Chapter 174: The Playoff Situation of the Crazy West!
It's never been a secret in the NBA that the 76ers want to trade Iverson.
It's no secret that the contradictions between Iverson and the 76ers are irreconcilable and irreparable.
Back this summer, Iverson was put on the shelves by the 76ers.
It's just that at that time, the focus of the whole league was on the five-party deal with Yes as the core.
So there is not so much news that Iverson was put on the shelf by the 76ers, but it still caused many teams in the league to watch and rush wildly.
Iverson, this is one of the biggest stars in the league!
This kind of player flows into the market, it is not suitable not to grab, for most teams, as long as they grab it, they will earn it.
It's just that Iverson was reluctant to leave at that time, and the 76ers didn't dare to bear the huge pressure of trading Iverson in the end.
In the end, Iverson and the 76ers summed it up and fought for another season!
If the 76ers' record in the new season is okay, the two of them will be over.
But unfortunately, the 76ers' record in the new season is extremely poor.
Both Iverson and the 76ers underestimated the impact of the summer trade events on the team as a whole.
The boss of the team has been put on the shelf, even if he stays in the end, what does this make the other players think
If the 76ers are strong, it's okay to say, maybe they can slow down.
But the strength of the 76ers is not strong, and there is a problem with morale, if this record can be good, it will be really strange.
Iverson didn't want to leave the 76ers if he could, but the team's current situation forced him to leave.
The 76ers want to rebuild, and either he goes or someone else goes.
In the end, the 76ers chose Iverson to go.
Iverson himself chose to leave.
"A chip like the Nuggets can be traded to Iverson"
The Nuggets traded Andre Miller, Joe Smith, the 2007 No. 1 pick to the Nuggets and the 2007 Mavericks first-round pick to Iverson and Ewan McFarlin.
In the eyes of the SuperSonics, this chip is similar to that of Iverson given away by the 76ers.
Andre Miller would have been worth a lot of trade when he won the assist title five years ago, but now, Miller is 30 years old.
Miller is a quality starter, a would-be All-Star at best, and perhaps the most valuable thing for Joe Smith right now is his expiring contract.
As for the two 2007 first-round picks of the Nuggets and Mavericks, with the record of the Nuggets and Mavericks, they will certainly not be worth much.
"If I knew Iverson was so cheap, we could try supersound!"
"Let's forget it, Iverson won't come."
Iverson going to the Nuggets should be a bargaining chip that other teams can't give the 76ers enough to be tempted.
The 76ers took advantage of the situation to thank Iverson for his contributions over the years and sent Iverson to the Nuggets to compete for the championship.
This makes the 76ers' management less criticized.
With Iverson's influence in Philadelphia, the 76ers would have been sprayed to death if they dared to send Iverson to Toronto or Minnesota, unless they could exchange it for chips that could directly complete the rebuild.
"The Nuggets are taking off!"
After the shock, the supersonic players at the Ohio State Training Gym didn't look very good.
The battle for the Western Conference playoffs this season has been white-hot, and now the Nuggets have added another Iverson, which makes it impossible to let the SuperSonics play
The SuperSonics now have a 17-8 record and are sixth in the West.
The Houston Rockets are 23-3 and in first place in the West.
The Dallas Mavericks are 20-6 and second in the West.
The Phoenix Suns are third in the West with 19 wins and 6 losses.
The Utah Jazz are 19-8 and fourth in the West.
The San Antonio Spurs are 20-7 and fifth in the West.
The SuperSonics have a good record right now, but it's hard to compete with these five teams for a leading spot.
Before the SuperSonics, no matter how many they came in, the goal was always to try to make the playoffs.
The main opponents in the SuperSonics playoffs are the Lakers, who are ranked seventh in the West with an 18-9 record, the Denver Nuggets with a 16-9 record in the eighth place in the West, and the Golden State Warriors with a 14-12 record in the ninth place.
Of course, the Clippers, who are 10th in the West, and the Hornets, who are 11th in the West, are also fierce rivals.
It's fair to say that the battle for the Western Conference playoffs this season has reached the point of madness.
Now that the Nuggets have lost so little, almost with one more Iverson, the Nuggets' strength will be greatly increased.
In addition to the Rockets, Mavericks, Suns, Jazz and Spurs after booking a top-five finish, the Nuggets arguably also booked a top-six.
The remaining seventh and eighth spots will be the SuperSonics, with the Lakers and Warriors, and the Clippers and Hornets competing for five teams.
With the hard power of the supersonic, even if five teams can stand out and enter the playoffs, there is a high probability that it will be eighth in the West.
The reason why the Lakers' record is not as good as the SuperSonics is because the Lakers have played too many strong teams before.
The SuperSonics have yet to meet the Rockets, Suns and Mavericks this season.
As for the Lakers, they have already beaten these strong teams over and over again!
Iverson's deal, the biggest injury is the supersonic.
Now the SuperSonics are competing with the Warriors, Clippers and Hornets for the eighth place in the West.
The media across the United States was originally very interested in whether Yes could lead the team to the playoffs.
After Iverson's deal was completed, that interest intensified.
It should be said that a large part of the reason why Iverson's trade to the Nuggets caused such a big sensation is that the new Nuggets have greatly reduced the chances of Yes and the SuperSonics entering the playoffs.
SuperSonics, Warriors, Clippers and Hornets.
The supersonic record is now the best.
The Warriors and Clippers are the strongest.
The Hornets are now waiting for David West's return, and Paul needs to lead the team to bite the edge of the playoffs all the time, and the Hornets will be able to take off when David West returns.
Of the four teams, the supersonic is the weakest.
Even if the competitiveness is the weakest, the future schedule will be the worst.
"While the Denver Nuggets fans are excited, the team of yes is in for a hellish challenge!"
"yes is the unluckiest rookie of all time, and the challenges and difficulties he faced in his rookie season are incredible, chilling!"
"And the culprit of all this is the Toronto Raptors, they took Ray Allen and Lewis from Yes's side, leaving Yes with the weakest team in history!"
"With the superSonics of yes, Ray Allen and Lewis, they could have competed for an NBA championship, not just for an eighth-place spot in the West like they are now!"
Compete for the championship
In the office of the general manager of the Toronto Raptors, Crangello, the general manager of the Raptors, smiled and put down the newspaper in his hand.
"It's a pity that I couldn't rob Iverson......"
Not taking advantage of it made Colangelo feel like he was at a loss.
yes's crazy performance this season has made him regret it a little bit at times.
But......
"I've broken up a championship team!"
Crangello felt that yes and the supersonic management must be even more regretful now!
That's what he feats!
He's happy with the Raptors' current situation.
A team that was blown up by Kobe Bryant by 81 points and was about to collapse was brought to second place in the East by him.
The future of the Raptors is bright!
"I'm closer to the championship than yes!"
Then what do I regret
Amusing!
Yes, let's make the playoffs first!