Chapter 397 Quartet Transactions
The finale of the All-Star Weekend, the East-West All-Star Confrontation Championship was grandly launched. After a bloody star collision, the Western Stars defeated the Eastern Stars and won the latest game.
Los Angeles media said sourly after the game: Although Kobe Bryant did not win the final MVP, his popularity is not inferior to anyone. Because, this night, Kobe surpassed Michael Jordan and was crowned the NBA All-Star history scorer!
The New York media are too lazy to complain about what's so great about being crowned the "All-Star History Total Score King"? This can only prove that he played a lot of games, but in fact he has no technical content.
But their Holy Lords are different. On this night, Wu Huang surpassed Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett, Bob Petit, and Ray Allen in one breath, breaking the three major records in the All-Star Game, and became the only player in NBA history to win the AmVP for three consecutive years. Before him, only Bob Petit won the AmVP for two consecutive years. After Wu Huang won the MVP, he broke another NBA record.
There is also a lot of controversy within the NBA about whether to award MVP to Wu Huang. In the past, everyone took turns to take the lead. After Bob Pettit and Wu Huang, there was no one who defended the second AmVP. Wu Huang's defense last year was considered to be tied with Legend, because his first AmVP was shared with James. Many Wu Huang's black fans would mock Wu Huang for only getting one and a half MVP, and he was still half a head lower than Bob Pettit.
Although this attack point is gone now, after the emergence of Wu Huang's amvp three consecutive championships, many people still complained that the league was deliberately creating gods. They were questioning Wu Huang's amvp three consecutive championships. The biggest reason for these people is: the eastern team where Wu Huang is located obviously lost the game. According to the tradition of winning the amvp side for so many years, why was the final mvp trophy awarded to him?
"Yao is obviously more qualified to win this award." This is the voice of more than half of the media in North America. Although Yao Ming's award also made him very upset, it is better than Wu Huang who won three sessions alone. How can he surpass the latecomers now?
However, the media that support Wu Huang to get MVP believes that since there is no regulation that the loser cannot get MVP, and there has been such a precedent before, Wu Huang, who has broken three records in a row, is eligible to get this MVP. His performance is not to mention the best in this game, even if he wins the 12th All-Star Game in the 21st century, Wu Huang is the one with the best performance.
As the victim, Yao Ming, who felt that he was fooled again, could only say depressed after the game: "I think there is no problem with the league's approach. He did perform beyond everyone's expectations. Wilt's record is not so easy to break, let alone a record that has been so long. Just look at the fact that no one has ever scored 40+ in a single game since then, and you can know how valuable Hugo's 48 points today is. And I also agree with the proposal of Barkley and O'Neal. The league should consider abolishing the three-pointer, a rule that affects the balance of the game." The Little Giants had a lot of fun after the game, and finally made a joke. His mind was at least two streets higher than someone.
Wu Huang was not as excited as he imagined after the game, because he was really just playing casually. Until the end of the game, he did not have the idea of breaking any record. This can be seen from the fact that he still had the strength to continue playing at least three or four overtimes after the game. He did not put much energy into this game, but the fruits he harvested in the end were rich and unreasonable.
Why is this strange phenomenon even Wu Huang himself cannot explain the reason. If he insists on explaining it, he can only say that his teammates and his opponents are at the CBA level. Even if he just goes up and plays, he can get the best of the game. He thinks that those guys should delete the game.
The next day, espn gave him an explanation, and they used "record night" to describe the game, but the content did not praise the stars' performance. Instead, they believed that the way these records were broken was not convincing enough.
In the whole game, the Western Stars scored a total of 164 points, setting a record for single-game scoring in the NBA history, while both sides scored 322 points in the whole game, also setting a record for historical NBA! The Western Stars scored a total of 51 three-pointers and hits 20; the Eastern Team made 49 three-pointers and hits; both sides made a total of 100 three-pointers and hits 43, which broke a record for a historical NBA All-Stars match.
If you don't watch the game, just look at the scoring data, you may think that the offense of this game is extremely exciting, but the fact is not the case. In the whole game, the players on both sides performed relatively casually on the court, especially the Eastern Conference players often attacked within three passes on the offensive end, including the final MVP Hugo. His way of handling the ball in the game was also extremely simple. More than half of his shots were unreasonable shots, and he could still get MVP in the end. He really should thank his ex-girlfriend.
