You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 372 The Greatest Shame
Wei Xia didn't know how long he stayed in Little Bath's "territory".

In the beginning, he was just forced to go to the party and chat with little Buss, almost touching sensitive secrets, but unfortunately, little Buss, who was still a little sober at the time, stopped immediately.

Later, Wei Xia kept thinking about what Bass said unfinished.

"We were supposed to rebuild where we were, but Kobe was a great card, he could sell tickets, he could bring fans to the scene, as long as he got rid of the case, he did!"

"The future of the Lakers is not in him, before last year, ours."

Rebuild in place, Bryant is a good card to sell tickets, the future of the Lakers is not in him, before last year.
Wei Xia captured a lot of information in those two short sentences.

Combining this information, he can at least know that after throwing away O'Neal in 2004, the Lakers did not regard Kobe as a core player who could help them return to the championship.

This can also be seen from the signings of the Lakers in recent years.

What did they do after sending out the Sharks in the summer of 2004?
Let Verratti Divac return to his roots and retire as a Lakers player. After all, the giants, Divac is the chief disciple of the magician, and he helped them exchange for Kobe, it should be.

Signed the little-known draft pick Tony Bobbitt (Tony Bobbitt SG/PG), this person only played one year in the NBA, that is, with the Lakers.

Well, the scratch ticket failed, and it was still an expired ticket.

Can understand.

Send Rick Fox and Gary Payton and a 2006 first-round pick to the Celtics (the Celtics took the pick for Rondo) for veterans Chucky Atkins PG, Jumaine Jones SF and Chris Mihm.

It's a roughly equal deal, if the draft pick sent to the Celtics doesn't turn into an All-Star guard.

Signed Tierre Brown SG, another undrafted guard that no one knew about.This year with the Lakers was his last in the NBA, unfortunately.

Afterwards, Kareem Rush was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats for a 2005 second-round pick and a 2009 second-round pick.

Generally speaking, in the 2004 trade, the Lakers kept making small moves, but did not make big moves. It was to send away some veterans from the OK period, and clean up, leaving only Kobe alone and a brand new team. The result is as we know.Kobe left a lifelong black spot.

When Kobe's fans laughed at James for leading the fishing team at the age of 34, James' fans can turn to you and say "You did it too" "And I was ten years younger than me when I did it, which is really awesome".

So be sensible, Comey, who likes to trouble James, doesn't mention the emperor's failure to make the playoffs.

Next came the summer of 2005.

The Lakers re-signed Brian Cook, very good.

Signing Smash Parker, recommended by Phil Jackson, is even better. You can have both dragons and phoenixes, and great things can be expected.

Trading Butler to the Trail Blazers in exchange for Wei Xia's signing rights, in hindsight, can be called a rare S-level transaction.

Giving up the signing rights of veteran Brian Grant, not every old man is eligible to retire as a member of the Zijin nobles.

Sign erstwhile finalist opponent Aaron McGee and skip a game.

Next, Gao Neng came.

Phil Jackson, who has the right to sign in, exposed for the first time the biggest gap between him and the godfathers of his generation-the gap in seeing people.

Pat Riley, Don Nelson, Larry Brown, Popovich. One counts, they are all able to lead the team to victory, and at the same time select people who are carefully crafted. Jackson first recruited the old subordinate Toni Kukoc, and then gave Sprewell a chance to support his family. Finally, he absorbed Brian Russell on the grounds that "we need a veteran with finals experience".

As for the results, I have seen them all.

Then came the most recent summer, what did the Lakers do?They do little.

Thinking about it carefully, Wei Xia found that the Lakers did not regard Kobe as the core of the championship level to reserve the potential for the championship.

The giants shouting slogans and the dwarfs in action have no intention of competing for the championship at all.

"The future of the Lakers is not in him, before last year, ours."

Wei Xia recalled what little Bass said again, and he wanted to know what he didn't say later.

Before last year, our what?
Has the willingness of the Lakers executives changed since last year?

The Lakers don't regard Kobe as the core of the championship, but as a box office star. Does Kobe know this?

It seems that there is no need to think too much, how could Kobe know?

If he knew, wouldn't there be a falling out?

Wei Xia didn't expect that he suddenly got a secret that might cause chaos within the Lakers.

All kinds of thoughts in his mind made him break out in a cold sweat, and when he took a closer look, he had already arrived at the gymnasium in Little Bath's "territory".

