All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball

On July 1, as soon as the free agent market opened, Kupchak took the lead in calling the Timberwolves front office.

With the intention of helping others and being nice to everyone, Kupchak made a deal to the Wolves on the phone that they couldn't refuse.

"Are you really willing to trade Bojan and Nick to us?"

On the morning of the 1st, after repeatedly confirming to the Lakers the trading chips they were willing to provide themselves, the Wolves management was confused.

Because they really can't understand...

Why are the Lakers so generous this time!

As a highly regarded organizational forward in the industry, Bogdanovic averaged only 8.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game with the Lakers last season...

But because Bogdanovic's statistics were produced in a top team like the Lakers, his trade value and future appreciation space are naturally not comparable to those players who produced luxurious statistics in a bad team.

"If he is given enough ball rights, I think he can average '18+5+5' per game!"

After the Timberwolves front office informed the Lakers of the plan to send Bogdanovic to Minnesota, current Wolves coach Flip Saunders immediately realized the value of the deal to the Timberwolves.

“Next season, Su (Wiggins’ nickname) still needs time to level up.

He just needs an outside partner who can hold the ball to help him handle the ball. .

Boyan is perfectly qualified for this responsibility! "After forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, Sanders said to the Wolves uniform staff.

"What about Nick (Young)?" the Wolves front office asked.

Last season, due to the fierce competition within the Lakers...

In addition, when playing, it will always affect the efficiency of Su Feng, Kobe, and Rondo in brushing up statistics...

Therefore, in addition to winning a championship ring with the Lakers, Yang Shaoxia can only play as a "hot chicken player" in the Lakers team responsible for playing "hot chicken time" most of the time.

However, Sanders is also very optimistic about Nick Young's development in the Timberwolves.

Sanders, who has been through the entire Lakers playoffs, knows very well that the Lakers' second team can even defeat most teams in the league today.

“Nick can’t just look at his numbers from last season.

Now, we just lack a player on the bench who can score points like Nick! "Faced with the question raised by the Wolves uniform staff, Sanders replied like this.

In fact, the reason why Sanders is optimistic about Nick Young...

It is mainly related to the fact that he coached Nick Young during the Wizards period.

In the 10/11 season, under Sanders, Nick Young averaged 17.8 points per game for the team, with an overall shooting rate of 44.8% and a three-point shooting rate of 39.7%. He was the top scorer of the Wizards at the time. (Note ①)

"Wait a minute, are the Lakers really willing to trade Bojan and Nick to us? Who do they want from us?" On the phone, Sanders, who suddenly remembered something, hurriedly asked the Wolves front office.

"They don't want anyone.

Just one of our first round picks. "The Wolves uniform staff replied.

"First-round pick? They have a pretty good idea!

We will definitely continue to rebuild (badly) next season. If we want our first-round pick next year, even if Bojan and Nick are suitable for us, it will not be possible! "Saunders, who felt like he suddenly woke up from his dream, said to the Wolves uniform staff.

“No, they don’t want our first-round pick next year.

But from 2017. "On the phone, the Wolves uniform staff continued.

Sanders: "!!!"

Damn it!

It turns out that there is really a good thing about pie falling in the sky?

Although since the Timberwolves became the Huskies...

In some years, the wolf sign can even be exchanged for a dozen worthless superstars like Howard.

But in Sanders' view, after the Lakers traded Bogdanovic and Nick Young to the Timberwolves, plus Rubio and Wiggins...

The Timberwolves only need one more year to rebuild, and they will be able to make another push for the playoffs in the 2016/17 season at the latest.

so......

After figuring out what chips the Lakers wanted from the Timberwolves...

Without even thinking about it, Sanders said to the Wolves front office staff on the phone: "Agree to this deal! Since the Lakers take such good care of us, we can't let their hard work go to waste, right?"

Awesome, Brother Lakers!

It is indeed a team that has some connection with Minnesota in history!

Look at the pattern of the Lakers and the Lakers!

