Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 25 Super Team
Li Weisi was the first to complete the signing with the Warriors, and signed with him within a month after the draft, which is already very fast.

Since the NBA did not have a rookie standard contract system at this time, Li Weisi signed a three-year contract with the Warriors for $180 million and officially became a member of the Golden State Warriors.

It's not that Frank was stingy, this was already a very high salary at the time, and the average NBA salary cap at this time was only about $495 million.

After completing the signing with Li Weisi, Attles completed Mark Price, Kevin Duckworth, Jeff Hornacek, Dennis Rodman and Mark Price non-stop. Clinton Smith, the fourth pick in the round, completed the signing.

So far, the Warriors have signed with 6 of the 5 rookies Frank asked for in this draft, including Li Weisi.

As for Clinton Smith, whom no one knew, it was Attles who valued and signed it. Frank didn't care. money.

The only rookie that Frank valued very much but did not sign was Drazen Petrovic, because he was playing for the BC Cibona team in the domestic league and the contract with the team was not negotiated, resulting in It took until 1988 for Drazen Petrovic to become a free agent in the NBA.

So the Golden State Warriors lineup for next season is officially released:
PG: Weisi Li, Mark Price, Perry Moss
SG: Terry Teague, Jeff Hornacek,

SF: Chris Mullin, Ben McDonald, Creighton Smith
PF: Larry Smith, Rod Higgins, Dennis Rodman

C: Moses Malone, Kevin Duckworth, Jeremy Whitehead

Since there are a staggering 14 first-year rookies and 6 second-year rookies in this 3-member lineup, it means that the team is all rookies except for 5 old NBA players.

So when the free market opened, Warriors fans experienced what a roller coaster feels like.

At the first moment of the opening, the first deal announced by the Warriors was in exchange for Moses Malone.

This made the vast majority of fans shout loudly that this year's guarantee will also make it to the playoffs.

However, various players were traded in exchange for rookies. This result caused fans to be overwhelmed. Everyone was pessimistic about the results of the next season. Everyone was thinking that this was an early competition. The No. [-] pick for next season!

In particular, the management sent out all three starters and one important rotation player last season, and the ones that were exchanged, except for one Moses Malone, were all draft picks. This made the fans go crazy, no, they were already crazy up.

Although the performance of the Warriors this year is not good, they are only 5 games away from the eighth place in the Western Conference. As long as the lineup is kept stable, there is still hope for entering the playoffs.

But now the fans suddenly discovered that with the team's management acting like a monster, their own team was inexplicably rebuilt, and the main players were sold at a low price, leaving only a bunch of draft picks.

Come on, are you going to play Moses Malone next season with a bunch of draft picks?

Can you imagine the feeling of being pushed into the bottom of the valley when you were still thinking about the future?

This is so much that my uncle can bear it and my aunt can't bear it.

As a result, all kinds of objections came one after another. Some went to the team office to block the door to protest, some called the team directly to scold Frank, and some even wrote letters to send bullets.

But in any case, no matter how the fans toss, the transaction cannot be changed, and this matter has spread among all NBA teams, with admiration, ridicule, and indifference, and various reactions.

Not only the fans did not agree, even the old people in the team were not happy, especially the superstar Moses Malone who just learned that he was traded. Even he couldn't bear it this time.

During the reporter's interview, he used his low and deep voice mixed with slang words unique to the abject culture in the south, and complained: "I'm here to play fXXk ball, not TMfXXk to be a fXXk nanny in kindergarten!"

Larry Smith, the Warriors' rebounding leader last season, who averaged 9.6 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, also expressed his opinion to reporters, saying: "I really don't understand the team's management. The boss is even more out of his mind, thinking that changing a bunch of recruits can make the team better? How ridiculous!"

For a while, because of Frank's big adventure, the entire Warriors team fell into precarity and internal and external troubles.

However, just when everyone thought that Frank was under great pressure, Frank was like a normal person, staying in Silicon Valley on weekdays, and he was even more fearless when interviewed by reporters, making it impossible for people to guess that he was really confident. , or in vain.

In fact, not only did Frank not care about what the fans said, but sometimes he even laughed out loud when he looked at his team's roster.

With my lineup, I have been training for two years. If everyone is at the peak of their careers, and Li Weisi has reached expectations, then I still have to compete for the strongest team in history?
Take a look at your god-level operation in this draft!

Dennis Sakuragi Hanamichi Rodman, needless to say, everyone is familiar with him, the NBA rebounding leader, two years of DPOY, the 7th All-Defensive First Team, and 5 championships.

Mark Cavaliers former No.1 Price, was selected to the All-Star lineup for 4 times, and was selected to the All-NBA team 4 times. Although there was only one of them for one team, but if such a person was used as a substitute for Li Weisi, even Frank himself I feel a little extravagant, but also a little scared, and I am very worried that Li Weisi will not perform well, and Mark Price will follow the old path of Jack, which is not good.

Jeff JRS father-in-law Hornacek, Hornacek in the player period is not the Huo thief in the coaching period, Hornacek in the player period was the first All-Star, the second All-Star three-pointer contest champion, famous The best NBA three-point shooter, also has a domineering nickname, "Dead Light Gun".It's just that the trajectory of his life has changed now. I don't know if his beautiful daughter will appear in the future?

Kevin Duckworth, one of the "Five Black Treasures", has a domineering nickname, "Duck", of course it does not refer to that aspect, but his character is as cute as a duck, and he has been selected as an All-Star twice , and reached the finals twice with the Trail Blazers and Drexler.

In addition, members of the Dream Team, Hall of Famer "God's Left Hand" Mullin, and the legendary superstar Moses Malone who is still at his peak.

Even Frank was a little worried that after two years Drazen Petrovic came to the team, there would be no place for him.

And Drazen Petrovic, a player who has not signed a contract, is not a fuel-efficient lamp. This is considered to be the best basketball player in European history and one of the best foreign players in NBA history. Mozart" nickname.If it weren't for the accidental death in a car accident, he only played 4 seasons in the NBA, perhaps no one can imagine what kind of achievements he can achieve in the NBA.

However, all of this has nothing to do with Li Weisi. The team and teammates are all important factors, but how far he can go in the NBA still depends on his personal strength.

(End of this chapter)