Chapter 138 Cup! We are the champions!
Early the next morning, after the official punishment results of the alliance came out, all parties were shaken.
Spurs fans and Wizards fans are undoubtedly the happiest, Malone was banned for two games, although it is not much, but these two bans are extremely deadly, and will directly shatter the Jazz's championship dream.
Lin Yu and the Wizards were also very happy, they were happy for Big Ben, this time Big Ben was only banned for one game, and Big Ben was ready to be banned for more than ten games.
The next second game is still the home court of the Wizards, and the result can be imagined, the Wizards will go on the court to desperately brush up the data for FMVP.
Although the generals are like brothers, the allure of FMVP is still too great.
If Kobe Bryant and Maddy win this honor, they will directly break the record and become the youngest FMVP in NBA history.
If Maddie and Dabu get it, they will become the second rookie season FMVP in NBA history after Magic Johnson, which is self-evident.
Webb also wants this FMVP, he has already won the regular season MVP, a double MVP in a single season, which is a stepping stone to becoming a superstar at the all-time level.
Even Peja is desperate to be the greatest player for the Serbs and to make a precedent for the Serbs in the NBA.
In fact, the later MVP Jokic is also a Serb, and what Peja didn't do, Chubby Jokic did.
The first two games were beaten by 50 points in the first game and 47 points in the second, and there has never been such a disparity in the Finals in NBA history.
In the third game, it was the home of the Utah Jazz.
The Jazz's home court is the home of the league's well-known devils, but the fans of the Devils' home stadium are also dumbfounded tonight, watching Stockton, who has returned from suspension, being ravaged by the Wizards, as if they have been stuffed with broken cotton wool in their throats, and they can't make any sound.
This game can be called the eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.
Big Ben and Rose are back, Daba, Webb, Maddy, Peja, Kobe, Nash, Xiao O, and Billups are all sent to the court by Lin Yu one by one, Bowen is currently suspended, and he is completely unable to play.
There is no doubt that G3 in the finals was another one-sided slaughter, winning by 41 points.
Stockton without Malone is like a dying old man in a wheelchair, and the role he can play on the field is limited.
And Kobe kept arguing with him, he pinched Kobe, Kobe had to elbow him three elbows, he scolded Kobe, Kobe had a hundred sentences waiting for him.
Jazz fans don't have any expectations at all, what can this situation be like even if Malone comes back from a suspension?
It is better to die early and be reincarnated, they really can't see Sir being abused like this again.
In the fourth game, the Jazz's home attendance was not even 60%, which was the Finals, and the attendance of less than 60% also broke the worst record in history.
But no one pays attention to this insignificant record at the moment, because after this game, the NBA will have countless historical records.
Malone made a comeback and appeared on the sidelines, his head and face were still blue and swollen, and he looked much worse than Big Ben.
It's not that Daben really took advantage of it, but Daben's complexion is much darker than Ma Long's, and the bruises are not so conspicuous.
"Brother Lin, you can help me translate with Big Ben."
"If there's a fight tonight, let me come, I can't keep letting Big Ben suffer."
Before the start of the game, the bus took the initiative to say to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu shook his head, "Don't worry, I won't do it tonight, Ma Long is not that stupid." β
"If you get beaten twice in a series in a row, he's going to be the biggest joke in NBA history, the kind that doesn't lose to Teylon Hill."
"We didn't beat him in the first game, that's because we want to win the championship, don't lose too much power, tonight he dares to scum woo, just get him together, even if all five people on the field are ejected, we still have a top squad on the bench."
"He Malone knows this very well, so it's impossible to do it, he's not a fool."
Da Ba smiled and nodded, he could always find some shining points from Lin Yu, with this ability to analyze the situation, Da Ba felt that he didn't want to have it in his life.
"Doot toot!"
The Eastern Final G4 began with the referee's whistle.
The Jazz players were playing weakly on the court, and even coach Sloan lost his former demeanor, standing on the sidelines with his eyes blank, not knowing what was going on in his heart.
The game on the field looked a little boring, there was no collision, if it weren't for the bruises and hematomas on the face, it would not have been obvious that Malone had a bloody battle with Big Ben a few days ago.
