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Chapter 1154 David's Anxiety

Of course West knew that David Robinson hadn't renewed his contract.

Now that Robinson called himself, it also showed the urgency of the matter.

West reassured him, promising that the team would start early contract renewal negotiations as soon as possible.

This led to West's hesitation in the forum the next day.

After the start of the new season, Louis seemed to have forgotten the existence of Robinson, as if the other party did not exist.

West informed Robinson of any team activity.

Louis acted like he didn't care about him at all.

This made West feel that Louis might not want to keep Robinson?
And West advocated keeping Robinson.

In any case, Robinson is a top center in the league. Although he suffered from ACL, who can be sure that he will not recover?
Letting Robinson go in vain is unacceptable to West.

"Jerry, you must ask the president about this matter?"

Mitch Kupchak is completely West's little follower. He knows very well that it is impossible to bypass Louis for such a big matter as renewing Robinson.

"Yes, I will inform him."

Kupchak looked at the phone on his desk and thought to himself, why not make a phone call instead of talking in person?

Then, Kupchak thought that Louis didn't like Robinson. If West didn't make it clear in person, maybe the other party would think this was a great opportunity to get rid of Robinson?

It takes 2 minutes to walk from the vice president's office to the president's office, and the distance between the two sides is not far.

Along the way, many people said hello to West.

West just nodded slightly in response.

He came outside the president's office and knocked lightly on the door.

"Knock on the door, there is nothing shady inside, just come in!"

It was the voice of that dude Jim Bass.

West really didn't understand why Louis could put up with Jim for so long?

Dr. Bath also thought about letting his precious son come to West to learn something, but unfortunately, the two have incompatible tempers and completely different perspectives on things.

West is gloomy, dreary, and pessimistic.

Little Bath is cheerful, active and optimistic.

West will take into account the consequences and costs of failure in everything he does.

No matter what little Buss does, he only thinks about success and what to do after success.

To some extent, Bass Jr. is the second generation of Bass most like his father.

No matter what Dr. Buss does, he believes that his choice is right, and he has the judgment ability that a businessman should possess.

That's the problem with Bass Jr., he doesn't have those things.

So, West can't teach him anything.

Louie had been in Los Angeles for a year, and West had never heard of him having a problem with Jim.

If it is two people with different personalities, they may become incompatible within a few days of contact.

If they can maintain harmony after getting along for a year, it means that they are the same breed.

They will keep this rapport forever.

Didn't Louie know that Buzz Jr. was an idiot?
There's no way he didn't know!
That's the difference between West and Louie.

Louie can get along with fools, West can't.

He can't see a fool, can't hear a fool.

West walked in.

"It's actually Jerry!" Jim welcomed West's arrival positively, "Jerry, you are too serious, just make a phone call and it's over? Why do you go by yourself? If it doesn't work, let that guy Mickey come."

West said seriously: "Mitch is our deputy general manager. He has done many things for the team. You have to respect him."

"All right..." Jim didn't bother to listen to the big ideas, "Jerry, what do you do?"

West glanced at Louis who was reading the documents: "I have something to do with the president."

Only then did Louis put down the file, and sent little Bass away: "Jim, go downstairs to see how my kid is doing."

"okay!"

After Jim left, West didn't bother to pretend.

"It's hard to bear him."

Louie laughed, "Jim is a good boy."

"Yes, he's a 'good boy', but unfortunately, he's just pretending." West didn't have a good word for Bath Jr., "Everyone knows that he only inherited the bad side of Dr. Bath."

Louis said indifferently: "If you mean that you are always refusing women, then it is true..."

West suddenly thought that he didn't come here to criticize how unbearable the young master was in front of Louis.

No matter how unbearable Brother Young Master is, he is no longer working under him.

"Jerry, you didn't come to my office just to scold Jim, did you?"

"of course not!"

"It's David..."

Louie asked, "Which David?"

"Which one?"

"The one we all know."

"David Stern?"

"David Finch?"

"It can't be David Schwimmer, can it? You know, my son's favorite is not Ross from Friends, but Tribbiani."

West's patience was worn out by Louie.

"I mean David Robinson."

At that moment, West saw the expression "Is there still a man named David Robinson in the world, huh?" on Louis's face.

Louie doesn't like Robinson.

This is not a secret, because Robinson is a very loyal Christian. Not only is he willing to dedicate his life to God, but he also likes to mention God N times in front of others every day.

When a Christian makes a mistake, Robinson would say, I will pray for him and ask God for forgiveness.

When a non-Christian makes a mistake, Robinson will say that because he has no faith and has never given his soul to God, his heart cannot find a home, and I will pray for him day and night.

He is always trying to purify those around him like a self righteous saint.

This was also what annoyed Louis the most.

He's a nice guy, but too good to be true.

"Oh, it's this David..." Louie asked dispiritedly, "how is he recovering?"

West replied: "The hospital said everything is going well."

"Well, isn't that a good thing?"

"Yes, but David called me last night and he was very anxious."

Louis said heartlessly: "This shows that he is not pious enough. He needs to pray to God more, so that God can restore his inner peace and he will not have any anxiety."

"God can't fix this."

"Is there anything God can't solve?"

"God just goes with the flow."

Louis found out that he didn't hate Robinson, but he hated those who attributed everything that happened in the world to God.

If a miracle happened, they would say it was a manifestation of God.

If everything is natural, they will also say that it is God's direction.

If things go to a bad result, then of course God wants to give some trials to mortals.

In other words, the reason why David Robinson will become soft in the playoffs is because God doesn't want to see him tough.

Anyway, no matter what happened, it was God's will.

West is feeling a bit like that now.

"So dear Jerry, can you tell me what these things that God can't fix are worrying David so much?"

"It's about contract renewal."

West hated the feeling that Louis knew everything, but pretended not to know anything.

"David's contract will expire next summer, but we haven't talked to him about the new contract, which makes him very anxious." West explained, "David is a traditional person. He is eager to play for the Lakers until he retires. Moreover, most of the teams that have won championships in history have a reliable center. We need to let David stay."

Louis asked, "Is there such a need?"

West said angrily: "Unless you can find a better center than David in the free market."

"Don't we have David's successor in our team? He looks good."

"Kevin isn't ready yet."

West wants to keep Robinson, is this because Robinson is one of the last remaining fruits of the previous generation of Lakers or is there some other reason?
"Jerry, I don't see the need to keep David," Louie said mercilessly. "You know I don't like David, but I won't give him up just because of this. I admit that David is unstoppable when he's healthy, but after his ACL, everything can't go back to the way it was before."

"Why would I take the risk of leaving a player who has suffered a major injury, is not likable, and does not have enough basketball IQ to enter the 'temple'?" Louie asked flatly, "You tell me why."

(End of this chapter)