Healing Basketball

Chapter 972 972. New Yorkers' Good Wishes
On the afternoon of the 6th, the Trail Blazers came to Minneapolis. In March, Portland can wear short sleeves at noon. Here in the City of Thousand Lakes, there are still many people wearing cotton coats or even down jackets.

After a night of rest, on the 7th, the Trail Blazers came to the Target Center to challenge the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves are currently 30 wins and 30 losses. The dual-core performance of Roy and Luol Deng is getting better and better.
If it weren't for the fact that there are too many powerful perimeter players in the West, Luol Deng should also be selected as an All-Star. He averaged 20.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks per game.

But what attracted Liu Xiu's attention was the 4cm big center Joel Przybilla who had just reached a four-year $2000 million contract extension with the Timberwolves.

This 2000 lottery pick is really amazing!
After finishing his rookie contract, no one wanted it. He joined the Timberwolves with a basic salary in the summer of 04. After working hard for a year, he got a three-year contract totaling US$3 million, and then withered. He played 1650 games last season, averaging 39 Score 2 boards.

Seeing that the contract year is coming, Pulzbila has instantly transformed into a high-quality blue-collar this season. He has been in full attendance so far this season. From the edge of the rotation at the beginning, he has averaged 60 points, 5.5 rebounds and 8.4 blocks per game in 2.1 games.

Przbila, who turned 10 last October, successfully got his contract extension.

In terms of style of play, physical condition, and theoretically speaking, Pulzby is 33 and four years old, so he should still be able to defend well.

But after the game started at 7 o'clock in the evening, watching Kwame Brown repeatedly score easily and Randolph easily grabbed offensive rebounds... Liu Xiu can guess how regretful the Timberwolves management is now.

The Timberwolves are worried that Pulzbila, who is in his prime, will be snatched away after entering the free market after the season. Although they have confidence in Oden, God knows what will happen to Oden after he recovers. They have to keep a guaranteed center.

As a result, this guy started to play badly after signing a new contract!
Judging from this guy's past behavior, this time the $2000 million was in vain.
It is about equal to their 7-year 3650 million contract to support this guy for a lifetime!

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时隔3场比赛后，刘秀再次拿下三双，22投14中，其中三分球6中2，加上9中8的罚球，拿到38分12板14助攻1抢断2盖帽。

在他的帮助下，夸梅-布朗拿到20分7板2助攻4盖帽、兰多夫15分11板、雷-阿伦16分……开拓者队以113比102稳稳击败森林狼队！

Roy scored 20 points on 9 of 27 shots, and Luol Deng scored 16 points on 9 of 20 shots. The offense led by the team was very good, but there was no good center, and the inside defense and eating cakes were poor. Blind Roy's 9 assists in a single game.

Kwame Brown played very excitedly tonight, because his contract renewal is about to be reached. The price is 5 million US dollars for 6000 years, with an annual average of 1200 million without increasing or decreasing, fixed contract.

It’s not as big as Beast’s contract with a starting salary of 1478 million U.S. dollars and a total of 5 million U.S. dollars in five years. That’s the maximum salary.

But it can be regarded as the maximum salary last time. Top players such as Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, and Reid also received contracts of this level.

Not to mention that compared with Howard, the newly promoted favorite who averaged 20 points and 14 rebounds per game, Kwame Brown's worth is actually far behind those players with sub-maximum salaries.

but.

In the summer of 05, in order to make room for signing Ray Allen, the Trail Blazers gave up a lot of bird rights. The rookie contract extension also had a certain degree of lower price. When the vice president offered the contract this time, it was obvious to the human value.

Of course, Kwame Brown is only 26 years old. For a center of sufficient size, regardless of the impact of injuries, he will reach his peak at around 30 years old. If he can make significant progress in the next two or three years, such as receiving The mid-range shooting is really excellent or first-class, the coping ability is fully developed, and the defense can reach Duncan's level... If one of these three abilities is well developed, then the 5-year $6000 million is definitely worth it.

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On the second day after playing the Timberwolves, on the night of the 8th, the Trail Blazers came to Sacramento to challenge the Kings back-to-back away.

The game mode of the two teams - confrontation!
After 2 hours and 26 minutes of play, the two teams decided the winner.

刘秀打了41分钟，23投14中，其中三分球4中2，加上6中6的罚球，拿到36分11板14助攻6抢断，率领开拓者队拿到116分。

But the Kings are all soldiers, with 11 players on the field, and 8 of them scored in double figures!
116 to 125, the Trail Blazers regretted losing to the Kings and suffered their 19th loss of the season.

After the first back-to-back, the Trail Blazers left the West and came to Milwaukee.

After a night of rest, the second back-to-back of 5 days and 4 battles came.

On the evening of the 10th, the Trail Blazers lost to the Bucks 103-111.

刘秀26分10板13助攻、兰多夫20分7板、雷-阿伦21分3板6助攻、夸梅-布朗17分15板……四大球星表现极好，但其他人加起来只拿到了16分。

对面，里德25分2板1助攻、卡隆-巴特勒22分7板2助攻、维拉纽瓦20分、莫不传20分9助攻……四人得分上20，比开拓者队表现还猛。

The Trail Blazers suffered their 20th loss of the season, and their record fell to 42 wins and 20 losses!
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At noon on the second day after playing the Bucks, the Trail Blazers came to New York.

Before leaving Milwaukee in the morning, Liu Xiu practiced three-pointers in the hotel's small indoor court. When he arrived in New York, he also came to Madison Square Garden to practice three-pointers immediately.

At 02:30, the outlaws also came to the training ground of the visiting team, and it was time for Liu Xiu to take a nap.

Before closing the lounge door for a nap, Liu Xiu checked the news.

"Defeat the Warden, the best chance! "

"End the nightmare, conquer the warden, the future is in the Big Apple"

"Let the warden see the charm of the most prosperous city in the world"

"..."

"..."

In the last game of 5 games in 4 days, the Trail Blazers lost two games in a row. Liu Xiu felt the joy of the New York media and fans from the news.

It's not that the Knicks have never won Liu Xiu, but they have never won at home and lost all 4 games.

Liu Xiu feels that human nature always shines with brilliance—it is so fickle!
When he came here before, he was treated as his own.

Now, with McGrady, fickle New Yorkers have a change of heart...not all.

The New York media and fans seem to be looking forward to relying on McGrady to attract him to play in New York.

McGrady, who was born in 79, was only 2010 years old in 31...

Liu Xiu thinks the ideas of New York fans are very constructive, so let them think about it.

Sleeping until 3:6, he was woken up by the outlaws. The two of them ate the "all-round nutritious meal" with Randolph who had just arrived at the training ground, rested and digested food, and warmed up for the battle... At 40:[-] in the evening, he Take your teammates into Madison Square Garden.

He feels on fire!Every time I come to this arena to play, I am very excited!
(End of this chapter)