Chapter 539: The Situation in the West, the Trading Period, and Sloan's Resignation
After All-Star Weekend, all NBA teams have a day off en masse.
Ye Si took advantage of this holiday day to increase all the basic attribute points he could improve.
And the Seattle SuperSonics players didn't take a day off during the entire NBA.
The NBA's official holiday is a holiday, but for teams like the SuperSonics who are pursuing this season, a holiday does not mean a break.
The Seattle SuperSonics players who didn't make it to the All-Star team spontaneously stayed with the team during All-Star Weekend.
After all, at the end of the halfway, the Seattle SuperSonics have a record of 43 wins and 8 losses, while the Spurs, Lakers, and Nuggets, who are behind the Seattle SuperSonics, are all negative.
Now the gap between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Spurs Lakers Nuggets is not so obvious, not to mention, before the All-Star start, the Seattle SuperSonics were not so good.
The Seattle SuperSonics had just found a 'hole' in the game before the All-Star break was found by the Jazz.
In this game with the Jazz, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan chose to target Durant in the game without finding a hole in Yes.
Durant, defended by the Jazz's stocky point guard Fisher, couldn't even catch yes's strongest passes in history, causing a lot of turnovers for yes in the game.
That is, after the game against the Jazz, the league's schedule entered the All-Star stage.
Otherwise, Durant's weakness will be frantically grasped by those strong teams in the league!
Not all teams in the league have a grappling player like Fisher.
But at the same time, there are more grappling defenders in the league than Fisher!
Because the Jazz's morale has collapsed now, the team's young players and the team's head coach are obviously not in line with their thinking, so they can't seize this opportunity and are finally defeated by the SuperSonics.
But other strong teams will not be like the Jazz, because the team's leading player and the team's head coach have a conflict, giving the SuperSonics a chance.
Jazz head coaches Jerry Sloan and Deron Williams have been rumored to have a falling out this season.
One of the main rumors was that Delon was dissatisfied with Jerry Slon's tactics, believing that he was a little too low in Jerry Slon's tactics.
He needs more free fire, free play, free play.
At first, Jerry Sloan never cared, and these complaints about Delon were just complaints about the team's poor performance and wanted to make changes.
So usually Jerry Sloan has been saying good things about Delon.
But after the game against the SuperSonics, Jerry Sloan finally understood that Deron was not dissatisfied with the team's record, but really dissatisfied with him, his tactics, his basketball philosophy, and his basketball philosophy.
During this time of All-Star Weekend, the All-NBA news is almost being shuffled by YES, and no one is going to pay attention to what's happening with the Jazz right now.
According to some media reports, before the All-Star Weekend holiday, the Jazz had an internal meeting, in which Delon and Jerry Sloan once again had a heated argument.
Some of Delon's rumored words in the quarrel deeply stung Sloan, some about the runner-up, about Malone, and even bluntly said that Sloan was outdated and could not succeed with the team, and finally angry Sloan, who had always regarded DeLong as his son, and Sloan, who was reluctant to scold and reluctant to fall, yelled at Delon: "Do you want me to leave the team now!" "That's the case.
According to news reports, when Jerry Sloan's basketball dream was ridiculed by his favorite disciple and the disciple who pinned all his hopes, and was stung by DeLong to the most painful, he did not scold Delong.
The Jazz's internal meeting ended with Sloan's utterance, and Delon slammed the door without a word.
As the head coach of the SuperSonics, Nelson Sr. is not like anyone else.
He didn't pay as much attention to YES as a fan or an NBA practitioner would during All-Star Weekend.
Yes is his protégé and of course he will be concerned, but as the head coach of the team he needs to be responsible for the future of the team.
His status in the NBA is higher than Jerry Sloan's, there's no doubt about it.
But Jerry Sloan's status with the Jazz is definitely higher than his status with the SuperSonics, and much higher.
