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Chapter 131: Here Comes the Deal!

O'Brien asked Juwan to pass the ball to Chris Anderson before, and Juwan knew at that time that Chris Anderson would become a bargaining chip.Right now, Chris Anderson suddenly returned to Boston, apparently packing his bags and preparing to trade.He is still looking forward to who the "Cardinal" can exchange for this "double-double" machine...

Of course, who can be exchanged in the end is also a matter after this game!

Even if the "Cardinal" can replace Tim Duncan, it will not be able to quench the near thirst!
Whether this game can be won or not depends on the remaining gang of them.

Fortunately, the Sonics are not strong, and they are currently ranked No.11 in the West.

Even if the Celtics are currently suffering a "three-game losing streak" at home, and Chris Anderson can't play this round, as long as the tactics work, there is still great hope of winning this game!

Before the game, Ray Allen came to say hello.

"Gentleman Ray" has no major problems on the field, but he is not very social in private. It is said that after he left the Celtics, he had a feud with Kevin Garnett for so many years, and it did not ease. There is a reason why he is not social.

Otherwise, calling Kevin Garnett to drink a few times, how could the relationship be so stiff, anyway, it is the friendship of winning the first championship of their careers together!

Including Zhu Wan's visit to Seattle this time, Lei Allen, as an alumnus, did not ask Zhu Wan to go out for dinner.

Come to say hello before the game, in Ray Allen's view, that's enough!
There is a bit of the meaning of "the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water".

This is really rare in the United States.

Zhu Wan didn't care about this either. With the current situation of the Celtics, if Ray Allen really asked him to go out for dinner, he might not be able to go.The media are staring at his attitude!
He has to devote himself wholeheartedly to this game, so as not to be criticized...

After the Sonics sent away their best core player in team history, Payton, last season, they officially entered the rebuilding period. The current Sonics team is playing a two-pitcher tactic centered on Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, the second-round pick in 98.

However, this set of tactics has to wait until next season, when the Sonics have more blue-collar players to grab rebounds, coupled with the changes in league rules, so that pitchers have more shooting space!

Now Ray Allen and Lewis take shots, relying more on their own running positions.

Especially Lewis, without Gary Payton to feed him, his scoring average has declined for the first time in his career. He averaged 18.1 points per game last season, and this season he is only averaging 17.5 points per game this season. The range seems small, but from 45% shooting rate to 42% shooting rate, it shows that his shots are indeed a lot more difficult this season!
In fact, it turns out that Lewis really needs a good passer to help him in order to play his true shooting ability.

In the only season in his career where he averaged over 40% three-pointers per game, the team has a very good passer to feed him the ball.

And when there is no good playmaker, his performance is not so outstanding.

More importantly... His defensive weakness became even more obvious!

It was also because Zhu Wan was facing him today at the starting position [-] that he confidently asked O'Brien to adjust himself to the position [-].

Although Lewis is 2 meters tall, he is 08cm taller than him.

But he is too soft!
No, in the first round of the game, Zhu Wan took the ball in the low post, hit the ball with his butt, easily rolled into the basket, and scored a layup.

2-0!

By the way, he spread his hands. After the first round of contact, Zhu Wan felt that Lewis's confrontation was only at the level of the third position. If he encountered such a defense at the basket, then two words: easy!

Anthony Daniels on the Sonics side has the ball for half court.

As the No. 97 pick in the first round of 4, he has the best season in his career so far, averaging 9.4 points per game. Such statistics are obviously not in line with his draft pick.

This also made him wear the hat of "parallel imports".

Now he has also recognized his own strength, and after bringing the ball into the frontcourt with great peace of mind, he began to find opportunities to pass the ball to Ray Allen and Lewis.

Of course, his passing is more of a waiting pass, and Ray Allen and Lewis ran out of opportunities.

Otherwise, all he can do is wait for his teammates to take the initiative to catch the ball...

In Wade's first round, he had a good entanglement with Ray Allen, but Ray Allen has been in this league for 8 years. Although he is in the same era as the "big four shooting guards", he doesn't look so amazing, but he still has no problem dealing with Wade, a rookie.

