Chapter 91: Wrinkle a pond of spring water! (Chapter 3 makes up for Friday)
The Lakers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers head-on away. The Lakers still have a record of winning all the games so far, ranking first in the league.
Among them are many championship teams such as the Celtics and Cavaliers, which are all tough battles. The Lakers not only chewed it, but most of them ended with big wins.
The strength shown by the Lakers has made many teams who are determined to compete for the championship be wary.
The Lakers are too strong!
The Lakers' strength began on the day Gasol joined, which was the 2007-08 season. At that time, the Lakers could already enter the finals, but when they met the Celtics' Big Three, the Lakers failed in the finals.
The Lakers were of course very strong last season, but they might not have the determination to win over the Celtics. Fortunately, the Magic suddenly disrupted the situation, and the Lakers' three highs just happened to restrain the Warcraft, allowing the Lakers to win easily in the finals, which was also a bargain.
From this point of view, it is of course strong to be able to enter the Finals in 2007-08, but if you lose to the Celtics, you can only say that you are weak.
The championship last season was a bit of a bargain. Of course, it cannot be denied that the Lakers are powerful, but if they meet the Celtics or the Cavaliers, it is hard to say who wins and loses. This Lakers can still be defeated.
But this year's Lakers... have three highs in the interior, the superstar Kobe, and the small front position, and even more powerful players like Artest join.
Even the point guard position that was originally a weak point (in fact, it is not a weak point, and it can only be called excellent), was even more powerful. The Wizards Zhou Mubai appeared, and Fisher could retreat to the second lineup, and the second lineup would become stronger as a result. This is an overall progress.
Such a Lakers can be said to be basically impeccable.
This kind of strength can be seen in the record since the start of the game, with a record of winning all the way and winning with a big score. There is still a fearful side behind these records - Gasol is still recovering from his injuries!
Gasol was the root cause of the Lakers' strength before, but now Gasol is still recovering from injuries, and the Lakers are still making great progress. Once Gasol returns, this Lakers can be even stronger!
The Lakers without Gasol are already scary. How powerful will the Lakers with Gasol be?
All teams that are interested in championship competition have begun to explore and seek reinforcement, but next year is a free market, and some teams have already prepared for the early next year. For example, the New York Knicks, some teams are at ease. Anyway, the championship has nothing to do with them. They just need to cover their own stars tightly and not be abducted.
These teams who were planning to wave their checks could not find a target, but now the Lakers' iron hooves were about to step on their faces, but they had nowhere to start, which made people very anxious.
The Knights sneakily contacted the Wizards, and they were targeting Jamison Antoine.
This season, Jamison was traded to the Wizards, who can contribute 209 per game. Such performance is of course the team's boss's strength in the rebuilt Wizards, but the Wizards hope to get a future core, so they intend to replace Jamison with a higher draft pick. This is the Cavaliers' opportunity.
However, many teams who are interested in winning the championship are targeting Chris Paul of the Hornets. Paul and the Hornets have had a lot of conflicts and publicly requested to be traded, but the Hornets want to sell Paul for a good price, so they have not yet confirmed their next company.
There are many teams who want to get Paul, but they don’t want much if they can afford it and sincerely want it.
The Celtics have Rondo, the Bulls have Rose, the Spurs, and the Thunder have three young masters. For these teams, Paul is of course good, but it does not require them to lose all their money to take a chance. However, for some teams that lack heavyweight point guards, they are quite enthusiastic.
For example, in the Cavaliers, Mo Williams of the Cavaliers is a qualified point guard, but not a top point guard. If the Cavaliers can upgrade the point guard to Paul, the chance of breaking out in the East will become very high, so the Cavaliers are also actively contacting the Hornets, but they don’t have many chips to give out.
There is also a Magic team, and Nelson of the Magic team can only be considered a qualified point guard. If a super point guard like Paul joins, Howard, Lewis, Carter and Redick will be in a state of decay.
Therefore, among these pursuits, the Magic Team is the most active.
But the Magic don’t have many bargaining chips, so the core personnel are definitely not able to trade. After the transaction is out, the Magic don’t think of winning the championship. Moreover, the Hornets don’t look down on them. They want the future, but the Magic don’t have a high signing position unless they are overdrawn for several years.
The Magic began to consider whether it was worth it if it overdraws its potential for several years to trade Paul's one-year use weight. If the Magic couldn't win the championship, the team would definitely rebuild within two years. If there was no draft pick, it would probably be decayed for five or six years or even ten years.
After thinking about this, the Magic team began to hesitate again.
However, some teams were afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so they made big quotations at will, handed over the quotations to the Lakers, and even used the star to trade Zhou Mubai, making Old Bass and Kupchek laugh and cry.
For example, the Toronto Raptors are like using Bosh to trade Zhou Mubai. Old Bass sneered at the fact that Bosh's contract will expire next year. If you want to trade the Lakers' treasures with an upcoming contract, is that crazy? Moreover, does the Lakers lack insiders?
However, the lunatic of New York Knicks James Dolan, who directly offered draft picks for the next three years and the young people with potential in the team, and directly promised that they could play badly and even get top ten draft picks for the Lakers, only Zhou Mubai was the only one.
This aroused the interest of Old Bass. Although it is impossible to trade now, you can think about it in the future.
The Lakers' strength has really caused quite a stir, but there are really no major changes. Most of the managers of the NBA are very rational. This is a business. They are gambled but they have to consider stop loss. Teams that don't know that stop loss may be trapped in the quagmire for more than ten years.
For example, the current Knicks, the legacy left by the Smiling Assassin's blind operations made the current general manager Donny Walsh worry, and asking for a gift was considered to be the solution to most of the problems.
Clean up and welcome guests, and it is time for the Knicks to rise.
But this year's protagonists are still the Lakers, Celtics, Spurs and other teams. The basic framework of these teams is there. They will not break this framework easily, so if they don't change, the league will not cause much trouble.
Chapter completed!