So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 151 We need to give him enough respect.

After the draft, the most exciting thing on the second day was Meng Lang's attack on Orlando again after the draft.

If there were still people who didn't know how angry Meng Lang was towards Orlando before, they should know now that Rambo's "red temperature" was beyond description. The New York Times commented on Meng Lang’s “firepower”:

"The Magic's signing work this summer will become extremely difficult. Even the 'Cardinal' may not be able to save the Magic's reputation."

Meng Lang's words are enough to shake the players in this year's free market.

As he said, even a guy who was hand-picked by the Magic and won consecutive Finals MVPs in the first two years of his career and regular season MVP in the second year of his career was treated like this by the Orlando media and fans. .

Who can avoid being treated like Meng Lang?

Moreover, even if there is even a 100% chance of leading the team better than Meng Lang, will it definitely make people in Orlando look at him differently and treat him differently?

Between "three consecutive championships" and "two consecutive championships" and a regular season MVP, is there really an insurmountable gap as far as individual players are concerned?

You know, two runner-ups can offset a championship in the future!

With how pissed the Orlando media and fans are, even if Michael Jordan comes to this team, he will be kicked out, right?

Don't believe it. It took Jordan 7 seasons and 8 years to win the first championship of his career. If this was in Orlando, he would have been given up long ago, right?

"What do you mean you asked me to buy it? I picked it all one by one!" Meng Lang showed him the items in the box, picked up one item, and followed the introduction of the shopping guide at that time to explain it to Madonna. This box took him two or three days, mainly listening to the shopping guide explain to him the purpose and usage. He is now considered to be half a "child expert".

"Go lakers!"

The story between the Bulls and Jordan is so heartwarming, but the story between Meng Lang and the Magic is so disgusting!

The story between Meng Lang and Orlando was exactly the opposite of him.

Moreover, Meng Lang got in touch with Madonna by coincidence. If he had changed his identity, he might not be able to get Madonna to get pregnant for him.

After Meng Lang watched the draft, he immediately set off for Los Angeles. It was not that he wanted to meet with the Lakers management. He did not lie to the reporters. Tyron really wanted to tell him about the impatience of the free market in the past few days. home news, but he did not let Tai Lun finish: "Until July 7st officially comes, I hope you will not tell me anything about contract renewal. I want to enjoy this holiday first!"

On the way from New York to Los Angeles, Meng Lang felt a little incredible whenever he thought about this. In his previous life, he had not even started a family, let alone children, until he retired from boxing.

"Go lakers!"

Why half!

The main reason is that he hasn't taught it personally yet. As for the theoretical knowledge he has learned now, he needs to practice it to know whether he has really learned it or whether he has learned it with his mouth but not his hands.

Her stage style is not that of a "sweet girl" in the traditional sense, which also reflects her character. So she rarely felt like this.

Now he is only 22 years old, but he already has his first child.

In the next few days, Meng Lang lived with Madonna, preparing for a very important moment in his life. Of course, this was also the most important moment in Madonna's life.

The fans at the front also unfurled a long series of banners:

"Come on, Dream, 'City of Angels' is definitely the city that respects you the most, and we are all your absolute loyalists!"

After all, given Meng Lang's own age, the 36-year-old Madonna is actually a peer to him, but the 46-year-old Madonna has to be called aunt.

Madonna has been living here since announcing her pregnancy.

When the driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away, Meng Lang could still hear the shouts for him.

Madonna's eyes softened a lot as she listened to him introducing these things. After Meng Lang finished speaking, her eyes almost overflowed with water: "Oh god, although I have never imagined such a scene, the scene just now really makes me sad. I'm so warm!"

The car entered Sunset Boulevard and arrived at Beverly Hills where Madonna's villa is located.

But he only glanced at it before getting back into the dark nanny car.

Meng Lang did not respond. Under the cover of his bodyguards, he left the airport without stopping. However, when he walked out of the airport and was about to go on stage, he still glanced back at the Los Angeles people who were following him step by step.

He came to Los Angeles because Madonna was "ten months pregnant" and his first child was about to be born.

Meng Lang couldn't help but laugh, and received a "big eye roll" from Madonna.

