Chapter 802: The Clippers made a breaking point, and the season came to an end

According to common sense, the playoffs are in full swing, and it is not big news that the Los Angeles Clippers announced the cutting of the head coach at this time.

But within just 24 hours, the Los Angeles Clippers immediately announced that two-time MVP and Hawks dynasty creator Kraft Nguyen would also serve as the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.

This undoubtedly shocked the eyes of a group of reporters and fans!

The city where the Clippers are located is Los Angeles, where Hollywood is located, and any little wind and grass is likely to attract huge media attention.

Originally, when Erniu came to the Clippers, various media in Los Angeles expressed the greatest welcome to the return of the Celestial Empire.

Don't forget, Erniu made a name for himself at UCLA and helped Los Angeles win the NCAA championship.

Therefore, don't look at his reputation as the first active player in Atlanta, and twice killed the Los Angeles Lakers led by Kobe Bryant in the finals, but many Los Angeles fans still regard Ruan Erniu as their own.

But such a super player who is known as a super player who may be compared to Russell and Jordan, after coming to Los Angeles, he was unexpectedly low-key.

In addition to buying a house in Beverly Hills, he couldn't find a second piece of news that belonged to him, which undoubtedly made the Los Angeles media feel very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the breaking point is finally here!

The fired Pooh De Nagro was naturally the first to become the focus of media attention.

"I was fired and the Clippers terminated my contract early. That's it, and to be honest, I would have liked to lead the Clippers to a higher goal next season.

Injuries have been the biggest problem the Clippers have had this season, and we could have done better. I'm happy with my performance, but some people don't think so. Denagro said.

At the interview, a reporter asked, "Who do you think played the biggest role in firing you? Donald Sterling, Neil O'Hill, or Kraft Nguyen?"

De Nagro pondered for a moment and replied, "I don't know, and I don't care about that. I'm going to look for my next job now, and that's it. ”

Raheem Sterling didn't go too far this time, and although he fired De Nagro, his salary for the next two years of his contract will still be paid to the other party normally.

Therefore, De Nagro is not willing to continue to pursue this matter, rather than tearing up his face with the former boss and former colleagues, it is better to calm the matter.

As he said, the most important thing now is to find the next job.

The second to be interviewed was Neil O'Hill, and the Clippers general manager also expected that public opinion would be detonated.

He held a press conference later, and at the press conference, he officially announced the appointment of Ruan Erniu.

COACH-RUAN, WHO WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, SAT QUIETLY ON THE SIDE, WHILE O'HILL SAID SOLEMNLY IN THE SPEAKERBOX: "THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION, THANK YOU TO POOH FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE PAST SEASON, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE BIGGER CHANGES, THE CLIPPERS WILL HAVE A REVIVAL, WE WILL ACHIEVE GLORY IN THE END!"

Saying such big words, O'Hill himself sweated, but Sterling made it very clear that Kraft Nguyen is what he says, and since Coach Nguyen has asked so strongly, what else can he do?

Reporters are not interested in O'Hill's bragging, even if the Clippers want to rise, it is not an overnight thing, relatively speaking, the Clippers choose to fire De Nagro and take the risk of letting Ruan Erniu as the head coach of the Clippers, which is what they are most concerned about.

In most people's memory, before Nguyen Er Niu, there were only two cases of players and coaches in NBA history.

They are Bill The Lord of the Rings Russell and Dave Mado Kenji Debusschel.

However, both of these appeared in ancient times, when the NBA and ABA were not yet a league, and various basketball rules were not standardized.

And professional basketball has developed to this day, and it is undoubtedly crazy to have players as head coaches at the same time.

"Manager O'Hill, whose idea was it to fire De Nagro and make Kraft Nguyen head coach?" a reporter asked.

"This is the result of our internal discussions. O'Hill tried to keep smiling as much as he could.

The unrelenting reporter asked, "Who is this discussion about? Sterling? You, Kraft Nguyen, or others, or are you all part?"

