Chapter 527

Chapter 527: With a great player like that, the trophy is expected!

The general manager Kupchak quickly came an hour later after he received the news.

In the afternoon, the vice-president Junior Buss and Jeanie Buss also came to the training ground.

Everyone was watching the second round of the training game in the afternoon.

Chen Huan, Kobe and Iverson were playing with their backup center Robert Sacre and the 36 years old veteran Meta.

The other team consisted of Clarkson, Williams, Russell, Randall and Hibbert.

The result was the big three blew the starters’ team right at the gate.

Chen Huan, who possessed ‘Professional Basketball(Legend)’, was like a god amongst men with his superior offense and defense.

Nobody could stop him under the basket and he could receive any imaginable passes from Iverson and Kobe.

On the other hand, Kobe and Iverson could use that strong point to receive great passes from Chen Huan at good timing.

One person wasn’t enough to defend against Chen Huan.

It didn’t matter which player from the starters’ team, they couldn’t defend Chen Huan in one-on-one.

Unless they fouled him by directly hugging him.

If someone used dirty moves, Chen Huan would also do dirty moves.

During one possession, Chen Huan elbowed three guys and they all suddenly fell to the ground to scream in pain.

But if they didn’t double team Chen Huan, Chen Huan shooting percentage was insanely high with a 65% field goal percentage whether it was mid-range or three pointers.

But even if they double teamed him, Chen Huan could still breakthrough it and dish out great passes.

The clumsy backup center Sacre, who barely played in the past, could easily score 18 points at the paint and set his career high.

It was too easy for Chen Huan to pass the ball so it was easy even for Sacre to make some baskets.

This didn’t include the few shots he missed due to his lack of skills.

Everyone noticed that Chen Huan’s physical strength was particularly good.

While the starter team and the bench team kept rotating over and over again, Chen Huan was still energetic on the court.

At the last minute of the fourth quarter, he was still able to dunk the ball and do a big block on Nick Young, was this stamina even believable?

Throughout the game, Chen Huan scored 45 points, had 21 assists, 17 steals, 15 rebounds and 13 blocks, this was just too nutty.

Little Buss immediately asked Kupchak to have Chen Huan do post-match checkup but didn’t find any sign of drugs being taken. He also saw that Chen Huan didn’t sweat much and had a very healthy expression, which didn’t look like he had taken any drug at all!

They were really going to rise!

Little Buss was getting tearful when he saw the results of the examination and saw Chen Huan happily chatting with Kobe and Iverson.

Although Chen Huan’s performance was only obtained through an internal team training game and he was facing the weaker team, Little Buss knew that Chen Huan could be terrifying paired with Kobe and Iverson.

Even if Kobe and Iverson couldn’t play as fiercely as they did before, Chen Huan could replace them.

The toughest matchup and task could be left for Chen Huan to do while Kobe and Iverson could just rely on their experience and skill to play.

Such a player who was as fierce as a tiger in the offensive side as well as the defensive side could be used like Lebron James and Dwight Howard.

Alright.

Little Buss felt that his thoughts were going too wild as he thought of Chen Huan as a combination of two superstars.

But at the very least, Chen Huan’s current form was possibly half of each of them.

Would the Lakers still be afraid of not being able to perform in the playoff with such a player?

Kobe’s last year could be described as super great!

Not only did he sign Iverson who nobody thought greatly of it but it turned out to be a top notch all-star for 5 million, but also signed a super rookie like Chen Huan for only 1 million dollars!

Then he glanced at the idiot number two pick Russell.

If Chen Huan entered the NBA draft, wouldn’t he be the first overall pick?

But Chen Huan didn’t enter the draft and was scouted by Kobe’s discerning eyes, it was the best situation for the Lakers!

Uh…

It seemed that Kobe had the ability to become a general manager after he retired!

Besides, wouldn’t Chen Huan spend his 15 years or so career in the Lakers due to his relationship with Kobe?

At that time, the record and reputation of the Lakers would continue to skyrocket and further consolidate as the number one basketball team in the world!

While Little Buss was having beautiful dreams, the nearby Kupchack nudged at him.

“Boss!”

Kupchak pointed at Chen Huan.

Little Buss looked over.

Damn it!

That bitch Jeanie actually went in and was having a pleasant chat with Chen Huan!

That unscrupulous bitch wanted to seize power!

Little Buss was very vigilant and walked over in stride.

He heard Jeanie talk when he got closer.

“That is why as long as you perform well, those won’t be a problem anymore. At that time, which of them would dare to say that Asians aren’t athletic?”

Fucking Bitch!

Little Buss cursed inwardly, shameless women!

Didn’t you say those words when we just recruited an Asian player?

But he couldn’t tell Chen Huan that because he also agreed with that statement at that time.

The thought went through quickly before Little Buss squeezed forward and went for a handshake while showing a kind expression, “Hello, Chen Huan, I’m the vice-president of the team, Jim Buss, welcome!”

“Thank you.” Chen Huan shook his hands, “Thank you vice-president and general manager Kupchak for putting your trust in me, otherwise I wouldn’t be here today.”

Little Buss and Kupchak felt a bit embarrassed.

They didn’t trust in Chen Huan at all but simply regarded losing the 1 million to make Kobe happy.

But they indeed achieved quite a feat this time.

Kupchak felt very happy and Little Buss also gave a slight smile, “We are very accommodating to great players! I’m still waiting to give you your 400k bonuses every game!”

Chen Huan signed a 1 million dollar contact but he had very high bonuses.

He would get 200k for 20 points games in the playoffs, 300k for 30 points games and 400k for 40 points games.

So his words were to encourage Chen Huan and showed his good impression of Chen Huan.

This was the case at least on the surface.

“What if we win the championship?” Kobe, who was nearby, asked.

“Championship?” Jim Buss was taken aback.

“Should we give Chen Huan a better bonus if we win the championship?” Kobe added.

He felt that with Chen Huan’s current ability, his salary and bonus was too low.

Chen Huan would at best earn 10 million even if they won the championship.

But what would a championship bring to the Lakers?

That was hundreds of millions in income and there are another hundreds of millions via TV rights, endorsements etc… their market value would also increase.

So Chen Huan should get more.

The key point was Kobe wanted to make Chen Huan stay via a high salary.

As long as Chen Huan stayed, even if they didn’t win it this year, he would definitely get it next year with the experience gained.

Kobe just had that one wish left.

If it was possible, he must make it!

Little Buss was a smart man and knew what Kobe meant, “Let alone a championship, as long as we reach the final, I’ll give Chen Huan an extra five million dollar bonus! If the trophy is won, I’ll give another 10 million!”

Little Buss felt a little pained after saying this.

Jeanie secretly sneered.

Instead, she hoped that Chen Huan and Kobe would fail this year.

The prestige of Little Buss would be greatly affected if that was the case.

Then it would be the time for her to come and clean up the mess!