After changing careers, I became No.1 in basketball

Chapter 310 309: The probability of entering the playoffs is only 0.1%?The defending season has just begun!

After the labor negotiations, Stern announced that the first regular season of the new season will start on February 2 and end on May 5, playing 5 games.

And because the season has shrunk, there will be no All-Star Weekend this season, for the first time in history.

For all players, this season is undoubtedly a huge challenge.

Because the All-Star Weekend actually has the meaning of a "mid-season rest day" for the players.

While the fans enjoy the performance, the players can also take a breather.

But now the shrinking season has greatly increased the density of the schedule, and there is no breathing time for the All-Star Weekend.

Everyone has to enter the state of sprinting with all their strength from the beginning, and rush to the end. Whoever stops and slows down is the dog.

The new season is about to start, which has revived the enthusiasm of the NBA.

As the most trafficked player in the league, Shay is naturally the most mentioned in the news.

The whole world is paying attention to Shay's recovery, and they are all guessing whether Shay can reach the pinnacle and create a miracle of four consecutive championships!
If it were last season, no one would question the strength of the Lakers, and no one would dare to say "the Lakers can't win the championship."

But this season, NBC TV polls showed that 89% of fans think it will be difficult for the Lakers to defend their title again!
Three consecutive championships are difficult enough, and four consecutive championships are almost impossible in modern basketball.

Pat Riley, who was invited to the show, once again brought out his "greedy" theory:
"Winning the championship for three consecutive years, I believe the mentality of the Lakers players is different.

Some people want more salary, some people want more playing time and team status.

The high-intensity battles day after day exhausted them both physically and mentally.

What's more, the Lakers are not young anymore.

Rodman is 38 years old, Mutombo is 33 even according to the official age, God knows what his actual age is.

Dell Curry is 35 years old, and his son has already turned into an 11-and-a-half-year-old guy. In a few years, his son will probably be able to dunk.

AC. Old Junior. Green is 36 years old and Sam Perkins is 38 years old.

Green's brothers probably want him to retire soon.

It's hard for you to imagine what kind of starter the Lakers will have next season.

Is it to let these old men continue to start?Or let Ben Wallace and Jermaine O'Neal, two young men with insufficient strength, start?
And, Shay had his own troubles.

No one knows whether he can fully regain his original state after being injured for such a long time.

No matter which way you analyze it, the Lakers are unlikely to win the championship. "

Pat Riley once successfully predicted that the Lakers would fall apart in the summer when Shay and Barkley won their second championship in 94.

Therefore, what he said is still very important in the hearts of the fans. Almost everyone believes that Riley will once again accurately predict the next fate of the Lakers!
After all, the situation of the Lakers this year is really not good.

Retired retired, old too old.

Shai is still out for a month or two.

This is simply the right time, place and people, and everything is irrelevant.

Let alone the championship in this situation for the Lakers, people don't even know if they can return to the finals!
There are also many experts who suggest that Shay simply retire on the spot:
"If Shay loses the series this season, it's going to take a toll on his sanity.

In the minds of the fans, he is a man who cannot fail.

He has never lost in the finals, and apart from his rookie season, he even lost only once in the playoffs.

Shay is perfect and invincible in the eyes of fans.

But this season, if Shay insists on playing, people will be disappointed to find that Shay is just a mortal!
So, retire.

Anyway, according to the new rules, the annual salary that Shay can now sign is only a quarter of the previous one.

Anyway, the three consecutive championships have already been achieved.

He's already a legend anyway.

If it was me, I would not play this thankless season. "

Shay watched the news and shook his head.

Sure enough, experts at home and abroad are all the same.For them, Shay advises them not to advise!

This is the first time that Shay has been underestimated before the season after winning his third championship.

No, it's not that it's not underestimated, it's completely underestimated.

In fact, it's not that Shay hasn't thought about taking a break for a while, but it's not because this season is too difficult, but because winning last season was really boring.

Just like playing games, it will be boring if you play too much on the computer with easy difficulty.

