Extra 2: The Next Stop (Part 1)(1/2)
"Where will Sheldon Lee's next stop after leaving the Bobcat?"
Espn's official website, this analysis article written by Zach Lovey has been on the headlines for almost a week.
After Li Ke officially announced his departure from the team, everyone had a question, where would Li Ke go?
A group of paparazzi reporters gathered at Los Angeles International Airport, as well as some mysterious people with unknown identities.
As soon as Li Ke's special plane left Charlotte landed, these people were ready and looked quite excited.
Tom Jia is a smart person among these reporters. He knew that when he chased Li Ke at this time, he would never have any answers.
Because the transfer market has not opened yet, even if Li Ke really has a next company, it will definitely not be made public now.
The new president of the league, Stu Jackson, is now focusing on the rules. Li Ke is now making his debut, which is to openly violate the rules and will be severely punished.
Therefore, Tom Jia believes that what he should be staring at now is not Li Ke, but those mysterious people with unknown identities outside the airport.
For example, in a Mercedes-Benz MPV not far away, all the windows were covered with dark car masks, and thick curtains were also blocked between the front and middle and rear compartments.
Not far away, a strong white man in a suit, like a bodyguard, kept stretching his head, as if he was observing, looking for something.
Tom Jay was sure that the owner of this car, or in this car, was a heavyweight NBA.
"Who will it be?"
There is no need to guess again from Tom Jae, the article by Zach Lowe has already made a detailed analysis.
The league today is very different from two years ago.
In the Western Conference, the Thunder and Spurs are still top teams, and the changes in the core of the main players are not much.
After the joining of Pao Ge, the Warriors rose strongly and formed a three-legged stalemate with Leima.
Further down, the Clippers, the Trail Blazers and the Grizzlies are the three teams in the West that can stabilize the playoffs.
The rest are not very stable.
For example, the Rockets who are now building a nuclear team with Chris Bosh and Golan Dragic, the Mavericks who are old drivers and still have the power to fight, the Pelicans who are building a team with Davis, and the Jazz who are core with Gordon Hayward...
In the east, the Knights have not disintegrated yet, but they are not far from disintegration.
In 14 years, Lebang and Wade gritted their teeth and executed the player options and stayed for an extra year.
But in the 14-15 season, Wade was injured and old, and Lebang was unable to support himself. This team of cavaliers was easily abused by the Bobcats.
By this year, Lebang and Wade both have expired their contracts, and it is unlikely that they will stay in the team.
The Knicks' lineup is luxurious but embarrassing. The Nets were cheated by the Celtics again, but it was just a small trick, so there was no big problem.
Overall, the East is dominated by the Bobcats, and then there are a bunch of second-rate teams.
Some public opinion believes that unless Li Ke turns to the Cavaliers and joins forces with Lebang and Wade, the east will still be the world of Bobcats, even if this Bobcat is no longer Ke.
From the current situation in the league, top teams have no space and no intentions, and bad teams Li Ke cannot go. Only those mid-level teams with space have the opportunity to grab Li Ke.
Of course, there are also people who are good at it: Li Ke joins hands with Lebang and will rule the alliance for the next ten years!
But everyone knows that Li Ke and Lebang have become as powerful as fire and there is no possibility of joining forces in the past two years.
Therefore, after a comprehensive analysis, there are only a handful of possible places for Li Ke to go.
First of all, there are the Lakers. Kobe is not as bad as he was in his previous life, and he lost a lot of competitive state.
Sister Jia is still here, and even rejuvenates her second spring in her career.
With the number one player, Vucevic, who has grown rapidly, this Lakers can be regarded as a typical mid-level team in the West.
It is also very easy to sign Li Ke. Kobe jumped out of his last year's contract and had a salary space.
At that time, we will sign Li Ke first and then sign Kobe back. Next season, the Lakers will be able to form a core lineup of Kobe, Li Ke, the first brother, Gasha and Vucevic, with great combat power.
The second is the Clippers in the same city—
Griffin and Sparks, this Clippers are actually just one outside superstar away from the top team, and Li Ke is obviously very suitable.
After the Donald Sterling racial discrimination incident in 2014, the Clippers also changed their boss, and Steve Ballmer is a boss who is happy to burn money.
It is no problem for him to provide three maximum salary at the same time.
