The older superstars of the NBA

"Pat, what do you mean...that I reduce Zhao's playing time and limit his performance on the court?"

"Yes, only when his performance is not good enough, the team has the possibility of lowering the price..."

Pat Riley looked at the dazed team coach Eric Spoelstra and nodded, "Eric, we have worked together for many years. Since the 08-09 season, we have been working together. Very happy......."

"You can be the head coach with peace of mind, and I will guarantee the team's various transactions and support you to coach the team... We used to do this before, and I still hope that we will cooperate like this in the future... "

"I didn't mean to destroy him, on the contrary, I chose to do it because we needed him..."

"The annual salary Zhao asked for is too high. The team cannot satisfy him in the past two years. In that case, the salary space will be completely locked...We need stronger assistants to assist the Big Three. Cap space, we can't pay the luxury tax every season...."

Pat Riley's words silenced Eric Spoelstra.

After a while, he said, "Okay! Since you're doing it for the team, I'll help you this time."

"However, Pat, I hope you don't treat these players badly in the future, they are not easy..."

"Of course! How can I treat them badly?"

Pat Riley took down coach Erik Spoelstra with a smile on his face.

This conversation is extremely confidential, so it has not been known to anyone outside.

After Zhao Feiyang left Pat Riley's conference room, he didn't think about the matter more seriously. After all, it's normal to talk about the contract. It's a "confrontation" between players and the team. Bargaining is the norm. .

The rest of the first round is over soon.

The list of Eastern Conference teams that entered the second round was also released smoothly.

Among them, the Indiana Pacers will play against the Washington Wizards, while the Miami Heat's opponent is the Brooklyn Nets.

In the west, after a round of fierce confrontation, the teams entering the second round are the San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers.

Compared with the sweeping situation in the east, the strength of the west is more balanced.

The San Antonio Spurs eliminated their rival Dallas Mavericks 4-3 in the first round, and the Los Angeles Clippers also eliminated the Golden State Warriors 4-3.

Even more so for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who beat the Memphis Grizzlies 4-3.

The only difference is the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets. With the cooperation of LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard, the Trail Blazers only defeated their opponents 4-2. The supercombination of James Harden and Dwight Howard, which has been highly anticipated since the start, did not produce a chemical reaction.

After the Chinese player Jeremy Lin lost his starting position, although he averaged 10+ points per game, he was not reused by the head coach.

Things like this, the semi-finals followed.

The Miami Heat waited for their opponents, the Brooklyn Nets, at American Airlines Arena.

First round.

In the lineup of both sides, the Heat will start the same, while the Brooklyn Nets will be controlled by Deron Williams at the first position, Sean Livingston will be handed over to the shooting guard, and the swingman Joe will be at the third position. .Johnson is in charge.

As for the positions of power forward and center, they were handed over to Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett respectively.

Such a lineup is not too bad even compared to the Big Three.

Except for Sean Livingston who didn't make it to the All-Star Game, the other four players have all made it to the All-Star Game.

Joe Johnson played as an All-Star substitute in the Eastern Conference. Needless to say, the three of Deron Williams used to be regulars in the All-Star Game.

Especially Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, who were also one of the team's Big Three when they teamed up in the Boston Celtics.

It has also created very brilliant achievements.

It's just that now that he is older, he is not as good as he was back then, but he has enough experience, and it is not something ordinary players can deal with.

The game started after the referee threw the ball, and the Heat took the lead to get the ball to attack. After the ball passed halftime, Mario Chalmers transferred the ball to Dwyane Wade, who held the ball In singles, he broke through from the left to the basket.

After encountering a double-team, Dwyane Wade transferred the ball out, and LeBron James, who was in the right corner, received the basketball and shot.

Snapped.

The basketball hits the rim.

Kevin Garnett and Chris Bosh fought fiercely at the basket. The two not only launched a crazy physical confrontation, but also kept spamming each other with trash talk.

Seeing the rebound bounce, Kevin Garnett jumped up first, trying to catch the ball in his hands.But at the moment he jumped high, Chris Bosh also moved.

He jumped suddenly, and instead of colliding with Kevin Garnett forcibly, he slammed the basketball in Kevin Garnett's hands.

Snapped.

The basketball bounced off and hit the right side of the basket.

The next moment, LeBron James jumped up.The whole audience exclaimed, no one knew when he came.

In short, LeBron James grabbed the basketball and made a dunk.

boom.

The ball is in.

The Heat hit such a powerful goal at the beginning, which attracted cheers from the fans on the sidelines.

The offensive of the Big Three is still strong, and the Heat also maintained a lead of about 5 points until the end of the first quarter.

By the second quarter, according to the previous rhythm, head coach Eric Spoelstra would replace Zhao Feiyang at this time, but this time, Eric Spoelstra did not do so.

"Ray, you continue to go up and organize the attack."

"Tony, you go to the second position!"

Coach Eric Spoelstra skipped over Zhao Feiyang and directly replaced Zhao Feiyang with substitute Tony Douglas.

Out of trust in coach Eric, Zhao Feiyang didn't get too entangled. Although he was a little surprised, he still obeyed the command of coach Eric.

However, from this quarter on, Zhao Feiyang has been sitting on the bench to watch the game.Especially when the Heat are leading the way, he has no chance to show himself.

Until the end of the fourth quarter, there were only 3 minutes left in the game.

When the score between the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets was 80-100, Zhao Feiyang finally got the chance to play.

"Zhao, it's your turn to play!"

Coach Eric waved at Zhao Feiyang.

Zhao Feiyang couldn't be happy at this time, and the remaining 3 minutes were undoubtedly completely reduced to garbage time.Even the Brooklyn Nets themselves have given up. What else is there to play in such a game?

Zhao Feiyang was a little depressed.

"What's the situation?"

"Could it be that Coach Eric has some tricks? He wants me to be the team's secret weapon? That's why I reduced my playing time?"