That year's Finals was the Knicks vs. the Mavericks, and the final score was 4-0.

When Garnett saw Nowitzki sitting on the bench and weeping, it was a scene he will never forget.

At that moment, Garnett swore to heaven that if he had the opportunity in the future, no matter what the price, he would win everything for that man with his own hands.

Now that the opportunity to play for Wang Shuo is in front of him, Garnett must seriously consider whether this is the only chance of his life.

Garnett believes that the Lakers can have today's supremacy, and Wang Shuo has contributed a lot. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to continue the glory of the Lakers!

On July 1, as soon as the free agent market opened, the news that the Lakers had signed Kevin Garnett with their mid-range exception immediately broke the defense.

Although, in terms of Garnett's age and fame at the moment, the level of news that he switched to the Lakers this summer is far from earthquake-level.

But when it was learned that Garnett would rather give up the nearly 20 million-year pension contract offered to him by the Celtics than switch to the Lakers to chase his dream......

Thanks to the feud between the Lakers and the Celtics.

The news of Garnett's switch to the Lakers still rushed to the hot search in China and the United States for the first time.

How to describe Garnett, even if the Durant in Wang Shuo's memory comes, he has to call the insider to change the court?

To put it simply......

You can imagine:

Messi joined Real Madrid with a base salary, Salah switched to Manchester United overnight, and James wore a Lakers jersey at the North Shore Garden Arena to kneel to the sworn enemy Celtics......

On the 1st, when Celtics fans learned the news of Garnett's switch to the Lakers, angry Green Army fans immediately started a campaign called Jersey Burning for All in Boston.

"This is a naked betrayal! Kevin betrayed the Celtics! He's a coward! ”

"Kevin Garnett, are you worthy of our expectations and high expectations for you? RNM, get the money back! ”

"I can't accept such a betrayal! Kevin can't go anywhere to the Lakers! ”

For the mood of Celtic fans, Wang Shuo can completely understand.

But for Garnett's choice to switch to the Lakers under great pressure this time, Wang Shuo is also understandable.

You know, as early as May this year, Garnett had already celebrated his 34th birthday.

What does this age mean for a professional basketball player?

It means that his career is in the twilight.

Although, with the development of modern sports medicine, there is a clear trend of prolonging the peak of professional basketball players' careers.

But aside from fame and strength, Garnett has declined significantly compared to the peak of his career.

So......

Garnett knows better than anyone.

If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to change his fate, he will most likely retire in the future, like Karl Malone, as the "uncrowned king".

On the 1st, on the day he signed with the Lakers, Garnett said in an interview: "My choice to join the Lakers this time has nothing to do with any position.

It's just because I want to play for the king before I retire.

I know there will definitely be a large number of Celtic fans who can't understand and accept my choice.

But I'm mentally prepared for it.

Celtics fans can scold if they want, and if I can make them feel better by insulting, then I am definitely willing to be scolded by them for the rest of my life.

I will not make any excuses for my choice this time.

I just want to say that in this world, playing for the king is a lifelong dream of all basketball players! ”

I have to say that Garnett is so iron-blooded even in interviews.

Although, in response to Garnett's explanation, there are still a large number of Celtics fans who have told the media that they will never forgive Garnett.

But don't say it, you really don't say it......

Garnett chose to stand up and be scolded, and his attitude of not washing or arguing really won him a lot of supporters in the market.

"First of all, I'm not a Kevin Garnett fan. But I would say that Kevin just wants to play for the king for two years before retiring, what's wrong with that? ”

"My God, isn't America a free, democratic country?

When will NBA players lose the freedom to choose their teams when their contracts with their parent teams expire? ”

"You all say Kevin Garnett is a money-loving player, but if he really loves money, then he should stay with the Celtics!"

"The NBA should respect and protect every player's right to pursue their dreams! Kevin is undoubtedly a great dreamer! ”

Because the NBA has salary space when signing free agents......

Therefore, in the case of switching from the Celtics to the Lakers, it is not that the Lakers are reluctant to give Garnett more money, but that the Lakers can only give Garnett so much money.

Of course, Garnett's ability to get so many fans who spoke for him in a short period of time is also inseparable from the terrible ability of the Los Angeles media to turn black and white upside down.

On the 1st and 2nd, with a large number of Wang Shuo's familiar marketing copywriters attacking everywhere, in an instant, Garnett changed from a "traitor" in the eyes of Celtics fans to a "dream chaser" who dared to give up a high salary for his dreams.

Moreover, these marketing copies are well-founded and can always make you speechless.

For example, if you say that Garnett chose to come to the Lakers to hug his thigh for the championship, there will be a large number of fans who will say that they are not Garnett fans as soon as they come up and tell you:

Before Garnett joined the Lakers, the Lakers were already champions.

