the great gatsby

Chapter 603 New Lakers, Black Mamba Retirement Tour!

The Lakers won the championship. After the championship parade, West was satisfied and announced his retirement. Deron Williams also announced his retirement. Finally, he got the championship ring.

Joe Johnson still wants to continue playing, but Kupchak has no intention of continuing to renew his contract, and Joe Johnson has no resentment. He has performed well in the Lakers this season, and it is still possible to find a position in other teams.

The Lakers have Gatsby, Jokic, Wesley Johnson, Nick Young, Aldridge, Ed Davis, Jordan Hill, Pau Gasol.

The attractiveness of the Lakers with Gatsby has greatly increased. Kupchak did not make much effort to attract Horford, Rondo and Bradley, as well as Jeff Green.

Jeff Green was chosen by Gatsby, not because of anything, but because Gatsby likes Jeff Green as a player.

What an outstanding player Green was originally, but his luck has been bad. He was originally one of the Thunder's three young men. Later, the Thunder selected Westbrook Harden and others. Jeff Green made sacrifices for the team and became the team's leader. Binder, who was later traded to the Celtics.

After arriving at the Celtics, he suffered from an aortic aneurysm, wasted a whole season, and then completely became a role player. The fate of this player is so bizarre, but he has no resentment and has been calm. Accepting everything that fate bestowed on him, even so, he did not give up and did not fall.

Gatsby likes such players very much, so he has the heart to pull Jeff Green. He lacks a stage, and the Lakers lack a small forward, so the fate is forged.

When Jeff Green knew that it was Gatsby who wanted him by name, he shed tears of excitement. This is a very important affirmation. Gatsby is famous for his vision. , none of which cannot be typed out.

Jeff Green has been struggling, and after he heard the news, he felt God was on him again.

He called Gatsby immediately to thank Gatsby for the importance he attached to him, Gatsby comforted the former genius gently, and then sent out an invitation: "Jeff, if you want, we can train together in the summer. "

Jeff Green was overjoyed: "I will definitely be there, and I want to learn from you!"

Jeff Green's attitude was as if he was treating a senior, but in fact he was the senior. He was three years older than Gatsby.

But he didn't feel any sadness or grievance at all. Instead, he was full of honors. Gatsby's brilliance made every player not treat Gatsby with a condescending attitude, but instead treat Gatsby with admiration. It's the right way to open it - the NBA is, after all, a competitive league where strength is the basis.

When Horford received the call from Kupchak, he took the initiative to call Gatsby before waiting for Gatsby to call. Gatsby expressed his surprise. As soon as Horford said it, Gatsby immediately apologized to Horford : "I'm sorry, Al, I should pay more attention to the team. I should have called you for this call!"

Generally, to recruit these relatively big-name players, the team leader has to call to recruit them, because the recruited person does not know whether the leader welcomes him, and usually waits for the leader to call him.

Horford took the initiative to make this call, which shows that Horford is indeed full of sincerity, but Gatsby had to express his apology.

Horford immediately said: "No, no, Gatsby, you don't have to apologize, if I am willing to wait, I know you will call me, but I can't wait, I don't want to miss you, so I will call you first , just want you to promise me, let me join the Lakers, let me play with you! You don’t know how long I’ve wanted to play with you!”

Gatsby smiled and said: "Al, I also really hope to play with you. So, I invite you to come to the Lakers and win the championship together, okay?"

Horford laughed loudly: "Okay, I like it, I am willing!"

Compared with Horford's initiative, Rondo did not take the initiative to call, but this time Gatsby learned his lesson, called Kupchak and asked who else he recruited, Gatsby hurriedly called.

Rondo was on vacation in Hawaii when he answered the phone. He was quite happy to hear Gatsby's voice, but he was still pretending: "I think you want me to play ball with you, right?"

Gatsby smiled: "Yes, Rajon, I think about the years we played against each other, how interesting those years were, but I want to play with you, Rajon, you are one of the smartest players on the planet." One, it must be fun to play with you."

Rondo said coldly: "Okay, then I agree."

Gatsby smiled. "So, Rajon, I want to organize training for the summer. Do you have time to join?"

Rondo nodded, as if he thought Gatsby would see it: "Tell me the time and place then."

Gatsby laughed and said, "No, tell me the time and place, and I'll send a plane to pick you up!"

It was only then that Rondo remembered that this guy was the richest guy in the league.

When Bradley received the call from Gatsby, he was a little flattered. He was a year behind Gatsby. In fact, he was a fan of Gatsby. Many of his iron-blooded defenses were imitated by Gatsby. He always talked endlessly about Gatsby.

Gatsby hadn't said a word of welcome yet, Bradley spoke like a machine gun: "Wow, Gatsby, hello, haha, I'm very happy to play with you, I will definitely be the best around you Helper, you don’t need to defend those hard bones anymore, leave it to me, I will defend, you just need to score well, if someone provokes you, I will teach you a lesson, haha, I am very happy to play with you, hahahaha.”

Gatsby listened with a smile, and after Bradley finished speaking, he said: "Avery, welcome to the Lakers, you will fall in love with it here, and we will win the championship together!"

Bradley said excitedly: "Gatsby, I believe in you, I have always believed in you!"

Gatsby then called Kobe.

"Kobe, really don't plan to play for another season? Not for the championship ring, but I really want to set up a retirement tour for you!"

Kobe's voice was somewhat moved: "Retirement tour?"

Gatsby laughed and said, "Yes, farewell to the fans in North America, the farewell to the black mamba. From now on, there will be no black mamba in the league. You can say: manba out! How can you not be sensational?"

Kobe hesitated: "But I have already announced my retirement."

Gatsby smiled and said: "I'll take care of it, just say I forced it! I will ask Xiao Hua to finalize this matter, and I must let you retire in a glorious manner!"

Kobe didn't say anything and acquiesced.

(End of this chapter)