Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

It is said that after the Heat's Big Three lineup was formed, the teams in the Eastern Conference that were interested in competing for the championship not only did not retreat, but started an arms race one after another and further strengthened the work.

Originally, the Celtics' Big Three had announced their disbandment after trading O'Neal.

Among them, Ray Allen also lost the ball and his data shrank due to the team formation. Coupled with his age and declining strength, he disappeared from everyone and became an ordinary starting player.

In this case, the Celtics should have chosen to rebuild.

But the problem is that the Lakers have already built a team to win the championship, and the number of championships is about to catch up.

In the East, the Bulls are also about to complete their reconstruction, and their future is limitless.

If the Celtics completely give up the idea of ​​continuing to compete for the championship, they may be like the 90s, a complete waste of ten years and struggling to reach the playoffs.

Now, while Pierce can still play, the Celtics chose to make a desperate move and trade Garnett to give the Celtics the championship experience they lack.

At the same time, he persuaded Pierce to willingly reduce his salary and renew his contract by saying that one person, one city, and the parent team's championship.

Then he used the veteran's minimum salary to trick McGrady, whose contract expired and was looking for rings from teams everywhere, to serve as Pierce's substitute.

When Ray Allen saw how good Danny Ainge was, he finally chose to stay with the team and renew his contract. In order to win the championship, he only took a mid-level contract.

It is also because the renewed contracts of Pierce and Ray Allen together are less than 2000 million, so the Celtics' salary pressure is not great.

This allows the ambitious Rondo in the Celtics to have no worries. Once he can help the Celtics win the championship, he will be able to get out of his contract in three years and renew with the Bird Rights for the maximum salary.

Therefore, the new contract signed this summer is only a sub-maximum salary with a starting salary of 800 million, and it is not full at once.

After the Celtics rebuilt a new championship lineup, the Atlanta Hawks also strengthened Boozer in order to retain single Joe.

Although Boozer is not well-known, he is indeed very diligent and very capable.

Not everyone can be a second-round pick and become an All-Star, let alone give birth to two sons, one of whom is a No. 1 pick and the other is also a first-round prospect.

This is much better than some blind boast about father and son sharing the stage.

It is said that the Hawks were fourth in the Eastern Conference last year, and their lineup was not bad. The loss to the Bulls was entirely due to the team's lack of playoff experience, and they met Duan, the league's number one player. There was really no one that the Hawks could match up with.

Now that the Eagles' lineup has been strengthened and the team is willing to pay the luxury tax, Joe naturally has no idea of ​​bringing his talent to other teams in isolation and decisively chooses to renew his contract.

As a result, this summer, the Eastern Conference suddenly formed four multi-giant championship teams, namely the Knicks, Heat, Celtics and Hawks.

As for the Western Conference, the Lakers naturally extended Kobe's contract unconditionally and hoped that Kobe would continue to lead the championship team to strive for another three years.

The Mavericks, whose contract also expired, also chose to extend Nowitzki's salary as soon as possible, but Nowitzki was not happy.

Nowitzki obviously cares more about the championship than a higher salary, so he hopes to cut his salary to make room for the team, and then sign in to bring in more helpers.

Cuban really didn't say anything to Nowitzki. He has been strengthening almost every year in recent years and paying luxury taxes every year.

In order to meet Nowitzki's needs this summer, Cuban tried his best to complete the reinforcement work without Nowitzki having to cut his salary.

In the end, he learned from the Celtics and traded for Tyson Chandler to strengthen the interior defense and add some championship experience to the team.

At the same time, Kidd was retained. In the end, Kidd took a significant salary cut and renewed his contract with the Mavericks with a maximum salary of 800 million.

Nowitzki, under Cuban's pleading, did not learn from Pierce, but instead renewed his contract with a maximum salary of 4 million for four years.

In addition to the Lakers and Mavericks, the Grizzlies also chose to renew Gay's maximum salary to continue their push for the playoffs.

The Spurs, who have been making small moves over the years without investing much, are still living a careful life. They just persuaded the increasingly functional and blue-collar Richard Jefferson to cut his salary and renew his contract.

As for other playoff teams, the Suns were severely injured due to Stoudemire's departure. The Rockets first saw Tracy McGrady decline significantly and became a role player. Then Yao Ming suffered another injury and will definitely not be able to perform next season.

Knowing that nothing could be done, these teams did not struggle excessively and basically just made simple repairs in the offseason.

It is precisely for this reason that just looking at the operations in the summer and the paper strength of the championship teams, even if the Lakers just won the championship, it still makes people feel that the current league has become a situation where the east is strong and the west is weak.

After all, in addition to the Knicks, Heat, Celtics and Hawks, the Eastern Conference also includes last season's Eastern Conference champion Magic, and the Eastern Conference runner-up Bulls.

Who can be sure that these two teams will not be championship contenders in the new season?

Even before the start of the summer league, the Bulls acquired another undrafted player, Jeremy Lin. Their attitude towards developing rookies is clear and needs no elaboration.

