Chapter 554 Postscript
Leaving was a decision Zhang Yang made after considering it for a year.
Charlotte was too small a place for him and his family.
As far as basketball is concerned, no matter how hard he tries or how well he plays, the best he can do is make the Bobcats a luxury version of the Spurs. Seven years later, he has come to realize this deeply.
That was great, and if he hadn't seen bigger things, it would have been enough to satisfy him.
But unfortunately, he had seen a more dazzling starry sky.
He wasn't content with being one of the greatest of all time.
In fact, many of the dissatisfactions with Jordan in recent years stem from this. Although Jordan's love for basketball has decreased as he became a boss, he is still qualified as a capitalist. He knows when to invest money and he is not stingy.
However, the various restrictions on player salaries that he led and promoted had a great impact on the recruitment of players for the Bobcats, which was already a small city team.
For example, the "double middle class" promoted by Jordan, that is, the full middle class and the mini middle class, has had a huge impact on the Bobcats' recruitment plan this summer, as Ibaka's salary will exceed 8500 million after his contract extension takes effect. The 600 million special exception has been reduced to 330 million.
If he hadn't won the championship in the 11-12 season, he would most likely choose to stay, but after winning the championship, he had no other attachment except for a few teammates he had worked with for many years.
Of course, he can't just do nothing and leave, even if the next team is enjoying the rookie bonus and has enough salary space.
The past seven years have been a great achievement for each other.
As the media reported, the reason he chose to join the Knicks was primarily because of the Knicks' excellent management team.
The Lakers and the Bulls are also under consideration. The former's Big Three are all willing to take a pay cut, and Kobe has already shown his sincerity by opting out of his contract and taking a pay cut to renew his contract; the latter is willing to give up everyone except Wade and Yao Ming, and Wade has also expressed his willingness to change his jersey number.
But the former's team history is too glorious, and his going there would just be icing on the cake.
In addition to the fact that the latter has been branded with Jordan's name, the future prospects are worrying. As early as the lockout, Yao Ming revealed his plan to retire, maybe in 14, after playing in this year's Olympics and the next World Championships, and then retiring. At the latest, he will play in the Olympics again in 16, and there is a possibility that his body cannot hold up until then.
In addition, it is unknown how many years Wade's peak period can last. His relatively ordinary static physical condition for the shooting guard position, coupled with the hidden danger of knee injury, is ultimately a hidden danger even if he enjoys better medical treatment and management treatment on the Bulls.
It’s not like Zhang Yang hasn’t won a championship before, so he doesn’t pursue short-term benefits.
In fact, the Pacers, where DeRozan is, were also considered. Bird secretly went to Charlotte to find him and expressed his willingness to use Granger as a bargaining chip. He is truly a Celtics player and his cold-bloodedness is not much less than that of Ainge.
This was a great temptation for him, DeRozan + Randolph + Hibbert... but later he gave up this plan. The Pacers, like the Bobcats, are likely to have money but cannot spend it at a certain stage.
From a realistic perspective, Stern has already announced his retirement time. It is only a matter of time before Hibbert is cut down by Silver and becomes Gao Yuanyuan. If he leaves, it may speed up the process.
Therefore, DeRozan shortened his contract by one year, taking $5 million less in the final year, while he could have originally received five years and $6000 million. He renewed his contract for four years and $1600 million. He was the third or fourth player in the team, had little cards, and could not even get a player option.
Zhang Yang remembers the current Knicks team. If he were not there, Harden would not have participated in the draft in advance and the Knicks would not have selected Harden. However, the Knicks would have been able to sign Stoudemire and bring in Anthony under the operation of Donnie Walsh, becoming the second-best team in the East after the Big Three Heat and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.
It wasn't until James Dolan had a brain storm and attributed the team's collapse caused by the injuries of Stoudemire and Anthony to the trade in which Donnie Walsh emptied the entire team in exchange for Anthony, and fired him and replaced him with Phil Jackson as general manager that the Knicks entered New York nursing home mode again.
After discussing with Donnie Walsh, in order to ensure the common interests of both of them, he asked Dolan to renew his contract with Donnie Walsh in advance, and he personally only signed a short-term contract.
Compared with the salary that increases every year, maintaining the initiative is more important to him, after all, he is going to New York.
And it was New York! The loss of that little bit of salary was worth it to him, as his endorsement revenue surged within a week of signing, exceeding his first-year salary with the Knicks.
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The two-year contract of Camby acquired from the Trail Blazers in 10 has expired and the space that needed to be cleared has been cleared. Harden has retained his bird rights but has not yet officially renewed his contract. The only big contracts are those of Zhang Yang and Bosh, as well as Nash's starting salary of 830 million.
In addition to Iman Shumpert's rookie contract, there are two 35 base salary contracts signed by the newly signed Belgian League MVP Chris Copeland and the 47-year-old Argentine veteran Pablo Prigioni, as well as rookie center Miles Plumlee, who was selected with their own draft picks and the first-round pick given by the Trail Blazers in the early years, and rookie center Tyler Zeller, who was selected with their own draft picks and the first-round pick given by the Trail Blazers in the early years, who have not yet been officially signed.
The Knicks have only 9 players on their roster, have salary space, and have multiple main rotation positions and even two starting spots that have not been determined. A large number of veterans and high-quality role players in their prime are pouring into New York.
Donnie Walsh and Gentry are caught in a happy trouble. Playing in New York + Zhang Yang's ability to drive commercial value + a real chance to win the championship... they don't have to worry about signing players who want to retire here.
After the offseason, Donnie Walsh breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Yang and Nash were signed, and Harden's five-year maximum salary was renewed. All the positions that needed to be filled were filled. It would be best if the free agents signed were useful. If not, he could just trade them when the time comes. He is familiar with this.
Gentry is worried - Nash, Harden, and Zhang Yang are all in a position to start together, and there is also Bosh in the interior. Nash doesn't have to worry, as he came here only for the championship... He seems to be a little addicted to the prosperity of New York, but he will definitely not do anything wrong. But the other three?
Zhang Yang, after the "Crown of Miracles", he was called "the world's number one" at the age of 24;
Harden, the original core of the outside line, has become even stronger after an offseason. Gentry secretly observed Harden and Zhang Yang's one-on-one duels and felt that they were almost catching up with Kobe and Wade.
Bosh can be regarded as the power forward with the best individual performance at present, as the Mavericks' team was breaking up and Nowitzki lost his ideal playing environment, Stoudemire suffered consecutive injuries, Aldridge had difficulty playing as a center, Boozer was getting old, David West joined the Spurs to play team basketball, Griffin started strong but ended poorly... and so on.
