I was the owner of the Lakers

“If I say that the Lakers are more interested in Duncan’s potential, I don’t think you will believe it,” West said with a laugh.

“Oh, that’s not funny, Jerry,” Popovich pouted, even he wasn’t confident that Duncan would grow to O’Neill’s heights in the future.

Although Duncan’s draft template is Olajuwon, it is just a template, and how many rookies can really grow into players like their own draft template.

“Well, I know you won’t believe it, although that’s one of the reasons we want to trade.” West is on the right track.

“Actually, it’s because of our boss.” West started throwing the pot.

“Your boss?” Popovich frowned, in any case, the owner should be even less likely to agree to his team trading a supergiant, especially if this boss is still a top three star in the league.

“That’s right, our boss prefers a gorgeous outside, Kobe is the cornerstone of the Lakers in his mind, he feels that O’Neal has affected Kobe’s growth, and he doesn’t want an inside supergiant to share Kobe’s shot.” West said half-heartedly.

“You know, our current boss is a layman, and he ordered those few trades for the Lakers last offseason, do you remember, it was the deal that took the All-Star-level Van Exel for draft picks, you should understand.”

The most awesome lie is that there are nine points of truth mixed in the lie, as long as the key lies are hidden, so that others will be more likely to believe, West, the old fox, is of course pure for this small method.

“Really?” Popovich began to hesitate, knowing that the Lakers’ trade last offseason was indeed a big surprise to everyone.

But if it was a deal ordered by his boss, as West said, it would make sense, these laymen like to point fingers the most, and Popovich has seen many examples of this in the league for so many years.

Although Popovich’s inner doubts have not been completely dispelled, he still began to believe what West said, after all, with his understanding of West, the other party really did not seem to be a person who could make such a decision.

“Well, even if what you said is true, how do you want to trade.” Popovich still couldn’t resist the temptation to coach O’Neill and began to take the bait.

Hearing Popovich ask this, West’s mouth raised, very good, the other party believed his words.

“It’s simple, the Lakers out of O’Neal, only need the Spurs to pay two future first-round picks in addition to the pick, and even don’t have to attach any player.”

If it weren’t for the Spurs’ salary space being large enough, the Lakers would not be able to propose a trade plan that was almost naked, and the only question was whether San Antonio was willing to pay for a big contract, after all, it was just a small ball market.

“Huh? Do you just want draft picks? “Popovich seems to have, you must know that the draft picks of this era are not as valuable as the later generations, especially with O’Neal’s team basically draft picks are after 25, this signing is not as good as the top second-round pick.

At least the second round of the contract is not guaranteed, and it can be cut directly if it is not beaten.

“Yes, this is also what our boss meant, he is afraid that the star will have to share the power with Kobe Bryant when the trade comes.” Xiao Yang did ask West to trade as many draft picks as possible.

Although West can’t understand what Xiao Yang is hoarding so many draft picks for, it can be regarded as clearing the Lakers’ salary space, and if O’Neal is traded, the Lakers have room to make trouble in the free agent market in the past two years.

So West simply chose to listen to Xiao Yang’s opinion, as long as the draft pick, so as not to block his space with a bunch of garbage contracts.

“Your boss seems to really like Kobe,” Popovich said with a smile, sure enough, in layman’s style, but that’s fine, the Spurs can at least take advantage of this trade.

So far, Popovich has basically agreed to the proposed deal, but it is still necessary to discuss with the owner whether the team should swallow O’Neill without releasing some contracts, after all, San Antonio is only a small city, and the financial pressure is still very large.

However, even if you want to release financial pressure, you have to wait for O’Neal to come and then find a third-party team to trade to free up space, after all, the Lakers have suffered a big loss, and they can’t ask them to help the Spurs free up space in the trade.

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Even if Popovich is thick-skinned, he is embarrassed to make such a request to West, and in case it angers the Lakers, people will directly stop doing it, you must know that there is not a chance to encounter such a transaction every day.

“Okay, I’ll discuss it with the boss first, but if nothing else, this deal should be fine, and we’ll discuss the details then.” Popovich verbally agreed to the deal.

“Okay, I only have one request, before the deal is reached, we can’t reveal a little bit of wind to the outside world, it’s best not to interfere in this matter except the boss, let’s work hard, anyway, this deal is not complicated, don’t calculate too many things.” West emphasized the issue of secrecy.

“No problem, I will keep it secret, and after I ask the boss’s opinion, I will discuss the details of the transaction with you as soon as possible”

The two happily ended the call.

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