Chapter 549 548. The Sorrow of a Small City
43分、22分、24分、25分、23分、37分、40分，7场比赛，，整个系列赛命中率也是非常出色的45+42+90，毫无悬念地从比尔-拉塞尔手中接过第二座拉塞尔杯。
场均17分3板4助攻1抢断的费尔顿、，表现也不错，但完全没争FMVP的可能性，就是冠军球队正常的二三当家的表现。
Millsap didn't do very well in scoring and rebounding in this finals, but his defense and passing quality were extremely high. His defense could not be seen, but his passing could be well reflected by the statistics - assists per game, the second highest on the team, even higher than the point guard!
O'Neal also fought hard this year, playing an average of 21 minutes per game, scoring 4 points, the fourth highest in the team, plus 12 rebounds, 6 assists and blocks. His performance was excellent, successfully preventing Kobe from catching up with his number of championships and widening the lead to two!
O'Neal doesn't know whether Kobe will eventually surpass him. After all, this difficult former little brother will only turn 32 this summer.
和张杨一样，科比G1单场40+过后，后面5场分别只拿到21分、22分、23分、19分、27分，但抢七飙起来，又拿到了单场40+，、与场均14分7板10助攻的基德、场均23分8板5助攻的加内特差不多甚至还要逊色一丢丢的表现，飙到场均28+4+4领先两位队友一筹、如果赢了就能像张杨一样捧起两个奖杯。
With Jackson treating Kidd and Garnett like fathers during the regular season, there will be no problem for them to continue their performance for 2-3 years, especially Kidd, whose performance can't get any worse. The Lakers will still be one of the favorites to win the championship in the next two or three years. O'Neal would not be surprised even if the Lakers start a dynasty.
But at least before retiring, he, the Big Shark, had Kobe down low, and that's enough. That's why he played so hard in the finals!
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After winning his third FMVP trophy, Zhang Yang entered a period of tumultuous time. Far from feeling annoyed, he liked and enjoyed the feeling of being in the spotlight.
After the attention gradually faded, he still felt a little lost and wanted to start a new season immediately. However, after a few days of excitement and the physical reaction from the bloody battle with the Lakers for half a month, he told him that he needed to rest.
He made progress in this playoff journey, but he also discovered his own shortcomings. He even felt that luck played a big role in winning the championship, such as his hot three-point shooting throughout the whole process, his first 40%+ three-point shooting percentage, and his smooth sweep throughout the whole process, which also allowed the two veterans, Hill and O'Neal, to have enough rest time after each round.
He found that he had underestimated the veteran Hill. In the regular season, he was all smiles and had an attitude of "I have no regrets after winning the championship", but in the playoffs, he fought harder than O'Neal, who faced Yao Ming, Howard and Kobe, the three opponents he wanted to defeat. In this finals, the best defenders of their Bobcats against Kobe were Zhang San and Hill.
At the draft on the 28th, the Bobcats selected Xavier University's 27-year-old combo guard Jordan Crawford with the 22th pick in the first round.
A very safe choice. His older age and longer school career make it unlikely that he will have much potential, but there is no need to worry about his lack of immediate combat effectiveness.
With the 27th pick in the second round, the Bobcats selected Dwyane Cowan from Marquette University.
Zhang Yang learned from the management that this player was chosen because he was from Marquette University, his name was Dwyane, and he was a registered shooting guard of 193 cm… The draft was based purely on appearance, and after the three-year blowout of talent from 07 to 09, the first few picks in this year's draft were okay, but there were not so many potential talents later. The teams at the tail end of the lottery zone had already started to select juniors and seniors who were ready to fight. By the end of the second round, those who were famous in college were gone.
Zhang Yang originally wanted the team to select Jeremy Lin, for no other reason than his ability to break through and pass the ball. But maybe it was because Zhang San was too good that a chain reaction was triggered? The Warriors picked Jeremy Lin, who was predicted to be at the end of the second round, with the second pick in the second round.
Wouldn't Jordan have to use his eye for talent? If Zhang Yang were in his place, he would probably choose someone named Stephen or Curry, just like he planned to choose someone named Chris in 06 when there was no one else to choose from.
The new owner of the Wizards, who received the "starting gift package", chose John Wall, a freshman point guard from the University of Kentucky, without any suspense.
The Warriors, who had the second pick, experienced drastic personnel changes before the draft. General Manager Nelson and new team consultant Jerry West had huge differences in team building concepts.
According to sources, Nelson has a strong preference for Ellis, which is something everyone knows. He wants to continue to build a new lineup around Ellis. He wants to choose the University of Michigan's "block machine" Ekpe Udoh, a mature player who just finished his junior season at the age of 22. He averaged 30 points, 14 rebounds and blocks in games. He also comes from a very wealthy family. He is an African American and his family runs a vegetable distribution company. He has developed a non-competitive character on the court and is a good player to play a supporting role in the interior.
But the logo man thinks that the Warriors are too peaceful and they need a fighter like Stephen Jackson or Ron Artest to ignite competition within the team and force young players to improve. Those who can't stand it will be thrown away, and those who can stand it will continue to train and raise a "Gu King".
Old Nelson looks "weird", but looking at the Mavericks team he built, you can know that his team-building ideas have always been very peaceful. He likes to determine the core and then proceed step by step steadily. He came to the Mavericks in the 06-07 season to play around purely to get revenge on his old club.
In the end, Nelson Sr. chose to resign, and the logo man chose his favorite person - DeMarcus Cousins, a freshman center at the University of Kentucky and teammate of No. 1 pick John Wall.
Cousins was compared with Rasheed Wallace in high school, but that was not about his strength but his number of technical fouls. He had 12 technical fouls in 33 games in the 25th grade, which was more efficient than Rasheed Wallace. He was also the first player in high school history to be sent off multiple times in a single season due to technical fouls. Of course, Cousins' talent and performance are no worse than Rasheed Wallace's in his student days.
The University of Kentucky also became the first university to win both the No. 1 and No. 2 picks. It was the talk of the town and talented high school students flocked to it. It was predicted that it would form a top 100 lineup in the United States in the new season.
The Nets selected Derrick Favors with the third pick, which was a very safe choice. After entering college, he focused on studying basic skills such as defense, rebounding, and pick-and-roll. His hard work, coupled with his superior physical condition of 208 cm tall and 224 cm wingspan, made him the best defensive player in the division in his freshman season. In the words of the commentator, he would rather question Wall's ability to play than doubt that Favors can quickly become an NBA starter.
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After the draft, the Bobcats began to strengthen their team.
But there was a regret from the beginning - Matthews refused to renew his contract before the free market opened.
Zhang Yang had anticipated this when he only signed a one-year non-guaranteed contract during last summer league, but he couldn't ask for a long-term contract at that time.
They are all late second-round players, and the difference between them is actually huge. For someone like Ginobili who has proven himself in Europe and international competitions, as long as they decide to select him and are willing to come, he will definitely sign a long-term contract, and the contract will be quite large.
There are also future assassins like Thomas. Although he was also picked 60th, it was mainly because of his height that he fell to this position. People predicted that his pick would be at the end of the first round or the beginning of the second round.
Thomas was the big man of the school team during his three years in college. He averaged points per game in his freshman season, led the University of Washington back to the Crazy Three after many years, was selected to the Pac-12 All-American Team, the National Rookie of the Year Team, and was just a little short of being selected to the All-American Second Team; in his sophomore season, he led the team to the first place in the division, was elected Pac-12 League MVP, and was elected to the All-American Second Team; in his junior season, he led the team to the first place in the division for two consecutive years, was elected league MVP, and was elected to the All-American First Team...
The only thing stopping the little assassin from moving forward in Crazy Three is his crappy teammates at the University of Washington. This University of Washington is not the Georgetown University in Washington ., but a university in Washington State. It’s strong in science and engineering, but in terms of literature and sports, its most famous alumnus is... Bruce Lee?
The Kings found a treasure amid the hesitation of other teams. After the summer league confirmed that the little assassin could adapt to the confrontation with adults, they immediately gave him a three-year guaranteed contract.
Matthews did not have any outstanding performance in college and was also reported to have personality problems. He was predicted to be undrafted. He played hard and trained hard in the summer league, but his overall performance was not good. He lacked the necessary game awareness. If he had not played hard and trained hard, he would not have gotten the contract.
Now that Matthews has shown signs of playing well after a year of training, it is normal for him to want to leave the team for a better future.
But the Bobcats can't really be said to be at a loss. During the injury wave, Matthews played for a while, and the 60th pick, which was likely to be a "selection based on personal preference", was not wasted.
Winning the championship makes everything happy. The Bobcats also publicly announced Matthews' decision to test the free market so that other teams can know as soon as possible.
Of course there is good news. The Bobcats did not exercise Marion's player option and gave up the early bird right to free up salary space. Marion followed the arrangement and did not participate in the celebrations after the end of the season. He went to a lakeside mental sanatorium early.
When he has nothing to do, he chats with the doctor, goes fishing, and reads books. He says the people there speak very nice words, which can calm his mind and stop him from thinking about the incident two and a half years ago that caused him so much pain.
He left no room for retreat and asked his agent to reject contacts from other teams. He had the confidence... As a family man who wanted to help his mother pay off her loan and buy a house and a car after getting his first salary, although he was not frugal, he was not a spendthrift either. The savings and fund stocks he had were enough for him to enjoy a comfortable life for the rest of his life.
He privately revealed to Zhang Yang that if he had not been recruited by a championship-contending team last summer, he would not have been willing to play for a bottom-tier team for a high salary, and would rather retire and go home to teach his son how to play basketball.
Zhang Yang really believed this. He remembered that Marion was recruited by Kidd and Nowitzki at the end of the 09 offseason and went to play for the Mavericks for a few years.
After the two contracts with the Mavericks expired, in the summer of 14, Marion rejected the invitation from the team that wanted him to coach new players and planned to retire. It was James who invited him to join the Cavaliers to compete for the championship, so he played for one more year. In fact, in the 13-14 season, he had an outstanding offensive and defensive performance with an average of 10 points, 6 rebounds and steals per game. He just didn't expect that he wouldn't be able to play much in the Cavaliers, and he chose to retire without looking back after the season ended.
