In the summer, in addition to the Trail Blazers' small trades, other teams have also launched reinforcement and reconstruction plans to prepare for next season's game.

First, the Los Angeles Lakers, who just defeated the Celtics to win the championship. This is the first time in their history to defeat the Celtics to win the championship, washing away the previous record of losing to the Celtics in eight consecutive Finals, and also became the first away team in NBA history to win the championship trophy at Boston Garden Plaza.

In order to dominate the league and complete the great achievement of defending the title in the new season - in 1969, the Celtics no team defended the title again, the Lakers continued to strengthen through trades.

The most important deal was to exchange the Phoenix Suns power forward, Morris Lucas, with the 1988 second-round draft pick and the 1989 second-round draft pick.

In the eyes of media critics, this is another Lakers-like "robbery" deal, and he obtained an experienced inside veteran with two insignificant second-round draft picks.

Morris Lucas' peak was spent in the Portland Trail Blazers. Although the absolute core of the Trail Blazers was Walton, Lucas was the Trail Blazers' number one scorer.

That season was the 1976-1977 season. The Trail Blazers got Lucas's deal, which completely completed the team's reinforcement and allowed them to win a championship without being optimistic.

But later, with Walton's injury, the Trail Blazers finally fell apart, and Lucas' low post was replaced by Mitchell Sampson. In the end, Lucas became a wandering player and wandered around each team. However, he was able to contribute 15 points and about 10 rebounds in every game, which is enough to prove that his strength is still there.

With the trade, Lucas was obtained, the Lakers' original substitute inside, and former regular season MVP Bob McAdu lost his original position. He and another Lakers veteran, Jamal Wilquez, were swept out by the Lakers.

After the joy of the championship cools down, everything returns to the cold reality. No matter how huge the contribution made in the past, there is a possibility of being traded or cut. This is the NBA.

Compared with the Lakers, their old opponent in the Finals, the Celtics were not idle either. After suffering the shame of losing to the Lakers for the first time in 1985, the Celtics were determined to take revenge next season.

Like the Lakers, the Celtics also chose to strengthen their inside line, and as the bargaining chip was the Celtics' former MVP in the Finals, Cedric Maxwell, the most important substitute in the team.

After Maxwell won his second championship ring in his career in 1984, his overall competitive state declined seriously. At the same time, he had conflicts with the team's boss Bird. After the failure of the finals, he was inevitably involved in the transaction and was sent to another team in Los Angeles - the Clippers, in exchange for an extremely important player, Bill Walton.

I don’t know if the Lakers and Celtics have agreed. The two most important deals in summer are both players in the Trail Blazers’ lineup, one is the number one scorer and the other is the absolute core. The Trail Blazers suddenly became the reinforcement training base for the East and West overlords.

In addition to these two important deals, the Celtics and the Lakers have made some minor repairs to further improve the team structure, and their core framework has not changed.

It is worth mentioning that the veteran Jamal Wilkes, who was cut by the Lakers, was immediately signed by the Los Angeles Clippers and gathered in Los Angeles with his old rival Cedric Maxwell. The Clippers instantly became the "scrap" recycling bin for the two top players. I wonder if they would feel extremely awkward to play on the same team.

At this time, the Lakers and Celtics can be said to be "I only have you in my eyes in the whole world". All trading activities are aimed at targeting opponents, but other teams are eyeing the dominant position of these two teams.

The upcoming upstart in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons who fought against the Celtics in the 1985 playoffs, first won the shooting guard from McNese State University with the 18th pick in the first round in the draft, Joe Dumas.

There is no doubt that this is an extremely important choice and a very critical signing position.

They also picked the 170-year-old "potato" Spaty Webber, who was extremely stunningly bouncing, but they soon cut off the miracle-filled little man.

More importantly, the next deal. In mid-June, the day before the draft, the Pistons traded the team's main power forward, former All-Star player Dan Roundfield to Washington Bullets, and got the irrelevant Mike Gibson, as well as the inside thug, "beef guy" Rick Mahon.

After failing to try a quick offensive style, Detroit has begun to take a different approach and embark on a path of far-reaching muscles and violence.

In comparison, the other two powerful teams in the East, the third-year-old Milwaukee Bucks and the former overlord Philadelphia 76ers, did not make much noise.

In the draft, the Bucks picked Mario Ellie, a small forward from the American International University (who sounds like the Pheasant School, but it was founded in 1885) in the seventh round, and then cut him off.

