Chapter 224 The choice of half man and half god
Jenny Buss was sitting in a luxury business car, with Magic Johnson sitting next to her and two assistants behind her.
After Jeanie Buss took over the Lakers, it cannot be said that she worked hard. She has been running for the evening team lineup. Stephen Nash gave her a surprise attack last night. She never dreamed that Nash would eventually join the Clippers: This is better than killing
She still feels uncomfortable.
Because Nash would rather choose Fan Xi than her.
Jenny Buss's biggest crisis of trust currently comes from Fan Xi, and trading Fan Xi left her with huge sequelae. Although she has been comforting herself: Chris Paul is definitely better than Jack Fan, and Jack Fan will be of no use to the Clippers.
, he would hold the broken ship and sink to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean together. A year later, no one would remember him anymore.
But the current situation gives her a headache. Grant Hill and Stephen Nash, two experienced and well-informed veterans, gave up on them and chose to join the Clippers.
This was a major failure on her part.
She got furious in the office and scolded her assistant bloody.
But when she appeared in front of the magician, she suppressed her anger.
"An old regular season MVP can't change anything, and Grant Hill is at the age of retirement. They can only bring psychological comfort to Clippers fans, but cannot solve the actual problem."
Jenny said to Magic Johnson in the car: "How is it going in Orlando? Have they agreed to the three-way deal we proposed?"
Magic Johnson shrugged his shoulders and said: "At present, Dwight Howard and the Magic have not completely broken up. There is still room for both parties, and the possibility of a trade is not high."
"Well, you continue to keep an eye on the people in Orlando. Don't let them come into contact with the Clippers, and definitely don't let Howard go to the Clippers. We can't fall into the same pit twice." Jenny Buss explained cautiously.
"Don't worry, it won't happen."
Magic Johnson said with certainty.
His confidence puts a relaxed look on Jenny Buss' face.
But the Magician's subsequent words made Buss' relaxation become depressed: "As far as I know, the Clippers have no interest in Howard. They feel that Jordan can do 70% of what Howard can do, not to mention that they have no interest in Howard."
There's Blake Griffin."
So what does this mean? Howard is something the Clippers don't like, so we treat him like a treasure?
Jenny rolled her eyes.
At this time, the assistant behind her said: "Kwame Brown has been looking for Jack Fan recently. People around him said that he wants to stay in Los Angeles. Should we offer him a contract? He seems to be seeking a contract of 7 million
With an annual salary contract, if he stays in Los Angeles, I think he would be willing to give him 6 million."
After hearing this, Jenny curled her lips disapprovingly: "We don't have extra salary space to support idle people. Kwame Brown is only worth 2 million, and I won't give it to him. If the Clippers want to sign him, we should raise our hands in approval.
"
Magic Johnson sat next to him and didn't speak.
He turned around in his mind and outlined the Clippers' interior lineup for next season. According to the current trend, if it is DeAndre Jordan, Griffin, Wallace, and Kwame Brown, then they are equivalent to gathering four
Players with four different styles in each direction.
Jordan represents mobility defense, Griffin represents face-to-face offense, Wallace has defense and long-range shooting, and Kwame Brown can protect the frame, cover, and get stuck... Then, whatever tactics the Clippers will implement next will be
There is a chance.
"Has the Clippers head coach not been decided yet?" Magic Johnson asked.
"I heard that they are in contact with Larry Brown and Mike Brown." The assistant behind said: "They seem to want to build another Detroit Pistons. According to reliable sources, once the New York Knicks waive Billups, they will quickly
claim."
Ha ha.
Jeanie Buss laughed and said: "The Clippers are simply crazy. They actually want to copy the next Pistons? Crazy, do they really think of us as the F4 team of the year? Kobe will not make the same mistake."
It's okay that Jeanie Buss didn't mention this sentence. She brought it up, and Magic immediately frowned: If you follow this analogy, this year's Lakers are indeed like F4 back then. Back then, the Lakers assembled Kobe, O'Neal, and
Karl Malone and Gary Payton formed a star-studded All-Star lineup. But in the end, they lost to the civilian Pistons in the finals.
Now, the Lakers have Kobe, Paul, Gasol, and Bynum, the same four kings and four All-Stars.
Will history repeat itself?
Magic Johnson frowned tightly.
Jenny Buss has already discussed the next thing: "Johnny, when we meet Vince Carter later, we must show our sincerity. We are willing to provide him with everything we can provide within our salary range. Let him feel respected.
, let him know that he is still an important figure when he comes to the Lakers."
Jenny Buss explained the details of the meeting.
The four major shooting guards of the year were Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, and Tracy McGrady. Now the competitive status of Iverson and McGrady is at the lower end of the NBA level, and their court value is not high.
Kobe Bryant still maintains a very high position. Although many people will no longer regard him as the number one player in the league, he must have a place in the top five.
