The old Jerry Buss was waiting for his son to return in his mansion. Unexpectedly, he heard news from his son that did not make him happy.
"He actually left you alone and left."
"Yes." Jimmy Buss had a completely unhappy look on his face. It was the kind of thing that would happen when a nobleman condescends to a poor man with a charity mentality, only to be laughed at and rolled his eyes by.
The expression he showed. Jimmy Buss is indeed very dissatisfied with Adrian's attitude. He, who knows his father's thoughts well, doesn't mind burying another sharp thorn in his father's heart for Adrian:
"I don't think he had any intention of cooperating with me. When I mentioned that I wasn't satisfied with the way Phil Jackson was coaching, he just walked away."
Jerry Buss was silent, his wrinkled eyelids drooped slightly, and he sat on the sofa as if he was asleep. Jimmy Buss was very aware of some of his father's little habits. When he fell into deep thought,
His expression will show at this time. And at this time, no matter who disturbs him, he will definitely be greeted by his thunderous wrath.
So he waited respectfully aside, waiting for the moment when his father made his decision.
Jerry Buss was indeed lost in thought because of a name, Phil Jackson.
To be honest, he doesn't like his little son very much. Compared to him, his daughter Jenny Buss is more capable and has more mature communication skills. If the Lakers can be handed over to Jenny, I think it will be necessary.
It's better than what was left in Jimmy's hands. The Lakers can also have better development opportunities.
But there is a problem. Phil Jackson.
The personal friendship between Jerry Buss and Phil Jackson is very good. Otherwise he wouldn't smile when he heard that his daughter was getting along with Phil. But business is business and personal is personal. He
No matter how good the relationship with Phil Jackson is, there is one thing that Jerry Buss will never tolerate.
There is no way he would let an outsider take control of the most important asset of his empire, the Los Angeles Lakers!
Phil Jackson has wanted to become the general manager of the Lakers for more than a day or two. As he gets older, Phil Jackson no longer has much interest in the job of head coach. He wants to go further and become a team player.
The general manager of the team, of course, preferably is the Los Angeles Lakers.
He actually had a chance.
When he returned to the Lakers for the second time, Phil Jackson initially thought that what awaited his return was the dual position of Lakers general manager and head coach. This is not impossible. In the league, the head coach also serves as the general manager.
Things happen frequently. Although this is not conducive to management, it is conducive to the head coach rebuilding the team. From the draft to the trade, everything is realized according to the head coach's inner thoughts. And Mitch Kupchak was in a very bad state at the time.
, the team's poor record made him constantly questioned by Lakers fans. His retention of Andrew Bynum and his refusal to trade for Jason Kidd made him severely criticized by the star Kobe Bryant.
During that time, it seemed that Mitch Kupchak's position as general manager was on shaky ground, and he was just waiting for Phil to step in and give him a kick. Then he would be able to control the team with one hand and the transfer with the other.
But in the end, he is still just the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Although he has suffered countless doubts, Mitch Kupchak still sits firmly in the position of Lakers general manager, as if no one can shake him.
In the eyes of outsiders, in the eyes of the media, and in the eyes of most people, Mitch Kupchak can continue to hold the position of general manager largely because of Buss Jr.'s strong support for him.
But in the darkness that no one knows, the one who really supports Kupchak is the old Buss, the real leader of the Lakers, Jerry Buss.
Is Buss very confident and optimistic about Mitch Kupchak, a senior professional manager, and unwilling to lose such a hero who helped the Lakers achieve three consecutive championships? Of course from time to time. In fact, this is just that he does not let Phil-
It's nothing more than an obstacle for Jackson to take over the general manager job.
Because Old Buss was worried about Phil Jackson's popularity, especially since he had almost become his son-in-law!
In Buss's view, even his son-in-law is still an outsider. If Phil Jackson holds the dual positions of head coach and general manager, and leads the team to regain the championship, then such a situation will give the outside world a sense of
What kind of impression? Is Phil Jackson the most important player for the Lakers? Is it that the Lakers cannot function without Phil Jackson? Did Phil Jackson become the representative of the Lakers at that time?
Will Phil Jackson at that time become a head coach like **Vitch, who is above the entire club? Will Phil Jackson at that time just be satisfied with the team's head coach and general manager?
Would he want to become a part of the team's board of directors and become the owner of the team? Were the Lakers at that time still their own Lakers?
This is something Buss will never tolerate, even if there is even a slight possibility, Jerry Buss will never tolerate it! He is different from the Spurs owner Peter Holt, who can tolerate violence.
