last super center

Chapter 58 The Emperor Goes Home, Frequent Trades, Final MVP!

After meeting Kobe, Su Mu met the current helm of the Los Angeles Lakers: Jim Buss.

A guy who brought the Los Angeles Lakers into the abyss, Su Mu is thinking, if he plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, whether Jim Buss will become an obstacle in his growth path.

After all, with his self-willed personality, he might plan a shocking deal at any time, just like himself, which shocked fans all over the world.

"I'm right, Su Mu is worth everything we pay!"

Jim Bass hugged Su Mu warmly the first time he saw him.

In the eyes of Jim Buss, Su Mu is not Su Mu, but the team's cash cow for the next five, ten, or even 15 years.

That's right, Jim doesn't think that his deal will fail. Even if Paul Gasol, the hero of the two consecutive championships, is sent away, Jim Buss is equally confident and believes that he will make a lot of money in this deal. Bowl full.

The most common mentality of gamblers is that they always feel that they can kill all quarters tonight before losing their fortunes. They never feel that sitting in the casino will lose the few fortunes.

Next to Jim Buss was the silent Jenny Buss.

Compared with her aunt ten years later, Jenny Buss at this stage reveals the charm of a mature woman. Maybe it is too much development, which makes Jenny Buss's lower body look a little strange, but overall, it is Quite tempting.

No wonder that kid Kuzma couldn't resist the temptation of his aunt. Who can resist such a rich woman?

"Welcome to Los Angeles, this will be your second home."

Unlike Jim, Jenny took the people-friendly route. She shook hands with Su Mu as soon as she came up, and inadvertently pinched the back of Su Mu's hand twice. Could it be that she was implying that I would knock on her door at two o'clock in the morning.

Looking at Jenny's smiling face, it's hard to imagine that she will become the leader of the Los Angeles Lakers, the biggest team in the NBA, in the not-too-distant future.

as for jim
Who are you hanging on to, Zhuo!

In a simple management meeting, the conflict between Jim and Jenny is clearly revealed.

What Jenny meant was that she hoped to give Su Mu enough room to grow, but she couldn't give up the team's performance, at least within the foreseeable range, to maintain competitiveness to the greatest extent.

It's a very thoughtful idea, but Su Mu is not optimistic about the Lakers' current lineup system.

On the contrary, Jim is really here, resolutely playing poorly, and sending out so many protected first-round picks. If he can select rookies within the top five range, he will be protected by the rules, and the selected players will belong to him.

Once the limit is exceeded, next year's first-round pick will not be his own.

So, in the long run, of course, Jim has to play badly for a whole season.

Moreover, one year of growth is too hasty for inside players.

Su Mu, Gordon, Clarkson, the three rookies who joined this year, and a series of actions in the trading market in the future, the Lakers will carry out in a planned way to plan for the future.

Soon, it was the day of the Las Vegas Summer League. A total of 24 teams participated. First, there were three rounds of preliminaries, and then there was an intricate schedule. Su Mu glanced at the schedule. The grass is even messier.

Anyway, it was just a formality, Su Mu didn't care about the schedule, not even the game itself.

And the day before Las Vegas started, the Los Angeles Lakers began looking for deals in the trade market.

On July 7, the Los Angeles Lakers announced a four-year extension with their player Nick Young, with a total value of 12 million US dollars.

Last year, Nick Young, who joined the Lakers with a veteran's basic salary, performed quite well.

在为紫金球队所打的64场比赛中，“单打王”有9场首发，场均出场28.3分钟交出17.9分2.6篮板1.5助攻的数据。

Among them, the score not only set a new career high, but also the highest in the Lakers.

However, the Lakers suffered from injuries and finally only achieved a record of 27 wins and 55 losses, ranking second from the bottom in the Western Conference and missing the playoffs.

This summer, he chose to opt out of the contract. Nick Young wanted to sign a longer contract. He has outstanding scoring ability and average defensive ability. He can serve as Kobe's substitute. It hit it off, it's all bad anyway, Nick Young can still play a good performance on the court, it's worth it.

In addition, Jordan Hill, nicknamed "Sharp Brother", also stayed with the Los Angeles Lakers on a two-year contract of 1800 million.

Last season, Hill was not happy with the Lakers because he didn't adapt to the former coach Mike D'Antoni's system, which resulted in not getting too many performance opportunities in Los Angeles.

"Brother Sharp" once hinted that if D'Antoni continues to coach the Lakers, he should not consider returning.But now that D'Antoni has left, Hill is open to re-wearing the Zijin jersey.

Earlier, Wo Shen had received a tip - after the opening of the free agent market, "Brother Sharp" became a hot commodity.Multiple teams have been in touch with Hill, including the Lakers, Rockets and Mavericks.In the end, the sincerity of the Lakers moved Hill.

There is one thing to say, Hill's contract is not expensive, but it is by no means cheap.

