NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 202 Linsanity and All-Star Affair
Sure enough, although Wang Chao's arrival has changed many things in the NBA, it has also directly affected many people. For example, Kobe only had four championships, but O'Neal retired with five championships. Well, the youngest regular season MVP in history no longer exists, James has only one regular season MVP, and Durant has not had a scoring champion so far...

However, at the beginning of February, Jeremy Lin was the same as before. He seized an opportunity and immediately took advantage of the wind. His consecutive super performances shocked the entire league.

From defeating the Nets at home on February 2 to defeating the Kings at home on February 4, the Knicks directly won a wave of seven consecutive victories under the leadership of Jeremy Lin!

During this seven-game winning streak, Jeremy Lin averaged 24.4 points and 9.1 assists per game, which was the main contribution to the Knicks' winning streak.

On February 2, the Knicks lost to the New Orleans Hornets at home, ending the winning streak, but the team lost, but Jeremy Lin did not lose. He made 17 of 18 free throws and made 8 of 10 free throws. He scored 8 points and 26 assists, continuing his magical performance .

Jeremy Lin's most classic battle during his rise was the 92:85 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Before the game, a reporter asked Kobe what advice he had for Jeremy Lin. Kobe said that I don't even know who you are talking about.

As a result, in the game, Jeremy Lin and Kobe competed with each other. Kobe scored 34 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeremy Lin scored 38 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

After the game, the Knicks local media gloated and asked Kobe, what advice do you have for Jeremy Lin's performance?
Kobe said with a dark face: "He scored 38 points on me, what advice do you need?"

At this time, Kobe really didn't know Jeremy Lin, and he didn't even figure out Jeremy Lin's nationality. He just thought that there was another evildoer like Wang Chao in Huaguo.

The storm that Jeremy Lin created in the alliance did not have such a strong response in China, at least not as strong as in the original history. There is no way. Still insignificant.

Wang Chao's data performance this season is really too explosive.

In January, Wang Chao averaged 1 points, 40.6 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game and was selected as the best player of the month in the Western Conference. He also scored 8.8+ points twice in a single month. The exaggerated average per game is rare in league history.

After entering February, with the storm of Jeremy Lin sweeping the league, Wang Chao still played steadily. He scored 2 points and led the team to victory in a consecutive back-to-back away game with Dayao truce, and the average score per game continued to remain at 62+ Left and right, with the Rockets currently lacking scoring points, Wang Chao fully supported the offense of the entire team with his own strength.

As Popovich lamented before, everyone is probably witnessing a crazy season, the rise of a legend whose scoring ability is rare in history!
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On February 2, the All-Star Weekend is coming.

After four rounds of voting, the starters for the East and West of the All-Star Game have been completely determined.

The West side continued to maintain the original results of the first round of voting. Wang Chao was elected as the All-Star vote leader with 170 million votes. His performance during the regular season was really exaggerated.

Howard, the host, got 158 million votes, a full 12 votes less than Wang Chao, a big gap.

Kobe ranked third with 151 million votes, second only to Wang Chao in the West, followed by Durant, Paul, Dayao...

It just so happened that the five players with the highest votes in the Western Conference occupied the five spots in the All-Star Game. After all, Bynum, who performed well in the regular season, couldn't compete with Yao in popularity, and his votes were completely abused by Yao.

The All-Star starters in the East are Howard, James, Wade, Anthony and Rose.

Although Jeremy Lin, who has been in the limelight recently, has a great momentum before the announcement of the All-Star roster, he has the feeling of becoming an All-Star substitute and going straight to the main game, but in the end he still failed to participate in the All-Star Game. After all, his background is compared to other stars. The players were still slightly inferior, and in the end they could only represent the second grade in the Rookie Challenge.

The Rockets’ final selection for the Rookie Challenge was not the three that had previously been very popular. Isaiah Thomas was also dismissed halfway through. Only Leonard and Chandler Parsons were finally selected for the Rookie Challenge. two people.

