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Chapter 589. Chapter 589. What About the Team
Kobe's most worrying thing for Liu Ren is still coming. Liu Ren knows that sooner or later, Kobe's state will decline sharply.

Although Kobe worked hard and did everything he could to maintain his condition, the serious injury more than two years ago was devastating to Kobe's career. Even at the age of 36 and seven, he is still at the top of the league, at least on the offensive end.

But in fact, Kobe worked very hard in the first two seasons, and they were only 35% to 63% of the level of the 02-year-old. For a superstar like him, it is actually impossible to decline so much in one season. There are many, such as Karl Malone, who is very similar to Kobe's career. Malone, born in 03, was 40 years old in the 01-02 season, and he only scored one point less than the 34-97 season. He went from 98 to 02 at the age of 03. From the season until the 20 to 34 season before going to the Lakers, the decline was very balanced, and it was a slow decline. Before going to the Lakers, he was still the first-line scorer in the league with an average of 37+ per game. He was [-] to [-] years old , there was no significant decline in comparison.

Kobe is a player who is as self-disciplined as Malone or even more self-disciplined. Without that serious injury, Kobe may still be a scumbag on the defensive end, but at least on the offensive end, he averages 25 points per game and has so many defensive talents. A player who will definitely have high teammate efficiency, but the fact is that from the season when he was 35 to 36 years old, he has already declined significantly.

If Kobe didn't have that serious injury, maybe his athletic ability would decline year by year, but not so fast. Last season, the Lakers broke records all the way, and they didn't dare to relax too much throughout the season, which made Kobe's body once again put to the test. The rate of decline was completely exacerbated, and in this season, the impact of the serious injury that year was finally fully highlighted.

After 11 games, Kobe's shooting percentage has dropped to a career low of 30.00% at [-]...

Most of the Lakers players are Kobe fans. They are very accommodating to Kobe. Winning will cover up all problems. When the Lakers are winning continuously, everyone is willing to give the ball to Kobe and let Kobe Get back the status.

Because no one would believe, or be willing to believe that Kobe suddenly fell so much this year!Playing exactly the same way as last season, the efficiency suddenly dropped so much!

But someone who is more rational like Liu Ren and has experienced Kobe's miserable years knows that Kobe has really reached the stage of decline.

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Los Angeles Toyota Center Lakers practice facility.

Lakers boss Jenny Buss has just reached an agreement with the UCLA Bruins to jointly build a large training facility in El Segundo.

The current training hall used by the Lakers is actually used by three teams, including the Los Angeles Sparks and the NFL Kings. Of course, the Toyota Center is large enough to divide three areas for use by three teams, but the ball The infrastructure of the arena is overwhelmed, many facilities are very old, and Toyota did not have too much money to support the non-auto industries they invested in after the "brake door" in 2010, this arena It was considered abandoned by them, so the Lakers have already started planning to build a new training hall.

Didn't this just win the championship, and just made so much money, Jenny Buss also successfully obtained the support of most shareholders, and decided to jointly build a new training hall with UCLA, which will be used jointly with the UCLA Bruins.

This arena is temporarily decided to be built in El Segundo City. It is so tall, but it is actually next to the Toyota Center, two streets away...

For the new training facility, the Lakers will invest $1.6 million, UCLA will invest $8000 million, and the Los Angeles government will contribute $1.5 million. In addition, the city government of El Segundo will also invest as appropriate, about $[-] million. Good gym.

Of course, it is definitely not comparable to the Russian local tyrants who built a one-billion-dollar arena for their own use, but almost no other team has an NBA-level arena outside of their home court for training like the Lakers museum.

If it weren't for the fact that the Toyota Center is shared by three teams, this arena is enough to be compared with those smaller NBA arenas.

The UCLA Health Center arena will start construction in January next year and will be put into use in February 1. Unlike the Toyota Center, this arena will have a court with 2017 seats. It is not only a training facility for the Lakers, but also a It will be the home of some big UCLA games such as March Madness, and will also host some UCLA evening parties.

However, UCLA's use of the arena will not affect the training of the Lakers. The time they use is limited to the evening, and the training area and the competition area are separated.

Kevin Merced, Dean of UCLA El Segundo Campus, was talking with Jenny Buss about the construction of the arena. After their respective secretaries checked the contract and officially signed it, they stood up and shook hands happily.

