Forward to the basket

Chris Webber, such an All-Star power forward, fell firmly into the hands of the Celtics, and the day after that, Houston also announced the completion of the transaction. Their newly acquired rookie Novak Was traded to Boston in exchange for Ryan Gomez who could play small forward.

The main reason is that Comrade McGrady keeps getting minor injuries. Van Gundy also needs a guy with decent physical fitness to play as a substitute. Ryan Gomez's ability is average, but his physical condition is pretty good.

Van Gundy needs this kind of guy with good physique who can work hard to defend. It doesn't matter if he is not talented, as long as he is willing to play hard, and Novak's weak defense really disgusts Van Gundy.

Especially that guy just came out of college, and many academic problems have not been corrected. Van Gundy's tactical system does not need a pitcher, but a guy who can fight hand-to-hand with opponents at any time.

What's more, Novak is only a second-round rookie. He is not an indispensable figure in Houston. If Van Gundy is unhappy with him, it is probably useless for Morey to say something.

However, Angie's deal was really tricky. It is estimated that no one would have thought that he would be able to pick such a number one person from the Rockets' release list. Few people even knew him as the white shooter.

But many people have overlooked one point. Now there is an old guy Tarkanian who has been in the NCAA for many years in the Celtics team. He is a typical NCAA old fritter, and his sense of smell is extremely sensitive.

Anyway, whether it is this year, or recent years, or even a group of high school students preparing to enter college, this old guy has a lot of records, which is also a database for college coaches to recruit talents.

Tarkanian, who is always thinking about restoring the glory of the rebels, how could he relax his observations of college players, and Novak had been in the limelight in the college league back then.

In fact, not many people paid attention to this news, because after Iverson's deal was concluded, the Bulls also outspokenly asked the Grizzlies to buy their leading power forward Paul Gasol.

The Grizzlies are clenching their teeth and ignoring the hookups of the Chicagoans, but Gasol is a bit tired of always being in the first round of the playoffs in the Grizzlies, and he really has enough of staying in this poor and remote place .

The team's performance is not strong, and the city has little attention, which makes Gasol have already planned to get out of the misery.

The Bulls' buying offensive is also strong enough. After finalizing the contracts of Hinrich and the others, the Chicagoans began to focus on the inside line. The most important thing is to have a certain offensive ability.

This is probably Skiles' painful experience after losing to the Celtics. Wallace and PJ Brown's offensive ability is painful. If there is no restraint inside, the outside may be locked.

After learning a lesson, Skiles now really wants to add firepower to the Bulls' inside line.

It's just that the Grizzlies definitely don't agree. The team is such a precious insider, how could it be let go casually? If Gasol is easily thrown to the Bulls, then they really are completely screwed.

And with rookie Gay joining this season, the team's performance is not particularly bad, at least much better than the previous two seasons, which also made head coach Fratello insist that Gasol will definitely not leave of.

Anyway, the rumors of this kind of transaction will not be so smooth at the beginning, and the stubbornness of the two sides will continue for a period of time. Before the end of February, the stalemate will not change.

As for whether the Grizzlies will really let go of their leading star in the end, it depends on Gay's performance, and also depends on their performance this season. The slightly sissy Spaniard will not hang out with the Grizzlies all the time and waste his youth.

As for the Bulls' relentless pursuit, it seems that they have had enough of the fatal injury of weak inside offense.

Otherwise, Skiles would not be so openly proclaiming that whether it is Gasol or others, as long as they can score stably inside, the Bulls need it, which is also pressing the Chicagoans.

This kind of transaction that can shake the foundation of the team is the most eye-catching. Of course, a guy like Novak who has never heard of the name, of course, cannot attract too much attention from those media reporters.

It's just that old fritters like Murphy will not easily let go of any news reports about the Celtics.

"That guy Angie is really good at picking people. Steve is indeed a good shooter. In the NCAA, this big man was known as the number one three-pointer. He made 793 of 368 shots, about 46%. "

"If that guy can play at the level he played in college, he will definitely make a fortune in the NBA. At least Boston is in urgent need of such a pitcher. Even if it is just to deter opponents from the outside, it is also a weapon."

Holding the statistics of Novak in college, Murphy smacked his mouth and lamented the waste of resources of the Houstonians. Such a No. [-] rookie was sent to the Development League by the Rockets.

In fact, it's not that the Rockets were wasting resources. It's just that Novak, a big man over two meters, can't grab rebounds in the paint and can't defend any opponent's player who is facing him. How could Van Gundy allow such a player to exist on the court? Defensive loopholes, the bald guy has always attached the most importance to the players' defense.

