To say that the Lakers have the potential to break the NBA all-time playoff win record, except for the fans of the other team that may enter the Finals, other fans do not have much objection, but are looking forward to it.

It's always good to have a record to watch.

Including Celtics fans, there is not much upset to say how much hope the two teams in the East can win the Lakers in a series...... Truth be told, since 2014, the top teams in the West have a growing advantage over the top teams in the East.

It's true that both the Cavaliers and the Knicks have the power to fight the top teams in the West, but it's only a battle.

However, there is one person who desperately does not want the Lakers to accomplish this feat, so he tries his best to cheer up his players and let them kill the Cavaliers before killing the Lakers.

That man was Zen master Phil Jackson.

Last year, Phil Jackson's all-time regular season win record was refreshed by D'Antoni, and this year it was refreshed by the Warriors again, and he suddenly ranked in the third place.

It's just that the Lakers' continuous sweeps stimulated James, and after winning the battle of Tianwang Mountain strongly, the Cavaliers played the Knicks in the sixth game of the Eastern Conference finals, and did not give the Knicks a chance to drag into the tie-break, winning at Madison Square Garden for the first time this season, defeating the Knicks 102-95 away, and advancing to the finals 4-2!

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The Zen master was upset and angry, the Knicks were eliminated, the Cavaliers were in the Finals, he was the coach with the most championships in history, and he saw the basketball game much more clearly than anyone else.

The Cavaliers are talking about having a fight with the Lakers, but if they really want to play a series, it is a question whether they can win a game without being swept.

Of course, if the Knicks enter the finals, it is basically a situation that can't hold up, the Cavaliers can still have a wave with the Lakers in the starting lineup, the Knicks, who have old arms and legs, have to be abused to death, in the past three years, they have not even lost a game within ten points, every time they are abused by the Lakers, their strongest point has been suppressed by the Lakers, and other positions are even more complete.

But if you know, you still have to be angry!

After the Zen master became the president of the Knicks, there were not many things that went well.

As soon as he became president, the Knicks suddenly collapsed, and if it weren't for Anthony and others who were stimulated by Liu Ren's bloody massacre to regain their strength, the Knicks would have fallen directly into the abyss.

Later, he wanted to find his own disciple, the genius coach Steve Kerr came to the Knicks, but was cut off by the Warriors, and he could only use Fisher, Fisher can only be said to be a coach who will not make too many mistakes, and Steve Colby is simply not on the same level as Steve Colby, Fisher, like Byron Scott, is at most a conservative coach.

Now the Zen master has clearly seen the Lakers win the championship with a 16-0 playoff record, and, according to this momentum, the Lakers are so strong, and the young players will continue to improve, even if some are traded, there will definitely be better immediacy to come......

The Zen master is a little panicked now, the Lakers are going to win three consecutive championships!

The Zen master feels that his coach's position is going to be lost!

The reason why Zen Master's position in the coaching world is unshakable is largely due to the fact that he is the only coach in modern basketball who has led his team to three consecutive championships.

Other top managers even Pat Riley and Rudy Tomjanovic have only won two consecutive titles, and Vicky has not won even a championship.

Therefore, Zen Master is regarded by many people as the first coach in history, and it is all because he can lead the team to win three consecutive championships.

But he has been criticized for winning the championship by relying on Jordan and Pippen, Kobe, and O'Neal, so once other teams complete the three consecutive championships, his god position is estimated to be difficult to keep.

"Reinforcement! Be sure to reinforce! Be sure to snipe the Lakers to win the championship next year! "The Zen master frantically looked at offseason free agents and restricted free agents.

Speaking of which, the Knicks also have good salary space, except for Anthony's $24 million contract next season and Wade's $18 million contract next season, their salary space is good.

Jr-Smith's current salary is 5 million, he has bird rights, and he can renew his contract on the cap after bringing in players, Shambaugh will be 9 million next season, Lopets Jr. will be 12 million next season, Louis Williams will be 7 million next season, Stoudemire will be 3 million next season, Porzingis has a rookie contract, according to the latest projected salary cap of about 100 million, they can also give a starting salary of 25 million super cap salary and a full middle class of up to 8 million!

But...... Somewhat desperate, he looked at the list of free agents prepared by the scouts for this summer, and found that he could not afford to bring in, and it was unlikely that he would leave.

Rondo ...... Very good point guard, assist king, but Zen master doesn't like this kind of point guard who holds the ball in his hand all the time, he prefers to give the ball to the shooting guard and small forward.

James...... The Zen master doesn't think he will have the courage to change teams again, and it is estimated that he will only choose to renew his contract with the Cavaliers, at least he will not leave Cleveland until he wins a championship for the Cavaliers.

Chandler Parsons...... The Zen master threw it away, and before the offseason came, this guy had already yelled out of the contract and became a complete free agent and asked for a contract extension with a maximum salary.

Kevin Durant...... The Zen master wants to, but people are willing to come, the Thunder is no worse than the Knicks, and his relationship with Wade is also very bad, because Wade was in the best team in the 12-13 season, Harden has not had a verbal battle.

Bryant and Liu Ren are both likely to jump out of the player option, but ...... There's no way they're going to leave the Lakers......

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The Zen master was surprised to find that 2016 looked like a year of skyrocketing salaries, but ...... There are basically no top stars who may change teams! On the contrary, it could be a year when the salaries of players of average caliber skyrocketed!

It is basically impossible for top players to leave the team, fourth-year players have the right to match with the parent team, and then the salary cap rises so much, it is basically impossible for the parent team to let people go, anyway, the big contracts have to be thrown out, why not give the stars cultivated by themselves.

