Kobe's most worrying thing for Liu Ren is still here, Liu Ren knows that sooner or later, Kobe's state will decline significantly.

Although Kobe Bryant worked hard and did everything he could to maintain his condition, the major injury more than two years ago was devastating for Kobe's career, otherwise with his level of hard work on the maintenance of his body, even at the age of thirty-six or seventeen, he is still the top in the league, at least on the offensive end.

In fact, Kobe Bryant worked hard in the first two seasons, and he was only 60 or 70% at the age of 35, and for a superstar like him, it is actually impossible to decline so much in a season, such as Karl Malone, who is very similar to Kobe Bryant's career, Malone who was born in 63 was only one point less than the 01 to 02 season when he was about to be 40 years old in the 02-03 season, and he went from the 34-year-old 97 to 98 seasons to the 02 to 03 season before going to the Lakers, the decline was very balanced, all of them are slowly declining, until he goes to the Lakers, he is still a first-line scorer in the league with an average of 20+ per game, he is thirty-four or five to thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and there is no obvious decline in comparison.

Kobe Bryant is a player who is as self-disciplined or even more self-disciplined than Malone, if it weren't for that big injury, Kobe Bryant may still be a scumbag on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, at least he is an average of 256 points per game, and with so many teammates who can attract defense, the efficiency will definitely be very high, but the fact is that he has had a significant decline since he was 35 to 36 years old.

If Kobe Bryant didn't have that big injury, maybe his athleticism would decline year by year, but not so fast, and last season, the Lakers set a new record all the way, and they didn't dare to relax too much throughout the season, which made Kobe's body test again, completely aggravating the speed of decline, and this season, finally completely highlighted the impact of that year's major injury.

In 11 games, Bryant's shooting percentage has slipped to a career-low 39.8 percent......

The Lakers group of players, most of whom are Kobe Bryant's fans, are very accommodating to Kobe, winning will cover up all problems, and when the Lakers continue to win, everyone is willing to give the ball to Kobe Bryant and let Kobe get back in shape.

Because no one will believe, or be willing to believe, that Kobe Bryant has suddenly dropped so much this year! It's exactly the same style of play as last season, but the efficiency has suddenly dropped so much!

However, if someone like Liu Ren is more sensible and has experienced Kobe's miserable years, he knows that Kobe Bryant has really reached the stage of decline.

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Los Angeles Toyota Center Lakers Training Gym.

Lakers boss Jeanie Buss just struck a deal with the UCLA Bruins to build a massive training facility in El Segundo.

Now the training hall used by the Lakers is actually used by three teams, including the Los Angeles Sparks and the Kings of the NFL, of course, this Toyota center is large enough to divide three areas for the three teams, but the infrastructure of the arena is overwhelmed, many of the facilities are very old, and Toyota as early as 2010 after the "brake gate", there is not too much money to support the non-automotive industry industries they invest in, this stadium is abandoned by them, So the Lakers have long been planning to build a new training gym.

Isn't this just the championship, just made so much money, Jenny Buss also managed to get the support of most of the shareholders, and decided to build a new training gym with UCLA to use with the UCLA Bruins.

The arena was tentatively decided to be built in the city of El Segundo, which is actually next door to the Toyota Center, two blocks away......

The new training hall Lakers will contribute 600 million US dollars, UCLA will contribute 80 million US dollars, the Los Angeles government will contribute 500 million US dollars, and the El Segundo City government will also contribute as appropriate, about 100 million US dollars, to build the best training gym in the NBA.

Of course, it is certainly not comparable to the Russian tycoons who build a billion-dollar arena for their own use, but there are almost no other teams like the Lakers, who have an NBA-level arena outside of their home court as a training gym.

If it weren't for the Toyota Center, which is a three-team complex, the arena would be on par with the smaller NBA home courts.

UCLA Wellness Center, which will start construction in January next year and will be put into use in February 2017, will be different from the Toyota Center, this arena will have a court, and it will be equipped with 10,000 seats, not only the Lakers' training hall, but also the home of some of UCLA's big games such as March Madness, and will also host some UCLA galas.

However, UCLA's use of the arena will not affect the Lakers' practice, as they are limited to the evening, and the practice area is separate from the game area.

Jeanie Bass was talking to Jenny Bass about the construction of the arena by Dean Kevin Merced of UCLA's El Segundo campus, and the two happily stood up and shook hands after their respective secretaries had checked the contract and officially signed it.

