I just play ball

Chapter 172 Brother, come out to see beautiful women
Putting down his wine glass, Li Yue did what he said, and directly took out his mobile phone to call D'Antoni, and chose to be hands-free.

"I have already negotiated with Luke, and I plan to coach him in the next game. What do you think?"

Li Yue likes to follow the rules when doing things. He knows that no matter how D'Antoni delegates power to himself, the head coach of the Lakers is still the other party in name. This kind of thing is a matter of face, especially for an elderly person, he must ask for authorization.

"It's completely OK. I wish him success in coaching. It's a classic battle between yellow and green. I hope he won't be too nervous, haha." On the other end of the phone, D'Antoni laughed happily, and Wharton added: Thank you for your strong support .

After pressing the hang up button, Li Yue dialed Kupchak's number again, and briefly explained after connecting.

"Then I will notify Black to issue a statement first, then prepare the contract, and send someone to send it over later, and convey it to Luke for me to welcome him home." Kupchak said, "Also let him call me to discuss the specific salary. .”

"Thank you, Mitch." Wharton said, "I'll call you later."

After finishing speaking, Li Yue pressed the hang up button, then dialed Kobe's number, and the system prompted that the line was busy.

"Is this person so busy recuperating at home?" Wharton shrugged.

"Who knows?" Li Yue spread his hands, "Please bring me another glass of lemonade."

As soon as he put down the phone, the ringtone rang, and Kobe called.

Before opening his mouth after connecting, Kobe shouted excitedly: "Mitch told me, welcome home, Luke."

"Thank you, I will give you the most training tasks for the whole team." Wharton joked, "You won't have another chance to blow me up, you have to be careful."

"I think one of the main jobs of the coaches is to practice with the players, don't you think so?" Bryant said.

"Yes." Li Yue chimed in.

"Don't even think about it!" Wharton waved his hands again and again, Li Yue and Kobe laughed when they heard this.

The three chatted a few more words, Kobe hung up the phone, and the time was exactly six o'clock in the afternoon.

Considering that Wharton still had a private call with Kupchak, Li Yue said, "I'll go back to the hotel first, and you remember to gather at the Prime Steakhouse at eight o'clock, and I will celebrate you then."

"Don't worry too much about me." Wharton said with a smile, "I will definitely be there."

...

After leaving the bar, Li Yue took a taxi back to the hotel where the team stayed, and went straight to the gym.

After more than an hour of training according to the muscle-building plan, Li Yue returned to his room, took a shower and changed clothes.

Taking advantage of the time to blow my hair, I sat down and turned on the computer, logged on to Twitter to browse the news, and found that the hot topic was that WOJ broke the news that Howard had officially ended the negotiation with the Rockets, and the Rockets had already sent Royce White away in order to complete the contract.

Such news has triggered as many as [-] related discussions, and the hashtag of 'Rocket Two Heroes' can be seen everywhere.

[Bill Simmons: In the new season, the Rockets are destined to be a dark horse, and according to the current lineup of the Western Conference teams, they are very likely to compete with the Lakers for the 45th place, plus the long-term third Clippers supplement Redick after scoring strong points, Westbrook has returned strongly, Kawhi Leonard has grown significantly, and the Lakers will no longer have the chance to pick up cheap championships. 】

[Chris Bunty: The Lakers management is too stupid. I can't believe they just let go of the league's No. [-] center without even getting back a draft pick.Of course, I know that this is not the true level of Mitch Kupchak. All this is because Li Yue is behind the scenes, and the Lakers are declining. Sad! 】

[Steven A Smith: In the past two years, the combination of Dwight Howard and James Harden is stronger than the combination of Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant, but because the Lakers have a very strong small forward Li Yue, the Rockets still cannot A real threat to the Lakers, unless Parsons's skills are improved to the same level as his pick-up. 】

[FOX special commentator Becker Bain: In the case of fierce competition in the Western Conference next season, Li Yue, as the head star, did not seriously train and prepare. Instead, he went to coach the unaffected summer league. To be famous, I am here to congratulate him for getting his wish and successfully leading the team to defeat the Cavaliers who just want to train. 】

Li Yue didn't take it seriously when he read these comments, but the comments triggered by Becker's Twitter attracted attention instead.

【totally agree!The other teams played casually, only the Lakers went all out, and I heard that Li Yue also invited the players to dinner, gave them sneakers, gave them Rolex watches, and helped him become famous by buying people's hearts. The league should send someone to investigate the use of doping. 】

This tweet has received nearly 1 likes, and the insinuation is obvious. If it is not explained, it may cause unnecessary trouble to the players.

Thinking of this, Li Yue clicked to repost: I will let the lawyer contact you, and it is useless to delete the comment.

Just about to close the webpage, the Lakers official Twitter update.

[It is a great honor to announce that we will officially hire Luke Walton as the assistant coach of the team from now on.Luke played for the Lakers from 2002 to 2012. He is our loyal partner. Coach D'Antoni is very happy about it...]

Seeing the news, Li Yue forwarded it casually: Welcome Luke home.

After tweeting, the time came to [-]:[-], put down the hair dryer, put on slippers and get up to go out.

Covington and others also just left, and the whole team went together, including the coaching staff and staff.

It took about 10 minutes to arrive at the prime steak restaurant. The lobby manager had already prepared the location. It was on the large terrace next to the small artificial lake. There were more than a dozen tables organized into three parts. It was just right to see the restaurant that is often seen in Las Vegas. The fountain of the Bellagio Hotel, which appeared in the movie, is lively but not boring.

After sitting for a while, Wharton also arrived. Everyone picked up the menu and ordered. Li Yue ordered an onion soup, three oysters, nearly eight taels of filet mignon, a bowl of lobster macaroni, a glass of wine and a cheese bread.

Amidst the laughter, everyone congratulated Wharton one after another, and the dinner soon came to an end.

Wharton blushed from drinking, and sat next to Li Yue with a glass of wine: "What did you say about the young commander?"

"The new coach of the Celtics is only 37 years old, but you are younger than him, so I describe the match between you as a young coach." It is indeed rare, except for the ancient times 37 years ago, only the original Marcelman could fight against it.

"How strong are they?" Wharton asked again.

Thinking of the broken lineup of the Celtics, with only one slow-moving rookie center Onikeli, Li Yue shrugged slightly: "Play casually, and it will be difficult to lose. Our team players are ten times stronger than them."

"Then I'm relieved." Wharton picked up his wine glass and walked towards the crowd, saying 'hello' to Gobert in French from afar.

Li Yue nodded upon seeing this. At the time, Artest commented that Wharton was good at building relationships. It was not nonsense. In less than an hour, Wharton was able to hook up with the players.

Just as he was thinking, the phone rang, and he took it out to see that Durant was calling.

"Brother, are you in Las Vegas?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Then come and see the beauty!"

"What beauty?"

"Striptease, the most famous one in the world, I told you about it on the day of the New York draft."

(End of this chapter)