The Golden Age of Basketball

In the summer, in addition to a few small deals for the Trail Blazers, other teams have also launched reinforcement and reconstruction plans to prepare for next season's games.

First of all, the Los Angeles Lakers just defeated the Celtics to win the championship. This is the first time in their history that they defeated the Celtics to win the championship. , At the same time, it also became the first away team in nb history to win the championship trophy at Boston Garden Plaza.

In the new season, in order to be able to dominate the league and complete the great cause of defending the title-the team defended after the Celtics in 1969, the Lakers continued to strengthen through trades.

One of the most important transactions was the exchange of the 1988 second-round pick and the 1989 second-round pick for Phoenix Suns power forward Maurice Lucas.

In the eyes of the media critics, this is another Lakers-style "robbery" deal, using two crucial second-round picks to get an experienced inside veteran.

Maurice Lucas' peak was spent in the Portland Trail Blazers. Although the absolute core of the Trail Blazers was Wharton, Lucas was the Blazers' number one scorer.

That season was the 19761977-[-] season. The Blazers' deal for Lucas was a stroke of genius. It completely completed the team's reinforcement construction and allowed them to win a championship when they were not optimistic.

But then, with Walton's injury, the Blazers finally fell apart, and Lucas's low position was replaced by Mitchell Sampson. In the end, Lucas became a wandering player, floating in various teams. However, he can still contribute 15 points and 10 rebounds every game steadily, which is enough to prove that his strength still exists.

With the acquisition of Lucas in the trade, the Lakers' original substitute insider, the former regular season mvp Bob McAdoo also lost his original position. Together with another veteran of the Lakers, Jamal Wilkes, he was The Lakers swept out. [

After the joy of the championship cooled down, everything returned to the cold reality. No matter how great the contribution made in the past, there is a possibility of being traded or cut off. This is nb.

Compared with the Lakers, their old rival Celtics in the Finals also did not sit idle. After suffering the humiliation of losing to the Lakers for the first time in 1985, the Celtics were bent on revenge next season.

Like the Lakers, the Celtics also chose to strengthen their inside line, and as a bargaining chip is the Celtics' former Finals mvp, the team's most important substitute, Cedric Maxwell.

After Maxwell won the second championship ring in his career in 1984, his overall competitive state declined seriously. At the same time, he also had conflicts with the team's boss Bird. After losing in the finals, he was inevitably involved in the transaction. Sent to another team in Los Angeles, the Clippers, in exchange for an extremely important player, Bill Walton.

I don’t know if the Lakers and Celtics have discussed it. The two most important trades in the summer are players from the Blazers’ championship lineup. One is the top scorer and the other is the absolute core. The son has become a reinforcement training base for the overlords of the East and West.

In addition to these two important transactions, both the Celtics and the Lakers have made some minor repairs to further improve the team structure, and their core framework has not changed.

It is worth mentioning that the veteran Jamal Wilkes, who was waived by the Lakers, was immediately signed by the Los Angeles Clippers and gathered in Los Angeles with his old opponent Cedric Maxwell. The Clippers instantly became the top two "" Waste" recycling bin, I don't know if the two of them will feel unusually awkward playing on the same team.

At this time, the Lakers and Celtics can be said to be "you are the only one in my eyes in the world". All trading activities are aimed at targeting opponents, but other teams are eyeing the dominance of these two teams.

The upstart in the East, the Detroit Pistons who fought against the Celtics in the 85 playoffs, they first used the No. 18 pick in the first round of the draft to win the shooting guard from McNeese State University , Joe Dumas.

There is no doubt that this is an extremely important choice, a very critical pick.

They also selected the 170-meter-high, but extremely amazing "potato" Spaddy Weber in the draft, but they soon cut off this little man full of miracles.

What is more critical is the next transaction. In mid-June, the day before the draft, the Pistons traded the team's main power forward, former All-Star player Dan Roundfield to Washington, and got the crucial Mike Gibson , and the inside thug, "Beef Guy" Rick Mahon.

After trying unsuccessfully to play fast offense, Detroit has begun to find another way, embarking on a far-reaching muscular, violent road.

In contrast, the other two strong teams in the East, the Millennium Milwaukee Bucks and the former overlord Philadelphia 76ers, did not make much movement.