But Jerry Sloan was forced to shout at the end of the Jazz by Deron Williams: "Do you want me to leave the team now!" "That's the case.
With the intelligence of old Nelson, how could he not understand the sadness of Jerry Sloan when he shouted this sentence.
It's begging for mercy, it's begging for mercy from Deron Williams.
Jerry Sloan was so insulted by Delon, and he finally hoped that DeLong could be obedient.
I hope to continue to pursue that dream with him under the grace of so many years of cultivation.
If DeLong is willing to pull back from the precipice, is willing to keep Sloane, still has a little affection for Sloane, and does not want Sloan to leave, he will be obedient and listen to Sloane's arrangement in the next game.
But if Deron Williams is still unwilling to listen in the next game, not even a little superficial cooperation and a glimmer of hope for the future will not give Sloane ......
Nelson Sr. didn't know how it would end up with Sloan and Jazz or DeLong.
But one thing is certain, if you really want to go when the time comes, it will definitely be Delong.
So, as far as he knows, the management of many teams in the league is already staring at the Jazz team, which now looks like it is about to collapse.
The Jazz used to be a promising young team, just as the SuperSonics are now.
Many people didn't expect such a promising team to collapse like this after such a setback this season.
But Nelson Sr. knows very well that that's what makes a young team.
This scene that is happening now with Jerry Sloan and DeLong, he has also happened.
Back then with the Warriors, he and Chris Webber were exactly the same as Jerry Sloan and Delon now.
The end result was that he left the Warriors and Chris Webber was traded.
Nelson Sr. doesn't want his supersonic to happen right now, what happened to him with the Warriors or Sloan with the Jazz.
Therefore, for the current supersonic speed, even if there is a slight problem, he will be very cautious.
Young teams really can't afford such big setbacks until they're fully mature.
If the SuperSonics still lost the third place in the West with a record of 43 wins and 8 losses in the first half of the season, and finally fell to seventh in the West by the Spurs, Lakers and Nuggets, and finally were defeated by the Suns and Rockets in the first round, then this is a collapse for the SuperSonics, a huge collapse!
The game between the SuperSonics and the Jazz before the All-Star break made Nelson Sr. very wary.
Ye Si is of course also very vigilant.
Although Durant's confrontation ability is already on the rise, it is not good enough to deal with the entangled defense of Tony Allen and Fisher.
Durant's style of play needs to change when facing these defenders.
When facing these players, it is quite dangerous for him to play a single turret with the ball.
He will make a lot of mistakes, and he will be irritated and lose his mind with Durant's sensitive personality.
Like Nelson Sr., the third spot in the SuperSonics West this season is Yes's bottom line.
Especially after he set his goal of competing for the championship this season, the third position in the West cannot be lost.
And according to the game between the SuperSonics and the Jazz before the All-Star break, the chances of the SuperSonics being surpassed by the Spurs, Lakers and Nuggets in the second half of the game are very good.
According to what he heard Anthony talk about during the All-Star break.
Before the game between the SuperSonics and the Jazz began, Nuggets head coach George Carr's goal for the Nuggets was already to fight for the sixth!
At that time, George Carr felt that the Nuggets, Spurs and Lakers would definitely not be able to pull the SuperSonics from the third position.
Rather than that, take the sixth position!
Sixth can play third, the hard power of the supersonic is the weakest of the top seven in the West, and with the strength of the Nuggets, playing the supersonic in the playoffs is almost a hand.
But after the game between the SuperSonics and the Jazz, according to Anthony, George Carr excitedly announced to the team that there is no holiday for All-Star Weekend, and players who did not participate in All-Star Weekend are preparing for the sprint in the second half of the season.
This posture, this is already ready to grab three!
From feeling that there is no hope of grabbing three to feeling that there is a huge opportunity to tie three, it is very clear what the reason for the change is.
The Nuggets now feel like they see an opportunity, and so do the Lakers and Spurs.
