Legend of Tomorrow

After the All-Star Weekend, while reporting on the results of the game and praising Guo Xu, they also mentioned the topic of the Lakers' Big Three are about to disband.

President David Stern's method is actually a kind of praise. First, he will praise Guo Xu to a terrifying height and let him leave the Lakers this summer.

Other teams will offer high salaries to poach people, and Guo Xu can only choose one from them. If he cuts his salary and stays with the Lakers, his own interests will not be protected at all and it will arouse people's resentment. He can't help but see it.

If Guo Xu cannot lead the team to win after leaving the Lakers and his popularity drops sharply, he will have to find a way on his own.

The trade deadline soon came, and most teams began to choose to play poorly, not expecting to compete with the Lakers for the championship. Only the Mavericks and the Nuggets made a big deal and wanted to compete in the playoffs.

The Mavericks got Van Exel, Reeve LaFrentz, Avery Johnson, and Tariq Abdul-Wahad.

The Nuggets received Juwan Howard, Donnell Harvey, Tim Hardaway, and a 2002 first-round draft pick.

Last year's loss to the Lakers was terrible, and they were beaten twice in the regular season this year. Mavericks coach Nelson finally realized the importance of an inside shield. LaFrentz is also a big man who can shoot three-pointers, which is completely in line with his wishes. .

This is bad news for Wang Zhizhi. He can only play power forward and cannot guest center, which will inevitably affect his playing time.

This is great news for Chinese center Battelle. There will be Chinese figures on the NBA court again!

The Nuggets became a poorly played team without a center, so it became a smooth process for Buss to renew his relationship with Denver and sign a minimum salary.

Not long after the trade, the Mavericks met the Lakers. The winner was decided in three quarters. Guo Xu and Kobe both scored 30+, helping the Lakers easily defeat the Mavericks.

For a period of time, Nelson played two defenders to strengthen the offense, allowing Nash and Van Exel to play together. The results can be imagined.

After the madman Van Exel, who was responsible for guarding Kobe Bryant, was abused, he really wanted to ask this old man, do I have any grudge against you? You traded me in to torture me like this?

Nelson is very creative in tactics. What he lacks is Phil Jackson's sense of team building. The team should not let him decide to recruit. The lineup he created is unreasonable at first glance.

The 82 games of the NBA regular season seem to be a long time, and a few months pass by without even realizing it.

The Lakers lost four games in the second half, losing to the Kings, Pistons, Spurs, and Trail Blazers respectively.

Among them, the Lakers' away game against the Trail Blazers was the most unfair. The two sides played two overtimes, and everyone except O'Neal had a bad shooting touch. They had countless opportunities to win, and the outside players took turns squandering the opportunities.

Among them, Guo Xu was the hardest hit. He made 8 of 25 shots, 2 of 11 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws. He only scored 21 points and 5 assists. He played his worst game of the season. He had several open opportunities on the outside and failed to make simple shots against Stoudemire.

Although there were upset games, the Lakers relied on more offensive flourishes and set a new regular season record, with 76 wins and 6 losses, an improvement of two games.

The Kings' 60 wins rank second in the Western Conference, and no other team has achieved 60+ wins.

The Clippers became a dark horse, entering the playoffs with 45 wins and ranking seventh, avoiding the Lakers. Bulls fans scolded the management for this. After the trade, they only won 21 games and were the deputy squad leader of the league.

The results of the Eastern Conference regular season were shocking. The Nets ranked first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, and the Pistons ranked second with 50 wins. After that, the records of the Eastern Conference playoff teams were similar.

The Heat only achieved 36 wins and ranked 11th, becoming the team that regressed the fastest.

The regular season data king was revealed. Iverson, who listed the data, was black, averaged 31.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.8 steals per game, winning the scoring and steals titles.

He also set two historical records. He shot 39.8% from the field and became the scoring leader with the lowest shooting percentage in NBA history. He averaged 16.7 irons per game and was the strongest in the history of professional basketball. This was thanks to his accuracy in the second half, otherwise he would have been 17. +.

Only one leading scorer named Joe Fulks had a lower shooting percentage than Iverson. In the 1946-1947 season, in the BAA League that year, Fulks won the scoring title with an average of 22.1 points per game, and his 30.5% field goal percentage was jaw-dropping.

Of course, Fulkes was much luckier than Iverson. Not so many fans said he was a cancer, and no Chinese fans said that. After all, China had not yet been liberated at that time.

Ben Wallace of the Pistons won the rebounding and block rankings, averaging 7.6 points, 13 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.7 steals and 3.5 blocks per game.

The Cavaliers' Andre Miller won the assists title, averaging 16.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game. It's a pity that the team's record was so poor that he was not selected for the All-Star Game with such data.

In the first round of the playoffs, the strong Lakers easily swept the Jazz. Guo Xu could not defend the Stockton Jazz alone.

The 40-year-old Stockton can still score 13.4 points and 8.2 assists in the regular season, shooting 51.7% from the field, but he can no longer keep up with the speed on the defensive end.

Substitute Martin Cliffs played well in the Jazz regular season and had no physical advantage against Fisher.

In the second round, the Lakers swept the Mavericks again. This was a wonderful series. The two teams played high scores every game, and then the Lakers won. Nelson was fighting the Lakers offensively and lost with dignity.

Looking at the statistics, the Mavericks players are very strong. In three games, one player scored 30+ points, two players scored 20+ points, and in one game, four players scored 20+ points. Seven players scored in double figures. But the Lakers were stronger, and the Mavericks barely defended on the outside.

Awards were announced one after another, and Guo Xu once again won the Best Sixth Man.

The league is helpless at this point, because Guo Xu only played 27 games, which fully meets the selection criteria. Even if he averages 21.8 points and 6 assists per game, he is still considered a substitute. Fisher's data is not even half of his, so it still counts.

Grizzlies' Pau Gasol won the Rookie of the Year, and his performance was more stable than teammate Randolph.

Rick Carlisle, who led the Pistons to second place in the Eastern Conference as a head coach for the first time in his career, won the Best Coach Award.

The Most Improved Player is the Pacers' Jermaine O'Neal. He has grown into the Pacers' core inside, averaging 19 points, 10.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.3 blocks per game, and became an All-Star.

Ben Wallace of the Pistons won the best defensive player. The Pistons' good results are not unrelated to his comprehensive defense.

The best defensive team is still the same group of regulars. Only Kobe Bryant made the second team of the Lakers. O'Neal, who is lazier than last season, was not selected. Guo Xu has nothing to do with this lineup and did not get a vote. Although he is very close to others, But there are no defensive statistics.

The regular season MVP was lucky enough to be won by Tim Duncan of the Spurs. Why do you say lucky? Because of the Spurs' record, they ranked third in the Western Conference.

O'Neal's data dropped to 24.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game and his playing time was short, so he could no longer win the MVP award; Kings core Webber only played 54 games due to injury; Kidd of the Eastern Conference champion Nets had a poor record, so a compromise could only give him Duncan is gone.

In the selection of the best team, Kobe and O'Neal were selected for the first team, and the other three were Kidd, Duncan and McGrady.

Guo Xu was selected for the second team, and the other four were Payton, Webb, Nowitzki, and Garnett.

The third team is Iverson, Mutombo, Ben Wallace, Nash, and Jermaine O'Neal.

After Guo Xu was selected to the second team as the sixth man, defeating the scoring champion Iverson, he has become a recognized superstar and has been promoted to the clouds.