super small forward

Chapter 263 263. After the Season

The season of the Lakers is over, and the playoffs of other teams are still going on.

The Spurs took the lead in reaching the finals, a group of veterans waited for work, the Heat and the Knicks fought 4 games and tied 2 to 2. In the battle of Tianwangshan in Miami, the Heat led the Knicks 3 to 2, and finally the Heat defeated the Knicks in the sixth game Knicks, step into the finals.

On June 6, after 10 games without much suspense, the Spurs easily defeated the Heat 5-4 and won the 1 championship. Leonard unexpectedly won the championship MVP. He averaged only 2014 points and 17 points per game. 6 assists on the board is indeed surprising.

Popovich opened a new chapter in the NBA, using Diaw, a fat man who is too short to play a power forward, as the point center, and developed a new coaching model for other coaches.

The team mode of play has also become popular.

The Spurs won the championship and it is not a big surprise. Their dominance has been terrible since last season.

This year, there is an amazing team in both the East and West. Needless to say, the West is the Lakers. At the beginning of the season, even the Lakers fans themselves are just looking forward to the playoffs. Although they lost to the overly powerful Spurs in the end, the future is bright!
The East is the Knicks. Except for ESPN predicting that they will suddenly decline at the beginning of the season, everyone else is optimistic about them. After all, they were the top three in the East last season. Team companion.

Just when all the teams thought the Knicks were doomed, Zen master came and suddenly reversed the Knicks' decline. In the last month, they entered the playoffs strongly. Dramatic, worthy of the team in New York, the world's largest city.

There is also a disappointing team in the East and West, the Western Clippers and the Eastern Pacers. Both teams dominated the league for a period of time, and then collapsed for various reasons and ended the season hastily.

The most regrettable team is naturally the Nets. Their highly anticipated regular season stumbled, and the playoffs were almost swept by the Heat, which did not meet expectations.

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"LeBron is really useless! He can't even beat these old men!" Kobe said angrily after knowing the result of the last game.

Duncan also has five championships!If you want to ask who is the most upset, this person is of course Kobe!He has always been proud of having one more championship than Duncan, and now he has even more motivation!

Kobe would rather James win another championship, and he doesn't want to see his old opponent win the championship.

"No way, Popovich's new style of play is too powerful! All of them play so well, they can't be restrained at all!" Liu Ren comforted.

In Liu Ren's memory, Popovich's new style of play was carried forward by Kerr. In the next two years, no one can find a way to deal with this style of play. Almost breaking the 15 Bulls record of 16 wins!

According to the analysis of the experts, only a star with a strong mid-range shooting ability can break this tactic, but the Heat obviously don't have it, and the league can't find two players with this ability.

Although Kobe has a mid-range shot, the Lakers players are too young. Once the momentum is suppressed by the opponent, it will be difficult to play, at least not successful this season.

Kobe was very dissatisfied with Liu Ren's words of promoting others' morale, so he curled his lips and ignored Liu Ren.

Although it is a fact that he lost, Kobe will not admit defeat!
Liu Ren chuckled when he saw Kobe's child-like character, but he also refused to admit defeat, but he had already failed. This is a fact.

As early as May 5th, the Lakers players had already had a holiday, and those with contracts went to play their own games. Gasol returned to Europe to prepare for the World Cup, Green went back to his hometown in Michigan, Whiteside and McColler Several young people organized a group to travel, and Nash returned to Phoenix to take his daughter.

Only Thackeray, whose contract is about to expire, and Nick Young, Farmar, Marshall, Wesley Johnson and others who signed a 1+1 contract stayed in Los Angeles.

Xavier Henry accepted the player option and was arranged by the Lakers to go to Germany to undergo the platelet-rich surgery that Kobe had undergone.

Bazemore, whose contract expired, got a qualification offer because of Liu Ren's suggestion to the management. He didn't expect to get a new contract. After all, he was a player who was given up by his home team.

Now the Lakers have decided to leave the team only Kaman, he was originally recruited by the Lakers temporarily, played for half a season and didn't have much playing time, he really couldn't bring much help to the team, he was too slow, his style of play was not that good Suitable for the current league, the Lakers have no intention of renewing his contract.

Kobe held the last family gathering of the season at his home today. It was held once when he was just eliminated. Although "friendly" big-name teammates like James have to invite countless teammates to dinner every year, but for Kobe, who is lonely It is already a rare thing for a guy to invite teammates four times this year.

"I want to represent our country in the World Cup this year! Kobe, will you participate in this year's World Cup?" Thackeray asked.

Thackeray has been very excited these two days. He has been uneasy since the end of the season. He was not relieved until Kupchak informed him of his contract extension the day before yesterday. The official contract will be signed after the summer signings end.

He knows that his contract is at most a little more than the basic salary, so it doesn't matter when he signs it, as long as he gets a guarantee of renewal.

Although each team's contract renewal guarantee is a spoken word, it will be strictly followed. This is related to the reputation of the team. The NBA is so big, with only a few hundred people. Any team that does not honor its reputation will definitely greatly affect their success. The allure of the free market.

It would be better for the Lakers to renew the contract later. Thackeray’s new contract is a renewal contract. According to the regulations of the CBA, the minimum price is 150% of the previous basic salary, which is 123 million starting salary. The last contract was 82, which means that if he renews his contract later, the team will have an extra salary of 41 dollars.

"That's really a pity, I really want to play against you on the field, but unfortunately the team doctor told me that it's best to rest in the summer." Kobe made a regretful expression.

Kobe has already won two Olympic championships. The World Cup is the former World Championships. I don’t know about it in the future, but in the past, the gold content of the World Championships gold medal was much lower than that of the Olympic Games, so he didn’t have much interest.

"Oh...it's a pity, our country has two or three very good college players, and I thought you could give them some pointers." Thackeray also had some regrets. He is likely to become the captain of the Canadian team. Honor is still very important. He knows that most of his status in the national team depends not on his strength, but on his popularity as an NBA All-Star and his vitality that can drive the morale of his teammates. The national team really depends on those talents to win. Excellent teammate.

"Haha, do you mean Wiggins? No problem, you can give him my number and ask him to come to Los Angeles to find me after the World Cup, but he must be prepared to accept the training that may die." Kobe Bryant laughed.

(End of this chapter)