"Mr. Merced, I am very glad that we will cooperate for a long time." Jenny Buss was very happy, and finally got investment from two government departments and UCLA.

"I am also very happy, thank you for allowing us to use the popularity of the Lakers to promote our school's sports culture around the world." Merced is also very happy.

For only 8000 million U.S. dollars, you can have the right to use a brand new NBA-level arena for 20 years. Renting an arena of this level to play games costs more than 1000 million a year. Popularity, but after all, it is not a profitable team. It is impossible to rent an NBA home arena at a very cheap price like an NBA team that can attract many customers.

As for Jenny Buss, she had to use the name of UCLA to apply for funds from the government, otherwise the Lakers team would pay 5 million dollars to build an arena... Those shareholders are probably going to blow up!
But now that it has invested 1.6 million yuan, someone has already blown it up.

As soon as Merced and Jenny Buss left after exchanging pleasantries, Jim Buss rushed into Kupchak's office with reddened eyes.

"Jenny, what do you mean by telling me? Why is such a big thing like building an arena decided like this without my consent?" Jim Buss growled.

Jenny Buss knew that there would be such a scene, and responded calmly: "Over 90.00% of the board of directors have agreed to this proposal, which is also very helpful to our team culture."

"Are you kidding me? You alone have more than 50.00% of the controlling stake. Isn't that what you say? Who dares to fight against you?" Jim Buss was furious.

"No, I only have 14.00% of the team's shares. This is everyone's decision." Jenny Buss remained calm.

The shareholding distribution of the Lakers is like this. The Bass family owns more than 80.00% of the shares of the Lakers. In addition to the six siblings, there are also some elders and some branches of the Bass family who also have minority shares. Of course, the Bass family basically There is only this one industry. The value of the Los Angeles Sparks and Los Angeles Defenders is drizzle compared to the Lakers.

Jerry Buss has a total of six children. As the eldest sister, Jenny Buss inherited 14.00% of the shares of the Lakers in the legacy of the old Buss. The other brothers all have about [-]%.

And Jerry Buss, in order to keep the Lakers as the property of the Buss family for a long time, also stated in his will that his most talented daughter, Jenny Buss, owns the actual controlling stake in the shares of the Lakers held by the Buss family, that is, Except for Jenny Buss, the other 5 children of Jerry Buss only have the power to enjoy dividends, and they do not have the full power to control the shares, because his shares are reserved for the Buss family, not someone.

In other words, even if the six brothers and sisters of Buss distribute their shares to their children in the future, they only have the right to pay dividends, and the real controlling shareholder still needs to be designated by Jenny Buss, but that will be many years later up.

However, there is an exception. When the six siblings agree to sell the shares, or when they all ask to change the shareholders, the change can be made.

Jim Buss yelled a few words and then left cursing. Since the summer, he has basically lost his real power as the team's vice president of operations. Kupchak doesn't listen to him anymore. Whenever he wants to When a decision is made, Jenny Buss will move out of the board of directors to vote to veto the name and make other decisions, which makes Jim Buss very insecure and even panic!

As a result, Jim Buss began to contact some consortiums to sell his 11.00% shares of the Lakers, but when he was negotiating business, it suddenly came out that the Lakers would spend $1.6 million in working capital.

The fact that the Lakers are spending so much money to repair the training facility is naturally big news, and it was revealed to reporters by "informed sources".

Of course, this will increase the market value of the Lakers. After all, there are new fixed assets, but for those who want to acquire shares in the Lakers, it is not a good choice, so Jim Buss wants to sell shares. He was stranded, so he came to Jenny Buss to make a theory in such an anger.

The magician walked into Kupchak's office, greeted Kupchak and said, "Jenny, Jim left in a huff, I don't think he'd be so angry that he sold his shares at a low price? "

Jenny Buss said indifferently: "I think it's very possible with his business acumen, but don't worry, he doesn't have the full strength to sell the team's shares. More than half of our six brothers and sisters need to agree."

However, Jenny Buss is still a little apprehensive: "My dear brother's identity as the vice president will deceive many people. If he really gets money from other consortiums, what can we do as sisters? Not yet. Can only pay for him, I think it's time for a board meeting."

What Jenny Buss said means that Jim Buss should just be a dude and wait for the money every year, and don't come to harm the team.

When the magician heard this, he was as cunning and cunning as he was, and couldn't help showing excitement: "Oh, when? Do you want me to pay for the shares in Jim's hands?"

