Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 1020 - 588 The Way to Start the Midsummer

Chapter 1020: Chapter 588: The Way to Start the Midsummer Chapter 1020: Chapter 588: The Way to Start the Midsummer Arne Trem didn’t mind being cursed, and he knew that after doing all these things, the management would definitely be criticized.

But this was the will of the GOAT, who can refuse it?

It’s just that the outside world didn’t believe the GOAT would allow such a thing to happen.

Apart from people like Bill Simmons, with clear principles, few believed these were schemes orchestrated by Yu Fei behind the scenes.

Isn’t that unreasonable? How could the GOAT allow the team to trade Griffin for someone who might compete with him for the ball?

In most people’s eyes, Tyreke Evans was actually the main focus of the trade, they overlooked Klay Thompson.

And that was the key to their wrong conclusion.

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To the Clippers, Evans was just an accessory, inconsequential with or without him; the key was Thompson.

Drafting Jokić, acquiring Thompson, the team’s plan had already been a great success.

Trem wondered what to do with Evans.

To stay or to go, that was a decision Yu Fei needed to make.

The Clippers, unlike the Golden State Warriors, were not in a rush to deal with Evans. With Pierce’s contract expiring, they unlocked a max salary space; therefore, Evans’s contract was not an eyesore for them for the time being.

After making a joke, Yu Fei still answered Trem’s call.

Concerning Evans’s future, Yu Fei’s view was “respect others’ wishes.”

The team could keep Evans for now, but if he refused to accept the team’s arrangement and wanted to be traded, they could trade him as well.

Because of Yu Fei’s presence, Evans’s status on the Clippers would only be lower than on the Warriors.

According to Yu Fei’s plan, there was no place for Evans in the starting lineup of the Clippers for the next season.

A max player playing as a substitute?

That was unacceptable to Evans.

Therefore, Evans requested a trade.

The Clippers’ operations immediately moved to the next phase.

A buyer appeared quickly.

Yu Fei’s former team, the Milwaukee Bucks, indicated they were willing to take over.

Moreover, their offer was Danny Granger, who had guarded Milwaukee for many years after Yu Fei left.

Granger had been the core of the Bucks since Yu Fei left, once creating the legend of defeating James’s Cavaliers in the playoffs successively, which indirectly led to the birth of “The Decision 1.0.”

Then, they returned to the finals in 2009, only to unfortunately lose to Yu Fei’s Sonics.

That was the peak of Granger’s career.

Since then, the Bucks had started to decline.

First, Kevin Martin was injured, followed by an injury to Danny Granger. Not long after, Martin left the team, Deron Williams came, and the team briefly reached the peak again, but in front of the Brooklyn Nets’ Big Three and the overwhelming Miami Heat, the Bucks still fell short.

Granger started to suffer from injuries, going from an underestimated Eastern Conference Small Forward and an undisputed top 15 league player, to someone the Bucks weren’t even willing to keep.

He still had one year left on his max contract. Although not a “bad contract” in terms of expiring contract value, it was undoubtedly a lucrative deal for the Bucks to trade him for Tyreke Evans.

For years, the Bucks’ goal had always been to become a playoff team.

Contending for a championship? That was left to fate.

The four championships in five years that Yu Fei brought to the team, from a historical perspective, was just a brief favor from God to this city of hardship.

For the team and owner, the Bucks couldn’t be too weak, otherwise no one would watch; but they couldn’t be too strong either, because maintaining a strong team was too expensive. Without a cash cow like the GOAT, the Bucks’ attitude was to be content with little wealth.

Evans wasn’t very useful to the Clippers but for the Bucks, he was a young core around whom they could build.

Trading the washed-up Granger for Evans was clearly a disadvantage for the Clippers. Trem didn’t want to become the target of public criticism, so he demanded additional assets from the Bucks.

The Bucks were straightforward and gave the Clippers three second-round picks on top of the initial offer.

That seemed like the last bit of value Trem could wring out of the Bucks.

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He reported the negotiation results to Yu Fei.

Yu Fei’s response was brief, “Just take care of it.”

This kind of “I support you spiritually” attitude didn’t help Trem escape from the whirlpool of public opinion.

After the trade was finalized, Clippers fans were in an uproar.

What could be worse than trading Griffin for Evans?

The answer: Trading Evans for Danny Granger, who no longer fit the intensity of the NBA. Even though he only had one year left on his contract, did the Clippers really need to unlock more space? Were they ready to waste another season of the GOAT’s time?

Arne Trem instantly became a trending topic.

Celebrities in Los Angeles began to furiously criticize the Clippers’ operations.

Rap mogul “Uncle” Snoop Dogg said he had been planning to buy a VIP box for the Clippers’ next season but now thought better of it.

“Compared to the Lakers, the Clippers just seem unreliable.”

“Los Angeles Times” harshly critiqued Trem, “The Clippers have proven that an incompetent general manager only needs a few days to destroy a team.”

“Blake Griffin equals 3 first-rounders, Klay Thompson, and Danny Granger? WOW~~~”

“Orange County Chronicle,” as an advocate for the Lakers, scorned the Clippers with sarcasm.

On social media, Yu Fei’s fans were furious.

They believed Trem was sabotaging the GOAT’s career.

The GOAT gave up the “empire” in Seattle to come to Los Angeles to “aid the poor,” and this was the result received?