193. When a transaction is in progress
When David returned to the temporary accommodation that Laughlin had arranged for him in Los Angeles, he was in a happy mood. The exhaustion before shooting the commercial was all in the Clippers and Chauncey. Billups' chance encounter completely dissipated.
It wasn't like a drink with Billups, after all, there was only Coke, but it was a good chat. Wu Dawei could feel that his words of horses, compliments, and praise should have touched Billups.
Although Billups was vague about whether he was willing to join the Cavaliers at the end and said that he needed to think about it, Wu believes that at least the Cavaliers have been included in Billups' consideration.
Things are always getting better, which means the Cavaliers may be one step closer to having this experienced key gentleman.
And what made Wu Dawei even more confident was that he made friends with Billups's two heartfelt baby daughters in just a few words, and he felt that he seemed to have a natural ability to be close to children.
After boasting about Cleveland, the two little girls said that they must go to the city to play. Of course, if they come to Cleveland and find out that the city is far from as good as Wu boasts, it will not be in Wu Dawei's scope of consideration.
His main purpose is to bring Billups to the Cavaliers.
When leaving the fast-food restaurant, Mr. Wu and Mr. Billups exchanged numbers. The next day, Wu Dawei took the morning plane and flew out of Los Angeles.
On the way back to Cleveland, Wu Dawei's mood has always been very happy. Although Billups did not directly agree to Wu Dawei, he could feel that Billups had some heartbeat.
Think about it, when a player has just been bought out of the team by his old club in a similar way of "abandonment", the player's mood naturally can't be said to be very good, and at this time, suddenly a team extended an olive branch, and the star of the team also urgently expressed his hope to join. This frustration after being discarded is sure to be defeated by the feeling of being needed at once.
Naturally, there were some waves in his heart, maybe this team was not in the scope of his consideration. It will also change as a result.
Therefore, Wu Dawei still has reason to be happy. Such a mood also cleared up the frustration of the team's previous two consecutive defeats to the Grizzlies.
After returning to Cleveland, Wu Dawei rested at home for a while before starting to train at the training gym in the afternoon. But he didn't put in a lot of training all at once. Rather, it focuses on the training of restorative nature.
The body relaxed for a while. There has to be a time to adapt. Regardless of the length of the matter, these perhaps insignificant little details are always good for prolonging one's career.
The next day, Wu Dawei still got up at four o'clock and started to practice in the training hall. Practice until the end of the team's training session in the morning, then go home at noon to rest for a while, and then resume training in the afternoon. Although this kind of life seems a bit boring, it is difficult for people who want to succeed not to withstand the test of loneliness.
What's more, Wu Dawei actually has a greater motivation now than before. To take it to the next level. For the gold cup that all players in this league dream of, for MVP, for FMVP, for those honors, Wu Dawei must make himself more powerful!
And isn't trying to convince Billups to join the Cavaliers just to achieve these increasingly ambitious goals?
Wu Dawei met the team's general manager Dan Dawei in the team's training session the next day. Ferry didn't tell Ferry about Billups, just casually chatted with Ferry about the current state of the team.
Apparently. Ferry didn't come to chat with Wu Dawei because he was too idle, but wanted to know Wu Dawei's current views on the whole team. After all, Wu Dawei, as a rising star in the league, is definitely the most important member of the current Cavaliers.
With his current appearance, if the Cavaliers don't hold him in the palm of their hands. That's definitely synonymous with a fool plus 250. This summer, there is no doubt that renewing Wu Dawei's contract will also become a top priority for the Cavaliers' top management.
In fact, now the Cavaliers' top brass are beginning to negotiate with Havevi's agent, Havelin, about a contract extension. Such a young and promising player. The Cavaliers definitely don't want to repeat LeBron. James's repetition.
During the four days of the Cavaliers' rest, the team's training didn't stop. Except for Wu Dawei's leave for the first two days. The whole Cavaliers team has been in a state of standby. After all, in the past two games, they can be said to have lost to the Grizzlies, a team that should be equal in strength to them.
Although there is also a gap between the two sides' records, the rankings are hovering between seventh and eighth in the East and West Divisions. It's far-fetched, but it's also an equal one......
Even if there is a gap in strength between the two sides, it is indeed extremely frustrating that the Cavaliers have been beaten by the Memphis in these two games. A team can lose a game, but it can't keep losing in the same way.
The weaknesses exposed by the Cavaliers in those two games will undoubtedly become more lethal as the season progresses. Their current 23-23 record is no longer superior to the New York Knicks behind them.
Cameron. Anthony & Amare. Stoudemire still hasn't had great chemistry, but the abilities of the two superstars are a terrifying number even with addition. Douglas, who was put in the starting position by head coach D'Antoni after cutting Billups from the team, has also been very good in the recent past. While this rookie guard has a strong impact on the inside, he also seems to have completed the distribution of the ball well.
And the Knicks still haven't stopped frantically gradually Chris. With Paul's footsteps, it seems that the birth of the third Big Three team in the Eastern Conference is just around the corner.
In the face of relentless opponents, the Cavaliers' sense of distress made their belief in reinforcement even hotter.
Finally, on the third day of Wu's return to Cleveland, that is, after the first game after a four-day break with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei got the team's general manager, Dan D. Wu. Ferry was the first to tell the good news.
They have gotten in touch with Chauncey. Billups reached an agreement to sign, and the veteran point guard agreed to join the Cleveland Cavaliers for one season on a veteran base salary. And promised that the Cavaliers would be his number one choice in the summer.