Who plays 2K and likes to win every game by [-] or [-] points.

But this year's public opinion is so unfavorable to the Lakers, it has aroused Shay's desire to win, and let him find the fun of playing.

The more you talk about my pills, the more I want to win!
Finally, on the day of preseason training camp, Shai attended the first press conference of the new season.

It is estimated that no team in the league has a more lively press conference than the Lakers.

The media center of the Great Western Forum was immediately full, and some reporters even had to set up cameras at the entrance of the media center, and all the people who came to interview broke through the threshold.

Shay just walked onto the stage without saying a word, and the sound of camera shutters came like a chorus.

This is the lineup of League No.1!

As soon as Xie Yi took his seat, countless reporters raised their hands and started asking questions:
"Shay, how does your ankle feel?"

"Don't talk about it, some people have suggested that I retire on the spot. If I say that I have fully recovered, I will disappoint many people. Therefore, I can only tell you that my recovery is average."

Shay joked with the reporter, seeing how relaxed he was, the Los Angeles media heaved a sigh of relief.

It seems that Shai is not intimidated by this highly targeted season.

He is still the basketball god who can handle any difficulty with ease.

Immediately afterwards, the reporter asked Shay: "What do you think are the chances of successfully defending your title this season?"

Shay immediately asked back: "Who do you think can still be my opponent?"

Xie Yi's rhetorical question made the reporters speechless.

Although public opinion says that the Lakers will die this season, no one really dares to say which team can end Shai.

The domineering and self-confidence displayed by Xie made many reporters with malicious intentions more honest.

After the press conference, Shay walked into the backstage, and found that Old Bath and Logo were different from his relaxed face. Both of them had solemn expressions.

The grumpy Logo kept yelling: "Damn Atlanta people, they just treat me like an idiot!"

Shay looked at the logo with fluttering long hair to gray hair. He hadn't seen West get angry like this for a long time:
"what happened?"

"I asked the Eagles to offer your old friend Kristen Laettner and they told me: Oh Jerry, we ain't going to trade Laettner unless you get Shai, he's important to the team component.

But just now, I learned that the Eagles sent Laettner to Detroit, and only got Scott Pollard, who averaged less than 10 minutes per game last season, and a first-round draft pick from Detroit!
Laettner is not an important component at all, they just don't want to trade with me! "

Although Leitner, who was a powerful player in college, did not become what people expected after entering the NBA, he was also an All-Star. In the 97 season, he averaged 18.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game for the Hawks.

Logo thought about getting him to play the fourth position, which could solve the problem of the weak attack power of the fourth position.

Zone defense is allowed next season, and if Rodman continues to start, Shai's offensive space will be catastrophic.

And Laettner's ability to shoot can precisely solve this problem.

But the Eagles would rather sell Laettner to Detroit cheap than cooperate with Logo.

Now the entire league does not want to trade with the Lakers!
Because the whole world knows that this is the best chance to kill Shay!
The entire league is an eye-catching opponent to the Lakers, ready to smash Shay, the down-and-out lion king.

The Lakers are the team with the most traffic in the league. If you kill the Lakers, the traffic will be yours!

It's not the first time this year that Logo has been deflated in transactions. This year, his signing plan has been repeatedly frustrated.

It's not a good feeling to be a public enemy.

Shay just shrugged his shoulders after hearing this, it's normal, it's like this after a long time of consecutive championships.

Seeing that Logo and Old Bath were sullen, Shay patted them on the shoulder:

"The whole world is expecting us to die, including that old boy Stern.

Under such circumstances, if we can really win four consecutive championships
Don't you find it very enjoyable?
Regarding signings, don't worry about Logo.

In fact, I think that our lineup is not incapable of coping with the situation next season.

The two boys, Jermaine O'Neal and Ben Wallace, have been making progress.

Stephen Jackson, who played in Europe, we can also recall him.

I still have confidence in our squad.

Of course, if you have to introduce new members, I will give you a name.

