Chapter Three Hundred and One: Oklahoma Three Little
"Transfer!?" Only four days before the start of the new season, Anjie is ready to create glory with the Thunder. But at this critical moment, Anjie actually received such news.
"Mr. Meslav, you must have made a mistake!" Morris asked loudly after snatching the phone. Although he had only been on NBa for two years, Morris had seen many people coming and going. But he didn't expect that such a thing would be his good brother's turn.
"I have been talking to Presti for a long time, and I'm sure this is what the Thunders think now. Ann, I will fly back to Oklahoma tomorrow morning, and you and I will discuss this in detail with Presti in person. If possible, find the next home you want to go to. For details, let's talk about it tomorrow." Meslav Yi called Yi and changed his clothes. His concerns were indeed correct. There was a reason why the smart guy Presti didn't renew his contract with Anjie in advance.
After the phone was finished, no one on the table dared to make a sound. Everyone's eyes fell on An Jie to see how the person involved would react.
However, Anjie was still holding the knife and fork stiffly. He was still digesting what Meslav said just now. Transfer and find a next home... He heard it right. He had been waiting for a long time, but he still failed to meet with the Thunder.
"We... let's continue eating, haha..." An Jie tried hard to squeeze out a smile at the person on the table, and everyone agreed with him and started to move their knife and fork. But after that, the originally cheerful Christmas atmosphere disappeared without a trace and never came back.
During the meal, An Jie stared out the window, afraid that he would see Oklahoma for the last time. He was reluctant to let go of any secondary scenery here.
The originally happy Christmas Eve ended with everyone's disagreement. After Anjie sent Catherine and the bearded man back to the hotel, he walked into the room alone.
When Anjie was abandoned by the King, it was the Thunder who accepted him. Originally, this was about to be Anjie's fourth year for Anjie to play for the Thunder. In the past two years, the Thunder and Anjie grew up together. Last year, Anjie was reimbursed for the season, but he thought he would definitely be an indispensable member of the Thunder. He has Anjie's position at any time in the team. Unexpectedly, nBa is really an inhumane business alliance.
I don’t know how late it was, but An Jie still fell asleep in a daze. However, An Jie felt that he had just closed his eyes and woke up.
The sky is still gray, and the clock on the table has just pointed to the position of "6". Even though it is the cold winter, An Jie is not sleepy at all.
He lifted the quilt, quickly washed, changed clothes, and drove into the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Outside the Chesapeake Energy Arena, there is also a large poster of Anjie. But he was originally in the middle, but now he is at the edge of the team. Anjie knows that the order of the posters does not represent anything, but at this moment, all the hints will make Anjie think randomly.
"Come?" The guard of the Chesapeake Energy Arena greeted Anjie in a familiar way. Seeing this, Anjie suddenly became even more sad.
An Jie is so familiar with everything here, so familiarity has become a part of his living habits. But now, he goes in and talks about leaving.
Angel walked towards Presti's office, but found that Meslav had been waiting at the door. The two did not speak, but just nodded to each other. After that, Meslav knocked on the door of Presti's office.
"Come? I've been waiting for a long time." Angel and Meslav were worried that they would come too early, but they didn't know that Presti had been waiting here long ago.
"Mr. Presti, you have to explain it to me. We have worked well in the past three years!" Meslav was not the kind of person who was beat around the bush. He walked into the office and sat down, but he directly got to the topic.
"An is indeed an excellent player, and his contribution to the Thunder is also very great. But I am bluntly speaking, the Thunder now has no An position." Presti saw that Meslav was outspoken and no longer polite.
"If I were young, maybe Ann, KD and Russell could coexist. But you have also seen that the Thunder are all operating around Kevin and Russell. Even Bledsoe can only get the ball when he comes on the bench. If An joins in, the distribution of ball rights will be a problem. Although we stopped in the Western Conference Finals last season, the power of the Thunder team is already strong enough. And..." Speaking of this, Presti paused and looked at the reactions of Angel and Meslav.
"And An's injury made me very worried. Although he had meniscus repair surgery, as far as I know, An had two intensive repair surgery. In other words, An is now playing with an injured leg that has not been fully recovered. Secondly, everyone has seen Yao's retirement some time ago. I believe everyone is very sorry, including me. If it weren't for the injury, Yao would definitely be able to become the greatest player in the league. But the injury problem of the Chinese people is too serious. Having played the ball for no more than 1 season, his ankles might have been very fragile. Now, plus
I really don't dare to take this risk to use An. You also know that what the Thunder need now is to strive for the championship. If someone falls off the chain on the way, it will have a great impact on the team. As a team that aims at the championship, we can't afford this risk." Presti said all the truth in his tone. In the final analysis, Presti is afraid that Anjie will become the next Yao Ming, or even Oden. Many rookies of the Thunder will face the issue of renewal next season. If he just renewed Anjie at a high price, but Anjie kept fighting and stopping, who would be willing to take over Anjie's contract?
