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Chapter 639. 639. The Lakers' Infighting Never Ends

Kupchak has not been so happy recently. He feels that his power is being gradually emptied.

The NBA is a place that is very concerned about qualifications. Originally, Pelinka and Nash joined the core management of the Lakers. Kupchak was not worried at all, because even if the two of them have the ability and vision, they basically cannot. What big things can be achieved in the management position, the management of most teams will not even bird the two of them, and the veteran management of most teams will feel that the two of them are not qualified to negotiate a deal.

Just like Steve Kerr when he was the general manager of the Suns, he has excellent ability and good vision. He got a lot of high-quality resources in the draft and signed free agents, but when it came time to change and need to trade, he found that the chips were completely sold. not drop!Finally fired by the Suns.

It is because Steve Kerr does not have the qualifications to talk to the management of other teams in the management position.

As for the magician, Kupchak thought he was here to be the president at first, but he just thought he was coming to be the president, but he didn't expect that he would start to intervene in the team's lineup not long after he arrived.

Before the simple negotiation between the Magician and Bobby Myers, it was proposed by Pelinka at first. Kupchak thought that Pelinka would not be looked down upon by other team management, so he did not go to it at all. I thought too much, but I didn't expect that the magician would do it himself.

The face of the magician is much better than that of Kupchak. Kupchak was just playing with the magician when he was a player. After everyone retired, the magician was very prosperous in the business circle. It was only a few years ago Once became the small owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, participated in one of the decision-making figures of the Dodgers, and was finally invited back to the Lakers by Jenny Buss. His qualifications, his qualifications, are deeper than Kupchak!
It has only been more than half a month since the magician returned to the Lakers with Pelinka, and Kupchak has a feeling that he is gradually being overhead.

This time the magician mentioned the question of who is more suitable to stay between LaVine and Antetokounmpo. Kupchak began to feel anxious, and directly moved Liu Ren out because Liu Ren was very supportive of him. , he wants to use this to regain some right to speak.

Kupchak naturally wants to fully support LaVine to stay, because LaVine is a rookie brought back from his own trade and is his direct descendant, while Antetokounmpo has a normal relationship with him, because Antetokounmpo never Knowing that he is not part of Kupchak's future plan since the second half of last season, Antetokounmpo can understand, but his relationship with Kupchak will not be much better.

LaVine and Antetokounmpo are competing for the team's starting point guard, which is one of the five most important players on the team. If LaVine leaves and Antetokounmpo stays, for Kupchak It's definitely not a good thing to say, Antetokounmpo will definitely fall to Pelinka's side.

McCollum on the shooting guard has entered the magician's operation to prepare for substitutions, and Kupchak has lost the support at the shooting guard position, whether it is Kobe at the current time, or the scorer who may come to the Lakers in the future The guards are basically certain that they will not support Kupchak.

Kobe was a player under Pelinka's previous agent period, and he must support Pelinka. People who will be traded by the Magician in the future must also support Pelinka, because the transaction was requested by Pelinka.

Liu Ren supports Kupchak. This is Kupchak's biggest talisman. As long as Liu Ren is still in the Lakers, relying on his good relationship with Liu Ren, if he does not resign, the magician has no way to make him leave.

Green is loyal to the team. His character is that of an old-school player who followed Kobe's example. He doesn't care much about the turmoil in the management team. It can be seen from the fact that he is not very close to anyone in the management team.

Whiteside is determined to follow Liu Ren, and he can be regarded as supporting Kupchak, at least he will follow Liu Ren's attitude.

In this way, for the time being, Kupchak still has the upper hand in the support rate of the team's core players, which is why he still has a lot of say in the team.

Similarly, Pelinka also wants to control the two positions of shooting guard and point guard in his own hands, and wants to get the support of the future owners of the two positions, so he strongly requests substitutions.

As for the biggest boss of the Lakers, Jenny Buss, her attitude is very vague. She doesn't seem to see that the management has started friction in just two or three weeks, and the signal to them is to let them fight on their own.

It is said that the workplace is like a battlefield, and this is most obvious in the Lakers. During the OK period, Kobe and O'Neal fought, then Jenny Buss and Jim Buss fought, and now it is the turn of the general manager's office to fight...

Hearing what Kupchak said about LaVine, Pelinka retorted: "Giannis is also the player that the boss wants to come back personally, and his talent is even better. He will definitely be a superstar in the future, and Zach...he Great, but also his future is uncertain, I think Giannis will bring more help to the team."

"No, as long as the talent is enough, our biggest problem now is the overflow of talent. Many players are not satisfied with their roles." Kupchak began to speak "without conscience". He was the first to form a giant combination The general manager, his obsession is to form a combination of super giants to establish a dynasty, but now he has to say this: "And the relationship between Zach and the boss is not ordinary. After he came to the Lakers, he almost spent two summers training with the boss. , if he leaves the boss, he will definitely be angry, which is not a good thing for us."

I have to say that this is what Pelinka is worried about. The relationship between LaVine and Liu Ren is indeed very close. If the first thing the Lakers cannot trade is the "cornerstone", the second is LaVine. The two have the best relationship with Liu Ren in the Lakers team. One is the deep friendship they left behind when guarding the water cooler, and the other is the one who spends the most time with Liu Ren. This is why the magician is willing to help Pelinka get a shooting guard The right to speak in the future, but there is no reason for LaVine to act.

For the magician, he, like Jenny Buss, is happy to see the battle between the general manager of the team and the team's first consultant, otherwise Kupchak will continue to control the power of the Lakers. The president will not have much sense of presence.

The workplace... is the battlefield...

The topic of LaVine and Antetokounmpo came up for the first time, and it ran aground immediately...

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Liu Ren complained about shooting with Antetokounmpo and being dragged to the Toyota Center to practice. The feeling of training is still good, but it will feel very different to train with hardworking people.

(End of this chapter)