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The arrival of Ron Artest can solve the offensive problem when McGrady is unable to play due to injury or his state declines. At the same time, it can bring the intensity of the game to the Rockets and enhance the Rockets' confrontation on the defensive end. Shane Battier struggled a bit against physical swingmen, and now the Rockets don't need to be afraid of players like Steph or LeBron James.

Although with McGrady and Sean Battier, it feels a bit wasteful to add Ron Artest to the front line. You must know that Artest is a player with an annual salary of nearly ten million dollars. When did the Rockets become generous enough to sit a player worth tens of millions of dollars on the bench, except for injuries.

From this point of view, the Rockets are indeed very ambitious this season. With the replacement of a new coach, new forces have been added. It is consistent with the owner Alexander's declaration at the end of the season. The Rockets cannot tolerate continuing to be mediocre. , To launch an impact on the throne of the championship.

Can the current lineup reach the championship? Of course, if Yao Ming, McGrady, and Artest can all stay healthy, the Rockets' strength on paper seems to have the possibility of hitting the championship, but Consider that Adelman just coached the team, and we all know that he is an offensive coach.

The Rockets played a completely defensive tactic last season. It seems that it is not so easy to suddenly change from defense to offense, especially this basically moves towards two extreme tactics, and Adel was invited from Alexander From Mann's point of view, it seems that it has nothing to do with the championship.

Adelman has never been a champion coach. Everyone knows that offense wins the box office and defense wins championships. Judging from the four teams that reached the conference finals, they are all defensive teams. You know, although Jeff Van Gundy He also hasn't won a championship, but he is a defensive master who learned from Pat Riley.

Although the Rockets' record in the past two or three seasons is not bad, players don't understand the ball market, especially the ticket sales. In order to attract fans to watch the game, the Rockets basically hold the most activities. Van Gundy even I bought tickets at my own expense and gave them away as the most enthusiastic fans, and formed a fat cheerleading team, but it didn't work.

Even if Artest is acquired, it is not a big deal, and a championship declaration that is not willing to spend a lot of money is actually a joke, but seeing Yao Ming's high spirits, Stephen is really embarrassed to hit him.

But from Artest, Stephen thought of Stephen Jackson again. Both of them were the main members of the Pacers army back then. Under the leadership of Reggie Miller, there was Jermaine O'Neal inside and Artes outside. With Teddy and Stephen Jackson, this Pacers team is one of the closest to a title.

It's a pity that an incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills ruined this team, and then thinking that one of the protagonists of this incident, Jemeny O'Neal, had just become a player for the Toronto Raptors, and Artest went to the Rockets in a blink of an eye. , but that's all.

Artest is a powerful floor player who is good at defense, while Stephen Jackson is good at offense, especially his offensive methods. There are almost no things he can't do. Remember, there is no one who can't, not to say There is nothing he is not good at.

Although there is no obvious means of scoring with certainty, his strong confidence on the offensive end makes up for this shortcoming, especially when the team is in trouble, his confidence can bring great help to the team, although some Sometimes opportunities may be wasted due to overconfidence.

At the same time, although his one-on-one defense ability is not as good as Artest, it is not bad. A player who can secure a starting position in the San Antonio Spurs is generally not worse than there, and his defense is not bad. The obvious shortcomings, whether it is body, strength or speed, do not suffer.

If he can be brought here, Wilkins can be sent away. Wilkins is weak. Whether he is paired with Stephen or Durant, he is a bit lacking in ability, which leads to frequent problems in cooperation. It would definitely be much better if it was replaced by Stephen Jackson.

It's just that Stephen Jackson is not a free player, nor is he a restricted player. He signed a six-year $4000 million contract after leaving the Spurs. The State Warriors discussed how to trade him.

From the departure of Baron Davis, we know that the current Golden State Warriors don't pay much attention to them. As long as they have the right chips, the Warriors will definitely let them go. None of the chips.

