Chapter 91 Where is LeBron?
The Bobcat swept the Knights. The focus of public opinion is not the Bobcat's promotion, but the increasingly popular "Where is Lebang?"
Almost everyone believes that Lebang will break out of the contract and leave Cleveland when summer comes.
But leaving Cleveland, where Lebang goes, it is elusive.
"New York, I think he will go to New York. Donny Walsh has cleared the Knicks' cap space. It is said that he has even contacted the first round of the playoffs and has made up his mind to leave Phoenix's Amarest Tadameier, plus LeBron, with targeted reinforcement, the Knicks have great potential next season!"
American Yang Yi, Stephen A. Smith, is considered a hardcore Knicks fan, but the Knicks option is not because he is a Knicks fan.
There are indeed many expert reporters who believe that Lebang will go to New York.
Big cities, high attention, flexible salary space, and higher operability...
It seems that Lebang has no reason to choose other teams.
But some bricks have listed other options—
Mark Stein believes that the Bulls are also very likely. Although the Bulls do not have enough salary space, they can sign first and then exchange.
Just keep Rose, Ruldon and Noah, who has made significant progress this season, plus Lebang, the Bulls next season are also very competitive.
Most importantly, the Bulls have a tradition of success, and the Knicks don't.
There is also the beauty Yuskipberes who has been standing opposite to Mei Yang Yang for most of the time, and he believes:
"The possibility of the Nets is the highest. Russian boss Prokhov is about to take over and has set a goal to win the championship within five years. He will inevitably pursue LeBron's most fierce pursuit..."
Finally, Lebang's royal reporter Brian Windhorst gave a funny option: "He will stay in Cleveland because this is his hometown..."
Why do the options given by the expert reporter who is closest to Lebang make people laugh? This is related to Li Ke.
It has to be said that Li Ke’s inexplicable mention of Lebang’s possible departure from Cleveland after the game played a very critical role.
The media has focused on the whereabouts of Lebang this summer, but the focus of the media is useless. Before Lebang left Cleveland really happened, all they could do was to guess randomly.
As the actual opponent on the court, Li Ke mentioned this, which was a bit like a roasting Lebang on the fire.
At this time, if Lebang didn't stand up and say something, it would basically confirm the rumor that he would leave Cleveland this summer.
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The Bobcats have returned to Charlotte, and next they have to fight for the Eastern Conference Finals.
The opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals has not been decided yet, but after four games, the Magic have already led 3-1, and it is only a victory before advancing.
It can be said that basically, in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bobcats' opponent is magic.
For Magic, the Bobcats are not as confident as against the Cavaliers. After all, they were killed by the Magic three times in the regular season.
At this time, it shows how crucial the final victory against the Magic in the regular season is.
At that time, Rivers even thought that magic was not worth worrying about because of that victory.
It was not until later that the Magic's crazy players drew a game, and Rivers realized that he underestimated the Magic's group of outside scoring scorers.
The playoffs proved this too—
The Magic's strongest is still Sparks, but so far in the playoffs, Little Black Beans and Old Carter have both scored 15 points per game, and Jamal Nelson, Rashad Lewis and Michael Pitrus have also scored 15 points per game.
Comparing the sparks that have averaged 18 points per game so far in the playoffs, it can be said that the Magic's real firepower point is on the outside.
And sparks are just the fulcrum of magic, Gatlin...
So, what Rivers needs to think about is how to ensure that his defense can withstand the Magic's group of outside scoring scorers.
The last regular season match did not count. In that game, Xiao Hei Bean and Old Carter were obviously not in the best condition.
"When dealing with chaos, people have to be on guard against people, and people are afraid of pick-and-roll. Fortunately, the magic doesn't play pick-and-roll."
If the defense is still targeting people, Rivers thinks: "Then it will be difficult for Kenyon and Ta to get the time to play in this Eastern Conference Final."
Lawrence Frank immediately shook his head: "That might be..."
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Rivers raised his eyes and looked at his chief assistant.
