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Chapter 304 "Everyone Has Interests" Bulls [First update, please subscribe]

The Bulls finally won the championship, and Lu Yu finally won the MVP.

It was originally a big joy, but as Lu Yu expected, those who are full of fame will definitely be full of slander.

Fans who like the Bulls will naturally not say much.

But in the past two days, there are still many people who insist: "The Bulls won the championship this time because they were lucky and took advantage of all kinds of advantages", and all the doubts are nothing more than three angles.

From the first point of view, it is said that the Bulls won the championship because they took advantage of the injury. Specifically, it is still a commonplace talk about Bowen's injury.

In addition to Bowen's injury, the Spurs were weak and were swept by the Bulls in the finals.

Even facing the Magic in the first round and playing the Magic for two consecutive years, the Magic are full of wounded soldiers. Grant Hill is like a porcelain doll who will never get better, which greatly reduces the strength of the Magic team.

In the second round against the 76ers, Iverson, not to mention, had more than a dozen serious injuries all over his body. He was not a complete person at all. What he said was like smelling sad and listening to tears. I don’t know if Iverson was disabled. people.

Playing against the Nets in the third round, the Nets did not have any injuries, but they were bullied by the Bulls for two consecutive years. Kidd's psychological problems are definitely getting worse day by day, which is much more serious than physical illnesses. Bovine Fear Syndrome'.

Yet another new term was created.

So some people say that if these people are all intact, the Bulls can't even see the shadow of the finals, let alone the championship.

The second angle of questioning the Bulls is that the Bulls take advantage of "child labor" contracts.

For a supergiant like Lu Yu, who in the league doesn't hold a max-salary contract and takes up a considerable share of the salary cap, but now it's better, Lu Yu only holds a rookie contract--Isn't it true that you won't win the championship?

The Bulls are all star players in the league now, so in the eyes of others, these guys are just a group.

But they never thought that Artest was an All-Star this year, but before Lu Yu came, Artest was an ordinary little substitute, right?
And Brad Miller, before Lu Yu came to the Bulls, he was in the Bulls, is this a group?
As for Carlos Boozer, this guy is a first-year rookie.

Richard Hamilton is the only quasi-All-Star player that the Bulls traded in the offseason last year. Looking at the entire league, Hamilton can be placed in other teams, and players who are better than him in the same position can grab a lot.

To talk about the dividends of the rookie contract, there is nothing to say, after all, Lu Yu, Boozer and Chandler are only rookie contracts.

Questioning the third angle of the Bulls is that they are in the East. If they are placed in the West, they may lie directly in the first round of the playoffs.

Because in the East, they did not encounter the difficult Dallas Mavericks this year, and did not encounter the Lakers who sacked them last year, especially the Lakers, because they were supposed to be the opponents of the Bulls in the finals in the regular season, and they suddenly disappeared. Makes it a little hard to accept.

As for the Mavericks, the Mavericks can beat the Bulls, mainly based on the premise that Nowitzki is not injured.

This goes back to the first item.

At first glance, these doubts seem to be reasonable, but upon careful consideration, they do not stand up to scrutiny.

First of all, it is said that the Bulls' winning the championship took advantage of the opponent's injury, but injury management is a part of the game. Looking forward to the history, which team did not encounter the opponent's injury in the process of winning the championship?
What's more, they are not injured, can they really beat the Bulls?

not necessarily.

The combination of McGrady and Hill was originally unreasonable. I wanted to expect them to have a chemical reaction. First, I asked Hill's defense if he could defend against Lu Yu.

Is Iverson's problem healthy?

It's a play!
His miserable hit rate and poor offensive efficiency are comparable to the original version of Master Wei, and even more pitiful than Master Wei.

As for the Bulls eating the dividends of the rookie contract, it cannot be denied. If you have the ability, you can also find a rookie like Lu Yu?

Rookie contracts are common, but Lu Yu is not often.

Everyone understands this truth, so no matter whether this questioned view is valid or not, it proves Lu Yu's greatness from the side.

As for the Bulls winning the championship in the East, this topic is even more nonsense.

The rules are set by the NBA league, but now they come to say that the Bulls won the championship because of the rules, which is a bit nonsense. Isn't the Spurs the strongest team in the West?

If not, how did the Spurs reach the Western Conference Finals?
After going around in circles, the question arises if the Spurs' Bowen is not injured, can the Spurs win the championship.