Seeing that he couldn't get around Wade's defense in a continuous circle, Ray Allen began to increase the emergency stop and reverse run. The changes in the running became more and more, which also allowed him to get rid of Wade easily.

It's a pity that he got rid of it quickly enough, but Antonio Daniels passed the ball so quickly. When the ball reached his hands, Ricky Davis also made up for it.

Relying on his confidence in his shooting skills, Ray Allen raised his hand and shot.

As expected of the "fastest" man before Stephen Curry, the ball flew straight towards the basket, but he was a bit unlucky. He bounced back and forth in the basket several times, but it still bounced out.

"Ho!"

The basket scrambled into a ball.

It's just the Sonics' inside line... Needless to say, Lewis has averaged 7 rebounds per game in his entire career, and Vitali Potapanko's brightest career in the position of big center is probably the first pick ahead of Kobe in the draft.

Other than that, there are no bright spots in his entire career!
How can such an insider combination compete with the combination of Zhu Wan and Tyson Chandler!

Although Zhu Wan mainly plays the third position, he has averaged 8.6 rebounds per game in the season!And it turns out that grabbing a hand can indeed increase the ability to grab rebounds.

No, the four of them competed, and Zhu Wan grabbed the rebound when he succeeded!
Tyson Chandler wondered too.

Why can't I grab him!

If he asked Zhu Wan, Zhu Wan would definitely give him an answer.

If you want to blame, blame you for being too strong!

It must be him, not Juwan, that the two of the Supersonics are more defensive at the basket.

In this way, wouldn't there be more opportunities for Zhu Wan to "take advantage of loopholes"?
Besides, his arms are so long.

The ball was given to Wade, and the latter accelerated instantly as soon as he took the ball. Ray Allen, who was still in front of him and returned to defense, was pulled into the distance all of a sudden.

In fact, Ray Allen's physical fitness is not bad. The runner-up in the 97 slam dunk contest is not a joke.

But physical fitness is one aspect. Against him, he really couldn't fight against Wade, and he was forced to squeeze behind him.

The basket was in front of him in a blink of an eye, and Wade didn't care if Ray Allen was still behind him, he pulled himself up and directly completed the "Tomahawk dunk"...

The sound of "bang" made the brains of Ray Allen who was following behind him "buzz".

Is there such a big movement in the dunk?
tease me?
My dunk is not such a big movement!
No wonder Milwaukee fans don't like it...

Ray Allen seems to finally understand why he didn't win the hearts of Milwaukee fans when he dunked so hard.

There is indeed a gap between this dunk and a dunk!
4-0.
Ray Allen's running position is more frequent.

It just became the background board for a newcomer, so he naturally wanted to find his way back.

It has to be said that defending off the ball is really not what Wade is good at, but O'Brien has already figured out how to deal with this situation.

If one person can't keep up, then defend the zone. Can he get rid of one person, four people, five people?

If he can really get rid of the entire Celtics team, then...

Then I, O'Brien, will be awesome!
Facts have proved that Ray Allen, no matter how good his running position is, can't get rid of the Celtics' infinite defense.

But he, who disturbed the Celtics' defense, also gave his teammates a chance to shoot. Lewis received the ball from outside the three-point line and raised his hand to make a hit.

The point difference returned to 1 points.

This three-pointer is still very important, but before he could smile, he turned his head and saw a huge butt after standing firmly under the basket, and then he was pushed out of the field again, watching Zhu Wan hit again.

My heart is so tired, I feel that I will never love again!
He turned to the head coach for help.

The head coach of the Supersonics has no choice but to switch defenses, and let big center Vitali Potapanko switch defenses against Juwan.

But Zhu Wan, who has watched the Rockets play the Jazz, knows how to deal with such a heavy insider. He quickly pulls outside the three-point line, and when Wade passes the ball to him, he raises his hand and shoots.

Three point hit.

In less than 1 minute, Zhu Wan scored 5 points in a row.