Of course, Lin Yu didn't think that Ma Long had suddenly changed his sex, he just didn't want to be beaten by the Wizards tonight, if he had the opportunity to get back on the court in the future, Ma Long would definitely be soft, which Lin Yu was extremely sure of.
With two minutes left in the game, the margin had reached 26 points, and Sloan replaced Malone and Stockton on the court, which was considered a surrender.
Lin Yu didn't bother to change people, after all, it was only two minutes, and what else to change was not enough for himself.
Stern is also sitting on the sidelines tonight and he needs to be there in the tiebreaker to present the award to a potential champion.
Stern had a smile on his face from beginning to end of this game, although this round of the finals was a failure, playing the lowest rating in nearly a decade, but the league did not lose at all, because the previous East Finals made too much money.
The ratings of the Eastern Conference Finals are the first in history, and even the finals of other seasons are difficult to compare with this game.
The Washington Wizards sold more than $7 million in tickets for that game alone, and the price of tickets for some key games must go up, the average ticket price of the Wizards is only a few dozen dollars per game, and the average ticket price that night skyrocketed to nearly $400, even then it is still difficult to find a ticket.
Two minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the difference between the two sides was fixed at 33 points.
At the moment of the whistle, the generals on the bench rushed to the field to cheer, they worked hard all season, passed five levels and six generals, and now it is finally the time of a bumper harvest.
Overall Winner!
"We're the champions!"
"Long live the Wizards!"
The prodigies will be ecstatic, tears of excitement rolling in their eyes, cheering, laughing, and enjoying this hard-won glory together.
The only regret is that the championship was won at the home court of the Jazz, and the Jazz had less than 60% attendance, so it seemed a little deserted.
But Lin Yu and the Wizards don't care, they are silent in the joy after winning the championship.
Kobe Bryant and others rushed to Lin Yu's side, several people lifted Lin Yu up and began to parade around the court, all the Wizards players knew that without Lin Yu, they would not have been able to taste the joy of winning the championship.
Reporters rushed to the field and began to look for their respective targets for interviews.
Lin Yu saw Zhang Weiping's figure again and waved at him again and again.
"Congratulations, Director Lin." Zhang Weiping laughed and came up to congratulate him, he had been in Lao Mei for a long time and knew what a championship means to NBA players and coaches.
"Lao Zhang, you have already told Dazhi to sign up for the draft, right?" Lin Yu asked with a smile.
"Of course, I can still be sloppy about such a big matter, and Dazhi's written application has already been submitted to the alliance official."
After chatting a few personal words, Zhang Weiping began to interview Lin Yu in front of the camera, all of which were routine clichΓ©s, such as saying hello to audiences and friends across the country, what feelings he had after winning the championship, what plans he had for the coming year, whether he had the confidence to defend his title, etc.
Lin Yu replied in an orderly manner, he could talk nonsense in the face of the old American media, but in the face of the Celestial Empire TV, Lin Yu still knew how to be restrained.
By the time the reporters had almost finished interviewing, the results of the FMVP selection in the background were also released.
Stern smiled and walked onto the makeshift championship podium, and the Wizards hurriedly hugged Lin Yu and followed him onto the stage.
After the generals took the stage, they all stepped back, leaving the C position to Lin Yu.
This Wizards team does not have an absolute core in the real sense, everyone is the core, and everyone is not the core, if you have to find an absolute core, it can only be coach Lin Yu.
Stern babbled on for a few more moments before the official announcement began.
"I declare that the NBA championship of the 1997-1998 season is the Washington Wizards!"
As soon as the words fell, there was sparse applause at the scene, and Stern looked embarrassed, if tonight was the home court of the Wizards, it would definitely not be such a cold scene.
Stern handed over the championship trophy to Lin Yu, and Lin Yu was not polite, raising the championship trophy with both hands, causing the wizards behind him to scream.
After lifting the trophy, Lin Yu clearly saw that the trophy had the words "1997-1998 World Champion", and Lin Yu couldn't help but be happy.
Whether the outside world admits it or not, the NBA calls the championship a world champion, at least at this point in time, it is no problem to call it so.
