: Five hundred fifty-three. Unkind management

As soon as Liu Ren arrived at the Toyota Center, Kupchak called him to the general manager's office. Liu Ren arrived at the office and found that Jenny Buss and Nash were also there.
Nash is joining the Lakers management? Liu Ren heard that he seemed to be a member of the consultant team.
"Hi, boss, how is it? Have you had a good offseason?" Jenny Buss greeted her actively.
Liu Ren looked at the ceiling, um, very good, there is no spider web, and then he said, "It's really good. If it weren't for the championship MVP being taken away by our company's live Lei Feng, I would be more happy."
"Huo Leifeng?" Jenny Buss and Kupchak both asked curiously. Of course they knew that Liu Ren was talking about Green, but what did this adjective mean?
"Um" Liu Ren realized that he had described what he and the little girl had to Green. At this moment, he couldn't explain who Comrade Lei Feng was, so he replied casually: "This is an excellent one in our country. Soldiers, you can just check it online if you are interested."
Liu Ren guessed that the two of them asked him to talk about the contract renewal, so he simply went on to say: "Jenny, Mickey, if it is to talk about the contract renewal, I can't be the master of this. You all know that besides playing basketball, these My agent is in charge of everything."
"No, no, boss, we are not asking you to talk about the renewal today. We plan to wait until next summer to keep your Byrd clause, and wait until next year’s reinforcement is over to renew the contract. You know we may have a lot of money next year. You can do a lot of salary space, but I hope you don’t wait until that time. You must know that you don’t want to renew the contract so early.
Jenny Buss laughed.
Not talking about renewal? What is that to do? Liu Ren was a little strange. The Lakers did not make too many changes to the team's lineup as they did after winning the championship. This is the practice of the entire team history of the Lakers. They never do it in the second year after winning the championship. Unloading the mill to kill the donkey, giving up veterans or trading players, so this year the Lakers drafted Nance Jr. and traded Mike Scott to the lineup.
Is it because I wanted Porzingis to join the team and failed and added Mike Scott’s contract? Liu Ren said immediately: "I don't blame me for not selecting Porzingis! Mickey himself is not decisive enough. If we can trade to the 25th overall pick, we can select."
Kupchak has a black line on his face. Why doesn't he know that he is to blame? According to the news from the Knicks, Wade joined the Knicks because Porzingis’ talent is so good that his talent is no worse than that of the No. 1 pick, that is, the combat power is not weak, and the range has reached three. Outside the points line, the third inside line of a championship team is more than enough. He didn’t hesitate to use Korver or Nick Young in the first round to change the draft picks around the 20th overall. He now feels like he is in Liu Ren’s mind. It's Shabi.
Fortunately, I have been the general manager of a team for so many years, and I have not practiced the others. Kupchak decisively ignored this topic and said: "We heard that you will start training when you come back. I want to ask Ask if you have anyone you want to sign for. There are still many good role players to choose from, and there are excellent centers like Monroe. We have enough room to win."
Speaking, Kupchak looked at Liu Ren with hopeful eyes.
Nash is about to announce his retirement at the Staples Center in the first game of the regular season of the new season. Of course, he did not qualify for the retired jersey for the Lakers, but he won the championship with the Lakers, and there is no big problem with retiring here. , The Suns are also preparing to prepare a farewell party for him, next season when the Lakers go to the Suns to play away.
Nash has retired. Jeremy Lin has signed a two-year contract with the Hornets. Henry did not get the Lakers' formal renewal, but only got a training camp contract, which means that the Lakers still have a spot available. Now the Lakers There is no official contract renewal with Green, and there is a lot of room left. You can compete for any player left in the free market.
"Monroe is great, but I personally think that our inside line is enough, there is not so much need to introduce stars." Jenny Buss retorted.
"I agree with Jenny's opinion. Sometimes it is good to accumulate more stars. Even if we can trade later, when we have too many trading chips, it will affect the value of these chips." Nash and Jenny Bass Station On the same front.
That's Monroe! If the Lakers win Monroe, then the lineup will be a huge shakeout!
However, neither the new Lakers team consultant Nash nor the big boss Jenny Buss approve of them. They want to try to leave more room to discuss the contract extension of Antetokounmpo and Whiteside.
The market price of Monroe is about 12 million, which is not expensive for a large center with 15+10 capabilities, but the Lakers already have four starters and even celebrity and superstar level insiders, and then smash the only space in Monroe was indeed unwise.
Of course, if Monroe relies on a big increase in his salary cap after next season, he needs a big contract. The Lakers can also use the largest salary space left to fight for it. This is Kupchak’s idea. Post a second round. Mike Scott sent it out and there were up to 17 million space available.
Fortunately, both Nash and Jenny Buss know that this is Kupchak’s super-giant combination syndrome. They don’t know what Kupchak thinks. Anyway, he became the general manager of the Lakers. At the beginning, I thought of forming a super giant combination... and then repeatedly failed... It is not as successful as Gasol, who has never won the playoffs, and the sudden rise of a bunch of low-ranking rookies in the past two years.