Combining Jordan Hill's technical level and style of play, Su Mu shook his head, feeling a little worthless.

2014 million a year in 900. Although Hill is a sought-after item in the market, this value is already close to the level of a quasi-All-Star. Obviously, Hill's physical fitness exploded, but his offensive skills far surpassed the Not at that level.

Of course, July 7 is destined to be a busy day for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Not only was Nick Young and Jordan Hill's contract extension, Su Mu's compatriot from all over the world, Jeremy Lin of Chinese descent, was also sent to the Los Angeles Lakers by the Rockets at the price of cabbage.

Yes!

Jeremy Lin, who set off Linsanity, officially joined the Los Angeles Lakers!

Jeremy Lin's annual salary next season is 1480 million US dollars, which is the same price as an All-Star player. At that time, it was rumored that James would leave the Heat, the Big Three would disband, and the Rockets would use the maximum salary to win Bosh (estimated to be around 2000 million per year), so Just give Jeremy Lin to the Lakers for free, and only exchange some cash back.

But Morey didn’t think that Bosh actually renewed his contract with the Heat, and the Rockets sent away Jeremy Lin + Asik this year, freeing up a lot of salary space, but there are no big names in the free market this year. After signing in, Parsons was also sent away. The only person who made money was "Tie Zha", who was the leader of the Rockets for a year.

With Dafa, after Jeremy Lin left, the Rockets' back line became the biggest weakness. Heibei can only attack and defend, pass the ball and have a general view of the overall situation.

On the contrary, after the Lakers signed Jeremy Lin, the lineup framework for the new season was basically finalized. Kobe did not know when he would be able to return to the lineup. Jeremy Lin and Nick Young had double shots in the backcourt.

Insider Su Mu, power forward Jordan Hill, plus the selected No. 7 pick, Aaron Gordon who can serve as a small forward, the Lakers are basically these players, and Clarkson is still sitting on the bench. The anti-bone boy Carlos Boozer who joined, basically these people have the ability to fight.

As for other players who may be signed later, Su Mu is not omniscient. He doesn't know about some small-scale transactions, but only remembers some major player changes.

The only pity is that Carter was snatched by the Grizzlies.

The 3-year contract amount of 1200 million is quite worth it. After all, Carter can act as the image of the big brother in the locker room, and his ability is still there. At least he can act as a fixed-point fort on the outside. Under Carter's containment, Su Mu can be inside. It is more handy to fight.

And after these transactions ended, on July 7th, or this day, everyone ushered in the most important news!
"The emperor has returned home!"

LeBron James told Sports Illustrated that he will return to the Cavaliers.

Immediately afterwards, James confirmed the news through his personal social network.

Yes, the emperor is home! !
James is the 4th regular season MVP. He announced half a month ago that he would jump out of the remaining two years of the contract with a total value of 4270 million US dollars and become a completely free agent.

At that time, the outside world agreed that the Big Three, including him, would choose to cut their salaries, which would help the Heat introduce strong support.

However, sources revealed that James was not satisfied with Heat president Pat Riley's signings this summer. They had a meeting in Las Vegas on Wednesday local time, but James did not make any promise.

James 1 day ago, together with Wade, returned to Miami from the "Casino" by private jet.

LBJ's plan is to fly to Brazil this weekend to watch the World Cup final, before he finally made the final decision.

The Cavaliers completed a three-team deal with the Nets and Celtics earlier this week that freed them up enough cap space to offer James a max contract.

As a result, the Cavaliers have a strong lineup, James joined hands with the champion Lang Irving, and Paul Gasol who left the Los Angeles Lakers and joined the Cavaliers, a brand new Big Three lineup, although Gasol is old, no one will To underestimate the soul of the Spanish national team, and in the upcoming new season, Gasol will also prove to everyone that his strength is still among the All-Stars!

"Su, it's terrible, James really returned to the Cavaliers!"

Embiid called Su Mu as soon as he got the news.

Exactly what Su Mu said before, James is back as a Cavalier!

Quietly, although it had been expected, everyone seemed caught off guard.

"Play well, don't pay attention to those who are not, what does James' return have to do with you?"

"It's really nothing to do with me. I'm afraid you'll feel bad, so I'll make a phone call to comfort you."

James' return sent Su Mu to the Los Angeles Lakers. From the side, the trade of Su Mu was to welcome James' return.

And the new Cavaliers lineup will show everyone their strength in the new season.

"Hey, this year's Cleveland Cavaliers are about to win the championship!"

Embiid is a little envious. He also wants to stand on the top and re-experience the feeling of "March Madness" with the NCAA, but now, he is just a first-year rookie and can't do anything.

Fortunately, the 76ers gave him a lot of space, and the management clearly instructed that he will become the core cornerstone of the team's future, and everything will be based on him.

"Don't worry, the days to come belong to our three masters of Kansas!"

