Chapter 480 Kobe Bryant

  United States, at 9 am on July 9th, Colangelo Jr. received a trade offer from the Lakers.

“Ugh!”

   He was really not reconciled. Originally, Mrs. John bought the team, and everything was developing for the better. How could he know that in a few days, he would run out of money, and old K would also leave.

   He opened the quotation, a letter faxed by Jerry West with a string of names, Olajuwon, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel…

   These lists contain almost all of the Lakers’ main lineup and important substitutes, so it can be seen that the Lakers have also invested heavily.

   “The Lakers want K and Kobe at the same time?”

   He shook his head and looked at the list carefully again, and found that there was a person without his name, that is the number one pick Tim Duncan.

   He picked up the pen, wrote Tim Duncan’s name next to Big Dream, thought about it, and crossed out Nick Van Exel and a few other substitutes.

   Big Dream + Duncan + Eddie Jones, changing the old K + Kobe, Kobe is only a match, in fact, the old K is one for three.

In this transaction, his goal is not to create a championship lineup. Mrs. John obviously has no ability to invest any more, and may even draw blood from the team. What he has to do is to create a competitive playoff lineup. Can.

  Duncan is a must, Duncan + Rasheed Wallace, the Suns are still very strong inside, they are all very young, maybe this pair can be used for ten years.

   He traded Kidd for the third overall pick from the green team for Billups. Anyway, the team doesn’t plan to compete for the championship, and there are people available at No. 1, so Nick Van Exel is not needed.

   As for the No. 2 position, after the rookie Kobe left, Eddie Jones, who was stronger than Kobe, stepped up.

   As for the big dream, it should be no problem to change to an All-Star small forward who is in his prime, or a rookie small forward with potential.

   Of course, the big dream can also stay, trade Rasheed Wallace, with the big dream + Duncan + Eddie Jones + Billups as the main lineup, there is only one main small forward.

Such a main lineup will not be bad, especially the inside line is very strong. As long as the two rookies Tim Duncan and Billups are not very bad, and then trade Rasheed Wallace for a star small forward, it is also in the West. Top-notch strength.

   But the big dream’s contract is bigger, with a five-year contract of 70 million yuan. With the current financial resources of the Suns and the situation of the owner, Mrs. John, he feels that he still has to keep Rasheed Wallace, who is in the rookie contract.

   Then he handed the list to the assistant and said, “Mark it, this is the last offer.”

  Lakers, West received an offer from the Suns. Seeing Colangelo Jr.’s asking price, he couldn’t help laughing bitterly, but nodded.

   This kind of trade is also good, the lineup does not need to be too traumatic, after the old K comes, and then strengthen it from the free market, the winning lineup will be there.

Center old K, shooting guard Kobe, or first find a star shooting back to play the main force, point guard Nick Van Exel, small forward, first use Chris Mullin recommended by old K, a little older, later Better to change, what is currently lacking is the main power forward.

   This power forward must be able to defend, so that the old K can be prevented from being pulled out, and he must also have the ability to shoot long distances and be able to empty the old K.

   To put it simply, it is the kind of power forwards like Rasheed Wallace and Oakley who can defend and score ten points in a game.

   After trading the big dream, and without signing Duncan, he can free up tens of millions of salary space. He now has enough space to recruit an All-Star player and a few good role players.

   He put aside the lineup first, and after agreeing to the Suns’ offer, he immediately notified the owner Buss and Old K, and they were both satisfied.

  The Lakers immediately notified the agents of Da Meng, Tim Duncan and Eddie Jones.

  Dameng couldn’t help laughing bitterly when he heard that he had been traded to the Suns and exchanged the old K for the Lakers.

   But fortunately, it is better to go to the Suns than to the Spurs. If he goes to the Spurs and lets David Robinson go to the Lakers as he wishes, he will be suffocated to death.

   He doesn’t know Little Colangelo’s plan now, he won’t keep him at all, he will sell him, otherwise he won’t be so calm.

   “Old K, you bastard, you’re going to the Lakers, why didn’t you tell me?” He scolded after calling Old Wang’s phone.

   “How do I know that the new owner of the team will suddenly change? Do you think I want to change teams? I still want to play a dynasty in the Suns, and I was forced to.” Old Wang said aggrievedly.

   “Okay, that bastard, David Robinson, is fine. I don’t think he can go to the Lakers, does he still have a face back to the Spurs?” Da Meng said bitterly.

  Hawaii, Eddie Jones was on vacation when he received a notice from his agent that he was traded and couldn’t help being dumbfounded.

   But he wasn’t so angry to hear that not only was he traded, but even Da Meng and Duncan, who hadn’t officially signed, were traded.

   The real outrage was Tim Duncan and his agent Charles Banks.

   They have been staying in Los Angeles for the past few days, playing in this metropolis for a few days, and were about to leave when they received this news.

