In the history of the Orlando Magic, they had nurtured two super centers.
The first was Shaquille O'Neal.
In the summer of 1996, the appearance of two hundred million yuan contracts gave Sharks, who were waiting to renew their contracts, a chance to make a lot of money.
However, the Magic's management at the time was unwilling to renew O'Neal's contract.
They were more willing to build the team around Jordan's successor, Pence Hardaway.
This gave the NBA a chance.
Jerry West made a decisive move and lured the shark into the City of Angels.
Everyone was familiar with the story that followed.
O'Neal and Kobe's OK Lake created a three-time championship dynasty.
He was the second super center that the Magic had trained.
It was the current number one center in the league, Dwight Howard of Warcraft!
Howard had done his best in the Magic.
In the 08-09 season, Howard led the Orlando Magic to the finals.
Unfortunately, they lost to Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Clippers, who were desperate for the championship.
After that, the Magic signed several times, but the team's strength was difficult to reach a higher level.
It was the 2011-12 season.
Dwight Howard and Orlando Magic coach van Gundy repeatedly clashed.
Warcraft even wanted to pressure the team's management to change their coach.
Although the Magic decisively fired Da Fan in April, the conflict between the management and Howard was already irreconcilable.
Summer of 2012.
Howard made it clear that he was unwilling to renew his contract with the Orlando Magic.
A soap opera called " Where Are We Going?" was released in the summer of 2012.
From the end of June to the beginning of August.
This bubble drama that had lasted for nearly two months finally came to an end.
A big deal between four teams was officially announced.
The teams involved in this deal included:
The Orlando Magic, the Philadelphia 76ers, the denver nuggets, and the los angeles lakers!
The details of the transaction were as follows:
The Orlando Magic sent out Howard Chris Duhon Earl Clark Richardson!
Obtained: six players led by Avraro Vucevi?, and five draft picks.
The Philadelphia 76ers sent out Iguodala Harkris Vucevic 2015 first round draft picks.
[Obtained: Bynum Richardson.]
The denver nuggets sent out two players and two draft picks to acquire iguodala.
The Los Angeles Clippers gambled again.
They took the risk that Howard might not renew his contract and sent away Shaq Bynum and two draft picks.
It welcomed the one-year usage rights of Dwight Howard.
Regarding the deal, the general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers, Mickey Kupchak, made it clear:
"This is an exciting deal!”
"Dwight's contract extension? We are 100% confident that we will renew our contract with Dwight next year!”
"Kobe will talk to Dwight later. They will become the new OK duo!”
Just like Mickey Kupchak said.
After the deal was completed.
When Dwight Howard heard the news, he immediately called Kobe.
As a transmigrator, Chu Han knew a thing or two about the first call between the Demonic Beast and Flying Hero.
At that time, Howard asked Kobe everything about Los Angeles.
For example, what fun places were there in Los Angeles?
Howard also talked about how to help the Los Angeles team become better, but he talked more about things outside the court.
This made Kobe, who wanted to win the championship, very unhappy.
At the end of the call, Flying Hero said,
"I want to teach you how to win the championship. What do you think of this?”
To put it simply.
The combination of Howard and Kobe had always looked beautiful from the start.
It was destined to fail!
Of course.
Chu Han knew that the story did not end well.
Now, the media had started to celebrate.
On the day of the deal, ESPM posted:
"The NBA is welcoming its finale!"
The attached picture of the news headline had been photoshopped:
Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, and Dwight Howard!
Just by looking at this lineup, it was definitely a true dog crown!
On Spinach's website, the odds of the Los Angeles Clippers winning the championship shot up to second place!
Even in the fan voting segment, the support rate for the championship of the Laker surpassed the Miami Heat and became the first in the league!
After all, the Miami Heat had just won the championship.
LeBlanc James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh formed the three giants of the Heat. In the eyes of the fans, they were not as good as the four giants of the Los Angeles Clippers!
However…
The defending champion, the Miami Heat, was not idle either.
In the free agent market, they took down the sharpshooter, Ray Allen.
The summer of 2012 came to an end with the main characters being the Los Angeles Clippers.
Chu Han was very clear.
How crazy were the fans of the Laker now?
The following 12-13 season would be very difficult for them.
What was worth mentioning was…
Chu Han was surrounded by a Laker.
"Chu, did you see the news?"
The next day.
At the UCLA stadium.
Zach Lavin rushed to Chu Han excitedly.""The Los Angeles Clippers traded for Dwight Howard!”
As a native of Los Angeles.
Lavin was a diehard fan of the Los Angeles Clippers.
They saw the Los Angeles team finally get another top center in the league through a trade, and the new F4 team was aiming for the championship.
Lavin couldn't hold back his excitement.
"But the average age of the Laker is too old, Zach.”
Chu Han was completely unmoved." Steve is already 38 years old, Kobe is no longer young, and Pau Gasol is also declining.”
"Don't forget, Dwight had a back injury last season.”
While practicing dribbling, Chu Han explained to Lavin,""The new season's Laker may get into trouble early.”
"But I believe in Kobe!"
Although Lavin felt that Chu Han's analysis made sense, he still retained his last bit of stubbornness.""You can always believe in Kobe Bryant!”
"I hope so."
Chu Han shrugged.
He didn't want to talk too much about this topic with Lavin.
Instead of wasting time explaining this matter that had already been decided, it was better to spend more time on training.
Time flew by.
September 5th, US time.
The UCLA Brown Bears gathered for their first training day.
Coach Ben Herland introduced the new members of the team and began to give a detailed explanation of the PAC-12 Alliance in the new season.
The new season of UCLA was about to begin!
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