Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 256
Hearing Fox's words, Anthony's whole body tightened, and his hands couldn't help but clenched for a while. This was a rhythm that would kill someone. Originally, he didn't agree to bring Su Xi back, just to avoid such endless things, but now If he didn't pick it up, it made Fox doubt it. It's true, it's neither advancing nor retreating, it's the rhythm of death.

Fox's face changed: "Melo, you really..."

Anthony looked at Fox's expression, and knew that if he didn't promise at this time, something big would happen, he hurriedly said, "I... I'll just agree, but she's a woman with a child, so we don't have time to take care of her, right? "

Fox smiled and said: "It's okay, we just need to hire a nanny, we earn money, and we have to spend it?"

Anthony nodded bitterly, but in his heart he was thinking that things were really going to explode.

Fox went on to say, "I'll do the persuasion, so you don't have to worry."

"Eh..." Anthony looked at Fox speechlessly, and finally he could only nod his head. It seemed that Fox was determined to bring Su Xi here, and the next thing might be really troublesome.

Anthony also felt tired at the moment, he lay down directly and said, "It's getting late, go to sleep."

"Yes." Fox agreed, and then lay in Anthony's arms.

The next day, because of the game against the Bulls, Anthony went out early.

After sending Anthony out of the room, Fox turned back to the room, went to the storage room on the second floor, opened a suitcase, took out a bloody sheet from it, and looked at it with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

When Anthony arrived at the airport, he was not surprised to see that the head coach of the team was still D'Antoni. He still greeted him as usual, but after he got on the plane, he looked around and found that Nash had disappeared. Only other people know that Nash seems to have an ankle discomfort and will miss two games.

Hearing the news, Anthony called Nash immediately, and after asking him if the problem was not serious, he was relieved. Although the team's defense is not good now, it has nothing to do with Nash. As a player, he always They are all playing in obedience to the coach's intention.

The plane soon arrived in Chicago. After a day of training, D'Antoni naturally arranged for Williams to be the team's starting point guard. The team's lineup seemed to be the same as last season.

But after the game really started, everyone realized that even with the same lineup, the performance on the court was completely different from last season. Under D'Antoni's instruction, the team's style of play Exactly the same as the previous game, the two teams also went crazy in the confrontation between you and me.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides began to slow down the pace and began to dig in one ball after another. The Nuggets fell into a backward situation without knowing it, and there were even signs of a collapse.

The good news is that, when it came to the anxious moment, Williams habitually fed the ball to Anthony, but put aside D'Antoni's tricks for the time being, which also gave the Nuggets a chance to turn around.
At this time, facing Luol Deng's defense, Anthony turned around and made a step-back jumper to score, helping the Nuggets solve their urgent need.

Looking back, Anthony's old friend, Hinrich used the pick-and-roll throw to score for the Bulls.

But immediately, Anthony rushed to the frontcourt, received a pass from Williams, and scored under the basket. At the same time, the team also caused a thug foul by the Bulls inside Eddie Curry, winning the opportunity for additional penalties.

The two sides just came and went to score at the last moment, and after Anthony got the ball, he felt good. Teammates, quickly caught up with the score.

Seeing that they were about to overtake and even win the game, in the last 2 minutes, Jamal Crawford of the Bulls scored 3 consecutive 3-pointers, completely extinguishing the Nuggets' counterattack, and the final score was also Fixed at 107:112, the Nuggets finally failed to climb out of the big hole they dug, and finally lost the game.

The good news is that Anthony's number of shots reached a new high this season, 23 times, and he finally contributed a game-high 32 points. It's a pity that Crawford's convulsion performance at the last moment ruined a score.

Williams, who replaced Nash in this game, performed well and contributed 8 points and 20 assists. Except that he was not at the same level as Nash in scoring, the number of assists was comparable to Nash.

Because of the previous call from Vandeweghe, Paxson was sitting on the sidelines at the moment, seeing Williams' performance, his inner feelings became extremely subtle.

For the Bulls, they once again consolidated their fourth position in the East, while for the Nuggets, their sixth position in the West has become unstable.

The loss of this game, as well as the performance of the Nuggets before and after, once again pushed D'Antoni to the forefront, especially the local media of the Nuggets, which can be said to be very, very dissatisfied with D'Antoni.

