Zhuang Fei announced his departure from the Boston Celtics on the afternoon of June 24, and at this point in time, he was able to get the news of Zhuang Fei's resignation, and he was able to fly directly to Zhuang Fei's house before nightfall, which was definitely a surprising thing, at least, Zhuang Fei was very surprised when he saw his old friend, after all, this guy's grade is also older, and more importantly, he is getting farther and farther away from the basketball circle.

"Jerry, I really didn't think you'd come at this time"

Zhuang Fei served two cups of coffee to the old Bass and the current general manager of the Lakers, Kupchak, in the living room of his house, and sat down opposite them with a smile and said, it is really difficult to think of this, at least for the rapidity of Jerichbus's action Zhuang Fei did not expect that he knew that his resignation would bring a lot of people to chase, but most people were still thinking about how to invite Zhuang Fei at this time, and they were still thinking about how to provide Zhuang Fei with a contract that could attract him, and when they were preparing a contract for Zhuang Fei, At this time, Old Bass came directly.

"Zhuang, there's nothing strange about this, because I think you should know that I wanted you to come to the Lakers three years ago, and at that time I was already preparing a contract, and I would revise that contract every year, and every time I modified it, I wanted to impress you, but you have never been able to give me the opportunity to come up with this contract, and this time, I can't wait to take out this contract in front of you" When he said this, Old Bass obviously became a little excited, The old man was a little excited at this time, and Kupchak, the general manager of the Lakers on his side, also took out a thick contract from his briefcase at this time, and also put it on the coffee table very solemnly and then pushed it in front of Zhuang Fei.

Obviously, Zhuang Fei was a little surprised by Old Buss's words, because for him personally, at least he had never thought about going to the Lakers before, because this team was too chaotic. The infighting between the team's two heirs, the infighting between the team's two leading players, and even the team's biggest boss Ao Fat hate him no less than Kobe, in this case, he can't think that he can straighten out the relationship between O'Neal and Kobe in a year, and his ability to control players is stronger than Phil Jackson, but this doesn't mean that he is really a god or a psychological master, in fact, he is still an NBA head coach. In this case, it is difficult for Zhuang Fei to say what he promised Old Bass.

To be honest, at this time, Zhuang Fei was very moved by his old friend, because anyone would be moved in the face of an invitation from Old Bass, a boss who has prepared a three-year contract for you and is revising it every year is absolutely trustworthy, and from the day he was able to fly from Los Angeles to Boston on the day Zhuang Fei announced his departure from the Boston Celtics, and was able to bring the contract to Zhuang Fei's table, this was able to prove that what he said was true. In the face of such hospitality, Zhuang Fei is indeed very difficult, psychologically he does not want to meddle in the infighting between the two little Bass, so he refuses to go to the Lakers, but at this time he does not want to resolutely refuse the old man who is currently looking at him with great anticipation.

"This is really a difficult thing to do" In the end, Zhuang Fei also smiled bitterly in his heart, such a choice is really difficult.

"Jerry. I think you should know that even though you've got your contract ready, I'm not just going with the Lakers, but with a lot of other people who have invited me. Just before you come, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird. And Pat Riley and even Mr. Paul Allen, who has been in Liverpool, also called me, and they wanted me to go to their team, and in fact, I think the whole world knows that the current Lakers are not the team that can always be entrusted by the head coach, it is too chaotic" Zhuang Fei finally breathed a deep sigh of relief and looked at Jerebus with an expectant look and said, and when Zhuang Fei said about the current internal situation of the Lakers, Zhuang Fei could clearly feel that the old man's eyes were also a little gloomy at this time, obviously, He is really disappointed in the tossing of his pair of children in the past few years, in fact, whether it is in China, the United States or other countries, this kind of thing will definitely happen, this is one of the inferior roots of human beings, but the movement of the Bass family is a little big, so it has also become a laughing stock in the NBA and even the United States.

And more importantly, although Zhuang Fei made that bet with Adelson, he didn't think that the Lakers were the only team that could beat the Boston Celtics, Jordan's Bobcats can not be said, this team does not have the ability to bear Zhuang Fei's requirements now, and Zhuang Fei is unlikely to return to the ACC or NCAA as an enemy, after all, the current chairman of the NCAA league is the president of Wake Forest, as for the Heat, this team has a solid lineup, and there are not many things that can be changed.

In fact, it is also difficult for a lineup like the Heat to meet Zhuang Fei's requirements in terms of competitiveness, of course, the same is true for the Pacers, and there is not much room for the Pacers to change, and in addition to these teams, there are still many teams that can really be considered by Zhuang Fei, such as the Timberwolves, such as the Grizzlies, such as the Trail Blazers, these are the teams that can beat the Celtics as long as he leads the team in Zhuang Fei's opinion, and in fact, Glenn Taylor, the owner of the Timberwolves, did not call him after Zhuang Fei resigned, obviously, He didn't want Zhuang Fei to return to the Timberwolves, and although Jerry West also called Zhuang Fei, it was more of a comfort to Zhuang Fei, and he didn't plan to ask Zhuang Fei to go to him.