On July 7, after the free market opened, five-time championship center O'Neal held a press conference to announce his retirement.
The contracts of Tyronn Lue, DeSagana Diop, Marion and Hill expired, and the Bobcats immediately gave up various contract renewal clauses that would take up space.
A qualifying offer was given to Millsap, whose rookie contract expired, and Perkins' Bird Rights were retained, clearing up the space to the maximum extent. The only things left were the big contracts and rookie contracts of the three young stars, as well as the space occupied by Millsap and Perkins retaining their Bird Rights. The total salary dropped to 5167 million.
The latest salary cap announced by the league showed a smaller decline than expected, falling to 6079 million.
The Lakers-Horsemen battle, the Lakers-Buffaloes battle, the MVP battle between Nowitzki and Nash, the second round and the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers, the Finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers...the playoff revenue is higher than previously expected.
The Bobcats have $912 million in salary space this summer. If they make full use of it and give contracts of three years or more, they can offer long-term contracts with an average annual salary of tens of millions.
But the Bobcats were unexpectedly cold-shouldered in the free market. Jordan, Bickerstaff and Carlisle ambitiously communicated with target free agents, but were all rejected.
They did not look for big-name players, but instead focused on strengthening the point guard and small forward positions. Their first choice targets were Steve Blake of the Clippers and Sean Battier of the Rockets.
But when Kidd next door waved, Blake rejected the three-year, $3 million offer from the Bobcats and joined the Lakers for four years and $1500 million, staying in the City of Angels.
Yao Ming raised his hand and Battier ran to Chicago to live before the Bulls even drafted a contract.
On July 7, something happened that had a greater impact on the Bobcats' recruitment - the Bulls held a press conference, Yao Ming and Hinrich came to the scene, and officially announced that they would use Luol Deng as a bargaining chip to reach a sign-and-trade agreement with the Heat, and signed Wade to a 10-year veteran maximum salary contract worth 6 million over years.
Prior to this, the Bulls gave up the bird rights or early bird rights of Brad Miller, Rasheed Wallace and others, and all other short-term contracts also gave up various renewal clauses, lowered the salary limit, freed up nearly 900 million in space, and after sending Luol Deng to sign in exchange for Wade, there was still a little over 500 million left.
Hinrich, who has regarded Wade as a thorn in his side for the past seven years, said at a press conference: "It is my dream to partner with the best shooting guard in the world...Hated opponents? On the court, they are either teammates or opponents. I hate every opponent. Which one are you talking about? Jack? Or Kobe?"
After signing Wade, the Bulls signed Kyler Korver, a top off-ball shooter who was being sought after by the Bobcats, Lakers, Knicks and Spurs, for $3 million over three years.
The big city, the core combination of Yao Ming + Wade + Hinrich, and the second defense of Sefolosha... the attraction is no less than that of the Lakers.
The two-time champion Bobcats felt the sadness of a small city when they had the conditions and the need for the first time.
After failing to sign Battier and Korver, Carlisle went to have a face-to-face talk with Magic's free agent Matt Barnes. As a result, Kobe called Barnes and said, "Fuck Charlotte, come to Los Angeles." Barnes happily went to sign a two-year minimum salary contract with the Lakers, leaving Carlisle, who was about to sign the contract, in a mess in Orlando.
They are just like the Spurs. Everyone praises them for being strong and sees them as championship contenders, but when it comes to joining, they are told not to be in a hurry and to wait until they go to the popular teams in big cities. The popular teams in big cities will be stronger championship contenders than them.
There are actually not that many players who are as sensitive as Perkins. The benefits of going to a big city team that can be seen at a glance are what most players can see.
Regarding the point that they were very confident in attracting free agents - an excellent team atmosphere, in practice it was found that it did not play any role.
Only they themselves know about this. In the eyes of outsiders, they are known as the "Bad Boys" and are like a den of bandits. Moreover, the atmosphere within the team is not very attractive to most players except for specific players. Many players have actually become accustomed to a living environment full of contradictions.
If they want to recruit veterans, it may go smoothly, but when they want to recruit high-quality players in their prime, it will be difficult.
Especially when they have won two consecutive championships and their core lineup is stable, teams in big cities that can provide clear positions are much more attractive to high-quality players in their prime.
Even some small cities can attract players in their prime more easily than the Bobcats by offering better team positions - Tony Allen joined the Grizzlies for 4 million over four years and rejected Jordan's recruitment.
At this point, we can see how wise and lucky it was for the Third Young Master to visit Hill who was recuperating from his injury.
Marion joined the Bobcats because of the active invitation from stars like Zhang Yang, and also because he saw the respect Hill received.
Looking back at the Bobcats' three championships in four years, they didn't sign any outstanding free agents except Hill and Marion. They have always been reaping the rookie bonus and using rookie contracts to "support" veterans such as Brad Miller and O'Neal who had overpriced or even junk contracts.
Including Mike Miller back then, his annual salary of more than 900 million was also a huge premium, and four or five million was the normal price.
It was only from 04 to 07 that the team had the basic conditions for winning three championships in four years, thanks to the influx of talented rookies such as Okafor, Zhang Yang, Felton, Millsap, Rondo, Afflalo, etc.
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It is mid-July, and the excitement over Wade joining the Bulls has not yet died down, and another superstar from the 7 class has decided on his next team.
On July 7, the Knicks officially announced that they sent their 15 first-round pick to the Raptors to reach a sign-and-trade agreement and signed Bosh to a six-year, $2011 million maximum contract.
According to the New York Times, the Knicks originally planned to sign Amar'e Stoudemire, but Bosh wanted to join, so they immediately chose Bosh because of his age - Stoudemire was about to turn 28, while Bosh was only 26.
Although Stoudemire has a lower salary, no Bird Rights, less than 5 million in 1 years, and no draft picks, Stoudemire's playing style and age indicate that the last year or even two years of his contract will be given away for nothing. Bosh, on the other hand, is expected to remain at his peak after the 6-year contract.
The Knicks freed up more than 2800 million in space this summer and did not renew the contracts with David Lee and McGrady.
David Lee joined the Warriors for 4 years and 6000 million, and entered the "inside breeding plan" of the logo man, becoming the "nutrient" of Cousins; McGrady's free market test was cold...
Wade and Bosh left their parent teams one after another and joined popular teams in big cities, which caused controversy, but someone soon saved them.
On July 7, James, the most anticipated free agent this summer, announced his next team in a live broadcast on ESPN, known as "Decision 20". He will sign a four-year contract with the Rockets.
This move sparked public opinion, and the firepower that was originally dispersed on Wade and Bosh was all concentrated on James.
This has a big premise - James did not inform the Cavaliers before the live broadcast that he was going to the Rockets, and Cavaliers owner Gilbert learned about this at the same time as the fans.
After all, they are businessmen. Even though it was just a first-round pick that was definitely not in the lottery zone, a small amount of money is still meat. The Cavaliers still reached a sign-and-trade agreement with the Rockets, sending James to the Rockets in exchange for the Rockets' first-round pick in 2011.
James joined the Rockets with a maximum salary of 3 million for a seven-year veteran with 1+8200.
Lowry, Kevin Martin, Yi Jianlian, Scola, Brooks, Landry... The Rockets have an excellent lineup of role players, and their core center Lopez is also outstanding. Rockets owner Alexander saw new business opportunities and promised James that he was willing to pay luxury taxes to recruit players. The Rockets took this opportunity to become a truly strong team.
The Texas Big Three has truly become a 'three-game road trip hell'.
However, just as James arrived in Houston on July 7, he saw Battier sign a three-year, $22 million contract with the Bulls and become teammates with Wade, and he was immediately shocked.
Not only did they reject his request to play in Miami, they also poached his people!
As for the fact that Battier went to Chicago at the beginning of the month, the Bobcats knew about it, but James did not.
Rasheed Wallace also renewed his contract for one year with the remaining part of the mid-level salary after the Bulls signed Battier; Brad Miller's contract was reduced by tens of millions, and he stayed with the team as a veteran minimum salary exception, and publicly stated that he wanted to help Hinrich, Wade, and Yao Ming deal with the Bobcats.
The madness of the free market has not ended yet.
After the destinations of the three most attractive superstars of the 03 class were determined, Boozer and Stoudemire, who were less attractive but would have been big names in any previous year, also determined their next homes.
Boozer joined the Kings for 5 million over 8000 years and teamed up with Rondo. In fact, this was a normal high-paying signing. Rondo, who is good at pick-and-roll offense, is an ideal partner for Boozer. However, the media described it as "surprising" because it was the first effective free agent signing by the Kings in 5 years.
The Trail Blazers took the last bite of rookie bonus from Roy and Aldridge, paid with a first-round draft pick, and sent Camby to the Knicks, who were looking for a center partner for Bosh, and then signed Stoudemire with a starting salary of 1519 million and a total of 5 million over five years.
When Zhang Yang saw the news, he mourned for both Xiao Bawang and Aldridge for a few seconds. Xiao Bawang's leg, if he goes to the Trail Blazers, will he be with Oden? Aldridge really became a center...
In order to make room to sign Stoudemire, the Trail Blazers gave up Mike Miller's bird rights, hoping to re-sign him later using the mid-level exception.
As a result, Mike Miller turned around and left. This time, Alexander really kept his promise. After James recruited Mike Miller to Houston, Alexander gave him a three-year, $3 million contract, which was the same as the mid-level exception, to fill the vacancy left by Battier.
However, he gained something in return. The frustrated Paul Allen turned around and saw Wesley Matthews who came for a tryout. He knew basketball well and signed him with the full middle-class salary of $3 million for three years.
James, Wade, Bosh, Boozer, Stoudemire, and David Lee, the six biggest stars who ignited the free market this summer, all have new homes.
In a corner where no one paid attention, Zhang Yang also noticed the movement of two players.
The Pacers signed Zach Randolph, who failed to renew his contract with the Clippers, to a three-year, $3 million contract; the Hornets traded the remaining two years of Tyson Chandler's contract with the Mavericks for Dampier's expiring contract, and amnestied Dampier's contract signed in 4500, thereby reducing the total salary for the next two years to below the luxury tax threshold.