"Mr. Merced, it's great that we're going to have a long-term relationship." Jeanne Bass is delighted to have finally secured investment from two government departments as well as UCLA.

"I'm also very happy and thank you for allowing us to use the popularity of the Lakers to spread the word about our school's sports culture around the world." Merced was equally pleased.

Only 80 million US dollars, you can have a new NBA-level arena for 20 years, rent a stadium of this level to play, more than 10 million a year, although their Bruins are very popular, but after all, they are not a money-making team, it is impossible to rent an NBA home-level arena at a very cheap price like the NBA team that can attract many customers.

On the other hand, Jeanie Buss must apply for funding from the government in the name of UCLA, otherwise the Lakers team will spend 500 million US dollars to build a stadium...... Those shareholders are estimated to blow up!

And now with a contribution of 600 million, someone has already blown it up.

Merced had just left after greeting Jeanie Bass when Jim Bass burst into Kupchak's office with red-eyed eyes.

"Jenny, what do you mean by telling me? Why was it decided to build such a big thing without my consent? Jim Bass growled.

Jeanie Buss knew this was going to happen and calmly responded: "More than 90 percent of the board has agreed to this proposal, which is also very helpful for our team culture. ”

"Are you kidding me? You alone have more than 50% of the controlling stake, isn't that just your word? Who dares to oppose you? "Jim Bass blew up.

"No, I only have 14 percent of the team, that's everyone's decision." Jenny Bass remains calm.

The distribution of the Lakers' equity is like this, the Bass family owns more than 80% of the Lakers' shares, in addition to the six siblings, there are some old people of the Bass family and some branches also have a few shares, of course, the Bass family basically only has this one industry, like what is the value of the Los Angeles Sparks, the Los Angeles Defenders and the Lakers is drizzle.

Jerry Buss has a total of six children, and as the eldest sister, Jeanie Buss inherited 14% of the Lakers' shares in the old Buss legacy, and the other brothers are about 10%.

And in order to keep the Lakers the property of the Buss family for a long time, Jerry Buss also stated in the will that his most talented daughter Jeanie Buss has the actual controlling stake in the Lakers shares held by the Buss family, that is, in addition to Jenny Buss, Jerry Buss's other 5 sons and daughters only have the right to enjoy dividends, and do not have full control over the shares, because his shares are reserved for the Bath family, not someone.

In other words, even if the six Bass siblings distribute their shares to their children in the future, they only have the power to distribute dividends, and the real controlling person still has to be designated by Jeanne Bass, but that is many years later.

However, there is an exception, when the six siblings agree to sell their shares, or when they all ask for a change of shareholders, they can make changes.

Jim Buss roared a few words and then walked away, since the summer, he has basically lost his real power as the team's vice president of operations, Kupchak doesn't listen to him anymore, whenever he wants to make a decision, Jenny Buss will move out of the board to vote on the name and make other decisions, which makes Jim Buss very insecure and even panicked!

So, Jim Buss began to contact some consortiums to sell his 11% stake in the Lakers, but just as he was discussing business, it was suddenly rumored that the Lakers were going to spend $600 million in liquidity.

The Lakers are going to spend so much money to build a training gym, which is naturally big news, and it was revealed to reporters by "insiders".

Of course, this will increase the market value of the Lakers, after all, there are new fixed assets, but it is not a good choice for people who want to buy shares in the Lakers, so Jim Buss's desire to sell shares has been stranded, and he will run to Jeanie Buss theory so angrily.

The magician walked into Kupchak's office, greeted Kupchak and said, "Jenny, Jim is leaving in a rage, I don't think he will be angry enough to sell his shares, right?" ”

Jeanie Buss said nonchalantly: "I think it's very possible with his business acumen, but don't worry, he doesn't have the full strength to sell his stake in the team, and he needs the consent of more than half of our six siblings." ”

However, Jeanne Bass is still a little jealous: "My dear brother's status as vice president will deceive many people, if he really gets money from other consortiums, what can we do as sisters and sisters?" It's not just about paying for him, I think it's time for a board meeting. ”

What Jenny Buss means is that Jim Buss is still honest and just waiting for the money to be split every year, and don't come to harm the team.