In the eyes of many basketball experts, the answer is still no.

Cartwright was in a private chat with general manager Jerry Krause in the Bulls team's management office, and the two discussed the comments now outside.

For them, nonsense can be ignored, but opinions that have an impact on the team must be paid attention to.

Like rookie contracts.

Lu Yu and Chandler's rookie contracts expire next year, which means that no matter what the Bulls' record is next year, the dividends of the rookie contracts are only one year left at most.

Of course, there is one Boozer left.

As for whether they can pick good seedlings in this year's draft, there is a high probability that there is no chance, because the Bulls do not even have a first-round pick this year.

As for other players in the team whose contracts have expired, as this year's championship is won, the price of renewals will naturally rise, because everyone knows that the Bulls have one year left in the rookie contract bonus period, and they all want to take advantage of this year's rookie contract bonus period. Get the last one during the bonus period.

Maybe it's not the players themselves who want to win, but behind the players are their respective agencies.

Especially the agency behind Lu Yu, which has signed three Bulls players except Lu Yu, including Artest, Chandler and Richardson.

Chandler is okay, the contract prices of Artest and Richardson are not low.

Basically the price of a first-tier star.

"What do you think Lu Yu is thinking?" Klaus whispered, "Don't he want to get a big contract next year?"

If Lu Yu helps Richardson and Artest both get big contracts, it will definitely affect Lu Yu's contract amount next year. Of course, the team may continue to pay Lu Yu a maximum salary and choose to trade other players out.

Cartwright sighed, maybe he didn't know what Lu Yu wanted to do, but he knew that Lu Yu would never be lenient when it came to making money.

Klaus wanted to talk to Lu Yu about his feelings and humanity, but Lu Yu didn't care about it at all.

In Lu Yu's eyes, business is business. Now Artest and Richardson are worth so much money. If you don't give it, some teams are willing to give it. When they get a big contract, I can get more commissions.

Of course, it was not Lu Yu who came out to talk, but Snoopy.

But the meaning is probably the same, and Cartwright also vaguely feels that the reason why the opinion that the Bulls can't win the championship is now popular outside, which must be attributed to Lu Yu's sports media.

Obviously, Lu Yu only regarded this as a business.

The ridiculous Claus actually wanted to have a relationship with Lu Yu.

Klaus continued: "Bill, you help me persuade Lu Yu, we will definitely have a batch of salary space this year for next year, but once this space is occupied by Ron and Quentin, we will be very passive next year."

Cartwright shook his head and sighed: "Jerry, this is impossible, first of all Lu Yu will say that the agency is not under his control, secondly I am just a coach, I am his coach when there is a game, and when there is no game I am his coach. At the time, he was more than a player."

Claus was stunned. Yes, Lu Yu is more than just a player. Some time ago, someone calculated that Lu Yu's worth has reached 9 million US dollars, and this is not counting the brokerage companies, catering companies and media companies under him. market value.

Lu Yu has only been in the NBA for two years, and he has developed to this level. You must know that there are many owners of NBA teams who do not have this background.

Not sure, the future Lu Yu may also become the owner of a certain team after retiring.

Lu Yu is different from Jordan. Jordan's assets are not enough to become the owner of a team, or he will not be so ugly this year by the owner of the Wizards. He worked for the Wizards for two years in vain, and ended up in a bleak end. .

But Lu Yu was different. Lu Yu's assets were completely turned around.

Klaus didn't give up and said sternly: "Isn't Lu Yu not thinking about the future of the team? Doesn't he want to achieve a dynasty of three consecutive championships? Make a little sacrifice for the team, and sacrifice only those under his agency. Player, and Lu Yu, I will still give him a max salary contract, you can rest assured."

Klaus doesn't want Lu Yu to become the next Jordan.

Back then, he lived under Jordan's strength, so he felt that Lu Yu, who was still a rookie, should have better control. He didn't expect that Lu Yu, who was docile last year, would not give in to the contract amount signed by other players this year.

This made Klaus furious, but he didn't dare to be too blatant, so he could only ask Cartwright to discuss countermeasures.

Cartwright thought for a while, knowing that Klaus was also a stubborn donkey, and it would not be easy to persuade him to come back, and said, "Well, I have the opportunity to talk to Lu Yu about his thoughts, but it will definitely not be now. I can't help you with your contract with Ron Quentin, maybe I can help with the contract extension next year."

