The Godfather of Basketball

Only ten days away from the All-Star Game, the Rockets went to Los Angeles and Orlando to play two games.

Pietrus is still out of the game, and Morrow can't just top it at once. With the road away, the Rockets have lost two games in a row.

This is also the first two-game losing streak the Rockets have encountered this season.

Fans are worried that the team's players will also be affected.

Back in the morning training class in Houston, Tang Tian called Pietrus aside and talked to him alone.

The content of the conversation was similar to the previous one, but to untie Pietrus' heart.

But from the effect of the conversation, it is not very good.

Tang Tian can't really open up and say that you are a contract year. I promise I will give you a lot of playing time and so on. If it is really heard by other players, his prestige will be gone.

In the end, he couldn't do anything about it, and the drill office continued to study the game.

That afternoon, Morey was studying the team's lineup in the office, and a call from Memphis interrupted him.

Just after answering the call, he directly called in the team's deputy general manager, Case Jones, and Mutombo, who is in charge of inside training.

"Darell, is there anything urgent?" Jones was studying how to strengthen the trade deadline and was called by Moray in a hurry.

"You sit first." Morey didn't answer him immediately, but turned to look at Mutombo.

"Dikembe, how's DeAndre Jordan's training going? Does he have the ability to be a backup inside the team?" Morey asked directly.

"His training has improved a lot, and he should be able to help the team next season." Mutombo did not know why Morey suddenly asked this, but he still answered truthfully.

"No, not next season, I mean now." Morey said directly.

"Now?" Mutombo thought for a moment, then thought for a while, "Reluctantly, his defensive habits are still poor."

"Reluctantly? I can fight, right? OK, you go out first." Morey didn't explain anything at all.

Mutombo nodded in confusion, then went out of the general manager's office.

...

Tang Tian came out of the coach's office. He was worrying about Pietrus and just saw Mutombo bowing his head from the other side of the passage.

Mutombo has been in charge of the team's inside training since retiring last season, and the two usually only meet in the training hall.

"Hey, Dikembe." Tang Tian shouted.

Mutombo raised his head and saw that it was Tang Tian, ​​tossed the doubts first, and greeted Tang Tian with a smile: "Don, why haven't you eaten yet?"

"Isn't this waiting for you, go, together?" Tang Tian joked.

Mutombo laughed at Tang Tian, ​​nodded, and the two talked while walking.

"By the way, how is De Andrew's training recently?" Tang Tian asked, turning his head.

Gasol is playing well now, and this season's troubles have come one after another, he has not had time to care about Jordan.

"Strange, why do you all ask this question today?" Mutombo murmured.

"What?" Tang Tian froze. "Who else mentioned it?"

"Darell, he called me and Keyes in front and asked me if DeAndre was capable of playing inside." Mutombo said aloud, and then said what had been doubtful before. Is it strange that the general manager cares about a rookie bench inside? "

Tang Tian also hesitated for a moment, but his brain turned so fast that he quickly guessed a possibility.

"You went in with Case?" Tang Tian asked.

Mutombo nodded. "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Tang Tian waved his hand without saying anything, and then switched the topic and talked about the others.

But he knew in his mind what was going to happen.

If it was just calling Mutombo, it would be a very strange query, but if the team's deputy general manager was also called in, this matter would have a completely different meaning.

Morey, it's likely to trade Little Gasol!

...

When Mutombo was gone, Morey then turned to look at Jones, and then said calmly, "I received an offer that I could not refuse."

"Related to Marc Gasol?" Jones knew, and probably guessed.

Morey nodded: "Memphis proposed to use the first round of 2009 to sign Gadonnall Foyer to trade Mark Gasol."

"First round next year!" Jones was shocked after listening.

The Grizzlies have a terrible record this season. They are now in the bottom fourth in the Western Conference, and then they are bad. The probability of getting the No. 1 pick is not small.

I didn't expect them to trade it for a Rockets backup bench!

A high probability lottery pick, even a manager will be excited.

"It's just a bit risky. If Mark goes to the Grizzlies, and if the Grizzlies come out, the value of the first round of the sign is devalued, and this transaction is not worth it." Rich suffered a loss and became more cautious.

"This probability is very low. Although Mark is good, he has not been able to turn the tide." Jones went on.

After listening to Jones, Morey knew that the latter was also moved by the trading plan.

"The question now is, what did Don say there? Now in his system, Mark is a very important character. If he doesn't agree, this transaction will be difficult to make," Jones said thoughtfully.

Morey frowned obviously after listening.

Tang Tian led the Rockets to win the championship for two consecutive years, and his general manager only accepted it last season. The following people seem to subconsciously consider Tang Tian as the most talkative person in this team.

"Dikembe just said, DeAndre can go up. If this is not done well, it is a matter of Don's own ability." Morey said uneasily, partly because of Jones's attitude just now, and partly, from This year's draft began, and he felt very constrained whether to sign Matt Barnes.

Jones froze and looked up at Morey, only to find that the latter's face was not so good.

"I think it's better to ask Tang to discuss it. After all, he knows this team better and ..." Jones hesitated.

"Case, I'm the general manager of this team!" Morey interrupted Jones directly.

Jones froze for a while and didn't speak ~ www.readwn.com ~ looked at Morey a bit stupidly, but slowly, he also knew why the relationship between Morey and Tang Tian became more and more rigid.

A head coach is used to having the right to speak, but a general manager wants to get back a position that belongs to the general manager.

"I'll get it over there. You can simply say that this is better than trading. If it works, I'll have a meeting to discuss it with you." Morey noticed Jones's eyes and said with a calm tone.

"Well, from the perspective of the team's selection this past year, and what Dickenbe said just now, I think it is worth doing." Jones gave opinions.

"Okay, I know." Morey nodded, and that was the only thing he wanted to hear.

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