There was no accident when Zhuang Fei met with the Lakers' existing players this time, but in fact, there are only five players in the entire Lakers team who have returned to Los Angeles to listen to Zhuang Fei's report, and these five people are unlikely to make Zhuang Fei have any accidents, but for Zhuang Fei, this is not what he wants.

Although he thought that the players who rejected his call were likely to not come collectively today, but if such a thing really happened, it would definitely be a blow to Zhuang Fei, because the problem he is facing now will not only be to clean up some disobedient players, because now the disobedient players have not even given Zhuang Fei a chance to clean up, and what makes Zhuang Fei even more annoyed is that O'Neill actually called the team's general manager Kupchak at the deadline of the reporting time, saying that he had left Miami, Originally, when Kupchak thought that he had changed his mind and returned to Los Angeles, this big fat man who was a little speechless told Kupchak that he was going to New York for a month off, and asked Kupchak if he would like to go, which also directly made the Lakers general manager not know what to say.

In the end, when Kupchak told Zhuang Fei about O'Neal, he finally let the Lakers' leading player appear on the shelf, and Kupchak didn't plan to defend O'Neal this time, which is already very clear, and there is no need to defend himself, and Zhuang Fei has no need to wait for him to change his mind. In this case, Zhuang Fei's biggest problem now is to redesign his ideas for next season, and now the Lakers can be said to be a blank sheet of paper for him to draw casually.

After meeting with the Lakers' players, the situation of these five players is basically satisfactory to Zhuang Fei, not to mention Szzerbiak and Kobe, these two are in a very good state of mind now, Zhuang Fei is not too worried, and the other three team players have no mood swings, and whether it is Walton Jr. or Cook, they are all available players, these five people should appear in the Lakers' list for the new season if there are not too many accidents. So Zhuang Fei also let them go on vacation with peace of mind, but for the current boss of the team, Zhuang Fei can't let him leave the team so soon, because his contract is about to expire in one year, and he needs to jump out of the contract this year, whether Zhuang Fei comes or not, after all, the price of his current contract is 71 million for 6 years, and his annual salary is more than 10 million this year.

In the present day, NBA earnings are growing almost exponentially. The salary cap for the new season has reached 60 million US dollars, which can be said to be a full 1 times more than 1999 when Kobe Bryant signed this contract, and the league's salary cap in 1999 was 30 million, at that time it was a season just over the suspension, in this case, Kobe Bryant could not keep his original contract, especially when he had the option to jump out of the contract, so the difference is that Zhuang Fei is coming, Kobe Bryant will definitely renew the contract. So Zhuang Fei is also ready to do this matter this time, in fact, Kobe's contract, his agent and the team have been discussing for most of the season, and the specific contract details and salary have been discussed for a long time, but Kobe has never wanted to sign it.

"Kobe, see if there's a problem. Sign it without any problems."

In the head coach's office of the Los Angeles Lakers, Zhuang Fei looked at the Lakers' guard in front of him with a smile and said, and at this time Kobe Bryant was also a little excited, for him. It is estimated that he has been waiting for this day for several years, so at this time, the leading player of the Lakers signed the contract handed to him by Zhuang Fei almost without any hesitation, and the value of this contract reached 130 million. The Lakers' leading player and the Lakers' contract is 7 years and 130 million, which is a lot less than the 4-year 1.1 signed by O'Neal and the Lakers a year ago (in reality, O'Neal's contract is 3 years and 88 million), but at that time it was O'Neal's third contract, so the annual salary of the last year of O'Neal's contract is 30 million, and in Zhuang Fei's impression, Kobe Bryant's third contract with the Lakers in the future is also 3 years and 88 million, anyway, Kobe's contract definitely makes him one of the highest-paid players in the NBA. Of course, for the NBA, the real contract extension needs to start on July 1, but for the Lakers, this is completely unnecessary, and now there is no problem with signing and announcing on July 1.

"Kobe, I think you should know what I'm here for, so I hope to see the best of you next season, you had a terrible performance last season, and this kind of bad is in every aspect, whether it's the physical condition or the shooting feeling, I am disappointed, so I hope you can show me the next guard who I think is completely comparable to Jordan, can you do that"

At this time, Kobe Bryant was signing the contract, which can be said to be the time when he was most excited, and at this time, Zhuang Fei's face suddenly changed and made him a little nervous, but after listening to what Zhuang Fei said, the Lakers' leading guard was a little ashamed at first, and then he gritted his teeth at Zhuang Fei and nodded fiercely.

