Car Talk of the Week: What cars do NBA champions drive?

"It's been ten years. Do you know how I have spent these ten years? I will decide this year's championship, and even Jesus can't take it away!"

I think this is what everyone thinks. What a Lakers fan wants to yell the most these days. This is the first time the Lakers have won the NBA championship in ten years, and it is also the 17th O'Brien Cup in the history of the Lakers. It has been ten years since this giant last won the NBA championship. At that time, the Lakers relied on the outstanding performance of "Black Mamba" Kobe Bryant. The Lakers defeated the Celtics in the tiebreaker and won the championship.

Ten years have passed in a flash. In the past ten years, the Lakers have experienced the darkest moment since the team was founded. The team was once reduced to the Western Conference, unable to enter the playoffs for consecutive years, and Lakers boss Buss Jr. even resigned. At the beginning of this year, the famous Kobe Bryant also left us forever due to a plane crash. For Lakers fans in this decade: enough is enough.

This championship is undoubtedly the greatest comfort for Lakers fans. They can finally shout "Lakers championship" and Lakers fans can also start to have the right to breathe in major sports forums. I believe that Kobe Bryant will win the championship. Heaven can also see this prosperous era belonging to the Lakers country.

So, as part of the 300 best basketball players in the world, what kind of cars do the players of this year’s NBA championship, the Lakers, drive?

Let’s start with LeBron James.

As a 4-time regular season MVP, 4-time FMVP winner and the creator of the old meme "taco? Tuesday", James' dominance on the court has been a role model for players from his rookie season to the present. His career salary and advertising endorsements have made the little emperor worth hundreds of millions, so he has too many cars to count.

From Rolls-Royce Phantom to Lamborghini Aventador, from Porsche 911 Turbo S to Maybach 57S... However, when it comes to his favorite car, it is undoubtedly the Ferrari 599 worth US$300,000. This is his 25th birthday present.

The second is of course another giant of the Lakers, Anthony Davis.

After a season of back-and-forth with the Lakers last year, Davis came to Los Angeles from far away New Orleans and formed the league's number one forward combination with James. , the former leader of the air-cutting group transformed into a real champion.

Davis’ car is a Rolls-Royce Phantom. With strong aura and ample space, this two-door coupe model purchased in 2014 is one of the most suitable models in the Rolls-Royce brand.

In addition, the thick eyebrow brother also showed off a Dodge Hellcat. As a representative of American muscle cars, the Dodge Hellcat is also a car loved by many NBA players, such as Suns star Devin Buchanan. Grams and James mentioned above have both purchased this muscle car. In addition to the Phantom and Hellcat, data shows that the thick eyebrow brother has also purchased models such as Porsche 911, Mercedes-Benz S550 and Bentley Continental.

The third person I want to talk about is Dwight Howard.

"Howard extinguished the Heat and killed the game with a super long three-pointer." On the day of winning the championship, everyone joked. As the only man in the league who could replace James alone, Howard entered the NBA after graduating from high school. He experienced the core of the Magic's "one inside and four outside" tactics and reached the finals against Kobe Bryant; he experienced the Lakers' "F4" defeat in 2012. After suffering injuries; experiencing the years when Houston could not conceal its success; and experiencing the wandering years of the Hawks and Hornets, he has now transformed from a big boy who loves to laugh into an extremely hard-working man. He deserves this championship.

Howard has owned many luxury cars. At his peak, he purchased multiple Rolls-Royces and a white Bentley Mulsanne. In addition, he also owned a very hard-core Cavalier XV. It is an ultra-luxury armored off-road vehicle manufactured by Conquest Vehicles, a Toronto-based automobile manufacturer in Canada. It has also been sold in China, with the price of a naked vehicle exceeding 10 million.

He even gave his friend Parsons, who is known as the "rich, handsome", a Ferrari.

Next is the Emperor Armandani Green.

“He has won championships with three different teams. Although he has been criticized and controversial, he has continued to prove himself and is still one of the greatest stars of our time. He is Danny Green!”

Before my friend said the last words, I thought he was describing James, but I didn’t expect that I gasped at the end. But there is nothing wrong with it. From San Antonio to Toronto, and then to Los Angeles, Danny Green has bathed in the old-school spirit of "GDP" and experienced the basketball atmosphere in the north. Finally, he was invited to Los Angeles to enjoy the beach with a two-year, $30 million contract. . Although the 12.5 open three-pointers in this year's finals are extremely frustrating for this 3D player, this does not affect "Wolong" as a hard-core defender and a championship.

Compared with the previous three No. 1 picks (James, Howard, Davis), Danny Green is relatively low-key. When he supported the black movement this year, he posted a photo of himself , you can see a cash Audi Q7 behind you. However, judging from the shooting percentage in the finals, I would hazard a guess that he also owns at least a Cadillac! ! !

Next is Aunt Jenny’s (Lakers owner) favorite Kyle Kuzma.

Kuzma's defense has been criticized, so some netizens ridiculed Kuzma, "Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore." But to be honest, Kuzma is positioned as a sharp-edged player. At that time, the Lakers did not have James or Davis. They only had "him to be strong, Nick Young, who is handsome and capable, and Kuzma." He has experienced the darkest era of the Lakers, and he also deserves this championship ring. The online campaign initiated by Lakers fans that Kuzma does not deserve the championship is undoubtedly a joke.

Kuzma once said on social media that he bought a second-hand Honda worth $1,500 when he was in college. In July 2017, Kuzma showed off a Porsche Panamera with a bright color scheme, saying it was a birthday gift for him. It seems that Kuzma's current rookie contract with an annual salary of less than 2 million US dollars still cannot stop his love for luxury cars.

The Knife Guard JR Smith is the short-axis version of Land Rover’s Range Rover. He once posted this luxury car on his IG, and also said that this is his favorite. This short-axis version Range Rover uses a 3.0T supercharged V6 machine with a maximum horsepower of 340 horsepower and a torque of 450Nm, but this is still slightly inferior to the 5.0V8 extended version of Harden and Curry.

Vitesse, who has always been strong, showed off that he was driving a Starry Sky Top luxury car (Rolls-Royce); JaVale McGee also updated his personal IG with a photo of himself standing on a Mercedes-Benz Cross Country Photo next to the car.

The last one is Quinn Cook. The former Warriors backup guard drove a brand new Land Rover decorated with a pink bow during basketball training camp in Washington. But this is not his luxury car, but a gift for his mother. Cook's mother was shocked that her son had appeared in this form and was moved to tears by the generous gift.

“Why did the editor only mention these 15 players, what about the rest?”

Yes, the Lakers also have “ruthless” Morris, a rookie. Tucker, "the only kid in Los Angeles" Caruso, "coach" Rondo, "elixir" Daniels, "locker room leader" Dudley, but I can't find information about their luxury cars, hahahahaha, they slipped away Slip away.

Collect the car news of the week, review the big and small car events, all the car news and anecdotes are in the car talk of the week, see you next week!

Text/Li Sijia

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