You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 552 The Alliance Is Cruel

Wei Xia won the FMVP and touched some people's nerves.

His series of remarks during the Western Conference finals made his image fall into the abyss. Even if he played well in the finals, he did not save sponsors and advertisements.

Lakers fans have complicated feelings for him. They respect what Weixia has done on the court, but they don't recognize his political inclinations and three views. They often cheer for him on the front foot and slap themselves on the back foot.

A series of remarks against Wei Xia that he should not be the MVP of the finals appeared in major newspapers and TV.

The basis for their conclusions is not based on the performance on the spot, but based on the public image and social status of the players.

They believe that Wei Xia's current social image is very unsuitable to be the best player in the finals. This kind of image of the NBA, and even the United States facing the world, should be taken by a more suitable person.

Then, public opinion escalated from doubts to attacks, and then to attacks on the Lakers and the league.

The most iconic event is that many Hollywood stars chose to give up their season tickets at the Staples Center, either to support Kobe or not to recognize Wei Xia as the FMVP.

Another effect triggered by the star's boycott is that several Lakers sponsors chose to terminate their contracts.

For a time, the flood of public opinion tended to return to a few months ago.

External pressure made the Lakers extremely cautious when dealing with Wei Xia-related matters.

When the news of Wei Xia's ACL tear spread, the public opinion circle became crazy.

Those who are not optimistic about Wei Xia's recovery, think that the Lakers should not renew his contract with a maximum salary, and those who think that the Lakers should take advantage of Wei Xia's one-year rookie contract left to trade for another All-Star with his new FMVP momentum.

This incident shocked Wei Xia, and it was Jim Bass who called him to reassure him.

"What you have to do now is to heal your injuries, and those sons of bitches out there just don't care!"

Wei Xia also didn't want to think about such a long time ago, he believed in little Bass, since he said he was fine, he should be fine.

At the end of the season, the winning Lakers have to prepare for the championship celebration in addition to preparing for the draft soon.

It is of great significance to the team to win the championship again after six years.

Wei Xia didn't waste time. On the first day after the end of the season, the night he returned to Los Angeles, he went to the hospital to take another film to prepare for all matters before the operation.

On June 6th, at that time, the teams were in full swing for trial training. The Lakers had only one second-round pick left on hand, so they had no idea about rookies.

Compared with the draft, the Lakers management is more inclined to make deals and trade out the second round picks in hand.

The 2008 NBA draft is a recognized "big head and small body" draft year.

The 2007 draft is a golden draft year with many talents.After a big year, it is often accompanied by a small year. 2008 was okay, not a small year, but the top-level talent was good, but the top-level talent went down, it was mediocre.

It is not easy to find players who can survive in the league for a long time in such a draft.

Instead of slowly cultivating by yourself, it is better to trade and exchange for usable players.

What's more, the Lakers no longer have the soil to cultivate rookies. What they need to successfully win the championship is immediate combat power.

Wei Xia has never cared about the team's draft. Although Jim Bass often asked his opinion before, the impact he can have is not great.

On the operation day, Wei Xia's family and girlfriend accompanied him to the hospital.

This is the first time Trovis has seen his family.

The whole family is there, and they pay more attention to Trovis than Wei Xia.

"I am the patient, can you look at me more?" Wei Xia tried to find a basis for his words, "Doctor, there is still a risk of failure in my operation, right?"

Unexpectedly, Mei Chen actually said: "If it's a big deal, it's a failure. Anyway, you've already earned money that you can't spend in your life. If the operation fails, you can retire. It's not a big deal."

It really makes sense, Wei Xia found that he couldn't find a suitable angle to refute.

The doctor said: "Under normal circumstances, there is a 95% success rate and a 4% accident rate. The real failure rate is actually only 1%."

"Look, 1%!" Wei Mingliang comforted, "Don't worry, the probability is even lower than your mother's chance of learning how to play chess."

Wei Xia was pushed into the operating room when his family members bickered with each other.

The anesthetic soon knocked him unconscious.

I felt like I fell asleep, and when I woke up, the doctor told him kindly: "Wish, the operation was very successful and basically met our previous expectations."

Wei Xia asked: "Can I know how long I will rest now?"

"Not yet, we need to make a rough judgment based on your recovery speed in the first month."

Deciding to have surgery would make Wescha miss out on another thing.

championship celebration
As we all know, the NBA team that wins the championship will hold a championship celebration, usually sitting in a management car to parade in the most prosperous area of ​​the city where it is located.

Finally, go to the iconic place to give a speech.

The speech needs to be standing. Although the Lakers can provide other equipment so that Wei Xia can complete the speech even if he is sitting, it is too unsightly, and he does not want to participate in the celebration by sitting all the way.

He didn't want people to see him now, it was too ugly.

Before the championship celebration, the 2008 NBA Draft opened first.

Basically, the choices of each team are not surprising.