“I said a long time ago that the Lakers don’t value you, am I right? You bastard, they dare to trade you for the sake of old K. You are the No. 1 draft pick, the No. 1 draft pick that half of the league is smitten with. They are too Too much!”

  Banks cursed in anger, and after scolding, he was very frustrated: “Tim, it’s too bad, you can’t play in Los Angeles, it’s too bad! Why does this happen?”

  Tim Duncan said nothing after hearing the news, his fists clenched tightly.

   Although he has a calm and determined personality, and never loses his temper easily, it does not mean that he has no temper.

   In fact, the more he is, the greater his temper, but he never shows it easily.

   Now he is very angry. He drafted me with the No. 1 pick, but traded him without even signing a contract. What do you think of him?

  Including the Lakers, half of the league played for him last season. Now, in a blink of an eye, in order to get the old K, he has become a trading chip that the Lakers have abandoned.

   “The Lakers will be my mortal enemy in the future.”

   This strong contrast made him feel extremely humiliated.

  The Suns, a team that has given up on the title race, is unwilling to go.

  Since everyone can apply for a trade, so can he. He wants to go to a team that can win the championship. Even if the strength is temporarily insufficient, at least he must have the heart to become a champion. Only such a team is worthy of him.

   “Charles, let’s get out of here.” He stood up and walked out of the room.

“Oh well.”

  Banks reacted. This room was reserved for them by the Lakers. Now that they have been traded, why are they still living here?

On the side of the Suns, Colangelo Jr. then notified Kobe’s agent.

   “What, old K also went to the Lakers?”

   Arndrum was stunned when he heard it. He didn’t expect Kobe Bryant to go to the Lakers, but he still couldn’t escape the clutches of Old K.

“what?”

  The Kobe family was equally astonished when they heard the news of the trade.

   “Old K also went to the Lakers? He also lied to me as a Warrior, this liar!” Complaining, Kobe was actually quite happy, he was used to playing next to Old K.

   That is, the thought of being the head of the transaction made him very uncomfortable.

   “Sooner or later, I will let old K be my trading partner.” He secretly YY got up.

  …

   On the afternoon of the 9th, the news of the Lakers-Suns trade was exposed by the media, which immediately caused a sensation in the media and the entire league.

Miami, David Robinson, who was about to go fishing, was stopped by his agent Jeff Austin. Austin pointed to the TV and shouted in disbelief: “Trouble, trouble, David, old K is going to the Lakers, we The plan didn’t work…”

“what?”

With a bang, David Robinson threw down the fishing tackle and took two steps to the TV, where he saw the host of ESPN Sports Channel saying: “According to inside information, the possibility of Old K going to the Lakers is very high, and the two sides have already finished. For the offer, the Lakers will pay super center Olajuwon + the signing rights of No. 1 pick Tim Duncan + All-Star shooting guard Eddie Jones, the Suns will pay old K + Kobe, Kobe is the lead…”

   “It’s over!”

  David Robinson is absent-minded.

   He doesn’t know what to do, is he still facing the Spurs now?

  Phoenix, Suns fans didn’t seem to react after the news broke, they thought it was another fake news.

   But after the overwhelming related news came out, they reacted and really believed that old K was going to leave Phoenix.

   So, the Suns headquarters was surrounded by angry fans.

   Among them, more than half are Chinese.

   Not only that, but the Phoenix city government also found the Suns. Mayor Edward Green personally committed suicide to the headquarters and asked old Colangelo why he traded old K.

  Mayor Green is very annoyed. He is preparing to push forward the Chinatown plan. You will demolish my platform. What are you doing against me?

   “Mr. Colangelo, you must abort this transaction. Now the freezing period has not ended, the transaction has not really happened, and it is too late.”

“Mayor Green, if the city government can subsidize the Suns 20 million dollars a year, I will persuade old K to stay. He really wants to stay, defending the championship, and then the dynasty has always been his dream.” Old Colange Luo said helplessly.

   “Subsidy?”

  Edward Green almost bit his tongue, are you the boss of the Federal Reserve?

Old Colangelo said: “I can’t do anything, neither can old K. Mrs. John’s business has a big problem, she is about to go bankrupt, how can you let her continue to invest? Isn’t that forcing her to die? To be honest , she’s doing pretty good now that she’s not selling the Suns.”

   “God!”

   Thinking of poor Mrs. John, although he didn’t know the specific situation, the John family was indeed selling a lot of assets, Green shook his head helplessly.

   Now that Old K wants to trade and leave, which puts him in trouble, and the Chinatown plan is definitely not going to work.

   However, the policy of attracting Chinese seems to be able to continue. Since those Chinese who have moved with their families have already come, they will not leave easily. As long as they live in a stable life here, they should be able to continue to attract other Chinese to come and settle down.

   There is no way, he can’t subsidize the Suns so much money every year, nor can he force the old K to stay.

   The Suns then held a press conference that Mrs. John attended.

