The Rest, Only Noise

Yesterday's footnotes were too long. I should have issued a single chapter. I'm very sorry, there will be no next time. As compensation, this chapter is free.

Joe Dumars signed with the Lakers for three years, $8 million.

The moment the signing was completed, Dumars became the lowest paid high-energy player in the league.

As a combo guard, he can play the starting position of two guards in most teams, and he is balanced on offense and defense without any shortcomings.

That is to say, teams like the Heat who are extremely talented do not look down on them. There are many teams that want to sign Dumars with a big contract, but he chose to sign a pension contract with the Lakers that is far below his worth. This is undoubtedly amazing.

"Maybe Los Angeles isn't an attractive city for free agents," the LA Daily News writer modestly wrote, "but who could refuse to play for Messiah?"

Dumars not only signed a contract well below his value, but also accepted the non-starter position.

Because the Lakers already have a young and strong No. 1.

Dana Barrows will be the starter at the No. 1 position for a long time in the new season. Dumars has no shortage of playing time as a dual-energy guard. What he needs is to maintain a humble heart for the second team as he did in the Heat. Provide high-quality offense and defense.

As long as he can bring down the Heat, Dumars is willing to do anything.

At the time of the signing, Dumars said ambitiously, "I'm here to crush the Miami dynasty."

After Dumars left, Louie uttered a complaint that had been stuck in his heart for a long time: "Hasn't Miami been smashed by New York? And what kind of dynasty are they?"

West sneered: "Coach Lu, the Knicks in the early 1970s didn't even complete a consecutive championship, but some people still call them a dynasty."

"You have to understand, Jerry, that this place in New York can't wait to expand its influence with a small achievement."

Louie also hated the New York press.

Then, West also wondered about Dumars' obsession: "Actually ... after losing Ralph, Miami actually doesn't have the strength to compete for the championship in the new season, whether JD comes to Los Angeles or not the same."

Louie can only shush.

Don't let Dumars know about this, just let him play with hatred for the Heat.

Afterwards, West asked: "Coach Lu, after signing JD, the personnel reserve of our backline has overflowed."

"You mean Seidel (Treit)?"

With the arrival of Dumars, the Lakers have four players on the roster who can play at the 1 position.

In addition to Barros and Nash, there is a veteran who was signed last season to deal with.

That person is Seidel Tlett. When the Lakers pursued him, he was like a jar of old wine with a fragrant aroma, but as he was robbed of his soul by the flowery world of Los Angeles, he was wandering around without knowing how much was left. After the wild seed, the Lakers who are determined to look forward have no place for him.

Louis thinks Tlett is still easy to deal with. He has a certain strength, and the contract is not large (2 years and 4 million). Instead, there are too many people in the power forward position.

Garnett can be four or five aside for the time being. The Lakers also have Wu Qi and Malik Rose on the No. 4 position. If the tragic player chooses to return, there will be four No. 4 positions on the roster.

So the choice in front of Louis is actually very simple. Who should stay with Wu Qi or Ross?

Louis will not place too much importance on Wu Qi because he is his compatriot. After a careful comparison with Rose, he feels that Wu Qi will not have a good development in the Lakers. Therefore, which team to send him to is Louis. need serious thinking.

This year is also a chaotic summer.

Shaquille O'Neal and Sampson are the two big fishes that have only one left, but they are not the only superstars in the free market.

Karl Malone, who has been waiting for Salt Lake City for many years, has no hope of rising.

In Louie's previous life, this time point should have been the time when the Jazz management made great efforts to introduce John Hornacek to solve the problem of lack of a second firepower on the outside, so as to shoot into the sky.

However, the current predicament of the Jazz is not solved by a Hornacek.

Times are different.

Without three All-Stars or superstars, it is impossible to shake the dominance of the Blazers, Knicks, Heat and other teams.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Jazz formed a top team in the West through the draft and the operation of the free market, but they always lost to the second generation of ShowTime led by the tragic master and the pioneers of Jordan.

Now, Mark Price, who has risen with Malone, is already a mammoth, Mark Eaton has retired for several years, and Tom Chambers, who helped the Jazz become the top team in the league in one fell swoop, was in New York the year before. The veteran retired with a basic salary after failing to win the championship.

It's impossible to do anything with just an old and strong Malone.

Now, with only one year left on Malone's contract, he feels compelled to think about his posthumous name.

