I'm not really a role player

Chapter 392 Extra Episode [-]: Next Stop
"After leaving the Bobcats, where will Sheldon Lee's next stop be?"

ESPN's official website, this analysis article written by Zach Lowe, has been on the headlines for almost a week.

After Li Ke officially announced his departure from the team, everyone has a question, where will Li Ke go?
A group of paparazzi reporters gathered at Los Angeles International Airport, as well as some unknown mysterious people.

As soon as Li Ke's special plane from Charlotte landed, these people got ready and looked expectant.

Tom Jia is a smart guy among this group of reporters. He knows that if he chases after Li Ke and asks him where he is going at this point in time, he will never get any answers.

Because the transfer market has not yet opened, even if Li Ke really has a next home, it must not be made public now.

The new president of the league, Stu Jackson, is now focusing on the rules. Li Ke's resignation is now a flagrant violation of the rules, and he will be punished severely.

Therefore, Tom Jia believes that what he should be staring at now is not Li Ke, but those unknown mysterious people outside the airport.

For example, in a Mercedes-Benz MPV not far away, all the windows are covered with dark film, and the front compartment and the middle and rear compartments are also blocked by thick curtains.

Not far away, a strong white man in a suit, like a bodyguard, kept his head up, as if he was observing and looking for something.

Tom Jia is sure that the owner of this car, or in this car now, is sitting in an NBA heavyweight.

"a?"

There is no need for Tom Jia to guess from the beginning, Zach Lowe has already made a detailed analysis in that article.

Today's league is very different from what it was two years ago.

As far as the West is concerned, the Thunder and Spurs are still top teams, and the main core has not changed much.

The Warriors rose strongly after Brother Pao joined, forming a three-legged rivalry with Thunder Horse.

Further down, the Clippers, Trail Blazers, and Grizzlies are the three teams in the West that can stabilize the playoffs.

The rest are not stable.

For example, the Rockets with Chris Bosh and Goran Dragic as the core team, and the Lone Ranger with old drivers who are still capable of fighting, the Pelicans who build a team around Big Eyebrows, and the Jazz with Gordon Hayward as the core...

As far as the East is concerned, the Cavaliers have not disintegrated, but they are not far from disintegration.

In 14, Lebon and Wade bit the bullet and implemented the player option and stayed for an extra year.

But in the 14-15 season, Wade was injured and old, and Lebron could not support himself. This Cavaliers team was easily abused by the Bobcats.

By this year, the contracts of both Lebron and Wade expire, and the possibility of staying on the team is unlikely.

The Knicks have a luxurious lineup but are embarrassing to use. The Nets were cheated by the Celtics again, but it was only a small trick, so the problem is not big.

On the whole, the eastern part is dominated by the Bobcats and a bunch of second-rate teams.

Some public opinion believes that unless Li Ke switches to the Cavaliers and joins forces with Lebron and Wade, the East will still be dominated by the Bobcats, even if the Bobcats are already without Ke.

From the current situation of the league, the top teams have no space and no willingness, and the bad team Li Ke is impossible to go. Only those mid-level teams with space have the opportunity to grab Li Ke.

Of course, there are also good people YY: Li Ke teamed up with Lebang and will rule the alliance for the next ten years!

But everyone knows that in the past two years, Li Ke and Le Bang have been in dire straits, and there is no possibility of joining forces.

Therefore, after a comprehensive analysis, there are only a handful of possible places for Li Ke to go.

First of all, the Lakers, Kobe is not as badly injured as in his previous life, and his competitive state has dropped a bit.

Mrs. Jia is still there, and even has a second life in her life.

Coupled with the first brother and the fast-growing Vucevic, this Lakers team can be regarded as a typical mid-stream team in the West.

It is also very simple to sign Li Ke. Kobe jumped out of the last year of the contract, and there is also salary space.

At that time, first sign Li Ke, and then sign back to Kobe. Next season, the Lakers will be able to form a core lineup of Kobe, Li Ke, Yi Ge, Jiasao and Vucevic, with good combat power.

Followed by the Clippers in the same city——

Griffin adds sparks, this Clippers is actually only one outside superstar away from the top teams, and Li Ke is obviously very suitable.

After the Donald Sterling racial discrimination incident in 14, the Clippers also changed owners. Steve Ballmer is a boss who is happy to burn money.

It is no problem for him to provide three maximum salaries at the same time.

Some experts provided a trading plan for the Clippers, using Eric Bledsoe, who has an annual salary of tens of millions outside, to get two or three middle-class jobs, and make a sign-and-trade deal with the Bobcats, and thus get Li Ke.

As long as Li Ke joins, plus Gelifen and Sparks, role players and so on, isn't it just a casual addition?
The third is the Nets who are a bit desperate now——

Being cheated by the Celtics, fortunately, it was only the draft picks. In terms of the overall lineup, they also have Jiba, a friend who can attract Li Ke to join.

There are many big contracts in the team, so there is no need to worry about signing and changing.

The fourth is the Heat that have been dormant for two or three years——

Irving has grown rapidly, but it is impossible for just one Irving to become a top-notch team.

Pat Riley has never been a quiet team president. This summer, Li Ke officially announced his departure from the team, and the contract between Lebron and Wade expired. He had already planned to make trouble.

The difference is that you can either engage in Li Ke in one step, or you can get back to Wade and at the same time, engage in Lebron.

The fifth is the rocket that they all want as long as they are superstars in the past two years.

There is plenty of salary space, and there are wave giants and All-Star Dragic in the team.

