New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 294 Jazz's Trouble

When it comes to the most expensive starting lineup in the league, some people will say it is the Golden State Warriors or the New York Knicks?San Antonio Spurs?Not!The Utah Jazz, with the Big Four and three billion-dollar contracts, is the correct answer!
Paying the highest luxury tax, the Jazz fell in the first two rounds of the playoffs time and time again.For the boss, if it is said that the championship is as difficult as climbing the sky, is the floor of the Western Conference Finals also a delusion?
Changing coaches can't make the team move forward, and watching the team's four cores waste time year after year, everyone is waiting for the day when they disintegrate.

Any one of these four players is very strong. The point guard Tang Ji has strong organizational skills, and his defensive level has been on the line since his debut year.

Shooting guard Tommy is 1 meters tall, but has a wingspan of 98 meters. He has power and explosive power. Although his shooting ability is a bit poor, this is about three-pointers. Tommy's mid-range and breakthrough lethality have always been online.

Coupled with 7-foot power forward Jim and 7-foot-1 center Adams, these two are good players who can organize and support low-post offense.

It's just that Adams is 33 years old, and Jim is a rookie who has only played for three years.The performance of both of them is an absolute star level, and why they can't achieve results is an unsolved mystery in the league.

The Jazz lineup was actually on the verge of disintegration before the start of this season. If Jim hadn't injured his palm in the offseason, he would be the first player to be sent away. Now other team managers have to focus on Tommy. body.

The value of these four players is all dragged down by two years of performance, so except for the middle-class contract of veteran Adams, which seems to be more cost-effective, the other three are poison contracts.

In the eyes of the Jazz owner, the current salary situation of the Lakers makes him drool with envy. The three main players are all on rookie contracts.

The rest of the signings are also mercenaries with low salaries. It is also very simple to change the lineup.Can you lead the team to No. [-] in the Western Conference without paying a luxury tax?The boss of the Jazz really didn't dare to think about it.

As a team trapped by several junk contracts, even if they can make it to the playoffs, it will have no practical effect except to earn a little more ticket money.

Coming to Salt Lake City, the Lakers are now the most popular team, and the tickets for the Jazz, which had limited attendance, were also sold out.

The Lakers are obviously playing away, but the Lakers fans in Salt Lake City gave them the feeling that the team is at home.Especially Zhang Yi, who played brilliantly, was cheered and applauded almost everywhere he went.

Unlike those teenage fans in the past, because he played professional games, no matter where he went, men, women and children of all ages remembered Zhang Yi's name.

If you want to select the most famous Chinese in the United States today?Even if Zhang Yi doesn't get No.1, he should be in the top three.This is the benefit of being on the big stage of the NBA.

Some are popular and some are not.The Jazz has the Big Four for nothing but can't lead the team to win, so the fans can't stand it for a long time. Now that the Lakers are here, they have only one thought in their minds, kick the Jazz's ass hard!Then let the home team cleanly make adjustments.

In the training before the start of the game, the state of the Jazz players felt wrong, because not only did they just hang around and make no effort, but several people were late for a full hour.

"What's going on? Didn't this lineup reach fourth in the Western Conference last year?" "Yeah, and then they were eliminated in the first round." Wally explained to Zhang Yi.

Although he didn't know the opponent this time, Zhang Yi could see that the opponent's fight should be a coordination of one inside and one outside, but it seemed confusing who should take care of this.

In fact, not only he can see it, but any head coach who has accepted the Jazz understands this.But how to adjust?Put Tommy on the bench?The young freshman Jim, although Adams has the least contract among the starters, is still the most stable player, so we can't let him play on the bench...

No matter who comes to this team, it is a happy trouble, because no one can play as a substitute. Obviously, if they give up two starting positions to players with better functions, they can basically make up two starting sets. The advantage against the opponent will be huge.

But dreams are beautiful, reality is the backbone.Of course, Zhang Yi couldn't understand why the opponent couldn't sacrifice his starting position for the sake of the team's record, but he knew that no matter how strong such a player was, he was useless.

Tommy came late, of course, because he heard from his agent early in the morning that the coach wanted to trade himself.If it's a normal transaction why not?Anyway, I can't play well on this team.

The problem is that Tommy heard that the team is trying to sell him cheap. Is it like saying that his worth is clearly worth trading for a good player or two, but the coach wants to trade him for a regular rotation and a draft pick?
He was already narrow-minded, of course he couldn't be angry, being late for training was just the beginning, Tommy's thought now is that since you have decided to sell me cheaply, why should I still play hard?

He completely forgot that he was getting the maximum salary, and the Jazz spent a lot of time cultivating him. In addition, Tommy's advantages are obvious, but his disadvantages are even more obvious.

So his stats are basically piled up by other members of the team sacrificing themselves.So obviously he hasn't played for a few years, but Tommy's number of strikes can already be ranked in the forefront of active players.

The Jazz originally hoped that he would become the next Kobe Bryant, but Tommy failed to develop insignificantly and completely ruined his talent...

Although their only player who isn't an All-Star is small forward, he's a solid player and at least a good defender.

Anyway, the team's offense is in the hands of the other four. The small forward's task on the court is to do all kinds of dirty work.All kinds of supplementary defenses plus the immediate combat power to make three-pointers when there is a chance.

When Tommy traded, the other party's request was to add him, which was basically robbery.Even if the head coach of the Jazz wants to get rid of this big burden, it is impossible to send away his regular rotation.

The boss is constantly putting pressure on, so the Jazz coach's current pressure can almost be regarded as the biggest in the entire league.

Before the game started, Jim, the player who was supposed to be there to support him, suddenly found some excuse for not showing up at home.

This is also the reason why Salt Lake City fans are angry. No matter what reason he has, he should not refuse to support the home team.

Everyone in the Lakers team looked at the weird jazz atmosphere. This is really a contrast to have a sense of happiness...

(End of this chapter)