Chapter 795: Lakers Championship

The East-West finals have now entered a white-hot stage.

On the western side, the Spurs and Lakers directly hit the tiebreaker, and the two sides truly interpreted what is called the strength of the top giants in the West.

Last season both teams were out of whack, and this season they have shown their quality.

The Pirates and the Heat triumvirate also hit the tiebreaker in the East, and the Flash Wade's matchup with Roy in this round of the series can be said to be the highlight of this round of the Eastern Conference Finals.

After the first six games, Wade averaged a terrifying score of 36 points per game, and Huang Mambaroi was not far behind, averaging 33 points per game, and did not lag behind Wade much.

Now Roy is really at his peak, and his strength is quite terrifying, in this pirate team, although Milicic is the captain, but in terms of popularity and strength, Roy is the team's leader.

As for Curry and Durant, although the strength is also quite strong, but compared to Roy, it is a little bit worse, if these two are also at the peak, then it is impossible to tie seven in this series.

The West Finals were the first to play seven, and as a result, the Lakers relied on the excellent performance of Pau Gasol this time and narrowly defeated the Spurs with a score of 89-87 away.

From this scoreline, you can see how fierce these two teams are.

Jimmy Butler, a rookie player introduced by the Spurs this year, performed extremely well and played a very important role in defending Kobe, and this G7 Kobe Bryant only scored 20 points in the end, and the efficiency was not high.

For this result, Spurs fans are quite acceptable, if they lose this year, they will lose, and the Lakers will have to leave a lot of people next year, in this case, can they still win?

In the eyes of Spurs fans, next year will definitely be the world of their Spurs.

In the Eastern Finals, the Pirates had a slight advantage and qualified for the Finals.

However, although the Buccaneers have advanced, Jordan is actually not happy at all, because the Pirates will face the contract extension of three core players this summer.

The first one is Jordan Jr., who entered the league in '08.

Last summer, Jordan gave Durant a salary cap and Curry a four-year, $52 million contract.

Counting Roy's original contract, the trio almost locked up the Pirates' salary space......

Let's not forget that there is also a contract with Milicic with a multi-million annual salary.

Jordan Jr. was also selected to the All-Defensive Second Team this season, averaging 10.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game, which doesn't seem to be much better than Monroe.

But Monroe's defense and deterrence on the court are not at the same level as Jordan Jr.

In this case, even if Jordan Jr. does not sign with the maximum salary, it is impossible to have a contract less than Curry under normal circumstances.

In any case, it is impossible for Jordan Jr. to renew his contract, so he can only watch Jordan Jr. leave.

The second is James Harden, and the other is DeRozan......

Both of these were drafted by Richard in the '09 draft, and it's not like they can't stay with the Buccaneers this summer, but if they do, the Pirates will have to lose their money by the summer of 2013.

Right now, the Pirates' salary space is locked up by Roy, Durant and Curry, and Jordan can't even sign and trade next year because they don't have the salary space to sign Harden and DeRozan.

Now, the best deal for Jordan is to sell Harden and DeRozan this summer in exchange for draft picks, and then select high-quality rookies.

That's what Richard has been doing......

But Jordan's selection vision, he himself has no bottom in his heart, even if he uses draft picks, can he really choose a reliable newcomer?

The finals are just around the corner, and Jordan doesn't dare to think about these things right now, once upon a time, when Richard left the team, Jordan once had a sense of relief.

Finally, the pirate team is completely his own, and he can finally fully use his talents in the pirate team.

But he didn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive, and now that Jordan was in charge, he only felt that his head had grown several times in the past two years, and there were too many things for him to deal with.

Critical everything is difficult to deal with, such as Jordan Jr.'s contract issue, if Richard is here, I'm afraid Richard will not hesitate to sell Jordan Jr. last summer, and then choose a rookie inside in the draft to strengthen the interior position.

But how can Jordan have this ability, he doesn't dare to take such a risk, if he doesn't choose a suitable interior newcomer, it will definitely affect the overall strength of the Pirates team, and there is a hungry wolf like the Heat behind him, maybe they can't even make it to the finals, let alone win the championship.

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Richard is now looking forward to the Finals and the draft as soon as he starts, ready for next season.

On May 31, the finals officially began.

The Lakers vs. the Buccaneers, the two teams are arguably old rivals in the Finals, and in the last five years, the two teams have met four times in the Finals, and the Pirates have won three of them......

In other words, the Pirates have won four consecutive championships before three championship trophies by stepping on the corpse of the Lakers.

Now they meet again in the Finals, because the Buccaneers were killed by the Mavericks last season, so there is a lot of suspense in this round of the Finals now.

Although the Lakers' home game was played in Los Angeles, Richard had no interest in going to the game.

On the contrary, it was the two kids, Libit and Li Jin, who were clamoring to go to the finals, and Tiana had no choice but to take a few children to watch this round of the finals.

Libit is a die-hard fan of Big Ben, and his bedroom is plastered with posters of Big Ben, and his taste is quite unique.

And Li Jin is a fan of Chris Paul and Curry......

Richard didn't know why the brothers' tastes could deviate to such an extent, and they liked players who didn't like each other.

Libit cheered for Ben, Li Jin cheered for Curry, and the two children were shouting on the sidelines.

In the end, nearly half a month into the finals schedule, Libit had the last laugh, and the Lakers finally killed the Pirates in a tie-break.

The loss of the Buccaneers to the Mavericks last season was mainly due to a wave of injuries.

And although the Pirates were not so miserable in this season's finals, Jordan Jr. was injured this time, which directly lowered the inside line of the Pirates by more than a notch.

In the end, the Lakers relied on the perfect play of the generals to win the game with difficulty.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although Richard has been away from the Pirates for two years now, if it weren't for the Lakers' perfect performance in this round of the Finals, I'm afraid they will still be the losers.

The Buccaneers have had a core player injured in the Finals for two years in a row, and it's really bad luck......

Failing to win the championship this time, the chances of the Pirates possibly winning the championship in the future will become less and less.

After the finals, Richard called Kobe Bryant and Big Ben to congratulate them on getting a precious championship ring.

And Big Ben also said that after participating in the Lakers' championship parade, he would go to the Lakers to go through the procedures for leaving the team, and then join the Clippers.

The Lakers obviously have a headache on their side, they just won the championship, and they are about to face the tragic situation of Big Ben leaving the team.

Big Ben has maintained a pretty good state in the past two years because of the iron plate combination attributes, and now he has left the team rashly, where can the Lakers find a replacement......

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On June 21, a week after the finals, the draft that Richard had been looking forward to finally came as scheduled.

This time, Richard's draft picks are quite shabby, with only one 24th pick and one 37th pick, which can be said to be the most shabby draft pick since Richard entered the league.

But this is also something that can't be helped, Stern sold the Clippers before, and now he can buy two draft picks, which is actually quite difficult.