Although Harden admires Zhang Yang and Bosh is ecstatic about Zhang Yang's joining, power on the court determines personal interests. Gentry has been in the NBA for many years and is well aware of these potential problems.
Instead of agonizing over how to distribute power among the three players on the court, it’s better to just ask!
Gentry first found Zhang Yang and started with the strongest one.
After learning about Gentry's troubles, Zhang Yang took the initiative to recall the 10th line Compton Big Three and Nash, and then recalled the original Heat Big Three, and then recalled the cooperation of Harden + Curry + Bosh seen this summer...
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Alvin, don't worry, no one knows how to lead the Big Three better than me!"
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In the first year of 'Saint Jack''s arrival in the holy land of basketball, the Knicks had mixed results.
The worrying part is the playing style of Harden and Bosh.
Neither of them has ever played for a truly top-tier team. Although they led their teams to the top four and the second round in the Eastern Conference in the 11-12 season, that result was due to the weak Eastern Conference and the shortened season, which was more favorable to young stars.
In terms of personal ability, the two are better than Felton + Okafor, but their playing habits are not as good as theirs.
This is secondary. The two players have bad playing habits, and he just needs to correct them. He has been training new players for more than one or two years. In the early days, the Bobcats had new players with outstanding potential or outstanding combat effectiveness joining the team every year.
The most important thing is the mentality of the two people, which is not what he wants.
Harden has been acting as a "helper" since training camp; Bosh is also fully prepared to make sacrifices, and he is willing to play pure cuts and wing shots.
This made Zhang Yang feel that James' choice to go to the West was a huge mistake. If James had chosen the Knicks in 10 and waited for two years until Harden took off and Curry became a top pitcher in his third year, the Knicks might have become the strongest team... but it might also have affected Harden's growth.
However, their highly sacrificial mentality seriously affected the progress of Zhang Yang and Gentry in building the team system they wanted.
It was almost at the end of the season that Harden and Bosh finally understood that Zhang Yang came here not to let them play supporting roles, but to cooperate with them, and they were also real "giants".
This was Zhang Yang's mistake. He thought that "accommodating each other and helping each other to play to their greatest strengths" was a matter of course. This was the case with him, Felton, Okafor, the Compton Big Three on the 10th line, and him, Ewing, and Mark Jackson on the 80th line. Therefore, he did not communicate this issue with the two in advance.
It was not until he encountered problems that he realized belatedly that just because it was always like this did not mean it would always be like this.
Harden, one of the Compton Big Three, has been a superstar in the Thunder for several years. His MVP ranking is even higher than Durant. The mentality of "I am a superstar" has been engraved in Harden's bones.
The three young players of the Bobcats entered the NBA together and regard each other as companions rather than simple "teammates". They have different strengths but the same status.
Not to mention the 80th line. At that time, most players entered the NBA after graduating from college. The talented ones became starters and core players from the beginning. He, Mark Jackson, and Ewing did not have the mentality of being "inferior".
Harden, who is himself, was selected to the All-Stars for the first time; Bosh had a hard life and was willing to sacrifice his status on the court for honor and exposure. He even worried that he would steal the limelight and make Zhang San unhappy, and be traded away...
The good news is that the 'Big Three' have a strong desire to cooperate and work towards a common goal.
Although the progress bar was a little slow, we finally unified the direction, adjusted our mentality, and clarified the goals, and the progress bar moved forward smoothly.
And with Nash's guidance, Harden's ability to organize offense, court awareness, playing habits... have all improved significantly.
Bosh was known as 'Little Garnett' back then, and it was not a random nickname. His offensive skills were as comprehensive as Garnett's back then... Of course, his defense was no match for him, and like Garnett, he lacked the ability to attack. When he encountered a problem, he would just make a hard-nosed mid-range shot. But he did not really need to have the ability to attack. He just needed to be a good scoring pillar in the interior and cooperate with the center to protect the rim.
The change in Harden and Bosh's mentality came too late, and the biggest trouble they caused was that they missed the mid-term trading window, failed to adjust the lineup, and lost in the playoffs when they faced the Bulls who were determined to make another run for the championship after Wade's comeback.
The final champion of the 12-13 season was the Spurs. After they narrowly defeated the Lakers, who were making a last-ditch effort, 4-3 in the second round, things started to go smoothly. They defeated the Rockets led by James 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals and the Bulls 4-1 in the Finals to win the championship. Conley, who averaged 17 points and 6 assists per game in the Finals, won the Finals MVP.
In the summer of 13, the Big Three of the Lakers disintegrated and became the tears of the times. In the past 6 years, they have successively encountered the strongest Bulls, the Bobcats' 'PDD Dynasty' which won 6 championships in 4 years, and the 'Spurs System' which entered its peak period.
Billy King, the new general manager of the Brooklyn Nets who moved to Brooklyn, New York, started to make amazing moves.
用两个无保护首轮签交易得到了合同还剩2年3600万的加内特、用一个无保护首轮签+三个摆烂攒下来的优质年轻球员换回了乔-约翰逊、还用4年6000万从灰熊队挖到了年过30的杰拉德-华莱士，加上德隆，组成了‘四巨头’……篮网队一度只有6名球员，其中还有一个是新秀。
Kidd, who only signed a one-year contract extension, did not renew his contract after Garnett was traded. He went to the Knicks and signed a one-year minimum salary contract... In the end, he still clung to the power of others. Compared with others, Kidd believed in Zhang Yang more.
However, the Lakers did not sink, but instead their fortunes turned around.
Previously, Kobe did not renew his contract in advance in 12. Instead, in order to recruit Zhang Yang, he opted out of the contract and took a pay cut to renew his contract for 4 years and $8000 million until 2016.
Kobe's annual salary was reduced by nearly 1100 million. Garnett was traded, and although he was also traded in exchange for a middle-class contract, the space was reduced by more than 900 million. In addition, Kidd's departure freed up 1100 million in space. The Lakers only have two big contracts left, Kobe and Marc Gasol with an annual salary of 700 million, and Ariza's 13 million. They have suddenly become the team with the largest salary space in the free market in .
Paul of the Clippers next door jumped out of the player option for the last year of the 09+4 contract renewed in 1. The Lakers paid a first-round pick and signed and traded for Paul.
