The rest is just noise

The Western Stars defeated the Eastern Stars, and Michael Jordan, who had been frustrated recently, won the AMVP trophy.

Due to Jordan's recent poor condition, even Benj, who always liked to compete with him, gave up the competition, which helped the former a lot in his pursuit of amvp.

Why is Jordan in poor condition? Because of Rick Pitino's series of operations.

Pitino's various performances don't look like a professional sports manager. What is he more like? He looks like a 2k player.

Yes, managing the team is not a very serious matter for him. However, Pitino did not realize that in the professional basketball world, the significance of making a trade is far greater than that of recruiting a player in college basketball.

A high school student with a bright future.

Because for college coaches, recruiting is everything. Not in the NBA. In the NBA, trading is everything. Generally speaking, for teams that are always looking for changes, you can only get the changes you want by making trades. But

Even if you do education, the changes you will get are unpredictable.

Pitino has no regard for human nature in the transaction process. He is like a game player, addicted to the power in his hands.

Trade away all the players he is dissatisfied with. If one transaction cannot achieve the goal, then trade him again. For him, except Jordan, no one is untradeable.

Last summer, Olajuwon, who worked hard for the team, was eager to get a decent pension contract. He is already 35 and a half years old, and this will be the last big contract of his career.

After careful consideration, Pitino wisely discovered that giving Olajuwon dignity would make the team's financial problems difficult in the next few years.

Moreover, they gave Dameng dignity, what could Dameng give them?

He is old, slow and lazy, does not know how to contribute at all, and does not conform to his own coaching philosophy. Is it necessary to make such a big sacrifice and compromise just for the sake of face? Moreover, in the past few years at the end of the peak of Dameng, he has

He hasn't won anything in Portland. Can the Portlanders expect that at the age when his competitive ability is about to decline, he can rejuvenate and lead the team to success?

When you don't want to do something, you can find countless reasons. But when you want to do something, you don't even need a reason.

Pitino decided to make a decision that would be frowned upon by the world - "Considering the team's personnel structure, financial problems and long-term planning, we decided not to renew the contract with Hakeem Olajuwon..." There is a dream in life.

Each is wonderful. Hakeem has established a performance in Portland that is enough to retire his jersey. His contribution will never be forgotten. Let us look forward together."

There is no problem at all in not renewing Olajuwon's contract. He is indeed overwhelmed with the heavy responsibility.

The question is what was obtained after sending away Olajuwon.

Pitino's answer was to acquire a player named Ammon Gilliam from the Timberwolves.

Gilliam was an additional bonus in the Bodilloga trade between the Timberwolves and Kings the year before last. Just imagine, a player that the Kings don't even want, what can he bring to the Trail Blazers?

Pitino's love of collecting mediocre power forwards is such a hobby that the Portland media dubbed his little habit "Pitino's Cup Renewal."

The so-called refill means that when people hear a new drink in the bar, they will ask for a refill to try it out. A mediocre power forward is Pitino's new drink. He will never refuse a mediocre power forward. Last season,

The Trail Blazers can also have an iron triangle headed by Jordan, Kidd, and Olajuwon.

This season, only Jordan and Kidd are left.

Fortunately, one of Jordan and Kidd has a strong ability to protect the team, and the other has a high minimum limit to lead the team, so the Blazers' record has not significantly fluctuated.

The bad news is that without Olajuwon in the penalty area, the Blazers' life in the West will become increasingly difficult. This is where Jordan's life is unsatisfactory.

The hope of winning the championship is like a flame that can be extinguished at any time. He can no longer see the possibility of competing for the championship.

In this way, it is understandable that everyone works together to help Jordan compete for AMVP. After all, this little life is really useless.

All Ming

After Star Weekend, everyone became opponents again. The Lakers showed no mercy to the Trail Blazers.

In the first game after returning from vacation, the Lakers did not find their form like last year. On the contrary, the Trail Blazers looked like they were resting.

Tonight, Barkley didn’t know whether it was intentional or not. Before the game, he deliberately wore two championship rings and wandered around. When he walked up to Jordan, he complained intentionally or unintentionally that the championship rings were not the right size and were too difficult for him.

