Chapter 603: A New Chapter

There are NBA championships every year, but a star of Kobe's level changes teams every year.

As early as July 11, the day before the NBA free agency opened, the NBA's famous gossip breaking account, recognized as a ship black, the well-known Smart Min network's lifelong enemy, Twitter account NBA-Batman tweeted: Kobe Bryant is considering leaving the Los Angeles Lakers.

When this tweet came out at the time, there were a lot of retweets on Twitter, but many people didn't believe it.

Although Kobe Bryant had a transfer affair in 2007, he eventually stayed with the Lakers and won two championships.

In the summer of '11, the Lakers also brought in Chris Paul to keep the Lakers in championship contention.

Now, for Bryant, who is entering the final years of his career, there is really no reason for him to leave Los Angeles.

His family and friends are here, his glory and splendor are here, Los Angeles is already his home, and his statue will definitely be erected in front of the Staples Center in the future.

Therefore, even if NBA-Batman's prediction is so accurate, there are still many people who do not believe it.

But soon, news of the July 12 trade broke, and the Nets made two shocking trades.

They gave away their future and present to the Celtics and Lakers, respectively, to get the superstars of the previous era.

Garnett, Pierce, Kobe, the protagonists of the 08 and 10 finals.

It is equivalent to Jordan, Malone, and Stockton forming a team, not to mention 10 years ago, even 5 years ago, it was quite explosive, and it was even more terrifying than the Celtics triumvirate.

It's just that these three old guys who entered the league in 95, 96, and 98 are already 37, 35, and 36 years old, and have entered the last years of their careers.

It is understandable that Garnett and Pierce were sent to the Nets, after all, Garnett was originally traded, and although Pierce is known as the soul of the Green Army, the coffee position is still a big step behind Kobe.

If Pierce's accomplishments can reach Bird's level...... Bird's level is useless, Angie is the general manager, and he will trade Bird for the benefit of the team.

This is Danny Angie's style, where people are weak and interests come first.

But this is not the case with the Lakers, except for O'Neal, who had to send one away because of a conflict with Kobe, and those previous superstars were all retired with the Lakers.

Moreover, Kobe's achievements with the Lakers, as well as the contract the Lakers gave Kobe, are all looking like they want him to live in Los Angeles for the rest of his life.

Unexpectedly, the Lakers also chose to send Kobe Bryant away, and Kobe did not use his veto power on the transaction, indicating that Kobe Bryant knew about the deal in advance, and he agreed to it as soon as possible, and he also wanted to leave.

Just when the trade news was released and shook the nation, Kobe Bryant tweeted a message in the evening: Goodbye, Los Angeles.

This news once again confirmed that Kobe Bryant is leaving Los Angeles to play in Brooklyn.

The inside story of this transaction is still unknown to the public in a short period of time, in short, the media are showing their own powers, hoping to get first-hand information about the two transactions.

Whoever can grab it will get the most fan attention.

Of course, there is one person who knows the inside story for sure, and that is NBA-Batman.

Countless fans @ this mysterious Batman on Twitter, hoping that he will come out and say a few words about why Kobe Bryant is leaving the Lakers.

Once again, NBA-Batman's revelations were so accurate that they embarrassed sports journalists across the NBA that they couldn't do it.

What sports news wants is timeliness, especially in the offseason when you don't have first-hand news, that is, people eat meat, you eat stool, and you can only chew the residue after other people's digestion.

But the problem is that NBA-Batman belongs to me and doesn't eat meat, but I don't let you eat meat, I let you eat my, which is a typical harm to others and not to yourself.

This guy's identity has never been exposed, the account has no income, no advertising, no promotion, the number of fans is already the largest in the sports media category, more than LeBron James, Kobe Bryant's account fans, it's so mysterious, so terrifying.

And the real mastermind behind this account, Min Congda also sighed when he saw that he had so many fans and countless private messages every day.

"If I can rely on this thing to become an Internet celebrity, I can't earn 18 million just by operating an account this year? Why not act in the NBA show, scold this today, hit that tomorrow, insult Sven! ”

More than a month has passed since the finals, and the pain caused by the two consecutive championships has subsided.

Min Congda continues to devote himself to the plans for the new season.

The first big thing he's doing now is to change hands on the Lakers.

And the first step for the Lakers to change ownership is to kill the Lakers in the playoffs, so that Kobe Bryant and Paul have a conflict.

This step has been successful, and according to the Min Congda Intelligence Center, after the Western Conference semifinals, the relationship between Kobe Bryant and Paul has reached a point where it is difficult to tolerate.

As a result, the Lakers are divided into two factions, one group supports Kobe Bryant, believing that Paul should be traded away to re-establish Kobe's status.

The representative of this faction is Jeanie Buss, who has feelings for the Lakers and understands her father's team-building mentality.

A lot of the time, she governs the Lakers with the idea of building a brand, not a team.

The other faction supported Paul, believing that Kobe was the O'Neal of the year, O'Neal was old and had conflicts with Kobe, so the Lakers left the younger Kobe Bryant and sent away O'Neal, who was in his 30s, and then the Lakers regained their peak.