The sixth is the Lone Ranger who is willing to cut his salary and has sufficient salary space.

With the old driver around, the strength of the Lone Ranger is not bad.

The seventh team is different from the above six teams. There are rumors that Li Ke left Charlotte to join forces with Xiao Du.

The rumors spread well, and even Da Luo's deal for Li Ke was prepared in advance.

Apart from the above seven teams, there is no other possibility.

After the plane landed, Li Ke had read Zach Lowe's analysis article for the third time.

It must be admitted that this ESPN's leading expert still has something to offer. If Li Ke really has to choose his next home according to his inherent thinking, there are indeed only these six options.

But he is not. What he wants to choose is a team that allows him to be the boss, or at least a small boss.

After such a screening, Li Ke himself became a headless chicken, not knowing how to proceed to the next step.

With his thoughts wandering like this, Li Ke walked out of the airport terminal silently.

clack clack...

Almost instantly, reporters were crowded in front of him.

"Sheldon, you have officially announced your departure from Charlotte, can you tell me where your next stop is?"

"Selton, you chose to arrive in Los Angeles after leaving Charlotte. Are you ready to join the Lakers or Clippers?"

"There are rumors that you have already decided on your next home, is there such a thing?"

"Rumours that you left Charlotte to join forces with Kevin Durant, please respond!"

"..."

Li Ke waved his hands, and under the protection of the bodyguards beside him, he quickly walked to Emma Roberts' nanny car.

But at this moment, the Mercedes-Benz MPV that was parked not far behind suddenly accelerated and stopped in front of Li Ke's car.

This made Li Ke stunned, until the door on one side was opened, and a man in black came down and made a gesture of please, and then he reacted, and got into the car with his waist down and his head bowed.

Not far away, Tom Jia was very excited, because his eyes were fixed on this Mercedes-Benz MPV early in the morning, and he happened to know the owner of this car.

"They don't know, only I know!"

"As soon as Sheldon L.A. landed, he was intercepted by Steve Ballmer!"

"This is big news!"

……

As soon as Li Ke sat down, he turned his head and saw Steve Ballmer, who had just acquired the Clippers last year.

Ballmer gave his right hand, shook hands with Li Ke with a smile, and greeted him warmly.

Then, he handed over a cigar and asked, "Smoking?"

Li Ke shook his head, although, smoking this thing is very popular in the league.

Especially after winning the championship, someone will always take out a bunch of cigars and distribute them in the locker room, and then the whole locker room will become smoky.

Li Ke is not interested in this thing, emmm, he is a good boy who does not smoke or drink.

"Okay, Sheldon, I'll get straight to the point. You should know that I'm the owner of the Clippers now."

"I know……"

"The current state of the Clippers is that they can't go up and down. Dwight and Blake can't lead the Clippers to go further, especially Dwight. When we stud him, he was blown up to the sky, and he was directly as famous as you and LeBron, but now..."

Ballmer shook his head, "So, we need a real superstar in charge, and he can only be you!"

Li Ke nodded slightly, but then shook his head: "Steve, don't say that he can only be you. I think you should understand my requirements before recruiting me."

So, Ballmer made a gesture of all ears.

Li Ke then continued: "It's actually very simple, I want to be my own master..."

……

The Mercedes-Benz MPV finally stopped at a corner of Beverly Hills. Li Ke got out of the car, and then re-boarded the nanny car of Emma Roberts who was following behind him.

Turned around, changed the route, and headed directly towards the interior of Beverly Hills.

Those paparazzi reporters wanted to know why Li Ke came straight to Los Angeles after leaving Charlotte?

The reason is actually very simple. Now that Li Ke has decided to leave the team, it is impossible for Li Ke to stay in Charlotte, and he has no other place to go when his next home is undecided.

Back in Los Angeles, I can still be with Emma Roberts.

Like now, he lives in Emma's aunt Julia Roberts' Beverly mansion, at least he has a place to stay.

Only when you have lost your feet can you slowly find your next home.

As soon as he got out of the car and hugged Emma Roberts, Li Ke received a call from David Falk.

"You just met with Steve Ballmer?"

"how do you know?"

"Yahoo Sports' headline has been written, and I wonder if it's made up."

"no……"

Li Ke was stunned, "These paparazzi reporters are really fast!"

"Leave them alone and tell me about the outcome of your meeting with Steve Ballmer."

"The result? What else could be the result? The conversation fell apart. The guy shook his head immediately when he heard that I wanted a part of the team's equity and control of the team. Fortunately, if he was replaced by Donald Sterling, he might have to turn his back on the spot."

"Okay, so, what are you going to do now?"

"Kobe also called me, and I'm going to meet him in Orange County."

"Want the equity of the Lakers?"

"No, whoever gave me the equity and the control of the team, I should be recruited by whomever, and determine my next home."

Li Ke now has a clear goal. At the end, he suddenly remembered: "By the way, don't forget to remind Michael Jordan to prepare a sign-and-trade deal."

After hanging up the phone, Li Ke touched his nose. He felt that eggs cannot be put in a cage.

So, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Lu Ning again: "Old Lu, go and contact the owner of the Nets and the Rockets, and ask them if they have any plans to sell the team..."

Hanging up Lu Ning's phone again, Li Ke was relieved, and hugged Emma Roberts together.

"Aren't you sure where you're going? I think you're staying in Los Angeles..."

"Honey, now I can't go wherever I say, understand?"

"I understand, but..."

"do not talk……"

(The following omits ... words)
(End of this chapter)