I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 348 Three consecutive championships, rebuilding the dynasty!

"He Li, there is one thing I have to tell you. Carlos took the initiative to ask us to apply for a deal."

Not long after the Bucks' championship parade ended, He Li received such a call.

Although He Li felt a little outrageous about this sudden situation, he would feel helpless in a short time, but it was normal for such a thing to happen to the business alliance.

Thinking about it carefully, Boozer has been in the Bucks for seven years and has won six championships.

Now he's a max player, an All-Star, and has the same number of championships as Pippen.

But Pippen is a top [-] star, and Boozer couldn't even go to the All-Star Game at his peak.

I have to say that Boozer was a bit wronged in the Bucks.

Boozer wants to leave the Bucks, change the environment to pursue what he wants to pursue.

For example, becoming the boss of a certain team, entering the All-Star Game as a starter, or signing the next maximum salary contract for 2000 million a year...

In a business alliance, it is normal to have such thoughts.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.Even Pippen wants to leave Jordan to do it alone, to prove his ability to lead the team alone.

Not to mention Boozer, who is now in his prime.

Imagine if you stay in the Bucks to win the championship, the next contract may still be the maximum salary, but it is impossible to win a contract worth hundreds of millions.

Moreover, with the growth of Wade, Durant and others, Boozer's team status may not be the second child he wants, and it is possible to become the fifth child by then.

Therefore, after helping the Bucks win the eighth championship in team history, Boozer took the initiative to apply for a trade, leaving enough trading time for the Bucks to arrange the lineup for next season.

And the league's top inside players with six championships in hand, the transaction value is also quite large.

Even if it is not as good as the Lakers, Timberwolves, and Celtics' three-way trade for O'Neal, at least it can give the Bucks back an All-Star substitute and one or two first-round picks.

From Boozer's point of view, he has done his best to the Bucks.

But from the point of view of the Bucks, in the final analysis, Boozer also relied on the Bucks to do their best to train them.

Without the Bucks, without Heli, can Boozer become an All-Star player so quickly and win six championships at a young age?
Dream it!
However, the bow did not turn back.

Now that Boozer has applied, the Bucks can only maximize the benefits of this deal as much as possible.

"Where does Carlos want to go?" He Li was still a little curious about where Boozer would go next.

"He said he wanted to go to a big city, but we didn't want to let him go to New York."

"Then send him to the West, don't affect our defending championship next season and build another Bucks dynasty."

Boozer's thoughts are similar to what He Li guessed, he wants to go to a big city, he wants to enjoy the spotlight, and everyone with a little ability wants to do this.

But the real big cities in the league are New York to the east and Los Angeles to the west.

Chicago next door to the Bucks is also considered a big city, but it does not lack insiders, so let Boozer go west to stir up trouble.

It happened that there was a problem with the Lakers' Big Three lineup. With Arenas injured, the Lakers will have to worry about it for a while.

Boozer goes to a western team, preferably a fringe team in the playoffs, to improve its strength to a higher level and pose a threat to the original western strong team.

Everyone competes with each other to increase consumption, thereby reducing the threat to the Bucks.

As long as the Bucks next season get through the regular season and train David Lee and Gasol in time, everything will be fine.

"By the way, David Lee is about to renew his contract, right?

Don't let him go, I think he still has value.

His statistics are really not good now, but next season, he should be able to bring us some surprises.

Even if it is a poison contract, it doesn't matter, if you fight for two years and then trade it out, there will be no problem.

Don't worry, I can train another All-Star insider. "

Coincidentally, if it weren't for Boozer's sudden application for a trade, the Bucks would have let go of David Lee, whose rookie contract expired this season.

Players whose Bucks contracts have expired in recent years, even rookies who haven't played much, are more sought-after.

Many teams will use poison contracts to disgust the Bucks in order to limit the development of the Bucks.

It was also because Boozer played very well before and was willing to play in the Bucks, and the Bucks have always been in the championship sequence, so the Bucks renewed Boozer with a maximum salary.

As for David Lee, who should have good training value, he was not well trained.

But now that Boozer is gone, the only players the Bucks can play inside are David Lee and Gasol Jr.

Looking at the inside for three years, Gasol Jr. is still growing up and is temporarily unreliable.

So, if the Bucks want to defend the championship this season and establish a second Bucks dynasty, there are only two ways to go.

One way is to replace Boozer with an inside player close to the All-Star level, and the other way is to increase support and training for David Lee.

Obviously, the second path is suitable for the Bucks.

Today's David Lee is only eligible to take the middle class, even if other teams poison the contract to renew David Lee, the Bucks can follow.

In this way, if the Bucks keep David Lee, it is equivalent to having a two-year child labor contract and can enjoy a cheap contract bonus.

Wait until the child labor contract is finished in two years, and then trade the toolman David Lee. David Lee should also have the trading value of an All-Star level.