It's unknown when the Spurs' 'peak period' will be over, James' Rockets are extremely strong, and the Thunder's combination of Rose + Durant + Jordan is also very strong... Paul sees no hope with the Clippers, and next door is Kobe, who has partnered with Kidd for several years and has already become a top scorer with and without the ball, and Gasol is gradually growing into a top center. Plus, Paul doesn't have to move, so he chose to join hands with Kobe.
The Lakers then used three high-quality players, Steve Blake, Trevor Ariza, and Ramon Sessions, the Nets' first-round pick in 14, the Lakers' own first-round pick in 16, and the remaining salary space after signing Paul to trade for Pau Gasol from the rebuilding Grizzlies.
Gasol and Gasol have never worked together in the Spanish league, but they started a brotherly basketball mode in the NBA.
Mitch Kupchak: I am professional in forming the Big Four, and I would like to thank my juniors for their strong support.
Lakers general manager Kupchak and Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace are from the same school - logo man.
Originally, Chris Wallace could have given up on Blake, but after the Lakers sent out Ariza and Sessions, the salary space was still a little short, so Kupchak had no choice but to bring in Blake, who is good at fighting tough battles.
In the summer of 13, basketball fans received two pieces of bad news - Rose, who had just won the regular season MVP, and Granger, the leader of the Pacers, were both seriously injured. In the decisive battle of Game 5 of the second round, the Thunder, the first in the Western Conference, and the Rockets, the fourth in the Western Conference, fought to overtime. In the overtime, when Rose stole the ball and counterattacked, he quickly changed direction and passed the retreating Budinger, but when he started to move after passing him, he fell without any confrontation and was reimbursed for the playoffs, causing the Thunder to lose two games in a row and watched James enter the Western Conference Finals 2-4.
The Thunder has not announced Rose's injury status, but experts at the time said that this kind of non-confrontational injury is more serious than a confrontational injury. It means that it is not an accident, but that there is a problem with the body. The reference example is Paul in March of the 09-10 season.
The expert's prediction was correct. Rose ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and was ruled out for the 13-14 season before it even started.
Granger's injury is even more regrettable. He sprained his knee in the Eastern Conference Finals. He couldn't wait to train after the season ended, but his knee did not heal completely and worsened. He had to undergo surgery and the recovery period was 6-8 months. This was like a bolt from the blue for the Pacers who were in the golden period of championship contention. The core combination of DeRozan + Granger + Randolph + Hibbert has been loved by fans in the past three years.
In the 13-14 season, the Knicks officially embarked on the road to dominance.
The Knicks acquired Ariza in a trade with the Grizzlies, who were starting a fire sale and tanking mode. Harden returned to the point guard position, Zhang Yang returned to the shooting guard position, and Nash switched to the sixth man and became a substitute with Kidd.
The Knicks, who only had 52 wins and ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference last season and met the Bulls in advance, won 62 games this season and are first in the Eastern Conference. Their biggest opponent in the playoffs is... the second-ranked Bobcats in the Eastern Conference.
In the 12-13 season, Curry failed to take off.
He was very excited as it was the first time he truly became the top scorer, the first tactical finisher, and had unlimited firing rights.
The Bobcats were an ideal team for him. Although he was from Ohio, he grew up in Charlotte. After graduating from high school, he was rejected by Duke University. He did not go to the University of Arizona, but stayed in North Carolina and went to an unknown school, Davidson College, just to be closer to home.
But his playing was average. He had been a junior for too long and had not experienced the Warriors' training method. He was happy to take on the role of top scorer, but was not very good at competing for a position in the team. Felton, Okafor, Millsap, Ibaka and others had to force him to put on the "yellow robe".
The guys on the Bobcats originally thought that Zhang Yang's words "Curry's talent is no worse than mine" were just to comfort them, but they didn't expect that Curry's shooting talent was really that strong.
In the 13-14 season, Curry finally took off and led the team to 58 wins and second place in the Eastern Conference.
The Knicks and the Bobcats fought for seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals. The three-point battle between Zhang Yang and Curry shocked the league. In the end, the Knicks relied on Harden's consecutive cut-ins in the final quarter of the seventh game, Zhang Yang's consecutive high-difficulty shots from mid-range and feeding Harden with the ball, and narrowly defeated the Bobcats 7-122 and advanced to the finals 115-4.
LeBron James stood out in the West! The Rockets finished the regular season with 64 wins and 18 losses, the best in the league, and James won his third MVP trophy in his career.
After 11 years in the NBA, James finally made it to the finals. Facing Zhang Yang, who had lost 27 games in a row in the regular season and 12 games in the playoffs, he exploded and scored 53 points to win the first game of the finals. It had been 9 years, and he won against Zhang Yang for the first time, refusing a 40-game losing streak!
However, the Rockets lost their home-court advantage to Zhang Yang in G2, and then lost four games in a row facing the extremely powerful Zhang Yang.
The Knicks won the championship 4-1.
Zhang Yang won the championship in the second year after joining the team, and the name "Saint Jack" became famous in the greater New York area.
Zhang Yang shouted the slogan at the championship parade - "Make New York great again!"
Trump is planning to run for election: ???
During the offseason, Zhang Yang opted out of the third year of his contract and instead signed a two-year contract, extending it until 3. He also asked for more power from James Dolan, or more precisely, to avoid the boss causing trouble for him and Donnie Walsh.
James Dolan, the rich second-generation boss, has one advantage - you can help me make money, create topics and bring traffic to the TV station, you can do whatever you want.
This can be seen in the assassins back then and the Zen Master later. These two people were so bad at operations, but they were able to stay in the position of general manager of the Knicks for four or five years because they were topics of discussion and could make money.
On the contrary, the general manager who performed some operations well but failed to create topics was fired by Dolan for no reason.
For example, the general manager who almost robbed the Suns to trade for Marbury and brought the Knicks back to the playoffs is no longer remembered. Instead, Isaiah Thomas, who messed around after taking office and turned the Knicks into a nursing home, is remembered vividly and has been in office longer than the previous general manager.
The two were not fired until New Yorkers became completely disgusted with Isaiah Thomas and Phil Jackson, completely lost patience with them, and didn't even want to see any topics related to them, which affected the team and TV station's revenue.
If I can make money and win games... Dolan: The team is yours.
This summer, Kidd and Nash, who finally won the championship, both retired. Yao Ming decided to retire after working with Zhang Yang, who participated in the World Championships for the first time.
