The Lakers' playoff journey is over, and so is the Lakers' Super Big Three. was eliminated in the second round, which also proves that the Lakers' Big Three did not have the strength to win the championship, and in this case, the salary of the three of them as high as 70 million is meaningless.

Although the Lakers' uniform team is still trying their best to keep it unilaterally, it is basically certain that the Lakers will never be able to keep the Big Three at the same time.

Among the Big Three, Kobe Bryant is the one with the highest salary, and what's even worse is that he still has the right to veto the transaction in his contract, if he doesn't agree, the Lakers can't trade Kobe Bryant, the only thing they can do is to pardon Kobe, but pardoning Kobe Bryant This kind of thing is too extravagant, although Kobe Bryant is over 35 years old, but his competitive level is still the top in the league, this playoffs, Kobe Bryant can average 28 points and 5 assists per game, and the performance is still what a superstar should have, amnesty Kobe? Unless the Lakers have a sick brain.

As for Paul, his contract has expired this season and he needs to renew his contract, Paul's strength naturally goes without saying, Wang Meng is the strongest point guard in the league, he is definitely eligible to get the top salary, the Lakers have long prepared a super contract of more than 100 million in five years for Paul, which also includes a two-year player option, but with such a lucrative contract, Paul still did not blindly renew his contract in advance, he wants not only a big contract, but also a championship.

Compared with Paul, Howard's intention is more obvious, and the day after the Lakers were eliminated, Howard tweeted this sentence, "Where is the future?" At the same time, he put several photos, which are PS photos of the jerseys of the Clippers, Warriors, and Mavericks. Needless to say, Howard has already begun to think about which team he will go to next.

The Lakers' Big Three are falling apart and are likely to part ways next season, and that's not even the most serious thing. Phil Jackson, who won six championships for the Lakers, also had the idea of retiring. Although he has not said it explicitly, when interviewed by reporters, Phil Jackson more or less showed this meaning.

"I feel like I'm tired, it's time to take a good break and enjoy some leisure time." Phil Jackson's desire to retire was not a sudden idea, he originally had the idea of retiring after creating a dynasty again two years ago, but the Lakers created the Super Big Three at that time and tried their best to keep Phil Jackson, so Phil Jackson finally chose to stay and continue to coach, in fact, deep down he also hopes that he will create a miracle again, and it is undoubtedly very easy for the Super Three to get a championship ring.

However, two consecutive years of losses and the disintegration of the Big Three also disillusioned Phil Jackson, and he finally chose to retire and go back to enjoy a good leisure time.

The Lakers are finished, even if they still maintain their championship strength through operation next season, but the loss will be very large, which is inevitable.

The Hornets successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals, and the Hornets met Yao Ming's original team in the Western Conference Finals, the San Antonio Spurs.

The game between the Spurs and the Thunder is also very close, no less intense than the Hornets and the Lakers, after all, the Thunder's strength on the surface is not much weaker than the Spurs, the starting outside stalwarts Durant, Westbrook, have all had a very good growth, Durant is the second best player in the small forward after James, and can easily rank in the top five in the league's player examples. Although the inside Ibaka and Carman are not exactly on the twin towers, their strength is enough to support the Thunder's inside line, and the sixth man, Eric Gordon, is still a little unstable, but he is definitely more than enough in the position of the sixth man.

In contrast, the Spurs' lineup looks a little shabby, although the starters have Duncan and Yao Ming, two superstars, but both of them are old, the best sixth man Ginobili has had ups and downs this season, and it is difficult to find the state of the year, and the only young Tony Parker in the GDP, although his strength is also good, but he is always not distempered, compared to the Thunder's point guard Westbrook, it is also much worse in terms of fame.

However, with this player's lineup that is weaker than the Thunder in all aspects, the Spurs have played a very strong performance, especially the twin tower combination of Duncan and Yao Ming on the inside, which directly broke up the two Ibakakaman.

The Spurs and Thunder played until Game 7 before finally deciding the winner, and in the final game, Ginobili, who had been in the doldrums, broke out strongly, scored 35 points, and scored five points in a row in the final moments of the game to help the Spurs open up the gap with the Thunder.

The Spurs won, which represents that this group of veterans chasing dreams still have enough fighting spirit, Yao Ming's championship dream can be continued, and the Thunder loses, it doesn't matter, the core players of the Thunder, Durant is 24 years old, Westbrook is 23 years old, Gordon is 23 years old, Ibaka is 23 years old, they are still very young, and there are many opportunities to enter the playoffs in the future.

In this way, the team in the Western Conference finals is the Hornets vs Spurs, and it is also the Chinese derby between Wang Meng, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming.

As for the East, the Heat is of course a pressure-free promotion, although there are big problems on the inside, but the strength of the Heat's Big Five is too strong, and the two veterans Kidd and Ray Allen have maintained a good competitive state. Coupled with the big three of James, Wade, and Bosh in the playing year, reaching the finals is also a matter of no suspense. It's just that the only thing that worries Heat fans is Wade's injury.

