Duke left.
But soon, another person entered the office.
"Michael, what did he say? Do you all want to sign?"
A bald, middle-aged white man wearing a suit and a golden tie came in.
"No!"
Jordan looked up at the man in front of him, his eyes full of admiration." He knows what he wants.”
"He knows very well that his current value is very low. If he signs all of them, he will only be selling his body and won't be able to earn much money.”
"Not bad." The middle-aged white man smiled and praised," You have such a mind at such a young age. You're quite extraordinary."”
"If this kid was a simple-minded person, would he have such a performance?”Jordan replied with a grunt, as if he already knew Duke's cleverness.
"Yes, that's true." The middle-aged man smiled and nodded.
Jordan was too lazy to talk about anything else. He turned around and said,"Then, David, I'll leave him to you.”
"I hope that after you sign the contract with him, try to keep him away from trouble and not be affected by it.”
"I need him to focus on the field and improve himself!”
"I understand, Michael. He's your baby.”The middle-aged man smiled and left.
On November 5th, after three days, the Wizards 'competition was back.
This time, they flew to the away game to challenge the Minneapolis-based Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves weren't weak. On the contrary, under the leadership of the All-Star power forward, Garnett, they had always been a regular in the playoffs.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of firepower from the other strong points, they had never entered the second round. Every year, they would be eliminated early in the first round.
For six consecutive years, starting from Garnett's second season in the league and making it into the playoffs, they had never advanced any further in the entire six seasons.
This made countless people criticize Garnett.
The superstar player who had an average of 20 10 per game all year round had never been able to match his superstar value.
What kind of superstar was he that had never led a team to break through the first round?
What was even more outrageous was that his contract extension with the team was as high as $120 million for six years, completely locking up the salary space and making it impossible to sign other star players in the market.
This made the already embarrassed Forest Wolves even worse.
Because of the terrain, the Forest Wolves were accompanied by snow all year round and were extremely cold. Very few people could withstand the cold.
The players on this team, who had the ability, tried to escape, such as Garnett's first partner in the backfield, Stephen Marbury.
At the same time, Garnett's big contract also caused a chain reaction.
With the salary space locked up, it was impossible to bring in strong reinforcements. The Timberwolves had no choice but to resort to under-the-table operations and sign the 1995 draft champion, Joe Smith, with a superficial contract with an annual salary of 2 million.
In fact, Joe Smith was not a second-rate player before he signed with the Timberwolves. In the three seasons of the Warriors, he was a star player with an average of 18 8 per game.
Later, the league's higher-ups felt that something was fishy. They thought that a star player would only sign with you for 2 million?
He immediately sent someone to investigate. Sure enough, the $2 million that Smith and the Timberwolves signed was only for their use. There were other rewards and additional subsidies in secret.
In fact, the actual contract between Joe Smith and the Timberwolves was more than six million dollars.
Stern was furious and quickly gave the Timberwolves an unprecedented fine.
The Timberwolves 'first round draft pick for the next five years was directly confiscated.
In other words, the Forest Wolves would not have their own draft picks or rookies in the next five years of the draft.
As for Joe Smith, who had signed a Yin-Yang contract with them, it was unknown if he had been cursed by the contract. Ever since he joined the team for the first season, he had been constantly injured and absent. His glass attribute suddenly exploded.
Moreover, in the intermittent games, his average points quickly dropped to 13, 12, and 7 points per game, becoming a real fake.
The Timberwolves and Garnett paid a painful price for their choices.
Without a draft pick, no star player was willing to join, no second strong player, and the top scorer that they had spent a huge price to sign was still a fake. The Timberwolves had lost so badly.
They could still make it into the playoffs. It could only be said that Garnett was indeed strong.
In the fourth game, Duke would face Garnett. It could be said that he was the strongest opponent after Uncle Mutombo.
Garnett was not only the power forward of the 20 10 club, but he was also a defensive first team player for three consecutive years and a five-time All-Star.
He was the first person Duke had ever met who had the most fame.
During the warm-up, Garnett looked at Duke in the other half of the court and asked the team's veteran, Mark Jackson," Is that the rookie Duke who has been very popular recently?”
"Yes, Kevin."
Jackson replied with a smile," He scored 30 points and 20 rebounded on top of Dickenbee. He's very good.”
"Haha!"
Garrett scoffed.
"I won't let him get 20 points tonight, and I won't let him get five rebounding points.”
Looking at his smug look, Jackson could not help but shake his head and motioned for him to look in Jordan's direction." Tell him that it's useless to raise a flag at me.”
Garrett's face darkened and he stopped talking.
Jordan had made a second comeback. Although he was old, his prestige was still there. He did not dare to easily provoke Tiger Beard.
He still remembered the backlash he had suffered when he provoked the other party back then.
Jordan's anger burned through the entire night and blew them all up.
Therefore, when you met Jordan, don't try to provoke him. The best way was to praise him.
He kept flattering and praising her.
That would make his death more comfortable, better looking, and not so miserable.
Now, Jordan was old, but who knew if he would explode tonight?
He didn't dare to gamble!
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