Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 327 327. Are you Li Cha?
After the All-Star game, each team entered a short rest period.

Although Li Cha did not win the AMVP in the All-Star Game this time, his position in the hearts of players and fans is even more important.

The most obvious thing is that after the All-Star Game, a new round of discussions about winning the championship begins, and the Thunder can still become a topic that the media can't avoid no matter what.

The Thunder is currently short of major generals. Even if there is news of Robertson's comeback, it is still not optimistic, because a strong flank can bring too much help to the team.

The teams that have won championships in recent years must have a strong small forward.

Needless to say Durant and James, even after the Warriors won the championship in 15 years, the FMVP was awarded to Iguodala, not Curry.

In the previous 14 years, the Spurs had Leonard, the 12-13 Heat had James, and the 11-year Lone Ranger had Nowitzki...

Well, since 12 years.

It's been 8 years too.

Especially in the small ball era, due to the constant changes in the rules, the striker's ability to shoot suddenly has made each team's inside line very disadvantaged.

In the absence of a traditional big center, the breakthrough of the striker is easy to reach the basket and score points, which is very difficult to limit.

The shooting guard has almost the same ability, but because of the lack of weight, the breakthrough ability is still weaker.

Players with weight, such as Harden, can play crazy performances in this era.And not just because he likes to draw fouls.

The Thunder now have to wait for George's return, but because the team has vacated a spot, the spot created by trading Randall and laying off players has been fruitless. In fact, various teams and the media are still very concerned.

The trading window has been closed, and now we can only find people from the free market. To be honest, the free market has been filtered and screened countless times after more than half of the season. The Thunder's reinforcement plan is not optimistic.

Finally, on February 2, the Thunder broke the news.

Carmelo Anthony, a superstar of the generation, joined the Thunder with a veteran's basic salary and will fight for the Thunder for the rest of the season.

It still came.

To say that the strongest player left in the free market is Anthony.

But the reason why no one cares about it is because of Anthony's cost performance.

A generation of geniuses, top-paid players, what is the purpose of signing him back?
It is impossible to build the core of the team. Anthony is old and will not make much progress, and his potential is almost exhausted.

Locker room leader?It is not suitable for Anthony's character, and Anthony does not accept playing as a substitute. It is difficult for him to become a life mentor for others.

Only the basic salary of a veteran may make people willing to sign, but the other party is Anthony, the basic salary of a veteran?I'm afraid I won't be blasted out by the opponent with a gun.

But Thunder did it again.

The operation of the detonator is really a bit magical.There is no one invincible when you are super god, and no one is invincible when you are super ghost.

And it worked!

How many teams are closed because of this.The veteran signed Anthony with a basic salary above a qualified starter. Even if he couldn't adapt to the team or the league situation in the end, how much loss would he lose if he was cut?
Cut Anthony?This is an unimaginable action.

Li Cha didn't dare to imagine how he would face a big man like Anthony in the future.

Fortunately, there are still two days to think about whether to give him a blow or to tolerate and live in harmony.

But Li Cha thought too well, where did he get two days.

There was a hasty knock on the door, and Li Cha opened it to see that a person taller than him was standing outside the door.

The head is round, the beard is neatly groomed, and the smile is very amiable.

But the name is daunting.

Carmelo Anthony!

How is he here?
Li Cha was stunned.

"You are Li Cha?" Anthony tilted his head and looked Li Cha up and down.

Li Cha hadn't recovered yet, and nodded blankly.

The corner of Anthony's mouth twitched slightly, as if he was "twisting".

"My name is Cameron, and I'm here to visit you today." Anthony handed the things in his hand to Li Cha.

A bottle of champagne should look pretty good, the packaging is exquisite, and there is a bow decoration on the neck of the bottle.

But it has been messed up by Anthony.

Li Cha still took it in a daze. If you don't accept the gift, you will offend others.

"I'm going to visit other players, see you tomorrow." Anthony turned around and left without caring what Li Cha was like.

"Uh... See you again..." Before Li Cha could finish speaking, Anthony had already walked a long way.

Li Cha's goodbye could only be said softly, as if saying it to himself.

It's really not easy to get along with.

By the way, why did Anthony say "You are Li Cha?" in the first sentence

Not to mention that I am very popular recently, I have shown my face on various occasions, and I have played against Anthony's team more than once or twice, it seems like I don't know each other.

Is this Anthony's gauntlet to himself?Are you going to compete with yourself?

why?I don't seem to have offended Anthony.

