Chapter 611: The Competitive West
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The melee in the West lasted from the 07-08 season to the 08-09 season.
The Los Angeles Lakers are an example.
Kobe Bryant did not lose to the Hawks in last year's Finals, and he led the Lakers to a comeback this season, even threatening the dominance of the Atlanta Hawks for a time.
Paul Gasol, who has been called a soft egg for N seasons, has become tougher, coupled with a Bynum who dares to show his elbows, and Odom, who has done his job well in the sixth man position, it is no fluke that the Lakers can dominate the West.
The Nuggets, Spurs, and Trail Blazers all occupy the 2-4 position with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, and such a fierce competition will not appear in the strong and weak East.
First, let's talk about the Denver Nuggets.
The arrival of Billups made the Nuggets an instant playoff competitive team, and the biggest trade in the 08-09 season was the swap between Iverson and Billups.
In this season, Billups' historical status has risen significantly, while Iverson has gradually become a cancer in the mouths of various teams.
In fact, the AI's style of play has never changed, but Billups has used his way to interpret what makes a better point guard.
After sending away AI, the big brother of the gang, the social melon, with the help of Billups, the winner of the Kennedy Citizen Award, gets the key to winning.
A championship is a temperament, and what Billups brings to the Nuggets is much more than an offensive hub.
And then there's the San Tonyo Spurs.
Well, any regular-season record this team has can't be inferred from the playoffs.
Old foxes like Popovich are accustomed to having players play dead and paddle in the regular season.
GDP is a year older, so what, these guys don't retire for a day, they just can't be ignored, who knows what they're going to do in the playoffs.
As long as the Spurs' system is still around, they are something that no team can ignore.
By the way, it should be pointed out that 2009 is an odd-numbered year, and the Spurs in the odd-numbered year know that old fans understand!
Finally, the Portland Trail Blazers.
This youth team is also one of the surprises of the season, and even if Oden is out again for the season, the performances of Roy and Aldridge are enough to look forward to.
The young did not fail, not to mention that they achieved such great success!
This season, in addition to the further growth of Roy and Ade, the addition of Rudy Fernandez and Nicholas Batum as a new force has also allowed the Trail Blazers to grow faster.
Kevin Pritchard missed Nguyen Er Niu, but the overall rise of the Trail Blazers is an indisputable fact.
If the veterinarians of the Pioneer could work a little harder, strive to improve their own business, and respect humans as if they were animals, maybe the Pioneer would have achieved even higher achievements than they are now.
The fifth in the West is the Houston Rockets, whom the people of the Celestial Empire love deeply and are responsible.
Yao Ming, who averaged 17.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, successfully transformed, and after losing weight, reducing playing time and changing the style of play in the low post, he was still able to contribute star-level statistics.
However, the current Rockets are still not playing Princeton.
To be precise, the current Da Yao is more like a large T-MAC, with at least half of his shots holding the ball in the high post and projecting.
Of course, he can occasionally make crossing passes, but that doesn't mean he can be Divac.
But can't it be Divac, can't it be a strengthened version of Ilgoskas?
Some things are not a matter of whether you can't do them, but whether you want to do them.
Da Yao sacrificed some of his data, but got better rest and health.
Maddy was injured again, and without communicating with the team, he directly underwent surgery and announced the reimbursement of the season, which was a complete break with the Rockets management.
He still has a big year left on his contract, and the Rockets will certainly do everything they can to trade the two-time scoring champion next year.
If Maddy hadn't been hit by injuries, the Rockets with Da Yao, Artest and Maddy would definitely be a strong contender for the championship.
Texas Xiaoqiang has suffered many disasters, but they are still tenaciously surviving.
The Dallas Mavericks, who are 50-32, are sixth in the West, a record that would rank in the top four in the East, but in the highly competitive West, they can't even get a good playoff pick.
Nowitzki is still struggling with his reputation as a softie, and he still hasn't found a chance to prove himself.
Kidd, who has an annual salary of 21.37 million this season, is the second highest salary in the league after Kevin Garnett, and it is also the first highest salary in the Mavericks beyond Nowitzki, but he can only contribute 9+8.7+6 data per game, which always makes people feel that this guy has a high salary and low ability, but Kidd's contribution on the defensive end is often overlooked.
There's no problem with Rick I'm not Jim Carlyle's tactical command, the Mavericks want to go further, they need further reinforcements, and this is a team that is difficult to win for the time being, but it must not be overlooked.
The New Orleans Hornets have a record of 49 wins and 33 losses this season, placing them seventh in the West.
Paul's stats still rank No. 1 in the league, but starting center Tyson Chandler's long-term injury absence and Stojakovic's declining form have prevented them from repeating last year's impressive record.
The Utah Jazz finished in the top eight in the West with a 48-34 record.
The long-term injury absence of Carlos Boozer, the team's leading scorer last season, made Jazz fans pessimistic about advancing to the playoffs, but Delon and Oku stepped up in time.
With Sloan's iron-fisted governance, the Jazz finally squeezed out the Suns by virtue of a two-game advantage and advanced to the playoffs.
The Phoenix people with 46 wins and 36 losses are naturally that tragic character, and this record can be ranked in the top five in the east, but in the west, they can only say goodbye in advance and go home to fish.
The Suns' big gamble on O'Neal has completely failed, and a team that hasn't even made it to the playoffs is in a position to talk about the ownership of a championship.
Steve Kerr hasn't been successful in his position as general manager, at least the Suns have lost their ability to maneuver at high speeds.
With Nash a year older and Stodammire still on his contract, the Suns have a tough road ahead of them ā stay on top, or simply rebuild.
Thinking of this, Cole really wanted to take a good dose of D hemp to relieve the old wound on his back.
Damn Billy Knight, Kerr's original favorite Dragic is now Bibby's best replacement, which was originally the Suns' bent on getting players.
They even contacted the Spurs for a trade at one point, only now, it's too late.
Interestingly, starting with the Suns, the remaining teams in the West have all been working on changing head coaches this season.
Of course, this does not include the old Nelson who single-handedly brought out the Golden State gang.
Don Nelson is also a good woman, and since the big deal between Byron Davis and Margety, both of them have fallen into a weird injury curse.
Didn't win with injuries in the air.
In the 08-09 season, no one in the Warriors has played 80 games, and the highest attendance record is Turyaf's 79 games, and the only ones with 70+ attendance records are Azubuike, CJ Watson, and Turyaf.
Compared to the Hawks' iron men, the Warriors' predicament can be imagined.
The Timberwolves, Grizzlies, Thunder, Clippers, and Kings are ranked 11-15, these people are all expectants of the '09 draft, plus they all changed head coaches, well, so they are all looking at (wantonly) not (rotten).
Individual prizes for the regular season will be handed out in turn, and the brutal playoffs are on the horizon.