Zhang Yang believes that the movement of these two players will be one of the factors that affect the league's structure.
In fact, Randolph played well last season. In 09, he renewed his contract with the Clippers for 1 million for one year. He averaged 1000 points and 70 rebounds in games. There was no negative news about him, but he didn't have much presence because of that. After all, most of the news he appeared in was negative news. Without the negative news, he naturally didn't get any attention. He was next to the Lakers and his record was not good.
This is not so bad. The Pacers will not become a championship-contending team anytime soon, and may even fail midway.
But the Mavericks got Chandler, and the last missing piece of the puzzle was complete! Chandler is fast, and Haywood is solid, two types of blue-collar centers, and the Mavericks have them all!
Nowitzki squatted under the basket, Chandler provided help defense, or Haywood and Chandler worked together to defend.
This is a great bargain. The Bulls and Hornets worked hard to train Chandler for 9 years. During this period, Chandler's progress can be described as a snail's pace. Now, Chandler, who is only a few months away from turning 28, is about to realize his talent, but the Hornets, who want to save money, gave him away for free! However, now only Zhang San knows that Chandler can play well soon. Maybe the Mavericks just want Chandler's athletic ability.
Chandler played only 51 games for the Hornets last season, suffered repeated injuries, and averaged only 28 points and rebounds in minutes per game. The remaining two years of his $2300 million contract have become junk contracts this summer. The Louisiana media are saying that Chandler will definitely exercise his final year of player option early next season.
The Texas media also gave a bad review of the deal, saying that the Mavericks were originally only locked up by Dampier for one year, but now Cuban has turned that one year into two years.
There were rumors that the Mavericks even talked to the Trail Blazers about trading Dampier's expiring contract for Camby, but the Trail Blazers had already used up their amnesty clause, and even though they got Dampier, who had signed a contract before 05, they couldn't use it to clear up space, so they rejected the Mavericks' deal.
The Trail Blazers chose to pay for the draft pick by trading with the Knicks, who only had a few rookie contracts left and more than 1000 million in space after signing Bosh. They took advantage of the last rookie bonuses of several talented players from the 06 and 07 classes and freed up space for a basic maximum salary to sign Stoudemire.
The Mavericks' trade for Chandler was a helpless move of "settling for second best", and it can also be said to be destined.
In addition to those who have changed teams, Zhang Yang also saw the news that Anthony and Howard applied for trades. When they were interviewed, they made it clear that if they were not traded, they would opt out of their contracts and become free agents next year.
There is also Deron Williams who requested a trade but dared not admit it publicly.
The soap opera is about to begin.
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The Bobcats went from being full of confidence when the free market opened to encountering setbacks one after another... Zhang Yang has been paying close attention, feeling anxious and frustrated, but helpless.
He used to laugh at Cuban for giving out big contracts and making random trades to pile up salaries, and for having to support two or three useless players every year. Now he finally understands that if he doesn't cast a wide net, a team like theirs in a small city or small basketball market, even if it's very strong, will find it difficult to attract the players they want.
Having a bunch of big contracts can be used to rescue players when they expire. When the Mavericks had a salary of over 100 million, they were able to get Dampier, Jamison, Anthony Walker, Billups, Artest, Caron Butler...all of them had expiring contracts, and when a team wanted to give up a star and start rebuilding, they would make a move to get them.
Whether it is to give up or to enter the free market to grab players, exchanging existing big-contract stars for expiring contracts is a necessary option. The former is to save costs, and the latter is to free up space.
Similar teams include the Trail Blazers... Allen and Cuban, businessmen know how to spend money.
While paying attention to the team's recruitment, Zhang Yang also did what he should do.
On July 7, after a week's rest, he resumed training.
He did not accept the call-up to play in the World Championships this summer. The reason is simple and straightforward - he is tired and wants to have a good rest during the off-season. He is not interested in the World Championships and will be called up when the Olympic national team needs him.
Naturally, controversy arose. Some people supported it, and of course some people criticized it. However, no one could bring up the "training of the Blue Association" as an issue for him.
With Zhang Yang blocking the bullet in front, Yao Ming also declined the call-up of the Blue Association on the grounds of waist and shoulder injuries. However, during the Blue Association training camp, he still participated in the coaching work and took over from Zhang Weiping as the head coach of the men's basketball team, giving enough face. After all, he had already planned to go into politics.
At the same time, this also gives Yi Jianlian an opportunity to take a leading role. Yi Jianlian's performance in this World Championships was indeed fierce, averaging points and rebounds per game, ranking fifth in scoring and first in rebounding.
He became the second player in the history of Chinese men's basketball to average 20+ points per game in the World Championships. The first was Zhang Weiping, the first rebounding champion.
He is also the only player in this World Championships who averaged 20+10 per game (historical fact).
If Yao Ming participated in this World Championships with back and shoulder injuries, Yi Jianlian's performance would definitely be gone. Yao Ming would most likely not be able to produce such statistics either, as he could not play 35 minutes per game and run all over the court like Yi Jianlian.
Of course, the roles cannot be compared in that way. Yao Ming's main function is to score stable goals, attract double-teaming and pass the ball in the tense stage, while Yi Jianlian's role is to score points and grab rebounds.
Led by Yi Jianlian, the men's basketball team advanced to the top 16. The most regrettable match in the group stage was against the host Turkish team.
Türkiye, known as the Husky of China, is similar to Korea in some aspects.
能和俄罗斯队打成80比89、和争冠热门希腊队都能打成81比89的中国男篮，打土耳其队输了40多分，连欧美的媒体都对这场比赛表示困惑，土耳其队拿什么把易建联防得只出手8次只拿到11分？
But think about the European Basketball Championship a year ago, when the host Turkey team slaughtered the European Championship seeded team Serbia in the group stage, it doesn't seem to be a strange thing.
When it came to the World Championships, the Turkish team didn't even bother to put on an act. In the group stage, they beat the Greek and Russian teams in a row, slaughtered the French team in the round of 16, slaughtered the Slovenian team in the quarterfinals, and once again tore apart the third seed Serbia team in the semifinals, while the Serbian team had just defeated the defending champion Spain team... In the final, the Turkish team couldn't swing or dared not to swing, and was slaughtered by the American team.
The Chinese men's basketball team suffered a crushing defeat to Turkey in the last match of the group stage, which led to them facing the top team of another group, Lithuania, in the round of 16. They lost to Lithuania 8-70 and were eliminated in the round of 78.
As for Zhang Yang personally, in mid-July, after Bosh joined the Knicks and before James joined the Knicks, he finally accumulated the first 7 shooting points for the new round of tasks.
In the last round of tasks, in late March, he had accumulated the second 3 shooting points. At that time, he chose to upgrade his experience gains. After all, the playoffs were coming soon, and improving his talents was of no use at the moment. Experience gains could potentially bring immediate improvements.
I was lucky enough to randomly get Bird's high-post back-to-the-basket rhythm, which upgraded me from the intermediate level to the advanced level, with only the highest level left, 'Perfect'.
At the end of May, he accumulated the third 5 shooting points from the previous round of tasks and randomly got the jumping talent point. He didn't get physical strength or power, which was a bit regrettable, but his jumping limit was raised to 10. His current level is 93, so his jumping ability has a lot of room for improvement, which is not bad. When the technology reaches a certain level, the jumping speed and jumping height can greatly help the performance of the technology.
In mid-July, when he accumulated 7 shooting points, he chose talent points, adding one more talent before the training started. He randomly got layup and raised his layup talent to 10, which should help him improve his current 97 layup basic skills to a certain extent.
On August 8, he collected his second 16 shooting value and started his training, this time on the 10th line.
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Zhang Yang learned from the training information that after winning three consecutive championships in 92, 'he' here renewed his contract with the Knicks for three years, with a 3+2 player option in the last year, averaging 1 million per year, becoming the first player in NBA history to receive an annual salary of 1000 million.
But the Knicks' offseason was not so smooth. The 27-year-old Mark Jackson wanted to be the star player, so he rejected the Knicks captain's contract and accepted the invitation of a veteran to join another big city team for 2 million for 500 years to seek a better personal future... the Los Angeles Clippers, and the person who invited him was Baylor, the eighth runner-up.
Gerald Wilkins also accepted the Cavaliers' invitation. The 29-year-old chose a five-year, $5 million contract instead of staying with the Knicks to compete for the championship.
There is nothing wrong with their choices, but the tactical core point guard and the first substitute in the forward line are gone. Veteran Kiki Vandeweghe, who played an important role in last season's playoffs, chose to retire. The main rotation suddenly lost three players, and the Knicks' offseason became increasingly difficult.
In desperation, Big Bird attacked his old boss again.
Doc Rivers was signed from the Celtics for $3 million over three years.
现年里弗斯91-92赛季在凯尔特人队打了80场，其中54场首发，。
In fact, when he was with the Hawks in the 80s, Rivers performed better. He had seasons with averages of 12 points and 10 assists and 14 points and 9 assists. In the summer of 91, when his contract was about to end, he was sent to the Celtics in exchange for a draft pick by the Hawks, and he played quite well.
This time, Bird's method of poaching players was still simple and unpretentious. The Celtics only gave him a short-term contract of 2 million for 200 years, and he gave Rivers a price that he could not refuse.
After barely filling the gap at the point guard position, Bird's operations began to go smoothly and he dug up former All-Star player, Rolando Blackman, from the Mavericks.
Blackman, 33, is a player from the 81 class. He was selected to the All-Star reserve lineup four times in the late 80s. He averaged 4 points per game last season, but his efficiency has collapsed. In the 18s, his shooting percentage was always over 80%, but last season it was only 50%. However, when the core scorer is not capable enough, he is more than capable of serving as a backup shooting guard.
Then Bird made a wonderful deal, using potential rookie Hubert Davis as a bargaining chip to exchange for 30-year-old small forward Tony Campbell from the Timberwolves.
