Add one, I'm not very good at fighting

Seeing that Li Ang was so unscrupulous last season, Stern still thought so, I can do my job.

Therefore, new rules were introduced this season to weaken defense and encourage offense.

The results of it?Artest was cut into a dog, but Li Ang jumped up and became the scoring leader, and led the team to 72 wins.

Stern found out that every time he messes with Chinese players, he ends up messing with himself.

Therefore, in this year's playoffs, Stern really didn't dare to do anything.

Let's fight each hero according to his ability, I am really helpless.

Next, the battle of Tianwangshan in the East and West will largely determine what kind of drama will be staged in the NBA Finals this season.

Popovich is battered, and the time between playoffs and playoffs is too short.Even if the battleground of the next game is to be transferred to Phoenix, the league only gave the two sides a two-day rest.

This is not like the regular season, Popovich can have a lot of time to study the sun, to improve the Spurs' offense.

In two days, Popovich couldn't find a way to contain Li Ang!

Without Bruce Bowen, the Spurs don't have anyone on the perimeter who can contain a super-scorer.

In the last game, Brent Barry has proved that whether he defends or not, the difference is not big.

And Li Ang's 15 assists also told Popovich, don't think that a simple double-team can contain me.

But Popovich finally decided that he had to use double-teaming to deal with Li Ang.

If Brent Barry insists on defending Li Ang alone, God knows whether Li Ang will set a new record in his career playoffs in the next game.

But insisting on double-teaming is different. Li Ang is really good at passing the ball, but what if the rest of the Suns don't feel good in the next game?

Li Ang and the rest of the Suns, Popovich of course chose the latter.

Rather than let other people vote, Popovich doesn't want Li Ang to do whatever he wants.

So in the past two days, Popovich has been working hard to rehearse the tactics of double-team defense.

Using cover and flanking, the Spurs made it so that no matter where Li Ang went, he would encounter at least two defenders.

Popovich had to shift the team's defensive focus to Li Ang.

Of course, in contrast, Popovich also asked everyone to actively fill the position.

If Li Ang passes the ball, the double-teamer must return to his opponent immediately.

Such a defensive strategy will undoubtedly increase the consumption of the Spurs players.

But none of the Spurs players complained, because they knew very well that the battle of Tianwangshan was their last chance.

If the Suns get the match point, they will definitely not let the Spurs live one more game.

Even if they are really going to get tired, the Spurs players have to fight down Tianwang Mountain.

The afternoon before the battle of Tianwangshan, the Spurs players were still practicing defensive tactics.

Kidd is especially serious. Don't look at Achilles as if he is used to taking the blame, but he is the league's No. 1400 point guard with an annual salary of [-] million. Achilles also has self-esteem.

He also doesn't want to be stabbed in the back by others every day.

He knew that the boss of the Spurs stole the battery, ah no, it is really not easy to sell tractors to support himself.

Therefore, Kidd is eager to prove his worth in this round of the series.

Seeing Kidd so serious on the training ground, Vicki was very pleased.

He firmly believed that Kidd was the most correct person.

After afternoon practice, Popovich returned to his hotel feeling dizzy.

Originally, Popovich had always been in good health, but Duncan did all kinds of human-confusing behaviors on the training ground every day, and Popovich's blood pressure didn't respond.

But since the fight with Li Ang, Popovich's blood pressure has grown higher than that of Yao Ming.

No, before the game started, Popovich had already started to faint.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of Popovich's room.

The old thief opened the door and saw that it was Tony Parker.

Because of Parker's defensive ability, his playing time in the playoffs has been reduced and decreased.

Because he didn't have enough playing time, Parker didn't show his scoring ability in the playoffs.

When Popovich saw Parker, his head hurt even more, because he knew that Parker must have come to talk to him about playing time: "Does it have to be now, Tony."

"Uh... Ning knows what I'm going to say?"

"I know you are pink or black when you lift your skirt, Tony, you are still young, you are only 22 years old."

"23."

"23 years old is still very young, you still have to continue to hone, you still have a lot of time! Be patient Tony, wait for Kidd to step down, isn't this core control position also yours? When Duncan was 23 years old, Only first grade!

So, let's talk about playing time next season, okay? "

Popovich was really annoying, and Li Ang was annoying enough. He really didn't have the heart to deal with the team's affairs.

"Coach, I think you may have misunderstood. I'm not here to chat with Ning about playing time."

"Yes, you can think so, coach, I am very pleased..."

"I'm here to chat with Ning about leaving the team this summer."

Popovich froze suddenly: "What did the squid say, Vata?"

"Coach, Wo has been thinking about it for a long time. First of all, I would like to thank the boss for selling tractors around the clock to support me, thank the coach for the cultivation, thank Kidd for teaching me how to shoot, thank Duncan for teaching me the big windmill, thank..."

"Fast forward directly to the main point, I don't like to watch the plot." The old thief waved his hand.

"Oh, okay. I mean, I want to get better, I want to leave!"

Parker has been on the bench for the Spurs for so long, he is really fed up.

It's not that the Spurs are not actively renewing Parker's contract, but because they already have two top-salary players, the Spurs can no longer afford Parker.

Parker didn't want to keep the Spurs, but also wanted to make more money.

So, he was eager to see places other than San Antonio.

