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Chapter 532. 532. Kupchak

"Damn! The Lakers' style of painting has started to be funny again, who will accept this group of people!"

"Why are you so surprised? Haven't I had a lot of teasing in the past two years?"

"Shocking! Boss bluntly said that he would take away Kobe's boss position, and there was a conflict within the Lakers!"

"The Lakers are in conflict! Kobe left during training!"

"The Lakers stand in a clear line! Everyone ignored the boss, and the boss said he was very hurt..."

"I really can't take it easy! You see, the Lakers have to do something every time they rest for a long time. Last time, they hurt each other with the Clippers. Before that, they lost to the 76ers in a row. Before that, it was the Spurs... the league Give them more rest time! It's so much fun!"

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After the official Twitter of the Lakers posted the recorded video of Liu Ren winning the MVP on the Internet, it immediately became popular.

Some fans are curious, is it true that the strongest teams in the league are all made up of Doubts?
Thinking back to Bosh during the Big Three era of the Heat, he always liked to steal the spotlight after games with popular teams, and the Spurs, a good group of bands and singers formed a team to play in the NBA.

The regular season MVP has been announced, and the best team and best defensive team will be announced next.

On May 5th, the sixth game between the Cavaliers and the Knicks was played in Cleveland. James had no choice but to become a full-fledged James again, scoring 20 points, 44 rebounds and 12 assists. Anthony, who scored three points, dragged the series into the tiebreaker.

On the same day, the NBA officially announced the best team and best defensive team of the season.

The best lineup is led by Liu Ren and Curry, who got all 100 first votes, making the other position of forward and guard very embarrassing, both of them got 500 unanimous votes, that is to say, the media voted for other favorites The other candidate's votes were very even.

Neither James nor Anthony scored more than 400 votes. In the end, James beat Anthony and was elected to the first team of the best team with a rare low score of 367 points.

James Harden was selected to the All-NBA First Team with 356 points.

Anthony Davis, a young star touted by the league, was placed in the center position to avoid embarrassment. He beat Marc Gasol with 409 points and was elected to the first team of the best team.

The second team of the best team is led by Chris Paul, and the other four are Westbrook, Aldridge, Anthony, and Marc Gasol.

The third team of the best team made many fans cry.

Irving, Kobe, Pau Gasol, Green, Duncan.

Kobe, Duncan and Pau Gasol were all selected to the best team. If the three of them went back to five years ago... many fans began to think that if the three were under the coaching of Popovich or Zen Master at the same time, what would happen? what a spark.

Popovich said that the project he most wants to challenge is to coach Kobe, and the Zen master also said that Duncan is the strongest power forward he has ever seen.

This time the Lakers have four players selected to the best team, and the media are also helpless. The Lakers have a great record. It seems that other teams this year are too poor if they don’t choose a few more players. Whiteside and Duncan Compared with it, it is only 7 points away. If Duncan is placed as a forward, he will not be able to make the best team. It will be replaced by either Jordan or Whiteside.

Four of the Lakers were selected to the best team, and the players were naturally overjoyed.

Liu Ren signed two treats, Kobe and Gasol also owed a promise to invite them to a beach manor to hold a party, and Green, who has a salary of only 92 this year, also promised to treat.

However, Green's three-year rookie contract expires after this season. He won the best defensive player and was selected to the best team. The Lakers will definitely give him a big contract. He will be a rich man starting next season .

Then the best defensive team was also announced, Green and Leonard led the best defensive team, and Green was frantically placed in the center position by the league!The reason is that his position in the defense is the center!

Let's see if Green is put in the forward position, who will be unlucky?
That's right, it's Liu Ren. Liu Ren's striker gets the second most votes. If Green is placed as a striker, Liu Ren can only fall to the second team of the best defensive team.

The five players selected to the All-Defensive First Team are Paul, Avery Bradley, Liu Ren, Leonard and Green.

The five players in the second team of the All-Defensive Team are John Wall, Tony Allen, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler, and Whiteside.

Three of the Lakers were selected to the All-Defensive Team, and the league and the media also took great pains to bring this group of young people who have just risen for the second year to the forefront.

If the Lakers win the championship this year, the Lakers will naturally be happy, and the league has launched another super team, and then created the topic of challenging the Lakers.

If the Lakers don't win the championship, it can be said that there is a team that beats the first winning percentage in history.

The All-Defensive Team vote was cast after the first round. Avery Bradley's selection to the All-NBA First Team obviously has the bonus of his omnipotent defense against James. Others are normal Selected, except that the league frantically put Green on the center and pushed Liu Ren to the first team of the best defensive team.

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing this year, there is not a single first-team player.

As a result, the Lakers players are very happy, the fans are very excited, and the league is also building momentum for this strongest team. Logically speaking, the Lakers management should be very happy, but they are not happy at all now.

Kupchak was looking at Jenny Buss like God was against him.

