In early July, there were endless turmoil in the free market.

The 76ers suffered heavy losses, and they lost almost all the players that fans hoped they would stay.

Ju Holiday was forcibly snatched away by the New Orleans Pelicans with a maximum salary.

Kenneth Farid was stolen by the Denver Nuggets for 4 years and 60 million.

Rajon Rondo was poached by the bull's 2 years of 30 million.

Ryan Hollins retired.

The 76ers are equivalent to losing two main players at once, one of the best sixth players in the past three years, which is a heavy blow.

While Wei Xia went to Los Angeles to handle private affairs, Hinki first signed a rookie contract with Siakam, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin.

In addition, he signed Stephen Curry's younger brother Seth Curry from the free market, and Luke Richard Barmot who was able to play in the third and fourth positions in the NBA.

Bamot's joining is known as a successful reinforcement for Hinki.

The entire league knows that 76ers are fighting the 41 system.

41 The most difficult thing in the system is to find 4 in the system.

When Farid was poached, the outside world questioned the 76ers' management very fiercely because his function was irreplaceable.

Bamot is a rare player with an average height but three or four.

In general, these operations of 76ers are only considered stop loss. They lose more than what they get.

Fortunately, the Warriors also lost Andre Drummond.

The Lakers offered a five-year contract of 120 million, successfully snatching him from the Warriors.

Although Drummond is a restricted free agent, it is impossible for the Warriors to pay a $120 million salary for a sixth/seventh man over the next five years.

This is not how you have money.

Therefore, the Lakers made money by nothing and got Drummond.

Just when the outside world imagined that the Lakers would form the three giants of Wei Xia, Durant and Drummond, suddenly, the 76ers officially announced that they had reached a three-year oral agreement with Wei Xia for 110 million yuan.

Before the media could react, Wei Xia confirmed the authenticity of the signing on Twitter.

This news is like a bolt from the blue for the California media.

Just yesterday, there was news that Wei Xia was about to sign a contract with the Lakers. Suddenly, this news came, as if the previous things were "knitting you".

At the time of the incident, Wei Xia was still in Luocheng and he was about to leave.

The media flocked to him and wanted to ask him for a clear understanding.

About his negotiations with the Lakers.

He was very open: "This is indeed the case."

Regarding why he chose the latter from the Lakers and the Sixers.

"I have no reason to give up a team that has just completed three consecutive championships to join a bottom team that I couldn't even make it to the playoffs last season."

His words are simple, straightforward and mean.

Didn't leave face to the Lakers and the Bass family.

The media couldn't help it: "Since you don't plan to join the Lakers, why do you have to negotiate with the Lakers again?"

Wei Xia's face was innocent and innocent when he saw it: "Mr. Bass had negotiated with me before leaving office. I really didn't want to join the Lakers, but I couldn't refuse him directly. When I was playing in the Lakers, he took great care of me. I am very grateful. The four years in the Lakers were of great significance to me. I remember all the good things and bad things."

He is too direct.

This is not Wei Xia, the media is used to.

He often talks around the bush, but today, he has changed his personality, as if Durant has said whatever he has in recent years.

What the Los Angeles media most unacceptable is that Wei Xia clearly does not want to join the Lakers, but she has been hanging the Lakers for so many days. In order to leave room to sign him, they missed many high-quality free agents.

They asked Wei Xia: "Do you intend to drag down the Lakers' signings?"

Hearing this, Wei Xia returned to her original self for the first time today, and replied in a corner: "I cannot accept such accusation because negotiations are the business of both parties. If the Lakers have no intention of this, then I cannot hold them up. I have said that Mr. Bass has been kind to me, and I cannot directly reject him. I swear that I have fully expressed my feelings during the negotiations."

The implication is that the Bass family is pestering each other and it has nothing to do with him.

Then there was the media's final struggle: "But, it was not Jim Bass who negotiated with you in the end, but his sister Jenny Bass. According to what we know, Jenny has not had a deep friendship with you."

"She is Mr. Bass' sister, and they are all called Bass." Weisha had a naive face. "For me, it's no different."

From his trick of Jenny Bass to his easy-to-handle Tai Chi lip service today, the media has to admit that the wish today is the young man trapped in political incorrectness back then, which is very different.

He has learned how to protect his public image and prevent himself from falling into bad public opinion, and he has control over the free market like James.

Those he once hated, disgusted, and rejected, now he has devoted himself to revenge and has done a wonderful job.