   Mrs. John was also very responsible, explained her own problems, and was willing to take all the responsibilities of trading old K.

   and said that if the economy improves in the future, she will definitely invest a lot of money in the championship, and even invite old K to return to Phoenix.

   Her attitude was forgiven by most fans.

In fact, fans also understand that Phoenix’s football market is not big, and ordinary fans like them can’t afford the team’s season tickets, and the Suns have three championships for five years, and they have all the honors they want, and then force the team Continuing to fight for the championship is really unrealistic.

Although they are dissatisfied with Lao K’s departure, Lao K has left enough glory here. Since the team is no longer striving for the championship, let him keep Lao K, the number one active player at the peak, and let him The peak years were wasted on the Suns who can’t compete for the championship now.

  Thinking like this, they can accept Old K’s departure again.

  …

  Los Angeles, Lakers fans went crazy after hearing the news, and many fans went to the Lakers headquarters to celebrate.

  Los Angeles TV interviewed outside the Lakers headquarters and asked a female fan: “Miss, what do you think of this deal? Do you expect this deal to actually happen?”

   “This is an unparalleled and wonderful deal. It will change the current trend of the Lakers. Old K will bring us a championship. Of course I look forward to it happening.” The female fans shouted excitedly.

   “Sir, what do you think old K means to the Lakers?” The reporter found another male fan.

   “The savior, he is the savior of the Lakers! He will lead the Lakers back to the top just like Magic Johnson.” The male fan shouted excitedly.

   “Sir, do you think old K will become the leader of the Lakers?” The reporter asked another male fan.

   “There is no doubt, do you think the leader of the Lakers will be a madman? Haha, we will usher in a giant beast, and old K will become the king of Los Angeles, haha…” The male fan laughed like a madman.

  “King!king!king…”

  I don’t know who is taking the lead, and the shouts from the crowd are getting louder and louder.

  Many Lakers celebrities have expressed their welcome to Old K in various ways.

  Jabbar said in a phone interview: “When I heard the news, I knew that the top Lakers team was coming back, and I was so happy.

  Yes, I’m even willing to take down my No. 33 jersey for old K…”

   In the hotel, Pharaoh’s mobile phone has been blown up.

   “Old K, you actually ran to the Lakers and grabbed the seat of Da Meng, haha, what a shame!” Barkley called and joked.

“Do you think I want to come to the Lakers? I don’t want to live in the Suns with a high salary of 20 to 30 million and increase the burden on the boss, so I can only choose to leave. But the big dream wants to thank me, otherwise he will go to the Spurs. Yes. Now, Charles, you still have fuel, we still lack a power forward.” Pharaoh asked.

Seriously, Barkley really wanted to try, but when he saw his figure, he was as fat as a pig, so he had to shake his head and said, “Forget it, I have to work hard to play with you. I’ll retire, I won’t accompany you to toss.”

After   Buckley, many friends called, especially some Hollywood stars, saying that he should have a party to celebrate.

He refused the    party. In his opinion, coming to the Lakers was really a helpless move, and there was nothing to celebrate.

   Leaving the Suns and not being able to defend a title or even a dynasty in the Suns is a huge loss for him.

Going to the Lakers, although the Lakers are willing to invest, but building a championship lineup is really not just a matter of money, but also needs opportunities, so what the result of next season will be, and now he can’t say, anyway, from the perspective of the lineup, yes The Knicks have no advantage.

   Fortunately, the Lakers now have sufficient salary space, and they can even sign an All-Star.

   In addition, he has informed Chris Mullin that the veteran will be the Lakers, and Mullin agreed. Next, he hopes that the Lakers can attract one or two more veterans to enrich the Lakers’ bench.

   From the analysis of the Knicks’ salary space, its bench lineup will definitely be bad, and this is the opportunity for the Lakers.

   However, with Jordan’s influence, he must have the same plan as him. There is not enough space, and veterans will join in the future, so recruiting veterans will not be an easy task.

   And he not only can’t celebrate, but also low-key, celebrating coming to the Lakers? That must have been a pretty stupid decision that would only irritate Suns fans and make him the public enemy of Suns fans.

   Phoenix’s situation is okay now. There are some fans who scold him, but not many. After all, he left Phoenix with three championships. The fans mainly scold the management and the owner, Mrs. John. He doesn’t want to take their place.

   For those Chinese who relocated to Phoenix, he can only express regret.

   But he is not responsible for them, because it is their own decision, he has not made any immigration advertisements for Phoenix, and never planned to participate in any Chinatown investment plan.

   He just played in Phoenix, he didn’t want to carry other pressures, it was totally unnecessary.

   And to be honest, in the past few years in the United States, he seldom took the initiative to contact the local Chinese, and he had little sense of identity with them, especially new immigrants, who were different from each other.

   A lot of media reporters called and wanted him to accept a phone interview, but he basically refused, and only accepted a phone interview with the Phoenix Sports News as his official response to the deal.