I really play basketball

Chapter 310

The Rockets got Carter, plus this year's No. [-] rookie Steve Francis, their reconstruction has also made great progress.

On the side of the Bulls, Danzi persisted and still did not retire.

Under Danzi's urging, the bull made another deal unwilling to be lonely.

Kemp, who dived downhill, was sent away, and the Bulls got Anfernee Hardaway, who was once appointed by Danzi as his successor, from the Magic.

This is a sign-and-trade deal. Pence's contract has expired, and the Magic, which has been disappointed with Pence, is not going to keep him anymore.

So, Jerry Krause approached Penny and negotiated a seven-year $7 million contract with Penny.

But suffering from no salary space, he had to find the Magic again and made a sign-and-trade deal.

The Bulls gave an extra first round, plus Kemp, signed first and then got pennies.

The Magic took the first round, then turned around and sold Kemp again.

Kemp went to the Suns, and the Magic got Danny Manning and Pat Garrity from the Suns.

In the end, the Magic sent Danny Manning to the Bucks, and from the Bucks got the old Warriors Chris Gatlin and Almon Gilliam who have been injured for several seasons.

In summary, this deal has gradually evolved into a four-party deal.

The Magic exchanged and exchanged, and finally replaced a large contract with several small contracts, completely rebuilding.

"Magic is still shrewd. It saw through the truth of Penny at a glance and rebuilt decisively."

Last season, under the leadership of Penny, the Magic made a comeback.

Even Lin Xing has to admit that Penny still has a bit of talent.

The contract has exploded in waves in the past few years, and this has cheated the Bulls into a 7-year $8668 million contract. By the way, it also helped the Magic get an extra first round from the Bulls.

This first round is very important. You know, because of the deal between Hill and Kemp, the Bulls have given away all the first rounds in the past two years.

And this first round sent to the Magic has been as far back as 03.

"In 03, that was the platinum generation..."

Jerry Krause doesn't care about draft picks or anything because Danko is out and he still has Hill.

But in the eyes of Lin Xing, a latecomer, this team of bulls has fully fulfilled the attributes of the four characters of old, weak, sick and disabled.

"Danzi is still struggling to hold on, but no matter how hard he tries, I'm afraid he won't last until 03. As for Hill and Penny, it's uncertain when they will be seriously injured..."

However, Lin Xing admitted that the Bulls who got Penny, along with the Warriors being greatly weakened, seem to have another chance to compete for the championship.

Finally, there are the Lakers.

After missing Kobe, Jerry West snatched Rodman from the Warriors with a full middle class.

With Rodman joining the Lakers, Eldon Campbell is redundant.

Then, Eldon Campbell was sent to the Hornets.

The Lakers got All-Defensive Second Team guard Bobby Fiers from the Hornets.

"Bobby Fiers and Gary Payton's back line, the Lakers are very targeted."

Lin Xing frowned. The Lakers are now the Warriors' biggest opponent, and Bobby Fiers really gave him a headache.

Last season, he had Kobe to help contain him. This season, he will face the Lakers' defense line that can be said to be made of reinforced concrete.

"It is said that it is reinforced concrete, there is really no problem. The back line has a defender Dpoy, a defender for second defense,
There is a Rodman inside and a Shark. Except for the third position, the defense of the Lakers' main lineup has no shortcomings. "

Lin Xing is very painful. You know, there is still a hidden worry about Mourning's kidney disease in the Warriors, and it is not known when it will explode.

The road to five consecutive championships is already full of hardships.

……

Time flies, and it's the day when the pre-season training camp for the new season starts.

Early in the morning, Lin Xing entered the system and received the rewards from the past season.

At the end of last season, he unlocked the fadeaway jumper.

This time, Lin Xing unlocked the "Quick Shot" badge again.

It can be said that Lin Xing's three-point shooting is no different from the peak Curry.

All fast and very precise.

"Now my three-pointer is at the historical level, the CIC is at the historical level, and the breakthrough is also at the historical level. If you want to continue to win the championship, you can only rely on yourself."

If the current league really wants to be ranked No. 1, it must be Lin Xing.

Lin Xing's only confidence now comes from himself.

As for his teammates, emmm...

After finishing the busy morning, Lin Xing repeated the steps of going to work in the past few years——

Step onto the speedboat parked on the pier at the back gate of the manor and gallop towards Auckland.

