Chapter 7 A True Man Should Be Like This_4

And moreover, West had built the Lakers that defeated the Trail Blazers in the 1989 playoffs; he came to Portland as a victor, not a traitor.

One could foresee that the feud between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers was far from over and would only become more entangled.

After West officially joined the Trail Blazers, his first task was to go to the airport to welcome Divac and Petrović, who had flown directly from Croatia.

These two friends from the Yugoslavia national team, upon learning that they would be playing for the Trail Blazers at the same time, excitedly talked on the phone all night and then agreed to arrive in Portland together and report together.

Jerry West arrived at Portland Airport on the day the two had arranged, and to his surprise, a large number of Trail Blazers fans had come to welcome them.

Clearly, it was Bill Schonely, the big-mouthed, who had leaked the players' itinerary to let the fans pick them up.