816 Magic's internal meeting
On June 21, after the second match of the Western Conference Finals, Nelson gave the players a short vacation, rested freely in the morning, and then took the bus to Los Angeles together in the afternoon.
Billups had a hobby of carpentry. He just bought a small villa in Auckland. The villa was equipped with a warehouse, which became his private living space. When he had nothing to do, he polished wood inside to make some small things he liked.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Billups, wearing a simple jeans, was busy inside. Someone pushed open the door and walked in hurriedly.
Billups didn't have to look up, and judged the identity of the person based on his voice, and smiled and said, "Hi, Ward, my good guy, you're here just right, come and see what I have here? Wow, a USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier."
Ward is Billups' agent. It was the former who brought him into the NHA that he started running Billups since he was a college student and then kept signing contracts for him. The two had a good relationship. After nearly 30 years of cooperation, they have made the two close friends.
"It seems that your condition is not much worse than when you were young, so I can tell my identity from the sound of footsteps? Yu Dehao, Changxi, I bet that you don't have to look at the field now, just listen with your ears to know where your teammates are." Ward laughed.
Billups turned around, hugged him, and said, "Don't do this, brother, you know, I'm in my thirties and I'm no longer young."
"But you are still the omnipotent super defender, aren't you? Mr. Mp." Ward smiled, and he walked to the wooden table and stared at a rough but realistic model of the aircraft carrier with interest.
Billups shrugged, instead of answering Ward's words, he stroked the aircraft carrier model and said, "How is it, my little eagle looks good, right?"
Ward is an old friend of Billups. Of course, he knew what the old brother wanted to say, so he smiled and said, "It's not just good, it's exactly the same as a real guy. Let me see. Well, this ship is 3BB meters long and 76.B meters wide. It has a total deck area of more than 15,000 square meters. It can carry more than 70 carrier-based aircraft of various types. I have to say that you have built a war beast."
"Also, let me see, wow, there are ll layers in this aircraft carrier from the bottom to the top of the bridge? How many cabins are there, man?" Ward asked Billups with a smile.
Billups spread his hands and said, "As designed, there are more than 6 warehouses in total. The 14 floors from the bottom are fuel silos, freshwater silos, weapons and ammunition silos and turbine silos. The 66th floor is the crew living silos, food silos, restaurants and administrative offices. The B floor is the carrier-based aircraft maintenance room, the maintenance personnel's living silos. The 9-10th floor is the hangar, combat duty room and pilot's restaurant. In addition, the island buildings on my deck also have B floors, namely the firefighting, medical, communications, radar and other departments and the headquarters of the aircraft carrier combat group."
"What about the power of your ship?" Ward looked at the aircraft carrier with interest, as if he was really on a giant aircraft carrier warship ready to go.
Billups was also very involved and said enthusiastically: "The power is of course great. You know, this is an aircraft carrier. It's not okay if you don't have a big heart. I installed four steam wheel engines for her, with a total of 20,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 3 knots, a cruising capacity of 406 nautical miles at 3 knots, and a cruising capacity of 260 nautical miles at 2 knots. The power system on the ship can provide 1,460 kilowatts of electricity, a fuel reserve of 6 tons, and a aviation gasoline reserve of 66 tons."
Just as Ward was about to say something, Billups said again: "You know, there are many people on my warship, so I have various living facilities here, including 1 marine hospital, 6 inpatient beds, 6 operating rooms; 4 department stores, 1 post office, 2 barber rooms, 1 laundry room, etc. In addition, there are 6 telephones and Internet terminals on it, which can watch 6 channels of cable TV programs..."
"Then your structure is really complete, and your soldiers are so lucky to have met a commander like you." Ward said, "But are you interested in changing an aircraft carrier to be a captain? For example, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier."
Billups put down the aircraft carrier, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he looked at Ward and said, "I feel very comfortable in Oakland. Where do you want to persuade me to go?"
The two were too familiar with each other, and there was no need to say anything polite. Ward said: "How about Orlando? I received the news that the guys there were very interested in you. They were willing to give you a decent four-year contract so that you can retire comfortably."
"Money? No, Ward, you know me enough that I won't suffer for money." Billups smiled, and he stressed again, "I'm in a good life now."
Ward was not frustrated because he was too familiar with Billups. He knew what to use to convince him, so he said, "Changcy, you are less than 34 years old. You know more about your physical condition than anyone else. Obviously, in Oakland, you can get more glory, but are you still lacking this? You have two championships, All-Star Mp and Finals Mp. Do you want to retire on this team? Start retirement so early? If you are willing to go to Orlando, I bet that at least in the next four seasons, you will be one of the league's ace point guard campaigners."
It hit the nail on the head.
Billups was silent and came to the Warriors. Everything was good, the locker room was in a good atmosphere, the record was good, and the income was good.
But his agent is right. He doesn't want to retire so early. He wants more playing time and stronger control, which is something the Warriors can't give him.
This season, Billups averaged 28 minutes of playing time, and at this time he reached the lowest playing time since Detroit.
