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This is indeed a bit confusing, because without a decision, it is just hanging people's appetite.

Moreover, the free market is going on, and each team has completed reinforcements one after another, which is also hanging on those teams that he may sign.

Especially for the Lakers, they won't rashly persuade Bosh to retire without a promise from James.

Because Bosh is not 100% sure that he can't play, there is no better choice, and they will wait for the last chance.

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Los Angeles, James Mansion.

Just after another round of meetings with the Lakers, James was in a bad mood.

Because during the meeting, in addition to further expressing his willingness to cooperate with him, Kobe also mentioned one thing.

Kobe may, will play two more seasons.

This confuses James.

Maybe Kobe was able to play with James, and his desire to win was reawakened. Just like what he expressed on the phone with Lin Ying before, he wanted to win another championship before retiring.

But James thinks differently. He knows Kobe, so he knows that one year and two years are very different.

This is like a couple getting along, a short period of time is fresh and exciting, and a lot of time will become the most familiar enemy.

Not to mention Kobe's paranoid character, when the time comes, the issue of ball rights and status will all explode in one place.

So now he's turned the Lakers from a first-choice option to a back-up option.

"I have a meeting with the Warriors team tomorrow."

Without James speaking, Rich Paul had already sensed the change in James' mood and followed.

James nodded.

The second choice that Rich Paul said before, and it is not the most suitable choice, is the Warriors.

Because last year's Finals, the Cavaliers was defeated by the Warriors.

Going to the Warriors is equivalent to choosing to join the Pistons or the Celtics and join his enemies when he was in the Cavaliers in his early years.

But it's not the hardest road, the hardest road is to join the Nets directly, it can only be ... the hardest road.

Of course, it can be foreseen that this will bring him huge negative news, which may be even bigger than the original group.

So he has to be careful.

The next day, James and Rich Paul went to a private mansion in suburban Los Angeles, where they met with the Warriors lobby.

All I can say is, it's very luxurious.

Owner Joe Lacob, general manager Bowers, deputy general manager Kirk Lacob, head coach Kerr, players Curry, Thompson, Green and Iguodala.

It can be said that the Warriors can speak, except that the big pusher behind Jerry West did not come, all of them are in place.

"It's going to be a historic day."

The owner Lacob and James met and shook hands and said such a sentence.

After being seated, with Bowers and Kerr as the main players, the Warriors team began to lobby James.

The focus of their lobbying was on the far-reaching significance of this partnership and the only way to beat their mutual opponent, the Nets, and so on.

The Warriors clearly came prepared.

Even Powers mentioned Durant's decision to join the Nets.

"He opened Pandora's Box."

Although he didn't say much, what Bowers was referring to here should be the cooperation between the league's top supergiants.

James was basically listening in the first half of his words, and he just nodded when he heard this.

He thought he had never been in a super team, but Durant went directly to a super team with two championships in three years.

He then asked the Warriors team two questions.

"Am I messing up your friendship and ruining your chemistry?"

It's a sensitive question, but James has to ask.

Because he wants to join a mature team, if this is not clear, then it is likely to evolve into a previous confrontation between him and the team composed of others, and he will become an "outsider".

However, the Warriors did not directly answer James' question, but Green asked James back.

"How many championships do you think you can win by staying with the Cavaliers?"

After asking, he pointed to a few people around him,

"Join us, how many championships can you get? How many games can we win in a season?"

Green's temper is still more impulsive.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Cole coughing beside him.

"Our slogan is 'Together,' and that's what we've always advertised. The Warriors are not Curry and Thompson's team. He's the Warriors for everyone on this team."

Taking this juncture, Bowers began to introduce the Warriors' current team culture, tactical philosophy, and,

Their desire for a dynasty.

"Without this Nets team, we would probably have completed a dynasty, but now it's very difficult, so we're looking forward to you joining, being a part of the Warriors, and building this Warriors dynasty together."

I have to say that Bowers' eloquence is quite good.

This lobbying, he is the main force.

James nodded in approval, then asked a second, equally crucial question.

"Do you need me to adjust my style of play?"

This question may be more important than the first.

Because James' style of play is a big core style of play.

If he doesn't change his game, the rest of the Warriors are bound to give the ball, especially Curry and Green.

Let's talk about Curry first. Although in Kerr's system, Curry has added a lot of off the ball, but the proportion of the ball still accounts for a large part.

If James comes, his percentage of the ball will definitely drop a lot, the shot right will also decrease, and the data will of course decline.

Then there's Green.

Green may be affected more than Curry.

Because Green's most classic tactic in the Warriors now is to deal cards from the top of the arc.

You don't give him the ball anymore, and he sends a butterfly.

After James asked, he also looked at the two of them.

Then, he got the answer he wanted.

"No, you don't have to change your style of play, you just need to be yourself."

Green's answer this time was a bit stiff.

And, he followed the example with the Nets.

"I could play the part of Nikola Jokic."

This sentence makes a lot of sense.

Because Jokic often opens up space at the top of the arc.

James' style of play is very similar to Lin Ying's. If Curry is about the same as Durant, then Thompson is their extra advantage.

The meeting went well.

It took 4 hours for James and the Lakers to meet yesterday, but it took only 2 hours to complete it today, and the cooperation intentions of both sides were very good, and the contact information was left between the players at the end.

