Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 216 Leave New York, save your life!
With the 25th overall pick, the Kings selected Gerald Wallace.

To be reasonable, the Kings have a good vision, and the player named Wallace is not even that bad.

So did Gerrard.

The Kings don't have an instruction booklet for Gerrard, though.

Although Gerrard is also very versatile, the Princeton system of the Kings prefers to use brains.

Gerrard played purely on physical talent.

The future is the "first-generation Elvis Presley" of the Bobcats. At his peak, he averaged 19.4 points, 6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2 steals per game.

It's a bit short of the All-Star, but he has both offense and defense, plays hard, and works very hard.

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With the 28th pick, it was the Magic's turn to pick again. Li Mu didn't hesitate, and said his answer directly.

"In the 2001 NBA Draft, with the 28th overall pick in the first round, the Magic selected...

Guard from the University of Arizona, Gilbert Arenas. "

In other words, Arenas may be the second most famous player in the 2001 rookie class.

It's not just because he was holding a gun in the locker room and wanted to bludgeon his teammates.

Also because he is a second-round pick, but he played the strongest second-round pick.

In the second year, he averaged 18.3 points, 6.3 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game as a superstar point guard.

Better than Nash, and a billion points worse than Kidd at his peak.

In Li Mu's previous life, during the contract year, Arenas showed his superstar potential and became a restricted player.

The Warriors can only open a contract with a maximum starting salary of 490 million US dollars, but the Wizards can offer a poison contract. With a starting salary of 850 million, the Warriors can only stare blankly and have no way to match it.

The Arenas clause was introduced in 2005 because of Arenas.

With the general and Parker in hand, Li Mu felt that the weakest link of the Magic team had been solved.

Arenas was picked by the last train in the first round, and the following second-round picks were somewhat bleak.

Fortunately, at the 33rd pick, Li Mu still has another good candidate, which is Memet Okur.

Okur is a typical European insider. He is a center who can shoot three-pointers.

The only downside is that it will take a year later to log into the NBA.

Next, only Bobby Simmons nicknamed "Silk" remained, with 16 points and 6 rebounds at his peak, and the most improved player ever. He was selected by the Sonics with the 41st overall pick.

Soon, the 2001 NBA Draft ended successfully.

Coincidentally, the rookies selected by the Magic were not invited into the small green room, and they did not need to meet with them.

Li Mu hurriedly left New York.

Don't ask, it is now June 2001, 6, not far from September 27.

Li Mu is not sure whether the incident will break out in advance.

In order to save his dog's life, he didn't even want to stay in a big city like Orlando.

The goal, after all, is too big.

Li Mu didn't want to go to places with more people.

This country is not safe!
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In the summer league, Li Mu doesn't have to lead the team, he can take a vacation and focus on sleeping.

For the next lineup adjustment, we still need to see how the quality of this year's rookies is.

The Magic lineup can be called luxurious and can form an all-star lineup.

Tony Parker, Arenas, Reid, Okur, Magloire.

The sixth person, Mike Miller.

To be reasonable, such a lineup is simply bullying.

Moreover, it is not easy to carry, if you are not careful, you will beat your opponent to death.

The opponent is likely to fight back with fists, which is prone to tragedy.

In fact, the same is true.

From the first game, the Magic showed a crushing momentum, cleanly won all 6 wins, and won the summer league championship.

Arenas and Reed, the performance is very amazing.

Among them, Arenas scored 24 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds, and won the Summer League MVP trophy.

Reed's three-pointers are impressive. He averaged 5 three-pointers per game and scored 22 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds.

The only weakness is instability, but when the shooting touch comes, the gods can't stop it, and the offense is very explosive.

Two people, one talent, one three-pointer.

Make other teams very jealous.

Tony Parker and Okur have just come from Europe, and their status has not been adjusted yet.

Moreover, European leagues play team basketball, and they need to adapt to the American basketball style.

Of course, the summer league is very dependent on physical talent, Tony Parker and Okur are still a bit short.

Mike Miller and Magloire, one offense and one defense, performed mediocrely, but their efficiency was very high.

At the same time, on July 7, the free market opened.

For the Magic, only Mark Jackson left, plus the 01 rookie, the 15-man roster is already full.

The desire to trade is not very strong.

The key is that there are no good trading partners.

In the free market, the Lakers became the most lively one.

The first is the expiration of player contracts.

Horace Grant chose to leave.

Ron Harper chose to retire.

Isiah Ryder went to the Nuggets. Although he won the championship, his data has declined too badly, from averaging nearly 20 points per game last season to 7 points and 2 rebounds this season.

Neither party has plans to work together for another year.

Big Ben was poached by the Knicks with a 4-year 5000 million contract to fill in the departure of Rice and Ewing.

Bowen and Ginobili both went to the Spurs.

In the end, they returned to Popovich's embrace, of course, at a great price.

At least Bowen will not cry in the toilet because of the substantial increase in the value of top 3D players in the future.

The Lakers' luxurious rotation lineup is almost scrapped.

No way, the salary of the Lakers this season has begun to explode.

O'Neal's annual salary is $2143 million.

Kobe Bryant $1125 million.

Billups is more than 800 million.

Horry 500 million.

Fox nearly 400 million.

Fisher 300 million.

These six people already have a salary of 6 million, and it will cost a lot to keep Lewis.

And this, just 7 people, has already cost more than 6000 million US dollars in salary.

Big Ben, Bowen and Ginobili have all played their worth.

Bowen is not suitable for the triangle offense. Ben does not have the ability to withdraw and shoot, and the offense does not match the OK combination.

Ginobili is a bit redundant, after all, Kobe is an iron man.

The poaching teams all offered premium contracts, and the Lakers simply couldn't keep them.

Creating a dynasty is not easy in itself.

The Lakers did it. In addition to the strength of the OK combination, there is also a wave of rookie benefits.

Now that the Lakers dynasty has been established, it is inevitable that it will fall apart.

Li Mu was a little dumbfounded.

Sometimes things seem to be resolved without your own efforts, as long as you give them time.

For other championship teams, there is not much movement in the transaction.

The Kings are just point guards Jason Williams and Mike Bibby, swapping clubs.

The Trail Blazers were quiet.

The 76ers signed Coleman.

That's it.

However, the Suns also had a lot of movement.

Starting power forward Clifford Robinson did not renew his contract and joined the Pistons.

And this is just the beginning, the Suns actually pushed Kidd to the market.

The Suns and the Magic have a good relationship, and the Magic are full of talent, so the Suns management will call the Magic's general manager's office.

Therefore, Li Mu hurried back to work from his vacation.

The topic is whether to compete for Kidd?
If you fight, what will you fight for?
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(End of this chapter)