Los Angeles, USA, halfway up the hillside of Beverly Hills.
In another mansion not far from the mansion where James is located.
A blond woman who is still charming even though she has reached middle age is watching the live broadcast on the screen.
This person is none other than Lakers owner Jeanie Buss.
Wang Yi's performance has made her regret it countless times.
She regretted it when the Kings beat the Lakers on Christmas Day.
She also regretted it when the Kings eliminated the Lakers in the playoffs.
Later, when the Kings eliminated the Clippers and the Warriors, she regretted her stupid decision every time.
This time is no exception.
And this time her regret has reached the extreme.
She's not like other team owners.
Other team owners have other businesses.
There are IT tycoons, tractor dealers, and hotel owners.
For them, the team is just an accessory.
If the team can't make money, they can still make a lot of money from other industries, and even subsidize the team through other industries.
But the Lakers are different. The entire Buss family only has one industry: the team.
If you want to make money with your team, the only way is to make the team go further in the playoffs, and preferably win the championship.
Wang Yi can win the championship even if he leads the team with only one core. If there was no trade, would Wang Yi and James be afraid that they would not be able to win the championship together?
And as long as they win the championship, the Lakers' popularity will be greatly increased, and then the green money will come flooding in.
It would be better now, just for the sake of temporary urgency, Wang Yi was traded away and even discredited.
This left both sides with no room for maneuver.
Looking at the picture, Wang Yi is wearing a championship ball cap and a championship T-shirt, with the championship trophy in his left hand and the FMVP trophy in his right hand.
She was silent for a long time.
Finally, after a long time, she bit her lower lip lightly with her teeth, as if she had made up her mind.
He picked up the phone next to him and dialed a number.
The phone only rang once and was answered, as if the call was waiting for him on the other side.
"Pelinka, I want the king."
Jenny Bass said.
She said it very solemnly and seriously.
However, this time, Helinka on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment and replied: "It's impossible."
This answer surprised Jenny Buss.
When he talked to Pelinka like this in the past, he meant that she would get this player no matter what.
No matter how high the price is.
When Pelinka hears her speak in this tone, he usually replies: "Okay."
Then he will try every means to try to trade the player the boss likes.
This time, he gave himself an impossible answer so quickly.
She also knew in her heart that she had done everything right at that time.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to recover this time.
After a moment of silence, she changed her tone: "Is there really no possibility?"
There seemed to be a hint of pleading in Jenny Buss' tone.
Although she is the boss, she is not as good as Pelinka, a shrewd businessman, in recruiting talents and other aspects.
So when she encounters difficulties, the first thing she thinks of is Pelinka.
However, Pelinka's answer was still firm.
"No."
Both sides were silent again.
After a while, Pelinka seemed to know that his boss was not in a good mood and could only explain:
"Wang Yi is not like other players. As long as the benefits you give to other players are big enough, they may change their minds. But Wang Yi has such a clear love and hate character that he will never return to the Lakers easily. If you have to say that there is
, then there is only one possibility: you and I both leave the Lakers."
Jenny Buss is silent again.
Of course she couldn't leave the Lakers.
The Lakers are her roots.
Neither is Pelinka.
Finally she hung up the phone silently.
On the other end of the phone, Pelinka put down the phone, stood up and looked out the window at the night.
The night view of Los Angeles was beautiful, but he and his boss were not in a good mood at this time.
Listening to the noisy sound of the championship on TV, Pelinka couldn't help but reveal a helpless smile.
A slap in the face.
This time, the slap in the face was too harsh.
In fact, Wang Yi himself also has a certain responsibility for the trade.
If I could have made a firmer suggestion to my boss at the beginning, maybe this result would not have happened now.
Pelinka is also considered an outstanding general manager in today's NBA.
James came to the Lakers, Anthony Davis came to the Lakers, and Westbrook came to the Lakers, all of which were made possible by him.
No matter what the final result is, being able to bring players of this level to the Lakers is the skill of a general manager.
But this time he completely miscalculated.
At first, the boss wanted to trade Wang Yi. Although he disagreed, he felt that Wang Yi's potential was limited.
After all, the physical fitness of yellow people is not as good as that of black and white people. This concept is deeply rooted.
In view of the team's predicament at that time, if you want to trade Wang Yi, then just trade him.
But now he knows that Wang Yi's value is far greater than he originally imagined.
Now it seems that my original idea was so stupid, just as stupid as Jenny Buss.
However, it is too late to regret it. Since the Lakers have done everything possible, with Wang Yi's personality, no matter how big the benefits are, Wang Yi will not be able to return to the Lakers.
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At the championship scene, the players took a group photo and then returned to the locker room.
Bottles of champagne were opened and cigars were lit.
The entire team locker room was filled with the smell of champagne and cigars, as well as excitement, excitement, laughter and tears.
Coach Walton was very emotional, holding a cigar in his hand, but wiping tears.
Their efforts throughout the year have paid off, and tonight they finally reached the top of the NBA.
Many people say that his coaching ability is not good.
Even when he lost five games in a row at the beginning of the season, many people asked him to be dismissed online.
And now, he finally won the championship.
Regardless of whether he got it through his own merit or not, he was in the head coach's position when the Kings won the championship.
A championship coach has a superior status in the NBA.
Far from being comparable to those coaches who have never won a championship.
The most realistic thing is that the salary of a championship coach is much higher than that of a coach who has not won a championship.
Nicole was already in the players' tunnel outside the locker room at this time.
Listening to the laughter and the excited cries and howls in the locker room, she was also excited.
No one knows better than her how hard Wang Yi has worked in the past two years.
No one knows better than her how much effort Wang Yi has put in and how much hardship he has gone through to win the championship.
Wang Yi deserves this championship.
Zuo Xiao and Sima Liang were quietly recording Nicole's every move.
Chapter completed!