Not to mention Novak, even if McGrady sometimes fails to defend, this guy dares to stand on the sidelines and roar.

Although the defense is not very reliable, Murphy, like Rivers, is interested in the opponent's shooting ability from beyond the three-point line. A seasoned reporter like Murphy has already known that Novak is coming. what to do.

Boston does not lack the kind of defensive gates on the outside. What they lack is a shooter who can draw a bow and shoot on the outside. Therefore, different needs have created different choices for the two teams.

The lack of firepower of the Celtics beyond the three-point line is a problem that has caused Rivers a headache for a long time. Pierce can have a [-]-[-]% shooting rate, but apart from him, only Szebia G is a pitcher.

Rondo basically has zero long-range firepower, and West is also very unreliable. Unless Tony Allen is crazy, anyway, when it comes to three-point support or tearing apart the opponent's defense, the Celtics are a bit Dazed.

This is also thanks to the presence of Jefferson and Chen Feng in the interior, who can control the rebounds hard and hard. Even if he fails to make a shot, he can still get a chance for a second attack.

However, there are two tough guys fighting inside, but once the opponent retreats to the basket, especially in the last one or two minutes of the game, it will always be a troublesome thing if there is no point to respond from the outside.

"If Steve can show the accuracy he had in college, then this deal is a sure win."

Murphy very much hopes that Novak can play his due role on the periphery, which is also what Rivers and Angie expect, but whether the rookie can be reliable will have to be tested with time.

This calm deal didn't cause much trouble, but Angie has found a three-point shooter for Rivers. The effect is still unknown, but it is indeed worth looking forward to.

Signing Webber and getting Novak, these two transactions did not cause much sensation, and this is what Angie hoped to see. At this time, just don't shoot, quietly enter the village.

However, Angie's low-key attitude was ruthlessly broken three days later, because the lunatic whose yacht he cursed ran aground on Lake Michigan actually called him back through his agent.

"200 million a season? Are you sure?" Angie even wanted to poke his ears first. He was really afraid that he might hear it wrong, because that lunatic had always sneered at the 700 million annual salary.

"Danny, you heard me right, but my agent has a request." The voice on the other end of the phone said unhurriedly.

"What request?" Angie was not dazzled by the previous conditions. He knew that such a lunatic would not choose Boston so easily, and he had to weigh what request.

"Guaranteed playing time, he wants those who give up on themselves to know that it was a mistake not to choose him."

Angie did not dare to give a [-]% guarantee for this request, but after listening to Rivers, he said, "As long as he can guarantee that his state is fine, then playing time is not a problem, but he must obey the arrangement. I don’t want the Celtics to have a ticking time bomb in ambush.”

When Rivers said this, it wasn't that he didn't trust his old buddy, it was just that... the lunatic that Angie had dealt with could cause some trouble no matter where he put it.

Rivers can only pray now that he will not become the next Carlesimo. No one wants to try the feeling of being choked, and Rivers is not a masochist.

If the signing of Webber made Sanders very melancholy, then Ainge's actions have not been noticed by many people.

In exchange for Novak, it was an action that was ignored. The Celtics' lineup adjustments were always carried out so silently, and even the layoff of Ogwakandi did not make much movement.

After these two deals were finalized, Angie's third goal made the media in Boston blow up the pot, especially when the news of the signing was made public, those guys were a little confused.

"If this is a dream, I really want to say, wouldn't this be a nightmare?" Murphy looked at Angie and that crazy guy who entered the press conference, and he just wanted to put his hands on his forehead.

It is estimated that at this moment, many people are doing the same action as Murphy, and those reporters want to drag Angie over and ask, "Are you sure you didn't sign this guy to mess up the Celtics?"

Uh, a guy who chokes his own coach when he gets angry doesn't look like a good stubble no matter how you look at it.

The Celtics already have a little lunatic, now they're looking for an old lunatic?Murphy said to Xie Miaomiao who was beside him with a wry smile, "I just hope this guy and Chen Feng don't fight on the training ground."

Xie Miaomiao's expression was also a little helpless, and she replied in a very unladylike manner, "I hope my next report will not be about the Celtics' infighting. I hope God bless."

Almost all the reporters were looking at the guy sitting on the stage with such expressions, Latrell Sprewell, a lunatic who is well-known in the NBA.

Uh, well, now that the Celtics team has confirmed that there are two lunatics, I hope this place doesn't really become a lunatic asylum...