the rest, only noise

Chapter 1285
Who is the person who reacted most violently to the team's trade of Rodman?

The answer is Jerry West.

Also, "violent" might not be an accurate description of West's reaction.

West's view on this matter is extremely firm and tough.

Because Louis called all the players to ask for their opinions before negotiating the deal, and only when he confirmed that Rodman would be traded to the team did he tell West the news-this made the LOGO man feel that he was underestimated and treated poorly.

This intensified his anger significantly.

"I was the last one to know?!!!"

West growled in the president's office.

And their president leaned back on the chair with a lazy posture that was neither elegant nor majestic, and said, "No, Dr. Buss doesn't know about it yet."

West said exactly: "I'm against the deal!"

"I strongly disagree!" West roared to add.

However, Your Excellency the President doesn't seem to have any intention of withdrawing his order.

"You object?"

"Do you know how long I've been scrambling for this deal? If you want to cancel the deal, give me at least three reasons."

"Five are fine!" West said without hesitation. "First, Rodman has no professionalism! Second, he is no longer the four-time DPOY. His competitive level has dropped a lot this year! Third, what he longs for is not the championship, but the feeling of playing under the spotlight! Fourth, as the most entertaining city in the world, Los Angeles will definitely distract him! Fifth, he will screw up everything!"

Regarding the five reasons put forward by West, the President also refuted: "If I were Ni, I would say that Dennis is very unprofessional at certain times, instead of directly judging him like God. He is indeed not as good as he was when he was young, but I don't need him to be as good as he was when he was young. Every player who comes to Los Angeles should be eager for the spotlight. What's wrong with that? What else do you say? He will mess up everything?"

The president smiled sarcastically: "Jerry, I can't believe you said this. You actually said that a player who has won eight championships will screw everything up? Is that what you, who won a championship by chance after the NBA's talent pool was severely diluted by the ABA, are you qualified to say that?"

"@￥%#￥..."

West walked out of the president's office with a mouth full of foul language.

Before he left, he slammed the door hard.

Because of this action, it was considered a serious disrespect and offense to the president, and he was fined half a month's salary.

"QTMD!" West cursed in his office, "Damn Louie! Damn Louie! That bastard! He thinks he can control everything here, and he wants to destroy the Lakers! Damn! I will never let this happen!"

A few minutes later, Jerry West's office received a fax of the transaction from the president's office.

The fax reads "The Los Angeles Lakers will send James Worthy and Malik Rose to the Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for Dennis Rodman and Mukong Wang (王朗婚)".

West lost all sanity.

He didn't believe in, nor would he accept a player like Rodman to join the Lakers.

As Louis said, with Rodman's resume, West seems to welcome him to join.But the fact is that Rodman's mutation began in the 1992-93 season.

Until then, he's the fantasy four that every team wants.

But since then, Rodman has become synonymous with demigods.

He missed games and practices for no reason in New York, feuded with Danny Manning in Miami, buried their chemistry in one fell swoop in Portland, and did all kinds of evil in Vancouver.

What Rodman has done in recent years has made West not believe that he can bring positive energy to the team.

Despite his disastrous on-court performance, Rodman's off-court behavior was just as bad.

He's the devil, the clown, the scum, and anything that's associated with the word "positive" can't get enough of him.

Let such a person join the Lakers, even if they win the championship, it is still a crown full of dirt.

This is the biggest difference between West and Louie.

The latter doesn't mind the dirt, he just wants the crown.

And West not only wants the crown, he also wants to endow the crown with sanctity, prove the legitimacy of the crown, and eradicate all unfavorable factors that may tarnish the glory.

All he wants is the perfect crown.

Now, the transaction is a foregone conclusion, and West is powerless to prevent the transaction from being completed.

Louie can do all he wants.

After a while, Jerry Buss called and asked about the deal.

"This matter will not have a good result!" West said through gritted teeth.

"But Coach Lu said."

