Guard With a Knife

I don't even know what to say? It's not the first time I've got this trophy. I thought I'd be excited, but... no.

His Excellency the Duke received the MVP trophy, and then delivered this ingenious acceptance speech.

I don't even know where to put it, I don't have the habit of collecting trophies. Everyone knows that I won too many various trophies when I was a student. For me, it is equivalent to In the final exam, I got the first place in the school again... This is nothing unusual.

The Duke didn't even have a formal thank you to the team for thanking the fans for thanking the family, so he ended his speech.

But this... still made the fans restless and excited. They vented their joy and excitement with great passion. This is their seventeenth championship trophy and the only sweeping championship in history. They have every reason to believe that the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth trophies will come soon. After all, His Excellency the Duke is still so young, he is not even married yet.

After the grand ceremony ended, His Excellency the Duke originally planned to run away immediately.

However, the colleagues in the Lakers' public relations department talked about everything, and finally did some ideological work and asked him to attend the post-match press conference.

After all, as the biggest protagonist of the finals, he has been the MVP winner of the finals for three consecutive years. If you don't participate in the post-match press conference, not only those reporters, but even the newly appointed Adam Silver will collapse.

When His Excellency the Duke came to the post-match press conference holding two trophies, the reporters on the scene applauded uncontrollably, and cheered like a fan meeting.

Facing the greatest Finals performance in the history of the NBA, they couldn't calm down at all.

At this time, it is time to flatter and sing praises, because on this earth, you can no longer find a greater basketball star than Duke Snoopy.

However, His Excellency the Duke seemed very calm.

When the reporter asked him what he thought of this series, he even stretched his waist: Honestly, I didn't think it was such a feat. I just finished my job. Then next, I will Win a very fulfilling and long vacation. This summer, I don’t plan to do business promotions all over the world, I don’t plan to do a tour, and I don’t plan to appear in a movie.”

I'm rich enough. My established annual income can fully cover my loan, and my assets are still increasing rapidly. I have to stop and enjoy life.

His Excellency the Duke's tone sounded like that of a successful old entrepreneur.

But in fact, he is only 24 years old.

This is where it gets frustrating.

Snoopy has clearly achieved unattainable achievements in all aspects, but he is still only 24 years old. Moreover, his book wealth can already enter the global Forbes list, as he said, no matter from which aspect, he can enjoy life.

The ESPN reporter tried hard to bring the topic back from retirement to basketball. He hoped that the Duke would comment on his opponent.

I must emphasize that they are very strong opponents. The game is not as disparate as the big score shows. In the first three games, they were actually very anxious. A little careless, it was them who led 3-0. But we seized We had a chance, and our performance in the penalty area did play a key role. If it weren't for Whiteside, Milicic, Carlos Boozer and Jordan Hill. We might even have to play the game until the seventh game. Victory!

His Excellency the Duke elaborated his point of view very seriously.

This made the ESPN reporter subconsciously extend the topic to the recent Miami scandal. So, what do you think of the recent news between the Miami Heat and Dwight Howard? If Dwight Howard ends up joining Miami, what impact do you think they will have on the Los Angeles Lakers next season?

If the Miami Heat join hands with Dwight Howard, their strength will definitely be greatly improved. Dwight can make up for the last short board of the Heat. At least in the East, it is difficult for any team to pose a threat to them.

His Excellency the Duke said calmly. He didn't feel threatened at all.

This made the reporter quickly ask: So, do you think the Heat will pose a threat to you next season?

No! Because we will continue to improve, the stronger the opponent, it will only make us stronger! Duge said seriously.

So, L.A. is going to respond by signing a superstar this offseason?

No, we are a budget-conscious club. Our goal is to drop another five million in salary next season. Since Ron Artest's huge contract of eight million expires, we will basically achieve this goal easily. .After all, our signing salary for the new season will not exceed four million.

His Excellency the Duke said seriously.

His serious words caused the reporters on the scene to look at each other in blank dismay: Is the Lakers a budget-conscious club? The goal of the new season is to reduce the salary space by 5 million? What about trouble? Other teams in the league are engaged in an arms race, are you sailing against the current?

Um...actually.

Mr. Kupchak has recently started working on deals. He plans to trade point guard Steve Blake. Although this guy is a good and cheap point guard, the Lakers don't need Steve Blake's salary space of up to 4 million US dollars at all. .

Therefore, they plan to exchange some draft rights and cash.

In addition, Jordan Hill has played quite well this season. In the playoffs, he averaged 8.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. He is a rare inside talent. If it is exchanged for draft picks, there must be flocks of people outside, and making a lottery show must be sprinkled.

If Carlos Boozer's contract can be cashed out, then the Lakers are really awesome.

However, Boozer is Lord Duke's man after all. Now he also averages 15.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and he can't be called a complete garbage contract. But the price-performance ratio is definitely the lowest for the Lakers. The transaction value is quite bad, unless Whiteside is picked up, maybe someone else will take over. But what a cheap and high-quality contract Whiteside is, the Lakers are not willing to let go, and now they are already thinking about renewing the contract with Whiteside in advance.

Kupchak now looks like Grandet is in charge.

It's better not to spend money, but it's better to make some money.

Anyway... His Excellency the Duke is standing here, and the championship trophy is also placed here. Veterans who want to get some honor, hurry up and call to make an appointment!

After the press conference, His Excellency the Duke finally talked about personal issues.

I'll spend the summer with my significant other.

This sentence sparked gossip in all the media: So, is Daphne the important person?

you guess?

