Chapter 799: The regular season is over, and the Wild Bull operation is imminent
Amare Stoudemire, Cameron Anthony, Chauncey Billups, this is a beautiful looking lineup, if Billups is another five years younger, if Stadamire and Anthony can automatically move up a notch on the defensive end at the same time, maybe they can make a difference in the East.
Anyway, Ruan Erniu was not optimistic about the so-called New York Big Three at the beginning of their formation, and he is the first cornerstone of the dynasty, and it can be said very responsibly that the championship must be the team that is strong enough at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
The Knicks certainly have no problem on the offensive end, but relying on an aging Billups and two scorers who don't know what defense is at all is going to make a difference in the playoffs is a fool's dream.
By the way, let's not forget that the head coach of the Knicks is Mike D'Antoni, who also doesn't know what defense is.
Once it comes to the playoffs of fighting defense and confrontation, the Heat, Celtics, and even the Hawks and Magic may use defense to teach the Knicks how to behave.
The Knicks also completed the superstar huddle for the time being, and on the day of the trade deadline, the last two trades of the 10-11 season were born.
Celestial Empire fans should be interested in both of these trades:
One deal was for the Grizzlies to get veteran Sean Battier from the Rockets with Thabit and a first-round pick.
Yao Ming has left the Rockets with another teammate, and the arrival of Tabit, a parallel trade list, basically represents the current mentality of the Rockets, no matter what decision Da Yao makes after recovering from injury, the Rockets are ready for both.
The business alliance is always thinking about interests, and since there is no way to trade Yao Ming, who is seriously injured and reimbursed, the rocket is also ready to be abandoned by Yao Ming in the summer.
The league huddles with such a strong wind, in the eyes of the Rockets management, it is entirely possible for Da Yao to take a salary cut to win a championship.
The other deal was that the Kings traded Yi Jianlian + Nocioni for the 76ers' Delham Porter.
The king gave Allen the opportunity for nearly four years, but he either lacked physical confrontation in the competition, or was accidentally injured when he was about to ascend to the throne, and Yi Jianlian failed to grasp his fate after all.
The chaotic Kings team is indeed not a good place to develop rookies, and it is worth mentioning that last year's rookie of the year, Terek Evans, who originally played well at the No. 1 position, was used by the Kings as the No. 2 position this season, and coupled with injuries, Evanston, who had high hopes, became obscure.
Evans is still like this, not to mention Allen, who has been squeezed to the low position of the marginals, since the king selected his cousin (Cousins), even Marvin Williams can only play as a substitute, and Allen has successfully become a water cooler keeper.
The 76ers, who are looking to rebuild, will also not give Allen much of a chance, and if Allen can't find a new home in the summer, then his NBA journey may be over.
The tumultuous trade market has finally come to an end, and the big trade of the 10-11 season has finally come to an end.
Looking at all the transactions this season, it is not difficult to find that the league is going further and further in promoting the giants, whether it is the Green Kai Big Three, the Heat Big Three, the Knicks Big Three, or the super-strong model like the Hawks and Lakers, it proves that it is hoped that excellent players can make waves in the trade market, so that the NBA can gain more topics and heat.
What is controversial?
As long as the league maintains a minimum of credibility, David Stern can continue to use a variety of controversial topics to hype up the NBA as the most successful sports business league in the world.
Nguyen Erniu, who has been traded to the Clippers, has been busy lately, first selling some of his Atlanta property and then buying a $12 million mansion in Beverly Hills.
It's a mansion that's more luxurious than an Atlanta home, with a movie theater, arcade, bar, gym, swimming pool, and every entertainment imaginable.
In particular, it should be pointed out that Beverly Hills is not a mountain villa, but a city within a city in Los Angeles, a dream place in the minds of the world's famous global rich, as the most famous city within a city in Los Angeles, there are the world's most upscale commercial streets, and many mansions of Hollywood movie stars, which means that Erniu instantly became neighbors with a group of celebrities.
And in this place where every inch of land is valuable, the price of 12 million meters is definitely not an exaggeration, you know, this is still the reason why the Los Angeles housing market has not completely come out of the financial crisis, according to Ouyang Haotian's estimate, in another two years, the price of this luxury house will at least reach the range of 18 million to 20 million meters.
A few years later, Erniu was surprised to find that Ouyang's valuation was still low!
The knight XV of Erniu was also transported to his new home, and he must have no worries about food and clothing, and his housing and transportation were also solved.
Dr. Han has taken over Fiona's private dental practice, Eddie's school has been resolved, and Erniu has once again put his time back to basketball and the team.
The Clippers are definitely not making the playoffs at the moment, and the team's head coach Vinnie De Nagro is a guy who lacks prestige, and although he compliments Nguyen Erniu, who has just arrived with the Clippers, he has not been able to bring much effective tactical arrangement to this sloppy team.
The chicken soup is mediocre, and the defensive end is not very distinctive, and Ruan Erniu really doesn't think there is anything special about this guy who was squeezed out of his position by Larry Drew.
