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"This is my boss. Under his supervision, I am undergoing hard summer training." After taking Stephen's fruit sweat and drinking it in one gulp, Coppard looked at the expressions on everyone's faces and immediately thought of the reason for the incident , immediately explained why he appeared here.

Bill Sharman and Jenny Buss immediately brightened up. If there is a player who is willing to carry out summer training consciously, it at least shows that the player is very aggressive and can endure hardships. Some players may not train hard in the summer. What a qualitative improvement, but at least the state can be maintained.

And someone like Coupard, who has height and weight, can be trained through training even if his skills are not good enough. It is hard to find such a big man now, but think about the Lakers and Clippers. Due to the relationship with the team, it is difficult for the Lakers to recruit this player.

However, Stephen can urge him to train hard in the summer. In addition to showing Stephen's influence on him, it can also show that Stephen himself is also a person who is willing to train hard. Otherwise, he would not force others to train hard. The champion and the most valuable player of the finals will continue to train, and his achievements will certainly not stop at one time.

After discovering this situation, Bill Salman and Jenny Buss became more interested in Stephen. Bill Salman immediately asked to visit their training room, and Coupard immediately led him into the room with a very winking look. Leave Jenny Buss and Stephen behind to enjoy the world of two alone.

"May I ask what you think of the Los Angeles Lakers?" Jenny Buss knew Stephen's character very well through prior understanding, so she didn't say unnecessary nonsense and asked straight to the point.

"A very great team." Stephen replied casually. Of course, if the Lakers are still worthy of greatness, then the Celtics, which only won one more championship than the Lakers, are not worthy of it either. At the same time, it's normal to say a few nice words of compliment in front of someone, and you can't belittle them, because belittling doesn't do any good.

"Are you interested in playing for this team?" Jenny Buss frowned, seeming a little dissatisfied with Stephen's answer. She had already clearly expressed her own meaning, but the other party responded with such a formula, and With a calm expression, it seems that he doesn't care, and he is not excited about receiving the invitation at all. It seems that the evaluation of the Lakers is indeed just a compliment.

"I don't think there is a place for me in the Lakers." Stephen said leisurely. Jenny Buss hasn't introduced anything to Stephen yet. If you ask me like this, Stephen will naturally not respond.

"We don't have a real forward player, and we also lack an outside defensive expert. In addition to Kobe Bryant, our team also needs a reliable scoring point on the outside. I wonder if this position can impress you?" Jenny Buss described Stephen's future orientation to Stephen.

Stephen knew that the other party did not tell lies to deceive him. The Lake team is now at the small forward position. There are two players, Luke Walton and Maurice Evans. Nordmanovich will come over sometimes In addition, Sasha Vujacic can also play this position, but in this position, these players have more or less problems and cannot really afford this position.

Luke Walton lacks effective scoring methods. Although he has a positive attitude on defense, he is flexible in terms of speed and cannot keep up with a real small forward. , Such a player is used as a starter, it is really unusable.

If Stephen came to the Lakers, he would be able to solve the problem of the Lakers' weak offensive line in one fell swoop, and the defense could guard most of the league's forwards and guards, which would liberate Kobe. Although Stephen's passing cannot be said to be just right , but it is also at an upper-middle level, and it can solve the problem of poor connection between internal and external.

Stephen is a perfect patch in the current lineup of the Lakers, but Stephen left the Spurs and chose another team, could it be that he came to be a patch for them? Stephen looked at Jenny Buss, and really didn't know if he should get angry and drive her away Let's go, isn't this looking down on people?

"Of course, if you join the Lakers, the team will play the triangle offense of the Bulls period, not the current one. If you can meet the tactical needs, you will become a new generation of point forwards. Win countless championships like the Bulls." Jenny Buss continued to persuade Stephen.

"I never thought about being a Pippen II, nor did I want to be a point forward. I just want to be the real me. As for the championship, I am not Malone or Payton, and I will not degrade myself for the championship. Or status." Stephen raised his eyebrows and responded indifferently, but his heart became more and more angry. The Lakers are planning to recruit themselves under such conditions, and they really think highly of themselves.