As for Wade, it seems that he had received this news from Yao Ming a long time ago. He opted out of his contract before the free market opened and renewed a 4-year, $9600 million maximum salary contract with the Bulls for a designated veteran. He has the championship, but he doesn't have the body to compete for the MVP. He is already 32 years old, so he should just retire.
In 15 and 16, Zhang Yang led his team to defeat the Spurs and Lakers respectively. In the summer of 16, he watched the last veterans of the 90s, Kobe, Garnett and Duncan, retire.
Also retiring at the same time was Bosh, who was diagnosed with the disease in 15, but chose to wait until the end of his six-year contract, hoping to win more championships. He only retired when the doctor told him that continuing with high-intensity exercise would be fatal.
Just when the New Yorkers were worried about the future of the Knicks because of Bosh's retirement, and even worried that Zhang Yang, whose contract expired, and Harden, who opted out of his contract, would leave, the two of them renewed their contracts and lured back a Los Angeles man.
张杨3年1亿续约、哈登3年8600万续约、德罗赞3年8000万加盟，康普敦三兄弟合体！
At the signing press conference, Zhang Yang once again shouted the slogan - "Let New York continue to be great!"
Trump, who is campaigning in New York: "..."
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80 lines.
The last time Zhang Yang came here was in 1996, when he met Jordan in the final game of the regular season.
The Bulls formed a "three-in-one defense" super combination of Jordan, Pippen and Rodman.
The Knicks signed Charles Barkley for $1995 million a year in the summer of 1. Barkley left the team a year earlier than Zhang Yang remembered.
In the summer of 1995, at the urging of Knicks owner Charles Dolan, the NBA passed a temporary provision allowing each team to sign one player outside the salary cap.
After Barkley opted out of his contract with the Suns early, the Suns offered him a one-year, $1 million contract extension, which was higher than Zhang Yang's salary in the just-concluded 1400-94 season, but Barkley refused and chose to join the Knicks.
Ewing, the 11-year veteran, renewed his contract with Bird Rights for three years at a maximum salary of 3 million.
Zhang Yang used the temporary clause and signed a three-year, 3 million contract extension. He was the only player that summer to use this clause, so it was called the Saint Jack Privilege.
The Knicks formed a super combination of Zhang Yang, Barkley and Ewing.
Zhang Yang and Jordan began a three-year dominance battle, and whoever won would eventually win the championship.
However, Zhang Yang himself did not know the final result. In 96, he only competed with Jordan in the final game of the regular season and won the first place in the regular season with 70 wins...
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10Timeline.
After defeating the Warriors in '17', Zhang Yang did not come here for training for several years. When he came again, the 14-15 season had just ended. He was already 27 years old. The 'he' here will soon be 34 years old, in the 2021-2022 season.
From the first time he led the Lakers to win the championship in 14, to the 2020-2021 season, he won 8 consecutive championships!
At the beginning of the 17-18 season, countless teams were engaged in an arms race, wanting to challenge the Compton Big Three, but countless stars were also scrambling to join, and some even deliberately went against their current teams and bought out their contracts to join...
After two or three years, most teams simply gave up on competing for the championship. They could not win the arms race at all, so they might as well reduce expenses and make more money. NBA broadcasting fees have been rising.
In the end, there are only a few big city teams still competing for the championship in the East, including the 76ers joined by Durant, the Bulls joined by James, the Knicks joined by Leonard and Paul George... and the small city team Bucks who do not believe in fate and are building a team around Doncic to compete for the championship.
The West... was emptied!
Most teams have a young superstar and a group of pitching players, and they try their best to let the young star improve his stats, gain traffic and make money.
The popularity of three-pointers was so exaggerated that there was a game where neither team scored a single goal except from close range and outside the three-point line! There were certainly mid-range shots, but they were few and none went in.
Zhang Yang looked at the bench filled with a group of former All-Star players who were not too old, and even players who were once called superstars, and felt dazed for a moment...are all the players on the bench Hall of Fame?
'He', Harden and DeRozan really made the NBA finale!
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Back in the summer of 2016, after reuniting with Harden and DeRozan in New York, Zhang Yang, who had not experienced anything for a year, finally started a new round of experience.
He is already 28 years old, and has almost fully utilized all aspects of his abilities. He is at the peak of his career. I am curious about what kind of experience it will be like to use his rich experience to play the "small account"?
He thought this was not bad. Before, he used to go from a "small size" to a "large size", but now it's the other way around.
This experience actually has a name - "Start with a maxed-out account, tremble NBA".
He woke up and found himself at the 2001 draft. David Stern called his name first, but the logo on the hat he put on was not that of the Wizards, but that of the Nets!
He was a little confused, and when he came down from the stage, the person who came up to hug him was Jason Kidd!
After the draft, he returned to the hotel and quickly caught up on the news.
The Nets finished last for two consecutive years under the leadership of Stephen Marbury and got the No. 1 pick in a row.
Before this year's draft, the Nets traded Marbury to the rebuilding Suns for Kidd.
The 'he' here was born on June 1979, 6. In early 6, when he was less than 91 years old, he came here to attend middle school with his parents who went to the United States for study and exchange. He showed amazing athletic talent in the first physical education class.
练球两年半后，在14岁带领莱恩伍德中学初中部拿到南加州青少年篮球锦标赛冠军，15岁到18岁连续4年率领莱恩伍德高中拿到加州冠军，10年级到12年级连续3年当选加州篮球先生。
He joined UCLA in 97 and became the first UCLA player to start in his freshman season since the 1970-1971 season. The last player to receive such treatment was Bill Walton.
Under his leadership, UCLA won the NCAA championship for three consecutive years from the 98-99 season to the 00-01 season, which was known as the second dynasty of UCLA. The last dynasty of UCLA or the last NCAA dynasty was the 3 consecutive championships achieved by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and others.
There are many NCAA championships in a row, and there have been three championships in four years, but only UCLA has won three or more consecutive championships.
In the 00-01 season, when he was a senior, many teams were in a very bad state and the Nets became the big winner, getting the No. pick. At the same time, they were extremely lucky to meet the Suns who wanted to rebuild and got Kidd.
After the Nets selected him, he hadn't played a single game yet, today, on the night of the draft, his combination with Kidd was called the "strongest backcourt in the league."
After reading the news, Zhang Yang looked at his ability assessment, all of which were 90+, including 96 speed, 95 jumping, 90 strength, 94 physical strength... He was only 22 years old and less than a month old! He may not have fully tapped the talent he had accumulated over 11 years, but here he definitely tapped it better!
Zhang San: This version of me has been incredibly strong from the very beginning!