Look, find a way to get him here. "

Seeing that Shay is still confident, Logo's confidence in the next season has also improved a lot.

Back then, it was Logo who calmly strategized and took control of the overall situation.

Unexpectedly, one day I will need players to motivate me.

However, after seeing the signing name Shay gave him, Logo doubted his life again.

This guy Shay are you serious?

Shay seemed to understand what Logo's expression meant, so he smiled immediately:

"Trust me Logo, that guy just doesn't get trained.

You know me, I'm good at training.

If you give him to me, he will definitely be of great use! "

Afterwards, Shay whistled and walked to the training ground.

If it was a press conference, Shay might have pretended to be confident in front of outsiders.

So now, Logo really believes that Shay feels sure about winning for the fourth time in a row.

Can.
Logo itself has no self-confidence!
But the only thing he can do now is to cooperate with Shay as much as possible.

When the Lakers were struggling in the transfer market, other teams started a back-to-back race, recruiting everywhere to overthrow the Lakers' dominance.

For example, the Knicks, who failed in the Eastern Conference Finals half a year ago, made a deal.

With Terry Cummings, Chris Mills and John Starks, from the Warriors to the old Lakers Sprewell!

There is no other reason for the madman to be traded. What extraordinary things can the pure and pure Sprewell do?It was just that he almost strangled his head coach to death on the spot.

Again, Lakers players generally have solid "basic skills".

The Knicks' move is mainly to alleviate the disadvantage of the team's insufficient outside firepower. They really don't want to see Kobe on the outside like crazy and helpless.

This deal, in Shay's view, is a very good reinforcement.

In the original history, the Knicks lost Ewing in the 98-99 season. As a result, this team relied on the resolute defense and the scoring of Sprewell and Alan Houston, and it went all the way to the finals!
The crazy man in the 99 season was notorious for pinching the coach, and he was afraid of losing his job, so he played very seriously this season.

And now, the Knicks have replaced Alan Houston with a mature Kobe, replaced the injured Ewing with a healthy O'Neal, plus the former Lakers general, and allowed Cleaver, who showed defensive strength after the zone defense De Robinson.

You can imagine how much power they can burst out!

As for the atmosphere in the locker room, don't worry at all.Although Kobe was domineering and fought back food, Sprewell probably wouldn't make much trouble in order to keep his job.

After the deal was settled, the Knicks held a new press conference in a luxury hotel, announcing that Zen Master, who had been resting for a year, would come out again and become the head coach of the Knicks next season!

As we all know, Zen master is a fine man, he will only go out when he smells the champion.

The competitiveness of the Knicks is self-evident!

In addition to the Knicks, the San Antonio Spurs are not idle.

Facts have proved that the combination of the most water champion in history + intelligent back general is very competitive.

Last season, the Spurs counterattacked from the decadence and reached the second round.

The Spurs' inside defense is already invincible. The biggest problem is that there are no outstanding outside players.

So the Spurs won the greatest third child in Chicago history and the strongest deputy head in history-Scott Pippen in free agency!

In the original history, Pippen went to the Rockets to hold the thighs of Olajuwon and Fliggy.

But in this history, Fliggy is no longer playing, and Olajuwon is alone in Houston.

So, Pi San parachuted into San Antonio!

In the Spurs, Duncan is first, the general is second, and Pippen can play the third position he is most familiar with~
Except for the Knicks and Spurs, the strength of other teams has also improved a lot.

Although the sun has lost Flying Pig, the three youngsters Grant Hill, Weber and Roaring Tianzun have all risen and reached their peak.

In the original history of 99 years, Weber has led the Kings to become a strong team in the Western Conference.

In this period of original history, Tianzun has been regarded as the top card by the Blazers, and the Portland Prison team has reached the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years under his leadership.

Now, these two insiders are combined, and a peak Hill has to be added.

