You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 952
At the beginning of July, the free market was full of turmoil.

The 76ers have lost a lot. They lost almost all the players that fans hoped they would stay.

Jrue Holiday was forcibly snatched away by the New Orleans Pelicans with a maximum salary.

Kenneth Faried was snatched by the Denver Nuggets for 4 years and 6000 million.

Rajon Rondo was poached by the Bulls for 2 years and 3000 million.

Ryan Hollins retired.

The 76ers have lost two main players at once, one of the two best sixth men in the past three years, which can be described as a heavy blow.

Hinkie first signed a rookie contract with Siakam, Zhou Qi, and Wang Zhelin when Wei Xia went to Los Angeles to handle personal affairs.

In addition, he signed Stephen Curry's younger brother Seth Curry from the free market, and Luke Richard Mbah a Moute, who can play the third and fourth positions in the NBA.

The joining of Mbah a Moute was hailed as a successful reinforcement for Hinkie.

The entire league knows that the 76ers play a 41 system.

The most difficult part of the 41 system is to find the 4 in the system.

When Faried was poached, the outside world questioned the 76ers' management very violently, because his function was difficult to replace.

Mbah a Moute is a rare, mediocre player who can do three things.

In general, these operations of the 76ers can only be regarded as stop losses.They have more to lose than they have gained.

Fortunately, the Warriors also lost Andre Drummond.

The Lakers offered a five-year 5 million contract and successfully snatched him from the Warriors.

Although Drummond is a restricted free agent, there is no way the Warriors will pay $1.2 million in salary over the next five years for a sixth/seventh man.

That's not how money is made.

Therefore, the Lakers got Drummond empty-handed.

Just when the outside world was imagining that the Lakers would form the Big Three of Wei Xia, Durant and Drummond, suddenly, the 76ers officially announced that they had reached a three-year 3 million verbal agreement with Wei Xia.

Before the media reacted, Wei Xia confirmed the authenticity of the signing on Twitter.

The news came as a thunderbolt to the media in California.

Just yesterday, there was news that Wei Xia was about to sign a contract with the Lakers. Suddenly such news came, as if the previous things were all "teasing you".

At the time of the incident, Wei Xia was still in Los Angeles, and he was about to leave.

The media flocked to him, wanting to ask him for clarification.

About his negotiations with the Lakers.

He was frank: "It is true."

About why he chose the latter from the Lakers and 76ers.

"I have no reason to give up a team that has just completed three consecutive championships and join a team that didn't even make the playoffs last season."

His words were simple and direct.

Did not save face for the Lakers and the Bass family.

The media couldn't bear it anymore: "Since you don't plan to join the Lakers, why are you negotiating with the Lakers?"

The media saw Wei Xia with an innocent smile on his face: "Mr. Bass had negotiations with me before leaving office. I really don't want to join the Lakers, but I can't refuse him directly. When I played for the Lakers, he took great care of me. I am very grateful. The four years in the Lakers meant a lot to me. I remember all the good things and the bad things."

He is too direct.

This is not the Wei Xia the media is used to.

He often talks around the bush, but today, he has changed his personality, like Durant in recent years, saying whatever he has.

What makes the media in Los Angeles most unacceptable is that Wei Xia obviously didn't want to join the Lakers, but he hanged the Lakers for so many days. In order to leave room for him to sign him, they missed many high-quality free agents.

They questioned Wei Xia: "Are you deliberately dragging down the signings of the Lakers?"

Hearing this, Wei Xia returned to his original self for the first time today, turning a corner and replied: "I can't accept such an accusation, because the negotiation is a matter for both parties. If the Lakers have no intention of doing this, then I can't hang them. I said that Mr. Buss is kind to me, and I can't refuse him directly. I swear that I have fully expressed my heart during the negotiation process."

The implication is that the Bass family is stalking, and it has nothing to do with him.

Then came the final struggle of the media: "However, it was not Jim Buss who negotiated with you in the end, but his sister Jenny Buss. According to the information we have, Jenny doesn't have a close relationship with you."

"She is Mr. Bath's sister, and they are both called Bath." Wei Xia had a naive face, "For me, this is no different."

From the way he played Jenny Buss around, to today's Tai Chi talk, the media has to admit that Wish today is very different from the young man who was trapped in political incorrectness back then.

He has learned how to protect his public image, how to keep himself from getting caught up in bad public opinion, and, like James, controls the veins of the free market.

Those things that he once hated, resented, and repelled, now he is devoted to them for revenge, and he has done brilliantly.

This is the first time Weixia discovered what kind of waves he can make in the free market as a player.

He's seen first-hand the efforts of league executives to woo him, and while he has no interest in joining any other team, he's seen himself being "needed" and "desired" by so many teams.So, he took advantage of this attraction to slap the entire league severely, among which the Lakers were the most injured.

Just like James' various contradictory statements, in this matter, Wei Xia's personal reputation has been seriously damaged.James played with power and perfectly planned his career, and he used his power to avenge the Lakers. Although it has two purposes, they are all the same.

James destroyed the ancient order and introduced brand-new rules, and Wei Xia proved here that as long as the weight is sufficient and intentional, superstars can really affect the arms war of all parties, and even destroy a team's offseason plan.

