"What about the second thing? Don't worry about Larry Brown. It's not a big deal at all."

Kongbu waved his hands and said nonchalantly, letting old Thomas continue.

"The second thing is that the Seattle SuperSonics want to trade with us. They want big money."

"Huh? You want a big deal? Unless they trade for Payton the Glove."

"No, even if I take Payton in exchange, I won't agree."

Kongbu was very surprised. Their next away opponent was the SuperSonics. Unexpectedly, at this juncture, they actually wanted to trade with the Raptors.

No wonder Thomas Sr. came to Seattle.

"Your cowhide always sounds so fresh and refined. If someone really wants to trade it with Payton, can you not trade it?"

Old Thomas rolled his eyes and said.

Don't tell me, Kongbu really doesn't plan to change it.

There is no doubt that Payton is a great player. In terms of defensive ability alone, he may be the first in history at the one position.

After all, Payton is the only player who got DPOY as a point guard.

In terms of historical status, Ben may be a little behind Payton.

But Ben's significance to Kongbu and even the Raptors is extremely special. He is not only the guardian of the penalty area on the court, but also a data amplifier for young people, and he is about to become the spiritual leader of the team.

Take O'Neill's last game as an example. Without the help of big money, he would never have been able to achieve a 30-10 double-double.

It is no exaggeration to say that Koumbu can accept the departure of any Raptors player, even Tracy McGrady, but Ben cannot leave.

"If you really don't want to change it, the big book is not for sale to us."

"But I guess the Sonics' target is definitely not Big Ben. They know very well that they don't have the right chips to trade Big Ben."

Kongbu said in a deep voice.

Old Thomas nodded appreciatively, "Do you know George Karl?"

"Of course I know the current head coach of the SuperSonics."

"Then do you know about his relationship with Larry Brown?"

Combo was startled, and he suddenly remembered that the relationship between George Karl and Larry Brown was extremely close.

The two of them don't have a master-student relationship, but they are both North Carolina college coaches, and Carl is Brown's junior brother.

The so-called North Carolina academic coaches refer to the coaching faction under Dean Smith, who has coached North Carolina for 36 years.

Larry Brown was the senior brother of this faction, and George Carl was the second junior brother. These two later formed their own faction.

Among them, all Spurs coaches can be classified as Larry Brown's disciples, but later Popovich's achievements were too high and he completely surpassed Larry Brown, causing this faction to become the Popovich faction.

The reason why Combu knew that Carl and Brown were closely related had to start with an anecdote from later generations.

In 2005, Larry Brown ran away with his bucket and joined the New York Knicks, and got a super big contract as he wished.

But his coaching performance was not recognized by Thomas Sr., so the Knicks management was ready to fire Larry Brown and was unwilling to pay him that much salary.

Yes, in 2005, Thomas Sr. had left the Raptors and became the general manager of the Knicks.

Because of the salary issue, the two sides were at loggerheads, and George Karl directly stood up to speak out for his senior brother Larry Brown.

The way he pronounces his voice is very interesting.

Caught old Thomas and cursed him to death.

"He's a fool."

"He's just an asshole."

"What a fucking piece of shit."

These are the exact words George Karl used to scold Thomas Sr., and they have not been processed at all.

Even after he finished cursing, Old Carl was quite upset, not because he was upset because he had scolded Old Thomas, but because he felt that his knowledge was limited and he could not come up with a more vicious curse.

Combs despises Larry Brown, but he has no ill feelings towards George Karl.

This man is quite generous, especially towards his players. As long as the players work hard enough, they are all MVPs in his eyes.

"Old Carl isn't here to avenge Larry Brown, is he?" Combo frowned.

This idea was quickly abandoned. The other party was seeking a deal. Even if it dug a hole for itself, how could a time traveler like Kong Bu not see that? The deal would be cancelled.

"Then let's arrange a meeting. It's better to discuss this kind of thing in person."

After Kongbu thought for a moment, he decided that he really had nothing to be afraid of.

He enjoys the feeling of making a difference in trading. Now there is a trading opportunity in front of him, and Kongbu is not willing to miss it.

"Arrange a meeting? Do you think I'm your secretary?"

"I am the president and you are the vice president. Help me arrange a meeting. Are there any questions?"

Kongbu laughed and said that over the past few months of contact, the relationship between him and Thomas Sr. has become closer and closer, and it feels like they have been friends for years.

When Kongbu communicated with Thomas Sr. before, he was somewhat restrained, but now he is completely relaxed.

"By the way, what's the third thing?"

"The third thing is that you have to get a new hairstyle. This is a suggestion from the team's public relations manager."

"He thinks your hairstyle is too nerdy and damages the image of our Raptors."

Kong Bu's face was filled with questions. The team's public relations manager was probably too full to hold on, so he had to take care of this kind of thing?

However, if you think about it carefully, it seems that this suggestion is not unreasonable.

As the coach of a team, he is already pretty and handsome, but now his hair is very toothy, which does look a bit inconsistent.

"Okay, then you go contact Old Carl first, and I'll go get a haircut. See you in the evening."

After a while, Kongbu led Daben to a local hair salon in Seattle with a good reputation.

The reason why he brought Daben with him was because Kongbu felt that Daben needed to change his hairstyle more urgently than he did.

When I first met Ben a few months ago, he had short hair. At that time, Kongbu asked him to grow his hair long.

The hair growth rate of black people is a bit alarming. After a few months, Daben can already have an afro hairstyle.

Without the afro, Ben looks too short.

Big Ben already obeyed Kong Bu's words, and Kong Bu said that the afro was good for the game, so how could he not cooperate.

Kongbu thought for a long time and felt that his face shape should resemble the wolf head of the protagonist Shelby in the later British TV series "Peaky Blinders".

Teacher Tony was busy for an hour, and Kongbu looked at himself in the mirror and wanted to cry without tears.

My look is a bit different from Shelby's.

It looked more like a razor gang than a street vendor selling razors.

Things went smoothly for Daben, and his afro finally became straight.

"Coach, you..."

Da Ben looked embarrassed. Looking at Kong Bu's bad hair style, he couldn't bear to speak.

Kongbu had no choice but to ask Teacher Tony to pull back all his hair and give him a hair style with a big bang.

In the evening, Combe received a call from Thomas Sr. and made an appointment to meet Carl Sr. at a French restaurant.

"Mr. Karl, let's get straight to the point."

"Which player on our team do you like?"

Kongbu was in a bad mood because of the hair style incident, so he went straight to the point and asked about old Karl.

Old Thomas was covering his mouth and enjoying himself. He didn't remember that he was also bald, and it was caused by hair loss.

Old Karl was obviously mentally prepared. After taking a sip of red wine, he slowly said: "We want Jones."

"You guys don't seem to have any use for him now. I think we can make a deal."

After hearing that the Sonics only wanted Jones, Combs realized that this was just a deal that couldn't be smaller.
Chapter completed!