Old Nelson's attitude was very clear, just to help Curry get on the way. Billups felt very good about Curry. At this time, a talented and polite guy was a good guy, but this did not mean that he was willing to be a substitute point guard.
Billups is very clear about his physical condition. He is not very bad yet. There is no problem with playing 40 minutes per game.
Old Nelson obviously understands this, so he used the position of future Warriors head coach to compensate Billups.
This is a very attractive choice, but Billups hopes to leave a rich mark at the end of his career
Seeing Iverson, Nash and Kobe fight for their career honors, Billups felt a strong envy in his heart, but he was a generalist, so he never showed his true thoughts in reality.
Seeing Billups silent, Ward's gaze softened. He reached out to Billups' shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Changxi, don't you want to prove that you are still one of the best helmsmen in the league? Can you tolerate the provocations of those little guys?"
Billups reached out to rub the aircraft carrier. He thought for a while, raised his head and said slowly, "Let me think about it, think about it carefully."
Ward also wanted to strike while the iron was hot, Billups said: "Ward, you know what time it is, in the Western Conference Finals, we lost one game, do you think this is really a good time to transfer?"
Ward shook his head and said, "This is not a good time to tell you to break up with the team, but everyone knows that you will definitely be the championship of this season. Whether it is Los Angeles, Cleveland or Orlando, you can't stop your Iron Cavaliers from behind. But, I know even more that if Old Nelson is willing to make you average forty minutes per game, you can already win two consecutive games at this time."
After saying that, Ward took the aircraft carrier model into his hand and waved his hand, "You think about it yourself, I'll leave first, man, give this ship to me. You are not suitable to be his captain."
In the afternoon, the players gathered at the Oracle Arena and then took a bus to Los Angeles to prepare for the next two battles.
Everyone was in a stable mood, most of them were fighting spirited, waiting to teach the Lakers in Los Angeles.
West waved his fists and said, "We're going to win two straight wins, and then give some color to Los Angeles bitches"
Jackson scoffed at his words and said, "Two consecutive victories? No, we have to win three consecutive victories, and then Yu Qian sent these bitches home to fish."
Hill wiped his hands and said, "What I hope most is that you can control your crotch. Do you still remember this time last year? You bastards actually got together with those girls in Los Angeles. Please, this is the final of the Western Conference."
After hearing this, Jackson, Barnes and others hurriedly lowered their heads, or as far as Gu Zuo was concerned, no one dared to take on this topic.
Bilups stood aside with his eyebrows frowned, playing with his cell phone casually. When the bus arrived, he was the first to get in the car.
No one noticed Billups' strangeness, including the old Nelson who was thick on the outside and thin on the inside. The old coach was also worried recently.
There are two ways for NHAI teams to win the championship, one is to strengthen themselves and the other is to weaken their opponents, but now both of these points both trouble Old Nelson.
It is already difficult to strengthen. The Warriors have almost been blocked by the league. The bosses of other teams no longer want to see any stars joining forces with Chamberlain - Damn, you are so strong, can we still have fun in the future?
As for weakening the opponent, judging from the current news, this is not easy, because the Miami Pioneer revealed a terrible news that James may move to Miami after the end of this season.
With the end of this season, James' whereabouts has become a concern for experts and fans.
Unlike Chamberlain and Durant, who are determined to stay in the team, James has not made a final decision on staying in the team. He will say to reporters after the game, "I like Cleveland very much, this is my home, where can I go, the Cavaliers are also very interesting, but I have never said: I, LeBron James, I will never transfer, I will always play for this team.
So, although the Cavaliers are still in the game, the league's uniform team is moving. The most popular are the Knicks and the Bulls. Both teams are in big cities and are famous. One is strong and the other is rich. They are both good choices for James.
Someone interviewed Jordan before, and the gang leader said that James would definitely break out of the contract. He judged that the little emperor would go to the Bulls, and then joined forces with Rose to create another Bull dynasty to challenge his historical status.
However, now there is a sudden news claiming that the Heat are infinitely close to getting James.
The Miami Pioneer said: "The Heat hope to get players with super offensive capabilities and fully implement team tactics. The team is not chasing one person now, but James is their preferred pursuit. If they get Chris Bosh or Stoudemire's approval, they may be able to wait for James to arrive. If they can get any of the three, Wade's hope of staying with the Heat will increase."
In fact, what the Heat is most worried about now is Wade, for fear of losing him, but the competitive Heat does not want to play in a team without a championship, so if the Heat want to keep Wade, they must sign a superstar to assist the Flash.
Not long ago, Riley just opened a maximum salary contract for Wade, but the Heat still have about 1.76 million to 260,000, which is enough to sign another superstar.
Although Wade has always expressed that he is willing to stay, the Heat are still afraid that if he cannot improve the team's strength to the level of a championship contender this summer, Wade will choose to leave the team.
Old Nelson didn't want to see the appearance of the combination James Wade, but he didn't know that in the near future, a better combination would appear in front of him.
Chapter completed!