He has come here to train countless times, and he has developed a habit. Even if he walks aimlessly and thinks about other things in his mind, his legs still bring him here according to inertia.

If his guess is right, if what Bass said is true, what will he do?Tell Kobe?

However, even if he tells Kobe now, the other party may not believe it.

Because the Lakers executives who have been communicating with him are the old Buss who can decide everything, not the little Buss who can only operate the scouting department.

Wei Xia's mind was filled with many contradictory things, and he forgot about other things.What he should remember, what he shouldn't remember, he forgot.

He sits in the center of the gymnasium with his legs crossed in a circle and a basketball in the middle.

Not knowing what to do, he just sat there, distracted, and waited until dark.

I don't know how long it has passed, but Bass Jr. called him and said that he would take him to the Bass Building.

He agreed, not just for a free ride, but also to take the opportunity to see if he could ask some secrets he didn't know before.

But there is a driver in the car, and those things are not suitable for talking about.

Wei Xia could only silently listen to the nonsensical jokes that Bass told.

They arrived at Bath House, and Wesha was supposed to pick up Trovis and bring her with him, but he forgot.

He was also supposed to buy her a decent New Years present, but he forgot that too.

If this is the first official date between them, even if it is not an official boyfriend and girlfriend, he should send each other a New Year's card.

Guess what?Yes, he still forgot.

As long as he was involved with a woman, he always had a way to screw things up.

Afterwards, he will regret and regret, because he often finds that his mistake was even bigger.

He came to the top floor, where the staff, coaching staff, management, Lakers legends, and players were all there.

There are also some famous and unheard of celebrities, and beautiful women.

It's a melting pot of people here.

As long as you are an individual, you can find the style that suits you.

"Wish, here!"

Wei Xia's teammates called him.

Wei Xia went, and he saw Bynum, Odom, Lowry, Turiaf, Weaver and others all dressed up to attend.

"How are you going to dance when you're dressed like this?" Wei Xia asked.

"Dancing?" Bynum said inexplicably. "Is that what we're supposed to do?"

Wei Xia took the liberty to ask: "Then let me ask, what do you want to do?"

"Fuck." Bynum snapped, "Woman!"

What he means is that there is a beautiful woman in front of him, and he likes it very much.

But because of his ingenious punctuation, a group of people were delusional.

He should be on America's Good Sentences, which actually doesn't exist, but if it did, Bynum should be on it.

"You don't even have the qualifications to drink, what do you want to do here?" All the teammates expressed contempt and disdain.

Bynum said proudly: "I'm almost 20 years old. Many of you become fathers before you reach the age. Is it too much for me?"

"It's not too much, we just have some doubts about your strike-up skills." Weaver smiled, "Why don't you show us your almost invisible charm?"

"Fuss!"

Bynum confidently embarked on the journey of striking up a conversation that was bound to fail.

Because the person he was going to woo was Ellen Pompeo.

do not know?It does not matter.

Have you ever seen "Grey's Anatomy"?It doesn't matter if you haven't watched it, she is the heroine in that TV series.

There are three reasons why Bynum's trip was bound to fail.

His charm was not as strong as he had imagined. Pompey was old enough to be his mother. Moreover, according to news from some entertainment media, she already had a boyfriend and was at the stage of talking about marriage.

Bynum did the most humiliating thing in his life under the watchful eyes of his teammates.

About 2 minutes later, he came back and said happily, "She said she would consider dating me when I was old enough to drink!"

"I also swear that I will marry Sophie Marceau when I am 18 years old. Does it work?" Weaver laughed.

Bynum said angrily: "She is very serious!"

No matter how Bynum pointed out Pompeo's sincerity, his teammates only laughed at him as a joke.

And, a year or so later, the matter will be a laughingstock.

Because it was revealed that Pompeo was secretly married to his boyfriend at the time, and Bynum was not even old enough to drink.

This matter has become one of Bynum's most embarrassing things, and anyone who mentions it will blush, but his teammates naturally want to make fun of him if they grasp his handle.

A bunch of them got together and chatted for more than half an hour, and the content was all about women. Then, some people started to look for women.This is the purpose of their coming here. If they can't find a satisfactory woman to spend the night, it's a waste of time.

After they all left, Wei Xia looked at his side with a puzzled expression.

He always felt that there should be a woman standing beside him, why not?

(End of this chapter)