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Chapter 234 Strange Christmas Gift
External discussions did not have much impact on the Thunder. After all, everyone is a professional player and understands that business is business. It is not the first time that a championship player has failed to renew his contract, let alone the failure of the first round of negotiations.

The whole team flew to New Orleans overnight. Su Yang woke up at noon and saw ESPN talking about Chandler's failure to renew his contract in detail. He said that the main reason was that Chandler wanted a five-year, $5 million contract, but the Thunder management only gave it five years. 8400 million.

The difference in the total amount of more than 2000 million is too big, so it is natural that no agreement can be reached, not to mention that Durant is the trump card of the Thunder, and the new contract is only 5 million US dollars in 8500 years. space.

Su Yang didn't think too much, and led the team to the New Orleans Arena after lunch, and arranged for the whole team to train as usual.

At 07:30 in the evening, the game between the Thunder and the Hornets started.

Perhaps because of the contract year and the last time he lost to the Thunder due to free throws, the addition of two factors, David West showed a strong desire to steal Durant in the first round, and when Ariza shot the iron , Grabbing offensive rebounds strongly, Ibaka, who carried the supplementary defense, played well, and then continued his explosive performance, with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist in the first quarter.

However, Ibaka's performance was equally strong, and he scored 6 of 5 two-pointers cleanly, helping the Thunder to only fall behind by 1 point in the first quarter.

During the intermission, Su Yang stared at West's statistics and lamented in his heart that West had to hold his thighs to win the championship. It's pretty normal.

Sighing, Su Yang arranged for the Thunder generals to double-team whenever they see West taking the ball. If they initiate a pick-and-roll with Paul, they will directly defend three and two, and use the ultra-fast rotation speed to delay the defense against Berin Lee and Ariza two strikers.

In that way, the Thunder suppressed the scoring momentum of the Hornets and always maintained the lead. In the end, they won 107 to 102.

In the game, the Thunder made 26 free throws and the Hornets made 23.

Many fans who wanted to make trouble didn't know what to say, and instead mocked Paul's stats in every game. This time he made 10 of 7 shots, but it's useless if he can't score at critical moments. The so-called traditional point guard is just Insufficient ability to cover up scoring.

When the news was released after the game, a reporter asked what to think about Paul's lack of scoring ability. Su Yang said: "If someone thinks that Paul has 21 points and 11 assists in two consecutive seasons, he lacks scoring ability, then he should re-understand the basketball game..."

In Su Yang's view, Paul suffered from a serious injury at the peak, which led to a change of style of play. The highest score in a single game of his career stayed at 43 points, and then he failed to perform well for many years, so that he was ridiculed for his lack of scoring ability and only brushed Brush assists.

Paul can also score more points. After all, the two highest points in his career were 43 points, and he sent 9 assists both times.

After the press conference, the Thunder team flew back to Oklahoma City, and after three days of rest, they played against the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

After losing LeBron, the Cavaliers' strength has dropped sharply. Since the new season, they have only 7 wins and 16 losses. The appearance of a lousy professional coach.

The Cavaliers played a few blind shots on the offensive end, and the defensive end depends on their mood.

Durant made a big kill, and the Thunder led by 14 points in the first quarter.Su Yang turned to training, and more players such as Livingston and Cook, who had just come back, played.But even then, the Thunder led more and more, and finally defeated the Cavaliers 108 to 77.

After beating the Cavaliers, the fucked-up schedule, and three days of rest for the Thunder, the key is to stay at home.

Su Yang took the time to fly to San Francisco and was asked by the FBI to ensure that MT did not infringe on user privacy, and was then asked never to sell the company to any individual or company outside the United States, otherwise he would be prosecuted.

Jiang Ruolan was quite indignant at those demands, but Su Yang was not surprised, after all, others were stronger and had bigger fists.

The people from Sequoia Capital took care of the follow-up troubles, and he flew back to Oklahoma that day to continue preparing for the game.

Considering that Christmas was approaching, even though he was not good enough, he still contacted Taylor, the manager's assistant, to prepare gifts in advance.

NO.15, the Thunder played against the Rockets at home. Five players scored in double figures and won easily. Durant scored 6 points with 33 free throws.

The new MVP rankings were then released, Durant still ranked second, and Rose maintained the first place because of the Bulls' good record.

Many casinos in Las Vegas have lowered the odds of buying Ross MVP. ESPN and other media have reposted the report on Twitter. Durant was a little depressed after seeing it. .

Su Yang first told Durant the story of the six players who only ate a bowl of noodles, and then said that there is no need to be depressed, because the Thunder is currently playing a different role, just play the game well, and don’t take the initiative to change just because the outside world criticizes too many free throws Personal play.

NO.17, Thunder vs. Kings at home.

When the starters of the two teams played, Su Yang found out that Tyreke Evans had changed to shooting guard, and felt a little distressed.

After a few rounds of the game, the Kings were obviously unable to deal with the coexistence of Evans and Cousins. The former needed to use more screens to break through due to lack of range, and the latter was an inside player who needed to get more in the paint. ball.

Cousins ​​does have long-range shooting ability, but the Kings may not allow him to shoot. In addition, the other three starting players Jason Thompson and Dante Green lack mid-range and long-range shooting ability and have no tactical status. The Kings' combat space is quite bad.

In the whole game, six members of the Thunder team scored in double figures and easily won the victory 102 to 87, winning another five consecutive victories.

NO.19, the Thunder played against the Suns at home, because Stoudemire left, there was no pressure on the inside, and the outside defense was increased wantonly.

Coupled with the fact that the Suns had just sent away perimeter defender Jason Richardson, it was easier for Westbrook and others to break through, scoring 40 points in the third quarter.The Suns head coach Gentry was a surprise player. He sent Lopez Jr. and Frye at the same time in the final quarter, but unfortunately it didn't help.

The Thunder finally defeated the Suns 113 to 101, successfully extended the winning streak to six games, and then started the second consecutive Eastern Conference.

On the 21st, the Thunder flew to Charlotte to challenge the Bobcats. Durant led the team with 32 points and fought fiercely for four quarters before winning.

On the 22nd, the Thunder challenged the New York Knicks back-to-back. They were forced to run against each other due to poor physical strength, and suffered a lore at the last moment.

With the fourth loss of the new season, the team returned to Oklahoma, ready to face the Heat on Christmas Eve.

After getting off the plane, Su Yang gave the Thunder Thunder generals the prepared gift: 10 latest circulating bitcoins per person.

Durant and the others were quite curious. After listening to Su Yang's introduction, they all agreed that he was being deceived and it was better to spend money to buy fried chicken.

Only Westbrook sincerely expressed that he did not understand what decentralization is, what is distributed database, why the number is very limited, and why the anonymity of transactions can be maintained. Anyway, apart from knowing that the value will appreciate in the future, he did not understand anything else.

Su Yang didn't explain much, just asked everyone to keep it safe, it will be a small fortune in the future, just don't forget the address.

In a blink of an eye, it was the game day. After the morning training, Su Yang was interviewed by ESPN in the training base.

The reporter pretended to be calm and asked: "Since LeBron joined the Heat to form the youngest Big Three, they have received a lot of criticism. As the opponent in the Christmas game tonight, can you tell me why you don't like LeBron's choice?"

(End of this chapter)