However, this is a small person destined to shine in the future.

In addition, the Bucks made almost no adjustments, which also destined that they would sit on the bench in the position of the third-year-old.

The old overlord Philadelphia 76ers also gained nothing in the draft and trading, and they had no gains in the free market. Dr. J. Irving was one year older, Charles Barkley was still growing, and Moses Malone was no longer at the peak. This Titanic, which was incredibly glorious in 1983, is gradually sinking into the cold Atlantic Ocean.

Compared with the Eastern Conference, the Western Conference team seems more energetic. For any team, the Lakers' dominance has made them bored. Perhaps even the Lakers themselves think of meeting a comparable opponent in the Western Conference playoffs.

The Houston Rockets can undoubtedly satisfy the Lakers' wishes. This talented team is growing rapidly. They have no outstanding big moves in the draft and in the free market. However, they don't need big moves. All they need is to wait quietly and wait for the rapid growth of these talented stars.

Similarly, there are Portland Trail Blazers. The team has a young age structure, with several core players at the peak, two superstars growing rapidly, and at the same time, the entire team is thriving.

Other teams such as the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz have made minor repairs and repairs on the basis of retaining their core lineups.

Overall, there were no earth-shaking big deals in the offseason in 1985. Strong teams continued to strengthen. If they continued to rebuild, the labor contracts and trading market were not perfect at that time, and each team was more inclined to rely on drafts to complete the team's construction, which would inevitably be a long-term process.

Similar to the big deal between Moses Malone in 1983, or the big deal between Van dervich in 1984, it doesn't happen every year.

Although there are no big deals, the draft this year is definitely the Taobao location for each team. Because of this, there are very few draft picks in the summer, and the quality of rookies this year is indeed quite good.

The New York Knicks needless to say that they are the biggest winner of the draft this year, successfully winning the recognized future superstar Patrick Ewing.

In addition, Bernard King, the former Knicks' top star, confirmed the season's reimbursement, which just cleared the obstacles for Ewing's ascendance. A Knicks with him as the core will be destined to rise in the East.

The Indiana Pacers, who scored the second-place pick, are not as lucky as the Trail Blazers. After losing Olajuwon, the Trail Blazers were able to win Gan Guoyang. The Pacers lost Ewing and had to choose power forward Weiman Tisdale from the University of Oklahoma in the second pick.

This guy is a good power forward and has the ability to average 20 points per game, but this guy who loves music, especially jazz, will obviously achieve much greater in the jazz industry in the future than in the basketball industry.

The one who got the draw was the Los Angeles second-place Clippers. They cleared out the sick Bill Walton and picked out Ben Oit Benjamin from Cretton University, the Cretton Blue Crows' main center who faced Gan Guoyang when Gonzaga University visited Nebraska.

Gan Guoyang has another acquaintance in the alliance.

Later, the Supersonics won McDaniels, the Warriors got Chris Mullin, and Schramf, the German, was selected by Dallas - but he was not the German that Dallas needed, and the Cleveland Cavaliers chose Charles Oakland - but they traded him to the Chicago Bulls in the same division...

In addition, the Utah Jazz selected a Louisiana country bumpkin in the 13th pick, which was a relatively low-level position. The clothes he wore at the draft were like a blue-collar worker in a suit.

Later, the Lakers also won the "Virgin" AC Green with a low pick, and the Portland Trail Blazers won Terry Porter, which were all relatively successful draft picks.

It was the draft in 1985 and 1984 that provided a large number of backbone talents for the NBA and also laid the initial structure for the competition among NBA heroes over the next decade.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was still honing his skills at the University of Houston, but he seemed a little more careful. Drexler's precedent was ahead of him, so he didn't dare to joke about his body.

Although he has a high "talent" in anti-injury, he knew that from the moment he walked onto the basketball court, injuries would always accompany him, and he would not be able to remain completely healthy until he retired.

Other players, like Michael Jordan, also sweated heavily in Chicago, but he didn't know that next season would not be as beautiful as he thought.

Currently, the two strongest men in the league also regard each other as their biggest opponents Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, but at the invitation of Converse in the offseason, they gathered together to shoot an advertisement.

Two people who were hostile to each other in the past became good friends who could talk about everything after sincere contact. I have to say that this is really a friendship beyond basketball.

This summer, some people are busy, some are leisurely, some are actively prepared, and some are fearless. This calm and peaceful atmosphere will soon be broken with the beginning of the new season.
Chapter completed!