This is the first time Wei Xia has discovered what kind of waves he can make in the free market as a player.

He watched with his own eyes the efforts made by executives in various leagues to attract him. Although he had no interest in joining other teams, he saw that he was "needed" and "desire" by so many teams. So he used this attraction to smear the entire league, among which the Lakers were the worst injured.

Just like James' contradictory remarks, this matter has seriously hurt Wei Xia's personal reputation. James plays with power and perfectly plans his career. Although he uses power to avenge the Lakers, although it is both the same.

James destroyed the ancient order and extended a brand new rule. Wei Xia here proved that as long as the weight is sufficient and intentional, superstars can really affect the arms wars of all parties and even destroy a team's offseason plan.

The media in Los Angeles have no other way except to post a post to criticize Wei Xia.

In order to calm the morale of the army, the Lakers announced that they had successfully signed with Kevin Durant in the afternoon.

However, the details of the signing with Durant are interesting.

Durant was not satisfied with the Lakers' involvement with Wei Xia. Later, he found out that the Lakers were also a victim. Since he made a verbal promise, he could only accept it. But he did not simply sign a long contract, but instead used an 11-year contract to hold on to the Lakers. Keeping his promise and joining the Lakers is of course possible, but the Lakers need to prove their attractiveness in the offseason next year.

If the signing is unfavorable at that time, Durant can also jump ship to stop the loss in time.

Although he has not been able to form the super three, the Lakers can already be regarded as the offseason winners by signing Durant and Drummond.

Not long after, an explosive news caused all the Lakers fans who should have signed Durant for the team to collapse.

Kobe posted a video on his social media.

The video is 15 minutes long and is considered a small documentary.

He told the story of every detail of the Lakers' career in 20 years. People who watched the video thought that Kobe was going to tell everyone that he was retiring through video.

As a result, at the end of the video, Kobe announced in front of the camera: "I don't plan to retire...I can play for a few more seasons... After many days of thinking, I decided to return to Philadelphia and play for my hometown. I will always remember and be grateful for the 20 years in Los Angeles."

The shock caused by this news exceeded anyone's signing, and the impact was so great that it would be enough to make this offseason history.

No one cares about Durant joining the Lakers anymore.

No one will discuss whether Wei Xia’s deliberate approach to obstructing the Lakers’ signings is correct.

Everyone was searching for Kobe's videos and dragging them to the last minute to determine the authenticity of Kobe's transfer.

Kobe, the Lakers collapsed, please cry for Los Angeles and other keywords that have hit Twitter hot searches.

It was so sudden, just like Jordan announced through his agent that "I'm back."

The league cannot miss this publicity opportunity.

All kinds of interviews and interviews fell before Kobe, and he had to accept them.

Kobe accepted most of the interviews with the most professional attitude.

He thanked Lakers fans for their support and smashed the promise of the Lakers for one day's lifelong life, claiming that he joined the 76ers to repay his hometown, and denied that his joining the 76ers had a relationship with Wei Xia.

He has tried his best to avoid the media from relating to Wei Xia's transfer to 76ers, but no one with the ability to think can believe his words.

Therefore, in the next two months, Wei Xia was scolded by Lakers fans on the Internet and in reality.

The California area has even set off a wave of boycotting wishes.

He doesn't buy his sneakers;

His jersey was burned;

The advertisements he endorsed must be resisted!

Wei Xia was once a hero of the Lakers. In the 2008 finals, he almost changed his fate.

Game6's "stealing the ball", Game7's "returning" and that year's FMVP were all indelible events in the history of the Lakers.

Now, anger dominated all Lakers fans, Los Angeles, and even the Lakers, their hostility and disgust towards him were so great that they refused to accept the extreme that he was once a member of the Lakers.

When the wave of boycott reached its peak, Wei Xia was at home in Philadelphia, and Kobe, who had just moved to Philadelphia, was visiting his home.

The two of them sat on the ground, facing a game of chess.

Kobe is a beginner, and Wei Xia allows him to regret chess 3 times in a game.

Kobe is immersed in the chess game and wants to defeat Wei Xia.

Wei Xia sat enjoyably, holding coffee in his hand, and the sun shone on his face, and he sighed lazily.

No matter how it is outside, it has nothing to do with him.

He was very satisfied with this result.

Revenge of the Buss family and the poaching of Kobe from the Lakers made him extremely happy.

From today on, he can really let go of the past.
Chapter completed!