Chapter 521 Galactic Battleship! The Champion with the Highest Gold Content! (Happy National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, Fellow Book Lovers!)

In September, after a wave of coaching replacements ended, players began to return to the team to report, and each team also ushered in the last chance to strengthen.

On October 15, the preseason kicked off.

On October 31, the new season begins.

The long offseason is over and the new season is coming. It's time for each team to finalize their roster.

"No, Washington refused to trade. He said they still have to maintain a level of playoff intensity." Jerry West smiled bitterly.

He proposed to use Campbell to add a first-round pick to get Cobra Hoss Grant, who was traded to the Bullets by the Magic.

Grant is really the Lakers' answer to the No. 4 position, with both offense and defense and no possession of the ball. With him and O'Neal, there is really no team in the league that can compete with the Lakers in the paint.

The Washington Bullets struggled to make it to the playoffs last year and were swept by the Bulls in the first round. This is the reason for their reorganization this offseason.

Weber didn't want to stay in Washington, and his good brother Juwan Howard certainly followed in Weber's footsteps.

Even after losing the two generals from last year, the loss of the newly joined Hoss Grant and Sekali is not bad. Plus Speeding Rod Strickland is also considered competitive.

It is not impossible to make it to the Eastern Conference playoffs if the running-in is smooth.

But if Hoss Grant is replaced by Campbell, the Bullets must be hopeless for the playoffs.

As the capital of the United States, the Bullets are preparing to change a name, and the new team name is still in preparation.

They tried every means to attract the attention of fans. After all, Washington, as the capital of the United States, still has a lot of rich people. But they don't pay much attention to basketball at present, and Washington is not considered a big ball market.

Once a superstar emerges in Washington, everything will be very different.

"It doesn't matter, Kobe and Shaq can handle everything." Bass Sr. comforted West. During this period of time, West tried his best to use all kinds of contacts but failed to find a high-quality power forward. It was very hard.

"That's right, this year's Kobe and Shaq are enough to handle everything." West thought of the scene he saw in the Lakers training camp two days ago.

Kobe and Shaq.

evolved.

And this is the biggest reinforcement for the Lakers.

. . .

The reinforcement of trade in the east is in full swing, and the west is also surging!

The veteran favorites, the Lakers, Jazz, and Houston, feel that they don't need too many major changes. They just signed rookie role players and eliminated some veterans.

The Jazz signed last year's Magic small forward Dennis Scott. He will attack and defend with Brian Russell, and Karl Malone will serve as the main rotation of the team's striker.

Houston signed its old alien Sam Cassell! The top scorer off the bench during Houston's two consecutive championships has returned to Houston. Let the Big Three not have the ball on the court when they are resting.

Cassell was traded to the Mavericks by the Suns last year, but the Mavericks did not renew his contract. So Houston signed a short contract with Cassell, a super attacker, at an extremely low price of 2.7 million in one year.

Danny Ainge first traded Nash to the Mavericks, and got two first-round picks from the Mavericks plus the No. 8 pick in 1995, Sean Lespeite.

Then, under the impetus of Danny Ainge and Jerry Sloan, a three-way deal involving top stars was brewing.

"Have you heard? The West is going to change!"

"Changing the sky? There are now two historic teams in the West, the Lakers and Houston. The Jazz, the Supersonics, and the Spurs are three championship-level teams. How else can the sky change?"

"Hey, you'll know when this deal comes out."

Rumors spread everywhere, and for a while they actually overwhelmed the soap opera of the Eastern Bulls and the double star teaming up of the Magic.

On October 9, 1997, the deal went through.

The Kings traded the rock Mickey Richmond, who had only the last year of his contract, to the Jazz!

The Jazz traded to the Suns for Jeff Hornacek. In 2000 and 2002, the first-round contract was traded to the Kings.

The Suns traded the Mavericks in 2000 and 2001 to the Jazz in the first round and got Hornacek!

The Kings harvested 4 first-round picks!

"Really, the sky has changed!"

"Galaxy Battleship! The addition of a 32-year-old Rock Richmond who is at his peak! Will make the Jazz a Galaxy Battleship with a Big Three!"

"It's crazy! I thought the Eastern Conference was crazy enough this offseason, but the Western Conference is not inferior at all!"

"MVP Malone + assist king Stockton + all-round offensive and defensive Richmond, offensive and defensive integration! Perfect fit! Richmond is the best addition to the Jazz. The defensive line formed by him and Brian Russell is no longer So easy to be blown up by Kobe. And can Stockton go through the needle to detonate this off-ball scorer who averaged 25.9 points per game last year?"

"Fantasy team, this year's Jazz may get their hands on the O'Brien Cup! Not only the Lakers' Western Conference championship, but the Bulls' championship will also be lost."

"Welcome my good brother Mickey to join." Under the guidance of Stockton, Malone publicly expressed his welcome to Richmond for the first time.

"Mitch will be our best mate." Stockton.

"He will be perfectly integrated into the team, and the Jazz next season will be completely new." Jerry Sloan took a long breath and finally got the big deal.

Two first-round picks upgrade Hornacek to Richmond.

Is it worth it?

If you win the championship! Definitely worth it!

If this season ends without winning the championship and Richmond leaves the team, it will be a blood loss.

What is Richmond's salary this season?

3 million dollars!

This is also the reason why the stingy Jazz boss is willing to make a decision, it is too good and cheap.

But the problem of contract renewal after the season is really serious. Richmond will be 33 years old at the end of the season. For the last contract, he will definitely not pursue honor and pay cuts.

At that time, whoever gave the most money would get Richmond's allegiance.

After the Kings traded away Richmond, they went into a bad situation.

All the players are placed on the shelves.

The Portland Trail Blazers snatched Brian Russell.

Seattle snatched Alden Polynice.

Mehmet Lauf went directly to the Turkish league.

"My God, next year's West is going to be hell."

"If you want to climb out of the Western Conference and win the Western Conference Championship, you must eliminate at least two top teams, top teams that have a chance to win the championship in other periods."

"Too many strong teams! Although there are not many middle-level teams, there are too many top-level teams!"

"Whoever makes it out of the West, they have to face the winner of the Magic or the Bulls."

"The gold content of the Bulls winning three consecutive championships again is astonishing. The gold content of winning the championship from the Bulls and stepping on the top of all historical teams is also astonishing!"

"This year's championship will have the highest gold content in history."

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