anovelconsole Chapter 672 Kupchak's Suggestion
Chapter 672 Kupchak's Suggestion
Chapter 672 Kupchak's Suggestion
Time passed by little by little, and when a large number of players in the league found their new homes, or completed contract extensions with their home teams, the time finally came to October!
"Jerry, what do you think about Andre's persistence!!"
Bruce frowned and asked West, for the previous two months of intermittent negotiations, he really felt irritated and unhappy!
"Sorry, Bruce, I don't think we need to pay attention to this matter anymore. What we have to do now is nothing more than the team's performance in the new season, so..."
West said to Bruce with a firm face. For him, once Kirilenko did not complete the contract extension before the time stipulated by the league this season, then he would not hesitate to pull the trigger on the transaction. A potential player can still bring some exciting contributions to the team!
"Well, if Andre sticks to his ideas, I think we have to do something!"
Even though Bruce is very reluctant to put Kirilenko on the shelf, the fact that both sides are unwilling to give in now can't help but make him truly feel the essence of this alliance!
After that, as time passed day by day, after the first game of the preseason started on October 10th, this made the league calm down!
On this day, the Warriors will first complete a game with the Mavericks at their home court.
After the Mavericks traded through Jamison, they have undergone some changes in the lineup!
Michael Finley, who had been gradually deducted playing time by Donnie Nelson, in this first preseason game, he seemed to have returned to his previous status as the team leader, even if it was only a preseason game, in the game Among them, Finley also got a lot of playing time and shooting rights!
In the first quarter of the game, when both sides intend to investigate some fringe players and some players with no guaranteed contracts, the battle between the two sides, especially on the defensive end, can't help but make the watching fans feel a little bored and hard to lift their spirits!
However, with the beginning of the second half of the game, the players of both sides seemed to have finally entered the state. Even though the reputation of these players was not conspicuous, their exciting performance on the court finally got the cheers of the fans present!
In the end, when the Warriors defeated the Mavericks 100:90 with their good defense, Tony Allen's tough performance finally won the trust of Wilkens and the surprise of West!
Los Angeles.
Jerry Buss stood under the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, frowning, listening to Kupchak's plans for the team's future behind him, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!
In the previous transaction about O'Neal, Bass really went through a very long period of consideration and entanglement.
Now, when he saw the traded players, only Lamar Odom's performance echoed his worth, the bitterness in Bass' heart finally spread to his whole body and mind!
Kupchak frowned and stared at Bass's back. As the general manager of the Lakers, he was always surrounded by West over his head!
In the previous trade about O'Neal, if the team hadn't finally made a decision, in his mind, he would not have chosen to trade him out at all, but tried his best to find some impositions that could further strengthen the team!
However, as the relationship between O'Neal and Kobe has reached an astonishing level, after Kupchak completely gave up, after a short discussion with the team's top management, he got a decision to trade!
While trading O'Neal, in order to prevent Kobe from eventually losing his team, the Lakers directly offered him a staggering contract!
Now, when the first preseason game ended in a disastrous loss for the Lakers, this situation finally made Buss and Kupchak feel the dignity of losing O'Neal!
"Mitch, tell me what you think!"
Old Bus turned around with a gloomy expression on his face, stared at Kupchak who was in deep thought, and said in a dull tone.
"Boss. Me."
Kupchak said something with a bitter face, but after seeing his expression, Old Bass couldn't help but think of West's ease when he was there!
"Tell me, what do you think!!"
Kupchak looked at Old Buss with some hesitation, finally he gritted his teeth and said with a serious expression: "If possible, I think we should bring Andre into the team!!"
"Andre???"
Old Bath opened his eyes wide, and his tone was full of disbelief!
"That's right, it's Andrei Kirilenko!!!"
Kupchak said with an extremely firm tone as if he was going all out.
"you.."
Old Bass quickly sat down in his seat with a displeased expression on his face, staring at the very serious Kupchak, he really didn't know what to say for a while!
