super small forward

Chapter 553 553. The management with malicious intentions
As soon as Liu Ren arrived at the Toyota Center, Kupchak called him to the general manager's office. When Liu Ren arrived at the office, he found that Jenny Buss and Nash were also there.

Is Nash going to join the Lakers management?Liu Ren seems to be a member of the advisory team.

"Hey, boss, how are you? Are you having a good offseason?" Jenny Buss greeted proactively.

Liu Ren looked at the ceiling, um, very good, there is no spider web, then he curled his lips and replied, "It's really good. If the championship MVP wasn't snatched away by our company's activities, I would be happier."

"Live?" Jenny Buss and Kupchak both asked curiously. Of course they knew that Liu Ren was talking about Green, but what does this adjective mean?
"Uh..." Liu Ren realized now that he and the chick described Green. He couldn't explain who Comrade ** was for a while, so he responded casually: "This is an outstanding student of our country. Soldiers, if you are interested, you can just search online."

Liu Ren reckoned that the two of them asked him to discuss the renewal of the contract, so he simply continued: "Jenny, Mickey, if it is to discuss the renewal of the contract, I can't make the decision. You all know that apart from playing basketball, these things Everything is my agent's responsibility."

"No, no, boss, we didn't ask you to talk about contract renewal today. We plan to wait until next summer to keep your Bird clause, and wait until next year's reinforcement is over to renew your contract. You know we may have a lot of money next year. You can do a lot of things with the salary space, but I hope you don’t have to wait until then, because you don’t want to renew the contract so early.” Jenny Buss laughed.

Not talking about contract renewal?What is that for?Liu Ren was a little strange. The Lakers did not make too many changes to the team's lineup after winning the championship. This is the practice of the Lakers throughout the history of the team. After the Lakers selected Nance Jr. and traded for Mike Scott this year, the lineup is basically complete.

Is it because I failed to want Porzingis to join the team and added the rubbish contract of Mike Scott?Liu Ren immediately said: "I don't blame me for not picking Porzingis! It's Mitch himself who is not decisive enough. If we can trade to the 25th pick, we can be selected."

Kupchak had black lines on his face, why didn't he know that it was all his fault?According to the news from the Knicks, the reason why Wade joined the Knicks is because Porzingis' talent is too good. Outside the line, the third insider of a championship team is more than enough. He didn't make up his mind to use Korver or Nick Young plus the future first round to exchange for the 20th overall pick. Now he feels that he is in Liu Ren's mind. It's a Sabie.

Fortunately, I have been the general manager of a team for so many years, and I have not practiced anything else. Kupchak decisively ignored this topic and said: "We heard that you will start training when you come back. I want to ask Ask if you have anyone you want to recruit, there are still many good role players to choose from, and there are also excellent centers like Monroe, we have enough space to win."

As he spoke, Kupchak looked at Liu Ren with hopeful eyes.

Nash is about to announce his retirement at the Staples Center in the first game of the regular season of the new season. Of course, he is not eligible to retire his jersey with the Lakers, but he won the championship with the Lakers, and there is no big problem in retiring here. , The Suns are also planning to prepare a farewell party for him, which will happen when the Lakers play away games with the Suns next season.

Nash has retired, Jeremy Lin has signed a two-year contract with the Hornets, Henry did not get an official contract extension from the Lakers, but only got a training camp contract, which means that the Lakers still have a spot available, and now the Lakers Green has not officially renewed his contract, and there is not much room left, and he can compete for any player left in the free market.

"Monroe is great, but I personally think that our inside line is sufficient, and there is not so much need to introduce stars." Jenny Buss retorted.

"I agree with Jenny's opinion. Sometimes it is better not to accumulate more stars. Even if we can trade later, but when we have too many trading chips, it will affect the value of these chips." Nash and Jenny - Buss stand On the same front.

That's Monroe!If the Lakers win Monroe, the lineup will be turned upside down!
However, neither the newly promoted Lakers team consultant Nash nor the big boss Jenny Buss disagreed. They wanted to try to leave more space to discuss the renewal of Antetokounmpo and Whiteside.

Monroe's market price is about 1200 million, which is not expensive for a big center with 15+10 ability, but the Lakers already have four starters and even star and superstar-level insiders, and then put the only space in the There was something unwise about Monroe.

Of course, if Monroe wants a big contract because of the salary cap increase after next season, the Lakers can also use the largest remaining salary space to fight for it. This is Kupchak's idea. If Mike Scott sends it out, there will be up to 1700 million space available.

Fortunately, both Nash and Jenny Buss know that this is Kupchak’s super giant combination syndrome. They don’t know what Kupchak thinks. At the beginning, I thought about forming a super giant combination...and then failed repeatedly...it was not as successful as the introduction of Gasol, who had never won in the playoffs, and the sudden rise of a lot of low-draft rookies in the past two years.

But even if you are not optimistic about Monroe's joining, after all, the Lakers' inside guys don't have enough points in playing time, but that's Monroe!It would be a waste not to take it!And Monroe is said to be waiting for an offer from the Lakers, and will be based in Los Angeles this summer.

