I'm really good at shooting.

On the golf hill not far away, old Bass was sitting in a wheelchair with only a doctor beside him.

It was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already set, and the horizon was already a sunset scene.

The afterglow shot out through the clouds and sprinkled on Old Bath, giving him an indescribable sense of old age.

"Sun, father said he only wanted to see you alone."

After greeting Sun Hao, Bass continued to speak.

Sun Hao nodded, and then walked towards the hillside guided by a bodyguard.

When he got closer, Sun Hao noticed that Old Bass was wearing an oxygen machine and his eyes were closed.

If it weren't for the ups and downs of your chest, you wouldn't even know it was a living person.

It seemed that he was really not far away.

But the moment Sun Hao came close, Old Bass opened his eyes.

He motioned for the doctor to take off his oxygen mask, then motioned for the bodyguard and the doctor to leave.

"Sorry to bother you at a time like this."

Old Bath took a deep breath, and then spoke.

"I have a lot of time now."

Sun Hao squatted beside Old Bath's wheelchair while talking.

When he was in the Lakers, Old Buss was not bad to Sun Hao.

Moreover, for a dying legend, Sun Hao also gave due respect by doing so.

Chapter 656 Why Play Now?

Seeing Sun Hao's actions, Old Bass showed a smile.

What could not be hidden in that smile was joy.

Perhaps at this moment he felt that he was right to call Sun Hao.

"My children don't live up to expectations."

Old Bath turned his head to look at the crowd in the yard, and the first sentence he spoke was mixed with complex emotions.

No matter what you have experienced, when a person is dying, what he misses the most is his children.

This is the same for everyone.

Old Bath was reluctant to say this, but also helpless.

Sun Hao didn't speak, this kind of family struggle has nothing to do with him.

And these words were obviously just foreshadowing, he just listened to it.

"You know the Lakers are my life's work, and it's like my baby."

Old Bass continued.

If you think the Lakers are successful just because they're located in Los Angeles, you're wrong.

Because if there is no good management, even if you have a good location at the beginning, you will be forced to move out because you can't survive.

Like the Warriors, the Bay Area isn't as small as Los Angeles, but it's not small at all.

The prosperity of the Lakers has too much to do with the old Buss.

It was Buss Sr. who implanted a lot of Hollywood elements into the Lakers.

Cool team promotional videos, the most beautiful cheerleaders, the most famous sports band in the United States playing live, and the most distinctive first row of seats in the Staples Center that are only open to Hollywood stars.

These have all contributed to the vigorous development of the Lakers.

If Auerbach is the godfather of the Celtics, then Old Buss must belong to the Lakers.

So it is not surprising that he expresses such emotion, and it is also normal.

The two sentences have nothing to do with each other, but when they are spoken one after the other, the meaning is actually quite obvious.

Buss Sr. was uneasy about handing over the Lakers estate to his children, fearing the team's rapid decline.

"Jenny is the best one, but she is too strong. She doesn't know that players are also family members, and respect is mutual."

After finishing the third sentence, Old Bass looked at Sun Hao, feeling a little out of breath.

After seeing it, Sun Hao picked up the oxygen mask and put it in front of Old Buzz's mouth.

After Old Bath took a few mouthfuls of oxygen, he finally caught his breath.

"I know that when you left the Lakers, Jenny had something to do with it. I hope you don't blame her."

Sun Hao nodded.

He did get mad at Jenny and Phil Jackson for O'Neal being traded.

But now, O'Neill himself doesn't care much about it anymore, the fact that he was angry with Jenny no longer exists.

"Jim has the ability, but he's too young. If I let him take over the team, he won't be able to compete with Jenny."

Old Bass continued.

Sun Hao didn't speak again this time.

Because it's really difficult for him to express his position when it comes to matters within the family.

"I have a request, Sun."

Having said that, Old Bass looked at Sun Hao, his eyes shone brightly, and his back seemed to straighten up a bit.

"I know it's a bit of a request, but I want you to come back, and if you come back, I'll let Jim take over the team."

Old Bass looked at Sun Hao with anticipation in his eyes.

