On the morning after moving to the new villa, Wang Yi asked general manager Divac for the phone numbers of all the players.
Why didn't he ask the coach? Because the general manager should still have operations to do next. Which players will stay in the team and which players will be traded soon. Only the general manager knows these.
All Wang Yi has to do is call the players who can stay on the team.
Through conversations with the general manager, Wang Yi knew that the following four players will remain on the team.
Shooting Guard: Buddy Hield;
Small Forward: Harrison Barnes;
Power forward: Marvin Bagley;
Center: Richaun Holmes;
As for the substitutes, they are led by substitute center TT Thompson and several other young players.
Looking at this list, Wang Yi had a headache.
Small forward Barnes once won a championship with the Warriors, and was also a member of the Warriors' death five small lineup.
When a player wins a championship, his status in the world will rise.
He is not as old as him, not as senior as him, and does not have as high a status as him in the world. Now that he suddenly has to land on his head and become his boss, he will naturally be dissatisfied.
There is also a backup center who has won a championship, TT Thompson.
He is still a problem player. When he was in the Cavaliers, James was suppressing him, and he almost caused trouble several times.
What's more, now that he has come to the Kings, he is older and more senior.
The remaining people are all relatively young, and no one is convinced by youth and frivolity.
It is really not that easy for Wang Yi to become the boss and control these demons and monsters.
Thinking about it, he stared at the list.
In the end, I decided to conquer the two hardest guys, Barnes and TT first.
Once you conquer them, it's relatively easy for others.
tt is still in Boston and has not moved here.
Then Wang Yi's first target is Barnes.
The Kings have mostly young players, and Barnes is one of the few veterans.
Now he is 33 years old.
After Wang Yi arrived at Barnes' address, he drove to his home.
His home is also in a villa area.
The road in front of the door is very clean, and there are sycamore trees on the road.
Wang Yi parked the car on the roadside under the plane trees and came to the door of the Barnes family villa.
He had already called Barnes before coming.
Regarding his arrival, Barnes acted very coldly on the phone.
Wang Yi rang the doorbell, and it took more than five minutes before a black woman, who seemed to be a nanny, came out and opened the door.
He also seemed very cold to Wang Yi: "Hello, Mr. Wang, Mr. Barnes is in the backyard, please come with me."
Wang Yi followed the nanny through the door.
As soon as I walked in, there was a tall dog next to me.
His nose was wrinkled and his upper lip turned up, revealing his scarlet gums and sharp canine teeth.
There were roars coming from his throat.
Moreover, the vicious dog was less than two meters away from Wang Yi.
It's also very strange that the dog didn't make any sound when Wang Yi was outside the door.
There is a saying that goes like this, a dog that bites does not bark.
Dogs that bark and whine at the sight of people rarely actually bite people.
And dogs that really bite generally don't bark.
However, facing such a dog, Wang Yi showed no fear.
When I was a kid, my neighbor had a mad dog—a truly mad dog that would occasionally break free from its chain and bite anyone it saw.
At that time, a friend was riding a bicycle with Wang Yi. Wang Yi was holding a pointed stick in his hand and playing the game of fighting between generals on the ancient battlefield.
The mad dog broke free from his chains and squeezed out of the courtyard.
When he saw them from a distance, he rushed towards them like crazy.
The partner in front pedaled his bicycle crazily, but in the end he couldn't outrun the mad dog.
Seeing the mad dog rushing towards him, Wang Yi was so anxious that he stabbed it with the stick.
Just right into the mouth of that mad dog.
So the mad dog, which usually scared even adults, turned around and ran away for the first time.
And from then on, when the mad dog saw Wang Yi, he ran away from him.
Although this dog looks tall and majestic now, it has a ferocious face.
But with a thick chain tied up, he had nothing to fear.
The nanny was secretly surprised when she saw that Wang Yi showed no fear and his face was calm and composed.
This Chinese man is so brave.
More than a minute later, the nanny took Wang Yi to the backyard of the villa.
A melodious cello sound came immediately.
In the backyard garden, you, a black man, are sitting on a stool with your body upright.
Concentrate on playing the cello.
The music is melodious and seems to give people a sense of tranquility and concentration.
There was a saxophone on the table next to him.
This black man is none other than Barnes.
Wang Yi had gotten to know Barnes before and knew that he had considerable attainments in cello and saxophone.
When I was a child, I also joined the church choir.
Wang Yi did not disturb him.
After the song was finished, Wang Yi clapped his hands and said, "Brother, you play the cello really well."
Barnes turned his head and glanced at Wang Yi.
While packing up the cello, he said coldly: "We are not brothers, please call me Barnes."
Wang Yi was a little embarrassed.
It hurts my heart, old man.
"Okay, Barnes."
Wang Yi was not polite: "Let me get straight to the point. Our Kings have not been able to enter the playoffs for 16 years. Are we going to continue to be so decadent?"
"What if?"
Barnes asked rhetorically.
Such a rhetorical question confused Wang Yi.
This guy doesn't play by the rules.
After a pause for two seconds, Wang Yi said: "Of course not. We need to regroup this season. I have already talked with the coach and the boss."
"Did they tell you that the Kings' goal is to enter the playoffs?" Barnes said with a blood-sucking smile as he packed up his cello. "They say that every year before the start of the season."
Wang Yi secretly thought, this Barnes is really difficult to deal with.
But on the surface he shook his head: "Yes, they told me the goal is to enter the playoffs. But I told them our goal is the Western Conference Finals."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Barnes burst out laughing.
Laughing and shaking his head.
It was like hearing the most absurd joke.
After a while, he put away the cello: "Don't you think what you said is ridiculous?"
Then he turned and walked towards the living room: "I'm going to rest. See you in two months at the pre-match training camp."
Without looking back, he entered the living room.
Wang Yi rubbed his face with both hands.
This guy is really difficult to deal with.
But then he raised his head and said to Barnes: "It seems that you are not in a good mood. I will come back to you tomorrow."
There was no response from inside.
Wang Yi could only shrug his shoulders boredly, shake his head and walk out the door.
As he walked toward the door, the dog still bared its teeth at him.
Wang Yi shook his head: "It's been a long time since I brushed my teeth. They're so yellow that they look like they've eaten shit. Isn't that disgusting?"
The next morning, after Wang Yi finished his daily training, he came to the Barnes house again.
The sound of a saxophone could be vaguely heard coming from their backyard.
This time I waited for about 15 minutes before the door opened.
It was Barnes himself who opened the door.
However, he did not invite Wang Yi in. Instead, he blocked the door with his body and said coldly: "I have something to do today and it is inconvenient to see guests."
After saying that, he closed the door.
Wang Yi felt a little annoyed.
This is so fucking inhumane.
Inconvenient to meet guests?
Auntie is here?
It wasn't so difficult for me to chase my girlfriend back then.
Eh?
Speaking of which, I don’t seem to have chased girls very much. It’s all the girls who chased me.
Shaking his head, he shouted from outside the door: "Then I'll come back tomorrow."
In the yard, the roar of the vicious dog could still be heard.
[Many people must think that the mad dog thing is too fake. But I tell you responsibly, it is true. At that time, there was really a dog next door to my house, and later it became a mad dog for some reason. As long as you break free from the chain, you will bite anyone you see.
.There were at least five children around us and two adults were bitten.
Chapter completed!