Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 10 is out: New season lineup!

Michael Jordan's retirement is a huge loss to the NBA.

At this time, the strongest boss in the alliance officially disintegrated.

Head coach Phil Jackson chose to take a one-year break after his contract ended.

Rodman is too old, has a lot of bad things, and asks for an annual salary of tens of millions, so no one cares about it.

The second master Pippen left the Bulls, signed a five-year $5 million contract with the Rockets, and formed the Big Three with Olajuwon and Barkley.

The meaning of the Rockets is very straightforward. They want to build a stage for the "Last Dance" for Olajuwon in his twilight years and hit the NBA championship.

The schedule for the new season of 98-99 has been released. Li Mu watched the schedule carefully and couldn't help but gasp.

The opponent of the Lakers in the first game is the Rockets who have just completed the lineup upgrade.

On February 2th, they will face their old opponents, the Jazz. Although the 'Utah Shuangsha' is one year older, their tactics have remained unchanged and their strength is very stable. In the past two years, they have been overwhelming the Lakers.

This battle is the real test battle.

The Lakers didn't play well in the first two games, and the only advantage was the home game.

Seeing the third regular season game, Li Mu felt targeted.

Actually going to challenge the Spurs in an away game, the inside twin towers composed of Duncan and Admiral, can be called the strongest inside combination in the league today.

Barkley and Olajuwon, both of them are too old, but Duncan is just popular. David Robinson is 33 years old, and he is at the end of his peak. Without a championship ring, he has an unusually strong desire to fight!

"Ci'ao, you call this a regular season, but it's basically a script for the playoffs.

If these three teams can be defeated, the Lakers' championship winning percentage can be said to be only 1%. "

The [-]% difference is to let the Lakers not be too proud.

Because, with a 99% winning rate, he is not very safe.

Next, the fourth game was easy, facing the young Nuggets team that was rebuilding.

Even in an away game at the Plateau Arena, Li Mu believes that just relying on strength and cards can kill opponents.

However, in the fifth game that followed, the Lakers encountered another tough one.

The game was against the Timberwolves led by Garnett and Marbury.

Moreover, the Timberwolves have just completed a miraculous lineup upgrade, and actually signed the No. 95 pick in [-], Lang Joe Smith, with a very cheap cabbage contract.

You know, Garnett, as the sixth overall pick in 95, got a 6-year contract of 6 million yuan when he renewed his contract.

As the No. 95 pick in 15, he has no injuries or illnesses, only a little brain damage. He averaged 8.7 points and [-] rebounds per game in his rookie season.

In the second year, he continued to improve, averaging 18.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.

In the third year, because the Warriors had no money to renew the contract, the playing time declined, and they could still score 17.3 points and 6.9 rebounds. Even if they were traded to the 76ers midway, the ball was in the hands of Iverson, and the playing time was reduced by more than 10 minutes. He scored 10 points and 4.4 rebounds.

Compared with "hard special", if this data is only compared to points and rebounds, Joe Smith is definitely better than Garnett.

As a result, good guy, came to the Timberwolves, only $175 million in the first year, $210 million in the second year, $225 million in the third year...

The price of cabbage is not calculated in this way. As a No. 300 pick, Joe Smith's annual salary has reached an average of [-] million U.S. dollars in three years as a rookie.
Now Garnett has a starting salary of $1400 million in the first year after the contract extension, and Joe Smith's new contract annual salary is less than half of Garnett's fraction.

Nothing tricky here?

I believe.

Because Joe Smith is stupid.

His agent is dumbfounded.

This kind of contract was signed, and he signed it for 7 years.

"Hard Special" is Joe Smith's wife?

This…

Silver is not here!

A meaning.

Check, must check to the end!
In other words, just a few days after the labor negotiation agreement was signed, the Timberwolves actually played tricks in order to find helpers for the "hard special".

The Yin-Yang contract incident, which was exposed a year later, and the Lakers have to face the "Big Three" of the Timberwolves. Such a Timberwolves team is by no means easy.

