Reborn NBA Gao Fushuai

The Washington Wizards, this historic team originally did not originate in Washington, the capital of the United States. In 1961, the Packers, the predecessor of the Washington Wizards, was born in Chicago, but they had 18 wins and 62 losses. The dismal results made everyone disappointed. Perhaps the team thought that it was because of the old-fashioned team name that the players were unable to cheer up in the game. Therefore, in the second year, the Chicago Packers changed their name to the Chicago Zephyr. Team, but changed the soup without changing the material, and the results still did not improve. After the end of the season, the Zephyr team was at the bottom of the Western Conference with an embarrassing record of 25 wins and 55 losses.

Maybe it’s Feng Shui’s turn again this time. In the third year, the team moved from Chicago to Baltimore and changed its name to the Baltimore Bullets again. It ended the third season with a score of 31 wins and 49 losses, which is a little gratifying. Afterwards, the team entered the playoffs in the fourth year as they wished and reached the second round. The rookie player Monroe contributed a lot to the team's improvement, averaging 24.3 points and 4.3 assists per game, making him invincible. Undisputedly won the title of "Best Rookie" of the year.

The 1968/1969 season was the first bumper harvest for the Bullets. With a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, it ranked first in the league. Their impressive home performance was the main reason for their success. Selder also became famous in one fell swoop, averaging 13.8 points and 18.2 rebounds per game, which made him the "Best Rookie" and the "Most Valuable Player" title. He also became the only player in NBA history with Chamberlain. Two, players who have won both titles in one year.

In the following years, the Bullets were out of control. In the 1971/1972 season, although the team only won 38 games, it still ranked first in the division, and Unseld was also hot. , with 17.6 rebounds, second only to Chamberlain.

In the 1973/1974 season, the team was renamed the Baltimore Capital Bullets again. Perhaps the name was too difficult to remember. The next year the team was renamed the Washington. Washington Bullets, but winning the championship is their only constant goal.
In the 1977/1978 season, the Washington Bullets finally won the championship as they wished under the leadership of coach Motta.

In 1981, with the retirement of the team's top star Unseld, the Bullets gradually began to decline. By the 90s, the Washington. Entering the playoffs seems to be like a flashback. Although the Bulls dragged the Bulls into overtime in the first game, they were eventually swept out in four consecutive games.

After the end of the season, the team changed its name again and became the current Washington Wizards. Just when this team was completely reduced to a belly, "Flying Man" Jordan's second comeback saved the Wizards. In the first season of [-], the Wizards became one of the most watched teams in the league, but the only regret was that due to injuries, the Wizards led by Jordan failed to hit the playoffs for two consecutive years, and he also gave himself The only regret left on the court.

Last season, after Jordan retired for the third time, the Washington Wizards' performance plummeted. They only won 25 games, and their winning percentage was just over half.

It seems that in order to revive the glory, in recent seasons, the Wizards, who have been standing still, finally made a big move this summer. They traded Stackhouse for last season's "best sixth" "People" Jamison, but this lineup still has a lot of difficulty in making it to the playoffs.

Vujacic patiently listened to Reid's introduction to the history of the Washington Wizards. Generally speaking, Vujacic was very unfamiliar with this team. The first time he knew about this team in his previous life was because The reason for Jordan's second comeback.

However, it seems that Reed is very respectful of the Washington Wizards. As for the reason, he and the current Wizards coach Eddie Jordan are good friends who met a year ago.

Reid also had two low-level players in the NBA before. These two players played for the Washington Wizards for a short period of time. Although it was very short and they did not get any decent opportunities, Reed and Eddie Jordan is familiar with it.

After Rich Paul snatched James away from him, Reed once drank with Eddie Jordan. While drunk, he promised that one day he would send a superstar to Eddie Jordan. Coach the team to go.

Just after Vujacic put forward his conditions to Reid just now, Reid thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought of the team coached by his old friend.

Eddie Jordan was not considered a famous coach in the NBA until last summer when he was appointed as the head coach of the Washington Wizards. In the past four seasons, he served as the assistant coach of the New Jersey Nets. And helped the team win the Eastern Conference title for two consecutive years.

Before engaging in coaching work, Eddie Jordan also played for many years as a player in the NBA. After retiring, he first followed his past college coach Tom Young as an assistant coach. After several years of hard work, he once again got the The opportunity to return to the NBA, but this time as a coach, after serving as an assistant coach for the Kings for 5 years, Jordan finally served as the head coach of the Kings in the 1996/1997 season, but the results of 33 wins and 64 losses were not satisfactory. Returned to his home team, the New Jersey Nets, to find a job.

