Nba Players Pretended To Be Uncle Drew And I Tortured Them

Chapter 8 The Lakers’ Super Four! (3. Ask For Support)

In the history of the Orlando Magic, two super centers have been trained.

The first one is Shaquille O'Neal.

In the summer of 1996, the emergence of two 100-million-yuan contracts gave the sharks who were waiting for contract renewal an opportunity to make big money.

However, the Magic management at the time was unwilling to give O'Neal a 100 million yuan contract extension.

They prefer to build the team around Penny Hardaway, Jordan's successor.

This gave the Lakers an opportunity to take advantage.

Jerry West made a decisive move and introduced the Sharks to the City of Angels.

The story that followed is familiar to everyone.

O'Neal + Kobe's OK Lakers created a dynasty of three consecutive championships.

The second super center trained by the Magic.

It is the league's number one center in the current era - Warcraft Dwight Howard!

Howard is doing his best in the Magic.

In the 2008-09 season, Howard led the Magic to the finals.

It's a pity that they lost to Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers who were extremely hungry for the championship.

After that, the Magic made several signings, but the team's strength was difficult to reach a higher level.

Time comes to the 2011-12 season.

Dwight Howard and Magic coach Van Gundy have repeatedly clashed.

Warcraft even wanted to put pressure on the team management to change the coach.

Although the Magic decisively fired Fan in April, the conflict between management and Howard has become irreconcilable.

Summer of 2012.

Howard made it clear that he was unwilling to renew his contract with the Magic.

A bubble drama of "Where Are the World of Warcraft" unfolded with great fanfare in the summer of 2012.

From the end of June to the beginning of August.

This bubble drama that lasted for nearly two months has finally come to an end.

A big deal involving four teams was officially announced.

Teams involved in the deal include:

Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets and - Los Angeles Lakers!

Specific transaction details are as follows:

The Orlando Magic sends: Howard + Chris Duhon + Earl Clark + Richardson!

Obtained: Six players led by Afflalo + Vucevic and 5 draft picks.

The Philadelphia 76ers sent: Iguodala + Harkless + Vucevic + 2015 first-round pick.

Obtained: Bynum + Richardson.

The Denver Nuggets sent two players and two draft picks to acquire Iguodala.

The Los Angeles Lakers are betting big again.

They faced the risk that Howard might not renew his contract and gave away Shark Bynum and two draft picks.

Welcomed the one-year usage rights of Warcraft Dwight Howard.

Regarding this transaction, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak made it clear:

“This is an exciting deal!”

"Dwight's contract extension issue? We are 100% confident that Dwight will renew his contract next year!"

"Kobe will talk to Dwight later and they will become the new OK combination!"

Like Mitch Kupchak said.

After the deal is concluded.

After learning the news, Dwight Howard called Kobe as soon as possible.

As a time traveler, Chu Han knew a thing or two about this first phone call between Warcraft and Feixia becoming teammates.

At that time, Howard asked Kobe everything about Los Angeles.

For example, what are the fun places in Los Angeles and the bustling lights of Los Angeles?

Howard also mentioned how to help the Lakers become better, but he mostly mentioned things off the court.

This made Kobe, who wanted to win the championship at the time, very dissatisfied.

Feixia said directly at the end of the call:

"I'm going to teach you how to win the championship. What do you think about this?"

To put it simply.

From the beginning, the pairing of Howard and Kobe just looked good.

Doomed!

Of course.

Chu Han knew that the ending of the story was not happy.

The media now started to party directly.

On the day the deal was concluded, ESPN directly issued a statement stating:

"The NBA is coming to an end!" 》

The picture attached to this news headline was photoshopped:

Steve Nash + Kobe Bryant + Ron Artest + Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard!

Just looking at this lineup, it is definitely a true dog crown!

On the betting website, the odds of the Los Angeles Lakers winning the championship jumped directly to second place!

Even in the fan voting session, the Lakers' championship support rate surpassed the Miami Heat and became the league's first!

You know, the Miami Heat just won the championship.

The Heat, the Big Three formed by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, are not as good as the Big Four Lakers in the eyes of fans!

only.

The defending champion Miami Heat are not idle either.

They acquired sharpshooter Ray Allen in the free agent market.

The summer of 2012 came to an end with the Lakers as the protagonist.

Chu Han knows very well:

How crazy the Lakers crowd is right now.

How uncomfortable it will be for them in the next 12-13 season.

It is worth mentioning that.

Right next to Chu Han, there is such a Laker crowd.

"Chu, have you seen the news?"

the next day.

UCLA on-campus arena.

Zach LaVine rushed to Chu Han excitedly: "The Los Angeles Lakers acquired Dwight Howard in a trade!"

As a native of Los Angeles.

LaVine is a die-hard Lakers fan.

Seeing that the Lakers finally passed the trade and once again obtained the league's top center, the new F4 is fighting for the championship.

Raven couldn't hold back her excitement at all.

"But the average age of the Lakers is too high, Zach."

Chu Han was completely unmoved: "Steve is already 38 years old, Kobe is no longer young, and Pau Gasol has also declined seriously."

"Don't forget, Dwight had a back injury last season."

While conducting dribbling training, Chu Han explained to LaVine: "The Lakers may get into trouble early in the new season."

"But I believe in Kobe!"

Although LaVine felt that Chu Han's analysis was reasonable, he still retained his last stubbornness: "You can always trust Kobe Bryant!"

"hope so."

Chu Han shrugged.

He didn't want to talk too much about this topic with Raven.

Instead of wasting words on introducing this matter with a decided outcome, it would be better to spend more time on training.

time flies.

September 5th, US time.

The first training day for all UCLA Bruins members.

Coach Ben Holland, while introducing the new players on the team, began to give a detailed explanation of the PAC-12 League in the new season.

The new season of UCLA is about to begin!

(The new book is on the way, please support me, please give me flowers and tickets!!)

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