Tony Campbell was a first-round pick of the 84 golden generation. He is a 201 cm tall, 98 kg small forward. After joining the Timberwolves in 89, he had his peak performance in the 89-90 season, averaging points per game. However, his performance has been declining in the past two years, averaging 90 points per game in the 91-21 season and points per game last season. He is already in the decline stage of his career.
But for the Knicks, who need immediate combat power more than potential newcomers, using a late first-round pick to trade for Tony Campbell is indeed a great deal.
The loopholes at the shooting guard and small forward positions were plugged, but during the training camp phase, Bird was forced to make large-scale adjustments to the team system, from a team offense to one dominated by the individual abilities of the inside and outside dual cores.
He still underestimated the role of a control master in their team. Mark Jackson cannot be said to be irreplaceable, but at least the two point guards, Rivers and Greg Anthony, cannot complete the ball distribution, movement command, and rhythm control as nearly perfectly as Mark Jackson.
Lacking a core guard and temporarily rebuilding the system, the Knicks performed dismally in the early part of the season, starting with a collapse-like record of 4 wins and 5 losses. By the Christmas game, they had only 14 wins and 13 losses. Even the New York media began to predict their defeat again. However, in the middle of the season, it was time for a comeback. In the middle 25 games, they had a record of 20 wins and 5 losses. In the last 30 games, they had a record of 24 wins and 6 losses. In the end, they beat the Bulls (58 wins and 24 losses) with 55 wins and 27 losses to win first place in the Eastern Conference in the regular season.
Zhang Yang here played in 80 games and averaged crazy numbers of points, rebounds, assists and steals per game, setting new career highs in both points and assists.
尤因也打出了张杨加盟后4年来最好的个人表现，出战70场，。
It can almost be said that the two of them relied on their personal abilities to lift the Knicks to the top of the Eastern Conference.
Ewing was selected to the first team for the third time in his career, beating David Robinson and Olajuwon; Zhang Yang defeated Jordan and Barkley and won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, but it was also the first time in five years that he was not selected for the first defense. Pippen and Rodman occupied the two first defense forward positions, and he fell to the second defense.
This was also the first time in four years that Ewing was not selected for the second defense.
After entering the playoffs, the Knicks had very smooth first two rounds, first sweeping the Magic team led by O'Neal and Hardaway 3-0. The Magic team was eighth in the Eastern Conference with 39 wins and 43 losses. In the second round, they defeated the Hornets 4-1. Although the Hornets ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, their record was only 44 wins and 38 losses.
Zhang Yang started his training before the Eastern Conference Finals. After reading the training information, he felt something was wrong and looked up the newspaper... There were only two teams in the Eastern Conference with more than 50 wins this season, and the third-placed Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference had only 47 wins.
He remembered that Barkley fled to the West in the summer of 92, but not only Barkley fled, Parish of the Celtics went to the Mavericks, and Brad Doherty of the Cavaliers went to the Lakers... The 'Great Exodus of Eastern Stars' that was originally scheduled to begin after 96 was staged ahead of schedule?
As for the Bulls, the first round series against the Heat was also easy, and they advanced to the second round with a 3-1 victory. In the second round, Jordan was in great form, averaging points per game, and swept the Cavaliers in four straight games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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After learning about the team's situation, Zhang Yang went to Madison Square Garden to begin adapting and preparing for the game.
After two days of rest, he led the Knicks to another home game against the Bulls led by Jordan.
In the 6 games, Zhang Yang averaged points per game, surpassing Jordan who averaged points per game, but his averages of 7 rebounds and assists per game lagged behind Jordan's averages of rebounds and assists per game.
On defense, he has better skills and Jordan has better physical fitness. When they face off directly, it is difficult to tell who is better overall.
He was a little confused at first. How did Pippen snatch the first defense from him?
But he soon figured it out - most of the regular season energy was focused on breaking through and scoring. In such a long season, it was inevitable that there would be some games where less investment would be made on the defensive end. Pippen, who had grown a year, had become a top defensive player, so it was normal for him to lose.
He came here to play in the playoffs, so he didn't have to consider the continuity of the long season. He gave his all on both offense and defense, so he naturally felt that his defense was better than Pippen's.
As for others, Ewing, who averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists per game, was better than Pippen, who averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game. But apart from the two of them, no one else on the Knicks scored in double digits, and the Bulls also had Horace Grant, who averaged points per game!
In fact, only three players on the Knicks scored in double digits during the regular season. In addition to Zhang Yang and Ewing, only McDaniel, who was snatched away from the Celtics by Bird in the summer of 3, averaged 91 points per game. In this Eastern Conference Finals, McDaniel was defended by Pippen and averaged only points per game.
The new players Tony Campbell and Blackman introduced last summer are quite capable, but the Knicks' style of play this season is double-star scoring. These two originally scored by holding the ball, but now they are substitutes. Not only have their playing time been reduced, but their ball possession has also been extremely weakened. They have worked very hard for the championship, but only scored seven or eight points in each game, and there was a certain degree of decline in the Eastern Conference Finals.
When Zhang Yang and Ewing play well, these three forward and guard teammates can add icing on the cake, but when they don't play well, the three of them will not play much of a role.
After 6 big games, the Knicks lost to the Bulls 2-4, ending their three-peat.
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After returning from the training, Zhang Yang took the initiative to recall this training trip and felt that he had many regrets. This could have been done better, that could have been adjusted, the tactical response, and what could have been done better here or there... He started thinking in hindsight mode.
But after expressing his frustration, he felt that the loss was not unfair.
The year before, the Knicks and the Bulls were equally strong and either team could have won, but he won.
Jordan had been holding back his energy for another year, most of the players on the Bulls were in their prime at the age of 27 or 28, Pippen had improved another year, and the Knicks were missing their core point guard. Although his and Ewing's breakthrough and passing style was strong, it was bound to be at a disadvantage compared to the Bulls' style of play, which had been honing its triangle offense system for many years.
To win two games, he and Ewing had fought hard for their lives.
Of course, what he regretted most was that among the several tasks and rewards, he only completed one task in the end - "King of Scoring", and got the reward of "Proficient Pull-Up Techniques" quick learning method.
He exited active recall mode and let the feelings of regret and remorse fade away.
It is always better to have a reward than nothing, and enriching his pulling rod skills is just right for him now.
There are three ways to improve his ability to attack the basket. One is to improve his basic skills. His talent has increased a bit, so he will definitely be able to improve gradually in the future. It just takes time and the effect is slow.
The second is to improve the awareness of attacking the basket, the timing of breakthroughs, the choice of breakthrough routes, and the timing of off-ball cuts. This can be improved quickly, but it is also easy to reach a ceiling. Later, you have to rely on a large number of games to accumulate experience, and understand your opponents as much as possible, combining the grasp of timing with the prediction of the defender's behavior. The first part is fast, but the latter part is difficult.
The third one is to improve the technique of attacking the basket. This itself is not difficult. As long as you are willing to practice, you can always learn the technique. The only difference is whether you can use it in the game.
Like Howard, who has studied offense for so many years, when he receives the ball in a game, he still only bumps it twice, jumps up, grabs the ball, and throws it into the basket like throwing a softball;
Some people, like Conley and Curry, redeveloped their attacking skills after arriving in the NBA.
Their physical fitness does not seem outstanding now, but when they were students, they were all good at running and jumping. Curry's vertical jump and running jump height are at the same level as Westbrook and Rose. Conley's jumping is even better than these three. His running jump reaches 104 cm, making him the only one among the four to exceed cm.
When they were in high school, all four of them were good at running and flying. When Curry and Conley entered college, their shots gradually focused on long distances, but they also relied a lot on running and jumping abilities to attack the basket.
However, Westbrook and Rose can continue their attacking style from college in the NBA, but Curry and Conley cannot. After entering the NBA, they become floor players. The difference between the two is purely because of the difference in explosive power and jumping speed.
In the first three years of Zhang Yang's attacking the basket, apart from the Euro-step dunk and open-ball dunk, he mostly used the floor style. It was not until the late 08-09 season that he started to jump. After the 08-09 season, his jumping ability increased to 90. Only last season did he have a flying feeling, but the technique itself is still floor-based, he just jumps higher. After all, he learned the 2015 version of Kobe.
Although his jumping ability is still only 90, his jumping talent has risen to 93. He is only 22 years old now, so it won't be a problem for him to grow to the upper limit of his talent. He can start to develop his attacking skills with difficult aspects such as jumping height and speed.
He looked at the reference movements of the "Leverage Skills" fast learning method, and they were exactly the same as Jordan's. Maybe it needs to be simplified. Simplify it to "8th Section"? It seems that it is still difficult at present. Simplify it to "24th Section"? ... Or "30th Section", and develop in this direction first.
Zhang Yang carried out the planned training in an orderly manner. On September 9, he accumulated the third 21 shooting points and randomly upgraded his experience gains. He was a bit unlucky, and his "There can be many kinds of peaks" was upgraded to the intermediate level, which improved his adaptability when he needed to reconstruct his playing style. This experience gain that perfectly matched "I age slower" was very useful in the future, he felt, but for now... think about it in a positive way, this can be regarded as preparation for the future.
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In a blink of an eye, it is the end of September and the offseason is over.
The Bobcats had a crazy offseason that had nothing to do with them and only added to their stress.
At the beginning, several signings that were thought to be certain to be signed were snatched away by Kobe and Yao Ming. Jordan was so angry that he almost found someone to spend the money on. Fortunately, there was the experienced Bickerstaff.
At the suggestion of old Bickerstaff, Jordan chose to spend the money on "his own people".
Re-signing Marion with a two-year, $2 million contract is slightly above the mid-level class, given his playoff performance and the prospect of a rebound. I don't know how reasonable the price is, but at least the friendship is there.
Then the salary cap was covered, and the Bird Rights were renewed with Millsap for 5 million over 5000 years until 2015, which was 500 million more than the biggest contract Millsap got in the free market. Before bringing in Camby, the Knicks offered Millsap 5 million over 4500 years, expressing in money - I am optimistic that you will be better than you are now.
After filling the salary cap, Jordan used the middle-class exception directly on Perkins, 2+1 totaling 1692 million, the last year of the player option.
Since we can't recruit the people we want, we might as well use the money to reward the heroes who won three championships in four years.
