I was the owner of the Lakers

The car stopped steadily in the parking lot of Staples, “Well, thank you, you also have to refuel, I hope to see you on the big screen again.” Xiao Yang waved his hand.

“You’re going to take the Lakers to the top again, I believe you.” Charlize raised his fist, “Remember to promise me a courtside ticket, haha~” The girl shook her head and drove away.

The corners of Xiao Yang’s eyes twitched, “Okay.” Looking at the distant vehicle, the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile. Then turned around and walked into the Staples Center, anyway, the contact information has been exchanged, and I will have the opportunity to ask her out again in the future.

Took out his mobile phone and looked through the phone book, there were few contacts in it, except for Charlize who had just added, the rest were basically some management of the Lakers, looked for a few times, and saw Jerry West’s name.

Jerry West, the godfather of the Lakers, the NBA logo is based on his posture, although the NBA has not acknowledged it, but fans affectionately call West LogoMan. In addition to playing well when he was young, he directly entered the management of the Lakers after retiring, and has always achieved the position of general manager of the Lakers, and is also regarded as the godfather of the Lakers.

“Hi Jerry, I’m Shaw, I just arrived at the arena and wanted to talk to you.”

“Okay, we’ll see you in the office.” Xiao Yang hung up the phone and walked to the second floor of the training ground, where is the manager’s office, a large transparent window is facing the training ground, next to the window is the championship trophy won in the history of the Lakers, a total of 11 arranged in turn, the players on the training ground can see these trophies when they look up, and the manager can also see the players training on the court.

“Hey Jerry, it really knocked me down last night, and my head still hurts when I wake up today.” As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Yang opened his arms and gave West a hug.

“Haha, it’s okay for you young people to get drunk, just sleep for one night, unlike us old men, your body is not as good as you.” West also smiled and hugged Xiao Yang and patted him on the shoulder.

“Why don’t you play for a few more days, the finals have just been played, the players have gone on vacation, and now we old guys have nothing to do and read the report in the office.” West smiled and beckoned Xiao Yang to sit on the sofa, and brought him a cup of coffee by the way.

“I don’t know what to do at home, it’s better to come to Staples to see, you know, I’m a diehard Lakers loyalist, you let me see the Lakers’ logo here, I can also watch it for a day.” Xiao Yang said with a smile.

“Haha, with a die-hard fan boss like you, it will definitely not take long for the Lakers to return to the top.” West looked at Xiao Yang with satisfaction, “Why don’t I introduce the current situation and future planning of the team to you now.” ”

“Okay, I also have a little idea, I’ll discuss it with you later.” Xiao Yang signaled that West could begin the introduction.

“Well, you know, the Lakers were run by the Buss family before, so some of the management positions are done by Dr. Buss’s children, such as Jenny Buss is in charge of marketing operations, and Jim Bass is the head of business. There are a few other positions that are not covered much. West paused.

“Now that you have joined the Lakers and become his new owner, what are you going to do with the mark left by the old master?” What West said is relatively straightforward, after all, once the son of heaven and a courtier, this truth is not only understood by Huaxia, not to mention that these people are not only old courtiers, but also the children of the previous monarch.

West asked not only for the children of the Bath family, but also for himself, for the old people left over from the Bath era, after all, they are also old ministers.

Xiao Yang touched his chin and thought, well, Jenny Buss, if memory serves, she later pulled a Time Warner $2 billion broadcast contract for the Lakers, and also promoted the Lakers’ global business value, which is a very capable business wizard.

Jim Buss forget it, this buddy doesn’t like basketball, but is interested in horse racing, and later the Lakers are simply dark in his hands, and Buss’s other children are so-so, not good or bad.

“Well, I heard that Jim is not interested in basketball, and Dr. Buss forced him to come to the Lakers to do things, right?” Xiao Yang looked at West with a smile at the corner of his mouth and said.

“Well, he really prefers to do other things, if Dr. Buss hadn’t always wanted him to inherit the family business and forcibly put him in the Lakers, I believe he would have preferred to go to horse racing.” West mentioned Jim Bass and could only shake his head helplessly.