It can be said that except Yao Ming, no one else took this game seriously. Both sides turned this game into a shooting practice, or rather a three-point practice. Some people deliberately scored points for MVP, and there were few exciting cooperation and dunks in the whole game. The superstars would rather use simple layups to complete the score than jump up to please the fans.
But you can't blame the players for this phenomenon. In the devil schedule of four games a week or even five games this season, how much effort can you expect these stars to put into the All-Star Show? At this moment, we have to thank Hugo's ex-girlfriend. Without her help, we might not even see those wonderful three-pointers.
The only regret of this game is that the hardest man on the court did not receive the reward he deserved; a casual but better luck guy ended up defeating another hardworking but not good luck guy.
The last story tells us how important it is to have an excellent ex-girlfriend.
Emperor Wu had already returned to New York the next night. He took advantage of Christine's bath and sneaked into Little Hermione's room. Although he had already felt the little troubles between him and the British girl, Christine had known it for a long time, he was still used to doing things secretly, which was even more exciting. Besides, he was a villain, and most villains were so destined!
After leaving the post-match press conference last night, he turned to Taylor Swift's hotel room and had been fooling around for half a night. Today, he still had the energy to play two more overtimes. It can be seen that he really didn't spend much effort in the game that day, otherwise how could he be so energetic?
He had already seen the espn report this morning, but he still felt that those idiots could not even rob such unscrupulousness because they were too fucked!
"Look at it, I'm sure I won the championship this year!" Wu Huang unconsciously sucked himself. His three-point shots in the past few days were even a little scared. If he had 80% of his strength in every game, then he would be too powerful.
On February 28, just as Emperor Wu continued to watch the popular reports of various media and unknowingly, a major news from Los Angeles cooled him down in time, giving him a sense of crisis.
The nba official confirmed that it passed a 4-party transaction on the 28th, and Howard officially transferred to the Lakers, which is so similar to the history 15 years ago!
The specific content of this 4-party transaction is:
The Lakers got: Dwight Howard, Hildo Tkoglu, Quentin Richardson, and Ramon Sessions, who had been jealous of a long time, gave: Andrew Bynum, Amare Stoudemire, 2014 first-round draft pick and 2016 first-round draft pick (both protected).
Magic gets: Andrew Bynum, Amare Stad, Calderon, 2014 first-round protected draft pick (obtained from the Lakers), sent out: Dwight Howard, Hiddo Tkoglu, Jamil Nelson, Quentin Richardson.
The Cavaliers get: 2016 first-round protected draft pick (obtained from the Lakers), part of the cash, given out: Ramon Sessions.
The Raptors get: Jamil Nelson, Quentin Richardson, trade exceptions and some cash, give out: Calderon.
When Wu Huang saw this news, he was a little unbelievable. He knew that the Raptors had always wanted to trade Calderon and the Paralympic No. 1 pick Bania, but he sold his point guard at a low price, which still made him unable to understand why. Although the Raptors had had rumors of trading losses before that.
It is understandable that the Cavaliers sent out Ramon Sessions. This is mainly for the stability of the locker room. Sessions, who cannot play the ball, has long asked to trade himself. Staying in the Cavaliers can easily cause locker room problems. At this time, the team usually finds ways to send him away, so they can basically trade with draft picks. It's just that they want to get a little more cost.
Magic is a bit difficult to see through their purpose in this transaction. If they want to rebuild, why do they still have to receive a salary of tens of millions of yuan? Moreover, Bynum and Xiaos have three years left in the contract, which is not what they want to rebuild, but it is more like a gamble.
But if Bynum and Stanley can play the effect they should have on paper, then add it to Calderon, who is good at distributing ball rights, and then completely switch to the double tower tactic. This seems to be a good system and personnel combination.
If we look at the magical trade, this lineup after the Magic, is indeed more balanced than the Magic with only Warcraft. No matter how bad Xiao Si is, it will be better than Tekoglu. As long as he can restore his condition last season, the Magic will make a lot of money.
However, once a transaction is lost, the magic will basically not be able to turn around within three years. The chances of their bets to win are not high. Overall, this transaction is still a ranks of unseen.
The Lakers are barely considered a winner. Although this deal paid for future draft picks, teams that are determined to win the championship will not care about draft picks. All they want is to achieve results in front of them. After getting Sessions and Howard, the Lakers instantly filled their two biggest shortcomings. Although they had to take over Tkoglu's bad contract and pay two inside players at once, they could not pay at all to get Howard.
