Let the God s Visioner be defeated and create an anti-Heat culture! I vote for the best GM of the year

Joe Cronin, the NBA team manager who gradually entered the horizon of Chinese fans because of Yang Hansen, performed his second career performance this summer.

It was Yang Hansen's luck to have Cronin as a guide to his NBA career.

Cronin, a native of Denver, played college basketball at Regis University and the University of Northern Colorado, and after graduation he went to the University of Denver to pursue a master's degree.

In 2006, he joined the Trail Blazers as a basketball operations intern and started his 19-year career for the team.

In 2010, Cronin was promoted to Trail Blazers professional scout and salary cap analyst, helping the team evaluate players and participate in lineup construction. A year later, he won the Management Contribution Award within the Trail Blazers.

In 2014, he was promoted to the Director of Players and Personnel, participating in draft, trading and free agent signing negotiations.

In 2021, Cronin was promoted to assistant general manager and began to serve as interim general manager after the departure of the former general manager of the Trail Blazers. During his tenure as interim general manager of the Trail Blazers, Cronin planned several deals, including sending CJ McCollum to the Pelicans.

Half a year later, the Trail Blazers converted Cronin to a regular business and gave him a four-year general manager contract. He officially became the 11th general manager of the team.

After taking office, Cronin selected Sharp, traded with Jerami Grant, signed Payton Jr., renewed Anfini Simmons and Nurkic, and gave Lillard a two-year, $122 million early contract renewal.

Things went against my expectations, and the Trail Blazers' performance was not ideal. On the trading deadline, Cronin did not hesitate at all and decisively turned to the point of failure, making two consecutive four-party transactions on the trading deadline.

At the end of the season, Cronin asked Lillard to make a quit, and the Trail Blazers ended the last ten games of the regular season with 1 win and 9 losses, and finally successfully won the Tanhua lottery. Before the 23rd draft, Cronin received a quote about the Tanhua sign while receiving a quote about Lillard.

He did not waver under the pressure of Lillard's team asking for a trade to strengthen the lineup, and did not receive an ideal offer, he insisted on using the Titanium Lottery to choose Scott Henderson. After the Trail Blazers selected Henderson, Lillard and his agent quickly asked for a meeting with the team's management, which apparently angered the latter.

No one knows how Cronin convinced Lillard during the meeting, but after the meeting, Lillard decided to stay, and the Trail Blazers also issued a statement that they would continue to build a championship lineup around Lillard.

However, one day after the free market opened, Lillard finally decided to apply for a deal from the Trail Blazers and publicly claimed that his preferred destination was the Heat. After Lillard applied for the deal, his agent told Cronin that he hoped the Trail Blazers would meet with the Heat to negotiate the deal as soon as possible, and kept warning other teams other than the Heat not to dream of Lillard.

Cronin was unmoved by this. While saying that he could understand Lillard and respect his decision, he made a tough statement that he would not only contact Lillard's favorite Heat, but would remain patient and make the best decision for the team.

"The most important thing is patience. Don't be passive. Don't rush to solve the problem. I think the teams that are in the most active state after the deal are those that really work hard to take the time instead of impulse, or those that really control the urgency. So I think that's how I treat this, be patient and do what's most beneficial to the team. If it takes a few months, then it takes a few months."

Even, Cronin expressed his willingness to wait until the trading deadline for the new season before trading.

The public opinion environment at that time all believed that it was only a matter of time before Lillard joined the Heat, including Lillard and the Heat.

But the reality is that the Heat are not on Cronin's plan list from beginning to end, and Cronin does not even provide a quotation to the Heat, which has always been stingy.

Cronin received a call from the Heat management during the summer league in July. During the call, the Heat hoped to have a meeting in Las Vegas, but the meeting never came to an end.

Cronin believes that Lillard's public designation to join the Heat made the Trail Blazers' starting point too low in negotiations, and the Trail Blazers are not as good as the chips the Heat can provide.

The Heat believed that Cronin had emotions about the Heat, which hindered the possibility of a deal, and accused them of not getting the opportunity to negotiate from beginning to end.

Cronin and the Trail Blazers were calm throughout the summer, and as mentioned earlier, they were not in a hurry to send Lillard away.

This delay has been delayed until September. Seeing that the new season is about to begin, Lillard can no longer sit still.

In early September, Lillard's agent organized Lillard to have a meeting with Cronin, saying that the relationship between the two parties could be restored. The meeting took place at Lillard's mansion and lasted about an hour.

Lillard expressed his disappointment in the trading situation, questioning why Cronin did not negotiate with the Heat, and saying how frustrating it would be if Cronin sent himself to other teams against his will.

Lillard even said that if he could not complete the deal with the Heat, he would rather cancel the transaction request and return to the Trail Blazers.

