Chapter 605: "Amazing" Deal
After the NBA All-Star break, in addition to the controversy brought by Yi Jianlian, there was also a big trade, and "Queen Bee" Paul officially left New Orleans and went to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Paul got what he wanted and finally left New Orleans, which is the best result he's had so far, and at least the Clippers look a little more promising.
After all, there are two super athletic beasts on the inside, and combined with Chris Paul's playmaking and passing ability, the team is suddenly competitive.
"Wow, the Clippers are officially on the rise! This team has finally ushered in their time! ”
"Chris Paul plus Griffin, plus Jordan, is there a better combination than this?"
"I've finally waited for the time when the Clippers are stronger than the Lakers!"
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When the fans saw the news, they were all excited, especially the Clippers fans, who reposted the news on their tweets.
At the same time, at this moment, the Clippers also have countless new fans!
No way, such a combination is so exciting!
"The league has changed dramatically, and another championship team in the West has been born!"
In the eyes of many media, the Clippers now have the strength to challenge for the championship.
The Lakers' management was of course unbalanced after seeing this trade, because they almost formed a super-guard combination of Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant, only to be unilaterally halted by the league for basketball reasons, and now the Clippers are originally good, but the league allowed such a trade, and in their opinion, this is the league against them.
"It's ridiculous news, and for the entire league, the significance of this trade is also earthquake-magnitude, but why our trade was called off, but the Clippers trade was approved, we can't understand!"
These words of the management have been supported by Lakers fans, and they have not forgotten that last year they had hoped to be competitive again, but they were impressed by unexpected factors, that bullshit basketball reason, if you go to open a leave note, I am afraid that the boss will not approve it!
But that's the bullshit basketball reason that they lost their chance to get Chris Paul, and now what's worse is that Chris Paul went to the same city rival.
The Clippers may not have been able to be called sworn enemies in the same city before, but now, they are qualified again!
After getting Chris Paul.
This transaction that shocked the entire league Yi Jianlian naturally knew, in the original 2011~2012 season, this transaction happened earlier, a week before the start of the season, this season has not happened, Yi Jianlian also thought that this transaction would not happen.
But now it seems that although I don't know why it was a little late, the deal still happened!
As far as Yi Jianlian knows, if nothing changes in the future, then the impact of this news is greater than the impact it actually has.
The combination of Chris Paul plus Griffin and Jordan Jr. looks luxurious, but in fact, the chemistry produced by these three people does not make them live up to people's expectations!
They didn't even make it to the Western Conference Finals, and their best result was only the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Injuries are part of it, and the team's ability to play hard is also very weak.
Especially when the fans are looking forward to them, they can always send the fans a burst of unexpected disappointment, if the fans can think of 1,000 ways to lose, then they can use the 1,000 ways to lose the game!
This is the Clippers, like the terrible team back then.
Clippers fans shouted for the championship every year for the next three years, and then waited for the team to be eliminated in April.
Year after year, until finally these three disbanded.
The Clippers also failed to touch the floor of the Western Finals.
So Chris Paul joining the Clippers may be terrible in the eyes of many people, but in Yi Jianlian's view, it is also a strong team in the regular season!
It's not even as good as some of the strong teams in the regular season.
After all, after a few years of regular season powerhouse, the Hawks have managed to break through the first place in the East, and even have a single-month undefeated record, so such a team can be called a strong team in the regular season.
As for the Clippers, they have been hovering around fourth and fifth in the West for the next few years.
What's worse is that these people didn't make a difference, but there were conflicts, especially between Griffin and Paul, after Chris Paul left the Clippers, he even said in front of all media reporters: "I'm the new king of Los Angeles!" ”
Of course, after saying that, he was also traded out of Los Angeles.
It's clear that the entire Clippers management has lost patience with them.
So Yi Jianlian is not worried about this deal at all, this is not a deal that will really affect the alliance pattern.
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After the All-Star break, the league entered the annual ranking brawl time.
Every team that is in the top eight and is about to finish in the top eight is trying to maintain their position or move up the ranking.
The Knicks' schedule after the All-Star break was a lot easier.
After all, before the All-Star Game, this team has not played against the Heat, but has already played against other strong teams, and the next schedule will naturally not meet too many strong teams.
So they continued their winning streak before the All-Star break, and before they knew it, the winning streak had accumulated to 15 straight wins.
After a 15-game winning streak, they met the Heat for the first time this season.
Naturally, this game attracted everyone's attention.
There are two top small forwards in the league who can compete with Yi Jianlian, one is Kevin Durant, and the other is naturally the chosen son LeBron James.
The Heat team hasn't changed much this year, the "Big Three" take up too much salary, LeBron James and Wade are definitely impossible to trade, and Bosh is unlikely to be traded.
Of course, the reason why Bosh is impossible to trade is more because his value is no longer enough!
After a terrible performance last season, everyone no longer believes that Chris Bosh is still the "dragon king" of the Toronto Raptors!
This alliance is like this, data is everything, data is performance, once the data shrinks significantly, then its value will shrink significantly!
Because of this, the core lineup of the Heat team cannot have greater changes, and the "Big Three" is still the core.
However, this year's Heat team is not without changes, and the biggest change in this team is that their tactical first choice has changed from Wade to LeBron James!