Jenny Buss gave the magician a blank look: "You want to rob at this time? You sold the team shares for 2000 million at the beginning, and now you regret it?"

The magician was a little embarrassed. He almost vomited blood when he heard that Liu Ren's girlfriend bought 6000% of the Lakers for 2000 million. He sold [-]% of the Lakers five years ago. It only sold for [-] million US dollars, which is a blood loss!
Moreover, the market value of the Lakers has been rising, which makes the Magic feel even more bloody.

"Let's discuss when to hold the board meeting." The magician said resentfully.

"At the end of the month, Kobe invited us to discuss things in the afternoon. It seems that there is something to discuss with us. If you want to renew the contract, you can wait for Kobe to renew the contract before holding a board meeting."

"Haha, you really care about Kobe! Are there no children who regard Kobe as their own?"

"It's true for age, and Kobe has been on our team since he was a kid..."

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After the magician left, Jenny Buss looked at the list of shareholders and thought.

Trade team shares?

To be honest, Jenny Buss really doesn't want to do this at all, but the 11.00% shares held by Jim Buss are indeed a ticking time bomb. If she can, she wants to buy the shares held by Jim Buss down.

But the market value of the Lakers is 30 billion, 11.00% is 11.00 million, and it is a good choice to use team funds to buy back shares, but buying back shares means that the shares of other non-Buss family members will rise!Because it was bought back with the team's money, the [-]% will be shared equally by all other shareholders.

As for Jenny Buss herself, although she owns more than 5 million assets, most of them are shares of the Lakers and some other industries. It is impossible to spend [-] to [-] million dollars. If she wants to buy Jim Bar With the shares in Sri Lanka's hands, the only way is to cooperate with others!

The Bass family doesn't want to continue to increase the number of shareholders of the team. This is why Jenny Bass didn't worry much when Jim Bass went out to find someone to sell the shares, because the board of directors would definitely veto it, so the only way to do it was from the shareholders. Find someone.

For her brothers, Jenny Buss has no hope. It is more difficult to count on them to save money, so she never thought of letting the other four brothers pool their money to buy Jim Buss shares. idea.

So I can only find candidates from other shareholders, other dandies of the Bass family other than the six brothers and sisters?
Jenny Buss has a headache when she thinks about those dude relatives, and she can't help at critical times.

There are not many shareholders of the Lakers. Apart from their family members, there are only 5 people left.

Philip Anschutz, the former owner of the Cavaliers, bought some idle shares of the Lakers after he sold the Cavaliers, and now owns one-eighth of the Lakers, which is 12.00% of the shares.

The Bass family is very vigilant about this ambitious rich man who has always wanted more shares in the Lakers and is not in the scope of consideration.

However, Anschutz collected the idle shares of the Lakers, avoiding the situation that those small shareholders might sell the team shares at a low price, and put an end to the relationship that the market value of the Lakers would be affected. The relationship between Anschutz and the Bass family is still good. .

Huang Xinxiang, the Chinese small owner of the Lakers, a doctor of medicine in Los Angeles, owns [-]% of the shares of the Lakers.

Huang Xinxiang is the candidate Jenny Buss most wants to cooperate with, but he sold some of his shares after the market value of the Lakers skyrocketed. It seems that he has no intention of investing more in the Lakers, which makes Jenny Buss very regretful.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... one percent of his shares were gifted by Bass Sr.

When the Magic bought the Los Angeles Dodgers, they invested more than 3 million yuan and sold all the shares of the Lakers in order to collect money, so Jenny Buss looked down on the Magic's idea of ​​​​purchasing the Lakers.

If you want me, I am willing to sell it, but you have to be rich!
Finally, there is another shareholder who owns [-]% of the shares of the Lakers, H&L Company. The behind-the-scenes boss of this company is Liu Ren. Of course, the superficial boss and the actual manager is Chen Hanni.

At the beginning, Jenny Buss contacted the chick to buy the 2000% of the shares. The best candidate was the magician, but the magician couldn’t afford to lose face to do such a business. He sold 6000 million and bought it back for [-] million. half?
So Jenny Buss found a chick who had a lot of cooperation with the Lakers to buy this part of the equity.

This is the best choice, but Jenny Buss doesn't know how much Chen Hanni can spend...

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Got a new gym?

