Finley performed well in the Manhattan Challengers last season. During most of the time as a substitute, he averaged 10.5 points per game and scored an astonishing 42% of his three-point shooting percentage, and even his shooting percentage was 45%. It can be said that this Manhattan Challenger veteran performed in the Manhattan Challengers for the second spring. Although his average data is definitely not as good as his All-Star level at his peak, he is definitely a perfect role player pursued by many teams.

If his remaining contract was not for more than 20 million in three years, it can be said that this veteran of the Manhattan Challenger is definitely the player that most teams in the league want. However, even if he now has a contract that looks like a garbage contract for 3 years and 2,000 yuan, there are still many teams pursuing it. At least Zhuang Fei got a lot of quotes from Chris after returning to New York.

"Bullshit, it seems that there is no problem with trading Finley."

On June 10, 2007, at the head coach's office of the Manhattan Challenger, the team's general manager Chris smiled and handed the document in his hand to Zhuang Fei and said with some gratitude that for him, Zhuang Fei's task of not only sending Finley away but also sending Finley to the Southwest was a little worried when he accepted it. After all, Finley is at a age. The Manhattan Challenger player is 34 years old this year. Although his condition has been in good shape, no one knows how long he can play. In this case, the player now has a contract of more than 20 million yuan, which is definitely a huge burden for many teams. Although Finley's performance this season is worth this price, no one knows whether the player will still be worth this price in the future. In this case, Chris is extremely pessimistic. Now it seems that he is thinking too much.

Because after he put Finley on the shelf, he attracted the attention of a large number of teams including the Pistons, Magic, Nets, Pacers, Suns, Warriors, Hornets, etc. Among them, there are two teams from the Southwest Division, the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets. Of course, because Finley's salary is a bit high, most teams that want to get this player are some bottom teams, because these bottom teams have the largest salary space, and what they lack is some excellent players, but one thing that these bottom teams pursue is that their draft picks are generally very high. In this case, it is difficult for the Manhattan Challengers to get draft picks from these teams. You should know that Zhuang Fei gave him the order to give him a draft pick first.

Of course, even if there is no first-round pick, some second-round picks can still be traded. These bottom teams have given their second-round picks to the Manhattan Challenger for most reasons. However, according to Finley's age and his big contract, it is actually not a loss to be able to switch to a second-round pick with a higher pick, so this is also the reason why Chris is in a good mood now.

It's just obvious that in Chris's opinion, it's already a good thing for Finley to trade a second-round draft pick, but for Zhuang Fei, this is far from enough. There are many things that the Manhattan challengers need to make up for. Not long ago, Marc Gasol's performance allowed him to come to the NBA this year. He must have a first-round contract guaranteed. This requires Zhuang Fei to have to get a first-round draft pick. Even if the pick is very low, he must get it. In this case, Zhuang Fei hopes to get such chips from Finley.

So at this time, Zhuang Fei shook his head helplessly when he looked down at these quotes that made Chris excited. There were more teams who wanted Finley, but there were no quotes that satisfy Zhuang Fei. Especially for Lotto teams like the Warriors and the Suns, Zhuang Fei could not complete the transaction with them.

Therefore, after looking at these quotes, Zhuang Fei shook his head helplessly. Chris, who was still very excited just now, was not so excited to see Zhuang Fei like this. For him, if Zhuang Fei is not satisfied with these, then he really has no choice, because this is the best quote he can find. Finley's value is so great now. If Finley's contract is 3 years and 5 million, Chris is confident that he can get better chips for Zhuang Fei, but it is obvious that Finley's contract is not 3 years and 5 million.

"Zhuang, are your requirements too high? This is the best offer I can find?" Chris said to his boss helplessly. Although he has been working in NBA for several months and has adapted to the position of NBA general manager, it is obvious that his current ability is not enough to make him feel at ease in trading. Zhuang Fei doesn't know if this is Finley's final value, but Zhuang Fei is sure that if Danny Angie and Kupchek are allowed to operate Finley, Finley will have a larger bargaining chip.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Fei also smiled at Chris and said, "My requirements are indeed higher, but I'm not in a hurry now."

After Zhuang Fei finished speaking, Chris nodded. He didn't know why Zhuang Fei was not in a hurry to trade Finley now, but since it was Zhuang Fei's order, he had no need to disobey. After all, Zhuang Fei is his boss.

"By the way, Chris, I went to Los Angeles not long ago and got some gains. Steve and Tom will come back to serve as assistant coaches for me, and Stephen will jump out of the Lakers' contract to sign with the team. And I also dug up the Lakers' general manager Kupchek. They will come here in a few days. You can prepare a house for them here first, preferably a larger high-end apartment. I think they should all bring their families."

