Legend of Tomorrow

Chapter 251



O'Neill three finals, three consecutive fmvp, announced that the league has entered the "big shark" era.

In the history of NBA, only three teams have completed three consecutive Titles: the Celtics, the bulls and the Lakers. The Lakers are the first team to build a dynasty in the 21st century, which is a great start.

In the history of NBA, there are only O'Neill and Jordan. This award was established in 1969, so Russell, the "Lord of the rings", has never done it.

In addition, the Celtic 8 consecutive championship period, the gold content of honor is not high, the League a total of 8 teams, even three-point line, three seconds violations, limit offensive time these rules are not very comparable.

After winning the championship, the most exciting is not O'Neill who won the trophy, but veteran Mickey Richmond who is about to retire.

Richmond finished his last season with injuries to his left knee, right calf and right rib. In the final two minutes of the final game, Phil Jackson put 36 year old Richmond on the court to play garbage time. He scored two points with his signature jump shot, and the whistle sounded a few seconds later to win the championship.

At the ceremony, O'Neill came to Richmond with the trophy and handed it to him. Richmond hugged the trophy and tears came down his face. He thought it was a perfect ending.

Guo Xu's heart is also full of emotion. His Laker career will come to an end. When he entered the league, he broke a lot of records with the team and won two championships. However, he felt that the ending was not perfect enough.

Because his starting point is too high, no matter where he goes, there will be a psychological gap, from thrifty to extravagant is easy, from luxury to thrifty is difficult.

Los Angeles is the best city in the NBA, and the Laker is also the most popular team in the world. It has always been very attractive to the stars. How could Guo Xu not have thought of staying here forever, "a city for a person's life"?

Moreover, in the NBA, except for a certain emperor's team change which can improve the historical status, other star players' team change will affect their historical status, even if they do not change teams frequently and do not go to the TV station live broadcast, the decision of one, two, and three will also have a great impact.

Unfortunately, Guo Xu joined the Lakers too late. This is not his team. He has no choice.

At the press conference, the three giants of the Lakers were all the main players. In addition to asking them how they felt, they also asked about Guo Xu's future.

As early as in the middle of the season, the major media have confirmed that Guo Xu will definitely leave the team after the end of this season.

The total salary of the Lakers exceeds the salary cap. According to the NBA labor agreement, they can only provide Guo Xu with a contract with the maximum starting salary of the full middle class clause of that year. Obviously, a full middle-class player can't match the offer of other teams to Guo Xu.

This rule allows some outstanding second round rookies to be unrestricted, and the NBA's desire to protect the rights and interests of the rookie's parent team has also lost its effect. The league has long held a meeting to determine the "Guo clause" this season. However, the loopholes in the labor agreement can not be made up for the time being, and these new provisions can only be added when the old labor agreement expires in 2005.

In the future, the "Guo clause" rule is that the invitation contracts of other teams should not exceed the full middle class in the first year, allow an increase of 4.5% in the second year, reach the maximum salary that the player can sign in the third year, and increase by 4.1% according to the salary of the third year in the fourth year and after. There is also an additional clause: if the increase in the third year exceeds the annual increase of 4.5%, the salary space of the team offering the quotation must be greater than the average annual salary of this contract.

In fact, this is Guo Xu's previous "arenas clause", which can not only allow players to obtain large contracts, but also protect the interests of the parent team, so that free players without "Bird rights" can be really restricted. This is only for the second round rookies who have signed a rookie contract for one or two years.

After 2005, inspirational second round rookies will have some bad luck, signing contracts and making less money. Guo Xu is now unrestricted. On the contrary, he signed a big contract two years earlier than the high ranking Rookies of the same grade and got a high salary. This is very cool.

Guo Xu gave a positive answer: "yes, I'm going to leave the Lakers. I'm very sorry, but it's a fact. I'll follow the news every day to learn about the situation of the Lakers and the NBA labor agreement. It's a loophole in the rules. I can't leave it unless I'm willing to accept a middle-class contract. "

No one interrupted, waiting for Guo Xu's following.

Guo Xu said with a wry smile: "in Los Angeles, I had a wonderful two seasons. Here, my brothers and I have achieved great success. I want to say sorry to all the Los Angeles fans who support me. In addition, don't blame the management. They have no way to deal with the salary cap

The fans of Wenqing who watched the press conference live on TV all cried out. It's a pity that the top three giants in history were dismantled because of the loopholes in the labor agreement.

Last summer, after abandoning grant, the Lakers signed all base salary players, with a total salary of $54 million. If the Lakers want to drop below the wage cap, it is not enough to trade Kobe and send away another middle-class player. Of course, the price is too high, and other teams will not come forward to "assist" the Lakers.It's too late to trade Kobe this summer. Other team managers are not stupid and can start from the ground. Except for the Bulls manager, if the Lakers can get back at least a brand in the morning, maybe they can catch Artest.

"Where is your next stop?" the reporter asked

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'm sure I'll go to the East because Kobe and Shaq said that if I dare to join the western team, turn around and beat me up the next time I meet, I'm afraid."

All the people on the scene laughed. Although it was a joke, the feelings of the three were obviously very good.

David Stern paid close attention to the press conference. Listening to Guo Xu's words, he was very happy. This is the best choice. There are no stars in the East. If there are no big brands willing to go to the East, there is no suspense in the annual finals. Where is the audience rating?

"I'm very happy and a little sad that the Lakers have established a dynasty today," O'Neal said in an interview. Because I know this is the last game Jason and I played with the Lakers. This is really a very unreasonable renewal rule. If the three of us have been together, I think we can win at least five championships, maybe we can impact Celtic's eight consecutive titles

"It's a pity, Jason is a great teammate on the court and a good friend off the court. I wish he could stay," Kobe said. Because the three giants are determined to disband, during the second round of break, we recorded a song together. Jason's original song will be released during the championship parade

The reporter asked, "are you singing with Jason and shakel?"

"Yes, I believe that this song will certainly move everyone. It represents our friendship. Even if we become opponents on the field in the future, I will never forget the days when we fought together to create a great record. We are the strongest combination in history. " Kobe's eyes were a little red at the end.

In front of the TV, many Laker fans were crying. Everyone was very curious. What kind of songs would the three of them sing?

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