On the morning of February 27th, Li Liang got up early.

I got up from the bed and stretched myself, feeling refreshed.

The big fight at Boston Garden last night was really hearty.

With his help and encouragement, the entire Lakers team has regained its state and feeling.

In the second half, they slammed the Celtics, especially Li Liang's three-pointer, and the entire Garden Arena was silent.

In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers won the championship on the road and won the O'Brien Cup.

It broke the previous record of the Celtics' six-game winning streak against the Lakers in the Finals, as well as the undefeated tiebreaker of the Finals.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the Finals MVP, and he deserved this honor.

The NBA in that time and space must have been changed that night. I don’t know what kind of innovation David Stern will make after he officially takes office, and what kind of impact it will bring to the two traditional giants.

Li Liang's harvest is very rich, the fragment of the third golden shield, and more than 30,000 anger points.

He is really cool for this anger. He felt the enthusiasm of the Boston fans. He also used his enthusiasm and three-pointers as feedback, allowing them to enjoy a feast of basketball in the 21st century.

After getting up, Zhu Shu made breakfast for Li Liang downstairs.

Seeing Li Liang's very happy look, she asked him why he was in such a good mood.

Li Liangdao: "I had a dream last night, I dreamed that I won the championship!"

When Zhu Shu heard that he was dreaming, she gave him a bowl of soup and asked him to drink it to wake up.

"By the way, you went to bed early last night. Kupchak called and said that he might discuss the contract with you soon." Zhu Shu said.

"Contract? What contract? When is this, and you're negotiating a contract with me?"

It's only the end of February, most of the season is over, and the playoffs are still early.

Li Liang didn't expect that the Lakers had already started to worry about the contract issue.

But it's normal to think about it. Li Liang is the No. 55 pick. He made the All-Star rookie season and won the three-point leader. He performed very well on the field.

In the summer, Li Liang's contract has player options, and the Lakers can predict that Li Liang will definitely jump out of the contract.

At that time, Li Liang will become a restricted free agent, and the Lakers can match the offers made by other teams.

The problem is, the Lakers have another problem in the summer, which is to renew Howard.

Although Howard's performance did not meet expectations due to injuries, his role is still obvious.

And he is only 28 years old this year, a center at his peak, there is no reason why the Lakers don't want to keep him.

If Howard is signed, plus the existing contract, the Lakers will not have any room to sign Li Liang.

And because of the previous luxury tax, they have no middle-class exceptions, no biennial exceptions.

They only have a mini-middle class of more than 3 million. Is this worthy of Li Liang?

With a few!

Zhu Shu communicated the relevant information with Li Liang. Li Liang's goal is to sign a maximum salary in summer.

But according to the terms of Arenas, if he jumps out of the contract this summer, other teams can only offer him middle class.

The Lakers will definitely not be able to match, so Kupchak will probably persuade Li Liang not to jump out of the contract in the summer, and wait to test the waters in the 2014 free market.

How the Lakers keep Li Liang is another matter.

If his value is high enough, the Lakers will definitely try their best to make room to sign Li Liang.

However, Li Liang doesn't really care about money.

He cares about other things.

The City of Angels book.

"Don't worry about the contract in advance, finish this season. If Kupchak or others from the Lakers come to you to talk about the contract, just say that Bruce Lee is focused on playing and doesn't want to talk about the contract." Li Liang told Zhu Shu.

Zhu Shu nodded without any objection.

If it was another agent, for the sake of big contracts and commercial value, he would definitely analyze with Li Liang what to do to get the best benefit.

But Zhu Shu is different, she will think about Li Liang, but she will never think for Li Liang.

She knows that Li Liang has her own steelyard in her heart, and she can do her best when she needs it, and she doesn't need to worry about it.

He does what he tells him to do.

After discussing the contract at the dinner table, Li Liang drove to practice.

...

The team still has no game today, and it is another training day.

Li Liang was not late this time. After arriving at the Toyota Center, he found that the people from TWC TV had come again.

