The God of Basketball

? Although the Los Angeles media is not as vicious as the New York media, the way they greet Bruce is still 'venomous' enough. 35xs

The "Orange County Register" was the first question Bruce Lee had just seated at the press conference after showing the Lakers jersey: "Do you think you can be worthy of the third pick?"

No sympathy was left.

hehe.

At that time, Jordan Farmer, who was sitting next door, laughed.

"This answer is very long. I will spend my entire career answering your question. Are you ready to listen to me?"

Bruce Lee lifted the weight lightly, and easily resolved this gunpowder-smelling problem invisible.

This made the public relations manager John Black, who was sweating coldly, heaved a sigh of relief. The manager who has worked for the Lakers for more than 20 years knew from the press conference that this would be a severe challenge for himself and Bruce.

Now the whole of Los Angeles is questioning the Lakers club's trade on draft night. They don't understand why Jackson would pay a high price to bring a point guard who was ridiculed by the crowd back to Staples.

And... the first thing he did after arriving in Los Angeles was not to sign a contract with the Lakers, but to release his debut album with Double Star at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Looks like...he's more of a pop star coming to L.A. than a high-ranking rookie coming to the Lakers to make a career.

This led to more criticism for the Blues, and fans clearly preferred the focused, humble, and aggressive guard Jordan Farmar.

Even the "Los Angeles Times" was full of praise in yesterday's sports section: Look, who is the real No. 3 rookie and who is the false No. 3 rookie, isn't it clear at a glance?

Jordan Farmar has been training since the draft. The image he showed was completely different from Bruce. He was conscientious and diligent, and he also told the Lakers fans a piece of good news: My shooting is more accurate, and I can better help Kobe Bryant.

by contrast.

Bruce is in the spotlight of the entertainment industry. The picture of him holding a wine glass yesterday afternoon appeared in all Los Angeles media, covering the sports and entertainment editions. His excited words, "Our two albums will definitely give Double Star Company a place in the music circle" became the object of group ridicule on both pages?

Listen, does this look like a basketball player?

Listen, this basketball player brags and doesn't even make a draft. Does he think he is a superstar of his time?

Comparing the two, it is no wonder that the Los Angeles Times made the comparison of "real and false No. 3 show".

However, the praise of the basketball media did not bring substantial benefits to Jordan Farmar. The contract he signed was still only 4.98 million US dollars for 4 years, and the salary for the first two years was only... 950,000 US dollars, 1.05 million US dollars. In the third year, it rose to 1.08 million US dollars, and in the fourth year it was 1.95 million US dollars. The third and fourth years are team options.

Although Kupchak is very optimistic about Jordan Farmar, he hopes that he can beat Bruce Lee in the team. However, in terms of money, it will not give any benefits.

In contrast, the contract value that Bruce Lee signed with Jenny Buss is almost four times that of him. He won the limit contract that the No. 3 pick can get under the current league regulations for 4 years and 18.36 million US dollars. The starting salary for the first year is 4.02 million US dollars, and the most interesting part of this contract is that Li Zhen can get 30% of the salary in advance at the end of October every year, and continue to get 30% at the end of December , and the rest are released in batches.

This increases Li Zhen's wealth dominance. Compared with it, it also increased the difficulty of the Lakers' transaction.

But Jenny Buss firmly told Bruce: We never intend to trade you.

This moved both Bill Duffy and Li Chen.

The Time Warner reporter closely followed the rhythm of the Orange County Register at the press conference, and continued to ask sharply: "So, do you think you think the value you bring to the Lakers can exceed the two draft picks we paid plus the 1 million exception? "

"The answer to this question lies in the hearts of Phil Jackson, Jenny Buss, Kupchak and all Lakers shareholders." Li Zhen responded with a smile on his face.

"So, do you think you can form a chemical reaction with Kobe Bryant? He is the strongest guard in the league today, and also the most difficult guard!" ESPN reporter asked.

"I'm not quite sure what the chemical reaction you're talking about is. But, he gave me a sports car yesterday." As he spoke, Bruce still took out the keys of the BMW convertible: "And, he also Tell me. I am welcome to visit his house at any time. Before I find a house, I can even live in his house.”