In Game 6, the Lakers will fly to the East to challenge the Pacers, the "old Big Three" composed of Reggie Miller, Rick Schmitz, Kerry Mullin, Jaylen Rose, Mark Jackson, Dell Day Weiss... a group of strong players, how can this team be the main opponent of the Bulls led by Jordan, so how can they pass the test easily?
Seeing this, Li Mu's scalp tingled and he didn't want to look down.

"After 6 games, I don't even know if the name of the head coach of the Lakers is Li Mu.

He started in hell mode, and it's no wonder that in his previous life, the head coach of the Lakers, Del Harris, would lose the position of head coach. "

In the first 6 games, the Lakers lost 5 of them, and they will not be surprised.

Because, it's not that our side is too weak, but that the schedule is too devilish.

Fortunately, the Lakers' lineup signing process is fast.

In the one-year contract of $100 million given by the Bucks and the one-year contract of $150 million given by the Lakers, Dell Curry did not hesitate to choose the Lakers, which has the strength to compete for the championship.

It's all for the championship, it's no trouble staying away from home.

It doesn't matter if you have money or not, as long as you can support the cute god Curry.

As an undrafted pick, Brad Miller was so happy that he was on a two-year basic salary contract that he was so happy that he didn't even read the content of the contract, so he hurriedly signed his name.

Rookie Sharad Lewis signed a new rookie contract, 2+1 years, and the third year is a team option.

Perhaps because the point guard line composed of Billups and Fisher was not at ease, the Lakers signed veteran Derek Harper.

Harper has entered the league since 1983. He was the 11th pick in the first round. At his peak, he averaged 19.7 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds per game.

Harpa can be said to be both offensive and defensive. Except for the old point, there is really nothing wrong with it.

He is the kind of All-Star who is not an All-Star, with a lot of strength.

There is a "Happa lineup" to describe this type of star.

Derek Harper and Ron Harper, players who have the strength of the All-Star but are not destined to enter the All-Star, are the two representatives of the Harper lineup.

Moreover, because it is too typical, it is directly named after the two people.

For example, Wu Sheng Jackson, left-handed magician Odom, old cat Mobley and other players.

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In this way, on January 1, the Lakers' 25-man roster for the new season has been determined early.

Centers: Shaquille O'Neal, Eldon Campbell, Shaun Lukes.

Power forwards: Robert Horry, Ben Wallace, Brad Miller.

Small forwards: Rick Fox, Bruce Bowen, Rashard Lewis.

Shooting Guard: Kobe Bryant, Eddie Jones, Dell Curry.

Point guards: Chauncey Billups, Derek Fisher, Derek Harper.

After the 15-man roster is determined, the Lakers will be left with a week for training.

Then, just sit and watch the situation and watch the changes in the transfer market.

The free market will have to watch the performance of the New York Knicks.

In order to win the championship for the Gorilla, Knicks owner James Dolan is really willing to spend money.

The highest salary in the league is still the Knicks. At this time, it is infinitely close to 6000 million US dollars.

It is really not appropriate to use money as money. The luxury tax alone is quite terrifying.

In the 98-99 season, the biggest deal in the free market was played by the Knicks and the Warriors.

The Warriors sent the famous "Locking Door" protagonist Latril Sprewell to the Knicks for John Starks, Chris Myers and Terry Cummings.

The Knicks formed the Big Four lineup of Ewing, Houston, Larry Johnson and Sprewell.

Legend has it that Sprewell was the first shooting guard after Jordan retired.

It was only later that he was hit by the four major shooting guards of Xi Ke, Nan Mai, Dong Ai, and North Carolina. In addition, his reputation was too bad and the league did not support him. His name was not so famous.

And this is not over yet. The Knicks also exchanged veteran Oakley and Camby of the Raptors, and got the second-best block leader in the 96 golden generation.

Big Four + Camby + Childs, in addition to the point guard, the Knicks have the potential to become the new big boss.

Of course, there is a powerful team that has completed reinforcements quietly, and that is the Trail Blazers. In the free market, they got one of the three heroes of the Mavericks, James Jackson.

Coupled with the potential rookie Bunch Wells, the 96-generation O'Neal, and the original championship-level lineup, it is simply a dark horse full of potential.

The rest of the transactions are just minor repairs, not worth seeing.

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(End of this chapter)