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Leaving was a decision Zhang Yang made after considering it for a year.
Charlotte was too small a place for him and his family.
As far as basketball is concerned, no matter how hard he tries or how well he plays, the best he can do is make the Bobcats a luxury version of the Spurs. Seven years later, he has come to realize this deeply.
That was great, and if he hadn't seen bigger things, it would have been enough to satisfy him.
But unfortunately, he had seen a more dazzling starry sky.
He wasn't content with being one of the greatest of all time.
In fact, many of the dissatisfactions with Jordan in recent years stem from this. Although Jordan's love for basketball has decreased as he became a boss, he is still qualified as a capitalist. He knows when to invest money and he is not stingy.
However, the various restrictions on player salaries that he led and promoted had a great impact on the recruitment of players for the Bobcats, which was already a small city team.
For example, the "double middle class" promoted by Jordan, that is, the full middle class and the mini middle class, has had a huge impact on the Bobcats' recruitment plan this summer, as Ibaka's salary will exceed 8500 million after his contract extension takes effect. The 600 million special exception has been reduced to 330 million.
If he hadn't won the championship in the 11-12 season, he would most likely choose to stay, but after winning the championship, he had no other attachment except for a few teammates he had worked with for many years.
Of course, he can't just do nothing and leave, even if the next team is enjoying the rookie bonus and has enough salary space.
The past seven years have been a great achievement for each other.
As the media reported, the reason he chose to join the Knicks was primarily because of the Knicks' excellent management team.
The Lakers and the Bulls are also under consideration. The former's Big Three are all willing to take a pay cut, and Kobe has already shown his sincerity by opting out of his contract and taking a pay cut to renew his contract; the latter is willing to give up everyone except Wade and Yao Ming, and Wade has also expressed his willingness to change his jersey number.
But the former's team history is too glorious, and his going there would just be icing on the cake.
In addition to the fact that the latter has been branded with Jordan's name, the future prospects are worrying. As early as the lockout, Yao Ming revealed his plan to retire, maybe in 14, after playing in this year's Olympics and the next World Championships, and then retiring. At the latest, he will play in the Olympics again in 16, and there is a possibility that his body cannot hold up until then.
In addition, it is unknown how many years Wade's peak period can last. His relatively ordinary static physical condition for the shooting guard position, coupled with the hidden danger of knee injury, is ultimately a hidden danger even if he enjoys better medical treatment and management treatment on the Bulls.
It’s not like Zhang Yang hasn’t won a championship before, so he doesn’t pursue short-term benefits.
In fact, the Pacers, where DeRozan is, were also considered. Bird secretly went to Charlotte to find him and expressed his willingness to use Granger as a bargaining chip. He is truly a Celtics player and his cold-bloodedness is not much less than that of Ainge.
This was a great temptation for him, DeRozan + Randolph + Hibbert... but later he gave up this plan. The Pacers, like the Bobcats, are likely to have money but cannot spend it at a certain stage.
From a realistic perspective, Stern has already announced his retirement time. It is only a matter of time before Hibbert is cut down by Silver and becomes Gao Yuanyuan. If he leaves, it may speed up the process.
Therefore, DeRozan shortened his contract by one year, taking $5 million less in the final year, while he could have originally received five years and $6000 million. He renewed his contract for four years and $1600 million. He was the third or fourth player in the team, had little cards, and could not even get a player option.
Zhang Yang remembers the current Knicks team. If he were not there, Harden would not have participated in the draft in advance and the Knicks would not have selected Harden. However, the Knicks would have been able to sign Stoudemire and bring in Anthony under the operation of Donnie Walsh, becoming the second-best team in the East after the Big Three Heat and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.
It wasn't until James Dolan had a brain storm and attributed the team's collapse caused by the injuries of Stoudemire and Anthony to the trade in which Donnie Walsh emptied the entire team in exchange for Anthony, and fired him and replaced him with Phil Jackson as general manager that the Knicks entered New York nursing home mode again.
After discussing with Donnie Walsh, in order to ensure the common interests of both of them, he asked Dolan to renew his contract with Donnie Walsh in advance, and he personally only signed a short-term contract.
Compared with the salary that increases every year, maintaining the initiative is more important to him, after all, he is going to New York.
And it was New York! The loss of that little bit of salary was worth it to him, as his endorsement revenue surged within a week of signing, exceeding his first-year salary with the Knicks.
...
The two-year contract of Camby acquired from the Trail Blazers in 10 has expired and the space that needed to be cleared has been cleared. Harden has retained his bird rights but has not yet officially renewed his contract. The only big contracts are those of Zhang Yang and Bosh, as well as Nash's starting salary of 830 million.
In addition to Iman Shumpert's rookie contract, there are two 35 base salary contracts signed by the newly signed Belgian League MVP Chris Copeland and the 47-year-old Argentine veteran Pablo Prigioni, as well as rookie center Miles Plumlee, who was selected with their own draft picks and the first-round pick given by the Trail Blazers in the early years, and rookie center Tyler Zeller, who was selected with their own draft picks and the first-round pick given by the Trail Blazers in the early years, who have not yet been officially signed.
The Knicks have only 9 players on their roster, have salary space, and have multiple main rotation positions and even two starting spots that have not been determined. A large number of veterans and high-quality role players in their prime are pouring into New York.
Donnie Walsh and Gentry are caught in a happy trouble. Playing in New York + Zhang Yang's ability to drive commercial value + a real chance to win the championship... they don't have to worry about signing players who want to retire here.
After the offseason, Donnie Walsh breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Yang and Nash were signed, and Harden's five-year maximum salary was renewed. All the positions that needed to be filled were filled. It would be best if the free agents signed were useful. If not, he could just trade them when the time comes. He is familiar with this.
Gentry is worried - Nash, Harden, and Zhang Yang are all in a position to start together, and there is also Bosh in the interior. Nash doesn't have to worry, as he came here only for the championship... He seems to be a little addicted to the prosperity of New York, but he will definitely not do anything wrong. But the other three?
Zhang Yang, after the "Crown of Miracles", he was called "the world's number one" at the age of 24;
Harden, the original core of the outside line, has become even stronger after an offseason. Gentry secretly observed Harden and Zhang Yang's one-on-one duels and felt that they were almost catching up with Kobe and Wade.
Bosh can be regarded as the power forward with the best individual performance at present, as the Mavericks' team was breaking up and Nowitzki lost his ideal playing environment, Stoudemire suffered consecutive injuries, Aldridge had difficulty playing as a center, Boozer was getting old, David West joined the Spurs to play team basketball, Griffin started strong but ended poorly... and so on.
