Chapter 332: A Sad Veteran
Once upon a time, Salt Lake City was the most popular fan gathering place in the Northwest Division. Especially when the F4 team became the Jazz, they naively thought that the league would enter the era of the Jazz......
Tommy and Don Guy can always be tied up at the level of Stockton back then. Although Jim is much worse than Malone back then, but because of the addition of Adams, everyone thinks that the former Utah twins can dominate the game again!
Reality then slapped Salt Lake City fans in the face, they didn't dominate the West, let alone win the championship. These four have not fulfilled everyone's expectations from the beginning to today, although it is not entirely to blame the players for not working hard, but a person with an annual salary of tens of millions is easy to disappoint.
The immediate result was a rare court defection, with very few supporters of the home team, and even the majority of spectators wearing Lakers jerseys.
If Zhang Yi hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't believe that he could see countless fans wearing his zero jersey in the away stadium to support.
It's just that this is still a special situation in Utah, and once the Jazz play the game that meets expectations, everyone will support the home team again.
"Damn, is a team that has always been a rookie worthy of such support?" Tommy said with an unhappy face, he didn't know that he had offended his parents.
Even if he has an annual salary of tens of millions, it is impossible for him to live for long if he dies like this. Not to mention whether Tommy can prove himself in the new team after being sold cheaply by the Jazz. Even if he could, it would be impossible for him to return to the top salary, because the experience here has been written into people's impressions.
Just ended a poison contract and then changed teams, will you continue to jump into the pit? Apparently dreaming. People have already seen Tommy's ceiling, so correspondingly, they also know that whoever touches the ceiling will soon fall off.
Willing to exchange the rotation and draft picks for him just because he is too short of a quarterback, otherwise, Tommy's current market can be summed up in two words, cold......
It's the same thing with Jim, who has an injured palm, he originally had a good future, but his data has not stabilized at 20+, and he actually got injured when he was playing wild ball.
And after the agent's brain-dead suggestion, in order to immediately grab the class and seize power, he even asked the head coach to trade Adams and completely correct his main inside position.
This, of course, was opposed by the head coach, as Adams has been Jim's mentor since he entered the league. In addition to teaching him a lot of low-post offense, he also developed his lame offense.
In this way, the two people who were supposed to be teachers and friends, Jim said such cold-blooded words, and they quickly reached Adams's ears.
So now even if there is no deal, they don't talk anymore. No one is to blame, this can only be blamed on Jim, who just got a maximum salary contract, for overestimating his own ability.
And he also has a bastard agent, who is more aggressive than anyone else when he asks for money, and now that Jim is injured, he even goes to great lengths to block the team's contact with his own players.
Not only did he not accept the treatment of the team doctor, but took him to New York, which seemed to have better medical conditions. But the spirit of being a player has been left behind.
He behaved as if the players who obediently let the team see the doctor were fools. Jim, of course, immediately drew countless infamy from the basketball world.
People hated traitors the most, not to mention, Jazz had groomed Jim and knew it was going to take him in Adams. The latter is 33 years old, not to mention retirement, and has already entered the end of his career. It's only a matter of one or two years to give up, but that's it, Jim can't wait, which shows how low his emotional intelligence is......
The player with the most trade value ruined his own market, and the Jazz head coach secretly cursed Jim as an idiot every day.
Even if he heals his injury, Jim will not be able to get the same treatment as before, and the peak of his debut is likely to appear in him, and there are not only one or two players who can't complete the first max salary contract.
Jim's ability is still good, although it's a pity, but who let his own evil not live......
The game officially began, and Adams, who had an advantage in height and reach, easily won the ball for the Jazz. His bounce is noticeably less powerful than before, and he averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and two blocks per game last year, but this season, the numbers have dropped off a cliff.
All Utah fans are well aware that Adams is no longer capable of starting, and if Jim hadn't played with his heart, the Jazz could have become his team right now.
It's a pity that there is no if, and the old Adams is still the team's reliance. Especially when Tommy's performance is getting more and more watery. Last year's spectacle of four players on a team being named to an All-Star at the same time will not be repeated.
The speed of the Jazz's ball circulation is not slow, which shows that the strength and overall situation of the main control Don Ji are okay. Even more than Oscar, his passing is more spiritual, but his teammates don't cooperate, which is embarrassing.
After a quick pass to the inside, Adams was out of pace, but he was in a good rhythm and easily scored the first goal of the game by shaking up Vali.
Adams was also a super scorer close to 30 points at his peak, and even competed for the scoring title that year, although there were not many hard honors in his career, but this did not affect his retirement into the Hall of Fame.
Because the opponent has a high school forward who is not fast, the Lakers are of course still a normal fast offense. The backcourt served out, their passing speed was fast, and before Adams could return to the defense, Zhang Yi received Robert's fast pass to the basket and then made a layup without being marked.
This is the speed of conversion, the Lakers' lineup is completely the peak five small configuration, to three points out of three, against this traditional formation of the team is simply a dozen and one accurate.
Adams had just returned to his own side of the basket when he was about to turn around again. Attacking against each other is not terrible, and this kind of back-and-forth running is definitely torturous for a veteran who will soon feel that he is making a mistake by staying on the court.
Once a player's self-confidence is frustrated, then his strength will not be able to be displayed at all. The Jazz head coach scratched his head anxiously, finally Jim was not there, and there was no need to fight for the ball on the court, but if Adams couldn't play, wouldn't it become Tommy's personal show?!
For a player who is about to be sold cheaply, will the manager give him the opportunity to perform like this? Of course not! So the Jazz would rather be chased by the Lakers every round than replace Adams......
The coach's thoughts, Adams didn't know, but he was already out of breath after the half-quarter, thinking that it was time to enter the rotation at this time, what kind of situation is this, tired silly boy?!