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Chapter 53
"Shut up! What are you doing?" A slightly cold voice suddenly sounded.

"Kobe!"

"Bryant!"

Seeing the black man who had been silent all this time speak up, the entire arena was silent for two seconds, and then Ci Shiping immediately shouted: "Kobe, look at this brat, it's fine if he played a mess in the playoffs, How dare you point at me in the opposite direction? Don't stop me, I must make this idiot look good today!"

"Who played so badly in the playoffs?" Master Yan got angry when he heard it, and immediately countered: "No matter how bad I played, I still averaged more than 10 per game in both rounds of the playoffs. What about you? How's your head playing? I remember that after two rounds of playoffs, you didn't score very well, and I don't know who played badly!"

"What are you talking about? You stupid pig who lost the game and still loses. You can forget about elbowing and take off your clothes. It's really embarrassing for our Lakers. Why don't you just take off your pants?" For many years, where is the goodness, he thought to himself that if he couldn't even suppress a kid today, then he might as well quit the Lakers.

"Who loses the game and loses? If your three-point shooting was not like shit in that round of playoffs, how could we lose? 3.3 shots, only 0.7 hits, exactly 20.00% hit rate, you You know, when I saw your statistics, my eyes were going to be blinded by you! Is this what a small forward should do? Calling you a shit, or flattering you!"

"My three-point shooting looks like shit? What about your defense? What about your blocked shots? It's only 0.8, which can't compare to my small forward. It's more disgusting than shit!"

"Old man, what are you talking about, if you have the ability, don't talk about it, just come here and challenge me one-on-one!"

"Puppy, just wait for me, your uncle Mehta will come and beat you up!"

"Enough!!!" Kobe suddenly yelled, "Do you still have me in your eyes???"

"But Kobe..."

"Okay, Mehta, the last time we played against the Mavericks, the loss has nothing to do with you." Kobe directly interrupted Ci Shiping.

"Hmph, it's nothing to do with him anymore. If his eyes were on point, how could we..." Andrew Bynum couldn't see the situation clearly, and still "spitting" Ci Shiping said in his mouth.

"Andrew Bynum, shut up too!" Kobe turned around and said loudly to the Lord.

"Kobe, what are you doing? Is he the one who provoked me first? Can't I fight back in self-defense?" Lord Huan continued to murmur.

"Self-defense? Counter-attack? If I tell you to shut up, you just shut up. Are you the boss of the team or am I???" For this young player signed in 2005, Kobe has always had a lack of affection.According to him, he doesn't care about personality, temper, private life, etc., and it doesn't matter, but his performance on the basketball court must not be ambiguous.Andrew Bynum started training with the Lakers from 2005 to 2006, but after 6 years, he still hasn't improved at all, and his intelligence and control are even worse than ordinary high school students.This kind of young man has already worn his limited patience to the edge. In another season at most, if Andrew Bynum is still like this hopeless bird, then he will fight with the management team. Apply, let this 24-25 "genius insider" roll as far as he can.

Under the coercion of Kobe playing for the Lakers all the year round, the sophomore boy finally shut his mouth unwillingly. He grunted angrily, then turned his head and went to practice alone.

"Kobe, what do you think of his attitude? Do you really think he is the future of the Lakers?" Ci Shiping looked at Bynum's back and said indignantly.

"Whether it is the future of the Lakers or not is not up to him." Kobe replied in an emotionless voice, and then said: "Everyone, don't be affected by last year's results. Last year's time has passed, and this year again Winning the championship and proving ourselves is what we, the Los Angeles Lakers, have to do and should do."

"But Kobe, what about Lamar? Is this the way to go?"

The man named Kobe Bryant changed his face for a few seconds before he said in a cold voice: "I will go to the management to find out about Lamar. Now our job is to train hard and strive to be in the Beat the Chicago Bulls in the opener."

"but..."

Ci Shiping wanted to say something else, but Derek Fisher quickly stopped him and said, "Mehta, that's enough. Since Kobe agreed, he will definitely ask for clarification. We are all professionals. Players, now that the new season has begun, everyone, don't be distracted by things outside the court."

After Kobe resolved the conflicts within the team, his heart was not as calm as his face.

The relationship between Lamar Odom and him is actually better and closer than that of anyone present.Kobe himself is very sure of Lamar.But no one knows, Kobe may be a sign or a symbol to the Lakers, but in the management, he has no status.A big reason why Kobe forced the palace to go to the Bulls in 2007 is that he suddenly found himself in the upper echelon of the Lakers and did not have the right to speak as he imagined.That's why in that year, he took that seemingly radical behavior to increase the management's attention to his opinions.To paraphrase Luke Wharton's future interview remarks, Kobe's forced palace behavior in 07 was correct, and even the whole team was silently supporting Kobe's forced palace.It can be seen from this that, as the boss of the Lakers, his opinions are not taken seriously.This kind of example is not uncommon in Kobe's life, and Lamar Odom's departure from the team is also one of them.