The Lakers gave their second round pick to the Grizzlies.

Of course, it's not a free gift.

The management of the Lakers and the Grizzlies has always been friendly. They sent the 2008th pick in the second round of the 29 draft and the second round pick of the 2009 draft, as well as Wesha's buddy Vaughn Weaver, to Memphis in exchange for the pick of the 2007 rookie Rudy Fernandez, who was sent away due to Gasol's trade during the last season.

Although the Lakers paid two draft picks and a substitute, overall, the Lakers took advantage.

Fernandez did not log in to the NBA after being selected, but stayed with the Real Madrid basketball team. In the 2007-08 season, his potential was enough for him to play in the NBA rotation.

Weixia has been reimbursed before the start of the new season. Although there is already Trevor Ariza on the wing, it is never wrong to have one more available person.

Hearing that Weaver was traded, Wei Xia was not happy.

In 2005, the Lakers picked four people in the draft. Except for Ronnie Turiaf, who was reimbursed for his rookie season, the other three joined the Lakers together, hung out together, were bullied by veterans together, and helped each other.

Wei Xia naturally hopes that Weaver will stay with him in the Lakers for a long time, but running a professional team is not a play, and it is impossible for everything to go well.

Before the transaction happened, Wei Xia didn't hear any wind.

Little Buss didn't remind him, Wei Xia was suddenly not used to it, and if there was any disturbance before, Little Buss would at least call to remind him.Now it is indifferent to him, as if he has never been there.

It's normal for Wei Xia to have thoughts, but little Bass has his own difficulties.

As soon as the season ended, the infighting among the Lakers management reached its peak.

The biggest difference between the faction led by Jenny Buss and the faction led by Jim Buss lies in Wei Xia.

If Wei Xia is in good shape, Bass Jr. can naturally straighten his back. Now that he has suffered a torn ACL, Bass Jr. has asked Wei Xia to renew his contract with a maximum salary after the start of the new season.

Bass Jr. tried to renew Weixia's contract in advance but failed, but another issue was brought up.

In order to prevent the flanks from being blown up in the new season, a trade is proposed to strengthen the immediate combat power.

It happened that the Grizzlies, who had a good relationship with each other, were doing poorly, and it happened that the other party’s asking price was not high, and they just added a head. It seemed that Weaver was the only one who had played in the finals for less than 10 minutes.

Weaver just became a victim.

Do the Grizzlies want him?

No, Weaver was bought out without even playing a game for the Grizzlies.

But Weaver did not leave the NBA because of this, and the Philadelphia 76ers threw an olive branch immediately after the Grizzlies abandoned him.Weaver, who still hopes to gain a foothold in the league, chose to join the 76ers.

This is something later.

After Weaver was traded, Wei Xia was the first to look for him.

Wei Xia is very sorry. He has just finished his operation and needs to stay in the hospital for observation. Even if he is allowed to leave the hospital, there are many restrictions. He can't do this, he can't do that, and he will definitely not be able to attend Weaver's break-up party.

"It's just a formality. It doesn't matter whether people come or not. I know what you think." Weaver said.

Wei Xia intentionally made the atmosphere lively: "Oh, are you the roundworm in my stomach? How do you know what I think?"

"I just know!" Weaver said arrogantly.

Weaver stayed in the room for almost two hours, and they reviewed the bits and pieces of the past three years.

"I didn't expect that you could become the FMVP ahead of Kobe." Weaver couldn't imagine it.

Although Wei Xia's starting point was higher than theirs, he never thought that the gap would be so big.

Wei Xia, who entered the league with the sixth pick in the draft, is already the number one player in the 2005 class in terms of personal honor and achievements.

His trend should have been flying higher and higher.

An ACL tear makes these possibilities uncertain.

"No matter what other people think, you are the best player in my heart." Weaver said.

In view of the fact that Weaver would blush each other when he saw everyone, Wei Xia was conservative about his words.

"I want to be the best player in everyone's heart." Wei Xia has grand wishes and dreams.

"There will be such a day!" Said as if very far away.

Weaver left, and at the same time took Wei Xia's three years of good time.

Weaver's departure made him understand that the NBA is indeed a business league, the human touch is too extravagant, and business is business.

Just after Weaver left, Wei Xia received a call from Bass Jr.

He talked about the process of the transaction in detail, but omitted the failure to fight for an early maximum salary extension for him.

"There are many things that I can't tell you. I just hope you are mentally prepared. Except for a few players, anyone may leave. The league is very cruel!" Little Bass was afraid that Wei Xia would not understand, and reminded him several times in a row.

Wei Xia understood.

From Ewing being abandoned by New York, from Olajuwon going to the Raptors for more money, from Malone defecting to the Lakers for the championship, from the Timberwolves boss hanging Garnett on the wall who would rather have no championship than to die in Minnesota. He knew that the league is very cruel.

I just don't know, does he have the opportunity to experience this sentence for himself?

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