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Chapter 23 Summer 2012

Xiao Du stood at the entrance of the home stadium with his hands on his hips, and silently watched Li Ke raise the O'Brien Cup and Bill Russell Cup.

He was very envious, but at the same time, he was also awake. Now he was in a different position from Li Ke.

Not to mention anything else, in this round of the series, what he can compete with Li Ke is his singles, and what he can surpass Li Ke is his three-point long shot.

But his defense, and his organizational passes from the second game, were not as good as Li Ke.

If you replace your opponent with someone else, such as Lebang, maybe Xiao Du will not face him.

But the opponent is Li Ke, who was his teammate during the NCAA period, and Li Ke, who has been his lifelong enemy since his rookie season.

Xiao Du was still willing to admit that the gap existed. He clenched his fists and stood at the entrance of the player's passage for a while.

Soon, Li Ke, who walked down with the FMVP trophy, appeared.

"Congratulations, Sheldon."

With a very complicated congratulation, Xiao Du's straight gaze could not hide his envy.

To be honest, Li Ke really didn't expect that Xiao Du, a keyboard warrior, would wait at the player's channel and watch himself come back with the trophy?

Although he was puzzled, Li Ke's first reaction was to hand the trophy to Xiao Du in a joke.

"What, Kevin, are you going to touch my fmvp trophy?"

Xiao Du stared at the trophy with envy, without taking action, just shook his head: "No, I just want to take a look at this trophy and then get it next season!"

OK, as soon as these words were said, Li Ke understood why Xiao Du had been waiting for him.

This is a letter of war!

Next season, Li Ke must defend his title. Only by defending the title can he establish a dynasty.

It can be said that next season is the real season that cannot be lost.

Xiao Du stated that he wanted to grab the championship and fmvp for the next season. Isn’t this just to challenge Li Ke’s current dominance?

You can't bear it, you can't bear it!

Li Ke chuckled: "Don't think about it, Kevin, you won't have a chance next season!"

“…”

...

The Bobcat returned to Charlotte with the trophy. After the grand championship parade, Li Ke's honor showroom had two more trophys.

One is his own fmvp trophy;

The other is a replica of this year's O'Brien Cup.

There are already three replicas of the O'Brien Cup and the FMVP trophy in the honor showroom.

But the first championship was in 2008, followed by two championships in 2011 and 12 years.

Bobcat and Li Ke, who were crowned for two consecutive times, are only one step away from the dynasty.

Sitting in the honor showroom, Li Ke's thoughts drifted...

At this time, the brick and football critics began to discuss Li Ke's historical status.

Although it is a little early, Li Ke, who was born in 1988, is only 24 years old until now.

No matter what, your career will have to reach its peak for seven or eight years.

However, in 2008, one win in 2008, two consecutive wins in 2011 and 2012, two consecutive wins, plus this year's regular season MVP and DPOY, Li Ke's personal honor is enough to join the competition of historical status.

Bill Simmons wrote in his personal column:

"The three-win championship is in hand, Sheldon's current historical ranking is second only to Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. He can't enter the top ten, but if the development goes well, the top ten will be around the corner."

Either they are doing rankings or the open-air stands on the way to rankings, but they think:

"Although he is still one less title than Kobe Bryant, Sheldon has an additional FMVP trophy, a best rookie, a fastest-progress player, and a DPOY trophy. It may be too early to say that he surpasses Kobe, but at least, the honors accumulate together, and with a brighter future, it is still not a big problem to keep Kobe."

To be tied for Kobe, this means that Li Ke is also one of the top ten goalkeepers in history.

Combined with the views of the two parties, Li Ke's current historical ranking is about 10 to 12.

If he can win the third consecutive championship, he will definitely surpass Kobe and enter the top ten.

Looking at these discussions, Li Ke also felt that it was a little too early.

At least, wait until he really wins this third consecutive championship?

...

In order to win the third consecutive championship, this summer, Li Ke chose to return to the Bobcats management.

Before the draft, Bobcats, who held three draft picks with the 30th pick in the first round, the 36th pick in the second round and the 41st pick, made a trading operation at the request of Li Ke.

They gave two second rounds, and they played less and less in this season.

Sent to the Timberwolves and traded to get a mountain in Puerto Rico - Jose Baria!

Last season, Baria received a three-year, $13.5 million contract from the Timberwolves, and her performance was worthy of the contract.

But the Timberwolves, who had all kinds of big signings, still failed to make it into the playoffs.

In this case, the Timberwolves must be corrected.

So Xia Zhuang opened the curtain, and the Timberwolves listed the team's two substitute point guards.

One is Barria and the other is Luke Ridno.

The two point guards are both between the main and the super substitute, and are very attractive to teams that lack substitute point guards.

The Bobcat joined the deal and picked out the more qualified Baria.

The reason why it is Barria is not Ridno.

It's because Baria has more hands on the ball and singles than Ridno, which Bobcats need very much.

After that, it's the draft.

In the 2012 draft, it is worth mentioning that the value of wingers has increased significantly because the Bobcats five swept the Cavaliers and the Thunder.