(End of this chapter)
43分、22分、24分、25分、23分、37分、40分，7场比赛，，整个系列赛命中率也是非常出色的45+42+90，毫无悬念地从比尔-拉塞尔手中接过第二座拉塞尔杯。
场均17分3板4助攻1抢断的费尔顿、，表现也不错，但完全没争FMVP的可能性，就是冠军球队正常的二三当家的表现。
Millsap didn't do very well in scoring and rebounding in this finals, but his defense and passing quality were extremely high. His defense could not be seen, but his passing could be well reflected by the statistics - assists per game, the second highest on the team, even higher than the point guard!
O'Neal also fought hard this year, playing an average of 21 minutes per game, scoring 4 points, the fourth highest in the team, plus 12 rebounds, 6 assists and blocks. His performance was excellent, successfully preventing Kobe from catching up with his number of championships and widening the lead to two!
O'Neal doesn't know whether Kobe will eventually surpass him. After all, this difficult former little brother will only turn 32 this summer.
和张杨一样，科比G1单场40+过后，后面5场分别只拿到21分、22分、23分、19分、27分，但抢七飙起来，又拿到了单场40+，、与场均14分7板10助攻的基德、场均23分8板5助攻的加内特差不多甚至还要逊色一丢丢的表现，飙到场均28+4+4领先两位队友一筹、如果赢了就能像张杨一样捧起两个奖杯。
With Jackson treating Kidd and Garnett like fathers during the regular season, there will be no problem for them to continue their performance for 2-3 years, especially Kidd, whose performance can't get any worse. The Lakers will still be one of the favorites to win the championship in the next two or three years. O'Neal would not be surprised even if the Lakers start a dynasty.
But at least before retiring, he, the Big Shark, had Kobe down low, and that's enough. That's why he played so hard in the finals!
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After winning his third FMVP trophy, Zhang Yang entered a period of tumultuous time. Far from feeling annoyed, he liked and enjoyed the feeling of being in the spotlight.
After the attention gradually faded, he still felt a little lost and wanted to start a new season immediately. However, after a few days of excitement and the physical reaction from the bloody battle with the Lakers for half a month, he told him that he needed to rest.
He made progress in this playoff journey, but he also discovered his own shortcomings. He even felt that luck played a big role in winning the championship, such as his hot three-point shooting throughout the whole process, his first 40%+ three-point shooting percentage, and his smooth sweep throughout the whole process, which also allowed the two veterans, Hill and O'Neal, to have enough rest time after each round.
He found that he had underestimated the veteran Hill. In the regular season, he was all smiles and had an attitude of "I have no regrets after winning the championship", but in the playoffs, he fought harder than O'Neal, who faced Yao Ming, Howard and Kobe, the three opponents he wanted to defeat. In this finals, the best defenders of their Bobcats against Kobe were Zhang San and Hill.
At the draft on the 28th, the Bobcats selected Xavier University's 27-year-old combo guard Jordan Crawford with the 22th pick in the first round.
A very safe choice. His older age and longer school career make it unlikely that he will have much potential, but there is no need to worry about his lack of immediate combat effectiveness.
With the 27th pick in the second round, the Bobcats selected Dwyane Cowan from Marquette University.
Zhang Yang learned from the management that this player was chosen because he was from Marquette University, his name was Dwyane, and he was a registered shooting guard of 193 cm… The draft was based purely on appearance, and after the three-year blowout of talent from 07 to 09, the first few picks in this year's draft were okay, but there were not so many potential talents later. The teams at the tail end of the lottery zone had already started to select juniors and seniors who were ready to fight. By the end of the second round, those who were famous in college were gone.
Zhang Yang originally wanted the team to select Jeremy Lin, for no other reason than his ability to break through and pass the ball. But maybe it was because Zhang San was too good that a chain reaction was triggered? The Warriors picked Jeremy Lin, who was predicted to be at the end of the second round, with the second pick in the second round.
Wouldn't Jordan have to use his eye for talent? If Zhang Yang were in his place, he would probably choose someone named Stephen or Curry, just like he planned to choose someone named Chris in 06 when there was no one else to choose from.
The new owner of the Wizards, who received the "starting gift package", chose John Wall, a freshman point guard from the University of Kentucky, without any suspense.
The Warriors, who had the second pick, experienced drastic personnel changes before the draft. General Manager Nelson and new team consultant Jerry West had huge differences in team building concepts.
According to sources, Nelson has a strong preference for Ellis, which is something everyone knows. He wants to continue to build a new lineup around Ellis. He wants to choose the University of Michigan's "block machine" Ekpe Udoh, a mature player who just finished his junior season at the age of 22. He averaged 30 points, 14 rebounds and blocks in games. He also comes from a very wealthy family. He is an African American and his family runs a vegetable distribution company. He has developed a non-competitive character on the court and is a good player to play a supporting role in the interior.
But the logo man thinks that the Warriors are too peaceful and they need a fighter like Stephen Jackson or Ron Artest to ignite competition within the team and force young players to improve. Those who can't stand it will be thrown away, and those who can stand it will continue to train and raise a "Gu King".
Old Nelson looks "weird", but looking at the Mavericks team he built, you can know that his team-building ideas have always been very peaceful. He likes to determine the core and then proceed step by step steadily. He came to the Mavericks in the 06-07 season to play around purely to get revenge on his old club.
In the end, Nelson Sr. chose to resign, and the logo man chose his favorite person - DeMarcus Cousins, a freshman center at the University of Kentucky and teammate of No. 1 pick John Wall.
Cousins was compared with Rasheed Wallace in high school, but that was not about his strength but his number of technical fouls. He had 12 technical fouls in 33 games in the 25th grade, which was more efficient than Rasheed Wallace. He was also the first player in high school history to be sent off multiple times in a single season due to technical fouls. Of course, Cousins' talent and performance are no worse than Rasheed Wallace's in his student days.
The University of Kentucky also became the first university to win both the No. 1 and No. 2 picks. It was the talk of the town and talented high school students flocked to it. It was predicted that it would form a top 100 lineup in the United States in the new season.
The Nets selected Derrick Favors with the third pick, which was a very safe choice. After entering college, he focused on studying basic skills such as defense, rebounding, and pick-and-roll. His hard work, coupled with his superior physical condition of 208 cm tall and 224 cm wingspan, made him the best defensive player in the division in his freshman season. In the words of the commentator, he would rather question Wall's ability to play than doubt that Favors can quickly become an NBA starter.
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After the draft, the Bobcats began to strengthen their team.
But there was a regret from the beginning - Matthews refused to renew his contract before the free market opened.
Zhang Yang had anticipated this when he only signed a one-year non-guaranteed contract during last summer league, but he couldn't ask for a long-term contract at that time.
They are all late second-round players, and the difference between them is actually huge. For someone like Ginobili who has proven himself in Europe and international competitions, as long as they decide to select him and are willing to come, he will definitely sign a long-term contract, and the contract will be quite large.
There are also future assassins like Thomas. Although he was also picked 60th, it was mainly because of his height that he fell to this position. People predicted that his pick would be at the end of the first round or the beginning of the second round.
Thomas was the big man of the school team during his three years in college. He averaged points per game in his freshman season, led the University of Washington back to the Crazy Three after many years, was selected to the Pac-12 All-American Team, the National Rookie of the Year Team, and was just a little short of being selected to the All-American Second Team; in his sophomore season, he led the team to the first place in the division, was elected Pac-12 League MVP, and was elected to the All-American Second Team; in his junior season, he led the team to the first place in the division for two consecutive years, was elected league MVP, and was elected to the All-American First Team...
The only thing stopping the little assassin from moving forward in Crazy Three is his crappy teammates at the University of Washington. This University of Washington is not the Georgetown University in Washington ., but a university in Washington State. It’s strong in science and engineering, but in terms of literature and sports, its most famous alumnus is... Bruce Lee?
The Kings found a treasure amid the hesitation of other teams. After the summer league confirmed that the little assassin could adapt to the confrontation with adults, they immediately gave him a three-year guaranteed contract.
Matthews did not have any outstanding performance in college and was also reported to have personality problems. He was predicted to be undrafted. He played hard and trained hard in the summer league, but his overall performance was not good. He lacked the necessary game awareness. If he had not played hard and trained hard, he would not have gotten the contract.
Now that Matthews has shown signs of playing well after a year of training, it is normal for him to want to leave the team for a better future.
But the Bobcats can't really be said to be at a loss. During the injury wave, Matthews played for a while, and the 60th pick, which was likely to be a "selection based on personal preference", was not wasted.
Winning the championship makes everything happy. The Bobcats also publicly announced Matthews' decision to test the free market so that other teams can know as soon as possible.
Of course there is good news. The Bobcats did not exercise Marion's player option and gave up the early bird right to free up salary space. Marion followed the arrangement and did not participate in the celebrations after the end of the season. He went to a lakeside mental sanatorium early.
When he has nothing to do, he chats with the doctor, goes fishing, and reads books. He says the people there speak very nice words, which can calm his mind and stop him from thinking about the incident two and a half years ago that caused him so much pain.
He left no room for retreat and asked his agent to reject contacts from other teams. He had the confidence... As a family man who wanted to help his mother pay off her loan and buy a house and a car after getting his first salary, although he was not frugal, he was not a spendthrift either. The savings and fund stocks he had were enough for him to enjoy a comfortable life for the rest of his life.
He privately revealed to Zhang Yang that if he had not been recruited by a championship-contending team last summer, he would not have been willing to play for a bottom-tier team for a high salary, and would rather retire and go home to teach his son how to play basketball.
Zhang Yang really believed this. He remembered that Marion was recruited by Kidd and Nowitzki at the end of the 09 offseason and went to play for the Mavericks for a few years.
After the two contracts with the Mavericks expired, in the summer of 14, Marion rejected the invitation from the team that wanted him to coach new players and planned to retire. It was James who invited him to join the Cavaliers to compete for the championship, so he played for one more year. In fact, in the 13-14 season, he had an outstanding offensive and defensive performance with an average of 10 points, 6 rebounds and steals per game. He just didn't expect that he wouldn't be able to play much in the Cavaliers, and he chose to retire without looking back after the season ended.
