The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 426 [Mid-term transactions of each team]

This year's All-Star Game is very intense, the difference between 153 and 147 points is not too big, and the fans enjoyed watching it.

Love, Durant's explosion, Kobe's persistence in the game, and Wade's triple-double are the biggest highlights of the game.

There were tragedies. The host player Brook Lopez only shot 8 times, hit 4 goals, scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Today is his home game, but no one is willing to pass the ball to him.He is not well-known, and the "big names" don't take him seriously at all. He can be called the most unlucky host star.

And two forgotten, non-existent comrades, Luol Deng and Andrew Bynum.Both played fewer than six minutes.Except for one assist, Luol Deng's other statistics are all zero, a complete bastard.Bynum not only filled Yao Ming's position, but also enjoyed the playing time treatment of Yao Ming's All-Star starter.He couldn't catch the ball at all, also had zero points, only grabbed 6 rebounds and sent 3 assist.

Generally speaking, this All-Star Game was considered a success and ended with applause.

After the game, the media praised Ye Feng for his selflessness. As the boss of the Clippers, it is very rare for him to be willing to pass the ball to his younger brother Love.Love also received attention after winning the MVP. Experts said that his scoring methods are unique, with flexible feet, solid skills, and can try various attacks. As a big man, he also has a pretty good three-pointer ability. It is easy to make him a super killer on the court, rather than a blue-collar who can only grab rebounds.

From this star game, it can also be seen that star popularity and performance are not related.

In this game, Ye Feng didn't play seriously, he only dunked once, but the audience unanimously praised him for being selfless, instead of being perfunctory.Kobe and Wade played the hardest, but many people said that they did not hesitate to work hard to win the MVP, which was a bit disgusting.If the fans look at a person pleasingly, then whatever they do is right, otherwise everything is wrong.

Unlike previous years, there is still a long period of time left for the teams to make trade reinforcements after the All-Star Game, and March 3 is the trade deadline.

The Clippers have a tight schedule, but their opponents are not too strong, and they continue to maintain a winning streak. On March 3, they were strongly challenged and beat the New Jersey Nets again by 8 points in an away game.In this game, Love showed his strength again. After the All-Star Game, Thibodeau was optimistic about Love's three-point shooting ability and increased his shots. He and Pau Gasol pulled outside together, and the low post was handed over to Ye Feng and Smith is the Clippers' main tactic against the Nets.

After the dislocation, Love faced the defense of Ariza, Battier and others, and his physical advantage was obvious.After the All-Star Game, he ushered in an explosive period of his career, averaging 18 points and 13 rebounds per game, surpassing Pau Gasol.His excellent performance also won him more playing time.

The Spurs, Celtics, Lakers, Thunder, Grizzlies and other teams fell to the Clippers one by one. Before they knew it, their winning streak had reached 26 games, and they remained undefeated after the star game.

This season, the strong teams in the league are old and young, and they all have weaknesses. Only the Clippers have the least weaknesses in their lineup and can adapt to various tactics.Even if Ye Feng doesn't feel good, he can still choose to pass the ball to his teammates. Love, Smith, Gasol, Curry and others can always stand up and play.The defense of Barnes and Tony Allen made many teams feel uncomfortable. They didn't score much, but they could stand up and lock the opponent's core players at critical moments.In addition, Grant Hill and Isiah Thomas can occasionally break out and score in double figures.Although Marcus Thornton was injured and missed the game, it did not have much impact on the Clippers' record.

In Ye Feng's previous life, Stephen Curry's ankle should have been too weak at this time.Curry has remained healthy this year.This has a lot to do with Thibodeau's formation. Curry's playing time is always about 25 minutes, and he doesn't need to attack with the ball.This style of running without the ball greatly reduces his chances of injury. It would be too strange if a guy can shoot his own ankle.

The Clippers no longer need to change the lineup and rejected various proposals from other teams.Before the trade deadline, several deals took place.

The 76ers sent Ricky Sanchez's signing rights to the Grizzlies' Sam Young.

What the 76ers value is Sam Young's defensive ability on the front line. He can serve as the 3rd and 4th positions. The 76ers coach Doug Collins has a very ambitious goal. If the 76ers meet the Heat in the playoffs, He wants Young to guard LeBron James up front, whether James is at the three or the four.Sanchez was a second-round rookie in 2005. He had played in the Development League and couldn't adapt to the rhythm of the NBA at all.The only purpose of the Grizzlies' move is to save salary space.With Rudy Gay around, Sam Young doesn't have many chances to play. The contract expires next season and has to be renewed, so he might as well send it out.Give Quincy Pondexter more chances.

