Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 183 Losers League, Brothers Basketball 2.0
"Dunn, do you have time this summer?"

On the night of losing Game 6, Dunn received a call from Garnett out of nowhere.

Garnett is a player from the older generation. Duan basically only gets along with the rookies of the 03 Platinum Generation and his former Lakers teammates. He is definitely not familiar with Garnett.

However, Duan's playoff tour had just ended, and the first person to call was Garnett.

Moreover, Garnett went straight to the point and wanted to talk about the summer.

What Garnett said next was indeed not beyond Duan's expectations.

Garnett was quick to talk about playing together next season.

Garnett bluntly said that he can assist Doan to win the championship and become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar next to Doan, or even Rodman.

Garnett can say such words as "Don't let loyalty hurt you", obviously he is not always loyal to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

It can only be said that Garnett is not young anymore. In the same period, O'Neal, who is older than him, has won four championships, and Duncan, who is younger than him, has also won two championships.

Last year, Garnett just won the regular season MVP, and his popularity was unprecedented.

The Suns met in the first round of this year's playoffs, but were swept away by the autumn wind as easily as falling leaves.

The competition inside the Western Conference is already huge. Another Stoudemire popping up at this time will indeed be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

At the same time, Garnett was also aware of the conflicts within the team.

This season, madman Latrell Sprewell has broken with the Timberwolves management due to contract renewal issues.

The madman's contract expired in the offseason, and it is basically a certainty that he will leave the Timberwolves.

As the saying goes, hemp ropes only break at the thinnest points, and bad luck only seeks out misfortune.

The Timberwolves had a poor record this season and were easily defeated by the Suns in the playoffs. In addition to the madman ruining the atmosphere in the locker room, it was also because of the state of another core member of the Timberwolves' three-headed monster.

Alien Sam Cassell missed a long period of time in the regular season due to an injury at the beginning of the season.

Even though he returned from injury in the middle of the season, his performance was mediocre and no longer at All-Star level.

Because of this, the promised three-headed monster of the Timberwolves has once again become the "unicorn" supported by Garnett.

And in the offseason, it is foreseeable that the Timberwolves will definitely let the madman go, and may also trade Cassel.

However, Garnett had just renewed his contract with the Timberwolves during last offseason at a reduced salary. The Timberwolves management tried to find another star to strengthen the lineup, but they couldn't find any at all.

The Timberwolves, which are always surrounded by ice and snow, are not as attractive to stars as New York and Los Angeles.

This also means that the departure of Madman and Cassell will not only fail to strengthen the Timberwolves, but will also cause the Timberwolves to not make the playoffs next season.

All of this turned into sharp arrows, gradually penetrating Garnett's psychological defense.

As the regular season MVP, as a superstar who is in his prime and is still among the top five in the league.

Naturally, Garnett doesn't want to waste his peak period with the Timberwolves and then become a veteran that no one wants and can only drift with the crowd with regret.

The problem is that last summer, Garnett was too optimistic, or he was more concerned about money. Garnett directly renewed his contract with the Timberwolves with a maximum salary.

Although Garnett took the initiative to cut his salary, he is still one of the more than a dozen most expensive players in the league.

Of course, as the regular season MVP, from now on, it is definitely worth the price.

The problem is that Garnett's big contract prevents him from leaving the Timberwolves as he pleases and finding a championship team as a free agent.

Then when his big contract ends, Garnett will completely become a veteran who says "I'm not retired, it's just that no one wants me."

Therefore, in order to change his own destiny, Garnett still wants to try and communicate with the bosses of other teams.

See if there's a way to find the same playoff losers and team up together to achieve success.

Since Garnett wants to leave the Timberwolves, he naturally wants to win the championship.

There are only a few teams that have a chance to win the championship these days.

Garnett originally wanted to talk to Kobe. After all, the Lakers were about to be defeated by the Spurs, but now Kobe can still hold on.

It happened again at this time, the Bulls and the Pistons were in a stalemate 2-2, but suddenly the situation took a turn for the worse and they lost to the Pistons.

Garnett knows the ball, so he can naturally see that the Bulls currently lack an inside player who can attack, defend and hold the ball.

"Isn't this me?"

Garnett feels that if he plays in the Bulls this year, maybe the Bulls can reach the top this year.

