Legend of Tomorrow

? The Lakers management wants to renew Malone's contract so that he can continue to play for the Lakers next season. It can not only be used as a gimmick to attract fans, ensure attendance, but also play a role on the court.

Although Malone is 41 years old, he remains in very good condition and is excellent on both offense and defense. Once O'Neal left, the Lakers no longer had a strong appeal, and no outstanding players were willing to cut their salary to join. The embarrassing thing is that they don't have the salary space to sign mid-level players in the free market.

With no other option, Kupchak could only sign veteran Divac, who was abandoned by the Kings.

This Lakers lineup is weaker than Guo Xu's previous life. In the summer of 2004, the Lakers used Payton, Rick Fox and a conditional future first-round pick as trading chips to trade to the Celtics. Guard Chucky Atkins, center Chris Mihm, Marcus Banks and a future second-round pick.

In his previous life, Mihm started 75 games for the Lakers in the 2004-05 season and was an important rotation player. He could not only defend against people in the penalty area, but also pull out to shoot pick-and-rolls. Before his injury, he was an excellent big man.

Atkins is equally crucial. He is the team's starting point guard, the fourth scoring point, and can shoot suddenly. It's just that he's physically at a disadvantage and his defense is terrible.

Now Payton has directly joined the Suns for free. Of course, Fox's last year's contract and draft picks, which are unable to play, cannot impress the Celtics. The Celtics made the playoffs last season. They are not rebuilding the team.

In the end, the Lakers management could only sign people in the free market. No one inside or outside was willing to come, and some chose to leave.

Seeing that the team's situation was not going well and that he was not well-liked by the fans in Los Angeles, Fisher switched to the Warriors with a five-year, $25 million contract.

Kupchak had no choice but to sign Smush Parker, who played wildly and was no one interested in the free market. Then they traded Fox's expiring contract for veteran guard Howard Eisley.

With the current lineup of the Lakers, even if they want to imitate the Suns, they can't imitate the fast whirlwind. The point guard is too fast to launch a fast break.

There were barely enough people on the outside, and the Lakers were even weaker on the inside. At this time, something magical happened.

Kobe went on a TV talk show and blasted Malone. He believes that if Malone stays with the Lakers, it will affect the team's reconstruction next season. It sounds like Malone is too old and will definitely improve his statistics in order to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which will affect the development of new players.

There was an uproar on the Internet. It is completely understandable that if Kobe was in Malone's position, he would definitely collect statistics regardless of the outcome of the game. The Lakers are currently lacking inside players. Is he crazy to say this?

When Guo Xu was with the Lakers,

Helped Kobe communicate with his teammates. His relationship with his teammates at that time was pretty good, at least on the surface. After Guo Xu left, Kobe basically ignored everyone on the team in the past two years, and his IQ and EQ quickly dropped back to negative numbers.

Even if the Lakers don't renew Malone's contract, the management should communicate tactfully. It's outrageous for Kobe to go into an interview without telling anyone, just like he publicly said bad things about O'Neal on the radio many times.

Malone, who originally said he would never retire, immediately changed his mind and said he would retire directly and stop playing. He didn't want to break that record.

Kobe's words made Malone lose face. If he continues to play and joins a weak team to improve statistics, even if he breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record, the media will not say anything good. Then he will become the kind of selfish person that Kobe said. cancer.

O'Neal saw the news and immediately went on TV and shouted to Malone: ​​Karl, if you see this on TV, remember to give me a call. I will take you to Miami as soon as possible. We will prepare you there. Everything. My wish is to play with you on the Heat this season.

The fat man was generous enough, but Malone called him and refused: Shaquille, thank you for your kindness, I'm tired, and...I can completely understand now why you want to kill Kobe.

Malone later held a press conference and publicly stated: Although I love the team so much and the fans so much, the star player here does not want me to stay here. I understand his hint. I hope to stay, but he does not want me to stay here. I hope I do. This has nothing to do with the Lakers. I love the Lakers. It's just that the man said he doesn't need me. I understand what he means, so I will continue my life elsewhere.

Malone, who had calmed down from his initial rage, sighed: I'm not going to take away anybody's light, anybody's glory, anybody's anything, I'd rather move on and let my life start a new chapter.

Malone's agent Manny said that Kobe's words had deeply hurt Malone. Malone said he couldn't accept it. Several times, Kobe had privately asked him to give up the Lakers. Obviously what happened to Jackson and O'Neal has now happened to him. Kobe has made a statement that this is what he did With this kind of personality, Malone will not get used to all this, he would rather handle it his own way.

This incident caused an uproar. The Internet was saying that Kobe drove away O'Neal, Jackson, and now Malone.

The Lakers management quickly issued a statement, saying that Kobe's statement only represents himself and does not represent the views of the Lakers management and the team at all.

Malone believes this is another indulgence of the Lakers towards Kobe. I don't want to say anything, but look what happened, who was the guy who was supposed to tell Kobe to shut up? They gave Kobe so many privileges... They gave the decision to someone who didn't like me... People who slandered me.

The new season hasn't even started yet, but the Lakers' reputation is already bad, causing a bigger fuss than Guo Xu's previous life.

Lakers general manager Kupchak and new coach Tomjanovich both said that the Lakers still have a place for Malone. Tomjanovich even said that if Malone is willing to come back, the team will roll out the red carpet to welcome him. Kobe also accepted an interview again, publicly apologized and said it was just a misunderstanding.

This sparked another discussion among fans online, who thought it was incredibly stupid.

In his previous life, Malone was unable to participate in the preseason due to injury. Kobe could say that he said the wrong thing and it was just a misunderstanding. Is this a misunderstanding now? Do you treat the audience as SB? He's in good shape, but he didn't get his contract renewed.

Malone refused to accept Bryant's apology, saying simply: I said everything I wanted to say.

Malone will not participate in the show to publicly quarrel with Kobe, that would be too cheap. Even if he chooses to swallow his anger, fans online will not have anything good to say about Kobe. Kobe's way of being the boss is disgusting. From the beginning to the end, he looks like a villain.

Guo Xu was willing to help Kobe avoid the Eagle County Incident for Vanessa's child who was supposed to be aborted, but he couldn't change his character. This guy can always cause new troubles.

Now many Los Angeles fans are criticizing the Lakers management for being blind, criticizing Buss for being inhumane, and saying that the Lakers are a group of villains who flock to each other and burn bridges. If the Lakers don't play well next season, everyone will watch in great excitement.

How can the Lakers perform well with this lineup? Not only is there a lack of players in the paint, there is not even an outstanding three-point shooter. The good news is that no one is competing with Kobe in the low post anymore, and he can shoot at will with a 45% shooting rate.

A reporter asked Guo Xu, who was on vacation in Los Angeles, to comment on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers next season.

Guo Xu smiled and said: I don't know and I don't comment. It has nothing to do with me. I can say that if we meet the Lakers in the game, the Suns will definitely win. We are stronger than last season. (https: )

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