I really just want to strike

On the 9th, Su Feng and Kobe boarded the flight to Toronto together.

Before he returned to Canada, Su Weiguo had a friendly conversation with him in earnest.

The topic of this conversation is mainly about how men can get out of the "shadow of broken love".

At that time, Su Feng almost couldn't help laughing.

Only then did he know that Su Weiguo was worried about himself...

It turned out to be because he was afraid that this summer, if he broke up with his American girlfriend first, and then lost in the Olympics, he would be overwhelmed...

Of course, Su Feng was quite touched by Su Weiguo's concern for him.

Unlike Su Weiguo, the content of the conversation between Comrade Wang Yuanyuan and Su Feng was relatively straightforward.

Anyway, after confirming that Su Feng did not suffer in some aspects, Wang Yuanyuan was relieved at that time.

It has to be said that the education of Chinese parents on these issues is relatively reserved.

"So, is this also the reason for the large number of old drivers in China?" Su Feng thought silently that day.

……

In October, after Su Feng returned to Toronto, several things happened in the NBA that he was more concerned about.

First of all, it was Wang Zhizhi who officially reached a two-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The contract is a 1+1 system, with guarantees for the first year and no guarantees for the second year.

Originally, judging from Wang Zhizhi's prospects in the NBA in this life, there are not a few teams willing to give him a better contract.

However, Wang Zhizhi, who is playing in a foreign country and has already bought a house in Los Angeles, does not want to move.

Moreover, playing for the Lakers, Wang Zhizhi feels that he still has a chance to play in the finals.

therefore......

This time, it was really not Old Buss who wanted to squeeze Wang Zhizhi, but Da Zhi, the beater, who took the initiative to stick his head in and cut Old Buss.

In addition, Bateer signed a two-year contract with the Nuggets worth a total of 800 million US dollars.

No bragging, this contract Bateer definitely made a lot of money.

Because at this moment in 2000, with an annual salary of 400 million US dollars, just talking in the team, your back was straighter than most of your teammates.

only......

What kind of trick is this Nuggets signing Battelle?

Could it be that the Nuggets think they have a chance to play with the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals?

Su Feng felt that Battelle in this life was the real winner in life.

Because not only did he have a ring, but he also earned so much money from the Nuggets for nothing.

In addition to Wang Zhizhi and Bateer who stayed on the team, and those who changed their clubs, in mid-October, while Su Feng was teaching Kobe to be a man, Hu Weidong, whose contract with the Bulls expired, also became the NBA multi-team chaser. Object.

In this life, the 30-year-old Hu Weidong has performed well in the past three seasons.

With an average of nearly 10 points per game, he is considered a good player to supplement the team's bench firepower.

And Lao Hu, who originally planned to return to China to lead the Jiangsu team to play in the CBA, also hesitated after finding out that he could still play in the NBA.

because......

He also wanted to play with Su Feng in the Olympics again.

Therefore, he hopes that he can continue to stay in the NBA to maintain his state.

As a result, the support of the Jiangsu people for Hu Weidong became the last straw that broke Hu Weidong's psychological defense.

"Why is Lao Hu coming back? What's the point of winning the CBA championship? Winning glory for the country is the kingly way!"

"That's right, isn't it just being bullied by the Bayi team for a few more years? We can afford to wait!"

"Support Lao Hu to stay in the NBA!"

There is one thing to say, as long as any problem rises to the national level, the unity of the rabbits is absolutely incomprehensible to the people of other countries.

So just like that, the Celtics, who had been silent throughout the summer except for renewing Duncan's contract, were dispatched.

They used some special cases of the team, successfully impressing Hu Weidong with a contract with a total duration of 4 years and a total value of about 3 skins.

Because Hu Weidong plans to return to the CBA after the Athens Olympics, although many teams in the market offer higher annual salaries than the Celtics, Hu Weidong finally chose the Celtics.

And these "many teams" include the Raptors.

Because even if Stern didn't want to see Chinese stars stuck in a nest, how could Su Feng not be moved by Hu Weidong, a substitute player like a microwave oven?

Even in terms of athletic ability, Hu Weidong, who has not suffered serious injuries in this life, is better than the old Curry.

However, since Su Feng knew that he would leave the relationship with the Raptors in the future, when giving advice to the tool man Groward, Su Feng suggested that he only sign with Hu Weidong for three years.

After all, Su Feng didn't want to leave Lao Hu alone in Canada after he left.

And so far, an interesting scene has also appeared.

That is according to the law that only teams with Chinese players can win the championship since the 97/98 season...

Now, the Lakers, Celtics, Raptors, Philadelphia gang and other teams will have at least one Chinese player next season.

And coincidentally...

When ESPN gave the team's power rankings for the first time in the new season, the Raptors, Lakers, Celtics and Philadelphia Gang happened to be the top four teams on the power rankings.

Therefore, the 00/01 season has not yet started, and many superstitious American fans have begun to discuss what kind of peculiar existence Chinese players are.

……

According to the new season's schedule, the Raptors' preseason will officially start on the 18th.

And because Su Feng, Carter, and Nash all participated in the Olympics in the summer, none of these three will play in the team's preseason games of the new season.

In addition, considering that Barkley still needs to lose some fat, Barkley will not appear in the Raptors' preseason roster.

In the new season, the assembly numbers of each team have been sounded one after another.

And after thinking that he was able to have a "[-]-[-] split" with Su Feng, Kobe also returned to Los Angeles with Vanessa.

In the summer, Stephen Jackson, who represented the Raptors in the preseason, performed well. The Raptors have officially signed a three-year contract with a total value of 1.5 skins.

If nothing else, the main framework for the Raptors in the new season has been preliminarily set.

