Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Who is the biggest victim after Durant entered the NBA?
That is undoubtedly Duncan.

Duncan is different from Deputy Gaote who cut in line randomly. Every one of Duncan's rings is genuine.

According to the development of historical laws, Duncan's five championships are a representative example of one man, one city.

Not to mention that in the wild West, they have the ability to make the playoffs every year.

Adding these honors together, Duncan is definitely in the undisputed top five in history.

Although Duncan's achievements and honors are not recognized by everyone, he is not recognized as the greatest power forward in history.

However, if you add up the honors of the four power forwards of the same period as Duncan - Nowitzki, Garnett, Rasheed Wallace, and Chris Webber, they still owe Duncan two championships and two FMVPs...

Although Duncan did not dominate the league for several consecutive years, he dominated the power forward position for more than ten years in his twenty-year career.

And this is exactly what the top ten in history should perform like.

If even players in the same position cannot maintain their dominance, how can they surpass many competitors and rank at the top?

Is it because he couldn't surpass Pierce in his childhood, was dominated by Durant in his peak period, and could only show his dominance by teaming up with the best shooting guard and power forward in the Eastern Conference?

Of course, ever since Duane came along, there has been no such mess.

And it wasn't just Duncan who was influenced by Duane, there were many others as well.

But then again, Duncan was indeed badly hurt by Duane.

He was originally a solid top five player in history, and although he is still in the top ten, it is not just because of the championships he won in his early years.

Duncan's current historical status still depends on the accumulation of career data for twenty years.

To be honest, Duncan is quite lucky.

If Duane had not won two championships and two regular season MVPs with his real talents before entering the NBA.

Perhaps when people discuss Duncan's historical status today, they should also compare him with Garnett and Nowitzki.

But Duncan's situation is not so good now.

Among the top ten in history, he can only compete with Olajuwon as a goalkeeper, and they are evenly matched.

All I can say is that hard work may not always be rewarded.

Over the past decade, Duncan still has the competitiveness to win the championship and has the strength to be among the top five in the league.

However, day after day of hard work and persistence, what I got in return was failure again and again.

If Duncan had been smarter and left the Spurs earlier, he might have become another legend.

However, Duncan is so "stupid" that he only knows how to stay in the small city of the Spurs and has no desire for big cities or wealthy teams.

Until this year's playoffs, Duncan, who was covered in injuries, was eliminated by the Rockets 4-1 in the first round.

Look, look, Harden and Butler are much smarter!
It doesn't matter if you are kicked out by a big team like the Bulls. All you need to do is reunite in a big city like Houston and play brotherly basketball together!

The two are talented, energetic and motivated. Just a few years after arriving in the West, they defeated the Spurs, a veteran powerhouse in the Western Conference!
Perhaps after this battle, Duncan also figured it out.

At the end of the series, Duncan, filled with helplessness and bitterness, lowered his head and raised a finger.

If Durant hadn't remembered that Duncan had been beaten into retirement by Durant, Durant would have thought that Duncan wanted to play for another year.

There is a high probability that Durant will not switch to the Warriors during this offseason.

However, it is inevitable that other stars will form groups and form one or two super teams.

All we can say is that times have changed.

For a remnant of the old era like Duncan, there is no ship in the new era that can carry him.

This situation is quite regrettable for Duan.

Before entering the league, Duncan was one of the league's rulers and the object of Duane's pursuit.

However, after entering the league, Duane was traded to the Eastern Conference just after winning the championship with the Lakers in his rookie season. He has played against Duncan only a handful of times in the past decade.

Duane was unable to overtake a star like Duncan as a rising star, nor did he defeat or even dominate Duncan many times during his peak period, which made Duane feel somewhat regretful.

If given the chance, Durant would definitely personally organize a retirement ceremony for Duncan before the end of his career to express his respect for Duncan.

And the so-called retirement tour cannot be a retirement ceremony that lasts for a season.

Now, with the help of his blog and his influence, Dunn can continue to retain Duncan for another year and present such a grand retirement ceremony for Duncan. Dunn feels that it is quite meaningful.

