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Chapter 1414 The wicked Dallas

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The Lakers defeated the Magic with a score of 4-0 to defend the championship and win the second championship in the Legend Lu era.

Phil Jackson can accept this result calmly.

Because the strength of the Lakers is visible to the naked eye, they cannot deceive themselves because the gap in strength is so obvious.

O'Neal can even laugh, which is related to his undisciplined nature.

Moreover, he feels that he still has many opportunities to win the championship in the future. If he misses this time, he can always win next time.

"Brother, it's an honor for you to take the game so seriously. Let's do it again next time."

O'Neal can feel that Duncan's attitude towards the game is obviously different from that of the Lakers players.

Others just wanted to win, and Duncan obviously wanted to knock them down in one fell swoop.

Duncan said flatly: "No problem."

He didn't explain anything. O'Neal didn't know that his name had been popular among the Lakers as a joke for several months.

If this isn't immoral, Louis doesn't know what is.

But now, although there are turbulent undercurrents between labor and management, no one is calling for a lockout. The current labor agreement will not expire until next summer. Therefore, the American Basketball Association has already arranged the roster of the new Dream Team.

When Louis held the championship trophy in his hand and was asked about how many more championships he planned to win in the future.

Louis said funnyly: "Not one, not two, not three, not four"

Louis shook hands, hugged, and greeted as usual.

Afterwards, the Lakers returned to the locker room and changed into uniform T-shirts before returning to the scene.

Because no matter which one it is, there are a lot of problems that make people shake their heads.

In similar circumstances, those with more prestige will win the prize.

Compared with him, Bill Walton pales in comparison, Bird falls short of the championship, Ewing does not deserve to be included in the discussion, let alone O'Neal and Webber.

Louis doesn't care what lineup the U.S. team will use to participate.

Sometimes, judges will also take reputation and sophistication into consideration when selecting candidates.

This year is the year of the World Championships, and the competition tasks are heavy.

He didn't have to rest, because he was the coach of the Chinese team, so after finishing the draft, he had to fly home.

The championship should have to wait until Sydney in 2000. As for now, we have to determine the direction of the team and try out the depth of FIBA.

If Benj wants to compete, with his status, he can completely collect the data and win the game.

Although his ultimate goal is to compete for the championship, it is not now.

But, starting from today, everyone will no longer have fun with O'Neal.

After comprehensive consideration by the judges, Duncan, who averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks per game in the finals, beat Bodiloga, who averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game by a clear advantage, and was elected the most valuable player in the 1998 Finals.

players.

The Lakers didn't need to prepare much for the 1998 draft.

The Bucks resisted the temptation of "picking the inside if you don't know who to pick" and selected Vince Carter from the University of North Carolina among a number of young talents.

Moreover, because of Louis, this year's World Championships is a little different from previous ones.

Long guard Reeve LaFrentz went to Denver as the seventh pick.

Right now, the Lakers' main roster is very young.

For example, although Sampson was Louis' hand-picked trump card, in actual fighting, it was Barkley who had the best effect.

Jackson also asked him something: "Will FMVP cause division among you?"

You just make your choice, why do you have to ask someone to help you choose?

Bea's favorite, Antawn Jamison, went to Philadelphia with the fourth overall pick.

Dumas hesitated between retiring and not retiring.

The players on the stage burst into laughter, but Louis just emphasized seriously: "I mean, we have the ability to win until we don't want to win anymore."

Then comes the only suspense left this year, who will be the MVP of the finals.

Benj's secret to winning is just two words: perseverance.

He can definitely lead the team to victory with the most luxurious statistics, and then the media will undoubtedly select him as FMVP.

But Louis was grateful he didn't.

This time it was Louis himself who made the decision not to renew Rodman's contract, and nothing the old Buss said was of any use.

With this, Duncan became the second superstar after Lou Alcindor in 1969 to be highly touted before entering the NBA but ultimately failed to live up to the hype.

