Chapter 167 Prepare for a rainy day

As the manager of a team in the NBA, sometimes the test is not how you have a vision, but your ability to resist pressure, because you really can't guarantee that you can get good players every time by trading here.

There are many transactions that spend a lot of money to sign bad contracts. Looking at the current situation in New York, you can imagine that Dolan's more than 100 million yuan has been invested, and his team's performance has not been any better.

And the Knicks are getting worse and worse now. This season's New York has almost been doomed from the beginning. Anyway, Dolan's more than 100 million dollars is completely wasted, and he didn't even hear it.

New York fans are even too lazy to scold them. Anyway, there is more than one bad contract signed by Thomas. Everyone is just watching the farce within their team.

Anyway, at this time, the boss will definitely not be scolded. At most, some people say behind his back that he is stupid and has a lot of money.

Er, in general, Dolan is behind the name of a second ancestor, and then is pointed out behind a group of people behind his back. This guy may have been used to all kinds of comments on him by the outside world.

But while guarding New York, Dolan is not afraid that he can't get attention for a large amount of investment. Even if the news is negative, he doesn't care. As long as there is exposure, he, a businessman, will make money.

Being a boss is naturally not afraid of being said by others, but the team manager must be the first to be shot. Even the "smiling assassin", who is the number one person in the NBA, will be scolded by the fans.

Because no matter how bad the player is, the fans will boo at most. Anyway, he is already rotten. What else can you do? When watching the ball, just boo it out twice.

Even if there are hot-tempered fans, they are just shouting at the players. If the other party also has the same hot personality, the worst is that both sides will criticize each other, which is just to let those reporters take advantage of it.

The team manager will definitely be scolded by the fans. Most of the time, the fans will say angrily, "That idiot! He took the money we contributed to buy a piece of waste!"

Most team managers can only say with a bitter face at this time, "This is none of my business!" This guy can still get two pairs last season. Who knows that he will halve the data in another place!"

Of course, this kind of nagging can't be loud. Who let you dominate this deal? If you don't scold you at this time, is there any other scapegoat? Anyway, the team manager is basically used by the fans.

When the team is good, I can't remember how much credit you have. When the team is not good, er, you are the first character to stand up and be scolded, and no matter how you scold you, you can't fight back.

After all, the manager is the management of the team. He must face the media and fans, and there must be the most criticism.

It doesn't matter if the fans scold them. After all, it's their own family, but the media will usually stir up trouble at this time. All kinds of strange contracts will be turned out by them to watch if they have nothing to do.

New York, Portland, these places are the hardest-hit areas of all kinds of bad transactions. However, whenever there are failed transactions, the glorious history of these two cities will always be compared to see who is worse.

So, as a team manager in the NBA, you need to have a strong nerve. Once you choose a talented rookie or a beautiful big deal, it means that you are completely developed.

Although the NBA has the selection of the best manager every year, this kind of lucky person is just a year of glory. Most of the time, they are still the best candidates to take the blame for the team's poor results.

The team is bad. First scold the manager, then the coach, and finally the players. This has basically become a fixed pattern. Anyway, the manager is always the first to be shot, and his hatred is also the most stable.

So, the general team managers have a very sarcastic face. Internally, those players who want big contracts do not like them, and externally, those fans and the media don't have a good look at them.

Angie has to deal with this situation now. He chose Chen Feng and Ron Do. He has been in front of the media for a few days. Many people say that the best manager of this season is destined to be pocketed by him.

But at the same time, some people criticized that the salary structure of the Celtics is very bad now, which is also a mess left by Angie's poor management in the past few years. When encountering such a statement, Angie is also helpless.

That's right. There are a few deals that he did badly, but most of the bad contracts were finalized by Pittino when he was the coach. He chose those players! It really has nothing to do with Angie.

Angie is a typical representative of lying down and being shot. When he took over the team, Pitino had already made Boston miserable, and even Auerbach was dissatisfied with the college coach.

Although the team still had a pair of Gemini stars such as Pierce and Walker at that time, the atmosphere of the whole team seemed boring and uncompetitive.

Without a genius like Auerbach, Angie can only start to make up for the team's loopholes tremblingly, but it can only be regarded as diligence. There are no bright spots in his trading and operation.

After the end of last season, the news that Pierce was leaving came out. I have to say that this is the biggest irony for the work of the team manager. Fortunately, the situation has finally been reversed this season.

