The Bulls finally won the championship and Lu Yu finally won the MVP.
It was originally a great joy, but just as Lu Yu expected, those who are praised will be filled with slander.
Fans who like the Bulls will naturally not say much.
But in the past two days, many people still insist that: "The Bulls were lucky to win this time and took advantage of all kinds of advantages." And all the doubts are from three angles.
From the first perspective, it is said that the Bulls took advantage of injuries to win the championship. Specifically, it is a cliché that Bowen's injury has been brought up again.
In addition to Bowen's injury, the Spurs were weak and were swept by the Bulls in the Finals.
Even when they faced the Magic in the first round and played against them for two consecutive years, the Magic were full of injured players. Grant Hill was like a porcelain doll that would never get better, which greatly reduced the Magic's strength.
In the second round against the 76ers, not to mention Allen Iverson, who had more than a dozen serious injuries all over his body. He was not a complete person at all. He sounded sad and cried. I don’t know, I thought Iverson was disabled.
people.
In the third round against the Nets, the Nets had no injuries, but they were bullied by the Bulls for two consecutive years. Kidd's psychological problems are definitely getting worse. This is much more serious than physical illness. Kidd was even described as having serious "
Fear of cow syndrome'.
Another new term was coined.
So some people say that if all the above people are intact, the Bulls will not even be able to see the finals, let alone the championship.
The second angle to question the Bulls is that the Bulls took advantage of the "child labor" contract.
A superstar like Lu Yu doesn't have a maximum-salary contract in the league and occupies a large share of the salary cap. It's better now that Lu Yu only holds a rookie contract - is it okay for you guys to not win the championship as a team?
All the Bulls players have now become star players in the league, so in the eyes of others, these guys are just working together.
But they never thought that Artest would be an All-Star this year, but before Lu Yu came, Artest was just an ordinary substitute, okay?
And Brad Miller, he was with the Bulls before Lu Yu came to the Bulls. Is this considered a team-up?
As for Carlos Boozer, this guy is just a first-year rookie.
Richard Hamilton is the only quasi-All-Star player acquired by the Bulls in a trade last offseason. But looking across the league, if Hamilton is placed on other teams, there will be plenty of players who are better than him at the same position.
As for receiving bonuses from rookie contracts, there's nothing wrong with that. After all, Lu Yu, Boozer and Chandler are all still on rookie contracts.
The third angle to question the Bulls is that they are in the Eastern Conference. If they were in the Western Conference, they might end up in the first round of the playoffs.
Because in the East, they did not encounter the difficult Dallas Mavericks this year, nor did they encounter the Lakers who defeated them last year. Especially the Lakers, because they were supposed to be the Bulls' opponents in the finals during the regular season, but they suddenly disappeared.
It was a little hard to accept at once.
As for the Mavericks, saying that the Mavericks can beat the Bulls is mainly based on the premise that Nowitzki is not injured.
This is back to the first point.
These doubts may seem reasonable at first glance, but upon careful consideration, they do not stand up to scrutiny.
First of all, the Bulls took advantage of their opponents' injuries to win the championship, but injury management is always a part of the game. Looking back through history, which team did not encounter injuries to its opponents in the process of winning the championship?
What's more, can they really defeat the Bulls without injuries?
not necessarily.
The combination of McGrady and Hill is inherently unreasonable. If you want to expect them to have a chemical reaction, you must first ask whether Hill's defense can guard Lu Yu.
Is Iverson's health issue a problem?
That’s the way to play!
His miserable shooting percentage and poor offensive efficiency are comparable to the first-generation version of Mr. Wei, and even more deceptive than Mr. Wei.
As for the Bulls taking the bonus from the rookie contract, it cannot be denied. If you have the ability, would you also find a rookie like Lu Yu?
Rookie contracts are often available, but Lu Yu is not.
Everyone understands this truth, so whether this questioning point of view is true or not, it proves Lu Yu's greatness from the side.
As for the Bulls winning the championship because they were in the Eastern Conference, this topic is even more nonsense.
The rules are set by the NBA. Now it is a bit nonsense to say that the Bulls won the championship because of the rules. Are the Spurs not the strongest team in the Western Conference?
