Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 367

Since the first game, the ratings of the finals have been falling all the way, and it was only mentioned a little in the tiebreaker, but it is not comparable to the previous series of battles between the Lakers and the Pacers.

In the end, relying on Ginobili's brilliant performance, the Spurs defeated the Pistons, and Duncan won the FMVP.

If you go to Dallas in summer, you need to prepare sunscreen and sunglasses. The long-term high-intensity ultraviolet radiation every day is not so friendly to the skin.

Don Nelson put down the call from Warriors general manager Chris Mullin, lost in thought.

Years ago, the Golden State Warriors had a chance to be a great team, but they perfectly missed the right answers.

First, Wilt Chamberlain was diagnosed with a heart attack by the team doctor and declared the death sentence. He believed that if Chamberlain continued to play, he might not live for another year. However, Chamberlain thought he was fine, and continued to ignore his teammates in Pisa. The Warriors' record plummeted.

In the end, Chamberlain was sent to the 76ers. After a detailed diagnosis by an authoritative doctor, it was found that Zhang Dashuai had a problem with his pancreas due to excessive alcohol consumption-in short, he was too much in San Francisco.

After half a season of recuperation, Chamberlain came back to life and helped the 76ers end the Celtics' 8 consecutive championships.

Then there was forward Jamal Wilkes, unwilling to give way to a grumpy Rick Barry, resolutely jumped ship to the Lakers after his contract expired, and finally hung his jersey from the ceiling of Staples.

然后是能够砍下17加12的中锋罗伯特·帕里什被凯尔特人看中，奥尔巴赫送出了凯尔特人为数不多的状元签和13号签，交易了罗伯特·帕里什和勇士的探花签——和37年后的2017年如出一辙。

The Warriors selected Joey Barry Carroll with the No. 13 pick and Ricky Brown with the No. [-] pick.No one knows either of them now.

The Celtics' No. 80 pick became the famous Kevin McHale, and a deal sent two corners of the Iron Triangle. The Celtics' renaissance in the [-]s was largely due to the Golden State Warriors.

Joey Barry Carroll can score 20 points and 9 rebounds per game, but has little impact on the game, a typical data brush.The actual core of the team is the defender World B Free with a very famous name, and the scoring madman Bernard King.

However, the next operation was even more incomprehensible. Bernard King and World B. Peace were sent away one after another, but Michael Ray Richardson was suspended for taking banned drugs and then sent to High hopeful Joey Barry Carroll went to the Italian league to do odd jobs to earn money before the start of the season because he could not reach an agreement on a contract extension.Among them, after Bernard King left the team, he immediately became the king of New York, shining in the league.

So far, the league's four giants, the Lakers, Celtics, 76ers and Knicks have all been assisted by the Warriors.

After a series of suffocating operations, the Warriors became a bad team in the league. The owner Muli, who worked hard for the team, finally couldn't bear the fact that the team had become the league's assist leader, and sold the team in a rage.

Subsequently, former Bucks owner Jim Fitzgerald took over the Warriors.

Fitzgerald and Don Nelson worked together very happily during the Bucks period and developed a deep fighting friendship. The first thing Fitzgerald did when he became the owner of the Warriors was to dig Don Nelson to the Warriors. They even The contract was not even signed, and a gentleman's agreement was completed only by shaking hands. Fitzgerald handed over the duties of general manager and head coach to Don Nelson, and became the shopkeeper himself.

Don Nelson acted vigorously. First, he cleaned up a group of data brushers such as Joey Barry Carroll one after another, and then threw the alcoholic Chris Mullin into the alcohol rehabilitation center. At the same time, he selected Mickey Richmond. Germany.

In the second year, Tim Hardaway was in place, and the RUN-TMC combination was formally formed.

However, although this combination has great outside firepower, the inside is weak and cannot become a real strong team in the league where the inside is king at that time. In addition, the Warriors have been sinking for a long time, so they are not very attractive to famous stars.

Don Nelson took the slant forward and made frequent strange moves. First, he took over Ralph Sampson, who was given up by the Rockets. At the same time, he let the team's center Manute Ball go outside to practice three-pointers, forming the highest score in history. The Twin Towers, and then traded the Supersonics' meat shield center Alton List with the draft picks, and finally simply dismantled the TMC combination, sent Richmond to the Kings, and exchanged for Billy Owens.

The result was counterproductive. The bamboo pole combination of Sampson and Ball was useless. Liszt was reimbursed for the season after only playing 3 games, which caused the Warriors' record to plummet all the way. Signed, the Sonics used it to select Gary Payton, and Billy Owens, who had high hopes, was beaten to scum by Sean Kemp in the 92 playoffs.

Don Nelson completely gave up the idea of ​​discovering newcomers. If he wants to rise, he must have a superstar, or at least a rookie who can be cultivated as a cornerstone.

He took a fancy to Shaquille O'Neal of the Orlando Magic.

However, the Magic were not prepared to trade O'Neal at the time, so Don Nelson settled for the next best thing. After the Magic won the No. 3 pick for the second consecutive year, he traded Anfernee Hardaway and three future first-round picks for Chris Webber.

It's a pity that Weber at that time had a surly temperament and was arrogant. As a 2-meter power forward, he liked to attack from the outside with the ball, or organize the attack by himself.In the words of Gregg Popovich, the Warriors assistant coach at the time, that is: "The team wants him to be the next Karl Malone, but he thinks he is Magic Johnson."

The relationship between Webber and Don Nelson broke down, and the then new Warriors owner Chris Cohan made two decisions in a row. He first rejected Don Nelson's request to resign, preventing him from joining Popovich. Jumped to the Spurs together, and then fired Don Nelson in order to appease Chris Webber...

It's a pity that Weber has already decided to go, so Cohan's operation naturally lost his wife and lost his army.

After losing Don Nelson, Warriors skipped Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Peja Stojakovic and Jermaine O'Neal in the '96 draft, opting for a career 3 2 plater Todd Fowler, then in the '97 draft, skipped Tracy McGrady and selected Adonas Foyle.

So far, the Warriors have been completely reduced to a low-level team, holding the top five picks all year round, side by side with the Bulls and Grizzlies.

Chris Mullin showed enough sincerity, but Don Nelson was still hesitant.

(End of this chapter)