Chapter 1177 (1/2)
After being rejected by the Spurs, Kobe didn't know where his next stop was, and neither did his agency team.
This summer, the task of Kobe's team is not to help him sign a big contract as much as possible, but to help him go to a team that is competitive and can give him certain ball rights. The reality is that Kobe is willing to get veteran base salary, there is no place to go, no strong team will be interested in players with a shooting rate of less than 40%, but 20 + shots per game.
Kobe wants to go back to the Lakers most. Unfortunately, he went to Kupchak the previous season. At that time, the Lakers without Guo Xu refused him.
Second, he wants to join the clippers, which is also a team in Los Angeles, where he lives.
When Paul and Griffin invited Kobe, he wanted a high salary clipper management did not mention this. After he led the 76ers to the bottom of the League for two consecutive seasons, he once again proposed to join the clippers, and the management refused to ask him what annual salary he wanted. The Clippers are short of defensive centers and small forwards, not blacksmiths.
What's more embarrassing is that after two days of rejecting Kobe, the Clippers came to rolden, the ”warrior pig teammate” who was blamed by COMEY. The Bulls began to rebuild. Not only did rolle Deng go, but also rose, the outside core.
At the press conference, coach Doug rivers praised rolden, believing that he will strengthen the team's weak flank defense after joining, and the Clippers will be stronger next season. He also highlighted rollenden's comprehensiveness and selflessness, which he would not mess with.
Kobe also let the agent contact just lost Durant thunder, there is also a direct refusal, do not think Kobe can replace Durant's role. What they are good at is training new people and giving them privileges, but they are not good at raising senior veterans.
Durant is a plug-in with a constant 50% hit rate, and the regular season real shooting rate has exceeded 60% for five consecutive seasons. He has a 60.8% shooting rate in the regular season and 59.1% in the playoffs. There is no small forward in the League to replace him.
Kobe's performance last season was unique, but at the other extreme.
Thunder is preparing to build a team around wesbrook in the new season. It's impossible for Kobe, an old veteran, to distribute the ball. Victor can finally explode all his energy.
Some people said: ”I don't think Kupchak will go even if Kupchak asks Kobe back to the Lakers. There are too many swingers in the Lakers. If he goes to reduce the ball right, it will affect him to break the record.”
”There is no unlimited right to shoot, may play substitute Kobe or Kobe? He has his own pride. ”
”I will never be a substitute!”
They think they know him very well. How can the boss be like Iverson's 76ers? After watching the news, Kobe really wanted to kill the mentally retarded people who were shouting slogans blindly and damage his big business.
He didn't say that he didn't want to play as a substitute this year. If he insisted on starting position, how could a strong team dare to ask him? He's been in the League for 20 seasons and knows exactly how much damage a player with a low percentage of shots can do to the team.
He has to keep a low profile before signing. Even if he wants to make more moves, he has to join the right team first. It's like he always says he's willing to play without the ball and then let his new teammates have no ball. He has to make himself more attractive.
Other teams that are likely to win the championship, Kobe can't go either. He has played for the warriors and the nets before, leaving with teammates and management. And as soon as Kobe Bryant left, the two teams rose, and the warriors immediately entered the western finals and won the championship the next year. The nets made it to the finals immediately, and in the summer of 2014, it successfully attracted James to join, making it to the finals for three consecutive years.
With this immediate negative effect, Kobe is willing to take the base salary, and the two teams can't ask him. He didn't ask his agent to ask, but asked for nothing.
It's impossible to retire. Kobe is only 38 years old and in good health. He wants to prove himself.
He dreams that the last season of his career will be treated like Jordan; he dreams that every game will be filled and his opponents will bid farewell to him; he dreams that he will get the warmest applause every away game, and the ”wewant Kobe” yells that he doesn't want him to leave. That's what he deserves.