If not, how did the Spurs reach the Western Conference Finals?
Going round and round, the question comes again: 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.
In the Bulls team management office, Cartwright was chatting alone with general manager Jerry Krause, and the two discussed the comments outside.
For them, they can ignore nonsense, but they must pay attention to opinions that have an impact on the team.
Such as a rookie contract.
The rookie contracts of Lu Yu and Chandler expire next year, which means that no matter what the Bulls' record is next year, the bonus of the rookie contract will only be one year at most.
Of course, there's still one Boozer left.
As for whether they can pick a good prospect in this year's draft, there is a high probability that they have no chance, because the Bulls don't even have a first-round pick this year.
As for the other players on the team whose contracts have expired, as they win this year's championship, the price of contract renewal will naturally go up, because everyone knows that the Bulls have one year left in the bonus period of their rookie contract, and they all want to take advantage of this year's bonus period.
Make the last profit during the bonus period.
Maybe it's not the players themselves who want to make money, but behind the players are their respective agencies.
Especially the agency behind Lu Yu. This agency has signed three Bulls players besides Lu Yu, including Artest, Chandler and Richardson.
Fortunately for Chandler, the contract prices of Artest and Richardson are not low.
Basically, they are the prices of first-line stars.
"What do you think Lu Yu is thinking about?" Klaus whispered: "Don't he want to get a big contract next year?"
If Lu Yu helps Richardson and Artest get big contracts, it will definitely affect Lu Yu's contract amount next year. Of course, it is also possible that the team will continue to give Lu Yu a maximum salary and choose to trade other players.
Cartwright sighed. He might not know what Lu Yu wanted to do, but he knew that Lu Yu would never be merciful about making money.
Klaus wanted to talk to Lu Yu about feelings and humanity, but Lu Yu was not interested in this at all.
In Lu Yu's eyes, business is business. Artest and Richardson are now worth so much money. If you don't give them, some teams are willing to give them. If they get big contracts, I can get more commissions.
Of course, it was not Lu Yu who came to interview, but Snoopy.
But that's probably what it means, and Cartwright also vaguely feels that the reason why the opinion that the Bulls can't win is widely spread outside now must be due to the contribution of Lu Yu's sports media.
Obviously, Lu Yu only regarded this as a business.
It's ridiculous that Klaus actually wants to have a relationship with Lu Yu.
Klaus continued: "Bill, please help me persuade Lu Yu. We will definitely have a lot 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 Yuhui said that the agency is not under his control. Secondly, I am just a coach. When there are games, I am his coach. When there are no games,
When he was there, he was more than just a player."
Klaus was stunned for a moment. Yes, Lu Yu is more than just a player. Someone calculated some time ago that Lu Yu's net worth has reached 900 million U.S. dollars. This does not include the wealth of his agency, catering company and media company.
Market value.
It has only been two years since Lu Yu entered the NBA and he has already developed to this extent. You must know that many NBA team owners do not have this kind of background.
Who knows, Lu Yu may become the owner of a certain team after retiring in the future.
Lu Yu is different from Jordan. Jordan's assets are not enough to become the owner of a team. Otherwise, he would not have been so ugly by the owner of the Wizards this year. He worked for the Wizards for two years and ended up in a dismal ending.
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But Lu Yu is different. Lu Yu's assets are completely manageable.
Klaus refused to give up and said sternly: "Don't Lu Yu think about the future of the team? Doesn't he want to achieve a three-peat dynasty? Make some sacrifices for the team, and the only sacrifices are those under his agency.
Players, and Lu Yu, I will still give him a maximum salary contract, you can rest assured about this."
Klaus doesn't want Lu Yu to become the next Jordan.
Back then, he was living under Jordan's strength, so he felt that Lu Yu, who was still a rookie now, should have better control. Unexpectedly, Lu Yu, who was so meek last year, would not give in on the contract amounts signed by other players this year.
This made Klaus furious, but he didn't dare to be too blatantly angry, so he could only find 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, so he said: "Well, I have a chance to talk to Lu Yu about his ideas, but it will definitely not be now, this time
I can't help you with your contract with Ron Quentin this time, but maybe I can help you with the team's contract renewal next year."