"Fuck Louie!" West yelled, "that self-righteous bastard is no longer listening to any opinions!"

What Old Bath wants to say is that West looks like he doesn't listen to any opinions.

In fact, calling West still meant Louie.

Louie wanted Old Bath to appease West's emotions.

"If...I mean if," Bass Sr. said, "Our Mr. President is such a self-righteous asshole, and he is also the most successful self-righteous asshole ever. When we asked him to join the team, we should have thought that he would use his self-righteousness to rule the team. Considering his success in New York and Boston, maybe we should shut up and see if this self-righteous asshole can save our group of modest losers."

Old Bath's words made West calm down a lot.

When you think about it, the Lakers got Rodman for almost nothing.

The Worthy and Rose they sent out are currently unused players, and no one has left the main team that helped the Lakers achieve the league's first record.

If Rodman's deal fails, it won't affect the overall situation.

West was blinded by prejudice and moral cleanliness. In hindsight, he regretted his reckless behavior just now.

"Even... even if he is right, he should discuss it with me." West said, "He shouldn't hide it from me."

"So, he's a self-righteous bastard."

"Hmph, you also admit that he is an asshole?"

"Ouch Jerry, I mean what if, what if."

Rodman escaped the Vancouver Grizzlies at light speed.

It was a belated breakup for both parties.

Angie had earlier hoped that Rodman would take care of him in a place like Vancouver, but the opponent directly took away his fighting spirit. Apart from ruining his popularity with fans off the court, he didn't do anything on the court.

Throughout the season, Rodman also played for a while a month before the top 50 list was released.

The Grizzlies have no need to play poorly this season. Their first-round pick is in the hands of the Lakers. Therefore, it is the right way to find a way to achieve a good result and avoid giving others warmth.

Therefore, ensuring the harmony of the team is the key.

Rodman is synonymous with disharmony. Trading him was a matter of unanimous agreement from the whole team.Now, the Grizzlies will be fighting hard to escape the lottery.

Rodman flew to Los Angeles the day the transaction was completed, and then sent someone to dispose of his assets in Vancouver.

If he didn't need to play an away game, he didn't even want to set foot in Vancouver again.

That place was his nightmare, with no sense of belonging.

On February 2, Rodman officially joined the Lakers.

This afternoon, Rodman came to the Lakers' special plane with his luggage.

"Coach, let's do it again!" Rodman said some nice words.

Louis said very pragmatically: "Don't make those fakes, Dennis, if you can show up on time for every trip before the end of this season, I will be satisfied."

"Coach, you look down on me too much. My goal is to play at full time for the rest of the season!"

"Okay, good ambition!"

Garnett yelled.

"Dennis, buddy believes you can do it!"

"Stay away from that bastard!"

Bird suddenly yelled at Garnett.

"Ah???" Garnett looked at Bird wondering.

Rodman smiled sheepishly.

Louis opened his mouth to reveal the secret to everyone: "Since 1988, Larry will feel phantom pain every time he sees Dennis."

Then everyone made a strange sound of "Oh ho? There is such a thing" in unison.

Bird said angrily: "Shut up! If it weren't for this bastard, the Knicks would never have won the championship that year!"

"Sorry, Larry." Rodman apologized without any excuse, and asked Bird for forgiveness. "It's all my fault."

Things have passed for so many years, and Bird has retired, so it's meaningless to struggle any longer.

Bird didn't want to be seen as narrow-minded, so he snorted coldly: "I don't need your apology, and you don't think I want you to apologize. Now that you're here, play hard. You don't have many games to play."

"Yeah." Rodman nodded, then winked at Louie.

In the eyes of everyone, Rodman does not seem to be as bad as the rumors.

And Louie knew that Rodman had always been that Rodman, he just hadn't entered the "state" that's all.

It was Louis' request to apologize to Byrd, and he was only carrying out Louis' orders.

Finally, at Garnett's urging, Louie seated Rodman in his front seat.

(End of this chapter)