In the NBA, as the general manager of a team, it is inevitable to move between other teams. General managers like Elgin Baylor who have been with the team for nearly a lifetime have been very difficult in previous lives. seen!
But now, like those old people who used to be the general manager of a certain team, after entering other teams, they will basically look at the face of their old club and give some help in the transaction!
Of course, with Old Buss as a person, once he goes to look for West, the other party will agree, but the relationship between the Lakers and Warriors is not what outsiders seem to be. For Lilenko, Old Bath had to have a good talk with Bruce in person while asking West for help!
After a long while, Kupchak didn't see old Buss answering. When a trace of great disappointment appeared on his face, he finally became excited when the old Bath's words sounded!
"If, I mean if you bring Andre to the Lakers, how does his arrival change and improve the team?"
After Kupchak heard it, he said directly without any hesitation: "Once we can get Andre, I dare not say that we will be able to break into the final playoffs this season, at least he will be in the future." For many years, he has become one of the core of the team!!"
"Ok??"
Old Bath stared at Kupchak with a solemn expression, and he couldn't help hesitating for a while at his words!
If a team wants to grow up quickly, relying only on the strength of the outside line, in today's league, it will be a very tangled thing!
Once they can get at least one insider while having a strong outside line, this will at least allow the team to quickly enter the playoffs!
Old Bath's hesitation is not without reason. Even though Kirilenko is indeed very comprehensive, he has not reached the level of Kobe and O'Neal after all.
Therefore, even if Kirilenko is brought in, in his opinion, the Lakers will not come up with very attractive bargaining chips!
"Who will you give to the Warriors and what will you do for them?"
Hearing the old Buss' inquiry, Kupchak said with an extremely serious expression: "If possible, I think Caron (Butler), a cash compensation that satisfies the Warriors and next year's draft picks are enough to satisfy Bruce and him. Jerry is satisfied, if we operate very well, I think a good point guard will bring a very good contribution to the team!"
Old Bass stared fixedly at the extremely confident Kupchak, stared into his eyes, and said, "300 million, I'll only give you 300 million!!"
The Warriors in October are happy. As two-time champions, they ended their last game like tigers in the preseason this month!
And Bruce and West sat in the office dumbfounded, staring at each other for a long while speechless!
"Jingling!~"
A burst of phone ringing finally broke the weird atmosphere between the two of them!
"Damn it, let me get on the phone first!"
Bruce shrugged helplessly, then picked up the phone and started talking to the other party!
It turned out that Payton didn't know what stimulated him before, but he came here to tell Bruce and West that he was going to retire, and he would retire forever!
However, when Bruce and West couldn't persuade them no matter how hard they tried, when they were ready to take the matter of Payton seriously, Payton told them with an embarrassed face the next day that he was not old yet. just kidding!
West looked at Bruce helplessly, and couldn't help laughing whenever he thought of Peyton's behavior before!
"what??"
Bruce frowned suddenly, with an absurd whisper, which made West sit up straight subconsciously!
"Okay, let's think about it!"
After Bruce finished saying this, he hung up the phone with a strange expression on his face, and even looked at the unknown West with a hint of helplessness!
After a while, West finally couldn't bear Bruce's gaze, he stood up directly, frowned and asked, "What happened??"
After that, when Bruce slowly told him the person and content on the phone, West sat down without saying a word, with a gloomy face!
"Jerry, what do you think of the chips they paid??"
Bruce frowned and said to West that he had subconsciously resisted the news on the phone before!
"Hehe, what do I think??"
West said something self-deprecating, and then a bit of bitterness flashed across his face, and he said helplessly in his tone: "To be honest, I like that team, and I still like that team until now!"
"did you mean??"
The pupils of Bruce's eyes contracted for a moment, and he stared at West with a look of gratitude, feeling helpless in his heart.
West walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office a little lonely, staring at the slightly bleak street scene outside the window, he murmured in a low voice: "Although I still like it, but now I am a member of the Warriors!!! "
(End of this chapter)