But even if you are not optimistic about Monroe joining, after all, the Lakers' insiders don't have enough points in playing time, but that is Monroe! It's a waste to not get it! And Monroe is said to be waiting for an offer from the Lakers and will be based in Los Angeles this summer.
Don’t take Monroe now. Fans will complain. If the effect of taking Monroe is not good, some people complain, especially after the media revealed that the Lakers were Monroe’s first choice. The team won Monroe.
Therefore, these three people simply threw this very difficult choice to Liu Ren.
Liu Ren heard the words of Nash, Jenny Buss, and Kupchak, and suddenly his heart was racing.
Ask Kobe about this kind of thing! What do you ask my old Liu Zuo?
It's not good to throw the pot like this! He is a young man who has just played in the NBA for four years! Just finished the rookie contract in the first round!
Liu Ren looked at the three unhealthy middle-aged men who would throw the pot on his head no matter what they said, he was speechless to the extreme.
If he agrees with Kupchak’s opinion, the team will say that he wants to be teammates with Monroe, and then the Lakers will take Monroe. If Monroe plays well, the Lakers will continue to advance forward. Just everyone is happy.
And once Monroe came to the Lakers to play badly, or it affected the tacit play that the Lakers had built in the past two years, then Liu Ren would have to come back.
But if he disagrees, Kupchak can only give up this thing beforehand. The fans have a reason for the Lakers. This is the future boss of the team does not want to play with Monroe.
Anyway, the wicked just wanted Liu Ren to be it.
However, since the three shameless and shameless all asked sincerely, Liu Ren felt that he was a little sorry for the pits the three had dug so hard for not answering.
So Liu Ren said: "Then sign him! Originally I wanted to come to our team with Wade or Aldridge or Batum, but we didn't get them, so it's not bad to sign Monroe. ."
"Mickey, I said Monroe is not suitable for us, you don't agree with the boss...what? Boss, are you kidding? You want to bring in Monroe?" Jenny Buss was instantly messed up.
"Of course it's not a joke! Judging from the situation of our team, with Mickey and your business mind, go to talk with Monroe and win with about 10 million, it is not a big contract star? 10 million? The left and right backup center or backup power forward will be a very normal price next year, I think."
This is not Liu Ren's nonsense, he actually considered the issue of his own team's inside line.
Although Gasol gets older and more demon, but the contract still has four years, even if he chooses to buy out and retire in the last year of playing for only one year, there are still three years left, which must be saved.
Don’t worry about Green. Antetokounmpo’s words are an ambitious guy. He is probably not satisfied with playing the bench and may start to compete for the position on the outside. However, McCollum, Clarkson and LaVine seem unlikely to be Ah. Detokumbo’s opponent, he may play outside next season.
For Whiteside, the biggest problem is the hidden danger of injury.
Whiteside is huge in height and weight, and he does not like to play in the regular season like O'Neal. Although he seems unwilling to spend a little more effort, he is actually very diligent every time he offensive and defensive, and can use just the right amount of effort. It is so efficient to deal with every attack and defense, in fact, it does not spend less effort than others.
Now Whiteside playing 27 or 8 minutes per game is the best choice. This playing time allows him to maintain the highest efficiency and is not easy to get injured.
And since last year’s playoffs, opponents’ actions against Whiteside have become bigger and bigger, and it’s difficult for a man as big as Whiteside and with such a strong body, not the kind of flying around. The one who gets the whistle is just like James, the one who won't give the whistle if he doesn't bleed.
Now Antetokounmpo has clearly begun to develop outside. The only insiders in the Lakers' rotation are Green, Gasol, Whiteside and the water dispenser manager Thackeray, which seems a little insufficient.
Although Monroe is weak in defense, his offensive ability, rebounding ability and organizational ability are good. The key is that he is less than 25 years old and can be traded even if he doesn't use it well~EbookFREE.me~ and It is a high-quality resource in vain. The most important thing is that he does not reject playing off the bench. Liu Ren remembers that Monroe was originally signed with the Bucks, and he also played on the bench for the Bucks.
And Liu Ren remembers that Popovich was very greedy for Monroe, but Monroe did not like the national customs in San Antonio, and the Spurs’ first choice this year was Aldridge, who now has the strength of the first power forward, and signed Aldridge. The Spurs have run out of space after the odds. Leonard renewed the contract after the Troika's salary cut. If Monroe was signed before the renewal of Leonard, the tractor owner of the Spurs should look for waves. Povich talked about life, because even if Monroe was not signed, the Spurs' total salary would have exceeded the luxury tax threshold, almost 90 million.
This Liu Ren promised that even Kupchak was caught off guard, he was too happy to be back!
Kupchak was astonished, and Jenny Buss and Nash were disappointed that Liu Ren could go to training, and they would take care of it.
When Liu Ren left, he said: "By the way, Monroe is just one of our candidates, right? In fact, I don’t think it matters even if we fail to win Monroe. The Hornets’ Bi Yongbo is actually pretty good. Well, the rebounding is also very good. Although it is a lot worse than Hasan, it can ensure the integrity of the team system when Hasan leaves the field..."