After the meeting, Iguodah stretched out his hand and asked James for a hug.

"I've been dying for the chance to play with you."

As an opponent in the East that year, Iguodala recognized and respected James' strength very much.

And he also joked with James.

"Because I don't want to be chased by you anymore, it's really difficult to be an opponent with you."

James couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and then patted Iguodala on the back with a smile.

He hasn't figured out how to get along with others yet, but Iguodala can quickly become his brother.

At the end of the meeting with the Warriors, James was in a good mood and directly brought red wine.

The private villa here is rented by him, and his family can have a drink when he is not around.

"Have you decided?"

Paul couldn't help but ask.

He could feel that James was in a happy mood at the moment.

And as the free market goes down, he needs to worry too.

Because it's okay to choose the Warriors, which is a mature team in itself.

But if they still choose to go to the Lakers, there is really not much time left for them.

"It's close, but a little bit."

James fumbled for the red wine glass, his eyes a little blurred.

That kind of feeling, like to reach that state, but it's really still a little bit short.

Paul nodded without asking any further questions.

At this time, it is not them who are anxious, or it is not only them, but the Warriors are also anxious.

In the current free market, James is their only option for reinforcement.

As for George, who has been making a lot of noise recently, it is within the contract period, and the Warriors have no bargaining chip to change.

So, if it does go to the Warriors, this is James' time to get more for himself.

It's all psychological, and some things don't need to be said, otherwise how could they be so close.

Facts also quickly proved that they did it right.

Just late that night, just before James was about to go to bed, he received a text message from Curry, a rather long text.

Curry is not Green's kind of person who is good at talking about ideas. He can't say many things in person, so he can only use text messages.

But this text message made James very touched.

"...I don't care who's going to be the boss of the team, who's going to be the face of this place, and I don't care who's going to be the most popular in Oakland, or even if your sneakers sell better than mine. .

If you win the regular-season MVP trophy next season, I'll be the one in the front row to applaud.

If the outside world slanders you for your decision, I will definitely stand up for you and tell them that we recruited you.

I don't care about honors, media, or even stats. What I really care about is that you can win more championships as my teammates. "

The most touching thing is not those beautiful words, but the true feelings from the heart.

No matter how perfect a lie is, it is not as resonant as a sincere statement.

Curry's text message made James feel the sincerity.

Moreover, this text message is also very important.

Because although the rest of the Warriors said it beautifully, the Warriors' top card is Curry, and Curry has not spoken.

Now that Curry said that, the biggest rock in James' heart has also fallen.

He is James, the son of heaven, he wants the championship, but he can't give up the status of the team.

He also quickly replied to Curry.

"I think like you, my goal is to win more championships. If I go to the Warriors, I believe we will become the closest comrades in arms."

James texted back, but still hasn't made a final decision.

Because he is still very worried about the evaluation of the outside world.

TNT has been paying attention to his braids for the past two years. Even inside ESPN, there are black fans led by A. Smith.

He returned to the Cavaliers and said that he wanted to complete the uncompeted career, but he did not complete it, and he left after only two years to join the Warriors. He was very worried that this difficult road would make his reputation break the lower limit again.

So he feels closer now, but what else is needed to make that determination.

Finally, not long after waking up the next day, the person who made his mind up came.

He got a call from Jerry West.

West is a great legend, both as a player and as an agent.

He created the "ok combination" as a Lakers operation before, and then he left the Lakers for the Grizzlies, which made the Grizzlies one of the most competitive teams in the West. Now in the Warriors, he poached Kerr. .

Now his goal is to find James again, and then form a super team that has never been seen in history.

James also has a lot of respect for West.

After all, in addition to these, West is also nicknamed "logo man", which is a huge card.

But unlike others, West did not lobby James at the beginning, but spoke about his own experience.

"I won my first championship in 1972, but before that, I lost seven Finals."

The experience shared by West resonated strongly with James~www.readwn.com~Because before he won his first championship, he also experienced 3 finals defeats, and two of them were swept .

"The taste of failure is very uncomfortable. These pains are still in my memory. As a person who is eager to succeed, failure is the most difficult to let go."

West's words kept hitting James. If West was not on the other end of the phone but on the opposite side, James would definitely want to hug him.

Because this is, sympathy.

"In a team full of top players like the Warriors, you can grow more gracefully, more smoothly, without having to worry about extra burdens, you can show all your talent, and I can guarantee that your addition will make the Warriors work. more fluid."

Yes, West even mentioned growing up, and he feels James hasn't reached his limit yet.

These words also made James more and more excited.

In the end, West also outlined that blueprint to James, a blueprint for a dynasty.

"I'm pretty sure we'll meet in Oakland soon."

Finally, James made up his mind.

Then on this day, James and Gilbert had a phone conversation and then told espn of his final decision.

Just an hour later, espn released James' original text:

"Lin and Durant, the two losers, succeeded last year. This year, the two losers, Curry and I, are going to form a new Avengers together. I don't want to copy, I want to be greater.

I'm from the same place as Stephen, we're both Akron kids, we've all proven ourselves, but we want more, and I'm going to bring my talents to the Bay Area to create something unprecedented with my brothers there era. "

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