"Did you forget Dwight Howard? Chopping Sharks is a good tactic against Sharks, and Chopping Huo is also good against Dwight."
Rivers' eyes immediately lit up, and Lawrence Frank reminded him.
Originally, after determining the strategy of continuing to defend against the outside line, he was still worried about how the inside line without assisting double-teams should deal with the threat of Warcraft.
Now, he has a way.
"Then the outsiders are watching. If the insiders really can't defend themselves, just foul. Anyway, we focus on one, one, four, and the insiders are enough!"
Jordan Jr. in the center position, the substitute Kwok No. 1 pick, Kenyon Martin in the power forward position, and Tagibson in the bench, and four of them can be played by a capable insider.
There are also Ryan Hollins and Itan Thomas deep in the bench, and two more are added, and the number is enough.
If it really doesn't work, Tucker and Li Ke can both reach the No. 5 position and fight against sparks.
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Li Ke didn't know that before the opponent in the Eastern Conference Final was really decided, Rivers had already determined the tactical strategy of the Eastern Conference Final.
At this moment, his focus is still on Lebang.
"Whether Lebang is gone" is no longer a problem, but when he saw Brian Windhorst's speech, he was still stunned.
"Is it possible that Lebang will stay in Cleveland?"
You know, Brian Windhorst is Lebang's mouthpiece, and his speech does not seem like a dying struggle.
After thinking carefully in the direction of "Lebang will stay in Cleveland", Li Ke suddenly discovered-
"It's not impossible..."
To put it bluntly, why did Lebang leave? Because he wanted to join forces with his good brothers.
But the fact is that in the history of previous lives, Lebang later joined the Heat.
Before he joined the Heat, Wade and Bosh had officially announced their joint efforts.
In other words, maybe Lebang didn't want to bring his talent to the South Coast.
His original idea might be to bring Wade and Bosh's talents to Cleveland or New York.
As a result, Wade's hand was one step faster, and Lebang's talent could only go to the South Coast.
But in this time and space, Li Ke took action, which led to a public opinion storm of Lebang Qun.
The public opinion storm may have made the Lebang team realize that if they leave Cleveland, Lebang's various value damage will be unbearable.
So, why not put the city you are in Cleveland?
"If Lebang agreed with Wade and Bosh in advance, join the Cavaliers together..."
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 free up enough cap space for signing in Wade and Bosh, they just need to send Richard Hamilton, Jamison and Moe Jr.
Except Jamison, Mo and Hamilton are both expiring contracts next year.
Although Jamison has been a year longer, it is not that difficult to get a pick or something, after all, his strength is still there.
Finally, if the Big Three reduces their salary, everything will be done.
"The Cavaliers' Big Three are probably a little stronger than the Heat."
If the Cavaliers leave Valaijo, plus the Supreme Emperor and Daniel Gibson, as well as substitutes Jamario Moon and Anthony Parker.
The Cavaliers' lineup does look much more complete than the Heat.
You should know that the Heat in their previous life formed the Big Three, and the players left behind in the previous season were Wade, Haslem and Mario Chamos.
Pat Riley basically created a Galaxy battleship from scratch, which is one of the reasons why the Big Three Heat have been criticized.
Pat Riley's team building method has already damaged the NBA's inherent team building model.
The subsequent historical development also proved this point, and a more severe "hardest road" emerged.
"I'm still watching the discussion on where LeBron is going?"
Suddenly, a thick black hand patted his shoulder. Li Ke raised his head and saw Lao Qiao's big face.
He nodded, "It's very interesting, isn't it?"
For Li Ke, it is indeed interesting to be able to witness the birth of the top three giants at close range.
"You should focus on the Eastern Conference."
As he said this, Lao Qiao asked curiously: "You have read so much, do you have any guesses or ideas about where LeBron is going?"
"Thoughts? Of course there are, but Michael, let me tell you what you think first..."
"Me? I'm just wondering why this group of media experts didn't count the bobcats."
"Um?"
