genius point guard

Chapter 341 When the meeting is in progress

For a team that is already capable of competing for the championship, Chen Mo can instantly make him the biggest favorite for the championship.For a team that is rebuilding, Chen Mo can speed up their rebuilding process by at least 60.00%.For such a player, which team's general manager does not want to sign him?

Whoever can take away Chen Mo can basically be sure that he will become the best manager next season.

If there is anyone who feels the bitterest right now, it must be the Los Angeles Lakers.

Originally, they could secure three consecutive championships, and then this summer, Chen Mo became a restricted free agent. Even if they couldn't negotiate with Chen Mo, they could still fully match the contracts offered by other teams. The Lakers will continue to stay.

By the end of Chen Mo's next contract, it's almost time for Kobe to retire. The Los Angeles Lakers can announce a perfect transition from the Kobe era to the Chen Mo era without any pain, but it's too late.But they still have a chance to fight for Chen Mo to return to Los Angeles.

At eight o'clock in the morning, in the meeting room of the Marriott Hotel's penthouse suite in downtown New York, Chen Mo and Falk met the meeting team of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chen Mo has already learned about the lineup of their meeting team from the news, so it goes without saying that it is luxurious.

Chen Mo and Kobe embraced, and then exchanged a few pleasantries.

The magician and Tiangou Chen Mo also greeted the other two Lakers celebrities.

"That guy Jeff (Van Gundy) is really stingy, and the quality of that box of red wine is too low." Chen Mo complained.

At that time, Van Gundy made a bet with Johnson. After Van Gundy lost, he gave Johnson two boxes of red wine as promised, and Johnson quickly sent one of the boxes to Chen Mo. Chen Mo was very disappointed with the red wine that Van Gundy paid for the bet.

"He's a thrifty guy," Johnson said.

Next, the meeting officially began. Kupchak had no intention of lowering Chen Mo's price. He directly gave the Lakers' bottom line.

The contract offered by the Lakers is 3 million for 8500 years, which is more than the 3-year 8350 million that Kobe signed last summer.

Among them, regarding the "overlord clause" owned by Kobe Bryant with the right to veto the transaction and the transaction margin, Kupchak agreed to Chen Mo.

"Of course, this is a contract based on the current labor-management agreement. There will be a new labor-management agreement after July 7. At that time, we can discuss the details of the contract again, but this is our sincerity." Kupcher K said.

Chen Mo said with a smile: "I don't particularly care about the size of the contract. What I care about is whether you understand my style of play? You signed me to win the championship. If I don't fit in your system, I think I'm afraid I will be upset. to great effect."

"We naturally know that your off-ball offense is very sharp, your running, support, and passing abilities are top-notch, and even the quality of the screen is very high. I have seen the collection of you after you screened the big man. It is hard to imagine you. That size to be able to play that quality of screen," Johnson said.

Chen Mo shook his head, and immediately said: "But these are not my strongest, my strongest state, I need to hold the ball!"

When Chen Mo said the last sentence, everyone turned their gazes to Kobe intentionally or unintentionally.

Kobe naturally understood that Chen Mo was asking him for the ball.

If he agrees to hand over the ball here today, he must abide by it next season. This is the rule of the game.

In the end, their meeting lasted an hour. Kobe was reluctant to hand over all the ball, but he made concessions, and everyone's talk was fairly satisfactory.Chen Mo promised to give an answer before July 7st.

Kobe hasn't said a word since he left the conference room, and he seems to be struggling in his heart.In the end, Kobe still couldn't accept being Chen Mo's second boss.

"Fifty-fifty with the ball, that's the limit," Bryant said as the plane landed at Los Angeles Airport.

Everyone else remained silent. The Lakers were the first team to meet with Chen Mo. They offered good conditions, better than Jordan's, but they still need to continue meeting with other teams. Finally, a final result is obtained.

"Chris Paul's plan will continue. I have a hunch that Jack Chen will not choose to return. After all, he once said that 'a good horse never turns back'." Kupchak said to his assistant.