"You have to know, it's not that I don't want to make more promises to you. Keep Kobe and rebuild the lineup with Kobe as the core of the team. This is a decision made by my father, and I have no right to overturn it." Jenny Buss shook her head , showing a helpless smile.

Without waiting for Stephen to respond, Jenny Buss continued: "If you can come to the Lakers and let my father realize your value, I think my father will make the right choice. After all, you are younger than Kobe Bryant. Has more potential than him."

What Jenny Buss said is also true. Kobe is almost 30 years old. Although it is now the golden age of a guard, how many years can he maintain his current peak performance? Two years?Three years, and Stephen is only in his early twenties. If he can reach Kobe's height without surpassing it, it is self-evident who the team will choose.

"I don't need to prove myself in front of anyone, and I won't wait for an illusory core position. If this is the case, why don't I just stay with the Spurs?" What Stephen didn't explain is that Duncan Kobe is two years older, and at the same time, a big player's peak period is not as long as a guard. If it is only for a core, Stephen might as well stay in the Spurs and wait patiently. Maybe it won't even take two years. Core up.

Jenny Buss was about to continue, but Bill Salman had already brought Coupard out. He had seen through the glass that the conversation between the two was not so pleasant, so they could not be allowed to continue. In fact, at first he What Jenny Buss thought was that Bill Salman would persuade Stephen, but on the way, Jenny Buss suddenly proposed to communicate with the other party, and Bill Salman naturally knew that it was Jenny Buss who was eager to make contributions and wanted to help his father. But he didn't think it was a good choice, but Jenny Bass insisted that he had nothing to do. After all, she was the boss. Although she was only the boss's daughter, she was better than him. Short advisors are strong.

The two sat for a while, and after a few gossips, the two sides couldn't find anything in common with each other. In addition, with Coupard around, some things were not easy to say, so Bill Salman brought Jenny Buss After leaving, Stephen didn't send them off enthusiastically, and sat there watching the two people leave here.

"Boss, are they here to invite you to join the Lakers?" Coupard waited for them to wait, and immediately ran to Stephen and asked, and Stephen nodded.

"Doesn't that mean we can be together again?" After hearing the news, Coupard was both surprised and happy, but generally speaking, he was much happier. After all, it is good to hang out with the boss, even if he is with the boss You have to suffer, but the benefits of following the boss are also obvious. If you don’t follow Lao Tzu, maybe you are now a small employee in that company who is called around by others. If it is not good, you will be an electrical salesman or As an insurance salesman, he is as famous and rich as he is now.

"I didn't promise them." Stephen gave him a blank look.

"Boss, why don't you agree? That's the Lakers. It's the same venue. We can't even see a Hollywood star during our games. When they play, they are all stars. Speaking of Los Angeles, everyone knows A Lakers team, but they don’t know that our Clippers team is a native Los Angeles team.” As a Clippers fan, Coupard has a deeper feeling for the difference between the two teams.

"Hmph, go there and be someone else's younger brother, do you think it's possible?" Stephen remembered what Jenny Buss said just now, and he was so angry that he used the championship to fool himself, thinking that he was one of those old men who were dying. The championship can fool them into not knowing the southeast and the north, let alone say that now I have two championship rings in my hand, even if I want the championship, it is the championship that I led the team to win, and the championship that I will help others, Stephen Enough has been taken.

"Excuse me, is this Stephen's home?" A middle-aged man of white race came to Stephen's door and asked at some point. He was wearing a gray suit and carrying a briefcase in his hand. He was dressed like an electrical appliance salesman or an insurance salesman, but his temperament was different, with an easy-going, natural and confident smile on his face.

"Kupchak?" Coupard recognized the other party at a glance, and stood up in surprise. Stephen was also very surprised when he heard the name. Isn't Kupchak the name of the general manager of the Lakers? Jenny Buss, the senior vice president, has just left, and the general manager of the Lakers is here again.

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