Chapter 629: Chapter 194: The Unspoken Chemistry of the Three Big Men (Part 2)
Plus, keeping Campbell, even if O’Neal doesn’t come, mid-season we can trade Campbell to an Eastern Conference championship-contending team, letting them help deal with O’Neal...
When the team had signed the 11th player, with only Campbell’s contract not officially completed, Zhang Hao really wanted to shout: "Logo Man is awesome!"
Zhang Hao hadn’t even shouted it out yet, when he received a call from Kenny Anderson...
Much later, he let out a scream—"Logo Man is awesome plus!"
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"Lakers’ BIG-4 Born!"
"Four All-Star Starters from Last Season, Lakers Make History!"
"Return of the Lakers Dynasty"
"Luxurious Five, How Will the Reigning Champions React?"
"New York Knicks’ Money Game, Lakers Are the Big Winners!"
Championship? Olympic gold medal?
All these were background under the magical operation of Logo Man.
This summer belongs to Los Angeles, belongs to the Lakers.
Logo Man looked at the headline news with satisfaction, after working so hard, he can finally take a break.
You thought his backup plan was just pre-communicating with Brian Shaw, Byron Scott, James Robinson about joining? Making them willing to patiently wait to finalize things?
If O’Neal hadn’t come, this indeed would have been their backup plan, at that time, to prevent them and the Magic from making it to the finals together, Campbell’s 3-year deal worth 22 million US Dollars would indeed be given, and Campbell would be their main center.
But O’Neal came, making Campbell the most valuable trade chip, even more valuable than Barkley.
The target is theoretically Kenny Anderson, who fits well with both Zhang Hao and O’Neal.
There’s always a backup plan, and the plan he leaves behind, even after succeeding, is still usable.
Kenny Anderson, Barkley, O’Neal... Zhang Hao definitely won’t find these teammates lacking!
Ron Harper, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, now, their Lakers have such a lineup too!
Though, there’s still a headache now!
But, no matter what’s happening within the team, just seeing Magician, Kenny Anderson, Zhang Hao, Barkley, O’Neal in this lineup... headache?
Logo Man says he has a masochistic tendency, he just loves headaches.
Continuing to watch the news program, suddenly, a piece of news was interrupted.
It was an on-site interview in one filming area in Hollywood, the person being interviewed was currently the center of public opinion, the rookie star of the Lakers.
Asked about O’Neal and Kenny Anderson joining, and the Lakers finalizing their 12-man roster in 24 hours, Zhang Hao answered: "Mr. West is the best manager in the world. Just yesterday, I was wondering how many people we had missed, he showed me through actions that what I thought we missed wasn’t the best.
With such a group of teammates, I don’t think the team needs me to shoot 20 times every game, don’t need 27 points every night, maybe I’ll score 20? 18? It’s all good, we’re going to win in the playoffs."
Seeing this news, Logo Man breathed a sigh of relief, at least, Zhang Hao has no dissatisfaction about O’Neal joining and visibly excited, as for internal conflicts... they will definitely exist, he’s very sure, but happiness comes because who wouldn’t like having such a group of teammates?
It’s just, hearing what Zhang Hao said, Logo Man recalled his understanding of Barkley and O’Neal.
"Smooth sailing? Our Mr. Gentleman is dreaming."
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Every player on the Lakers became the focus chased by reporters.
Among them, the new trio of stars Barkley, O’Neal, Kenny Anderson make news every time in interviews.
Kenny Anderson was a bit confused, he didn’t expect being a Lakers player to feel like this, it’s too exaggerated! The number of interviews he had in his lifetime wasn’t as many as during his few days in Los Angeles.
No time for training!
Kenny Anderson decisively rejected all interviews and went to find Zhang Hao, who hid after one interview to peacefully train and film.
But the other two enjoy this atmosphere immensely.
Not just Kenny Anderson, even O’Neal didn’t expect such enthusiasm from the media upon coming to Los Angeles, being on TV every day.
Apart from everything else, isn’t this the life he wanted?
Barkley also enjoyed it thoroughly, saying in an interview: "I thought I came to the Lakers to be a leader, leading young teammates forward, but I found I was wrong, to tell you honestly, I originally wanted to go hug Olajuwon and Drexler’s thighs, easily winning games, never thought both my goals would be achieved, I came to Los Angeles, I love it here, and I still hugged the thighs, Elvin, Shaq, Aix, Kenny... I feel every day I can easily think about what to have for dinner."
After officially joining, O’Neal became a big sensation in Los Angeles, and when Zhang Hao hid away, most of the spotlight was on him alone, he hadn’t even had the chance to meet with new teammates yet...
On August 11th, the same day Barkley was interviewed, O’Neal also had an interview, finally sharing his thoughts on joining the Lakers: "The previous team made me feel unworthy of being a billion dollar player, but it’s great that someone thinks I’m worth a billion, thinks it’s worth giving me more money, and this person is a legend in basketball history, it’s a huge encouragement for me, I was almost depressed before.
The feeling of coming to the Lakers? What more do I need to feel? I’ve come to the team with the greatest center legacy, I have better teammates, I can lay back and win!"
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