Moreover, it's time for Gasol to grow up.

But there is one thing to note, Gasol is a second-round pick, and his contract expires this summer.

If a team is unwilling to let go of Gasol, then the Bucks can only let go of Gasol.

After all, the Bucks must leave room for Durant to renew his contract with a maximum salary two years later.

Now signing a poison contract with Gasol Jr. is to cut his own way.

Fortunately, Gasol Jr. is only a second-round pick, and the Bucks have second-round picks almost every year, sometimes more than one.

In the case that the first-round picks were too late to be cultivated, a second-round pick with poor statistics did not attract too much attention.

This summer, some teams offered David Lee a poison contract, but no team wanted to gamble on Gasol.

In the end, the Bucks took Gasol Jr. with only a 3-year 1400 million mid-level contract.

In fact, Gasol wants to go to other teams to try his luck, but the Bucks promise to give him an average of 20 minutes per game next season, and there are 10 other starting opportunities.

In the case of not playing out before, Gasol still chose to stay in the Bucks for a few more years.

At least after the Bucks play out, it is not difficult to go to other teams to get a top salary.

Less money now, less money then.

This summer, the Bucks used almost 900 million space to renew the contracts of David Lee and Gasol Jr., making up for the vacancy inside after trading away Boozer.

After trading Boozer, the Bucks exchanged back three first-round picks, namely the first-round picks of the Timberwolves and Clippers in 10 years, and the first-round picks of the 11ers in 75.

Originally, the Bucks planned to trade Boozer to the Kings. After all, the Kings are a team in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, and they have the ability to enter the playoffs.

But the king didn't appreciate it, and didn't have the idea of ​​helping the stag.

On the contrary, the Timberwolves heard the news and expressed their unwillingness to play badly, and wanted to reach the Western Conference playoffs under the leadership of Milicic.

In the past few years, Milicic has played well, but he lacks the ability to lead the team.

Milicic can play from the third position to the fifth position, but his body is a bit thin when playing the fifth position.

Now that multiple Boozers are sharing the pressure inside, maybe the Timberwolves can win more in the regular season and go further in the playoffs.

After completing the deal with the Timberwolves, the Bucks have the opportunity to eat rookie bonuses in the future.

It's a pity that the transaction was a year late. If the transaction was realized last year, the Bucks might be able to take Curry into their pockets.

By next year, the two first-round picks may not all be used, and only Paul George is worth fighting for next year.

If the 11 first-round pick is changed, the Bucks may have a lot of gains in the 11 draft.

……

The time came to late August. After three years, He Li's training camp finally reopened.

He Li took David Lee, who had just completed his contract renewal, and Gasol Jr. for training, as well as Durant during the ball-up period.

There are not many people, but the essence is better.

And He Li, who was supposed to rest, also took advantage of this opportunity of more than a month to train his teammates first.

Anyway, the current state is good. As long as the Bucks have a stable record, the next regular season will start, and the first half of the regular season will be He Li's rest time.

After nearly two months of training, the three of Durant have made great progress, mainly because their bodies have gained weight and their confrontation ability has increased, although the shooting stability has declined slightly.

But as long as the regular season is adjusted in time, the performance in the second half of the regular season will get better and better.

With the arrival of the new season, David Lee and Durant increased some possessions and playing time, and other rookies in the Bucks also performed more actively, hoping to be favored by the team and increase training efforts.

Whenever they play at home, the Bucks still have role players who stay on the field for training and don't go home until late at night.

Seeing the rotation players in the team rolled up one by one, the pressure on He Li and Wade was also relieved a lot.

Although the results of this year's competition were mediocre, with only 13 games and only 7 victories, but in December, things got better all of a sudden.

Even if He Li plays health-preserving basketball, the team's victory is basically around 7%.

Until the All-Star Weekend, the Bucks had won 31 games and remained in the top six in the Western Conference.

After the All-Star Weekend, the Bucks returned to the championship sequence, and their record improved in an orderly manner. They quickly rushed to the top four in the Eastern Conference and headed for the first place in the Eastern Conference.

The top two teams in the Eastern Conference this year are the Cavaliers and Magic, but the two teams led by young stars have only the advantage of being young in the regular season.

Although I learned some lessons last year, but in the playoffs, it is still the same.

On April 4, the playoffs resumed.

The third-ranked Bucks in the East played against the sixth-ranked Bulls in the East, and G1 easily won.

I thought that the Bucks could sweep the inexperienced Bulls 4-0, but I never expected that the young Bulls played well one by one. They fought against the Bucks until the sixth game, and the winner was completely determined.

Seeing this, the other playoff teams in the Eastern Conference felt like they were fighting chicken blood.

By the way, some media and reports also began to discuss whether the Bucks' strength has declined after the lack of Boozer, an inside All-Star player, and whether the league's dominance is insufficient.

To mention a little bit, after a season of training, David Lee scored 12.7 points and 8.8 rebounds in the regular season.