In the draft, in the seventh round, the Bucks selected the 160th overall pick from the American International University (how it sounds like a pheasant school, but it was established in 1885) small forward Mario Elli, and then cut him off. [

Still, this is a little guy destined to shine in the future.

In addition, the Bucks have hardly made any adjustments, which is also destined to sit on the bench at the third place in the millennium.

The old overlord Philadelphia 76ers also gained a lot in the draft, trading, and free market. Dr. J Irving is one year older, Charles Barkley is still growing, and Moses Malone is no longer at his peak. The Nick is gradually sinking into the icy Atlantic Ocean.

Compared with the Eastern Conference, the western team is more dynamic. For any team, the Lakers' dominance has made them feel bored. A well-matched opponent.

The Houston Rockets are suspected to be able to satisfy the Lakers' wishes. This talented team is growing rapidly. They didn't make any big moves in the draft or in the free market, but they don't need to make big moves. What they need is silence. Waiting quietly, waiting for the rapid growth of these talented stars.

Similar to the Portland Trail Blazers, the age structure of the team is relatively young, several core players are at their peak, two superstars are growing rapidly, and at the same time there is a reserve force to be cultivated, the entire team is thriving.

Other teams, such as the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz, have made minor repairs on the basis of retaining the core lineup.

Generally speaking, there were no earth-shattering big deals in the off-season of 1985. Strong teams continued to strengthen. If they continued to rebuild, labor contracts and trading markets were not perfect at that time, and teams were more inclined to rely on the draft. To complete the construction of the team, and this must be a long-term process.

Big deals like Moses Malone's in 1983, or Vandeweghe's in 1984, don't happen every year.

Although there are no big deals, this year's draft is definitely a treasure trove for all teams. Because of this, there are very few deals involving draft picks in the summer, and the quality of this year's rookies is indeed quite good.

Needless to say, the New York Knicks are the biggest winners in this year's draft, successfully getting the recognized future superstar Patrick Ewing.

Coupled with the fact that Bernard King, the Knicks' former number one star, has been reimbursed for the season, it just cleared the obstacles for Ewing's enthronement. A Knicks centered on him will be destined to rise in the Eastern Conference.

The Indiana Pacers, who got the No. [-] pick, were not as lucky as the Blazers. After losing Olajuwon, the Blazers could still get Gan Guoyang. Power forward Wayman Tisdale of the University of Oklahoma.

This guy is a good power forward, with the ability to average 20 points per game, but this guy who loves music, especially jazz, will obviously have much greater achievements in the jazz world than in basketball in the future.

It was the Los Angeles Clippers who got the No. [-] pick. They cleared out the sick Bill Walton and picked Ben Oit Benjamin from Creighton University—the same Gonzaga University visited Nebraska. In California, the main center of the Creighton Blue Jays who played against Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang has another acquaintance in the league.

Later, the Supersonics won McDaniels, the Warriors got Chris Mullin, Schramf, the German, was selected by Dallas-but he was not the German that Dallas needed, and the Cleveland Cavaliers chose acquired Charles Oakland -- but then traded him to the Chicago Bulls in the same division. …

In addition, the Utah Jazz took a redneck from Louisiana at the relatively late position at No. .

In the back, the Lakers also used a low pick to get the "virgin" Green, and the Portland Trail Blazers got Terry Porter, all of which were relatively successful drafts.

And it was the drafts in 1985 and the previous year in 1984 that provided nb with a large number of backbone talents, and also initially established the pattern for nb's competition for the next ten years.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was still honing his skills at the University of Houston, but he seemed more cautious. Drexler's precedent was ahead, and he didn't dare to make fun of his body.

Although his "talent" against injuries is very high, he knows that from the moment he stepped on the basketball court, injuries will always be with him, and it is impossible for him to maintain complete health until he retires.

Other players, like Michael Jordan, also sweated profusely in Chicago, but he didn't know that next season was not as good as he imagined for him.

At present, the two strongest men in the league, who also regard each other as their biggest rivals Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, got together to shoot an advertisement at the invitation of Converse in the off-season.

The two people who were hostile to each other in the past have become good friends who don't talk about each other after sincere contact. I have to say that this is really a friendship that surpasses basketball.

This summer, some people are busy, some are leisurely, some are actively preparing, and some are fearful, and this peaceful and peaceful atmosphere will soon be broken with the start of the new season.

This is the nb cycle, and the battle is about to start again.

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