I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 83 For Old Bath

Old Bath's ward is in Hawaii. That's right, the rooms here don't have room numbers, and they are all named after scenic tourist attractions.

After pushing in the door, a gust of sea breeze blew in his face, and then he heard the sound of crashing tides and the cries of seabirds in the distance, Chu Xiao suddenly thought that he had come to the beach.

He hurriedly lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, and saw the surging tide on the ground, and fish playing in the seaweed... This is actually a floor that simulates the sea.

The room is more than 100 square meters, and there are green plants and flowers everywhere. The position near the window is filled with bamboo, rich coconut potted plants and evergreen trees with a height of more than 2 meters. The indoor net height is more than 3 meters, and the ceiling is made of glass that can be opened and closed. The door was just open at this moment, and the sunlight poured down through the glass.

Sunshine, sand, waves, coconut trees... It really deserves to be called a ward called Hawaii.

There is only one bed more than 2 meters wide in the huge room. An old man is leaning on the head of the bed, staring at the group of people entering the room with piercing eyes. He has yellow-brown hair and a word type of white beard.

Chu Xiao felt that he was almost exactly the same as Jerry Buss on TV except that he was slightly thinner, making it difficult to see how his condition had deteriorated.

Old Buzz's gaze stayed on Chu Xiao for the longest time, because this was the first time they met.

"Shouldn't the second brother be here today? Why didn't you see him?" Jenny came to Old Bath and helped him pull the corner of the quilt.

"He knew you were coming, so he went out to find a place to smoke a cigarette." Old Bass turned his gaze back to his daughter and said, "Jenny, it's not that I'm partial, you are too strong, and it will make Jim feel very embarrassed. He is your brother after all."

"Dad!" Jenny held his hand and said, "It's not that you don't know the character of the second brother. His interest is not in basketball at all. If you force him to lead the Lakers forward, the final result will only be a lose-lose. Unlike me Instead of arguing with him, it is better to give each other a chance."

"Even so, you don't need to clear all his people from the team!" Old Bass was still persuading his daughter.

"Dad~" Jenny's tone became a little speechless, "What did he say to you again? We have clearly reached an agreement, both he and Kubchak agreed, no one forced him, they took the initiative to temporarily Those who left, how could they say that I cleared them out?"

Jenny was very angry when we talked about this topic, and she continued, "The matter between me and my second brother is completely confidential, but someone leaked this information to the media last night, which shows that someone just doesn't want us to be peaceful. How is Phil now? It is easy to bring the team on the right track, and the players work together to pursue victory. You must support us at this time."

Old Bass originally wanted to persuade him, but now he heard that someone leaked the team's secrets. , "Although Jim is not motivated, he will not do such an outrageous thing. But Dad is not an unreasonable person. Since you have an agreement, then we respect your choice and hope you are right in the end. "

"Even if you don't believe me, believe Phil and Kobe, they have won 5 championships together."

So far, the conversation between the father and daughter has come to an end. Zen Master and Kobe knew it was their turn to speak, so they immediately went forward to say hello.

The Zen master just shook hands with Bass, and nodded with a smile on each other. Although he didn't make any promises, his attitude was self-evident, that is, "You can rest easy and recuperate, I have everything!"

"Doctor, do you feel better recently?" Bryant likes to call Old Buss Doctor. This 78-year-old man is not only the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, he also has a master's degree and a doctorate in physical chemistry.Therefore, he also particularly likes being called a doctor by others, and he doesn't like being called a boss, because he thinks it looks superficial and smells of copper all over his body.

"Oh, Kobe, I miss you so much!" Old Buss put his arms around Kobe who was bending over, with the brightest smile on his face.

Chu Xiao finally believed that the old Buss loved Kobe beyond imagination. He remembered that in 2004, the boss lost the championship on the court and was entangled in disputes off the court.At his most difficult time, Old Buss chose to keep him with a seven-year long-term contract of 7 million US dollars, and directly chose the latter over O'Neal and Kobe, and said to the boss, "Son, it's not that we want to give you so much." , but we can only give you so much, if it weren't for the league's salary cap limit, I would be willing to offer you an annual salary of 1.36 million US dollars a year, because you are absolutely worthy of such a privilege!"

The old Bass was right. He once said that the money he invested in Kobe had already been earned back. For him, Kobe was an unparalleled existence.We all know that Jordan had the privilege of earning an annual salary of more than 90 million in the late 3000s. In his heart, Kobe was the same as Jordan.

It can be seen that the old Bass loves Kobe very much. When he exchanged Divac for Kobe in 1996, if he didn't believe and like this kid, even if he wanted to make room for O'Neal, he might not have dared to do so. transaction.

OK broke up, and Dr. Buss chose to trade O'Neal instead of Kobe. That is to say, in his eyes, Kobe has always been a non-sale item for the Lakers.

