Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 125 Bringing talent to the Great Lakes!

"Brothers, I thought we would have a chance to get together again in New York, but I didn't expect that we wouldn't have the opportunity to play brother basketball together."

After receiving Anthony's call, Du En was filled with emotions.

If there is a chance, Duan also wants to go to the New York Knicks and play brother basketball with Anthony.

After all, New York's ability to attract stars is no weaker than that of the Lakers.

And the boss is not short of money, so you never have to worry about salary issues.

As long as Duan becomes the boss of the Knicks, he will definitely hope to win the boss championship and FMVP trophy in the next three years!

It's a pity that Lakers boss Buss doesn't want to establish a new opponent.

Regardless of whether it's a team competing for the Western Conference championship, a team competing for the Eastern Conference championship, or the Knicks, the league's most valuable team, the Lakers expressed their rejection immediately.

No matter how high the price they offered, the Lakers didn't accept it.

In order to weaken as much as possible the impact of Duane joining other teams on the Lakers' championship.

The Lakers only considered offers from the Eastern and Western lottery teams. Of course, the Lakers would not consider a newly established team like the Bobcats that only had draft picks and no immediate strength.

Therefore, Du En had no chance to play brother basketball with Anthony and Wade, so he had no choice but to become the boss of a lottery team.

However, the result of the transaction is quite satisfactory to Du En.

Chicago Bulls!
The team that Kobe always wanted to play for!

As a result, Kobe stayed behind, and Duan brought his talent to the Great Lakes!

After learning that the Bulls and Lakers had completed the deal, Duan was actually quite surprised.

The Bulls, located in Chicago, the third largest city in the United States, are not an NBA giant.
Old Bass did not exile him to Memphis, Milwaukee, and Toronto to watch the snow.

Instead, he was sent to a wealthy club with a rich history like the Bulls, which Duan did not expect.

"Isn't Buss worried about me leading the Bulls to win the championship?"

To be honest, Bass didn't really care too much. After all, Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf was famous for being stingy.

Had he not purchased the Chicago Bulls a year before, the Bulls would have drafted Jordan.

In the hands of Jerry Reinsdorf, the Bulls have no chance of winning six championships and becoming a giant.

As the owner of a wealthy team, Bass knows better than anyone else that winning the championship requires spending money!
The Lakers are in the playoffs almost every year, aiming for the championship. Where do they get the lottery picks and where do they get the big men?
The shortcut to competing for the championship is to rely on the attraction of Los Angeles, cultivate a superstar yourself, and buy one or two more superstars.

All that's left is to match these stars with big enough contracts!
Teams like the Bulls, who draft every year and fail every year, will only train rookies for championship teams like them.

By the way, since Jordan left the Bulls, the Bulls have spent six years rebuilding.

Perhaps because there is no hope of reconstruction, the Bulls recalled Pippen last year to sell tickets.

In the past three or four years, the Bulls have also acquired many lottery picks.

Especially in the recent draft, the Bulls gained a lot.

The Bulls wanted to draft Jordan and Pippen again, but Jordan was unparalleled and Pippen was equally unique.

The original plan of the Bulls was to train Ben Gordon and Luo Erdeng, the new Jordan and Pippen combination.

However, after learning that Duan was put on the shelf by the Lakers, the Bulls all studded without saying a word!
All players are available for the Lakers to pick, just to get Duane, the Bulls' new core.

Anyway, there are plenty of lottery picks for the Bulls, and at worst they will be bad for a few more years.

With Duen, at least the Bulls have a reputation and can sell tickets!

For the Bulls boss, it is definitely profitable.

As for the Lakers, they also took a fancy to young shark Eddie Curry and Stockton's successor Kirk Hinrich.

As for Ben Gordon and Luo Erdeng, it's not that the Lakers don't want them, but they can't afford them and there's no need to waste them.Lakers lineup for the new season - point guards: Hinrich, Alston.

Shooting Guards: Kobe Bryant, Eddie Jones, Kareem Rush, Sasha Vujacic.

Small forward: Devin George, Walton Jr.

Power forward: Odom, Stanislav Medvedenko, Brian Cook

Center: Eddy Curry

This alone makes the 12-man roster, and the remaining three positions need to be reserved for carefully selecting some veterans who want to mix rings in the free market.

To be honest, because Kobe and Eddie Jones are both swingmen, and Odom can play small forward, the Lakers in the new season will have a starting five, a five-star configuration!
Hinrich, Kobe Bryant, Eddie Jones, three big locks on the outside, Odom on the inside can support and defend, and there is Eddie Curry in the low post who can play in unsolvable singles like O'Neal.

Because Divac and Roaring God are both veterans on the free market this summer.

After the Lakers assembled a five-star lineup, they also intended to turn enemies into friends, recruiting these two veterans with fuel in the tank to make up for their shortcomings in interior defense.

It is precisely because of this that the Lakers, who will continue to remain extremely competitive next season, have no time or energy to train rookies.

Therefore, the Lakers persuaded Rick Fox, who was preparing to retire, to use Duane as the subject of the transaction and Fox to match the salary.

Acquired Eddie Curry and Hinrich from the Bulls, plus a first-round pick in 06 and second-round picks in 07 and 09.

To a certain extent, Duan and O'Neal are equivalent. Everyone exchanges one for five, giving the Lakers a whole amount of change, which makes up for the team's shortcomings.

It's just that O'Neal went to the Heat and will soon be the second in command.

Once Du En gets to the Bulls, no one can compete with Du En for the top spot.

After all, Eddie Curry, the leader established by the Bulls last season, has been traded to the Lakers.

即便公牛还有一个场均17.3分3.5篮板5.1助攻1.4抢断0.4盖帽的贾马尔·克劳福德，但也不是杜恩的竞争对手。

Players like Crawford are handsome, but when it comes to player value, it is a pity to abandon them if they are tasteless.

The Lakers chose Hinrich but not Crawford because Crawford is a defensive black hole, and the championship team does not need this kind of data brush.

In fact, it was precisely because Duan was suddenly put on the shelf. The Bulls were already preparing to send Crawford away and correct Ben Gordon, so they suddenly called a halt.

Now that Duen is here, the Bulls should also give Duen some face and listen to Duen's suggestions and ideas.

After catching up with his Lakers teammates who were staying in Los Angeles, he packed his luggage and put his Los Angeles villa on the market.

Duan then arrived in Chicago and officially began his career as the team boss.

Du En inquired about Crawford's contract extension. He found that it was only in the middle class. Since it was not expensive, he should keep it for now.

The Bulls next season will lack point guards, power forwards, interior players, everything.

Those who can really play, in addition to Crawford, are Ben Gordon and Luol Deng, as well as second-place pick Tyson Chandler, and this year's second-round pick Chris Duhon.

Andres Nocioni, who was originally supposed to be with the Bulls, seems to be still playing in Europe.

I have to say that with this lineup, Xu Kun really hit the doorbell and got the food right.

It's no wonder that the Lakers sent Duan to a big city like Chicago and a wealthy club like the Bulls.

In order to acquire Duan, the Bulls have used up half of the lottery picks and three future draft picks.

The Bulls want people, no one, no money. If they want to make a comeback under the leadership of Du En, it is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky.

"It's not easy to be the boss! It seems that I have chosen the most difficult path!"

Du En didn't have time to sigh, so he could only take out his cell phone and call McGrady...

(End of this chapter)