Chapter 1269 Season Ended

That day Li Ba received a call from Chris Paul.

"Boss, I'm going to the Lakers. The deal will be approved after the lockout. The management said the league will approve it."

"Lakers? What bargaining chips do the Lakers have to trade you?" Li Ba said in surprise.

"Oh, boss, it was Nike who was behind this." Paul said.

"Oh, then congratulations." Li Ba smiled.

Chris Paul's sneaker brand is indeed Nike. It seems that Nike will bleed a lot this time. The Hornets have no interest and it is impossible to trade Paul to the Lakers who have little leverage.

Li Ba calculated the Lakers' current lineup. Center Howard, power forward A-Lian, small forward Tony Allen, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Paul. What kind of lineup is this?

Although the interior defense of this lineup is not as good as last season's Suns, it is already very strong and absolutely at the top level of the league.

On the front line, Tony Allen is still in good shape.

On the back line, this is a historical level defender combination.

Within two days, the bidding for the Senbei training base was held in Beijing, and Li Ba went there.

The bidding went smoothly and construction will start next. The construction period is two years and the delivery period is the end of 2013.

At the end of October, the girl was almost three months pregnant and her belly started to show.

At this time, the training base was surrounded by walls, materials and machinery had begun to arrive, and the contractor's drawings had come out.

Guoguo is still studying in the central kindergarten. For safety reasons, Li Ba has ordered a batch of school buses, a total of ten, and donated them to kindergartens in the town, with exactly two buses for each family. He also donated a large number of toys and children's books.

Come November, the league is still on hiatus.

Li Ba was a little annoyed and simply decided not to play this season.

He informed Gao Yuanyuan of the decision and asked her to first notify Adi and other important sponsors, then notify the Suns, and finally announce it to the media.

"You really don't want to fight anymore?" Gao Yuanyuan asked.

"I feel a little invincible, so I won't play anymore and take a rest. I can accompany my wife to give birth to the baby at home. In addition, I gave up the last year of my contract to save space on the team," said Li Bada.

"Feeling invincible? Trouble, can you still have some shame? Okay, if you don't talk about this, then what reason do you use? Come up with a noble reason yourself, otherwise the media will spray you to death." Gao Yuan Yuan asked.

"Michael Jordan said that basketball was no longer challenging, so I used this?" Li Ba asked.

"It's wise to pick up people's teeth." Gao Yuanyuan commented disdainfully.

"Then...I have a toothache." Li Ba said after holding it in for a long time.

"...Tubao, are you really not afraid of being criticized by the media?" Gao Yuanyuan said helplessly.

"Whatever, you can make it up as you like, or you can just say that I fell down while taking a shower at home." Li Ba said impatiently.

Gao Yuanyuan rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone and said angrily: "What kind of injury requires you to take a rest for a season? Do you mean you broke a ligament, or broke a meniscus? Or broke your brain? You're not afraid that you won't have it next year. The team wants you?"

"What am I afraid of? Strength is king." Li Ba said without any care.

"Okay then. By the way, I acquired more than 20 large and small wineries in Napa Valley and spent more than 400 million US dollars to initially complete the integration of resources." Gao Yuanyuan said.

"Moving so fast?" Li Ba said in surprise.

"How can we capture the market if we don't hurry up? Aren't our channels wasted?" Gao Yuanyuan said with a smile.

After receiving the notice from Gao Yuanyuan, Adi expressed his helplessness, but he could only accept it passively. Anyway, after signing Li Ba, Adi made a lot of money and made a turnaround in North America, China, tennis and basketball. When you retire, just retire.

On November 3, David Griffin received a call from Gao Yuanyuan.

"Mr. Griffin, Hammer...he injured his knee while taking a shower at home, his left knee, ruptured meniscus...yes, the meniscus was ruptured, just like Duncan."

Gao Yuanyuan said with a slight stutter.

"What?"

David Griffin almost bit off his tongue.

"We chose conservative treatment, so his new season is cancelled." Gao Yuanyuan added.

"This, this, this..." David Griffin's head swelled several times, and he didn't know what to say.

The Hammers entered the league in 2003 and have played for so many seasons. They have never been injured. Can they break their meniscus in the shower?

"In addition, since his contract has been waived, the team does not have to pay him, and he is not short of money anyway." Gao Yuanyuan said.

"Gao, I'm going to China right away. I want to pick up the hammer and come to the United States for treatment." David Griffin said quickly.

"No, no, Mr. Griffin, I am in the United States. His injury has been treated. Experts were specially invited from Europe. The injury is not too serious. It is just a tear. There is no major problem. He can rest for a few months. It will be fine." Gao Yuanyuan said quickly.

"Okay, okay, Gao, please inform me in time if you have any news, OK?" David Griffin said.

After all, Gao Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief as he finally convinced Griffin not to see Li Ba.

Then Savoir got the news, which was a bolt from the blue.

"Hammer, are you really hurt?"

He immediately called Li Ba and asked what was going on.

"Uh, yes, I broke my hand after a fall. The injury is quite serious. I have to rest for a season." Li Ba and Gao Yuanyuan forgot to communicate, and they were a little hesitant.

Savor was speechless. Was it the knee or the hand? However, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Hammer, don't you want to play this season?"

"Yes, the lockout makes me hate it. I don't want to wait any longer, and my wife is pregnant. I hope to see my child born with my own eyes." Li Ba said.

"Okay, it's good that he's not injured. But Hammer, when you come back, you must return to the Suns?" Sarver said.

"Robert, maybe my condition will not be at its peak by then, aren't you worried?" Li Ba teased.

"No, no, I'm not worried at all. Hammer, I promise you that as long as you are willing to spend the rest of your life in Phoenix, even if you are at the end of your career, I will still offer you the top-level maximum salary contract. This is my promise." Sarver said seriously.

Li Ba smiled on the phone and said, "OK, Robert, I remember your words."

Sarver hung up the phone and immediately rushed to the headquarters to find David Griffin and asked him to hold a press conference immediately.

"Hammer is not injured?" David Griffin said in surprise.

"But we still have to announce that he is injured, and we have to say it more seriously, so that when he comes back, no team will compete with us for him." Sarver said.

David Griffin nodded and said, "The Hammers will be a completely free agent next year, so it is necessary to do this."