My Name is Kobe Bryant

"Coach, don't I deserve a max salary?" Amozo Mourning asked Pat Riley indignantly.

It's already August, but the Heat have yet to give themselves a contract extension commitment.

Mourning is now the well-deserved second center in the league, especially when General Robinson chooses to retire and Uncle Mu gradually ages, Mourning can go sideways in the league.

Pat Riley was speechless.

Is Mourning's current performance worthy of a max salary?

certainly.

The second center in the league deserves a maximum salary no matter which team he joins.

But Mourning is not young anymore, he is already 33 years old.

His performance began to go downhill.

Especially in the regular season, Mourning's performance has always been outstanding, but in the playoffs over the years, Mourning has only played a dominant series in a handful of cases.

Even if paired with Karl Malone this year, the Heat's inside line has no advantage when playing against the Celtics, 76ers, and Pacers.

That does not work!

The team must change!

Signing Wade was just a lottery move.

Pat Riley has only one real goal - Shaquille O'Neal.

O'Neal, 31 years old, has at least three years left at the end of his peak!

Get O'Neal and pair it with Karl Malone's inside combination. This is the Heat's strategy to win the championship.

What does Pat Riley want?

champion!

From the time he joined the Heat to now, his pursuit of championships has never stopped.

The Heat are strengthening every year!

Now the Heat are just missing one player who can make the final difference!

O'Neal is this player!

After signing O'Neal, the Heat's lineup next season will be Wade, Jones, Malone, and O'Neal.

If the Heat sign another excellent forward, this team will truly have the ability to stand out from the Wild East.

"Amozo, just wait." Ewing was O'Neal's alternative answer, and scumbag Pat Riley continued to make Mourning wait.

"Join us! Shaq!" Danny Ainge looked enthusiastic!

As long as O'Neal joins the Celtics, the team will have the super big three of McGrady, Penny, and Shark!

This will be the Big Three in history!

Especially the gimmick of Penny and Shark reuniting will definitely attract a lot of attention.

"So what salary are you offering?" O'Neal's agent asked

"Shaq! For the championship! Is salary important? Don't worry! As long as you join this team, we will have endless championships!" Danny Ainge brainwashed O'Neal crazily.

The big shark was not stupid either, he frowned.

O'Neal is not opposed to joining forces with Pence again.

The combination of myself and Tracy McGrady might be stronger than OK.

but

How does the Celtics' team salary cap allow them to sign themselves?

The only way is to sign first and then exchange.

It seems like Danny Ainge is planning to get away with nothing.

"Can the Celtics provide 140 million in five years?" O'Neal winked with his agent.

Danny Ainge's expression changed instantly.

Talk about money?

How vulgar!

As expected, he came from the Lakers, a place full of copper stench.

"I wonder what you think of the 3+1 team option and a four-year, 60 million contract?"

"Farke! The Celtics guys are all a bunch of idiots!" Shaq cursed and left Boston.

If you don’t have money, don’t let me make this trip in vain!

The salary cap is full, and we don’t plan to sign and trade, so what can we say? What a waste of time.

O'Neal then traveled to Indiana to visit Larry Bird.

Bird was willing to give O'Neal a maximum salary, but O'Neal was not satisfied with Indiana.

It's so desolate.

There is no cute big sister.

PASS.

O'Neal placed his final choice between Philadelphia and Miami.

"Does it mean that you have to study shit like Princeton when you go to Philadelphia?"

"And that guy Iverson is probably even crazier than Kobe Bryant!"

"Iverson and Odom are both Kobe's friends. Didn't I just deliver food?"

"Then choose Miami."

O'Neal was determined.

The Miami Heat, a perennial powerhouse in the Eastern Conference, also have an old acquaintance named Eddie Jones on the team.

Pat Riley's SHOWTIME tactics are also familiar to O'Neal.

The key is that there are as many beautiful big sisters on Miami Beach as there are in Los Angeles!

This makes the Sharks, who have been idle for a whole season in Houston, yearn for it.

On August 8, 2003, Shaquille O'Neal announced that he had signed a five-year, $140 million maximum salary contract with the Miami Heat!

Sharks travel east!

He's taking his talents to the East Coast!