Soon, Lin Xing arrived at the Warriors' training facility in Oakland.

The teammates arrived one after another, Kobe, Rodman, John Starks, Lao Hu were gone from the crowd...

But there are more Alan Houston, Kurt Thomas, Raja Bell...

In the past few seasons, the Warriors' lineup has been very stable, and there has been no such drastic change.

Lin Xing couldn't help sighing: The world is impermanent!
He found his own seat and sat down. After a while, the newcomer Alan Houston came to the door in a daze——

"Sta, I am very glad to join your team and fight side by side with you."

Alan Houston's posture was very low, and Lin Xing was also stunned.

Does this guy have to be so low profile?It's not necessary, is it?
After all, his CIC champion also entered the NBA in the same year as Lin Xing.

In terms of age, Alan Houston is much older than Lin Xing.

Lin Xing couldn't understand, but the others in the locker room didn't find it strange.

After all, Lin Xing is already a GOAT now...

That's right, Lin Xing is now recognized as the GOAT.

The reason, simply put——

Danzi, who achieved three consecutive championships in 93 and then announced his retirement, was recognized as GOAT at that time.

Lin Xing has now won four consecutive championships and four consecutive FMVPs, plus the three consecutive regular season MVPs during this period, Dpoy, scoring champion, steals champion, and led the team to break various team records.

In this case, there seems to be only one reason to deny that Lin Xing is the GOAT——

"In terms of personal data, Lin Xing is a little worse than Danzi."

Danzi has more scoring champions, and Danzi also has more and various data records.

But in general, Lin Xing must have the greater advantage.

It must be an honor for the players in the locker room to play next to GOAT.

For Lin Xing, after being recognized as the GOAT, his NBA career seems to have lost momentum.

But in fact, after his wave of four consecutive championships broke the myth of Danzi's six championships in his previous life.

His path to hit GOAT was much simpler, or in other words, the standard of GOAT became lower.

In this case, future players will have a good chance to surpass him.

In particular, in another three or four years, there will be a player who is very good at marketing himself and planning his career.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Lin Xing to not have a sense of crisis.

"The next thing I have to do is to widen the gap."

……

On the first day of the new season, Lin Xing did not see Mourning.

Until Old Nelson appeared in the locker room, called Lin Xing, and went to the corner to exchange a few words in a low voice.

Only then did Lin Xing learn that Mourning's kidney disease had been diagnosed.

"He doesn't want surgery, so he's going to be treated conservatively, and he'll probably be out for some time during the regular season."

"But he assured me he'll be back when the playoffs start."

Lin Xing frowned, he really wanted to persuade Mourning: just go ahead with the surgery instead of conservative treatment.

But think about it, surgery means removing the kidney, and removing the kidney means that Mourning's kidney function will be greatly damaged, so injured that he can no longer support high-intensity basketball games.

At that time, Mourning will be forced to retire.

Now Mourning is undoubtedly unwilling to retire, so he chooses conservative treatment.

"Okay, tell him, I'm here in the regular season, don't worry!"

In this way, the Warriors lacked another major core before the new season started.

During the first two days of the preseason training camp, both Nelson Sr. and Lin Xing answered many questions related to Mourning.

In a word, one word -

"We all support Alonzo. As for the regular season, with me around, the Warriors will not be affected."

But when the pre-season training entered the team's running-in stage, Lin Xing really felt the difficulty.

In the first team training match of the Warriors in the pre-season training camp, the old Nelson hesitated and repeatedly ranked one——

Point guard Lin Xing, shooting guard Alan Houston, small forward Byron Russell, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, center Greg Ostertag's main lineup.

After practicing for a few days, Old Nelson noticed something went wrong——

"No, the problem of defense is too big."

Lin Xing also felt the same way. Although they haven't had a real confrontation yet, with the intensity of the team training match, they have already noticed the weak links in the defense of Alan Houston and the driver.

Coupled with the big Pyrenees as a center, only the protection of the frame and the top defense at the basket are better. It is impossible to expect him to block an area like Mourning.

The Warriors in the past few seasons have basically been able to achieve a lineup with only one defensive weak link, or even no defensive weak link.

It is also because everyone has an above-average defense, coupled with Mourning's dominance in the penalty area, that the Warriors have played a defense that ranks among the top two in the league every year.