When the magician heard this, he couldn't help but show excitement when he was as cunning as he was: "Ou, when?" Do you want me to pay for Jim's shares? ”

Jenny Bass gave the magician a blank look: "Want to rob at this time?" You sold the team's shares for 20 million at the beginning, and now you regret it? ”

The magic man was a little embarrassed, he did almost vomit blood when he heard that Liu Ren's girlfriend spent 60 million to buy 2% of the Lakers' shares, he sold 4.5% of the Lakers five years ago and only sold 20 million US dollars, which is a blood loss!

And the market value of the Lakers has been rising, which makes the Magic feel even more bloody.

"Let's talk about when the board meeting will be." The magician said smugly.

"At the end of the month, Kobe Bryant asked us to talk about things in the afternoon, and it seems that there is something to discuss with us, if you want to renew the contract, you can wait for Kobe Bryant's contract renewal to be reached before convening the board of directors."

"Haha, you really care about Kobe! Is there no child who treats Kobe Bryant as his own child? ”

"That's true in terms of age, and Kobe Bryant came to our team when he was a kid......"

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After the magician left, Jenny Bass looked at the list of shareholders and thought.

Trading team shares?

To be honest, Jenny Bass really didn't want to do that at all, but Jim Buss's eleven percent stake was a ticking time bomb, and she wanted to buy Jim Buss's stake if she could.

But the Lakers have a market value of 3 billion, and eleven percent is 300 million, and using team funds to buy back shares is a good choice, but repurchasing shares means that the shares of other non-Bass family people will rise! Because it was bought back with the team's money, the 11 percent would be divided equally among all other holders.

And Jeanie Buss herself, although she has more than 500 million assets, most of them are Lakers shares and some other industries, it is impossible to come up with three to four hundred million dollars, if she wants to buy Jim Buss's shares, she can only cooperate with others!

The Bass family doesn't want to continue to increase the number of shareholders in the team, which is why Jeanie Buss doesn't have much to worry about when Jim Buss goes out to find someone to sell his shares, because the board will definitely veto, so he has to find someone from the shareholders.

For her brothers, Jenny Bass had no hope, and it was harder to expect them to save money than to ascend to the sky, so she didn't even think about the idea of letting the other four brothers pool money to buy Jim Bass's shares.

So you can only find candidates from other shareholders, other than the six siblings of the Bath family?

Jenny Bass has a headache when she thinks of those relatives, and she can't help at all when it matters.

There aren't many shareholders in the Lakers, and there are only five people left in addition to their family.

Philip Anschutz, the former Cavaliers owner, bought some of the Lakers' idle shares after selling the Cavaliers and now owns one-eighth of the Lakers, or 12.5 percent.

For this wealthy man who is very ambitious and has always wanted more of the Lakers' shares, the Bath family is very wary and is not in the scope of consideration.

However, Anschutz collected the idle shares of the Lakers, avoided the possible cheap sale of the team's shares by those small shareholders, and put an end to the relationship between the market value of the Lakers and the Buss family.

Huang Xinxiang, the Lakers' Chinese-American small owner, Los Angeles MD, owns 2.5% of the Lakers' shares.

Huang Xinxiang is the candidate that Jeanie Buss wants to work with the most, but he sold some of his shares after the Lakers' market value skyrocketed, and it seems that he does not want to invest more in the Lakers, which makes Jeanie Buss regretful.

Jabbar ...... One percent of his shares were gifted by Old Bass.

When the Magic bought the Los Angeles Dodgers, they invested more than 300 million and sold all the shares of the Lakers in order to raise money, so Jeanie Buss was blind to the idea that the Magic wanted to buy the Lakers.

I'm willing to sell if you want to, but you have to have money!

Finally, there is also a shareholder who owns two percent of the Lakers' shares, H&L Company, the behind-the-scenes boss of this company is Liu Ren, and of course, the apparent boss is also the actual manager is Chen Hanni.

It was Jeanne Bass who contacted the chick to buy the two percent of the shares, and the best candidate was the magician, but the magician couldn't afford to lose that face to do that kind of business, and sold it for 20 million and bought half of it for 50 million?

So Jeanie Buss found a chick who has a lot of work with the Lakers and bought this part of the equity.

It's the best option, but Jenny Bass doesn't know how much money Hanni can come up with......

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Going to have a new training gym?

That's when the Lakers caused a lot of buzz.

"I can't stand this broken arena for a long time, boss, do you know? My locker closet and Robert's cupboard are connected! There's a hole in the middle! Nick Young kept complaining.