Plus the 2 points you got earlier!
Zhu Wan, who switched to the fourth position, has become a "big killer" on the scoring end!
The problem came to the head coach of the Supersonics. If Lewis was used to defend Juwan, this guy would force singles in all kinds of baskets.

This, this, this is really too bullying!

However, he did not sit still, and began to frequently change inside players to match Lewis, in order to have an odd formation to limit Juwan.

such a pity!
Tried the whole circle, and there was no combination that worked.

Of course, in fact, the head coach of the Sonics is also very clear that the main reason why they can't guard Juwan is because of Lewis.

But if he can be replaced, Ray Allen's firepower alone is no match for the Celtics.

Since it cannot be changed, the head coach of the Supersonics finally chose to share his hands and resign himself to fate...

As a result, the Celtics scored 15 points in less than three quarters.

To say that the Celtics have stumbled against strong teams, but Yucai is really good at it. So far, including against the Supersonics, they have never won more than [-] points against teams ranked [-]th in the Eastern and Western Conferences!
When the point difference between the two teams reached more than 18 points, O'Brien also breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was different from what he had originally thought, the Celtics' change of formation was originally to play a fast-paced game against the Supersonics.

But now, the Celtics can win more because of Juwan's containment in the low post.

But if you win the ball and stop the losing streak at three games, that's enough!

In the end, 108 to 88, the Celtics swept away the haze of their three-game losing streak and completed a 20-point victory in Seattle!

Zhu Wan played the 28th position for the first time after entering the NBA, and achieved very good results. He scored 12 points and 6 rebounds alone. In addition, he also sent out 1 assists and [-] block.

In addition, at least 28 of these 18 points came from low positions, which is also a new high in his career!
With his performance in the low post, the Celtics won by [-] points...

Speaking of which, he won the game, which gave Zhu Wan the idea of ​​hiding the low-post singles as his secret weapon and waiting for the playoffs.

This trick is really useful in the "traditional center" era!

But he also knows one thing very well. Lewis is in the fourth position of the league, and the confrontation is not even considered mid-range.

The No. [-] position he encountered in the playoffs is bound to be impossible to gain the upper hand in the confrontation so easily.

Of course, in this game, Zhu Wan really hasn't shown all his [-] martial arts in the low position, so tonight can only be regarded as a knife-handed butt-showing off!
Wade scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in this game. Ricky Davis scored 21 points in this game, including 3 three-pointers.

But if you really want to say that the one who has benefited the most, it has to be Tyson Chandler.

In this game, he played a full 34.5 minutes and finally scored a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds, 14 of which were catching and dunking.

In particular, the number of "hand-to-hand" dunks received from Zhu Wan exceeded 3 times!
It was also this game that made him feel how comfortable he is with an inside partner who can pass the ball...

If only I could be paired with a big man who can pass the ball every night!

He even had such an idea, but he also knew that it was basically impossible. Let alone whether there were any insiders who could pass the ball in the Celtics team. Even if there were, as far as his relationship with Chris Anderson was concerned, he definitely hoped to continue to partner with Chris Anderson. The cooperation between the two of them was still very pleasant!
If he were to change his partner, he might not be able to get used to it!

Therefore, he should wait until the next time Zhu Wan plays the [-]th position to talk about things like partnering with an insider who can pass the ball...

Ray Allen finally scored 21 points in this game, and made 8 of 3 three-pointers. Frankly speaking, the statistics are not good, at least as the core of the team, he did not fully stand out tonight.

But in fact Ray Allen did a good job to contain the Celtics defense tonight, and the entire defense was changing with his off-ball movement.

It's a pity that no one in the team can stand up and help him!

Lewis, the nominal second-in-command of the team, is more often than not taking care of himself tonight.

Of course, if I really want to say it, it can be seen from Ray Allen's performance tonight that he is not suitable to be the leader of a team. He is more suitable for the second or third leader of the team. Use his shooting ability to contain the opponent's defense, so that the core of the team has better opportunities to attack.

