The old story of the Bass family, Jim Bass and Jenny Bass s treacherous internal strife affecting the Lakers pattern

The Lakers finally changed hands, and the Bass family sold the majority stake in the Lakers to Mark Walter, CEO and Chairman of TWG Global. The valuation of the

team is as high as US$10 billion, setting a record for the highest trading record for professional sports teams in the United States.

The Bass family has created a brilliant history since the old Bass (Jerry Bass) took over the Lakers, but this family has a history of intrigue and intrigue intrigue, which can be called the American version of The Legend of Zhen Huan and the Golden Branch.

Now let's talk about the history of infighting among the Bath family.

1. The faction of the Bass family

Why does the Bass family have infighting, and why does their infighting always revolve around the Lakers?

Because the Bass family has no other source of industry except the Lakers, they are a typical family business, guarding one acre of three-point land, the battles within the Lakers are extremely fierce and there are many factions.

The people who once played their voice in the Lakers team are probably the former coach Zen master, former superstar Magician and Kobe, who have had a huge impact on the decision-making of the Bass family.

So what are the factions of the Bath family? There are only two main factions:

-Jim Bassippi and Jenny Bassippi.

Former Lakers leader Bass, Bass, has six sons, four children born in marriage: Johnny Bass (1957), Jim Bass (1960), Jenny Bass (1961) and Jane Bass (1964); two children born out of wedlock are Joey Bass (1985) and Jess Bass (1988).

Among them, the Jim faction and the Jenny faction are the main factions, and their internal strife constitutes the main contradiction of the Lake Management. Who are the core members of the Jim school? The iron-core is naturally former general manager Kupchek.

Johnny Bass probably tended to Jim because when Jenny seized power, he used to exclude Jenny from taking over the Lakers and ended in failure.

Jerry West has been excluded by Jenny since then, and he has also criticized Jenny many times, as if it were a Jim.

Like Bynum, Mike Brown, D'Antoni, these are all supported by the Jim school and are not yet in the climate.

Who is the core member of the Jenny Sect? There are probably:

——Zen Master: The Zen Master is Jenny's ex-boyfriend, who is ambitious and conspires to seize power. He and his disciples form a team, such as Lambis and Brian Shaw. In particular, Lambis is a core member of his "best friend interfering in politics".

- Famous: Magician and Kobe, these two have never been optimistic about Jim and have repeatedly advised Bass to depose Jim.

- Bastard Sub-Section: Joey and Jesse are technical, Joey is in charge of the Development League, and Jesse is in charge of scouts. Although these two are good at Jim and Jenny, they tend to be Jenny.

——Janey: Although there is not much news, it seems to be inclined toward Jenny.

Jenny built these like Walton and Pelinka.

2. Old Bass' "Chief"

Since the late 1990s, the old Bass has basically designated Jim Bass as the successor, and the core of the future team is Kobe Bryant.

In fact, Bass, the old man wanted to support Johnny as his successor. Johnny once led the Los Angeles Sparks to achieve two consecutive championships, but he was addicted to music and was unwilling to engage in sports. He publicly stated that he was unwilling to take over. So Old Bass turned to Jim.

Old Bass only gave Jenny the task of "Assisting Young Master" and rejected the ambitious "Zen Master" Phil Jackson. However, these two people started dating since 1999. The iron triangle of O'Neal, Kobe and Zen masters established a brilliant dynasty for the Lakers, while also hiding crisis.

- Kobe's reputation was ruined by the Eagle County incident and lost a large number of advertising endorsements.

- Kobe and O'Neal are competing for the boss, and the contradictions are intensifying.

—The head coach Zen master dislikes Kobe, saying that he cannot coach, favors O'Neal, and asks to trade Kobe.

When Kobe was in danger, Old Bass stood on Kobe's side.

2004 summer deal left O'Neal. The Zen Master resigned and the Lakers entered Kobe's era (although the Zen Master has only been away for a year and is back, Kobe's team status has long been established).

At the same time, Jim became the team's vice president of personnel and officially took over, while Jenny was in charge of business affairs.

In short, Old Bass quietly completed the layout of passing the throne, and Jim and Kobe took the lead at the same time.

However, what Old Bass did not expect was that the prince and the minister had a blatant fall in love.

3. The formation of the Jenny Sect. After the Zen Master returned to the Lakers, he and Kobe quickly repaired their relationship. Such an interest group with Jenny, Zen Master and Kobe as the core - the "Jenny Sect".

And the two people who were mainly supported by Bass - Kobe and Jim Bass - appeared in rifts.

It turned out that in 2005, Jim selected potential center Bynum in the draft. He claimed: "I fell in love with Bynum in five minutes."

This draft was recognized by Old Bass, but it aroused strong dissatisfaction from Kobe.

