No matter how worried James is, the Cavaliers still have a crushing advantage when facing the Celtics.
Especially when the Celtics players finished blowing up and no longer had any enthusiastic support, the Cavaliers superstars played more and more smoothly.
Therefore, the Cavaliers finally won the most important victory at the home court of the Celtics. With a total score of 4:2, they eliminated their opponents and advanced to the finals with their heads held high.
The date of the finals has therefore been set on June 1, which is three days later.
The finals are less than half a month away, and after that comes the first part of the new season that everyone is most looking forward to - the draft.
The 2017-2018 draft was also held at the end of June this year, and the draft lottery rights have now been released.
This means that after the finals, everyone still has half a month to choose and negotiate.
Of course, we are only talking about the two teams in the finals. The other teams that have already determined their draft picks have already started their draft work for the new season.
Therefore, they have launched active public relations work for a group of outstanding players who announced the draft this year.
The NBA draft has always been a big drama.
All of the NBA's intrigues, intrigues, and synergies are almost condensed into this draft event.
In order to get the best players, the team management racked their brains and tried every means to get what they wanted.
There is also a lot of gambling involved. If you bet correctly, you will naturally make a fortune.
If you lose the bet, even the No. 1 draft pick will be able to show you something.
For example, Kwame Brown, who was appointed by Boss Joe back then, is a very typical example.
In addition, there is Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in 2007. This player is extremely talented and is known as another leader in the NBA after James. However, due to major injuries, he only played 3 games intermittently. He was forced to withdraw from the NBA during the season.
If he had not been injured, he would definitely be one of the current NBA superstars.
But nature is so tricky.
Also after Oden, NBA teams began to examine players' physical data, injury tendencies, etc. more carefully.
This can also be said to be an improvement.
The Lakers have actually been looking for their favorite players.
But according to their results last year and this year, among the draft players, they are not the champions!
Even the teams that have entered the playoffs do not have draft picks within the lottery!
Basically if their name appears, it was obtained through exchange.
There are only three ways to get good players.
The first is to replace the good players on the team, such as No. 2 pick Dangino Russell in 2015 and No. 2 pick Ingram in 2016. These two are now rising very fast in the NBA.
Especially rookie Ingram.
In order to match Shen Huan's style of play, he was directly used as the main power forward.
Although he is not needed to charge forward and defeat opponents for the team's victory, which of the teams in the playoffs is weak
Among the Lakers' starting players, Ingram is the weakest link.
The three guards are Shen Huan, Kobe and Iverson, and the center is Howard. The four of them are all superstars who will enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in the future.
Compared with them, Ingram is simply worse than a dung beetle on the ground.
Therefore, the three playoff opponents grabbed Ingram and beat him hard, beating him to death on the defensive end.
On the offensive end of the Lakers, he was also the one fouled the most.
People don't dare to offend Shen Huan, but if they are angry, why can't they vent their anger
Ingram is the best person to vent to.
If he hadn't been young and strong, and with Shen Huan in charge, no one would have dared to use violent methods to deal with him, and he would have been sent to the hospital long ago.
But even so, Ingram gritted his teeth and persevered, averaging more than 10 points per game, and also had 3 rebounds and 5 assists.
This kind of data is not impressive at first glance, but in a competition like the playoffs, it is very good.
So now a team is contacting the Lakers, preparing to trade their first-round pick for Ingram.
All right.
This team is actually the Brooklyn Nets.
They had a super poor record of 20 wins and 62 losses this season, ranking last in the league.
They have already received a good third-round pick this year, plus another protected first-round pick No. 22 they already owned, and a second-round pick No. 22, a total of three spots to exchange for Ingram. The sincerity is still enough .
But the Lakers had little interest in the deal and rejected it directly.
If Shen Huan was still there, it would be so simple. The Lakers could trade whatever players others wanted, as long as they found better prospects.
Even if Miaozi doesn't like it and ends up dead, it doesn't matter.
Shen Huan is the biggest pillar of the Lakers. With him here, nothing will be a problem.
But the problem is that Shen Huan will never play in the NBA again after this season.
Now that Shen Huan is no longer with the Lakers, Ingram, a player who has been trained, will be at least a second-rate player in the future and will definitely have his own place in the Lakers.
Don't forget, Iverson will retire in one year, and Kobe will retire in another year.
If at that time, Dangino Russell and Ingram could just take on the important task of reviving the Lakers under the leadership of Howard.
Even if they can't become superstars, it will be okay for the Lakers to spend money to trade for another superstar.
So Ingram cannot be sold.
The same goes for Dangino Russell.
Regardless of this season's playoffs, Dangino Russell's statistics are not as impressive as Ingram's, but his statistics in the regular season are better than Ingram's. When assisting Shen Huan in the second lineup, he averaged 10 points. He also exceeded 10 points, and his assists and steals were equally good.
Speak from the heart.
Although the Lakers have been playing well in the past two seasons, they are still guilty.
Once Shen Huan leaves, and once the two veterans retire one after another, the team's most reliable player is actually Howard.
Howard is still a superstar who has been overhauled and may fail at any time.
Therefore, it has always been the Lakers' dream to find a superstar such as Westbrook, James Harden, Durant, or even LeBron James to join the Lakers.
This is certainly not possible at the moment.
The Lakers, who have lost Shen Huan, Kobe Bryant and Iverson, have no momentum to compete for the championship and will certainly not be able to attract this group of superstars who are striving for the championship.
Then, the only way left is to dig out the seedlings.
If they can dig out one or two more good prospects like Dangino Russell and Ingram, then it would be worthwhile for the Lakers to stay silent for a year or two.
Once the Young Guards are successfully built, the Lakers' revival will be just around the corner!