NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 201
In fact, it is not appropriate to say that Butler's performance is disappointing.

He just performed slightly worse than the other three rookies.

As a player selected with the No.20 third overall pick in the first round, Butler has averaged 16 points and 4.2 rebounds in 2.1 minutes per game so far. Parsons and Thomas Jr., who were selected in the second round, are indeed inferior.

But there is no way around it. Wang Chao knows how strong Butler will be in the future, but Butler is indeed the kind of player who grows up through acquired hard work. When he first entered the league, his immediate combat power was not strong enough, at least In terms of talent, he is far behind Leonard and Chandler Parsons.

And the Rockets have Courtney Lee and Korver at the shooting guard position.

These two shooting guards both shot more than 40% of their three-pointers. Courtney Lee is a standard 3-and-D player. The ball is more accurate.

The two occupied most of the playing time at the team's shooting guard position, and it was Butler's turn to naturally not have many opportunities to perform and play.

Because of his mediocre performance, Butler was directly excluded from the rookie challenge, and the situation seemed quite embarrassing.

This makes him work harder and harder in his daily training.

Anyone can see Butler's anxiety.

He worried that he would be the only rookie in the team who was eliminated due to poor performance. After all, the most important thing for the Rockets now is young players with potential, so once the team needs to make personnel adjustments, he will definitely bear the brunt.

This kind of thinking is naturally unfounded. It is impossible for Wang Chao to let the team hand over Butler. In the entire rookie class of 11-12, Butler is a top star who can be ranked in the top five or even the top three!
Compared with Leonard, Butler's position is indeed slightly inferior, but compared with Irving and Thompson, Butler may not necessarily lose.

Originally, Butler should have truly shown his strength in the fourth year of joining the league.

In the rookie season, he averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. In the second grade, he averaged 8.6 points and 4 rebounds per game. In the third season, his personal data has reached 13.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists. When it comes to the fourth season of his career, which is the contract year , Butler finally ushered in the explosive period, relying on the data of averaging 20 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, he was selected as an All-Star, and based on this, he won a five-year contract extension with a maximum salary of $5 million.

Even Leonard in the same period averaged only 16.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. It is worth mentioning that in that year, that is, the 14-15 season, Leonard was selected for the best defensive team by virtue of his defense. He won the DPOY Award for Best Defensive Player, while Butler was selected for the Second Team of the Best Defensive Team. Both of them are players with the most outstanding defensive ability in the forward position.

Of course, Leonard's situation is special, and the Spurs' tactical system determines that players should serve the team more often.

In the past ten years, the Spurs have rarely averaged more than 20 points per game in a single season. The team's scoring is very average, and the tactical system itself has restricted Leonard's growth and performance.

The topic is getting a bit far.

All in all, two rookies, Leonard and Butler, hold a very important position in Wang Chao's heart. It is absolutely impossible to send them away in at least three or four years. On the contrary, Chandler Parsons and Thomas Jr. have obvious defects. The reason is that it is only a temporary transition player. Once he has a good worth, he can leave the team as a bargaining chip.

There was no other way, the existence of sparring potions gave Wang Chao even the confidence to train some mediocre players into outstanding role players, but that was limited to his own skills and abilities on the field.

The problem of Chandler Parsons' future is not his own ability, but his mentality.

Parsons played very hard before signing a big contract, and his attitude was no worse than Butler, Leonard and others.

However, as the rookie contract ended and he signed a ten-million-dollar contract with the Mavericks, in the first season of the Mavericks, Parsons was able to keep himself safe, averaging 15.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. But after suffering an injury in the second season, Parsons began to gradually reveal his "nature".

After the other players were injured, they were actively training, trying to recover and return to the game as soon as possible, but after Parsons was injured, he completely started to show off. Every day, he would be a young model, and almost all the news related to him were going out with all kinds of beauties .

Then the Grizzlies, one of the best taken advantage of in history, came.

Facing Chandler Parsons, who has not yet fully recovered from his injury, has a doubtful professional attitude, and has an uncertain future, the Grizzlies directly offered him a four-year, $4 million contract to poach him from the Mavericks.

Then Parsons played 95 games in three years with the Grizzlies and told the entire league that he just wanted to stand up and make money!