Claus nodded: "Okay, then I will give in this time. I hope next year's Lu Yu will thank me for everything I did for him today."

Cartwright, who walked out of the office, sighed silently.

He knew that if Klaus had this attitude next year, he would probably annoy Lu Yu, who "recognizes money but not people", but Cartwright, who was familiar with everything about the alliance, knew that Lu Yu did the right thing. business alliance.

Is it true that only the boss is allowed to talk about business, and the employees must talk about love?

Isn't this a robbery?

On the other hand, Lu Yu doesn't care if he offends Krause. Anyway, after the end of next year's season, the Bulls will not renew his contract with a maximum salary, and some teams are willing to give him a big contract.

With his current strength and popularity, there are too many choices.

As for the so-called one person, one city, this kind of feeling is sold to those fans who have not yet understood the essence of this business league.

In Lu Yu's previous life, in the 2016-2017 season, Thomas' salary was only US$650 million. He wanted a maximum salary. The Green Army was only willing to offer him a contract worth US$7700 million, but Thomas refused.

He also posted a photo of the famous "Cash Transporter".

As a result, he was sent to the Cavaliers. You can say that Thomas is too greedy and is not worth such a large contract, but you must know that before this, Thomas was the strongest 175 on the surface, the king of the last quarter, and the top three MVPs. In the playoffs, he lost a tooth and half his ass.

Even when his sister died, he still stood on the court.

Even if such a player is not worthy of a maximum salary, he will not even have a phone call.
Another example is cousin Cousins.

The Kings can offer Cousins ​​a 5-year, $2.2 million max contract, and the two sides have sat down and almost negotiated, but in the end because of Cousins' attitude in negotiating with the Kings, they finally traded him, Cousins ​​himself has also mentioned and confirmed that this happened.

来到鹈鹕后，健康的考辛斯在17-18赛场均还可以得到25.2分12.9个篮板5.4次助攻，要知道这样的数据可以在身边拥有着一位联盟最顶级的内线的情况下取得的。

At that time, everyone thought that he would definitely sign a big contract with a maximum salary.

However, the injury struck and the rupture of the Achilles tendon greatly reduced the market price of Cousins, who was at his peak, and the long-term salary he had always wanted had come to nothing. The big contract is also nothing.

In view of Cousins' serious injury, his old club, the Pelicans, offered him around 2-year 4000 million or 3-year 5840 million, and he has always been arrogant and thought he could recover from his serious injury and regain his peak form. Kao Shen did not accept it, and in the end he chose to test the waters of the free agency market.

As a result, it has become a commodity that people look down on.

Why is no one talking to Thomas and Cousins ​​about their feelings at this time?
They were injured but fought for the team. Shouldn't the team give a big contract to make up for their guilt?

Impossible, this is a league with few human touches.

Here, the player is a commodity, a commodity that will be put on the shelf for trading. For a ruthless general manager, you let him have a relationship with a commodity?

Isn't that bullshit?

Krause is the general manager and Cartwright is the head coach. The two of them have completely different perspectives. The head coach only cares about the players’ individual abilities and their suitability for the team, while the general manager pays more attention to the players’ performance. Commercial value, the current worth of these championship players has risen because of winning the championship. It is time to throw them into the trading market and see the market.

If it can be exchanged for players with higher sex prices, it must be a profit.

As for the contract between Richardson and Artest, he also has a plan in mind. The big deal is to sell Lu Yu's face, sign it first, and then find a way to see if there are other big fish in the market this summer.

But he didn't dare to toss too much. After all, this lineup is the team to win the championship, and it is the guarantee of tickets for next season. If it ends because of his own tossing, he can't bear the sin.

He is typical of the kind of heartless type.

This was the case in the Jordan era, and it was the same for him in the Lu Yu era.

Not surprisingly, Krause will be very busy this summer, busy until the last game, and the Bulls lineup will only be adjusted slightly.

Well, short for "everyone interested" Bulls.

Krause didn't know that because of his character, the Bulls would miss another dynasty.

　Yesterday was busy all night. Fortunately, my grandfather was sent to the hospital yesterday. The doctor said that it would be life-threatening and electrolyte imbalance. I don’t understand it. , check, find a nurse, deliver meals... The update is not timely, please understand~
　　
　
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