However, to Lillard's shock, Cronin directly rejected the possibility of his return and firmly stated that he would definitely not return to the Trail Blazers that season.

The meeting ended in Lillard's shock and frustration. A few days later, Lillard returned to the Trail Blazers' training hall for training, where he stayed for eight days, and Cronin did not say even a word to him..

In order to prevent Lillard and his brokers from affecting possible transactions, Cronin no longer contacted Lillard and his brokers since early September. No one answered the phone number Lillard and his brokers called Cronin, and the messages sent were sent were also scattered. In late September, the Lillard camp, who could not stand the "cold violence", sought help from the league. The NBA organized an online meeting to restore the communication channels between the Trail Blazers and the Lillard camp.

Cronin had to promise to resume contact with Lillard and his agents later. The contact was indeed restored, but Lillard's camp still had no say and could not get any news about the progress.

At this time, the Trail Blazers and the Bucks had been secretly negotiating the Lillard transaction for a month. In order to prevent anyone from affecting the transaction, they hid the news very tightly. Even as a third party, Sun only learned about this trading framework one hour before the transaction was completed, and then quickly joined the transaction to complete it.

Perhaps looking back, the chips obtained by the Trail Blazers in that deal were not rich enough than Lillard, who was at his peak at that time.

But it has to be admitted that it seemed to be a very successful deal at the time, and all three teams got the changes they wanted.

The Bucks got Lillard, the Suns sent Ayton away and exchanged for Nurkic and Allen, the Trail Blazers got the young No. 1 pick to pick center Ayton, and also got Holiday for subsequent trades.

A few days later, Cronin sent Holiday to the Celtics for Brogdon, Rowe and two first-round picks.

A year later, Cronin used Brogden as a bargaining chip to exchange for Avdia. The 24-year-old averaged 16.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1 steal last season, becoming the answer to the Trail Blazers' forward line.

This summer, even if the subjective position of Chinese fans is ignored, objectively speaking, everything Cronin has done is close to full marks.

He used the No. 11 draw in his hand to exchange for No. 16 draw, Magic's unprotected first round and 2 second round picks in 2028. Then he used No. 16 draw to intercept Yang Hansen's suitors behind him.

This operation was also questioned at first, but it was recognized as a huge success after the end of the Xia Lian. Although Yang Hansen still has many shortcomings, his shining points are enough to make Trail Blazers fans ecstatic.

Moreover, regardless of whether Yang Hansen can eventually become the cornerstone player that the Trail Blazers are looking forward to, the traffic and brand blessing he brings are rare among all rookies in recent years, which will bring a lot of resources to the Trail Blazers.

In addition to Yang Hansen, the Trail Blazers' operation to sign Lillard is even nicknamed "magic" by fans.

The Trail Blazers sent Lillard away and exchanged for Holiday and other bargaining chips. Two years have passed, Lillard is back, Holiday is back, and there are a few more first rounds, which can be said to be a waste of money.

Although he was directly cut by the Bucks, Lillard, who suffered a major Achilles tendon injury, has many suitors, including many teams from the championship group, who are willing to wait for Lillard to complete a reasonable operation of "buy on dips".

The Trail Blazers, who are obviously still in the reconstruction period, are not very consistent with Lillard's later career goals.

But Cronin did an admirable operation, and he went to Lillard's home in person and offered a high price that no other team could offer, giving Lillard a decent return.

Lillard is already 35 years old and suffers major injuries at this age and has almost no chance of returning to his peak.

In this alliance full of copper smell, the pioneers' choice to recover Lillard's operation is like a pure fairy tale, cleaning up every soul polluted by Adam Xiao Hua.

This operation obviously cannot bring positive improvements in the performance and a bright future to the Trail Blazers, but Cronin is writing a culture, a warm label that belongs to the Trail Blazers.

Through this incident, we may see the clues of Cronin's disdain for the Heat and Pat Riley. The team and that person were too shrewd, and even great as Wade could face such humiliation.

In today's world where information exchange is so developed, there are too many smart people. Smartness has become a pure derogatory term. When everyone only sees the immediate interests, the world will become a desperate hell.

Cronin wrote a perfect ending for the Lillard era of the Trail Blazers, and also opened up a bright vision for the Yang Hansen era.

Perhaps many fans will sneer at the word Yang Hansen era, but please allow me to say this as a Chinese fan. Regardless of whether Yang Hansen can finally reach the desired height, at least the Trail Blazers and Cronin gave Yang Hansen and Chinese fans an extremely beautiful start.

Who doesn't want their children to be helped by noble people when they go out? There is no doubt that Cronin is the noble person of Yang Hansen and Chinese fans.

This year's Best Executive of the Year, I voted for Cronin!