Considering that Duane just won the regular season MVP, and in the playoffs, under the attack of the entire Pistons team, he scored at least 22 points.

Duan has such offensive strength, even if he is a little younger, Garnett is willing to assist Duan.

After all, if he doesn't win the championship, he will be old.After all, he is better at defense than offense. He needs an outside superstar teammate to handle the offensive end.

In this way, he can play to his strengths, teach his opponents a lesson with defense, and even wipe the butt of other teammates, making the team more perfect.

There is no doubt that he and Du En are a good match.

Think further, if you can help the Bulls win the championship and become a star of the wealthy Bulls!

This is always better than playing in the Timberwolves now and never winning a championship for life.

Of course, the most important point is that the Bulls also have players whose contracts have expired.

Tyson Chandler's rookie contract expired in the summer and he became a restricted free agent.

In addition, the Bulls also have a large number of high-pick prospects with good potential.

In Garnett's view, with Tyson Chandler as the main subject of the transaction, a sign-and-trade and then matching three or four rookies plus future draft picks, this deal is still very cost-effective and has a high chance of being completed. .

After all, the Bulls are a wealthy club and have only had six championships in recent years.

Even if the future is overdrawn, it will definitely be worth it in exchange for a championship.

Besides, he still has several years left in his prime, and he might be able to win three consecutive championships together with Du En.

Therefore, before making the call, Garnett had to prepare to contact an agent and go to Chicago to buy a house.

After Du En knew Garnett's intention, he wanted to refuse at first, because Du En was not that short-sighted.

Garnett is one of the league's top superstars. If the Bulls want to get Garnett, they must lose several potential rookies.

Dune is prepared to take advantage of their rookie bonus and use them to form a dynasty.

Although Garnett is very capable and can play for 10 years, Garnett will also be injured during this period and his strength will decline.

But after all, Luol Deng, Josh Smith, and Tyson Chandler are not as valuable and capable, let alone adding some draft picks.

Therefore, there is no exchange of change for whole money here in Doon, and there is no scratch lottery ticket.

Duan is a player who plays games openly. As long as he manages the locker room well, he will have a high chance of winning the championship in the next two seasons even without reinforcements.

However, Du En suddenly thought of the virtues of the Timberwolves' management. They just want to spread their wealth.

Other managements don't like to operate. The Timberwolves management wants to operate every year, but almost every operation turns out to be a big mistake.

Du En thinks, is there a chance to meet the Timberwolves to send benefits this year?

Therefore, Dunn did not reject Garnett's kindness, but was very interested in it.

Duan is even wishful thinking, hoping to eat Garnett and Cassell at a smaller cost, so that the problems of point guard and inside will be solved at once!

In fact, Duan also has some understanding of the upcoming offseason.

There are no big fish in this offseason, and the biggest fish is SuperSonics boss Ray Allen.

Ray Allen has just become the boss in the past few years. He can dominate the SuperSonics and get a big contract. Why should he come to Du En to be the younger brother?
Moreover, Ray Allen is just a pitcher, although he can help the Bulls improve some scoring problems.

But it cannot solve the Bulls' lack of ball-handling, organization, and interior offense and defense.

On the contrary, Garnett and Cassell can suddenly make up for the Bulls' shortcomings.

If such a deal can be reached, as long as the number of rookies being traded is less than three, even Ben Gordon can be put on the shelf.

However, Du En and Garnett had just started chatting with some interest and had not officially met offline yet. Soon someone came to Du En.

It turns out that Garnett is not the only one who wants to play brother basketball with Duan this summer!
Most of the top stars who have finished their playoff journey have similar ideas to Garnett, asking Duan to form a loser's alliance.

In this way, Duane, who is still under the rookie contract and can receive the rookie bonus, has become a highly sought after player.

Of course, the Bulls have a lot of potential prospects and draft picks available for trade, which is also important.

“Sometimes I’m too good, but it’s also very distressing!”

Duan was originally quite depressed about losing in the playoffs.

Well now, there are too many people who want to play brother basketball with him.

Duane was praised by a group of people all day long and had no intention of thinking about losing in the playoffs.

At the same time, the league announced other awards for the regular season one after another, and Duane's name was prominently listed.

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