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Chapter 241 The Covenant Between the Wolf King and the Wolf Clan

98 to 97, the Lakers actually lost the focus battle with the Timberwolves!
In fact, the loss of the Lakers now is really not news. The five main players have been locked up in a small black room. It is reasonable for a serious team to beat them up now.

However, anyone who watched the game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers can find that the seemingly reasonable result hides the biggest irrationality and conflict.

Many commentators put the focus of the Lakers' failure on the long-term battle and the lack of backup, but those who understand the truth know that this is not because the Lakers are not working hard, nor is it because the Lakers are unable to carry the Lakers to play the whole game.

But at the last moment, the Timberwolves really went crazy.

After McGrady became the point guard, he used his extremely exaggerated static talent to attack from the three-point line. Although the shooting rate was average, only 36%, every shot was a three-pointer. In addition, McGee and Lando on the inside Husband's two rebounders are rampant, and Gasol is simply unable to support him alone. What's more, McGrady, who shoots like this, can't guard against him.

Initiate an offense, pass the logo, accelerate, and pull up. This set of shooting rhythms is very close to the shooting rhythm of McGee and Curry, and McGrady has a high burst and excellent wingspan. Once the shot is made, the Lakers simply don't have such a big man to defend.

There are only two ways to prevent McGrady from shooting in this state, at least the two that I can think of are two. One is to restrict the ground before he shoots. The problem is that Artest and Odom are both in the small black room, and if Naga also joined the full-court marking, McGrady will give the ball to Steven immediately, Harden and Steven of the Timberwolves can also throw three-pointers, and Harden can also draw fouls.

This style of play is too reckless.

After a disabled version of McGrady joins this style of play, the Timberwolves can almost force a [-]-[-] split with any team. No matter how bad it is, they can also use the current McGrady to replace the opponent with a top perimeter defender.

But now the league has far fewer top defenders on the outside than on the inside, and even including Naga himself, he may not be able to make up 10.

However, even though he lost the game, he was quite happy chatting.

Friends have found a new position on the court, so that their war with the Timberwolves will be more interesting. Finding a strong enemy and defeating him will make chatting addictive!
And as long as Artest's three brain-dead brothers can return to the court, the overall strength of the Lakers will be greatly improved. They will have absolute outside strength to defend, and it is still unclear who will win.

The wheels of the regular season are rolling. After the Timberwolves defeated the two polar bears Gasol Jr. and Love in Memphis, their winning percentage was pushed back to the second place in the Western Conference. Only the Lakers and Celtics are still pressing them. But everyone The gap is already very small.

The Lakers, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Jazz, and Suns in the West are all stable playoff spots, and they are all ranked in the top eight in the league.

The Spurs and Trail Blazers are still catching up a little bit behind, but the overall record is also good.

Back at the home court of the Target Center, the All-Star voting has passed the fourth round, and the result is no surprise that McGee is still firmly the top voter.

First place (vote king): McGee, 372 votes

Second place: James, 254 votes

Third place: Howard, 236 votes

Fourth place: Chatting, 232 votes

Fifth place: Wade...

And with this All-Star, the league specially held a round table meeting, and the three league chairmen including all team owners and Xiao Hua voted to pass two agreements.

The first of these is called the Bynum Clause.

This clause stipulates that players need to clearly implement the penalty regulations during the All-Star Game, including suspension and other related items. That is to say, if the suspension in the future falls on the All-Star Game or the Christmas dinner, the previous year’s regulations that do not count the suspension time will be cancelled, and they will not be taken. played.

As soon as this clause came out, some players with hot playing styles would scold their mothers directly, and if they single-handedly harmed the entire league, Bynum's name would be immortalized forever.

Second clause.

Named the Wolf Clan Covenant, you can tell from the name that it is a clause named for McGee, and compared with Bynum's everyone shouting, McGee is considered a benefit for later generations. The league stipulates that if a rookie is in a non-guaranteed contract After entering the league for two years (four years on a rookie contract), complete:

1: Attend All-Star
2: Obtain MVP (including All-Star and FMVP, rookie game MVP)

3: The best team

4: Best Defensive Team

Completion of two of the above-mentioned four standard contracts (arbitrary, repeatable) within the time limit can trigger this clause, which clearly stipulates that stars who meet the clauses will be granted the right to renew the contract exceptionally, and the salary cap will increase by 20%, and the execution of the original contract will be ignored Once the standard is reached, the clause can be triggered to replace the unexecuted time of the original contract.

For example, if McGee signs with the team now, the Timberwolves will get a special salary space of about 1500 million, and McGee will get money according to the new contract for the remaining half of the season, instead of working hard to earn money from superstars substitute money.

Now McGee has basically replaced Pi Erye as the new laughing stock of player salaries. Of course, there is no malice in it, just that everyone is happy and happy with each other. The contents of these items are all nonsense, but there is hope. You must know that if you are lucky and play hard, you may be able to reach all the terms within a year.

That is to say, if the Wolf Clan Covenant is triggered, McGee’s salary this year can be more than 970 million, and next year’s salary can be as high as more than 2300 million. Compared with his previous contract, this is the same as picking up money, without locking up the team’s salary space .

The two agreements were released, and the Timberwolves of course asked McGee to renew the contract immediately.

To be reasonable, the team is a bit weird, but the weirdness has its own benefits. The management and the coach have a high tolerance for McGee, and McGee knows that with the popularity of the Internet age, the embarrassment of the small ball market will soon weaken. to the trough.

The contract extension between McGee and the Timberwolves is now affecting the hearts of thousands of stars, especially Lao Zhan. He almost had a heart attack after seeing the TV news about the covenant. But that doesn't matter, this matter is so fucking pissed off, James counts the heavens, and even knows in advance that as the performance of rookies becomes more and more exaggerated, it will be a matter of time.

But I never expected to take advantage of the All-Stars to be released in a hurry.

If early next year, McGee may win the championship, or realize his personal shortcomings, Lao Zhan may absorb him to the Cavaliers, and with McGee assisting James, he is confident to win the championship.

However, the league’s early announcement disrupted all of Lao Zhan’s deployments. This year, the Timberwolves signed veteran Tracy McGrady and rookie Harden. Both of them performed well. Now that the provision is introduced, McGee is likely to implement it. Once McGee implements the new clause Leaving aside the contract, James has no confidence to attract McGee again. The difference in difficulty between free agents and traded players is not a concept, and the only bargaining chip that the Cavaliers can exchange for McGee... the little emperor, the emperor.

The Wolf Clan Covenant came into effect, so McGee's deal would be worthless at that time, and if he swapped with McGee, it would be a hammer!
(End of this chapter)