Almighty Athlete Chapter 426: Lawrence is another year
Jim Bass ended the call with Zhang Guan and lay on the massage chair in the office, sinking into contemplation.
For Jim, Zhang Guan is like Cheng Biaojin, who was killed halfway, but Jim has no doubt about the ability and sincerity of the Zhang Guan acquisition.
With the wealth of Zhang Guan, 50 million US dollars can definitely be obtained. Compared with other people, the acquisition of Zhang Guan can also make the Bass family feel more at ease.
For the Bass family, Zhang Guan is a foreigner. He has no foundation in the United States, no foundation in Los Angeles, no foundation in nba, and even no foundation in the Lakers. The Lakers selected Zhang Guan with a second-round draft pick, which was the only relationship between him and the Lakers.
There is no foundation, this is the place where Jim Bass is most at ease, and Jim Bass believes that his father, Old Bath, will certainly be very at ease. Compared with other people who intend to acquire, Zhang Guan is more like a pure investor. He has no threat to the Bass family controlling the Lakers. It is even safer than those on Wall Street who have never been involved in the sports industry.
More importantly, Zhang Guan put forward an additional condition, an additional condition that makes Jim-Bath heartbeat.
"I am willing to complete the signing with the Lakers when necessary. I don't mind bringing enough commercial value to the Lakers for some time in the future."
This is the original word of Zhang Guan.
Commercial value, which is also what Jim Bass values most.
After all, nba is a business. For the team owner, winning is secondary. Making money is the most important thing. Of course, winning and making money is the best result.
The Lakers are now a team that can win and make money, but Kobe is already 32 years old, Phil Jackson has been clamoring to retire all day, and the Lakers can’t always maintain this strength. Gesture. Even Jim himself felt that maybe the Lakers are going downhill next season.
The Lakers own Kobe, so no one knows better than Jim, how much money superstars bring to the team, let alone Los Angeles! And how can a team with no record and no stars make money!
"Kobe Bryant will always be old and retired. Maybe he should really find someone who can replace him. The Lakers can have no Kobe, but absolutely no star!" Jim thought of this, picked up his phone, dialed The old Bath's phone.
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"As a legendary Los Angeles Lakers star, Magic Johnson is also a minority shareholder of the Lakers and owns a portion of the Lakers. But now Johnson has officially sold his shares to the famous athlete Zhang Guan. At this point, Johnson and the Lakers no longer have Any equity relationship. The Lakers officially announced this news on Monday, US time."
"As a player who has played for the Lakers for 13 years and a shareholder who has held the Lakers' equity for more than 10 years, I have really received a lot of courtesy." Johnson said in his statement. "I am grateful to the team boss Bath for giving me this opportunity to express my feelings from the deepest of my heart. I will continue to work with the father and daughter of Bath and continue with the general manager Mitchell Kupchak Collaborate to build and maintain nba's best team. For me and my family, such a decision is bittersweet, but I assure the lovely and loyal Lakers fans that I will not make such a decision Influenced me to continue to support and contribute to the Lakers. I am and will always be a Laker."
"Johnson, 51, was the Lakers' first pick in the first round in 1979. During his 13-year career, he led the team to five championship championships. In 1991, Johnson He tested positive for HIV, and he announced his retirement shortly afterwards. However, Johnson still appeared in the 1992 All-Star Game and obtained the All-Star Game mvp. In 1996, he returned to the field again and played 32 games. Only then did he officially retire at the Lakers. In his career summary Johnson averaged 19.5 points and 11.2 assists per game. In 2002, he officially entered the basketball Hall of Fame as an nba player."
Looking at this report from espn, Phil Jackson shook his head helplessly, and he also learned of the news not long ago. Prior to this, the magician Johnson was more inclined to the Jenny Bass side. Now Zhang Guan has become a small shareholder of the Lakers, and Phil Jackson has also lost a lot of help. He knew his requirement to enter the management, and he was going to be in trouble.
"Perhaps it is really time to leave!" Phil Jackson muttered to himself.
Leave the Lakers? Phil Jackson will certainly feel uncomfortable. He became the coach of the Lakers in 1999. Although he left for a while in the middle, he gained enough honor when he was in the Lakers. But he is not satisfied with the position of a coach.
"Maybe take a break and find a place to take a vacation, which is also a good choice." Phil Jackson comforted himself.
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Zhang Guan also received some good things, that is, the Lakers home VIP seat package next season.
As a small shareholder of the team, Zhang Guan of course has some privileges that others do not have. For example, he can sit in the front row of the Lakers home, can enter the team's locker room, and so on.
However, Zhang Guan doesn't care about this, and his center of gravity is not in nba. Now the Lakers are still the boss of Kobe, and it will be the same in the next few years. Kobe will definitely not be inferior, and Zhang Guan will not, so it is destined that Zhang Guan will not join the Lakers in a short time.
At the same time, Zhang Guan also knows that next season, the Lakers will enter a decline, the Zen Master retires and leaves, Jim Bass has worked hard to sign Howard and Nash, and the "new f4" formed into the nba league The joke, Kobe Bryant was reimbursed after injury, Gasol went to the Bulls, asked the coach to change the coach, the Lakers is reduced to a lottery team, entered a long process of reconstruction.
"Now when I go to the Lakers, it can only be regarded as a cat and a dog under Kobe, but after a few years, when the Lakers are the weakest, I will become the savior of the Lakers!" Zhang Guan's eyes showed a sense of confidence.
At this moment, the Zhang Guan mobile phone sounded.
"Leader Gong, the men's basketball team!" Zhang Guan immediately took the phone and asked, "Leader Gong, hello!"
"Zhang Guan, I am looking for you mainly to make an appointment with you. You will have to free up time for me from February 5 to February 10 next year!"
"February 5 to February 10? Is it almost New Year's time?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Yes, from the third day to the eighth day of the Chinese New Year." Leader Gong said.
"New Year's, there shouldn't be any games? Is it an event? Over the basketball association?" Zhang Guan asked several questions in a row.
"It's an event or a big event, but it's not the Basketball Association." Leader Gong continued: "You must be familiar with Lawrence Awards!"
"Familiar, there are several Lawrence goldmen in my family. However, the Lawrence awards in previous years were in March and April. Is this year advanced to February?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Yes~IndoMTL.com~ This year's Lawrence Awards will be held on February 7. The venue is in Abu Dhabi, UAE." Director Gong replied.
"Am I nominated again? No, I shouldn't be there! I won the Lifetime Award! The future Lawrence Award should be nothing to me!" Zhang Guan said.
At the Lawrence Awards Ceremony in the first half of this year, Zhang Guan won a lifetime achievement award. This award is generally available to retired athletes, but the Lawrence Main Committee awarded this award to Zhang Guan.
The Zhang Guan has achieved amazing results every year, so it has won the award for the best male athlete every year, and has won awards in different events. In the end, the Lawrence organizer couldn't stand it anymore. He deliberately consulted Zhang Guan, hoping that he could give other athletes a chance. Zhang Guan's current achievements and status do not need to use awards to prove itself, so I readily agreed, so in the first half of the award ceremony, the organizer gave Zhang Guan a lifetime award, which is a kind of compensation.
Mr. Gong said on the phone: "You did not nominate this year, but we do! Our men's basketball team has been nominated for the best team award. The General Administration has already operated, and there are 9 out of 10 winners! So wait until In February, let’s go to Abu Dhabi to receive the award!” (Unfinished. To be continued.)