Chapter 311: What to do with the birdman
He suddenly hated himself now, hated himself for being too arrogant! If he had started to manage his own network when he first entered the Alliance, and tried every means to curry favor with the Alliance, then he might be able to help Anderson with things now. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After thinking about it like this, even he felt a little ridiculous, is this Lamar still himself? Now is not the time to regret it, since the alliance's heavy punishment is inevitable, he must at least find a place for Anderson to live temporarily.
The best outcome now is that the Lakers' management is willing to give Anderson a contract to stay in the league instead of being treated as a rag and thrown aside.
Lamar knew that Anderson's short-term contract had expired after winning the championship. The reason why Anderson has not renewed his contract with the team for a long time is that he hopes to be treated better, after all, as the main substitute for the championship team, it is indeed unreasonable to only get a salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Of course, there is another reason, and that is that Anderson wants to wait until Lamar decides on his future before making his choice. In other words, he prefers to play with Lamar rather than his loyalty to the team.
This result made Lamar even more guilty, and if it weren't for his hesitation to renew his contract or go to another team, Anderson would have now completed his contract extension with the team.
The Lakers' management will do their best to help him for the sake of the real money spent, and even if things get to the worst and Anderson is permanently suspended from the league, he will at least have money to support his family.
But before Lamar could do anything, the league's penalty decision came down. The league seemed to be eager to settle Anderson's case, and threw down the penalty decision without even going through the league arbitration court.
Of course, the league also has their reasons for dealing with it this way, after all, as the main player of the new championship team, the trophy has not yet been hot, and there is such a bad thing as drug abuse, if it is not dealt with as soon as possible, it is likely to cause an extremely bad impact on society.
Anderson will be expelled from the league for two years for taking illegal drugs, and the punishment will take effect immediately. In other words, Anderson didn't even have a chance to appeal, and of course he couldn't appeal at all, because his behavior was basically a stolen one, and he couldn't rely on it.
Of course, such a punishment in the league seems to others to be considered light, because after all, there is no lifetime ban. If Anderson still wants to return to the league two years from now, he still has a chance to prove himself on the stage again.
But people must see that Anderson is now in the best golden period of an athlete's rise, is the best stage to improve his own strength, if he misses these few years, then the potential of Anderson who will come back will be basically exhausted, two years later, he will be almost 25 years old, as a former NBA player with a two-year gap, is there still the current potential? At that time, Anderson is estimated to be only a substitute with some strength. It's really a dream.
At least the current Lakers have chosen to give up, and as soon as the league's punishment came down, they couldn't wait to announce that they had given up and renewing the contract with the team's former All-Star dunk champion and champion member Chris Anderson. He also issued a statement saying that Anderson's behavior has seriously affected the team's reputation, and the team is not responsible for the adverse effects caused by this, and will report to the league to request that Anderson's championship ring be revoked.
Even Lamar was surprised that the Lakers' management made such a decision, and now there is no one in the league who doesn't know that Anderson is his Lamar Odom. Although Phil Jackson and Shaq went to China to lobby in person, Lamar has revealed his intention to stay with the Lakers as long as the conditions are right. But after all, he has not personally promised in public, and it is obviously unreasonable to cut on the people around him at this time. Or do the Lakers already have a better option and are ready to give up on Lamar?
Lamar's surprise was followed by anger. The Lakers' management did such a thing that Lamar couldn't accept it. Although Anderson made mistakes, after all, he was a meritorious player who helped the team win the championship, so did he just throw away Anderson's spoiled carrion like a plague?
Thinking of this, Lamar suddenly remembered that this was in the NBA, this is a commercial league, and interests are paramount! Lamar realized that he was actually the same as Anderson, in the eyes of the team management, just a commodity, but the value was different, which made him feel very angry, and immediately rushed to the team in a car.
Lakers fans wandering the streets are certainly familiar with Lamar's car, which has been seen speeding down the streets every practice day or home game of the team. Sometimes there are the hot Kardashian sisters sitting on it, which undoubtedly adds a touch of color to the Lakers.
