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Chapter 593 593. Brother Blacksmith, Where Are You Throwing It!

"Wow, Jenny, I didn't expect Kobe to ask you to talk about this matter. His way of doing this really reduced my pressure a lot." D'Antoni sighed.

D'Antoni was naturally happy after knowing Kobe's thoughts, so that the players' playing time could be better allocated, instead of Kobe occupying more than 30 minutes of playing time and playing inefficiently.

This is not only good for D'Antoni, but also very good for Kobe. Today Kobe played according to the Lakers' second tactic, and scored 10 points in 18 shots. Kobe's high hits also released his teammates, forming a virtuous circle. How could D'Antoni be unhappy?
"This is really beyond my expectation. I thought Kobe wanted to talk about renewing his contract, but I didn't expect him to talk about giving up his No.1 position on the team." Unlike D'Antoni's joy, Jenny Buss felt a little bit sad. Qi Ran.

Jenny Buss, like his father, Jerry Buss, is a true basketball lover.

Maybe it’s just like what Jim Buss said, whether it’s good to persuade Kobe to retire, to play a role player, or even to persuade Kobe to give up the right to veto the transaction, it seems that Kobe only has 2000 million a year, which is not too expensive now. Whether it is to trade the contract to make room for salary in the summer, it can be regarded as a better way out for the Lakers.

But if it's just to save money and only consider the basketball perspective, it's impossible for the Lakers to build a dynasty so many times.

Like the Celtics, apart from winning 70 championships and establishing a dynasty in the 11s and [-]s, they won sporadic championships at other times and never established a dynasty. Most of the time they even had a bad team.

After the 80s, the old Buss brought the Lakers into the real peak period, and it has lasted for a long time. In addition to his good vision and strong business ability, there is also a human touch!

Apart from being in Los Angeles, the most attractive thing about the Lakers to free agents is the human touch as always. The core of the team selected by the Lakers has never been traded. This is the human touch.

Otherwise, why don't teams like the Clippers and Knicks in big cities have such a glorious team history as the Lakers?
It is because of the simple human touch.

In the view of Jenny Buss, Kobe has dedicated the best 19 years of his life to the team. No. 20 years, even if he is willful, even if he wants to mess around, he deserves it, even if he wants to renew his contract. It should have been done for two years.

Jenny Buss thinks that what she can do is to try her best to do a good job in business, attract more endorsements from investors, and earn more broadcast fees to give the Lakers more funds.

Another point is that NBA owners are all businessmen after all. The popularity brought by Kobe is huge. No one is willing to give up for no reason or have conflicts.

Whether in public or private, Jenny - Buss can not accept the idea of ​​Jim - Buss.

D'Antoni couldn't understand Jenny Buss' thoughts, or he had never encountered such a management before.

In D'Antoni's view, many of Jenny Buss' ideas are wrong. If he keeps winning, even if Kobe is no longer in the Lakers, his popularity will gradually and smoothly transition to Liu Ren, and he is already overdoing it now. Even if he gives up Kobe, It's just too much acceleration.

In D'Antoni's view, this is the difference between a successful boss and a good successful boss.

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As D'Antoni thought.

Kobe's statement that he took the initiative to become the fifth choice in the starting lineup suppressed the somewhat impetuous atmosphere in the Lakers team.

Although there is no outbreak on the surface, the atmosphere of some power struggles within the Lakers is getting stronger and stronger.

Many players are not reconciled to why they are still on the bench, why they have less playing time, and why they have to take turns...

However, when Kobe was willing to take a break, willing to reduce his shot rights, and expressed his willingness to sacrifice to fight for this year's championship, the thoughts of other players were also suppressed.

After all, they are all young people. Although they are prone to rebellion and more challenging ideas, young people are also more likely to have dreams.

Defending champion!

How many teams in NBA history can defend the championship.

Count carefully, only six teams have successfully defended the title!
Stronger than the Celtics and Bulls, they only won two consecutive championships, and the Lakers only had five times. Adding the Rockets, Heat, and Pistons, they will be in their early ten times.

Becoming a member of the consecutive championship team temporarily extinguished the thoughts of these young people on the Lakers who wanted to be on the top.

Dreaming can sound like a chore sometimes, but no one wants to give up when dreams have a chance of success.

Kobe used his statement to let the young Lakers players return to the atmosphere of last season in order to break the record and win the championship, suppressing the invisible hidden dangers of the Lakers this season.

D'Antoni breathed a sigh of relief because of this, as for these young people to go further and become more ambitious next season... none of his business!It's the end of November for the Lakers, and they haven't talked with him about renewing the contract. There are nine out of ten that they will leave next season.

