Chapter 208: Curry Terms, the New King's Era
Before preparing to lead the Lakers to build a dynasty, Wang Shuo, who has been busy with babies this summer, also briefly reviewed the movements of NBA teams.
After his contract with the Mavericks expired, Ray Allen decisively chose to "jump out of the car" this summer.
is the same as Wang Shuo remembers, because he thinks he can still fight......
In addition, I feel that I am destined to retire if I continue to stay in Dallas......
So after some careful consideration, Ray Allen decided to sign a three-year, $9 million contract with the Heat.
After the free agent market opened, when they learned that Ray Allen "jumped out of the car", the Celtics also sent a solicitation to Ray Allen.
But Ray Allen once again showed his poisonous tongue attributes, saying to the Celts who had always handed olive branches: "I can't give my future to a child who hasn't experienced anything yet." ”
In Wang Shuo's previous life, even if he received the second championship ring of his career when he played for the Heat, Ray Allen did not recognize James as worthy of the title of "GOAT" in the future.
What's more, Ajan who has been proving in this life, but has never proven himself?
In Ray Allen's eyes, because he directly chose to join the Knicks, he will inevitably be said to be hugging his thighs in the future.
Therefore, whether it is from the combat effectiveness shown last season or the future prospects, choosing to join the Heat to assist Wade is a wise choice.
In addition, while Davis still had gas in his tank, the Pacers also completed a trade with the Magic this summer through a sign-and-trade approach.
According to the agreement between the Pacers and the Magic, the Pacers will send former All-Star guard Baron Davis and get Mike Conley from the Magic.
Admittedly, Davis, who is relatively healthy in his life, is currently in his playing years, and judging by his performance last season, he is still one of the NBA's star guards.
But as a muscular sports car that continues to rely on overdraft to start......
The Magic bought Davis at this point, and to do so, they did not hesitate to add their Mike Conley, who had worked hard for four years, to add to the deal......
Los Angeles, for this deal, Wang Shuo can only say that the Magic is worthy of being a talent center in the NBA that specializes in developing rookies for other teams.
And with the strong competitiveness under the leadership of Mike Malone last season, the Cavaliers, who were not always welcomed by stars in the free agent market, successfully recruited Tyson Chandler and Joe Johnson this summer.
Regardless of past or present life, Cavaliers owner Daniel Gilbert has never been the kind of boss who is reluctant to spend money.
Last season, under the leadership of the "Cleveland Kings" Griffin, the Cavaliers exposed their weaknesses in the playoffs without a defensive big man on the interior and an outside scorer who could help Griffin and Westbrook share the offensive firepower in crunch time.
Chandler, whose contract with the Mavericks expired this summer, also didn't want to stay in Dallas.
Originally, Chandler wanted to go to a big city to develop.
But under the persuasion of Malone himself, Chandler was successfully aroused by Malone to arouse his champion heart.
"Come to Cleveland! I'll give you a salary you deserve, and then join us for the championship!" ”
Since the Cavaliers can continue to receive child labor contract benefits from Griffin and Westbrook, after signing a five-year contract with Chandler worth $60 million, the Cavaliers then set their sights on "Singles Joe," who is still on the sidelines this summer.
When lobbying singles Joe, Malone fully demonstrated the qualities that a good head coach should have.
That is, how to correctly draw a pie for a player.
At Johnson's home in Atlanta, on the day of lobbying Johnson, I saw Malone first briefly analyze the current alliance pattern for Johnson.
He then spoke with Johnson about the role of a superstar playmaker like Griffin's in modern basketball.
Finally, Malone also gave Johnson a wave of prospects after he joined the Cavaliers.
In a word......
Under Ma Long's flickering, "Singles Joe" not only went lame, but also ignited the ...... by Ma Long
"Don't you want to bring a little hope to Cleveland, a hopeless city in the United States, and etch your name forever in the history of the NBA."
It turns out that after years of precipitation, Malone has become a top coach in every sense.
This summer, I'm afraid the Knight management didn't expect that Malone would be able to effortlessly build this originally competitive Knight into a new galactic battleship.
In addition, Malone's adjustment to Westbrook since last season is also worth learning from many young coaches.
