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Chapter 274 [The situation is severe, the sand is rushing for gold]

Chapter 274 [The situation is severe, the sand is rushing for gold]

When Yang Rui went to Los Angeles to find Thomas Bentley, he was already crazy.

Thomas met a lot of celebrities at the wedding. He liked to be lively, attended a lot of parties, and found a B-movie actor named Gina Fleck as his girlfriend.

Gina is pretty, blond and blue-eyed, and has a hot body. Unfortunately, her name Yang Rui has no impression at all. She should not be very famous in the future, at least not a big-name actress.

Yang Rui has always seldom inquired about Thomas' private life, but after hearing that he was attending Charlie Sheen's party, he couldn't help but raise his opinion.

"Tom, now we're rich and we're doing well, but there has to be a limit to having fun, and you can't lose yourself. Someone like Charlie Sean, I advise you not to associate with him."

"It's not that serious, is it?" Thomas laughed.

"I don't want to visit you in the AIDS hospital in the future. He may live next door to you. Are you serious?" Yang Rui said sternly.

"Don't worry, I'm being measured, I won't get on drugs."

"Neither can marijuana."

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

Drug use is relatively common in the United States, with approximately 8 percent of teens using or ever using drugs.Yang Rui's previous life, well-known as *** and Clinton admitted to having taken drugs when they were young, but in time to correct the evil, he did not become addicted to drugs.

Every year, 4000 million people in the United States are ill from alcohol, smoking and drug use, and 46 of them die from drug use.Hundreds of billions of dollars are lost each year to traffic accidents, unemployment, crime and medical costs due to drug, alcohol and smoking.

Due to the rapid rise of fame and too much money in their hands, many celebrities are addicted to drugs and regard drug use as a fashionable thing.It's hardly news that celebrities can always be found smoking marijuana or inhaling cocaine through their noses at private Hollywood parties.

Charlie Sheen is one of the more famous, known as the "negative machine".In Yang Rui's previous life, in 2011, he suffered premature aging due to drug overdose and lost all his teeth. Later, it was revealed that he had contracted AIDS.

Even if a person just smokes marijuana, there will be some sequelae, slow reaction, poor memory, and the promising NBA player Michael Beasley is such a waste.

Thomas showed his determination with his actions and returned to the Silicon Valley company to take care of himself; Stana got a role in the movie and went to act; Yang Rui returned to Toronto alone to worry about signings.

The Raptors' summer situation was very serious. Once Christie, McGrady, and Hornacek left, the Raptors lost three swingers, and Carter didn't even have a qualified substitute.If Carter switched to shooting guard, Jumaine Jones would have to start at the small forward position, which would definitely be unqualified.

Michael Reid is only a rookie, it is difficult to guarantee a stable state as a starter, and only him a rookie is not enough.

At the end of July, the Raptors still failed to sign the right players. Other teams seemed to join forces to deal with the Raptors. They not only paid a lot of money to recruit the Raptors, but also did not make deals with the Raptors.

Glenn contacted veteran Sabonis, hoping that he would come to the Raptors as a meat shield against O'Neal.But the high center who can organize and shoot chose to stay with the Blazers and continue to fight, even if the team has no future.

His reason is that he is used to living in Portland and does not want to change the environment, and he wants to continue to play, and he does not want to go to Canada to be a marginal person for retirement.

The veteran who rejected the Raptors is also swingman Cedric Ceballos, who was the boss of the Lakers and averaged 16.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in the Mavericks last season.This is also a dissatisfied old man, only 31 years old, unwilling to accept the basic salary.

Some people also took the initiative to contact the Raptors management and offered themselves. For example, Oliver Miller, who played in the Raptors, Yang Rui disagreed.

Miller's weight is similar to last year's technology stocks, and he has been on the limit all the way. When he was with the Raptors in 96 and 97, his body shape can still be seen at least. Now he is 206cm tall and weighs 142 kg, and it will continue to grow.

He may be the player with the highest unit density in the history of the league, and American fans gave him an indecent nickname - the largest fat pig in the universe.

Yang Rui doubted his ability. His movement was too slow, and it was useless to simply act as a meat shield. What if O'Neal pulled him out to pick and roll him?Watching the guard make a layup?

Another option is undrafted player Garth Joseph, who is 218cm tall and weighs 143kg, a player born in 73, a white undrafted rookie, who performed well in the summer league.

Ao Fatty's data last season was too terrifying, and the management felt that it needed a strong man to confront him, and the famous ones were too expensive, so they could only find this kind that no one wanted.

This was also denied by Yang Rui. He didn't have Garth Joseph in his mind, and his strength was not good.

Yang Rui proposed to use cash in exchange for a second-round rookie. The Rockets originally wanted to send Najera to the Mavericks. When the Raptors wanted it, they stayed as a baby.

For three consecutive years, Yang Rui has brought out outstanding newcomers, and the players he likes have been directly identified by other team managements as having potential to be tapped.The Pistons front office also firmly retained Brian Cardinal for this reason.

This year's rookie could not be exchanged, so Yang Rui made a surprise study of the free market list, and also checked the rookie information of the previous seasons to see if there were any free agents who played well in previous lives and are now no one cares about.

On August 8, Yang Rui and Glenn Gruward met in the manager's office.

Glenn smiled wryly. "Jerry, I'm really sorry for making you rush back during the holidays. I didn't expect signings this summer to be so difficult."

"It doesn't matter, I didn't come back to ask for guilt. The key is to solve the problem, right? Those who don't want to join the Raptors, we don't need to force it, and the teams who don't want to trade, they may not be able to use those people who are left behind. I don't care about that." Yang Rui smiled.

Glenn felt relieved immediately. He felt that Yang Rui was worthy of the Best Coach Award, no less than any famous coach.The head coach of the Raptors used to have bad results, and he knew that he complained and shied his responsibilities. The gap was too big.

Glenn asked, "How's it going? Is there anyone you want to bring in?"

"There are four candidates. If there are no major surprises, they can sign the contract smoothly." Yang Rui said with a smile: "And you don't have to worry about the salary exceeding the standard. All four of them don't need a big contract."

Yang Rui wrote the player information on a piece of paper with a brief introduction and handed it to Glenn.

The first is the 37-year-old veteran swingman Mario Eli, who is 196cm tall and weighs 95kg. He won the 94 and 95 championships with the Rockets, and the 99 championships with the Spurs. He has rich experience in the playoffs.

上赛季他在马刺常规赛首发79场，场均打28.1分钟，砍下7.5分3.2篮板2.4助攻。

The Spurs didn't renew Mario because of his poor form in the playoffs. In the series with the Suns, he averaged 28.8 minutes, 7.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists, shooting 27.3% from the field and 14.3% from three.

Yang Rui explained: "I think his poor performance in the playoffs is because of Duncan's absence. The Spurs have no star to attract double-teams on the offensive end and can't open space. He is good at playing off the ball, and his shooting percentage is so low. But the defending champ, I think he'd be interested. And the Raptors' play suits him, he should be able to see that."

"Then I'll contact his agent in a moment."

(End of this chapter)