Therefore, how could Garnett's purpose for choosing to join the Lakers this time be for the championship?

Garnett, but he just wants to try it, does he have any potential to play under Wang Shuo, and can he improve his basketball skills one step closer!

Look, what an unassailable reason?

There is no doubt that even the BBC seems so objective and impartial compared to the Los Angeles media.

This summer, with O'Neal and Wallace announcing their retirements one after another, Garnett's addition undoubtedly made up for the shortcomings of the Lakers' interior line.

In addition, on the 3rd, the Lakers also signed Ben Wallace, who had just been pardoned by the Pistons, with a two-year veteran base salary.

In the past two years, with the continuous innovation of basketball skills and tactics, as well as the sanctions from the years, Big Ben has long since lost the courage of the past.

He averaged just 4.5 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for the Pistons last season.

Wang Shuo took a fancy to his nose for rebounding and his defensive experience of being able to use his height of more than two meters to defend the interior for the Pistons all year round.

And, after O'Neal's retirement, the Lakers' locker room also needs a new living treasure to liven up the atmosphere.

Big Ben has a cheerful personality, and Wang Shuo believes that he can quickly get along with everyone.

As for Big Ben himself......

He was even more overjoyed by Wang Shuo's personal invitation.

The success of "Roaring Celestial" with the Lakers convinced Big Ben that if he chose to join the Lakers, he would definitely be able to get at least one championship ring before retiring.

So on this day, after receiving a call from Wang Shuo, where does Big Ben still need to think?

After crying to Wang Shuo about his tragic experience in recent years, I saw Big Ben crying and saying to Wang Shuo on the phone:

The last general, Ben Wallace, may smoke, drink, and burn his hair for the royal family for generations!

One thing to say, in terms of Wang Shuo's personal charm at this moment......

The current NBA is like a "little Fengxian" everywhere.

At the NBA headquarters in New York, in Stern's view, the fortunate thing in the misfortune is that Wang Shuo is not the kind of coach who will always look forward to being on a certain team.

Otherwise, with his personal appeal of a casual wave of his hand, he can form a galactic battleship......

Sooner or later, the NBA will have to be shut down by him.

In the past two days, Kupchak, who was still immersed in the shock of Garnett's choice to switch to the Lakers, never expected that the free agent market had just opened this summer, and he, the Lakers general manager, could already start vacationing.

If you don't understand, just ask, when you are the general manager of a team in the NBA, you just need to lie down?

The Lakers' recruitment work this summer has come to an end.

But for this summer when there are still a bunch of big fish in the free agent market......

The recruitment of other teams has only just begun.

As the general manager of the Celtics, although Garnett's move to the Lakers also broke Danny Ainge's defense.

But after calming down, Angie found out......

Garnett's departure gave the Celtics a valuable opportunity to rebuild.

Horford, who the Celtics traded for in the summer of '07 in a "py" trade, currently has one year left in child labor benefits.

Right now, as long as Angie gives a "PUA" to Pierce, who can jump out of his contract and re-sign a contract extension with the team this summer, to take a pay cut and use Carter to make a "PY" trade, the Celtics can quickly complete the swap.

On the 4th, Angie took the lead in getting Pierce.

Historically, Pierce, who would have taken a salary cut with the Celtics this summer to renew his contract, due to the loss of the Finals MVP in history, under the flickering of Anji's reasoning and emotion, he signed a three-year contract extension with the Celtics with a total value of only $33 million without hesitation.

And Pierce's loyalty also made Celtic fans sigh for a while:

Sure enough, it has to be a player who has been trained by himself to be reliable!

Pierce is the real core of the Green Army's blood!

After getting Pierce, Angie then looked at LeBron James, who hasn't given a clear answer to the Clippers this summer.

It is true that as the famous "Buckley Boy" in the past two years, the poor basic skills of the young Ajan in this life have been infinitely magnified by the "Five Embarrassments".

But, even so, Ajan is definitely one of the biggest big-names in the free agent market this summer.

In the 09/10 season, James averaged 30.1 points, plus 7.8 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game for the Clippers.

Just looking at Excel, his stats panel can even compete with Kobe Bryant, who won the regular season MVP and the Finals MVP at the same time in the 09/10 season.

In Angie's view, James' biggest problem is ......

Its means of attacking at critical moments are too simple.

But in this Celtics.

This shortcoming of James will no longer be a shortcoming.

Because at the critical moment, the Celts had "truth" Pierce.

In regular time, James' consistent and abnormal scoring efficiency is absolutely trustworthy in Angie's eyes.

So, on the day he got Pierce, Angie tentatively spoke to James' team.