O'Hill continued, "I said, it's the result of our discussions, the next question. ”

The general manager of the Clippers is not a fool, and now he will give Ruan Erniu out, although there is no good result for the people of the Celestial Empire, but I am afraid that he will be killed by Sterling as soon as possible, and vaguely fooling the past is the only thing he can do.

Fortunately, although the reporters present were interested in De Nagro's resignation, they would not waste too much time on this topic, and the real breaking point was that Ruan Erniu was also the head coach.

By the way, while the Celestial Empire officially took over as head coach, they also set a new record.

He became the youngest player and coach in NBA history, a year younger than when Dave Debusschel, the prototype of Fujima, was a part-time head coach.

Another reporter asked: "Mr. O'Hill, then why do you think that the Celestial Empire can become a qualified head coach?"

He's just the origin of a rookie contract that just came out of his rookie contract, and even if his player resume is impressive, it doesn't cover up the gaps in his coaching resume. ”

Before O'Hill could speak, Ruan Erniu on the side interjected after adjusting the height of the microphone: "So as long as you haven't done it, you are not qualified?" Then all the players in the league are not qualified to play, because they have not had any contact with basketball before they were born.

Or, I should ask, I haven't commanded a game as a coach yet, so how can you conclude that I'm not a good manager?"

MVP is MVP, even if everyone present knows that he is secretly changing concepts, but no guy can refute Ruan Erniu's question.

Again, in the competitive arena, performance is the only criterion for judging players.

In this regard, during the rookie contract, Nguyen Er Niu, who created the dynasty as a leader, was simply impeccable!

Then some people asked innocuous questions, such as:

When the manager comes on the pitch, who will direct the team?

Will Ruan Erniu get two salaries, player + head coach?

For example, will Ruan Erniu have the opportunity to win both the Most Valuable Player and Best Coach awards?

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Maybe none of the above problems are nothing, but there is such a problem, but it has become a headache for the alliance:

If Nguyen Er Niu is ejected as a player, will he be able to appear on the sidelines as a manager to direct the battle?

Or when the situation is the opposite, can Ruan Erniu continue to play on the court as a player?

Okay, this was originally just big news from the Los Angeles Clippers, and after careful analysis, the problem actually fell on the head of the league management.

David Stern has always been quick to respond to the hype of the hot spots.

He had already gotten the Clippers' proposal, and he held a discussion meeting within the league before the Clippers held a press conference.

"The Clippers can really do things, but, to be honest, I have to give a thumbs up to the Celestial Empire, even if he's not playing, he can create a hot spot. "Adam Shaw rarely spoke for the people of the Celestial Empire, but this time, he changed his position.

Or should it be said that the position of the vice president of the alliance has never changed, and as long as it is conducive to the promotion of the alliance, he will definitely support it.

Mark Tatum said: "So, now the question is the specific blowing problem, if as a player and coach, how should his blowing be confirmed?"

David Stern said: "Personally, I'm in favor of splitting his blows in two, counting them separately as a player and a manager's fouls, but when it comes to expulsions, they should be treated as one and punished. If it's a suspension, of course, it should be treated in two. ”

It was just a brief meeting of the league's management, and while Nguyen's appointment as head coach of the Clippers brought a huge amount of attention to the NBA, the league had to focus more on the playoffs in the 10-11 season.

The first round of the playoffs has already been decided.

The second round matches between the East and West showed a striking similarity, that is, the top half of the zone is difficult to distinguish, and the bottom half is clear and weak.

Let's start with the upper half of the East.

The defending champion Atlanta Hawks didn't expect the Chicago Bulls to play so well.

Or rather, the Hawks had no idea that Blake Griffin would be so bad in this series.

Griffin, who has already won the 10-11 season of ROY, fully exposed his lack of experience and lack of good at tough battles in this round.

He was actually beaten by Carlos Boozer throughout the whole process, Boozer used a stable mid-range shot to repeatedly fly kites for griffons in the middle distance, and on the offensive end, Griffin was caught in the middle of Noah and Boozer's team, and there was no chance to show his impact at all.