The news popularity of the All-Stars has not yet reached its highest point. The Lakers' four-party transactions have instantly occupied the sports sections of major portals around the world. For a moment, there are bright red words about the rise of the "Purple and Gold Legion" again. Lakers fans also shouted: They want to return to the finals again.
Although this four-party transaction involved more than a dozen players, the most popular one was Howard, who was the core of this transaction. Even after the transaction was exposed, Bynum shouted in a very high-profile manner such as "This is the swap between the first center and the second Bee in the league", everyone knows that the Lakers got Howard, and they are the most profitable side of the four teams.
For the past half season, the future of the All-Star center has been the focus of people's attention. Since the Nets and the Magic's trade negotiations, Howard's future has become increasingly unclear. Then the Lakers proposed a three-party deal with the Timberwolves and Raptors to join forces with the Timberwolves and Raptors still failed to satisfy the Magic's appetite. During this period, the Cavaliers, Hawks, and Thunder all salivated the super center.
In the end, the deal was finally completed. Howard's decision to join the Lakers will greatly change the distribution of the league's strength. No matter which team has such a super center, it will become a strong contender for the championship. What's more, the Lakers and Kobe have players. His teaming with Peak Warcraft will be another ok combination.
Howard was born on December 5, 1985 and is only 27 years old this year. After being selected by Orlando as the No. 1 pick in the 2004 draft, he has been playing for the Magic so far. During this period, he averaged 18.2 points, 13 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, with an astonishing 57.8% shooting percentage, which can be said to be quite gorgeous, and the age of 27 was his peak period.
At this stage, Howard can be said to be the best center in the league. He dominated the inside with his super physical fitness, and won the Best Defensive Player Award for three consecutive years in 2009, 10 and 2011. He also stood out as the best defender for two consecutive years with rebounds and blocks. He has had a final experience so far in his career. In 2009, Howard led the team to defeat the Cavaliers led by the Little Emperor James to enter the finals, but was eventually eliminated by the Lakers. In the following years, the Magic had always had a poor record and was often eliminated in the first round. This is also the most important reason why the Warcraft left the championship.
The Los Angeles Times reported as soon as the transaction was completed: Howard will form a new double K combination with Kobe in joining Los Angeles, and his combat power will be immeasurable. The chances of the Purple and Gold Legion's championship have increased greatly. They are already qualified to challenge the Knicks.
"At the beginning of the season, they said the same thing. I just want to see if they can improve their record first. In addition to the Rockets who failed to enter the top four in the division and still won the championship, have other teams ever seen other teams win the championship outside the top four?" Wu Huang expressed his opinion before the last game at the end of the month. He was qualified to express doubts about the Lakers' deal, because the Lakers are only ranked sixth in the West now. When will the Lakers raise their rankings to the top four in the division, it will not be too late to talk about winning the championship at that time.
The Knicks played against the Cavaliers at home on February 29. This four-party deal had no impact on Cleveland, and the Knicks, who played at home, did not suffer much challenge. They easily defeated the Cavaliers and won the first game after the All-Star game.
Although Irving's data is infinitely close to 20+6 per game, the gap between him and Wu Huang is becoming increasingly obvious.
In the first year, Wu Huang had already brought the Knicks, who was the last in the league, into the playoffs, but the Cavaliers are still the last in the league. This is a big gap between the two.
Wu Huang can tie for the three strongest rookies in history, with Duncan and Bird. Even James is a lot worse than his current status, not to mention Irving. A rookie is better than a part of his personal data. Under this premise, how many team performances can be improved is the ultimate reflection of his ability. Irving obviously only has the ability to make his data better, but he is unable to help the team improve too much.
Eastern Division Ranking
1, New York Knicks (28 wins and 8 losses).
2, Chicago Bulls (26 wins and 10 losses).
3, Miami Heat (25 wins and 11 losses).
4, Indiana Pacers (22 wins and 14 losses).
5, Atlanta Hawks (21 wins and 15 losses).
6, Boston Celtics (20 wins and 16 losses).
7, Orlando Magic (19 wins and 17 losses).
8, Philadelphia 76ers (18 wins and 18 losses).
After the game in February, the Knicks still led the league. However, the Bulls in the East and Spurs in the West chased each other very tightly, especially the Spurs in the West are so fierce that they are outrageous. Their strong performance in the regular season in the past two seasons has surprised many fans.
