The strongest bishop in the NBA

Chapter 285 The New Season Begins

(These two days are a bit stuck in the plot...)

Wang Xiao's remarks did cause a lot of repercussions in the United States, but they were not considered the biggest news in the league.

Throughout the summer of 12, the biggest news in the league is definitely the composition of the Lakers F4.

After winning two consecutive championships in 10 years, the Lakers have missed the finals for two consecutive years. Kobe did not win the sixth championship of his career.

As a traditional giant in the league, the Lakers are not reconciled to this.

In the last season, the management of the Lakers almost promoted Paul and Howard to join the Lakers to form the Lakers version of the Big Three. As a result, the deal ended because of Stern's emergency stop. Paul eventually went to the Clippers, while Howard Reluctantly stayed in Orlando.

After the playoffs ended and the free market opened, the Lakers began to move around again.

On July 12, 7, the Lakers reached a sign-and-trade deal with the Suns, acquiring legendary point guard Steve Nash from the Suns.

This transaction caused quite a stir. As the two-time regular season MVP winner, Nash’s strength is beyond doubt. Although he is 38 years old now, because of his style of play, he still averaged 12.5 points and 10.7 assists per game last season, which is extremely efficient. .

The joining of Nash has very well reinforced the vacancy of the Lakers' point guard, which has further improved the Lakers' already strong strength.

But in the same way, the arrival of Nash also made the defense of the Lakers' point guard line more vulnerable, but overall the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

And when on August 8, Yibi involved four teams in a huge deal, people were shocked.

The Lakers sent All-Star center Andrew Bynum, forward Josh McRoberts, small forward Ienga and a 2017 first-round pick and a 2015 second-round pick, and got super center Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic!

With this deal, the Lakers officially formed the super F4 lineup of Nash + Kobe + Artest + Gasol + Howard!

"When other teams are still imitating the Heat and Knicks to form the Big Three, the Lakers have found another way and embarked on the road to pursue the Big Four! They succeeded, and then it is time for other teams to complain! The Lakers in the new season The team will look down on everyone!"

"This is simply cheating. I seriously doubt whether there is a black box operation in these transactions. The Lakers only got Nash for a negligible price, and then got Howard with only Bynum and a first round! It is unimaginable in the league. How could there be such an unfair trade in China! The Celtics paid nearly half of the team to get Garnett! Howard is no worse than Garnett at his peak!"

When the Super F4 was formed overnight, the Lakers jumped to the top of the league's winning odds list, surpassing the defending champion Wizards, the Big Three Heat and the Spurs Trail Blazers and other teams.

In the entire league, Wang Xiao is probably the only one who is not optimistic about the Lakers F4.

But that's only because of his foresight as a time traveler.

To be reasonable, Wang Xiao, who traveled before, also exclaimed that the NBA has finally come to an end when he saw the Lakers F12 in 4 years in another time and space.

Who would have thought that the Lakers F4 are completely incompatible and have no chemical reaction at all.

Who would have thought that Nash, who could maintain a high level of competition last season, would frequently fall into a wave of injuries?

Who would have thought that Kobe and Howard would be at odds, and in the end the conflict was so great that they could not tolerate each other at all?

The Lakers' Super F4 fell apart in just one season, Howard left the Rockets, Kobe injured his Achilles tendon because he worked too hard, and Nash's championship dream was also shattered...

The Lakers are still nothing to be afraid of. The biggest opponent of the Wizards in the new season is the Big Three of the Heat.

This summer, the Heat also had great reinforcements. Like another time and space, Ray Allen rejected the Celtics' contract extension and joined the Miami Heat instead.

The current Ray Allen has far lived up to the glory of the three-point leader at his peak, but his strength should not be underestimated. He will become the strongest firepower outside the Big Three of the Heat.

According to the history of another time and space, the Heat this season will have the best 27 consecutive victories in team history, the best 66 wins and 16 losses in the regular season, and reverse the Spurs in the finals to win the championship.

There is no doubt that this will be the strongest and most difficult season for the Heat.

Wang Xiao has every reason to believe that as long as the Wizards survive this season, the Heat will be completely crushed.

If others don't say it, at least James will definitely quit.

Whether it is asking to apply for a deal before the 13-year contract expires, or choosing to jump out of the contract in 14, James will leave Miami with a high probability.

Where James will go at that time, Wang Xiao will not be able to estimate.

Wang Xiao felt that it was really unlucky for James to meet him who was cheating. He could have won two championships with the Heat and improve his historical status. Maybe it will be snatched away by Wang Xiao.

According to the current lineup strength of the Wizards, it may be difficult for James to have a chance in the next few years.

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The preseason started with the Lakers gearing up for F4 and the Heat getting ready to strengthen the bench.

The style of the Wizards' preseason is still the same as in previous seasons, using a variety of different rotations on a large scale. The result of this is that the performance of the Wizards in the preseason is not very good, almost no wins ball.

In this regard, Wizards fans have become accustomed to it, so they don't take it to heart. The preseason results don't matter, and the regular season is when the team really exerts its strength.

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奇才队12-13赛季的首场常规赛于10月30日进行，球队将在10月30日在主场迎来波特兰开拓者的挑战。

From this opening game, we can see the current thinking of the alliance.

As the matchup teams in the Finals last season, the Wizards and Trail Blazers are both very young teams, and they are likely to become the focus of the Eastern Conference and Western Conference in the next few years.

The Blazers' reinforcements during the offseason are very limited. There is no way. Although the owner of the Blazers is very rich, the team has a salary cap.

Durant, Aldridge and Jordan occupy most of the team's salary space. In this case, it is difficult for the Blazers to substantially strengthen the team's lineup through the free market.

In the end, they just signed 3ers point guard Louis Williams with a three-year, $1600 million contract in the free market.

Louis Williams is a very good player. Later, he won the best sixth man three times. At his peak, he averaged 3 points and 22.6 assists per game in a single season. But that is the future. Louis Williams at this stage Williams does not have the level of the best sixth man in the future. He can only be regarded as a fairly good substitute player who can contribute some points steadily.

If it wasn't for the fact that only the veteran Andre Miller could handle the point guard position of the Blazers, I'm afraid they wouldn't have signed Louis Williams either.

(End of this chapter)