"yes, I have some ideas for Kevin to ask for your opinion."
On February 19, 2008, after the Seattle SuperSonics had a morning of practice, the team's head coach, Nelson Sr., approached Yes.
It wasn't such a surprise, and he knew that Nelson Sr. would definitely be thinking of a way to break the game during this time.
After two seasons of cooperation, Yees has great respect for Nelson Sr.'s tactical ability.
In these two seasons, Nelson Sr. has solved all the problems that too many teams have encountered in the game.
And this time, the solution given by Nelson Sr. about Durant's problem is actually not surprising to Yes.
Because this is also the solution that Yes thought of after getting 90 layup potential from Durant.
"Rajan, let's go to dinner together after training!"
Eat Nima!
After Rondo threw the iron out of his hand, he glared at Millsap with an unhappy expression.
Didn't you see that the second master is busy now?
Rondo looked at Yes, who was chatting with Nelson Sr. not far away, and then looked at Durant, who was doing one-legged circle shooting training not far away, with a rather unhappy expression on his face.
After this Du 15 All-Star Weekend, it made him even more unpleasant!
Before this All-Star Weekend, this Du Shifu was usually the same as him, with a cold Sima face.
This demon-glamorous-goods imitates him to the point where he does everything.
This has always made him quite unhappy, knowing yes is good for him, but he wants to imitate him, go his way, and he has no way to go his way!
And what about after this All-Star Weekend?
This guy actually has a smile on his face!
This guy doesn't imitate him anymore!
What does that mean?
Do you think that the second master is no longer worthy of your imitation?
Do you think that even if you don't imitate the second master, you can still get yes's love?
Do you think that you have now completed all the roads of the second master, and after the second master has no way to go, you don't need the second master's road?
In short, he now thinks that this laughing Du fifteen is even more annoying!
Isn't it just extra practice?
You suddenly practiced so fiercely after the All-Star Weekend, so will the second master!
It depends on who thinks you will work harder at that time!
Seeing that Rondo and Durant are now more real, the expressions on the faces of Millsap and other superSonics players on the side are a little hehe.
In the past, of course, they would not hesitate to side with Rondo.
But now, they can't do it anymore, and Durant is now their recognized teammate.
Although it is said that their relationship with Rondo is definitely better than Durant.
But it won't let them follow Rondo against Durant either.
"KD, Champion, you've changed after this All-Star Weekend."
Sessions looked at the big man with a smile on his face in surprise.
Being stared at like this by Rajan, can you still laugh?
Is this still the 'Du Yi' I used to know?
What a sensitive person Durant is, and after this All-Star weekend, Rondo is fighting him more and more fiercely, and he can certainly feel it.
If it was before All-Star Weekend, he would have cared, but now, he doesn't care.
He's the only one on the team who knows yes' current championship dream!
He's the only one who YES has appointed to lift the championship trophy with YES by YES' side!
He's the one who was destined to stay with yes for a whole career!
After knowing Yes's dream this All-Star weekend, Durant knew what he was pursuing and what he needed to care about and protect.
What is Rondo? What are Millsap, Milicic, David Lee, Barria? It's just passers-by and cats and dogs around him and Yes.
Durant is enlightened, completely enlightened, trains hard, insists on improving himself, as long as he thinks of him standing next to Yes and lifting that dream-like championship trophy with Yes, his blood is boiling!
Fight? Mutual intimidation? Hehe, he's ...... now The sea of stars is in mind!
"KD, yes and old Mr. Nelson over there are calling you over!"
Sessions, who was admiring the proud expression on Durant's face, saw the team's assistant coach beckoning to Durant not far away, and Durant just didn't notice it on his face, Sessions hurriedly reminded him.
yes and the manager are calling me?!
The Durant Alliance, who was thinking about the future of the sea of stars with Yes, came back to his senses excitedly and ran over to the place where Yes and Nelson Sr. were standing.