Last season, the Spurs once surpassed the Knicks in the middle of the season and ranked first in the league. This year in the shrinking season, they still bit the Knicks. These old guys shouted "I am old and I'm about to lose my life", but they can still bite any opponents all over their bodies when they fight.
The schedule of the Knicks in March is not easy, especially in the first half of the month, most of the opponents are strong teams in the east and west zones. One bad thing is the rhythm of losing streak. Although the opponent's strength in the second half of the month has declined, the schedule has become denser. Basically, March of each year is the most difficult month for the Knicks.
On March 2, the Lakers made their first debut of a new lineup at home, and finally easily defeated the Sacramento Kings 111:98. Although the opponent this time was a bottom team and Howard was not familiar with new teammates and new tactics, the inside line he protected was already airtight. Cousins, the Kings' inside core, only scored 12 points in this game, and Howard handed out a large double-even with 18 points and 15 rebounds in the first game of the Lakers.
Los Angeles fans excitedly said after the game: With Warcraft guarding inside, the Lakers finally don’t feel the soft feeling they used to be.
Kobe also gave his new teammates a high evaluation after the game. He praised Howard for his performance very well, especially in terms of enthusiasm and running. He also called Howard the most explosive inside in the league. After the game, he also used the "beast level" to describe his performance in the inside!
Head coach Mike Brown also praised Howard for standing up at critical moments several times. The Lakers' penalty area was like a big lock today. "He played incredible, his vitality, his defense, his dominance in the inside, and he led us to win the game." When talking about Warcraft after the game, the Lakers coach smiled.
Faced with praise from all parties, Warcraft himself was very calm. Because he was pulled to the league for urine test after the game, Howard just said plainly: "We have good defense today and have done a great job of communication on the court. I like this team. As long as we continue to work hard to play like this and maintain aggressiveness, we will not have any problems."
The reason why Wu Huang felt that this guy was not so excited was that he did not get too many inside singles opportunities in the game. After watching the Lakers' highlights, he found that Howard's scores basically came from dunks or tip-offs after the frontcourt rebounds. There were only a handful of back-on singles in the whole game, and his efficiency was still very low. It is estimated that this is the reason why he is not so happy.
"How do I feel that Tekoglu is the hero of this game?" After reading the ten-minute highlights provided by the team, Wu Huang found that the Turkish talent who scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in this game was the number one hero of the Lakers. His support in the middle and online positions was no less than Gasol. It was he who connected the team's internal and external lines that made the Lakers' offense very smooth, and Kobe could also focus more on offense.
"But Tekoglu is already 33 years old. Can he keep this state? This year he has experienced a significant decline. Will it plummet next year or the year after?" Wu Huang still didn't realize that the Lakers' deal is very cost-effective. If Tekoglu is three years younger, then this deal is naturally worth it. Unfortunately Tekoglu is too old. The Lakers' deal has a lot of hidden dangers, especially when facing a strong team, can Tekoglu still perform like this?
On March 4, the Knicks' first game in March was against the Celtics. The last time they lost to the Celtics back-to-back away game. Today, the Knicks were full of energy, and a group of old guys in the Celtics were no longer opponents.
In this away game, Wu Huang used 32 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists to help the Knicks defeat this old opponent. At the same time, he also overwhelmed Rondo on rebounding. Although the latter scored 13 assists, Wu Huang had already given up competing for the assist king, and he had long been squeezed out of the top three in the assist list.
After playing this game, Wu Huang's average data reached 30.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 8.8 assists, and 3.4 steals. His shooting percentage was 53.2%, his three-point shooting percentage was 43.2%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 92.5%.
Such data makes Wu Huang still the number one leader in the regular season MVP this season, but his assist data dropped from 10 times at the beginning of the season to less than 9 times. It is too difficult to maintain a 30+10 data like last season. It can only sacrifice the data of his teammates to have hope. But this is something that Wu Huang cannot do. Faced with these teammates who have sacrificed a lot of personal data for the championship, he will squeeze others, even the villain will not do such a thing.
The Knicks defeated the Celtics and moved to the West. Next, they will play away against the Mavericks and Spurs in the West in a row. These two games are considered the key to maintaining the Knicks' first record in the league.
The Mavericks' record began to decline after "Lin Crazy". The teams have already figured out Jeremy Lin's strength. Although the Mavericks are more confident than before when facing mid- and mid- and lower-level teams, they are prone to fail when facing strong teams.