On July 7, after the free market opened, five-time championship center O'Neal held a press conference to announce his retirement.
The contracts of Tyronn Lue, DeSagana Diop, Marion and Hill expired, and the Bobcats immediately gave up various contract renewal clauses that would take up space.
A qualifying offer was given to Millsap, whose rookie contract expired, and Perkins' Bird Rights were retained, clearing up the space to the maximum extent. The only things left were the big contracts and rookie contracts of the three young stars, as well as the space occupied by Millsap and Perkins retaining their Bird Rights. The total salary dropped to 5167 million.
The latest salary cap announced by the league showed a smaller decline than expected, falling to 6079 million.
The Lakers-Horsemen battle, the Lakers-Buffaloes battle, the MVP battle between Nowitzki and Nash, the second round and the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers, the Finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers...the playoff revenue is higher than previously expected.
The Bobcats have $912 million in salary space this summer. If they make full use of it and give contracts of three years or more, they can offer long-term contracts with an average annual salary of tens of millions.
But the Bobcats were unexpectedly cold-shouldered in the free market. Jordan, Bickerstaff and Carlisle ambitiously communicated with target free agents, but were all rejected.
They did not look for big-name players, but instead focused on strengthening the point guard and small forward positions. Their first choice targets were Steve Blake of the Clippers and Sean Battier of the Rockets.
But when Kidd next door waved, Blake rejected the three-year, $3 million offer from the Bobcats and joined the Lakers for four years and $1500 million, staying in the City of Angels.
Yao Ming raised his hand and Battier ran to Chicago to live before the Bulls even drafted a contract.
On July 7, something happened that had a greater impact on the Bobcats' recruitment - the Bulls held a press conference, Yao Ming and Hinrich came to the scene, and officially announced that they would use Luol Deng as a bargaining chip to reach a sign-and-trade agreement with the Heat, and signed Wade to a 10-year veteran maximum salary contract worth 6 million over years.
Prior to this, the Bulls gave up the bird rights or early bird rights of Brad Miller, Rasheed Wallace and others, and all other short-term contracts also gave up various renewal clauses, lowered the salary limit, freed up nearly 900 million in space, and after sending Luol Deng to sign in exchange for Wade, there was still a little over 500 million left.
Hinrich, who has regarded Wade as a thorn in his side for the past seven years, said at a press conference: "It is my dream to partner with the best shooting guard in the world...Hated opponents? On the court, they are either teammates or opponents. I hate every opponent. Which one are you talking about? Jack? Or Kobe?"
After signing Wade, the Bulls signed Kyler Korver, a top off-ball shooter who was being sought after by the Bobcats, Lakers, Knicks and Spurs, for $3 million over three years.
The big city, the core combination of Yao Ming + Wade + Hinrich, and the second defense of Sefolosha... the attraction is no less than that of the Lakers.
The two-time champion Bobcats felt the sadness of a small city when they had the conditions and the need for the first time.
After failing to sign Battier and Korver, Carlisle went to have a face-to-face talk with Magic's free agent Matt Barnes. As a result, Kobe called Barnes and said, "Fuck Charlotte, come to Los Angeles." Barnes happily went to sign a two-year minimum salary contract with the Lakers, leaving Carlisle, who was about to sign the contract, in a mess in Orlando.
They are just like the Spurs. Everyone praises them for being strong and sees them as championship contenders, but when it comes to joining, they are told not to be in a hurry and to wait until they go to the popular teams in big cities. The popular teams in big cities will be stronger championship contenders than them.
There are actually not that many players who are as sensitive as Perkins. The benefits of going to a big city team that can be seen at a glance are what most players can see.
Regarding the point that they were very confident in attracting free agents - an excellent team atmosphere, in practice it was found that it did not play any role.
Only they themselves know about this. In the eyes of outsiders, they are known as the "Bad Boys" and are like a den of bandits. Moreover, the atmosphere within the team is not very attractive to most players except for specific players. Many players have actually become accustomed to a living environment full of contradictions.
If they want to recruit veterans, it may go smoothly, but when they want to recruit high-quality players in their prime, it will be difficult.
Especially when they have won two consecutive championships and their core lineup is stable, teams in big cities that can provide clear positions are much more attractive to high-quality players in their prime.
Even some small cities can attract players in their prime more easily than the Bobcats by offering better team positions - Tony Allen joined the Grizzlies for 4 million over four years and rejected Jordan's recruitment.
At this point, we can see how wise and lucky it was for the Third Young Master to visit Hill who was recuperating from his injury.
Marion joined the Bobcats because of the active invitation from stars like Zhang Yang, and also because he saw the respect Hill received.
Looking back at the Bobcats' three championships in four years, they didn't sign any outstanding free agents except Hill and Marion. They have always been reaping the rookie bonus and using rookie contracts to "support" veterans such as Brad Miller and O'Neal who had overpriced or even junk contracts.
Including Mike Miller back then, his annual salary of more than 900 million was also a huge premium, and four or five million was the normal price.
It was only from 04 to 07 that the team had the basic conditions for winning three championships in four years, thanks to the influx of talented rookies such as Okafor, Zhang Yang, Felton, Millsap, Rondo, Afflalo, etc.
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It is mid-July, and the excitement over Wade joining the Bulls has not yet died down, and another superstar from the 7 class has decided on his next team.
On July 7, the Knicks officially announced that they sent their 15 first-round pick to the Raptors to reach a sign-and-trade agreement and signed Bosh to a six-year, $2011 million maximum contract.
According to the New York Times, the Knicks originally planned to sign Amar'e Stoudemire, but Bosh wanted to join, so they immediately chose Bosh because of his age - Stoudemire was about to turn 28, while Bosh was only 26.
Although Stoudemire has a lower salary, no Bird Rights, less than 5 million in 1 years, and no draft picks, Stoudemire's playing style and age indicate that the last year or even two years of his contract will be given away for nothing. Bosh, on the other hand, is expected to remain at his peak after the 6-year contract.
The Knicks freed up more than 2800 million in space this summer and did not renew the contracts with David Lee and McGrady.
David Lee joined the Warriors for 4 years and 6000 million, and entered the "inside breeding plan" of the logo man, becoming the "nutrient" of Cousins; McGrady's free market test was cold...
Wade and Bosh left their parent teams one after another and joined popular teams in big cities, which caused controversy, but someone soon saved them.
On July 7, James, the most anticipated free agent this summer, announced his next team in a live broadcast on ESPN, known as "Decision 20". He will sign a four-year contract with the Rockets.
This move sparked public opinion, and the firepower that was originally dispersed on Wade and Bosh was all concentrated on James.
This has a big premise - James did not inform the Cavaliers before the live broadcast that he was going to the Rockets, and Cavaliers owner Gilbert learned about this at the same time as the fans.
After all, they are businessmen. Even though it was just a first-round pick that was definitely not in the lottery zone, a small amount of money is still meat. The Cavaliers still reached a sign-and-trade agreement with the Rockets, sending James to the Rockets in exchange for the Rockets' first-round pick in 2011.
James joined the Rockets with a maximum salary of 3 million for a seven-year veteran with 1+8200.
Lowry, Kevin Martin, Yi Jianlian, Scola, Brooks, Landry... The Rockets have an excellent lineup of role players, and their core center Lopez is also outstanding. Rockets owner Alexander saw new business opportunities and promised James that he was willing to pay luxury taxes to recruit players. The Rockets took this opportunity to become a truly strong team.
The Texas Big Three has truly become a 'three-game road trip hell'.
However, just as James arrived in Houston on July 7, he saw Battier sign a three-year, $22 million contract with the Bulls and become teammates with Wade, and he was immediately shocked.
Not only did they reject his request to play in Miami, they also poached his people!
As for the fact that Battier went to Chicago at the beginning of the month, the Bobcats knew about it, but James did not.
Rasheed Wallace also renewed his contract for one year with the remaining part of the mid-level salary after the Bulls signed Battier; Brad Miller's contract was reduced by tens of millions, and he stayed with the team as a veteran minimum salary exception, and publicly stated that he wanted to help Hinrich, Wade, and Yao Ming deal with the Bobcats.
The madness of the free market has not ended yet.
After the destinations of the three most attractive superstars of the 03 class were determined, Boozer and Stoudemire, who were less attractive but would have been big names in any previous year, also determined their next homes.
Boozer joined the Kings for 5 million over 8000 years and teamed up with Rondo. In fact, this was a normal high-paying signing. Rondo, who is good at pick-and-roll offense, is an ideal partner for Boozer. However, the media described it as "surprising" because it was the first effective free agent signing by the Kings in 5 years.
The Trail Blazers took the last bite of rookie bonus from Roy and Aldridge, paid with a first-round draft pick, and sent Camby to the Knicks, who were looking for a center partner for Bosh, and then signed Stoudemire with a starting salary of 1519 million and a total of 5 million over five years.
When Zhang Yang saw the news, he mourned for both Xiao Bawang and Aldridge for a few seconds. Xiao Bawang's leg, if he goes to the Trail Blazers, will he be with Oden? Aldridge really became a center...
In order to make room to sign Stoudemire, the Trail Blazers gave up Mike Miller's bird rights, hoping to re-sign him later using the mid-level exception.
As a result, Mike Miller turned around and left. This time, Alexander really kept his promise. After James recruited Mike Miller to Houston, Alexander gave him a three-year, $3 million contract, which was the same as the mid-level exception, to fill the vacancy left by Battier.
However, he gained something in return. The frustrated Paul Allen turned around and saw Wesley Matthews who came for a tryout. He knew basketball well and signed him with the full middle-class salary of $3 million for three years.
James, Wade, Bosh, Boozer, Stoudemire, and David Lee, the six biggest stars who ignited the free market this summer, all have new homes.
In a corner where no one paid attention, Zhang Yang also noticed the movement of two players.
The Pacers signed Zach Randolph, who failed to renew his contract with the Clippers, to a three-year, $3 million contract; the Hornets traded the remaining two years of Tyson Chandler's contract with the Mavericks for Dampier's expiring contract, and amnestied Dampier's contract signed in 4500, thereby reducing the total salary for the next two years to below the luxury tax threshold.