Some experts provided a trading plan for the Clippers. Eric Bledsoe, who had an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars from the outside, took two or three middle-class people to sign and then exchange with the Bobcats, thus obtaining Li Ke.
As long as Li Ke joins, adds Glifen and Sparks, role players, etc., isn’t it just a matter of making up for it?
The third is the Nets who are a little desperate now-
They were cheated by the Celtics, but fortunately they were only picks. In terms of the overall lineup, they also had Jiba, a friend who could attract Li Ke to join.
There are many big contracts in the team, so there is no need to worry about signing and replacing them.
The fourth is the Heat, which has been dormant for two or three years.
Irving grew rapidly, but it is impossible for me to rise to become a top-notch team with just one Irving.
Pat Riley has never been a calm team president. This summer, Li Ke officially announced his departure, and Lebang and Wade's contract expired. He had already decided to make trouble.
The difference is that you either get to the stomach to get Li Ke, or you can get to get back to Wade and get to Lebang.
Fifth, the Rockets they want in the past two years as long as they are superstars.
There is plenty of salary space, and there are also giants and All-Star Dragic in the team.
The sixth is the Mavericks who are willing to cut their salaries and have sufficient salary space.
With an old driver here, the Mavericks' strength is not bad.
The seventh team is different from the above six teams. There are rumors that Li Ke left Charlotte to join forces with Xiao Du.
The rumors are rumored to be both nose and eyes, and even the transaction of signing for Li Ke in Daluo was prepared in advance.
Apart from the above seven teams, there is no other possibility.
When the plane landed, Li Ke has read this analysis article by Zach Lowe for the third time.
It must be admitted that this top espn expert still has something to do. If Li Ke really had to choose the next company according to his inherent ideas, there would indeed be only these six companies to choose from.
But he is not. What he wants to choose is a team that can make him the boss, or at least a small boss.
After such screening, Li Ke himself became a headless fly, and he didn't know how to proceed to the next step.
Thoughts drifted away like this, and Li Ke walked out of the airport terminal silently.
Crack Crack Crack Crack…
Almost in a blink of an eye, reporters were crowded in front of him.
"Sheldon, you have officially announced your departure from Charlotte. Can you tell me where your next stop is?"
"Sheldon, you chose to arrive in Los Angeles after leaving Charlotte. Are you ready to join the Lakers or the Clippers?"
"There are rumors that you have already confirmed your next home. Is this happening?"
"Rumors say you left Charlotte to join forces with Kevin Durant, please respond!"
“…”
Li Ke waved his hand and, under the escort of the bodyguard beside him, quickly walked to Emma Roberts's nanny car.
But at this moment, the Mercedes-Benz mpv, which was originally parked not far behind, suddenly accelerated and stopped in front of Li Ke's car.
This made Li Ke stunned. Until the door on one side opened, a man in black came down and made a gesture of inviting him. Only then did he react and bent down and got into the car with his head down.
Not far away, Tom Jia was very excited because he had already happened to know the owner of the car because his eyes were fixed on this Mercedes-Benz mpv in the morning.
"They don't know, only I know!"
"As soon as Sheldon Los Angeles landed, he was intercepted by Steve Ballmer!"
"This is big news!"
...
Li Ke just sat firmly and turned around and saw Steve Ballmer, who just acquired the Clippers last year.
Ballmer gave his right hand, smiled and shook Li Ke, and greeted him enthusiastically.
Then, he handed a cigar and asked, "Do you smoke?"
Li Ke shook his head, although it was very popular in the league to draw this thing.
Especially when you win the championship, someone will always take out a pile of cigars and spread them in the locker room, and then the entire locker room will become smoky.
Li Ke is not interested in this thing. Emmm, he is a good child who does not smoke or drink.
"Well, Sheldon, I'm going to get to the point. You should know that I'm the owner of the Clippers now."
"I know……"
"The Clippers' current state is that they are neither up nor down. Dwight and Blake cannot lead the Clippers to a step further, especially Dwight. When we were rushing to him, he was blown to the sky and the earth, and directly with you and LeBron, but now..."
Ballmer shook his head, "So, we need a real superstar who can only be you!"
Li Ke nodded slightly, but then shook his head: "Steve, don't say anything he can only be yours. I think you should understand my requirements before recruiting me."
So Ballmer made a gesture of listening.
To be continued...