Since there is a trade to be made, you should always say hello to Stewart. Although Jiang Dongbing has the power to trade with the Grizzlies, Stewart is the general manager of the team after all. It will definitely not be justified if he does not say hello.

"Jiang, this..." Stewart looked embarrassed, not knowing how to answer Jiang Dongbing.

Because owner Heisley's attitude is very firm, that is, Ginobili will never be sold. To be precise, it is impossible to give it to the Spurs for nothing. If the Spurs can come up with decent chips, this transaction is not impossible.

But everyone knows that the Spurs have no leverage. Even if they really want to sell Ginobili, Haisley would prefer to sell to other teams and then make a fortune from it. It would be best to help relieve the Grizzlies' salary pressure.

Stewart didn't know how to speak to Jiang Dongbing for a while.

"Jiang, do you want to think about this matter again?" Stewart said softly.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head, "There is nothing to consider. This is something we have already agreed with the Spurs. If I regret it now, where will my face go and how will I be able to survive in this league in the future?"

"this……"

"Why don't you go find Mr. Haisley to discuss it? Ahem, I can't settle this matter." Stewart coughed to ease his embarrassment.

Jiang Dongbing frowned and asked Haisley to discuss it. Is it possible that Haisley wants to get involved in the team's operations?

Generally speaking, NBA owners rarely participate in team operations. After all, they are all laymen. Even some owners who like basketball are definitely not enough to compare with professionals.

"What do you mean? Didn't Haisley also say that he would let me take charge of the team's trading power? Did he regret it?" Jiang Dongbing asked dissatisfied.

Stewart didn't know how to answer this question. The power of the transaction naturally belonged to Jiang Dongbing, but of course Haisley was not willing to do this kind of obviously free trade.

Seeing Stewart looking embarrassed, Jiang Dongbing stopped pestering Stewart and called Haisley directly.

"Mr. Haisley, I believe Stewart has told you about the Manu Ginobili deal, right?" Jiang Dongbing asked straight to the point.

"Yes, Stewart did tell me, but I don't really agree with this deal. Jiang, you should know that the Spurs didn't help us. Ron was suspended for an astonishing number of games."

"Giving Manu to the Spurs for nothing, there is no way I can agree to this deal." Haisley on the other end of the phone didn't mince words and directly stated his attitude.

"Mr. Haisley, when McCaw owned the Grizzlies, I had absolute rights in transactions. When you acquired the Grizzlies, you gave me the same promise."

"What? Doesn't this promise count now?" Jiang Dongbing said while suppressing his anger.

Jiang Dongbing naturally knows that this deal is a loss, but this is something he has promised others, not just the Spurs? Even other teams? As long as Jiang Dongbing makes a promise, he will definitely not break it.

"Jiang? I'm sorry, there's no way I can agree to this deal." Haisley reiterated his attitude.

Jiang Dongbing continued to ask: "Is there no possibility at all?"

"No..." Haisley just said no, and Jiang Dongbing hung up the phone without waiting for him to continue.

…

Stewart was a little frightened on the sidelines. Although he didn't know what the boss Haisley on the other end of the phone said, but looking at Jiang Dongbing's expression, he knew that Jiang Dongbing was extremely unhappy now.

After two minutes of silence, Jiang Dongbing made an extremely important decision.

"Stuart, it's time to say goodbye."

Upon hearing this, Stewart was dumbfounded? Is it time to say goodbye? What does it mean? Jiang Dongbing is going to run away? What he was most worried about finally happened.

For a moment, Stuart wanted to kneel down and hug Jiang Dongbing's thigh to stop him from leaving.

Because once Jiang Dongbing leaves? With his own ability, the Grizzlies may still be strong for a year or two. When time goes by, the Grizzlies' overall strength is likely to plummet? By then, let alone win the championship, they may even advance to the Western Conference Finals.

Not going.

"Ginger, don't be joking. This joke is not funny. You still have a contract with the Grizzlies..." Stewart forced a smile.

Jiang Dongbing waved his hand, "I'm not a player, I'm just an employee of the Grizzlies. My nature is no different from that of a cleaner who cleans the training ground."

"There are no team options and no player options. I can leave at any time. Of course, you can fire me at any time."