Selecting the Lakers' Finals MVP is as difficult as finding the first player on the Dream Team.

Because all they have to do is supplement the immediate combat power of the two lower picks.

Then came the Houston Rockets, who had the second pick, and they selected dexterous guard Mike Bibby.

The real contenders are Duncan and Bodilloga.

Larry Hughes went to the Clippers as the eighth overall pick.

He will not attend the subsequent championship celebrations, but will fly directly to China to participate in the men's basketball training camp.

Joe Dumars' contract expired and he won two consecutive championships with the Lakers. He has proven himself, and he is older this year. If he continues to play, he can naturally win the championship, but it seems to be meaningless.

But since Benj has just finished the most mediocre finals of his career, averaging only 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, he is destined to miss the FMVP.

The transaction is as follows. The Mavericks used the third pick to select Michael Olowokandi, the second pick, and sent him to the Sacramento Kings. The Kings selected Dirk Nowitzki with the sixth pick in the first round and sent him to the Sacramento Kings.

The signing rights were sent to Dallas along with a 2002 first-round draft pick.

However, this year's first-round pick will be the only first-round pick that the Lakers can control independently in the next few years.

It can be seen from the people who have left the team that the Lakers mainly need to supplement the inside line.

Louis defied all odds and selected high school player Rashard Lewis with the last pick in the first round.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This year's NBA draft is held here, and the team with the No. 1 pick is the Milwaukee Bucks.

Veteran Buck Williams has determined to retire and then develop into an interior coach. He has determined to stay with the Lakers.

Although they want the German Dirk Nowitzki, they just don't like to bring someone home with a bright and clear choice. They have to trade down, drag an unlucky team and the general manager to back them up, and make it with them.

A deal that is enough to put the other party into shame.

In the previous world championships, due to the NBA suspension, American stars refused to be called up. Therefore, the American team could only field a second-rate team and naturally could not compete for the championship.

At the same time, this is the first World Series since Louis coached the men's basketball team, and he attaches great importance to it.

As soon as the season ended, Liu Yuqing took a leave of absence from the team.

What needs to be added is the gap in the bench.

Liu Yuqing's request for leave reminded Louis.

In the background of the Dirk trade in the previous life, Tractor Robert Traylor went to Atlanta with the fifth pick.

"Most likely not."

Paul Pierce was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 10th overall pick.

June 24, 1998

Bonzi Wells went to Seattle as the 11th pick.

The glory stage belonging to the champion has been decorated.

It is almost impossible to find a young man who can perfectly replace Rodman and Buck in the draft.

In his rookie year, he led the team to 77 wins and won the championship, and was selected to the first team, first defense, All-Star, DPOY and FMVP.

Then, it wasn't until the 29th pick in the first round that it was the Lakers' turn to take action.

It will be difficult to find a No. 1 pick in this year's draft that everyone is convinced of.

Then there is Rodman. Last year, he stayed for one more year thanks to the favor of old Buss and the indulgence of Louis. As a result, he got into trouble and didn't play a few games. Although it was able to attract traffic to the team, it did harm to the team's image.

Too big.

The first-round picks in the following years were either traded or out of their control (first-round swaps).

Because this is something Benj gave up on his own initiative.

Louis could only say that it felt good to see someone he knew.

Compared to last year, the championship this year was much easier to win, so they were not as overly emotional as last year.

For a person who is occasionally selfless, you can say that he is pretending, but for a person who always behaves selflessly, you have to admit that there are really people in the world who don't care about other things except winning.

Then there's the Mavericks, who are sitting on the third pick.

Then, the season ends.

Then with the last pick of the second round, Purdue University senior big man Brad Miller was selected.

Other than that, the Lakers have no other operations.

This year's draft is a natural one.

Since Louis and his allies basically have no desires and desires, there is not much operation. Who to choose or not depends on their own arrangements. Therefore, the entire draft was uneventful without any twists and turns.

Happy New Year

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