And Zhuang Fei's original reason was that he had similar temperaments, both of them were unwilling to delegate power, and it was difficult to cooperate, in this regard, Jerry West would naturally trust his current head coach Carlisle more at this time, and in fact, Carlisle's performance was good enough, so at present, Zhuang Fei can go to the team that is still above the Lakers, and the Trail Blazers are the best choice, whether this team has young twin towers or strongmen like Kassel and Jamison on the outside. This is a lineup that can attract Zhuang Fei, at least it can make Zhuang Fei feel that he can lead this team to achieve better results than the Celtics within a year, and the Lakers are indeed inferior to the Trailblazers at this time, although the Lakers are really strong Trailblazers in terms of overall strength.

Of course, perhaps the Trailblazers slightly made Zhuang Fei a little depressed that the owner of this team, Paul Allen, is now completely uninterested in the NBA, it can be said that he called Zhuang Fei to invite Zhuang Fei to the Trail Blazers more out of friendly courtesy, of course, if Zhuang Fei really goes to the Trail Blazers, he will definitely be strongly supportive, and can even let Zhuang Fei operate in the team casually, but obviously, at this time, the Paul Allen boss must be hoping to poach some players from Zhuang Fei's team Manchester City in the Premier League as compensation, Now all the big boss's mind is in the Premier League, with Liverpool and Charlton Athletic's Abu having fun.

"Zhuang, I know what your concerns are, in fact, if you don't say it directly, I also know that the Lakers are indeed a big problem internally now, and I never think that such a Laker can attract you" After Zhuang Fei finished speaking, when Zhuang Fei was a little surprised, the Lakers owner Old Bass was not surprised at all, in fact. Although he is in Los Angeles, he also knows the image of the Lakers in the NBA and even the United States and the world at this time, so since he came to Zhuang Fei this time, he thinks that he has a way to convince Zhuang Fei. At least he has the greatest confidence to convince Zhuang Fei, he doesn't know Zhuang Fei and Adelson's bet now, and in fact, neither Adelson nor Zhuang Fei said this bet, in fact, neither of them is stupid. If this bet were to be known to the media or the NBA league, it would be in huge trouble. So Jerry Bas didn't know that he didn't have many competitors.

"Zhuang, if you can come to the Lakers, then I will make a comeback with you, do you understand what I mean" When Jerebus finished with a smile, this time it was also Zhuang Fei's turn to be a little stunned, old Buss came back? You know, five years ago, the elder Bass actually handed over his team to his own children, and he also enjoyed his retirement safely. If he continues to be in charge of the Lakers, how could his old comrade-in-arms Jerry West be taken away by the two Bass Jr., for this old man, he hopes that he can use a few years to investigate who is more suitable to become the Lakers' successor, but it is obvious. Neither of these two seems to be a good fit right now, but even so, the Lakers will have to hand over to one of these two sooner or later, in this case. Continuing to train these two people is naturally the best choice, because now Jerry Buss is 72 years old, who knows when he will suddenly die, and if his successor has not been cultivated by then, then this NBA No. 1 noble team will be a tragedy, in this case, he will tolerate his pair of children in the Lakers to behave mischief, because there is no way, no matter how they are jerks, the future of this team still belongs to them, Old Bass just hopes that one of these two can grow up quickly, And then to reach his goal, only in the end such hopes were absolutely disappointed. Because now Old Bas is going to invite Zhuang Fei and is ready to clean up his two children.

This is a very tempting thing, it is indeed the case for Zhuang Fei, at least, at this time, Zhuang Fei was a little shaken after hearing Jerry Buss's conditions, for Zhuang Fei, the biggest problem of the Lakers is the internal contradiction, if the two little Bass are kicked out of the Lakers by the old Bass, then in the end, only the problem of Kobe and O'Neal remains, when these two lose the support of the two Little Bass, Zhuang Fei is confident that he can solve the matter of these two people as quickly as possible, if, The two Bass Jr. are still there, even if Phil Jackson wanted to send Kobe Bryant away, otherwise Kobe Bryant was traded last season, or it may have swapped owners with Arenas.