After the Los Angeles Lakers is New York. The owner of the Knicks, James Dowland, is a well-known rich man and bully in the NBA. They almost offered the most garbage contracts in the NBA in the past ten years.

This time, they are determined to revive the holy land of basketball. They brought Stoudemire from Phoenix to New York last summer. With this deal, he successfully came to New York.

According to rumors, Carmelo Anthony's deal made Stern very unhappy. He believed that this league cannot be decided by players, and players can go wherever they want. This is unacceptable to him.

When Stern freed the NBA from the situation where Cardinal Auerbach overwhelmed the sky, his methods naturally needless to say. Maybe it won't be long before Stern will use tough methods and measures to give the players a blow.

"It's a perfect situation to form the Big Three with Cameron and Amare. At that time, the combination of Amare and Steve (Nash) could approach the championship. I believe that giving him an enhanced version of Steve will Play a stronger combat effectiveness, and there is also Carmelo Anthony, a super wing player, as long as you come, whether it is the candidate for the coach or the candidates for other roles, it is up to you." James Dowland personally told Chen Mo negotiated.

New York can be regarded as full of sincerity, but after all, it is impossible for Chen Mo to give an affirmative answer.The one-hour meeting ended and the New Yorker left the hotel.

Although Chicago behind also wants to get Chen Mo, they have too little room to maneuver.Under such circumstances, it is impossible for them to say that they can give up Derrick Rose and pursue Chen Mo with all their strength, that would be too risky.After all, if Chen Mo refuses to agree, and they say to give up on Rose, it will chill Rose's heart.In the end, they will lose a lot if the bamboo basket is empty.

Therefore, the combination that Chicago can look forward to is the super backcourt combination of Chen Mo and Rose, but such a condition is really not attractive, not to mention that there is still a huge conflict between Chen Mo and Rose.

The Chicago Bulls are followed by the Los Angeles Clippers. The Los Angeles Clippers have always wanted to get rid of the shadow of the Los Angeles Lakers, so they can be said to be determined to win Chen Mo.

But even so, they are still less daring to open conditions than the Golden State Warriors.

When the Golden State Warriors, the last team to meet today, came in, Warriors general manager Bob Myers simply said, "What kind of team do you want? Forget it. Your performance in the coaching bench also shocked us, and I believe you are also very interested in building a team by yourself, and Oakland can give you this stage, even though Oakland is not a big city."

All the teams that met today only saw Chen Mo's superb performance on the court, and they all ignored Chen Mo's performance on the sidelines.

Only the Warriors know Chen Mo's talent on the bench best.

"I'm curious, how do you know." Chen Mo, who was already very tired, suddenly became interested.

"We have an internal database, which should be the most comprehensive database in the league today." Bob Myers said proudly: "Although this database has only been established for one year, it can already be used initially."

“We found that the Charlotte Bobcats had two styles of play, one of which was very Jerry Sloan. Although he was gradually adapting to the style of modern basketball, his team has always maintained some old-school style. habit, for example—dirty."

"After you pick and roll with an inside player, as long as the inside player misplaces the ball, there will be movements such as elbows and shoulders immediately. But with some screens, the speed is obviously accelerated, and the running is more emphasized. There are even some Some casual." Bob Myers said: "We studied all the tactical videos of Jerry Sloan coaching for 23 years, and found no such style of running. I think this should be a tactic you designed. You The same is true of his playing style, which is unrestrained, casual and gorgeous."

Chen Mo was very curious about the Warriors' database.And Bob Myers also put forward a new concept, "Technology makes basketball better."

Bob Myers gave Chen Mo some data about player training, as well as monitoring players' sleep and excitement during games.

"This is also part of our database. You should be very clear that insomnia is a relatively big problem among NBA players. Players must keep themselves as excited as possible during the game, but this state of excitement affects sleep, and NBA games are mostly at night. Therefore, this affects the rest of the players."

At this time, the owner of the Warriors, Joe Rekab, took over the conversation, "A company I invested in Silicon Valley designed a sleeping cabin that allows athletes to relax. The first generation of this sleeping cabin will be available before March next year It will be made. The Warriors players can be the first users of the official product.”