The Rockets had two All-Star starters. Back in the 05-06 season, Dayao and Tracy McGrady were both selected as the All-Star starters in the Western Conference. Although in the subsequent 06-07 season, Yao was also selected as the starting center for the Western Conference. But because of injuries, he missed the All-Star Game.

The All-Star Weekend is a place for Yao to be familiar with soy sauce. Overseas players + inside players, Dbuff is almost full. Even if Yao wants to make a difference in the All-Stars, it is impossible. The playing time is limited and he is on the court. Also rarely gets the ball.

But to put it bluntly, the All-Star is a performance game. Except for a few players, not many star players really care about the honor of the All-Star MVP.

Dayao started the game for about 8 minutes, then took the ball symbolically and showed his face before leaving. This is what Wang Chao is happy to see. He doesn't want Dayao to continue to accumulate fatigue in the All-Stars.

As for Wang Chao himself, due to his popularity right now, he can’t take a break off the court. In the end, he played for about 30 minutes on the court. Scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

西部全明星152：149击败东部全明星，全场砍下36分5篮板4助攻的杜兰特获得了全明星MVP。

When Durant held up the All-Star MVP trophy, his face was filled with a bright smile, as if this was the regular season MVP or championship trophy.

This can't be helped, Durant is also very depressed.

Ever since he made his debut and started to rise, he has been under the pressure of Wang Chao. He is obviously a super scorer, but so far he has not even won a scoring title, especially this season. Te averaged 31.4 points per game, which was far higher than the original average of 28 points per game in the same period in history, but even so, he could only rank second in the scoring list. Wang Chao, who averaged 40 points per game, stood tall peak.

Durant's scoring ability is indeed very strong. His height and wingspan coupled with a stable mid-range shot make his offense undefendable.

But physical fitness has always been a condition that restricts Durant's scoring ceiling.

Among all the top superstars, Durant has the least number of 50+ points and no 60+ points.

For Durant, averaging 30+ points per game in the regular season is a goal that can be easily achieved by eating and drinking water, but let him play more than 40 minutes per game and score 40+ points per game like Wang Chao. It's a little hard for him...

This All-Star MVP is really a kind of spiritual comfort for Durant.

It's just that looking at Durant holding up the trophy in high spirits, James should scold his mother!Because he wants this trophy too!
In the game, James didn't let go of any water. He made 23 of 15 shots and scored 36 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. However, the East still failed to win.

Whether it is for James himself or the Big Three of the Heat, they have absolutely no way out this season.

The failure to form the Big Three last season may be an excuse for the lack of tacit understanding during the running-in period, but this season, the three-peat dynasty Magic team disintegrated, the most powerful opponent no longer exists, and other players such as the Bulls and Spurs , the Lakers and even Wang Chao's Rockets have more or less shortcomings.

If under such circumstances, the Heat can't win the championship, the so-called Chosen One will be a complete joke. Then why does James go to Miami with his infamy? ——
The All-Star weekend is over, which also means that the regular season will enter the final sprint.

But unlike in the past, because this season is a shrinking season, most teams have at least 31 games after the All-Star, which is about 4 to 5 more games than before.

Don't underestimate the mere 5 games. If these games are placed in the daily schedule, there will be multiple consecutive back-to-back games to seize the rest time and allow the players to further accumulate fatigue.

But this is also something that can't be helped. The impact of the lockout on the schedule is completely force majeure.

The teams in the league can only strengthen their teams through trades as much as possible before the trade deadline after the All-Star break to ensure their strength in the final sprint of the regular season.

The Los Angeles Lakers took the lead. They first traded the champion point guard Derek Fisher to make room for salary, and then used Luke Walton and other players to get Raymond Sessions from the Cavaliers.

The deal of the Lakers management has been praised by many media.

With the increase of age, Fisher is now old and slow. While the defensive end can be called a black hole, the offensive end does not have any role in sharing Kobe's pressure. It is completely a drag on the field.