Even though I became rich, I never forgot my little brother back home who was still poor!

"Do you need to add top-three protection to this first-round pick?" Kupchak asked in Los Angeles before officially deciding to trade with the Timberwolves.

"Hey, Mickey, are you looking down on us too much? Under the leadership of Xiao Su, we might even compete with you for the Western Conference championship in 2017!

What are the top three protections? We are all our own people, why should we be so polite! "On the phone, the Wolves front office said, feeling underestimated by Kupchak.

So that's it.

Because the Timberwolves' salary space is enough to absorb the contracts of Bogdanovic and Nick Young, the Lakers' first transaction this summer was quickly completed.

After sending Bogdanovic and Nick Young, the Lakers acquired the Wolves' 2017 first-round pick from the Timberwolves.

On the Internet, the media generally believe that this transaction by the Lakers is a precursor to the Lakers' upcoming slimming down of the team's lineup.

After all, the new super luxury tax penalties are coming soon...

In everyone's opinion, even a wealthy team like the Lakers will inevitably feel pain.

The Timberwolves, who successfully "robbed" the Lakers, received an A-level transaction rating that the Timberwolves front office had not received for a long time.

no doubt.

If you don’t look at it with the perspective of time travel...

No one can refuse this deal.

But at this moment, Kupchak, who was already convinced of Su Feng's vision, believed that this 2017 wolf pick would definitely become the highlight of his career as a general manager!

“Stop joking, complete the reconstruction in a short time?

Let alone three years, even if you give them another five years, they won’t be able to do it!

It seems that the lineup of Su, Rickey, Bogdanovic plus substitutes and Nick Young is beautiful...

But the Timberwolves' corporate culture is already rotten...

There's no way they're going to see a revival anytime soon. "Previously, Su Feng said this when analyzing the future of the Timberwolves for Kupchak.

"If we ask them for a first-round pick in 2015 or 2016.

They definitely won't agree.

Because next season, they will definitely continue to be bad.

And 16 years...

In their view, even if their reconstruction goes smoothly, they are likely to get a higher pick in 2016.

So the 2017 first-round pick is our real goal. "

In this life, Su Feng was sure that the forest wolf would die for a long time.

The main reason is because this year's No. 1 pick was directly sent to the Timberwolves by the NBA.

Therefore, Su Feng knew very well that Mark, who inherited Stern's balancing skills, would not be able to hand out the No. 1 pick to the Timberwolves next year.

Therefore, without Towns, and Butler still enjoying life with the Warriors...

Just relying on Wiggins and Lu Yizhong...

If the Timberwolves could rise, Su Feng would be the first to chop off his head and give it to Kobe to use as a basketball.

In addition, on the surface, it seems that the Lakers, who lost two generals in a row, are at a huge loss.

But when Bogdanovic decided to leave and Nick Young was useless to the Lakers...

Being able to use two people that the Lakers no longer need to get back a draft pick that is very likely to become a top-three pick in the future...

There is something to say...

In Su Feng's view, it is impossible for the Lakers to make a more profitable deal than this this summer.

Although Su Feng admitted that he did have an element of gambling in this transaction.

But because the Timberwolves are on the betting table with the Lakers this time...

So to paraphrase the words of a generation of "gambling god" Boss Qiao:

Only a fool would not choose stud!

On the 1st, after sending away Bogdanovic and Nick Young, following Su Feng's suggestion, Kupchak immediately contacted Boris Diaw and Sean Battier, who became his own this summer.

The former can make up for the vacancy that the Lakers need a backup point forward after Bogdanovic leaves.

Moreover, it can also play a role in teaching young teachers.

Although the latter is 35 years old, in his limited playing time, Battier's defensive experience and three-point shooting can help the Lakers improve their bench strength.

Of course, the most important thing is...

These two veterans, both of whom are willing to take only basic salaries, can help the Lakers further release salary space.

Cheap and practical.

Plus they all want a championship.