Forehead….

Not only the reporters at the scene were in an uproar: Bryant actually gave this parallel imported sports car? Didn't it mean that he was stingy and cut off contact with his parents?

Jordan Farmer next to him was even more surprised and envious. I rely on! They are both rookies and point guards, why did you give him a sports car and not me? Is it because he is more handsome than me?

Farmar was rather unconvinced.

But what frustrates him even more is that the entire press conference lasts 30 minutes. He sat at the same table as Bruce Lee, and no one in the media took the initiative to interview him.

In the end, if it wasn't for that annoying guy who offered to ask: "Aren't you going to let my two teammates talk?"

The reporters seemed unaware of his and Eddie Griffin's existence.

Although these reporters have always praised Farmar and belittled Bruce in the media recently, when they arrived at the scene, the precious opportunity to ask questions should not be wasted on Farmar. Bruce is the center of attention.

This made Jordan Farmer fall into depression for a while: What do you think of me? As a tool to belittle Bruce?

He guessed the truth of the matter, but maybe not so quickly to accept it.

In contrast, Eddie Griffin is quite calm. He even turned his head to comfort Bruce: "Don't take these critical voices seriously, they just want you to have self-doubt, and then gather a crowd to watch your pain, and live broadcast the whole 'killing' process all over the world. "

Eddie Griffin is a super genius who became famous at a young age. He was named Garnett Jr. in high school. After graduating from high school, he entered Seton Hall University. When he first entered college, he averaged 17.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.4 blocks per game, won various honors, and was in the limelight for a while.

He might have even been the No. 1 pick in 2001 if he hadn't been forced to leave college because of a fight with a teammate at school. Yes...he was a super talent that was eligible to compete with Kwame Brown back then.

And even though he dropped to No. 7 at the time. However, the original Rockets still used three first-round rookies to trade him (Brandon Armstrong, Jason Collins, Richard Jefferson).

This was also criticized at the time.

But Eddie Griffin obviously does not have such a good mentality as Bruce: he grew up in a state of extreme poverty since he was a child, and his personality, character, and even IQ and EQ are not sound enough.

Therefore, he quickly sank. Use alcohol and some illegal things to anesthetize yourself.

"Don't get drunk on it."

Griffin's eyes widened, and he said to Bruce very seriously.

When a guy who is often in the news for being drunk seriously tells you not to drink too much, it is far more persuasive than a priest standing in front of you with a cross and saying something high-sounding.

"You too." Li Zhen patted him on the shoulder: "Drinking alcohol is not good for the skin."

Forehead….

Griffin was a little unresponsive. He heard many people use various reasons to persuade him to stay away from alcohol, but no one really told himself so seriously: drinking is not good for the skin.

"You look very much like a rapper, and you speak with a bluesy rhythm. You should be able to achieve something musically."

Bruce continued: "You could try melodic rap."

ah?

Eddie Griffin was stunned by Li Zhen's words again.

There is no black person who does not want to be a rap-star, it seems that their yearning for rap is written in their genes. Therefore, when Bruce praised him for looking like a rapper, and speaking in blues and blues rhythms, his heart like a dead well suddenly felt a little turbulent.

He even got the urge when Bruce suggested he try melodic rap.

"Maybe we can collaborate on music in the future."

Li Zhen patted Griffin on the shoulder again, and then ended the conversation.

He has another announcement to make, he has to go to MTV to play songs for his new album.

Li Zhen hopes to earn some money from this album, and then invest in Facebook.

Griffin looked at the back of Bruce going away, and his mood had some different ups and downs. He originally wanted to give Bruce some advice as someone who had experienced it, but he didn't expect Bruce to give him a little inspiration.

So, he called his agent: "Help me rent a house with a recording studio."

When his agent received the call, he was shocked.

But soon became joyful because of this sentence.

Because before that, Griffin had no requirements for the quality of life, he was intoxicated every day, and even began to think about how to leave this world.

Now, he actually wants to have a studio house.

This is a positive sign.

He hurried to look for it.

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