The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 1129 The president turns into a fire-breathing dragon
In fact, Louis did not pit Angie.
Not to mention that the two players sent by the Grizzlies are recognized as negative assets, but the Lakers have really come up with two capable players who can change the situation.
Louis' purpose is to clean up the old generals, rescue Liu Yuqing, and then accumulate capital for the future.
With the Grizzlies' current strength, they should have sent the Lakers a lottery pick in 1997.
Maybe... Duncan has a show.
For the Grizzlies, the deal was a mix of risk and opportunity, and Ainge would be out of luck if he couldn't pull up a competitive team before 1997.
On the contrary, Louie, few Lakers fans can understand the deal.
In exchange for two negative assets with Ceballos, the only hope is the first round in the future.
The person least likely to accept the deal was Jerry West.
However, when he came to ask Louis why he made the deal, the answer he got left him powerless.
"Liu is a good player, he just needs opportunities." Louis had to explain, "Benoit Benjamin may not be of great use, but he is on an expiring contract and can free up 3.5 million for us, not to mention And draft picks, what more do you want?"
After listening to Louis' explanation, West found that this transaction seemed to be okay? But he thought it was strange. Later, he discovered that the contract of Benoit's fat pig would not expire until the summer of 1997. It was not an expiring contract that could free up space.
What Lou really values is the draft pick, and in terms of player value, the Grizzlies have few players he looks up to.
This is Angie, and if it were someone else, Louis would want more.
"It was so sudden, I should at least have the right to know about the deal."
"Don't you know now, and we haven't faxed the league receipt yet. If you want to reject this deal, there is still room for action."
Louis sat quietly watching West go crazy.
"I didn't mean that!" West said angrily, "You are the president, you can do whatever you want, but if you take me as your assistant, you should tell me what you are going to do, Instead of waiting until it happened to tell me."
Louis said in a perfunctory manner: "So you are angry about this?"
"Would you do this to Elgin?" West asked.
Louis said lightly: "Elgin won't yell at me because of this, he will silently do what I told him. Jerry, we have a division of labor, I'm in charge of the transaction, and you're in charge. Signing, I've made a deal now, how's your signing going?"
This time West didn't even know where to go.
Because Louis acted like a sandbag, no matter how he lost his temper, the other party would watch him "perform" as if he were nothing.
But what he's doing isn't acting at all, and he doesn't need to show how much he cares about this team with such a poor show.
He just wasn't used to having a high-ranking ruler in the forum.
That's where his anger stems from, and Louie's actions show that he's not joking about rebuilding the Lakers.
Pippen, Ceballos have all left the team.
How many days will the remaining ones stay?
"Several new players have been introduced suddenly. I need to evaluate their current ability first, and then determine the direction of reinforcement in the future."
That said, the Lakers have yet to sign players in free agency.
Louie said: "The second and fourth positions do not need to be reinforced. The direction of the subsequent signings is mainly the No. 1 position and the full-sized position that can hit fixed-point three-pointers, and the No. 5 position that can protect the rebound."
"It's already gone, kg is still unable to withstand the confrontation of the fourth position. Does the fourth position really need to be strengthened?"
Louie laughed: "Yeah, because I'm going to trade Vlade Divac right away, and I'm going to trade him for a good four."
"Fuck!" West cursed, "Vlad doesn't want to leave Los Angeles."
Louie asked like a villain: "Is this up to him?"
"His agent made it clear that if he was traded, he would choose to retire." West said like an old woman, "He will really retire!"
"Have you heard about Erwin's comeback?"
"heard."
"what do you think?"
"You have to ask the players for their opinion."
"You agree with me." Louie sneered, "The first person I called was Vlad, but this **** didn't answer my call, just because I didn't add him to the not-for-sale list, he Just don't answer my calls, **** like this disrespectful coach, I don't have a place for him on my team."
West tries to explain for Divac: "It could be a misunderstanding..."
"Damn misunderstanding!"
Even standing in front of him is a team legend who has played for the Lakers for decades, Louie has no respect.
"I can tell you clearly, he's gone!"
West's mouth flashed a mouth shape beginning with f, and turned away.
Even the president can't just rely on reasoning if he wants to fully control the management of the forum.
Be a little aggressive when necessary.
It must have been lunch today, and Louie's aggression was astonishing.
Jim Buss stammered, "I-I-I-I've never seen anyone do this to Jerry."
"Then you have to get used to it, because you will see it often in the future."
