Time has passed and the years have changed, and it has quietly arrived in 1999, and the door to the new century has officially opened.

At the beginning of the new year, Jordan officially announced his retirement, which also announced the official dissolution of the Bull Dynasty.

The fans just feel sorry, but the players don't pay much attention to it. After all, Jordan has already released the news after the finals, but this has been a bitter to the old club.

Pippen, Rodman, Barkley and "Zen Master" Phil Jackson have all determined that they will not stay in Chicago. Jordan failed to want the shares of the Bulls, and the contradiction with the manager Klaus has also been made public. Jordan is still too self-righteous. How could the Bulls boss give shares to a player who no longer makes any contribution? Jordan is not his son.

Due to time constraints, free market signings and team transactions have become crazy. With the exception of a few teams, such as the Lakers and Rockets, who have set goals in advance, all teams are rushing to recruit.

Pippen once consulted Dawson and wanted to join the Rockets. Unfortunately, his asking price was too high. He opened his mouth for five years and eight thousand. Kobe is not Alexander. He immediately told Liu Xiaoli that Pippen should stay cool. The Rockets don’t want a pensioner. Guys.

The Blazers wanted to do a big job in the new season and contacted Scott Pippen, who was in decline. The two sides signed a four-year contract of 52 million yuan. The next few seasons are doomed to death.

"Big Worm" Rodman left the Bulls without the team to give a high salary, and finally signed a veteran basic salary contract with the Celtics.

Originally, this season the Lakers will be coached by three head coaches. Rodman will also join the Lakers, but his unprofessional attitude also caused problems in the Lakers locker room. He only played twenty-three times throughout the season and was given away by the Lakers. In the Mavericks, the Mavericks only played twelve games before being cut. Since then, no one cares about him. The management of each team believes that he is a disturbing factor and hurt the team more than it helps.

The Timberwolves signed the 1995 No. 1 pick Joe Smith at a price much lower than the market price. Everyone in the league felt puzzled. Kobe knew how this signing happened. The Timberwolves paid a heavy price for this in the future.

In order to evade the luxury tax sanctions, the Timberwolves reached a "yin and yang contract" with Joe Smith. The originals of this contract are written texts for the league office. They are the 1998-99 season with an annual salary of 1.75 million US dollars; the 1999-2000 season with an annual salary of 2.17 million US dollars; the 2000-01 season 220 Fifty thousand dollars.

The copy of the contract has not been announced. The Timberwolves general manager McHale negotiated with Joe Smith privately. As long as Smith is willing to join at a low salary in the first three seasons, he will get a seven-year long-term contract with a contract amount of not less than 40 million US dollars. , The highest can reach 86 million US dollars. The copy of the contract bears the autographs of the Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor, Joe Smith and his agent.

A year later, the media exposed that the Timberwolves used illegal means to sign Joe Smith. The Timberwolves were severely sanctioned by the league and deprived of their first-round picks for the next five years, plus a heavy fine of 3.5 million U.S. dollars. Joe Smith was also sentenced. The mandatory transition to a free agent has never recovered, which can be described as a lose-lose.

Until the year of Kobe's rebirth, the Timberwolves were still a well-known bad team in the league, and it can be said to have a direct relationship with this contract.

Other teams aiming at the championship have also begun to recruit strongmen. The New York Knicks traded for the madman Sprewell. You can't help but admire this gangster team, anyone dares to ask for it. The Pacers once again consulted the Rockets about trading O'Neal. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that they want to take advantage of O'Neal with one year left in the contract. And when the Rockets owner is a poor fellow Alexander, Kobe is not used to it. With Larry Bird's predecessor pressing the king, Dawson sternly rejected all transaction applications, and Dawson announced the official closure of the transfer market.

