At the Wizards headquarters, in the general manager's office, Wes Unseld sat in the boss's chair opposite Jordan.
In the entire Wizards Club and the entire team, Unseld was the only person who was not afraid of Jordan's status and power. He was also the only person who could play dirty tricks on Jordan when he was in control of the team.
On Duke's basic salary contract with the team, it was he who secretly played a little trick and did not include the team's priority to match after Duke's contract expired.
Because he was the only confidant of the boss, Abbe Boleyn, Jordan could not touch him. Otherwise, in 2000, when Jordan was still the president of the Wizards, everyone on the team, including the players, was purged, but his position was as stable as Mount Tai.
Jordan was too strong in the Wizards. Almost the entire team, except for Anseld and the boss, was on his team.
Anseld did not like this, and he did not like the way the other party casually cleared people and formed teams. Of course, at this time, although he was not yet openly obeying Jordan, he would still play some tricks to disgust Jordan.
This was especially true when Jordan had ignored everyone's opinions last season and handpicked Kuo Mei Brown as the top draft pick. However, the latter had played at a level far below his status, which made Unseld unhappy.
As a result, when Duke was once again forcefully interfered by Jordan in the draft operation and was handpicked by him, he, who was angry, naturally would not let Jordan have his way. Therefore, he secretly crossed out the terms that should have been on the contract.
It wasn't that he didn't understand the pros and cons of Duke's trial data.
However, I just want to anger you to death!
Unseld thought that even if Duke really played, his contract expired, and he was forcefully taken away by another team, he wanted to see Jordan's expression at that time.
It would definitely look good, right?
Even though he was dissatisfied with Jordan, he had to face the latter seriously.
That was because the boss still supported Jordan so far and did not show any dissatisfaction.
"Michael, the Diamonds have agreed to our trade plan.”
Unseld had just hung up the phone when the general manager of the detroit-based pistons called to agree to their request to swap the backfield players, Richard Hamilton and Jerry Stackhouse.
Hamilton was a master of running without the ball. He could appear in the right place all the time in the half court to catch the ball and score.
He was the seventh pick in the 1999 draft picked by the Wizards and had the best statistics last season, with an average of 20.0 points, 3.4 rebounding and 2.7 assists per game. He became Jordan's reliable backcourt helper.
However, his body was too thin and he even suffered serious injuries last season. He had to rest for 19 games, causing the team to be weak in the second half of the regular season and miss the opportunity to enter the playoffs.
Of course, this also had a lot to do with Jordan.
Last season, because of his knee injury, Jordan's last 22 regular season games were also interrupted. He had to undergo surgery and missed the playoffs.
Jordan himself was deeply regretful for his failure last season, but in order to succeed in the new season and prove himself, he had to change. He endured the pain and traded away Hamilton, who had a history of injuries and had an unknown recovery rate, in exchange for a better and more reliable backcourt partner.
Last season, he had an average of 21.4 points, 4.1 rebounding, and 5.3 assists in every game he played in the Houston Rockets. His junior, Jerry Stackhouse, was obviously what he wanted.
Stackhouse was one of the few star players in the league who was crowned as Jordan's successor.
At the very least, Stackhouse had played 76 games and looked healthier than Lewis.
This person was the runner-up in 1995. He was only a few years older than Hamilton, but he was more mature, older, and stronger.
"Agreed? That's good!"
Jordan had come to see Unseld to pay attention to the progress of the deal. After learning that the Diamonds had agreed, he immediately smiled.
The corner of Unseld's mouth twitched. He was very dissatisfied with Jordan's intervention in the team's operations again, but he had to force a smile.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Jordan was about to leave the office when Anseld's assistant walked in. After taking a look at him, he handed the data sheet in his hand to him and his boss.
31 points, 16 rebounding and 9 blocked shots?
Was it that fierce?
Jordan and Unseld looked at Duke's game data in their hands and were secretly shocked.
Anseld, in particular, began to regret removing the priority match option from the contract.
Duke's recent four matches in the summer league were too fierce.
He scored 35 points, 22 rebounding and 7 blocked shots in the first game against the Oakland Cavaliers. In the second game, he scored 26 points, 18 rebounding and 5 blocked shots.
Then, in the third game against the Philadelphia Mosaic, they got 27 points, 17 rebounded and 4 blocked shots.
In addition to this afternoon's match, this kid's performance in the four matches was astonishing. He had the momentum of O'Neill in the summer league.
Although this was only a low-level summer league, the performance of 29 points, 18 rebounding, and 6 blocked shots in all four games was still eye-catching.
Look at who he had beaten up?
The Cavaliers, who had beaten the 213-centimeter combination of Desaguena Diop and the 206-centimeter combination of Carlos Boozer inside the line;
The Bucks, he beat the 211-cm Dan Gazuric and the 208-cm Marcus Heeslip inside combination;
Mosaic, he beat the 211cm Samuel Dalembort and 206cm Brian Skinner combination;
In this match against the New York Knicks, he defeated the 213-cm Tyrete Knight and 211-cm Michael Doliac.
This was the rhythm of blowing up an opponent's inside line every time they played a game.
Each of the four or five players in the post combination was a rookie in the past two or three years, and their draft order was higher than Duke's.
What did this mean?
It meant too many things!
At the very least, it proved that the second-round draft pick they had used on Duke was definitely not wasted.
Look at their 11th pick in the first round this year, Jared Jeffries. He was also an inside player. In four games, he played the same amount of time, was almost the same height, and only had an average of 8.8 points and 6.4 rebounded per game.
A second-round rookie had actually beaten a teammate who was close to the first round to the side.
Who was the first round?
This second-round draft pick was not low value. What else was low value?
Anseld felt a stinging pain on his face, but Jordan smiled. He was actually looking forward to it.
Good boy, who are you going to beat up next?
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