Chapter 961 He remembers, he hates
Chapter 961 He remembers, he hates
"You don't really want to go back to the Lakers, do you?"
Kobe's directness is foreseeable.
He is the kind of person. As long as the relationship is familiar enough, he will say whatever he wants. He will solve the problem first and then do other things.
"You didn't even order food." Wei Xia was very disappointed.
"Waiter!" Kobe handed Wei Xia a menu.
Since it was Kobe's treat - Kobe never said he wanted to treat - Wei Xia was not polite and ordered a steak, vegetable salad, wine from the 90s and camel milk that made him particularly curious.
He heard that camel milk is the best milk drink.
Since camel milk can only be stored for two days, it is rarely used for commercial use. He did not expect that camel milk would actually be available here.
"Be careful, this is not your last supper!" With Kobe's wealth, this meal was just a hair pulled from his body, so there was no need to worry about it.
Wei Xia said shyly: "If you can't bear it, we can AA, or I treat you."
"Stop talking nonsense, you haven't answered my question yet!"
"Did you mean the original question?" Wei Xia had already drunk camel milk, "What's wrong with the Lakers?"
The camel milk gives him the feeling that it tastes good, which is a bit different from the milk drinks he usually drinks.
Kobe didn't have the patience to listen to Wei Xia's vague words: "I invited you a few years ago, but you refused. You didn't even win the championship in Philadelphia at that time. I don't think you have more reason to leave Philadelphia today than you did at that time!"
"Yes, how could I leave my hometown that made me successful? Philadelphia is the land that gave birth to me, and it is my hometown. The stray dogs there love me more than Los Angeles people, and of course I wouldn't leave Philadelphia."
Wei Xia has not been sold for too long.
He said it out loud.
Kobe's interest increased: "Where did those strange news come from?"
"It can't be that WOJ got the fake news, right?"
"To be precise, the news he got is true. I am negotiating with the Lakers. Our negotiations are very deep, especially after Jenny took over the Lakers. She promised to retire my jersey in the future. If I can lead the Lakers to the championship again, Staples will have a statue tailor-made for me...
Kobe became more confused the more he listened.
"Wait, didn't you say you wouldn't leave Philadelphia?"
"I said it."
"Then why are you negotiating with the Lakers now?"
At this time, Wei Xia's dishes were delivered.
He hurriedly cut off a piece of beef and put it in his mouth.
It's very hot, but delicious, Kobe's taste is indeed trustworthy.
"For...wow, it's so delicious (Chinese)." Wei Xia said regretfully, "It's impossible for Philadelphia to have a restaurant of this level."
Kobe said contemptuously: "Stop deceiving yourself, it's because you are not good at discovering the beauty around you!"
"Indeed, who told me to sit in front of me with an old man with a sense of superiority all over my body?" Wei Xia was very helpful to this dinner, "That's great!"
Kobe became even more upset: "Can you fucking give your mouth a rest first and answer my question first!"
"If I give my mouth a break, how can I answer your question?"
"Damn it, don't worry about such small things!"
"Don't you just want to know why I decided to stay in Philadelphia and negotiate with Jenny again?" Wei Xia ordered another cup of camel milk. "I hope Philadelphia has their branch, and the food here is so delicious!"
Kobe should be glad that he gave up fighting his hairline early and left his bald head like Jordan. If he still had hair now, the anger aroused by Wei Xia might ignite his hair.
Wei Xia eliminated 1/4 of the steak, which was even more sharp than the Warriors' fast attack from the perspective of eating speed.
"If I tell you, can you guarantee not to spread the news?" Wei Xia asked.
Kobe said seriously: "I promise!"
"It seems like your guarantee is very credible. I've always been curious why Shaq didn't kill you back then?"
Wei Xia successfully broke Kobe's defense: "Fuck you, Wish!"
"Well, although you have a criminal record in this area, I decided to trust you once."
"The reason why I negotiated with Jenny was that the city was full of storms was that there was only one purpose." Wei Xia raised the cup containing camel milk. As for the bottle of wine from the 1990s, he didn't touch a drop. "I have to repay Jenny and Jerry Bass for everything he did to me back then."
He drank all the camel milk.
He felt that he was full of milk because of these two large cups of camel milk, "I remember it all, Kobe."
That year, Wei Xia fought for the ACL split in the finals and eventually became the FMVP of that finals. But his efforts did not win the respect and affirmation of the Bass family. On the contrary, the ACL split made the Bass family suspect that he might sink.
After all, his skills were not as outstanding as they are now. More than 2/3 of the scouts thought he would return to most of his level, but he might not be able to improve any further.
