Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 126 127 [Meet the Lakers delegation]

Carmelo Anthony was originally traded to the Atlanta Hawks, but the Hawks obviously didn't want to keep him. Soon Anthony completed the steal, and then he made a move to join the Houston Rockets.

Of course, there is no formal signing yet, it is just a verbal agreement, because there is still a clarification period in the middle.

After Anthony joined the Houston Rockets, this also means that the Houston Rockets have further improved their paper strength. After all, the Big Three of James Harden + Chris Paul + Carmelo Anthony seem to be at least powerful.

Of course, for Morey, his task has not been completed. After getting Carmelo Anthony, the next thing he needs to do is to negotiate a contract extension with Chris Paul.

In Las Vegas, in the hotel where Jiang Hao was staying, under Rich Paul's "hard work", the Los Angeles Lakers became the first team to meet Jiang Hao.

From the perspective of sincerity, it is obvious that the Lakers are prepared.

The Lakers delegation is headed by general manager Ervin Johnson, with a total of five people. In addition to Ervin Johnson, there are head coach Luke Walton and Lakers salary expert Bob Dylan.

"Great magician, now general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, nice to meet you"

Jiang Hao was very generous, and immediately invited Erwin Johnson and the others into the conference room.

"Jiang, let's get straight to the point. You know, the Los Angeles Lakers need players like you, and you and the Los Angeles Lakers will be a match made in heaven."

The magician was very clever, and directly used the golden signboard of the Los Angeles Lakers to give Jiang Hao a shot in the arm.

"It sounds good, but with all due respect, Mr. Magic, the Lakers now have Ingram at the small forward position and Lonzo Ball at the point guard position. It seems that you don't need me."

To be honest, this has always been a point of doubt for Jiang Hao, because both Lonzo Ball and Ingram are talented players, and their draft picks are very high. As long as they are given time, they will Definitely be able to hit the standard.

"Jiang, the Los Angeles Lakers are a wealthy team with many fans, so this means that we cannot be patient enough to wait for young players to grow. We must return to the top in a short period of time. Obviously, neither Lonzo Ball, Harpy Ingram, or even Russell can't do this, on the contrary, you can't do it."

Jiang Hao is quite satisfied with the reason of the magician. At least he thinks what the magician said has some truth. For a team like the Lakers, their tradition is not to train players by themselves. They have always pursued superstar basketball.

This is true whether it was Shaquille O'Neal at the beginning or Paul Gasol and Dwight Howard later.

Perhaps only Kobe is an exception. The guy who can make the logo man, Mr. West, make a big gamble is really well-deserved.

However, Kobe has already lived up to his expectations. He has turned from a rookie to an All-Star in just two seasons. Strictly speaking, Kobe's rise did not make the Lakers wait too long.

"In the history of the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers are a championship team that has won 16 O'Brien Cups, but it has been 8 years since the team won the championship last time. Frankly speaking, after Kobe retired, the current team The Lakers basically don’t have any championship genes. This is completely different from the San Antonio Spurs. In this case, I don’t think the Lakers can have the strength to compete for the championship just because I have to join.”

Jiang Hao raised his second question.

This issue is also relatively central.

Although he is unwilling to go to the superstar team and be labeled as a "group" by the fans, it does not mean that he has no interest in winning the championship again in the new season.

He can have the ambition to lead a civilian team to rise and win the championship, but this plan is obviously not suitable for the Lakers.

Therefore, from Jiang Hao's point of view, if he really joins the Lakers, then the Magicians must make adjustments to the existing lineup.

"The bottom line is we can trade any player as long as you can come in"

Of course the magician could hear the meaning behind Jiang Hao's question, but his decisiveness and bottom line really made Jiang Hao's heart beat hard.

He finally felt the cruelty of the nba business alliance from the magician の most eagerly. This is a business field that kills people without blood.

In the eyes of outsiders, Lonzo Ball and Ingram are the proud sons of heaven, but their fate is actually not controlled by themselves.

Jiang Hao can be sure that, in fact, including himself, in the big interest field of the NBA, he is just a pawn and a tool.

"Mr. Bayonet, in terms of salary, the Los Angeles Lakers have never been stingy with the players we fancy. Soon the league's contract rules, your contract can last for 4 years, so the offer given is 4 years. $9200 million"

Next to the magician, Bob Dylan, the Lakers salary expert, also spoke later, and directly provided Jiang Hao with an offer.

$4 million in 9200 years?
Jiang Hao didn't know what Rich Paul was thinking, but he was shocked at the moment. Compared with the basic salary contract of hundreds of thousands of dollars he got from the Spurs in the season that just ended, this cooperation is enough to be called a sky-high price.

"Mr. Bayonet, in addition, as we all know, Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States. From an economic point of view, Los Angeles is the number one in the United States. The Lakers have a strong presence in the Los Angeles sports world. If you can join, I miss you The benefits off the field are simply incalculable.”

After the salary expert Bob Dylan finished speaking, Maxwell, the director of the Lakers' business department on the other side of the magician, spoke.

Jiang Hao had to admit that the Lakers really came here with great sincerity in chasing him, and they even built a blueprint for him.

And this blueprint seems to be completely perfect after head coach Luke Walton speaks again.

And then, as Jiang Hao expected, Luke Wharton also discussed some issues with the team's game tactics with him.

It can be said that during the one-hour conversation with the representative of the Lakers, Jiang Hao felt thoughtfulness, sincerity, respect and even perfection.

He looked like he was going to be convinced.

When the magicians left, Rich Paul's face was completely cracked, because he saw satisfaction from Jiang Hao's face. Jiang Hao's expression is enough to explain some problems. Xie explained that Jiang Hao joined the Lakers , there is really hope.

(End of this chapter)