Big fat hands.

Jordan's eyes swept over Barkley faintly.

Barkley laughed dryly and said: "Michael, actually the feeling of winning the championship is just that. It's nothing special. You don't know how uncomfortable it is to wear this ring. Sooner or later I threw it away..."

Louis witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of Barkley showing off in front of Jordan. This scene simply ruined your outlook!

In his previous life, when this fat man went out to buy donuts, he would meet eight passers-by who laughed at him for not having a championship. Now the situation has changed. Jordan stared at Barkley and only asked one sentence: "Does it feel like winning the championship?"

Barkley originally wanted to make a joke with Jordan, but he didn't expect to really hurt his good brother.

He wanted to make a sympathetic expression, but because he was too proud, he couldn't help laughing happily: "Although the quality of the ring is not very good, the feeling of winning the championship is so damn good! If you win the championship, the world will be clean, those

People who say you can't succeed can no longer say such nonsense. Oh, I really wish Pat was still here. I have a lot to say to him..."

Although Barkley spoke as if Riley had passed away, Jordan was in no mood to talk about useless things. In this game, due to their poor state, the Trail Blazers lost miserably to the Lakers on the road with a score difference of 38 points.

Pitino's several gaffes were captured by the media.

Two years ago, Pitino was so prosperous when he first took over as coach/general manager/president of the Trail Blazers, but now the media is so rude when he takes over.

When people asked Pitino what he needed to do to lead the team out of the predicament, Pitino replied feebly: "When the players can accurately execute my tactical intentions, we can get out of the predicament."

"But what if the players have been unable to implement the tactics? Can we still see the Blazers regain their glory in 1977?" I don't know why, this sentence made Pitino angry.

"I also want to win all the games like the Lakers, but we have a damn luxury tax! I also want to buy the whole world, but we can't do that!" The media can't get enough of Pitino breaking defenses in a lifetime.

"Everyone, the era of Bill Walton is already very far away. We can only run towards the future, but cannot go back to the past! We have to look forward! Look forward! Always look forward!"

Is there anything more accurate than this scene that proves that the Trail Blazers' championship luck in the Jordan era has been cut off?

Probably no more.

As Pitino wished, everyone decided to move on.

After all, with the Lakers here, paying attention to the Trail Blazers is completely redundant.

The former has a 99% chance of winning three consecutive championships this year and establishing a dynasty, while the latter may not have a chance to win another championship in the next ten years.

The Lakers' journey continues.

They have the potential to explode after the All-Star break.

This kind of thing is actually not conducive to a strong team that mainly focuses on the playoffs. It is easy to have ups and downs if the state starts too early.

However, the Lakers are still a team whose performance fluctuates greatly. Because there are too many young people, it is easy to be led astray once the wrong rhythm occurs.

Moreover, there is a strange phenomenon happening to the Lakers.

That is, the young people in the team have obviously made great progress in the new season. Logically speaking, their strength should be stronger than last season, and their record should also be better than last season, but the result is not like this.

Compared to last season, this year's Lakers lost more games after the All-Star break.

Although overall, no team can threaten their position, when the regular season reached the final stage, people found that the Lakers lost one more game than last season.

76 wins and 6 losses

The Lakers in the 1998-99 season did not

It was as high as people imagined, but it was a small step back from last year. Regarding this result, Louis was extremely calm.

"For the fans, the Lakers have become the team of God. We will not be tired, we will not be tired, we will not be selfish, and we will not have all kinds of problems that only ordinary teams have. So, when we only win this year

In the next 76 regular season games, they can stand on the moral high ground and accuse us of all kinds of negligence, as if we have done something that is outraged by both humans and gods." Louis said helplessly, "In fact, not long ago, a nerd hugged us.

A bunch of data accused me of my work in the offseason affecting my preparation for this season...At that time, I really wanted to punch his glasses and break them."

"But, I'm a person who doesn't believe in violence, so you know, his glasses are still intact."

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