I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 39 The family infighting on the table

"Then what do you want?" Zen master looked him in the eyes without any timidity.

"What do I think? Phil, you misunderstood. I really didn't mean to target you." Jim no longer looked at the Zen master, but returned to the chair, leaning on the back of the chair with one hand on his hips and said, "Tomorrow morning the stock market will be closed. It will fall, before the sensible people of the team tear you up, I suggest you get out of here tonight! As for the contract matter, I will let Kubchak handle it, don’t worry, the liquidated damages stipulated in the contract are all Not less."

"Hehe, can it be solved only by doing this?" The Zen master also sneered.

"Yes, that's the only way." Jim emphasized his tone, "I just discussed with Kubchak, only if you take the initiative to resign, sensible people will let it go, so it's good for you and everyone!"

"Really?" Zen master looked at Kubchak, who made an expression that should be like this. When he suddenly realized that Jim was looking at him from the side, he immediately nodded firmly, " That’s right, that’s it, for everyone’s benefit!”

The Zen master also laughed when he saw this. He really was a chicken of the same feather. Although he thought so, he didn't answer immediately. Instead, he asked, "If I resign now, who do you plan to find to take over?"

"I don't need you to worry about that." After Jim finished speaking, he did not forget to use his eyes to prevent Kubchak from talking too much.

Although his eyes were very hidden, they were still caught by the Zen master. The latter couldn't help but sneered, thinking, you have been waiting for the opportunity to fire yourself, and even made an appointment with the backup coach in private, and you are still acting up to now , It's really annoying, so he directly pointed it out and said, "You don't need to guess, you know, you will let D'Antoni coach."

"Who told you?" Jim couldn't help being a little shocked.

"Does this need to be said? Before Jenny asked me to come back, it is said that you hoped that D'Antoni would replace Brown. His running and bombing tactics were suitable for Nash. Unfortunately, Old Buss vetoed it because he thought the running and bombing tactics were not suitable. The current Lakers, only you have been unwilling to give up." Zen Master shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Since you've guessed everything, then I won't be fooling around. That's right, you will be replaced by Mike D'Antoni. He will take up his post tomorrow morning." Jim admitted it frankly. Unexpectedly, the Zen master heard the words and did not agree. There was no excessive expression, just bowed his head slightly and remained silent.

"Hey..." Jim sighed, and his tone became much more relaxed, "Phil, listen to my advice, go back, you are not young now, and you have 11 championship rings in your hands, which is already No. 1 in history." , you don’t need to prove anything anymore, you should find a lakeside hut to go fishing, write your autobiography, bask in the sun, and enjoy your old age quietly, wouldn’t it? What about muddy water?"

The Zen master still bowed his head in silence, no one knew what he was thinking.

As Jim's voice fell, the entire locker room became extremely quiet. No one dared to move. When the players saw that Kobe stopped talking, they were even more afraid to speak.

It wasn't until this moment that Chu Xiao understood why Jim fired Zen master for no reason, and Kobe couldn't say anything in the end. It turned out that all of this was for the inheritance of the team.

As we all know, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers is Jerry Buss. He started his business by relying on real estate. In 1979, he and his partners spent $6750 to buy the Lakers and other teams. He once led the Lakers to win 10 championships.

Today, Jerry is getting old, gradually separated from his daily work, and rarely appears in the Lakers office.Recently, it was said that he was hospitalized again due to cancer. Chu Xiao hadn't seen him since he joined the Lakers, so he didn't know that the Lakers team was in the process of handing over power, even to the point of precarity.

The old Bath in life is a well-known playboy in Hollywood. Two marriages and an extramarital affair left him with 7 children.In addition, according to media reports, he has more than 100 young lovers.

Among the 7 children, the eldest son, Johnny Buss, has almost mastered other family teams except the Lakers, so he has no energy to take charge of the Lakers.Of the remaining six, none other than Jenny had any interest in leading the sports world in Los Angeles.

Although Jenny has more affection for the Lakers than anyone else, and has shown enough talent and enthusiasm, Jenny is not the first person on the succession list of the Bass family, because she also has a second brother——Jim Bath.

This is very important in the American rich society.Many bosses of large companies believe that the main reason for family conflicts is to abandon the elders and support the young.In addition, some people in the upper class of the United States believe that Jenny once shot an 8-page sex photo for "Playboy" magazine, and one of the nude photos shows her naked.If she is allowed to take charge of a team with all male athletes, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

Compared with these, the most important reason is that Jim Bass, as the first heir, does not want to delegate power.

Although Jim has long been an image of a playboy and has never been able to go deep into the team's daily affairs, he advocated that the team fire Zen Master in the summer of 2004 and send away Shaquille O'Neal, and then dumped the big pot on the team. Bryant's body, which completely ignited the fuse between him and Jenny.But in the summer of 2005, Jim fought against all opinions among the management, gave up Sean May, and selected high school student Andrew Bynum with the 10th overall pick.And this draft is almost the last straw for Jim to prove his ability in the Lakers, and it also makes Jenny unable to move him for the time being.

It wasn't until the Lakers fired Brown in 2012 that Jenny invited back her boyfriend, Phil Jackson, that she really emptied this inactive brother, thus further strengthening her control over the team.

How can Jim Buss be a simple character, he takes care of his own people very much, and even wants to sign his doorman in the bar on the Lakers' payroll.So seeing himself being emptied and some of his subordinates being purged, he took advantage of the opportunity of Jenny going out and the Lakers players being expelled for fighting. The first thing he did was to fire Phil and arrange for his own people to take over the team , even if Jenny asks him to settle the score afterwards, everything will be raw rice and cooked rice.

Seeing that Phil was still silent, Jim thought that he had been persuaded by him, so he winked at Kubchak. The latter understood, stretched out his hand to say please, and said very politely, " Phil, let's go to the office and deal with the contract!"

(End of this chapter)