O'Neal is one of the most important reasons why Zhuang Fei came to coach the Lakers, because only O'Neal is in the Lakers, this Laker is really the top team in the league, or even the first team in the league, and just like O'Neal himself said, the league can't find a team worse than the Lakers after he left, although this is very extreme, but there is no doubt that O'Neal's role in the Lakers is far greater than that of Kobe or Szczebiak, and it is precisely because of this, At this point, Zhuang Fei did not refute what O'Neal said, of course, it is obvious that now, the biggest attraction of Zhuang Fei to the Lakers has been lost, because this big man does not think that he has the need to play for Zhuang Fei, whether it is for his pride and self-esteem or does not want to work with Kobe Bryant or thinks that it is not necessary, in short, the Lakers' leading player is determined to leave the Lakers, and at this time Zhuang Fei does not need to beg for anything in Miami. Zhuang Fei went directly to the airport in Miami almost as soon as he left O'Neal's home, which also made Lakers general manager Kupchak, who followed on the side, also very worried.

Because after Zhuang Fei left O'Neal's home, the Lakers' head coach never said a word, and his face was not very good-looking, at this time even a fool can think that this Chinese mood is not very good, in fact, he can also guess that with Zhuang Fei's achievements as a head coach and such a strong character, in Miami by O'Neal such a provocation is definitely very angry, but now Kupchak is worried that it is rare that the Lakers really want to trade O'Neal? This big fat man has been with the Lakers for 8 years, and he has been one of the symbols of the city since Jerry West poached him from the Magic, in this case, such a decision is extremely difficult for him, although it is also worth it in his heart, after tonight, everything may be a foregone conclusion, but Kupchak still doesn't want this to happen, especially now that there are not many players in the league who can replace the current O'Neal, Duncan Yao Ming is unlikely to be traded, and no one else can be equal to O'Neal, even if the Lakers really trade O'Neal, it is not an easy thing, in short, at this time, the general manager of the Lakers has become the same frown, just like Zhuang Fei now, it is likely that these two people really thought of a piece.

Miami and Los Angeles are one of the most important cities in the United States, and it is precisely because of this that the number of flights in these two places is also amazing, almost an hour and a half to have a flight between the two places, and Zhuang Fei came to Miami at 11 o'clock in the evening, at this time the nearest take-off flight from this node is the American Airlines 737 plane at 11:40 p.m., because it is 737, so it takes 8 hours to fly from Miami to Los Angeles, In this case, Zhuang Fei could only sleep on the plane tonight, after all, he didn't have much time to rest after returning to Los Angeles.

"Zhuang, are we really going to leave now?" Just as the two were about to board the plane, Kupchak also asked with some concern, if the Lakers are just to rebuild, it doesn't matter whether they keep O'Neal or not, rebuilding doesn't care about results, but now the Lakers' goal for the new season is not to rebuild. In this case, O'Neal must not go in the heart of the Lakers general manager, but at this time, he, the general manager, has no decision-making power, and all the decision-making power is all in Zhuang Fei's place, but looking at Zhuang Fei at this time, it is obvious that as long as they board the plane, there is no room for recovery. Unless O'Neill personally returns to Los Angeles tomorrow to apologize to Zhuang Fei's office.

"Is it rare that Mickey wants to stay here for a vacation? If that's the case, I think I can approve your application," Zhuang Fei also turned his head and glanced coldly at the Lakers general manager after finishing speaking, and at this time, the general manager also had a cold back and immediately shook his head like a wave drum.

"No, Zhuang, that's not what I meant" It's just that at this time, Zhuang Fei didn't listen to his explanation and walked directly into the airport, and Kupchak could only follow at this time, but in his heart, the Lakers general manager still sighed.

"I really don't know what the future of the Lakers will be" Finally, the general manager of the Lakers thought helplessly in his heart when he saw Zhuang Fei's somewhat hurried back.