Therefore, for the Lakers, who are increasingly lacking motivation, Diaw and Battier are undoubtedly the best choices for the team this summer.

In the process of communicating with the agents of Dior and Shane Battier...

Kupchak faced few obstacles and signed the two men with a two-year veteran's minimum salary and a one-year veteran's minimum salary respectively.

In this life, because Su Feng had already fled to Miami when Diaw joined the Raptors, the man named "Diao" also regretfully missed the opportunity to join forces with the Maple Emperor.

For the 32-year-old Dior, his only thought at the moment is to retire with a championship ring.

Therefore, he could not refuse Kupchak's offer to him.

And Shane is even worse...

Because he dedicated the most precious peak period of his career to the Blazers that ended in failure...

In addition, Battier has not been teammates with Xiao Yao in this life, resulting in his popularity in China not being enough for the Chinese sneaker manufacturers to offer him a contract that can increase his additional income...

Therefore, when he was nicknamed "The Big Boss" in this life, when he learned that the Lakers were willing to provide him with a one-year veteran's minimum salary...

He was still thinking about retiring, but he immediately walked back to the training ground with the basketball in his arms.

Retire...retire from the service of Gouba!

Didn't you see, did Garnett, who has been cheating me for most of his life, get a championship ring with the Lakers?

And since Garnett can do it, why can't I do it?

Get two veterans.

While Kupchak patiently observed changes in the free agent market, the Lakers also received an unexpected surprise this summer.

"What did you say!

Are the Clippers planning to trade Eric Bledsoe for Shaun Livingston in a sign-and-trade? "

In early July, just as Su Feng was preparing to train Jokic, Middleton, and some bastard who wanted to go out with the Finals MVP trophy every day, a phone call from Kupchak almost knocked Su Feng off guard. Feng's waist was bent.

In this life, because of the butterfly effect brought by Su Feng, the career trajectories of many players have changed.

Among them, in addition to those who have become better, there will naturally also be unlucky ones who have not been recognized for their talents and are getting worse and worse.

It's obvious.

In Su Feng's previous life, Bledsoe, nicknamed "Blood Cloth", was the unlucky guy.

Because the Clippers coaching staff has devoted more resources to Lillard in the past two years, in the just-concluded 2013/14 season, Bledsoe only averaged 16.8 minutes of playing time per game.

As everyone knows.

In the NBA, it depends on whether a player can produce good statistics.

It is directly related to the average playing time he can get.

In addition, in the view of the Clippers coaching staff, the team will be built around Lillard and McCollum in the future...

So Bledsoe has become a piece of cake for the Clippers this summer.

Los Angeles, after carefully analyzing the current personnel composition of the Clippers, Su Feng quickly understood why the Clippers took a fancy to Livingston.

Because for the current Clippers, who have a good offensive ceiling, they are missing someone like "Lee Jordan" who does not require too much playing time and can provide the team with stable output in limited playing time. players.

It's true that everyone can see Bledsoe's talent.

but......

No matter how good your talent is, you must be able to turn it into combat effectiveness.

In addition, Clippers owner Sterling's previous "phone scandal" also cleared the final obstacle to this deal.

Because as the person who hates the Lakers and Buss family the most in this league...

Although Sterling's hatred of the Lakers is entirely due to the guy's own reasons...

But as long as Sterling is still there, it is absolutely impossible for the Clippers to carry out this deal with the Lakers to get what they need.

"Su, are you sure we want to trade Sean?" Kupchak asked on the phone before deciding to trade.

"I've talked to Sean before, and after getting his fifth championship ring, now he wants to enjoy the rest of his basketball career.

Eric has speed and momentum, and we need to give Spencer (Dinwiddie) some room to grow next season, so in my opinion, this deal is more beneficial to us. "After letting out a long sigh, Su Feng, who was also very reluctant to give guidance, said to Kupchak.

no way.

In this life, Director Lee's career is so complete.

Therefore, even Su Feng cannot guarantee that Director Li will be as motivated on the court as before in the future.