In this life, since he had been assassinated to Los Angeles early in the morning, the "Great Emperor Majesty" did not need to worry about his bright future being delayed by that damn loyalty.

In addition, after consulting with his own team, James found that at this moment he really needs a team that can give him a bigger platform to make a name for himself.

This summer, James, whose contract with "Hook" expired, has seen what it means to be in the new offer made by "Hook" to him.

Because when he first entered the league, the group of people who praised him to the sky are busy touting the "chosen son" Stephen Curry who is at the peak of his rookie season.

As for him, the former "pride of the sky"?

To cite the "hook" high-level statement, it is......

Who's going to drive a Ferrari and then go back to the Jetta?

Of course, the wonderful metaphor of the "hook" top does not mean that Curry is now stronger than James.

But with the joint efforts of Wang Shuo and "Hook", the commercial value of these two brothers ...... at this moment

It is indeed day by day.

James knows very well that with his face that can be called a brother to Ewing, if he wants to obtain higher commercial value, he must achieve certain results on the field.

And after 7 years of precipitation, like Wang Shuo's memory, James also ushered in his own "Dragon Field Enlightenment" this year.

As a result, after reviewing the classic cases in the market, analyzing his own playing style, and comparing similar competitors, James found that ......

Put on the Celtic jersey......

It's the shortcut that will help him get back on the right track!

Horford, who the Celtics acquired through the "PY" trade back then, has grown in the past two years.

It is no exaggeration to say that excluding Yao Ming and Gasol brothers, Horford is currently the best all-round center in the league.

Horford has excellent lateral movement, strong rim protection and defensive ability, and he also shot 38.9% from three-point range last season, providing plenty of offensive space for his teammates on the court.

"Truth" Pierce is not to mention.

Although in the past two years, Pierce's statistics on the field have not been compared to his youth.

But Pierce, who is getting older and more demonic, has a true hit rate of close to 6% in recent years.

Its increasingly successful "grandfather-style kaleidoscope offense" can not only stabilize the team at critical moments......

And the main thing is that neither Horford nor Pierce are the kind of players who will occupy the ball for a long time!

In addition, with Garnett's departure, Pierce took a pay cut to renew his contract with the Celtics......

James was pleasantly surprised to find that after joining the Celtics, the Celtics could even continue to strengthen the team's existing roster!

James knows very well how hungry the Celtics are for a championship at the moment.

You know, since the "Cardinal" Auerbach drove west, the Celtics have been trying to comfort Auerbach's spirit in the sky with a championship in recent years!

Therefore......

"LeBron, if you can help the Celtics win a championship, trust me......

Your popularity will surely catch up with Michael Jordan! ”

On this day, in addition to Angie doing everything possible to promote James to join the Celtics, the ministers around James also hope that James can join the Celtics.

Because James' team knows better than anyone that James continues to stay with the Clippers when the Lakers have risen strongly, he will only be reduced to a backdrop for the Lakers and Kobe.

In contrast, as the Lakers' sworn enemy, as long as James can break through the Knicks' blockade with the Celtics......

At that time, the traffic that the "yellow-green war" can bring to James alone will be enough for James to harvest a vote of leeks.

So, after some deliberation, James no longer hesitated.

On the 6th, the former "pride of the sky" LeBron James officially announced his decision:

He will take his talent from Los Angeles to Boston, to the North Shore Garden Arena, which is full of honor and history.

The historical trajectory of this life has changed beyond recognition with the emergence of Wang Shuo.

Because Wade's reputation is far from comparable to the same period in history in Wang Shuo's memory......

Therefore, before deciding to join the Celtics, James never thought about going to Miami to play so-called bro basketball with Wade this summer.

Of course, Wade didn't think about James either.

Because this summer, Wade, who chose to renew his contract with the Heat, is thinking about ...... at the moment

How can we fool Anthony into coming to Miami next summer?

In the U.S. national team, Wade has seen how terrifying Anthony is under Wang Shuo.

He believed that Spoelstra, who had tutored Wang Shuo in this life, would be able to make good use of his good brother, so in order to be able to seduce the sweet melon to Miami, Wade did not mind continuing to settle for another year.

As for James?

No matter how much Wade is emotional......

Just like in everyday life, you can never reach out and borrow money from a brother who is far poorer than you.

At least in Wade's eyes in this life, he doesn't think James is worthy of his precipitation.

On the 6th, James officially completed the signing with the Celtics.

The only fly in the ointment is that, compared to the attention that James's decision in Wang Shuo's memory has attracted for a while, in this summer that is destined to be lively, Ajan brought his talent to Boston......

It's not even as good as the news that Garnett had previously switched to the Lakers.

