Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 55 For Victory
Since the Lakers moved out of Minneapolis and came to Los Angeles, they have been suppressed by the Celtics for a long time. The tragic combination of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor has repeatedly rushed to the championship Failed, Baylor retired with regret, and West won the precious championship ring only after Chamberlain joined.

Until the appearance of Dr. Jerry Buss.

On this day, Dr. Jerry Bass, uncharacteristically, did not join his old friend Hugh Hefner and lead the young girls to a party.

Only a dim desk lamp was lit in the study room. Dr. Bath was sitting in an armchair with his eyes closed. The boring broadcast from the radio had a hypnotic effect, but the fingers tapping the table regularly showed that the young man The brains of the nearly seventy-year-olds are still racing.

Footsteps came from downstairs, all the way to the front of the study, the half-open door was gently pushed open.Dr. Bath's fingers stopped moving.

"Jimmy, you're back. Sit down." Dr. Buss' tone was low and tired.

Jim pulled up a chair and sat across from Dr. Buss.

"Before I bought the Lakers, they won only one championship in 20 years, and in the next 10 years, we won 5 rings. The Lakers brought the championship, and every penny we spent is worth it." Speaking of this, Dr. Buss stopped talking, as if he was remembering something.

Is it the magician in fresh clothes and angry horse-Skyhook-Cobra Showtime Iron Triangle?Is it the battle between the black and white heroes, the confrontation between the purple, gold and green army?Or the Lakers girl who made a stunning appearance at the Great Western Forum?
Jim did not break the brief silence.

"Of course, some people play for championship rings, and more people play for money. For them, basketball is a job that supports their families and allows them to live better than ordinary people. Bosses want employees to do more. work, and employees want to get more wages, there is no problem with that." Dr. Bass woke up from the memory, talking about the facts in front of him.

"So you plan to accept the Shaq team's request and renew his contract?" Jim wondered.

"I gave him the money he wanted, he deserved it, he helped us win the championship trophy, and that's what we deserved... But I used to think that you give other people what they want, once, twice. After this time, he will understand your attitude, your thoughts and goals, obviously, I was wrong." Dr. Bass shook his head, obviously this time O'Neill's team made him very disappointed.

"So, when his ability is not enough to help us win the championship, and even his contract may become an obstacle to the team's championship, should we give him a big contract to commend him for so many years? What did the team do? Look at what the Houstonians did to Hakeem Olajuwon, and look at Patrick Ewing, where is he now?" Jim tried to impress the undecided with a few counterexamples. Dr. Bath.

Dr. Bass is an out-and-out business genius, but at certain moments, he will paradoxically embody the characteristics of extreme sensibility.He regards Magic Johnson as his own child. In order to make O'Neal happy in the team, he directly offered a sky-high contract without any bargaining.

"Things are different now, we can't sign a near-lifetime deal like you did with Irving, Kobe Bryant's contract expires in three years, we don't expect to pass a less than The maximum salary contract to keep him, and at that time we had no ability to continue to strengthen, we could only watch Shaq weaken day by day." Jim paused, observing Dr. Buss's reaction, Dr. Buss stared at The radio on the table did not blink, as if it had been turned off.

"Go on, I'm listening."

"What we can give him is only an opportunity to get a five-year maximum salary elsewhere, and what we want to get is competitiveness in the next ten to 20 years. Therefore, my suggestion is that after Shaquille Trade when O'Neal's trade value is at its peak."

Seeing that Dr. Buss didn't respond, Jim added: "Of course, this will have to wait for him to help us win the three consecutive championships."

After the All-Star Game, the competition among the teams became fierce. The top-ranked teams had to fight for home court advantage, the mid-range teams had to fight for the playoff spots, and the bottom-ranked teams had to fight for the home court advantage. Play hard for picks.

The Lakers, who compete fiercely with the Kings for the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference, first received bad news. The core of the team, Shaquille O'Neal, will miss at least [-] weeks of games due to a toe injury.

In the first game of the second half, the Lakers ushered in the Washington Wizards led by Michael Jordan at home.

Kwame Brown's performance has basically become a joke. Olowokandi has been wearing the hat of the most water champion for a few years, and he was soon picked up by Jordan, and his appearance is somewhat similar to Jordan. Young man's head.

Now, he has even fallen out of the rotation lineup, playing behind fellow student Brendan Heywood, and can only get a chance to play in garbage time.

In the face of Michael Jordan, Kobe's fighting spirit burned unstoppably.

Due to O'Neal's absence, the Lakers moved Wallace to center, Mason as power forward, and Bowen as the starting small forward.Kobe took the initiative to invite Ying to face Jordan, and Bowen faced Hamilton, the Wizards' second master.

In the first quarter of the competition between the two sides, Hamilton gave full play to his long-distance running talent, shuttled freely in the crowd, cooperated with the accurate mid-range shot, scored 8 points on 6 of 12 shots, and made Bowen sweat and pant.

乔丹6投2中，贡献4分2篮板3助攻，而科比5投1中，得到3分3篮板3助攻，两人的表现几乎镜像一般。

With Hamilton's excellent performance, the Wizards entered the second quarter with a 10-point lead.

But Hamilton is not alone in making up his mind to steal the show.

Arenas was replaced by Fisher early in the first quarter in order to exert his strong offensive firepower in the rotation stage.Under the leadership of Arenas, the Lakers' substitutes, who didn't have to endure the endless beatings of Mike James, played a wave of 4-16 climax within 3 minutes to overtake the score. Among them, Arenas' consecutive ultra-long The chasing three-pointer was even more shocking and detonated the audience.

In front of Jordan, Kobe, who led the team alone, seemed to want to prove something else. He changed his style of playing with only the shooting button in the past, and constantly created opportunities for his teammates, while Arenas, Bowen and Jackson were also very competitive. Get the ball into the basket.

Soon, the Wizards, who only relied on the duo of Jordan and Hamilton, were powerless to resist.

Bryant had a triple-double of 20 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds, while Arenas scored a season-high 32 points.

"I can lead the team to win more victories, including the championship." Bryant said in the post-match press conference.

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