Later, the success of the "Big Three" of the Celtics also verified this statement!
Ray Allen has a heart to be the boss, but unfortunately, he doesn't have the playing style and hard power to be the boss... This is why he hasn't won a championship trophy for so many years.

Otherwise, based on his shooting ability, he can change teams casually and play second-in-command with peace of mind. I'm afraid he will wear the ring long ago!

Hugging Ray Allen again after the game, Juwan left Seattle with victory.

Just before the outside world had more discussions about the Celtics' evolution in this game, a big deal was first reported in the league: the Celtics sent Chris Anderson, Junior Harnington, Chris Whitney and the Celtics' 2005 first-round pick and second-round pick, plus the 2006 second-round pick from the Portland Trail Blazers.

This transaction stunned all the outside media, because no one expected that the Portland Trail Blazers actually traded Rasheed Wallace for a first-round pick and two second-round picks, as well as a high-quality blue-collar player who was just 2 years old and contributed a "double-double" per game this season!

It's not that Rasheed Wallace's strength is not as good as Chris Anderson's, nor is it that he is not worth a first-round pick and two second-round picks, but the entire NBA can see that Rasheed Wallace's departure from the Trail Blazers has entered the countdown.

Because of this, the team general managers of the entire league are waiting to buy the bottom!

Waiting for the general manager of the Trail Blazers to half sell and half give away.

Take the chips that the Hawks originally traded for Rasheed Wallace from the Trail Blazers: Abdullahim, Ratliff and Dandy Kau.

It sounds like the reputation is not bad, but the ability is actually the same player, at least not in the peak period.

Anyway, he didn't stay in the Trail Blazers for two full seasons.

From here we can see how worthless the original Rasheed Wallace is.

Of course, the Eagles changed hands and bought him for a good price. The 17th overall pick in the first round helped the Eagles select Josh Smith...

But that has absolutely nothing to do with the Trail Blazers.

It can be said that it is also one of the alliance's "robbery" deals.

And now, the Trail Blazers are a proper winner in life, a practical blue-collar high-quality insider, and a lot of contracts that expire this season, which can help the team release salary space this summer, plus a first-round pick and two second-round picks, the future is also guaranteed...

On the contrary, the Celtics sent so many things. No matter how you look at it, people feel that this is another big gamble. In addition to the two big gambles in the draft, some media bluntly said that the "Cardinal" was a little too impatient after his comeback this time!
"Luck can't always be in Boston, so recklessly playing all the chips, once it fails, this team will fall into the abyss!"

Auerbach didn't take the media bullshit.

Judging from the current situation, the Celtics urgently need an inside player who can support and shoot, and Rasheed Wallace, it is no exaggeration to say, is currently the best all-round four in the league.

Those all-around fours who are better than him are now not for sale by various teams, and they can't be bought even if they want to buy them.

In fact, if it weren't for Rasheed Wallace's personality, the Celtics wouldn't even be able to buy him...

And even though they are all waiting to buy the bottom, there are many people staring at him. According to Auerbach's information, at least four or five teams, such as the Pistons and Eagles, are interested in Rasheed Wallace.

If he doesn't raise the price higher, he really won't be able to grab this "stinky bun"!
Although the future has been abandoned at the moment, the Celtics' starting lineup has already formed a combination of Juwan, Wade, Rasheed Wallace, and Tyson Chandler.
Although he retired for six or seven years, Auerbach believed in his vision!
Zhu Wan was also asked his opinion on the deal.

"I'm sorry for Chris Anderson's departure. I'm also very happy for Rasheed Wallace's arrival. This is what I think now. I am very sad to leave every player. I also welcome every player who comes. This is the NBA. You have to adapt to the adjustment of the team, and then hopefully it will be a good change!"

This is Juwan's answer in front of the media.

Of course, this is just his attitude in front of the media. In fact, he sent a text message to Rasheed Wallace as soon as he learned that the transaction was completed: Welcome to Boston, welcome to join the Celtics, "Roar God", basketball will not lie, I look forward to joining forces with you!

Well, this is his real attitude!

