he signed an amazing bad contract with the Knicks for 5 years and 30 million in 2005.

Glenn is now certain that Yang Rui really intends to lead the Raptors to a championship and is already preparing to deal with Western Conference teams. He was just a little confused, why deal with O'Neill? Aren't the Lakers swept every year?

Yang Rui knows that the Lakers are willing to spend money, and the lineup will be stronger next season, O'Neal has reached the peak, and he is going to win three consecutive championships in his previous life, if he wants to beat the Lakers, he must resist the fat man!