Chapter 895: Tricked Yourself

Li Ba smiled and said: "Someone must want to trade you. I guess the Cavaliers management doesn't know how many offers it has received. Rookie, what does your boss think?"

"He and the management hope that I will stay and renew my contract early. They said they would strengthen me, but this season, the team has not strengthened it."

James said a little depressed.

He then added: "You are almost defending your dynasty, and I haven't even made it to the finals. I don't want to go on like this."

Li Ba thought for a moment and said, "Do you want to leave?"

James hesitated, but still nodded: "If the team doesn't strengthen, I really want to leave."

Li Ba nodded and said: "They are all forming a group, and the league situation is different. Now the league is expanding the ball market, and superstar groups can attract the ball market. This is not only a matter for the players, but also an issue that the team management needs to consider.

Let’s not talk about the Lakers. The Grizzlies, Mavericks, Heat, and Nuggets are the four teams. After reinforcements, in this round of ball market expansion, they are the best in ball market expansion, and other teams are lagging behind. The Cavaliers have not strengthened, so your ball market expansion is not good. This is the management's negligence. "

James said: "You mean, you support me leaving?"

Li Ba said: "I just hope you know that you should talk to the management. If the Cavaliers do not have the strength of a championship team, then the team and the owner will be the ones who lose the most.

If they do nothing like the Clippers, it's natural for you to leave. Why stay behind with them?

After all, stars want to play in big ball markets, which will attract more attention. "

James nodded and said, "I understand."

Li Ba touched his belly and said, "Look, I helped you. You can order another hundred plates. I'm not full yet."

James' face twitched, and he looked at the pile of plates next to him. There were already sixty plates here. He was not familiar with chopsticks, and Li Ba had probably eaten most of them. He couldn't help but muttered: "It's hard to digest if you eat too much."

"What do you care about me? Do you want me to scream or not?" Li Ba yelled.

"OK OK!!" James said helplessly.

"Twenty plates of Wagyu beef and twenty plates of tuna sashimi first. You can do whatever you want with the rest." Li Ba said casually.

James' hands shook, and the rice ball he finally picked up fell down again.

An hour later, Li Ba left the restaurant with a big belly.

James looked back at the restaurant, where a meal cost tens of thousands of dollars, and muttered: "I'll never come here again, it's too expensive."

"What the hell, I didn't trick James, I just tricked myself."

In the evening, Li Ba went to the tub at least ten times. He ate too much, had diarrhea, and was almost dehydrated.

The management sent him to the hospital overnight for rehydration, and his name was also put on the injured list.

The next day, the Suns, who lost Li Ba, lost to the Cavaliers, with 26 wins and 5 losses, second in the Western Conference, one game behind the Lakers.

After playing against the Cavaliers, this road trip is over, and the team returns to Phoenix on the 5th.

Li Ba continues to stay on the injured list, and the team does not want him to have any accidents.

On the 6th, the Suns faced the Warriors at home.

Li Ba, who was injured and injured, appeared at the American West Arena in a suit and received the warmest cheers from the audience even though he did not play.

At halftime, the team led the Warriors, and Li Ba was in a good mood. However, at this time, a domestic reporter told him bad news: Dayao was injured.

"Where's the injury?" he asked quickly.

"The big toe of my right foot was stepped on, and half of the cover was stepped off. I heard that the sneakers were full of blood," the reporter said.

"This is unlucky." Li Ba shook his head and sighed.

For a big center like Yao Yao, the big toe has been deformed for a long time. Now that the cover has fallen off, the protection will be even worse in the future.

Li Ba called Dayao and asked, "Dayao, rest for a few more days."

"I mainly play high positions now, averaging 32 minutes per game. I don't consume much physical energy, so it's no problem." Dayao said.

"Idiots, your substitute lineup is too bad. If you don't rest now, you will have no chance to rest even if you enter the playoffs," Li Bada said.

"Oh, okay, I understand." Dayao said.

The next day, a new concept mobile phone was launched.

Li Ba now holds a total of 2% of the company's shares, so he is naturally very concerned about the market reaction.

However, on the first day it was launched, the response was average and sales were average.

But what surprised Li Ba was that the company's stock price rose sharply in the morning of the next day, with an increase of 6%. In the afternoon, the trading volume shrank significantly, and all the goods were sold out immediately, with an increase of 8% for the whole day.

"Tubao, you're going to make a lot of money!" Gao Yuanyuan called.

"Isn't the sales volume very average?" Li Ba said.

"You are stupid. It takes time to adapt to new things. This sales volume shows that there is great market potential. If the sales volume increases step by step, then things will become big." Gao Yuanyuan said.

"What could happen?" Li Ba asked in surprise.

"This is a new concept mobile phone. It will definitely start a war with traditional mobile phones. What do you mean? You have to hold your stock tight. If the new mobile phone is completely recognized by the market, then the entire mobile phone market will be reshuffled. Apple is likely to have the largest first-mover advantage in new markets and eat the largest piece of the cake." Gao Yuanyuan said.

Also on this day, the league opened All-Star voting channels.

With the rapid expansion of the league's ball market, the league has become the second largest sports league in its name. This All-Star voting has attracted a lot of attention.

In the past so many rounds of voting, the top vote-getter was just over two million. Now that the ball market has expanded and countless fans have been added, the entire league is looking forward to a surge in voting this time.

In addition, Li Ba's position this time is not the center, but the power forward.

On January 10th, Li Ba took a week's rest and finally returned.

The management and coaching staff have made a decision. Starting from Liba, the main players have entered this season's rest and began to prepare physically for the playoffs.

It's a little faster than in previous years. In previous years, they started taking turns after the All-Stars, but this year's Lakers teams are too strong, so their physical reserves must be more sufficient.

Li Ba returned, Marion entered the injured list, and David Lee became the starter.

On January 23, the Suns defeated the Wizards in an away game, completing their 41st game, just halfway through the schedule.

With the main players resting, the team's record has certainly declined, with 33 wins and 8 losses.

This month, the Lakers' record has also declined somewhat.

First, Dayao was out for half a month, then Duncan also had a foot problem, fasciitis broke out, and then he also had some old knee problems.

The two major insiders have ceased operations one after another, and the Lakers' substitutes are not good enough. As of 23, the Lakers have lost 31 to 10, losing two games more than the Suns.

The Suns have gone ahead and are currently No. 1 in the Pacific Division.

But the Suns are not first in the Western Conference. The first place was taken away by the Grizzlies, with 33 wins and 7 losses. With one game less, they ranked first in the Western Conference and first in the league.

The Sharks are in surprisingly good shape this season, and have kept their weight under control without increasing their weight.

The Mavericks have 32 wins and 9 losses, third in the Western Conference.

The Lakers slipped from first to fourth in the Western Conference.