Just kidding, this is Rasheed Wallace!
Compared with him, Chris Anderson really has no advantage.

What's more, Chris Anderson is still in a period of expansion, because of the matter of the bench, there is also a rift with the rest of the team, and sending him away early can be regarded as eliminating the hidden dangers of the team atmosphere.

From any point of view, this deal is a sure-fire deal!
What, you said that the Celtics sent out another first-round pick and two second-round picks, and the future is gone...

In fact, Zhu Wan didn't have the idea of ​​waiting for his helpers to grow up during his peak period.

Sacrifice your prime time, wait for your helper to grow up, and fuck yourself?

Zhu Wan was not such a fool, the "cardinal"'s desperate trading momentum, to be honest, really went to Zhu Wan's heart.

Only such a general manager can make Zhu Wan look forward to the lineup.

For a general manager who stinks with the first-round deal signed in his hands, Zhu Wan would be worried instead!

Moreover, in Zhu Wan's view, the "cardinal" deal is too worthwhile!

After owning Rasheed Wallace, the team's first, second and third leaders are already in place. With the addition of Ricky Davis as the core of the bench, the Celtics' lineup is much more tidy. If the "Cardinal" can rely on his "perfect tongue" to bring in a few more veterans...then the team will be considered "championship."

In short, the reconstruction is almost over!
The only hidden danger may be Rasheed Wallace's temper...

Zhu Wanlai had to work hard on this point.

No, I sent a welcome text message to Rasheed Wallace immediately.

In fact, not only Juwan was worried about Rasheed Wallace's temper, but "Cardinal" was also very worried about Wallace's temper. He asked Angie to take Wallace to the general manager's office as soon as he came to Boston.

This treatment, except for Juwan and Wade, the entire Celtics team enjoyed it when Rasheed Wallace came.

Facing this legendary old man, Rasheed Wallace, who had always been carefree, was a little more cautious now.

He also noticed this, and the worry of "Cardinal" disappeared in an instant.

As long as someone has some respect for him, no matter what his temper is in other places, he will have a way to make him work for the Celtics honestly.

This is the confidence of the "cardinal" to play with people's hearts for decades!
Rasheed Wallace secretly looked at Auerbach, he naturally didn't know how this legend, who just entered a side today, was thinking about how to play with his feelings.

Otherwise, I have to spit: Old scumbag!
Sure enough, this scum knows no age!

After observing for a long time, Auerbach almost prepared what he wanted to say: "Basketball doesn't lie, buddy. I know this is a sentence you often say, and I also believe that basketball can't lie. Your fighting spirit on the court will not lie. From what you have shown on the court, I know that you belong to the Celtics!"

"You are born with Celtic blood!"

Just this passage, especially the last sentence, was like an electric shock, and Rasheed Wallace froze in place, with uncontrollable excitement in his expression.

As a player who was abandoned by the team, although Rasheed Wallace was very nervous and didn't have that many touches, it would be impossible to say that he didn't care!

Rasheed Wallace has a lot of egos!
In fact, he held his breath in his heart and wanted to prove himself.

Before coming to Boston, he had made up his mind, this time, he must make a name for himself.

But he really didn't expect that Auerbach would affirm himself before he could make a name for himself.

How else to put it, he is a "cardinal", a legend!

These eyes are brighter than ordinary people!

Rasheed Wallace can't wait to play and prove himself!

Of course, Auerbach could also see that the fire had been blown up by him, but he didn't say any more. Rasheed Wallace's excitement was not suitable for burning all the time.

Immediately afterwards, Angie took Rasheed Wallace who couldn't wait to go to the locker room. At this moment, Juwan and the others were changing clothes in the locker room and preparing to go to the training hall.

His excitement stunned Juwan, but before Juwan could say anything, Rasheed Wallace had already warmly greeted other Celtics players.

Anji saw the puzzlement in Zhu Wan's eyes, and explained: "I just brought him over from the teacher!"

Oh, from the MLM Master?
I'm not surprised that way!

Zhu Wan immediately understood...

(End of this chapter)