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Chapter 316 Where is LeBron Going?
Chapter 316 Where is LeBron Going?
Bobcats swept the Cavaliers, the focus of public opinion is not the Bobcats' promotion, but the more heated "Where is LeBron going?"
Almost everyone believes that LeBon will opt out of his contract and leave Cleveland when the summer comes.
But leaving Cleveland, where LeBron will go is elusive.
"New York, I think he will go to New York. Donny Walsh has already emptied the Knicks' salary space. It is said that he has even contacted Amare Stodamire, who was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs and made up his mind to leave Phoenix. With LeBron and targeted reinforcements, the Knicks have a lot to do next season!"
American Yang Yi Stephen A. Smith is considered a die-hard Knicks fan, but the Knicks option was not created because he is a Knicks fan.
Indeed, many experts and journalists believe that Le Bon will go to New York.
Big cities, high attention, flexible salary space, higher maneuverability...
It seems that there seems to be no reason for Le Bon to choose other teams.
But there are also bricks listed other options -
Mark Stein believes that the Bulls are also very likely. Although the Bulls don't have enough salary space, they can sign first and then change.
Just leave Rose, Luol Deng and Noah who has improved significantly this season, plus Lebron, the Bulls next season are also very competitive.
Most importantly, the Bulls have a tradition of success that the Knicks don't.
There is also Yuski Bayless, the beauty who has stood on the opposite side of Mei Yangyang most of the time. He believes:
"The possibility of the Nets is the highest. The Russian boss Prokhov is about to take over. He has already proposed the goal of winning the championship within five years. He will definitely launch the most violent pursuit of LeBron..."
In the end, Brian Windhorst, LeBon's queen reporter, gave an option that made people laugh: "He will stay in Cleveland, because this is his hometown..."
Why does the option given by the expert reporter closest to Le Bon make people laugh?This is related to Li Ke.
It has to be said that Li Ke's inexplicable mention of Lebon's possible departure from Cleveland after the game played a key role.
The media has been focusing on LeBon's whereabouts this summer, but the media's focus is useless. Before LeBon's departure from Cleveland actually happened, all they could do was make random guesses.
Li Ke, who is an actual opponent on the court, made such a remark, which is a bit like putting Lebron on the fire.
At this time, if LeBron doesn't stand up and say something, he will basically confirm the rumor that he will leave Cleveland this summer.
……
Bobcats have returned to Charlotte, next, they have to fight for the Eastern Conference Finals.
The opponent for the Eastern Conference Finals has not yet been decided, but after four games, the Magic have already led 3-1, and they are only one victory away from advancing.
It can be said that, basically, in the Eastern Conference finals, the opponent of the Bobcats is the Magic.
Against the Magic, the Bobcats are not as confident as they were against the Cavaliers. After all, they were beaten by the Magic in three games during the regular season.
At this time, it reflected how critical the final game of the regular season was to the Magic's victory.
At that time, Rivers even thought the Magic was nothing to worry about because of that victory.
It wasn't until later that the Magic's crazy players had a game, and Rivers discovered that he underestimated the Magic's group of outside scorers.
The playoffs also proved this point——
The strongest Magic is still the Sparks, but so far in the playoffs, Little Black Bean and Sr. Carter have averaged more than 15 points per game. Jamal Nelson, Rashard Lewis, and Michael Pietrus have also averaged double figures.
Comparing the sparks of 18 points per game in the playoffs so far, it can be said that the real firepower of the Magic is on the outside.
And the spark is just the fulcrum of the Magic Gatling...
Therefore, what Rivers needs to think about is how to ensure that his defense can withstand the Magic's group of outside scorers.
The last match in the regular season is not counted. In that game, Little Black Bean and Old Carter were obviously not at their best.
"To deal with chaotic battles, you have to defend man-to-man. Man-to-man is afraid of pick-and-rolls. Fortunately, the Magic don't play pick-and-rolls."
If the defense is still man-to-man, Rivers believes: "Then in the Eastern Conference Finals, it is still difficult for Kenyon and Tower to get playing time."
Lawrence Frank shook his head immediately: "That might be..."
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Rivers raised his eyes and looked at his chief assistant.
"Did you forget Dwight Howard? Against Shaq, chopping the shark is a good tactic, and against Dwight, chopping the Howard is also good."