Seeing Lamar's car again today, people don't understand what is it that makes the hero of the city so anxious!
"It seems like a long time before the summer team gathers, right?"
Some time ago, although I also heard a lot of news about Lamar and Kobe Bryant's falling out, saying that Lamar was leaving the Lakers and being traded to other cities. At that time, the Lakers fans were still nervous, although the soul of the team, the hero, and the flag have always been Shaq in their hearts, and their favorite star is also Peter Pan Kobe, but after all, they have watched the ball for so many years, and they can still see Lamar's huge role in the team, and they regard Shaq as a spiritual sustenance, and Kobe Bryant as an idol, which is just a habit of their instinct.
Once Lamar does leave, everyone believes that the Lakers' dream of a dynasty will definitely be stillborn at the beginning. Of course, they all believed that Lamar would eventually choose to stay, for no other reason than to have his best brother Shaq here.
But they all forgot that Lamar's brother in the Lakers is not only Shaq, the birdman Anderson, who has been abandoned by the team and is gradually being erased from their memory, is also Lamar's most important brother.
When Lamar pushed open the door of the team's manager's office, he was also shocked by the sight in front of him, the team's owner Jerry Buss, general manager Jerry West, the team's vice president and the successor of the old Bass, Jim Bass, the fan idol Kobe Bryant and the team's head coach Phil Jackson were all here, and the only one who was not there was Shaq.
After a moment's pause, Lamar regained his composure, and then his heart was filled with great anger. It seems that the team has made a decision!
Jim Buss is the son of team owner Jim Buss, and the old Buss, who is now past the age of sixties, has placed him in the position of vice president of the Lakers team for many years, and I believe that he will come to the front in the near future.
"Hey, Lamar, I'm glad to meet you at this time, knowing I'm your biggest fan. As soon as little Bas saw Lamar, he took the initiative to meet him, and stretched out his hand to Lamar from a long distance.
If it was in normal times, Lamar might be happy, after all, the future team owner took the initiative to show favor to him, no matter how you say it, it is a good thing. At least in the future cooperation, you can get a lot of convenience. But Lamar was not in the mood to talk to him right now, so he simply shook his hand and turned directly at Old Bass.
But before Lamar could speak, Jimbas smiled and said, "Lamar! How about your trip to China? I really didn't expect you to go anywhere, it's a very beautiful country, I've been there, and I have made a very good impression." ”
Of course, Dr. Bass could see that Lamar's face had turned blue, and he only had to think about it a little to know what made Lamar so angry. But he is not worried at all, because he always believes that in Lamar's heart, Shaq's status is definitely more important than Anderson, and since Shaq has said that Lamar has basically agreed to stay in the team, there should be no changes. As for Anderson's case, the elder Bass believes that he will be able to convince Lamar to make the right choice.
"Mr. Bass, I am definitely not here today to talk to you about my trip to China. I just want to know, what exactly is the team's final decision on Chris's matter?"
Lamar's tone was cold, making everyone in the room feel uncomfortable.
Old Bas also frowned, but he knew when to control his temper, Lamar was still useful in his hands, so he did not hesitate to soothe his warm words.
"I also feel very sorry for Anderson's incident, but he must be punished for doing something wrong, and this is a truth that no one can change. ”
"Just because he made a mistake, can you abandon the team's former heroes like an eyesore trash?" Lamar was angry at the old Bass's ruthlessness, and he had reached the limit of what he could bear.
"Do you want me to raise a man who can't play for two years? Besides, this person has also affected the image of the Lakers!" Old Buss was also a little angry, in his opinion, Lamar's unreasonable behavior is really a bit untrue.
Seeing the tense confrontation between the two, Little Bas hurriedly came over to persuade: "Lamar, you know that this is also something that can't be helped." Chris has already been expelled from the league by the league, and the team can't afford to ignore their own interests. ”
"I know it's not realistic, but you're so rich, what can you do with a basic salary? Don't you have anything else on your mind but profit?"
With that, Lamar turned to head coach Phil Jackson, "Phil, what do you mean? )