From the salary structure point of view, before Carter's contract renewal date, the Raptors are still the team with the most reasonable salary structure in the league.

certainly......

Compared with the Lakers, Trail Blazers, Celtics and other teams who have to pay a lot of luxury taxes this year, the current salary cap of the Raptors, in Su Feng's view, is nothing more than a capitalized "poor".

No way, the Raptors owner Chad is like a younger brother among the rich bosses in the NBA.

Therefore, in the new season, Su Feng feels that the Raptors still have to tap the potential within the team.

And just before the start of the new season's preseason...

After all, the New Yorkers took that one step forward.

Ewing was kicked out.

And the one who took over Ewing, just as Su Feng remembered, was the Seattle Supersonics.

Anecdotally, the arrogant New Yorkers applauded the team management's approach one after another.

Then, say it and you may not believe it...

It is the same group of people who will criticize the team's management in the future.

Poor gorilla.

From then on, he could no longer jerk off on the roof of the Empire State Building.

However, compared to Ewing being kicked out, before the start of the new season's preseason, what left Su Feng speechless the most...

It has to be players who want to hug O'Neal, Kobe and Kidd's thighs.

no......

It's a bit colder in Toronto.

But you can't dream of the lake one by one!

No way, due to the brand appeal of the Lakers, coupled with the geographical advantages of Los Angeles, and the team framework composed of O'Neal, Kobe and Kidd...

Even if Su Feng thought with his toes, he knew that next season there would be countless players expressing their loyalty to the Lakers.

In a simple sentence it is...

Who in the world is not Humi?

In late October, as the Lakers signed one after another, the signings were completed.

A cosmic team capable of shocking the entire United States was born!

……

Chapter 412 When the entire NBA becomes a mess!

Since in the previous deal with the Suns, the Lakers sent Rice, Lewis, Fisher and others in addition to all the draft picks of the team in 2000, so the general manager of the Lakers Jerry West clearer than ever

To stop the rising northern dragon, the current Lakers team alone is not enough.

As we all know, in the Michael Jordan era, in order to fight against the Bulls, any ambitious team in the league would hoard a large number of forwards and guards on its perimeter.

Therefore, West knows

If they want to solve Su Feng and liberate Kobe in the game one step further, while getting Kidd, the Lakers have to focus on their outside personnel reserve.

but

As far as the salary cap in 2000 is concerned, the LOGO man's room for manipulation is not as maneuverable as when Su Feng formed the Warriors in the future in his previous life.

Therefore, West is also very clear that in addition to letting the migrant workers play their own initiative this summer, the Lakers have no other way to go on the road of signings and reinforcements.

So now comes the problem.

Players who have dreamed of wearing a Lakers jersey since childhood.

they

Thinking of "home" now?

As one of the founders of the Bulls' first dynasty, Horris Grant, who had partnered with the young sharks during the Magic period, became the first player to answer the Lakers' "call of home" this summer.

In the previous multi-party transaction in which the Knicks swept Ewing out, because of Su Feng's previous life, Rice, the key figure in this transaction, was sent to the Suns, so the Suns naturally replaced the Lakers and became the key player in this transaction. One of the main players.

Of course, if Su Feng remembered correctly, in his previous life, Sun would also participate in this transaction, but at that time Sun was just a running companion.

So in this way, after the conclusion of this multi-party deal, the Suns not only successfully got rid of the salary burden of Rice, but also laid a solid foundation for them to sign McGrady in the summer. A buyout agreement was reached with Grant immediately.

For the Suns who decided to build a team with young people such as McGrady, Marbury, and Lewis in the new season, veterans like Rice and Grant are obviously not the "ideal answer" they want.

According to the NBA's buyout agreement, if a player is still not claimed by the team 48 hours after being bought out, then the buyout agreement reached between Grant and the Suns will be included in the Sun's salary cap.

But because NBA teams will pay in installments when adopting a buyout agreement, after buying out Grant, Grant's salary included in the Sun's salary cap is a very small part.

In Su Feng's previous life, including when he was a fan, at the beginning, like most people, he couldn't understand why these NBA teams like to buy out those capable veterans so much.But in fact, in this way, after the original team buys out these veterans, they can not only successfully save money, but also allow these veterans to regain the right to pursue their dreams at the end of their careers.

Therefore, after the buyout clarification period ended, Grant couldn't wait to express his 30-year lake honey status to the world without even thinking about it.

And the LOGO man didn't even think about it, and the backhand was a basic salary contract, which won the cornerstone of the championship for the Lakers.

However, Grant's arrival, although successfully solved the Lakers' weakness in the power forward position, and also continued the leading edge with the "Zen Master"

But after all, this guy is just an inside player after all, far from the LOGO man's idea of ​​organizing a "Su Feng killer group".

And just when the LOGO man was posting "The Lakers' Son Finding Inspiration" everywhere, Michael Jordan also gave the Lakers a divine assist.

In Su Feng's previous life, if you knew enough about the grievances between Jordan and the Wizards, then you should know that, in fact, Jordan had already reached a private agreement with the boss of the Wizards.

For this reason, the Wizards did not hesitate to lay off Richmond, who was reimbursed due to injury in the 00/01 season, and also prepared a bunch of high-potential newcomers and draft picks for the Wizards after Jordan joined through various operations. .

of course

If the Wizards hadn't allowed Jordan to do so many micro-manipulations related to team building after this, then maybe this Wizards would have risen long ago.

All in all it is.

Because someone's prestige is surpassing himself at a speed visible to the naked eye, so after returning the double business to God, this summer, before Pierce and Artest broke his ribs together, Jordan had indeed been in private with the Wizards. A PY agreement was reached.