It's like the champion of the domestic table tennis competition of the Celestial Empire, known as the world champion, no one can question it.
But in the next few years, when foreign players have become more and more powerful, and the U.S. men's basketball team can no longer dominate the world basketball world, the name of the world champion is a bit ironic.
After the championship won the cup, it was the FMVP awards, and the old mascot Bill Russell had already stepped onto the podium.
"I declare the 1997-1998 Finals Most Valuable Player for Chris Webb!"
Bill Russell smiled and handed the trophy to Webb.
Webb felt like he was dreaming, he was a star in the first half of last season, but an unassuming star, and the All-Star vote didn't even have a new melon egg Garnett.
However, this season he won the most valuable MVP and FMVP, and became the top superstar in NBA history.
Today, players who can win double MVPs in a single season can be counted in a single slap, Willis Reed, Moses Malone, Black and White, Jordan and Olajuwon, and then gone, Webb has become a presence that can stand shoulder to shoulder with these top giants.
After four finals, Webb can average 33 points and 14.5 rebounds per game, ranking first in both scoring and rebounding, and he deserves this FMVP.
The crowd applauded, although Kobe Maddie and the others were a little disappointed in their hearts, but they were quite acceptable, after all, they were much younger than Webb, and they thought that they would have more opportunities in the future.
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With the championship in hand, Lin Yu led the generals to return to the dynasty.
The real celebration was certainly not in Salt Lake City, but in their home turf, Washington.
After returning to Washington, the players all went to the carnival, and three days later there was a championship bus parade, where did Lin Yu have the leisure time to go to the carnival with the players, he had a bunch of work to do.
In the big conference room of the club, Lin Yu convened a meeting of all the management of the Wizards.
"What? How did you make so much money? 37 million net profit? Are you sure you're taking the Wizards' financial statements? Lin Yu asked in shock after hearing the annual earnings report of the financial director.
It doesn't sound like a profit of 37 million is not much, and it is not as good as Lin Yu's charm point reward, but most teams in the league are in a state of loss today, even the Knicks and Lakers have not made so much money this year.
Lin Yu frowned, of course it was a good thing to make so much money, but the thought of scoring half of the score to Old Paulin made him feel sick in his heart.
"Is there a way to spend all this money?"
"By the way, the player's bonus, it's normal to give out bonuses if you win the championship, right?"
"And you, it's been a year of hard work, and it's impossible not to give out some bonuses."
"And I, the head coach, can't really not pay a dime, right? Mr. Unselde, how much do you think I should be paid? β
It's a bit odd on the sidelines, and the team owner asks his employees how much they should be paid.
Unselde didn't know Lin Yu's careful thoughts, and said with a laugh: "It can't be less than twenty million dollars, right?" β
"Our Wizards went from being a bottom-of-the-line team to winning the championship in just one and a half years, and I think it's reasonable to give an annual salary of 20 million."
When the other executives saw Unselde's statement, they grabbed Lin Yu and slapped him on the back.
Lin Yu waved his hand and said, "How can it be so exaggerated, 20 million is too exaggerated." β
"Give me a salary of 18.5 million, which is exactly half of the net profit, and all the rest will be paid as bonuses, 14 million for players, and everyone in the 14 players will have a share, one million dollars per person."
"The remaining 4.5 million, the coaching staff points, the executives points, you can watch the points yourself."
The more Lin Yu spoke, the happier he became, this feeling of spending other people's money to charge a lot of money was simply refreshing.
Half of the 37 million went into Lin Yu's pocket, which was originally the dividend he should get, but it was in the form of salary.
The other half is the team's championship bonus, and not a penny is spent.
It is equivalent to saying that the Wizards' profit this year is zero, and Old Pauline can't get a penny.
Everyone present was pleasantly surprised, and the money allocated this time would at least allow them to change into a good car.
"Boss, it's time to order the championship ring, and the championship flag, and we can finally raise a second championship flag over our arena."
Unselde reminded.
"Find the best jeweler to order, you must give me a diamond, as for the championship flag, the blue flag is too low-grade now, change it to a bright red one, with gold wire tassels, it must be pure gold."
