As soon as Liu Ren arrived at the Toyota Center, Kupchak called him to the general manager's office, and Liu Ren arrived to find Jenny Bass and Nash also there. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Is Nash joining Lakers management? Liu Ren heard that he seemed to be a member of the advisory team.

"Hey boss, how's it going? Had a nice offseason, right? Jenny Bass offered to say hello.

Liu Ren looked at the ceiling, well, it's good, there are no cobwebs, and then pouted and responded: "It's really good, if it weren't for the championship MVP being snatched away by our company's live Lei Feng, I would be more happy." ”

"Living Lei Feng?" Jenny Bass and Kupchak both asked curiously, of course they knew that Liu Ren was talking about Green, but what did this adjective mean?

"Eh" Liu Ren reacted at this time, he said what he and the chick described to Green, and he couldn't explain who Comrade Lei Feng was for a while, so he replied casually: "This is an excellent soldier in our country, you can check it on the Internet if you are interested." ”

Liu Ren estimated that the two of them asked him to talk about the renewal of the contract, so he simply continued: "Jenny, Mickey, if it is to talk about the renewal of the contract, I can't be the master of this, you all know that in addition to playing basketball, my agent is responsible for these things." ”

"No, no, boss, we didn't ask you to talk about a contract renewal today, we plan to wait until next summer to keep your Bird clause, and wait until next year's reinforcement is over to renew the contract, you know that next year we may have a lot of salary space, we can do a lot of things, I just hope you don't wait then, you know that you don't want to renew your contract so early." Jenny Bass laughed.

Not about renewing the contract? What's that for? Liu Ren is a little strange, the Lakers have not made too many changes to the team's lineup as after winning the championship in the past, this is the practice of the Lakers' entire team history, they will never unload the donkey in the second year after winning the championship to give up veterans or trade players and the like, so this year the Lakers have basically completed the lineup after selecting Nance Jr. and trading Mike Scott.

Is it because he wanted Porzingis to join the team, this thing failed, and he added Mike Scott, a garbage contract, and these people settled the accounts after the fall? Liu Ren immediately said: "Don't blame me for not choosing Porzingis!" It's because Mickey himself is not decisive enough, and if we can trade to the 25th pick, we can select it. ”

Kupchak had a black line on his face, how could he not know that he was to blame for this? The news I got from the Knicks that the reason why Wade joined the Knicks is because Porzingis is too talented, and that talent is no worse than the champion, even if the combat power is not weak, and the shooting range has reached outside the three-point line, it is more than enough to be the third interior of a championship team, and he didn't bother to use Korver or Nick Young plus the future first-round pick for a draft pick of about 20 He now feels like a Shabi in Liu Ren's mind.

Fortunately, he has been the general manager of a team for so many years, and he has not practiced anything else, Kupchak decisively ignored this topic and said: "We heard that you are coming back to start training, and we want to ask you if you have any people you want to recruit, there are still many good role players to choose from, and there are excellent centers like Monroe, we have enough space to win." ”

As he spoke, 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 to retire his jersey with the Lakers, but he won the championship with the Lakers, and there is no big problem with retiring here, and the Suns are also preparing a farewell party for him, and the Lakers will play on the road to the Suns next season.

Nash has retired, Jeremy Lin has signed a two-year contract with the Hornets, Henry did not get an official contract extension from the Lakers, only got a training camp contract, which means that the Lakers still have a spot to use, and now the Lakers have not officially renewed the contract with Green, and there is a lot of space left, and it is completely possible to compete for any player left in the free market.

"Monroe is great, but I personally think we have enough inside and there is no need to bring in so many stars." Jenny Bass retorted.

"I agree with Jenny that sometimes it's better to pile up more stars, even if we can trade later, but when we trade too many chips, it will affect the value of those chips." Nash and Jenny Bass are on the same page.

That's Monroe! If the Lakers win Monroe, the lineup will simply be turned upside down!

However, neither the new Lakers team advisor Nash nor big owner Jeanie Bass disapprove, and they want to try to leave more space to negotiate Antetokounmpo and Whiteside contract extensions.

Monroe's market price is about 12 million, which is not expensive for a big center with 15+10 ability, but the Lakers already have four starters and even star, superstar-level inside, and it is indeed a bit unwise to smash the only space on Monroe.

Of course, if Monroe relies on the salary cap to rise sharply after next season, the Lakers can also use the largest salary space left to fight for it, which is Kupchak's idea, and send Mike Scott out in a second round, and there will be up to 17 million space to use.

Fortunately, Nash and Jeanie Bass both know that this is Kupchak's super-giant combination syndrome again, and they don't know what Kupchak thinks, anyway, since he became the general manager of the Lakers, he has been thinking about forming a super-big combination...... And then repeated failures...... It's not as successful as bringing in Gasol, who had never won in the playoffs, and the sudden rise of a lot of low-pick rookies in the past two years.

But even if you are not optimistic about Monroe joining, after all, the Lakers don't have enough points on the inside line when they play time, but that's Monroe! It's a waste not to take it! And Monroe is also said to be waiting for an offer from the Lakers, who will be based in Los Angeles this summer.