Although Wang Shuo remembers, under the cultivation of Coach Brooks, I will grow into a super guard in the future.
But what is obvious is ......
"Only sugar and no big sticks" Brooks's overindulgent femdom on the field had already quietly laid the groundwork for me to burrow into the sewers in the future.
On the other hand, Malone's training of Westbrook is obviously much harsher.
When training Westbrook, Malone not only used his personal experience to persuade my turtle, but also used Kobe Bryant as a positive case at the moment and compared it with a negative case.
"Russell, if you want stats, I can guarantee you can definitely make better stats on the field.
But then you probably won't have a championship ring until you retire.
Do you really want that kind of career? ”
Hearing this, the young Westbrook immediately shook his head.
In the new season, the Cavaliers led by Malone will undoubtedly become one of the biggest spoilers in the East.
Especially with Ma Long's training......
After Griffin is about to start the third season of his career as "Mr. Covenant......
At this moment, even Duncan, who was playing games with Xiao Yao in New York, had a sense of crisis.
In the West, because the Mavericks are directly missing two big players in the new season and have not strengthened the roster in the summer, the Lakers are also equivalent to one less competitor in a sense.
In Wang Shuo's eyes, the Lakers' number one rival in the West in the new season is still the Thunder.
This summer, Durant became the first person to eat the "Stephen Curry Clause" crab after the new collective bargaining agreement was passed.
This clause is basically the same as the "Ross clause" in Wang Shuo's memory.
The clause states that as long as you get one regular-season MVP on your rookie contract, or two All-Star starters, or two All-Star selections, you can sign a new contract with the team at 30% of the team's salary cap after your rookie contract.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, the original "Ross clause" was mainly to encourage young players to play better on the field.
But this life......
This provision, called the "Curry Clause", is clearly aimed at the Lakers.
Because under the new rules, when Curry renews his contract with the Lakers in the future, he will get the theoretical maximum salary that he originally had to play for at least a certain number of years in the NBA......
Therefore, you can fully understand that the release of this clause will inevitably make the Lakers have to make trade-offs about their lineup in the future.
In addition, after this new collective bargaining agreement, the NBA has also further limited the amount of cap that each team can complete through the bird's right to complete a cap extension with a player.
Although, on the surface, the NBA's official statement on this is that such a regulation can make the NBA teams better carry out a virtuous cycle.
But this new rule is also aimed at the Lakers.
This is the NBA under David Stern.
Unlike Adam Shaw, who doesn't know how to target a superteam in the future.
No matter how much Stern has praised the Lakers over the years......
He has never forgotten that while giving the Lakers support, he laid the groundwork for the future disintegration of this super Lakers.
It's a pity......
What Stern doesn't know at the moment is that Wang Shuo will take Curry with him when he leaves the Lakers in the future, fundamentally dispelling Stern's worries that the Lakers will continue to rule the NBA after building a dynasty......
Otherwise......
The ghost knows how much Stern will want to hug Wang Shuo and kiss him after knowing the truth?
This summer, after successfully getting a big contract on the "Curry clause", Durant has made it clear in an interview that he wants to compete for the regular season MVP ambition in the new season.
And since the regular season MVP competition for the new season is mentioned......
I have to mention Stern's other troubles at the moment.
That's when it's impossible to make Kobe Bryant three straight regular-season MVPs......
For a while, Stern really didn't know who to establish to be the league card for the new season.
In terms of personal strength, Stern believes that Durant definitely has the strength and is qualified to compete for the NBA's regular season MVP.
But what ......
Durant's own image is too "against the sky"?
To what extent?
Previously, when jokingly asked by a reporter "Kevin, do you still want to drink Scarlett Johansson's bath water now......
I saw Durant first shake his head, and then nodded again: "It's a thing of the past to want to drink her bath water, and if I have the opportunity, now I want to lick her bones." ”
No doubt.
Durant at that moment just said what the vast majority of "LSPs" really thought in their hearts.
Can......
As an alliance that at least guarantees "positive energy" in terms of face......
Facing Durant who wants to lick the broken bones of the "widow sister", how dare you let the league praise him?