This is because Jeremy Lin's performance is not stable enough. When facing a strong team, he is easily targeted by the opponent and becomes the team's shortcomings; but when facing an ordinary team, he may perform well to make up for the team's shortcomings.
When facing the Knicks today, Jeremy Lin would obviously become the team's shortcomings, because he met a Wu Huang who was in full shape and was decisively ravaged again without mercy.
Wu Huang felt a little unhappy in this game. Before the game, he missed last month's "East Player of the Month", but he felt that this was another small check and balance given to him by the league. Last month, he was the best player in the team's record and personal data, but the league did not award this award to him.
Therefore, this game became a place for Wu Huang to vent his dissatisfaction. He played for 45 minutes in the whole game, scored 38 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, and won the triple-double for the third time in the season.
The number of triple-doubles that Wu Huang has won this season has also decreased, mainly because the team has done better in rebounding protection, which has led to fewer rebounds, which makes it less easy for him to score triple-doubles.
The next day, the Knicks played back-to-back away against the Spurs, but after three quarters, they were exhausted by the Spurs' precise pass and run without the ball. After missed consecutive shots in the fourth quarter, they were directly beaten by the experienced Spurs in a wave of trouble. They could only accept that they had lost the ninth game of the season away.
Wu Huang felt that there was no regret. This game is an 80% loss. Each team will encounter more than a dozen such games in a season. If you want to win 60+ games, it depends on the winning rate against weak teams. They were able to win 67 last year because they were lucky. They grabbed a lot of such a must-lose away back-to-back victory on the way. However, this year, this away back-to-back and against strong teams, the Knicks basically never won. Who made this a shrinking season?
After the Knicks lost to the Spurs, they had no time to think about it. Next, they defeated the Bucks in a row, 76ers, but after a little recovery, they lost to the Bulls back-to-back again. This is their second defeat to the Bulls this season.
"It doesn't matter, just treat it as a way to accumulate character and adjust the winning rate so that it can continue to eliminate them in the playoffs." Wu Huang comforted his teammates in this way. They still don't have time to stay in the loss. If they lose the game, they will lose. It's no big deal. They are still the first in the league. The most important thing is that the most difficult first half of March has passed, and most of the opponents in the second half of the month are mid- and lower-level teams, which is a good time for them to consolidate their rankings.
The Knicks did play the defensive champion in the second half of March schedule. They first slaughtered the Trail Blazers with a 35-point advantage at home, then defeated the Pacers twice in a row, and then defeated the Raptors and the 76ers back-to-back. A five-game winning streak consolidated his record of first place in the league and secured his home advantage in the playoffs in advance.
Compared to the Knicks' struggles, the Lakers on the other side are not so comfortable. Without the fourth position, they first won three consecutive victories, and then were defeated by the Grizzlies, Clippers and Hawks in a row, and were baptized by the three consecutive defeats. In the three games that lost, the opponents had the top four positions and the strength of the center position was also very strong. No matter how awesome Howard is, it is difficult for him to play two.
Mike Brown was once again slammed by angry Los Angeles media and fans, and the voices calling for him to be dismissed once again filled the entire Angel City. Poor Black Bread could only transfer the Turks to the sixth position and help Jordan Hill to the fourth position.
But in this way, the Lakers' inside line completely lost their ability to shoot in the mid-range shots, and no one could help Howard open space. The opponent could unscrupulously let Hill double-team Howard. After the Lakers traded, they got defense, but lost offense. At this moment, they couldn't make a profit or lose.
Mike Brown said he was very wronged. He really couldn't use Howard's center, whose back-to-body singles efficiency was not as good as Kobe's, and could only treat him as a top-quality blue-collar worker. But this made Howard very dissatisfied with him. A few days ago, he began to complain in front of the media that he had too few opportunities to play back-to-body singles in the inside, and he completely forgot his poor back-to-body singles efficiency.
The Lakers have only achieved a record of 6 wins and 6 losses this month. Although their inside defense has improved, their inside offense has been lost. After running from one extreme to another, they still have to rely on the boss to fight alone to win the game. This is no different from before.
What made the Lakers even more embarrassed was that the Magic had a record of 7 wins and 5 losses in March. Although this is not very good, Sir and Bynum are still not very compatible, but the overall strength of this inside line is there. As long as the two do not really have internal conflicts, this double tower lineup can still make mid- and downstream teams feel very powerless.
Chapter completed!