There is no excitement like winning the championship for the second time in 1994.

There were no tears after winning the championship for the third time in 1996.

There is no such thing as the glass of wine that I toasted to my ankle in 1997.

It's as simple as pumping your fists, raising your arms, and dominating the league.

This year, the Lakers have encountered too few obstacles along the way.

68 wins in the regular season, this is because Carlisle was afraid that someone would be injured in the playoffs, so he deliberately missed a few games at the end of the season.

Otherwise, we can win 70+ games again.

They only lost two games in the playoffs, one was to the Jazz in the Western Conference finals, and the other was when Miller pushed away the buzzer beater.

Phoenix Suns? Unfortunately, the Flying Pigs Jazz injured their back during the regular season and failed to make the last train of the playoffs.

Therefore, when the Suns lost Barkley in the playoffs, they failed to meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals for the third consecutive year.

No Suns, no Jordan. All of this made Shea's three consecutive championship seasons uneventful.

A calm victory, a calm harvest of honors, a calm championship.

Shay looked at Reggie Miller and sighed.

Sometimes Shay wishes that he was beating Michael Jordan right now.

It’s true that Miller is very strong, but

It still makes a little sense.

Three consecutive championships, the fifth championship in seven years of his career.

This made Shay feel as if everything was no longer a challenge.

It was so easy to win these three consecutive championships. Which man would like Mu Gong?

Maikou, Maikou, you said, why are you leaving so early?

It is said that Jordan is now preparing to become his own boss.

Shay sighed. You don't really think you have talent for anything, do you? With your drafting skills, you might as well just blindly draft with your eyes closed. What kind of boss are you?

Shay came on stage and accepted his championship and FMVP, just like every year.

Stern's smile was as bright as last year. Finally, the league has a serious three-peat dynasty since the 1960s!

Last summer, Shea's influence already made the NBA popular.

With three consecutive championships this year, Shay's popularity will definitely reach its peak!

but

It's enough for Shay to be this strong. No matter how strong he is, no one can play anymore.

Something like the Celtics' 8 consecutive championships and 11 championships in 13 years would never happen under Stern's hands.

Shay’s glorious story ends here!

Shay looked at Stern's complicated expression and knew that this summer would be extremely turbulent.

Because in the summer of 1998, there will be a new round of labor negotiations.

During the last labor negotiation, both players and owners reached an agreement:

If the player's total salary exceeds 51.8% of basketball-related income, the employer has the right to terminate the agreement early and renegotiate three years after the agreement takes effect.

There is no doubt that player income now far exceeds this figure.

In March, the league announced data that player salaries accounted for more than 57% of basketball revenue, and 15 teams in the league were in the red.

In fact, during the process of Shea winning three consecutive championships, representatives from both sides had already conducted 8 rounds of negotiations!

It's just that neither party has reached an agreement.

The owners want to add a hard salary cap to the NBA to prevent the emergence of a second superstar like Shai with an annual salary of 40 million.

Even if there is only one Shea in the league, the owners cannot tolerate more and more players earning tens of millions of dollars in annual salary.

Just before the expiration of the last collective bargaining agreement, no player in the league had an annual salary exceeding tens of millions. At that time, the Admiral's annual salary of 7.3 million was already astonishing.

But now, just three or four years later, the league's highest salary has become Shay's 40 million!

The league's highest salary back then was 7.3 million, but now it's not even in the top 20.

So after returning to Los Angeles after winning this championship, the fans were still very excited, and even though there were endless news about Shay "officially becoming a god".

But both the players and the boss have a little more worry on their faces.

After all, if there is a shutdown, it will be a huge loss for both parties.

On June 22, less than a week after winning the championship, labor and management held their ninth negotiation, but the result was an unhappy ending.

So Stern immediately announced.

The NBA has closed all arenas and the lockout has officially begun!

For a time, the news of the NBA suspension even overshadowed Shay's three consecutive championships.

You know, the last time the NBA shut down was in 1976. Fans don’t know when the NBA will restart, or whether it will restart.

Of course, Shay hasn't been idle.

During the offseason, he took time to visit Georgetown University.

He brought an incredibly tall man to his mentor, John Thompson.

"This" Thompson looked at the square-faced tower in front of him. He was very surprised at first, and then he looked happy.

Come to work!

It just so happens that Wang Zhizhi has decided to participate in the draft this summer, and Georgetown University just needs its next leader!

Thompson has been paying attention to this mysterious Eastern giant.

Although he has only been in Americen for more than a month, he is already a legend in the world.

First, Tyson Chandler, who was hailed as "the most promising star in Ugly Country's local insiders" at a certain training camp in May, and who was considered to be destined to enter the NBA at the age of 16.

A primary school student who was tortured by this mysterious giant from the East until he seemed like he couldn't play ball.

Although this Eastern giant is about to turn 18 and is 2 years older than Chandler, the gap between the two is simply the difference between a basketball master and a layman.

Countless newspapers at the time exclaimed: "The gap between Chandler and the Eastern Giants is like the gap between Drexler and Shea!"

Ah Hua: 3Q, 5Q!

And just two weeks later, this terrifying and mysterious figure of the Eastern Giant appeared at Jordan's training camp.

When the old hooligan saw the big Asian man wearing jersey No. 198, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

I don’t know why, but Danzi gets heart attack every time he sees Asians!

But Jordan told himself that not all Asians are Shay.

Hu Weidong has played in the NBA for so many years, isn't he just an ordinary rotation player?

Wang Zhizhi was in the NCAA, and he didn't win the championship like he was chopping up melons and vegetables.

However, the subsequent game between the young players still reminded Jordan of the horror of being dominated by Lakers No. 23.

First of all, the defense of the Eastern Giants, especially the frame protection, is simply invincible.

No one of his age can score against him.

Big risks in volleyball, top shots, big shots, all kinds of big risks, happened again and again under Jordan's nose.

It doesn't matter if he is defeated defensively. At most, he will be the next Mutombo.

Moreover, after Jordan read the information, it also said: "He is mainly responsible for defense in the Chinese games and is not very good at attacking."

As a result, this guy who was "not very good at attacking" hit all kinds of jump shots from mid-range, and he was also really good at turning over jump shots!

He is over 2.2 meters tall and still manages to do a turnaround jump shot!

This guy is even more perverted than Shay!

For this reason, the coach who brought him here was particularly dissatisfied.

The 1.6-meter coach jumped up and slapped the Oriental giant on the butt, shouting: "Dunk, you have to dunk!"

After Jordan's training camp ended, the Eastern giant was in the newspapers again.

Among them, the Houston media directly used "the eighth wonder of the world" to describe this Oriental giant.

In just one month, he caused a bloody storm in America, the hometown of basketball.

But at this moment, he is actually standing in front of John Thompson. Do you think Thompson can't be excited?

A college coach gets the opportunity to coach a genius, just like an old pervert gets the opportunity to call the best. He is so excited that he can't sleep!

What's more, it's this kind of cross-border airborne landing, which is even more exciting!

Seeing that Thompson was about to cry out, Shay patted the big man next to him on the butt and said, "Say hello."
To be continued...