Snoopy left the suspense that was not suspenseful, and left the scene gracefully. Even forgot to take the Finals MVP trophy.

This also shows once again that the Duke doesn't care about this stuff at all.

He has already taken it twice, so what's new?

...

About fifty minutes later, Miami's Dwyane Wade finally walked into the room. He pursed his lips and summed up why they failed with a very frustrated expression. And they will continue to move forward and make unswerving efforts for the championship trophy.

This is undoubtedly the most difficult press conference for The Flash.

They ended the 12-13 season with a big score of 0 to 4, and continued to exist as the villain that set off the sacred stalwart of the Duke.

Fortunately, the current reporters are gentle enough, they did not add salt to the wound, nor did they add insult to injury.

After all, it took a lot of courage for The Flash to appear here.

It's like...LeBron James will never have the guts to step up to that responsibility.

It was a far cry from the first time he hoisted the Eastern Conference title ten days earlier in Miami.

...

The Duke didn't care at all about who Miami sent to announce that the season ended in failure. After leaving the arena, he went directly to find Daphne, and the two went home together, and then began a shameless married life.

Daphne has an unimaginable interest in this matter, which even gave Doug some headaches: she deserves to be a woman struck by lightning.

Also, the thing he couldn't figure out the most was... why Daphne wanted to be a mother so much.

Doesn't she enjoy the world of two at all? Do you have to create a child to destroy the balance between the couple?

However, Duge's slander belongs to his slander, and he still supports him in action.

He didn't have much confidence in this either. When he was with other duchess girls, he occasionally slipped through the net, but they didn't bear fruit. He believes that the time has not come.

And when the Duke and Daphne were planning which tropical island to fly to for a swim this summer, the major media had already started to praise Duke Snoopy unprecedentedly.

Their touting is so high that it even far exceeds that of Michael Jordan back then.

This is Adam Xiao Hua's first fire after taking office, he wants to create a god!

He knew...David Stern relied on Michael Jordan's success and brought the NBA to the most profitable business league in the United States. So now... it's time to start the second peak.

He wants to use Duke Snoopy's huge influence to take the NBA to the next level.

And his second fire is... Support Baotuan!

When he learned that Dwight Howard was flirting with the Miami Heat, he showed a very different reaction from David Stern.

David Stern will never allow the grouping phenomenon to happen, especially this kind of peak grouping. This can be seen from his rejection of Paul's deal in the name of basketball.

However, Adam Silver is different, he doesn't care about the balance of power in the alliance. In his opinion, a few super teams are enough to continue to expand the influence of the NBA... This is very consistent with the law of 28.

So... as long as they agree with each other, he absolutely supports Fengfeng's team-up.

...

The Duke returned to Los Angeles after a half-month European tour with Daphne.

At this time, the relationship between Miami and Dwight Howard has basically been fully established, which made the Florida media quite excited, sweeping away the haze that had been swept away before. It seems that with Howard signing the exposed 4-year $89 million maximum salary contract, he will be the championship soon.

Their joy is exactly the same as in the summer of 2010.

Of course, this has also attracted criticism from many experts. No one likes this kind of strong team that holds together at the peak.

Morey, the general manager of the Rockets who lost Howard in the competition, even said sourly: When a team assembles three TOP5 superstars and one TOP10 superstar, this team will definitely become a disaster for the entire league! I Never seen the NBA's No. 1 small forward and the NBA's No. 1 center on the same team at the same time.

Such a sour argument is always ridiculed by the Miami media as being unable to afford to lose.

However, it must be admitted that the vast majority of public opinion is against this kind of superstar peak grouping.

Therefore, more and more people hope that the Duke can kill them again.

Of course, everyone also thinks that if the Lakers do not strengthen the lineup during the offseason. The result will certainly not be optimistic, after all, the Big Three and the Big Four are completely different concepts. The most important thing is that the Lakers' senior tour group is one year older. By next summer, it is impossible for them to achieve the same results as this summer.

After returning to Los Angeles, Kupchak reported his report card to Doug as soon as possible.

Sean Marion passed our test, and he is willing to accept a veteran's basic salary. There are also some veterans, but we are still waiting and watching.

Antawn Jamison decided to retire, he has got the championship ring he was thinking about. This just makes room for Stephen Jackson.

In addition, there is a guard who is at his peak and wants to sign us with a one-year minimum salary. He is Nick Young, do you think we can give this contract?

Also, we have reached an agreement with the Bucks. We will use Jordan Hill and Steve Blake to trade their expiring contracts, some cash, and their draft rights...if they can pick us in the draft I want Giannis!

Kupchak's debriefing was excellent.

Duger nodded. He encouraged Kupchak: The work has been done very well. The salary reduction we expected has been completed perfectly.

Later, he gave specific instructions: Sean Marion can be signed. Nick Young can also be signed. Although this kid is not smart, he can make up for Kobe's declining strength. As for the draft, you have to continue to follow up. It's good to get a first-round pick. I doubt that the Bucks' draft pick may be able to get this monster from Greece.

Forehead….

Kupchak kept wanting to say something in his mind, but he finally asked: Do you really think that little guy named Yannis is so good? In my opinion, he has nothing but physical fitness. It might not work out.

No, I think he will become the next core of the Lakers. The biggest task this summer is to get him!

Doug gave a death order: The chip is not just Jordan Hill and Blake, anyone can be exchanged. Understand?

good!

Kupchak quickly agreed. Although he had doubts in his heart, he firmly believed in the Duke's vision.

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