Although Harden admires Zhang Yang and Bosh is ecstatic about Zhang Yang's joining, power on the court determines personal interests. Gentry has been in the NBA for many years and is well aware of these potential problems.
Instead of agonizing over how to distribute power among the three players on the court, it’s better to just ask!
Gentry first found Zhang Yang and started with the strongest one.
After learning about Gentry's troubles, Zhang Yang took the initiative to recall the 10th line Compton Big Three and Nash, and then recalled the original Heat Big Three, and then recalled the cooperation of Harden + Curry + Bosh seen this summer...
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Alvin, don't worry, no one knows how to lead the Big Three better than me!"
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In the first year of 'Saint Jack''s arrival in the holy land of basketball, the Knicks had mixed results.
The worrying part is the playing style of Harden and Bosh.
Neither of them has ever played for a truly top-tier team. Although they led their teams to the top four and the second round in the Eastern Conference in the 11-12 season, that result was due to the weak Eastern Conference and the shortened season, which was more favorable to young stars.
In terms of personal ability, the two are better than Felton + Okafor, but their playing habits are not as good as theirs.
This is secondary. The two players have bad playing habits, and he just needs to correct them. He has been training new players for more than one or two years. In the early days, the Bobcats had new players with outstanding potential or outstanding combat effectiveness joining the team every year.
The most important thing is the mentality of the two people, which is not what he wants.
Harden has been acting as a "helper" since training camp; Bosh is also fully prepared to make sacrifices, and he is willing to play pure cuts and wing shots.
This made Zhang Yang feel that James' choice to go to the West was a huge mistake. If James had chosen the Knicks in 10 and waited for two years until Harden took off and Curry became a top pitcher in his third year, the Knicks might have become the strongest team... but it might also have affected Harden's growth.
However, their highly sacrificial mentality seriously affected the progress of Zhang Yang and Gentry in building the team system they wanted.
It was almost at the end of the season that Harden and Bosh finally understood that Zhang Yang came here not to let them play supporting roles, but to cooperate with them, and they were also real "giants".
This was Zhang Yang's mistake. He thought that "accommodating each other and helping each other to play to their greatest strengths" was a matter of course. This was the case with him, Felton, Okafor, the Compton Big Three on the 10th line, and him, Ewing, and Mark Jackson on the 80th line. Therefore, he did not communicate this issue with the two in advance.
It was not until he encountered problems that he realized belatedly that just because it was always like this did not mean it would always be like this.
Harden, one of the Compton Big Three, has been a superstar in the Thunder for several years. His MVP ranking is even higher than Durant. The mentality of "I am a superstar" has been engraved in Harden's bones.
The three young players of the Bobcats entered the NBA together and regard each other as companions rather than simple "teammates". They have different strengths but the same status.
Not to mention the 80th line. At that time, most players entered the NBA after graduating from college. The talented ones became starters and core players from the beginning. He, Mark Jackson, and Ewing did not have the mentality of being "inferior".
Harden, who is himself, was selected to the All-Stars for the first time; Bosh had a hard life and was willing to sacrifice his status on the court for honor and exposure. He even worried that he would steal the limelight and make Zhang San unhappy, and be traded away...
The good news is that the 'Big Three' have a strong desire to cooperate and work towards a common goal.
Although the progress bar was a little slow, we finally unified the direction, adjusted our mentality, and clarified the goals, and the progress bar moved forward smoothly.
And with Nash's guidance, Harden's ability to organize offense, court awareness, playing habits... have all improved significantly.
Bosh was known as 'Little Garnett' back then, and it was not a random nickname. His offensive skills were as comprehensive as Garnett's back then... Of course, his defense was no match for him, and like Garnett, he lacked the ability to attack. When he encountered a problem, he would just make a hard-nosed mid-range shot. But he did not really need to have the ability to attack. He just needed to be a good scoring pillar in the interior and cooperate with the center to protect the rim.
The change in Harden and Bosh's mentality came too late, and the biggest trouble they caused was that they missed the mid-term trading window, failed to adjust the lineup, and lost in the playoffs when they faced the Bulls who were determined to make another run for the championship after Wade's comeback.
The final champion of the 12-13 season was the Spurs. After they narrowly defeated the Lakers, who were making a last-ditch effort, 4-3 in the second round, things started to go smoothly. They defeated the Rockets led by James 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals and the Bulls 4-1 in the Finals to win the championship. Conley, who averaged 17 points and 6 assists per game in the Finals, won the Finals MVP.
In the summer of 13, the Big Three of the Lakers disintegrated and became the tears of the times. In the past 6 years, they have successively encountered the strongest Bulls, the Bobcats' 'PDD Dynasty' which won 6 championships in 4 years, and the 'Spurs System' which entered its peak period.
Billy King, the new general manager of the Brooklyn Nets who moved to Brooklyn, New York, started to make amazing moves.
用两个无保护首轮签交易得到了合同还剩2年3600万的加内特、用一个无保护首轮签+三个摆烂攒下来的优质年轻球员换回了乔-约翰逊、还用4年6000万从灰熊队挖到了年过30的杰拉德-华莱士，加上德隆，组成了‘四巨头’……篮网队一度只有6名球员，其中还有一个是新秀。
Kidd, who only signed a one-year contract extension, did not renew his contract after Garnett was traded. He went to the Knicks and signed a one-year minimum salary contract... In the end, he still clung to the power of others. Compared with others, Kidd believed in Zhang Yang more.
However, the Lakers did not sink, but instead their fortunes turned around.
Previously, Kobe did not renew his contract in advance in 12. Instead, in order to recruit Zhang Yang, he opted out of the contract and took a pay cut to renew his contract for 4 years and $8000 million until 2016.
Kobe's annual salary was reduced by nearly 1100 million. Garnett was traded, and although he was also traded in exchange for a middle-class contract, the space was reduced by more than 900 million. In addition, Kidd's departure freed up 1100 million in space. The Lakers only have two big contracts left, Kobe and Marc Gasol with an annual salary of 700 million, and Ariza's 13 million. They have suddenly become the team with the largest salary space in the free market in .
Paul of the Clippers next door jumped out of the player option for the last year of the 09+4 contract renewed in 1. The Lakers paid a first-round pick and signed and traded for Paul.