When the dust settled on Shaquille O'Neal, the biggest star in the free market, other players quickly completed their signings.

Gilbert Arenas signs with Wizards.

Karl Malone re-signed with the Heat with a one-year minimum salary.

Scottie Pippen signed with the Heat for a one-year minimum salary.

Amozo Mourning signed with the Philadelphia 76ers for 3 years and 70 million.

Mutombo signed a three-year, $50 million contract with the Spurs.

Lamar Odom signs a five-year, $120 million contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rasheed Wallace signed with the Celtics for 4 years and 60 million.

Jim Jackson returns to Dallas.

Laga Bell returns to Spurs.

Campbell signed with the Grizzlies for $8.4 million in two years.

Because James Posey did not want to continue playing the No. 4 position in Houston, he chose to sign with the Wizards for 30 million in three years.

At this point, this year’s free market has come to an end.

The biggest reinforcement is undoubtedly the Heat!

After completing the signing, the Heat jumped directly to the first place in the combat power rankings!

O'Neal! Malone! Pippen! If three celebrity-level players were at their peak, they would sweep the entire league.

Even though Malone and Pippen are currently old, their experience will still be of great help to the Heat.

After the general retired, the Spurs just had enough salary to bring Uncle Mu back home for a bargain price.

Many people think this is a very bad move by Adelman.

Adelman's tactics have been implemented very well with the 76ers, but he has made little progress in team building.

After so many years, it is still Iverson, Odom, and Stackhouse, and the combination of these three does not give people hope of winning the championship.

The Grizzlies signed veteran Campbell, hoping that he could improve the Grizzlies' interior defense.

At the same time, General Arenas and Warrior Saint Stephen Jackson both got the opportunity to lead the team alone.

Many people expect them to perform well next season.

"Cameron made 3 of 12 shots in 32 minutes in his summer league debut, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 turnovers?" Magic started rubbing his temples again.

In the first game of the Summer League, the Lakers faced the Suns, second overall pick Carmelo Anthony performed a performance that left the Lakers management speechless.

"Hey, MAGIC, don't be like this. Didn't they win?" Kobe smiled slightly.

Lakers 88:71 Warriors.

Very low splits on both sides! It's nothing like the competition in a normal summer league, and it's even more intense than the regular season.

The Lakers players are too motivated to defend!

Although their basic defensive skills are not very good, they are talented!

At the expense of physical fitness and shooting percentage, they restricted the Warriors to death.

The Warriors did not expect these Lakers rookies to be so unethical and play so seriously in the Summer League, a game where everyone laughs and racks up statistics.

Thibodeau gave these little guys a hard time.

It's a good thing.

Rather than being eliminated in the regular season, why not start honing your defensive skills from now on? When you have two passing masters in yourself and Nash, are you afraid that you won't be able to score?

"I know we won, but is this the way we as the Lakers should win?" Magic thought to himself, a good team of young talents turned into defensive engineers.

The magician feels distressed! Watching Anthony blushing and struggling with the opponent under the basket, and then fighting for rebounds one after another.

Where is that melon with a handsome appearance, a white horse and a silver gun that I want?

How did you become a blue-collar worker?

Kobe was also a little funny, "This is Thibodeau's way of winning."

8-man rotation, death~play the main force, iron-blooded defense.

This is Thibodeau’s way of basketball.

"The little emperor in Cleveland scored 27 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in the first game. He has been praised by the media. Why isn't our melon sweet?" Magic said a little bit.

Miami's big-faced guard also scored 21+4+5 efficiently.

No matter how you look at it, other people’s cubs are better!

Kobe knows that the immediate combat ability of Anthony and James should be about equal. James has been training at the Mamba Academy since junior high school to make up for his offensive skills, but he is still obviously worse than Anthony.

That is to say, his defensive and organizational skills can suppress Anthony, but in a 1V1 situation, Anthony will still have the upper hand.

"Don't be sour. In a few days, it will be the summer league between the Lakers and the Cavaliers." Kobe was looking forward to the meeting between the two strongest twins of 2003.

"Run! MOVE! MOVE!" Thibodeau screamed heartbreakingly from the sidelines!