"I said Jenny, our future salary situation is very bad! Even if there is a salary cap of at least 2016 million in 8500, but Liu has already won the MVP, his next contract must account for at least 30.00%, and there will be no 2500 million by then. It is estimated that it will be difficult to talk about it. Green was selected to the best team this year, at least 1500 million to stay, and Whiteside and Antetokounmpo, plus Gasol and McCollum, our salary is already It's over the salary cap." Kupchak's current appearance is completely too happy, he never thought that the lineup is so good that there will be times when it can't support happiness.

Kupchak's plan is to use some young players with only one year left on his contract to exchange draft picks and powerful role players this summer and next summer, avoiding too large a contract renewal, and let future wages drop a bit. But Jenny Buss clearly disagreed.

If you want to ask why Kupchak is going to ask Jenny Buss instead of Jim Buss, of course it is because Kupchak has already stood up.

"It doesn't matter, they didn't renew their contracts at the same time. Green renews his contract this year. Liu's contract expires in 2016. Whiteside, McCollum, and Antetokounmpo all expire in 2017. Gasol's contract expires in [-]. When the contract comes, it will be considered middle-class, so don’t worry.” Jenny Buss obviously didn’t care that much.

"I know we have the Byrd clause to keep them all, but then our salary will be too high! The board of directors will not agree." Kupchak is much more afraid of the board of directors than Jenny Buss, after all, Jenny -Bass owns the most equity in the team, and Kupchak is just a part-time worker, "And once this happens, we have no room for reinforcement, not even a middle-class exception, and we can't win with only a few cores .”

"You don't have to worry about it, as long as we can guarantee such a combination, someone will help us pay for it." Jenny Buss said proudly. She is most proud of the outrageously high share she got from Time Warner The broadcasting fee indirectly drives up the broadcasting fee of the entire NBA. If she hadn’t obtained an average annual broadcasting fee of more than [-] million yuan from Time Warner, the NBA officials would not have known that NBA live broadcasting has already made so much money, so they would not have jumped out. The contract with the broadcaster agreed to sign a sky-high price broadcast agreement this summer, which increased the NBA's income by a full half!

"But even so, if we renew the contracts of these young people, the future salary space will be blocked, and we will have no money to sign role players." This is what Kupchak is most worried about.

"We can use some resources to make transactions, but we must also maintain the core lineup. There is always a way, isn't it? There will always be people who are not satisfied with playing on the bench. We have too many young players and there will be overlapping positions, but we first It's just a matter of making sure our plan works so we can really take control of this team," Jenny Buss said with a laugh.

Hearing this, Kupchak hesitated again, he didn't know what the result would be after doing this.

But when Kupchak thinks about LaVine and McCollum growing up in the future, Green seems to be one of the best players in the league, plus starters like Liu Ren and Whiteside...

Kupchak still couldn't resist the temptation of the super-giant combination, and after firming up, he asked, "What should I do?"

Jenny Buss was very satisfied with Kupchak's performance, and said: "Mitch, let me ask you, when I renewed my contract with Liu, what was my dear brother going to do?"

"Jim? He's going to trade Liu for the first round."

Kupchak did not deny this point. 2013 was originally a small year in the draft. In the 2012-2013 season, Liu Ren played a certain value. At that time, Liu Ren was a restricted free agent of the Lakers. The right to offer the team, Jim Bass had little expectation for Liu Ren after seeing Jeremy Lin playing badly in the Rockets for a year, and wanted to trade Liu Ren while his value was still there. The Eagles, Spurs, and Raptors have even made offers to sign with the Lakers for Liu Ren with a low pick. However, Liu Ren wanted to stay in Los Angeles, so the deal didn't happen.

"My brother has a good vision. It seems that when Green, Antetokounmpo and McCollum were traded, my brother would not agree, right?"

"Yes, Jim has a good relationship with our former chief assistant Dan D'Antoni. They wanted to trade for Jeff Green. In the end, I chose to believe Liu's vision. Hassan gave us too much surprise." Kupcher Now that Ke thinks about it, it is really a bit thrilling. He almost traded Liu Ren at the beginning, and he almost didn't listen to Liu Ren's words to sign Whiteside and trade to Green and others.

Fortunately, Kupchak is the general manager with decision-making power, otherwise Jim Buss would really insist on going his own way, and now the Lakers are estimated to be finished, and then the Lakers will really be as bad as Liu Ren remembers.

Of course, Kupchak never told Liu Ren about these things. It is definitely impossible for the management to tell him this kind of thing that creates a gap between the core of the team and the team.

"Mitch, don't you think it's too childish for us to let my younger brother with such a good vision be the CEO? I believe the board of directors knew that our perfect core lineup was almost exchanged for Jeff Green. I think this position should be replaced!" Jenny Buss said what she wanted to say the most.

Kupchak could only smile wryly when he heard this. The big boss has everything ready, just waiting for himself to say these things himself, and give his current boss Jim Bass a fatal blow!

