unfinished glory

Chapter 304
After the game, David West held the game ball for a long time and refused to let go. This is his dream championship.Young players may only have the joy of winning and feel that the future is long. Only veterans like Horford and Joe Johnson know that this championship is not easy to come by.

The MVP of the finals is undoubtedly Li Chongxiao. This championship allowed him to accumulate seven championships, six FMVPs, and five MVPs. He has surpassed Jordan in terms of major honors.

In the rankings that people like to discuss most, Li Chongxiao also ranked No. 1 in history for the first time because of these great honors. This may be what people often call "one championship over Jordan".

Li Chongxiao himself didn't care about these rankings. He first played because his grandfather loved him; later, he wanted to play in the professional league because he wanted to inherit his father's unfinished business.Entering the NBA and achieving this kind of achievement now will make him feel that those players did not waste him pulling him up.

This honor belongs to grandpa, to father, and to those great players who quit due to injury.

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In the next season, the Lakers wanted to add some players, but there were no big fish in the market, and they couldn't trade good players.

David West decided to retire after playing for half a season. After winning the championship, he has no desires. After the contract of more than 1000 million is executed, there will be no big contracts in the future.

Jabari Parker has grown up day by day. This is the fourth year of his rookie contract. He also hesitated for a long time before choosing to renew his contract.

The contract that the Lakers gave him was not up to the maximum salary. When other teams could offer the same or even higher price, he wanted to go to a weak team to try to be the boss and see if he could follow Li Chongxiao's path.But he felt that his skills were still lacking, and wanted to learn from Li Chongxiao for another season or two.

The contracts of Joe Johnson, Jennings, and James Johnson are still there, and the Lakers just keep the thickness of the supplementary lineup.For some other basic salary players, if they don't want to leave, the Lakers will continue to keep them. The salary space is not enough, and they can't sign better players.

The aging of the lineup this season has allowed them to only achieve No. 4 in the Western Conference, and they are still ranked below the Grizzlies.After eliminating the Clippers in the first round, they met the Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals and were eliminated in six games.

Durant led the team to a league-leading record of 68 wins and 14 losses. His personal data also rose to 33 points, and he won the MVP of this season.

After missing out on last season's MVP, Westbrook's triple-doubles are worthless this season.He didn't even make it to the playoffs, and the statistics couldn't stand up to scrutiny. Naturally, the judges couldn't vote for him.

As for the third brother James Harden, he also averaged 32 points per game, but the team's record is also confused.The current competition in the Western Conference is too fierce. If you want to enter the playoffs, you need a very strong lineup to support it.

Li Chongxiao ranked No.2 on the MVP list, even better than James with a better record.The main reason is that his scoring has further improved to 43.1 points this season.

In fact, before the end of March, he averaged only 41.1 points per game.With this average score, he has successfully surpassed Kobe and Malone in January and February 2018 respectively, ranking No.2 in the historical total scoring list.

However, according to the calculations of the media, if the average score is maintained, the total score will become 38237 points by the end of the season, which is 38387 points less than the 150 points of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the top of the list.

It's just the total score of more than three games. Li Chongxiao feels that there is no need to keep this record until next season.So in the 8 games in April, he started the violent attack mode and scored 8+ points in 50 consecutive games, including 60+ in four consecutive games and 70+ in two consecutive games.The scoring average for the entire April was 62 points, abruptly turning the season average into 43.1 points.

In the last regular season game, he successfully surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and finally scored 38401 points, becoming the all-time scoring champion.

Ten years ago, everyone thought that Kobe or James could achieve this achievement at the end of their careers, but no one could have imagined that someone would accomplish it at the peak of their careers.

The appearance of Li Chongxiao simply broke people's perception of scorers. I thought Jordan was the embodiment of perfection, but I didn't expect that there would be better people.

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The aftermath of Li Chongxiao's scoring frenzy lasted until the finals, before the heat slowly subsided.The battle between the Knicks and the Mavericks, James and Durant is currently the biggest attraction.

After a six-game battle, Durant finally had the last laugh and won his first championship.

The influence brought by Durant's championship is huge, and every team in the league has a stronger desire for superstars.

It is difficult to leverage a star like Li Zandu who can change the league by himself, but there are still a few stars like Curry who can change a team.Leonard, Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis are all like this.

In the past two seasons, the teams of these players had mediocre results, so many teams began to seduce these players.

Leonard did not play well in the Spurs, and he was very displeased with the team's style of dunking, so he refused to renew his contract with the team at all.And he also learned from Paul George, and revealed through his uncle's channels that he will jump out of the contract next season and return to his hometown of Los Angeles to play.

As the conflict between him and the team intensified, the Spurs had to send him away.But without a contract renewal commitment, other teams can't give good bargaining chips.The Raptors are willing to give DeRozan, but the Clippers have better chips.Except for Paul George, all the young potential stocks were basically given away, and Ballmer was just for a gamble.

Anthony Davis has no intention of leaving, but the team dare not neglect, in exchange for Cousins ​​as a partner, the team's strength has improved by leaps and bounds.

Antetokounmpo was originally considered the least likely to leave.When he entered the NBA, he was not favored by others. It was Kidd's insistence that he was trained emphatically and finally stood out.Kidd is still there, so he should stay.

Who would have thought that the owner of the Bucks would be very dissatisfied with the fact that the team only entered the Western Conference semifinals.A lot of luxury taxes have been paid, but the team has not improved much, not to mention the finals, not even the Eastern Conference finals.So he fired Kidd, the head coach who lost 0:4 to the Knicks in the playoffs.

Antetokounmpo called Kidd and said what to do to keep Kidd on the team, and Kidd replied that he should play well with peace of mind.Although he has a new contract, the Bucks still dare not take it lightly.The management promised him a lot of privileges, so he immediately cried at the press conference and expressed his reluctance to part with Kidd, but for the sake of the team, he accepted such changes for reasons.

From the performance of these players, we can see that the current league atmosphere has changed, and it is no longer an era of loyalty.While players get more money and attention, they also get more honors.

Paul George and Leonard both forced the palace to leave during the contract period, and Anthony Davis was also ready to move.The league hates this situation deeply, and can only issue policies, expressing strict penalties for players who are designated as the next home, and announcing that the transaction is invalid.

(End of this chapter)