Chapter 362: Why is it so popular?
Lakers fans were in a mood of twists and turns when they saw Wei Dazhi's tweet.
They cheered when they saw "Stay in L.A.", Bruce Lee was going to stay in L.A.!
But then they saw not the Los Angeles Lakers, but the Los Angeles Clippers, and their mood immediately hit rock bottom.
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It's not the Lakers but the Clippers?
To be honest, Lakers fans have always hated the Clippers.
The Lakers are an aristocratic team that truly fits the temperament of Los Angeles, and the Clippers, a team that has never even made it to the division finals in history, is simply a "guest" in Los Angeles.
But now Li Liang doesn't want the Lakers as a nobleman, and wants to go to the homes of civilian guests?
Incomprehension, sadness, depression, and anger quickly filled the chests of many Lakers fans.
Although many people knew that Li Liang would probably not stay with the Lakers at the moment when Li Liang jumped out of the contract.
But I didn't expect him to go to the Clippers in the same city.
But in the last sentence, Li Liang said again, "I will come back", which gave people unlimited space for reverie.
Come back, where to go? Back to Los Angeles? He's always been in Los Angeles.
Then it can only be back to the Lakers.
There has never been a player in history who has left and said he is going to return.
There are players who have fallen back to their roots, such as Big E Hayes, like Ben Wallace.
But no player leaves his parent club and says, "I'll be back", what is that? If you're coming back, why leave?
To be honest, Li Liang's "back" is as influential as Jordan's "I'm Back" back then.
They are all back, one is ready to come back, and the other is not gone yet.
Public opinion in the United States has exploded.
Many Lakers fans are in a much better mood.
Some fans pointed out, "Bruce Lee doesn't owe the Lakers anything, he only gets 500,000 a year, and what he does, many players who take tens of millions of dollars can't do it in their lifetime." The championship he brought to the Lakers, even if he leaves, I'll be grateful to him. If he is willing to come back one day, I will definitely give him a warm welcome, very, very welcome. β
This kind of idea quickly gained the approval of most fans.
The reason is just as the fans said, what Li Liang did was 1,000% worthy of the Lakers.
The Lakers traded for a championship for a last-place pick, and there's no better deal in history.
A few hours after the message was sent, Wei Dazhi's mobile phone was blown up.
Countless reporters want to interview Li Liang, want to get Li Liang's true thoughts as soon as possible, and want to know why he left the Lakers and chose the Clippers.
It's a pity that Wei Dazhi himself doesn't know, and Li Liangren is not in the United States, so he doesn't know where to play.
Also in a state of confusion are the Clippers.
The Clippers' top priority this summer is to re-sign Chris Paul, and as for Li Liang, of course, they want to get it, but they don't have much hope.
Suddenly, the free market opened up, and Li Liang said it was coming.
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The management of the Clippers, from the boss manager to the sweeping aunt, was shocked.
The subsequent reaction was that the management immediately held a press conference, expressing its absolute willingness to provide Li Liang with a full middle-class qualification offer, and warmly welcomed Li Liang to the Clippers to guide the work.
The mid-range was supposed to be reserved for Barnes, and the Clippers were also preparing to trade Redick for Redick, but everything was put on hold for the time being because of the arrival of Li Liang.
At the press conference, XXX, the deputy general manager of the Clippers team, was asked how he persuaded Li Liang to join the Clippers and what details of communication between the two sides were, XXX told the truth.
"Oh, and we actually just learned that Bruce Lee was coming to our team, and so far, we haven't been in contact with Bruce. But I believe that Bruce has made the right choice, and when Bruce arrives, we will be promoted to a championship-level team, and his magic will definitely change this team. β
The reporters were also surprised, it turned out that Li Liang did not negotiate with a certain team to come at all, but "casually" picked one, if you accept me, I will come, and if you don't accept me, I will pull me down.
But who can refuse the good fortune of Xinke FMVP? Even if it's a timberwolves, I guess they won't refuse.