It is a pity that there are countless talents ruined by injuries in this league, but Parsons is purely self-inflicted and does not deserve any sympathy. It is similar to the Lakers center Andrew Bynum and is completely self-made.

Even so, Parsons still earned more than 1.27 million yuan in his entire career, which is more than most stars in the league. How can he justify it?

Wang Chao doesn’t think that he can change a person’s thinking. As the saying goes, it’s easy to change the country, and it’s hard to change the nature. Once some players sign a big contract and don’t lose money, they start to perform poorly. This is a matter of self-discipline and professional attitude.

Therefore, Wang Chao made a good plan from the beginning, and when Parsons has a certain value, he will give it away as a bargaining chip in exchange for a player he likes or a first-round pick.

So did Thomas Jr.

Unlike Chandler Parsons, Thomas Jr. has a good professional attitude and is a model of inspirational players, but his height ultimately restricts his development. No matter how good he is, his height of 1 meters is also doomed to his defense The location of the black hole.

The Warriors' Curry's defensive ability has always been criticized, but even so, his defensive efficiency ranks among the top five in the entire team. His real defensive ability is seriously underestimated, and he is not bad at all among point guards. It can even be at the forefront.

The main lineup of a team that aims to win the championship must not have such obvious shortcomings.

This also doomed the fate of Thomas Jr. being sent away after playing a certain value.

Of course, these are all plans that stay in Wang Chao's mind. At least in the rookie contract season of the past two years, the four rookies will be the main training targets of the Rockets.
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On January 1, the Rockets played the third game of the season against the Spurs at home.

The Rockets, who sit at home and had a two-day rest, were full of energy, especially Yao, who made 18 of 10 shots and 8 of 7 free throws. He scored a double-double of 27 points and 11 rebounds.

The Rockets finally defeated the Spurs 105:99, winning six consecutive victories.

After the battle with the Spurs, the Rockets ushered in another wave of welfare games.

1月23日107：92大胜森林狼，1月25日114：105击败雄鹿，1月27日103：76大比分屠杀奇才……

Facing several teams with the lowest strength in the league, the Rockets played unambiguously. With Wang Chao and Dayao at the bottom, even if the Rockets' lineup structure is too young, they will not lose these games.

On January 1, the Rockets played against the New York Knicks at home.

Originally, the Knicks were the powerhouse in the East. After forming the Big Three lineup of Anthony, Stoudemire and Billups last season, they were once one of the league's favorite teams to win the championship.

Who would have thought that after the start of the new season, the Knicks played extremely poorly, with only 7 wins and 12 losses so far.

The team's two superstars Anthony and Stoudemire suffered injuries in turn, and the team was unable to get on track.

In this game against the Rockets, the Knicks still couldn't solve their own problems, and finally lost to the Rockets 84:97.

Stoudemire scored 20 points and 10 rebounds on 23 of 8 shots in this game. His performance was quite satisfactory. However, when Anthony was absent due to injury, only 3 Knicks scored in double figures. The performance at the end was also extremely poor, and the team was supported by blue-collar center Tyson Chandler alone.

Unfortunately, Chandler's opponent in this game is still his bitter master Dayao.

The grievances between Tyson Chandler and Dayao, as I said before, before Dayao landed in the NBA, he beat Tyson Chandler, the number one high school student in the United States at that time, let alone now?

The two main players, Wang Chao and Dayao, both clocked in and got off work early after three quarters, watching how long the substitute players were on the court.

Then Wang Chao saw Jeremy Lin, who came off the bench for the Knicks, running back and forth on the court, showing his strength.

Now it is almost time for Jeremy Lin to explode.

Just a week later, on February 2, Jeremy Lin broke out in the Knicks game against the Nets, scoring 4 points, 25 rebounds and 5 assists, officially starting his crazy journey.

As a Chinese-American defender, Jeremy Lin's storm in the league can be called a "miracle" whether it is now or in the future. After all, Jeremy Lin did not cheat, unlike Wang Chao's systematic blessing and assistance. Lin's NBA league, even if he only played 7 peak performances, is really incredible.

After the league lockout ended and the free market opened, the Rockets actually had a chance to sign Jeremy Lin.