The young Lakers players are sweating and running hard on the basketball court!

In just ten days of training and competition, Thibodeau's image as the devil's bishop has become deeply rooted in people's hearts.

They really dare not disobey!

Every player who joins the NBA is a super talent, and none of the players selected by the Lakers are role players on the team.

Never before had they been forced to work as blue-collar engineers.

Anthony was out of breath, and his face had become thinner after not seeing him for a few days.

"When did this day end?" Cameron began to miss his time in college.

"Have you heard? Kobe and Magic will be attending the next game!"

The NBA's summer league is generally in the same division, and teams that are close to each other have more games.

This summer league match between the Cavaliers and Lakers was specially arranged by Stern!

No. 1 pick vs. No. 2 pick!

Especially the Lakers, a super popular team.

The script is full!

"What are you talking about anymore? Run ten more laps for me!" Thibodeau roared, and the Lakers youngster hurriedly dispersed.

Staples, the fans sat wildly on the sidelines, it was so popular!

If it were in previous years, even the Lakers' summer league wouldn't have attracted much attention, and 50% of the seats in the venue would be pretty good.

And now, every seat is filled with fans!

Kobe and Magic also appeared on the sidelines!

When James walked out of the tunnel, he saw Kobe pulling Anthony to say something.

Suddenly James felt a little bit tasteful.

In Mamba Academy, from junior high school to high school, he was the player who received the most attention from Kobe Bryant.

And now, Anthony seems to have snatched something away.

"What if the Lakers win the No. 1 pick?" James suddenly had an idea, and then threw it away like crazy.

What are you thinking!

I still want to defend the glory of my hometown!

I also want to personally end Kobe's reign!

Let’s start with Anthony now

"So strong! Are these two players really rookies?" David Thompson and Goodrich, who were sitting on the sidelines as commentators, almost stared out of their eyes!

Originally, they were a little dissatisfied with the TV station arranging them to commentate on a summer league game!

but now! ?

The confrontation in this game is not as simple as the summer league!

The performance of the core of the two teams is not at the level of ordinary NBA starters!

Anthony made 7 of 11 shots in the half and scored 17+8+1!

James made 7 of 15 shots in the half and scored 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals!

Crazy!

For the Lakers, Barbosa, Korver can score, and Bill Walton can organize.

And the Cavaliers only have James himself!

Then one ride can equal a thousand!

James alone leads the Cavaliers and the Lakers with 4 talented rookies!

Dunk!

Rush to the basket!

He is a model of violent aesthetics!

Strong!

James' performance is simply too mature!

Except for long shots! omnipotent!

And Anthony's performance did not fall behind at all!

Accurate projection!

A domineering second attack!

An elegant fadeaway jumper!

Scoring machine! Every time he has the ball in hand, even when facing James' defense, he can always find a way to put the ball into the basket!

seem

Two monsters appeared!

Two talented rookies who, like Kobe Duncan, are guaranteed All-Stars as soon as they enter the league and are heading towards superstardom?

This kind of new talent has appeared for many years, but two of them suddenly appeared this year?

Dunks one after another, wonderful goals! Lit up Staples!

No one could have imagined that a summer league would be so exciting!

Number one pick! Second place!

The scene of the confrontation between the 2003 generation Geminis seems to be not inferior to the 1996 golden generation Kobe VS Iverson!

The fans exclaimed repeatedly, and Stern in the office laughed without saying a word.

This is the rookie confrontation he wants!

In the end, James was unable to defeat four opponents with two punches, and the Cavaliers really couldn't produce decent players in the summer league.

First, Anthony challenged James crazily.

Anthony, who is one year older, is not weaker than James in physical fitness.

Then under Thibodeau's mobilization, the entire Lakers team began to chase and intercept James.

In the end, Melo scored consecutive unreasonable goals and took away the game.

Anthony is proud!

Key melon!

Under Thibodeau's defensive training, he truly managed to keep up with James!

If it weren't for Thibodeau's recent training, he really wouldn't be sure he could defend like this!

James made 12 of 23 shots and scored 31 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 6 turnovers.

Anthony made 13 of 19 shots, scoring 33 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 turnovers.

Lakers 112:99 Cavaliers.