Seeing Durant so excited, whether it was Sessions, Rondo or other supersonic players, they were all envious.
Yes and Mr. Nelson Sr. are really serious about Durant.
And Durant really didn't disappoint these two.
Although it is said that the overall shooting rate of Kua Durant is less than 40%, the shooting rate is stable, as if he is scolding Durant.
But it's true that Durant is indeed a better and more consistent player than them by yes' side.
Durant isn't really good enough, but they're worse than Durant.
Especially in this All-Star Game, after comparing the performances of Durant and Yi Jianlian in this game, they think even more so.
At the beginning, they always felt that it was better to choose Yi Jianlian than Durant.
But in the All-Star Game, what kind of data is Yi Jianlian, and what kind of data is Durant?
When Yi Jianlian didn't challenge Garnett crazily at the beginning, he didn't even have a 20% hit rate.
And what about Durant?
He hits up to 50%!
It's all the same opportunity, it's all the vacant opportunities created by yes, Durant used his performance to tell the world, and others don't know, at least, when comparing with Yi Jianlian, he is now more worthy of the top spot.
Of course, no one knows whether Yi Jianlian will be better than Durant for most of the season by the side of yes.
But they have been cultivating by the side of yes for more than a season, and Durant has not been cultivated for half a season, and some clues have been seen from this.
It can be seen from the All-Star Game that Durant's strength is far above Yi Jianlian, but it is impossible to see whether Durant's potential is above Yi Jianlian, after all, the training environment of the two is different.
But their strength and potential with Durant are comparable, and they are inferior in both strength and potential.
Let's sort out Durant's performance by yes' side this season.
Whether it's the Christmas game or the performance during the 10-game winning streak at yes, Durant is the most consistent and trustworthy player around yes, which is much more credible than them.
Even in this year's game, which is known as the most exciting game in NBA history, in the real All-Star game between the two teams, Durant's performance was quite stable, scoring 30 points, which is definitely worthy of his All-Star position.
Before the All-Star Game began, the whole world was mocking Durant's All-Star position, but after the All-Star Game, such voices can be said to have disappeared.
You can say that Anthony is in the position of Durant, and if he gets so many opportunities, he will definitely perform better, but this person is Anthony, this is not an All-Star, this is a superstar!
The superstar is better than Durant, it doesn't mean that Durant is not good enough, it can only be said that Durant is not good enough!
So for Durant being valued by yes and Coach Nelson Sr., they are really envious, in addition to envy, there is only envy, there is no jealousy and no hate.
After all, if they really have enough potential and strength, they can also be like Durant now.
yes is not that they have not been given a chance, even Sessions, who is at the bottom of the team, has a lot of opportunities in the team, as long as he can show Durant's strength and potential, Sessions can also be like the current Durant, but none of them have shown Durant's growth.
This is also normal, they are all ordinary people, although Durant is an ordinary person compared to other super rookies, but no matter how ordinary he is, he still has the potential to be in the top 20 picks, and the rest of them are either parallel imports or the end of the first round or the second round of undrafted rookies.
To put it simply, they are O'Neal's grandmother, and Durant is at least O'Neal's mother, who is still slightly stronger than them.
In the envy of his teammates, Durant was excited and came to Yes and Nelson Sr. with a happy face.
After Nelson Sr. and Yes said something to Durant, these supersonic players who looked at Durant with envy now have surprised expressions on their faces.
Because after Nelson Sr. and Yes said something to Durant, Durant's whole person looked like he was blinded!
After Yees and Nelson Sr. left, Durant was still there.
Seeing Durant like this, the supersonic players looked at each other and hurriedly walked up.
"Say anything to old Mr. Nelson?"
Seeing Durant like this, to be reasonable, they are really worried now, not only about Durant, but also about themselves.
Because, the deadline for transfer deals is approaching!
If Durant is traded, how can they be spared!
Right now, none of these people in the hypersonic want to leave the supersonic!
