752 The Kings make a major change
On the second night after the match against South Korea, China defeated Lithuania 127:85.
Won all five games and advanced to the quarterfinals as first in the group.
When this news came, the people of the country were overjoyed.
This result tied China's best result in the World Series.
But this is not enough to satisfy the people of the country.
With Wang Yi here, the top eight are basically in control.
Although everyone is happy, they are not too excited.
And the next game is very important.
According to FIBA ​​rules, the next step will be the knockout rounds.
8 teams will play 4 knockout games.
The winning team advances to the top 4.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that according to FIBA ​​rules, the ranking of the Basketball World Cup is linked to the seats in next year's Olympic Games.
In this Basketball World Cup, the top seven teams can advance directly to next year's Olympic Games.
In other words, as long as they can win this game and advance to the top four, there will be no need to play any Olympic qualifiers, and the Chinese team can directly appear in next year's Paris Olympics.
The eight teams in the quarter-finals will compete in the knockout rounds in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
So after visiting Lithuania, Wang Yi and the others got on the bus to the airport and planned to fly to the Philippines.
Just on the bus, Divac, the general manager of the Kings, called.
"Wang, our team has completed several transactions."
Wang Yi was silent.
What was supposed to come finally came.
There have been many trade messages since the end of the season.
It is said that the Kings want to recruit this superstar and that superstar.
The four-character mantra "scare or expose" is flying all over the place. This is a farce that the NBA will surely stage every summer.
Wang Yi doesn't care about these.
He can lead a bunch of role players to win the championship alone, so who comes has no impact on him.
What he cares about is who is leaving the team?
When someone comes, someone will definitely leave. This is normal in the NBA.
But he fought hard with these brothers for a season and finally succeeded in winning the championship. Do you still want to leave under such circumstances?
This made him slightly unacceptable.
Seeing that Wang Yi had no reaction, Divas could only continue:
"We sent Bagley and Holmes to the Hawks in exchange for interior rim protector Capela. At the same time, we used two high-quality substitute players to exchange for Tucker from the Bucks. We also signed the Timberwolves'
Free agent Beverley. We plan to comprehensively improve the team's defense next season, so we traded three of their defensive players."
Wang Yi shook his head slightly.
Holmes and Bagley just left.
In life, we will always experience various separations and combinations.
Although you don't want these things to happen in many cases, they will happen after all. All you can do is to look away and let time slowly heal the psychological trauma.
At this time, Wang Yi asked: "Do you mean Danny by high-quality substitute players?"
Divac replied: "No, we have no plans to trade for the time being."
Among all his teammates, Wang Yi is actually worried about Danny the most.
He suffers from social phobia.
After he gets used to one team, if he suddenly changes to another team, it will be as if he died all over again.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Danny were traded now, he would probably retire on the spot because he did not want to go to a new team or face a new environment.
It would have been fine without trading Danny.
Divac continued: "At the same time, we signed Anthony, a veteran of the Lakers."
Wang Yi nodded.
Mingji Wo Shen broke the news before.
In the NBA, if Wo Shen releases the news, basically 99.9% of it will become a reality.
Many times the players themselves don't know that they are going to be traded, but Wo Shen can break the news in advance.
Having said that, it would be pretty good to play with Anthony.
Finally, Divac continued: "It's a pity that none of the big-name stars in their prime are willing to come to the Kings."
"I see."
Wang Yi expressed his understanding of this.
First of all, the Kings are a small ball market, and the exposure here is far less than that of big cities like Los Angeles and New York.
Secondly, the Kings are now their own team.
How can stars in their prime years be willing to come to the Kings to be their second-in-command?
Especially since they are Chinese themselves, they are even more reluctant.
But it doesn't matter.
Today you are ignoring me, but tomorrow I will make it impossible for you to reach high.
Finally, Divac said: "I plan to trade Mitchell if there is a suitable opportunity. Even if we don't trade him, we may lay off him after the start of the season."
To be honest, Mitchell really doesn't play a big role in the Kings.
But Wang Yi is not worried about him.
This little licking dog is a genius and will do well no matter which team he plays on.
To take a step back, even if this guy doesn't play basketball anymore, he can find a job in society and do better than the average person.
After the call was completed, Wang Yi was silent for a moment.
The teammates around him knew that he was sorry for the departure of those teammates at this time.
No one spoke.
Coach Du Feng did not try to persuade Wang Yi.
Wang Yi has been in the NBA for 4 years and has become accustomed to these things. He has nothing to advise.
While Wang Yi was silent, his phone rang again.
It's the little licking dog Mitchell calling.
As soon as the call was connected, his voice sounded like a slaughtering pig.
"Boss, help me, the general manager wants to trade me, please save me -"
Wang Yi shook his head: "Trading in the NBA is normal. There's nothing strange about this."
"That's not what you're saying, boss. I don't want to leave you. Think about it when I was traded to other teams. Who would rub your shoulders and legs when you were tired? Who would give you tea when you were thirsty?
Water? Who slaps someone's mouth when they scold you?"
"Of course, it's not that the boss can't live without me, it's that I really can't live without the boss. Boss, if you don't save me, I will retire on the spot. Believe me, if they trade me, I will definitely retire on the spot."
Wang Yi shook his head: "I believe Danny will retire on the spot. As for you, haha."
Mitchell's sarcastic laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Boss, you have seen through it. But I will never leave you. Boss, this is the first time I am begging you. Please tell the general manager."
He said, I know I don’t have much role. But for a player like me, it’s not too much to get a basic salary. As far as I know, the Kings won’t have any big-name stars joining this year, so we still have plenty of salary space.
.I only get a base salary of 1.5 million US dollars, which is more than enough, right?"
Wang Yi paused for a moment.
In fact, with Mitchell's ability, although he doesn't have much effect on the Kings, especially when Beverley comes and will appear as a backup point guard, Mitchell will completely lose his role.
But if he goes to a team that lacks point guards, he can still get $2.5 to $3 million.
Moreover, after Beverley comes to the Kings, he will have very few playing opportunities in the Kings. If he goes to other teams, he will have no problem making a stable rotation.
Now he would rather take $1 million less and stay with the Kings. This is obviously for his own benefit.
It seems that this guy is determined to follow him.
Originally, Wang Yi was unwilling to interfere in the general manager's operations.
Chapter completed!