Chen Mo has been listening with great interest, he is very interested in these.

As for the conditions offered by the Warriors, they are also more generous.The Warriors are a rebuilding team, their core player is Ellis, and just after the end of this season, they have decided to continue to build the team with Curry as the core, so they selected a player in the draft Shooting guard - Klay Thompson.

"I want to ask, is your selection of Klay Thompson related to your database?" Chen Mo asked.

Bob Myers replied: "There is a certain relationship."

"We are very optimistic about Stephen's shooting ability. If Stephen adds a partner with the same strong shooting ability, the effect should be the best, so we chose Clay. Of course, if you come, the effect will be even better."

"In fact, you can think about it. Two pitchers hold the ball, cover each other, open up space for each other, and pass the ball to each other. This kind of power is scary. Don't you want to try this gorgeous and elegant style of play?"

To be honest, among so many teams meeting today, Chen Mo has the best impression of the Warriors.

Although the football market in Oakland is not big, they are less than 500 kilometers away from Los Angeles and close to Silicon Valley. The most important thing is that Chen Mo lived in Oakland when he was a child.He misses the Bay Area sometimes.

Plus, his best friend, Stephen Curry, was there.

"You're welcome in Oakland, my brother," Stephen Curry said for the first time.

Falk smiled and said: "Gentlemen, we are very interested in your conditions, and we are more interested in the combination of technology and basketball, but there are still 24 teams waiting to meet. answer."

After seeing off the meeting team in Oakland, Chen Mo stood up and stretched himself. At the moment, he felt very tired. Meeting and talking was more tiring than playing a game.

"David, I'm going to the gym for some exercise. Think about what we're going to have for dinner." Chen Mo said, "Of course, please invite me to dinner. You've added too much workload to me. Although I don't think it's necessary for us to see each other The team behind is gone, but you have promised others. Let's discuss it in detail tonight!"

From Chen Mo's words, Falke keenly captured a piece of information. Chen Mo has already made a choice. If Michael Jordan does not change anything else, Chen Mo's next stop will be Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. one of them.

Although Chen Mo said that they were discussing at night, Falk still had a habit of guessing.

Capturing useful information from other people's words is Falk's habit and one of the secrets of his success.

"First of all, exclude Chicago, Jack will never like to form a double backcourt with Derrick Rose, and if Jack doesn't stay in Charlotte, he probably won't choose to stay in the Eastern Conference."

"Eastern teams have to face Charlotte 3-4 times a year. It is too cruel for him to return to Charlotte more than once a year. Therefore, he will definitely not choose New York. .While it would be a good fit for Jack to join as a core guard with two offensive All-Stars, he probably wouldn't like it."

"If it's a choice between the Lakers, Clippers and Warriors, the Lakers are probably the first to be ruled out."

"Whether it's what he once said 'good horses don't turn back' or the failure to reach an agreement with Kobe on the ball, it seems that he will not choose there. What's more, the old Buss died, and his children are in the Fighting for the management rights of the Lakers, this team is very chaotic now, and Jack certainly doesn't like to be involved in this kind of struggle."

"If you don't choose the Lakers, then the possibility of the Clippers is not high. Jack has a good image in the hearts of Los Angeles Lakers fans. He can't go to the rivals in the same city and offend the Lakers fans."

"But go to Oakland? Oakland is rebuilding! If you go there and don't win the championship next season, you will be at a loss."

Falk had a headache, and then he thought of another possibility.

"Could it be that he is not satisfied with today's five teams? He already has the answer in his heart? Is he going to Sacramento? After all, the relationship between Jack and Ajiali..."

After much deliberation, Falk finally decided on a target. He felt that the team that Chen Mo liked was either the Warriors or the Kings.

If it was an ordinary team, with Falk's qualifications, he would definitely not think about preparing in advance to please the boss, but now he is facing Chen Mo!Therefore, if you have a certain understanding of the boss's thoughts in advance, the subsequent discussions will definitely go more smoothly.Falk didn't want to lose Chen Mo, his boss.

(End of this chapter)