Rivers' eyes lit up immediately, and Lawrence Frank reminded him.
Originally, after deciding on the strategy of continuing man-to-man defense from the outside line, he was still worried about how to deal with the threat of Warcraft without double-teaming the inside line.
Now, he has a way.
"Then the outside line is man-to-man, and the inside line is really unstoppable, so just foul. Anyway, we mainly focus on one big and four small ones, and the inside line is enough!"
The main player at the center position is Jr. Jordan, the substitute Kua No. [-] pick, the main force at the power forward position Kenyon Martin, and the substitute Tajibson. There are four capable insiders.
There are Ryan Hollins and Etan Thomas deep in the bench, plus two more, the number is enough.
If it doesn't work, both Tucker and Li Ke can reach the fifth position and fight against the sparks.
……
Li Ke didn't know that Rivers had already determined the tactics of the Eastern Conference Finals before the opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals were actually determined.
At the moment, his focus is still on Lebron.
"Whether Le Bon will go or not" is no longer a question, but he was still taken aback when he saw Brian Windhorst's speech.
"Is it possible that Le Bon will stay in Cleveland?"
You know, Brian Windhorst is Lebon's mouthpiece, and his speech doesn't look like a dying struggle.
After thinking carefully for a while along the direction of "Le Bon will stay in Cleveland", Li Ke suddenly discovered——
"It's not impossible..."
To put it bluntly, why did Le Bon leave?Because he wants to team up with his good brother.
But the fact is that in the history of the previous life, Lebron joined the Heat later.
Before he joined the Heat, Wade and Bosh had officially announced their partnership.
That said, maybe LeBron didn't want to take his talents to the South Coast in the first place.
His original idea, perhaps, was to bring the talents of Wade and Bosh to Cleveland or New York.
As a result, Wade's hand was one step faster, and Lebron's talent could only go to the South Coast.
But in this time and space, Li Ke fought back, causing a storm of public opinion about where Le Bang is going.
The storm of public opinion may have made the Lebon team realize that if they leave Cleveland, Lebon's various value damages will be unbearable for them.
So, why not put the group city in Cleveland?
"If now, LeBon makes an agreement with Wade and Bosh in advance to join the Cavaliers..."
Li Ke thought about the operability, and I have to say that it is still possible.
Although the Cavaliers have no salary space, the Cavaliers' existing players with contracts are basically high-quality resources.
From this point of view, Danny Ferry's operation this season is still very successful.
If the Cavaliers now have enough cap space to sign Wade and Bosh, they only need to send Richard Hamilton, Jamison and Moe.
In addition to Jamison, Xiao Mo and Hamilton are all expiring contracts next year.
Although Jamison has an extra year, it is not so difficult to add some draft picks, after all, his strength is still there.
In the end, if the Big Three cut their salaries a little more, everything would be fine.
"The Big Three of the Cavaliers are probably a little bit stronger than the Heat."
If the Cavaliers keep Varejao, plus the emperor and Daniel Gibson, as well as the substitutes Jamario Moon and Anthony Parker.
The Cavaliers' lineup does seem to be much more complete than the Heat's.
You know, the Heat in the previous life formed the Big Three, and the players left from the previous season were Wade, Haslem and Mario Chalmers.
Pat Riley basically created a galaxy warship from scratch, which is one of the reasons why the Heat of the Big Three have been criticized.
Pat Riley's team building method has already hurt the NBA's inherent team building model.
The later development of history also proved this point, and grouping became popular, and even worse "the most difficult road" appeared.
"Still watching the discussion about where LeBron is going?"
Suddenly a thick black hand patted his shoulder, Li Ke raised his head and saw Old Qiao's big face.
He nodded: "Interesting, isn't it?"
For Li Ke, it is indeed interesting to witness the birth of the top three giants up close.
"Your attention should be on the Eastern Conference Finals."
Saying so, Old Joe still asked curiously: "You have watched so much, do you have any guesses or thoughts on where LeBron is going?"
"Idea? Of course, but Michael, let me tell you what you think first..."
"Me? I was just wondering, why didn't this group of media experts include the Bobcats."
"Ok?"
