You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 437
In addition to Weixia's special training, he took time to meet with the Lakers' new aid Jamal Magloire.

While the other party's physical condition surprised him, Wei Xia also expressed sympathy for his situation.

Magloire frankly described his mental journey.

"I'm not a hard worker."

This is very strange. Even Charles Barkley would eat donuts while patting his stomach and say that he wants to compete for the championship. Everyone will say superficial skills, polite words, and talk.

But who would show their heart besides shooting a documentary or writing an autobiography?
Even those personal documentaries, autobiographies, shots and texts will have the meaning of excuses for their own mistakes.

The first time Magloire and Wei Xia met, he said that he didn't work hard.

Magloire didn't just talk, he explained why he wasn't trying.

Two years ago, his younger brother, Justins, was robbed and raped by gangsters, and the Canadian has since regarded the United States as an unsafe land.

In two years, Magloire fell from a marginal All-Star level to a mid-level player who could only take one year.

Before signing with the Lakers, he leaned toward signing a multi-year deal starting at $300 million with his hometown Raptors.

Unexpectedly, the Lakers threw 500 million a year.

Although he wanted to go home, but the Lakers gave too much money, he persuaded himself to stay in the United States for one more year to see the effect.

"I'm sorry about what happened to Justins," Wecha said. "Everything will be fine."

Magloire laughed at himself: "Everyone has said that to me."

But things didn't get better, and he had already given up hope.

Versia and Magloire met to discuss expectations for the new season.

The purpose of the Lakers, of course, is to reach the finals to compete for the championship.

Magloire's eyes made Wei Xia very uncomfortable. He didn't comment on Wei Xia's expectations, but his smiling face and teasing eyes clearly told him: the Lakers can only win the championship in their dreams.

In fact, it is difficult for the Lakers to win the championship in Weixia's dream.

Because every time he has to travel across time and space to the 60s, the era that caused a generation of Lakers to suffer from green phobia, it is many times more difficult for the Lakers to win the championship than in reality.

"Don't you believe it?"

Magloire's smile grew wilder.

"I made it to the Western Conference Finals this year!"

The Canadian's expression was out of control.

"Well, the results will prove!"

If Wei Xia knew what Magloire was thinking, he would be even angrier.

When Magloire heard Weixia's so-called new season goals, he only had contempt and jokes in his heart.

If the Lakers have championship prospects for the new season, why spend $500 million to sign him?is it necessary?
The Canadians themselves don't regard themselves as an important factor in competing for the championship.

Some people, playing basketball is just work, and there is no sense of honor at all.Magloire belongs to this kind of person, because none of the teams he joined along the way has the potential to compete for the championship.

Since I haven't won, I don't care.

In fact, the introduction of Magloire was the key to Jenny sending Bynum.

With Magloire, although the future prospect is not comparable to that of Bynum, the former was still able to pay 6 points and 6 rebounds last season, averaging only 23 minutes per game.

Converted to a ratio of 38 minutes, it is an insider who can contribute a double-double.

After accepting Magloire, the Lakers' inside line is still tight, but they can let go of their hands and feet to initiate a powerful transaction.

The Lakers first contacted the New Jersey Nets, who were about to throw Jason Kidd.

Kidd is old, and the Nets can no longer count on him to bring a 360-degree change to the team. It is best to send it out quickly while there is still some fuel, and come back with a potential rookie.

Therefore, if the Lakers want Kidd, they must come up with Bynum.

The main theme of the trade is that the Lakers will send Bynum + Radmanovich, and the rest can be discussed.

As soon as the transaction was launched, Jim Bass, who heard the news, disrupted the situation in a hurry.

When the matter came to the old Bass, Kupchak was just a tool man.Old Buss listened carefully to many suggestions.

In the defense of Bynum, Bass Jr.'s side used the correct strategy to aggravate the problems caused by Kidd's age.They must convince Old Buss that letting go of Bynum is equivalent to letting go of the next Shark. Is it worth giving up the next Shark for Kidd, who is not even an All-Star?
They gave up the genuine sharks for Kobe at the beginning. Are they going to give up the next generation of sharks for Kidd now?
Bass' strategy worked.

Old Bass set the tone: "Except for Andrew and Wish, everything else can be discussed. This matter ends here. Andrew still has ten years of good times. We can't send him away."

Once the old Bath has a voice, there will be no second voice.

The negotiations between the Lakers and the Nets, when Kupchak proposed to focus on Radmanovic and supplemented by a group of young people who did not attract Liu, turned yellow.

They cut off contact, and the outside world thought that the negotiations were still going on, but in fact they had already ended.

Kobe, who was on vacation in Italy, heard that the Lakers were negotiating with the Nets. He was delighted to have the opportunity to work with Kidd.

