Sabonis, the most legendary player in international basketball at this stage.

In Europe, he has already won almost all the honors.

But in fact, Sabonis never fell behind when facing Ameriken's players.

In '82, at the age of 17, Sabonis visited the Soviet men's basketball team and played several friendly games with the NCAA team.

In the game against Indiana University, a strong NCAA team at the time, Sabonis scored 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.

After that, some said he was the tallest point guard on the planet.

Opponent coach Bobby. Knight praised Sabonis as the best international player he had ever met.

A few days later, Sabonis, who was still a high school student, faced off against the University of Virginia's fourth-year center, the next No. 1 round, Ralph. Sampson.

As a result, Sabonis scored 21 points on the senior and left a near-flat dunk to give Sampson 13 points.

A wave of kids on the basketball court drove a big car!

At the time, it was said that this 17-year-old guy was simply the same as Bill. Wharton is just as good.

And Bill, who already holds the championship and MVP. Wharton, of course, disagrees.

He said: "No, Sabonis is better than me! ”

Then there was the proverbial World Championship '86, where Sabonis was evenly matched with the admirals.

You know, it's still a Sabonis who has had a serious knee injury.

The Ugly Nation has been trying to find a way to do something to Sabonis and recruit him into his command.

After all, who would give up such a terrifying beast?

The first to do it was O'Neill University's mentor Dale. Brown.

This upright old man directly wrote a letter to the presidents of the two countries, trying to engage in basketball diplomacy and let Sabonis come to Louisiana State University to study and play.

But in the end, it didn't work out.

The '85 Eagles made a move, and they used a low pick to pick Sabonis.

However, because Sabonis is under 21 years old and does not have an automatic selection of international players, the Eagles' draft has become a complete performance art.

In '86, the Trail Blazers directly used the 24th pick in the first round to pursue Sabonis, but Sabonis failed to land in the NBA for various reasons.

At that time, the Trail Blazers scout, who seriously went to Europe to watch Sabonis play, commented on Sabonis in the scouting report:

He's got some Bird's skill and Karim's athleticism, he's a three-pointer, he's a good passer, and we should be planning to kidnap him to Ugly Country!

By '89, Sabonis was finally allowed to play abroad.

But he chose to go to Spain instead of playing in the United States.

In this way, the Trail Blazers gradually broke off the idea of getting Sabonis.

After all, Sabonis still has a contract with a European team, and if you want to get him, you will have to pay a large contract buyout fee.

Moreover, no one knows whether Sabonis, who is 28 and a half years old, and Sabonis, who is already scarred, can still play in the NBA.

Because of the extremely unscientific training method before, and the Su team at that time, in order to let Sabonis hang meat quickly, they injected him with hormones and steroid drugs.

As a result, Sabonis' knee could not withstand the pounding weight, and both were injured.

Such injuries have made NBA teams very uneasy.

The Trail Blazers have long had no expectations for Sabonis.

So in order to deal with Darth Walker's bad contract, in order to get Grant and make Drexler change his mind.

did not hesitate to give up Sabonis's signing rights.

To the pioneers, Sabonis was like the heroine of an art film.

They are indeed beautiful, they know everything, they know everything. But you can't have this kind of person, you can only be crooked.

Anyway, if you can't get it, it's better to give it to the bull as a bargaining chip, in exchange for instant combat power that you can see and touch.

In the original history, it was Sabonis who really didn't feel any challenges in Europe, so he took the initiative to choose to go to the NBA to test the waters.

And it just so happened that the Trail Blazers had the right to sign Lao Sa, so Sabonis went to the Trail Blazers.

So it's not so much that the Trailblazers patiently waited for Sabonis, but that Sabonis took the initiative to throw himself into the arms of the Blazers.

The Trailblazers picked up a bargain by mistake.

And the bulls didn't want to wait.

They decided to take the initiative!

The Bulls have been interested in international players in recent years, and Klaus has been obsessed with Kukoc, the "Balkan Magician".

This year, the Bulls can finally sign with Kukoc, who is also seen by Krauss as the Bulls' hope for a resurgence.

Anyway, he was going to Europe, so Klaus decided to take the initiative to meet Sabonis!

That piece of jade can't just rot in Europe!

Shay's outright success this year has left teams obsessed with international players.

Klaus decided to become the second person to eat the international player bonus!

Of course, the Trail Blazers don't yet know that the main target of the Bulls' trade is Sabonis.

At one point, they thought the deal was a good deal.

In the eyes of Trail Blazers management, Grant's poor performance in the Finals last season was mainly due to the fact that he had broken with the team.

But his actual strength is much more than that.

How strong Grant's defense is, the Trail Blazers know very well.

After all, they were knocked down by the Bulls for two consecutive years, and Grant made a lot of efforts.

In the Finals last season, Grant averaged 2.3 blocks per game on the head of the Trail Blazers, which was a nightmare for the Trail Blazers on the offensive end.

Now that the other party's Lord is coming, Drexler should be satisfied, right?