It's just terrifying!
In the history of the Sacramento Kings, after failing to trade Webber, they traded Jordan's "second shooting guard" Richmond + Shay's old sandbag Billy Owens from the Mavericks to the man worth mentioning. Sen. Kidd!

In this history, although the Dallas 3J also fell apart due to quarrels with fellow players, Kidd was not traded away.

Until now, he finally left Dallas and was accepted by the king.

Although Kidd and Webber are not players of the same style at all, he is also very suitable for Adelman's Princeton system!
Not to mention, Philadelphia has grown up AI and KG.

The Indianapolis people are still eyeing the championship.

Utah Shuangsha and Alan Houston are still strong.

Next season, it will be a wild dance of demons!

In the short one-month offseason transfer market, fans can see exciting news every day.

Only the Lakers fans discovered that the team had little action other than the regular contract renewal.

Using the bird rights, the Lakers successfully renewed Shai with a maximum salary, and then renewed Sam Perkins with a minimum salary.

Most importantly, Michael Finley, who is quite sought-after in the free agent market, remains.

Finley made great progress last season and averaged 18.8 points per game. He is Shea's most capable assistant.

So this summer, a large number of teams are pursuing Finley.

But fortunately, the Lakers have Finley's bird rights, so they were able to keep Finley and keep the basic set.

Finley himself has no ambition to become the leader of another team. His character is like this, and he doesn't fight or grab.

But apart from regular contract extensions, the Lakers have hardly introduced new players.

The only two new aids are high school student Rashad Lewis who was in the last round of the draft in the summer of 98 and Cuttino Mobley who was in the second round.

However, the rookies at the end of the first round and the second-round picks are of no help to the Lakers in the eyes of the outside world.

As for the guy Shay recommended to Logo, again, Logo failed to deal.

All teams are deliberately guarding against the Lakers and will not trade with the Lakers easily.

But Logo did not give up, and he was bound to win him before the trade deadline!
Oh, by the way, the Lakers have another signing.
Sign Terry Teague as the Lakers' equipment manager!
This wave of re-employment brought Terry Teague back to his favorite job-helping Shay carry shoes and water!

Although the identities are different, what I do is still my old job!
From now on, Terry Teague, the equipment manager, will be in charge of all Shay's game equipment in person to ensure that Shay plays comfortably every game.

Not to brag about Bo Yi, Terry Teague knows exactly what thickness of protection Shay likes to use!
Judging from the operation of the offseason, the Lakers are far behind other teams.

With this extreme lineup where the old is too old, the young is too young, and there are too few players in their prime, and there is no Shai for the time being.

The Los Angeles Lakers, the three consecutive champions, started the 98-99 season, which was destined to be extraordinary.

However, I thought that without Shai at the beginning of the season, the Lakers' start was already hellish.

How do you know, the start of the Lakers is even more difficult than imagined!

At the beginning of the season, Rodman suffered an injury and was frozen.

His gastrocnemius muscles were sore in his calves, and after examination, it was found that Rodman's calf muscles were severely strained.

Years of carrying players who are several times bigger than him, years of shooting himself on the floor, and years of hardcore play made this rebounding monster finally stop wreaking havoc.

At this time, many people suddenly remembered that the guy with the colorful dyed hair, the guy who married himself in the wedding dress, the guy who was always laughing, was already 38 years old!
Rodman's return date is still undecided. One month after the start of the season, Mutombo fell again.

In the process of scrambling for a rebound to land, Uncle Mu accidentally sprained his knee.

In the end, the Lakers team doctor diagnosed a sprained knee ligament and had to miss two to three months.

In other words, Mutombo may not come back until the playoffs!

But the problem is
Are the Lakers still in the playoffs?

After the first month, the Lakers' record is 4 wins and 11 losses!
Michael Finley has done his best to carry the ball without Shai, averaging 21.5 points per game, and he looks like a leader.

However, he was still not Shay!
In the second month, after losing Mutombo, the Lakers' record was only 4 wins and 9 losses!
Without Rodman, without Mutombo, the aging Dell Curry's scoring average has dropped to only single digits, and O'Neal and Big Ben are still gradually adapting to the feeling of taking on more responsibilities.