"Jason is a very smart guard, he can play until he is 40 years old, I am very much looking forward to working with him!"

"With Jason, we will win next year's championship!"

"Yes, I firmly believe that."

Then, the Lakers uniform team thought they couldn't let Kobe down.

Don't you just want to be a solid, strong, reassuring guard who can make the occasional clutch shot?Kidd can't do it, can't others?
On November 11, the Lakers officially announced that they signed Derek Fisher.

The origin of Fisher and the Lakers, and the relationship with Kobe, no longer needs to be introduced.

Fisher is the only Lakers veteran who was cleared after the OK era and then returned to the team.

It's just that the sudden drop from Kidd's level of expectation to Fisher still made Kobe feel like eating shit.

Next season, in the Lakers' games, it is bound to often see the dazzling picture of Fisher going down seriously, and then being passed by a young guard.

This situation reminded Kobe of what Phil Jackson told him at the party a few months ago.

Kobe began to worry. He expected the Lakers to find a third star player, even at the cost of overdrawing the future.Bynum is fine, but he really doesn't have time to wait for this giant baby to grow up.

The youth birds have flown away, so why bother with talent?
Bryant was looking forward to a third star, and the Lakers management was caught in a state of restless positivity.

Phil Jackson shared Kobe's desire to see the Lakers strengthen.

On November 11, the Lakers finally made a deal.

Looking at the trade list, there is no Bynum, so we know that this deal will not surprise people.

The result is also that the Lakers sent Brian Cook and Sasha Vujacic, who had played in the team for several years, in exchange for young potential wing Trevor Ariza.

In the next few days, it was constantly reported that they had delegated so-and-so to the Development League.

On November 11, the Lakers sent another "good news".

Here is the official statement from the Lakers: "People of the Lakers Nation! We are pleased to announce that we have signed DJ Mbenga to a 10-day contract!"

The reply from the user who received the most approval was: "Who is this product?"

Mbenga, Congolese, insider, undrafted in 2004, is 27 years old now.

The data of 1+1 per game makes it difficult to have any expectations for him.

The fans booed one after another, and Kobe was strangely silent.

Kobe was very angry when the Lakers didn't do it before, but now that the Lakers did it, even though a few of the actions looked like bullshit to fool people, he should show his attitude.

Bryant's silent reaction just showed his dissatisfaction.

But what dissatisfied him the most was the feud of the Lakers, the efforts made by the Celtics in the East to change the team's combat effectiveness during the offseason.

After taking Ray Allen on draft night, Danny Ainge made a lightning-fast shot on July 7.

This is a historic day.

A week ago, Lakers officials gleefully announced that they had signed Mbenga to a [-]-day contract.

A week later, the Celtics exhausted the young talents accumulated over the years and made a big gamble that there is no tomorrow.

They used a complete starting lineup to trade Kevin Garnett.

The Timberwolves chose to agree, and almost happily started the long-term fishing era of missing the playoffs for more than a dozen consecutive seasons.

In the fishing business, the Timberwolves are not alone. They have another Sacramento Kings who have ended the Adelman era and don't know what it's like to make the playoffs.

The thread of the times is trembling under the exclamation of everyone.

Ray Allen and Garnett gathered in Boston, and they formed the Big Three who are nearly 100 years old.

At the same time, Garnett, who expressed optimism about the Celtics' prospects of winning the championship, won the fans' love with the most pragmatic move.

He announced a contract extension with the Celtics.

On the day of the press conference, the Celtics specially asked Bill Russell to temporarily act as a reporter to interview Garnett.

Before the interview, Russell said to Garnett in a rough voice: "I said it a long time ago, you will be a Celtic sooner or later, Jie Jie Jie!"⑴
The clip of the two of them exchanging greetings was filmed and broadcast on TV.

Wei Xia saw that scene, and Russell's laughter made him feel more intimate.The young Russell's laugh was not as terrifying as when he was old, but his body was twitching, his throat seemed to be filled with sand, and he let out that kind of "rustling" laughter while his body was laughing and twitching.

As he got older, he evolved his own laugh.

Just seeing the Celtics' current lineup, Wei Xia couldn't laugh at all.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Celtics have jumped from one of the worst teams to the number one seed competing for the championship.And the Lakers' foolish reinforcements are over.

Signing DJ Mbenga on a short-term contract for 10 consecutive days is the last operation of the management during the offseason.

⑴I thought about it for a long time, and only Jie Jie Jie Jie is the most suitable onomatopoeic word for Russell's strange laughter.I must say it again, Russell's laugh was the most special I've ever heard, and I'll never forget it.

(End of this chapter)