Forward to the basket

Updated: 2013-01-23

Being able to win three championships in the player era, and also won three consecutive championships as the team manager, such a sturdy life is not unsuccessful, but Mitch Kupchak's life is indeed a bit difficult now . www: read novels【叶*】【*】

Counting from arriving in Los Angeles in 1981, Kupchak has now been in this city of angels for 26 years. He has experienced the era of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magician, and also experienced the heyday of the OK combination sweeping the league.

It can be said that in the past 30 years, the history of the Lakers has something to do with Kupchak. At least, he is a witness. He has seen the scenery of the Zijin Army in its peak period and its embarrassing trough.

Kupchak has been at the helm of the City of Angels since he took up the position of general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000, and his every move involves the wind vane of the Lakers banner.

It can even be said that if the Lakers make a move, the entire league may respond, but such a scene, after the team has fallen into a trough, often brings negative effects, especially on the team's manager.

Kupchak has been one of the focus of media interviews since last season. There is no other reason. The situation of the Lakers has reached the edge of a cliff. As the team manager, he will definitely be noticed.

This kind of attention has become a bit intense since the transfer in the summer. Even when he was out on vacation with his family, those unscrupulous reporters would follow him just to get some transfer news.

As a result, this kind of harassment did not show any signs of easing until the start of the regular season. On the contrary, it became more and more intense as the game progressed, especially in the past week, it was simply annoying.

"Sorry, I can only say no comment on everything about the team. As for what the newspaper said, I can only say that it represents the reporter's meaning, not me, nor the team's consideration. "

After dismissing another reporter's request for an interview, Kupchak finally returned to his office. He could hardly remember whether this was the dozens of interviewers he rejected today. 【leaf*】【*】

"Damn reporters, they will always surround you endlessly like a shark smelling blood. As long as you make a wrong sentence, you will definitely appear on the front page of their newspaper on time the next day."

Kupchak shook his head helplessly, while talking to his female secretary with a wry smile. It could be seen that not only was he very tired today, but the secretary in charge of the wiring work was also a little frowning.

"Mr. Mitch, there are at least a dozen major media interview requests here. Many of them are partners with whom we have a good relationship. I didn't refuse immediately. They obviously won't just let it go."

Seeing the contact information of those media densely written on the piece of paper that Mi took to himself, Kupchak can only scratch his head now. He can refuse other people, but can you refuse his partner?

But what can you say to them if you don't refuse?Is it really going to be like, "Hey guys, what you read on the news is true, that Kobe really asked for a transfer, and he's going to get out of here right away?"

God, if you really say that, tomorrow morning, oh, no, an hour or two later, these news will appear on the TV program of the day on time, and the same will be the cover of the newspaper the next day.

What's even more frightening is that most people will not consider these issues from the team's point of view, they will only stir up the news, and then let more Los Angeles fans point the finger at the management and reprimand them for their incompetence!

Kupchak has been with the Lakers for so many years, and he may have created such a big scene when O'Neal left, but looking at it now, the Kobe left behind is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Because several big fish in the summer transfer period were taken away by the Celtics, as a result, the Lakers added some second-rate goods. Although the team is not at the bottom of the Western Conference, it is just hovering on the threshold of the playoffs. Not sure, as long as they lose two or three games in a row, they will be squeezed out by their competitors, and the situation is also precarious. ( ·~ )

The transactions before the start of the regular season did not improve, and the most direct consequence of this was the instability within the team.

Especially Kobe, who had been clamoring to leave during the summer transfer period, watched his old enemy Celtics sprint with a strong winning streak. He didn't want to endure such a day of being booed by fans and ignored by the media.

If you don't strengthen the team, let me transfer. This is Kobe's message to the team before the summer transfer period.

Although the Buddha did not leave after the start of the regular season, it does not mean that he will stay. On the contrary, this temporary calm is pregnant with danger. Now Kupchak is facing the decision of whether the team should change the core. Multiple-choice question, the Lakers, who have fallen to ninth in the Western Conference, really have to think about it now. Without Kobe leading the team, what should they do next? Wait for reconstruction?Still desperately want to kill this season.

Because on a local Los Angeles newspaper in front of Kupchak, there is a striking headline, "Kobe, are you leaving?" This is why so many media want to interview him today.