However, it is not known whether Duncan will accept it.

Everyone knows that Duncan doesn't like to show off, especially when he laughs too much. After being ejected from the game, Duncan has become even more low-key.

Duane actually feels that the current league is quite boring. If even someone like Duncan chooses to leave quietly, Duane really doesn't know how long he can hold on.

Therefore, it is better to try as much as possible and let Duncan, who has always kept a low profile, have a high-profile and glorious year.

Of course, if Duncan doesn't accept it, there is still Kobe.

Kobe has always lived in the spotlight. He will definitely not refuse a retirement tour, and the Lakers will definitely arrange it well for him.

By the way, Kobe should have retired last season.

It was precisely because the Lakers had not accumulated enough chips that they traded for Anthony and fooled Kobe for another year.

Kobe thought he had a chance to return to the playoffs last season, but who knew that Anthony could only add icing on the cake and not provide timely help.

After this year's playoffs, Kobe must have realized it clearly.

Although the West today is still the Wild West, it has become the West for young people.

The Lakers, Spurs, and Mavericks either failed to make the playoffs or were eliminated in the first round.

This is enough to show that veteran stars such as Kobe, Duncan, and Nowitzki can no longer maintain their competitiveness in the playoffs...

By the way, after Durant and Anthony's blog video was posted online, it immediately attracted the attention of a large number of fans.

Many fans share the same idea as Duane, hoping that Duncan can play for another year and enjoy a grand retirement tour before retiring.

The frequent behavior of stars forming groups these days also makes fans feel disgusted.

The vast majority of fans still support Duncan's excellent quality of sticking to one man, one city.

At the end of Duncan's career, everyone hopes to see Duncan have a grand retirement ceremony.

However, after the matter fermented, Duncan never responded to it.

Instead, the Spurs' reporters and team management revealed that Duncan was actively receiving treatment and that the Spurs management was actively discussing a contract extension with Duncan. It seems that the Spurs and Duncan are preparing for next season, and Duncan seems to be able to play for another year.
At the same time, the Lakers and Kobe had no intention of hiding anything.

He said the team had long planned to hold a grand retirement tour for Kobe.

It is said that after the news came out, the Lakers suddenly gained several new sponsors during the offseason.

The Lakers originally had no shortage of sponsors, but after Kobe really retired, the Lakers' sponsorship of the Staples Center would definitely be affected.

Now, taking advantage of Kobe's retirement, the company is attracting a large amount of traffic and determining the profits for the next few years in advance.

Also in order to make money, at the beginning of July, the Lakers did not rush to strengthen the team, but instead announced a plan for related activities for Kobe's retirement tour early.

And invite local Los Angeles fans to offer suggestions and participate to help the Lakers management revise the plan.

There is no doubt that compared to Duncan, Kobe's retirement tour is inevitable.

Of course, Kobe deserves the Lakers to do this for him.

Influenced by Durant, Kobe in this world has six championships. Although four of them are runner-up championships, one more championship is definitely better than one less.

As a representative star of one man and one city, and also possessing outstanding historical accumulated data, Kobe has firmly established himself as the second best shooting guard in history.

In other words, Jordan was pushed down from the position of the No. 1 player in history by Durant. Otherwise, Kobe could have squeezed into the top five in history by relying on Jordan...

That being said, this summer, Duane has been quite busy.

Duane first took advantage of the popularity of winning the finals to develop a large-scale blog business.

He then took part in some TV interview programmes and appeared on some talk shows, making a lot of money.

It was not until mid-July that Duan returned to China to participate in the national team's training and several unimportant warm-up matches.

The quadrennial Olympic Games has started again. If Yi Jianlian had not retired, Duan would not even have a capable helper around him.

However, even if Yi Jianlian can still play, his condition is relatively average.

Not to mention, the men's basketball team is in the same group as the Dream Team.

Also in Group A are strong teams such as Serbia, Australia and France.

The group stage is a 6-to-4 format. The men's basketball team has only a chance to beat Venezuela, but the rest of the teams will be difficult to beat.