The start of the new season is approaching, and Kobe has come out of the tedious life. During this time, Charlize Theron and Liu Xiaoli are busy, and Kobe's new plane hasn't stopped much. During this period, Kobe released his new work "The Da Vinci Code", and also recorded his new music album, which made the ruffian Eminem and the Lincoln Park band "scourge" not lightly. In short, Kobe was against "plagiarism." There is no shame in the future works of all kinds of heroes, and the soul of the spray can have any skin.

The game is about to resume suddenly, which makes the head coach of each team and the players feel a little unaccustomed. Because the Lakers and Bulls played in the finals in June, the fish belly team will have a holiday as soon as the regular season ends in April, so many players have not conducted systematic training for nearly ten months. It is inevitable that players who have not strong self-control in the summer will decline in state.

As soon as the Lakers players returned to the training hall, Old Nelson started his roar.

"Shaquille, have you opened a Big Mac Burger? Is it a sense of accomplishment to become a Burger King?"

"Sorry, Mr. Barkley, people call you a flying pig, but it doesn't make you really turn yourself into a pig."

"Look at your body fat report. Except for Bryant, Ray Allen, Mobley and Dirk, how much cream did the rest of you get this summer? I only give you half a month. Those who come down won't get a minute of playing time."

Kobe looked at these teammates, and shook his head helplessly. O'Neal and Barkley were pretty good. They also developed certain training during the offseason, especially Barkley, because they were trained by Kobe for more than a month. Horizontal development like the original time and space.

The rookie players gave the old Nelson a huge surprise, especially Rashard Lewis and Mobley. The shooting rate from outside the three-point line was very high. With Kobe, the relatively common weakness of the two holding the ball was also covered to the greatest extent. After coming down, these two were of immediate combat strength, and they soon adapted to the running and bombing system.

Nowitzki and Rian Bowen have obvious shortcomings. The new season will definitely focus on leveling. Kobe is taking the two to seize the time to train.

"Dirk, don't be like Barkley. His style of play is not suitable for you. Pay attention to your footwork and keep up with your shooting rhythm."

Kobe found that Nowitzki was a little bit bent by Barkley, and he liked to be reckless. Although his style of play was much tougher, he was really not suitable for sitting on the inside.

"Bowen, shoot, your basket is not as bad as you think. If you don't want to be a blue-collar coolie in your life, you must practice three points."

For Ryan Bowen, Kobe mostly encourages him. Ryan Bowen's shooting ability is not bad, but he lacks confidence.

Kobe likes to bring newcomers very much. UU reading www.uukanshu.com gives him a sense of accomplishment by playing games in his previous life to level up the characters. The newcomers also like the atmosphere of the Lakers. Although O'Neal and Barkley, a pair of live treasures, like spoofs, they do not discriminate against the newcomers. Not to mention Kobe. Both on and off the court give the newcomers a lot of help. This is also the Lakers University. Some players are willing to get close to Kobe.

"Coach, there are a lot of young players on the team this season. We don't have much time to get in. So the regular season gives more time to the old players, and the new players need more exercise in the game. No surprises this season. Our main opponent is the Rockets. Team, the regular season record doesn’t matter, as long as it can be guaranteed to enter the playoffs and avoid the Rockets before the Western Conference Finals."

Kobe said while making tea, his tea set skills are very mature, which he learned during the offseason.

"That guy Rudy must have the same idea as you. I didn't expect that this guy could put down and work with that little guy D'Antoni."

Old Nelson took a sip of the freshly brewed oolong tea and nodded in satisfaction.

"Anyone who has experienced a death threat will have a clear understanding."

Kobe’s remarks are not without a target. After Rudy Tomjanovich was hospitalized with anger last season, he was found out in advance of possible disease in a blessing in disguise. After the operation, the old man recuperated for a year and thought about many things. After Thibodeau left, Rudy Tomjanovic agreed to come out again and coach the Rockets with D'Antoni. In fact, Kobe thought more, Rudy Tomjanovich estimated that he saw the Rockets' hope of winning the championship, and then he agreed to the request for coaching again.

Old Nelson nodded: "The day after tomorrow our game with the Rockets will begin. I hope they won't let us down."