After Zhuang Fei smiled and said to Chris, it was Zhuang Fei's turn to be shocked at this time. Jackson would jump out of the contract and follow Zhuang Fei to Manhattan. This is something he could imagine. Chris knew about Zhuang Fei and Jackson. Not to mention that Jackson could jump out of the contract, even if he could not jump out of the contract, as long as it was Zhuang Fei's call, he would directly buy out his contract to follow Zhuang Fei without hesitation. Although Heberdo is the Lakers' assistant coach, he also lent to Green by Zhuang Fei. It is understandable that he came here now. But Green's return surprised him a little.

Suddenly, you should know that Green is the best young head coach in the league now and a master coach in the international basketball industry. Although such a coach is Zhuang Fei's disciple, it is not very likely to come back to be an assistant, right? So Zhuang Fei shook his head laughed and cried when he saw Chris's surprised expression. He himself didn't want Green to come back again, but there was no way. Green was unwilling to continue being the head coach now. At this time, Chris thought about Kupchek's coming to the team. At this time, the general manager of the Manhattan Challenger almost jumped up excitedly.

Of course, Chris knew what Kupcheck's arrival meant, which would mean that he would no longer be the general manager of this team. In fact, this is something Zhuang Fei's agent has been looking forward to for a long time. He really has no interest in the position of general manager of the NBA. Now he is the chairman and CEO of the Premier League team Manchester City, the head of Zhuang Fei's team, and the CEO of Scarlett Children's Foundation, and the sensibility and vice president of Apple. In addition, he is still the agent of Zhuang Fei, Paul and Gerald Wallace. It can be said that the burden on Zhuang Fei, the most trusted assistant, is too great. In this case, he has long wanted to resign from Zhuang Fei as the general manager of the team, but Zhuang Fei has always told him that the right candidate has not been in place yet, so let him stick to it first, and now, the right candidate has finally come.

So after receiving the instructions from Zhuang Fei, the general manager of the team was almost extremely excited to prepare accommodation for these upcoming people. Of course, it is extremely easy to find some high-end apartments for these people in the residential area of ​​East River Basketball Park in Manhattan. There are still a large number of suites and duplex apartments above 150 square meters.

At this time, Chris was happy because of the upcoming new general manager of the Manhattan Challenger. At this time, Zhuang Fei also looked at Chris' excited back and smiled helplessly and shook his head. Chris is good in everything, but it is not suitable to be the general manager of the NBA, because he is a pure businessman and economist who pays great attention to efficiency and attaches great importance to the right words. It is difficult for him to argue with others like other NBA team general managers. He has always done a very poor job in this regard, especially in team trading.

Moreover, even if Chris adapted to the NBA's way of survival, Zhuang Fei could not let him stay here for a long time. After all, Zhuang Fei's true biggest career was not in the NBA, or Zhuang Fei's richest career was not here.

Of course, Zhuang Fei is now preparing to welcome several upcoming team newcomers from Los Angeles. Soon, almost two days later, these people came. Lakers' general manager Kuppchek came alone. After Green announced his resignation, the general manager also announced his resignation. His family is still in Los Angeles. However, as long as he settles here, they will probably come one after another. Hebrew is the same. Only Green has the family brought his family here now. Zhuang Fei also saw Jeff Green, who has now changed from a naughty child to a gangster. This son of Green, who was not afraid of Zhuang Fei when he was a child, and Zhuang Lin, who made the mess of Zhuang Fei's house mess, is now afraid of himself when he grows up.

It is absolutely impossible for the Lakers to hide it from those reporters when they come to Manhattan. After all, the Lakers' soap operas have attracted the attention of most people. For many reporters, Green and Kupcheck's sudden resignation is very surprising. They are also extremely curious about what the protagonists of the Lakers' soap operas want to do. At this time, when they saw that the two former Lakers' soap leaders all went to Manhattan and then Green still brought his family to come, they almost made these people crazy.

Obviously, these people now know very clearly what is about to happen. Green is likely to become Zhuang Fei's assistant, and Kupchek is likely to take charge of the Manhattan Challenger. In fact, these people's guesses are not wrong.

Almost the day after Kupchek and Green came to New York, Zhuang Fei and the Manhattan Challenger's official website announced that they had signed a contract with Steve Green and Kupchek. When Zhuang Fei gave the contract amount of the two, it almost scared everyone. Green and the Manhattan Challenger's contract had an annual salary of 5 million yuan, and the two sides signed a contract for four years, while Kupchek's annual salary was also 5 million yuan. He signed a contract for four years. For Green, he got it.

