Magic is the CEO of the Lakers, and the biggest advantage of the Buss family is that they don't interfere with the work of their employees unless necessary, so he is now the most powerful person in the operation of the Lakers team.

Magic is happy to see the team's first adviser and general manager compete for power, so that he can have complete team dominance, if the first adviser and the general manager are united, the team's opinions are summarized and the operation and execution are played together, and there is no need for the president of Magic to make decisions, he will become a decoration, so he hopes to see Pelinka and Kupchak have different ideas, so that he has the opportunity to make decisions in the center.

However, in general, the Magic is more inclined to Kupchak's side, after all, they used to be teammates, and the relationship was not bad later, so although Magic took away some of Kupchak's player positions, but overall Kupchak's general manager position is very stable.

But now the Magic has to think about the future of Antetokounmpo and LaVine with the Lakers.

According to common sense, according to the player's style of play, the Magic's first thought was to keep LaVine.

It's obvious that the Lakers have decided that LaVine is the Lakers' future point guard at the rookie tryout after the 2013-2014 season.

But more than a year later, things have taken a big turn, and the talent that Antetokounmpo has shown is it.

Last season, it was okay, Antetokounmpo just showed a talent that can become an All-Star and build a team as a core player on the team, to put it mildly, there are a bunch of players like the Lakers, LaVine, McCollum, Liu Ren, Green, Whiteside, and Gasol, Kobe Bryant...... several, and later joined Monroe.

At the time, Antetokounmpo was just a good chip for the Lakers.

But this year, Antetokounmpo, who continues to improve, has begun to show the kind of talent that only a historic superstar should have, and people have relegated his talent to James and Magic.

This is the reason why Pelinka has a reason to compete for the right to speak in this position, although LaVine is good, but at most he has become a weakened version of Kobe, or the kind that has been weakened by a notch, and may have the potential to be a superstar.

Of course, this is not to say that LaVine has poor potential, sometimes 60 rookies a year may not necessarily produce a player with superstar potential, LaVine is the kind of superstar embryo that may only be one in a year.

And Antetokounmpo is the embryo of the kind of superstar who may not produce one in ten years.

In the past, the eyes of Magic were also on LaVine, a young man who was very similar to Kobe Bryant in terms of physical fitness and playing style, LaVine was indeed competitive, and his strength improved very quickly.

However, now that Lakers management has found that Antetokounmpo has improved faster, Antetokounmpo entered the NBA a year earlier than LaVine, and naturally has a little more experience in the time to improve.

And, most crucially, Antetokounmpo is the same age as Lavin! Antetokounmpo was born only 3 months earlier than LaVine, and there is no age gap between the two, and Antetokounmpo obviously feels too mature, and Antetokounmpo is more malleable, and LaVine's development direction has been fixed, that is, Kobe Bryant, who has scored a weakened version of the organization.

The Magic is really starting to think about who will go and who will stay about Antetokounmpo and LaVine this time.

Keeping Antetokounmpo, in fact, is not bad, LaVine can also be traded for a good return, but LaVine has already worn the No. 8 jersey of the Lakers, and has long told everyone that LaVine is going to succeed Kobe, which is very embarrassing, and no other team has raised the question of LaVine's trade, they are all consulted about Antetokounmpo.

As for both staying, the magician said it didn't need to be considered at all......

It's impossible! The two of them have now begun to overlap their positions, if they don't want to defend their titles, they don't both belong to a brokerage company, and the contradiction between the two people competing for the start has already erupted, and now the two plus Clarkson take turns to rest, because the two positions overlap, they need a lot of playing time to show their ability, so the rotation is just a way to do it, both of them have the ambition to become superstars.

Of the Lakers' three point guards, Clarkson, who has the least talent, is the safest, because he is positioned as the sixth man, and now he often plays the starter because D'Antoni doesn't know whether to let LaVine or Antetokounmpo sit as the starter, so most of the time it is Clarkson who starts.

In addition to the fact that the playing time cannot be distributed, the ambitions of the two people cannot be distributed, and there is also a very important point, which is the salary.

Whiteside's 5-year contract renewal with an average annual average of at least 18 million has begun to be negotiated, Liu Ren does not have to talk about more than 20 million in the future, plus Green's big contract of close to 15 million, this is already more than 50 million, in order to maintain the dominance of the interior bench group, Gasol, Monroe, Biyombo Jr. Nance these add up to more than 1,000 to close to 20 million, Kobe Bryant's retirement to free up a lot of space, but that is for the future scoring guard.