This caused a great stir in the Lakers team.

"I can't stand this broken arena for a long time, boss, do you know? My locker and Robert's locker are connected! There is a hole in the middle!" Nick Young kept complaining.

"You can just find a carpenter and nail it on a board? If you really can't bear the more than 100 yuan, you can find a board and nail it on yourself?" Liu Ren couldn't complain. He heard such strange complaints and complaints more than once today. Excited.

"NO! This is what arena operators should do! I don't want to pay that money, nail it? Lord, forgive my friend, he didn't mean to say this, he is a foreigner." Nick Young quickly made a decision Prayer form.

What the hell?Seeing Nick Yang suddenly turned into a Christian, Liu Ren was confused for a moment.

Liu Ren took out his mobile phone and checked where Nail offended Jesus. After searching for a long time, he found out that Jesus was nailed to the cross, so Christians cannot nail nails...Of course, this is from the forum. I don't know if the person's reply is true or not, but Liu Ren saw Nick Young's reaction, nine out of ten it was true.

"No wonder labor is expensive here in the United States..." Liu Ren really couldn't complain.

But, who wouldn't look forward to the new training hall?Liu Ren was often ridiculed for running into the women's team locker room when he met Huahuo players at the Toyota Center, it was embarrassing!

When Liu Ren was an unknown foreign player, no one teased him. Now he is popular. In the past two years, he has been repeatedly teased by those open female colleagues, especially those young players who have joined the Sparks. They want to take it off. Clothes for this "peeping tom" who broke into the women's dressing room.

There is a big loli at home who often wears cute and revealing COS outfits, which makes Liu Ren unable to control it, and here comes the female athlete!
The Lakers' training today is very relaxed. Tonight, on the 21st, the Lakers will face the challenge of the Toronto Raptors, so the training during the day is all bubble tactics to prepare for the night game.

猛龙队今年势头非常猛，蹿到了东部第二，现在9胜2负的战绩力压9胜3负的尼克斯排在第二，骑士队以10胜2负的战绩排在第一。

The Raptors have a feeling of replacing the Eagles last season. The Eagles almost miraculously won 60 wins last year, and this year they returned to mediocrity. They hovered between four and six in the Eastern Conference. It was still figured out, and it returned to the ordinary again.

Since the Eagles and Wizards are competing for the first place in the division, whoever has the better record between the two teams will be fourth in the West. These two teams are temporarily ranked in the top eight in the East in the Southeast Division, which means that the Eagles still have a chance to score. Top four in the East.

And the Raptors, adhering to the same style of play as the Eagles, why are they bucking the trend in this era when the team's style of play is well understood?
Because they got their mini Big Three too!
Kyrie Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, and Jonas Valanciunas have averaged 60 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists per game so far this season. For the Big Three.

The Raptors have key players that the Hawks don't.

But even if the Raptors reach second in the Eastern Conference, the only teams in the Eastern Conference that can be regarded as championship-level teams are the Cavaliers and Knicks...

Playing the Raptors, the Lakers playing the Raptors, is a hot spot for fans!

For more than ten years, Kobe has exploded every time he meets the Raptors, not to mention 81 points. When the Lakers hit the playoffs at the end of the 12-13 season, Kobe took the lead with a clear advantage at the last moment of the Raptors At that time, he scored three three-pointers in a row and dragged the game into overtime to reverse the Raptors.

After Kobe came back in the 14-15 season, the first game was against the Raptors, and then he scored 51 points.

Kobe is in a bad state recently. Every team uses Kobe's struggle against opponents taller than him to deal with him, and he is the kind of old stubborn who absolutely believes in himself and is absolutely stubborn. Prove himself once, but age is cruel, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't undo the impact of that serious injury and age.

However, playing the Raptors... fans believe that Kobe will give people very different answers.

At least against the Raptors, Lakers fans expect Kobe to explode!

The Internet is full of posts about the game between the Lakers and the Raptors, and most of the posts are listing Kobe’s various brutal performances against the Raptors, such as 81 points, and he scored 51 points after his comeback. In the 09-10 season, Kobe Leading the team to reverse the Raptors by 20 points... Wait, wait, even the defeated Raptors fans are looking forward to watching Kobe play a wonderful performance.

The Lakers players are naturally happy to see everyone support them, and the Raptors players said that they have some kind of inexplicable relationship with dogs...

(End of this chapter)