Bulls head coach Larry Drew is too understanding of the Hawks, and Woodson's only advantage is that the Hawks have a stronger paper than the Bulls, and in fact, the flow of the game is roughly the same.

The two sides played to a 3:3 draw in the first six games, and at the last moment, when the embarrassment and lunar eclipse were successively limited by the Bulls, Dragic stepped up, and he once again showed excellent individual talent, facing Rose's defense, hitting the chase shot, and successfully killing the Bulls in the tie-break.

4:3, the Hawks reached the Eastern Conference finals again as the defending champions, but the Hawks fans were not satisfied with this, especially Blake Griffin, who was a single exchange for Kraft Nguyen, was criticized by most Hawks fans for being indecent.

His 10+10 per game stats in this series are more like a blue-collar role player than a future MVP-caliber player.

As usual, Griffin's performance as a rookie is not so critical, but as a man who has traded Kraft Nguyen alone, such accusations seem to be a little lighter.

You must know that in Ruan Erniu's career, he neither let his statistics drop significantly in the playoffs, nor did he ever drag the game into a tie-break.

Griffin was undoubtedly depressed, and it was clear that the team had made the cut, but it seemed that everything he had done was wrong.

Unless the Eagles are really good enough to win the O'Brien Cup again, he's just nothing.

However, this is obviously not an easy task.

Because in the lower half of the East, in another round of the series of Big Three confrontations, the Miami Heat easily defeated their opponents with a disparity of 4:1 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

James has finally crossed the Celtics mountain, only this time, he is not the leader of the team.

That's right, it's not surprising that the Heat defeated Green Kai, after all, the age is there, but D. Wade, who averages 19.4 shots per game, can score 30.2+6.8+4.2 data, and LBJ, who averages 21.6 shots per game, only takes 28.0+8.2+3.6 data.

So the question is, who is the leader of this Heat team?

The East side has confirmed the players, and the West side is the same.

First of all, looking at the first half of the West, the Grizzlies who have just been black eight continue to remain strong, they took the lead in the first game at the Thunder's home court, and once led the opponent with a score of 2:1 after returning to the home court, and after the first six games, the two teams played 3:3.

In the tiebreaker, Kevin Durant, who was extremely depressed by Tony Allen, finally ushered in an explosion.

Playing a convincing game in the most crucial games, Durant won the scoring title for the first time in his career due to the reimbursement of Ruan Erniu's season, and his performance in the playoffs also confirmed his super individual ability.

Throughout the series, the Grizzlies have actually done quite well defensively against Durant and Westbrook, but James Harden, a favorable contender for the best sixth man, has also shown great superstar talent.

As for the Thunder, the Grizzlies are also quite successful defensively, don't look at Wei Shao's offensive efficiency is not high, but on the defensive end, he limits Mike Conley even more uncomfortable.

Conley averaged just 38.2 percent shooting per game throughout the series, and as the team's starting point guard and second scorer, it was completely undercover.

Finally, there is another person that cannot be left unmentioned, and that is Kendrick Perkins, who the Thunder traded from the Celtics.

The meat shield center, who has been repeatedly teased by Erniu, has finally found a balance in Zach Randolph, who is also covered in meat.

Don't look at Randolph, who still contributed 20+10 double-doubles in this round, but his average shooting rate per game has dropped from 50%+ in the previous round to 40% in this round.

Perkins didn't play on the offensive end, and the Thunder didn't care at all, but the Black Bears couldn't step up and score, and Memphis was completely out of line.

The young Oklahoma City Thunder made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals, and the names of the Thunder were resounding throughout the NBA.

If it weren't for the perverted existence of Ruan Erniu, maybe the fans would put more praise on them, few youth teams have done better than them, and only Kraft Nguyen has completed a three-in-a-row championship in his rookie season that most players can't complete in their lifetime.