This season, Wade suffered from a knee injury, and only scored 21.9 points in the entire regular season, the lowest score in recent years, and in the playoffs overall, his average points per game dropped to 16 points, which is still the situation that Kidd, as a point guard, often helps Wade score, it is foreseeable that if the Heat does not have Kidd and lacks a truly professional passer, it is estimated that Wade's score will be lower.

Reaching the Eastern Conference finals with the Heat is another powerhouse in the East, the New York Knicks. Nash, Anthony, Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler's lineup is not much worse than the Heat, and the same as the Heat, the Knicks are also an outside team, with the Knicks who have a dry outside shooter such as Shambaugh and Jr Smith, are not weaker than the Heat in terms of shooting three-pointers, and the Knicks are stronger than the Heat, that is, the Knicks have the twin towers combination of Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler, which makes the Knicks' interior defense ability and rebounding ability far stronger than the Heat, predictably, It's going to be a very tight game.

"The quality of this season's playoff matchups is really high." Looking at the news report, Wang Meng, as a party concerned, couldn't help but admire. Hornets vs Spurs, Wang Meng and Yao Ming's Chinese derby, Heat vs Knicks, Nash and Kidd's strongest veteran point guard duel, James and Anthony's 03 golden duel, it can be said that it is really endless, if Wang Meng is not a party, and after a series of fierce battles with the Lakers, he really thinks that this is Stern's secret work for the sake of ratings.

The game between the Hornets and the Spurs ended on the 22nd, two days after the end of the seventh game between the Spurs and the Thunder, that is, on the 18th, the Hornets ended the game with the Lakers on the 18th, which means that the Hornets have three days of rest.

For the Spurs, although they are all veterans, the Hornets dare not relax at all, in the eyes of Monty, the head coach of the Hornets, the threat of the Spurs is not even weaker than the Lakers, even if the Lakers eliminated the Spurs last season to advance to the Finals.

Veteran, the older he gets, although his physical fitness will get worse and worse, but the IQ of playing will get higher and higher with age, playing in the Spurs this group of veterans, as a new army of the Hornets will definitely suffer a lot of losses, especially in Duncan and Yao Ming's Spurs inside point, Monty seems particularly worried, although the Hornets' Gasol and Oden are not necessarily weaker than Duncan and Yao Ming, who are already so old, but there is almost no need to imagine Monty also knows that once the two sides meet, The Hornets' inside line will definitely suffer.

But at the same time, Monty also knows that the advantage of the Hornets lies in the outside, Wang Meng, Roy, Wallace, these three people have a very big advantage against the Spurs players on the outside, Wang Meng naturally needless to say, the current No. 1 point guard in the league, although Parker's strength is also extraordinary, but everyone thinks that when the two meet, Parker will definitely be suppressed by Wang Meng.

And Roy, as the sixth man, Roy is undoubtedly much better than Ginobili, who has been in poor shape this season, and so far in the playoffs, Roy has played an average of 25 minutes per game, but he can score 19 points, although the number of assists has decreased compared to the regular season, only 3, but Roy's contribution on the offensive end is very large. In comparison, Ginobili's performance this season, whether in the regular season or the playoffs, has been very up and down, although the seventh game with the Thunder also broke out strongly for a while, helping the Spurs to win, but after all, it is worse than Roy, who has played steadily.

Small forward Wallace's opponent is the Spurs' young player Leonard, Leonard is a player very similar to the early Wallace, with first-class physical fitness, playing more physically, and has long-range shooting ability but is not proficient, in this case, he will also fall into the disadvantage in the confrontation with Wallace.

In the comparison of other bench players, the Hornets also have a slight advantage, although the Spurs also have excellent role players such as Green, Dior, Split, etc., but the Hornets' Barnes, Fisher and Yi Jianlian are not bad at all.

Predictably, it's going to be a very tight game, and if the Hornets want to win, they will need to be able to withstand the pressure on the inside and play to the advantage on the outside.

Although Monty attaches great importance to the competition with the Spurs and studies relevant tactics every day, Wang Meng, as the boss of the Hornets, has always believed that the Spurs are indeed very strong, but if they meet the current Hornets, the loss is still very big, that is to say, the possibility of the Hornets winning is very large.

Wang Meng's self-confidence is not blind, and the Spurs' current tactical core is not the aging Duncan, nor the newcomer Yao Ming to the Spurs, but point guard Tony Parker.

In the face of Tony Parker, Wang Meng didn't dare to say that he could completely restrain him to death, but it is not particularly difficult to effectively suppress Wang Meng now, in terms of physical fitness, Parker is not much better than Wang Meng, and in terms of speed, although Parker, known as a French sports car, is fast, but it is only a little faster than Wang Meng in normal state, in Wang Meng's opinion, Parker's linear speed is even slower than Paul Westbrook and others, but the dexterity is higher.

