1104 Arrival
The NBA in 2013 is a rare event. Starting from April, things that are unexpected or unwilling to believe begin to happen.
On April 14, the second-last game of the regular season, Kobe Bryant said goodbye to this season because he played for too long for a period of time and had a ruptured Achilles tendon. Although he had a decisive surgery the next day, the recovery effect was unpredictable. Everyone felt deeply sorry for a great star who could rank among the top ten in NBA history to suffer this misfortune in the late stages of his career.
Kobe's inner pain is even more serious, not only because his career is likely to be reimbursed, but also because he is chasing Jordan's most critical and last moment. Whether it is the number of career championships or the total career scores, he is already very close to Jordan. If he falls at this time, it can only be said that luck makes people feel bad, how can he bear it?
The impact of quarterly reimbursement in the quarterly game is great. First of all, Howard feels that he finally has the best opportunity to become the Lakers leader. After the team stumbles into the playoffs, he has to thank Kobe for enduring pain after a ruptured Achilles tendon. Howard declares that he will lead the Lakers all the way, at least to the Western Conference Finals.
Didn’t the Lakers be eliminated in the semi-finals under Kobe’s leadership last year? Now that he is led by the team, he will definitely be able to break through last year’s results. The implication is that he is Howard better than Kobe.
The idea is good, and everyone hopes that he can do what he says. Even Kobe is the same, but the result is that the Lakers were eliminated in the first round. And if Gasol, who had not been suppressed by D'Antoni throughout the season, had a brave performance and had a three-double and a quasi-triple-double performance, I'm afraid that the Lakers would not even win a game and would be swept directly.
After losing face, Howard started to force the palace again, asking the Lakers to meet his series of conditions, otherwise he would have to transfer to other teams. In response, all Lakers executives including Bus Jr., Jenny Buss, Kupchek, and even Phil Jackson kept him, and his sincerity was very strong.
Even the Lakers' performance can be called humble. From the huge advertisements they spent huge amounts of money to build and scattered throughout downtown Los Angeles, it can be seen that this NBA giant that pays great attention to the traditional center is really trying to keep Howard. For this reason, they issued a huge contract of $118 million for five years, but Howard was still unmoved.
With a light saying "The billboard cannot represent anything", Howard made all the Lakers' efforts in vain. He was stubborn and made two requests to Bus Jr. and Kupchek. First, fire D'Antoni, and second, pardon Kobe, at least he had to shut up on things about him.
Not to mention whether Howard's request is reasonable, just by asking these two unreasonable requests, we can see that he is not only naive and ridiculous, but also ungrateful, and really regards the Lakers' sincerity as a begging him.
The first request is fine. Anyway, D'Antoni is indeed not suitable for the Lakers with Howard. Buss himself slapped himself in the face, so it would be okay to hit him again. At worst, he could change his coach. As for whether to invite Phil back, he could discuss with his sister again, but the second request is that Buss would not accept it anyway.
The new Lakers boss publicly told the media that he could not accept Howard's request, because everything Kobe has done for the Lakers or his historical status determines that the Lakers must keep him in the Purple and Gold Army until he retires.
He also pardoned Kobe, just kidding. Howard is not just unreasonable. He is simply a high opinion of himself. He really thinks he has reached the level of O'Neal, but in fact, he is still far from the title of the greatest center in history and the most dominant center in history.
So, Howard chose to accept the four-year, 88 million contract issued by the Rockets, and claimed that even if he lost tens of millions, he would rather play in Houston and Harden. But in fact, because Texas’ personal income tax rate is completely negligible compared to California, he would not have lost as much as tens of millions. It was just to raise the banner and raise his position in the hearts of Houston fans.
Another thing also shocked the entire league. Last summer, Ray Allen left Boston and went to Miami for conflict with the team. This summer, the Celtics increased their pace of pushing to reconstruction. They sent the team's two elders Garnets and Pierce to the nouveau riche Brooklyn Nets. Almost overnight, the two giants in the league lost the qualification to compete for the championship next season, but the Nets gathered enough for Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Brooke Lopez, Garnett, and Pierce's luxury "Big Five" starting mode.
As soon as the news came out, everyone exclaimed. They all thought that next season, the Nets would change the pattern of the Eastern Heat and the Bobcats competing for dominance. However, a few days later, something even more shocking happened. The Bobcats actually destroyed the Great Wall. Next season, they will definitely not be the strongest team in the Eastern Conference.
Bobcats owner Michael Jordan personally announced that he will not renew his contract with the team leader, the three-time MVP winner Xiao Han, and from now on, Xiao Han will be able to decide which team to play in his own way.
A stone caused a thousand waves. Although people were half-true and half-falsely complaining that Jordan should not have combined Xiao Han and Qi Feng Luo Hao, after all, it was a matter of Bobcats and no one could interfere with it. But who would have thought that Jordan actually decided to give up Xiao Han and let him go for nothing. This was really unexpected. Jordan, who was already a national hero, suddenly had a huge patriotic halo on his head.
God testified that if Xiao Han had not left himself, how could Jordan let him go so easily? As long as Jordan doesn't leave, the team will always have many ways to keep him.
But of course Jordan would not tell this matter. After all, there are benefits to take. At most, he just goes with the flow and cannot be considered a fame, right?
Where will Xiao Han's next stop be? All the teams are ready to go, and everyone is looking forward to it, because they know very well that what Xiao Han makes will be the decision to truly change the league pattern.
In fact, because everyone knows that Xiao Han’s contract will expire this summer and he will be completely free by then, the competition for him has already begun.
Jordan's announcement may very well mean that Xiao Han has made a decision and this matter has already achieved a result.
Where? Where exactly? Everyone kept guessing in their hearts that when friends gather, they mostly used this as the subject of argument, but everyone was extremely anxious, and there was no movement on Xiao Han.
If Xiao Han doesn't stand up and speak, there may not be any clues. Someone soon broke the news, claiming that he saw Xiao Han on the Boulevard of Los Angeles, accompanied by beautiful women in the car. The news has not been confirmed yet. The next day, Xiao Han joined forces with the Lakers' official and Bus Jr., and Kupchek announced everything that he will play for the Purple and Gold Legion starting next season, and the Lakers gave him a three-year contract worth 100 million US dollars!
The annual salary exceeds 30 million!
This was too deafening. For a moment, people were discussing fiercely that it was not what impact Xiao Han would have on the NBA when he arrived in Los Angeles, but whether he was worth the price?
Thirty million, this is a hurdle that lies in front of all the maximum-paid players. James is not worth the price. Why is Xiao Han more expensive than him?
Of course, Bus Jr. has his own plan. He knows it very well. With Yao Ming's retirement, although the Rockets still have a great affinity in Chinese fans, their share and strength in the market are far less than before. If they can dig all these into the Lakers, how much income would it be? How could it be? How could it be that the millions given to Xiao Han every year and the luxury tax he paid for him?
Chapter completed!