Pierce is not leaving, and the team's competitiveness has begun to rise gradually. Now in the East, the Celtics can also be regarded as wandering around in the middle, and the hope of entering the playoffs has also increased greatly.

Rivers even had the idea of competing for the top spot in the Atlantic Division, especially Chen Feng and Ron Do's recent performance as much as stimulants, which also made Boston fans feel very excited.

After all, the team has been away from the honor of the playoffs for too long. A few years ago, even if it entered the playoffs, it was a round of tour. It finally broke into the Eastern Conference Finals and was kicked out by others.

But now Rivers has also put the problem on the table for Angie, trading and supplementing the lineup. If you want the Celtics to remain competitive in the East, you must make up for the current shortcomings.

The Celtics have a good initial record, but they are far from being able to relax their demands on themselves.

Rivers is not difficult for his old partner, but the needs he listed are enough to make Angie scratch his scalp. After all, there are only so many players in the NBA, and few of them can be seen by Rivers.

"The shooter outside the three-point line, the scoring point of the inside line, er, is Doug going to kill me?"

"If there are pitchers and insiders who can handle, how can they be cheap? Which team has to stay like a treasure, and can it be easily released for you at this time? Isn't that a dream!"

"Why didn't this guy write down Kobe and Iverson and so on! What the hell is this?"

"I'll go! It turns out that there is still a copy on the back! Kobe, Iverson, O'Neal, Duncan! This thing is really written! Your sister! Doug, you bastard wants to bankrupt the team! Which one of these can't be 20 million!?"

Angie's side is scratching his head, but in the face of the current team's salary structure, he does have some ideas. The total salary of the Celtics this season is only ranked 19th in the NBA, with 62,000.

Of course, they are definitely not comparable to the prodigal in New York. They are also at the middle and downstream level in the NBA.

But both Angie and Rivers are very dissatisfied with a few high-paying players. Pierce has 15 million a year, which is hard to say. After all, he is the core of the team.

Both fans and management are all clear about Pierce's state. As long as this guy can do it, he will try his best to deal with any opponent. He can definitely be regarded as a team leader.

But compared with Pierce, Szebiak, who has a salary of 11 million, and Ratliff, who has a salary of nearly 12 million, make Angie a headache.

Szebiak is a little better. At least this guy's performance in shooting is relatively good. At least you can't say that he is an unbearable player, but it is a little out of a little proportional to his salary.

Ratliffe is a little unbearable. From the first game, this guy has been cowardly to the end. He doesn't have the style of the inner block king at all. The appearance that he is afraid of his hands makes Rivers hate is that his teeth are itchy. Most of the time, he can only throw this high-paying and incompetent guy on the bench. Go up.

But that's more than 10 million! It's useless, and Ogwokanddi's annual salary of more than one million yuan is a headache for Angie. He is also thinking about how to deal with these two guys.

It is a step to clean up the non-performing assets within the team, but it is not so easy to throw out such a useless big contract as Ratliffe. Unless a team wants to vacate the salary space, prepare this guy to sign it and buy out the contract directly, otherwise, it is estimated that no one is willing to spend this big price to buy a scrap material back. Go.

This season can't be done. Maybe we can consider taking action next season. Anyway, Rivers and Angie have made up their minds. Boston will definitely not leave such a useless Buddha.

And if Ogwokandi's contract expires, he will definitely be swept away. Compared with these useless guys, it is a headache for Angie now. It is estimated that he will sign some players to supplement Rivers.

The mid- and long-distance scorer, a stable scoring point in the inside line, er, this difficulty, Angie scratched her scalp and began to think about what kind of goods she could get for Rivers.

"There is still 3.5 million salary space, but what kind of good players can I get with such a little money? God, unless those agents stop talking, I can only expect good luck like the draft. Otherwise, Doug's vision, I can't be satisfied, and there are still two? Let's dream!"

While Angie was roaring in the office, the sudden ringing of the phone made the guy quickly quiet. When his secretary looked at Angie walk out of the office, his face was full of smiles, er, it was really a little... rippling.

The ghost knew what was wrong with this guy, but on the table in Angie's office, there was a piece of white paper full of names, which was falling gently with the breeze.

No one knows who is written on it, but Angie's unusually rippling smile seems to indicate something. At least, that's definitely not bad news...

(Recommend a book, "Beast Basketball", written by a guy named Xuanzhong Tingyu. He has been looking forward to overwhelm me in terms of grades, so the recommendation is recommended. Don't add red tickets to him, wow. Wait a minute)