Add one, I'm not very good at fighting

But on the whole, it can be regarded as a full harvest.

At that time, Li Ang thought that entering the finals this time was just the beginning.

For him and Carter, there must be more magnificent chapters waiting to be written.

result......

All the turning points happened in the summer of 2001.

The headline of the next newspaper was that Yao Ming became the first Asian foreign player in NBA history to join the Chicago Bulls!

After much deliberation, Fatty Klaus finally decided to select Yao Ming with the No. [-] pick.

In this history, Yao Ming participated in the draft at the draft site.

He also walked up to the stage himself and took the Bulls baseball cap from Stern.

Since then, the golden age of Chinese basketball has officially opened.

Seeing that the Bulls selected Yao Ming, Danzi almost cried into a meme on the spot.

Seeing but blinding, Klaus that Saby really has blinding eyes hahahahaha!

Danzi happily chose Kwame Brown with the second overall pick, and at this time Jordan has decided to come back next season!

He has already imagined in his mind the scene of fighting on the field with this super genius.

Li Ang sighed, now, Danzi is probably crying too.

The next newspaper was a Toronto newspaper.

Li Ang still can't forget how shocked he was when he saw the news.

"The Raptors fire general manager Glenn Ward, new general manager Babcock: I will bring a championship to Toronto".

Grunwald, the guy who drafted Carter and Leon, was suddenly fired after the team was at its peak.

It is a fact that he chose Carter and Leon, but it is also a fact that he let McGrady and Christie go for nothing.

The 4-1 defeat in the finals stimulated the management of the Raptors.They agreed that if McGrady and Christie were still there, the Raptors might win the championship.

Even if it doesn't work, it's not that embarrassing.

So, they transferred this anger to Grunwald.

At first, Li Ang only felt sorry for Grunwald, but he never expected that this change of general manager would greatly affect Li Ang himself.

What follows is the newspaper before the start of the 01-02 season.

The newspaper published a story about the Bulls, and it only took up a small section of the sports page because it wasn't a big news.

But to Li Ang, this news is very interesting.

The news is: A week after Yao Ming participated in the training camp, Artest received a concussion test and will miss the preseason.

Well, Li Ang can probably guess what happened on the training ground.

With his character, he must be ready to bully Xiao Yao as soon as he entered the training camp, in order to establish his prestige as the leader of the team.

If it was Xiao Yao from the original history, he would probably be bullied.

But this little Yao now...

Let's just say, Oakley didn't even want to meet him face to face.

If Yao Ming hadn't grown too tall, he probably wouldn't have had a concussion. I'm afraid Artest should have to feel the pain Danzi suffered back then.

Then, the 01-02 season began.

Before the start of the season, the team traded Olajuwon, one of the four major centers, at a very low price to deal with O'Neal, hoping that the team can make a difference in the finals.

Oakley, who is about to retire, returned to Chicago, the place where his dream began, and prepared to return to his roots.Mark Jackson has also left the team. Overall, the team's lineup has not changed much.

Carter + Leon + Dream, this lineup has aroused the expectations of countless fans. Babcock also hopes to use Dream to face the Sharks and make the Raptors a championship team.

As a result, Dameng's state this season, let alone carrying a shark.

Even the rookie Yao Ming couldn't beat him.

Dameng averaged only 7.1 points and 6 rebounds per game this season, even worse than Oakley last season.The big dream after old age is in a state of falling off a cliff.

Of course, the joining of Dameng is not useless.

During this season, he taught Li Ang almost all of his low post moves on the training ground.

Because of the badge, Li Ang has the softness and center of gravity control ability comparable to Dameng, so the learning effect is unexpectedly good.

As for Carter, he is still an omnipotent UFO and is still Toronto's number one scorer.

Even if Dameng is old, as long as Carter and Leon can maintain their form, the Raptors will still be a strong team in the East.

Unfortunately, the 00-01 season was almost Carter's last healthy season in Toronto.

At the beginning of the 01-02 season, Carter's knees frequently had problems, and he was always on and off.

Only three games into the new season, Carter was absent due to a sprained knee.

The team's record did not meet expectations, so the new general manager cut the mess quickly, fired Wilkens, who got along well with the players, and let Kevin O'Neal, who had no head coaching experience, take the coach.

When there is a problem with the record of an NBA team, under normal circumstances, the first person to be cut is the head coach.

Don't tell me you are the first thousand-win coach in NBA history, it's not easy to use.

Unless your team's status is like Auerbach's or the Vichy thieves, it's useless to say anything.

The team was clearly aiming for the championship, but a rookie coach was called in the middle of the season, and Li Ang and Carter were stunned.

They ran to the general manager, and guess what the general manager said?

"Don't worry, we are working on getting Steve Nash!"

When Carter and Leon heard this, they were overjoyed.

Although Nash doesn't pay much attention to hygiene, at least his looks are a good match for our brothers.

If you don't play basketball, you can make a group debut.

Moreover, with Nash's ability to conduct the ball, if he comes, and Li Ang and Carter throw it in the air, it's not called taking off, it's a double flight!

Li Ang and Carter waited and waited and waited with joy.

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement at all!

As Carter has been on and off, the Raptors' record has not risen or fallen compared to last season.

Li Ang is also working very hard. His scoring average this season has broken through the 20 mark.

But with this group of old, weak, sick and disabled, Li Ang couldn't help it even if he had great abilities.