By the 10th month, Madonna's "pregnancy belly" was already obvious, and she had gained a lot of weight. ——Since Madonna was not a "skinny beauty" originally, plus she gained such weight, she instantly became a "little chubby girl".

Based on his performance in the past three years, I am afraid that fans in not one of the other 28 cities in the league will cheer when they see him. So he doesn't care about the cheers. What he needs is a group of fans who recognize him from the beginning.

What Meng Lang didn't expect was that when he arrived at the airport, there were actually a lot of people in Los Angeles holding his posters and shouting unified slogans:

"Go lakers!"

This……

To be honest, this "surprise" gave him a very good feeling.

Meng Lang, who has experienced two lives, can only sigh, "Life is really wonderful!"

He was already cool enough in his last life, but in this life, he seems to be even more cool than before.

Looking at Meng Lang's appearance, although Meng Lang was 13 years younger than her, she felt that Meng Lang's "father" would be more qualified than her "mother".

Los Angeles feels pretty good to him.

This is a city within a city in Los Angeles, with the famous Hollywood to the northeast. So this is the "rich area" of Los Angeles, where you can see all kinds of rich people and celebrities. Living here is no different from attending various parties and celebrations every day. Familiar faces are everywhere.

He quickly asked Tai Lun to bring him the suitcase. The moment the suitcase was opened, Madonna's eyes suddenly lit up: "Did you ask me to buy all these baby products?"

And as for his current life, if he wants to be more chic, he probably has to be a chaebol from birth. And it’s not necessarily more chic. Like getting Madonna pregnant. You also have to pay attention to the timing.

Over and over again, the loud slogans echoed throughout the airport, causing waves of echoes. At the same time, more tourists choose to stop and join their camp.

Jordan and the Bulls have a story of mutual success.

If he had met Madonna 10 years later, Meng Lang might not be able to accept such an "old aunt".

This suddenly reminded him of the beginning. After he was selected by the Magic, there were still media in Los Angeles criticizing the Lakers management for their inaction.

Rather than the team that will give him cheers and shouts from now on.

This actually pricked him. He now wants to go to a team that was optimistic about him from the beginning.

If only I had met Madonna 10 years earlier. The "Queen" probably just rolled her eyes and refused.

This is definitely a big thing for Meng Lang.

His life is ordinary but warm.

But the undercurrent of the alliance is gradually surging.

As soon as the "draft" is over, in less than a week, the craziest "summer of 96" is about to arrive.

The “big fish” now in the free market include but are not limited to:

Michael Jordan, Meng Lang, Shaquille O'Neal, Mourning, Juwan Howard, "Cobra" Grant...

These are absolute free agents.

Among them, there are at least four cornerstone-level players, and no matter how bad the remaining two are, they are still at the team's main level.

For this reason, this must be a race against time!

The first object of contact becomes more important. Because when you contact one of the stars, other teams must be contacting other stars, and it is impossible for everyone to only contact the same star. The greater possibility is that just after contacting one of the stars, these "big fish" have already been carved up!

This is very possible!

Even if there are "big fish" in the free market, there is a high probability that they will not choose you.

The reason is also very simple, who wants to be someone else’s substitute!

Is it possible that I, Meng Lang, would like to go to a city that Jordan doesn't want to go to?

Therefore, it is very important to choose your own goals so as not to "fetch water in a bamboo basket and get nothing". Even this decision is likely to affect the overall situation.

In New York, Dolan’s voice echoed in the general manager’s office:

"Listen, everybody, I gotta see Michael put on a damn Knicks jersey!"

In Miami, Pat Riley put down the microphone in his hand, frowned tightly and said nothing. This was the 5th call he made to Talon in the past five days, but Talon's answer was the same every time: "Dream hasn't thought about it yet, he's enjoying his vacation."

But this time, it was no different from before.

Tai Lun still did not give a definite answer.

Riley's first choice must be Meng Lang, but the current situation makes him, who is good at calculation, feel uneasy. For him, he must be the one who takes the initiative so that he can calmly wait for the arrival of the free market.

