NBA villain

Chapter 120 The alliance's blockbuster deal

The All-Star Weekend came to an end in a hustle and bustle. The Western All-Stars beat the Eastern All-Stars 136 to 132. "Shark" O'Neal scored 24 points and 11 rebounds and was awarded the MVP of this All-Star Game.

After Yang Di accompanied Wade, Odom and others to watch the All-Star Game, they returned to Miami together.

After the All-Star Weekend ended, I suddenly felt a sense of loss, "It seems like we are about to enter March, and it seems that we are about to enter the playoffs."

Yang Di is not the only one who feels this way. Wade and Haslem have both. The end of the All-Star Weekend means that the season has entered the second half. Started to perform routine bad performance, and unconventional lineup rotation without affecting the competitive spirit.Some teams in the playoffs are starting to work hard and sprint, in order to obtain a better record, in order to have a better home court advantage in the playoffs.

And this period of time is also an important stage for trading and reinforcement.

The Heat were also in turmoil, because they unexpectedly ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, so Pat Riley, who originally only wanted to train this season, was disrupted. Stan Van Gundy, who was in the first year of his coaching career, clearly wanted to fight for a better game. For this reason, the two of them also discussed the feasibility of some transactions.

On February 2, the second day after the end of the All-Star weekend, a major transaction occurred in the league.

Trail Blazers-Hawks five-man trade: Blazers send All-Star power forwards Rasheed Wallace and Willis Pearson to Hawks for Abdur-Rahim, Ratliff, Dan - Dickau.

The deal involved three All-Stars, and the 30-year-old Rasheed Wallace was in his prime at this time, a player at his peak.

The league was suddenly in an uproar. This deal was considered likely to change the pattern of the East and West. After the Blazers cleared out the leading stars, they also completely announced that they would enter the era of reconstruction.

But just a day later, after Rasheed Wallace played a game for the Hawks, there was another trade around Rasheed Wallace.

The deal involved the Eagles, Celtics and Pistons, with a total of 7 players involved.

Hawks send Rasheed Wallace to Pistons, get Celtics' Chris Mills, Pistons' center Rebraca, guard Bob Sura, and Pistons' first-round pick from Bucks .The Celtics got Hunter, Atkins, the Pistons' first-round pick and a compensation package, and the Pistons, as they wished to strengthen their power forward position, got Rasheed Wallace .

Many experts in the league commented that the Pistons are about to rise, and now their book strength is not weaker than the Pacers, the leader of the Eastern Conference!

This transaction sent another message, that is, after the Trail Blazers, the Eagles also chose to enter the rebuilding time.

For the Heat, the news of the Eagles' reconstruction did not have much impact on them. Even if the Eagles did not enter the reconstruction, their book record is only the third-to-last or fourth-to-last level in the East, which is far from the current Heat. .The only thing to pay attention to is that the Pistons have inexplicably strengthened the lineup, which will have an impact on the Heat who are aiming for the playoffs.

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Coincidentally, on February 2, the Heat played at home against the Eagles who had just suffered a major injury and underwent major surgery.

Because the Heat can be regarded as a team in the sprint stage, the head coach of the team, Stan Van Gundy, asked the players to take down the incomplete Eagles, so when warming up before the game, the Heat were gearing up to give the Eagles a good experience. Florida Peninsula hospitality.

Unexpectedly, Joel Przybilla, who was selected as the starting center by the Eagles from the bench, had amazing jumping ability and easily beat Grant.

The Heat still launch tactics from the outside. Wade has more opportunities to hold the ball, and most of the pick-and-rolls are cut from 45 degrees. Especially the partner with Eddie Jones has become more tacit.The Eagles' tactics are also based on the perimeter. Jason Terry and Stephen Jackson are the Hawks' backcourt, and their offensive firepower is very strong.

Grant performed well in the first quarter, scoring 5 points on 3-for-8 offensively and grabbing two offensive rebounds for the Heat at the same time. Therefore, Van Gundy pressed Yang Di not to play, allowing Grant, who was in good shape, to play the entire first quarter.

Yang Di only came on the stage in the second quarter. At this time, the Eagles came off the bench. Players such as Mamado Ndiaye, Dean Glover, Jacqui Vaughn, etc. have never been heard of and are unknown. The player, also guard Jacques Vaughan, is a little famous. He was the 97th pick in the first round of the Jazz in 27.

The Heat were obviously stronger on the field, and Alston easily passed Jacqui Vaughn and hit the ground to Rasoul Butler who came in through an air cut.

Why is Russell on the court at this time?
Because after Stan Van Gundy tested, he really found that the starting outside lineup of Wade, Eddie Jones and Caron Butler is outstanding, so the substitute needs a swingman. Russell is a second-year player. Young, with high potential, although the defense is average, but the long-range shot is very good, with more than [-]% of the three-pointers, so it gradually improved the status of the team in the eyes of Stan Van Gundy, and squeezed out other competitions The opponent becomes an important rotation.

Odom, who can play inside and outside, returned to the fourth position, while Haslem could only return to the bench, and partnered with Yang Di to replace the inside line.

However, there are also very competitive players like Malik Allen or Lauren Woods on the inside. Yang Di has been under more pressure to play recently.

Rasoul's passing ability is average. After receiving Alston's point, Yang Di, who was already vacant on the baseline, could not be seen, and took three big strides against the defensive player for a layup.

His waist and abdomen strength is too weak, and his movement speed is not fast enough. This layup goal is too obvious. Fortunately, the defensive players are also average defensively, so he barely throws the ball.

Running to hit the board.

"mine!"

Yang Di yelled and squeezed away the Senegalese center Ndiaye behind him. When the basketball hit the backboard and hadn't bounced back, he jumped up ahead of time.

"Oops!" The head coach of the Eagles shook his head. He knew that Yang Di was strong, but he didn't expect that Ndiaye, who was 2 meters tall, couldn't squeeze him. This loss of position was too fatal!
The basketball hit the rim and bounced outward. Yang Di caught the basketball in the air with his long-awaited hands, and then exerted his strength again to dunk the ball into the basket suddenly.

"Dunk at the basket! Well done!" Wade stood up and waved the towel vigorously, applauding Yang Di loudly.

Yang Di pointed at him, and the Heat led the Hawks by 34 points 28 to 6.

"Di Yang is always able to seize opportunities on the court and complete beautiful dunks. I think he should participate in this year's dunk contest, because I don't think there will be a worse dunk contest than this one." TNT's The host said with a smile, while praising Yang Di, he also did not forget to hack the slam dunk contest.

(End of this chapter)