Li Ke looked up in surprise, and Old Qiao continued with a smile:
"That's right, it's us. We also have a great chance. This summer, you, Stephen, and DeAndre are all on rookie contracts. This is the bonus in terms of salary space!"
"If we get rid of the contracts of Kenyon Martin and Etan Thomas, we have enough cap space to go after LeBron."
"If LeBron chooses to join, we can form a starting lineup of Steph, you, LeBron, Gerrard and DeAndre, plus a bench lineup of Wesley, Jared, and Tower. Isn't it much better than the rumors outside?"
The rookie bonus is indeed a huge advantage. With this advantage, the Bobcats can even win Le Bon without exceeding the cap.
However, Old Joe is obviously young.
"No way, Michael, haven't you seen through LeBron's mind?"
"What does LeBron think?"
Old Qiao was stunned for a moment, Li Ke rolled his eyes, and thought: It is also the management and senior management of the team, Old Joe is still a bit worse than Pat Riley.
"LeBron, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, they are all the stars of the 03 draft, and without exception, after the expiration of their rookie contracts, they chose an unusual 3+1 contract extension. Why?"
The doubt on Old Qiao's face deepened: "Why?"
"Why else, they have so many contacts in private, the relationship is better, it seems that they have already thought about it, and they want to join forces!"
"No way?"
"Michael, although you are very old, your thinking is really young."
"If you really don't believe it, you can let LeBron, Dwyane Wade and Bosh come to Charlotte in the summer..."
Li Ke shook his head. As a latecomer, he didn't know that Old Qiao was not thinking too young. To be precise, his thinking was still stuck in the 90s.
He couldn't imagine that players in the same draft who were supposed to be opponents would actually discuss joining forces.
Especially Lebron and Wade, both of them are at the MVP level.
MVP teamed up with each other, does this NBA have a future?
"By the way, Michael, I think you should pay attention to the transfer market. If the Cavaliers use the team's big contract to exchange air, James James' teaming up will almost be confirmed."
……
In the West, the Lakers followed the Bobcats, swept the Jazz and entered the Western Conference Finals.
After that, the Magic, which led 3 to 1, won G5 back home and entered the Eastern Conference Finals with a total score of 4 to 1.
The Eastern Conference finals were the first to determine the matchup, and the league also rushed out of the schedule.
No matter when the Western Conference Finals starts, anyway, the Eastern Conference Finals will start first.
Of course, the league also took into account that the rest of the Western Conference semifinals might reach the tiebreaker, so it slightly postponed the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, in order to prevent the opening time of the Finals from being too far away from the Eastern Conference Finals.
In this way, the Bobcats and Magic are both preparing for the game, after watching the series between the Nuggets and the Spurs.
The Spurs are very tenacious, and as the Nuggets of the Galacticos, they gradually exposed their problems.
Whether it is Guagua, Bilu, or JR who is on the bench, they are not the kind of scorers with stable output every game. When they meet the experienced Spurs, the problem immediately becomes apparent.
Thus, the series continued until the tiebreaker.
However, in the tiebreaker, the Nuggets of the Galaxy Battleship still showed their strength.
Mainly the old sharks, with a strong inside attack, Rao has Duncan's Spurs, and he can't stand it a bit.
In the end, the Nuggets won the tiebreaker and joined the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
This playoff is still a playoff without upsets.
Things are going to start, and the media's predictions are also released.
"There should be little suspense in the West. Although the Nuggets have formed the Galaxy Battleship, their problems have gradually been exposed since the playoffs. Facing the stronger Lakers, they should not be the opponents of the Lakers."
"In the Eastern Conference finals, the Magic 3-1 the Bobcats in the regular season, which seemed to have a huge advantage, but in the match at the end of the regular season, the Bobcats beat the Magic in turn."
"Considering the coaching change in the middle, the addition of the new head coach Rivers to the Bobcats should be counted."
"These two teams should be [-]-[-]."
"The suspense of the Eastern Conference Finals is the biggest."
Regardless of the suspense, before leaving Charlotte, Li Ke determined the ultimate goal of this season through a communication with Joe Sr. and Rivers.
"Beating the Magic and entering the finals is our ultimate goal this season."
"Whether the finals win or lose, we will wait until the finals!"
In other words, no matter what, the Bobcats have to win this series in front of them.
(End of this chapter)