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Chapter 220, The Awareness of the League’s Top Power Forwards
The footnote was too long yesterday, I should have published a single chapter, I am very sorry, there will be no next time, as compensation, this chapter is free.

Joe Dumars signed with the Lakers for three years and $3 million.

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

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

That is to say, a talented team like the Heat looks down on it. 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 Los Angeles Daily News writer modestly wrote, "but who can refuse to play for the Messiah?"

Not only did Dumars sign a contract well below his worth, but he accepted a non-starter role.

Because the Lakers already have a young and capable No. [-] player.

Dana Ballos will be the starter at the No. [-] position for a long time in the new season. Dumars has no shortage of playing time as a combo guard. What he needs is to maintain a humble heart to provide high-quality offense and defense for the second team, just like he did in the Heat.

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

When signing, Dumars said ambitiously: "I am here to smash the Miami dynasty."

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

West sneered: "Coach Road, the Knicks in the early 70s didn't even complete consecutive championships, but some people still call them a dynasty."

"You've got to understand, Jerry, that New York is a place that wants to make a little of it, and it's going to make a lot of it."

Louie also hated the way the New York media behaved.

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

Louis could only shush.

Don't let Dumars know about it, let him fight with hatred for the Heat.

Later, West asked: "Coach Lu, after signing JD, our guard line has overflowed."

"You mean Sedel (Treite)?"

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

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

That person was Seidelle Tretter. When the Lakers pursued him, he was like a jar of old wine with a strong aroma, but after he was taken away by the colorful world of Los Angeles, after he was promiscuous and left behind many wild animals, the Lakers who were determined to look forward had no place for him.

Louis thinks that Twright is easy to deal with. He has a certain strength and the contract is not big (2 million in 400 years). On the contrary, there are too many people in the power forward position.

Leaving Garnett capable of four and five, the Lakers still have Wu Qi and Malik Rose on the fourth position. If the tragic master chooses to return, there will be four fourths on the roster.

So the choice surrounding Louis is actually very simple. Should Wu Qi or Ross be kept?
Louis will not value Wu Qi too much just because he is his compatriot. After careful comparison with Rose, he feels that Wu Qi will not develop well in the Lakers. Therefore, Louis needs to think carefully about which team to send him to.

This year has also been a tumultuous summer.

O'Neal and Sampson, the two big fish, now 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 be the time when the Jazz management made great efforts to introduce John Hornacek to solve the problem of lack of second firepower on the outside, and then they shot to the sky.

However, the Jazz's current predicament can no longer be solved with just one Hornacek.

Times are different.

Without three all-stars or superstars to play, it is impossible to shake the dominance of the Trail Blazers, Knicks, Heat and other teams.

During the late 80s and early 90s, the Jazz formed the top team in the Western Conference through the draft and free market operations, but they still lost to the ShowTime II and Jordan's Trail Blazers led by the tragedy division.

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

Nothing can be done with only an old and healthy Malone left.

Now, with only the last year left in Malone's contract, he feels that he needs to consider his posthumous reputation.

Patrick Ewing in the same class is already a generation of kings, with eight crowns in his hands. Throughout history, except for Sampson, who is really unbeatable, none of the other centers can stand in front of him and say that he is stronger than Ewing.

Not to mention a guy like Dumars who hugged his thighs and got into the championship, why should he?

The more Ma Long thought about it, the more he couldn't calm down, and he took the initiative to ask for a deal.

As for the reason, it is also very straightforward.

"I don't see a title here."

This sentence knocked down the Jazz management.

Malone was drafted by the Jazz because he was betrayed by his college coach, which led to the drop of the pick.

Although he had a bad reputation in college, he had definitely done his best during these years in Salt Lake City.

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

The communication between Malone and the Jazz management is very positive.

The Jazz also know that guarding Malone will not change the status quo, except to guarantee a playoff spot.

Now that Malone is leaving, they can use the other party's contract with only one year left in exchange for something.If you choose to stay by force, when Malone's contract ends, it is very likely that people will go to the house and get nothing.

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

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

As a result, Malone really had such a choice in his mind-now, the league's number one power forward is neither Malone nor Barkley, but Danny Manning.

However, neither Malone nor Barkley recognized this conclusion.

Why?He, Manning, was similar to them when he was in the Pacers, and he was nothing special except for his enthusiasm for the Heat.

Now holding Sampson's thigh to win the championship, it swelled up instead, forcing Sampson back to his old club. Could it be that he really regards himself as the number one power forward?
Ma Long felt that if someone like Manning could hold Sampson's thigh to win the championship, if he and Sampson were allowed to join forces, winning three consecutive championships would not be a problem.

Sampson!
Sampson!
Dear Mr. One and Only!

That's the strongest player in the league, the best center ever. Besides Manning, who wouldn't want to play with him?
So Malone told Jueguan his favorite team-Boston.

If it were a star from other places, he might really consider Boston's notorious racial discrimination tradition, but Malone is different. He has been in a place like Salt Lake City for 11 years, and he feels that his state of mind has reached a height that cannot be shaken by any external factors and circumstances.

Boston still has at least some black sports stars, Salt Lake City...Utah...is this place hooked up with black people?
The news that the Jazz had put Malone on the shelf caused only a few commotions that few noticed.

Compared with Louis' previous life, Ma Long was really dragged down by the team in this offline world.

Everyone just thinks he is an average superstar.

However, Louis did not pursue Malone, because he once stabbed the tragic teacher in the back after the Dream Team game. This beam has not been solved yet, and he is not the only choice.

He is also a power forward, as desperate to win the championship as Malone.

But unlike Ma Long, he felt that he had already paid a lot, and it might be his life not to win the championship.

After working hard for so many years, enduring Pat Riley's abuse, and Jordan's perverted test, three years of hard work, what did you get in exchange?In exchange for being defeated by the New York Knicks in Game [-] of the Finals for three consecutive years.

His mentality has already collapsed.

After being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, he persuaded himself to try again, but the good times didn’t last long. He was not the kind of person who could dedicate himself to a goal for a long time. There were people watching him in Portland. In Los Angeles, no one dared to speak loudly to him. Naturally, he also gradually fell.

I believe you have already guessed it, 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 roared: "Holy MAMA!!!"

What B movement?

Louis frowned and asked, "Chuck, what do you think?"

"It's my honor, Coach Lu, oh my god! I dream of playing for you, Coach, I'm so excited, I'm going to call my mom and tell my mother, I'm fucking going to play for Leader Lu!!!"

Then he hung up the phone.

This made Louis wonder, is the pig playing with him?
But thinking about it carefully, it's normal for Barkley to want to play for him, after all, he is notoriously loose.

But Louis didn't expect Barkley to react like this at all.

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?Isn't it nice that one of the league's top power forwards is so excited about playing for him?

The cautious Louie decided to call Wilson and ask him what he thinks about being teammates with Barkley.

(End of this chapter)