Now the center is without Mourning, the power forward is a driver with a weak defense, and Byron Russell is a one-on-one defender.

As for Alan Houston, his single defense is still better than that of the driver.

But if you really want to encounter explosive points like Iverson, Kobe, and Danzi, Houston still can't count on it.

You can't count on a single defense, let alone a supplementary defense.

And the pressure of assisting defense and replenishing defense was almost all on Lin Xing at once.

"It's definitely not going to work like this, I'm under too much pressure."

To put it bluntly, once Kobe left and Mourning was injured, the only thing Lin Xing could rely on on the offensive end was Alan Houston, plus a driver at most.

Alan Houston only averaged 20 points per game, the driver was only in the second grade, and his average of [-] or [-] points per game was about the same, but the Warriors had as many as [-] to [-] points per game.

The above are all appearances.

Neri, after Kobe left and Mourning was injured, the Warriors could stand up and take over the game in singles, only Lin Xing and Alan Houston were left.

The offensive pressure was already so great that Lin Xing frowned, plus defense?

When the badge was exchanged before, he should have gotten a "perpetual motion machine" badge for himself.

"We'll find another way."

Old Nelson also frowned and put the question on hold for now.

However, in the subsequent training camp, the Warriors have indeed been looking for other solutions.

It wasn't until more than half of the training camp was over and the preseason of the new season was just around the corner that Old Nelson had a solution——

"Or, let's go straight to the offense and use you as the core to run away and bomb."

"Or, let Charlie start, you play the fourth position, let Dirk play the sixth man."

The former can be regarded as overthrowing the Warriors' successful style of play in the past few seasons, and it can be regarded as indestructible.

The latter looked the same as now, the burden of offense was placed on Lin Xing, and the defense also had to rely on Lin Xing.

But Lin Xing understood what old Nelson meant. Charlie Ward started and the driver was on the bench.

Simply put, in the past few seasons, the Warriors have not played purely defensively.

They are a bit of a half-attack, half-defense, or to put it mildly, total attack and total defense.

While the defense is excellent, the offense is also very good.

But now, Nelson Sr. is ready to abandon offense and focus on defense.

Lin Xing frowned when he heard that. The latter's stability is very high. After all, defense can improve the lower limit.

But honestly, he didn't like it.

As for the former, it's too risky.

A mature offensive system needs a long period of time to hone and run in.

But after thinking about it again and again, Lin Xing didn't want to play defensive basketball to the extreme.

So, he approved of Old Nelson's first proposal——

"Let's attack, let's go back to running and bombing, and see if running and bombing can help us win a championship."

Old Nelson's eyes lit up, that's right!

At the beginning, the old Nelson joined the Warriors and created the TMC combination. Even after Lin Xing was selected in the draft, the old Nelson's goal was to run and bomb.

His ideal, or long-term goal, has always been to win one or more championships by running and bombing.

But later, in order not to delay Lin Xing, and also for himself to become a champion coach, the old Nelson chose to compromise and returned to the broad road of defense.

Now, Lin Xing told him that they could return to the road of running and bombing.

Old Nelson immediately became very excited and looked forward to it.

His dream is about to come true.

"Okay, then let's hurry up, first determine the tactics, and then start to run in."

……

Old Nelson moved very quickly, and determined the specific tactics on the second day.

Next, it's time for in-team training and running-in.

At the beginning of October, the preseason games also started one after another.

The old Nelson is still the same, the main players don't have much time, especially Lin Xing, who averaged just over 10 minutes per game in eight games.

The substitutes played more, especially those deep in the bench. Captain Jack, Raja Bell, and Michael Curry all got a lot of opportunities.

In this case, the Warriors only won 3 games in the preseason and lost 5 games.

With a record of 3 wins and 5 losses, although the main force did not play much to cover, the public opinion is still buzzing——

"After losing Kobe Bryant, the Warriors will lose their original dominance."

"The defending champion is no longer magical, is Lin Xing's era over?"

"3 wins and 5 losses prove the importance of Kobe Bryant!"

Obviously, this group of media ignored the Warriors' first championship in four consecutive championships without Kobe.

These eight games were also ignored, and Mourning was not there.

Even more neglected, in these eight games, Lin Xing's average playing time was only a little over 10 minutes per game.

But Lin Xing doesn't care, who would take the preseason seriously?

The regular season that will start next is the highlight!

(End of this chapter)