But now, if he continues to wait for Meng Lang, he is likely to miss the opportunity in the free market.

and so……

Should we continue to wait for Meng Lang? This is a question. July 7 is right in front of us!

or……

The next best thing?

Riley's second target is Michael Jordan.

The reason why Jordan is ranked behind Meng Lang is also very simple. After all, Jordan is 11 years older than Meng Lang. Meng Lang has more future. From a rational point of view, the "divine fortune teller" will of course regard Meng Lang as his first choice.

Then there is Jordan.

And judging from their career playing records, Meng Lang does have the potential to become the "Jordan Terminator". His dominance over Jordan is more thorough than any previous "Jordan Ruler" labeled by the media.

So far, Jordan has not defeated Meng Lang even once.

All his wins were with the Magic team without Meng Lang.

Including the playoffs, as soon as Meng Lang came back, the Bulls and Jordan lost the game.

That was the only game they lost before reaching the Finals.

Pat Riley is a rational person. From a data perspective, it is impossible for him not to regard Meng Lang as his first target.

But now Meng Lang's attitude is ambiguous. If Tai Lun and Meng Lang have already found a new partner, and all they are doing now is just to cover up others, then he will be passive by then.

Or prepare four identical contracts?

And then send it to these four people at the same time?

Pat Riley feels that he can meet four "top big fish" at the same time on the first day of free agency.

His fingers were tapping rhythmically on the table, but the expression on Pat Riley's face gradually showed ambition.

He is a complete "careerist"!

In Phoenix, the Suns general manager is calling Barkley:

"Charles, maybe you need to call Dream now and buy us time to meet. His agent has never given us a positive answer."

"Is it possible that Dream really doesn't want to talk about this now?" Barkley carefully thought back to what he knew about Meng Lang when he got along with him.

"But man, if we want to bring Meng Lang back, we must be one step faster than others. You know, we don't have a better geographical advantage or a superior market. We need to show our attitude, a more urgent attitude. !”

There is nothing wrong with what the Suns general manager said.

Buckley was convinced, too.

After hanging up the phone and finding Meng Lang's number, Buckley still hesitated. After waiting for a long time, he dialed the phone. The call was answered very quickly.

"Hey, man, I heard you were in Los Angeles recently. Did you go to accompany Madonna?"

"Well, is something wrong?"

"I...No, I just wanted to ask when little Dream will be born. This should be the most important thing for you right now, right? I think you should be very excited and nervous now!" Buckley thought of himself What it was like before becoming a father for the first time.

He seemed to see Meng Lang nodding.

"Yeah man, it feels like an amazing feeling, but I'm enjoying it!"

"Okay, dream, enjoy this feeling and look forward to your good news."

"Thanks, Charles, thank you for the special call."

"keep in touch!"

……

In the end, Barkley did not mention the Suns general manager's request to meet with Meng Lang. He became more and more certain that what Tai Lun said was true, and Meng Lang really didn't want to talk about these things now!

Los Angeles, in the old Bass mansion.

Jerry West and Bass were sitting across from each other, enjoying what seemed like a leisurely afternoon.

They commented on the desserts and wines in front of them, and talked about some recent gossip, and finally got to the main topic.

"Are you sure Dream is our future?"

"I only know that Michael dominated the first three years of this era, so we don't necessarily need to grab a big man, even if it's Shaquille O'Neal!"

"Your deal tells me that, Jerry."

"I believe you will understand everything I do..."

"Of course, Jerry, I have complete trust in you. Now tell me what you need me to do for you! You have the right to decide everything, but you still come to me. I need to know what you need!"

Jerry West took a sip of the wine in front of him and then said: "BOSS, you should know that what Dream wants most is respect! We have to give him enough respect."

"So?" Old Bass's expression began to become serious. He could hear that Jerry West already had an idea.

Just this idea…

It may exceed his psychological expectations.

It can be seen that the "logo man" is also engaged in a psychological struggle. The silence lasted for about two or three seconds. For Old Bass, it was as long as a century: "We need to concretize this respect!"

Old Bass said nothing more this time and listened.

"I decided to give Meng Lang the right to refuse all our future transactions involving him. I think there is no better respect than this!"

(End of this chapter)