Looking through the entire coaching staff, the 31-year-old Japanese-American Natalie Nakase is also able to make Erniu look at Natalie Nakase, who is also the first female assistant coach in NBA history.
Nakase played at UCLA when she was a student, so she is an alumnus with Erniu, and she also played in the NBL (NBA Development League) for four years, and she is also the first Asian American woman to land in the professional basketball league of the United States.
Although he is only 1.58 meters tall, with his skillful ball control, wide vision and accurate mid-range shooting, Nakase is the team's starting control position everywhere.
After retiring from the game, she served as the head coach of the Saitama Broncos in the Mud Bang BJ League, and was the first female head coach in the history of the Mud Bang Men's Basketball League.
In this lifeless team, Nakase is the only coach who can stay true to his duties and do his job well, and as an assistant coach and video editing analyst, she has a lot of pertinent advice for the head coach.
For example, let Aminu rise to the No. 4 position, learn the small-ball tactics of the Hawks and the Heat, or allocate the playing time of players more reasonably, give more rotation opportunities to substitute players, etc., but Vinnie De Nagro respects Nakase on the surface, but in fact does not listen at all.
A look at the playing time of the team's main players is clear, Blake Griffin, who has just been reimbursed for his rookie season, is averaging 38 minutes per game, and Eric Gordon is averaging 37.7 minutes per game.
The reason why the Clippers have such a poor record this season is not only because of the lack of big-name stars on the team, but more importantly, they have suffered a terrible wave of injuries, with Gordon, Carman, Randy Foye, and Byron Davis all missing a lot of games due to injuries to varying degrees.
There is no way to even get together the main players, and it is simply impossible to achieve good results.
By the time Vinnie De Nagro reached the point where he had to passively opt for more rotations, the team had already entered a rhythm that had to be rotten.
Ruan Erniu is quietly doing some simple recovery training on the sidelines, and the reason why he has not intervened in the team's affairs for the time being is because he is still observing.
However, he had already been privileged in a secret meeting with Sterling, and he was still a little unable to let go when he first came to the Clippers, but after the previous "chaos rule" of Sterling and O'Hill, Erniu felt that he had to make a difference.
"What? are you sure?" said Nakase in surprise.
"That's right, I have this idea, NAT (short for Natalie) Do you think it's impossible for me to get a coaching license?" Erniu asked with a smile.
Nakase shook his head and said: "It's not, I just think it's strange, it seems that among the active players, there is no coaching license in advance, in fact, the NBA's head coach is not strict in this regard." ”
That's right, Nakase inadvertently said that some of the NBA's non-standard places are not standardized, not all NBA head coaches need a coaching license, and some players who retire and directly transfer to head coaches can directly take up posts with an internship card.
For example, the future Jason Kidd, there are also head coaches whose coaching licenses have expired, such as the future Spoelstra, and Phil Jackson, whose license has been revoked because he failed the physical examination, but in fact, who in the league will question the coaching qualifications of the KFC?
Of course, the best ones are Popovich, the old guy got an A photo, and it is said that he will be exempt from inspection for 15 years.
It can be seen that in the NBA, the coaching qualification of a head coach does not need to be too formally qualified, and the connections, prestige and coaching ability are the key to determining a head coach's position.
"So, you want to be a head coach after retiring?" asked Nakase.
"Is it too early to prepare? Actually, I'm also very interested in the team's tactics, after all, it's a bowl of rice, and you have to plan ahead. Ruan Erniu said.
Natalie Nakase nodded convincingly: "It's worthy of building a dynasty, to be honest, after a long time with the Clippers, I still think most NBA players are office workers with no sense of purpose, and now I understand that it is not for nothing that we can't play well." ”
Ruan Erniu shook his head and said: "It has something to do with luck, you can't deny the hard work of the players in training, but if you want to become a championship team, talent and hard work alone are far from enough."
The Atlanta Hawks have been so successful over the past few years and I don't have to say anything about it, but the team's years of hard work, player chemistry, and the right time to trade are all necessary factors for our success, and what brings them together is unexplained luck. ”
"It's like the fatalism that mud bombards often say, how can the Celestial Empire also believe in this?"
"No, it's just a little bit of my personal thought, anything that has really been done to the extreme, and what is most lacking is often not the conditions that can be achieved subjectively or objectively, but what human beings cannot interfere with. ”
"So you also believe that the Los Angeles Clippers have a curse?" asked Natalie Nakase at the end.
"If that's the case, things will be easier to do!" Ruan Erniu smiled mysteriously and did not give a specific explanation.
February's regular season is only coming to an end, and the familiar "March Madness" has struck again.
It was an NCAA tournament in which Kansas, Duke, Pittsburgh, Texas, Ohio State, Connecticut and other schools all showed good quality, and a large group of potential rookies were also in the sights of the uniform groups of each team.
For example, Harrison Barnes, Jarred Sallinger, Kelly Irving, Derrick Williams, Ines Kante and others are all indispensable to mention, and although the 11th class is still not enough to make people have high hopes, there is also hope for the birth of a group of players worth looking forward to.