If these inside stories are really known by the board of directors, Jenny Buss can use her power of removal, and it is impossible for other directors to say anything.

You must know that the board of directors of the Lakers has a characteristic. They are all named Bass, and the main industry is only the Lakers. The rise and fall of the Lakers is related to their wallets.

Look at what Jim Buss wants to do and what he has done in the past few years, first he failed the Big Four, and later he wanted to send this year's MVP away before he was out...

Needless to say, those old guys and dudes would want Jim Buss out of office more than Jenny Buss.

"Okay, I see. When the time comes, Jenny, you will be the CEO?" Kupchak also accepted his fate.

"No, no, I'm not as good as you guys in this aspect, maybe even my dear brother, you know women are emotional, maybe I'll keep all the players, and then our finances will collapse." Jenny- Bass was obviously in a good mood after getting the answer, and even made a joke.

"Jenny, I believe that with your means, the finances will not collapse. Even if the NBA's finances collapse, you will still make money." Kupchak has always recognized the ability of Jenny Basra's sponsorship, and can even use respect to Describe, "But we must have a CEO!"

"Of course, I already have candidates."

"Who?"

"Just like you, he is a legend of our team."

"Come on, what kind of celebrity am I? Could it be Jerry (West), well, I am also willing to work with him. I think the unhappiness between us will disappear under such a perfect asset." Kupcher Ke is a little helpless. The Lakers can be called famous in history and are qualified to serve as the president of a team. Of course, the first choice is the godfather of the Lakers and NBA logo man Jerry West.

"No, Jerry is great, but he is not suitable to return to the Lakers, and he doesn't want to. I don't want you to leave. You have the best relationship with our boss in the team." Jenny Buss denied that Kupcher Ke was a little uneasy about this choice.

Kupchak breathed a sigh of relief. If Jerry West really came back, then his life would be really difficult.

However, Kupchak also has his own advantages, that is, he is willing to listen to Liu Ren's suggestions, which makes Liu Ren very much agree with his general manager position. This is very important in an NBA team, just like James It can be decided whether the general manager of the Cavaliers will stay or not.

"Who is that 'famous person'? Elgin?" Kupchak laughed.

Elgin Baylor, the NBA's famous eighth consecutive Yabel Lord, the unlucky guy who has reached the finals for eight consecutive years and lost.

After retiring, Baylor also served as the general manager of the team, but he was the general manager of the Clippers. The Clippers experienced 20 years of hell. The first famous parallel import champion in the NBA, Olowokandi, was Baylor Selected by the Clippers.

Speaking of it, Baylor was really unlucky from the beginning to the end. When he played, he reached the finals for eight consecutive years and did not win the championship. After playing nine games in the last season, he announced his retirement due to injury, and then the Lakers won the championship that year.

But Baylor only played nine games that year. If he played ten games under the rules of the year, he would be able to receive a championship ring, just like Varejao played half of the 2015-2016 season and was traded from the Cavaliers. When it came to the Warriors, the Cavaliers finally won the championship, but Varejao, as a Warrior player, still won the Cavaliers championship ring.

And Lord Baylor was so unlucky, so he missed a fight.

After that, he became the head coach and coached the Jazz for three years. The Jazz players suffered extensive injuries for three consecutive years. The level, and then the Jazz management thought he was too unlucky and fired him.

Later, in 1986, he returned to Los Angeles to serve as the general manager of the Clippers. The Clippers began an embarrassing journey of not making the playoffs for 15 consecutive years, and won two No. 1988 picks in 1998 and 1988. This time Baylor did not choose Mickey Redmond, who was a big hit at the time, a member of the future Dream Team, several All-Stars, and several best team players, but chose the "extraordinarily talented" Danny- Manning, Manning is also good, but not worthy of the title of No. [-] pick.

Then in 1998, Baylor did it again, using the No. [-] pick to select "another big dream" Olowokandi... this African "genius" who only played basketball for six years.

In 2006, Baylor, who had worked for the Clippers for 20 years, finally got a great lineup and made it to the playoffs, and was elected the best manager of the year.

Just when Lord Baylor thought he was about to stand up, his boss discriminated against him.

Yes, this boss is Mr. Sterling who was "diagnosed" last year with a loss of autonomy and ruined last year's most likely season for the Clippers to reach the Western Conference Finals.

Lord Baylor wanted to raise his salary at the time, so he went to find Sterling. That day Sterling didn't know whether he had a brain twitch or something, and said that he could only give you so much money for a nigger, and then he was arrested. Lord Belle went to court.

Because there was no recording, Lord Baylor not only did not receive compensation, but was also fired by Sterling...

It can be said that Baylor's life was very tragic...

"Haha, Mitch, Elgin is great, but we still don't invite him back for the time being. This time I plan to invite someone you will be very happy to meet."

"Who?"

"Mitch, do you still remember the Showtime time when you played?"

(End of this chapter)