NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 173 The First Battle with the Wolf King
On the evening of the 25th, the Clippers played against the Timberwolves at Staples Arena.

This game didn't attract too much attention, and there was no nationwide live broadcast, only two channels, TNT and Los Angeles local TV stations.

The main reason is that the Timberwolves are too bad to be worth watching.

Except for Garnett, there are almost no players on the team that fans are familiar with.

Just on the 25th of last month, the Timberwolves and the Celtics completed a big deal involving 7 players, and sent the team's second-in-command, All-Star small forward Szczerbiak to the Celtics. Here comes Ricky Davis.

The two score similarly, but Szczerbiak's shooting percentage is 5 percentage points higher than Ricky's, and the effect on the team is far greater than that of Ricky Davis.

One is an All-Star small forward, and the other is a data brush who is constantly being discarded, which is enough to illustrate the gap between the two.

The reason why the Timberwolves made such a nearly brain-dead deal was mainly to reduce the luxury tax and save money.

Garnett's salary next season will be as high as 2100 million. If the team does not trade away Szczerbiak, the Timberwolves' salary next season will exceed 7000 million.

And next year's salary cap is only about 4900 million, and the part that exceeds 5600 will have to pay luxury tax.

Regardless of the fact that Szczerbiak is only 400 million cheaper than Ricky Davis, but according to the luxury tax payment rules, cutting this 400 million can save tens of millions of dollars.

However, the cost of saving money is that the lineup is getting worse and worse, and the record is getting worse.

The Timberwolves have been a strong team in the playoffs since the 99-00 season until last season, and even reached the Western Conference Finals during their highlights.

However, since the implementation of the money-saving plan this season, the Timberwolves have not made the playoffs in a row, and then the Wolves left decisively.

From this point of view, Garnett has never been loyal. He didn't leave before because the Timberwolves were competitive and there was no need to leave.

Only the kind of people who know that the team is hopelessly rotten and don't leave are called loyalty, not those who stay for a long time.

Kobe has one person, one city, can that be called loyalty?The Lakers don't count the luxury tax, and use all kinds of despicable means to trade stars every day to help him.

Carter, Tracy McGrady, Iverson, James and dozens of stars all want this kind of 'loyalty', but the conditions do not allow it.

It can be said that there have never been loyal 'stars' in this league. If they stay in a team for a long time, it is definitely because the team is competitive during this period.

The players entered the field, and Garnett took the initiative to come to He Xinghui to communicate.

The Timberwolves are hopeless, and he already wants to leave.

The Los Angeles Clippers are definitely a good choice.

Big cities, strong teammates.

The weakest position of the Clippers is the small forward, which happens to be the position he likes to play.

The most criticized thing about the Clippers is that they are too hip-hop and have no iron spirit, which is precisely his specialty.

"He, it's a pleasure to fight with you. In fact, I am also a lover of trash talk, and we will have common topics."

Garnett said.

He Xinghui almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard the words, he said: "This is not necessarily true, maybe we will scold each other for two hours."

They are all people who fight and withdraw from the clan. They will definitely not fight, and it is entirely possible to scold each other for two hours.

"That's fun too, isn't it?"

Garnett is still licking. For the sake of the Chinese market and better development in the future, he doesn't mind sticking his hot face to He Xinghui's cold ass.

"maybe."

He Xinghui replied lukewarmly, without showing enthusiasm.

He neither likes nor dislikes most players in the league.

He understood that Garnett created a hypocritical image of iron and blood for his own benefit, but he was also not interested in making friends with Garnett.

He also understands that James has become hypocritical for the sake of honor, but he also has no interest in making a deep friendship with James.

After a bland conversation, the two went back to their respective homes and looked for their respective mothers.

After a warm-up period, the game began.

On the Clippers side, Cassel felt a little unwell and chose to take a rest, and Livingston was on top.

At the same time, He Xinghui came to the position of small forward again.

The starters became Livingston, Mobley, He Xinghui, Gasol, Kaman.

On the Timberwolves side, the starting point guard Marcus Banks was traded in the 7-man trade with the Celtics.

He averaged 5.9 points and 2.4 assists per game in his career. He is characterized by being cheap, with an annual salary of more than $100 million.

The starting shooting guard is Trenton Hassel, with a career average of 5.8 points and 1.4 assists per game, and his characteristics are also cheap.

There are many cheap people like them on the Timberwolves' bench.

Small forward Ricky Davis is finally a man with some strength.

However, when he saw that He Xinghui was facing him again, he had already cursed so many curse words in his heart, and his strength automatically dropped by [-]%.

The last time he was in the Celtics, the team was crowded with strikers, he was forced to push to the shooting guard position, and was rubbed hard by He Xinghui.

Even, for a time, he was given a psychological shadow.

When he came to the Timberwolves, he was finally able to return to the small forward he was used to, but He Xinghui changed positions.

Ricky Davis really wanted to question He Xinghui loudly, why did you change, why?Why?
Ricky Davis was full of grievances and didn't know who to tell.

Power forward Garnett, the only core of the team, is more comprehensive than He Xinghui.

Offense, defense, assists, trash talk to get mentality, boost team morale, everything will happen.

From this point of view, it is actually understandable for him to get a high salary.

Center Mark Blunt is also a blue-collar center who was sent in the 7-man trade. His defense is pretty tough, but his rebounding ability is not good, and he has some firepower on the offensive end.

In short, better than those two defenders.

The two sides jumped the ball, and the Timberwolves sent Garnett.

In this team, he really wants to be a father and a mother.

The whistle sounded, and Garnett easily dialed the ball to his side.

His bounce is amazing, and it is said that he can touch the top edge of the backboard when he jumps up.

Banks controlled the ball and pushed forward. He Xinghui followed Ricky Davis and greeted him very friendly: "Ricky, long time no see. I thought I couldn't play against you again this season. Can you come?" The West is just amazing."

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Davis.

"I don't like the West."

I don't know why, but he replied strangely.

"That's simple. I'm lucky enough to blow you up in this game, so that the Timberwolves will sell you off, and you have hope to return to the East."

Davis almost slapped himself when he heard this.

He Xinghui was still beeping: "Of course not necessarily, maybe no team will want you by then."

In the first three seconds of the game, He Xinghui sent a heart-piercing triple.

　I was quite moved when a reader told me not to care about book reviews.

　　In fact, I didn't adopt the suggestions of some book friends. I didn't ignore everyone, but I couldn't change it.

　　What the reader needs to think about is completely different from what the writer needs to think about.

　　Those who are easily swayed by readers have basically already pounced.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)