On the other hand, Sessions averaged 13 points and 5 assists with the Cavaliers last season. Before being traded, he also averaged 10.5 points and 5.2 assists in dozens of games played by the Cavaliers.

With the joining of Sessions, the mobility and offensive ability of the Lakers point guard position have been greatly improved, and therefore it was rated as an A-level reinforcement.

Just according to the original history, the Lakers' trade before the trade deadline should be able to get an A+ evaluation, because they used Fisher and the Mavericks' 12-year first-round pick to get blue-collar center Jordan Hill from the Rockets.

In fact, before Fisher was traded, the Lakers did find the Rockets, hoping to use Fisher plus the Mavericks' 12-year first-round pick to get Jordan Hill from the Rockets.

But this deal was rejected by Wang Chao without hesitation.

First of all, Fisher itself has no value and is a negative asset without combat effectiveness. As for the Mavericks' 12-year first-round pick...

Although the Mavericks' record has dropped sharply this season, they are still a playoff-level team. This first-round pick should end up with only about [-] or [-] picks.

In the 2012 draft, the picks at this position are not worth much, but not as valuable as the picks that are relatively high in the second round. After all, there are Draymond Green and Chris Middle in the second round of 12. pause.

Of course, for the Rockets, who already have Wang Chao, Leonard, Butler and Parsons at the forward position, even if Green and Middleton are selected, there is no way to provide them with sufficient appearances. time.

Compared with this tasteless first-round pick, Jordan Hill is obviously worth a little more.

Although he is only a blue-collar center forward, Hill is young, with strong physical fitness and full of impact. Although he is relatively thin as a center forward and lacks confrontation ability, he is still very useful at certain times.

Most importantly, it's cheap.

This year is Hill's contract year, and the Rockets have already discussed Hill's contract renewal before. The two parties reached a preliminary agreement to provide him with a three-year contract with an average salary of 300 million.

考虑到未来13-14赛季，希尔在湖人队场均出场仅20分钟的情况下就可以贡献9.7分7.4篮板的数据，这份合同绝对是物有所值。

Failure to get Hill dropped the Lakers' trade rating by one +, so the Clippers, who got Nick Young through the trade and successfully strengthened their striker strength, both got A-level ratings.

In addition, the Spurs also made a deal on the trade deadline, trading Richard Jefferson for Stephen Jackson. Both players were once dominant players in the league, but now they can only play roles players, so not many people will pay attention.

The Rockets remained on hold during the trade deadline, without any action.

This is also Wang Chao's consistent habit. Before the start of the regular season, Wang Chao has already done everything he can by using the foresight ability of the time traveler. Naturally, there is no need to make up for it in the middle of the season.

Like the kind of teams that conduct large-scale transactions in the middle of the season, there are basically few teams that can win the playoffs.

After the All-Star Weekend, as the intensity of the game increased, the Rockets' winning percentage continued to decline.

But this is something that cannot be helped. As the season progresses, the fatigue of the players is constantly accumulating, especially rookie players such as Leonard. The veterans are on par.

Moreover, the Rockets now have a Dayao who was carefully confessed by Wang Chao as if he were a Lafayette.

In fact, this kind of arrangement made Dayao quite uncomfortable. After all, he was a teammate of the same team. He watched his teammates continue to work hard for the team's record, but he was resting comfortably in the middle of consecutive back-to-back away games. This feeling Let the honest Dayao feel restless.

If you take a closer look at Dayao's performance so far this season, it really feels like a stroke of water.

Before the trade deadline, that is, before March 3, the Rockets played a total of 16 games. Yao played in 44 games, averaging 32 minutes per game, scoring 28.5 points and 16.7 rebounds.

Dayao's efficiency value is very good, and his shooting percentage has always remained above 50%, but this average per game is his lowest value since his rookie season. Even in the second season of his career, Dayao averaged A data performance of 17.5 points and 9 rebounds.

(End of this chapter)