In any case, at least at this juncture, Durant is unlikely to be the NBA's regular season MVP.
Therefore......
After a round of searching among the stars, Stern spotted ......
The new season is about to start, and there really isn't anyone who can play!
In the East, the Heat just acquired Anthony through "blackmail" last season.
No matter how much he likes Wade, Stern doesn't want to encourage this kind of culture of star huddles.
As for New York, the historical status of the Knicks' double kings cannot be one step closer.
Moreover, Stern didn't want to waste too many resources on Xiao Yao, who had his own traffic, and his good friend Duncan.
Therefore, after a round of vision, Stern can only hope that Griffin can lead the Cavaliers to the top half of the East in the new season.
Because in terms of popularity and current personal image......
"Silly Fen" is indeed the most suitable object for the current alliance.
Of course, what Stern didn't expect was ......
In October of this year, an accident that happened in the Lakers' preseason game will quietly provide a new object of support for the league.
On October 14, in the game with the Nuggets, because Kobe Bryant suddenly had discomfort in his left knee without confrontation, for a while, the heart of Cormi all over the world was suspended.
Although according to the MRI report afterwards, the Lakers team doctor believed that Kobe Bryant was just a recurrence of an old injury and would be able to return to the NBA stage in about a month and a half, Wang Shuo, as a passerover, still wanted to be on the safe side and forced Kobe to rest until February next year before he could come back.
Different from its idols.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, even Komi had to admit that in terms of durability, Kobe Bryant and Jordan were not comparable at all.
Wang Shuo knows very well that due to his long years of fighting and his strong personality, he is not allowed to paddle on the court......
Therefore, the major injuries he remembered that Kobe Bryant constantly experienced in the later years of his career were not so much an accident as a predestined.
In this life, Kobe's current physical condition is much better than Wang Shuo's memory.
Wang Shuo knows that as long as Kobe Bryant can be better protected, then he will have no problem even if he wants to play until he is 40 years old in the future.
Therefore, even if Kobe Bryant was reluctant, this time after Vanessa took the initiative to hand over the rope, Wang Shuo still decisively tied him back to his home in Los Angeles.
"Do you want to force a comeback and cause you to miss this great opportunity to personally lead the Lakers to build a dynasty?
Kobe, you're 33 now.
If you're only 23 years old this year, I certainly wouldn't let you take that long off.
But considering your current age, what you need to do now is to give me good care! ”
"But, what if the Lakers have a bad record while I'm resting?"
"I'm here, plus you and a bunch of amazing teammates......
Even without you, we can easily reach the top of the league. ”
“……”
Autistic.
On this day, after being taught a lesson by Wang Shuo, Kobe Bryant was completely autistic.
Fortunately, Wang Shuo's next sentence immediately untied the knot in his heart.
"Because the West is full of fish belly right now, we don't have a lot of resistance in the regular season.
But what about the playoffs and the Finals?
Kobe Bryant, if you miss the opportunity to win three consecutive championships in the Finals because the Lakers are missing you, believe me......
Then you don't have to wait for the Lakers fans to judge you, I'm definitely the first to hate you. ”
is different from Jordan, who forced him to rest and had to sacrifice the whole team to help him win the scoring title after his comeback.
In Wang Shuo's opinion, Kobe Bryant is far better than Jordan.
On this day, after repeatedly emphasizing his importance to the Lakers to Kobe, in addition to hitting Kobe Bryant in the waist and saying that he didn't mean it, but there was a high probability that it was an intentional elbow, Wang Shuo easily got Kobe.
In the new season, Kobe Bryant will miss at least February due to injury.
Although after the Lakers officially announced the news, many Lakers have a trace of anxiety about the team's new season......
But for Curry, who just ended his long-distance relationship with Ayesha this summer and officially entered the marriage hall......
At the same time, however, he was given a great opportunity to make a name for himself.
Because during Kobe's absence due to injury, the Lakers' tactical focus will definitely tilt towards Curry.
And, in the absence of the world's recognized No. 1 active player, Curry can still lead this Lakers team to play well......
At that time, the regular season MVP favorite of the NBA in the new season will also have a place for him!
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