Although there were many big-name players in the offseason, once Kidd's suspense was revealed, the rest of the people were almost meaningless.

It was no surprise that Jermaine O'Neal signed a contract extension with the Pacers, and then Miller also signed a contract extension, and then most of the stars of the year chose to renew their contracts with the home team.

Gary Payton announced his move to the Los Angeles Lakers, and the veteran, who has a bigger mouth than anyone else, now doesn't care about anything for the sake of the championship.

Payton's choice was like a signal to other veterans who wanted a championship.

The place where the old people gather is where the hope of the championship lies.

As a result, Karl Malone also decided to leave the Jazz after nearly 20 years to seek new possibilities near the end of his career.

The Lakers' desire for Malone is urgent.

Because Shaquille O'Neal has not had a good opportunity to work with top power forwards since he entered the NBA. This could be his retribution. Back in the days of the Magic, O'Neal had the opportunity to join forces with Chris Webber, but he preferred pennies, so the Magic made one of the most far-reaching trades in NBA history.

The deal completely changed the careers of Webb and Penny and left O'Neal without a chance to join forces with a top-four spot since.

The best No. 4 he's ever worked with is Horace Grant, the Bulls' three-man in the First Dynasty.

Although the 40-year-old Malone is not as good as he was at his peak, he has both offense and defense, and has no distractions, and only wants to win the championship, this kind of person will not be affected by other things, and it is very suitable to stay by OK's side.

The Lakers' ferocious pursuit of Malone has displeased one of the veterans on the roster.

Robert Horry thought that the Lakers should renew his contract as soon as the season ended, but the Lakers wanted to leave room to spread around, and they really couldn't renew Horry.

In fact, the Lakers can't be blamed for this. Although it is said that one day is purple and gold, and the Lakers are for life, the premise is that you have to hang enough, otherwise you are not qualified to be a Laker for life. Horry, as a well-known big-hearted player who likes to paddle in the regular season and make a big C in the playoffs, played a piece of in the playoffs last season.

Playing an average of 31 minutes per game, shooting 32% from the field, and Horry, who has long maintained a three-point shooting rate of more than 38%, is only 5% on three-point shooting in this year's playoffs. In the series eliminated by the Spurs, he didn't score a single three-pointer and shot only 26% from the field, and the Lakers were merciful not to push him out of the pot.

But Horry has his own opinion, how many key shots did he make for the Lakers before, and he didn't play well for a year, so he was in a hurry to liquidate? Okay, there is no place to stay here, he has his own place to stay, he is leaving, and he will not just find a team to spend his old age in peace, he will go to those teams that have a chance to win the championship, only in this way can he have a chance to prove that the "big man Rob" is not dead, but he has slept too dead this year.

Horry chose the Bucks.

Since Horry has no salary requirements, even a base salary is acceptable, there is only one question for him to join the Bucks, and that is "does Frye want to play with him"?

Yu Fei was negotiating with Reebok to re-sign the contract at the time, and he was still happy to accept Horry's investment.

First of all, Horry's style of play is very compatible with him, if the state is good, it is Leitner's top replacement, and secondly, the big forward who can shoot three points, he will never be too little, Horry's arrival can alleviate the embarrassment that the Bucks must let Lightner play center every time they put a 5 OUT lineup, and then let any small forward go to the No. 4 position.

"I would love to play with Rob."

Horry's move to the Bucks made only a small splash in Los Angeles.

Lakers fans are excited about the prospect of Payton and Malone joining.

Only soon, this excitement will be upended by a nightmarish scandal.

On June 30, Bryant arrived at the Cordillera Resort and Spa near Edwards, Colorado, to rest, and a day later, he will have knee surgery.

July 1: A 19-year-old hotel front desk employee reports to the Eagle County Sheriff's Department that Bryant forced her to be aggressive.

July 2: The woman and Bryant are taken to the hospital for testing.

July 4: The Sheriff of Eagle County Sheriff officially issues an arrest warrant for Kobe, who chooses to turn himself in and pay bail to be released.

On July 5, the news of Bryant's arrest was announced.

The vast number of media with magical powers dug up the reason for Kobe's arrest before the police announced the specific content, and for a while, Kobe became the king of traffic, and various media put him in the headlines. In less than a day, Kobe, who was previously as pure as an angel and flawless, became a criminal who everyone was condemned.

This episode was seen by Yu Fei at Iverson last year.

At that time, Iverson faced four felony charges, all of which were eventually dropped, but when Iverson did that kind of thing, everyone spit on his behavior, but also felt that it was something Iverson could do.

And Kobe Bryant is a different concept.

As one of the global image spokespersons of the NBA, from the beginning of his entry into the league, he has behaved differently from traditional black stars, he does not have the anger and violence of "fuck the world" of most black people, even if he is at odds with the coach and breaks with O'Neal, it is a difference in philosophy on the court.

But forcing others?

The Lakers, who locked the championship of the new season in advance and vowed to achieve 75 wins in the new season, were suddenly hit in the head.

Lakers owner Jerry Buss refused to believe it: "Kobe? No way, he couldn't have done that. ”

Yes, just as he used to think that Magic Johnson wouldn't get HIV because of promiscuity.