"By the way, order an extra ring, we have to give Snow one, as for Childes, forget it."
Lin Yu said with a smile.
Childes was traded to the SuperSonics midway through the season, and although he didn't play a game, he was still eligible for a ring.
But he can give it or not, and if he doesn't give it, no one can find fault with it.
Of course, Lin Yu couldn't give it to Cells, even if he took the money to the water, he couldn't give it.
As for Snow, it must be given, he played nearly two months in the Wizards, and even won the second quadruple-double in the history of the Wizards.
Players who were traded in the offseason such as Mashburn, Speeds, Antonio Davis, etc., then there is no ring.
In fact, whether there is a ring or not, it is completely up to the boss to have the final say, the boss says that there is, then there is, even if the boss wants to give a ring to the stadium cleaning, it is not impossible.
Even the boss said that he would not send a ring this year, send a mouse pad, as long as the boss insisted on sending a mouse pad, it was not impossible, when the Mavericks won the championship in 2011, the boss Cuban had such a terrible idea, he didn't want to send a ring, wanted to send a mouse pad, but unfortunately it didn't succeed in the end.
However, it is necessary to pay attention to a justifiable person, similar to Mashburn and flying cars, it really makes no sense to issue rings.
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After the meeting, Lin Yu and Unselde came to the general manager's office.
"Lin, what are we going to do next? Big Ben and Rose's contracts expire, do we stay? β
After Unseld won the championship, he was worried about the contract issues between Big Ben and Rose.
Of course, he wants to keep both of them, but he also knows that it can't be, Big Ben has already played a prominent value at the moment, and Jalen Rose, although he has been playing off the bench for most of this season, has also performed very well, giving him plenty of time, and immediately is a first-line swingman who averages more than 20 points per game.
"I'll take care of the renewal of the contract."
"I've been helping me contact a few more teams lately, and I want to trade some draft picks."
Lin Yu was also worried about the renewal of his contract, so he decided to talk to Jalen Rose first to see what Rose's thoughts were.
After leaving the general manager's office, Lin Yu called Ross over.
After waiting for less than half an hour, Lin Yu's office door opened, Rose walked in, and Weber came with him.
"What's wrong, Chris?" Lin Yu asked curiously.
"Boss, we have something we want to talk to you about." Weber's face was shy, as if he had done something wrong.
Lin Yu smiled and asked, "What?" Are you going to leave Washington with Jalen? β
When Webber and Rose heard this, their faces immediately turned frightened, they didn't expect that before they could speak, Lin Yu actually guessed.
"Boss, Jermaine's current strength is no worse than mine, and my stay will only hinder his growth."
"And ......"
Webb whispered, and he didn't believe it.
Lin Yu couldn't help laughing, "There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to say such words without any nutrition." β
"Do you think Jalen has no room for development in the Wizards, so you want to go to other teams with him?"
Jalen Ross looked embarrassed, he asked Webb why he wanted to leave on the way he came just now, Webber kept silent, and said this to Lin Yu, Ross couldn't wait to find a crack to drill down.
"Chris, I'm not an unweaned child, what do you mean by that?"
"I didn't even say I wanted to leave the Wizards, but you helped me make the decision."
Ross said bitterly, he didn't blame Weber, he just didn't want Webb to leave the Washington Wizards for his own reasons.
Webb hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, this is just one reason, in fact, I want to go back to the Warriors, I often think of the Warriors for so many years, when I was young and frivolous, I was too selfish in doing things, and now I think about myself I am really not a thing." β
"Boss, do you understand my guilt? If it weren't for me, the Warriors would have had Penny Hardaway and three first-round picks. β
"Then they will definitely not be miserable to this level at the moment, winning only a dozen games in a season."
"Chief, give me a chance to atone for my sins."
Webber covered his head and said bitterly, if the warrior is not good to him, then it is okay, the warrior really regarded him as an ancestor back then, but he failed the warrior.
Since the start of the season, Webb has been plagued by this incident, and he has been unable to sleep.
Lin Yu sighed, what is this called? Just won the championship, the team boss is about to run away, who to reason with!