Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

"Illegal recruitment? Chicago Bulls are once again under official NBA investigation!"

"The free market is now open, and Howard's next team may be the Chicago Bulls!"

"The Chicago Bulls have become an NBA retirement home? Many veteran stars have openly expressed their opinions!"

With Anthony joining the Bulls, it was like stirring up a hornet's nest. A series of recent news inside and outside the league are basically related to the Bulls.

For a time, whether it was good news or bad news, the Bulls once again became the darling of the media and the focus of fans' attention.

But this is normal. Last season, the Bulls were planning to play badly in order to compete for the No. 1 pick.

Most fans knew that even though the Bulls made the playoffs, they were not ready to win the championship.

Despite this, the Bulls still relied on their solid strength to reach the Eastern Conference semifinals, and fought hard with the champion team Raptors, and almost made it to the Eastern Conference Finals...

This summer, the Bulls management has already made reinforcements for the upcoming new season and has brought in veterans like Anthony who still have gas in the tank.

The Bulls already have the competitiveness to win the championship, and now they have an offensive kaleidoscope who can play for about 20 minutes and provide stable offensive firepower. It is obvious that they are aiming for the championship in the new season.

With Anthony joining the Bulls, some veterans in the league who have lost competitiveness, can no longer get maximum salary contracts and are about to retire will obviously be eager to join the team.

After all, opportunities are rare and the Bulls have only about a dozen veterans and rookies under contract, and there are only three or four positions that can be strengthened.

One carrot, one spot! Anthony took the first spot, so there are only a few spots left to get a ring.

That is why the league has just launched a new round of investigation into the Bulls.

Howard, Iguodala, Noah, these former All-Stars came to the Bulls one after another, hoping to play for the Bulls in the new season.

Noah was just cut last season because of a bad contract with two years left. Now he has no shortage of money, so he simply signed a minimum salary contract with the Bulls.

To be honest, Noah averaged 17 minutes per game last season, with 7+6+2, which is actually pretty good.

Of course, he still seems to be able to play, and in order to fight for the championship again, the Bulls were willing to be humble and lower their profile, so the Bulls signed Noah first.

As for Howard and Iguodala, although they also came to get rings, they were not smart enough and did not understand the situation clearly. They were still struggling with the contract amount and playing time.

So the Bulls are not in a hurry and will first contact other veterans in the free market.

Sometimes, it is not necessary to accept a former All-Star.

If we really talk about veteran combat effectiveness, the All-Stars who are about to retire are not as good as the jack-of-all-trades who have played in the league for more than ten years.

As time approached mid-July, the Bulls management pretended to have lost patience and took the initiative to give up contacting this group of veterans in the market. Finally, someone got impatient.

Iguodala is worthy of his name as the devil's hand. He took the lead in signing with the Bulls, further strengthening the depth of the Bulls' front line.

When Howard saw this situation, he immediately became anxious. He quickly fired his original agent and changed another agent, begging everyone for help. Finally, he signed the minimum salary contract prepared by the Bulls management in advance.

In this way, the Bulls' lineup for the new season becomes very gorgeous.

At least on paper, the Bulls added four All-Star players.

For this reason, under the hype of some outside media, the Bulls in the new season will be the first team in the league with "fifteen cores".

But to be honest, the Bulls are not invincible in all aspects.

In the summer, because Portis' contract expired, the Bulls had no intention of renewing it, but let him go. The Bulls' power forward position in the new season will undoubtedly be weaker than last season. Therefore, this summer, the Bulls signed Anthony and then fished for Iguodala, bringing the two into their pockets, in the final analysis, to strengthen the power forward position.

Of course, the Bulls themselves are ready for Siakam.

Last season, the Bulls coaching staff spent a lot of resources to train Siakam in preparation for winning the championship this season.

In the new season, Siakam, who is already in his fourth year and in the last year of his contract, will surely not disappoint the Bulls management and other players.

Basically, the Bulls' main lineup for the new season is Curry, Murray, Duane, Siakam, and Jokic.

The rotation lineup is Big Head, Dillon, White, Ohashi, Anthony, Iguodala, Lowe, Howard, and Noah.

However, considering Anthony's fame and the fact that he sacrificed tens of millions to come to the Bulls to play, the Bulls will definitely reciprocate and give Anthony a starting position.

The other four positions in the starting lineup are difficult to change, and the only one who can be changed is Siakam at the fourth position.

Of course, if the Bulls keep Curry, Murray, Duane, Anthony, and Jokic as their starting lineup, something big might happen.

Anyone who knows a little bit about football knows that this lineup is not enough to score one goal in offense, but it can be attacked by thousands of people in defense.

Winning points depends purely on the touch and offensive state. Once the team's offense is unfavorable, it is possible that the opponent will beat them into Alzheimer's disease.

Therefore, even if Anthony starts for the Bulls, he is only a fake starter.

In addition, Jokic's starting time will also be reduced.

When facing teams with big centers, the Bulls will use Noah or Howard to strengthen the interior defense, or use Iguodala at the center position to increase speed and offensive space.

Although the current version has been updated to the small ball era, most championship teams still have a big man.

Antetokounmpo, Davis, Embiid, Towns, Gobert, Sabonis, Vucevic...

The Bulls need players who can defend, protect the rim and grab rebounds, and they also need centers who can run and shoot, in order to deal with teams with different configurations.

Now the Bulls' lineup has basically reached its peak!
If the core three giants have no solution in offense, then the remaining puzzle of winning the championship will focus on defense.

The backcourt includes Murray, White, and Dillon, the forward line includes Ohashi, Iguodala, and Lowe, and the inside line also includes Howard and Noah.

It can be said that after this summer's recruitment and reinforcements, the Bulls have been strengthened in all aspects.

Perhaps after the new season starts, the Bulls' chemistry will not achieve the effect that everyone expected.

But at least for now, the improvement on paper is still significant.

At the same time, it does bring great hope and expectations to Bulls fans, and considerable threats and fear to other teams.

After the Bulls completed their reinforcement work, some team executives lodged a new round of protests to the league.

I think the Bulls violated the rules in recruiting, contacted several stars privately long before the free market opened, promised them huge profits, and then successfully persuaded them to join with a minimum salary.

Of course, there is no evidence, but I just want to make some noise.

Otherwise, what if the Bulls win two or three consecutive championships? (End of this chapter)