In fact, in the original history, the Rockets signed Jeremy Lin at the beginning of the 11-12 season, but before the start of the regular season, the Rockets chose to lay off Jeremy Lin to make room for Samuel Dalem. Porter, this made the Knicks pick up a loophole.

But after Wang Chao hesitated for a moment, he finally did not sign Jeremy Lin.

the reason is simple.

Wang Chao is not sure whether Jeremy Lin can set off a storm that swept the league like he did with the New York Knicks after joining the Rockets.

I'm afraid there is a high probability that it will not work.

Jeremy Lin is indeed capable, but one thing to say, Jeremy Lin also played at a super level in those 7 games in the Knicks. Simply put, the right time, place and people are indispensable.

Without the injuries of Anthony and Stoudemire, without the heavy responsibility of head coach D'Antoni as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and without the unique team situation of the Knicks, Jeremy Lin might not be able to play well.

So Wang Chao finally chose to give up and watched Jeremy Lin finally join the New York Knicks.

If he allows the Rockets to sign Jeremy Lin, it shouldn't be a problem to let Jeremy Lin replace Brooks as the team's starting point guard after some intensive training with the sparring potion, which would be a pity.

Jeremy Lin obviously has the opportunity to become a hero in the Knicks and shock the entire league and even the whole world. Wang Chao doesn't want Jeremy Lin to miss this precious experience that can be remembered for life because of his behavior.

"Jeremy Lin played pretty well."

Sitting on the bench, watching Jeremy Lin who was very active in rushing and pressing, Dayao, who was sitting next to Wang Chao, couldn't help but said.

During the 2010 draft, Dayao knew about Jeremy Lin. At that time, Jeremy Lin also participated in the Rockets' trial training, but in the end he became the undrafted pick and was signed by the Warriors.

Dayao originally thought that Jeremy Lin might have no ball to play after being waived by the Warriors during the offseason, and that he would most likely play in the CBA. In fact, Jeremy Lin did test the waters in the CBA during the lockout period and represented Dongguan New Century Team in the Asian Professional Basketball Challenge and won the MVP.

But after the league lockout ended, Jeremy Lin chose to return to the NBA to find a job, and successfully got a basic salary contract with the Knicks.

Although Jeremy Lin, as a Chinese-American, is strictly American, Dayao feels relieved to see more and more Asian faces appearing in the NBA.

Hearing what Dayao said, Wang Chao immediately became interested. He turned to look at Dayao and said, "This kid is very powerful. Do you believe that he can create a storm in the league within a week at most?"

"Create a storm in the alliance?" Dayao listened inexplicably, not understanding what Wang Chao meant by this.

Wang Chao didn't continue talking. Talking about this kind of thing too much will only reveal his identity as a time traveler, but if he talks about it briefly, it will further shape his unique characteristics of insight.

After all, up to now, almost all of the four rookies selected by the Rockets in the draft have assumed certain responsibilities in the team, which is also one of the reasons why the Rockets are now able to dominate the West.
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After defeating the Knicks, the Rockets have unknowingly won ten consecutive victories!The record came to 17 wins and 3 losses, and the Bulls with a record of 16 wins and 4 losses became the first in the league. This was a result that no one expected before the start of the regular season.

But the Rockets' winning streak did not end. On January 1, the Rockets defeated the Timberwolves 30:120 to achieve eleven consecutive victories.

Immediately afterwards, on February 2, the Rockets challenged the Spurs in an away game. This was the last game of the regular season between the two teams. Because the consecutive games were still away games, this game was truceed as usual, and Wang Chao single-core led the team. Against the Spurs, in the end they lost to the Spurs 1:91 and lost, and the winning streak ended.

Although he lost the game, Wang Chao has no regrets. Yao’s health is the first priority in his opinion. It doesn’t matter whether the regular season record is good or bad. No matter how good it is, there is no way to get 67 wins or a better record. After all, there are only 66 games in the entire regular season.

In the shrinking season with a tight and dense schedule, the accumulation of players' health and fatigue will directly determine the outcome of the playoffs, and we must pay attention to it, especially for a dangerous player like Dayao who should have retired due to serious injuries, no matter how careful he is You can't be too cautious.

(End of this chapter)