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Chapter 1118: Miami is obviously strong but still wants to strengthen

"...I plan to rebuild the lineup, only Benj, Dell and David are not for sale."

This was Louis' statement that caused a stir at the press conference.

Only retaining Benj, Dell, and David, does that mean everyone else may be traded?

“Isn’t Scottie Pippen not for sale?”

After Wilson conquered Pippen, Louis also thought about including Pippen in his future plans, but he gave up.

Because Pippen has a history of competing for the top spot, and, like Robinson, he is the legacy of the Showtime Lakers.

If Louis wants to build his own team, he must use his players as much as possible.

Pippin is not very good either in terms of his character or future plasticity.

It just so happens that this year Pippen had one of the best performances of his career under Zhao Yuanzheng, which was when the transaction value was at its highest.

Hearing the question from the Los Angeles reporter, Louis kept smiling and repeated: "The only items not for sale are Benj, Dale and David." Remember the website address: m.xbequge.com

The person who was hit the hardest was, of course, Pippen.

After playing for the Lakers for many years, he was about to be purged in the end.

"I have always been a loyal person. It is also my wish to play for the Lakers until I retire. Now the team's goals are not consistent with my personal plan. I am sorry. In the end, this is all business."

The time when players are most awake is often when they are being traded or are about to be traded.

There is no better time than that for them to understand that players are essentially commodities. When you are useful, the team will classify you as not for sale. When the team does not need you, you are goods that can be sold at will.

Loyalty is a good thing, but one-way loyalty often does not have good results.

What Louis didn't expect was that Pippen, who seemed so free and easy on the surface, secretly called Wilson and cursed the decision-maker.

Pippen didn't name anyone, but everyone knows who the Lakers' top decision-maker is.

"Why is he scolding me?"

Louis wanted to feel Pippen's hatred for him.

"I can't say those words." Wilson decided to change the subject, "But I'm glad you're back, coach."

Louis guessed maliciously: "I think you are more happy that the Knicks lost?"

"Nothing, I don't pay attention to New York at all."

"Yeah?"

"Coach, let's talk about the new season."

Wilson once said he just wanted to play under Louis.

But while Louis was resting, he had to play for other people.

Now that Louis is back and is still his head coach, no one is more excited than him.

"We do have to rebuild, but it won't last long. Maybe one year, maybe two years. We will soon regain competitiveness." Louis gave Wilson a hint, "I want to build a team in Los Angeles that is as competitive as the Knicks."

Completely different team."

Wilson immediately said: "I'm honored to be a part of it."

"I need you, Benj. This team can't do without you."

"I have been looking forward to this day for a long time!"

Louis and Wilson settled the matter and went about their business.

David Robinson is expected to take 10 months to recover, but Louis believes his true return timetable will be longer.

Dale Ellis is carefree. When he is sure that he is not for sale to the team, he is already thinking about how to arrange the offseason.

However, there was an unexpected situation that Louis did not expect.

Vlade Divac, who is not for sale, told the Lakers through his agent not to trade him.

Player threatens team not to trade him?

Divac's bargaining chip is his career.

He claimed that if he was traded, he would choose to retire and let the Lakers get nothing.

His threats tormented Jerry West.

West had no choice but to comfort Divac with his voice and let him understand that personnel changes are the norm in professional basketball and that trading might make his career better.

In fact, Louis really wants to keep Divac because there are not many supporting centers like him.

The prerequisite for trading Divac is to get another supportive insider. If not, Divac will stay with the Lakers.

In this year's finals, the Trail Blazers seemed to be back in 1992.

That year was the peak period of Jordan and Barkley, and they fought the Knicks in seven bloody games.

Now, the Trail Blazers are much older than they were back then, but they still have two trustworthy superstars.

However, after passing the Knicks, the Heat, who seemed to have overcome their inner demons, did not intend to play seven games against the Trail Blazers, who had two dominant players.

In game 6, Ralph Sampson led the Heat to a 122-118 victory over the Trail Blazers with an all-round performance of 42 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.

4 to 2

The Miami Heat, which was founded seven years ago, won its first championship in team history on the road.

Lewis Shafir was running through the corridors like a maniac suffering from a sudden illness.