In the following time, after a day of rest, the Nuggets ushered in the challenge of the Portland Trail Blazers at home. Facing an opponent that was not strong, the Nuggets swept away the slump of the previous game, and finally 20 Anthony's data returned to mediocrity, but Williams still performed well, contributing 6 points and 16 assists. His excellent performance seemed to tell others that he was playing as a substitute for the Nuggets. Definitely a waste of time.

On this day, after the game, Vandeweghe, like other times, went back to the office to look through the roster of the team's general manager, and prepared, as usual, to find a suitable trading partner and see if it was possible to get Chandler through other means. Le.

Speaking of today's opponents, Randolph in the Trail Blazers performed very well, but the record of the Trail Blazers is not good, and Randolph has been dubbed the title of data brush. He wondered if he could trade through three parties Trade Randolph to the Bulls.

At this moment, the phone beside him suddenly rang.

Vandeweghe was concentrating on the things in his hands, picked up the phone, and before leaving his eyes from the things in his hands, he said directly: "Hi, hello, who are you looking for?"

The phone over there was silent for a while.

When Vandeweghe heard it, he thought it was a wrong call, so he hung up directly.

After a while, before Vandeweghe read a few more words, the phone beside him rang again.

Vandeweghe seemed a little impatient, put down the things in his hands, and reached for the microphone. At this moment, he suddenly found that the caller ID was John Paxson, the general manager of the Bulls. His face was startled, and then he picked up the phone.

"Qiqi, you are not mean enough, hang up the phone if you don't answer it." As soon as the phone was answered, Paxson's voice sounded a little unhappy.

Vandeweghe was surprised, he didn't expect that Paxson made the silent call before, he said embarrassedly: "Sorry, John, the signal was not good just now, I was about to call back, and you called back. "

Paxson over there laughed twice, but didn't break Vandeweghe's words, and then said: "Qiqi, do you still remember the deal you told me last time? I'm going to talk to you again. "

When Vandeweghe heard that it was related to a trade, his face immediately became happy. He naturally thought of Williams. In the absence of Nash in these two games, Williams performed very well, which even made him feel that Williams is the player. The team's final answer, but after communicating with Anthony in private, he abandoned this idea. Anthony told him that the team's point guard, when it comes to bayonets in the playoffs, scoring ability is very necessary, otherwise , In a game where the offense is difficult, if the point guard can't use breakthroughs or shots to open up the team's offensive space, then the entire team's offense will fall into a very stagnant state, so his thinking has completely changed.

At this moment, Vandeweghe said directly: "Are you ready to accept the last deal?"

Paxson continued: "Well, I have considered it for a long time, and I think this deal is a win-win deal for us."

Anthony listened to Paxson's words, and couldn't help saying "Old Fox" in his heart. When he thought the Nuggets had a good bargaining chip, Paxson didn't explicitly refuse, but said that he would consider it. Now that it's been so long, he should consider it. up.

Vandeweghe continued: "Oh, John, I think that chip may need some adjustments."

Paxson's voice changed: "What, Kiki, have you changed your mind?!"

"No, no, I haven't changed my mind." Vandeweghe said immediately, "The trading structure of the main body will not change, but I think Battelle may be the one who can replace Okur as a bargaining chip. You know, we The team is bombarding, and your team, Tyson has always played the inside defender, Battelle is also this type of player, although it can't make up for Tyson's departure, but I think this is very important to your team's lineup style Is it the least impactful?"

"You..." Paxon was really out of breath.

Vandeweghe clenched his fists unconsciously. At this time, it was the best for Paxson to agree to the deal, but he is the general manager, and he is still clear about the scheming of the general managers. It can be said that the status has changed. He was the one who called Paxson before, but now, it was Paxson who called him. It was time for him to take the lead.

After a long time, Paxson seemed to have made up his mind and said, "You have to make up a second-round pick for me. Do you have any objections to this?"

To Paxson's surprise, Vandeweghe refused straight away: "John, you know, we don't have many draft picks, so I think the two first rounds are in your hands, even if Battelle can't make up for it." Tyson, I think you guys have time to make some changes to the roster before the trade deadline, or obviously, right?"

Paxson is really going to explode, but from the point of view of chips, one of the two first-round picks is still a lottery pick, plus the restored Jason Williams, it is indeed a very big deal for him. Big temptation.

Finally, Paxson gritted his teeth and spit out two words: "Deal!"

(End of this chapter)