Chapter 185: The Lakers' Big Deal
In the next few days, Luo Han still trained with Nash every day, and took Xiao Jing around to play whenever he had time, which can be regarded as a hard-won rest time in Xiao Jing's busy and tired artist life.
On the night of Luo Han's birthday, Xiao Jing posted a photo taken with Kobe Bryant and Nash on her personal NS homepage, and wrote: "I actually had dinner with three famous NBA superstars, plus a future NBA superstar, and took pictures, I was really excited, did everyone envy me." ”
I have to say that these two sisters are very similar in many ways, and the words sent by Xiao Jing are exactly the same as those made by Jessica when she first visited Kobe Bryant with Luo Han.
Luo Han's training with Nash passed quickly, and Luo Han learned a lot of things, which also laid a solid foundation for Luo Han to become the No. 1 point guard in the NBA in the future.
Just when Luo Han was learning offensive skills and defensive skills from Kobe, the Lakers announced three news, which shocked the senior management of all teams in the NBA, as well as outside fans and the media.
The first is that the Lakers announced the laying off of current head coach Byron. Scott, and money Lakers player and current Warriors assistant coach Luke Wharton reached a five-year, 25 million contract agreement. Walton will officially become the head coach of the Lakers next season.
Soon, doubts were raised about the Lakers' decision, and in the course of an interview, Lakers general manager Mitch . Kupchak answered the journalists' questions.
"We are grateful to Byron. Coach Scott's contribution to the team, but after discussions with the team's uniforms and an analysis of where the team is going to rebuild, we think Luke is clearly a better fit for us, I would say, Luke. You are welcome home and also wish Byron. Coach Scott was able to find a team that suited him and got great results. ”
Kupchak's words are official, and of course the reporters will not be satisfied with these words and go back to the bosses: "Then will the Lakers continue to use Luke in the future. Did Coach Wharton bring small-ball tactics from the Warriors, or did he stick to triangles, or something else? ”
"This is our Luke thing. I think he'll arrange the most appropriate tactical system according to the current situation of the team. Because you also know that Luke used to be my ∠dǐng∠diǎn∠小∠ said, .≥.o※s_(); He knows a lot about triangle tactics, and now that he's managed to "steal" small-ball tactics from the Warriors, I believe in him. ”
And in Luke. Wharton, for his part, was going through the same thing: "Hello, Luke. Mr. Wharton, why did you choose to return to the Lakers as head coach? ”
"For me. It's a great environment for the Warriors right now, and I'm enjoying the atmosphere, but the Lakers feel like home to me and I'm excited to work with Kobe Bryant again. ”
"Will you bring the Warriors' tactics to the Lakers?"
"It's going to be decided when I go to the Lakers, refer to the current team's lineup, and the skills of each player, but if it's appropriate, I'll bring the Warriors' tactics to the Lakers."
"What kind of results do you want to have in your first season as a manager?"
"Oh. Naturally, I want to get a good result, like the playoffs or something. But now that the Lakers are in the midst of a rebuild, it's not easy, and I need to work with my players. ”
"We know that you used to be teammates with Kobe Bryant and won championships, and now that you're the head coach of the Lakers, will you be strict with Kobe. Or that Kobe Bryant made a mistake, would you criticize him? ”
The reporter's question is very tricky, and if you are not careful, it will have a bad effect, but Luke. Wharton apparently came prepared, dripping: "Oh. If Kobe Bryant makes a mistake, the first one who doesn't let him go must be himself, he is a very strict person with himself and his teammates, I think I will communicate well with him, as before. ”
The second news announced by the Lakers is: the Lakers are officially with Harrison. Barnes reached a one-year, $24 million contract agreement. After this news came out, the outside world was surprised again.
Barnes is a very important player in the Warriors' rotation system, and when the Warriors negotiated a contract with Barnes, they offered Barnes a four-year, $64 million contract, but Barnes refused.
This time, the Lakers' announcement made the Warriors suffer a heavy blow. But for the Lakers, it's good news. The media even used the word "robbery" to describe the signing.
If the first two pieces of news were just a small surprise for everyone, then the third piece of news was a big surprise for everyone: Lakers and free agent LaMarcus. Aldridge reached an agreement of 80 million over four years.
This time it's Luke again. Wharton took Luo Han to invite him, and the process was not easy. Because Aldridge was an All-Star level player before this, a large part of the reason why he left the Trail Blazers was to win a championship, but now the Lakers are far from the same strength as his competitors, such as the Spurs and the Cavaliers.
"If I'm not mistaken, you Lakers are in a rebuilding state right now, and it should be around him, and if I said I wanted to be the boss of the team, what would you do?"
Hearing Aldridge's question, Luo Han stopped Wharton, who was about to explain, and said slowly: "I never thought about these things, because there will always be only one leader in the Lakers, and that is Kobe." ”
"And I don't think you're going to just want to be the boss, because if that were the case, you wouldn't want to leave the Trail Blazers, where you deserve to be the boss. I think you left the Trail Blazers for some of your own reasons, but winning the championship should be one of the reasons, and I think we can get along very well. ”
Aldridge saw that the other party was not in the limelight, so he said: "You are right, I can't deny that wanting to win the championship is indeed one of the reasons, but I don't dare to say in the future, the strength that you can see on your books now is a lot of gap compared to the Spurs I have been in contact with." ”
"Yes, we don't look like we have any championship contention right now, but I think we only have that potential. You know Kobe Bryant is not as good as he used to be, but he's still one of the best scoring guards in the league, and that's the cornerstone of us. Then we have potential rookies like Porzingis, Clarkson. As long as they are given two or three years, they will definitely make a difference. ”
"Then, it's not that I'm boasting or being conceited, I'm confident in my own quality and we have good coaches. That's all I'm going to say, the choice is yours, but I hope you can think about it, there's still some time. ”
This time, Luo Han changed his modest and low-key personality when he faced Chandler last time, and he looked very confident and imposing. Because Luo Han knows very well that different people need to have different expressions.
After Luo Han and the others left, Aldridge searched for information about Luo Han from the Internet, and until this time, Aldridge had to face up to what Luo Han said.
Later, the Lakers' uniform team came to lobby again, and after careful consideration, Aldridge made up his mind to believe Luo Han once.
After hearing Aldridge's news, Luo Han made a phone call to him: "I'm sorry, the last time I came to your house, my attitude seemed to be diǎn tough, please forgive me, but smash my character in life, you can ask Russell of the Thunder team. Westbrook, I'm sure we can work well together. ”
After hanging up Aldridge's phone, Luo Han received another call, it was Xiaoyu, and the reason for the call was that she was coming to the United States.
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