Suddenly, NBA practitioners, like their predecessors, understood how shameful it is to spread bad things. When Kermit Washington punched Tomjanovich's brain, it was the first time the NBA was in mainstream news. And in today's NBA globalization, Kobe Bryant has an accident, that is, the whole industry has an accident, and the whole world will pay close attention to this matter, and how much time does the league need to spend to save its image? Will this affect the next TV contract?

The dire consequences have clouded the office of the Alliance.

David Stern's face was extremely gloomy, and after Kobe's accident, he did not call to offer condolences, but asked the staff to remove the Kobe image poster from the office building, including the photo of Kobe Bryant on the NBA's official website. Kobe Bryant's vacated image gap was filled by Fly and Maddie.

"But. . . Frye was criticized the other day for refusing a call-up to the national team due to injury"

The staff's question drew a thunderous fury from Stern: "What is this compared to a fucking rapist?" Are you a pig brain?!!! ”

The Eagle County incident dealt a heavy blow to Yu Fei's agent, Arne Trem.

He knew that Kobe Bryant needed himself, but Yu Fei also needed it here.

Therefore, Trem chose to let his henchman Rob Pelinka take care of Kobe, and he would rush over quickly when he was done here.

Bryant's off-court troubles made Trem aggressive when negotiating with Reebok executives.

This negotiation is not only to give Yu Fei a fat contract, but more importantly, to obtain the status within the company.

With Yu Fei winning the championship, Iverson is no longer Reebok's number one star.

Moreover, Reebok previously opened a bid war for James, and if James agrees to sign, they will give James an additional $10 million signing bonus.

When I signed the contract, how long did I grind for the endorsement fee of $12 million, but now it is only enough to give James a signing bonus?

Reebok's negotiators were miserable, and of course he couldn't get Trem to look at the problem with a development perspective, so he could only make continuous concessions in numbers.

In the end, the two sides finalized the figure to 6 years and 130 million US dollars, which is the largest endorsement contract in the basketball industry, Yu Fei also has a 5% sales dividend of the "Heavenly Choice" series of boots, and at the same time, Yu Fei will also serve as the creative director, and has direct decision on the development and design of the new generation of sneakers.

When Yu Fei smiled and signed a new contract with Reebok, Trem rushed to the airport with a miserable face.

It's July 18, and half a month has passed since Kobe Bryant's arrest. In the judicial process, the district attorney filed a sexual assault charge against Bryant. And Kobe Bryant also held his beloved wife in his arms and tearfully said in front of the camera that he was not forced, but there was indeed cheating.

When Trem joined the storm, Kobe Bryant had already suffered the scolding he deserved, and he was now a street rat like Iverson last year, and then his agent came?

Bryant asked him as a matter of course, "What are you doing here?" ”

"I," said Trym, "Frye has signed a contract. ”

"Then you go back to Frye, you are not needed here." Bryant said indifferently, "Rob can take care of my business." ”

It was only now that Trem realized that not only had he lost Kobe's trust, but he had also been backstabbed in the back by his henchmen, and Rob Pelinka had definitely reached some sort of agreement with Kobe.

It was during this summer that Trem lost Kobe.

Rob Pelinka officially became Kobe Bryant's agent.

That's an afterword.

Yu Fei didn't care what a big blow the loss of Kobe Bryant would mean for Tryme.

He only cares about one thing.

Are the three generations of "Heavenly Choice" boots comparable to Nike in sports technology? If not, it should be redesigned, and the color palette and copy should be carefully studied.

Reebok is very concerned about this matter, ensuring that the technological content of its products will never lose to Nike, and as for the appearance, it really needs to be improved.

After Feihe finalized the promotional plan for the new generation of sneakers and the location of this year's Asian tour, one of his old friends finally abandoned his boss and rushed from Washington to Los Angeles to join him.

That man was Michael Jordan's trainer, Tim Grover.

"Coming?" Yu Fei said with a smile.

Grover replied softly, "Here we are." ”

"What did Michael say?"

Jordan's roar rang through Grover's head, and he knew he had lost the friendship of the other party in that moment.

"He wishes me all the best."

Yu Fei said unexpectedly: "He didn't wish you to go out and was hit by a car and died, which is already considered self-cultivation, but he actually wishes you all the best?" When did he become so human? ”

Grover doesn't want to talk to Yu Fei about Jordan, and his goal is to make Yu Fei the next ruler of professional basketball, so that his fame can reach the top of the industry again. For the sake of this goal, even if he broke off relations with Jordan, he did not hesitate.

"When are we going to start training?"

"Oh, this, in fact, I'm training every day, just waiting for you to come, but the real systematic training will have to wait until I finish the interview for the 'Chosen Girl'."

“？？？”

Grover felt like he was on a thief ship.

For the new boss, he couldn't help but admonish: "Fry, you are still young, you have to take Kobe as a warning." ”

Yu Fei's face remained unchanged, and he smiled: "I know you are kind, but if I hear you use the rapist as my role model again, I will be angry." ”

Really, Kobe, a little fool who rode a donkey to find a horse but gave the snake to the sun, is really stupid, and he didn't dare to admit that Young Master Yu was three days old.

PS: Stacking armor again, when you see the last paragraph of this obviously subjective mental activity, that is Da Fei's heart. Da Fei's voice is not equal to my opinion, you know, I am a codeword.

(End of chapter)