In the state of Wang Meng's instantaneous explosion, it will be a very simple thing to completely suppress Parker, Parker and Kobe are different, when Wang Meng is defending Kobe, Kobe Bryant will choose jump shots to attack, and although Parker has a certain long-range shooting ability, his long-range shooting is not strong, and the shooting rate can only be regarded as a general version, Parker's real strength is the mid-range throwing and interior layup. In other words, if Wang Meng can completely limit Parker to the outside, then Parker's offensive firepower will be lost by more than half.

Of course, it is basically impossible to completely limit Parker to the outside, after all, the Spurs have many tactics related to Parker's pick-and-roll, but Wang Meng has also seen a lot of videos of Spurs' tactics, and has some understanding of Parker's several pick-and-roll teammates, Duncan, Split and Dior, and has some simple understanding of their pick-and-roll habits.

Wang Meng also knows that the Spurs will definitely make arrangements for themselves, but Wang Meng is not particularly worried, because after all, he has the plug-ins provided by various systems, the instant explosion of skills, the heart eye, the butterfly of skill classes, drift shots, and even dream steps, will make Wang Meng tear apart the opponent's defense very easily, unless the opponent comes up to Wang Meng's double bag, otherwise Wang Meng is confident to deal with everything else.

It's just that Wang Meng's mentality soon disappeared without a trace.

On the 21st, on this day, Wang Meng was lying at home taking a nap, when suddenly a voice sounded in his ears, "Ding!" Get the task and sweep the spurs! ”

This voice sounded in Wang Meng's ears, and Wang Meng, who was sleeping, suddenly felt like thunder, so frightened that Wang Meng jumped up directly from the bed.

"Holy! It's not so scary! It took a long time for Wang Meng to react, the voice just now came from the system, but usually the system releases tasks before the start of the game, so that when you sleep at home, there has never been a situation where you release tasks without warning.

"It's good that I don't have a heart attack, otherwise I wouldn't be sick this time?" Wang Meng wiped the sweat on his head and lay down on the bed again, this is not Wang Meng's timidity, just imagine, no matter who it is, when he is taking a nap at home alone, suddenly someone is talking loudly in his ear, who is not startled?

This fright, Wang Meng didn't feel sleepy at all, just as Wang Meng was also about to see what the task just released was, Suo sat up from the bed again, and began to watch the task released by the system just now in his mind.

It's okay not to look at it, but when I saw it, Wang Meng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat again.

"I'm rubbing! This is still a cheat, the system can't publish some simple tasks? ”

"Mission Name: Spur Sweep, requires the host to complete a sweep against the Spurs in a playoff series against the Spurs, and in the course of the mission, the Spurs win a game and the mission fails."

"By completing the mission, the target will increase the effect of the Action Skill by 20% for the rest of the season, and if it is not completed, the target will use all Action Skills stationary for the rest of the season."

"Is this possible? Sweeping the Spurs? Wang Meng was a little stunned, winning the Spurs is not an impossible thing for Wang Meng and the Hornets, and it may be very big, but sweep? This Wang Meng didn't dare to pack the ticket, after all, he was facing the most stable Spurs in the league, and he was also a twin tower with Duncan and Yao Ming, and the Hornets could sweep the Spurs?

This system is more difficult to issue tasks every time, and what makes Wang Meng more headache is the punishment if the mission fails: all matches this season are forbidden to use active skills?

Wang Meng's active skills have three, they are instant burst, heart eye and one hit must hit, these three skills are very important for Wang Meng, instant burst is Wang Meng's main scoring skill, there is no instant explosion, although Wang Meng can also score, but at some critical moments, Wang Meng's offensive threat is undoubtedly much smaller, and the heart eye is Wang Meng's most commonly used assist skill, Wang Meng can get 20 points in the regular season and playoffs and get 10+ assists at the same time, the biggest reason is the heart eye skill, There are too many assist opportunities for Wang Meng with this skill. And one hit must hit, this no longer needs to be explained, after the upgrade, a hit with a refresh function is Wang Meng's biggest killer move, at a critical moment, this skill can definitely save everything.

Wang Meng can't imagine that if he didn't have these skills, even if the Hornets defeated the Spurs and met the Heat in the finals, would the Hornets still be able to win?

However, compared to the weight-bearing penalty of failure, the reward after winning this task is also very attractive, and the power of active skills will increase by 20% in all the next games of this season, which means that Wang Meng's strength will be even stronger in the finals.

It can be seen that this task is like a gamble, Wang Meng is betting, if he wins, in the next finals, he will have more powerful power to ensure that the team wins the championship, if he loses, then Wang Meng's strength will be greatly reduced, which is likely to lead to the loss of the Hornets in the finals.

"What a gamble." Wang Meng sat on the bed and suddenly laughed: "But in this gamble, I want to win!" In fact, I have never lost a task issued by the system until now! ”

(To be continued)