"Coach, don't worry, I know what I should do, I will definitely be able to get back into shape" At this time, Kobe Bryant also promised like Zhuang Fei, he was a little frustrated after hearing Zhuang Fei's criticism at the beginning, he also knew that his state this season was not good, last summer thought that the matter of Eagle County, he has not been able to have too much preparation in the summer, even after the start of the season he is still in the court for a period of time, in this case, how can he have any opportunity to adjust, It can be said that Kobe Bryant was at the lowest point of his career last season, both in terms of shooting percentage and physical condition, which is also the formation of F6 last season, and the shooting rate of the other five stars has risen, and he has declined alone, and this is one of the reasons why Phil Jackson abandoned him, he and the whole team are no longer in the same rhythm, and when he heard Zhuang Fei compare him with Jordan again, this somewhat frustrated Lakers guard was also immediately energetic, and he was very happy that he could get Zhuang Fei's trust, He was very happy with the feeling that Zhuang Fei trusted him even when he knew he was at a low point, because he had never seen it in Phil Jackson.

Zhuang Fei on the side also smiled and nodded when he saw the new leading player of his team, in fact, what this player wants has always been very simple

Who is O'Neill? This question is a bit nonsensical for the NBA, because everyone knows that he is one of the four centers in the league, and everyone also knows that he is the only player in the four centers who is still active, and he is also the most powerful center in the league at present, although the Lakers lost in this year's finals, and he can't control Yao Ming, but there is no doubt that his ability is still very invincible, otherwise he would not have won last season's regular season MVP, although for him to be over 30 years old is a problem, but there is no doubt about it, For his current physical condition, at least he can maintain the state of the peak for 3-4 years, with the current lack of people in the league, especially the center position, he will still be one of the strongest inside lines in the league in the next 3-4 years, and perhaps only after the rise of the Celtics' Chinese can really take the position of the first center.

In this case, when the general managers of all teams in the league heard that the Lakers put O'Neal on the shelf, almost everyone frantically asked the Lakers' general manager Kupchak about the reliability of the news, and this is what made the general manager of the Lakers not stop from his hands in just three or four hours, and the fax machine on one side of the phone is also a large number of various information, and the assistant on the other side is also constantly counting, and when it is 7 o'clock in the evening, this large-scale frequency ends, In the end, he asked his assistant to count all the approximate offers, for him, like Zhuang Fei, he has not closed his eyes for 36 hours, even in this case, the general manager of the Lakers still does not mean to be too tired, after all, his spirit has always been highly nervous, and in this case, if he gets used to it, it is really not easy to get sleepy. And now there's someone in the Lakers head coach's office waiting for him to report.

"I really didn't expect that there are so many people in the league who are not for sale, I really didn't know it before" When watching the assistant hand a report to him, the general manager of the Lakers also glanced at it a little after the result, but the name on it made the general manager of the Lakers a little surprised, but after being surprised, the general manager of the Lakers also went to Zhuang Fei's office with this report in his arms, and now for the whole team, Zhuang Fei has the final say, and what kind of person O'Neal can exchange for is also Zhuang Fei's decision

Los Angeles Lakers head coach's office, at this time Zhuang Fei is lying on his desk, he is very tired now, he is different from Kupchak, Kupchak is really nervous and not sleepy, and Zhuang Fei is different, after sending Kobe Bryant away, Zhuang Fei's spirit has collapsed a little, for him since June 24 after resigning from the Celtics, he has not slept well in the past few days, and in addition to the fact that he has not closed his eyes for 36 hours now, the new head coach of the Lakers has almost reached the limit, If it weren't for Kupchak coming in with the transaction report, Zhuang Fei would have fallen asleep a long time ago.

"Zhuang, look at it, how is it" Looking at Zhuang Fei who was looking sleepy, Kupchak also understood and handed the report to Zhuang Fei, and when Zhuang Fei saw the first page of the report, he was directly dumbfounded, and there was no sleepiness at all.

"The general manager of the Magic has his head pumped, and Grant Hill and O'Neal are one for one?" Zhuang Fei also said a little funny at this time, and Kupchak on the side also shook his head.

It's just that when Zhuang Fei continued to look at it, it was the names that made Zhuang Fei frightened, New York's Marbury, the Rockets' Miller, the Pacers' Joe Johnson and Oku, and the Mavericks' Nowitzki, which were all not for sale, became trading chips at this time. (To be continued.) )