But Vince Carter has taken a completely different path. When he was young, this super dunker who could fly in the sky and escape from the earth, could dunk but never lay up, could do a big windmill but never a small windmill, the king of the north, ufo, half man and half god,
The number one dunk king in history has now lost all his glory.
Like his former teammate Jason Kidd, he has developed a good three-pointer through the tacit understanding in his career. Vince Carter averaged 13.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game last season. He is now more and more willing to become a
Role player, defend hard, run actively, appear on the wing, hit three-pointers.
It can be said that he is the most adaptable to the trend of the times among the four shooting guards.
If his career is divided into three steps. During the Raptors period, he was a demigod who flew into the sky and escaped from the earth. He was responsible for traffic in the league. He used his dunks to ignite the enthusiasm of fans for the sky in the post-Jordan era. He had four consecutive
He became the All-Star vote-getter in 2011. At that time, no one dared to say that he was the last among the four shooting guards. To a certain extent, he could even be compared with Iverson, surpassing Kobe and Tracy McGrady.
In the 04-05 season, after he moved to New Jersey, he quickly developed his ball-holding ability and polished his skills. He became a comprehensive scorer and the leader of New Jersey. During the 04-09 period, he was indeed one of the four players.
The rear of the crane in the big guard.
After 2009, he was willing to lose all his starlight and gradually transitioned from a core player to an ordinary starter. He tried his best to assist Dwight Howard. After arriving in Phoenix, he also worked hard.
Now, his career has reached another turning point.
Vince Carter has been guaranteed by the Dallas Mavericks before. Dallas is hungry for talents. There are a lot of old guys there. They are planning to do something big. They want to make the last effort of their careers. If they didn't last season
Losing to the Lakers and losing to Fan Xi's buzzer-beater, they also have a chance to defeat the Heat and win the championship.
This season, Mark Cuban has been ruthless, not only keeping his entire team, but also continuing to move forward.
Vince Carter is the general they are determined to capture with all their teeth.
However, Vince Carter hesitated.
He came to Los Angeles and wanted to talk with the Lakers and Clippers.
Playing as a substitute for Kobe Bryant was not an unacceptable thing for Vince Carter, even though they had a close relationship, and Kobe had made a recruiting call to him before, and the two sides had a good conversation.
The person Vince Carter wanted to meet the most was Jack Van.
If Fanci was still with the Lakers, there would be no suspense about Vince Carter joining the Purple and Gold.
Fan Xi’s performance in last year’s finals conquered too many stars of the golden generation of Pan-96. They saw the true basketball character from Fan Xi. Many people are willing to follow such a young and bloody star in the later stages of their careers.
One game.
What's more, the whole world knows that...old players can really benefit from working with business superstars like Fan Xi.
Little did they know that when Yao Ming was with the Rockets, even role players could get sponsorships from Chinese brands.
These old players were well-known in the past, and now they have the blessing of being Fanci's teammate. Will there be less chance of cashing in?
Who wouldn’t want to follow such a good teammate who can satisfy both spiritual and material needs?
The only problem now is that the history of the Clippers is too pale and the future of the Clippers is too uncertain. If you want to win the championship, it is definitely more reliable to go to a team like the Lakers, Heat or even the Mavericks.
But...Jack Fan's sniping style in adversity is really fascinating.
Everyone wants to do something miraculous with the Son of Miracle.
I'm talking about being a teenager.
A mature and steady person like Stephen Nash has become famous.
It's impossible for Vince Carter not to be moved.
He was teammates with Stephen Nash and Grant Hill for half of last season.
If he, Nash and Hill met in the Clippers locker room, it would be a reunion after a long absence.
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When Fan Xi walked into the lobby of the Marriott Hotel, Jenny Bass also hurried over. They were a large group of people, but Fan Xi was alone.
They met soon.
When Jenny Bass and Fan Xi looked at each other, Jenny Bass's eyes showed the emotion of "enemies are jealous when they meet each other".
Fan Xi was calm, with condescending contempt.
He looked down on Jenny Buss.
He didn't take Jenny Buss seriously.
This makes the arrogant Jenny very uncomfortable.
"Hey, Magic. If my guess is correct, you are here for Vince Carter, right? You have so many people." Fan Xi walked around Jenny Buss and started chatting with Magic Johnson.
Magic Johnson smiled and said, "You came here to recruit Vince Carter too?"
"It's still uncertain. I just want to talk to him about dunking."
Fan Xi said with a smile.
At this time, Vince Carter's agent came over.
He realized that he had been negligent in his work. He actually did not stagger the time to the afternoon and evening.
He quickly called Vince Carter upstairs.
After careful consideration, Vince Carter asked his agent to take Jack to drink coffee first, and asked Jeanie Buss, Magic Johnson and the others to meet in the conference room upstairs.
When Vince Carter's meaning was conveyed, Jenny Bass immediately raised her eyebrows. She was as proud as a peacock, and passed by Fan Xi arrogantly.
Fan Xi was not angry about this, nor did he leave in a hurry. He went to the coffee shop with Vince Carter's agent.
Chapter completed!