the rest, only noise

Chapter 1074 I'm going to marry him

Louie knew that Jerry Buss liked ostentation, as if he had wiped out all the bad things left by his predecessor, Jack Cook, in his first year with the Lakers.

But Louis didn't expect that the Lakers would send out everyone at the decision-making level for this negotiation.

The owner, vice president, deputy general manager, team legend, announcer who has played for the team for decades, and the most beloved young son.

"Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long."

Louie came on time, but the Lakers' negotiating team arrived at the meeting place a few minutes earlier.

So, he is not late.

"Never mind, Coach Lu, we just arrived." After Bass finished speaking, he began to introduce his companions to Louis.

In fact, the only person who really needed an introduction was Jim Bass.

He knew others like West, Tragedian, Kupchak, and Hearne.

So, everyone else is just a formality, and the person Bass really wants to introduce is his son.

"This is Jim, my son. Professional basketball is a wasteland for him, but I believe he will inherit the Lakers one day." Dad's words made Jim float, "However, before that, he needs to learn as much professional knowledge as possible."

Louis asked with a smile, "Mr. Bass, do you want Jim to follow me?"

Buss secretly pleased, it seems that Louie has no resistance to joining the Lakers.

"If it's possible..." Bass would not force his son in if Louis refused.

Louis stopped the conversation just in time.

"We seem to have talked too deeply, and it's too early to talk about it now." Louis finally got back to business, "Los Angeles is a city I'm very interested in, but I won't join rashly because of interest. Please introduce your situation and future plans."

West gave Kupchak a look.

So, the big white man who didn't show much strength in the Lakers due to injuries and ended hastily said: "Our long-term goal is naturally to win the championship. After getting Benjamin, I think we are very close to this goal. If you get help from Coach Lu, I think the Lakers will become the championship in the new season."

After speaking, Kupchak also nodded to Louie, as if he said it well.

West felt that what Kupchak said was enough.

Bass still chimed in: "Coach Lu, join us and do something big, just like you did in New York!"

Louie reminded him: "I'm still in New York. Not just me, we're all in New York."

Bass said with a smile: "That's right, but you have accomplished the greatest achievement I can imagine in New York, and the Lakers are still a piece of virgin land. We haven't won a championship since 1982. Los Angeles wants that damn trophy more than ever."

Louie was completely unmoved.

"That's why I need to know more about the situation in the Lakers." Louis looked directly at West. "Mitch just said some nice words and a seemingly optimistic outlook, but what I really want to hear is not these. I also believe that you have done more than that."

The Lakers negotiating team, which was trying to speed things up, was deadlocked.

Hearn asked: "Coach Lu, no one here knows the Lakers better than me. What do you want to know?"

"How's the relationship between Scottie and David?"

"In the past three years, who has been the boss of the Lakers?"

"Why does Jeff Hornacek, obviously the best shooter on the Lakers, fail to get the ball at critical moments?"

"Can Scottie and Benj coexist?"

"Do you know Scottie? What's his character?"

"Is the salary space of the Lakers healthy? In the next few years, can we spend money in the free market?"

"You want to win the championship, and I want to, but I don't think the Lakers are a championship team with Benj."

Kupchak said with a stiff expression: "This...Scottie and David have a very good relationship."

"You're wrong, Mitch." Hearn didn't have the slightest respect for the core of the Lakers. "David is a gentleman in a big city, and Scottie is a country bumpkin. They are not people in the same world. They are like a pair of dogs locked together during rutting. They finally chose to marry only because they had no other choice."

Louis laughed. Just because Hearn can make such a sharp conclusion, he believes that this person has an extraordinary status in the Lakers team.

After all, after the Lakers moved to Los Angeles, the person who saved the team⑴.

"Is...impossible?" Kupchak didn't expect Hearn to refute him, "In the past few years, Scottie and David have worked together very happily, and I haven't heard any rumors about their discord."

Hearn shrugged and said, "I'm not talking about the two being incompatible, but that they can't play together. Both David and Scottie have their own worlds, which makes them have no connection on the field."

West respected Hearne, although he disagreed with the other party's point of view, he did not come forward to refute.

"Chick, Kareem and I are also people from two worlds, but we often spark each other." The tragedian had a classic smile on his face, "How can this be explained?"

Hearn threw out another typical fan comment: "You and Kareem are rare players, and Scottie and David do not belong to this level."

Louis understood Hearn's words.

Kupchak believed that Pippen and Robinson were close and united, while Hearn was the one who sat courtside every night to comment on the game.

He watches more Lakers games than any of them.

Whether it's West or Kupchak, they will miss many Lakers games for various reasons, and Hearn is like the No. 16 of the Lakers.He not only has to explain the home game, but also travels with the team to the away game.

Every game of the season, he will not fall behind.

So when he sees Pippen and Robinson playing like strangers on the court, how can he trust the two to stick together?

But after all, he can only explain what he saw from the perspective of the fans, so when the tragedian pointed out that he and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did not play together, but it did not affect the game, Hearn could only say that they were once in a century.

This is actually arguing.

Of course Kupchak was not convinced. He proposed Wilson and Ewing.

"They're also a once-in-a-decade talent, Scottie and David aren't."

This negotiation is...why did they bring so many people?

"Actually, you don't need to convince each other. All I want is accurate information, but...Obviously, there are too many of you. Everyone has their own opinions. If the opinions are inconsistent, there will be arguments. We are not sitting here to argue about the Lakers, right?"

Bass asked, "Coach Lu, what do you mean?"

"How about this, let's extend the time of the talks." Louis decided to change the way of negotiations, "Extend to three days, within these three days, you can explain to me various problems of the Lakers in groups of two, today you are obviously not ready."

The Lakers' negotiating team felt like students who were given homework.

How can there be such a negotiation since ancient times?
However, the success or failure of signing with Louis is related to whether Wilson can successfully join the Lakers.

No matter how ridiculous and outrageous it is, they have to accept it.

"Okay, Coach Lu, at this time tomorrow, Chick and I will meet you here." The tragedy teacher said.

West continued: "It's me and Mitch the day after tomorrow."

Bass looked at his son helplessly, "I'm in charge of finishing."

"Then see you tomorrow."

Louis left very simply, without even looking back.

There was a pile of food on the table, and they didn't even touch it.

Bass was a little annoyed.

“We should be ready to come back!”

West didn't respond. He had already reflected the problem of too many negotiating teams, but Bass didn't listen.

Now that's asking for trouble.

"What do you think is the probability that Coach Lu will sign with us?"

"It's big." The tragedian laughed. "The team before this may not have lasted until the second day, and we still have three days to convince him. I really think we are very close."

"Hope you're right, Evan."

Bass could only persuade himself to be optimistic, and then shouted: "Pay the bill."

The boss came over and said kindly: "Since you are all friends of Coach Lu, this meal is free, but please promise me not to take him away from New York."

Several members of the Lakers have heard of Louie's popularity in New York.

Jerry Bass believes that a Chinese can enjoy such honor and favor in a cosmopolitan city like New York, which must have abilities that others cannot imagine.

Thinking of this, Bass, who is eager for love, feels that this may be the closest the Lakers are to Louis, and they must bring him back to Los Angeles anyway.

In order to express his determined attitude, Bass filled out a check and slapped it on the table: "I'm going to order him!"

⑴ In the 50s, NBA games were not televised, so if fans did not go to the scene, they basically relied on listening to the radio.So the announcer was crucial at that time, and Hearn greatly increased the visibility of the Lakers in Los Angeles and made them popular.In the words of West and Baylor, Hearn's brilliant game commentary raised their historical status.

(End of this chapter)