Chapter 166 Believe in Others Rather than Yourself?

"boom!"

In the horror of Garnett, the horror of the fans, and the horror of hundreds of millions of fans around the world, the Timberwolves' basket was blown over.

"hiss!"

Such a ferocious scene made all the fans gasp.

"Crack, click..."

After the bottom line, the media reporters frantically pressed the shutter while suppressing the crazily surging excitement in their bodies.

"Crack!"

At this time, the basket slammed softly. Although no one heard it, Li Ba obviously felt the looseness, so he quickly let go and jumped up.

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooovy , he made the Timberwolves have to change a basket!"

In the TNT live broadcast, Barkley yelled frantically.

"My God, what kind of power is this? With a 110kg center forward dunking into the air, the hammer is too powerful!" Yu Jia roared excitedly, his voice exploded in the eardrums of tens of millions of people across the country.

"You're tougher than him. All of you Minnesota players are tougher than your tough boss."

Under the basket, Li Ba glanced at Garnett, whose horror had not faded, and said to Irvin Johnson.

"You bastard, come up, I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Garnett stood there and roared.

"You're so angry, why don't you come over?" Li Ba shot back.

"Oh, the Hammer is provoking Garnett again, but Garnett is very sensible. He never gets close to the Hammer, just like when he was attacking. He is a smart man." Kenny Smith said.

After the inspection by the staff, not only the basket needs to be replaced, but even the backboard must be replaced, because there are already cracks near the basket.

"Check the hammer's arm joint."

When the players returned to the bench, Frank urged the doctor, dragging a center dunk, he was afraid that Li Ba would be injured.

"no problem."

Li Ba moved his arms, feeling that these two arms were really made of iron.

But the doctor checked it anyway and said everything was fine.

"Hammer, you are too fierce!" Li Ning stood up from behind the bench and shouted.

"Try to change the basket for them later." Li Ba smiled modestly.

"Ha ha!"

Li Ning and his party burst out laughing.

"Tu Hao, you are so strong now. When we talked about it, you were treated as a top NBA star, but now it seems that we need to do it again." Gao Yuanyuan laughed beside him.

The laughter of Li Ning and others froze for a moment, but then they all nodded.

The reason they are happy is simple. Since they choose to invest in Li Ba, they naturally hope that Li Ba will be as strong as possible.

"Yuanyuan, you are now a qualified agent." Li Ba gave Gao Yuanyuan a thumbs up in public.

At this moment, Colangelo's cell phone rang, and he opened it to see, Mitch Kupchak?

"Hey, Mickey, I'm in the American West Arena, it's very noisy here, can we talk later?" he said.

"No no, Jerry, let's talk now, because you're sure to keep getting calls from other GMs."

Mitch Kupchak insisted.

"Okay, you can send me a text message. I have many distinguished guests around me and I can't leave." Jerry Colangelo said helplessly.

"OK!"

Soon, Colangelo received a text message from Kupchak. He opened it and smiled wryly.

It turned out that the other party directly gave him a transaction quotation. The Lakers' bargaining chip was very simple. There was only one person, O'Neal.

What the Suns have to pay is the Hammers, three marginal players, and two first-round picks from the Knicks.

"The Lakers actually value the hammer so much. This is simply a single exchange. Are you crazy?"

The people involved were so shaken that he couldn't help but wonder if the deal could go through.

O'Neal is still at the end of his peak, and the current hammer is still not as good as O'Neal. The offensive methods in the paint area are too monotonous. Once encountering a tough inside line, the offensive end is likely to do nothing. Colangelo still knows it well.

In this way, we can get an all-star power forward, O'Neal + an all-star power forward + Marion at the third position + Joe Johnson + all-star guard Marbury, this is definitely a championship lineup!

But, do you want to change it?

As far away as Los Angeles, Mitch Kupchak was sweating too.

He gave O'Neal, did not ask the boss Jerry Buss, and did not discuss with the Lakers coach Jackson, it was his own meaning.

The Lakers have no other bargaining chips. Although the F4 team has four super giants, Kobe is impossible to leave. He is the future of the Lakers, and Malone and Payton are here to hold their thighs. Once they are traded, they lose hope of winning the championship. They may choose directly After retiring, the transaction cannot be carried out, so only O'Neal is left with this big bargaining chip.

But he thinks it's worth it, because the hammer, like Kobe, also symbolizes the future.

Ten minutes later, he got a text from Phoenix.

With trembling hands, he opened the text message. He hoped to see the word transaction, but he was afraid of seeing this word.

He couldn't imagine how furious O'Neill would be if he knew about the deal.

"Sorry, Mitch, the hammer is our future!"

Seeing the content of the text message, Kupchak breathed a sigh of relief, but then was very disappointed.

"Jerry, Phoenix turned us down." He immediately called the boss.

"What chips did you give?" Jerry Buss asked hastily.

"The best is Shaq." Kupchak said in a deep voice.

"what? What?"

Jerry Bass was obviously very surprised that Kupchak actually chose Shaq as a chip, but he immediately realized that even Shaq was rejected, which is why he said the second thing .

At the American West Arena, after nine minutes of consideration, Jerry Colangelo finally made a choice.

Among them, he also received a call from the Mosaic team. Dawson was willing to trade Yao for the hammer, but he refused without hesitation.

He looked at Li Ba in front of him, thought for a while, and leaned over to say a few words.

"..."

Hearing that the Lakers and the Mosaic team wanted to trade him, especially their respective trading chips, Li Ba only had one feeling, that is, the NBA is indeed a big business, and there is no one who cannot be put on the shelf.

"Jerry, I can assure you that your choice is correct. You see, Shark is getting old, and his condition has not been two years. And Dayao, even if he has completed his weight gain, his flexibility will be lost. , and while I maintain my strength, my ability to move around the basket continues to improve, and my ability on both ends of the offense and defense will also improve. I am confident that I can deal with him."

Li Ba said confidently.

"I believe what you say, because I believe in my choices." Jerry Colangelo laughed.

Li Ba nodded and smiled.

Colangelo's words are very clear. He believes in himself, not because of what he said, but because he believes in his own choice.

"It's better to believe in yourself than to trust others? So do I." He thought to himself.