Moreover, regardless of the short term, Bledsoe's effect on the court may not be as good as Lee's guidance.

But after he and Kobe retired, Su Feng knew very well...

By then, Bledsoe only needs a slight injection of water to get a lot of rebuilding chips for the Lakers.

no doubt.

The young and hard-working Bledsoe is exactly the kind of player the Lakers need to consider for the future.

"Sue, thank you for calling me specifically to tell me this.

In fact, even if you don't speak, I still want to talk to you. "

After hanging up the phone with Kupchak, Su Feng immediately dialed Livingston's number. As a result, before Su Feng could finish speaking, Director Li informed Su Feng on the phone that he was considering changing to another company recently. The idea of ​​a team to make pension money.

"Hey, is Mitch going to trade me to the Clippers?

This is great.

Because I just bought a house in Los Angeles two years ago, so I don’t even have to move, and I can usually go to your house to eat. "On the phone, after learning that Kupchak planned to trade him to the Clippers, Director Li said to Su Feng with excitement.

After the NBA's salary cap has increased significantly, it will not be difficult for Director Lee to get a sincere pension contract in the future.

However, it's different with the Lakers.

Because this summer, the Lakers will definitely give Su Feng and Kobe a decent super contract...

Therefore, Coach Lee knows very well that even if he does not leave the Lakers now, he will have to say goodbye to his brothers sooner or later.

After all, in the NBA...

Who would think that they make too much money?

In this life, these 6 years in Los Angeles can be said to be the pinnacle of Lee's life.

So, when I learned that I could still bring back a potential newcomer to the Lakers...

Not only did Director Li not feel sad because he was about to leave, but he also believed that this way of leaving would be more acceptable to him.

And after hanging up the phone with Livingston...

Su Feng also discovered the reason why little Bas was always stupid and blessed.

In fact, with the future batch of rookies that Kupchak selected for the Lakers, as well as Tatum and others who were highly recommended by Kobe but ignored by Aunt Jenny...

It's not hard for you to find out.

In fact, compared to the "Ganges Battleship" formed by Aunt Jenny and Pelinka in the future, Bass Jr. not only inherited the humane side of Bass Sr., but at the same time, he was also more inclined to the concept of team building. Fishing in a sustainable way.

Yes, in Su Feng's previous life, after his time travel and rebirth, under the rule of Aunt Jenny, the Lakers did win the championship again.

But for a wealthy team like the Lakers...

A championship once in ten years, or a championship once in twenty years...

Is it really considered a passing grade?

You know, in the NBA...

Every team and every player has their own different positioning and standards.

For example, for some teams, ending the bad period as soon as possible and completing reconstruction so that fans can watch a few more games for free every year is success.

For another example, before touching the floor of the Western Conference Finals, as long as someone can touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals, he is considered successful.

Try to think about it!

Even without Su Feng.

If Buss Jr. continues to be in office...

In terms of Buss's character, in 2017, do you think he will abandon Tatum, who is highly recommended by Kobe Bryant?

And even if Kupchak doesn't recruit stars for the Lakers after this...

To be fair, the Lakers, composed of young players such as Randle, Ingram, and Tatum, may not have the combat effectiveness to compete with those Cosmos teams in the future.

In this life, thanks to the excellent corporate culture of the Lakers...

Look at Xiaojia, Green, Livingston...

Who doesn’t think about the Lakers first before leaving?

July 14th.

After the Clippers completed the contract extension with Bledsoe, a restricted free agent, on a five-year contract with a total value of only 28 million, with the final year as a team option, the Clippers immediately sent him to Moved next door and switched back to Livingston from next door.

Online, for this deal…

Although emotionally, the lake honeys were as uncomfortable as Su Feng...

But for the behavior of the eldest brother and the second brother who each get what they need...

Other fans think...

Both the Lakers and Clippers got what they wanted in this deal.

To put it bluntly, Bledsoe's extremely cost-effective contract seemed outrageous to Su Feng.

