Chapter 9 Reinforcement from all sides! The Bulls' number one enemy in the East!
"Bloody! It's bloody! ”
"I've never seen a game like that, Tim Duncan playing in summer league is like an NBA star playing high school league!"
"31 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks, 3 steals and 1 turnover. After that dunk, Duncan made the box his own show. ”
"Maddie dunked Duncan, but Duncan proved the reason why he was the top pick with his next performance."
"Maddy's 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and Van Horn's 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists are not bad, but they are not players of the same level compared to Duncan."
The Spurs and Celtics' summer league ended, and the Spurs came from behind, with Duncan dominating the offense and defense with a dominant performance.
After Maddie's dunk ignited Duncan's desire to win, the game was turned on the back in an instant.
A serious Duncan was like a man standing on top of the basket, and Maddy and Van Horn didn't score at all in the box after that.
97 champions debut, perfect.
Popovich was ecstatic, such Duncan plus Robinson, the Bulls fell into internal contradictions, and this year's championship is expected!
Auerbach was also very satisfied, knowing that Duncan was a fourth-year college graduate and had upgraded his abilities in all aspects.
And Maddie is only 18 years old, Van Horn is only 22 years old, two have not yet reached the peak, and there are still two or three years of growth to have this kind of performance, under their own training, maybe two superstars will rise.
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"Mullin asked us for a deal?" Jerry West unexpectedly.
"Yes. In that case, we will not force him to stay. "The general manager of the Warriors clearly understands that since the team fired Adelman, it is to correct the madman Sprewell.
And the relationship between Mullin and Sprewell is not convincing to each other, and Mullin has also entered his twilight years, since the 34-year-old Mullin wants to pursue a championship, it is a very good choice to release him to the Lakers.
"Okay, then Corsi for Mullin, and we'll add a second-round pick."
"Deal."
The Lakers made their first reinforcement this summer, trading Colsey for God's left-handed Chris Mullin!
Then Jerry West went on to make a persistent effort and asked Queen Bee Glen Les!
Glen Les has requested a trade this summer!
Charlotte's living environment was so poor, especially from Miami that Glen Les was very uncomfortable.
And being swept in the playoffs was also one of the triggers, Glen Les's reputation fell to the bottom, from the management to the fans for the shooter star who dropped the chain at this critical moment, causing Glen Les to simply choose to apply for a trade!
"I'm willing to go to the Lakers." Glen Les called West directly.
The Los Angeles Lakers, as the hottest team right now, have a large number of veterans and stars in their playing years, and they are very happy to share the glory of winning the championship in the future. The combination of Kobe and O'Neal, without injury, is no longer a suspense thing, at most it has to wait for 2 or 3 years, and many people feel that they can afford to wait, Glen Rice is such a player.
"I'm perfectly compatible with Kobe-Shak!"
"The three of us will become the strongest triumvirate in history!"
Glen Rice's last sentence undoubtedly left Jerry West a little speechless.
Comparable to Kobe Shack and become the Big Three?
Do you deserve it too?
The life of the sapper, the heart of the superstar. dog
In particular, the deal proposed by the Charlotte Hornets was Eddie Jones plus Bowen for Rice.
The newly appointed Hornets general manager is no longer the little fan brother of West, and his asking price is very ruthless!
Be ruthless, of course! After the previous president sold a large number of high-quality assets of the team to the Lakers, the team owner has been very cautious about the Lakers' trade, even if it is not traded, but there must be no accident like sending Kobe Bryant to the Lakers. This incident literally made the owner of the Charlotte Hornets a laughing stock among the owners of the league.
"It doesn't work." Jerry West hung up.
It's enough for the Lakers to have Kobe Bryant and O'Neal at the end, and Rice's role isn't so obvious. Especially Rice's soft-footed shrimp performance at critical moments, as well as poor defense, to replace the Lakers' two starters in one go?
It's a dream!
"The team needs to add strong strikers, it's really difficult." Jerry West had a headache.
In the heyday of the league's center, there is no shortage of power forwards.
But there are far too few players who can help Kobe O'Neal in a confrontation like the Finals.
Get rid of Malone, Barkley, Kemp, Wenbaker, Duncan, Garnett, Rodman, Wallace, etc., which are absolutely impossible to trade successfully.
The Lakers don't have much of a choice.
West turned his attention to the Magic's Hoss Grant, Washington Bullet's Chris Webb, and the Hawks' Kristen Leitner.
But at this time, the biggest deal of the summer, which shocked the league, was produced.
Chuck Daley appeared on the TV screen for the first time in a long time, and not only the Orlando media, but also the sports event channels across the United States were talking about the deal at this moment.
"Here we welcome, University of Michigan Five Tigers! Chris Webber, Juwan Howard! ”
Stir!
A national sensation!
The Michigan Five Tigers' fame in the NCAA is skyrocketing, and they haven't lost much at this time. At this time, several of their big players, whether it is Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, or Jalen Rose, although they can all gain a foothold in the NBA, have not played the dominance that people ideal of the magic bird.
And at this time, Chris Webber joined the Magic, teaming up with Penny Hardaway and Pistons godfather Chuck Daley!
It's a deal that could affect the championship situation.
The Wizards traded Chris Webber and Juwan Howard to the Magic in exchange for the Bulls' triple crown winning star forward Cobra Hoss Grant, 17+10 center Ronnie Secaliga in '98 and two first-round picks in '01!
Although Hosgrant is also an All-Star, and Juwan Howard and Ronnie Secali have similar stats, everyone knows that after this deal, the Magic took off!
Hardaway and Webb are two all-rounders who can handle the ball and act as finishers at the same time!
With Juwan Howard, who has a tacit understanding with Webb!
The shooting guard is the perennial 15+5+3 top scorer Nick Anderson!
Just one top sapper small forward, or super shooter small forward, this lineup is invincible!
The Magic tried to trade Glen Rice, but the Hornets' asking price was too high, and in the end, Rice was kept in Charlotte this season.
The Magic then signed the Celtics' waiver, and Auerbach eventually dropped their small forward Rick Fox by hoarding too much forward.
Fox was signed by the Magic, and the top team has been built in an instant!
From a playoff powerhouse to a championship favorite! If Hardaway and Webb can erase the spark, they could even become a new historic, dynastic-level team!