Li Ke raised his head in surprise, and Lao Qiao continued with a smile:
"That's right, we are also very likely. This summer, you, Stephen, and DeAndre are all rookie contracts, and this is the bonus of salary space!"
"If we take away Kenyon Martin's contract with Itan Thomas, we have enough cap space to chase LeBron."
"If LeBron chooses to join, we can form a starting lineup of Stephen, you, LeBron, Gerrard and DeAndre. With Wesley, Jared and Ta's substitute lineup, it's no better than those rumors outside?"
The rookie bonus is indeed a huge advantage. With this advantage, Bobcats can even win Lebang without overdoing the hat.
But, Old Qiao is obviously young.
"No, Michael, haven't you seen through LeBron's thoughts yet?"
"What is LeBron's idea?"
Old Qiao was stunned for a moment, Li Ke rolled his eyes and thought to himself: The team's management and senior management, Old Qiao is still a little worse than Pat Riley.
"LeBron, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, they are all stars in the 2003 draft, and without exception, they chose an unusual 31 contract extension after the rookie contract expired. Why?"
The doubt on Lao Qiao's face became even deeper: "Why?"
"What else can they do? They have so many private contacts and good relationships. They have already thought about it and want to join forces!"
"No way?"
"Michael, although you are already very old, your mind is really a little young."
"If you really don't believe it, you can let LeBron, Dwayne Wade and Bosh come to Charlotte in the summer..."
Li Ke shook his head. As a latecomer, he didn't know that Lao Qiao was not too young. To be precise, his thoughts were still stuck in the 1990s.
He couldn't imagine that players who were supposed to be opponents in the same draft would discuss joining forces together.
Especially Lebang and Wade, both of them are MVP-level.
MVP joins hands 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, it will be almost confirmed that Zhan Weibo will join forces."
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In the West, the Lakers followed the Bobcats and swept the Jazz to enter the Western Conference Finals.
Then, the Magic, who led 3-1, won the g5 who returned to home and entered the Eastern Conference Finals with a total score of 4-1.
The Eastern Conference Finals first decided the match, and the league quickly set the schedule.
No matter when the Western Finals begins, the Eastern Finals will start first.
Of course, the league also considered that the remaining match in the Western Conference semi-finals would probably reach the tiebreak, so it slightly pushed back some of the time to start the Eastern Conference Finals, so that the finals would not be too high as the Eastern Conference Finals.
In this way, the Bobcats and the Magic were preparing for the game and watched the Nuggets and Spurs series.
The Spurs are very tenacious, and the Nuggets, as the Galaxy battleship, gradually exposed their problems.
Whether it is Guagua, Bilu, or the substitute JR, they are not the kind of scorers with stable output in each game. When they meet the experienced Spurs, the problem will immediately become prominent.
So the series continued to tiebreak.
However, in the tiebreak battle, the Nuggets of the Galaxy Battleship still showed their strength.
The main thing is the old shark, who has a strong attack in the inside line, and even the Spurs, who own Duncan, can't stand it too much.
In the end, the Nuggets won the tiebreak and met with the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
This playoff is still a playoff without any upsets.
The east-west starts to fight, and media predictions are also released.
"The suspense in the West should be small. Although the Nuggets formed the Galaxy battleship, their problems have gradually been exposed so far in the playoffs. Faced with the stronger Lakers, they should not be opponents of the Lakers."
"In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic of the Regular Season 3-1 Bobcats looked huge, but in the end of the regular season, the Bobcats defeated the Magic in turn."
"Considering the change of coaches in the middle, the bonus of new head coach Rivers to the Bobcats should be included."
"These two teams should be in the 55th."
"The suspense of the Eastern Conference Final is the biggest."
Regardless of whether the suspense is big or not, before leaving Charlotte, Li Ke determined the final goal of this season through a communication with Lao Qiao and Rivers.
"Defeat the Magic and enter the finals, this season, our ultimate goal."
"Whether the finals are won or lost, we will talk about it when it comes to the finals!"
Chapter completed!