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Chapter 143 Quickly determine the next stop!
January 6, Los Angeles, Staples Center Arena.

G5 is played at the home court of the Lakers.

From the moment the game started, the Lakers celebrated early and cheered.

To be reasonable, this doesn't take the Pacers seriously, but so what?
After all, Jaylen Rose is not Kobe. He can come back quickly after being stepped on, showing his amazing ability to beat Xiaoqiang to death.

Jaylen Rose came back early in the fourth game, but, not to mention the stealth in the offensive, he was sieved defensively, and he couldn't play after only playing for more than 20 minutes.

In the fifth match, he didn't dare to compete like a subject and continued to fight.

So, at this time, the performance of the blacksmith version of ST sounded in the arena.

From the first quarter of the game, it was the offensive performance of the Lakers.

What are you asking about?
Don't ask, it's a blacksmithing show.

Kobe showed four ups and three irons.

Billups showed a three-point shot of Iron Lu.

Bowen found that Tie Bao missed a shot.

Big Ben showed off his muscular shooting skills.

Plus O'Neal's free throws.

To be fair, it is impossible for such a team to win a championship.

However, the Lakers did it, and they did it for two consecutive years.

In fact, striking the iron is not terrible, what is terrible is that after striking the iron, there is still a chance to get back to the basket.

The scary thing is that the Lakers hit the iron, and the Pacers can't even think about not hitting the iron.

With these two alone, the Lakers are invincible.

hum~~
With the missed three-pointer, the buzzer sounded, and the 99/00 season finals ended. The Lakers won the NBA championship trophy 4-1 with the Pacers.

At the same time, O'Neal was elected the Finals MVP without any suspense, winning everything.

Kacha~
The camera flash flashes, and the picture freezes.

Kobe and O'Neal wore championship caps, smiled and held up the championship trophy together, surrounded by Billups, Big Ben, Bowen, Rice, Ginobili, Lewis and so on.

In fact, none of them are important, what is important is that Li Muyan stood beside him handsomely, suppressing all living beings.

All singing and celebrating, all smiles, enjoying the night.

Li Mu put his hands on his waist and looked around the entire arena. He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, looking down on all living beings as if he was in the world.

……

The next day, Li Mu slept until the sun was drying his buttocks.

Bell~~
There was a rapid burst of phone ringing.

In a daze, Li Mu picked up the phone, "Hey, do you have a sense of public morality? He's going to sleep!"

After speaking, Li Mu hung up the phone.

The whole world is quiet.

Li Mu continued to sleep.

I was too tired to play last night.

This has to be made up.

It wasn't until lunch time that Li Mu woke up reluctantly.

His belly was revolutionizing, so he could only surrender and get up to feed.

After washing up and getting dressed, just as I was about to go out, the phone rang again.

After answering the call, it was the general manager of the Bulls who called, straight to the point and wanted to invite Li Mu to be the head coach of the Bulls.

Bulls!
After Jordan retired, he was recognized as the worst team in the league.

Fortunately, this team is rotten, but it has a lot of draft picks.

With Brand and Artest in the formation, it's a good place to go.

However, Li Mu has conditions.

It's not that you agree to just increase the money, but also give privileges.

Otherwise, he doesn't want to stay on that lousy team.

"It's easy to say, let's not talk about the annual salary. If I become the head coach of the Bulls, I want the team's player trading rights. Can you agree?"

"..."

The general manager of the Bulls is not Xingzhe Sun and Zhe Xingsun, how could he say yes and say yes?

Then, the two sides failed to negotiate, and the invitation of the Bulls head coach was abandoned.

After searching for food, the phone rang again. The general manager of the Grizzlies explained the purpose of the call.

Li Mu made his own request, but was rejected again.

It's hard to do now.

His requirements are not high.

Do you want to take a step back?

In the afternoon, West called, not to discuss contract renewal with Li Mu, but to tell Li Mu.

The Lakers signed with Phil Jackson, a four-year $4 million contract, which confirmed the new head coach of the Lakers.

This time.

Li Mu didn't even have a way out.

At this time, Li Mu was so nervous that he felt that his career as a head coach had come to an end.

In order to relieve the tension, Li Mu called one or two people at night.

He is not as strong as Ip Man, one has to fight ten.

Li Mu asked himself, one hit two, it is still no problem.

Another day has passed.

At noon on the 20th, Li Mu was woken up again by a ringing bell.

Bell~~
Li Mu picked up the phone, "Hello, who is there, what's the matter?"

"I'm John Gabriel, the general manager of the Magic. Excuse me. Is this Mr. Li Mu?"

"Well! It's me."

"..."

Next, John Gabriel explained his intention to invite Li Mu to be the head coach of the Magic.

Magic.

What the heck is a bad team.

In the lineup, there are no outstanding players.

However, in the next 5 years, there were 9 first-round picks, and the Magic emptied the team salary.

This year, three maximum-salary players can be signed during the offseason.

The potential is huge.

Originally, the best choice for the Magic was to invite Phil Jackson to coach. As a result, Jackson is not a superstar lineup, and he still looks down on the Magic.

In the competition with the Lakers, the Magic lost.

Now that the Lakers have a new head coach, then Li Mu is free, right?
So, the Magic decided to poach the Lakers, and they called Li Mu.

"The position of the head coach, I am willing to coach, but..."

Li Mu was still uncompromising and gave up his request.

"When I coached the Lakers, the management gave me the right to choose a lineup.

I just don't know, how sincere is the management of the Magic team? "

"It's easy to say, if Mr. Li Mu agrees to coach the Magic.

There are 5 core players in the lineup, the management decides, and the others are up to you. What do you think? "John Gabriel is quite generous, only retaining the rights of the core players, leaving all the other corners to Li Mu.

"Okay, you choose!

Happy cooperation! "Li Mu also accepted as soon as he saw it, and quickly confirmed his next stop.

……

On June 6, the Lakers held a championship parade. In the evening, Lakers owner Jerry Buss held another party.

Li Mu attended and officially bid farewell to the players and management of the Lakers.

On June 6, Li Mu packed his luggage and flew to Orlando, where he formally signed a full contract with the Magic, with a two-year, $23 million contract. In addition, there are financial terms.

If you meet the prescribed tasks of the Magic, you can get an annual salary of 350 million US dollars a year.

It's not as good as Phil Jackson's annual salary of 500 million, but Li Mu's head coach's level price is not low.

After the signing, no press conference was held.

Li Mu quickly devoted himself to the formation of the Magic's new season lineup.

First of all, to participate in the 2000 draft.

In fact, it is the star that needs to be signed.

In other words, the 2000 draft is known as the worst draft in the new century.

The Magic have a good draft, with two Lexiu picks.

One is the 5th pick and the other is the 13th pick.

……

(End of this chapter)