Stephen told Presti his thoughts. Although Presti recognized Stephen Jackson's ability, he told Stephen very clearly that with the current strength of the team, it is impossible to get such a player, unless it is Stephen Jackson. As a free player, the Sonics have enough room to sign him.

It's a pity that Stephen is not the owner of the team. Otherwise, if you like any player, you have to get it no matter what. However, although Stephen Jackson is good, he is not irreplaceable. Although this is the general manager's heart, hang up After the phone call, Stephen also searched in his mind, what players are both good and cheap.

In addition to communicating with Presti, Felietta Martin also has a certain decision-making power in many affairs of the team, and often communicates with Stephen. In this way, Stephen's right to speak in team affairs has greatly increased. Lessimo had nothing to do with it.

In addition to drafting two rookies, the Sonics also acquired Jerome James and Jared Jeffries in the trade. Regardless of how they performed with the New York Knicks, when reporting Still pretty positive.

As for Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka, Russell Westbrook has already decided to lead the SuperSonics to participate in this year's summer league, and Serge Ibaka's contract with the original team is still arguing Among them, if all buyouts are made, it may take several million euros, and the team can only provide Serge Ibaka with a buyout fee of US$50 at most. The gap is too large, which makes Serge hesitate.

He personally wants to join the Sonics as soon as possible, because such a rising team is very attractive, but there is nothing he can do if the contract there is not resolved, although after many times of coordination, there is still no way. This doesn't deal much with European teams, let alone a second-tier team in the French league.

After Stephen found out about this, he was not reconciled to wasting the players he had finally selected. Waiting for another season would be a waste of a season, and at Serge Ibaka's age, it was time for improvement. If that kind of team plays for another season, it will not have the effect of training at all, and maybe there will be negative effects, so it is better to recruit them quickly.

After Stephen’s contact, Serge Ibaka gave up his previous agent and chose the Creative Artists Management Company, and then the Creative Artists Management Company communicated with the original team. The influence of the Creative Artists Management Company in the entertainment industry Incomparable, even the French side can also be affected.

Through twists and turns, Ibaka's original team finally agreed with Serge Ibaka to buy out the contract in advance at a price of 100 million US dollars. The team spent 50 US dollars, and Ibaka personally After taking out 50 US dollars, he finally got rid of the original contract and successfully signed a contract with the team.

Originally, before he bought out the contract, he couldn't sign with the team. If he didn't sign with the team, the team couldn't pay him in advance for him to buy out the contract. As a result, Ibaka easily took out 50 Although it is already his entire property, but playing in the French league and saving 50 US dollars is already very good.

For many young players, the first thing they do after signing a contract is to buy a car, a house, and a girlfriend. It’s not bad if they don’t pay their salary in advance, let alone save money. After Ibaka signed the contract with the team, except Except for the broker's commission, only 20 US dollars is required, and the rest will be paid after the season is over.

For Stephen who helped him, Ibaka is also very fond of him, and he called Stephen to express his gratitude, but Russell Westbrook still hasn't expressed it at all, and he didn't say that he came to talk to the boss of the team. Make a report.

Stephen doesn't care about these things. How should I put it, capable players are arrogant and arrogant. Whoever wants to be willing to be inferior to others should be a little arrogant. As long as he plays hard and plays according to tactics, Stephen doesn't expect everyone Players are as obedient as Coupard.

Coupard has been very busy this summer. Except for the few days of the Olympic Games, he can relax and watch the Chinese national team's games. Stephen has arranged a lot of training for him at other times, and he is planning to spend a summer , Let Coupard improve to a new level.

Coupard is also aware of his lack of ability, especially in the playoffs, he can't provide much help to the team, and his next contract extension is like a carrot in front of a grinding donkey The same, let him see it all the time, but just can't reach it, this is also one of the motivations for his efforts.

Coupard just doesn't work too hard, and has a contract extension as a goal. Stephen believes that even if he doesn't have his own supervision, Coupard's training movements and enthusiasm can be guaranteed. If you improve, you will be able to give yourself more support next season.