Vol 6 Chapter 4: Is it enough? Do you want to add more?


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The 2012-2013 season of the Lakers, the lineup on paper is extremely powerful, they obtained Howard through a four-way deal before the start of the season, and then introduced Nash, plus the original Kobe and Gasol, formed New "F4" combination. In addition, there are experienced veterans such as Ci Shiping, Blake, Jamison, and dynamic newcomers such as Jordan Hill. It can be said that the beginning of the season was for the championship.
Such a lineup is obviously for the "Zen Master" Phil Jackson. There is power center Howard, top passer Nash, big player Gasol, and NBA's most comprehensive player Kobe. This is a good template for playing "triangle offensive". What is missing is Phil Jackson.
However, the conditions proposed by the "Zen Master" are unacceptable to the Lakers. Phil Jackson wants to enter the management of the Lakers, but the Bass family does not allow Phil Jackson to enter the management of the Lakers. So this set for Phil Jackson, without Phil Jackson to host, "F4" did not produce the corresponding chemical changes.
Without recruiting "Zen Master" vocational education, the Lakers can only continue to retain Mike Brown vocational education, and then there are zero wins and eight losses in the preseason, and one win and four losses in the regular season.
The goal of the Lakers group "F4" is the championship ring, how can this scum record work! So on November 9, the Lakers management fired coach Mike Brown and replaced Danny Anthony.
Although D'Antoni's coaching level is not weak, but absolutely can not save the current Lakers. Led by D'Antoni, the Lakers returned to the ranks of the playoffs at best, far away from the championship.
In fact, in the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers' "F4" combination was swept 4-0 by the Spurs. Then Howard left the Lakers to join the Rockets, and the Lakers' "F4" fell apart.
The Lakers faced more than Howard's departure. In the next 2013-2014 season, injuries became the Lakers' biggest enemy.
The first is Kobe Bryant, the Lakers’ star. Last season, his Achilles tendon ruptured and he did not participate in the playoffs. On December 9, 2013, Bryant finally returned to the field, but he played against the Grizzlies on December 18th. , Was pushed by Tony Allen and announced a truce for eight weeks. In fact, this is just for selling tickets. Kobe's injury, not to mention eight weeks, even three months, may not be able to recover.
The house leak coincided with the rain at night. In addition to Kobe, another star Nash has also been troubled by his back, almost always resting.
Gasol's situation is no better, although there are no major injuries, but minor injuries continue, and he can't beat the level of the previous few years.
The Lakers don't worry about it on the bench. Meeks, Jordan Hill, Nick Young and Farmar are also constantly injured. The Los Angeles Lakers have become a casualty camp!
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In the early morning of February 5, 2014.
The Lakers' plane is flying from Niapapolis to Cleveland.
In the evening, they had just finished an away game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the end, the Lakers lost 99 to 109 to the Timberwolves.
But this is only the beginning of the Lakers' road trip, they have to play back to back, and the opponent in the next game is the Cavaliers. This back-to-back situation of playing the East and West teams separately is very exhausting. Fortunately, Minnesota to Ohio, where the Cavaliers are, is actually not very far. But the Lakers still had to fly to Cleveland overnight.
At this point, the players have fallen asleep, after all, after a night of fighting, they have consumed a lot of physical strength, but as the head coach D'Antoni, but can't sleep.
"16 wins and 32 losses!" D'Antoni looked at this bad result, his face was full of bitterness. Not to mention that this result is in the playoffs. If it is not the penultimate Western Conference, even if it is very good.
"That's fine. Next year, I will definitely be able to get a lottery pick. It's just that the Lakers head coach next year will not be me!" D'Antoni smiled self-deprecatingly.
For D'Antoni, the issue of record is not the most important. The immediate urgency is that D'Antoni is no longer available.
Due to injuries, D'Antoni has only eight people left, and he is still old and young. Sackley, who sat at the end of the bench last season, has already been mentioned as the starting center position. First-year rookie Kane Kelly is to be the starting power forward position. Thackeray and Kelly, one is the 60th pick, the other is the 48th pick, which belongs to the marginal people who will be cut off at any time in other NBA teams, but in the current Lakers, they will be the starters. !
"This game can't be played!" D'Antoni sighed.
"Dingling bell..." The ringing of the phone rang suddenly, this is the satellite phone on the plane.
D'Antoni was a little surprised. It was already early in the morning, and there were still people who would not hesitate to make a satellite call. It was so important that this would be the case.
The crew on the plane answered the phone, and then came to D'Antoni and said, "It was Mr. Bath who called."
Old Bath has passed away. Among the Lakers, only the current Lakers president, Jim Bath, can be called "Mr. Bath."
"Why did Bath call at this time? Was he dissatisfied with the result of the game just now? Ordinarily he should have known it a few hours ago! Was it supposed to fire me? Impossible, if it were true Fired me, will not be away, and will definitely return to Los Angeles to talk about." D'Antoni stepped forward and answered the phone with a confused face.
"Hey, my dear coach, I'm so sorry to disturb you to rest." Little Bass looked very excited, and he continued: "I have great news to tell you that our savior is coming!"
"Savior? What savior?" D'Antoni asked, confused.
"Zhang Guan! Zhang Zhang! I have negotiated with Zhang Guan, he is willing to sign the Lakers! Now he should be on the way to Los Angeles, it is estimated that he will arrive during the day, and as long as he goes through the procedure, he will be our ball A member of the team!" Little Bass shouted excitedly.