The media in Los Angeles had no choice but to criticize Wei Xia.

In order to appease the morale of the army, the Lakers announced that they had successfully signed Kevin Durant that afternoon.

However, the details of signing with Durant are interesting.

Durant was dissatisfied with the fact that the Lakers took Wei Xia to lead him into the game. Later, he found out that the Lakers were also victims. Since he made a verbal promise, he could only accept it.But he didn't simply sign a long-term contract, but used a 1+1 two-year contract to hang the Lakers.Keep the promise and join the Lakers, of course, but the Lakers need to prove their attractiveness in the offseason next year.

If the signings are not good at that time, Durant can also jump ship in time to stop the loss.

Although they failed to form the Super Big Three, but they were able to sign Durant and Drummond, the Lakers can already be regarded as the winners of the offseason.

Not long after, an explosive news broke the Lakers fans who should have been happy for the team to sign Durant.

Kobe posted a video on his social media.

The video is 15 minutes long, which is considered a small documentary.

In it, he talked about the bits and pieces of his 20-year Lakers career. People who watched the video thought that this was Kobe telling everyone that he was going to retire in the form of a video.

As a result, at the end of the video, Kobe faced the camera and announced: "I have no intention of retiring... I can play a few more seasons... After many days of thinking, I decided to return to Philadelphia and play for my hometown. I will always remember and be grateful for the 20 years in Los Angeles."

The shock caused by this news surpassed anyone's signing, and the impact was large enough to make this offseason go down in history.

No one cares about Durant joining the Lakers anymore.

No one is going to discuss whether Wei Xia's deliberate obstruction of the Lakers' signings is correct.

Everyone is searching for Kobe's video, and then dragging it to the last minute to determine the authenticity of Kobe's transfer.

Key words such as Kobe, the collapse of the Lakers, and please cry for Los Angeles rushed to the hot searches on Twitter.

It was too sudden, just like Jordan announced "I'm back" through his agent back then.

It is impossible for the league to let go of this publicity opportunity.

Various interviews and interviews fell in front of Kobe, and he had to accept them.

Bryant did most of the interviews with the utmost professionalism.

He thanked the Lakers fans for their support, shattered the one-day Zijin Lakers promise for life, claimed that joining the 76ers was to repay his hometown, and denied that his joining the 76ers had anything to do with Wei Xia.

He has tried his best to prevent the media from associating Wei Xia with his transfer to the 76ers, but it is impossible for anyone with thinking ability to believe his words.

Therefore, in the next two months, Wei Xia was scolded by Lakers fans on the Internet and in reality.

There was even a wave of boycotts against Wish in California.

Don't buy his sneakers;
His jersey, burned;
Resolutely boycott the advertisements he endorses!

Wei Xia was once the hero of the Lakers. In the 2008 finals, he almost changed his life against the sky.

The "stealing" of Game6, the "return" of Game7, and the FMVP of that year are all indelible events in the history of the Lakers.

Now, anger reigns supreme, and the animosity and antipathy toward him from Lakers fans, Los Angeles, and even the Lakers is so great that they refuse to accept that he was once a member of the Lakers.

When the wave of boycotts reached its peak, Wesha was at home in Philadelphia, and Kobe, who had just moved to Philadelphia, was a guest at his home.

The two of them sat on the floor, facing a game of chess.

Kobe is a beginner, and Wei Xia allowed him to repent 3 times in a game of chess.

Kobe was immersed in the chess game, trying to beat Wei Xia.

Wei Xia sat enjoying himself, holding coffee in his hand, and the sun shone on his face, he sighed lazily.

No matter what the outside world is, it has nothing to do with him.

He is very satisfied with the result.

Revenge on the Bass family and poaching Kobe from the Lakers made him extremely happy.

Starting today, he was really able to let go of the past.

The pimple that has been on him since July 2009 has landed in Los Angeles forever.

　I'm going to talk about the plot again.The original outline was to set up Wei Xia to return to Los Angeles during this period to stage the return of Sister Wang.But I was furious when I wrote that Wei Xia left the Lakers-it's all like this, and I want to come back to play for this bird team?Cheap or not, Wei Xia?You won the championship for the Lakers, you shed blood for Bass, you don’t owe them, they owe you, don’t think that your three consecutive championships with the 76ers is over, it will only make them regret, not make them feel pain, let them feel the same pain as you—and, if Wei Xia comes back, the plot is too similar to the Bulls.What's more, there is really no reason for anyone to return to the Lakers.Then one day someone in the group started saying that he doesn't like the current Lakers because of James.Inspiration hit me like a lightning bolt (thank you, someone, you know I'm talking about you) - why not let Wesha get his revenge?What?He is a good guy?Good people should be pointed at guns?Besides, I never wrote that he was a nice guy with a big heart.Instead, I've been writing about his attitudes toward people and things he hates.This is the whole process of this plot. Although I have no energy or passion to describe in detail the days and nights when Wei Xia and Kobe fought side by side in the 76ers, I am still very satisfied with this plot.So I have to gossip so much, type so many words, I didn't stuff all these into the text as comments, and earn more book coins by the way.It's over.You won't see me say that much again until the book is finished.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)