The Bass family was based on the Lakers' salary space at that time - Kobe's maximum salary, Bynum needed a quasi-max renewal, Paul Gasol's contract renewal and future Marc Gasol's contract renewal - they couldn't get a maximum salary that could turn into a junk contract. Initially, their offer to Wei Xia was absurd 50 million for four years, and then the price was raised to 60 million for four years.
Wei Xia was very disappointed at that time. He hesitated for a while. After Kobe's persuasion, he decided to stay in the Lakers, even if the contract did not respect him. As a result, Jim Buss called and made it clear that the Lakers had withdrawn their offer to him and did not match any offer on the market.
He, a restricted free agent, became a nameless person. At that moment, he got one of the so-called most important things in European and American society that millions of Americans would rather sacrifice their lives for it. Four years later: freedom.
Wei Xia remembered that he was so angry that he wanted to drop his phone downstairs. Finally, he swallowed all the indignation silently and left calmly.
People thought he had forgotten;
But do they know that being abandoned by the Lakers in this way has become his biggest motivation to date?
He had to make these people realize how big a mistake they made in 2008.
The biggest regret of his life is that he failed to win the championship in 2012. Although he won three consecutive championships between 2014 and 2016, Jerry Bass, who set the tone that year, made the Lakers give up on him, was already asleep in 2013.
Old Bass was unable to see what happened next, which was Wei Xia's eternal regret.
Today, he has become the number one free market player pursued by teams across the league. If the Lakers' helmsman is Bus Jr. rather than Jenny Bass, Weisha may not have started his revenge plan.
But now, when Bass retreated, the situation he and Wei Xia teamed up to make, the people he wanted to frame were already in trouble.
The Lakers management led by Jenny thought Wei Xia didn't mind the past and thought the Lakers were going to get the first player in the league to regroup again, but they were wrong.
Weisha and Buss Jr.'s plan highlights a harm to others and not to benefit oneself.
They first need to extend the negotiation date and make as few big fish in the free market as possible. At the last moment, Wei Xia announced that he and the 76ers had reached a contract renewal. In this way, the Lakers were useless and Wei Xia completed his revenge. Buss little disgusted his sister and killed two birds with one stone.
When Kobe heard about Wei Xia’s plan, especially when he and Buss Little conspired to harm Jenny Buss, he cursed: “Two bastards!”
He didn't know whether to express his wishes to Wei Xia and hope that his plan would be successful; or to refute it loudly.
"You shouldn't tell me about this." Kobe shook his head, "Jenny is like my family. Do you think I'll let you tease her like this?"
Wei Xia smiled and said, "If you want to prove to me that there is no difference between you in 2016 and in 2003, I don't care."
"I have been the Lakers for 20 years, so of course I must be loyal to this team!" Kobe said seriously.
"How to do it is your business. Now we won't talk about mine, we will talk about you."
"I?"
"Yes, are you going to retire?"
"Yes, that's what I planned."
Wei Xia didn't believe his words, "When we won the championship, you said you wanted to continue playing, and you still have oil."
"I still have oil, but I am also a person with pursuits." Kobe sneered, "Look at what you do, you are destroying the Lakers' signings. If you succeed, they will achieve nothing this summer. Why should I stay in this team that is destined to be at the bottom? Listen, if I choose to retire, you will not be able to escape!"
Wei Xia has seen many people who are trying to get into the game on the court.
Kobe is a player who doesn't like to mess around. He didn't expect this guy to be so good at playing porcelain off the court. Before, Shaq also did it, and later, I retired, you Wei Xia, the culprit.
People like Kevin Martin and Harden will disgusting their opponents and fans when they mess around. Kobe will often make big names like Wei Xia and O'Neal uncomfortable, which is also strange.
"Say more, I'm about to feel guilty."
Wei Xia once again became a ruthless foodie.
Because the steak here was too delicious, he called the waiter and ordered a few more dishes that looked delicious and expensive. Anyway, Kobe paid for the bill...
"Did you listen to me? Why can you still eat?" Kobe was so angry that he didn't know where to go.
"I regret your experience, but I can't ignore the food just because I regret you, right?"
Seeing Kobe's inability to complain, Wei Xia started another plan that had been prepared for a long time with the idea of compassion.
"Forget it, if I really make you retire, I feel sorry for you." Wei Xia said slowly, "You said you are a player with pursuits. I think that what you are pursuing is not just competitiveness, but also rings."
"certainly!"
"Since that's the case, no matter whether I avenge or not, the Lakers cannot satisfy you. No matter how they sign up, they will never suddenly gain the championship strength."
Wei Xia said rationally and well-foundedly.
"In my opinion, the best way for you to win the championship is not to stay in the Lakers, but to join us." "WishBooM" suddenly exploded, "What do you think?"
Chapter completed!