Not.

Drexler has made up his mind.

Don't talk about Grant, even if the management trades Pippen, Ah Slip is also leaving.

He's had enough of the management's monkey-like behavior.

Slap me in the face and give me a candy, really when I'm a three-year-old?

Of course, there is another reason why Drexler insists on leaving, and that is that among the teams that pursue him, Drexler sees a suitor that he also likes very much.

While the farce between Drexler and the Trailblazers continues, Klaus embarks on his journey through Europe full of unknowns.

On the Asian side, the Asian Championships in 93 have also begun.

In this year's Asian Championships, Jiang Shuai did not summon Shay.

First, Shay had just finished the NBA Finals, and Jiang Shuai was afraid that Shay would be too tired and injured.

Since Jiang Shuai had an in-depth exchange with the series Glover brought by Shay last year, his training methods have become more scientific.

There is also a greater focus on the health of the players.

Second, Jiang Shuai felt that with the level of the Chinese team, even if Shay was not summoned, there would be little pressure to win the Asian championship.

The team can't rely too much on Shay, and for the '94 World Championships, everyone else has to work out as well.

In this way, the Chinese team started this year's Asian Championship journey without the NBA's Most Valuable Player.

In the group stage, the Chinese team also lost to the weak Saudi Arabia very unexpectedly.

In the end, they only finished second in the group.

This battle made Jiang Shuai questioned, and they all felt that he was too arrogant not to summon Shay to participate.

But in fact, this game is completely the players of the Chinese team are too underestimated.

After all, this Chinese team is still very young, so it is not so calm.

The front is all going well, and it will definitely not be a problem to think about fighting Saudi Arabia.

Where do you know that you will be beaten up by others.

The Chinese team's loss to Saudi Arabia was second in the group, which also made the other group appear in a ridiculous scene.

In the other group, the Taipei provincial team played against North Korea, and although the Chinese team unexpectedly lost and fell to second, the strength was still there.

Therefore, neither the provincial team nor the DPRK are willing to touch the Chinese team.

So in order to avoid meeting the Chinese team in advance, the two sides actually worked hard to compete for the second place in the group!

The game between the two sides was more than a loss rather than a win, and when the two teams grabbed rebounds, they tried to send them to the opponent as much as possible, and deliberately fouled the opponent to make the opponent make free throws.

A player in the provincial team accidentally scored a goal and was scolded by the coach!

Later, the referee couldn't stand it anymore and stopped the game before the first quarter was played.

The final score was 11-7, and the provincial team unfortunately won the group.

Must play against the Chinese team, who finished second in the other group!

This battle for the second place in the group also surprised Shay.

In the knockout stage, the Chinese team did not make another mistake.

In three rounds in a row, they easily won the provincial team, South Korea and North Korea.

In the end, there was a thrilling and smooth climb to the top!

And this Asian Championships also led to two things that are different from the original history.

The first is that the 18-year-old Battle was selected for the national team for the first time to play in the Asian Championships, and he performed well.

Shay then gave his college coach, the well-known giant John. Thompson recommended Battle and gave him a video of Battle playing.

As soon as Thompson saw this tall, powerful, and amazingly powerful center, he drooled as if he saw Hesi's long legs.

Shay directly wondered if Thompson had any special fetishes.

Thompson said that he is very willing to try out Battle, and if he has the opportunity, he will definitely let him play in the NCAA!

In addition, some NBA teams have sent out trial invitations to Hu Weidong, the short-sighted god of war.

From the fledgling of last year's Olympic Games to the big killing of this year's Asian Championships.

Plus Shay's success.

All of this has given Chinese players unprecedented attention.

Teams such as the Mavericks, Warriors, Timberwolves and Nuggets have invited Hu Weidong to come for a trial.

If they perform well, they are even willing to give Hu Weidong a guaranteed contract!

If this is placed in the original history, there is a high probability that Lao Hu will not come to the NBA.

But because of Shay's birth, China now has a more positive attitude towards letting players play in the NBA.

Lao Hu also successfully boarded a flight to Ameriken!

Seeing that most of the teams interested in Lao Hu were weak teams, Shay was still quite happy.

Lao Hu is strong, but he is not strong enough to play the main force in a strong team.

In the weak team, he can slowly adapt to the rhythm of the NBA and practice slowly, and Shay feels that it is better.

If Battle and the short-sighted god of war can really stay here to play, then next year's World Championships.

Maybe you can fight for a higher score than the quarterfinals!

The fortunes of the international players have all changed dramatically this summer.

And Shay's vacation has passed a month unconsciously, and Shay, who no longer has any tiredness and discomfort in his body, continues to find his old partner Glover.

Keep training and keep keeping yourself in shape.

By the way, I also have a good experience, Shay is not far from the next big upgrade.

And the NBA's free agent and trade market is also in full swing.

After losing to the Bulls again with a 2-0 win last season, the Knicks are all ready to work hard for another year.