Zhang Yang believes that the movement of these two players will be one of the factors that affect the league's structure.
In fact, Randolph played well last season. In 09, he renewed his contract with the Clippers for 1 million for one year. He averaged 1000 points and 70 rebounds in games. There was no negative news about him, but he didn't have much presence because of that. After all, most of the news he appeared in was negative news. Without the negative news, he naturally didn't get any attention. He was next to the Lakers and his record was not good.
This is not so bad. The Pacers will not become a championship-contending team anytime soon, and may even fail midway.
But the Mavericks got Chandler, and the last missing piece of the puzzle was complete! Chandler is fast, and Haywood is solid, two types of blue-collar centers, and the Mavericks have them all!
Nowitzki squatted under the basket, Chandler provided help defense, or Haywood and Chandler worked together to defend.
This is a great bargain. The Bulls and Hornets worked hard to train Chandler for 9 years. During this period, Chandler's progress can be described as a snail's pace. Now, Chandler, who is only a few months away from turning 28, is about to realize his talent, but the Hornets, who want to save money, gave him away for free! However, now only Zhang San knows that Chandler can play well soon. Maybe the Mavericks just want Chandler's athletic ability.
Chandler played only 51 games for the Hornets last season, suffered repeated injuries, and averaged only 28 points and rebounds in minutes per game. The remaining two years of his $2300 million contract have become junk contracts this summer. The Louisiana media are saying that Chandler will definitely exercise his final year of player option early next season.
The Texas media also gave a bad review of the deal, saying that the Mavericks were originally only locked up by Dampier for one year, but now Cuban has turned that one year into two years.
There were rumors that the Mavericks even talked to the Trail Blazers about trading Dampier's expiring contract for Camby, but the Trail Blazers had already used up their amnesty clause, and even though they got Dampier, who had signed a contract before 05, they couldn't use it to clear up space, so they rejected the Mavericks' deal.
The Trail Blazers chose to pay for the draft pick by trading with the Knicks, who only had a few rookie contracts left and more than 1000 million in space after signing Bosh. They took advantage of the last rookie bonuses of several talented players from the 06 and 07 classes and freed up space for a basic maximum salary to sign Stoudemire.
The Mavericks' trade for Chandler was a helpless move of "settling for second best", and it can also be said to be destined.
In addition to those who have changed teams, Zhang Yang also saw the news that Anthony and Howard applied for trades. When they were interviewed, they made it clear that if they were not traded, they would opt out of their contracts and become free agents next year.
There is also Deron Williams who requested a trade but dared not admit it publicly.
The soap opera is about to begin.
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The Bobcats went from being full of confidence when the free market opened to encountering setbacks one after another... Zhang Yang has been paying close attention, feeling anxious and frustrated, but helpless.
He used to laugh at Cuban for giving out big contracts and making random trades to pile up salaries, and for having to support two or three useless players every year. Now he finally understands that if he doesn't cast a wide net, a team like theirs in a small city or small basketball market, even if it's very strong, will find it difficult to attract the players they want.
Having a bunch of big contracts can be used to rescue players when they expire. When the Mavericks had a salary of over 100 million, they were able to get Dampier, Jamison, Anthony Walker, Billups, Artest, Caron Butler...all of them had expiring contracts, and when a team wanted to give up a star and start rebuilding, they would make a move to get them.
Whether it is to give up or to enter the free market to grab players, exchanging existing big-contract stars for expiring contracts is a necessary option. The former is to save costs, and the latter is to free up space.
Similar teams include the Trail Blazers... Allen and Cuban, businessmen know how to spend money.
While paying attention to the team's recruitment, Zhang Yang also did what he should do.
On July 7, after a week's rest, he resumed training.
He did not accept the call-up to play in the World Championships this summer. The reason is simple and straightforward - he is tired and wants to have a good rest during the off-season. He is not interested in the World Championships and will be called up when the Olympic national team needs him.
Naturally, controversy arose. Some people supported it, and of course some people criticized it. However, no one could bring up the "training of the Blue Association" as an issue for him.
With Zhang Yang blocking the bullet in front, Yao Ming also declined the call-up of the Blue Association on the grounds of waist and shoulder injuries. However, during the Blue Association training camp, he still participated in the coaching work and took over from Zhang Weiping as the head coach of the men's basketball team, giving enough face. After all, he had already planned to go into politics.
At the same time, this also gives Yi Jianlian an opportunity to take a leading role. Yi Jianlian's performance in this World Championships was indeed fierce, averaging points and rebounds per game, ranking fifth in scoring and first in rebounding.
He became the second player in the history of Chinese men's basketball to average 20+ points per game in the World Championships. The first was Zhang Weiping, the first rebounding champion.
He is also the only player in this World Championships who averaged 20+10 per game (historical fact).
If Yao Ming participated in this World Championships with back and shoulder injuries, Yi Jianlian's performance would definitely be gone. Yao Ming would most likely not be able to produce such statistics either, as he could not play 35 minutes per game and run all over the court like Yi Jianlian.
Of course, the roles cannot be compared in that way. Yao Ming's main function is to score stable goals, attract double-teaming and pass the ball in the tense stage, while Yi Jianlian's role is to score points and grab rebounds.
Led by Yi Jianlian, the men's basketball team advanced to the top 16. The most regrettable match in the group stage was against the host Turkish team.
Türkiye, known as the Husky of China, is similar to Korea in some aspects.
能和俄罗斯队打成80比89、和争冠热门希腊队都能打成81比89的中国男篮，打土耳其队输了40多分，连欧美的媒体都对这场比赛表示困惑，土耳其队拿什么把易建联防得只出手8次只拿到11分？
But think about the European Basketball Championship a year ago, when the host Turkey team slaughtered the European Championship seeded team Serbia in the group stage, it doesn't seem to be a strange thing.
When it came to the World Championships, the Turkish team didn't even bother to put on an act. In the group stage, they beat the Greek and Russian teams in a row, slaughtered the French team in the round of 16, slaughtered the Slovenian team in the quarterfinals, and once again tore apart the third seed Serbia team in the semifinals, while the Serbian team had just defeated the defending champion Spain team... In the final, the Turkish team couldn't swing or dared not to swing, and was slaughtered by the American team.
The Chinese men's basketball team suffered a crushing defeat to Turkey in the last match of the group stage, which led to them facing the top team of another group, Lithuania, in the round of 16. They lost to Lithuania 8-70 and were eliminated in the round of 78.
As for Zhang Yang personally, in mid-July, after Bosh joined the Knicks and before James joined the Knicks, he finally accumulated the first 7 shooting points for the new round of tasks.
In the last round of tasks, in late March, he had accumulated the second 3 shooting points. At that time, he chose to upgrade his experience gains. After all, the playoffs were coming soon, and improving his talents was of no use at the moment. Experience gains could potentially bring immediate improvements.
I was lucky enough to randomly get Bird's high-post back-to-the-basket rhythm, which upgraded me from the intermediate level to the advanced level, with only the highest level left, 'Perfect'.
At the end of May, he accumulated the third 5 shooting points from the previous round of tasks and randomly got the jumping talent point. He didn't get physical strength or power, which was a bit regrettable, but his jumping limit was raised to 10. His current level is 93, so his jumping ability has a lot of room for improvement, which is not bad. When the technology reaches a certain level, the jumping speed and jumping height can greatly help the performance of the technology.
In mid-July, when he accumulated 7 shooting points, he chose talent points, adding one more talent before the training started. He randomly got layup and raised his layup talent to 10, which should help him improve his current 97 layup basic skills to a certain extent.
On August 8, he collected his second 16 shooting value and started his training, this time on the 10th line.
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Zhang Yang learned from the training information that after winning three consecutive championships in 92, 'he' here renewed his contract with the Knicks for three years, with a 3+2 player option in the last year, averaging 1 million per year, becoming the first player in NBA history to receive an annual salary of 1000 million.
But the Knicks' offseason was not so smooth. The 27-year-old Mark Jackson wanted to be the star player, so he rejected the Knicks captain's contract and accepted the invitation of a veteran to join another big city team for 2 million for 500 years to seek a better personal future... the Los Angeles Clippers, and the person who invited him was Baylor, the eighth runner-up.
Gerald Wilkins also accepted the Cavaliers' invitation. The 29-year-old chose a five-year, $5 million contract instead of staying with the Knicks to compete for the championship.
There is nothing wrong with their choices, but the tactical core point guard and the first substitute in the forward line are gone. Veteran Kiki Vandeweghe, who played an important role in last season's playoffs, chose to retire. The main rotation suddenly lost three players, and the Knicks' offseason became increasingly difficult.
In desperation, Big Bird attacked his old boss again.
Doc Rivers was signed from the Celtics for $3 million over three years.
现年里弗斯91-92赛季在凯尔特人队打了80场，其中54场首发，。
In fact, when he was with the Hawks in the 80s, Rivers performed better. He had seasons with averages of 12 points and 10 assists and 14 points and 9 assists. In the summer of 91, when his contract was about to end, he was sent to the Celtics in exchange for a draft pick by the Hawks, and he played quite well.
This time, Bird's method of poaching players was still simple and unpretentious. The Celtics only gave him a short-term contract of 2 million for 200 years, and he gave Rivers a price that he could not refuse.
After barely filling the gap at the point guard position, Bird's operations began to go smoothly and he dug up former All-Star player, Rolando Blackman, from the Mavericks.
Blackman, 33, is a player from the 81 class. He was selected to the All-Star reserve lineup four times in the late 80s. He averaged 4 points per game last season, but his efficiency has collapsed. In the 18s, his shooting percentage was always over 80%, but last season it was only 50%. However, when the core scorer is not capable enough, he is more than capable of serving as a backup shooting guard.
Then Bird made a wonderful deal, using potential rookie Hubert Davis as a bargaining chip to exchange for 30-year-old small forward Tony Campbell from the Timberwolves.
Tony Campbell was a first-round pick of the 84 golden generation. He is a 201 cm tall, 98 kg small forward. After joining the Timberwolves in 89, he had his peak performance in the 89-90 season, averaging points per game. However, his performance has been declining in the past two years, averaging 90 points per game in the 91-21 season and points per game last season. He is already in the decline stage of his career.