Sampson can finally get rid of the shadows of Bird and Thomas and announce to the world that he is a championship center on the level of Russell, Chamberlain, Walton, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

There was a gap of 14 years between Sampson's first championship and his sixth championship.

There was a gap of 9 years between his first FMVP trophy and his second FMVP trophy.

Over the past eleven years, he has been recognized as the league's No. 1 center.

Even this year, Sampson, who was only selected to the third team, is still the strongest fifth position in many fans' subconscious minds.

This is the same as people in the 2020s always felt that James was still the strongest.

Their peak period lasted for so long that no one could accept that they were not the ones standing at the top.

"My career has been great enough. I have nothing to be dissatisfied with. I can only win the championship at this age. I am only grateful."

Sampson may be the most popular elder in history. He has a character that is unfazed by honor and disgrace and a humble talk, just like...Wilson.

Does anyone care about this year's overall runner-up?

Jordan lost again.

This is his fifth overall runner-up finish since 1988.

In the history of the NBA, only Tragedy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Baylor, and West have lost more finals than him.

However, among those people, only Baylor did not win a championship.

If strictly speaking, Baylor also played for the 1972 Lakers, and he would have received a ring with no gold content.

So Jordan is the only player in history who has lost five Finals without a ring.

Facing the Blazers' brutal wing group this year, the 32-year-old Jordan still averaged 35 points per game, and his partner Olajuwon also dominated the interior with an average of 30 points and 14 rebounds per game. However,

The Heat are the better team.

Sampson only needs to pour out all the gas in the tank in key games to win the championship for them.

Interestingly, Jordan's sixth runner-up also made Lu Wuxia's tolerance for his name reach the limit.

He never wanted to be called Michael again.

"I don't want to be a loser like MJ!" Lu Wuxia cried in front of her mother.

"Stop crying, baby, you can call me whatever you want, mommy agrees." Lorraine couldn't resist her son's crying.

At that time, Louis just sat on the side and snickered.

In the next few years, whenever someone calls Wu Xia by the name "Michael", he will get angry.

But what is a good English name?

If he was still a careless child, his parents could of course make decisions for him, but now he is the number one player in Los Angeles U11, the top player in youth basketball in the United States, and a future star that analysts are optimistic about - always flawless

To introduce himself this way, he is as narcissistic as Lorraine - so he should have the right to decide what he is called.

Later, Wilson made a slip of the tongue and called "wuxia" instead of "wish". Although this was not an official name, it was at least a nickname that could replace "Michael".

Although Louis thinks it's weird, until the child decides on an English name, let him have it.

Once the season is over, it's a busy season for management.

The Trail Blazers were the first team to make news.

Pat Riley, who is currently serving as general manager, has terminated the contract of "X-Men" Xavier McDaniel.

At the same time, veteran player Larry Nance announced his retirement.

Anthony Mason, who has one year left on his contract, was put on the shelf.

Then came the news from the Celtics, who announced that team legend M.L. Carr would be their head coach for the new season.

In the season that just passed, the Celtics had completely put aside their pride as a dynasty team, went to the lottery with the worst record in the league, and then picked the third overall pick in the first round.

Although this result is not the best, it is satisfactory enough.

However, Louis was still surprised by their operations.

Let Karl be the coach, but what about Bird? Do the Celtics plan to continue to let him be a mascot for the management and a useless consultant?

The first person to call Louis was Lewis Shafir, who obviously had a strong team but had a great sense of urgency.

"Hey, isn't this the best general manager of the year? Why do you have time to call me? Isn't it because you can't write a draft of the speech for the championship celebration that you want to borrow from me for reference?"

Louis mocked Shafir innocently.

But Shafir said seriously: "Coach Lu, let's discuss a business deal."

"No way Lewis, you still want to strengthen and give other teams a way to survive, don't you?"

Shafir was very calm: "I must help Miami win a few more championships before the Lakers rise."

Louis had to ask: "Then what do you want?"

"Clyde Drexler simply replaces Scottie Pippen, do you think that's okay, Coach Lu?"

Louis couldn't help laughing: "Do you think it's okay to exchange 300 ml of Pepsi for 500 ml of Coca-Cola?"