Su Mu could hear the impatience in Embiid's heart, it's just where it is, time will witness all the glory!
As for Wiggins, this guy has already fencing with Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo's competitive character has once again inspired Wiggins' desire to fight. Unlike in Milwaukee in his previous life, Downs is a softie, what can he do? What, although Brother Antetokounmpo is not ashamed, his fighting spirit on the court is real!
"Perhaps Milwaukee is the right place for Wiggins."

Nima, brother Gouqi who is in full condition at position [-], brother Antetokounmpo who is known as the Greek monster at position [-], Nima, the striker combination of these two will definitely cause bloody storms in the small ball era in the future.

Then cooperate with Middleton who was trained by himself
Damn, so what if Antetokounmpo can't shoot, hand the ball to Wiggins or Middleton at the critical moment, can't everything be solved?
To be honest, Su Mu is a little envious of Wiggins. As long as this guy keeps working hard and maintains the same desire to compete on the court as he did in college, his room for growth will be much higher than in his previous life, too much!
On July 7, Su Mu participated in the first summer league match.

The first game was the Clippers in Los Angeles. Su Mu looked at the Clippers lineup. To be honest, there were not many players he knew.

Xiaoli counts as one, this guy is already a third-year rookie, why is he still participating in summer league? As for the other players, I have some impressions, but I can't name them.

You know, in 2014, when the Clippers were in full swing, there was only one team in Los Angeles, and that was the city of my lobs!

Paul, Griffin, and Jordan, these three partners are pleasing to the eye, and their operations are all in the sky. It is precisely because of this that when the three landed, the future of the Clippers was hopeless.

After the first game, the Lakers won without difficulty.

To be precise, this is a one-sided massacre.

Take a look at the starting lineup of the Lakers, Clarkson, Aaron Gordon, and Su Mu, the combination of these three people can go sideways in the summer league.

Shi Yu played in two quarters and scored 24 points, 24 rebounds, 18 blocks and 5 steals in 3 minutes. Good guy, these players are worse than the NCAA. Doing whatever I want inside, I'm so uncomfortable.

Such a scene made Jordan on the sidelines grit his teeth with hatred and vowed to teach Su Mu some lessons during the regular season.

In the second game, against the Phoenix Suns, there was still no difficulty. They clocked out in 20 minutes, scored 18 points, 12 rebounds and 6 blocks.

The same is true for the subsequent games. The Lakers successfully reached the finals and competed with King Saramento for the final championship trophy.

Su Mu helped the Lakers win the championship without bloodshed, and at the same time was elected the MVP of the regular season and the MVP of the finals.

He averaged 21 minutes per game, scored 20.6 points, 14.8 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 2.1 steals. He perfectly demonstrated his dominance on the court to the scouts and stars who came to watch.

The league champion without difficulty, the Los Angeles Lakers also contributed to several transactions during the summer league.

Bidding for Boozer, Anti-Bone Boy joined the Lakers. The salary is not high, and the Bulls and the Lakers share the responsibility.

With the layoff of point guard Kendall Marshall, "Horse Crazy"'s career with the Los Angeles Lakers is completely over.

Reached an agreement with completely free agent Xavier Henry, the two sides will sign a one-year basic salary contract worth $1 million.

Su Mu had some impressions of Henry, he was good at playing, and his performance on the court was quite satisfactory. He was very suitable to be a role player for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Wesley Johnson, a player whose defense is greater than offense, has a one-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers with a basic salary of $1 million for one year.

In addition, free agent forward Ryan Kelly also reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers for two years of $337 million, which is a very cheap cabbage price.

After signing Kelly, Nick Young, and Jordan Hill, the Lakers already have eight players under contract, plus Ed Davis, Wesley Johnson and swingman Xavier who have reached an agreement. With Henry, and rookie Clarkson, the Lakers' roster will reach 13.

During the regular season, the number of teams is 15, and the Lakers still have two vacancies.

Su Mu took the time to check the tradable players on the free market. Sure enough, the talented striker Bojan Bogdanovic from Croatia is still in the state of free agency. Su Mu really wants Kupchak to sign Bogdanovic Danovic, but he is new here, no matter how suitable these players are for him, Su Mu can't open his mouth.

This is how society is. Before you show your absolute value, it is better to keep silent.

When you have your own value and the team takes you as the core, it is quite OK to make some suggestions within the controllable range.

It's just a pity that Bogdanovic was later brought to Brooklyn by the Nets at a price of 3 million in three years. It's bloody money!

After the end of the summer league journey, Su Muxian and Kobe got together in Las Vegas and brought Aaron Gordon and Clarkson. Kobe valued the growth of these three in Los Angeles.

After that, Su Mu packed his luggage and set foot on the journey of the land of China again.

There is still more than a month to go, and the Asian Games are about to start!

(End of this chapter)