With such a provocation, Li Cha's anger finally arose. Even if you were once the proud son of heaven, now I, Li Cha, are in charge of Lei Ting, I will never let you, Anthony Dove, occupy the magpie's nest.

Looking down at the shapeless bow, Li Cha strengthened his mind.

On the 22nd, the Thunder played against the Jazz at home.

Anthony did not get the starting lineup. Although his ability is in the front of the team's current striker, Robertson's improvement to the team is more obvious.

Robinson became the starting small forward to help the team's defense, Robinson returned to the bench position, and Grant continued to start at the fourth position.

Anthony didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction on the bench. He played when the playing time came, and he didn't have any verbal conflicts with the coach when he came off the bench. It seemed very plain.

Anthony, who once said that he would not play as a substitute, had to lower his noble head to reality.

But the addition of two strong players actually cost the Thunder.

At 113:109, the Jazz took another home victory from the Thunder.

李茶22投11中拿到31分4篮板4助攻。

The state is very different from the 91 points in the last game. Of course, it has been a week, and the state cannot be maintained.

Anthony played 15 minutes in his Thunder debut and scored 9 points and 3 rebounds. It is not very good, but it is acceptable.

On the 23rd, the Thunder played back-to-back games against the Kings at home.

The Thunder lost again. Anthony played 20 minutes this time and scored 10 points and 2 rebounds.

李茶24投11中拿到32分5篮板4助攻。115:107，雷霆输了8分。

The team won when Anthony didn't arrive, but lost after Anthony joined.

In the first two games, it can be said that Anthony failed to provide enough support because of lack of tacit understanding, and lack of physical strength to support back-to-back games.

Fans began to wait for the performance of the third game.

On the 26th, after two days of rest, the Thunder came to Denver to challenge the Nuggets away.

Still lost.

Anthony has lost three games in a row after joining the Thunder.

李茶25投12中得到30分4篮板4助攻，安东尼上场20分钟只有6分入账。

103:110, the Thunder lost another 7 points.

Finally, some media began to bombard Thunder and Anthony.

Anthony and Li Cha's offensive methods overlapped. They both shot mid-range shots, and sometimes they would deliberately shoot from the two-point position. This is very unreasonable in modern basketball. Taking a step back is a three-pointer.

In addition, Anthony didn't adapt to the Thunder's offensive system. His speed was not enough, he often couldn't keep up with the fast break, and he was easy to miss people in defense. Even if Anthony had taken a more serious attitude in defense than in the past years, there was still no way to achieve the effect.

The Thunder's infinite defense will lag when Anthony encounters it, and then become a loophole.

And Anthony's joining time is after the All-Star Game, with only the last 20 games left. All the teams that want to enter the playoffs are trying their best to improve their records, leaving the Thunder with no time to train. At this time, the Thunder has 33 wins and 27 losses. It has fallen to seventh in the Western Conference again, and the situation is very serious.

At the same time, this media also kindly pointed out that after Anthony joined the Thunder, Li Cha's shooting percentage also dropped a lot, and even stagnated when there was an attack on the field, as if he couldn't attack anymore.

So it turns out that Anthony is not suitable for the Thunder.

This sentence cannot be said about Li Cha. After all, Li Cha has already proved himself, the ability to score, and the ability to lead the team to win. Before Li Cha's 91 points in a single game have not cooled down, the Thunder will not admit that Li Cha has a problem, so the blame can only be the newly joined Anthony.

As for Robertson, his existence is only defensive, and the team's inability to score cannot be blamed on him.

As soon as this article came out, the fans were in a mess.

Every year, fans of any team will keep chaotic and reunite. As long as a slightly controversial topic arises, fans will stand in line.

Supporting and opposing at the same time, in short, they are all making moves for the team, hoping that the team will be better.

Li Cha's performance this year is very strong. Even during the three-game losing streak, there is still no score below 30. Not only has he continued his record of 30+ games in a row, but his current scoring average is as high as 36.2 points per game.

If the team can't make it to the playoffs, Li Cha won't even think about getting an MVP. At this time, fans are more concerned about this issue. After all, without the two giants, it is basically hopeless for the Thunder to make it to the finals.

So more expectations are on Li Cha as a player.

Whether Anthony is suitable to play next to Li Cha has become a very heated topic.

However, as the central figure of the topic, Li Cha did not join in the discussion, and the Thunder remained silent about it, even a big mouth like Allen did not post any response on social platforms.

Thunder's silence made people feel strange.

Because, if you don't break out in silence, you will perish in silence.

(End of this chapter)