If you don't win Monroe now, fans will complain that if you win Monroe, the effect will not be good, and some people will complain, especially after the media revealed that the Lakers are Monroe's first choice, Lakers fans are clamoring for the team to win Monroe.

Therefore, these three people simply threw this very difficult choice to Liu Ren.

Liu Ren listened to the words of Nash, Jenny Bass, and Kupchak, and suddenly his heart was rushing.

Ask Kobe Bryant about this kind of thing! Ask me what Lao Liu is doing?

It's not good to shake the pot like this! He is a young man who has just played in the NBA for four years! I just finished my rookie contract in the first round!

Liu Ren looked at the three bad middle-aged people who had bad intentions and wanted to throw the pot on their heads no matter what they said, and they were speechless to the extreme.

If he agrees with Kupchak's opinion, then the team will say that he wants to be teammates with Monroe, and then the Lakers will take Monroe, and if Monroe plays well and the Lakers continue to soar, everyone will be happy.

And once Monroe comes to the Lakers and doesn't play well, or affects the tacit style of play that the Lakers have built in the past two years, then Liu Ren will have to take the blame.

But if he doesn't agree, Kupchak can only give up this matter without saying it, and the fans have a reason for the Lakers to be the future boss of the team who doesn't want to play with Monroe.

Anyway, the wicked just want Liu Ren to be the one.

However, since these three shameless and shameless people all asked sincerely, Liu Ren felt that he felt a little sorry for the pit that these three people dug so hard if they didn't answer.

So Liu Ren said: "Then sign him!" Originally, I wanted to come to our team with Wade or Aldridge or Batum or something, but we didn't get them, so it would be nice to sign Monroe. ”

"Mitch, I'll just say that Monroe is not suitable for us, you see the boss doesn't agree...... What? Boss, you're not kidding, are you? Do you want to bring in Monroe? "Jenny Bass was instantly messy.

"Of course it's not a joke! Judging from the situation of our team, with Mitch and your business acumen, go and talk to Monroe, and win it for about 10 million, it is not a big contract star, right? About 10 million substitute center or substitute power forward will be a normal price next year. ”

This is not Liu Ren's casual nonsense, he actually considered the problem of his own team's internal line.

Although Gasol is getting older and more demonic, he still has four years left on his contract, even if he chooses to buy out and retire in the last year of only one year, there are still three years left, and he must save money.

Green doesn't have to worry, Antetokounmpo is an ambitious guy, and he is not satisfied with playing on the bench inside, and may start to compete for the outside position, while McCollum, Clarkson, and LaVine seem unlikely to be Antetokounmpo's opponents, and he may play on the outside next season.

And Whiteside, the biggest problem is the injury problem.

Whiteside is huge in height and weight, and he doesn't like to play in the regular season like O'Neal, although he doesn't seem to be willing to spend a little more effort, but every offense and defense is actually very attentive, and he can use no more or no less just the right amount of strength to deal with each offense and defense so efficiently, in fact, it is not less than others to spend less effort.

Playing 278 minutes a game is the best option for Whiteside right now, which allows him to maintain his efficiency at the highest level and not be prone to injury.

And since last year's playoffs, the opponent's action against Whiteside has become bigger and bigger, and Whiteside is such a big man, such a strong body, and not the kind of flying style of play, it is difficult to get a whistle, just like James, the kind that doesn't give a whistle if you don't bleed.

Now Antetokounmpo is clearly starting to develop on the outside, and the Lakers' rotation lineup only has Green, Gasol, Whiteside and water cooler manager Thackeray, which seems a little insufficient.

And although Monroe's defense is a little worse, his offensive ability and rebounding ability and organizational ability are good, the key is that he is only less than 25 years old, even if he doesn't use it well, he can trade it cheaper, and it is a high-quality resource for nothing, the most important thing is that he does not exclude playing as a substitute, Liu Ren remembers that Monroe originally signed with the Bucks, and he also played as a substitute in the Bucks.

And Liu Ren remembers that Popovich is quite greedy for Monroe, but Monroe doesn't like the ethnic customs of San Antonio, and the Spurs' first choice this year is Aldridge, who now has the strength of the number one forward, and the Spurs have no room after signing Aldridge, and Leonard is renewed on the salary cap after the troika reduces his salary and renews his contract, if he signs Monroe before renewing Leonard, the owner of the Spurs' tractor seller should talk to Popovich about his life, because even if he doesn't sign Monroe, The Spurs' total salary has already exceeded the luxury tax threshold, which is almost 90 million.

This Liu Ren promised that even Kupchak was a little caught off guard, and he was too happy to carry the blame!

Kupchak was stunned, Jenny Bass and Nash were disappointed and let Liu Ren go to training and they would take care of it.

When Liu Ren left, he said casually: "By the way, Monroe is just one of our candidates, right?" Actually, I think it doesn't matter if we don't win Monroe, the Hornets' Biyombo is actually not bad, the defense is very good, the rebounding is also very good, although it is much worse than Hassan, but when Hassan is off the court, it can ensure the integrity of the team system......"