It turns out that Kobe has reached his personal peak, but the Lakers teammates are too poor; Bynum is still in the rookie stage after all, and his experience and ability are insufficient. The contradiction between the two major lineups broke out in the summer of 2007.

The young Bynum has won the favor of many rebuilding teams, the Timberwolves are willing to trade Garnett, and the Nets are willing to trade Kidd.

Kobe, who has wasted two seasons, hopes that the team will strengthen. He once complained in the video: "Trade Bynum, I could have exchanged him for Kidd!"

However, Jim was unwilling to send Bynum away and refused Kobe's request.

The angry Kobe turned to apply for a deal, targeting the Chicago Bulls, which was the "Kobe forced to palace" that shocked the league.

Jim once considered trading Kobe.

Fortunately, Old Buss was unwilling to give up Kobe, so he came forward to reconcile with Phil Jackson and Jenny, and Kobe finally gave up the idea of ​​leaving the team.

The Lakers later exchanged for Gasol, and the team won the honor of first runner-up and two championships. Everyone is rich and noble, so naturally everything is well.

4. Jim Bass' struggle

Unfortunately, the factional struggle is fierce, and the Bass family "can only share wealth and honor, but hard to share hardships."

In the 2011 season, as Kobe's form declined, the Lakers were in a recession.

When the Lakers were swept by the Mavericks, coach Zen master Phil Jackson announced his retirement, but in fact he "retreats to advance"

- He joined forces with Jenny Bass to try to plan a power restructuring and let his direct descendant Brian Shaw take over as head coach. Xiao received strong support from main players such as Kobe.

Note: This is the Zen master who learned Riley's move, and he was behind the scenes. His disciples came forward to coach, and this was the case when he was in charge of the Knicks.

Jim Bass and general manager Kupchek openly made requests to the head coach candidates in order to prevent the "Zen Master System" from taking over:

- A tactical system must be set around Bynum to ensure his inside position.

For this purpose, Jim quickly appointed Mike Brown as the new head coach.

He bypassed the star Kobe and forced Brown to coach, further intensifying the conflict between the two sides.

However, Jim's decision did not stop the team from falling and rebounding:

-In the 2011 offseason, the Lakers tried to trade Gasol and Odom from the Hornets custodian under the league for Chris Paul, but the transaction was forcibly stopped by league president Stern.

——In the 2012 season, Brown gave Bynum a lot of ball rights. Although Bynum played the second team in the best team, the Lakers were still easily eliminated by the young Thunder in the second round of the playoffs.

Finally, in the 2013 season, Jim cut off his arm and reluctantly sent away his beloved Bynum, forming a "new version of F4" that shocked the league - Kobe, Gasol, Nash, and Howard, with the intention of winning again.

But the team started with 1 win and 4 losses. Brown's coaching ability was questioned. He was dismissed under Kobe's cold eyes, and the "Jim Department" suffered a major blow.

At this time, with the full support of Jenny, the ambitious Zen master plotted to take over the coaching staff again.

5. Old Bass eliminated the heroes

Faced with the crisis of the crown prince's throne, Old Bass, who was terminally ill and idle at home, finally came forward with illness.

He joined hands with the Lakers' senior management to reject the Zen master's return plan, and Lightning appointed D'Antoni as the head coach.

This decision seriously shattered the Jenny Sect's plan to seize power. The core Zen master of the Jenny Sect has since withdrawn from the Lakers management. The Zen master took his disciple Fisher away to New York and harmed the Knicks.

Jenny was seriously injured, and even the relationship between Zen Master and Jenny ended because of a "long-distance relationship" (it is important to note that they were once a 17-year-old love affair that everyone praised, and they were once engaged).

But Old Bass considered Kobe's emotions.

Because D'Antoni was Kobe's idol in Italy. Kobe immediately stated: "Looking forward to cooperation with D'Antoni."

This is the final arrangement made by Old Bass for Jim to ascend the throne.

The old Bass died in 2013, and 66% of the Lakers' shares were distributed equally by the family trust to six children, each with equal voting rights.

However, the Jim Pie has not ushered in a real spring.

- D'Antoni had a poor coaching record. Kobe won't be able to rupture the Achilles tendon, but the Lakers still stopped in the first round. From 2014 to 2018, rookies poured in, but missed the playoffs every year.

In order to appease the hearts of the people, Jim paid tribute to his merits with a "money of gold to buy bones" attitude, and gave him a super high salary of 48.5 million US dollars in two years, accompanying Kobe to complete his career "farewell tour".

On April 13, 2016, Kobe finished his curtain call at the Staples Center, and the whole world was moved by it. But Jim's "high emotional intelligence" cannot regain his reputation in the hearts of fans and senior executives.

6. Jenny's "Jingnan Battle"

As Jim's reputation was ruined, the counterattack of Jenny's troops came quickly.

As early as January 2014, Jim promised Jenny that if the Lakers cannot return to the Western Conference Finals within three to four years, he will voluntarily resign.