Patrick Ewing of the same class is already a king of a generation, with eight crowns in hand. Throughout history, except for Sampson, who is really unbeatable, no other center can stand in front of him and pat his chest and say that he is stronger than Ewing. .

Not to mention a guy like Dumas who grabbed his thighs and won the championship. Why is he?

The more Ma Long thought about it, the more he could not calm down, so he took the initiative to ask for a transaction.

As for the reason, it is also very straightforward.

"I don't see any hope of winning here."

That statement knocked the Jazz management down.

Malone was selected by the Jazz because he was betrayed by his college coach, leading to the whereabouts of the draft.

Although he has a bad reputation in the university, these years in Salt Lake City can definitely be regarded as dedicated.

Now that he is in his thirties, it is reasonable for him to want to leave to win the championship.

Malone's communication with the Jazz management is very positive.

The Jazz also know that guarding Malone won't change the status quo, and it won't do anything other than guarantee a playoff berth.

Now that Malone is leaving, they can still use the other side's contract with only one year left in exchange for something to come back. If you choose to stay strong, when Malone's contract ends, it is very likely that people will go to the empty building and get nothing.

The Jazz management, who figured this out, promised a deal.

At the same time, if Malone has a favorite next family, he can also take the initiative to say it, and they will send him there as much as possible.

As a result, Malone really had a choice in his heart - now, the league's No. 1 power forward is neither Malone nor Barkley, but Danny Manning.

However, neither Malone nor Barkley would accept this conclusion.

Why? He Manning was about the same as them when he was in the Pacers, except for the heat of the Heat.

Now holding Sampson's thigh to win the championship, but it has swelled up, and he just forced Sampson back to his old club. Shouldn't he really consider himself the number one power forward?

Malone felt that if even something like Manning could hold Sampson's thigh to win the championship, if he and Sampson teamed up, winning three consecutive championships would not be a problem.

Sampson!

Sampson!

Dear one and only sir!

That's the best player in the league, the best center ever, and who wouldn't want to play with him except for that **** Manning?

So, Malone told the Jazz about his favorite team - Boston.

If it were a star from another place, maybe he would really consider Boston's notorious tradition of racism, but Malone is different. He has been in a place like Salt Lake City for eleven years, and he feels that his state of mind has reached It has reached a height that cannot be shaken by any external cause and environment.

Boston has at least some black sports stars, Salt Lake City... Utah... Is this place linked to black people?

The news that the Jazz had Malone on the shelves caused only a ruckus that few people noticed.

Compared with Louis's previous life, Malone was really dragged down by the team in this world line.

Everyone just thought he was an average superstar.

However, Louie did not pursue Malone, because he once stabbed the tragic master in the back after the dream team game. This beam has not been solved yet, and he is not the only choice. The Lakers management has focused on the work. On to another superstar who has plunged into the free agency.

He's also a power forward who, like Malone, is desperate for a championship.

But unlike Malone, he feels that he has paid a lot, and it may be his life if he fails to win the championship.

After working hard for so many years, having endured the abuse of Pat Riley, and withstood the test of Jordan's pervert, and tried hard for three years, what did you get in return? In exchange, he was defeated by the New York Knicks in Game 7 of the Finals for three consecutive years~www.novelmt.com~ His mentality has long since collapsed.

After being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, he persuaded himself to fight again, but the good times didn't last long. He was not the kind of person who could fight and devote himself to a goal for a long time. There were still people watching him in Portland. People dare to speak loudly to him, and naturally, he also gradually degenerates.

I believe you have already guessed that this brother is Charles Barkley.

Louie initially called Barkley with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

"Chuck, are you interested in bringing your talent to the Lakers?" Louie asked half-jokingly.

Unexpectedly, Barkley on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds and then growled: "HolyMAMA!!"

What B movement?

Louie frowned and asked, "Chuck, what did you think?"

"This is my honor Coach Lu, God! I dream of playing for you coach, I'm so excited, I'm going to call my mother and tell my mother that I'm going to play for LeaderLu!!"

Then he hung up the phone.

This made Louis wonder, was the pig kidding him?

But when you think about it, it's normal for Barkley to want to play for him, after all, he's notoriously loose.

But Louie had no idea that Barkley would react this way.

He just made a phone call and asked casually, but Barkley agreed, and went to announce the good news to his family without even talking about the treatment?

Should Louie be happy? It's a joy to have a top power forward in the league so excited to play for himself, right?

The cautious Louie decided to call Wilson and ask him what he thought about playing with Barkley.