Kupchak hasn't been so happy lately, and he feels like his power is being eroded.

The NBA is a place that emphasizes seniority and qualifications, originally Pelinka and Nash joined the core management of the Lakers, Kupchak was not worried at all, because even if the two of them have the ability and vision, they basically can't do anything big in the management position, and the management of most teams can't even bird the two of them, and the veteran management of most teams will feel that the two of them are not qualified to negotiate a deal.

Just like Steve Kerr when he was the general manager of the Suns, he had excellent ability and good vision, and he got a lot of high-quality resources from the draft and signing free agents, but when it came time to change and need to trade, he found that the chips couldn't be sold at all! Finally fired by the Suns.

It's because Steve Kerr doesn't have the qualifications to talk to other team management in a management position.

As for the Magic, Kupchak initially thought he was here to be president, but he didn't expect that he would start interfering with the team's lineup not long after he arrived.

Before the Magic and Bobby Myers had a simple negotiation, it was Pelinka who proposed it at first, and Kupchak didn't think that Pelinka would be taken seriously by other team management, so he didn't think too much about it at all, but he didn't expect it to be the Magic himself.

The face of the Magic is much better than that of Kupchak, Kupchak only played by the Magic's side when he was a player, and later everyone retired, and the Magic became a thriving business circle in the past few years, and once became the small owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the past few years, one of the decision-making figures involved in the Dodgers, and finally was invited back to the Lakers by Jeanie Buss, his qualifications, his qualifications, are deeper than Kupchak!

Magic has only been back with Pelinka for more than half a month with the Lakers, and Kupchak has a feeling that he is starting to be gradually ejected.

This time the magician mentioned the question of who is more suitable to stay, LaVine or Antetokounmpo, and Kupchak began to feel anxious and moved Liu Ren out directly, because Liu Ren was very supportive of him, and he wanted to use this to get back some of his voice.

Kupchak naturally wants to fully support LaVine to stay, because LaVine is a rookie he traded back and is his descendant, while Antetokounmpo's relationship with him is average, because Antetokounmpo knew from the second half of last season that he was not part of Kupchak's future plans, Antetokounmpo can understand, but he certainly won't have a good relationship with Kupchak.

LaVine and Antetokounmpo are competing for the team's starting point guard, who is one of the team's five most important players, and if LaVine leaves and Antetokounmpo stays, it will certainly not be a good thing for Kupchak, and Antetokounmpo will definitely fall to Pelinka's side.

McCollum on shooting guard has entered the Magic's preparation for substitution, and Kupchak has lost support at the point guard position, whether it is Kobe Bryant in the current tense or a point guard who may come to the Lakers in the future, it is almost certain that he will not support Kupchak.

Kobe Bryant is a player under Pelinka's previous agent and will definitely support Pelinka, and the people who will be traded by the Magic in the future will definitely support Pelinka, because the trade was requested by Pelinka.

Liu Ren is behind Kupchak, this is Kupchak's biggest talisman, as long as Liu Ren is still in the Lakers, with his good relationship with Liu Ren, he will not resign, and the Magic has no way to let him leave.

Green is loyal to the team, his personality is the character of an old-school player who followed Kobe's example, and he doesn't care much about the turmoil in management, which can be seen from the fact that he is not very close to anyone with the management.

Whiteside is determined to follow Liu Ren, and can be regarded as supporting Kupchak, at least following Liu Ren's attitude.

In this way, for the time being, Kupchak still has the upper hand in the support rate of the team's core players, which is why he still has a lot of say in the team.

Similarly, Pelinka also wants to take the players at the shooting guard and point guard positions into his own hands, and wants to get the support of the future owners of both positions, so he strongly asks for substitutions.

As for the Lakers' biggest boss, Jeanie Buss, her attitude is very vague, and she doesn't seem to see the management start to have friction in just two or three weeks, and the signal to them is to let them fight on their own.

It is said that the workplace is like a battlefield, and this is most obvious in the Lakers, when Kobe Bryant and O'Neal fought, then Jenny Buss and Jim Buss, and now it is the turn of the general manager's office......

Hearing Kupchak's statement about LaVine, Pelinka retorted: "Giannis is also the player that the boss personally wants to come back, and he has even better talent, and he is definitely a superstar in the future, and Zach ...... He's great, but again, his future isn't yet certain and I think Giannis will help the team even more. ”

'No, as long as the talent is enough, the biggest problem right now is the overflow of talent, and a lot of players are not happy with their roles. Kupchak began to speak "in good conscience", he was the first general manager to form a giant combination, and his obsession was to form a supergiant combination to build a dynasty, but now he has to say this: "And the relationship between Zach and the boss is not ordinary, he has been training with the boss for almost two years since he came to the Lakers, and he will definitely be angry if he leaves the boss, which is not a good thing for us." ”

I have to say that this is what Pelinka is worried about, the relationship between LaVine and Liu Ren is indeed very close, if the first thing the Lakers can't trade is the "cornerstone", the second is LaVine, these two have the best relationship with Liu Ren in the Lakers, one is the deep friendship left during the time of guarding the water cooler, and the other is the most time with Liu Ren, which is why the Magic is willing to help Pelinka get the future voice of the shooting guard, but there is no action on LaVine.

For the Magic, like Jeanie Buss, he is happy to see the battle between the team's general manager and the team's first advisor, otherwise Kupchak continues to hold the power of the Lakers, and the Magic's president will not have much presence.

Workplace...... It's the battlefield......

The first time the topic of Lavin and Antetokounmpo came up, it immediately ran aground......

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For practicing shooting with Antetokounmpo and being pulled to the Toyota Center to practice, Liu Ren complained that the feeling of training is still good, and the feeling of training with people who work hard will be very different.