The rest is just noise

Chapter 1370 Lakers Championship

Although some champagne was sprayed, the players knew that awards were still to be given, so they did not make a fuss. After Louis' speech, everyone consciously put on championship T-shirts and returned to the scene together.

Louie meets Jerry West outside the locker room.

It was his dream to defeat the Celtics in the finals, but now Louis has easily realized it.

He is a man full of crisis. Since the Lakers moved to Los Angeles, they have won a total of four championships. Regardless of next season, they have never defended the championship before.

"Jerry, aren't you happy?"

Louis was in a happy mood and saw that West was still sullen, so he asked.

"Of course I'm happy." West asked seriously, "I want to know what to do next? Will we lose ourselves in the defending season like we did in the past?"

Even if the Lakers don't strengthen in the future, they will still be the most competitive team in the next three or four years.

Because Wilson is the only superstar in his prime among the gods of the 1980s, his dominance will continue.

Garnett and Kobe will be even stronger next year.

Barkley still has gas.

The Lakers are the team that least needs to worry about the next few years.

What's more, they are destined to make a frightening reinforcement.

"Don't worry, Jerry, just enjoy this moment and then we can bring home Tim Duncan in the draft."

Tim Duncan...yes! Tim Duncan! He will definitely be the biggest variable next season!

Recently, everyone's attention has been taken away by the Finals, but they have forgotten that the Lakers have this year's No. 1 pick.

Feeling like he had nothing to do, West suddenly became energized and prepared to get to know Duncan thoroughly before the team tried him out.

If Duncan is not a good choice, even if he quits as vice president, Louis will not be able to choose him.

The fans at Fleet Center were 80% to 70% excited, and the remaining people didn't know what their mentality was, but they had to watch David Stern declare the Lakers as the biggest winner of this season in their home court.

Dejan Bodiloga is familiar with such scenes. In his opinion, American fans behave much worse than European fans.

If European fans see their bitter rivals win the championship and be crowned at their home stadium, let alone riot, they must at least throw everything they have on hand into the field.

But compared to the fact that American fans are not grumpy enough, Bodiloga is more concerned about where his damn agent is?

I just asked him to go buy something to eat, but he still hasn't been seen. Could it be that he got lost? Don't be kidding. He is unfamiliar with the place and doesn't speak English well. If there is no one to take him with him,

, how can we return to the hotel safely in this country where gun freedom has been achieved?

Bodilloga looked worriedly for his agent, and after a while, he spotted the Lakers back on the scene wearing nice T-shirts.

He knew what he was doing. After all, after winning the championship at someone else's home court, he had to show off.

While Bodilloga was thinking about it, his agent Lorenzo Sanz appeared.

"The game is over?"

"It's over long ago!" Bodilloga asked dissatisfied, "Were you kidnapped?"

Sans smiled dryly and said, "I met a friend and wasted some time."

What Bodiloga wanted to say was that it would be fine if everything was fine, but he felt uncomfortable and deliberately found various reasons to blame Sanz.

Sanz didn't mind and just asked: "Is the game good to watch?"

"It looks good." Bodilloga couldn't help but say, "Unfortunately, not every NBA team plays like this."

When the Kings drafted Bodilloga, he made a point of watching their game videos.

The result left him greatly disappointed.

The level shown by the Kings is not much better than the top European teams. What reason does he have to abandon the European fans who love him to join such a team?

"Actually, the only NBA team that plays this way is the Lakers." Sanz said pointedly, "If the Lakers were the team that selected you, would you consider coming to the United States to play?"

"Maybe." Bodiloga said regretfully, "What's the use of talking about this now? I just signed a new contract last year. It was one of the largest contracts in Europe. I can't afford the liquidated damages..."

"What if the Lakers want you?" Sanz said specifically, "What if 'Legend Lu' wants to coach you?"

Legend Lu?

Bodiloga couldn't help but look at the court.

Legend Lu and the players stood on the temporarily arranged championship podium, and David Stern gave the same end-of-season speech.

The speech was accompanied by unwilling boos from Bostonians.

The happier Stern appeared, the angrier the fans became.

Damn it, why didn’t you look so happy when we won the championship?

When NBC reporter Ahmed Rashad turned the microphone to Louis and asked him to say a few words, Louis refused.

Louis said lightly: "This is the eighth championship in my career. I have nothing to say. If I have to say something, I promise the fans that we will come back here next year and win another championship!"

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In Louis' previous life, when Pat Riley got carried away and announced in 1987 that he would defend his title next year, the reaction of Magic and others was: "No!!!!"

Because that year was so hard that no one wanted to do it again.

But when Louis said this, his team members didn't feel anything.

Because Louis speaks well, doesn't train much, and likes to play long rotations, after one season, except for Wilson who takes on more responsibility, the others don't feel physically and mentally exhausted like the players who tried their best to win the championship in the past.

Wilson, who was most affected, just took it for granted.

Winning this year proves he can win without Ewing, and winning more titles after that will prove he's the best player ever.

With Louis' brilliant coaching resume to back it up, his astonishing remarks don't sound so scary.

Finally, Rashad handed the microphone over to Jerry Buss, hoping the controversial owner would wrap up the season.

Old Bass, who had been preparing for this moment for many years, cleared his throat and said, "What else can I say?"

Actually there are many.

"What is a curse? I don't think it exists!"

When you win, everything you say is right.

Although you have been defeated by the Celtics ten times in the finals in the past thirty years, as long as you win this time, those ten times will not count. What kind of curse? It does not exist.

"The only thing that exists is the yearning for the championship from generation to generation of Lakers players. We worked tirelessly for this until the end. Under the leadership of the great Legend Lu, we ended the history of being unable to defeat the Celtics in the Finals. I feel professional

There is no so-called curse in sports. Even if there is something similar, it cannot restrain our pursuit of the championship. The only proven curse is that Legend Lu has great magic and his team always wins. Today I

Confirming this, this is the only theory of the curse that I believe in!"

"I would like to thank all the staff of the Lakers. Over the past year, they have worked hard, persevered, and accumulated over time, finally enabled us to achieve our goal!"

Old Buss was very proud and said at the end: "Today, the most hateful sentence in English will become history - 'The Lakers will never be able to beat the Celtics in the Finals'. From today on, it will be the same as tonight.

Buried together with the Celtics, please all the fans who support us to join me in shouting those words... Lakers championship!!!"

Watching old Bass say such a long paragraph without thinking, you can imagine how long he has been preparing for this moment.

Although the last paragraph severely hurt Celtic fans, compared with what the Bostonians have done in the past, it is just a little interest.

Then it’s time for the FMVP awards.

There is no suspense.

Benjamin Wilson was elected the Most Valuable Player of the Finals after averaging 35 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8 assists per game.

(End of chapter)