It wasn't until this time that Sun Hao knew what Old Buss was calling him for.

As he said before, he has to choose between Jenny and Jim in the matter of succession.

The two have their own characteristics, Jim has better business ability, and Jenny has stronger business ability.

Because of the dynasty created by Sun Hao and O'Neill, Old Buss had more recognition for Jim in his heart, and he wanted him to inherit it more.

But in the past few years, after Sun Hao left the team, Jim was no match for Jenny in the family struggle.

Just like Zhu Yuanzhang, he worried that even if he passed the "throne" to "Zhu Yunqi", he would be taken away by "Zhu Di" in the end.

In that case, he might as well give it to Jenny directly to reduce some unnecessary infighting.

But if Sun Hao can come back, everything will be different.

Because of what Sun Hao had done back then, his influence in Los Angeles was enormous.

If he is here, Jim has the biggest card, and Jenny is helpless even if she wants to.

Sun Hao understood what Old Bath meant, but he didn't know how to answer.

Indeed, as old Bass said, this is an exaggerated request.

It can even be understood as a moral kidnapping.

To be honest, Sun Hao has left the Lakers now, what will happen to the Lakers in the future has little to do with him.

Not to mention the big infighting of the Bass family.

Old Bass sighed helplessly when he saw Sun Hao's reaction.

He also seemed to have expected such a reaction from Sun Hao.

After all, the Warriors are now flying small balls, and they are in full swing, and they will soon be a new dynasty.

Even if it continues, it is not impossible to win the first four or five consecutive championships in the new century.

Asking Sun Hao to come back at this time is not only too much, it is too much.

"Can you give me a walk?"

Old Bath didn't continue to talk about what happened just now, but made a new request.

Sun Hao nodded.

He got up and pushed Old Buzz up the hill.

At this time, the sun has already set half behind the mountain.

The clouds became red, like blood, more vicissitudes.

"What a beautiful view, what a nostalgia."

At this time, Old Bath glanced at the sunset and said.

People are afraid of death not because of the real death, but because there are many things they are reluctant to part with.

Those things, when you are really dying, will flood your mind uncontrollably.

Old Buzz must have missed this world very much at this time.

Sun Hao pushed Old Bass back and forth, and finally returned to the place from the beginning.

"If you change your mind, you can come back anytime, whether I'm here or not."

Before parting, old Bass said the last word to Sun Hao.

Sun Hao nodded.

Although Old Bath's previous request was too much, he will indeed consider it.

To say that when he was in the Lakers, the person who treated him best was not the old Buss but the young Buss.

When he came back, he was helping little Bass.

There is another point that he has been thinking about before.

Curry's future.

He continued to stay in the Warriors, and Curry's Warriors career basically ended this year.

But if he leaves, the Warriors will definitely keep Curry.

Take another look at the Warriors' lineup, Curry, Thompson, Durant, can be compared to Draymond Green's Ibaka.

This is the "cosmic warrior" in history, and because there is no Green, and Durant was chosen by the Warriors themselves, it is a more benign version.

Of course, these things need to be considered a lot, and it is not something that Sun Hao can think about all at once.

At this time, it is a good thing to stop.

Because there will be a lot of time left for Sun Hao to think about it.

Two days later, Sun Hao ended his vacation in Los Angeles and returned to Oakland with Scarlett and Little Beijing.

Just before this, Old Bath had been transferred to the intensive care unit of a local hospital in Los Angeles because of his deteriorating condition.

A week later, Bath Sr. died of illness, and the league mourned.

There are always people coming and going in this world. For old Buss, it is already a great success that so many people remember him when he leaves.

Of course, these are meaningless to the dead.

Sun Hao felt a little guilty.

Because at this time, looking at what Old Bass said at the beginning, it may be the last request of a dying person.

Failure to do so, Old Bath should have left with regret.

Bath Sr. left a will before leaving.

However, this will has a very special provision.

That is, it can only be opened before the start of the new season.

In other words, before the start of the new season, it is still unknown who the Lakers will leave.

Nobody knew what Bass Sr. was doing for.

Perhaps only after the start of the season will we know.