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"Brother Blacksmith, you really don't want to vote? Oh my god, is this the Kobe I know? No, you must have gone out to steal food and then your head was broken by Vanessa. Zach, let's send Brother Blacksmith to the hospital Go check it out... Ouch, Kobe, you actually hit someone! God, I'm concerned about you, do you know... I'll go! Where are you going..."

Yes, Liu Ren is playing dead again. After the Lakers beat the Raptors and won their 12-game winning streak, they have three days to rest. On the 25th, they will host the Trail Blazers. Today is the second rest day. The Lakers have a training session. But they are all training with Kobe as the running position, just give up the training that Kobe focused on before, and practice more Kobe's running position and how other people can play well, so when you see that there is nothing to practice, you will change. It's free training.

Free training, everyone feels that they have almost finished training, or the training plan for training assistants is completed, and they can’t find anything to do, have nothing to do, or make an appointment to go somewhere to play, there will be a game the day after tomorrow, so you can still have a good time today waves.

Liu Ren didn't want to go out and flirt. Since there was a training session this morning, he told Big Lolita to wake him up, so this morning Big Lolita was wearing a bar, the kind that showed most of it, and she was wearing a see-through dress like a maid The pajamas came to Liu Ren's bedside, almost rubbing his chest against Liu Ren's shoulder, and woke Liu Ren up very close.

Liu Ren asked about the scent on Big Lolita's body. The smell was unbearable. Big Lolita also took the initiative to say that it was because she didn't want to wake up the chick, so she came closer and called him...

In this way, Liu Ren urged the big loli to go out to make breakfast, watching the big loli leave with twists and turns, Liu Ren woke up the little girl with his big brother...

There is a little goblin at home, and Ajiali who often comes to play. Liu Ren really doesn't have the heart to flirt, and occasionally goes to drink with his teammates and gives up, so as not to drink some wine by himself When I came home, I saw the cute maid turned into a werewolf.

Therefore, Liu Ren came to tease Kobe, and then Kobe smashed him with a basketball...

And LaVine, who didn't talk about brotherhood, immediately hid aside.

After Kobe threw a basket of balls, he snorted coldly and went to practice catch and shoot.

To be honest, Kobe's catch-and-shoot percentage is really high, but he is not used to it. He used to pass the ball for others to catch and shoot. Now it's his turn.

You also need to learn how to move.

"Wow, boss, you're the only one who dares to joke with Kobe. If I say it, I will probably be beaten to death." LaVine was a little scared. Just now Kobe was throwing the ball at Brother Liu Ren.

Although Kobe is one year older and willing to give up power on his own initiative, his status in the eyes of the young players of the Lakers has not declined. On the contrary, he has become more authoritative because of the statement that the fans regarded as "touching". , plus what the management said in the interview that Kobe wants to do is right for the Lakers, LaVine, Nick Young, Green, Clarkson, Antetokounmpo... these are Kobe fans. Guys admire Kobe even more. Even Whiteside, who is regarded as an egomaniac by the outside world, is full of praise for Kobe in interviews.

Liu Ren doesn't want to complain about LaVine's brainless fan anymore. He has always regarded himself as a rational fan.

When Kobe made such a decision, he naturally had to implement it well, so he studied hard on the road of transforming from a star player to a role player. This is what Liu Ren admires most about Kobe. to the best of spirits.

No, Kobe "requisitioned" Korver and asked Korver to teach him how to move.

Kobe is a person who does not change his career style of play. Once he wants to change, he must do his best, and he tried it in the last game. That style of play is too easy and efficient, and it can definitely be very effective. career.

After playing for a period of time at the beginning of the season, Kobe felt the feeling Duncan felt after 2010. It may also be because he won the sixth championship, and he won the sixth championship as one of the core. Things like core status and data can be seen a lot.

For Liu Ren, because the Lakers didn't change much in their style of play, they just made the main style of play when Kobe's physical fitness declined and when Kobe was not on the court. Only Kobe changed his style of play and kept it for extra practice. Everyone else finished their training early and went to play.

Liu Ren also got off work on time. He still had work to do today. After training at four o'clock in the afternoon, he left the Toyota Center and went to the chick's agency.

Today, Liu Ren and Nike made an appointment to discuss the release date of the new brand.

The main point is that this year Liu Ren will release new boots almost two months earlier than the previous two seasons, and in the next few years, Liu Ren will release two pairs of boots every year, one for the Christmas game and one for the All-Stars weekend.

(End of this chapter)