So, even Rondo is now looking at Durant with a worried face.
"yes and Mr. Nelson Sr...... I can hold the ball more in the game, attack more actively, and be more open on the offensive end......"
After Durant finished speaking in a daze, it was now the turn of the surrounding supersonic players to be circled.
Durant, who averages more than 30 shots per game, isn't he open enough on the offensive end?!
Seeing the appearance of his teammates now, Durant wanted to say that he still had one thing not to say, that is, yes actually hoped that he could hold the ball more and impact the basket, and not be afraid of mistakes!
Yes hates mistakes the most, and even yes itself is not allowed to make mistakes in the game.
And what about him?
He actually became the only player in the supersonic team who has 'unlimited firing rights', 'unlimited ball rights' and 'unlimited mistakes rights'!
He thought yes was treating him like Pippen, and he was already happy, happy.
However, yes actually took him for Jordan!
What kind of trust is this!
Thinking of this, Durant let out a long breath.
"Even if I'm a real Jordan, I'm the Jordan who assists yes!"
After the NBA's All-Star Weekend, the second half of the game was in full swing on February 19.
The Seattle SuperSonics will host direct rivals the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Memphis Grizzlies are currently in a loss, and they are not far from the 43-8 record of the SuperSonics.
It's just a four-and-a-half-game difference.
After the supersonic was hit by the Jazz, the Grizzlies theoretically had a chance to push the supersonic over.
So, don't look at the current record of the Supersonics, which is the third in the West, in fact, after the end of the regular season, the SuperSonics' record is likely to be beaten to the seventh in the West!
The Seattle SuperSonics now have a 43-8 record, and they can only guarantee a playoff finish after the regular season, but not a top-six finish.
This is a horror in the history of the NBA.
From here, it can also be seen how ferocious the west is this year.
This game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Grizzlies is the final game of the night.
Before the game against the Grizzlies, Yes and the SuperSonics also watched the games of his three rivals, the Spurs, the Nuggets and the Lakers.
In the next month or so of sprints, the Seattle SuperSonics will have a lot of time to focus on the other competitors' games as they do now.
Of course, other competitors will pay attention to them as well.
SuperSonics players watch these rivals play with the expectation that they will be left behind.
In the same way, when these teams are expecting a supersonic game, they will also expect a supersonic defeat.
And tonight's game, whether it is the Lakers, Nuggets or Spurs, they all beat their respective opponents.
The Spurs were the first team to play in the NBA after the restart of the game today, against the Eastern Conference underdog Bobcats, the Spurs easily defeated the Bobcats, and the Bobcats struggled to score in the Spurs defensive system led by Duncan and Bowen throughout the game.
The Bobcats shot just 25% of the game in the whole game!
After watching this game, Ye Si could clearly feel the shock and adoration of his teammates when they looked at him.
To be able to single-handedly beat a team like Bowen like this is absolutely incredible!
The more terrifying Bowen and Spurs' defense is, the more it reflects the greatness of Yes.
At the same time, the more terrifying yes's offense is, the more it reflects Bowen's greatness.
yes and Bowen, these two are really legendary opponents of the fairy fight!
Yes and Bowen are the greatest outside opponents in history who beat Jordan and Payton!
For the eyes of his teammates, Ye Si didn't show anything, he could only say that after Bowen learned to play in his dreams, Bowen's non-out-of-position defense, in the face of those who can't catch his weaknesses, the dominance is really strong, and the shooting rate of Bowen's three Bobcats outside the game is 5 of 20.
The Spurs' win over the Bobcats was followed by a game between the Lakers and the Hawks, who also won by a big margin at home.
And the next game between the Nuggets and the Celtics is the most anticipated game for the SuperSonics, and unlike the Spurs and Lakers, the Nuggets are the most likely to overturn tonight.
But the final result was a bit of a disappointment for the supersonic.
