Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 12 Love Lakers, Love Stud

The long-awaited fans all over the world still failed to see the scene of Cuban kissing Jim's ass.It is said that the two had a private meeting on the initiative of Jim on the second day after the game. No one knew what happened between the two. According to Jim, the meeting was cordial and friendly. The relationship between the two people, which was originally in trouble, has made constructive progress since then.

As for Cuban, he chose to go to Hawaii for vacation that day. Someone claimed to have met Cuban at the airport, and he was still wearing sunglasses at 11 pm.

The Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Spurs will soon begin. Everyone is very curious about what outrageous speech Jim will make this time. Some people even speculate that he may bet on wine with Popovich.

However, Jim's speech this time was very "perfunctory". Generally speaking, the Spurs are a very good team, Popovich is a very good coach, and Duncan is a very good player... which disappointed all media.

As the person involved, Jim knows the difference between the Spurs and the Mavericks. The Mavericks are not monolithic. The newcomers, old players, mercenaries, etc. in the team have different mentalities. Clocking in at work, of course, there are also those who work hard for the championship.But the Spurs are not. The iron triangle formed by the two generations of core David Robinson, Tim Duncan and coach Popovich is unbreakable. If you want to defeat the psychology master Duncan through psychological tactics, it is tantamount to playing tricks.

The team is preparing for the Western Conference Finals, and Jim is having a rare family dinner at Dr. Bath's house.

It is said that it is a family dinner, but in fact there are only Dr. Buss and Jim. Dr. Buss was too romantic when he was young, and he has not changed much when he is old.The original Jim also inherited his fine tradition until the eve of winning last year.The two drank a lot of wine, and Dr. Bath talked more.

"It is said that you have not been to a nightclub for nearly a year, let alone a house party. You are not going to tell me that you have really started to love basketball, right? No one knows you better than me, Jimmy, since I asked you to start working as an assistant to Jerry, and you were always thinking about proving your ability to me and proving that you can be the captain of the giant ship of the Lakers, but I know that you don’t really love basketball and the Lakers. "

Jim laughed at himself, yes, no president who really loves the team will angrily sign two super junk contracts when the team's rise is nowhere in sight, and blew himself up, and disgusted the next management by blocking the operating space.

"Now that Jerry has left the team, it is a good opportunity for you. With your advice, we got a few good players and got future draft picks. I read your scouting report and you seem to be right about the It's very confident that these low-ranking picks will become treasures. I can't imagine that you can give up the time you should have fun with the girls, but spend every day on video with that guy named Brad Maybe, I should let you go and let you try. Come on, play two games with me, we father and son haven't played cards for a long time."

Dr. Buss involuntarily pulled Jim into his chess and card room. As an avid poker enthusiast, Dr. Buss participated in many poker tournaments around the world when he was young and won the ranking.

The two sat down facing each other, and Jim began to deal the cards.

Dr. Bath's tipped card was an ace.

"Jimmy, we have the best player in the league right now, we have the best coach, and we can keep winning."

Jimmy only got a 9.

In the second round, Dr. Bass got another ace.

"It looks like I've won this round."

Jim showed a queen, a better card than the previous round.

The remaining 3 cards were hidden cards. Dr. Bath looked at the cards he had caught and laughed loudly without changing the cards.But Jim chose to replace one of the A cards.

Dr. Bath showed his cards, 3, 4, 8, A, A.

And Jim's cards are 9, 10, J, Q, K.

"You won, I want to know how many cards you got?"

"10."

"As a gambler, you are more qualified than I am. Now I no longer doubt whether you are my own son. Well, you go, I want to rest early."

Of course Jim doesn't think that his poor card dealing technique can fool the senior gambler Dr. Buss, but he must take the initiative, because as time goes by, Jim will have fewer and fewer advantages, and the Lakers are in a difficult situation. At the height of its prosperity, the next three years will be a process of turning from prosperity to decline. If it is taken a moment earlier, it may be able to reverse the situation of the battle.

The biggest key lies in Dr. Buss. After Jim expresses his determination, all that remains is to show his ability. He knows that there is only one year left if he does not make big moves.

Thanks to Jim's butterfly effect, Derek Anderson avoided Juwan Howard's brutal charge and was able to play in the Western Conference Finals.As the 13-meter shooting guard with the 1.98th overall pick in the first round, Anderson relied on his flying style of play to bring a lot of vitality to the dull Spurs, as well as scoring support from the outside. After all, the remaining Spurs outside: Special Ray Porter, Steve Kerr and Avery Johnson combined are over 100 years old.

The first game was held at the Staples Arena. Before the game, O’Neal showed a rare high spirit in an interview with reporters: “You ask me how to see this game? My God, the opposite center is David Robinson , you ask me what I will do? I will cut the neck of that hypocrite and hang him on the hoop!"

Robinson's response was much more flat: "I just play."

In the first game of the two sides, there were no reservations. The depth of the Lakers' bench was basically not reflected. The two potential rookies, Reid and Stevenson, only played in single digits. Fox appeared.

内线对决中，鲨鱼面对双塔联合绞杀，上场45分钟22投11中得到28分13篮板，石佛则在与格兰特、罗德曼、霍利三个人的车轮战中上场47分钟，19投10中同样砍下28分，并贡献14篮板5盖帽，同时出现7次失误，而上将表现不佳，18投仅有6中得到16分11个篮板。

The scores of the two sides were staggered until the end of the fourth quarter. Kobe, who did not shoot too much in the whole game, scored 3 consecutive mid-range pull-ups in the face of Derek Anderson's defense, helping the team seal the victory. In this game, Kobe played the whole game, 37 of 16 shots, 10 of 9 free throws, and scored 45 points and 12 rebounds, making Anderson's 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals pale in comparison.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Spurs 106 to 99 and got off to a good start.

"Jimmy, I think your idea seems to make sense." Before leaving the box, Dr. Bass said to Jim.

(End of this chapter)