Perhaps it was the results of the two-year Eastern Conference championship that made the Wizards chairman Pauline look up to him, so Eddie Jordan replaced Collins as the coach of the Washington Wizards last season, but the team still did not escape the fish. The bad luck of the belly and the record of 25 wins and 57 losses put Jordan's head coach position in jeopardy, but the team's big boss Paulin still told the media before the start of the new season that he would support him 100%.

Compared with the previous season, in the new season, Eddie Jordan currently has a lot more available "pawns", and the strength of the team is also stronger than in the past. Therefore, the results of the Wizards in the new season will truly reflect his strength. The level of coaching, and whether the group of young players in the team can be brought together will also be directly related to the team's record.

The core of the current team is undoubtedly Gilbert Arenas, who has not yet been awarded the title of "General". One of the sharpest offensive weapons, but the style of fighting alone is also questionable.

The second head of the team is small forward Antawn Jamison. Jamison, who has long been among the All-Star players, is now on the third team since joining the NBA. With Jamison's Wizards striker, it will also make anyone An opponent is terrified.

Power forward Kwame Brown became the No. 2001 pick as a high school player in [-], but his performance in the next two seasons was very disappointing. Although he improved last season, he was still far from people's expectations. Vujacic is very clear , this buddy will become the biggest parallel importer among all the top picks in the NBA draft in the future.

In addition, Juan Dixon, Gerald Fitch, Jarvis Hayes, Brendan Haywood, Larry Hughes, Jared Jeffries, Anthony Peeler, Stephen Bray Ke, Etan Thomas, Samaki Walker are also worthy of use.

But the problem is that now the Wizards seem to be Arenas' territory. Although Vujacic knows that Arenas in the future will be a joker, the current immature general is already very scary.

Although Arenas often makes two mistakes with his head, on the court, his strength is real. His offensive firepower is extremely powerful. He has the fastest dribble and emergency stop jumper in the league. His fake moves are realistic, his bounce speed is fast, and his shots are high. , and exceptionally supple, and is a very threatening three-point shooter. As for the low shooting percentage, it is because he is too sloppy in his shot selection.

Although there are some shortcomings, the advantages of Arenas can completely cover up all the shortcomings. He is also a well-known master of fast break combat. His upper body strength, explosive power, speed and agility are all top-notch in the NBA. The body balance ability is very strong, and it also has a good back-to-the-basket strength.

On the defensive end, Arenas is quick and strong, and he's a pretty good rebounder at the PG position.

In terms of shortcomings, the main reason is that he plays too emotionally. He will explode because of his teammates' anger, and he will also give up the game because of the referee's faint judgment.

As a time traveler, Vujacic is familiar with everything about Arenas. Right now is just the beginning of the general's journey. The next two seasons will be the time for Arenas to explode completely. However, after the brief outbreak, Arenas seems to be Lost enthusiasm for basketball, injuries, scandals, one after another, was banned by the league, fired by the team, and finally became a typical example of cheating bosses among the NBA players.

Until he retired later, Arenas became an NBA commentator, responsible for pointing out the country through blogs, but the Washington. In a word, this is the result of Arenas' conscience discovery. Originally, the order should have cost 1.11 million US dollars in six years.

In addition to this sky-high rubbish contract, Arenas became famous because the league specially introduced a "Arenas Clause" for him, which probably means that after the end of the rookie contract of the second-round rookie, if the team needs Signing with him can only give a middle-class contract at most.

Because it started with Arenas, it is called the Arenas clause. At the beginning, after the Warriors selected Arenas in the second round, due to his outstanding performance, many teams hoped to get him, including the old club Warriors and the current team. The Wizards, but due to the influence of this clause, the Warriors can only give the mid-level clause at most, and lost to the Wizards in the bidding. Changed to limit contract bids from all teams.

But it seems that the Wizards haven't thrown out the sky-high junk contract to Arenas yet.

But the Wizards already have Arenas, how can Vujacic guarantee the position of the team leader that Vujacic wants?

Reid didn't seem to be worried about the existence of Arenas at all: "Don't worry about that lunatic, you know? Sasha! Now Arenas is threatening the Wizards. He wants to renew his contract early and wants to get a sky-high contract. Do you think that with the stingy personality of Wizards owner Pauline, if he had other options, would he kick Arenas away!"

