Chapter 331: All-Star Weekend
The current situation is a bit worse for the Wizards.
George's injury was a big blow to the team's morale, and the Wizards lost two games in a short period of time, bringing the season loss to six games, and making the Bulls' 72-win record extremely unlucky.
The only thing to be thankful for is that All-Star Weekend is here, and this short vacation can take advantage of the current unfavorable situation for the Wizards and at the same time try to make some adjustments.
During the All-Star Weekend, the Wizards had three people participating, namely Curry, who started the East as always, and Thompson and Leonard, who were selected as the bench.
Originally, George was slightly ahead of Anthony in the first two rounds of All-Star ballots because of the team's record, but with the season reimbursement, the opportunity to become an All-Star starter for the first time was missed.
In this All-Star Weekend, the Cavaliers became the biggest winners, James and Howard were both selected as starters, and Irving and Love were also selected as All-Star benches, and the Wizards' unattained four All-Star achievements were first achieved by the Cavaliers.
Recently, the Cavaliers are really proud, not only the record has been rising, but also defeated the Wizards without George, and in the All-Star weekend, James, as the All-Star ticket king, notified the All-Star game, scored a triple-double of 33 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists, and successfully won the All-Star MVP trophy.
So far this season, James has averaged 27.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game, leading the Cavaliers to rank second in the league record list, second only to the Wizards.
This made many media begin to speculate boldly that the little emperor James is finally about to ascend the throne and win the first championship in his career! And it could be a regular season MVP, an All-Star MVP, and a Finals MVP slam.
Because of Wang Xiao, James failed to win even one championship even if he ran to the Heat with infamy, and in 2014, James, who was 29 years old and 30 years old, did not have the championship honor in hand, which undoubtedly made James's status in the league greatly reduced.
And now, back on the Cavaliers, James, who formed the Big Four to refresh the copy, finally managed to win the Wizards once after George's injury.
George will be reimbursed for the season and will not play in the playoffs, which makes the Cavaliers' winning rate when they meet the Wizards in the playoffs be greatly improved.
No one would doubt the strength of the Wizards, but without George, they have no advantage against the Cavaliers of the Big Four.
At least that's how it seems to many.
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This All-Star Weekend, although Wang Xiao was still not invited to coach the All-Star team, he went to New Orleans, where the All-Star Weekend was held.
It's not that he loves All-Star Weekend, it's Mallory. Adnams strongly demanded.
Since the last time he brought a group of stars to celebrate Mallori's birthday, Wang Xiao has only seen this little girl once when he went to the Knicks to play an away game, but the two have kept in touch.
This All-Star Weekend, according to the custom, she will still come with her father, and when she learned that Wang Xiao is not going to New Orleans, but is going to stay in Washington for a few days to rest, she was disappointed, and then she asked Wang Xiao to go too.
"My dad has already negotiated with the Bucks owner, and after this season, he and his partners will fund the acquisition of the Bucks."
After Ma Luoli saw Wang Xiao, she couldn't wait to show off to him: "I will also be the small owner of the NBA team in the future, do you want to work under me?" ”
Sure enough, Mallory's father is still ready to buy the Bucks, if nothing else, at the lottery ceremony this summer, the 18-year-old Mallory will appear on the stage of the lottery ceremony, and the four of them are an instant hit, becoming the league's famous daughter.
What makes Wang Xiao even more curious is what kind of team the Bucks will become in the future with some degree of interference.
That's right, Wang Xiao wants to pull a stag.
Nowadays, it is very difficult for the Wizards to rely on the draft to get good players.
Gobert's outstanding performance in the Wizards made the teams across the league realize once again how evil Wang Xiao is, no team is willing to hand over their draft picks to Wang Xiao, even if they can't choose potential rookies, it's better to let go of rotten than Wang Xiao hoarding a large number of high-quality potential rookies and then being invincible in the world.
Of course, if Wang Xiao is willing to pay a certain price, such as using George, Thompson, Leonard and others as bargaining chips, there are still teams that will seriously consider it, but Wang Xiao will definitely not defend any of these people unless he has a brain.
In this case, instead of burying those potential rookies that he still knows, it is better to fulfill the Bucks.
The most typical is this summer's draft.
In another plane, the Bucks held the No. 2 pick and chose forward Jabari. Parker.
This is a very strong player, and he can also contribute 20 points and 6 rebounds per game at his peak, but that's about it.
Under his order, there is the existence of Embiid, who is known as the Emperor.
Although Embiid was constantly injured like Oden in the first few years of his career, he was not injured endlessly like Oden.
After two years of injury recuperation, Embiid quickly showed his dominating ability on the inside, averaging 20.2 points and 7.8 rebounds in 25 minutes per game in his first season, 22.9 points and 11 rebounds in his second season, and 27.5 points and 13.6 rebounds in his third season.
There's no doubt that Embiid is one of the best interior players of the next decade, and even if he was drafted at the cost of watching him sit on the bench and play soy sauce for the first two years, it's definitely worth it.
If the Bucks draft Embiid, and then let Antetokounmpo lead the team for two years, and wait until Antetokounmpo grows up, what kind of picturesque scene will it be?
Wang Xiao remembers very well that in the other is the air, the season in which Antetokounmpo underwent a qualitative change also happened to be the 16-17 season, the season when Embiid officially returned!
In the first two seasons, while working out Antetokounmpo, the Bucks can still play with peace of mind, and in these two seasons, there are also some players who are not high in the pick but have good potential, such as the 15-year No. 10 rookie Devin. Booker.