Klaus nodded: "Okay, then I will give in this time. I hope that next year Lu Yu will thank me for everything I did for him today."
Cartwright sighed silently as he walked out of the office.
He knew that if Klaus still had the same attitude next year, he would probably annoy Lu Yu, who "recognizes money but not people", but Cartwright, who is familiar with everything in the league, knew that Lu Yu did the right thing.
Business alliance.
Is it true that only bosses are allowed to talk about business, while employees must talk about friendship?
Isn't this an obvious robbery?
On the other hand, Lu Yu doesn't care whether he offends Krause or not. Anyway, the Bulls won't extend his maximum salary at the end of next year's season, and some teams are willing to offer him a big contract.
With his current strength and popularity, there are too many choices to choose from.
As for the so-called one person, one city, this sentiment is sold to those fans who have not yet understood the nature of this business alliance.
In Lu Yu's previous life, in the 2016-2017 season, Thomas' salary was only US$6.5 million. He wanted a maximum salary, but the Green Army was only willing to provide him with a contract worth US$77 million, which Thomas refused.
He also posted the famous "cash truck" photo.
As a result, he was sent to the Cavaliers. You can say that Thomas is too greedy and not worth such a big contract at all, but you must know that before that, Thomas was the strongest 175 on earth, the king of the final quarter, and the top three MVPs.
After the game, I lost a tooth and half my butt.
Even when his sister passed away, he still stood on the court.
Even if such a player is not worthy of a maximum salary, he won't just sell it away without a single phone call, right?
Another example is cousin Cousins.
The Kings could offer Cousins a five-year, $220 million maximum salary contract, and the two parties had sat down and almost reached an agreement. However, in the end, due to issues such as Cousins' attitude in negotiations with the Kings, they eventually traded him.
Cousins himself has also mentioned and confirmed that this happened.
After coming to the Pelicans, a healthy Cousins averaged 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game in the 17-18 games. You must know that such data can be achieved with one of the league's top insiders by his side.
of.
At that time, everyone thought that he would definitely be able to sign a maximum-paying contract.
However, injuries struck and a ruptured Achilles tendon greatly reduced Cousins' market situation at the peak of his career. The long-term contract with the maximum salary he had been seeking had come to naught. The next step was to get a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract.
Big contracts also have little market value.
In view of Cousins' serious injury, his old club Pelicans offered him an offer of around 40 million for two years or 58.4 million for three years. Cousins, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, believes that he can recover from serious injuries and regain his peak form.
Kaoshen didn't accept it, and ultimately he chose to test the free agent market.
The result is that he has become something that everyone hates.
Why is no one talking to Thomas and Cousins about their feelings at this time?
They were injured because they fought for the team. Shouldn't the team give them a big contract to make up for their guilt?
Impossible, this is an alliance with little human touch.
Here, players are commodities, commodities that will be put on the shelves for trading. For a ruthless general manager, you want him to have a relationship with a commodity?
Isn't that nonsense?
Krause is the general manager and Cartwright is the head coach. The two of them look at the problem from completely different perspectives. The head coach only values the players' personal abilities and suitability for the team, while the general manager values the players' abilities more.
In terms of commercial value, the current value of these championship players has increased due to winning the championship. It is time to throw them into the trading market and see how the market goes.
If it can be exchanged for players with higher sexual value, it will definitely be a huge profit.
As for the contracts between Richardson and Artest, he also had a plan in mind. At worst, he could sell Lu Yu to save face, sign them first, and then find a way to see if there are other big fish in the market this summer.
However, he didn't dare to mess too much. After all, the current lineup was a championship team and a guarantee of tickets for next season. If he was ruined because of his own mess, he couldn't bear the sin.
He is a typical type who is ambitious but not courageous.
It was like this in the Jordan era, and it was like this in the Lu Yu era.
Not surprisingly, Krause will be very busy this summer. He was busy until the end of the game, and the Bulls' lineup was only slightly adjusted.
Well, the "Anyone Wants" Bulls for short.
Little did Krause know that because of his character, the Bulls would miss out on another dynasty.
