What is a "professional manager"? Let s see how Danny Angie pulls away the wool of her good brother

Recently, Danny Angie has been updating Danny Angie. One of the top brothers on the list scolded Angie for being too cold-blooded and ruthless. When he was a Celtic, even Pierce and Garnett traded. This move hurt the hearts of many Pierce and Garnett fans. But in fact, Angie is a real professional manager. Everything he does is for the team, the cold-blooded general manager that the players and fans don’t like. In fact, it is a hot commodity in the eyes of the boss.

There is not a big reaction to him in the transaction of Pierce and Garnett, because the two elders were indeed very old at that time, and Pierce and Garnett were far from the point where they were now in the Celtics' history, and Kobe's to the Lakers, Duncan's to the Spurs. At that time, any general manager with a little brain would find a way to squeeze out the surplus value of these two veterans.

can truly reflect Anji's cold-blooded and ruthless case in trading. I think the following example can be called the best template in Anji's general manager's career, with the protagonists being Anji and Doug Rivers. The story starts from January 11, 2015. The general manager of the Celtics, Danny Angie, hurried to the office in the first day of the Qing Dynasty, and then turned on the computer impatiently. There is a reason why he is so anxious, because the day before yesterday, Angela went to the Pelicans and the Grizzlies made a three-party deal, and they had already drawn up an outline. However, the moment before reporting to the NBA office, Pelicans general manager Dell Demps suddenly repented, saying that the transaction details still need to be polished and that they will be re-reported two days later, today.

At that time, the Celtics were no longer as glorious as the Big Three era. Not long ago, Angie sent Rajan Rondo to the Mavericks. This move officially opened the curtain of Angie's performance. The first step to performance was to clear the salary space for next season. Therefore, he sent away Jeff Green, who had three years and two years and two years and seven years and two years and seven years and only got the remaining one year and seven years and seven years and one year and two years and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and one year and two years and seven years and four years and one year and one year and two years and seven years and one year and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and one year and two years and seven years and one year and one year and one year and two years and two years and two years and two years and one year and one year and one year and two years and

If this deal is completed, the Celtics will not only get a very high draft pick next season, but will also free up more than 10 million in salary space. How can this not make An Ji anxious?

Ange opened the email and sure enough, Demps sent him a new version of the transaction application. Jeff Green, Poundside, and Prince, the three main players, have not changed, and the draft pick is still there. The only difference is that John Salmons was replaced by Austin Rivers.

Ange's eyes stared at the computer screen. The name Austin Rivers had a solemn expression, his heart was filled with turbulent thoughts, but his thoughts were as turbulent as the sea.

Who is Austin Rivers? He is the son of current vice president, general manager, head coach Doug Rivers, and who is Doug Rivers? He is Angie's good brother and good buddy. Their relationship is quite subtle. In the age of

, they were stars of the same era, and they spent most of their careers with Eastern teams. They met four times a year and had several matches in the playoffs. The friendship between the two was established in the confrontation time and time again. What is even more surprising is that Angie and Rivers had both and only had an All-Star resume - both in the 1987-1988 season.

Angie was a head coach in the Suns for four years after retirement, and then went to ESPN for four years to commentary. In 2003, after the Celtics' merits and the recommendation of Cardinal Auerbach, Angie took office as the general manager of the Celtics. The first thing he did come up was to poach Doug Rivers as the head coach.

Aniji began to play with the general manager of the Celtics and seek young assets, especially in the year before the Big Three won the championship. Anji was almost crazy. Whoever played well, which led to few serious people playing under Rivers. The Celtics' strength plummeted and he knelt down 18 games in one breath. He won a total of 24 games in the whole season, ranking at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. You should know that Doug Rivers was the head coach who won the "Best Rookie" in his coach's rookie season. That bright future was almost ruined by Anji.

That dark time can be said to be Angie and Rivers who support each other and climbed out together. Then the two of them rose directly from the lowest point to the peak of their careers. After experiencing the glory of Boston's championship in 2008, they also witnessed the withering of the Big Three. In 2013, Doug Rivers was poached by the Clippers. To this day, they are already the Clippers' single-handed Golden Gate. As for why Dell Demps insisted on putting Rivers Jr. into the trade, Angie also knew it very well.

In 2012, Rivers Jr., who was the number one high school student in the United States, was originally predicted to be the top ten super rookie, but a classmate of Rivers Jr. said that he was three years younger. He said that he was sure and there were photos. Rivers Jr.'s pick was immediately to the end of the first round, but the result was shocking. The Pelicans (of course, he was also called the Hornets at that time) took Rivers Jr. away with the tenth pick in the first round.

Why?

Let's put it this way, at that time, the Pelicans head coach Monty Williams and general manager Demps were teammates with Old Li when they were playing in the game. The relationship can be said to be quite good. In order to train Li Xiao, Demps did not hesitate to let the bandit Jalek Jack and three-point shooting Belinelli go, and the team's boss Eric Gordon was reimbursed for the season. It can be said that Li Xiao got the playing time that others dreamed of without any effort.

So the question is, how about Xiao Li’s bottom?

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