Min Congda and Silva sat on the seats at the door of the ward, discussing a deal that might change the alliance's structure.
Originally, Min Congda had been thinking about how to send Baron Davis away, which would not only weaken the Clippers, but also satisfy Baron Davis.
After all, the two are good friends. Since Davis wants to be the boss again, he naturally has to fulfill his wish.
Just as the league canceled the deal with the Lakers, Hornets and Rockets, Min Congda thought, isn't the Hornets the best place for Baron Davis?
When Paul leaves, the Hornets have a big core position vacant at the No. 1 position, and Davis can just fill it.
Moreover, the Hornets are where Davis's NBA dream began and the starting point for him to reach the top step by step. Many NBA stars have been wandering around for many years and will eventually want to return to the team where they started and end their careers.
The idea of falling leaves and returning to their roots also exists in the NBA and is very strong.
Therefore, sending Baron Davis to the Hornets is definitely a good idea.
But what the Clippers want to get is very important. Min Congda definitely doesn't want Paul.
The Clippers are bringing Paul, isn't the deal in vain? Going for the championship next season!
Therefore, the Clippers serve as a bridge to send Davis to the Hornets and Paul to the Lakers.
As for championship members like Gasol and Odom, Min Congda definitely doesn't want them.
If you really want to give it, just get two draft picks for fun. What kind of bicycle do you want?
After discussing with Silva, Min Congda gave a preliminary trading plan:
The Clippers sent Baron Davis, Nick Young, and a future first-round pick, the Lakers sent Gasol and Derek Fisher, a future first-round pick, and the Hornets sent Chris Paul. Cafu, next year's first-round pick.
The Clippers received Derek Fisher, Okafor, and the Hornets' first-round pick next year. The Lakers received Chris Paul and Nick Young. The Hornets received Pau Gasol, Baron Davis and the Lakers, The Clippers' first-round pick.
On the surface, this deal seems pretty unfair to the Clippers.
Not only did they send away core defender Baron Davis, who played a decisive role in the playoffs last season.
And he also took the garbage contract of Emeka Okafor of the Hornets.
Although Okafor was the second overall pick in 2004, he was at his peak when he debuted, and his rookie season was the best performance of his career.
It has been declining since then. Now he has a contract of more than 10 million a year, the second highest salary in the Hornets, and can only contribute 10 points and 9 rebounds per game.
The Hornets have long wanted to get rid of this bad contract. If the Clippers are willing to take over, the Hornets will be very happy.
Moreover, Baron Davis and Gasol are both still on the tail end of their prime, one is 32 years old and the other is 31 years old.
Davis is still a veteran of the Hornets, and the team can at least be guaranteed at the box office, and they can piece together another playoff team.
While the Lakers retained Odom, they only lost two veterans, Gasol and Fisher.
But they got a superstar like Chris Paul and a young shooter that the team desperately needed in Nick Young.
Lakers fans will definitely smile when they see this deal.
Such a deal where the Clippers are obviously at a disadvantage and make wedding clothes for others, Silva really can't understand.
"Smart, you...is this deal too unfair to the Clippers? Although Baron Davis can't compare to Paul, he is an All-Star player after all. He performed well in last year's playoffs. He's so good, so you just trade him back to the Clippers and get back a junk contract and Fisher?"
Min Congda thought to himself, I did it just because it was unfair!
A black hero, in exchange for a rubbish contract and a lifelong enemy, is there any better exchange than this?
As for that pick, the combination of Baron Davis + Pau Gasol will probably make the playoffs. ?
The Hornets also have Ariza and West. As long as they stay healthy and work well together, this lineup may be able to enter the top half of the Western Conference.
Once the Hornets enter the playoffs, the draft picks the Clippers received from the Hornets will be worthless.
Taken together, the Clippers are really losing money, and the purpose is to help connect the Hornets and Lakers so that both teams can get what they need.
Faced with Silva's questions, Min Congda certainly had to give him a reasonable explanation.
He said: "I made this deal, firstly, to meet the needs of Baron Davis. He felt that there was no place for him in the Clippers. He wanted to go to a new team to be the core. He is my best friend. Friend, how can I not satisfy his request?"
"Secondly, our Clippers team has always been built with a long-term perspective and looks at problems from a development perspective! This... Fisher makes up for our lack of backcourt experience, Okafor... we lack vitality inside. As for salary, This is not a problem.”
"Of course, and the draft picks, that's what I'm really looking at."
After making up a bunch of specious and decent excuses, Silva was a little persuaded.
Of course, what persuaded him was not Min Chongda's reasons, but the fact that this deal would most likely calm the anger of Lakers fans, players and public opinion circles.
This is the most important thing for Silva at the moment.
As soon as he took office as acting president, he angered the largest fan base in the league.
He also allowed players and media to verbally criticize him, which no one could stand.
Paul's trade is definitely going to happen. Since Min Congda is willing to stand up and take a loss and help the Lakers and Silva make the deal, it's better to go with the flow and accept this sentiment.
If those bosses can object once, they will definitely not object a second time.
Stern was almost pissed to death. It would be unpopular for them to do this again.
The two discussed it for more than an hour. After confirming that the transaction was feasible, Silva called Jenny Buss who was still in New York overnight.
Jeanie Buss was overjoyed when she learned that the Clippers were going to help the Lakers complete Paul's deal.
She was depressed to death. If her brother and Kupchak hadn't been greedy for credit and had communicated with her earlier and pushed back the date of the transaction, the deal might have been completed.
As a result, small city teams attacked the Lakers and were canceled by the league.
The Lakers management has begun to launch Plan B and make other transactions to make up for this failure.
Who would have known that in such a twist of events, someone would actually help the Lakers, and it was the general manager of the city's rival Clippers.
The next day, when Jenny Bass saw Min Congda, she rushed up and wanted to kiss him. Min Congda was so frightened that she hurriedly hid behind Silva.
"No, no, no, Ms. Bass, we Chinese are not used to this kind of etiquette! You don't need to thank me, we each get what we need!"
The wrinkles on Jenny Buss's old face were all smiles. She was 20 years younger, a proper flower in Los Angeles, so I just kissed her.
Now Min Congda will not let the old aunt get close to him, and he does not need to eat soft rice.
The three parties held talks at the NBA headquarters in the Olympia Building and officially finalized the deal.
Some people died, but not completely...