Because in Su Feng's impression, starting from the 2014/15 season and before he time traveled, Bledsoe's annual salary had never been less than 10 million.

Unfortunately......

The "bloody cloth" cannot suppress Lillard, a local snake.

So Bledsoe had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky.

15th.

After the signing work was successfully completed, the Lakers officially reached a five-year contract extension with a total value of US$72 million with Lang.

On the day when he officially renewed his contract with the Lakers, Rondo expressed with excitement that he was very grateful to the Lakers for their long-term trust in him, and in the future, he would use his actions to repay the Lakers.

Overall, the Lakers made a lot of money from this contract extension with Rondo.

Because after the salary cap increased significantly this year, it is generally believed that the Lakers will have to use a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to impress Rondo.

However, people's pursuits are different.

Just like at this moment, after a hard day of training in the training hall, Jokic's only pursuit is to drink a bottle of Coke.

"Su, I can't stand it anymore!

If you still allow him to drink Coke after training, then...then...then..." Looking at Jokic from the side, he has always been strict with himself and even stricter with others. Kobe was anxious.

After hearing this, Su Feng smiled and said: "That's what that is...

After you finish training, aren't you going to pester me to make you pizza? "

Kobe: "..."

So how can it be the same!

Coke, is that something that professional basketball players can usually touch?

"Don't worry, I'll let him control his desire to drink Coke and eat junk food a little bit." Su Feng continued, patting Kobe on the shoulder.

"Anyway, if he can't lose weight before the team officially gathers...

At that time, I will never agree to him playing for the Lakers. "Kobe said to Su Feng with a serious face.

"Okay, Coach Kobe." Su Feng nodded.

Kobe: "..."

no!

Why do you think I'm like a football tyrant?

I......

I obviously just want my teammates to get better!

In the past few days, after the Lakers completed several transactions and signings, Kobe always felt that the road to the Lakers' dynasty next season has become increasingly difficult.

Because without looking at the future from God’s perspective...

After most basketball players achieve success, they will have more trust in the teammates who have played alongside them.

Kobe is certainly no exception.

However, after counting the two rookies, the Lakers exchanged five powerful catfish for the Lakers...

Su Feng believes that as long as the Lakers can stay healthy next season, they will still be the strongest team in the league today.

"Oh, by the way, have you asked Mitch when he plans to hold our signing ceremony?" Kobe asked after suddenly remembering something.

After hearing this, Su Feng nodded and said: "Of course it must be on your 36th birthday.

This is your best birthday gift. "

In fact, as early as after the championship parade, Su Feng and Kobe reached a verbal contract extension agreement with the Lakers.

only......

For that damn ritual...

Buss and Kupchak hope to officially renew their contracts with Su Feng and Kobe on August 23, UU Reading www.uukanshu.netｔ Kobe’s 36th birthday.

Look, what is brother basketball!

Fake brother basketball, brothers have to cut their salaries together, and tactical arrangements have to be based on other people's opinions.

In true brother basketball, the boss, general manager and the star players are all indistinguishable from each other. Not only do you have to get the maximum salary, but you also have to be the talker of the team.

In this life, after gradually getting to know Su Feng, Kupchak and Bass were not worried at all that they would not be able to renew their contract with Su Feng.

Because in the past seven years, this Lakers have given Su Feng sincerity...

It is completely incomparable to all other teams.

Bass, who had always only talked about love and not money with Suko, knew it very well.

Compared to the so-called maximum salary.

In this contract renewal ceremony, which is most likely to be the last contract of Su Feng and Kobe's career...

What the Lakers need more is dignity and grandeur.

"I have only one request for Su and Kobe's contract extension ceremony.

That is this contract renewal ceremony. It must make Shaquille O'Neal cry and make Michael Jordan regret his life. Let the whole world see our respect for these two veterans! "

Buss Jr. said this on the day when the work of organizing Suko's contract renewal ceremony was officially handed over to Kupchak.

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