But for the Knicks, who need immediate combat power more than potential newcomers, using a late first-round pick to trade for Tony Campbell is indeed a great deal.
The loopholes at the shooting guard and small forward positions were plugged, but during the training camp phase, Bird was forced to make large-scale adjustments to the team system, from a team offense to one dominated by the individual abilities of the inside and outside dual cores.
He still underestimated the role of a control master in their team. Mark Jackson cannot be said to be irreplaceable, but at least the two point guards, Rivers and Greg Anthony, cannot complete the ball distribution, movement command, and rhythm control as nearly perfectly as Mark Jackson.
Lacking a core guard and temporarily rebuilding the system, the Knicks performed dismally in the early part of the season, starting with a collapse-like record of 4 wins and 5 losses. By the Christmas game, they had only 14 wins and 13 losses. Even the New York media began to predict their defeat again. However, in the middle of the season, it was time for a comeback. In the middle 25 games, they had a record of 20 wins and 5 losses. In the last 30 games, they had a record of 24 wins and 6 losses. In the end, they beat the Bulls (58 wins and 24 losses) with 55 wins and 27 losses to win first place in the Eastern Conference in the regular season.
Zhang Yang here played in 80 games and averaged crazy numbers of points, rebounds, assists and steals per game, setting new career highs in both points and assists.
尤因也打出了张杨加盟后4年来最好的个人表现，出战70场，。
It can almost be said that the two of them relied on their personal abilities to lift the Knicks to the top of the Eastern Conference.
Ewing was selected to the first team for the third time in his career, beating David Robinson and Olajuwon; Zhang Yang defeated Jordan and Barkley and won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, but it was also the first time in five years that he was not selected for the first defense. Pippen and Rodman occupied the two first defense forward positions, and he fell to the second defense.
This was also the first time in four years that Ewing was not selected for the second defense.
After entering the playoffs, the Knicks had very smooth first two rounds, first sweeping the Magic team led by O'Neal and Hardaway 3-0. The Magic team was eighth in the Eastern Conference with 39 wins and 43 losses. In the second round, they defeated the Hornets 4-1. Although the Hornets ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, their record was only 44 wins and 38 losses.
Zhang Yang started his training before the Eastern Conference Finals. After reading the training information, he felt something was wrong and looked up the newspaper... There were only two teams in the Eastern Conference with more than 50 wins this season, and the third-placed Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference had only 47 wins.
He remembered that Barkley fled to the West in the summer of 92, but not only Barkley fled, Parish of the Celtics went to the Mavericks, and Brad Doherty of the Cavaliers went to the Lakers... The 'Great Exodus of Eastern Stars' that was originally scheduled to begin after 96 was staged ahead of schedule?
As for the Bulls, the first round series against the Heat was also easy, and they advanced to the second round with a 3-1 victory. In the second round, Jordan was in great form, averaging points per game, and swept the Cavaliers in four straight games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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After learning about the team's situation, Zhang Yang went to Madison Square Garden to begin adapting and preparing for the game.
After two days of rest, he led the Knicks to another home game against the Bulls led by Jordan.
In the 6 games, Zhang Yang averaged points per game, surpassing Jordan who averaged points per game, but his averages of 7 rebounds and assists per game lagged behind Jordan's averages of rebounds and assists per game.
On defense, he has better skills and Jordan has better physical fitness. When they face off directly, it is difficult to tell who is better overall.
He was a little confused at first. How did Pippen snatch the first defense from him?
But he soon figured it out - most of the regular season energy was focused on breaking through and scoring. In such a long season, it was inevitable that there would be some games where less investment would be made on the defensive end. Pippen, who had grown a year, had become a top defensive player, so it was normal for him to lose.
He came here to play in the playoffs, so he didn't have to consider the continuity of the long season. He gave his all on both offense and defense, so he naturally felt that his defense was better than Pippen's.
As for others, Ewing, who averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists per game, was better than Pippen, who averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game. But apart from the two of them, no one else on the Knicks scored in double digits, and the Bulls also had Horace Grant, who averaged points per game!
In fact, only three players on the Knicks scored in double digits during the regular season. In addition to Zhang Yang and Ewing, only McDaniel, who was snatched away from the Celtics by Bird in the summer of 3, averaged 91 points per game. In this Eastern Conference Finals, McDaniel was defended by Pippen and averaged only points per game.
The new players Tony Campbell and Blackman introduced last summer are quite capable, but the Knicks' style of play this season is double-star scoring. These two originally scored by holding the ball, but now they are substitutes. Not only have their playing time been reduced, but their ball possession has also been extremely weakened. They have worked very hard for the championship, but only scored seven or eight points in each game, and there was a certain degree of decline in the Eastern Conference Finals.
When Zhang Yang and Ewing play well, these three forward and guard teammates can add icing on the cake, but when they don't play well, the three of them will not play much of a role.
After 6 big games, the Knicks lost to the Bulls 2-4, ending their three-peat.
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After returning from the training, Zhang Yang took the initiative to recall this training trip and felt that he had many regrets. This could have been done better, that could have been adjusted, the tactical response, and what could have been done better here or there... He started thinking in hindsight mode.
But after expressing his frustration, he felt that the loss was not unfair.
The year before, the Knicks and the Bulls were equally strong and either team could have won, but he won.
Jordan had been holding back his energy for another year, most of the players on the Bulls were in their prime at the age of 27 or 28, Pippen had improved another year, and the Knicks were missing their core point guard. Although his and Ewing's breakthrough and passing style was strong, it was bound to be at a disadvantage compared to the Bulls' style of play, which had been honing its triangle offense system for many years.
To win two games, he and Ewing had fought hard for their lives.
Of course, what he regretted most was that among the several tasks and rewards, he only completed one task in the end - "King of Scoring", and got the reward of "Proficient Pull-Up Techniques" quick learning method.
He exited active recall mode and let the feelings of regret and remorse fade away.
It is always better to have a reward than nothing, and enriching his pulling rod skills is just right for him now.
There are three ways to improve his ability to attack the basket. One is to improve his basic skills. His talent has increased a bit, so he will definitely be able to improve gradually in the future. It just takes time and the effect is slow.
The second is to improve the awareness of attacking the basket, the timing of breakthroughs, the choice of breakthrough routes, and the timing of off-ball cuts. This can be improved quickly, but it is also easy to reach a ceiling. Later, you have to rely on a large number of games to accumulate experience, and understand your opponents as much as possible, combining the grasp of timing with the prediction of the defender's behavior. The first part is fast, but the latter part is difficult.
The third one is to improve the technique of attacking the basket. This itself is not difficult. As long as you are willing to practice, you can always learn the technique. The only difference is whether you can use it in the game.
Like Howard, who has studied offense for so many years, when he receives the ball in a game, he still only bumps it twice, jumps up, grabs the ball, and throws it into the basket like throwing a softball;
Some people, like Conley and Curry, redeveloped their attacking skills after arriving in the NBA.
Their physical fitness does not seem outstanding now, but when they were students, they were all good at running and jumping. Curry's vertical jump and running jump height are at the same level as Westbrook and Rose. Conley's jumping is even better than these three. His running jump reaches 104 cm, making him the only one among the four to exceed cm.
When they were in high school, all four of them were good at running and flying. When Curry and Conley entered college, their shots gradually focused on long distances, but they also relied a lot on running and jumping abilities to attack the basket.
However, Westbrook and Rose can continue their attacking style from college in the NBA, but Curry and Conley cannot. After entering the NBA, they become floor players. The difference between the two is purely because of the difference in explosive power and jumping speed.
In the first three years of Zhang Yang's attacking the basket, apart from the Euro-step dunk and open-ball dunk, he mostly used the floor style. It was not until the late 08-09 season that he started to jump. After the 08-09 season, his jumping ability increased to 90. Only last season did he have a flying feeling, but the technique itself is still floor-based, he just jumps higher. After all, he learned the 2015 version of Kobe.
Although his jumping ability is still only 90, his jumping talent has risen to 93. He is only 22 years old now, so it won't be a problem for him to grow to the upper limit of his talent. He can start to develop his attacking skills with difficult aspects such as jumping height and speed.
He looked at the reference movements of the "Leverage Skills" fast learning method, and they were exactly the same as Jordan's. Maybe it needs to be simplified. Simplify it to "8th Section"? It seems that it is still difficult at present. Simplify it to "24th Section"? ... Or "30th Section", and develop in this direction first.
Zhang Yang carried out the planned training in an orderly manner. On September 9, he accumulated the third 21 shooting points and randomly upgraded his experience gains. He was a bit unlucky, and his "There can be many kinds of peaks" was upgraded to the intermediate level, which improved his adaptability when he needed to reconstruct his playing style. This experience gain that perfectly matched "I age slower" was very useful in the future, he felt, but for now... think about it in a positive way, this can be regarded as preparation for the future.
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In a blink of an eye, it is the end of September and the offseason is over.
The Bobcats had a crazy offseason that had nothing to do with them and only added to their stress.
At the beginning, several signings that were thought to be certain to be signed were snatched away by Kobe and Yao Ming. Jordan was so angry that he almost found someone to spend the money on. Fortunately, there was the experienced Bickerstaff.
At the suggestion of old Bickerstaff, Jordan chose to spend the money on "his own people".
Re-signing Marion with a two-year, $2 million contract is slightly above the mid-level class, given his playoff performance and the prospect of a rebound. I don't know how reasonable the price is, but at least the friendship is there.
Then the salary cap was covered, and the Bird Rights were renewed with Millsap for 5 million over 5000 years until 2015, which was 500 million more than the biggest contract Millsap got in the free market. Before bringing in Camby, the Knicks offered Millsap 5 million over 4500 years, expressing in money - I am optimistic that you will be better than you are now.
After filling the salary cap, Jordan used the middle-class exception directly on Perkins, 2+1 totaling 1692 million, the last year of the player option.
Since we can't recruit the people we want, we might as well use the money to reward the heroes who won three championships in four years.
(End of this chapter)