Vujacic thinks about it, it really is like this, Arenas won the league's "Most Improved Player Award" by virtue of his performance last season, probably a little carried away, his contract with the Wizards has just passed He fantasized about renewing his contract for a year, and the price was sky-high. No matter how much the Wizards treat him, it is probably not so easy to decide on this matter.

As long as Arenas can be kicked away, Jamison and Larry Hughes are nothing to fear at all. Vujacic wants to become the boss and core of the Wizards, which is completely within reach.

But there is another problem that Vujacic has to consider. That is Pauline, the owner of the Washington Wizards. The reason why Vujacic knows him is because of his idol, the god of basketball, Michael Jordan.

Last summer, Pauline, the owner of the Washington Wizards, unilaterally announced that Jordan would no longer serve as the chairman of the team without notifying Jordan after the meeting with Jordan. Jordan officially ended his long relationship with the Wizards. 3 and a half years of fate.

Jordan was naturally very angry about this, and when he was interviewed by reporters, he fired at Paulin even more violently: "I came to Washington three and a half years ago, and excitedly accepted the challenge of running this team. During my tenure, I have done my best to bring passion, trust, and my love of basketball to Washington. Before that, everyone knew that once I stopped playing, I would return to the position of chairman of team operations. It has always been my wish to continue working. However, today, the owners of the team, without discussing with me in advance, informed me that they unilaterally decided to change the situation of mutual understanding between us for a long time. I Shocked, outraged by this decision, and shocked, outraged by their indifference to even denying me any explanation."

As a "god" on the altar of the NBA, Jordan has been called "the God wearing the No. 23 jersey" throughout his career. From his first comeback to the third announcement of his official retirement, he gave fans Our impression seems to be a symbol.

However, when the "flying man" was too old to fly, when the "flying man" had just finished saying "I should go!" Parted ways.

Although people are still unwilling to believe that this "God" has returned to an ordinary person, as the years go by, Jordan's aura is gradually fading.

Prior to this, Jordan had joined the Wizards and served as the executive chairman of the team. However, because he announced his comeback the year before last, he had to transfer his shares. He thought that after the end of the season, he could start management again. The relationship directly led to the consequences of being abandoned by the team's big boss.

In fact, before that, there was already news that Jordan might break up with the Wizards. The main reason was that the young players in the team were dissatisfied with Jordan, and a series of problems caused by Jordan being both an executive committee member and a player at the same time. , and Jordan himself is worried about the future development of the team.

The 40-year-old Jordan gave up his position as the president of basketball operations for the Wizards before returning to the game, but his results were not satisfactory. He failed to lead the Wizards to the NBA playoffs for two consecutive seasons. Jordan has repeatedly criticized his teammates for not working hard in public. , At the same time, some people retorted, and the relationship among the team was not harmonious.

But no matter what, Pauline's approach was too ruthless, and it also made it difficult for Vujacic, who was a follower of Jordan, to have a good impression of the Jewish businessman.

But through Reed's analysis, Vujacic also learned that there are not many teams that can meet his conditions now, and there are really not many teams suitable for him. Perhaps the Washington Wizards are the only possible place to go.

Therefore, Vujacic doesn't need to think about whether Pauline, the big boss of the Wizards, is ruthless or not. What he needs now is a job, a job that makes him happy.

"Jeff! If the Wizards can promise me the core position of the team, I am willing to play in Washington D.C."

Seeing that Vujacic finally nodded in agreement, Reid finally let go of his hanging heart. He just heard Vujacic talk about the Wizards boss Paulin. Reid really felt that he was going crazy. He only heard about the players Those who choose the team have never heard of it. Players can also choose the boss.

Fortunately, Vujacic didn't make Pauline leave as a condition for him to go to the Washington Wizards, otherwise, Reid would really cry.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Reid said with a smile: "Sasha! I must say, this is your best decision. Go to Washington. I bet you can definitely create a big scene there !"

Vujacic is not interested in Reed's bet. Now that it has been decided, Vujacic does not want to delay this matter any longer. Of course, the matter must be left to Reed, a professional.

As for Vujacic himself, he is in Los Angeles and still has a debt.

"Jeff! I will leave this matter to you!" Vujacic said and stood up.

Hilary Duff subconsciously asked, "Sasha! Where are you going?"

Vujacic smiled: "There is a guy who challenged me before. Since he is leaving, he will settle the account. You know, it's not my character to escape!"

Vujacic went out and drove to the Staples Center Arena alone. The game was over long ago, and the fans had already dispersed. Vujacic went straight in.