It's strange because he deeply understands that the Spurs can live without him, but they can't live without Vicky. He doesn't have the ability to keep the team's salary below the luxury tax line and at the same time become a championship-level team.
And it would be difficult for another person to do what **Vitch did. So he simply became a hands-off boss, even though most people in the world know the head coach of the Spurs.
It's **Vitch, and very few people know who the owner of the Spurs is. He doesn't care at all.
But there is no way Jerry Buss doesn't care about this. The Lakers can only be his Lakers, before, now, and in the future. He is like Grandet, getting meaner as he gets older, stubbornly guarding his treasury.
, even if he is asked to bring it into the coffin, he will never give it to outsiders!
In fact, if it weren't for the current poor situation of the Lakers, and if it weren't for the fact that besides Phil Jackson, it would be difficult to find a head coach who could convince Kobe Bryant, the first thing Jerry Buss would do is to fire Phil.
-Jackson, and then fire the coaching team he established and completely cleanse the mark he left on the Lakers, because Phil Jackson has threatened his scope of power.
Jimmy Bass knows this deeply, so he is not worried about the competition between his sister and himself at all. Because he knows that Jenny, who does not understand her father's thoughts at all, no matter how good her reputation and good relationship are,
No matter how powerful she is, there is no way she can compete with herself, because her choice made a fatal mistake from the beginning.
I wonder what Jenny would think if she knew that her boyfriend Phil, whom she regarded as her biggest reliance, had become her biggest obstacle in taking over the Lakers. Would she regret her investment in this relationship?
"Go and talk to Kobe." Jerry Buss, who had pondered for a long time and opened his eyes, had made up his mind. As if talking in his sleep, he said slowly to his youngest son, Jimmy Buss:
"A team can only be stable if it has one core, and there can only be one core. Two cores cannot coexist."
Jimmy Buss couldn't help but get excited when he heard this. What does his father mean? Trade Adrian? What will the fans think if he is traded? Will they accept it? What will Phil Jackson think?
But Jimmy Buss did not dare to question his father. He deeply understood that his father was a tyrant, and any question would be met with a thunderous blow from him. So after hesitating for no more than a second, he gently clicked
He nodded, then turned around and left this stressful room.
After Jimmy Buss left, Jerry Buss leaned quietly on the sofa alone, with the veins on the back of his wrinkled hands exposed!
That's right, the Lakers can only have one core, and that's himself! No one can take the Lakers away from him, no one can, no one can do it!
"What I just said seemed a little rushed." After leaving the banquet and being blown by the night breeze, Adrian calmed down and recalled the conversation he had just had with Jimmy Bass. Adrian couldn't help but smile bitterly. Obviously
Knowing that this guy will be the boss of the Lakers in the future, I still quarrel with him. Isn't this making me uncomfortable?
Because Phil Jackson mentioned the news that he wanted to trade Turiaf and Kwame Brown, Adrian had a lot of resentment in his heart, and when Jimmy's arrogant look stimulated him, some of his words didn't make sense at all.
It just popped out of my brain. Now that I think about it, it's too late to regret it.
"Forget it, it's not him who's in charge now anyway. The worst he can do is find an opportunity to apologize to him later." Although Adrian is not worried about the Lakers trading him, with his ability, he can go anywhere in the league.
He can live well in any team, and can even become the first core player. But Adrian, who is used to the prosperity of Los Angeles, really doesn't want to leave this place.
At this time, Adrian obviously did not understand that his time with the Lakers had entered a countdown. At this time, he skillfully took out his mobile phone and asked Ryan to book a direct flight to Milan for him tomorrow. Because time was a bit tight, the flight ticket
It might not be easy to do, but he believed that Ryan would be able to find a way. With such a father who is a powerful agent, there was no need to worry about Ryan's connections. (To be continued...)
ps: It is really not easy to find a suitable reason for Adrian to leave the Lakers. Mainly because he was originally set to be too calm and mature, so even if he wants him to make mistakes, it is difficult. It must be
There are a lot of arrangements to be made.
As for the topic of whether to stay with the Lakers or leave, the result has been reached now. Adrian will definitely leave the Lakers. The reason is because if he continues to write about the Lakers, there is no new idea at all. Even if he barely writes, it will just be a pile of words.
That's all, it's just a waste of time. At this time, we should move to another place for development. Maybe after changing the place, the inspiration that the basket has almost exhausted can come back again.