"Go, call Mike Boozer Holden for me."
Jim left immediately, Louis was emotionally unstable now, and he didn't want to be scolded.
Soon, people came.
"Coach Lu, what are your orders?"
Budenholzer is a young coach Louis is very optimistic about, because he knows this person will achieve something in the future.
"Mike, please help me write two scouting reports."
"About whom?"
"Our new aid, Liu and Zheng Zong Big Fat Pig."
Boozer Holden knew who Liu was, but who was the real Big Fat Pig?
"Uh...who is the fat pig?"
"Are you **** kidding me?" Louis just spit out his anger on the spot, "We're just two new recruits, who are you talking about? It's Benoit who's been losing weight all the time. ·Benjamin, bah, this **** doesn't deserve to be called Benjamin, if I were benj, I would find a killer to kill this bastard!"
Boozer Holden has been in Los Angeles for over a year, but he doesn't communicate much with Louie.
He remembers the first time he met Louie, the day he came to Los Angeles for an interview.
Louis was the friendliest man he had ever met.
It's a pity that it was a mask. Today, the most prestigious coach in professional basketball has revealed his true colors.
"I'll turn in their report tomorrow."
That afternoon, the Lakers gave the league a fax receipt.
Their deal with the Grizzlies is officially complete.
Presumably the deal affected Houston.
Bob Winhall called again in the early evening.
"Coach Lu, I hope Vlad Divac is still in your hands."
"Yes, he's still here." Louie decided to put some pressure on Houston. "But if you don't step up, he might not be here for a long time."
Then, Winhall asked, "Coach Lu, can I ask you a basketball question."
"It's my pleasure," Louis said modestly.
"If Vlad joins our lineup, can he start with Rick Schmitz and Joe Smith?"
Of course not, little genius, you must have at least a three-four swing and a four-five swing in order to play the three highs, right?
"I wouldn't say it doesn't work because nobody's ever done it, but it's possible," Louie said. High up, even if you start them both, the space won't be an issue. I don't know how it will work, I can only say, try it."
At the same time, Louis also captured the meaning of the other party's words.
"Just don't know what you're going to do with Christian Lightner?"
"Unfortunately, Christian was originally one of the three-high lineup candidates, but he didn't want to."
Winhall finally threw the bait out.
"Coach Lu, if we Christian put it on the trade list, would you be able to accept this deal?"
When Louis heard the offer, he knew it was mostly done.
But he won't be too happy: "Are there any other conditions?"
"Well..." Winhall started asking, "Vlad is in his prime, and Christian is a young player who keeps improving, so if we're going to get this deal done, we think the Lakers should give us two. A first-round pick."
"Bob, I'll only pay you back once," Louie said. "I'll swap the 1999 first-round pick with the top-five protection and the 2000 first-round pick to you."
"Coach Lu, if you change the 1999 first-round pick protection from the top five picks to the top three picks, we can make a deal?"
So what's the difference?
"Bob, has anyone said you're very good at negotiating, I'll take that offer."
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When Louie hung up the phone, he felt a sense of relief from the shackles.
Jerry West's Lakers have been torn apart.
The team that has repeatedly lost in the finals and lost the tragic division, can no longer rush to the west, and now only David Robinson is left.
He spent the whole day answering the phone, negotiating, and talking.
If he doesn't negotiate the deal again, he will surely burst into a nameless fire and burn the people who show up in the office to ashes.
No matter what, he ended up sending everyone away.
Louis stood up~www.mtlnovel.com~ Little Bass had already left work, and Zhao Yuanzheng didn't know where he went. In the forum office building, except for the staff who were still on duty, only Louis was left.
Louie could see the court below through the glass windows.
He found that Lu Wuxia was playing there.
Playing with him, there are Wang Zhizhi and the tragic division.
When Louis went downstairs, he saw Wilson again.
Wilson had been sitting on the ground before, blocked by the basket.
That kid came with benj, right? Louis was wondering, but the presence of his wife relieved him.
"You stay here if you don't go home for a day?"
"Yeah, just got off work."
"Did you know that 99% of American workers would give their lives to defend the eight-hour day, and you're now working well beyond that every day."
"It's been really busy recently, it'll be fine after a while."
Lorraine rolled his eyes at him: "I say that every time! The new season will start again in a while, when will you be willing to rest, Coach Lu."
"Now, I'm resting now." Louis touched his wife's hair with his hand, "I'm resting just by looking at you like this."
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