Waiting until the early days of the All-Star Game, when the trade deadline was approaching, Carter and Li Ang asked again.

What about Nash?Where is Nash?

Babcock smiled slightly, said a lot of nonsense, and assured Leon and Carter that they must get Nash before the trade deadline.

If he can't get it, he swears he won't be a human being!

After the trade deadline, the Raptors still did not have Nash in the lineup.

And when Li Ang asked for the third time, Babcock was already impatient: "I tell you Yunlong, don't bother me with such crap! If you have the ability to be an All-Star, you must have the ability Win by yourself!"

Li Ang was very angry, fuck you, you backtracked yourself, how many times did you yell.

Not only yelling, but Babcock was also very dissatisfied with Li Ang's repeated suspensions.

This season, Li Ang also fought several times.Once when he was playing against the Trail Blazers, he wrestled with Randolph, who was rude.

Once, when he was playing against the Nets, Kenyon Martin, who was not very good at thinking, sprayed Li Ang with racial remarks, which caused Li Ang to get angry and directly attacked.

At the beginning, Babcock didn't say anything about Li Ang's suspension.But now that there was a conflict, he turned over all these old accounts, and distributed part of the blame for the team's record not as expected to Li Ang.

"If you weren't suspended at every turn, how could our record be so bad!? The team needs you to stand up, not make trouble!"

After that, Babcock also deliberately said in front of the media that he was very concerned about the image of the team.

As it turns out, never leave your girlfriend with old accounts that can be dug up too often.

And then, the more angry thing is, because of Carter's repeated injuries, Babcock actually complained.

He even publicly complained directly in the locker room that Carter was always recovering from injuries in the training room, and accused him of disrupting the team's chemistry due to his excessive injuries.

Li Ang had a big fight with Babcock in front of everyone, and he couldn't bear this Sabi.

Injury is such a thing, as if a player wants to be injured.

The next day, the news that Li Ang was making a fuss in the locker room soon spread.Li Ang didn't even have to guess who leaked it.

Originally, because of knocking out AI's teeth and smashing Shaq's head last season, Li Ang's reputation was already a bit bad.

And once the name of the cancer in the dressing room is hanged, it will make Li Ang even more of a thorny persona.

This kind of person is very unpleasant in the NBA, and Li Ang was once criticized a lot.

In the case of Carter's repeated injuries and frequent conflicts between management and players, the Raptors only won the fourth place in the Eastern Conference in the 01-02 season.

After only one game in the playoffs, Carter's knee was directly injured and he was reimbursed for the season.Olajuwon even knelt during the regular season, and Li Ang could only continue to fight with the remnants alone.

In the first round, with a disabled team, Li Ang eliminated Maizi's magic by relying on a more tenacious defense to tie the fifth.

Maizi is so hot, why is it the first round again?

Don't worry, there is still next year and the year after that.

However, Li Ang, who was exhausted in the second round, really didn't exhaust the Celtics, and finally knelt down.

Li Ang's 01-02 season came to an anticlimactic end.

And because Carter needs surgery in the summer, he will miss half of the games next season.

Therefore, after the season ended, Babcock asked Leon to tell him his plan: "We rebuild!"

In the 03 draft, there were young talents such as James, Anthony, Bosh, and Wade.People say that this is a draft comparable to the 96th class!

Babcock didn't want to waste the opportunity.

Carter and Leon only won one game in the 2001 finals. This huge gap in strength made Babcock not trust the duo very much.

He believes that if the third star is not added, the team will not win the championship anyway.

But now the team has to renew Carter's contract with a maximum salary, unable to flex its muscles in the free agent market.Therefore, the only way to go is the draft.

According to Babcock's original words: "Li Ang, you should exercise a little restraint next season. Let's win a few fewer games and strive for a great victory."

Of course Li Ang is unwilling, I can't admit that I can't beat him hard, but I can't do such a thing as deliberately losing.

What's more, the team is not without the strength to reach the playoffs.Li Ang can't even do it if he has the strength to show bad intentions.

Li Ang still believes that the team does not need to rebuild.When Carter comes back next season and the team makes some serious reinforcements, the team still has hope.

After all, Li Ang has also become a lot stronger this season, and he is confident that he will complete a qualitative change next season and make a name for himself.

Seeing Li Ang rejecting himself again, Babcock stopped talking directly.

He fired the physical therapist who had a good relationship with Li Ang, and removed Li Ang's special parking space at home.

All his actions are telling Li Ang: If you can do it, you can leave.

Li Ang warned Babcock: If the Raptors leave me, they can get better, and I will not be a hindrance.

Li Ang could no longer bear to work under such Sabi.

After thinking about all of this, Li Ang shook his head, and then looked at the scoring newspaper that was posted yesterday.

Only a few words were written in the bold and bold title: "Li Ang applies for a deal!"

Li Ang sighed, this year passed quickly and a lot happened.

But he had thought a long time ago that he would not be an urban hero.

He missed Toronto, and he couldn't bear Carter.But he also knows that in the original history, it was Babcock who made the Raptors mess up.

Playing under a general manager like him, Li Ang felt that he would have no future.

Babcock readily agreed to Li Ang's application. Anyway, he didn't expect Li Ang to grow into a superstar.

Next, he is going to embrace the young talents of the 03 class.

So, Li Ang started to tidy up his house.