The Pacers sent a second-round pick to the Raptors for Leonardo Barbosa.The Pacers are in order to increase the depth of the backcourt and cope with the upcoming playoffs. The price of a second-round pick is very small.Barbosa played 42 games for the Raptors this season, averaging 12.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

The Lakers sent Fisher and Kapono, and got Jordan Hill from the Rockets.Hill was selected tenth by the Nets, and later drifted to the Rockets.Fairy Rocket is also ready to give up on him.The Lakers are weak inside and need Hill to make up for the vacancy at the 4th position left by Lamar Odom.The introduction of the Rockets Fisher is also to reinforce the back line, Adelman thinks Jeremy Lin is unqualified as a substitute.

In the Rockets, the league failed to blow up "Lin Xuanfeng", and Xiao Linzi may only be able to drink "Northwest Wind" next season.

Because of Paul, the Lakers did not look for the Cavaliers to trade Sessions. This is also different from Ye Feng's previous life. Even if they wanted to trade Sessions, they would not have a good bargaining chip to trade.

In addition, the Rockets acquired center Marcus Camby from the Portland Trail Blazers and sent Hashim Thabeet, Jonny Flynn and a second-round pick.Camby's expiring contract will free up salary space for the Rockets, and the Blazers will be weaker and weaker inside.The Blazers didn't trade Gerald Wallace, and no other team had the right leverage.After the end of this season, Wallace will be a completely free agent, and it will not be easy for the Blazers to keep him.Oden was waived. So far, he has undergone 5 surgeries on both knees. The Blazers do not want to take any more risks. At the same time, Blazers head coach McMillan was also fired.

The Warriors and Bucks completed a huge deal.The Warriors traded guards Monta Ellis, Aipai Udo and Kwame Brown for Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson to the Bucks.The Bucks' backcourt has thus been strengthened.The Warriors have lost patience with Ellis and hope to switch to playing inside next season. Bogut can bring defense and toughness to the Warriors.

Throughout the entire transaction, the Warriors' inside and outside lines have not been substantially weakened, and the team's defense is expected to improve.With the joining of Ellis, the Bucks have formed a backcourt duo of Ellis and Jennings, which will make their prospects for the playoffs look brighter.In fact, the two have similar styles, and the Bucks have returned to the era of "shooting and shooting birds randomly".

Then, the Spurs traded Richard Jefferson and a first-round pick for Stephen Jackson, who had just been traded to the Warriors. "Captain Jack" came from one old club to another old club.

Jackson played for the Spurs from 2001 to 2003. He is very familiar with Popovich's system and can integrate into the team more quickly.Due to conflicts with the Bucks, Jackson didn't play much this season. He averaged 27 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 3 minutes per game.

The deal between the Warriors and the Bucks is the biggest one.The uproar before the Lakers did not trade any star, Paul, Bynum, Bryant three will play this season together.

This is not to say that the relationship between the three has improved and there are no conflicts.But the Lakers couldn't find a suitable team for a trade, and they couldn't find a suitable target in a short time. Kobe would not agree to go to a weak team. He has the right to veto trades, and no one can move him if he doesn't want to leave.

In 2007, Kobe Bryant once made a transfer, as if he didn't want to stay with the Lakers for a moment, which made the Bulls and Knicks excited for a while.It turned out that Kobe stayed on the team.

Now the Lakers want to let Kobe "get out of the sea of ​​suffering", but Kobe doesn't want to leave. Even if the Knicks and the Bulls are interested in him, Kobe firmly stated that he would never go to these two teams.It looks as if he never wants to leave the Lakers for the rest of his life.In fact, Kobe didn't want to transfer back then, but he just forced the team's top management to trade for powerful teammates. He is not a fool. He knew that as soon as he left the Lakers, his evaluation would drop a lot. If he went to that team without privileges, he would be in big trouble. .He is even more unwilling to give up the position of the Lakers boss to Chris Paul.If you want to leave, Paul and Bynum will leave next season. In exchange for a few good players, he can continue to lead the Lakers to the championship.

In fact, Kobe's best helper is Pau Gasol, the "soft guy" who never steals the limelight and is so low-key.For other stars, young and ambitious, old and declining, it is difficult for the Lakers to win the championship.It's a pity that the Lakers were superstitious about Bynum, they didn't take the Gasol brothers seriously, and sent them away.

After the transaction deadline, Ye Feng was very happy.None of the teams he cared about made any further reinforcements, and the two wins over the New Jersey Nets in the regular season this season made him even more confident.The Western Lakers have internal problems, and their internal strength is weak, so it is impossible to pose a threat to them.The Grizzlies and Thunder are too young, relying on their stars to attack well, but they have obvious loopholes in defense. The Clippers are also confident that they can attack them by dislocation.

The Mavericks, the most troublesome team in the West, and Nowitzki's state have also begun to decline. The lineup has no real reinforcement. Although the Clippers lost a game in the regular season, they still have absolute confidence to win the playoffs. The Clippers are very close to defending the title.

(End of this chapter)