Of course, no one can say for sure what will happen in the summer. Billups only signed for one year, perhaps because of concerns about the Cavaliers' strength, and he is on the countdown to retirement, so he naturally won't want to spend the last days of his career. It's all wasted on a team struggling on the brink of the playoffs; In the same way, the Cavaliers also need to see how Billups is at the moment, and the management of the Cavaliers is also afraid that if they directly give Billups, a veteran, a long-term contract, if the other party's form plummets, then there is no doubt that the contract given to Billups must be about the middle class. Then it will definitely rot in your hands.
So half a season. It's undoubtedly the best for both sides. Everyone was able to observe each other, and at the same time there were more options. After all, every offseason a large number of stars swim into the market and become a big or small fish. Waiting for a very tempting bait.
Undoubtedly, the arrival of such news made Wu Dawei very happy. His mood that had been happy with tonight's victory over the visiting Bobcats became even happier in this moment.
and Chaun West. Billups fighting side by side!? Ha, Wu Dawei immediately thought of the scene when Billups won the gold cup when the Pistons won the championship in 04. But after he came to the Denver Nuggets in 08, he immediately climbed such a team from the edge of the playoffs to the top of the Western Conference!
Although such a big improvement cannot be attributed to the arrival of Billups, and the recovery of Nene, Camby, and Martin is also an extremely important reason, it is still impossible to deny the strength of this old point guard!
"Great job! Mr. Ferry! Wu Dawei was so excited that he couldn't help but praise the general manager of the team in front of him. Ferry is clearly in a good mood after this is done, at least he has solved a headache that head coach Scott has raised with him.
"Wow, that's what our big star is complimenting you like that. I'm so flattered! ”
Obviously, Gerrard, who was the best defensive player of the season in tonight's game, broke up against him. Wallace, and Wu Dawei, who scored 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks and 4 steals in three quarters, was the focus of attention again.
Even if he was standing at the entrance of the players' tunnel with the team's general manager, Dan. Ferry chatted, but the two of them laughed with a laughing expression. It was still captured by the big screen in the quick loan center.
"Hey man, what were you talking to Dan about?!" Cinnabar. After Fei Li told Wu Dawei the news, he took the first step. Looking at the way he looked, it was clear that there was something else; Cinnabar. After Ferry left, Ramon. Sessions soon burst out from behind Wu Dawei.
"We're coming to our team!"
Wu Dawei was saying this. There is no risk aversion at all. Because this is definitely a good thing for Wu Dawei, and in Wu Dawei's view, it is also for the team. But not everyone in the squad thinks it's a good thing.
Wu Dawei's words suddenly made the teammates who walked in front of him or behind prick up their ears.
"Don't sue me for being a defender!" Ramon. Seshence looked worried. As a substitute, he clearly worries more than the players, and the newcomers the team traded in the middle of the season are generally unlikely to be useless. In this way, it is naturally their group of substitutes who are compressed in playing time.
"You guessed it, a defender!" Wu Dawei glanced at Sessions's expression, this guy looked a little depressed, so Wu Dawei was relieved: "But it's not you who should be worried!" ”
Wu Dawei raised his head and saw Morris. Williams cast a gaze.
As for the truth of Wu Dawei's words, his teammates are actually not too sure, because the team did not announce any news after that, and Wu Dawei did not say "the identity of the player who will join", so naturally the majority of people believe it or not.
Although Wu Dawei is excited about the addition of Billups, he also understands that until the dust settles, it is always better to keep his mouth shut than to have a big mouth.
After all, Billups is still in the clarification period, and he will log in to Cleveland in a month, and there may be some variables in this, so naturally, Wu Dawei will not dare to be too arrogant.
But a few days later, everyone began to believe Wu Dawei's previous vague statement. Because the Cavaliers, who have been saying they will do something in the trade market, have finally made their first big move of the season.
The Cavaliers announced on their official website that the team is the team's point guard, and Morris, who is averaging 18 points and 6 assists per game this season. Williams, who will move to the Los Angeles Clippers, will also be on the team's backup for center Ryan Brown. Hollins will be with him, and the Cavaliers will send their first-round pick this summer; In exchange for such a chip for the Los Angeles Clippers' big center Chris. Kaman and Rasu. Butler and the Clippers' first-round pick this summer.
The news of such a thing was exciting at first. Chris. Although Carman's table has declined this season due to injury, if Carman can recover properly over time, then he will undoubtedly be a big help for the Cavaliers on the inside.
At the same time, with his height, tonnage and skill set, the Cavaliers' interior weakness that has been exposed in the past few games is sure to improve. And the veteran who came with him was Rasu. Butler, this season, due to the rise of the team's newcomers Gomez and Aminu, the veteran who averaged 11 points per game last season has gradually moved away from playing time.
But when he comes to the Cavaliers, he can undoubtedly contribute to the Cavaliers' firepower in the bench lineup.
It's no secret that the Clippers have gradually completed a rebuild. Kaman, Rasu. Butler is even the current team's core point guard, Barang. Davis has already been the target of the main purge, so although the Clippers paid two of last season's leading scorers in this deal in exchange for only one Williams, who has not been in good form this season, they still don't feel that they have lost out. After all, Williams was once selected for the All-Star team, and at the same time, youth is also his biggest asset.
What's more, even if there is no trade, Carman is destined to be abandoned by the Clippers when his contract expires next year.
Therefore, this deal is relatively satisfactory for the management of both parties.
But soon, Cavaliers fans were puzzled by the team's choice, because the team paid the team's core point guard in order to get Carman, an interior strength! Despite all the criticisms that Williams has had this season, he is still the team's best choice for the No. 1 spot.
In this way, the Cavaliers are equivalent to exchanging their outside line for an inside line! Then the next question arises, what about the outside of the Cavaliers? Originally, the problem of the Cavaliers' No. 1 position has been plaguing this team!
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