"Why don't you just get a carpenter and nail a board? I really can't afford to spend more than 100 yuan to find a board and nail it myself? Liu Ren couldn't complain, he heard this strange complaint and excitement more than once today.

“NO！ This is what a stadium operation should do! I don't want to pay that money, nail the nail? Lord, forgive my friend, he didn't mean to say this, he is a foreigner. Nick Young hurriedly made a prayer.

What's that? Liu Ren watched Nick Yang suddenly transform into a Christian, and was instantly confused.

Liu Ren took out his mobile phone to check what the nails had offended Jesus, and it took a long time to see that Jesus was stared at on the cross by nails, so Christians could not nail them...... Of course, this is the reply of the people in the forum, and I don't know if it's true or not, but Liu Ren looks at Nick Young's reaction and nine times out of ten, it's true.

"No wonder the labor here in the United States is expensive......" Liu Ren really couldn't complain.

But who wouldn't look forward to the new training gym? Liu Ren was often ridiculed for running into the women's team locker room when he met the players of the fireworks team at the Toyota Center, which was very embarrassing!

When Liu Ren was an unknown foreign player, no one ridiculed him, but now he is popular, and in the past two years, he has been repeatedly teased by those open female colleagues, especially those young players who have newly joined the Spark team, and they are eager to take off their clothes to show this "voyeur" who broke into the women's locker room.

There is a big Lori at home who often wears cute and revealing COS outfits, which is already very unbearable for Liu Ren, and this is also a female athlete!

The Lakers' training today is very easy, and tonight, that is, on the 21st, the Lakers will face the challenge of the Toronto Raptors, so the daytime training is all bubble tactics to prepare for the night game.

The Raptors have been very strong this year, jumping to second place in the East, and now have a 9-2 record ahead of the 9-3 Knicks in second place, and the Cavaliers are in first place with a 10-2 record.

The Raptors have a sense of replacing the Hawks last season, who had a near-miraculous 60-win run last year, and are back to being flat this year, hovering around four to six in the East, and finally their no-superstar style of play has been figured out, and they are back to the ordinary again.

Since the Hawks and the Wizards are competing for the first place in the region, whoever has the better record of the two teams is the fourth in the West, and these two teams are temporarily in the top eight in the East in the Southeast Division, which means that the Hawks still have a chance to make the top four in the East.

And the Raptors, adhering to the same style of play as the Hawks, why are they still bucking the trend in the era when this kind of team play style has been explored?

Because they also have their mini-triumvirate!

Kyrie Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, and Jonas Valanciunas, the three have averaged 60 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists per game so far this season, and they can rightly be regarded as the Big Three.

The Raptors have key players that the Hawks don't have.

However, even if the Raptors finish second in the East, the only teams in the East that can be regarded as championship-level teams are the Cavaliers and Knicks......

Playing the Raptors, the Lakers playing the Raptors, is a hot attraction for fans!

Kobe Bryant has exploded every time he encounters the Raptors for more than ten years, not to mention 81 points, and when the Lakers hit the playoffs at the end of the season in the 12-13 season, Kobe Bryant hit three three-pointers in a row when the Raptors took a clear lead in the final moments to drag the game into overtime and reverse the Raptors.

And after Kobe Bryant returned in the 14-15 season, the first game was to play the Raptors, and then slashed 51 points.

Kobe Bryant has been in a bad state recently, every team has used Kobe Bryant's struggle to deal with opponents who are taller than him to deal with him, and he is the kind of old stubborn who absolutely believes in himself and is absolutely stubborn, desperately trying to prove himself again, but age is cruel, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't recover the impact of that big injury and age.

However, to fight the Raptors...... Fans believe that Kobe Bryant will give a very different answer.

At least playing the Raptors, Lakers fans are looking forward to Kobe Bryant's explosion!

There are posts on the Internet about the Lakers and Raptors games, and then most of the posts are listing Kobe's various brutal performances against the Raptors, what 81 points, 51 points after his comeback, and Kobe Bryant led the team to reverse the Raptors by 20 points in the 09-10 season...... And so on and so forth, even the convinced Raptors fans are looking forward to watching Kobe Bryant play a great performance.

The Lakers players are naturally happy to see that everyone supports them, while the Raptors players say they have some kind of inexplicable relationship with the canine......