Over time, they have become like family.And Kobe also repaid his trust, became famous at a young age, came off the bench, won the three crowns of OK, the combination disintegrated, the Eagle County scandal, thousands of people cast aside, 8 changed to No. 24, the return of the king, the bloodthirsty Mamba, killing the Quartet, and welcoming his sister-in-law , won the double championship... With a lifetime of legends, the Lakers have achieved the eternal swan song.

"Son, I'm fine, don't worry." Bass Sr. did not forget to comfort Kobe, "You guys play well, I still have to wait to see the Lakers win the championship again."

"Don't worry, we will hold the trophy again, and you will need to be there to host the celebration ceremony." Kobe's words made Dr. Buss laugh heartily, "The feeling of celebrating winning the championship is really wonderful. come once a year.”

"Why not? Doctor, with him here, I believe we may really win eight consecutive championships like the Celtics!" Kobe said and greeted Chu Xiao, "Hey, Doctor, let me introduce you , this is the team's point guard Chu Xiao, a Chinese, we traded him from the Celtics for Blake when you were in the hospital, do you know how good he is? I think He is the best rookie in this class, with him and Warcraft, the team will have the strength to win the championship in the next 8 years."

Hearing what Kobe said, Old Buss couldn't help but look at Chu Xiao twice more, and found that the young man in front of him was indeed very strong, but after knowing that he was a Chinese player, the look in his eyes obviously dimmed a lot. Seeing him turn his gaze to Kobe and ask, "I know Blake's market conditions, he shouldn't be able to change lottery players, right? So tell me honestly, how is this Chu Xiao compared to Sun Yue?"

"Incomparable!" Mentioning Sun Yue's name, Zen Master finally spoke, because Sun Yue spent his time in the NBA under him.Sun Yue is the first guard in China and the second in Asia to enter the NBA, but he only played 10 games on behalf of the Lakers throughout the season, and only scored 6 points, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 3 times in total. Turnovers and 10 fouls, the average data is very touching and impressive.

On the other hand, in the last game against the Mavericks, Chu Xiao scored 7 points on 6 of 16 shots in the first quarter, which was 6 points higher than Sun Yue's scoring in his entire NBA career. The gap can be seen.

Kobe continued to add, "Let's put it this way, trading Chu Xiao with Blake is like trading Divac for me back then. In the words of that old Popovich, it's a complete robbery!"

"Oh? Are you so good? Tell me how you got him?" Old Bass became interested, his eyes glowing again.

Kobe immediately told about Chu Xiao taking the initiative to challenge him to a one-on-one match. After the one-on-one match, he urged Kubchak to trade, and the Celtics agreed without even thinking about it. "I guess they saw Chu Xiao's current performance. , the intestines are regretful, haha."

"Haha." Old Buzz laughed along with him, "That's good! That's good! Those green ghosts are so mad."

Seeing the old man smiling happily, Jenny immediately stepped forward to add icing on the cake, "Dad, although Chu Xiao is only a rookie, he has the ability to average 20+10 per game. Didn't you always complain about the league's rejection of the Paul-Kobe deal for basketball reasons? Yu Huai? It can be said that Chu Xiao’s current performance is really no less than the team with Paul.”

"Oh my god, really?" Old Buss laughed even more when he heard this, and coughed while laughing, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood with a wow.

"dad!"

"PhD!"

"Doctor! Doctor!"

There was immediate chaos in the ward.

"Don't call the doctor, I'm fine!" Old Bass prevented Chu Xiao, who was closest to the door, from going out to call the doctor.

Everyone looked nervously at him leaning on the bed to calm himself down for a while, and then he continued, "I have cancer, it's normal to cough up blood, so don't worry too much. However, as far as my condition is concerned, two years It seems that it takes too long to win the championship, and I am afraid that I will not be able to wait for that day."

"Dad!" Jenny wanted to interrupt the old man, but he stopped him again.

"Jenny, listen to me, I have my own child, that is your brother and sister, but the Lakers are my baby, I hope you can take good care of this baby, because I know you will do everything to protect the baby." The old man Bass took a breath and continued, "As you can see, my current situation is not very good. Maybe the days to come are really numbered and I am facing a critical moment of life and death. So I hope that if the team can win the championship this season, You must go all out to fight for it, because I hope that in my lifetime, I can see the Lakers return to glory and make it the number one championship in history!"

Hearing what old Bass said, Jenny was sobbing. The Zen master quickly supported her to comfort her, while Chu Xiao stood aside with a solemn expression and a heavy heart.

Only Kobe leaned down and held the hand of Old Buss and said, "Doctor, believe me, the Lakers will definitely win this season! Even if I break my leg, I will do it. Just watch!"

(End of this chapter)