Stewart's expression changed drastically. He knew that Jiang Dongbing was about to make a decision to leave the Grizzlies.

As Jiang Dongbing said, in fact, the head coach's contract is not very binding, but it is usually the team who fires the coach. It is rare for a head coach to resign on his own initiative, let alone someone like Jiang Dongbing, who has not even found a good job.

If you disagree, you will resign.

"Ginger, please think about it again, we are only one championship away from building a dynasty." Stewart begged.

"There's nothing to think about. I've made up my mind to go. As for the dynasty, seriously, Stewart, do you think I won't be able to build a dynasty if I go to another team? I'm not an old coach who is about to retire. I have more time.

yes!"

"Okay, I will hold a press conference in the afternoon to announce the news."

"Stewart, it has been a pleasure working with you over the past two years. I hope there will be another opportunity to work together in the future, but it won't be with the Grizzlies."

After saying that, Jiang Dongbing turned and left.

Stewart stood there with a tangled look on his face, sighing in his heart. The cooperation with Jiang Dongbing in the past two years was indeed pleasant enough. He didn't have to worry about almost anything. He earned two championships in vain, and also won the league's annual championship once.

Good manager.

I just don’t know if I will have the chance to cooperate with Jiang Dongbing in the future...

Jiang Dongbing has made up his mind to leave. Based on Stewart's understanding of Jiang Dongbing, he knows that this matter is almost a foregone conclusion and he has absolutely no power to change it.

Instead of doing that, it's better to use your brain cells to think about what the grizzly bear should do next.

After Jiang Dongbing leaves, the impact on the Grizzlies will not be great in the short term, but the Grizzlies must take precautions and prepare for the future.

If you don't worry about the long term, you will have to worry about the immediate future. This is what Jiang Dongbing said to Stuart before. Stuart believes it deeply, and now he will start to worry about the long term.

But after thinking for a long time, Stewart didn't know how to proceed.

If you want to maintain the long-term strength of a team, you can either go through the draft or trade.

But Stewart knows very well that he does not have Jiang Dongbing's draft vision. To be precise, there may be no one in the world who can match Jiang Dongbing in drafting. In addition, Jiang Dongbing has said that the next year's draft will be a small year, so naturally there is no need.

Counting on it.

As for trading, Stewart has no idea. Now that the Grizzlies have too many powerful players, how should they trade? He doesn't know whether the players he traded have value.

If the players acquired in the trade are fake, the Grizzlies' strength is likely to decline instead of rising.

…

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Dongbing contacted some local media in Vancouver. Since he was determined to leave the Grizzlies, he naturally wanted to tell the world.

In fact, Jiang Dongbing is extremely dissatisfied with the Grizzlies now, or to be precise with Heisley.

Who do the Grizzlies rely on to be where they are today? They rely on themselves!

For the Grizzlies' two championships, not only did he take all the credit, but he had to take at least 50% of it, and the remaining 50% was the players he acquired through drafts or trades.

The Grizzlies are what they are today, and Jiang Dong’s contribution is indispensable.

But now, just because of Ginobili's incident, the team owner doesn't care about his own feelings at all.

After rejecting this deal, where will Jiang Dongbing's face go from now on, and how can he survive in this league, so it's not surprising that Jiang Dongbing decided to leave the Grizzlies out of anger.

This is just like those companies. The sales champion in the company accounts for 80% of the company's sales. However, he wants to reimburse some travel expenses, but the boss does not reimburse him. It would be strange for the sales champion not to leave. Anyway, there are many companies waiting for him.

he.

…

In the afternoon, in the conference room of a local hotel in Vancouver, the press conference held by Jiang Dongbing officially began.

The reporters were actually confused. They couldn't understand that the Grizzlies had just won the championship and Jiang Dongbing came to hold a press conference. Could it be that the Grizzlies had something big going for them?

Based on these reporters' understanding of the Grizzlies, maybe Jiang Dongbing will announce that the team will renew Jermaine O'Neal's contract with a maximum salary? After all, O'Neal's performance this season is definitely worthy of a maximum salary contract.

As one of the top four power forwards in the league, it would be unreasonable if he couldn't get a maximum salary.

…

"Guys, there is only one thing to announce at this press conference today, and it is a very important thing." Jiang Dongbing said.