There is no doubt about an annual salary of 5 million. After all, he can get such a salary in the Lakers as in other teams. But for Kupchek, this salary is too much. You should know that his salary in the Lakers is only 2.5 million, and the highest-paid general manager in the United States is Nelson Jr. Nelson Jr., the son of Nelson, the oldest son. His salary is only 3.5 million. It can be said that this Lakers general manager is highly valued by Zhuang Fei and Manhattan Challengers.

Of course, at this time, the whole United States was discussing the fact that Green and Kupchek came to the Manhattan Challenger, and at this time the two of them officially began to take charge of the team. Of course, Green now needs to go back to China because he needs to take the team to play the Asian Championships this year. This Asian Championships are played in Wuhan, China, and are considered a local battle. Although due to next year's Beijing Olympics, there are actually no results required for this year's Asian Championships to be trained more. Therefore, NBA stars like Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Xue Yuyang will not participate, and are considered to train young players. Of course, Yi Jianlian, as a favorite in this year's draft, still needs to return to China to lead the team after participating in the draft.

In this case, Green will not be able to come back until the Asian Championships end in October.

Of course, no matter when Green comes back, the team has two head coach-level assistant coaches, Hebrew and Woodson, which is enough to handle the team's daily affairs. Moreover, a new assistant named Kenny Walker in Chicago, also came to Manhattan to report after dealing with the matter of Iguodala's alma mater. It can be said that before the new season began, the Manhattan Challenger's coaching lineup and management lineup were considered complete.

After these lineups are complete, you can officially run the team

"Is there news from the Manhattan Challenger?"

The NBA has been very lively recently. The Lakers' management collectively resigned to Manhattan. The Spurs and Grizzlies played the all-in-one action in the finals. Rashid Wallace beat Howard, who was full of confidence and a bit arrogant recently. Then the two staged the first live-action match in NBA history on the finals stage, and all were suspended for five games. In such a situation, not many people would notice Morey and his Rockets.

"Not yet, Kupchek doesn't seem to have any interest in trading with us"

At this time, facing the problem of his boss, Morey's assistant shook his head helplessly. Since the Manhattan Challenger changed to general manager, it has been a bit difficult to deal with the Manhattan Challenger.

After getting the answer from his assistant, Morey shook his head helplessly. Finley is a very outstanding leader player. Morey is very clear about this. Morey, who is extremely obsessed with data, can also calculate that Finley's current state can last for more than three years if it is normal. Therefore, he is extremely appreciative of this veteran of the Manhattan challenger and has always wanted to get it. You must know that there are too few veteran leaders like NBA first.

For an absolutely young team like the Rockets, having such a veteran is like having a treasure.

However, facing the Manhattan Challenger's offer, the Rockets' general manager was a little hesitant. The Rockets have the No. 15 draft pick in the first round of this year, which is not low or high in this year's draft year. There are no rookies worthy of his attention at this pick this year, so he does not intend to leave this sign, but it is a bit of a loss to trade with Manhattan Finley, but apart from this chip, he has no other chips. Now he is in a tangle. Compared with the previous Manhattan general manager Chris, Kupchek is much more experienced.

At this time, it is estimated that in many NBA team general managers' offices, the general managers who want to trade with the Manhattan Challengers now have the same headache as Morey.

Of course, Morey and the others had a headache at this time, but Zhuang Fei was very happy now. In just three days, Kupchek used Finley to bring him a quote that was even unexpected to him.

"Zhuang, which one do you think is more suitable?"

In the head coach's office of the Manhattan Challenger, Kupchek looked at Zhuang Fei who was choosing with a smile on his face. At this time, Zhuang Fei was busy choosing a trading plan. In the end, Zhuang Fei finally spoke after a long time of confusion.

"Just this, let's trade with the Rockets." In the end, Zhuang Fei sighed and raised his head to give his answer. After Kupchek got Zhuang Fei's answer, he left with a smile.

Zhuang Fei was also extremely satisfied with the back of the team's new general manager. He could do more than Chris could do.

One day later, the Manhattan Challengers and Houston Rockets completed a deal. The Manhattan Challengers used Mike Finley and Daniel Gibson to get the Rockets' contract expired Gugliotta, this year's No. 15 draft and No. 45 draft picks, as well as the 2009 lottery zone protected draft picks (if the 2009 Rockets' draft pick is the lottery zone, then the draft pick belongs to the Rockets, if not the lottery zone pick belongs to the Manhattan Challengers)
Chapter completed!