The game in the second half of the Western Conference is probably the most surprising matchup in the entire second-round playoffs.

Last year's Western Conference champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, lost cleanly to the Dallas Mavericks with a score of 0:4.

When Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry, Peja Stojakovic and JJ Barria burst out at the same time, the Los Angeles Lakers don't seem to have any room to stop.

As the leader of the team, Nowitzki averaged 17 shots per game, put in 9.8 shots, and shot an unhuman 57.4% from the field, including 2.8 three-point shots, 2.0 shots, 72.7%, and averaged 25.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.

And what about Kobe?

He averaged 20.8 shots per game, hitting only 9.5 of them, and his three-point shooting percentage was a miserable 22.7%, averaging 23.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

In terms of core confrontation, the Lakers lost to the Mavericks, or rather, Nowitzki's performance was unstoppable.

Ruan Erniu was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and watched firsthand how Nowitzki led the Mavericks to take out the Lakers and advance to the Western Conference finals.

Ask yourself, if it were him, would the Hawks be able to take out this Dallas Mavericks in the Finals?

The result is not necessarily!

The finals of the East and West are about to start, but Ruan Erniu has a hunch that the Mavericks who swept the Los Angeles Lakers in front of him may be underestimated.

Although many media outlets now believe that the winner between the Eastern Conference champions, the Hawks and the Heat, has the best chance of becoming the final champion, Erniu feels that the Dallas Mavericks should also join the race.

Thunder?

They're a little too tender!

With the end of the second round of the playoffs, the 2010-2011 NBA individual awards and lineups were announced.

Best Rookie (ROY) belongs to Blake Griffin.

The Griffin's 18+10 stats are too bluffing, and although his stats have declined since coming to the Hawks, he has always been a first-tier player in the ROY selection, and John Wall, the 10-time champion, has been crying and fainting in the toilet.

The Best Coach (COY) belongs to Larry Drew.

The fact that the Bulls were able to break through from the top of the East after the All-Star break without being favored to take the top spot in the league is a testament to Larry Drew's coaching ability.

The Most Improved Player (MIP) belongs to Kevin Love, not to mention anything else, just looking at the data, averaging 20.2 points + 15.2 rebounds per game, plus the longest double-double record except for Erniu, it seems that there is no need to say anything else.

The Best Sixth Man (SMOY) belongs to Lamar Odom, which survives as a no-choice choice.

After all, Jamal Crawford, Jason Terry, and Manu Ginobili have all won it, so the league has to find a lama who averages 14.4+8.7 per game to receive this award.

The best defensive player (D-POY) was finally won by Dwight Howard, who single-handedly supported the Magic's defensive system, and averaged 14.1 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game.

BUT AS THE MEDIA SAID LAST SEASON, IT IS ALSO FORTUNATE THAT THE SECOND BULL SEASON IS REIMBURSED, OTHERWISE THE SPARK IS VERY LIKELY TO BECOME THE FIRST CENTER IN HISTORY TO GET A D-POY BUT CAN'T GET INTO THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

These media are obviously thinking too much, in fact, the league has already done a good job of filing, if such a situation really occurs, as long as Ruan Erniu appears in the No. 4 position in the defense, it will naturally solve the problem.

Then, the most talked-about award was awarded, and the MVP of the 2010-2011 season belonged to Derrick Rose!

After the Atlanta Hawks, the Bulls have also become the team to win both MVP and COY in a single season.

It should be said that Rose's record is indeed up to the standard of MVP, but relatively speaking, his average of 25.0 points, 7.7 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game is still a little shabby.

In particular, he shot only 44.5% from the field, and was directly complained about as the MVP with the lowest shooting percentage since the 64-65 season.

Why did the league have to give this MVP to Rose?

On the one hand, of course, the Bulls' record is good enough to be convincing, but on the other hand, it is also the suppression of James.

What if his stats are even better, the Big Three formed by the anger of the public can't get the first record in the league, what qualifications do they have to covet the MVP? .