Chapter 100 - Deadlocked transaction
On November 3, the Lakers ‘headquarters office at the Staples Stadium in Los Angeles. Team boss Lao Bass, general manager Kupchak, head coach Zen Jackson, and the three pinnacles of the Lakers’ rights are crowded in this office. It has been a long time since the shark’s eastward journey in 2004.
The house was smoky, and the three people’s brows were tightly locked, as if thinking about something important. The room was very quiet, and no one was talking, and the sound of cigar burning was particularly evident in this quiet room.
Over the past few seasons, the Lakers have fallen to the bottom. They supported Kobe Bryant and chose to trade their team’s greatest hero, the team’s core, the league’s first insider Shark O’Neal to the east. Jackson also voluntarily resigned and the team entered the reconstruction period.
After the team lineup changed, but it turned out that except for Kobe, the rest of the people are stinky, they are so weak that Kobe is scolding his mother almost every day, Kobe can only choose to lead the team forward with crazy scores. 62 points in three quarters, 81 points in the game, 50+ in three consecutive games, which proves that Kobe is a crazy scoring machine, but the Lakers still missed the playoffs for two years.
Boss Bass also understood that he had to find help for Kobe! Can’t count on the current lineup to win the championship, can not rely on Smash Parker, his nickname is really death?
Go on like this, Kobe will be gone, and the Lakers have to wait for how many years to turn over.
And Old Bath felt that his current physical condition did not necessarily wait, so he started to let Kupchak embark on the team reinforcement plan!
So last season, the Lakers first re-received Jackson Jackson as the team’s coach, and then coupled with Kobe + Odom’s excellent play, the team finally returned to the playoffs with the seventh in the Western Conference regular season, and rely on Kobe Super God to play , The playoffs once led the Phoenix Suns 3-1!
But the team relied too much on Kobe Bryant also caused the Suns to take three games in a row, overturning the Lakers, the Lakers fell in the first round of the playoffs.
This made Kobe very annoyed. He gradually lost patience with the team. He even wanted to transfer and seek a deal.
So this season, in order to retain the super giant, the Lakers have been looking for Kobe Bryant’s helper! But there are so many giants in the league, and few are suitable for the Lakers and Kobe!
They originally aimed at the Timberwolves wolf king Garnett. If the super power forward can join, the Lakers will definitely rise. To be comprehensive, Garnett is definitely one of the best in the power forward. Duncan is better than some abilities. However, he, especially his defensive ability and coping ability inside, is absolutely perfect fit with Kobe.
Which knows that Garnett chose to go to the rival Celtics with Ray Allen. This made the Lakers very painful. After a long time, they were preempted by the Green Shirts. This was the most annoying.
So the Lakers’ reinforcement plan has been put on hold, and they have been busy all summer, until now! The civil strife of the Memphis Grizzlies gave them a chance!
After the Grizzlies fiasco and Gasol’s remarks, the Lakers soon reached a consensus, they will fight for Gasol!
They foreseen that Gasol would be an opportunity for the Lakers to rise, so they quickly prepared a quotation and contacted the Grizzlies. They caught the Grizzlies eager to take Gasol’s thoughts. The first point quotation was very low. , Almost just exchange Kwame Brown.
But all this has changed after Zen Master and Kobe saw Ji Feng’s performance.
For the 18-year-old Asian high school student Ji Feng who joined the NBA, Zen Master certainly heard about it. Of course, he did n’t care at first. The most important thing in this league is the genius. Only basketball players from other countries in the world can join in It’s not surprising that China is so big that it is normal to have a basketball genius, but I don’t know how much the so-called genius is.
It wasn’t until later that Zen Master watched several videos of the Grizzlies preseason game, he felt that this might really be a genius!
He originally wanted to take a closer look at Gasol’s state. After all, he was bought back to form an immediate combat game. In case he bought a big man who was injured and destroyed, it would be worth the loss.
Unexpectedly, the Zen master caught Ji Feng at a glance!
“This is a rookie with extraordinary potential.” Zen Master looked at the video and said the video of the battle between Ji Feng and McGrady.
Then he carefully observed Ji Feng several times. Although Ji Feng’s actions were slightly jerky, the performance on the court was unambiguous, tough defense, excellent steals and mid-range shots! The Zen Master feels that he has never seen a man steal so accurately! And his offensive ability, passing and vision are all online! Until his spiritual counter-run to catch the lore, he directly patted his thigh and stood up!
“This person belongs to Los Angeles!” Zen Master’s eyes shone with light, saying that his coaching ability is average, but regarding the ability to look at people, he still thinks he is extraordinary. Not any coach can take 9 rings!
Then the Zen Master immediately found Kupchak, and after he watched all the preseason performances of Ji Feng, the two reached a consensus that they would take this 18-year-old potential teenager back to Los Angeles! This may have bought team insurance for the next ten years.
Even if Ji Feng did n’t play for various reasons ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ it would n’t pay much. After all, in their minds, where a free person like Ji Feng joined, where could it be expensive, at most catch a Farmar , Or Sun Yue’s right to sign a contract.
However, the Grizzlies turned out to be a big lion! Ask Odom to exchange season peaks!
“I’m afraid this group of people is not losing their minds.” Kupchak said after seeing this offer, they even wanted to use Ji Feng for three pairs of small former Odom, how dare to speak!
Although Odom is injured, the strength is there!
Kupchak subconsciously wanted to refuse, they only need Gasol, he felt that Gasol plus Kobe, Odom, Bynum, definitely have a chance to compete for the championship!
But at this moment, he felt awkward in his heart, the secret road was wrong, the Grizzlies clearly had the meaning of wanting to trade, how could this be, and, Ji Feng and Odom were not equal at first sight, this can Explain what!
“The Grizzlies are not ready to let Ji Feng leave the team, they are also optimistic about the potential of this Asian kid!” Kupchak feels that he has grasped the key to the matter, so he changed the chip again, but the Grizzlies still bite dead, They just want Odom!
Negotiations reached a deadlock. Kupchak felt that he could not take the lead. This was a big deal affecting the Lakers in the future, so he reported to Old Bath.
So there was this scene in the office just now.
“Hey, man, what’s the matter calling me here so late.”
At this time, the man’s voice came from outside the door.
Pushes the door, who is not Kobe.
The protagonist is here, and the four of them are about to decide the direction of the deal.
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