Although the performance is not bad, compared with Boozer who averaged 20+10 per game, it must be far behind.

In addition, David Lee started playing in the playoffs, and he seemed a little uncomfortable in a short period of time. It is certain that he lacks experience in the playoffs.

In addition, although defensive training has been carried out in recent years, the defensive ability is still limited.

This allows other teams to have the opportunity to hit the basket and specifically hit David Lee to score.

On the contrary, Kendrick Perkins, a blue-collar center, performed really well on the defensive end.

However, Kendrick Perkins' contract is about to expire. In the next few seasons, the Bucks will need to see if Gasol can fill the vacancy inside.

And then they have to choose inside players who can make up for David Lee's vacancy.

Having said that, the Bucks' inside line has indeed become weaker, but their outside line strength has continued to increase.

As Durant's performance in the playoffs became better and better, the Bucks' outside firepower showed the three-shot configuration of the year, even better.

With He Li following Durant on the outside to open up space, Wade, who already has a good basket, can also more easily reach the inside to cause damage or complete dunks.

After the Bucks proved that a jump shot can win the championship, the current configuration of the Bucks still has great hopes of winning the championship.

It's just that compared with the balance of inside and outside in the previous two years, the Bucks' inside line suddenly became weaker, and they played six games against a playoff team like the Bulls, which made others feel that the Bucks have become weaker and their ability to win the championship has declined.

In the second round, the Bucks faced the Magic again, because Howard was more mature physically, and Kendrick Perkins and David Lee had limited restrictions on Howard, allowing Howard to hit the two in the paint.

However, relying on the outside advantage, the Bucks once again scored a 4-2 record and advanced to the next round.

When people inside and outside the league kept bad-mouthing the Bucks, the Bucks actually showed the momentum of three consecutive championships in the Eastern Conference Finals and rebuilding their dynasty.

The opponent of the Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals is the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers ended the Eastern Conference semifinals two days earlier than the Bucks.

However, the Bucks are average inside, so why not the Cavaliers.

Against the Cavaliers, the Bucks have a small advantage inside.

Originally, the Cavaliers' outside firepower was much worse than the Bucks'. Now they can't defend the inside line. Simply relying on the black whistle to send James free throws, how can it stop the Bucks' offense.

It is precisely because the Bucks have too much firepower from the outside, sometimes sending free throws to get points, it is not as fast as the Bucks shooting three-pointers.

The Bucks slaughtered the Cavaliers 4-0 cleanly in the Eastern Conference finals, and the league was completely silent for a while.

In the Western Conference finals, under the leadership of Nowitzki, the Mavericks first defeated the Pelicans, then the Spurs, and finally killed the Lakers, and once again joined the Bucks in the finals.

Everyone looked at the inside of the Mavericks, and it seemed that they were not much better than the Bucks.

As for the perimeter, there is Nash's defensive loophole.

After many years, the two teams faced each other in the finals. In fact, there were already signs of the outcome before the start of the game.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Even a small player like Afflalo dares to carry Nash in singles. It is too easy for the Bucks to beat the Mavericks outside.

After a round of roll call, the point difference was widened by nearly 10 points, and the Mavericks coach Nelson could only be forced to put Nash on the bench.

However, the team lacked qualified organizers. Faced with the Bucks' aggressive attack, the Mavericks soon couldn't handle it, so they could only reluctantly hand the ball to Nowitzki and let him play alone.

But Nowitzki is a human being, not a machine. It's okay to play one or two games like Kobe, but it's definitely not good to play a series.

After the Mavericks lost in G1, there is basically no hope of winning next.

Except for the back-to-back fight in G4, and just in time for Nowitzki's touch to explode, he barely pulled back a round, and the rest were defeated.

In the finals of the Bucks, the gentleman swept the Mavericks and successfully defended the championship. With another three consecutive championships, a new Bucks dynasty was created.

There is no controversy in this year's finals, but there is a problem with choosing FMVP.

He Li almost tied with Wade and Nowitzki.

There were a total of 11 FMVP votes over the years. He Li only got 4 FMVP votes in this finals, and was almost blacked out by the judges.

Fortunately, the judges were not of one mind. Wade and Nowitzki received 3 votes each, and 1 vote fell on Durant.

On the surface, He Li still held the FMVP, and it was fair for the judges to choose the FMVP.

But Wade got three FMVP votes, and Durant also got one. To a certain extent, this may give birth to the ambitions of Wade and Durant, causing the Bucks to lose peace.

Even the fortified walls could not prevent it from collapsing from within.

The increasing strength of Wade and Durant, as well as the expiring contracts of the two, are hidden dangers within the Bucks.

Fortunately, the Bucks do not have time to ease the problem and solve the problem.

Facing the intrigues of outsiders, the Bucks won three consecutive championships, another dynasty, and suppressed everything.

(End of this chapter)