"Zhang Guan..." D'Antoni repeated the name, and at the same time, different pictures appeared in his mind.
Six years ago, in the finals of the Olympic Games, Zhang Guan made a three-pointer and killed the US team. At that time, D'Antoni was the assistant coach of the US team. He witnessed the scene with his own eyes.
Four years ago, in the finals of the Turkish World Championships, Zhang Guan, with his own strength, dragged the game into overtime, then the second overtime, the third overtime, the fourth overtime The season... The American team was tired one by one, but Zhang Guan was running like a machine on the court without fatigue. The old K coach even used a wheel battle to deal with Zhang Guan, but in the end the American team was still killed by Zhang Guan! At the time, D'Antoni was still the main coach of the US team. He once again witnessed the scene, which shocked him all his life!
Now the Lakers, even if James is close, there is no way to save them, but D'Antoni believes that if it is Zhang Guan, he can definitely save the Lakers!
At this moment, D'Antoni suddenly filled with hope.
On the other half of the phone, Little Bass continued: "At Zhang Guan's level, it is not an exaggeration to get a top salary in the league, but he is also one of the shareholders of the Lakers. After all, he does not want us to pay too much luxury tax, so Only a nominal salary of ten million dollars was paid."
If it is other players, it may not be possible to mix an annual salary of 10 million grades for a lifetime, but for Zhang Guan, the annual salary of 10 million is really only a symbol. If it is low, it does not meet his identity.
In fact, Zhang Guan is not bad at this point. With Zhang Guan's worth, there is no difference between 10 million and 20 million. Not only the salary of NBA players, seven-figure and eight-figure are completely different perceptions, and getting an eight-figure annual salary is more like a respect for Zhang Guan.
Although the NBA is a business, it is also necessary to respect star players. There is only one Patrielli who stumbles into shame, and there is only one Morey who holds a calculator and is good at calculations. Cuban issued a 25 million dollar pension contract to Nowitzki. This kind of money buys horse bones, so that more bosses are willing to do.
However, D'Antoni said: "Mr. President, please allow me to remind you that we are paying luxury tax now. Beyond the salary cap, Zhang Guan does not apply to the Larry Bird clause, let alone one. Ten million, even one dollar, we can't sign it!"
"Relax, I have applied to the NBA headquarters for injury exceptions. We have so many injured players this year. A 10 million injury exception can be exchanged for Zhang Guan to join the NBA. This deal is very cost-effective. Xiao Hua, who just took office, will give it to us." Bath said.
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NBA President David Stern has retired, and his successor, Xiao Hua, succeeded in becoming the new NBA president on February 1.
However, in the early morning, Xiao Hua received a phone call from Little Bass personally, and the Lakers asked for a special case of 10 million dollars in injuries.
"A special case of a ten million dollar injury?" Xiao Hua frowned slightly, and he felt that the request of Little Bass was too excessive.
"The annual salary of tens of millions of dollars is all a star-level player. If it works properly, several multi-party transactions are possible in exchange for a 20-million-level superstar! What are the Lakers going to do? This guy is also too little. Greedy! Do you think I just took office, so bully!" Xiao Hua thought to himself.
Historically, after the Nash was scrapped, the Lakers also applied for special cases of injuries. At that time, the NBA gave the Lakers a special case of 4.85 million injuries, which is equivalent to a middle-class contract. A middle-level player may be able to help improve the team's performance, but it will definitely not have a qualitative impact.
If you want to make a qualitative leap in the team's performance, you still have to rely on stars, big stars, and superstars!
"Bath, we have known each other for many years, so I won’t turn around with you. To be honest, your request is really difficult for me to accept. There are too many special cases of 10 million injuries. I have the most Give you a special case of injury of middle class value." Xiao Hua continued: "Moreover, today is already February 5, and there are only a dozen days left until the deadline of the trading day. In order to impact the playoffs, each team , It is not possible to trade their stars, at most trade some role players. You want a special case of tens of millions of injuries, it is too wasteful, it is better to ask a special case of injury of the middle class, that would be more Cost-effective!"
"Middle class? That's not enough!" Bas said immediately.
"You are right. In the current situation of the Lakers, a middle-class player will not help much. So I suggest you, this season is just a mess! The Lakers are not in the next season's draft picks. In your hand? You can have a lottery sign at that time! The rookie quality of this session is much better than the previous one." Xiao Hua said, he was obviously wrong.
"You misunderstood, I want this special case of injury, not to trade players, I want to sign new players!" Bath said.
"Signing a new player? Ten million?" Xiao Hua thought about it carefully, but never remembered, in the free agent market, there is another player worth $10 million. It’s February now, and the NBA’s trading window is about to close. Even the obsolete guys like Odom have gone to the European gold rush. In the NBA’s free agency market, the rest are some of the " "Five slag" level players.
"Isn't Bath going to encounter a fraudulent group!" Xiao Hua muttered in his heart and asked, "Who are you going to sign?"
"Zhang Guan!" Bass can't wait to say: "Yes, it's the Zhang Guan you think!"
"Zhang Guan! He is willing to come to the NBA!" Xiao Hua screamed.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
It didn't take more than ten seconds for Xiao Hua to recover, and he then asked: "A special case of 10 million dollars in injuries, is it enough? Do you want to add more?"
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