Kobe knew that Lamar Odom was loyal to the Lakers, and he also saw ESPN reporter Stephen Smith's video interview with the latter for the first time.Lamar Odom's sobbing, sad, and even crying in front of the camera shocked him greatly.

"...I am here with only one dream, and that is to play hard, and that is to make everyone happy...but now, I really don't know how to do it...After hearing this news, I feel the whole It's going crazy...you know what...I've long regarded this place, the Lakers, as my home, here, the Lakers is a part of my life, you know, here, it's an integral part of my life Part of it... I really don't know, I really don't understand, why this is happening..."

Lamar Odom's words played in Kobe's head over and over again. He called the Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak afterward and Mitch Kupchak's answer was as formulaic as ever. : "Kobe, this is Odom's own decision. After the league stopped the three-party transaction, we have no plans to trade him again. He came to my office and applied to leave the team."

"Bullshit! Kupchak, do you think I'm a fool? I don't know what kind of person Lamar is? Even if he wants to leave, he will definitely not go to eliminate the Mavericks of the Lakers last year!!!"

But Kobe's anger didn't get Mitch Kupchak's attention. Everything was the same as in 07. No player would intervene in any decisions made by the Lakers. Oh, no, there was room for intervention.

Unless the old Bath was alarmed.

"Bryant, don't forget that you are just a player of the Lakers and not a manager, so anything the management does does not need or require your consent. As a player, you only need to be responsible Things on the field are fine. As for things off the field, I advise you to keep your hands light.” The relationship between Mitch Kupchak and Kobe has never been as harmonious as the outside world sees it. It's a bit incompatible.

Of course, this is invisible to outsiders.

"Kupchak, have you forgotten what happened in 07? At worst, I'll go and petition Old Buss to see if you dare to treat me like this!" The labels "close to" and "difficult to get along with" won't be all over your body.

"07?" Mitch Kupchak sneered. He didn't like Kobe, and it was from this year. In 07, Kobe Bryant united with the whole team and successfully forced the palace. The person who was hit the hardest was none other than the general manager of the Lakers, Mitch Kupchak.Why do you say that?The answer is actually not difficult to come by. As the general manager of an NBA team, the greatest power is to plan the team and sign personnel. Mitch Kupchak is different from West, the general manager of the Lakers last term. He is a A person with a strong desire to control, so Kobe felt that his power and prestige had been severely eroded when he made such a fuss.Such a situation was naturally firmly remembered by Mitch Kupchak.It's not his general manager style to be led by the nose by the players.It's just that the biggest BOSS of the Lakers, Jerry Buss, was alarmed because of too much trouble back then.

That's why Mitch Kupchak had to bow his head temporarily.

Because Old Buss valued Kobe very much.

He couldn't go against old Bath's will.

But this year, the situation has changed. If Kobe wants to use this trick to scare himself, it is completely unworkable.

"Kobe Bryant, do you think it's still in 07? The times have changed a long time ago. The Lakers are no longer the Lakers of the past, and you are not the same as you were then." Mitch Kupchak's voice was not dark Said unhappily.

"What do you mean?" Kobe asked.

"Bryant, do you think old Buss will come out to take care of things now? You have been with the Lakers for so many years. Could it be that you can't see any changes?"

"If you have something to say, just say it, don't tell me half of it." Kobe said impatiently.

"Hmph, so many years have passed, your game skills have indeed reached the peak, but unfortunately your eyesight is still so 'poor'. Forget it, let me tell you, from now on, the Lakers will be slow to win the power of life and death. Slowly transferred to the hands of Jim Buss. The old Buss will completely delegate power to the Lakers because of his health and other issues. So..." Mitch Kupchak chuckled on the phone and said: " Even if you call old Bass now, it's useless, because I bet old Bass will let you go to Jim Bass to solve the problem."

what……

Although Kobe puts all his thoughts on basketball, he has been with the Los Angeles Lakers for more than ten years after all, and he is not unaware of the changes in the top personnel.

It's just that Old Bath's final decision still exceeded his expectations.

Not a choice, Jenny, but a choice, Jim?

No wonder...

No wonder Phil resolutely decided to leave the Lakers last year. Did he foresee this situation at that time?
Kobe Bryant was thinking quickly, and after about seven or eight seconds, he slowly said: "So, that's why you've been hanging out with Jim lately. You're such a snobby old wolf."

"Haha, Bryant, thank you for your praise. I, Mitch Kupchak, just followed the trend. Didn't God say that a person's achievement is the distance his eyes can see. I just It's just a little farsighteder than you." Mitch Kupchak said with a "satisfied" expression.

Kobe Bryant is not an idiot. He knows that no matter how much he struggles, he is not a core member of the Bass family. Under the power change storm of the big family, he will not be able to protect himself.

