Chapter 151: Jamison's Concerns
"Udri's pass was tackled by George! The latter dunked with the ball, and oh my God, it was a beautiful dunk with a lot of momentum! Paul – George!! ”
With the passionate commentary of the live DJ, the atmosphere of the fans in the audience was detonated.
“PG! PG! PG! ”
George's nickname resounded on the pitch, and people cheered for the first-year rookie.
"This kid...... It's a great day! ”
Off the court, Butler looked at George's excellent performance and said with some surprise.
"There's enough firepower." Jamison, who was next to Butler, couldn't help but sigh.
"yes...... Butler nodded, "it's good to be young." ”
The two thirty-year-old men turned their heads and glanced at the bench next to them in tacit understanding, and looked at them, all of them were young men in their early twenties.
"But Caron, you have to be careful, Paul is doing so well, maybe one day he will take my place or yours." Jamison thought for a while and couldn't help but say: "I'm 36 years old, and this current contract is the last pension contract, but you're different, you've been on a contract for a year......
Butler smiled, noncommittal.
This season is indeed a very important season for Butler, the 31-year-old Butler's contract officially expires at the end of this season, and the next contract will almost be the last high-salary contract he may get.
In his contract year, Butler's on-court stats are significant, and it's almost fair to say that every point he points on the court is tied to the annual salary of his contract.
This season, however, Butler's stats have slipped further.
Butler, who averaged 15 points per game last season, has only averaged about 13 points per game this season. It is only fourth on the team, below Curry, Harden and Jamison, and only slightly above Green, who is also a starter.
Is Butler's decline in form so exaggerated? Of course not, the 31-year-old Butler is still in his playing years, and the reason why his average points per game have dropped again and again is because of the change in his positioning and number of shots in the team.
As Curry Harden grows further, a large number of shots from the center are in the hands of these two, and below them, the third most shot is Jamison, who can provide containment at the power forward position.
Butler's average shots per game are on par with Danny's. Green, Paul. George is almost the same, how can he get good numbers?
What kind of contract can you get for an average of 13 points per game?
This season, Jamison has reminded the old partner more than once that he should talk to the manager and show that he wants to give it his all.
But Butler didn't do that, and just continued to play in silence.
"Hey, you guy......"
Jamison sighed.
Watching these rookies on the team grow and get stronger day by day at an astonishing rate, Jamison feels more and more that their role in the team is constantly decreasing, and they are far less energetic than they were in the team two years ago.
Soon, perhaps, there will be no place for them in the team......
No one noticed the exclamations of the two veterans off the field, because almost everyone's attention was on the game on the field.
The opponent of the Wizards in this game is the Saramento Kings.
Due to Wang Xiao's stirring up of butterfly wings, the King's lineup is already very different from that in another time and space. 09-10 Season Former Rookie of the Year Tyrek. Evans did not join the Kings, but was selected by the Thunder, and after partnering with Westbrook, he did not come up with an amazing rookie data of 20+5+5 per game, and only had 15 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds in the first season of the Thunder, although it was also quite good, but it was significantly inferior to Curry and Harden.
The Kings drafted the original Eye in '09, Parallel Tabbit, and there is no doubt that this draft hit the streets.
Tabit played half a season before being sent to the Development League by the unbearable Kings, and in this year's draft, the Kings selected another insider, that is, Cousins.
The combination of Cousins + Evans, the Chinese king team in another time and space, is still at the bottom of the league all year round, not to mention that there is only one Cousins left?
So this game was a one-sided game from the start, with first-year rookie Cousins having no advantage in front of Jordan Jr., who was in a standard blue-collar position, and the Wizards had completely crushed the Kings from the outside.
And the most active and outstanding player in this game is Paul. George.
In the second quarter of the game, George had 4 steals, and his positive defensive awareness and keen judgment allowed him to constantly recognize the opponent's passing intentions, and whenever he made a successful steal, it must be followed by a thunderous fast attack!
At the end of the half, George came off the bench to be the highest scorer of the game, scoring 17 points more than Curry, who scored 14 points at halftime.
Of course, as the second half began, George was replaced by Butler, and there were fewer opportunities to perform, and in the end the statistics were 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 assists.
His 22 points was a new high since George joined the NBA, as were his five steals.
To the surprise of Wizards fans in this game, this previously mediocre first-year rookie seems to have some ability.
But that's not all there was to George's surprise.
Immediately following the Wizards' home game against the Nets, George exploded again.
The Nets have a much better record this season than last year, after all, they have acquired a Jeremy Lin who almost has the strength of Kidd at his peak.
Got Jeremy Lin's Nets almost without hesitation to trade the team's original starting guard Devin. Harris, and around the outside line Jeremy Lin, inside line Brooke. López's duo is built up.
It is worth mentioning that the Nets failed to trade Yi Jianlian last season, and this season there is another Chinese-American Jeremy Lin on the team, so the Nets have two yellow starters, which can be regarded as creating a new history in the NBA.
In more than 20 games with the Nets, Jeremy Lin can contribute 17.8 points, 10.3 assists and 2.8 steals per game.
The Nets, also led by Jeremy Lin, have won many games and are currently sixth in the East.
It's a pity that the sixth place in the East against the Wizards, who have the first record in the East and even the league, is still not enough to watch.
Curry fell into a disadvantage in Jeremy Lin's matchup, which is normal in Wang Xiao's opinion, after all, Curry is still growing at this time, and Jeremy Lin, who has been using Kidd's growth template card for 4 years, has completely grown into a super point guard no less than Kidd in his peak state.
With the team's top scorer restricted, George stepped up.