This summer, several of the Knicks' main players are out of contract. If all of them are renewed with bird rights, the Knicks' salary will explode directly.

This season's salary cap is about 15 million, and if the Knicks renew all of them, the final salary may exceed 20 million!

You know, 5 million in this era is equivalent to one more superstar!

If you change to another team, you will definitely not accept such a big price to preserve the lineup.

But the Knicks are different, the Knicks spend more, but they also earn more.

In Greater New York, don't ask for the best grades, but ask for the most spending!

What's more, the NBA doesn't have luxury tax rules these days, as long as the salary cap can be exceeded casually without any substantive penalties under reasonable circumstances.

Therefore, the Knicks not only want to renew most of the players, but they even signed the "Thunder Gong" Marley, who performed well in the Suns last season, at a price of 9.1 million for three years before the contract was renewed, when there was still plenty of salary space!

After signing Marley, the Knicks used the bird cap to re-sign Oakley and Herbley. Williams and Anthony Jr. Mason et al.

directly raised the team's salary to 22 million!

The signing was undoubtedly quite successful, and Marley's ability to defend and shoot from the outside is simply a Knicks' favorite.

Riley can also see that a muscular defense can't handle the Bulls.

Last season, the Knicks essentially forced the Bulls to have no choice on the defensive end, but because they were too aggressive, they were eventually reversed.

Because of this, the Knicks traded for the Fan Maniac who killed all sides in the NCAA, and signed Marley at a large price.

There have to be a few people who can score.

On the Suns' side, the original history was to match Marley's contract and keep him on the team.

But that's because the team has Barkley and has championship hopes, and the Suns are willing to spend money.

And now the Suns are completely a team with no hope of competing for the championship.

Naturally, the team management did not want to give Marley a big contract with an average annual salary of 3 million.

In this way, the Knicks took the lead in completing the reinforcement.

Sharpen your knives next season to the Bulls!

This signing is big enough, but it's not the biggest.

Everyone was waiting for the end of the farce between Drexler and the Trailblazers, and this large-scale family ethics drama finally came to an end one day in early July.

Early that morning, Shay was still having breakfast, and Glover was still working on Shay's training plan for today.

NBC Morning News suddenly reported a piece of news: Drexler officially joined the Rockets!

The Rockets sent Thorpe, Sam. Kassel and a '95 first-round pick and a '97 first-round pick, traded for Drexler from the Trail Blazers and Mark Brown, who received a contract premium. Bryant.

Drexler returned to his hometown team as he wished, teaming up with his college teammate Olajuwon!

With the Rockets in the trade, that's the biggest reason why Drexler insists on going.

He never dreamed of going back to Houston to play!

The sensation of this deal is known, with the West First SG teaming up with the West First C.

This is a huge obstacle for the Lakers!

You must know that Drexler in this history has not been seriously injured, and his strength is much stronger than when he joined the Rockets in the original history!

And the reason why the Rockets have not completed the deal until now is because the team has just changed its new owner.

The new owner is the same Alexander that Chinese fans are very familiar with.

The arrival of Alexander established the concept of building a team with Olajuwon as the core.

This is a shot in the arm for Da Meng and the whole team.

Master Tang then began to build the team according to his own ideas.

After losing to the Lakers last season, the master learned from the pain and was bound to maximize the offensive space of the big dream.

How did the Rockets lose? It was killed by Shay's pinching of Big Dream after playing the No. 4 position!

So he needs a shooter, he needs a star ball-handler on the outside.

Therefore, he can play the No. 4 position without Thorpe and directly use Horry, who can shoot.

He's going to play it to the extreme!

Master knows that men like to be tight, but when playing basketball, the space must be as loose as possible!

So after the trade got Drexler, the Rockets immediately went into action.

Maxwell in the final year of his contract and third-year rookie Carl Brown. Herrera traded to the Suns in exchange for Sonacek, the Nationals' father-in-law.

The Suns previously let go of Marley and now traded for Hornacek with an expiring contract.

This is a straightforward start to empty the salary space and completely rebuild.

Next year's draft has Grant after all. Hill has the big dog Robinson and Kidd, so it's still very tempting to put the choice in place.

After a long day, it turned out that the most ruthless person who was dismantled by Shay was actually the sun!

In the original history, they were competing for the championship during this period, and they went directly to the champion in this period!

Shay looked at this series of trading news, put down the newspaper, and prepared to spur himself even more crazy!

Competitors, however, are much stronger than the original history.

On the Knicks' side, without regressing defensively, the offensive end added Fan Maniac and Marley, which can be regarded as making up for shortcomings.

On the Rockets' side, with a stronger Drexler and a league-class shooter, Big Dream will play more calmly!

This 90s is even crazier than the original history!

So, you can't be left behind!

But Xie Yiwan never expected that the craziest thing this summer was not over.

The craziest thing happened to the bull.

To be exact, it happened to Michael. Jordan.

Today's 10,000-word update is presented, and the conscience kneels down to beg for votes!

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