Jenny clearly requires that she must reach the second round of the playoffs in 2017.

In the end, the Lakers failed to achieve their goal as scheduled.

On February 21, 2017, Jenny launched a purge, joining Kobe, the magician, the illegitimate son, the remnant Lambis and his wife of the "Zen Master" and even Jenny Bass to support him, impeach Jim on the board of directors.

Jim contacted the "deposed prince" Johnny and proposed to nominate the board of directors, intending to exclude Jenny, but ultimately failed.

Jim was removed from his position as director of the Lakers and was deprived of his trustee status as a family trust; General Manager Kupchek also stepped down.

This also declares Jim Bass out. Ironically, on the eve of the get out of class, Jim signed two notorious contracts to "leave some trouble":

-4-4-4-4-year, $64 million in Mozgov, Roll Deng, $72 million in Roll Deng, which created a heavy burden for Jenny's subsequent operations.

7. Jenny was granted a title of a hero and her best friend interfered in politics.

After Jenny came on stage, Kobe, the retired official, wrote in a letter:

"Jenny, I know who we want to get, we know what we want to get, so, when all these stupid things are still happening, that player (LeBron James) will not come, so if you do want to pursue that player, then tell you that you have to clean your house, and you have to reshuffle and start over. You have a new training hall (UCLA Health Training Center), we just entered (summer 2017), and we have a brand new management. Unless you do all of this, that player won't come here. ”

Jenny quickly cleaned up the remnants of the Jim faction, but the subsequent management was extremely chaotic.

Encountering heroes, appointing people as nepotism, and forming a situation where many families of politics and best friends interfering in politics.

I am not a person from a faction, and no matter how strong he is, he will not give him a chance. Logo West once applied to join the Lakers management, but was rejected by Jenny. Jenny even confiscated his lifelong season ticket.

Jenny trusts Jing from Long Zhigong Difficult officials, such as

- the remnant of the Zen master. The Lambis, the executive director/special consultant Linda Lambis, and the basketball affairs director Cote Lambis, Linda is Jenny's best friend, and the couple interferes in the operation and operation of the Lakers. It is said that they even interfere with the employment of the head coach on the court. This is the so-called "best friend interferes in politics."

- the crony. Tim Harris, the president of Lakers' business operations, is rumored to be Jenny's ex-boyfriend. Jenny is not only a soccer, but also Very nostalgic.

- the illegitimate child, Jesse Bass is the head of the scout department; Joey Bass is the chairman of the Lakers' Development League team, the South Bay Lakers. These two people know the ball and the technology gradually rose after 2010 and made great contributions to the overthrow of Jim.

Therefore, most of the subordinate abilities used by Jenny are mediocre, such as Magician, Pelinka, and Luke Walton.

8. The magician self-destructed that the power reorganization

Jenny's dominance, On the surface, the waves were calm, but the faction was surging again.

This focused on the Magician, CEO of Basketball Operations, and head coach Luke Walton.

The two concepts conflicted greatly, and Walton was obsessed with egalitarian team basketball.

The Magician was obsessed with star-led superstar basketball. He and Kobe repeatedly persuaded him, and finally brought the Lakers to superstar LeBron James.

But Walton was the coach chosen by Jenny, and the Magic couldn't move He.

On April 9, 2019, the Magician held a press conference to announce his resignation without notifying Jenny and Walton.

After that, after resigning, he broke the news on a TV show, saying that the Lakers' senior executives were "intrigue" and that he did not have the power to "freely fire Walton." In the end, Luke Walton was also fired by the Lakers shortly after the Magician resigned.

Magic, Walter The get out of class was dismissed and made Pelinka the final winner.

9. During Pelinka's reign, Pelinka had only a medium-level general manager. He had good signings. For example, the remedy measures after being rejected by Leonard in the 20th season were top-notch, and the lineup created in the 21st and 24th seasons were also good. The draft and low pick Taobao did a good job.

But he often lost track of the chain in trading and paid a higher price than others (as for Doncic's trade, Pelink is the same Ka is just passively a god. This is closely related to his plan of the "Bozer's Bone Reversal Incident" back then.

But here, we won't discuss Pelinka.

Jenny Buss and his best friend interfered in politics at this stage, and Westbrook's transaction was operated by Jenny himself; Lambis and his wife interfered in the employment of Lakers coach Vogel.

This chaos in politics improved after Ham took office in the 23rd season. After Ham took office, the Lakers management kept Lambis away from the coach Practice meeting.

10. The end of the Bass era

Doncic came, announcing the end of the Lakers' James-Ming era, which is the core of the team building in the next ten years.

The arrival of Mark Walter announced that the end of the Lakers' Bass era. Although Jenny continues to serve as the team management, the next thing is hard to say now.

The Bass family infighting bubble drama that we have watched for decades is really about to end!