But it's clear that the future of the Lakers isn't in his hands at this time

Zhuang Fei and Kupchak went from Los Angeles to Miami in a hurry, and they also returned to Los Angeles from Miami in a hurry, from 11:40 p.m. after boarding the plane back to Los Angeles Zhuang Fei didn't sleep all night on the plane, and in fact, the same is true of Kupchak, the general manager of the Lakers next to Zhuang Fei, these two people can't sleep peacefully in that environment, in fact, this trip from Los Angeles to Miami has not made any progress, for Kupchak is like this, O'Neal still has to leave, there is no change, but for Zhuang Fei, I don't know if there is no progress, and in fact, Zhuang Fei will not tell him.

7:40 a.m. is the time when Zhuang Fei and Kupchak return to Los Angeles, and it is impossible for the two to go home at this time. Instead, they went directly to the team's office, and this was also when they came to the team building of the Los Angeles Lakers because it was not due to working hours, so the people on the team were not very big at this time, even if there were some people, these people were a little surprised to see Zhuang Fei and Kupchak coming to the team at the same time, after all, these two people looked a little haggard, or they didn't sleep well all night.

"Mitch, you go and show me this year's Lakers draft report" When Zhuang Fei came to his own office, he also looked at Kupchak with a solemn face and said, and at this time, Kupchak was stunned at first after hearing Zhuang Fei's order, and then he was happy again. In the end, he immediately turned around and exited Zhuang Fei's office with a happy face.

Originally, he thought that Zhuang Fei's first order back in Los Angeles was for him to put O'Neal on the shelf and then prepare for the trade, but he didn't expect that Zhuang Fei's first order would be the draft, obviously. Even now, Zhuang Fei is still giving O'Neal a chance, as long as O'Neill can return to Los Angeles at this time. Whatever the reason. As long as he can return to Los Angeles, things will take a turn for the better, and Zhuang Fei has not completely given up on him now, but the only thing that makes Kupchak a little worried is how much time Zhuang Fei will give O'Neill, he knows very well that Zhuang Fei is not delaying too long now, because the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for Zhuang Fei.

Zhuang Fei did not give up O'Neal at this time, it can be said that he is still ready to give O'Neal a chance, as long as O'Neal returns to Los Angeles before tonight, then Zhuang Fei is willing to give him another chance, if he is still willing to stay on the beach in Miami during this time period, then Zhuang Fei does not mind trading him, for him, he has never been a person who drags mud and water, he is not the same as Phil Jackson, if he is the same as Phil Jackson, in the Timberwolves he will fall into the quagmire of O'Neal and Marbury, In the Celtics, they will also fall into the quagmire of Anthony Walker and Maddy, in fact, with his character, he will never give O'Neal so many opportunities, because he did not give Marbury or Anthony Walker such a chance before, when he was in the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei asked the Timberwolves to gather the whole team, and Marbury also did not plan to arrive, and Zhuang Fei almost didn't even give Marbury a phone call and kicked him away, for Zhuang Fei, this kind of thing is the last thing he can allow. And this time Zhuang Fei was able to change his style of doing things precisely because the other party was O'Neal instead of Marbury or Anthony Walker, but even if Zhuang Fei was willing to make a change, then O'Neal needed to appreciate it, after all, there was a limit.

Zhuang Fei was now alone after Kupchak, and fell into deep thought. He wasn't sure if O'Neal would come back, and he didn't know what kind of trading chips O'Neal could bring him, at this time the situation of the Lakers was indeed more difficult than he imagined, but at this time, Kupchak, the general manager of the Lakers who had just gone out not long ago, also came in with a large stack of reports, obviously this is the scouting report prepared by this team, and what surprised Zhuang Fei was that the Lakers' scouting report was thicker than that of the Celtics. According to Zhuang Fei's impression, the Celtics' scouting system is definitely one of the best in the league. Even if even one can be removed, the Celtics scout's vision can be said to have given Zhuang Fei a deep impression in the past three years, in terms of the general direction and potential rating of the player, it is not worse than Zhuang Fei's dynasty system, but in the detailed report of the player, it is much stronger than Zhuang Fei's dynasty system, which is also Zhuang Fei's three years with the Boston Celtics. Even the scouting function of the dynasty system is rarely used, because the scouting of the Celtics can perfectly make Zhuang Fei no longer rely on the scouting function of the dynasty system like the Timberwolves. So Zhuang Fei was also shocked to see Kupchak take out a scouting material thicker than the Celtics this time, and the fatigue of the long time at this time was also swept away. And when Zhuang Fei took the scouting report, he was shocked when he saw the first page.