It's unknown when the Spurs' 'peak period' will be over, James' Rockets are extremely strong, and the Thunder's combination of Rose + Durant + Jordan is also very strong... Paul sees no hope with the Clippers, and next door is Kobe, who has partnered with Kidd for several years and has already become a top scorer with and without the ball, and Gasol is gradually growing into a top center. Plus, Paul doesn't have to move, so he chose to join hands with Kobe.
The Lakers then used three high-quality players, Steve Blake, Trevor Ariza, and Ramon Sessions, the Nets' first-round pick in 14, the Lakers' own first-round pick in 16, and the remaining salary space after signing Paul to trade for Pau Gasol from the rebuilding Grizzlies.
Gasol and Gasol have never worked together in the Spanish league, but they started a brotherly basketball mode in the NBA.
Mitch Kupchak: I am professional in forming the Big Four, and I would like to thank my juniors for their strong support.
Lakers general manager Kupchak and Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace are from the same school - logo man.
Originally, Chris Wallace could have given up on Blake, but after the Lakers sent out Ariza and Sessions, the salary space was still a little short, so Kupchak had no choice but to bring in Blake, who is good at fighting tough battles.
In the summer of 13, basketball fans received two pieces of bad news - Rose, who had just won the regular season MVP, and Granger, the leader of the Pacers, were both seriously injured. In the decisive battle of Game 5 of the second round, the Thunder, the first in the Western Conference, and the Rockets, the fourth in the Western Conference, fought to overtime. In the overtime, when Rose stole the ball and counterattacked, he quickly changed direction and passed the retreating Budinger, but when he started to move after passing him, he fell without any confrontation and was reimbursed for the playoffs, causing the Thunder to lose two games in a row and watched James enter the Western Conference Finals 2-4.
The Thunder has not announced Rose's injury status, but experts at the time said that this kind of non-confrontational injury is more serious than a confrontational injury. It means that it is not an accident, but that there is a problem with the body. The reference example is Paul in March of the 09-10 season.
The expert's prediction was correct. Rose ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and was ruled out for the 13-14 season before it even started.
Granger's injury is even more regrettable. He sprained his knee in the Eastern Conference Finals. He couldn't wait to train after the season ended, but his knee did not heal completely and worsened. He had to undergo surgery and the recovery period was 6-8 months. This was like a bolt from the blue for the Pacers who were in the golden period of championship contention. The core combination of DeRozan + Granger + Randolph + Hibbert has been loved by fans in the past three years.
In the 13-14 season, the Knicks officially embarked on the road to dominance.
The Knicks acquired Ariza in a trade with the Grizzlies, who were starting a fire sale and tanking mode. Harden returned to the point guard position, Zhang Yang returned to the shooting guard position, and Nash switched to the sixth man and became a substitute with Kidd.
The Knicks, who only had 52 wins and ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference last season and met the Bulls in advance, won 62 games this season and are first in the Eastern Conference. Their biggest opponent in the playoffs is... the second-ranked Bobcats in the Eastern Conference.
In the 12-13 season, Curry failed to take off.
He was very excited as it was the first time he truly became the top scorer, the first tactical finisher, and had unlimited firing rights.
The Bobcats were an ideal team for him. Although he was from Ohio, he grew up in Charlotte. After graduating from high school, he was rejected by Duke University. He did not go to the University of Arizona, but stayed in North Carolina and went to an unknown school, Davidson College, just to be closer to home.
But his playing was average. He had been a junior for too long and had not experienced the Warriors' training method. He was happy to take on the role of top scorer, but was not very good at competing for a position in the team. Felton, Okafor, Millsap, Ibaka and others had to force him to put on the "yellow robe".
The guys on the Bobcats originally thought that Zhang Yang's words "Curry's talent is no worse than mine" were just to comfort them, but they didn't expect that Curry's shooting talent was really that strong.
In the 13-14 season, Curry finally took off and led the team to 58 wins and second place in the Eastern Conference.
The Knicks and the Bobcats fought for seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals. The three-point battle between Zhang Yang and Curry shocked the league. In the end, the Knicks relied on Harden's consecutive cut-ins in the final quarter of the seventh game, Zhang Yang's consecutive high-difficulty shots from mid-range and feeding Harden with the ball, and narrowly defeated the Bobcats 7-122 and advanced to the finals 115-4.
LeBron James stood out in the West! The Rockets finished the regular season with 64 wins and 18 losses, the best in the league, and James won his third MVP trophy in his career.
After 11 years in the NBA, James finally made it to the finals. Facing Zhang Yang, who had lost 27 games in a row in the regular season and 12 games in the playoffs, he exploded and scored 53 points to win the first game of the finals. It had been 9 years, and he won against Zhang Yang for the first time, refusing a 40-game losing streak!
However, the Rockets lost their home-court advantage to Zhang Yang in G2, and then lost four games in a row facing the extremely powerful Zhang Yang.
The Knicks won the championship 4-1.
Zhang Yang won the championship in the second year after joining the team, and the name "Saint Jack" became famous in the greater New York area.
Zhang Yang shouted the slogan at the championship parade - "Make New York great again!"
Trump is planning to run for election: ???
During the offseason, Zhang Yang opted out of the third year of his contract and instead signed a two-year contract, extending it until 3. He also asked for more power from James Dolan, or more precisely, to avoid the boss causing trouble for him and Donnie Walsh.
James Dolan, the rich second-generation boss, has one advantage - you can help me make money, create topics and bring traffic to the TV station, you can do whatever you want.
This can be seen in the assassins back then and the Zen Master later. These two people were so bad at operations, but they were able to stay in the position of general manager of the Knicks for four or five years because they were topics of discussion and could make money.
On the contrary, the general manager who performed some operations well but failed to create topics was fired by Dolan for no reason.
For example, the general manager who almost robbed the Suns to trade for Marbury and brought the Knicks back to the playoffs is no longer remembered. Instead, Isaiah Thomas, who messed around after taking office and turned the Knicks into a nursing home, is remembered vividly and has been in office longer than the previous general manager.
The two were not fired until New Yorkers became completely disgusted with Isaiah Thomas and Phil Jackson, completely lost patience with them, and didn't even want to see any topics related to them, which affected the team and TV station's revenue.
If I can make money and win games... Dolan: The team is yours.
This summer, Kidd and Nash, who finally won the championship, both retired. Yao Ming decided to retire after working with Zhang Yang, who participated in the World Championships for the first time.
As for Wade, it seems that he had received this news from Yao Ming a long time ago. He opted out of his contract before the free market opened and renewed a 4-year, $9600 million maximum salary contract with the Bulls for a designated veteran. He has the championship, but he doesn't have the body to compete for the MVP. He is already 32 years old, so he should just retire.