For the Lakers, the reason why they don't have to make a decision in such a hurry is that Antetokounmpo is only in the third year and LaVine is only in the second year, so there is enough time for the Lakers to choose slowly, but the Magic feels that the choice should be made after this season, first, to lay a good foundation for the team's future stable development, and not to delay the good times when the team now has so many stars.

The second is to release one of Lavin and Antetokounmpo, don't delay the development of young people who are traded, and don't delay the development of young people who stay at home, which is good for everyone.

Moreover, who said that if the deal goes out, it is impossible to come back for a certain year? This is the Lakers!

However, the Magic was quite supportive of the previous plan, leaving LaVine and sending Antetokounmpo away.

But what Liu Ren said while watching the game made the magician hesitate a little again.

Recently, Lakers management has often seen Antetokounmpo and Liu Ren mingle, and the relationship seems to be getting better and better.

If, Magic's guess is that if Antetokounmpo is traded away, Liu Ren is unhappy and leaves, no matter which team the two go to, that team can immediately become the championship favorite, this is not a deliberate exaggeration by Magic, but it is the case, the two go to any team in the East, and the team can immediately become a strong team that can impact the Cavaliers and Knicks, and go to the Western team, the Western team is generally not bad, and if the two join in case the chemistry is good, they will instantly become the championship favorites.

And Whiteside has the kind of idea of being determined to follow Liu Ren, just like Sima Zhao's heart, in 2017, Whiteside went to follow Liu Ren again and did not renew his contract with the Lakers, and the Lakers basically finished playing.

The magician was speechless, being the president of the Lakers is too brain-burning! It's not a human job at all!

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The magician's head was about to explode because of Liu Ren's words, but Liu Ren was enjoying the peace before the war, and his head was pillowing on the thigh of the big Lori to receive the gentle massage of the big Lori.

Regarding the inexplicable emotions that sprung up with Song Zuer, Liu Ren was completely suppressed in his heart, and he didn't want to think about it, he didn't want to be seen by the chick that he was thinking about another woman...... A girl, who is almost an adult, can also be said to be a woman, if the chick can see that she thinks about another woman for a day, even if it is just a very pure idea...... Who would believe that a man thinks about a woman, how pure a day will be, this woman is still so beautiful.

Liu Ren has a good thing, but he can't figure out why, he will choose to put it aside, maybe one day the answer will appear by himself.

Moreover, the little sister just left, not disappeared, but Liu Ren felt that Song Zuer's departure was very abrupt.

The earth is so big, you can fly to any place with modern civilization in 24 hours, and it is not so difficult to find someone.

But...... Liu Ren still feels a little weird now, he was pillowed his head on the lap of the big Lori by the big Lori, and when the chick passed by just now, he didn't express any opinion, but asked the big Lori what snacks she wanted to eat, she was going out for a trip, and brought it back when she came back.

Maybe it's because I think of the big Lori as a family...... Liu Ren guessed so, and then enjoyed the gentle massage of the big Lori with peace of mind.

Today, the Lakers only had a simple joint practice in the morning, because tomorrow they will host the San Antonio Spurs, another super strong team in the West, and the schedule has been so tight recently, so the training intensity is not large, and everyone will be free to rest in the afternoon.

The Lakers now have a 37-7 record, the Spurs have won 15 in a row and are now 36-9, and they haven't lost a game since the Christmas game a month ago.

This is not to look down on the East, but for objective reasons, the strongest Cavaliers in the East have only won 32 games so far, and have lost 13 games, with a record of 32 wins and 13 losses, the Knicks, who are second in the East, are 29-15, and the Raptors, who are third, are 27-17.

The record of the top three in the East is not too bad compared to the top three in the West.

The worse the East, the better it is for James' Cavaliers, who can break through to the East with less effort.

In the same way, if the west is strong as a whole, then the infighting will become very tragic, and maybe the east will finally meet an opponent who is fighting hard, so it will be cheaper.

The Lakers have played the Spurs once before this season, but it is not known what the Spurs will be like when they actually play the Lakers, because the last time the two teams met, both teams rested most of the players and almost didn't off bald president Adam Silva.