Until exactly three o'clock in the afternoon, no news about the trade was received from the Lakers.

This also shows that the Lakers’ transactions with other teams this season are over!

Of course, they can also sign some free agents or pay attention to the buyout market, but the team will not have high hopes for players signed through that method.

Although it was expected, Lin Tian was still a little disappointed because the team did not make any moves on the last day.

He could feel that Nance Jr., Clarkson and others sitting next to him breathed a sigh of relief.

As role players of the team, they definitely don't want to be traded away by the team.

The exposure of City of Angels is unmatched by other teams! It also greatly helps to increase their commercial value.

Now that it is impossible for them to be traded away by the team this season, the hanging heart has been put back into the stomach.

There is no need to worry anymore, at least this season.

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Early the next morning, Lin Tian and the others entered the United Center Arena for training.

Of course, they were just arranged by Bulls staff to a small training facility in the arena.

As for the home arena, you can only go to warm-up training when the game is about to start.

The training hall arranged by the Bulls for them will definitely not be very well-equipped, but it will be fine as long as they can train normally.

After all, it's an away game, so you can do whatever you want. They can arrange a training facility for you, which is pretty good.

Sometimes, when some teams go to other cities to play away games, there will be no training facility at home.

When the Lakers' afternoon training was about to end, Gasol came to "visit" the team.

Although they are no longer Lakers players, the friendship between Gasol and Kobe is still enviable.

This is also because Gasol's character is relatively soft and not so strong.

Tonight, they will be opponents.

After Kobe and Gasol finished their greetings, all the Lakers players returned to the hotel for dinner.

Then Lin Tian took out his mobile phone and browsed for a while, briefly looking at the summary of this season's transactions announced by the media.

Compared with previous years, the transactions that occurred in the middle of this season can be described as earthquake-level!

Just the deal regarding Howard is already extremely shocking, with the No. 2 pick being sent away, and the No. 7 pick Randall being sent away...

All of this is inseparable from the three words Lakers.

In recent years, only the Lakers have dared to make such a drastic trade in the middle of the season.

Lin Tian looked at the news about the Cavaliers again.

This season, the Cavaliers originally wanted to send Varejao away, but the Lakers intercepted it and traded Channing Frye, which the Cavaliers were very interested in.

As a result, the Cavaliers were not able to send Varejao away as they wished.

Lin Tian's time travel has completely changed the pattern of the entire league! Without Channing Frye, there is a question mark as to whether the Cavaliers can win the championship this season.

Another strong team, the Warriors, didn't make any big moves.

Almost all of their winning lineup from last season has been retained.

As for the transactions of other teams, they were all trivial, and Lin Tian didn't pay much attention to them.

Two hours after eating, the Lakers generals returned to the United Center.

The main stadium was already open, and when they arrived at the arena, many fans were already seated here.

The United Center is also of great significance to Kobe.

Because the protagonist of this arena was Michael Jordan, a player known as the God of Basketball.

After Kobe arrived at the arena, he subconsciously looked up at the championship banner and retired jersey on the top of the arena.

The Bulls have retired the jerseys of six players in total, and Jordan is one of them.

Kobe's eyes were only fixed on the No. 23 jersey.

He spent his whole life chasing that figure. In the end, he found that there was still a gap between himself and the God of Basketball, and he had to compromise with himself.

No matter what, he worked hard, fought hard, shed blood and shed tears for this.

Now in the last season of his career, Kobe is relieved.

He smiled wryly and shook his head, then signed autographs for his fans who came to the home court.

This is Kobe's last season. Many fans cannot buy tickets at all, or cannot afford them, and can only buy tickets for the Lakers' away games. There are actually a lot of such fans.

It can be said that Kobe fans account for almost one-fifth of the entire United Center!

There were many fans wearing the Bulls' red No. 23 jersey in the arena. Even though Jordan has retired for more than 10 years, his influence remains as strong as ever.

When Lin Tian looked up at the fans, he could clearly feel that the psychological pressure caused by the fans here was a bit high.

As Jordan fans, these fans seem to exude an invisible sense of arrogance.

They looked down at the Lakers players who were warming up on the court, feeling a sense of oppression from the God of Basketball.

This also let Lin Tian know that it is not easy to conquer the United Center Arena.

At this moment, the Bulls players are also conducting warm-up training in the other half.

The Bulls' record this season is much worse than last season.

At this stage of the season, their record is 25 wins and 27 losses!

If they continue playing like this, they may not even make it to the playoffs this season.

You know, last season they made it to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and finally met the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals and were defeated 4:2.

The Bulls are also the only team in the entire Eastern Conference to win two games from the Cavaliers in the playoffs.

Other Eastern Conference teams that faced the Cavaliers, such as the Celtics and Hawks, were all swept by the Cavaliers.

The Bulls' lineup has not changed much this season, but the cooperation of the "Big Three" has become increasingly difficult.

Among them, Butler is already the veritable boss...

In this regard, Rose was unable to use his performance on the court to retaliate against Butler. The injury had a great impact on him, which made Rose feel like he was defeated.

The Bulls also have two players selected to the All-Star this season, one is Gasol and the other is Butler, of which Butler is also the All-Star starter.

As for Rose, since the 2011-2012 season, he has missed the All-Star for four consecutive seasons.

Butler was warming up and chatting with team forward Mirotic and others.

Rose, who was practicing three-pointers, seemed a little lonely and seemed out of tune with the entire team.

He himself is a taciturn person and only likes to silence people with his performance on the field.

But when his performance is no longer satisfactory, not many people will care about his feelings.

Lin Tian has a good impression of Rose, not only because he reminded Lin Tian to pay attention to the way he plays last time, but also because of his humble and friendly manner.

Unfortunately, the NBA is always just a business.

This summer, Derrick Rose, the youngest MVP, will be ruthlessly kicked out by the Bulls after finishing this season.

Lin Tian had previously considered hinting that the team would find a way to trade Rose, but Rose's big contract was beyond the reach of the Lakers.

His salary this season has reached 20 million U.S. dollars. In the entire Lakers team, only Kobe Bryant's salary can match Rose...

Moreover, Rose is good at playing with the ball, but has almost no three-point shooting ability. His defense has been affected by injuries and has also declined sharply.

When he joins the Lakers, the effect may not be as good as Clarkson's now, and the management must be very aware of this.

After the players warmed up, the game officially started.

The starting lineup sent by the home team Bulls is: Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, E'Twaun Moore, Nikola Mirotic and Gasol.

The starting lineup for the away team Lakers is: Clarkson, Kobe, Lin Tian, ​​Tucker and Howard.

The first ball of the day was grabbed by the Bulls.

Rose controlled the ball, and he used his familiar rhythm to pass Clarkson at the beginning and scored the first point of the day.

After all, Clarkson is only a second-year player and still lacks defensive experience.

Although Rose's speed is no longer what it was back then, his ball-handling experience has improved a lot. It's still not that difficult to beat Clarkson alone.

Howard served from the bottom corner and Lin Tian controlled the ball.

The current Lakers do not have a true No. 1 position, which also allows Lin Tian to control the ball without any scruples.

After halftime, Jimmy Butler came over while swearing: "Hey! Rookie! Let me educate you today!"

Jimmy Butler was drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the 30th overall pick in 2011.

In the first two seasons of his career, Jimmy Butler was an out-and-out role player and could only act as a younger brother beside Rose.

In his third season, last season, he suddenly broke out. In addition to being selected as an All-Star, he also won the Most Improved Player Award and was even selected to the All-Defensive Second Team!

His performance this season is still outstanding, he was selected to the All-Star again, and became an All-Star starter on the first day.
To be continued...