The Lakers management wants to renew his contract with Malone so that he can continue to compete for the Lakers next season, which can not only attract fans as a gimmick, ensure attendance, but also play a role on the court.

Although Malone is 41 years old, he maintains his condition very well and is excellent on both offense and defense. Once O'Neal leaves, the Lakers no longer have super attractiveness, and no outstanding players are willing to join the team with a salary cut. Embarrassingly, they also have no salary space to sign middle-class players in the free market.

In a situation where there was no way, Kupchek had to sign veteran Divac who was abandoned by the king.

The Lakers' lineup is weaker than Guo Xu's previous life. In the summer of 2004, the Lakers used Payton, Rick Fox and a conditional future first-round draft pick as bargaining chips to trade Celtics defenders Chucky Atkins, center Chris Mee, Marcus Banks and a future second-round draft pick.

In his previous life, Mim had 75 games for the Lakers in the 2004-05 season, which was an important rotation. He could not only defend against the man in the penalty area, but also pull out to shoot pick-and-roll. He was an excellent big man before he was injured.

Atkins is also the key point, he is the team's point guard, the fourth scoring point, and can break through and shoot. However, he is physically at a disadvantage and his defense is very bad.

Now Payton has joined the Suns directly and freely. Fox, who can't play the ball, has certainly not impressed the Celtics in his last year's contract and draft pick. The Celtics made it to the playoffs last season, and they are not rebuilding the team.

In the end, the Lakers management could only sign people in the free market. No one was willing to come from both inside and outside, and some people chose to leave.

When Fisher saw that the team was in a bad situation, he was not popular among fans in Los Angeles, so he transferred to the Warriors with a five-year, 25 million contract.

Kupchek had to sign a wild gamer, and Smarsh Parker, who was left unattended in the free market, then exchanged Fox's expiration contract for veteran defender Howard Esley.

With the current lineup of the Lakers, I can't learn to play the Suns and play the whirlwind, and the point guard's speed can't launch a fast attack at all.

The outside line was barely enough, and the Lakers were even weaker inside. At this time, something magical happened.

Kobe went to participate in a TV interview program and criticized Malone. He believed that if Malone stayed in the Lakers team, it would affect the team's reconstruction next season. His tone was like Malone was too old, and in order to surpass Jabbar, he would definitely make data and influence the training of newcomers.

There was an uproar on the Internet, which can be understood as if Kobe was in Malone's position, he would definitely swipe data regardless of the game's victory or defeat. The Lakers are now missing the inside line. Is he crazy to say such words?

When Guo Xu was in the Lakers, he helped Kobe communicate with his teammates. His relationship with his teammates was pretty good at that time, at least on the surface. As soon as Guo Xu left, Kobe basically ignored people in the team in the past two years, and his IQ and EQ quickly dropped back to negative numbers.

Even if the Lakers do not renew their contract with Malone, the management should have a tactful communication. Kobe was interviewed and fired without telling anyone, just like he publicly said bad things about O'Neal on the radio station many times, which is outrageous.

Ma Long, who originally said that he would not retire, immediately changed his words, saying that he would not retire and stop playing, and he didn't want to break the record.

Kobe's words made Ma Long look disgrace. If he continues to play and joins a weak team to score data, the media will not say anything good even if he breaks Jabbar's record. Then he will become the kind of selfish cancer that Kobe said.

When O'Neal saw the news, he immediately went on TV and shouted at Malone at the TV camera: "Carl, if you see this on TV, remember to call me and I will take you to Miami as soon as possible, and we have everything ready for you. My wish is to play with you on the Hots this season."

The fat man was righteous enough, but Malone called him and refused: "Shakel, thank you for your kindness. I'm tired, and... I can fully understand why you want to kill Kobe."

Malone then held a press conference and publicly stated: "Although I love the team so much and the fans so much, the star players here don't want me to stay here. I understand his hints, I want to stay, but he doesn't want me to do this. This has nothing to do with the Lakers. I love the Lakers, but that person said he doesn't need me, I understand what he means, so I will continue my life elsewhere."

Malone had calmed down from his initial rage, and he sighed: "I am not going to take away anyone's light, anyone's glory, anyone's anything, I would rather move on and let my life begin a new chapter."

Malone's agent Manny said that Kobe's words had deeply hurt Malone. "Malone said he could not accept all this. Several times, Kobe had asked him to give up the Lakers privately. It was obvious that what happened to Jackson and O'Neal has happened to him again. Kobe has issued a statement that he has this personality. Malone will not be used to all this, he would rather handle it his own way."

This incident caused an uproar. It was said online that Kobe drove O'Neal and Jackson away, and now he drove Malone away.

The Lakers management hurriedly issued a statement saying that Kobe's statement "only represents himself and cannot represent the views of the Lakers management and team at all."

Malone thinks this is another condolence of the Lakers for Kobe. "I don't want to say anything, but see what happened, who should be the guy who told Kobe to shut up? They gave Kobe countless privileges... They handed over the decision to someone who doesn't like me... Someone who slandered me several times."

Before the new season began, the Lakers' reputation became bad, and it was even bigger than Guo Xu's previous life.

Lakers general manager Kupchek and new coach Tom Janovic both said that the Lakers still have Malone's position. Shuai Tang even said that if Malone is willing to come back, the team will definitely "lay the red carpet" to welcome him. Kobe also accepted an interview again, publicly apologized and said that it was just a misunderstanding.

This has caused discussion among online fans and feels stupid.

In his previous life, Malone was unable to participate in the preseason due to injury. Kobe could say that he had said the wrong thing, but it was just a misunderstanding. Is this thing a misunderstanding now? Do you treat the audience as SB? They are neat and they just don’t get a contract extension.

Malone refused to accept Kobe's apology, and he simply said: "I have already said everything I want to say."

Ma Long will not participate in the show to fight Kobe publicly, that would be too expensive. Even if he chooses to swallow his anger, online fans will not say anything good about Kobe. Kobe's way of becoming a boss is disgusting, and he looks like a villain's success from beginning to end.

Guo Xu was willing to help Kobe escape the "Eagle County Incident" for Vanessa's child who should have had a miscarriage, but he could not change his personality. This guy can always cause new trouble.

Now many Los Angeles fans criticize the Lakers' management for being blind, and the old Bass is inhumane, saying that the Lakers are a group of villains who are birds of feathers flying across the river and destroying bridges. If the Lakers can't play well next season, everyone will watch the fun.

How can the Lakers play well? Not only is there a shortage of people in the interior, but there is not even an excellent three-pointer. The good news is that no one will compete with Kobe for a low post anymore, and he can shoot at will with a 45% shooting percentage.

A reporter asked Guo Xu, who was on vacation in Los Angeles, to comment on Kobe and the Lakers next season.
Chapter completed!