Of course, at this time, although the old Bass has made the biggest commitment, but for Zhuang Fei, this time still needs to be carefully considered, at least at this time he needs to weigh the pros and cons of the Trailblazers and the Lakers, and the old Bass who has been looking at Zhuang Fei is a little nervous, after all, this is his full effort, he knows that for Zhuang Fei, money is not the most important, this Chinese likes a work environment that is completely controlled by him, and for this point, the Lakers are indeed the weakest, Even if he made his own way out of the mountain to kick his pair of children away from the Lakers, it was difficult for him to say with certainty that he could impress Zhuang Fei, but after a short silence, the Lakers boss saw the result he wanted, because at this time Zhuang Fei had nodded slowly.

"Jerry. I am willing to go to the Lakers to cooperate with you" Zhuang Fei finally took the contract in his hand and said with a smile to Jeribas, and after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, both Jerichas and Kupchak were relieved.

"But there are two places in this contract that need to be modified," Zhuang Fei finally handed the contract to Old Bass and said, he took a general look at the contract, and the details of it were handed over to his agent to deal with in the future, and there was no need to sign it so soon.

"Where" was Zhuang Fei said, and the new one that Old Bass had just put down was suspended again.

"The first one is. I don't need to be the general manager of the team, because I think Mr. Kupchak should support my work," Zhuang Fei smiled and looked at the Lakers general manager Kupchak, who was a little stunned at this time, and the Lakers general manager was first shocked and then happy after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, and finally nodded his head vigorously, looking at the Lakers general manager like this, Zhuang Fei also smiled a little funny, in fact, he doesn't need such a title as general manager now, in all teams in the NBA now. There are not many teams whose general managers can compare to Zhuang Fei.

"The second is that the term of this contract will be changed from three years to 1+2 or 1+1 is better, of course, I hope the annual salary will change from 50 million to 30 million" Zhuang Fei finally said helplessly, but at this time, after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, Jerry Buss didn't know the reason, and Zhuang Fei also explained the bet between himself and Adelson again, which also made the two guests from the Lakers a little speechless, because these two people in the NBA for so many years really never thought that there would be such a thing.

"Okay, 1+2 is 1+2. Let's talk about it after next year, but this annual salary doesn't need to be reduced, right? You're worth the price" Old Bass is not an inflexible person, and he quickly agreed with Zhuang Fei's idea, but it is difficult for him to solve the problem that there are still people in the world who think that they have a high annual salary.

"I don't deny it's worth the price, it's just that I think. If I take this salary, the impact on the NBA will be unbearable for many people, and it will be difficult for everyone to do it," Zhuang Fei looked at Old Bass with a smile and said, and soon Old Bass understood something.

If Zhuang Fei accepts a contract of 50 million, then in addition to being able to change the salary structure of the coach. It will also change the salary structure of the players, and at the end of the day, this is still a player-based league. And now the highest annual salary of all players is only 30 million at most, because this is the standard set by Jordan back then, and no one will think that they are stronger than Jordan, so this is the highest standard of the NBA, and if Zhuang Fei exceeds this standard, the storm he caused will not be less than the storm caused by Garnett's contract at the beginning. This is also the reason why Zhuang Fei has always been very cautious about his contract, for himself, of course, he knows that he can be worth this price or even higher than this price, but whether it is in the Celtics or now he is not willing to accept this kind of contract that exceeds Jordan's standard, and in fact, Jordan standard has become the biggest standard for all players to measure their value over the years, Zhuang Fei does not want to replace Jordan, he just needs to be parallel to Jordan.

Zhuang Fei and Old Bass didn't have too many objections about the contract in the end, and in fact, regarding the contract negotiations, Zhuang Fei also threw the contract directly to Chris after talking about these general outline things, and Chris now only needs to discuss some details with Kupchak, and the most practical thing is that the signing obstacles between Zhuang Fei and the Lakers have been completely removed. At this time, whether it was the general manager or owner of other teams on the road to Boston, I am afraid that Zhuang Fei had been poached by the Lakers first.

Soon, early the next morning, Zhuang Fei and Old Bass officially signed a contract at their home, and soon, the news was also released by the Lakers on their official website, similarly, when Zhuang Fei took his two assistants to pack up and leave Boston, he saw a scene at the airport that Zhuang Fei will never forget for the rest of his life.

The streets a few kilometers outside the airport were lined with Boston Celtics fans, and at this time, these fans were all wearing the words "Thank you, our coach", and what made Zhuang Fei even more uncomfortable at this time was that these fans never said a word. All in silence.

Because Zhuang Fei said at the press conference after leaving Celtic, if you can't let go of the anger in your heart, then choose to be silent, and at this time, these fans are indeed silent now, they don't want their anger at Adelson to affect their farewell to their manager.

"This is really a group of cute fans" When Zhuang Fei walked into the airport, he almost choked up and muttered this sentence that almost no one could hear, and at this time Zhuang Fei's eyes were also a little red. (To be continued.) )