Don't win Monroe now, the fans will complain, if the effect of winning Monroe is not good, some people will complain, especially after the media revealed that the Lakers are Monroe's first choice, the Lakers fans are making noise. The team took Monroe.

Therefore, these three people simply threw this very difficult choice to Liu Ren.

After listening to what Nash, Jenny Buss, and Kupchak said, Liu Ren's heart raced with excitement.

Ask Kobe about this kind of thing!Ask my old Liu why?

It's not good to dump the pot like this!He is a young man who has just played in the NBA for four years!Changed to the first round and just finished his rookie contract!

Liu Ren looked at the three bad middle-aged men who had malicious intentions and would blame him for everything, and was speechless to the extreme.

If he agrees with Kupchak's opinion, then the team will say that he wants to be teammates with Monroe, and then the Lakers will take Monroe. If Monroe plays well at that time, the Lakers will continue to triumph. Everyone is happy.

And once Monroe came to the Lakers and played poorly, or affected the tacit style of play that the Lakers have built in the past two years, then Liu Ren will have to take the blame.

But if he disagrees, Kupchak can only be embarrassed and give up. Let alone the matter, the fans will have a reason for the Lakers. This is because the future boss of the team does not want to play with Monroe.

Anyway, the villain just wants Liu Ren to be the one.

But since these three shameless people asked sincerely, Liu Ren felt that he didn't answer as if he was a little sorry for the hole these three dug so hard.

So Liu Ren said: "Then sign him! Originally, I wanted to come to our team with Wade, Aldridge, Batum, etc., but we didn't get them, so it would be good to sign Monroe." .”

"Mitch, I just said that Monroe is not suitable for us. You see, the boss doesn't agree... What? Boss, are you kidding? You want to introduce Monroe?" Jenny Buss was in a mess for a moment.

"Of course I'm not joking! According to the situation of our team, with Mickey and your business acumen, go talk to Monroe and win it for about 1000 million, isn't it a big contract star? About 1000 million A backup center or a backup power forward next year I think will be a normal price."

This is not Liu Ren's random nonsense, he has actually considered his own team's insiders.

Although Gasol is getting older and more demonic, there are still four years left in his contract. Even if he chooses to buy out and retire in the last year of playing for only one year, there are still three years left, so he must save it.

Green doesn't have to worry. Antetokounmpo is an ambitious guy. He probably isn't satisfied with being a substitute insider. Deto Kunbo's opponent, he may play outside next season.

As for Whiteside, the biggest problem is the potential injury.

Whiteside is huge in height and weight, and he doesn't like to play in the regular season like O'Neill. Although he seems unwilling to spend a little more effort, he is actually very attentive every time he attacks and defends, and he can use just the right amount of effort. It is so efficient to deal with every attack and defense, in fact, it takes no less effort than others.

Now Whiteside playing 278 minutes per game is the best choice. This playing time can keep his efficiency at the highest level and is not easy to get injured.

And since last year's playoffs, opponents have become more and more aggressive towards Whiteside, and Whiteside is so big, such a strong body, and he is not the kind of flying around, so it is very difficult. Those who get the whistle are the same as James, the kind who don't give the whistle until they bleed.

Now Antetokounmpo has obviously begun to develop outside. The insiders in the Lakers rotation are only Green, Gasol, Whiteside and water fountain administrator Thackeray, which seems a bit insufficient.

Although Monroe's defense is a bit weak, his offensive ability, rebounding ability, and organizational ability are all good. The key is that he is only under 25 years old. Even if he is not used well, he can be traded at a cheaper price. , the most important thing is that he does not reject playing as a substitute. Liu Ren remembered that Monroe originally signed a contract with the Bucks, and he also played as a substitute in the Bucks.

And Liu Ren remembers that Popovich is very greedy for Monroe, but Monroe doesn't like the ethnic customs in San Antonio, and the first choice of the Spurs this year is Aldridge, who is now the number one power forward. Sign Aldridge After that, the Spurs have no room left. After the troika cut their salaries and renewed their contracts, Leonard always renews his contracts on the salary cap. If he signs Monroe before renewing Leonard, the Spurs tractor owner should find a wave Povich talked about life, because even without signing Monroe, the Spurs' total salary has exceeded the luxury tax threshold, which is almost 9000 million.

This Liu Ren promised so much that even Kupchak was a little caught off guard, and he was too happy to take the blame!

Kupchak was astonished, Jenny Buss and Nash were very disappointed, so Liu Ren could go to training, and they will handle this matter well.

When Liu Ren left, he said casually: "By the way, Monroe is just one of our candidates, right? In fact, I don't think it doesn't matter if we fail to win Monroe. The Hornets' Biyombo is actually good, and he is very defensive. Well, the rebounding is also very good, although it is much worse than Hassan, but it can guarantee the integrity of the team system when Hassan is off..."

(End of this chapter)