"Do you want to watch the Lakers win three in a row and can't stop it?" The Zen master was devastated, and he couldn't see any team in the East that could beat the Lakers in the playoffs.

In fact, in the 17 years since the end of Jordan's second Bulls dynasty, most of the championships have been won by the West, and there are only three teams in the East that have won the championship after 1998, the Celtics, Pistons, and Heat, and add up to five, and the other 12 have been won by Western teams, and the East has been completely crushed by the West since 1998.

Just when the Zen master was expressing despair, the phone rang.

The Zen master took out his mobile phone and saw the caller ID, and he was in a bad mood and immediately wanted to hang up.

The caller was Gail Foreman, the Bulls' only general manager in 30 years.

The origin or hatred between the Zen master and Foreman is not small, although the most glorious time of the Zen master's coaching career was in the Bulls, but his relationship with the Bulls management is not good at all, even bad, and finally Jordan retired, and the Zen master was immediately swept away by the Bulls management, including Pippen was also directly driven away by the Bulls.

However, the Zen master is now the president of a team, and he couldn't resist the impatience to get on the phone.

"Hello, Phil, it's a shame I didn't see you guys kill James."

Foreman's nasty voice sounded in the ears of the Zen master, and the Zen master said without emotion: "What, Gail, you specially called to celebrate the knight's victory?" ”

"Nonono, Phil, I'm really sorry! If I had known, I would have helped you earlier. ”

"Help me? How can you help me? Give me Rose and Noah? The Zen master said angrily.

"That's right! I just want to give you Rose and Noah, now you are stronger, I hate the knights, I have always hated them, only you can defeat them in the East. ”

"......" the Zen master said hemently.

"Okay, to be honest," I said in a frank tone on the other end of the phone, "We're ready to rebuild, although Rose has played well this year and has shown some signs of recovery, but you know, after you led the team to two triple championships, Chicago fans completely regarded us as a team like the Lakers and Celtics, especially with Rose, if we don't play well, we will be scolded to death, but we really can't do too much now, we can only trade them." ”

"You're going to start messing around again?" The Zen master felt a little unhappy, whether it was the Lakers or the Bulls, he was quite unhappy, after all, it was the team he was once at the peak, although he didn't want these two teams to win the championship, but he didn't want to see them too bad, this is the tangle of human nature.

"Yes, you know that two of the best high school students in the country, Fultz and Ball, are going to the NCAA, and if we can get one of them, maybe we can rise again."

To be honest, this is a pie in the sky for a Zen master.

Rose has actually played well this year, although the superstar is not counted, the stars are reluctant, but the starting ability above the level is still there, playing 67 games with an average of 16 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and it is the first time in five years that there has been no reimbursement of the season with a knee injury, and the last dozen games have not been played only because of a broken finger, and the Bulls have no playoff hope, so they did not play.

Noah, although the decline is serious, but Yu Wei is still there, with an average of 20 minutes of playing time per game can get 8 rebounds and 4 assists, although the scoring is incomparable, the shooting rate is only 38 percent, and the average score per game is only 3.6 points, but it is still enough, maybe you can live with another team?

Noah is only 30 years old, and the professional life of this floor-flow center is already very long.

It's just that Noah's five-year, 90 million contract has 4 years left......

The Zen master really only wants Rose, but Foreman will definitely not give it, Rose's performance this year makes him still have a good trade value, first of all, Rose finally has no season reimbursement, and secondly, Rose is an expiring contract next season, and the expiring contract of more than 20 million is already very valuable for trade, which is very suitable for teams that want to clear space to catch big fish in the 2017 season.

In the Zen master's view, Foreman wants to get rid of Noah's remaining contract, which has 4 years and 74 million left on his contract.

The Zen master pondered for a moment and said, "I want your draft picks this year!" And you've got to help us get Lopez's contract, otherwise we won't have that much space. ”

"Phil, you're too dark, aren't you?"

"Gail, you two are garbage contracts, do you want to give it to me?"

"No, no, Phil, Rose is not a player that no one wants, there are already many teams who want him, after all, his salary next season is only 21 million, and it is a contract year, there are already many teams who want him."

"But no one is going to take over Noah together, and you guys fell apart, so you found me?"

"Oh, Phil, I turned them down, I want to help you stop the Cavaliers ......"

The conversation between the businessmen began, isn't this kind of thing just sitting on the ground, and although this year's lottery draft picks are useless, it's cheaper than poaching a role player, and it won't take up salary space for a while.

The Knicks' owner has money, and the Knicks team makes money no matter what, but sometimes there is no space and money to spend.

When there is Porzingis, the starting center, and Noah, the substitute center, Lopez Jr. is dispensable, although the Zen master has a way to get the space to eat Ross and Noah directly, but it can free up a little space, and Lopez Jr. will be 12 million next season, and the remaining 3 years will add up to 40 million, which is really a bit too expensive for a third center, and not all teams like to make a bunch of tens of millions of substitute interior lines like the Lakers.

Although Lopez Jr. is also very useful, if Lopez Jr. becomes Noah, it is equivalent to a shotgun for a cannon! There is no reason for the Zen master to refuse.

Since the Bulls are bent on getting rid of these two people, the Zen master can naturally earn a little more.

After some heated discussions, the two teams finally reached an agreement, with the Bulls sending this year's first-round pick No. 11, the 2017 second-round pick, Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, and Ewan Moore, and the Knicks sending Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon, and this year's first-round pick No. 25, which will be submitted to the league before the draft after the Finals!