So, after Li Liang threw out a piece of news, the entire basketball circle was all messed up, and all kinds of discussions and speculations were discussed.
Li Liang himself evaporated from the world, and he didn't know where to run to live happily.
Chris Paul, who was in Los Angeles, was contacted for the first time and was interviewed by reporters.
Paul said he welcomed Li Liang very, very well, "His performances in the playoffs and the Finals have been impressive, and to be honest, I almost became a fan of him, and I am very, very happy to work with him." β
In fact, before the interview, Paul had not yet decided whether to renew his contract with the Clippers.
Although a contract extension is a high probability, he is still worried about the new head coach.
Paul wants Celtics' Doug Rivers to coach the Clippers or he will be skeptical about a contract extension.
As a result, as soon as he heard the news that Li Liang had decided to come to the Clippers, Paul didn't care about anything, what did he want Rivers? The real thighs are coming!
Another knock-on effect of Li Liang's decision to join the Clippers was that the Lakers immediately opted to sign Dwight Howard to a five-year contract with a maximum salary.
The deal that Buss Jr. brokered at the beginning, and now that the championship dream has come true, Howard naturally wants to stay with the Lakers to succeed Kobe.
It was all envisioned before the start of the season last summer, and it came to fruition, and it was perfect, but no one expected the process.
The Lakers immediately released a statement after signing Howard, saying that they had received an offer to contract with the Los Angeles Clippers and would not match.
They couldn't match it, and the result was expected a long time ago.
Kupchak held a press conference at the Toyota Sports Center to thank Li Liang for his contribution to the Lakers this season and a magical season.
"Great, allow me to use that word to describe this season, great."
In addition to the attitude of the Lakers management, everyone also wants to know what Kobe Bryant thinks.
As a result, Kobe Bryant was very generous, "I thank Bruce for his contribution, I dare say, he is a real Laker." But he's not a Laker next season, and I'm going to want him to look good. β
is worthy of Kobe, his leg is still hard when his mouth is broken, and he is really iron.
The tide of public opinion blew for about two days, and it slowly subsided.
After all, this is already the case, and there is nothing unacceptable.
It has been many years since James made the decision and made such a big wave.
And Li Liang's decision was made without delay, and after he finished speaking, he flashed people, and he never saw anyone, and everyone discussed and discussed, and there was nothing to say.
can only wait for Li Liang to return to the United States and officially sign a contract with the Clippers, and he will give a real answer at that time.
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Meanwhile, in Cuba, Li Liang has been in Havana for more than a week.
In addition to eating, drinking and having fun with the two beauties this week, do you know how he spends his life?
After July 1st, he often hid in his room alone, waiting for anger points.
He thought that if he made this decision, it would definitely cause the anger of the vast number of Lakers fans around the world.
Although cloud fans can't provide anger points, they can watch him play live and have been in close contact.
Therefore, when the time comes, there will definitely be a burning jersey, there will be scolding him on the Internet, and the anger value will continue to enter the exchange center, and he will send it when the time comes!
As a result, after waiting for two days in the hotel, the anger value increased...... A few thousand, the same as not rising.
"It's not scientific!"
Li Liang was angry, he turned on his mobile phone, logged on to various social networking sites, and used a search engine to search for his name, read the news and read comments.
It turned out that many fans left messages saying "understand Bruce Lee's choice", "we choose to forgive him", "hope he can really come back", and "thank Bruce for his contribution to the Lakers." β
"Damn, are you a little bloody? I said I wanted to go back, and you believed me? O my God! β
Li Liang was so angry that he rolled on the bed.
He said "I'll be back" with two thoughts, one is that he will indeed return to the Lakers in the future because he hasn't finished his mission.
One is that I think that no star has ever said this before, and if I say it myself, it may cause anger among fans.
Who knows that there is not much anger, Lakers fans are really looking forward to him going back!
Li Liang could only sigh, and remembered the problem that was bothering him, "Why are you so popular, what should I do?" β
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