Chapter 758 A Chinese Ruled the Alliance (3/4)
After defeating the Cavaliers 4-0, the Lakers also won the O'Brien Cup for the second consecutive year.
After the game, the other members of the Cavaliers had already left the field, and James once again came to Tang Shuai's side.
"Now, the league is yours." James retelled what Duncan said to him, but compared to Duncan, he obviously came from the heart.
"Thank you, I think one day I might say this to others."
Tang Shuai's words made James laugh. After hugging him, James turned around and left.
Tang Shuai looked at James' slightly old back. This 35-year-old veteran, formerly the first in the league, was finally about to fade out of the league.
The Lakers are celebrating wildly. Compared to last year's championship, although the Lakers are much more relaxed this year, they have experienced many difficulties in the playoffs, and the players are still somewhat excited.
FMVP is still as suspense as last year. After taking over this trophy from Xiao Hua, Tang Shuai became the first player in the league to win MVP, AmVP and FMVP for the rest of the time. At this moment, he is destined to become a piece of history, and a piece of history that has just begun.
When Tang Shuai won the trophy, Xiao Hua was also a little excited.
China is the most developed place in the economy except the United States and is also the most important part of the NBA overseas plan. Tang Shuai's success also led to the entire league's revenue soaring.
This is a win-win situation. After obtaining enough economic benefits for the league, basketball's influence in the world has continued to escalate, and it is vaguely becoming the largest ball.
While Tang Shuai was holding the championship trophy high, Xiao Hua said what he had prepared for a long time.
"For the first time in NBA, a Chinese ruled this alliance!"
After winning two consecutive championships, Shuai Tang and the Lakers are destined to be the history of the league.
After the end of this season, Lakers veteran Gasol also officially announced that he had retired.
As an overseas player, he won two consecutive championships with Kobe in the early stage, and won two championships with Tang Shuai at the end of his career. He was absolutely successful.
The Lakers held a massive retirement ceremony for Gasol at the Staples Center. With his four career championships, it was a foregone conclusion that Gasol was selected for the Hall of Fame.
During this offseason, Tang Shuai no longer devoted himself to training. Now he only needs to maintain his competitive state.
During this year, he also ushered in a very important part of his life. Su Mei became pregnant shortly after marriage. After ten months of pregnancy, their first child was born in the United States.
A cute little boy looks like Su Mei and is very handsome.
Tang Shuai gave him a name Tang Hao.
The word Hao is untangled to mean the sun and the sky. There is a sun in the sky, which means vastness and infiniteness. Tang Shuai gave his son this name in the hope that he can achieve something in the future.
When Tang Shuai was happy to win a noble son, the alliance and many people from all over the world sent him congratulations.
Even Chinese leader Xi Jinping sent him a congratulatory message. While congratulating him, he also hoped that he would win glory for the country in a closer manner.
As Tang Shuai’s friend, Swift naturally became friends after Su Mei arrived in the United States. After Tang Hao was born, he recognized Swift as his godmother.
There is a first person in the league to be his father, and a number one sister in the film and television industry is his godmother. I believe that Tang Hao will definitely live much easier in the future than his father.
After the 2019-2020 season, the league issued a new rule on the situation where the stronger the stronger the team and the weaker the weaker the team. In the team structure after this year, the team will not allow more than two players with a salary of more than 30% of the maximum salary.
This rule is very mandatory because most famous players have been in the league for more than ten years, which makes them unable to play in groups like before.
This is also the team's helpless move. After all, if this continues, the ratings and attention of the entire league will plummet.
However, this did not bring any impact to the Lakers at this stage, because Cousins' previous contract renewal was 2 million less than 30% of the maximum salary, which gave Tang Shuai room to renew his contract.
In fact, everyone understands that when the 30% line is set, the league will definitely consider the Lakers' factors.
The Lakers' offseason operation is much simpler than last year. For them, keeping Tang Shuai and retaining the main force will meet the requirements.
The salary cap of the new season is 100 million. The team gave up the team options of Stephens, Yi Jianlian, Harklis and others, giving Tang Shuai enough room to renew his contract. In the end, he used a starting salary of 36.19 million yuan and was the player option for the last year of five years. The largest contract in history with a total value of 200 million yuan was left.
Yi Jianlian and Stephenson later accepted salary cuts and stayed with the team under a middle-class contract. For both of them, it was already a blessing to stay with the Lakers.
The Lakers continue to maintain strong strength, but in contrast, the two old opponents, the Warriors and the Cavaliers, seem much more turbulent.
After being blocked in the finals for the third time in a row, Durant did not renew the Warriors after the three-year contract, but joined the Celtics.
After losing Durant, the Warriors' strength has dropped drastically and they can only sign Batum as a substitute, but the decline in strength has become obvious.
The Cavaliers, who are one year older, have also suffered great shocks in the East.
The regular season of the 2019-2020 season came to an end. The Lakers still scored a super record of 76 wins and 6 losses, crushing all the way in the playoffs. This time, facing the Warriors who lost Durant, they swept the opponent cleanly and entered the finals for the fourth consecutive year.
In the East, the Cavaliers, who lost their dominance and the Celtics who got Durant, fought seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals, and finally reached the finals with James's final victory.
Everyone can see that the 2003 generation really did its best this time.
In the finals, facing his old opponent Cavaliers, the Lakers once again demonstrated their dominance, winning the championship for the third consecutive year, and Tang Shuai also won the honors of mvp, amvp and fmap for the third consecutive year.
Fans have become very calm about such a result. Perhaps only when the Lakers fail to win the championship can they be surprised.
During this offseason, Tang Shuai participated in the Aerial Dunk 3. In addition to inviting the original Yoona Lin, the crew also invited Jennifer Lawrence and even invited Taylor Swift as a guest star.
The unprecedented lineup has brought great revenue to the movie, and the global box office has gone further on the original basis, reaching more than 800 million US dollars, which is the most popular anime in fact.
Tang Shuai also used this movie to gain both fame and fortune.
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!