Seeing Li Liang, the photographer snapped another burst of shots at him.

The person in charge, Williams, stepped forward and asked Li Liang if he could accept an interview today.

Li Liang nodded in agreement. It was not easy for the TV station to follow the Lakers every day.

There are so many games in a season, except for the process and scores of each game, everything else is actually the same.

Unless something unexpected happens to the team, such as a big deal, player injury, celebrity death, jersey retirement and so on.

The life of the team is not much different from that of those office workers.

The TV station wants to shoot it in a variety of ways, but they have to rack their brains to find a way.

After the training, Li Liang was invited by Williams to the general manager's office. The topic of today's documentary is the day of general manager Kupchak.

Li Liang thought, what does Kupchak's day have to do with me? I'm not his secretary.

Oh~ It must have something to do with the contract.

Sure enough, the filming went on for a while, and Kupchak talked to the players, chatted with the staff, and talked about the day-to-day work of the general manager in front of the camera.

Then he took an opportunity to pull Li Liang and asked, "Bruce, how does it feel in Los Angeles, do you want to stay? You are an All-Star now, and your salary doesn't quite match you."

Li Liang smiled and said, "Of course I want to stay, I want to get the maximum salary."

Hearing what Li Liang said, Kupchak smiled and said, "In the summer of 2014, there will be a maximum salary waiting for you."

Kupchak's meaning is obvious. This year, the player option will be implemented and the Lakers will find a way to give him a high salary in the summer of 2014.

As for whether it will be given at that time, it depends on the situation in the summer of 2014. Anyway, if you can use 500,000 yuan cheaply for another year, why not do it?

Li Liang sneered in his heart, want to prostitute me for another season? It depends on your luck.

If the task in the City of Angels book is still related to the Los Angeles Lakers, he will stay with the Lakers to complete the task in the book.

If the task in the book has nothing to do with the Lakers, or if he needs to go to another team to start a new task, then he can't control so much.

His goal is to become the strongest, not to be the totem of any team.

Although becoming the totem of the Lakers is a great thing and something to be proud of, Li Liang is not rare.

What is it, isn't it Kobe?

I don't want to be Kobe.

Thinking so in his heart, Li Liang said: "Of course I will consider it, but now I still have to focus on the game. I hope to bring a championship to the Lakers."

He said in his heart: If I can get you a championship, I don't owe you anything. I'm not sincere in negotiating the contract. I brought the media here to put pressure on me. Or is Kupchak going to play, what about Bass Jr.? What about Jenny Buss?

After the death of Jerry Buss, the Lakers have entered the era of Buss Jr.

I don't know if it's Bass' idea to keep Li Liang.

Or maybe he doesn't want to keep Li Liang at all, who knows.

...

On February 28, the last day of February, the Lakers played against the Timberwolves at home.

The Lakers once again ushered in a big victory in this game, sweeping their opponents with 25 points at 119:94.

After the All-Star break, the overall feeling of the Lakers is getting better and better.

Mike Brown's previous strategy of resting Nash and Kobe paid off.

Kobe was in very good condition tonight. He made 4 of 8 three-pointers, scored 33 points, sent 7 assists and grabbed 8 rebounds.

Another MVP-level performance.

The Timberwolves were suppressed throughout the game. They fell behind from the first quarter and were beaten helplessly.

In contrast, Li Liang's data is not obvious, and he puts all his energy on defense.

Recently, he doesn't seem to care at all about whether the data looks good or not, even if it's garbage time, he doesn't need the medal of "Junk King".

Why, mature!

How can a mature player be obsessed with statistics? What's the use of being obsessed with triple-doubles or double-doubles?

Winning is the most important thing.

Of course, another reason is that Li Liang will start to focus on system tasks again.

He hopes to improve his strength a little bit before the start of the playoffs.

He really wants to see what kind of basketball game this playoffs will be like.

It's all a basketball game, what's the difference?

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