"Hey, in this damn transfer market, we didn't find the one we wanted, but we made it happen for others. Now, we're once again caught in a vortex. I don't know how long this damn news will mess up the team."

While rubbing his temples, Kupchak was thinking about how to resolve such a crisis. If Kobe were let go, the Los Angeles Lakers would really have to try what it would be like to be at the bottom of the Western Conference.

It is also thanks to the help of "Peter Pan" to make it to the playoffs in the past two years, and if Kobe cannot be kept this time, then Phil Jackson's contract is estimated to become a waste after the end of this season. Paper.

Without big-name stars in charge, and without a mature triangle offense, the "Zen Master" will probably lose interest in Los Angeles. If it really comes to that point, the purple and gold team built by Kupchak will really disappear.

"After reaching the peak, is it always inevitable to go downhill?" Kupchak looked at the sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. He really didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment. Will the Lakers really collapse?

This disturbing question is lingering in his mind, but the disturbance from the outside world will not stop. Now that Kupchak has come to a hurdle, in addition to finding a way to deal with the crisis, he also has to think about the future of the team. After all, O'Neal is in the past tense, but Kobe can still maintain his state for at least five or six years.

Moreover, this kind of extremely popular star player does not mean that you can get it if you want. If someone has a beast that can average 30 per game, they will not easily sell it. Even if it is an exchange, they can really get better than him. ?

If it's a change with the guy in Cleveland, maybe Kupchak will think about it, otherwise, even if the Heat say to use "The Flash" to do business with the Lakers, Kupchak will firmly refuse.

After all, Kobe's popularity in Los Angeles is irreplaceable. Even if the little emperor comes, he may be at a disadvantage. Now, the guy who should be carrying the team is thinking about leaving.

This made Kupchak very helpless. It's not that he didn't think about adding a few powerful factions to the team, but the Celtics' beasts really didn't even give them a chance. Okay, They've all been robbed!

Thinking of this, Kupchak felt a pain in his ass. It wasn't that he hadn't seduced Garnett, and it wasn't that he hadn't considered poaching Ray Allen from Seattle, but his attack speed was obviously not as fast as Angie's!

The guy who made these deals quietly, maybe even started to deal with these problems since last season, although no one can catch him, but they all believe this is the truth!

Otherwise why the first day of the transfer market just opened!This guy can take Ray Allen down!And it's still so fast!From the start of the transfer to the end of the negotiation, it took less than three hours in total!

Damn, thinking of this, Kupchak wanted to smash the table with his fists. The Celtics, an old enemy, not only caused trouble for the Lakers in the game, but now they even came to meddle in the transfer market. and!

No, this is no longer a meddling, but a blatant poaching. Originally, the Lakers and the Timberwolves had already talked about the same thing, and they could enter the detailed rules immediately, but the Celtics just stepped in!

Moreover, the conditions they offered directly killed the Lakers, and the Timberwolves also unscrupulously switched to the embrace of the Celtics. Then, Kobe failed to wait for Garnett, which was a tragedy.

In fact, Ray Allen is also a player that Kupchak is optimistic about, but he has not waited to contact the Supersonics, and the transfer has been completed there. In fact, not only Kupchak is speechless, but many team managers are also speechless .

There's no way, who made Angie's animal move so fast, it's like signing a contract at the speed of light, poaching corners at the speed of light, and then facing the competition without any scruples, followed by their winning streak in the regular season.

Isn't Kobe annoyed that a summer full of hope is gone?If he hadn't been annoyed, he wouldn't have said that he wanted to leave when facing the interview. It wasn't a threat, but he really wanted to leave.

After all, he is still at the peak of his career. No one wants to waste time in a team that can't win a championship. Kobe still wants to get a few more championship rings. As for where to go, the world is so big that he hasn't been asked ?

It can be said that the Celtics' winning streak has not only disrupted the order of the East, but its fierce rise has disrupted the entire league. Too many competitors in the East and West are trying to change themselves.

And the atmosphere in the City of Angels was messed up by those guys from Boston. Kupchak, who was sitting in the office, was struggling to find a way to save the team.

This undercurrent, who knows if there will be another storm...

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