The reporter raised his hand impatiently and asked: "Coach Jiang, the important thing you mentioned is that the Grizzlies want to renew Jermaine O'Neal's contract with a maximum salary?"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Dongbing shook his head and said, "No, in fact these things have nothing to do with me."

"What I want to announce is that I have officially resigned from the Grizzlies and am now a free man."

The reporters in the audience were immediately silent. Are you kidding? Resign?! ​​How is this possible? You must know that Jiang Dongbing just led the Grizzlies to win the second championship trophy!

They really couldn't understand why Jiang Dongbing resigned, because it really didn't make sense!

Previously, Jackson Jackson resigned immediately after the Bulls won the championship, but he had a reason after all. All his core players had left the team. As a head coach, he had almost become a mere commander, and there was no point in staying.

If he stayed, with such a lineup, Zen Master would definitely not be able to achieve any decent results, and it might become a stain on his coaching career. Zen Master Gao Fushuai would naturally not allow such a thing to happen.

But now Jiang Dongbing's situation is completely different from that of Zen Master. The Grizzlies lineup has not changed at all, and they are only one championship away from building a dynasty. There is really no reason for Jiang Dongbing to leave at this time.

Even if they want to leave, the reporters in the audience feel that they have to wait until they win the championship next year. Wouldn't it be better to leave the team as a dynasty coach by then?

"Coach Jiang, is there any problem between you and the Grizzlies management or players?" the reporter asked curiously.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head and denied, "There is no problem between me and the players, and there can be no problem. As for the team management, there is also no problem."

The reporters were dumbfounded. If you put it this way, did Jiang Dongbing mean that he had a problem with the team owner?

Just as he was about to ask if there was any friction between him and his boss Haisley, Jiang Dongbing had already announced the end of the press conference, and the entire press conference only lasted less than ten minutes.

The reporters were all local reporters in Vancouver, and they were naturally Grizzlies fans. When they learned that Jiang Dongbing was leaving, they were very reluctant to leave. However, after receiving such explosive news from Jiang Dongbing, they had no choice but to leave and hurried over.

Drafted.

There was no need to wait until night. Just an hour later, the news of Jiang Dongbing's resignation from the Grizzlies had already spread throughout the league!

Jackson took David directly to Jiang Dongbing's residence, but their calls to Jiang Dongbing never got through.

"Coach Jiang, is it true that the news that you resigned from the Grizzlies is true?" Jackson's face was full of anxiety, and David's face beside him was also anxious.

Jiang Dongbing nodded sadly. If he really wanted to say that he was reluctant to leave the Grizzlies, it was definitely not the dynasty that was about to succeed, but the old disciples in front of him.

In the blink of an eye, Jackson and David had been with him for many years, and now they were suddenly about to separate. Jiang Dongbing was very reluctant to leave.

Jackson was anxious, "What? Coach, why did you leave the Grizzlies?"

"Is it Stewart who is causing trouble for you? Is he going to rebel?"

"If you want to leave Grizzly Bear, we won't do it either. We'll leave too."

David on the side nodded repeatedly, obviously he had the same idea as Jackson.

Jiang Dongbing laughed and said, "Don't be so childish. You are players. How can you leave just when you want?"

"Stay good with the Grizzlies and don't relax your demands on yourself. Sooner or later you will get the maximum salary."

"Don't be confused at this time. Stewart and I don't have any problems."

Because Jackson and David are under contract, even if the rookie contract is over now, as long as the Grizzlies are willing to match the contract, they will not be able to leave the Grizzlies for at least the next five years.

"As for why I left, there are many reasons anyway, so don't pay too much attention to these things."

"There is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever. Leaving Grizzly Bear may not be a bad thing for me." Jiang Dongbing said slowly.

Jackson nodded in understanding. Don't forget that he didn't know. He only knew that after Jiang Dongbing left the Grizzlies, he would definitely get an enviable contract from other teams.

Even players would be envious of super contracts, of which Jackson is extremely convinced.

In addition, Jackson feels that Jiang Dongbing may enjoy the feeling of making a team from scratch, enjoying the feeling of being the savior of a team. Now that the Grizzlies are the strongest team in the league, Jiang Dongbing cannot be found in the Grizzlies.

Sense of presence.
Chapter completed!