Clippers fans who learned that James switched to the Celtics are far less sad than the Cavaliers fans and Knicks fans who were dumped as monkeys in Wang Shuo's memory.

On the Internet, many Clippers fans also took the initiative to offer their blessings to James.

Hopefully, he will continue to improve in Boston and strive to realize his talent one day.

"The Hook" likewise didn't give James too much marketing wrap when he made his decision.

Because right now, all the resources of "Hook" are focused on Stephen Curry, who is confirmed to represent the U.S. men's basketball team in the World Championships this summer.

Because this summer, many NBA stars have ushered in a contract year, and Wang Shuo hopes that Kobe Bryant can recuperate in Los Angeles......

So as Wang Shuo remembers, in this year's Turkish Men's Basketball World Championships, he must lead a slightly dim American men's basketball team to Istanbul.

In the market, when learning of the NBA stars that Wang Shuo could call this summer, even the Los Angeles media took the initiative to give American fans a preventive shot: "This may be the most dim star of the American men's basketball team since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics!" ”

Historically, the U.S. men's basketball team with Durant as the core in Turkey will also be looked down upon by many media before the start of the game.

At the same time, it was through this World Championship that Coach K established his identity as the savior of American basketball in a real sense.

Because as the old K coach gradually figured out how to play FIBA......

The U.S. men's basketball team, led by Durant, will make world basketball fully felt......

What is called a historical-level offensive killer.

In Wang Shuo's memory, in addition to narrowly defeating the Brazilian men's basketball team by only two points in the group stage, the U.S. men's basketball team's journey to winning the championship in this World Championship can only be described as chopping melons and vegetables all the way.

Wang Shuo's previous life was a "black man", it is true.

But after Durant said early in the morning through the media that he is eager to play for his country this summer......

Don't blow it, don't black it.

Wang Shuo has never taken this year's World Championships to heart at all.

And Wang Shuo knows better than anyone that this is an excellent opportunity to silence those who previously thought that they could save American basketball only because they were able to use their charisma to persuade NBA stars to play for their country and crush the world's giants with their lineups.

Therefore, after noticing the trend of public opinion, Wang Shuo did not rush to tell people the fact that the American men's basketball team does not look very strong, but it is actually ridiculously strong.

While the Los Angeles media took the initiative to help themselves lower the world's expectations......

Wang Shuo said with a smile in an interview: "This is also something that can't be helped.

I've talked to a lot of the members who have been on the U.S. men's basketball team before, and I can understand that everyone has their own things to do this summer. ”

And because of the relationship with the Celtic contract early in the morning.

As a rare NBA star to be available this summer......

On the 7th, in an interview, I saw James say to the outside world with a selfless face:

If Wang Shuo is willing to call him, then he can fully take on the responsibility of winning the championship for the U.S. men's basketball team in Turkey.

In James's view, when no one is available this summer, Wang Shuo can build an American men's basketball team with himself as the core this time.

Although representing the U.S. men's basketball team at the World Championships will disrupt James' training schedule this summer.

But in James' eyes......

In terms of Wang Shuo's coaching ability, it is a high probability that the American men's basketball team will reach the top of the world.

Therefore, if you can be the leader of this U.S. men's basketball team, you can win the championship with the U.S. men's basketball team......

At that time, how can the prestige he can gain be comparable to wasting all his energy on polishing his basic skills?

After moving into his new home in Boston, James has been looking forward to it for the past two days...... Waiting for the moment when Wang Shuo called him.

And even if it weren't for the awe of this god of coaching......

It's an ordinary person.

James probably said that to him a long time ago:

Yo, why do you think of buddies at such a time?

Okay, okay, for your sake, buddy, I don't remember the villain, so I'll take you once!

However......

What puzzled James was ......

Until the morning of the 11th, the U.S. men's basketball team officially announced the 24-man roster for this year's Las Vegas training camp, and Wang Shuo did not call him.

"My name isn't on this list?"

On this day, looking at the 24-man training squad announced by the U.S. men's basketball team, James was shocked!

Yes.

In order to allow James to focus on polishing his basic skills, and in order to allow James to grow up as soon as possible.

This summer, Wang Shuoda never thought of recruiting James to play in the World Championships from the beginning.

See, what does it mean to be a real hardcore Jammy?

Of course, for Wang Shuo's choice.

No matter how James found the angle, he couldn't understand that Wang Shuo would turn a blind eye to his enthusiasm for playing for his country!

"It can't be! It's absolutely impossible!

With the players on this list alone, is he so confident that he will be able to lead the U.S. men's basketball team to win the championship? ”

At this moment, James was in a hurry, really in a hurry.

Because he knows it well......

He's probably missing out on a shortcut that will quickly boost his reputation!

……