In 15 and 16, Zhang Yang led his team to defeat the Spurs and Lakers respectively. In the summer of 16, he watched the last veterans of the 90s, Kobe, Garnett and Duncan, retire.
Also retiring at the same time was Bosh, who was diagnosed with the disease in 15, but chose to wait until the end of his six-year contract, hoping to win more championships. He only retired when the doctor told him that continuing with high-intensity exercise would be fatal.
Just when the New Yorkers were worried about the future of the Knicks because of Bosh's retirement, and even worried that Zhang Yang, whose contract expired, and Harden, who opted out of his contract, would leave, the two of them renewed their contracts and lured back a Los Angeles man.
张杨3年1亿续约、哈登3年8600万续约、德罗赞3年8000万加盟，康普敦三兄弟合体！
At the signing press conference, Zhang Yang once again shouted the slogan - "Let New York continue to be great!"
Trump, who is campaigning in New York: "..."
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80 lines.
The last time Zhang Yang came here was in 1996, when he met Jordan in the final game of the regular season.
The Bulls formed a "three-in-one defense" super combination of Jordan, Pippen and Rodman.
The Knicks signed Charles Barkley for $1995 million a year in the summer of 1. Barkley left the team a year earlier than Zhang Yang remembered.
In the summer of 1995, at the urging of Knicks owner Charles Dolan, the NBA passed a temporary provision allowing each team to sign one player outside the salary cap.
After Barkley opted out of his contract with the Suns early, the Suns offered him a one-year, $1 million contract extension, which was higher than Zhang Yang's salary in the just-concluded 1400-94 season, but Barkley refused and chose to join the Knicks.
Ewing, the 11-year veteran, renewed his contract with Bird Rights for three years at a maximum salary of 3 million.
Zhang Yang used the temporary clause and signed a three-year, 3 million contract extension. He was the only player that summer to use this clause, so it was called the Saint Jack Privilege.
The Knicks formed a super combination of Zhang Yang, Barkley and Ewing.
Zhang Yang and Jordan began a three-year dominance battle, and whoever won would eventually win the championship.
However, Zhang Yang himself did not know the final result. In 96, he only competed with Jordan in the final game of the regular season and won the first place in the regular season with 70 wins...
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10Timeline.
After defeating the Warriors in '17', Zhang Yang did not come here for training for several years. When he came again, the 14-15 season had just ended. He was already 27 years old. The 'he' here will soon be 34 years old, in the 2021-2022 season.
From the first time he led the Lakers to win the championship in 14, to the 2020-2021 season, he won 8 consecutive championships!
At the beginning of the 17-18 season, countless teams were engaged in an arms race, wanting to challenge the Compton Big Three, but countless stars were also scrambling to join, and some even deliberately went against their current teams and bought out their contracts to join...
After two or three years, most teams simply gave up on competing for the championship. They could not win the arms race at all, so they might as well reduce expenses and make more money. NBA broadcasting fees have been rising.
In the end, there are only a few big city teams still competing for the championship in the East, including the 76ers joined by Durant, the Bulls joined by James, the Knicks joined by Leonard and Paul George... and the small city team Bucks who do not believe in fate and are building a team around Doncic to compete for the championship.
The West... was emptied!
Most teams have a young superstar and a group of pitching players, and they try their best to let the young star improve his stats, gain traffic and make money.
The popularity of three-pointers was so exaggerated that there was a game where neither team scored a single goal except from close range and outside the three-point line! There were certainly mid-range shots, but they were few and none went in.
Zhang Yang looked at the bench filled with a group of former All-Star players who were not too old, and even players who were once called superstars, and felt dazed for a moment...are all the players on the bench Hall of Fame?
'He', Harden and DeRozan really made the NBA finale!
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Back in the summer of 2016, after reuniting with Harden and DeRozan in New York, Zhang Yang, who had not experienced anything for a year, finally started a new round of experience.
He is already 28 years old, and has almost fully utilized all aspects of his abilities. He is at the peak of his career. I am curious about what kind of experience it will be like to use his rich experience to play the "small account"?
He thought this was not bad. Before, he used to go from a "small size" to a "large size", but now it's the other way around.
This experience actually has a name - "Start with a maxed-out account, tremble NBA".
He woke up and found himself at the 2001 draft. David Stern called his name first, but the logo on the hat he put on was not that of the Wizards, but that of the Nets!
He was a little confused, and when he came down from the stage, the person who came up to hug him was Jason Kidd!
After the draft, he returned to the hotel and quickly caught up on the news.
The Nets finished last for two consecutive years under the leadership of Stephen Marbury and got the No. 1 pick in a row.
Before this year's draft, the Nets traded Marbury to the rebuilding Suns for Kidd.
The 'he' here was born on June 1979, 6. In early 6, when he was less than 91 years old, he came here to attend middle school with his parents who went to the United States for study and exchange. He showed amazing athletic talent in the first physical education class.
练球两年半后，在14岁带领莱恩伍德中学初中部拿到南加州青少年篮球锦标赛冠军，15岁到18岁连续4年率领莱恩伍德高中拿到加州冠军，10年级到12年级连续3年当选加州篮球先生。
He joined UCLA in 97 and became the first UCLA player to start in his freshman season since the 1970-1971 season. The last player to receive such treatment was Bill Walton.
Under his leadership, UCLA won the NCAA championship for three consecutive years from the 98-99 season to the 00-01 season, which was known as the second dynasty of UCLA. The last dynasty of UCLA or the last NCAA dynasty was the 3 consecutive championships achieved by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and others.
There are many NCAA championships in a row, and there have been three championships in four years, but only UCLA has won three or more consecutive championships.
In the 00-01 season, when he was a senior, many teams were in a very bad state and the Nets became the big winner, getting the No. pick. At the same time, they were extremely lucky to meet the Suns who wanted to rebuild and got Kidd.
After the Nets selected him, he hadn't played a single game yet, today, on the night of the draft, his combination with Kidd was called the "strongest backcourt in the league."
After reading the news, Zhang Yang looked at his ability assessment, all of which were 90+, including 96 speed, 95 jumping, 90 strength, 94 physical strength... He was only 22 years old and less than a month old! He may not have fully tapped the talent he had accumulated over 11 years, but here he definitely tapped it better!
Zhang San: This version of me has been incredibly strong from the very beginning!
(End of the book)
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