The so-called feng shui takes turns, this world is a cycle, now that you Kobe Bryant is old, and you have a conflict with the younger Paul, of course, you have to send Kobe away and leave Paul, so that the Lakers have the capital to make a comeback.

This faction is represented by Jim Bass and the team's general manager, Kupchak.

Their way of thinking, in fact, is Danny Angie's thinking, the iron battalion and flowing soldiers, the team is always there, and the interests are the first.

Even if it's a superstar, there's no essential difference between it and an ordinary player who can be traded at any time.

O'Neal can be sent away in exchange for future championship resources, and Kobe Bryant is certainly the same.

Obviously, with the death of Buss Sr., the Lakers' back-to-back losses to the Clippers in the playoffs, and the Clippers' eventual championship, gave Jim Buss's faction the upper hand.

Therefore, the second step for Min Congda to do is to facilitate the trade of Kobe, let Kobe Bryant leave the Lakers, and deal a heavy blow to the Lakers' prestige and brand effectiveness.

This kind of heavy blow will inevitably hurt the Bass family who made the decision, and then weaken their control.

Trading O'Neal won't weaken the Lakers' brand, but trading Kobe Bryant would.

Kobe and O'Neal are still very different, Kobe's idol is much higher than O'Neal's, which is a natural advantage for outside players.

People will prefer outside players who are close to the average person in size and style of play, rather than giant inside players who are similar in height and playing style to monsters.

Once Kobe Bryant is traded away, the Lakers will definitely fall into a huge popularity crisis.

Especially if Kobe Bryant can play well on other teams, but the Lakers themselves do nothing, fans will definitely let the Lakers management and the Buss family see what the power of idols is.

After all, the times are different, and in the era of online media, the value and meaning of individuals are amplified and amplified.

Jeanie Buss is one of the few people within the Lakers who can see through this, after all, she was involved in the whole process of building the Lakers brand.

It's a pity that she is not in the momentum, and there are Min Congda, Shelly Sterling, Stern and others behind her, who are making troubles and matchmaking to pave the way for Kobe's trade.

Picking and choosing, Min Congda and Stern took a fancy to the Nets.

When the Nets were in crisis in 2010, they changed to a Russian tyrant owner, a gold tycoon, who had too much money in his hand to spend and found a professional team to play.

It's like a local tyrant playing a new online game, no matter how you get started, you can spend money for a set of top-level luxury equipment first.

What to fight yourself? Slow choice and slow practice? What do you think I'm making this money for?

Your Bass family is running a team to make money, and I am making money, buying a team to satisfy my basketball hobbies and dreams.

Russia's richest man had previously bought CSKA Moscow to inject money into the poor, jingle-ringing veteran team, and then dominated Europe twice.

European basketball is tired of playing, and Russian tycoons want to show off their wealth in the NBA, the mecca of basketball.

In the past three seasons, the Nets have begun to engage in a golden dollar strategy, bringing in Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Gerard Wallace and other cadres.

It's just that the rules of the Americans are really unfriendly to the gold dollar strategy, and the salary cap and a bunch of rules and restrictions prevent this kind of big boss from giving full play to his financial advantages.

Therefore, in the three seasons of the Nets, the results can only be said to be so-so, and they have never met expectations, at least they can't even enter the finals.

In the offseason, the Nets finally met an opportunity, and under the multi-party matchmaking and matchmaking, they threw a blockbuster trade bomb that shook the entire league.

In fact, in this trading plan, the biggest variable and uncertainty is Kobe.

Garnett and Pierce don't have a veto on the deal, and Angie has a firm intention and pushes hard, and no one opposes it.

Kobe Bryant is different, as an individual he can deny the deal, and as an idol, many fans in Los Angeles will not want him to leave.

But Kobe Bryant finally left, and he didn't seem to hesitate, so that Min Congda's second step was successful again.

The reasons for this are complex, of course, but one thing is very important, after Kobe Bryant decided to leave, he tweeted "goodbye, Los Angeles" instead of goodbye to the Lakers.

Because Kobe Bryant knows that when the Clippers win two consecutive championships, when Curry wins the FMVP again, and when the Clippers capture the hearts of a large number of young fans, he knows that he is no longer the king of Los Angeles.

One mountain can't accommodate two tigers, in the Lakers, there is Paul to squeeze him, in Los Angeles, there are Clippers and new idols appearing.

Assuming that the Lakers become a bad team and have no hope, today's Kobe Bryant is willing to stay and sink with the Lakers.

It's just that the Lakers still have hope, but the Lakers have Paul and Plan B, but Kobe Bryant is shaken.

This is the difference between people and people's personalities, some people are the opposite, the team is weak, they run away, they have strong teammates, they stay.

The hero is twilight, but he also has his own pursuits, Kobe still has gas in the tank, and he can still be the boss.

Instead of struggling with his past achievements in a team and city that no longer belongs to him, it is better to go to a new place and prove himself again

So, he chose the Nets, choosing to join forces with his old rival against the new monsters rising in Los Angeles!

Isn't this a new chapter in Kobe's career?

(End of chapter)