The Nuggets ended up beating the Celtics at home.
"Anthony is so brutal in this game!"
"No, it's not ferocious, it's madness!"
After watching the game, the supersonic players were dumbfounded as they watched Anthony on TV.
Even Ye Si was quite surprised.
Especially when watching the free throws of the two teams on TV!
The Nuggets made a horrific 49 free throws in this game!
Among them, Anthony made 25 free throws in this game!
What is the concept of 25 free throws in a single game?
In NBA history, the player with the most free throws in a single game was O'Neal's 31, followed by Chamberlain's 28.
And Anthony's 25 free throws in a single game is the most free throws in a single game in NBA history!
Yes knows Anthony very well.
After all, Anthony has been his rival since he was a child, and Anthony defeated the then immature Garfield Five Tigers by himself.
Yese's style of play with Anthony, Anthony's characteristics, is almost a deep understanding of the bone marrow.
Whether in high school or college or in the NBA, Anthony never played a game like this one!
Fans who know the NBA and know Anthony know well that Anthony is characterized by a triple threat, dry pull, or some dashing breakaways in the game.
Anthony's physicality is quite outstanding, Anthony took 8.1 shots from the basket in his rookie season, while James's statistic was only 5.9.
A rookie player can average more than 8 shots per game under the basket, which is quite terrifying, not to mention, he also has a 54% shooting rate.
But in the following season, James shot more and more baskets and became more and more aggressive.
Anthony's under-the-basket shots are on a downward trend.
It wasn't until last season, after Yass entered the NBA, that Anthony stopped this downward trend, and the number of shots under the basket returned to the peak, reaching 9.4 shots, shooting 65%, and also played the best season of his career.
For James and many interior players, the number of shots under the basket doesn't mean that much, but for an offensive kaleidoscope player like Anthony, the number of shots under the basket means a lot.
Attacking kaleidoscope players with a lot of offensive means.
The more offenses, the more options.
The offensive kaleidoscope with high morale and bursting ball style will choose more high-spirited and explosive offensive methods.
The kaleidoscope of the ball-style Buddhism system will relatively choose a lazier offensive method compared to the Buddhist system.
Anyway, I can do anything, nothing is bad, why are I so tired and so hard? It's better to have fun and play basketball happily.
Anthony is the second type.
No one may believe that Anthony has been in the NBA for 5 seasons, and maybe he is fighting hard for his first season.
Anthony is very physically gifted, with a strong body and secondary bounce speed that is rarely seen in an outside player, plus he has an extremely rich offensive arsenal.
If he is more active under the basket than more chic from the outside, he will have a great impact and threat to the game.
It's like this game against Celtic.
When Garnett's center was pinned down by Nene and Camby, the Celtics couldn't find a single spot to face Anthony on the inside.
This game Anthony is almost a take-and-take!
When Anthony's inside threat comes up, his outside threat comes up as well, and so does his ability to create chances for his teammates, even if his passing doesn't work, and he has Billups by his side!
This directly led to the fact that the Celtics, who were the first in the East in this game, were almost hammered by the Nuggets in Denver!
The difference between the two teams doesn't seem to be very big, and that's because the substitutes brought by J.R. Smith are too iron!
Rebounds, 4 assists, 6 turnovers, 5 fouls......
Here's Anthony's stats for this game.
What Yes values most is not Anthony's scoring, but his other stats.
Seven of the 12 rebounds were frontcourt rebounds, and four of the five fouls were offensive fouls at the basket point.
"This is the latest divine beast to be released, is it desperate?"
Very strong indeed!
The desperate Nuggets gave Yees and the SuperSonics a big shock.
And that's not the biggest shock.
The biggest shock of the day was that after the Warriors defeated the Jazz on the road, the Jazz head coach announced his resignation in an on-site interview.
"My time is up, it's time to leave."
What kind of depressed and lonely back is that?
Yes saw despair......
Real despair......