Yes, the reason why Jerry Bas sold the Lakers to Xiao Yang is not only the trough of the record, but also the heir’s lack of interest in basketball.

“Well, let Jim do what he likes, people have their own aspirations, can’t force it, well, Jenny’s words promoted her to vice president of business, responsible for the commercial operations of the Lakers, by the way, Jerry, I remember you have a son who is also with the Lakers, right?” Xiao Yang remembers the little Logo man in the later life, who also inherited his father’s business, and was famous for his vicious vision when he was a scout, and selected a lot of good seedlings for the Lakers.

“Well, he’s doing overseas scouting in the team.” West didn’t shy away.

“Call him back, and the scouting department will be handed over to him in the future.”

“He’s not good enough to be a scouting supervisor.” West said in shock, “It’s okay, who didn’t exercise, and it’s not with you.” Xiao Yang waved his hand without care, “That’s it.” ”

Just kidding, as a crossing boss with more than twenty years of experience, the stars behind the NBA are basically in their heads, then they still need scouts, in the future, the Lakers’ scouts are posed, it’s better to sell a good one to West, buy people’s hearts, who won’t.

West didn’t argue anymore, after all, it was his son, and he was quite happy to be promoted, thinking of this, West’s eyes looked at Xiao Yang with a trace of gratitude.

“So apart from the personnel changes, what about the future development of the team?” Xiao Yang continued, after all, his experience is in the player’s side, and he wants to be a general existence for the player.

“There are a lot of big fish in the free agent market this summer, except for Jordan coming into the market, and even the big shark of the Magic.” West showed a rare look of excitement, “If you catch that big shark, I believe that the Lakers can return to the peak immediately, and I believe that as long as the operation is done properly, the probability of the Lakers catching the shark is still very high.” ”

“I heard that O’Neill and Magic basically turned their faces?” Xiao Yang asked.

“Yes, it seems that the Magic is more inclined to Hardaway, after all, outside players are more likely to please fans than inside players, Magic is just a small ball market, Hardaway can let them sell more tickets.” West replied.

“As long as we free up enough salary space for sharks, I believe that the magic will not follow, after all, they already have a super top salary, and if they swallow another shark, they will not be able to eat it.” Sure enough, it is the godfather of the lakers with vicious eyes, Xiao Yang touched his chin and saw the lifeblood of magic at a glance.

“I’m okay, let you operate, I only have one request.” Xiao Yang opened his mouth and did not interfere with West’s train of thought, after all, according to normal historical development, the Lakers will also sign the Sharks.

“I just ask that you must definitely bring Kobe to the Lakers.” Although he knew that Kobe would come to the Lakers in history, Xiao Yang couldn’t help but mention it, after all, he was a senior Cormie in later generations, and it was because of Kobe that he liked the Lakers.

“Oh, you know Kobe Bryant too?” West looked at Xiao Yang suspiciously, Kobe Bryant knew that it was still Eddie Jones on the team who strongly recommended him, and he immediately liked the player after watching Kobe Bryant’s games a few times, and even asserted that he was the future hope of the Lakers.

And he has long been determined to trade Divac, the team’s All-Star center, for a lottery pick to ensure that he can pick the kid. And the salary space freed up after Divac left, just to sign O’Neill, is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, Xiao Yang knows what West is thinking, after all, this story has not been mentioned by many media in later generations, and the story of West and Kobe Bryant is simply the best annotation of Bole and Maxima.

“Of course, I know that the league is biased against high school players right now, and they feel that these high school players are not mature without college experience, but I believe Kobe is the only player.”

“Even if the Lakers have a top pick, I will not hesitate to take it to Kobe.” Xiao Yang said without hesitation.

West no longer knows what to say, although he also thinks that Kobe will become a big player in the future, but if he wants to take the top pick, he still can’t do it, “Okay, I will make a good deal, and I will definitely bring Kobe to the Lakers.” ”

“Then, the Lakers championship~” Xiao Yang stood up and stretched out his right hand.

West was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, smiled and held Xiao Yang’s outstretched hand: “Lakers championship.” ”

An old man and a young laugh together in the office.

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