Instead of waiting for Anjie to be poached after the expiration of the contract, it is better to trade Anjie out now, so that you might get some useful battles.
All these reasons, big and small, made Presti make today's decision.
"An?" Meslav looked at Anjie. He wanted Anjie to say something, even if he said something casually. As long as Anjie spoke, Meslav would fight Presti to the end. But Anjie just waved his hand gently. Anjie actually wanted to stay, but what's the use of thinking? Just like in the Kings, the Thunder now doesn't need him.
"What choice do we have?" Seeing Anjie reacting, Meslav turned his attention to Presti again. He had prepared many statements to convince Presti to let Anjie stay. But he did not expect that Anjie would accept this fact so quickly.
"Several teams expressed interest in An, and their chips also made me very interested in completing the transaction." Presti said, taking out several documents and handing them to Meslav. If these things were placed last year, Presti would not be willing to read them. But for Anjie now, these transactions are no longer a choice.
Meslav randomly looked through the information. Almost all of these teams had contacted him, but Meslav refused them at that time. Unexpectedly, he had to seriously consider Anjie's next station.
"Who and I went back to study. Before that, I hope An can continue to train in the Thunder. Remember, before he leaves, he is still a member of the Thunder." Meslav doesn't want Anjie to affect Anjie's competitive state because of the transfer. Anjie still needs to have the training he should have.
"I can guarantee this."
"Let's go, An, go to the training, I will discuss with you at your house after the training." Meslav pushed open the door and walked out of the office. When Angel compromised, all he could do was find Anjie the most suitable next home. As for the Thunder's erroneous team, it has nothing to do with him, Meslav from now on.
When Anjie stepped into the training ground again, his teammates still greeted him kindly, and Van Gundy still smiled proudly at him. Everything is still so familiar, everything is still so beautiful. But at this moment, only Anjie and Morris knew that he didn't have much time here.
In today's training, Anjie's condition is still the same as before. He seems to have lost his dominance back then and is frequently beaten by Bledsoe to make wonderful breakthroughs. But no one will blame him. On the contrary, Durant and Westbrook have been encouraging Anjie, and Van Gundy has also made Anjie relax again and again. Perhaps only Presti thinks Anjie is no longer a member of the Thunder, but Anjie's teammates and coach have not excluded him from the beginning.
There are only three days before the start of the new season, and the Thunder, who has Anjie's return, is still as confident as in previous years. But only Anjie and Morris have the least smiles because only they know what will be born next.
"What's wrong? You're not very happy today." When training was changing clothes in the locker room, Westbrook suddenly sat next to Angel.
"No, I'm very excited to come back." Angel looked at Westbrook. This guy entered nBa with him and worked together in the Thunder. But just because of the gap in that year, Westbrook is now considered a superstar, but Angel has become a "x" factor.
"Hehe, that's good. I thought you were afraid. I said, "Bullshit is not afraid of anything. Come on, I just stopped hurting for a season. Let those idiots take a good look at the style of our Thunder Third Young Master." Westbrook hugged Anjie's shoulder and laughed wildly.
"Hey Russell, what would you feel if I left Thunder one day." Suddenly, Angel asked Westbrook this question. He didn't know why he asked that, but he knew that he really couldn't bear to leave these guys.
"Impossible guy, we agreed to go to win the championship in the first season! Don't think about running away, never think about it!" Westbrook didn't think about that at all. He thought Anjie was joking with him.
"You must not leave. If you want to leave, that guy Russell will not pass the ball." Durant, who heard the conversation between the two, also came up to join in the fun.
"Don't worry, Morris and I will grab the offensive rebound." Ibaka also complained about Westbrook's shooting percentage under the bottom.
"You guys..." Afterwards, the Thunder's locker room once again became the scene of a group of men in their twenties fighting.
"Oh my God, did I enter the locker room of a basketball team in which elementary school?" Van Gundy just pushed open the door and saw a group of tall men chasing each other.
Angel looked at the life in front of him, and shook his head with a wry smile. Westbrook, Durant, Seferossa, Nick Corison, Sergi Ibaka, Morris, Van Gundy... These guys have fought side by side with him for three years. Now, it's time to say goodbye.
"Russell, Ann, you said...is it possible for the three of us to win the championship?"
Angel still remembers that on a sunny afternoon in his first season, Durant looked at the sky and asked Angel and Westbrook about this.
At that time, the three of them were ambitious and felt that there was nothing impossible in this world. But now, Anjie can answer this question.
Chapter completed!