Jerry Buss Sought Meeting With LeBron James After Lakers Won 2010 NBA Finals
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After years of futility, optimism in abound for the Los Angeles Lakers,
thanks to a promising young core and the signing of LeBron James. He’s the
caliber of superstar that the franchise often boasted under late owner Jerry
Buss.
While the Lakers have a rich history of Hall-of-Famers who have worn their
jersey, Buss is responsible for creating a vision and culture that spawned
the decades of success. Since his passing, the Lakers have struggled to
replicate that.
They began to with the hiring of Magic Johnson as president of basketball
operations and general manager Rob Pelinka, and made more progress with their
signing of James. And it’s James who Buss first envisioned joining the
Lakers eight years ago.
At the time, they were fresh off defeating the Boston Celtics in the 2010 NBA
Finals. It was the second of back-to-back championships, and still stands as
the Lakers’ last title.
Despite not having necessary salary cap space, Buss pondered reaching out to
James in free agency, per Tania Ganguli of the L.A. Times:
Buss thought about calling James anyway. Over lunch with his sons, he
mentioned the idea, offhandedly.
“It’d be good to know that guy,” his son Joey recalled him saying.
League rules allowed teams to meet with any free agent. Why not meet with
James to introduce him to the Lakers’ vision? Why not sow the seeds of a
future partnership?
“LeBron was always somebody that he was interested in,” Lakers co-owner
Jeanie Buss said.
Bus and the Lakers never met with James that summer. Former general manager
Mitch Kupchak led a contingent during the summer of 2014, when they were
granted a meeting, not with James but his agent Rich Paul.
It may have been more going through the motions than substance, as James
signed with the Miami Heat. Considering the Lakers were coming off an abysmal
season, they were never viewed as serious suitors.
The sentiment was much different heading into 2018 free agency, as many began
to consider the Lakers a favorite to sign the 14-time All-Star. Sure enough,
James committed to the storied franchise, after a meeting with Johnson, who
has assumed the recruiting role Dr. Jerry Buss so majestically filled.
大意:
已故的前湖人老板Jerry Buss早在2010年时就想得到LBJ
2010年的湖人刚完成2连霸
Kobe+三塔也还在巅峰期
而Lebron则是刚被三巨头的超赛淘汰并生涯首次成为自由球员
老Buss在自由球员市场开始前跟他的小儿子说
希望小儿子能尽量争取与自由球员LBJ面谈的机会
不管球队现在有没有薪资空间
他希望就算不是今年，如果能透过这面谈去了解LBJ并拉近跟他的关系
未来搞不好就能争取到他的加盟
因为老Buss已经看到了未来以LBJ为核心的湖人王朝蓝图
不过最后小儿子并没有去争取跟LBJ的面谈
最后LBJ也以自由球员的身分先签后换加入了热火并夺得两冠
而湖人也在老Buss去世后进入了队史最长的黑暗期
假如2010年LBJ以先签后换的方式来到湖人(Gasol+Odom到骑士之类的)
Kobe+LBJ+Bynum应该有办法打败2011年的小牛达成3连霸
而湖人也可能比勇士更早建立2010年后的第一个王朝

这不算如果文吧？过去想要做的现在做了而已

进湖人 搞不好就不会帮骑士夺冠 地位差很多

果然又有人在喊LBJ不会无球了 呵

2010 每一队都想要LBJ吧

还不是被我刺beautiful game电，有差吗？

那时候的皇帝谁不想要

LBJ还是会选热火 当时詹皇觉得组起来not7

先签后换骑士没得选 给个薪资差不多的Odom就能抢劫Kobe可以轻松刷得分 LBJ可以轻松抢板大三元小牛是Game4才用三分海虐爆湖人

湖人没幻想过谁?

谁不想得到……？？