Chapter 185 This alliance is getting more and more interesting
After the game at Staples Center, Kobe Bryant refused to be interviewed by reporters in the locker room.
He asked the Lakers to give him a separate room.
Mitch Kupchak immediately realized there was a problem and quickly rushed to the locker room.
The reporters outside the locker room were like sharks smelling the smell of blood, and they gathered around one after another.
"What happened? Why did Kobe refuse to be interviewed after the game, and why did Mitch Kupchak enter the locker room in such a hurry?"
Inside the closed door of the home team's locker room, Kobe Bryant was naked and his No. 24 Lakers jersey, filled with sweat, was in his hand.
"Jerry made a promise to me. He said he would build a lineup for me that can win the championship, but now? Two years have passed and I only see you rejecting my request again and again. The teammates around me have already
It hasn’t been replaced in two years!”
"I ask you to trade for Jason Kidd. You said that Andrew is very young and has great potential. You will not trade him for a point guard who is over 30 years old!"
"OK, I can understand that, but why? Why wouldn't you be willing to part with a first-round pick that's not a lottery? Look at China Lin's performance now, a wing defender averaging 20+ per game, Kyle
The special guy only needed two first-round picks, but we missed him!"
"You may think this is just an ordinary miss, but you have to face the wall, what did we miss? We missed a future All-Star player! We missed one of the best championship puzzles! We missed everything that could be missed!
"
Kobe Bryant suddenly became very angry. He threw the jersey in his hand to the floor: "I mother-fxxk have had enough of your every move! We can obviously get China Lin! This game
It should be the Lakers who win, not those gangsters!"
"My mother-fxxk doesn't want to do this anymore! Give me a separate room and I want to announce that I apply to be traded!"
Mitch Kupchak remained silent. When Kobe finally called out that he wanted to apply to be traded, he panicked.
"No, Kobe, you must listen to my explanation..."
"No, Mitch Kupchak, I can't listen to anything right now. I just want to know where my next stop is? Philadelphia? New York? Even Cleveland, I'm willing to accept it!"
Kobe stood up and walked towards the door of the locker room: "If you don't make arrangements for me, I will announce outside the door of the locker room that I apply to be traded!"
In the end, Kupchak couldn't bear the pressure and called Lakers owner Jerry Buss.
Bass was silent for a while and gave a reply that surprised Kupchak: "Give him a room."
A few minutes later, Kobe appeared in the room provided by the Lakers. In front of him was a group of reporters who were working overtime even late at night.
Their sense of smell is keen and they can clearly detect that something big must have happened due to Kobe's series of abnormal actions.
Kobe sat down in his seat, picked up the microphone, and directly announced without giving anyone a chance to ask questions: "Half an hour ago, I submitted an application to the Lakers management to be traded!"
There was a crash, and there was an uproar in the small room. Several reporters from China felt like they were in a vegetable market, but now they were also surprised, surprised that Kobe was about to leave the Lakers!
"Why, Kobe, why did you leave the Lakers?"
Los Angeles Times reporter Kevin Ding was very puzzled. As a local media in Los Angeles and the mouthpiece of the Lakers, he asked questions loudly.
"Because I see no hope for the future here!"
ESPN reporter Chris Haynes, who did not take it too seriously to watch the excitement, raised his hand and asked after the scene was quiet: "So, what was the trigger that prompted you to leave?"
“China Lin’s Deal.”
Kobe looked at the increasingly excited reporters in front of him and continued: "Perhaps many of you don't know that the Lakers also had the opportunity to acquire China Lin. The Celtics' asking price was two first-round picks, but the management did not
They were only willing to offer a first-round pick, and the Lakers were out of the competition very early."
"In this game, the Lakers lost to the Cavaliers. China Lin played a huge role. Without him, the Cavaliers would never win in the end."
It was past midnight, and Lin Yu, who had finished partying in the nightclub, waved goodbye to Sandra Bullock and the others, then pulled Amber and walked to the street.
There were obviously reporters' flashlights on the street.
Amber frowned and wanted to stop the other party from taking pictures, but Lin Yu stopped her: "Let them take pictures, I have asked for leave."
Lin Yu, who was holding Amber, was preparing to take a taxi to his residence in Los Angeles.
But seeing that Lin Yu did not refuse to be photographed, the paparazzi reporter not far away immediately rushed over with excitement on his face: "Lin, do you know the big news at Staples Center last night?"
"Big news?"
Lin Yu was stunned. He had left Staples Center early because he had asked for leave. He didn't know about any big news or anything.
"Kobe Bryant requested a trade, he hopes to leave the Lakers!"
The paparazzi reporter in front of him became even more excited because he saw the shock in Lin Yu's expression.
"Kobe Bryant said that the trigger for him wanting to leave the Lakers was Mitch Kupchak's failure to acquire you through a trade. What do you think of this?"
"No idea."
"So what do you think of Kobe's decision?"
Lin Yu had already taken a taxi. Before getting in the taxi, he decided to finish answering the question: "The deal the Celtics sent me away made us understand that the NBA is a business, and business is
Business, the team has the right to send away any player, and the players also have the right to ask the team to send away themselves, so I think there is no problem with Kobe's decision, I just hope he can make the best decision for him."
Closing the door, the driver sped away.
Lin Yu in the back seat sighed, but there was a hint of excitement on his face.
"I really didn't expect that the Big Three of the Green Army were formed a year in advance, and Kobe actually applied for a trade more than half a year in advance. It's interesting to see how the Lakers can solve the current crisis this time."
The 06/07 season is not the 07/08 season. In the previous life, after Kobe Bryant applied for a trade, the Lakers played better and better. Before Pau Gasol came, they rushed to the top two in the Western Conference.
Once Gasol arrived, they firmly secured their No. 1 spot in the Western Conference.
At that time, Kobe was willing to stay with the Lakers. On the one hand, the deal between the Bulls and the Lakers did not go as he wished (the Bulls had to pay Ruel Deng to get Kobe). On the other hand, it was because the Lakers' record had improved, allowing Kobe to see it.
hope.
But in this time and space, in the 2006/07 season, in terms of the Lakers' hard power, it is difficult for them to break into the top four in the Western Conference. This also means that the Lakers may have to pay a higher price if they want to solve the current crisis.
"This alliance is getting more and more interesting!"