"Mitch, our team has the No. 3 pick in this year's draft?" Zhuang Fei was also a little stunned after looking at the introduction of the draft picks currently owned by the Lakers on the first page of the scouting report and the report on what players the Lakers are currently missing. Then he looked at Kupchak with some suspicion and asked, which also made Kupchak a little surprised, because he thought Zhuang Fei knew. It's just that from now on, it's obvious that Zhuang Fei doesn't know, in fact, Zhuang Fei didn't list the Lakers as the first choice at all on June 25, and accepted the Lakers contract in the early morning of June 25, and went to Miami immediately after coming to work early yesterday morning, and he just came back today, and he really doesn't know much about the Lakers, including the draft picks of this team.

"Yes, this is the first-round unprotected draft pick sent by the Warriors last year to trade Derrick Fisher" Kupchak finally nodded and said, at this time last season, the Lakers shocked the world to get F6, and it was also at this time that Fisher, who was under his contract, was unwilling to play as a substitute in the Lakers, so he asked the team to trade, at that time, Fisher was a second-rate guard in the league who could contribute 12 points and 5 assists per game, and he was also the Lakers' strongest role player, just behind the Lakers' Big Three. Because of Payton's arrival and the return of the former Lakers boss Fan Maniac, Fisher doesn't say starters, he can't even play the sixth man, if it weren't for the contract period, he would also be willing to be the seventh man in the Lakers, but last season was his contract year, if the data is not good, it can affect his salary in the next few years or even the last contract, in this case he must leave, and in the end, because the Warriors with two guns Anthony Walker and Larry Hughes are ambitious to go further, just lack a good playmaking guard to liberate the two gunsIn the end, the Lakers became the point guard and married the Warriors, and the Warriors also paid the price of their first-round picks, as a player who averaged 12+5 per game in his prime, this is a player who can be exchanged for a lottery draft pick in any year, so at that time the Warriors were definitely making a lot of money, after all, at that time the Warriors were considered to be able to enter the playoffs, but no one thought that in the end, the Warriors boss Anthony Walker would be like that in a year, and the Lakers looked like a half-sell-half-giveaway deal at that time, It's just that from the current point of view, it's not a big profit, but it's also earned.

"That's it" Zhuang Fei also nodded after listening to Kupchak's words, this year is not a big year for the draft, but it is not a draft year, the No. 3 pick is absolutely useful this year, whether it is the top favorite Howard or Okafor or the top five favorite Paul are all operable players, so this No. 3 pick is definitely a surprise for Zhuang Fei, and at this time Zhuang Fei also swept away the depressed mood of being angry with O'Neal yesterday and looked at the Lakers' scouting report again, However, after reading it, Zhuang Fei was a little disappointed, this scouting report is simply different from the Celtics, not because of the thickness, but because of the content inside.

If the Celtics' scouting report generally describes the rookie, this player will be Russell's second, but xx is slightly worse, this player will be Bird's second, but xx is a little worse. Then the Lakers' scouting report is that this player is too different from Abdul-Jabbar, this player is too different from Magic, this kind of high-flying posture is like the aristocratic temperament of this team, and there is no way to let Zhuang Fei know how many advantages these rookies have, because they are all shortcomings. What made Zhuang Fei even more speechless was the evaluation of Paul in the Lakers scouting report.

"The gap between him and the magician is as great as their height" (To be continued. )