After losing to the Kings led by Kidd on March 3, the Lakers' record was 24 wins and 8 losses!
It is at the same level as the Denver Nuggets, who were the last in the Western Conference last season, and second only to the Vancouver Grizzlies, the king of lying down!
For a time, the Lakers became a joke all over the world:
"We worried at the beginning of the season that it would be difficult for the Lakers to return to the Finals. It turns out that we were so wrong that it was a bit unnecessary to worry.

Because the Lakers can't even make the playoffs this year! "

"The probability of the Lakers entering the playoffs this season is only 0.1%! It's not 10%, not 1%, it's 0.1%! Let's put it bluntly, it's impossible!"

"This is the fall of an era. This is an irreversible fall. Why should we still pay attention to the Los Angeles Lakers? Let's look at the matchup between the Spurs and the Knicks. Times have changed."

"Ben Wallace's offense is not as good as high school students, Jermaine O'Neal is incredibly thin, Stephen Jackson is more than fierce but not stable enough, Mobley and Lewis are too young.

Finley tried his best, but with a bunch of newcomers he couldn't be impressed! "

"I know that Shai's return date is March 3, which is the next game, against the No. 26 New York Knicks in the East.

But if I were Shay, I wouldn't come back.

What if he came back?

You know, there are only 50 regular season games this season, and the Lakers have played 29 games!
Even if Shay comes back, it won't help!

Even the god of basketball, even the most vicious basketball devil, has to accept the fact that the Lakers have failed this season! "

Not only the media, but even Falk persuaded Shay to give up this season altogether!
After being directly injured this season, Shay's image and personal value will not be affected.

But if returning to play the game still can't save the situation, Shay will really fall from the altar!

But at this time when the whole world is looking down on the Lakers, Sir Charles Flying Pig, who wanted to see Shay roll over the car, and hoped that Shay would lose without underwear, went against the current and expressed a different point of view:
"Do you know what you're talking about? Do you know who you're suspecting?
That's Madfakshay!
The man who can only lose 82 games in 10 games!

The man who can win the championship with only one loss in the playoffs!

The man who can beat Michael Jordan, who is second only to me, to retirement!

Let me tell you, the Lakers lineup is actually fine, but there is no leading star!
The Lakers will make the playoffs, I will put the words here, you guys watch carefully! "

Barkley's words naturally caused a burst of laughter.

Everyone said that he was abused by Shay to cause PTSD, and he naturally has the gene of kneeling and licking Shay in his body.

The morale of the Lakers also plummeted, and Finley was even autistic. He didn't expect that for the first time he led the team alone, Nima would lead the team to win the No. [-] pick.
If this is for four years, you can't guarantee the top three picks?
Before Owen became a god, Finley had already become a god!

To be honest, Finley's ability to lead a team alone is really average.

In the original history of the Mavericks, he led the team to the lottery every year until Nowitzki and Nash grew up.

However, there are still some Lakers fans who don't believe in evil, and firmly believe that everything will change after Shai returns.

In fact, Shay himself thought so too.

As Fliggy said, the Lakers' lineup is actually not bad.

Xiao Ao and Daben actually showed good strength. Although the offense is average, but because of the cancellation of illegal defense, the zone defense is allowed, and the defensive ability of these two defense monsters has been completely liberated.

The Lakers are still a strong defensive team, but the offense is too poor. Finley is not like Shay who can carry the scoring task of the whole team alone.

The Lakers only need to solve two problems -- a good starting guard to replace Dell Curry Sr., and a strong sixth man.

And just one day before Shay's return, Logo helped him solve this problem.

At the time, Shay was lying in bed getting ready for bed.

As a result, Logo suddenly called:

"Shay, I finally got the person you want!"

Shay smiled slightly after hanging up the phone, the Lakers' defending season has officially begun!

Let's start with the next comeback battle!
(End of this chapter)