It's not been a day or two since Parker wanted to leave, but the reason why he brought it up at this juncture... Of course it wasn't because he wanted to deliberately annoy Popovich before the big battle.

Instead, his agent, Steve Heuman, got the news that in the latest round of labor negotiations, the new rule of "amnesty clause" has been preliminarily passed.

The so-called amnesty clause, to put it simply, means that a certain player in the team can be laid off without accounting for the salary cap.

As we all know, the layoffs in the NBA are not like layoffs of 996 workers. The boss will let you go with a wave of his hand.

Layoffs in the NBA require payment. If the player signs a guaranteed contract with the team, the team still needs to pay the player's remaining salary after the player is laid off.

What's more, the player's salary cap will still be counted in the team's salary space.

This annoys teams with junk contracts.

This kind of player can't play the ball, but he gets a lot of salary, making it impossible for the team to strengthen.

In order to solve this problem, in the new labor agreement negotiations, both the league and the team owners proposed to include the amnesty clause.

Each team has one chance per season to use the amnesty clause, which allows teams to cut players without their consent.Although player salaries still have to be paid, player salaries will no longer occupy the team's salary space.

After vacating the space, the team can avoid the luxury tax, or use the vacated space for reinforcement.

It is precisely because this clause has been preliminarily passed that it is foreseeable that some teams that originally had no salary space this summer will suddenly have enough salary space to sign Parker!

So, Steve Heuman, who had a keen sense of smell, told Parker to let him inform the Spurs that he wanted to leave the team in the summer!

For Parker, this is a great opportunity to find a good next home.

Staying in the Spurs, the playing time cannot be guaranteed, and the salary is still low.

Unless Human's mind is as open as Bowen's, otherwise he will not let Parker stay in the Spurs.

As for Parker's options this summer, there are simply too many.

Although many people speculate that once the amnesty clause is introduced, the first person to be amnesty will be Alan Houston of the Knicks.This guy with an annual salary of 1700 million has only played 20 games this season.

But in fact, Cuban in Dallas was the most excited after the provision was initially passed.

No one knows who he is trying to amnesty on the team. The Mavericks have too many stars.

There are not a few people like Cuban, and many teams finally don't have to endure the torture of junk contracts.

Knicks, Mavericks, Lakers, Trail Blazers...

Against this background, Human believes that Parker has a chance to find a next player who can play the main force and compete for the championship!

The situation in the league is likely to change again!

Popovich looked at Parker's determined expression, and cursed softly.

The pits of this season have not been filled yet, but the pits of next season have already begun to be dug.

399: Two Chinese players, two lore! (Ask for a monthly pass!)

In the battle of Tianwangshan, the home court of the Suns, Li Ang was in perfect condition in the last game.

These factors, for the Spurs, all converge into one word-death.

But the Spurs don't want to die just yet.

The high-profile duo of Kidd and Duncan are in their second year together.

At the beginning, the first point guard + the first dull forward fit together, and many media boasted that this would be a more terrifying existence than the ok combination.

The headline of "Sports Illustrated" at the time was directly: The opening of a new dynasty.

How can it be like Li Ang transferred to the Suns, Li Ang + Jermaine O'Nash + Nash, at the time, it was just a team of three second-rate stars. .

No matter how second-rate stars form a team, they are still second-rate.

With such high expectations, Kidd and Duncan have never even played in the finals, let alone the championship.

This is really a bit unreasonable.

Whether it's against the Spurs, or against Kidd and Duncan.

Neither of them can fail this season.

It is very miserable to be lifted too high and fall down.

So today's Kidd is very different. He has been very focused since he came out.

After the last game, Kidd received unanimous criticism.

7 points and 8 rebounds, this is really not like the data that a top-paid player should hand over.

Although Kidd is afraid of his wife, he is also a real man with eggs and birds.

Who is a real man who can bear this uselessness?

Kidd is very focused today, and he is going to show his style and level in the battle of Tianwangshan, and turn around overnight!

Duncan didn't say a word today, and he didn't pluck Ginobili's hair during the warm-up, but concentrated on training mid-range jumpers at various positions.

Popovich was even more frowning. Rumors that Parker might be leaving have spread, and the San Antonio newspapers are all talking about it.

Originally, the Spurs are not doing well, and Parker is still out to make trouble, and Popovich is in a state of desperation.

Popovich knew that these messages were probably deliberately disclosed by Parker's agent Human.

He is equivalent to giving a hint to other teams in the league: "New tea will be on the market soon, and the big brothers who need it should prepare it quickly."

In short, everyone on the Spurs put on a dead horse today.

But after the game started, don't tell me, the Spurs' combat effectiveness is quite strong today.

Kidd showed his value in the Suns' first offense today.

The moment Nash passed the ball to Li Ang, Kidd and Barry clamped Li Ang tightly, and the double-teaming reaction was very fast. It was really the moment Li Ang received the ball, he had no chance.

Li Ang then passed the ball back to Nash, but Kidd stretched out his long arms and immediately rushed to interfere with Nash's shooting.

Kidd's running on the defensive end is very active, not like a team core at all, but more like a blue-collar who crazily bites his opponent.

Nash made a shot under Kidd's interference, but the ball bounced far and was a long rebound.

Li Ang was just about to grab a rebound, but Kidd got the rebound first.