Chapter 823: Mourning, Who Went From the Top to the Bottom in One Step

O'Neal's call actually lasted less than a minute, but after hanging up, Li Shengli's face turned extremely ugly, while West, who had just listened to a few words on the side, had a strange and slightly regretful expression.

"Alonzo, kidney failure?!"

"What Shaq said is correct. No matter how much trouble he makes, he would never joke about something like this!"

"This... is incredible!" West was already at an age where he knew his destiny. He lamented the impermanence of the world. He glanced at Li Shengli and said, "It's a pity. It's really a pity. I remember that including Shaq, all three of you are..." He is a first-year player, and I guess he won’t be able to… accompany you anymore.”

In fact, things like kidney failure and uremia...let alone playing football, just living a normal life are all problems. When the news came out, everyone who knew it felt that Mourning could no longer play ball. The impact of kidney function on exercise ability is really, really big.

If you insist on playing again, it is not playing ball but really risking your life. It will kill someone. Even if a matching kidney transplant can be found, doctors will not recommend strenuous exercise, let alone more intense competitions. That's why West feels that Mourning was completely ruined by the disease.

Li Shengli thought more.

After fighting all the way over the years... the relationship between him, O'Neal, and Mourning is the best.

Although there will be overt and covert competition when there is nothing to do, and they usually scold each other more fiercely than anyone else, and they often do some immoral and bad things to each other, but when there is really something going on, they are more active than anyone else, such as the All-Stars together. Get into fights, take revenge on some unknown hooligan during the regular season, and work together as a team to be the villains of the league.

But now Mourning has suddenly fallen behind like this?

Obviously the three of them have just reached their peak. Both he and O'Neal have won championships, but the unlucky guy Tama doesn't have it. But the question is... The question is how can he not have it? He should have it. If he really has it like this. It ends in such a way, from the peak to the bottom in one step. No one can imagine how heavy Mourning's heart will be. For people like Mourning, career death is not worse than medical death. How many.

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"It's a pity, but there's nothing anyone can do about it. You'd better pray that he can cheer up and find a matching kidney transplant, but it's impossible to return to his peak!" West sighed, and Li Shengli immediately turned his head and glanced at West.

"What, what do you mean by looking at me like this?"

"I'm thinking about our lineup..."

"Don't, don't think about it, it's impossible!" West immediately understood what Li Shengli was thinking, and turned around and said: "Alonzo's contract is too big, and he will be in the hands of the Heat for a few more years, but the problem is Yes...even if he can get a kidney, and he can still produce good statistics after his contract is over and the kidney is replaced, no team will accept such a stealth bomb."

"Well, forgive me for saying this, but that's the fact. Maybe...maybe he has given up!"

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Will Mourning give up?

Li Shengli doesn't believe it, because everyone has a special obsession with the championship, but Mourning doesn't have it yet. The feeling of going from the top to the bottom can't be understood by anyone without personal experience. Now Li Shengli just thinks that this unlucky guy can Win a championship.

"Then wait until his contract is over. If the situation is really as bad as you said, my only request is not to let him even play without the ball. Then I can give up my playoff bonus and take other things. It’s okay to exchange things, you can find a way to find people for me.”

"Li, it's not what you think. The risk is too great. No one, not just us, needs to take this risk. We don't want to harm your interests." West explained to Li Shengli with a bitter face, and The current situation is not an 'if' but an 'absolute', because kidney failure is doomed to Mourning's decline and future situation.

"There is no need to discuss this matter. It seems that I haven't made a serious request to you once when I arrived at the Lakers. This time it counts as one. I don't want the bonus."

"Damn, you don't want the bonus? This is not your style!" West felt so incredible, he frowned and continued: "But Li, you should also consider Alonzo's mood and psychological gap. Could it be that you Let him come on as a substitute for you and then win the championship on your own. Do you think he wants this result?"

"There is no better way!"

"Yeah, I know that too, but it's too early to talk about it now. Maybe the situation is not as bad as I said? Based on your relationship, maybe Shaq thinks the same now. There will always be someone among you guys who can Help him."

"But what he wants is a championship. I don't believe in Shaq, I only believe in myself!"

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Li Shengli wanted to do something for Mourning because his future was predictable. In fact, what West said was absolutely right. O'Neal on the other side also thought so and found the team's current general manager Ke Rhys-Wallace.

"Shaq, this...it's better to wait..."

"I don't care, just bring them to me when the time comes."

"Be sensible, there are still a few..."

"I said I don't care. If you can't pick me up, I'll leave. I'll go to the Heat by myself."

"Damn it, don't be joking or impulsive. Yes, I know that you two have a good relationship, but the problem is that it's inappropriate to do this. And do you think that Li also thinks the same way? Maybe the Lakers have already Be prepared, after all, he has won so many championships for the Lakers, this kind of request is not too much, and West will not fail to agree!"

"Are you saying that I won fewer championships for the team, so you didn't agree?"

"No, really not. Don't get me wrong. I just said that Li might..."

"I don't care, there is an unfortunate guy who needs my help!"

"This... let's talk about it, isn't it still a few years away? Li will also help!"

"I don't believe in Li, I only believe in myself!"

O'Neal's request shocked Chris Wallace. Although he felt that O'Neal had just received the news that his good friend was seriously ill, he was a little excited, but he had to think about it to avoid estrangement from the core of the team. .

As for thinking about the Heat...

In a few years, if Mourning is really desperate to stay, then Li Shengli and O'Neal, two of the most ridiculous and the league's two super giant centers, will force their way to Miami. How much blessings the Heat will have accumulated. Has it immediately become a championship-worthy team? !

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As the new season is approaching, the news that Mourning was diagnosed with kidney failure swept the entire league. Almost everyone found it incredible. After all, it was an illness, not an injury. It was like a joke made by God that went too far. The media reported this incident one after another.

The next day, Li Shengli called O'Neal and Malone to visit Mourning. Under this huge bad news, Mourning really couldn't pretend that he didn't care. He wanted to laugh but couldn't. Crying without tears.

Although I haven’t been able to get out of bed yet, the situation is really bad, very bad. I can’t even participate in team training, let alone play in the new season. I can only watch Li Shengli and O’Neal play respectively. Li Shengli and O'Neal felt uncomfortable watching their respective opening games.