However, Duan's ability to cultivate rookies is also obvious to all.

What's more, during the playoffs last season, the performances of Evans and Curry were also eye-catching.

The remaining Harden is the third overall pick, and Ibaka's physical talent is really amazing.

In other words, after this summer, the Bulls' rookies may evolve at a surprising speed, achieve transformation, and perform extraordinary performances in the following new season.

Just like Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Josh Smith, and Tyson Chandler.

Not long after, the summer league was held as scheduled.

The Bulls also pay more attention to this. In addition to George, Bradley, and Whiteside who were selected in the draft not long ago, as well as Jeremy Lin who signed a minimum salary contract, they also brought Harden and Ibaka to the summer league. Curry and Evans have already proven their talent and strength in the playoffs, so naturally they don't need to use the summer league to level up.

While the summer league was slowly getting underway, the Bulls also successfully sold Ben Gordon and Josh Smith in exchange for junk contracts for Kenyon Martin and Troy Murphy, plus three first-round picks and four second-round picks. Round pick.

Although Kenyon Martin and Troy Murphy are highly paid and low-powered, they are not too old, only in their thirties, and are normally in their prime.

Nowadays, there is a serious decline. On the one hand, it is affected by injuries, and on the other hand, it is also due to the lack of tactical position.

After the Bulls traded away Josh Smith, the power forward position was seriously lacking.

Now using Kenyon Martin and Troy Murphy as waste is not a bad thing.

After three years of training as a rookie, third-year Ibaka should be able to play some role in the Bulls' plan.

Ibaka will only be in his second year next season and still needs to level up, so Kenyon Martin and Troy Murphy will serve as trainers to help Ibaka grow up as quickly as possible.

The Bulls' lineup for next season has basically been determined.

Point guard: Curry, Bradley, Jeremy Lin.

Shooting Guards: Evans, Harden.

Small forward: Du En, George, Zhu Fangyu.

Power forwards: Ibaka, Kenyon Martin, Troy Murphy.

Center: Milicic, Hassan Whiteside.

Once the rookie training progress is considerable, the four first-round picks and six second-round picks in the Bulls' hands can be used, enough to exchange for a 20 million-level superstar.

If the Bulls also invest their draft picks in the next three years, they can make full use of the garbage contracts of Kenyon Martin and Troy Murphy and exchange for two All-Star players.

Therefore, the Bulls will have a lot of room for maneuver in the next few years. The biggest factors affecting the championship are the growth rate of rookies and injuries.

It was also because the Bulls' summer operations had been completed, so Du En had no worries and returned to China to prepare for the World Championships.

However, the Dream Team paid special attention to this year's World Championships because they lost the Olympics. The national team is missing Yao Ming again.

It may be more difficult for the men's basketball team to achieve results this year.

For this reason, Du En did not prepare to go to war when he returned to China. He just listened to fate and tried his best to achieve relatively good results.

However, the men's basketball team was placed in the same group as the host Turkey. Even if Duan tried his best, he could only lead the men's basketball team to advance to the knockout round in second place in the group.

In the round of 76, the men's basketball team faced the New Zealand team. Under the leadership of Du En, it was relatively easy to win with a score of 63 to .

It's a pity that in the quarterfinals, due to the competition system, the men's basketball team happened to face the Dream Nine team.

This year's Dream Team not only includes Kobe, but also Anthony and Durant, two FIBA ​​killers.

Durant was originally a carry-on boy, but he relied on his extraordinary talent-long arms that ignored interference and palace-level shooting ability to kill indiscriminately in the World Championships.

The other members of the Dream Nine obviously didn't realize that Durant would lead the Thunder to stir up trouble in the new season.

After all, in this quarterfinal match, Durant was determined to challenge Du En, but was embarrassed by Du En's defense.

It was Kobe and Anthony who relied on their mature bodies and skills to help the Dream Nine team turn defeat into victory in the second half.

After losing to the Mengjiu team, the men's basketball team could only strive for the top eight as much as possible.

In the next qualifying match, Duan still performed to his expected level, strangling Ginobili on the defensive end and scoring 37 points on the offensive end, leading the men's basketball team to defeat Argentina.

In the end, the men's basketball team ended the World Championships in fifth place, and the Dream Team regained the World Championship gold medal after 16 years.

After returning to China, Du En also received some bad voices.

Fortunately, Du En is very popular with the public. Under the tone that men's basketball and men's football are used to balance the national sports, the bad voices quickly disappeared in the ridicule.

Dunn took a short vacation in China. After a few days of rest, he set off for Chicago again. He held a training camp like last year and invited Curry and others to train together.

In the new season, the Bulls have more rookies, especially the guards, which are too crowded. Five rookies need to compete for the position.

Of course, the competitive pressure between the forwards and the interior is not small.

Therefore, after Du En sent out an invitation to the training camp, no rookie refused, and all the players were present in just two days.

Du En looked at the heated scene in the training camp, and the corner of his mouth became harder than AK.

"Bulls Youth Army 2.0 is established, there will be great things to watch in the new season!" (End of this chapter)