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"Hi, I'm Mitch Kupchak, Tim is the general manager of the Lakers. May I sit down and have a chat?" After the other party walked in, he asked first, and then sat down after getting permission. Looking at Coupard next to him, he asked in surprise, "Aren't you Coupard? Why are you here?"

"I'm here to train with Stephen. We are college classmates." Facing Kupchak, Coupard obviously didn't feel relaxed and natural when he faced Bill Salman and Jenny Buss. He didn't even shout for the boss. , became a college classmate.

"Oh, I forgot, both of you came out of the University of Southern California. You were drafted in the same year. You participated in the draft after winning the national championship of the college league first." Kupchak didn't show off his memory, which made Stephen took a liking to him.

"Yes, we are all students of the University of Southern California. I don't know what's the matter with Mr. Mitch Kupchak coming here?" Stephen didn't bother to talk nonsense with the other party, so he asked him why he came. The ghost knows what the other party is doing. A senior vice president will come in a while, and a general manager will come in a while.

"It's like this. Our Los Angeles Lakers are very interested in Mr. Stephen. I hope that Mr. Stephen will come to our team if he has time. Let's discuss the future of the team and yourself." Kupchak compared Jenny Buss's attitude was much more sincere, and Stephen appreciated his clean way of speaking.

"Well, I may not have much time recently." Stephen is reluctant to go to the Los Angeles Lakers. After all, compared with other teams, the Spurs are more vigilant against the Lakers. If nothing is negotiated, they will show up In the Lakers, it is easy to give other teams an obvious signal, and it is easy to make the Spurs dissatisfied.

"Then can I introduce you here?" Kupchak didn't feel any surprise, but immediately changed his mind and made a new request. This Stephen couldn't refuse, if he refused again It was a bit unreasonable, so Stephen nodded immediately to indicate that it was okay.

"Then do I need to avoid it?" Kupchak asked from the side, Kupchak glanced at him and said with a smile: "No, it's just some assumptions." But even if he said that, Kupchak didn't He was too lazy to leave, but left here by getting them a drink.

"Mr. Stephen, as an opponent, you should be very familiar with the current situation of our team, so do you think that our team needs to make so many improvements now in order to be able to return to its former strength? You know, three years ago, we Still a championship-level team." Kupchak first asked Stephen.

"Just bring O'Neal back." Stephen replied with a quip. If it wasn't for the Lakers' internal turmoil and dismantling the lineup, even now, the Lakers would still be a strong contender for the Western Conference championship and even the championship. At least the Spurs These three championships are not so easy to win. O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's prestige have won three championships.

"Mr. Stephen was joking. This is already in the past tense." Kupchak was very happy in his heart. Since Stephen was willing to make a joke, it at least shows that he still has the intention to continue the conversation.

"I think your team has three problems now: [-]. The possession of the ball is too concentrated, too dependent on one person's state, and other players cannot be fully utilized; [-]. There are no inside players who can score, and the inside and outside are unbalanced; [-]. , The defense is too poor." This is not the time to be humble, so Stephen will not deliberately say those clichés modestly, so he directly expressed his thoughts.

"You are right. In order to solve these problems, we will focus on two things during this offseason and next season. The first is to introduce a first-class inside player. This is our signing goal. Kupchak opened the briefcase, took out a stack of documents, and handed one of the pages to Stephen.

It says different trade proposals, targeting Jermaine O'Neal of the Indiana Pacers, Bogut of the Milwaukee Bucks, Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves The team's Kevin Garnett is the league's first-class or top inside players.

Stephen looked at the following trading plans, and most of them are more feasible. For example, the trading plan for the Rockets is Chris Mimgalamar Odom. The salaries of the two are basically similar to those of Yao Ming, and they are both relatively good. The inside players, after the replacement, the Rockets will not drop in strength because of this. At the same time, the Lakers are willing to provide cash compensation to absorb the Rockets' junk contract, and at the same time send two first-round picks. It is said that the Rockets do not have the confidence to keep Yao Ming, or when there is a problem in the relationship between the two parties, the Rockets may really agree to such a deal.

But when Stephen saw Gasol of the Grizzlies, there was only Kwame Brown written on the back, and then the back was painted over. Stephen glanced at Kupchak and saw that the other party didn't mean to explain to himself. I didn’t ask any more, maybe it’s someone’s business secret, but Gasol of the Grizzlies is also a first-class inside player in the league. It’s obviously impossible to take a “parallel importer” Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown is listed first. Could it be that the Lakers don't plan to offer any more valuable chips, so how could the Grizzlies agree.

"Then while introducing an inside player, we are also preparing to attract an outside striker, requiring the opponent to not only defend well, but also have a strong ability to attack independently, be able to create offensive opportunities for teammates, and have a certain ability to assist. When Kobe Bryant is not around, he can act as a team leader and lead the bench." Kupchak continued.

"Then how do you solve the problem of him and Kobe co-existing?" Stephen knew that the other party was talking about himself. If the Lakers can really trade for an inside player, there are inside and outside, plus Phil Jackson's Coaching can indeed regain the ranks of the championship team, but it depends on whether Kobe is willing to hand over the ball in his hands.

"There is no problem with this. The triangle offense can completely solve this problem. Kobe has promised that if such a player can really be recruited, he can give up the right to control the ball. You must know that the former Bulls Dynasty, Jordan does not need More than 25 shots per game." Kupchak took out a schematic diagram of the triangle offense, Stephen shook his hand, and still let himself be a point forward, which is not very interesting.

"If the opponent and Kobe had a dispute over the right to shoot, which side would the team take?" Stephen asked directly, without concealing his worry. When two strong people come together, there must be conflicts. Stephen I don't intend to wrong myself anymore, so I naturally have to take this issue into consideration.

"It depends on who is more in the interests of the team, just like Kobe and O'Neal back then." Kupchak said very cleverly. When Kobe and O'Neal couldn't coexist, the Lakers chose Kobe and gave up O'Neal. , because O'Neal is already past his prime, he is going downhill after his peak period, while Kobe has just entered his prime, so it is obvious who he chooses.

"Your salary space seems to be full too?" Stephen suddenly remembered that Mordance had made a table for himself, which listed the salary space of all teams in the league. Among them, the salary expenditure of the Lakers last season had already arrived. 6000 million, although it has not yet reached the luxury tax incentive line, it is already above the salary cap.

"This can be signed first and then traded. We can also operate to reduce the space." Kupchak said very firmly, but Stephen knew that it was not that simple. Would the Spurs be willing to sign first with the Lakers? It is still one thing to change later, and it is not so easy to reduce the salary space by nearly 1000 million at once.

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