After being silent for a while, Kobe said to the phone: "Kupchak, you know, this is why you are not as good as West. No wonder Shaq didn't like you back then. I didn't understand it before. Now, I finally Understood."

"What did you say? You said I'm not as good as West?" In Mitch Kupchak's mind, he respected, envied, and hated the previous generation of Lakers general managers.Respect, naturally I admire West's means and operational ability. Jealousy, Mitch Kupchak has never thought that he is worse than the other party. As for the last hatred, it is his 14 years of suppressing West. resentment.

Many outsiders may not know that Mitch Kupchak has long joined the management of the Lakers. This time was in 1986. It was not until the millennium in 2000. It was as long as 14 years later that he joined the Lakers for the first time. Walked up to the front desk.Before that, he existed as West's assistant and assistant general manager of the Lakers.

And as an ambitious man, how could Mitch Kupchak be willing to be subordinate to others all his life?So in 2000 he started to attack. Although he has always claimed in front of the media that he and West are in the relationship of "student and mentor", only he knows that he is tired of the position of assistant general manager. up.Therefore, his goal is to reduce this word until it becomes the word "general manager".It was not that West was unaware of the deputy's private emotions, but for him, all of this didn't matter. He was 62 years old at the time, and he didn't bother to argue about many things.Otherwise, Mitch Kupchak will not be able to shake his solid position as the godfather of the Lakers.

Everyone knows the final result. West resigned from the Lakers, and Mitch Kupchak, the assistant to the general manager who had been in charge for 14 years, was finally righted up and became the justifiable "new godfather" of the Lakers.

However, Kobe is not interested in Kupchak, because he thinks that the reason why Gasol came to the Lakers back then was entirely due to the relationship between the first-generation godfather Jerry West.Therefore, of course, the Lakers' subsequent two consecutive championships were also due to Jerry West, not this Mitch Kupchak.

"Bryant, don't be ignorant. If it wasn't for me, would you have gotten Pau Gasol? You could have won two consecutive championships? You are such an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!" Mitch Kupchak yelled into the phone road.

"Kupchak, you idiot, do you really think that Pau Gasol's arrival is because of you? Do you really think that the reason why I chose to stay in the team is because of you? You are the real white-eyed wolf!" Kobe suddenly said sarcastically.

"What? Bryant, what do you mean by that?"

"Originally I was too lazy to tell you, but now, anyway, it's been so long, it doesn't matter if I tell you. You can listen clearly." Kobe said with a slightly mocking voice: "Back then I The reason why you suddenly chose to stay on the team has nothing to do with you. It is entirely due to Jerry West. It was he who called me one night, and he promised that he would definitely do something for the Lakers. You came here for reinforcements, otherwise, how could you shut me up with your mouth alone? How could you get Gasol?"

"What, what? This, this is impossible!!!" Mitch Kupchak yelled loudly.

"Nothing is impossible." Kobe Bryant said: "About this, if you don't believe it, you can ask Paul to see if his answer is the same as mine. You really think you can rob Paul? It was Jerry West who reassured the Spaniards, not you."

"You, you fart!!! You lied!!!" Mitch Kupchak seemed to overturn the desk in the office, and what made him so out of control was Kobe's words just now.Paul Gasol is almost Mitch Kupchak's most proud exclusive trade. He feels that it is because he helped the Lakers get this Spanish big man that the Lakers can recover quickly and achieve three finals and two The brilliant record of winning the championship.

However, Kobe told him that all of this was due to "that person", which made it difficult for the "ambitious" Mitch Kupchak to accept it for a while.

"Whether you believe it or not, I don't care, but I'm here to advise you, don't think that you can do whatever you want when you are the general manager of the Lakers, because it is always the players who sweat on the court, not the general manager. After finishing speaking, Kobe hung up the phone with a "snap".

Recalling this scene, Kobe's originally unfriendly face suddenly became more stern.

But in an instant, he seemed to remember something again, walked to the Spaniard alone, and said, "Paul, you and Castro..."

When the Spaniard heard this, his shooting hand twitched slightly, and then forced a smile: "It's all right, Kobe, I'm done with her."

"Well, I was too negligent about this matter. I didn't expect Shannon Brown to be such a person. Sorry, buddy, I'm sorry."

"Kobe, where did you say it? How can you blame this kind of thing? I can only blame myself for not seeing her true face clearly." The Spaniard said bitterly.

"That Vanessa-Castro spat..."

"It's over, it's all over, Kobe, you don't have to blame yourself too much, if Vanessa hadn't told me all this, I would have been kept in the dark like a fool. I should thank you."

"No." Kobe shook his head and said, "I already asked the management to trade him."

"Thank you, Kobe, this is enough for me, really." Paul Gasol said gratefully.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded:

"Who are you??? Why are you standing here without authorization???"

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