NBA: There is nothing wrong with bringing a ball in a fight!

Chapter 63 Opening match!Lakers VS Rockets!
For this news, Lakers fans are the most difficult to accept.

I thought they were still strong contenders for the championship this season.

But when the regular season was about to start, Magic Johnson actually announced his retirement!
The reason is actually because of HIV infection!

What an unacceptable news this is.

Lakers fans instantly fell into despair.

Can the Lakers without Magic Johnson be considered a wealthy team?
Can they still make it to the playoffs?
the answer is negative!

The Lakers wouldn't even be a true Lakers team without Magic Johnson.

You know, in the past ten years, it is precisely because of the existence of Magic Johnson that they have won so many championships.

Only then can the Lakers become one of the richest teams in the entire league.

Although this season's Magic Johnson is no longer young.

But his condition is still good. With him, the Lakers have a guarantee of entering the playoffs.

But all of this came to naught after Magic Johnson was infected with HIV.

Even Lakers general manager Jerry West couldn't accept this fact.

After learning the news, he even scolded Magic Johnson directly.

He pointed directly at Magic Johnson's nose and cursed:

"You damn guy, you can't control your lower body, and now you're reaping the consequences, and you've ruined our entire team!"

Facing the furious Jerry West, Magic Johnson was speechless.

In fact, he is also a victim.

Regarding his private life outside the court, Magic Johnson admits that he is indeed very indiscreet.

Therefore, when Jerry West pointed at his nose and scolded him, he didn't say anything to refute.

Indeed, because of the signing of Ye Qingchen this season, the strength of the Lakers can be said to be stronger than last season.

All this is moving in a good direction.

But the result?
But he pulled his hips and was directly forced to retire early.

At the same time, the management of the Lakers also held an emergency meeting.

This time the emergency meeting was to discuss the future direction of the team.

The management of the Lakers has already thought about it. Without Magic Johnson, the strength of the Lakers will definitely be greatly reduced.

Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity and just show it off.

Because of next year's draft, Shaquille O'Neal is likely to participate.

For Shaquille O'Neal, scouts of all NBA teams are quite familiar.

In the NCAA arena, Shaquille O'Neal can be said to be a rare opponent.

Moreover, many scouts have already predicted that he must be the No. [-] pick.

No matter when he declares for the draft, he will definitely be the best choice for the No. [-] pick.

And 1992 is the year that O'Neal is most likely to declare for the draft.

Therefore, the purpose of the Lakers' meeting is to discuss whether they need to set a bad tone.

If this bad tone is set, it is actually very good news for Dunleavy.

At least, he has no record pressure.

Just take the Lakers through every game.

Even, you can lose the game without any psychological burden.

Moreover, even if the Lakers are blatantly bad, other teams or fans in the league will not be surprised.

After all, they have already lost Magic Johnson.

If the Lakers don't play badly, it would be really weird!
Therefore, this meeting unanimously adopted the tone of the new season.

Of course, Jerry West also thought of Ye Qingchen.

This rookie player they spent a lot of money to sign.

At the meeting, the Lakers' wife Jerry Buss also directly asked Dunleavy to give Ye Qingchen as much playing time as possible.

Since this season is already bad, let's train Ye Qingchen well.

Try to cultivate Ye Qingchen in one season.

After the end of the season, not only did he train Ye Qingchen, but he also succeeded in getting the top three draft picks.

Dunleavy also quite agrees with such a proposal.

Ye Qingchen's strength itself is very good, and he also wants to put him in the starting position at the beginning of the season.

It's fine now, I don't even need to explain to the team's management, I can use Ye Qingchen freely.

Without the pressure of record missions, Dunleavy is in a pretty good mood.

For Lao Dengtou, wasting a season's time is really nothing.

Moreover, the effect of wasting this season is quite obvious.

Not only can Ye Qingchen be cultivated, but he can even get the champion lottery.

Such a result, no matter how you look at it, is not a loss.

The event that Magic Johnson contracted HIV and announced his retirement finally faded as time went by.

And the Lakers seem to be slowly recovering from this huge blow.

In the following preseason games, they actually achieved a very good record.

The record of 6 wins and 1 loss surprised many people.

The Lakers don't appear to be affected by Magic Johnson's retirement.

But the attentive fans and the media have actually noticed that Ye Qingchen didn't play even a minute in the preseason games.

This is quite abnormal.

Many fans and the media are speculating that Ye Qingchen either suffered a serious injury or was hidden by the coach.

However, most people are inclined to the latter statement.

Ye Qingchen might really be overrated, and his performance in the Lakers team was also very poor.

Otherwise, how could it be possible that they didn't even have time to play in the preseason?
Some journalists with good deeds even went to interview Ye Qingchen.

However, Ye Qingchen's answer was very official:

"I obey the coach's arrangement. He must have his own ideas. All I need to do is wait patiently and be ready to play at any time!"

Ye Qingchen's answer disappointed many reporters, they always felt that there must be something hidden behind this incident.

On this side, with the full end of the preseason, the new NBA regular season is finally about to start.

The Lakers' first opponent in the opening game is the Texas powerhouse Rockets.

The Rockets at this time are a team with a big dream Olajuwon.

At this time, Olajuwon was in his prime, and he was one of the four major centers in the contemporary league.

His nimble footwork made the league's inside players frightened.

Players defending Olajuwon will worry about one thing, that is, whether their shoes will be swayed by him.

Before the game, many fans were optimistic about the Rockets for this game.

Because the current lineup of the Lakers is really not as strong as the Rockets.

Moreover, in this game, the Lakers are still playing away, which is even more unfavorable for the Lakers.

11 month 1 day.

Rockets home.

The arena is full of seats.

At this time, the Lakers have already played.

At this time, Ye Qingchen looked at the warm atmosphere at the scene, and was also very emotional.

At least 2 people watched the game.

The noise they made alone was enough for Ye Qingchen to lose his teammates' voices.

"It seems that my road to fame will start at the home court of the Rockets!"

Ye Qingchen is also eager to try at this moment.

At the same time, the big screen at the scene also displayed the starting lineups of both sides.

When seeing the Lakers' starting lineup, everyone on the scene, including the Rockets players, was instantly stunned.

Because a very strange name appeared in the starting list of the Lakers.

(End of this chapter)