Erniu's eyes were locked on early, although he didn't know if the first-round pick he traded from the Pacers would be able to pick the guy he wanted the most.
"March Madness" continues, and although the NBA has reduced the intensity of games, there is still one thing that has to be mentioned in March, and that is Kevin Love's 53-game double-double.
On March 11, United States time, in the Timberwolves' 122-101 victory over the Utah Jazz, Timberwolves power forward Kevin Love scored 24 points and 12 rebounds, achieving a double-double for the 53rd consecutive game, refreshing the data of consecutive double-doubles he had just created. In his last game against the Pacers, Love scored 16 points and 21 rebounds to record a double-double for the 52nd straight game ahead of legendary superstar Moses Malone (51).
This should have been a statistic worth writing about, but with 53 double-doubles and destined to become Kevin Love, he modestly said in front of the media: "It's not worth mentioning that I've done all this, you know, there's a guy who's already extended that record to 228 games, which is the number of games I couldn't have achieved anyway, and on the other hand, I would prefer the team's record to get better, which is what I'm most concerned about right now." ”
That's right, in the face of Ruan Erniu's unique record of two consecutive doubles, even the king of data who doesn't know whether it's true or not, Wilt Chamberlain, was defeated, let alone Kevin Lefou.
Ruan Erniu also congratulated alumnus Lefu on Twitter for the first time to achieve the achievement of two consecutive doubles of the second active player, in fact, in the NBA's record list, Lefu is also the second in history, after all, Chamberlain's consecutive two-double data is not recognized.
All of the above is just an episode for the entire NBA.
March passed quickly, and April finally arrived.
The NCAA finally ushered in the final matchup, and in the finals, UConn defeated Butler University 53-41 to win the championship trophy for the third time in the university's history, and the top name of UConn, Kemba Walker, was awarded the MOP.
The NCAA ended perfectly under the watchful eye of the all-meter crowd, and as always, you never know which team will win the NCAA championship until the end.
As soon as the NCAA ended, basketball fans in the United States turned their attention back to the NBA.
Heading into April, the NBA is just as intense, and at the same time, the annual Hall of Fame convention is also underway, and there are always some great superstars to join the awesome place.
In April of 11 years, the most watched superstar should be Dennis Rodman.
Before joining the Hall of Fame, Hanade also ushered in a double happiness, and he just went through his jersey retirement ceremony.
On April 2, during the breaktime of the Detroit Pistons' home game against the Bulls, the Detroit Pistons held a retirement ceremony for Rodman's No. 10 jersey at Auburn Hills Palace. Rodman burst into tears of emotion when he saw his No. 10 jersey slowly rise and finally hang over the Auburn Hills Palace Stadium.
For Rodman, it was an unexpected surprise, as he says, "When they called me to tell me about it, I thought it was an April Fool's joke." I was so shocked that I didn't expect to get this honor because I could only be ranked No. 5 in the team's squad that year. ”
Yes, the Bulls made Rodman known all over the world, but it was the Detroit Pistons and Chuck Daly who really set Rodman on the path to greatness, to paraphrase a classic phrase: This is where Rodman, the dream, began!
A few days later, the final induction list for the 2011 Naismith Hall of Fame was announced, and Dennis Rodman "The Big Bug", "Founder of the Triangle Offense" Tx Winter, Chris Mullin, "God's Left Hand", and former Trail Blazers center Avedas Sabonis were successfully inducted into the Hall of Fame.
As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said of Rodman: "His performance on the basketball court is good enough for him to qualify for the Hall of Fame." His grandstanding behavior off the field should be a different story. ”
Well, please selectively ignore the last sentence, even if he drinks, plays with women, gets tattoos, dyes his hair, he is definitely a good player.
He's the real world Sakuragi Hanamichi, and in a way, Dennis Rodman is a more legendary guy than Jordan.
This guy at the bottom of society, with his brains, talents, and grotesque behavior, has earned him popularity and wealth, and he is at least a great figure, if something is not worth emulating, but it is enough to be admired.
Well, the story of him and the real-life version of Android 19 is the best proof of this!
After the Hall of Fame, the 2010-2011 NBA regular season finally came to an end.
The Chicago Bulls should be the biggest dark horse of the season, never expected that in the end, it would be Derrick Rose who led his team all the way to surpass the Celtics and Heat to become the first team in the East and even the league.
If there are no accidents, Derrick Rose's MVP has been stabilized, and James' move to the Heat this summer has caused criticism from many experts, not to mention that the Heat's record is only second in the East and third in the league, and the Windy City Roses are indeed the player who is more qualified to win the MVP than James.
The regular season has ended, the playoffs are about to begin, and while the top eight teams in the East and West are actively preparing for the playoffs, Ruan Erniu, who missed the playoffs for the first time in his career, has inspected the rookies of the class of 2011.
The Los Angeles Clippers are certainly not the team that rookies are most eager to join, a team with too much history of tragedy, but with the addition of Nguyen Erniu, something inherent is changing. 10