The Hornets, who were acquired by Tom Benson and confirmed to stay in New Orleans, but will be renamed as Pelicans, got the No. 1 pick.

Their choice was not affected, Anthony Davis, the No. 1 pick must be him and only him!

Then there was the second place, and the king who continued to play badly was compensated. Instead of choosing Thomas Robinson like history, they chose Michael Kidd Gilchrist.

A person with outstanding physical fitness, able to go from one to five wings, outstanding defense, and has the potential to become the next outside dpoy.

The disadvantage is that it is too rough, no shooting, or even no offense...

But the Bobcats' five-small performance made the Kings and other major teams that have not taken action yet believe that the future will be the world of wings, and it is right to choose the wings!

In this way, although the second pick in this time and space was not owned by Lao Qiao, the king still chose Maikeji.

Tanhua, the Capital Team was treated preferentially, and the Washington Wizards chose Bradley Bill as history.

It is also wings, with average defense, but outstanding projection.

In the fourth pick in the first round, the Raptors picked out another wing Terrence Rose.

In the fifth pick in the first round, the Pelicans took another move, choosing Dion Wittes with the first round pick obtained from the Timberwolves.

Witts, who is strong all his life, went to New Orleans and was going to partner with Brother Davis.

I wonder if Brother Davis can convince him...

In the sixth place in the first round, holding the Nets' draft pick, the Trail Blazers still picked up Damien Lillard's big miss.

In the seventh round, the Warriors chose Harrison Barnes, and the wings were not changed.

In the eighth place in the first round, the Pistons chose Andre Drummond.

It’s not that they don’t want to choose wings, but the high-quality wings have been taken away.

By the ninth pick in the first round, the Rockets, who were half-sold, had no more choice, so they had to go back and chose Perry Jones away.

That's right, if he ran the previous season, Perry Jones, who was still a genius striker who was a template for McGrady, stayed for one more year, and had no qualitative improvement, and had more potential for injury risks. The predicted ranking has dropped all the way to the middle of the first round.

Even so, Mo Gou still took action and took Perry Jones away with a lottery ticket, and decided to scrape the lottery.

Later on, the only choice worth mentioning is that the Nuggets will choose Evan Fournier and the Celtics will take Jared Salinger.

The quality of this draft is relatively bad in the middle, but in the future, high-quality rookies emerge one after another.

The 30th pick in the first round, the Bobcats selected the forward from Michigan State - Drummond Green, at the instruction of Li Ke.

Then it was the second round, and the Pistons chose Chris Middleton and the legendary Kyle Singler;

The Rockets took away Guo Da’s nephew and pointed directly at the Chinese market;

After the Trail Blazers picked up Lillard from Lotto, they picked Will Barton away in the second round;

The Cavaliers also chose the space-type number four Mike Scott;

Finally, the last player in the second round, the Lakers have reached the cornerstone of the future, Robert Thackeray!

The 2012 draft came to an end.

After the draft, the Bobcats' last few operations were renewing the contract with Stephen Jackson, Boris Dior, and $5 million for two years and $5 million.

The free market and transfer market have just begun, and the 15-man roster for the new season has been confirmed-

Center: DeAndre Jordan, Bismarck Biyonbo, Ta Gibson

Power forwards: Channing Fry, Boris Dior, P.J. Tucker, Drummond Green

Small forwards: Li Ke, Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace

Scoring guards: Wesley Matthews, Lance Stephenson

Point Guards: Stephen Curry, Jose Barrea, Sean Livingston

So from beginning to end, the Bobcats' roster changes were to praise the number one pick for Barrea, and the retired Byron Davis was replaced by rookie Drummond Green.

But both changes are important.

Baria made up for the Bobcats' lack of ball holding ability and perimeter three-pointers, which increased tactical changes.

Although Zhu Meng Green is a rookie, he can be regarded as an immediate combat power. His joining further deepens the depth of the Bobcats' wings.

There is another wing player who can reach the No. 5 position.

Next season, the Bobcats' five-small ranks more.

...

The summer of 2012 is the Olympic summer. The men's basketball team was led by Bob Deng Huade, led by Li Ke and Yao, plus Ali Lian, Dasheng, and the nephew Guo, who had just entered the NBA through the draft.

The lineup is complete and Li Ke is here, and his overall strength is also very considerable.

But compared to the Dream Team, it is still a lot worse.

Therefore, in the group stage, under the leadership of Li Ke, the men's basketball team defeated Russia, Brazil, Australia and the host Britain in succession.

In the end, he had a big battle with Spain, and with Li Ke scored 11 points in the last 5 minutes, he passed the game with 37 points in the whole game.

After winning all the group stages, the knockout stage entered the simple mode.

First of all, the men's basketball team and the Dream Team are both the first in the group, and at least before the finals, the two teams will not meet.

Afterwards, in the quarter-finals, the men's basketball team was bloody and abused the French team.

In the semi-finals, the men's basketball team beat Spain again.

In the final, facing the Dream Team, Li Ke was alone and the men's basketball team lost 17 points.
Chapter completed!
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