Duan thought that there was a high probability that he would not appear in the group stage, so he became a little negative and wanted to muddle through.

However, after the warm-up match started, the guys on the men's basketball team were all full of fighting spirit, as if they wanted to cram and achieve some results with the help of Duane.

Omelette, don't eat it! 20 kg barbell, at least add 5 kg.

Seeing that the other guys in the team were training hard, Duen, as the big brother of the team, felt embarrassed to be lazy.

Especially after the disastrous defeat to the Dream Team in the first group match, most of the men's basketball players consciously practiced more after the game.

After encountering this strange thing, Dunn had to use all his abilities. In the match against the French team on the third day, he scored 42 points and led the team to win the first group match.

In the next game against Venezuela, Duane started to explode from the first quarter and boosted the strength of the entire team.

When the other players of the men's basketball team saw that they were going to beat the weak team tonight and could follow Duane to score points, they all became energized, fought bravely, and played very well.

After winning two consecutive group matches, the men's basketball team is basically certain to qualify from the group stage.

Perhaps they relaxed a bit afterwards and failed to win again against Australia and Serbia.

Fortunately, with a record of 2 wins and 4 losses, the men's basketball team successfully advanced to the next quarterfinal knockout round.

There are only 8 teams in the knockout stage, and no matter how bad you try, you will at least make it to the quarterfinals.

Of course, in the knockout round we played against Spain, the team that ranked first in Group B, and we really couldn’t win.

Duane worked hard enough, scoring 34 points alone, and Yi Jianlian also contributed 21 points, but the other CBA teammates were of little help and instead made repeated mistakes, holding Duane back.

There was nothing they could do, the men's basketball team could only stop in the quarterfinals, but to be honest, this result was not too bad.

After the Olympics, Duan did not carry much criticism when he returned to China. Everyone could see that Duan had tried his best.

However, the fans will definitely not be satisfied with this result.

Especially since Durant just won the NBA championship.

In the NBA, Durant was like a god, but in the Olympics, he played very hard and felt helpless.

Many people couldn't accept this situation, even Duane's fans.

So, in order to minimize trouble, Duan didn't take much rest after returning to China, but flew back to Chicago without stopping.

At this point, the NBA's free market has basically come to an end. After a summer of reinforcements, several multi-giant championship teams with stars have emerged in both the West and the East.

On the other hand, the Bulls are in a bad situation.

The Bulls failed to retain any of the four fourth-year rookies, as all of them were poached by other teams.

Among them, Green, who was an All-Star last season and played as the second-in-command in the playoffs, was poached by the Clippers with a four-year, $1.26 million contract.

Middleton and Fournier, two guards with good offensive firepower, also received annual salaries of more than 2000 million.

Only the 3D player Claude has an annual salary of only 1700 million, but his value has increased significantly and he has obtained a contract that makes him very satisfied.

The Bulls cannot offer these premium contracts, and if they sign first and then trade, the other party does not have any chips worth the Bulls' attention.

In the end, the Bulls had no choice but to give up.

The more than 30 million salary that has just been released will be used to sign a suitable All-Star.

In fact, the Bulls are still very attractive this offseason.

Those stars who didn't win the championship all know that the Bulls didn't have a second-in-command, and Duane won the championship with a group of role players.

The Bulls have a good salary space now. If they are lucky enough to join the Bulls, when Curry returns to health next season, Durant will still be in the top five, or at least the top ten in the league.

The Bulls at least have the Big Three, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to continue winning the championship, right?
Considering that the Bulls have already won two consecutive championships, it would probably be a very good experience and honor to be a part of the Bulls' new dynasty of three consecutive championships.

So, during the offseason, the Bulls directly signed Horford for a four-year, $4 million contract, which was a bit of a premium.

Horford is a jack of all trades. Although his statistics in all aspects are average, he can indeed provide positive help on the court.

Horford's personal condition has not declined significantly, and his physical condition is still at its peak, which can just make up for the vacancy left by Green.

In addition, the Bulls signed a group of players to make up for the quality of role players and the depth of the bench. (End of this chapter)