"The 76ers' performance has dropped dramatically, and the new season will be a test for them, and if they can't turn the tide, then they will face Chris Webber's 19 million per year junk contract until '08 and Ratlis Preville's 11 million per year junk contract until '08."

"As for Allen Iverson, there's a good chance he'll choose to leave because the 76ers are already a hopeless team."

The 76ers, who lost three in a row, were immediately dismissed by the media, but this time, Qiao Hai held the same idea.

On the plane back to the home stadium of the Bobcats, Qiao Hai patted the newspaper in his hand, and then whispered a discussion with Kevin Pritchard, who was traveling with the team.

"The 76ers' problem is already serious, and if Iverson can't lead the team to win, then, this season, the 76ers may still have a record on the edge of the lottery zone, but next season, once Iverson chooses to leave, our draft picks will be worth the money......

Kevin Pritchard turned his head: "Joe, can you tell me what exactly your plan is?" ”

Qiao Hai smiled: "In '07 we will have three first-round picks, counting our own is four, two of which are from the 76ers and the other from the Celtics, these two first-round picks are likely to be lotto, what do you think we can do with these picks?" ”

"Another cornerstone player?"

Qiao Hai shook his head: "That's one possibility, in fact, there is another possibility, but it's too early to say this, it's only 2005." ”

Kevin Pritchard nodded, too, it's still early, 2007, there are still two seasons left, and the plan may not be able to catch up with the change.

……

The Bobcats returned to Charlotte from Philadelphia, and they then faced off against the Celtics, another first-round pick in Joe's plans.

The Celtics' situation this year is similar to that of the 76ers, and in the past two years, Danny Ange's transfer operation has been very ordinary, inexplicably sending away Anthony Walker, and inexplicably exchanging Ricky Davis, who overlaps with Pierce.

The draft did well, with Al Jefferson, Tony Allen, and Ryan Gomez all good young players, and Channing Frye, who was drafted in this year's draft, played pretty well.

Overall, Danny Angie still found a lot of helpers for Pierce, but the key is that this group of helpers are too young, very unstable, and the positions overlap a bit.

Therefore, the Celtics, who have won 1 and lost 1 since the start of the game, have struggled a little.

……

Time Warner Center, the Bobcats' third game of the season and second home game.

Qiao Hai saw the Celtics' starting lineup, point guard Delonte West, shooting guard Ricky Davis, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Al Jefferson, and center Mark Blunt.

The Celtics' starting combat effectiveness is still very strong, but for the starting lineup of Shang Qiao Hai, it is a bit restrained in all aspects.

Point guard Chris Paul, scoring guard Michael Reed, small forward Gerard Wallace, power forward Josh Smith, and finally, center is Kendrick Perkins, who makes Danny Angie look red.

As the game got underway, the Bobcats quickly opened up the offense with a variety of small combinations on the strong side by Chris Paul and Michael Reed, with both men scoring in their own hands.

And the Celtics' offense, Paul Pierce kept falling to the low post, taking the ball with his back, and then playing alone, playing like an interior player.

Doug Rivers' tactical play is partly borrowed from Qiao Hai's Princeton offense in the first year of the Grizzlies, but the difference is that Doug Rivers places a lot of emphasis on the Celtics' low-post offense, because they have a lot of low-post singles.

In addition to Paul Pearce, Al Jefferson was also able to play singles in the low post.

But in this game, the Bobcats' defense is infinite change, so as soon as the Celtics have a player in the low post to get the ball, the Bobcats will immediately change the defense and change Perkins to kill the Celtics' player in the low post.

This move worked well, and in the first quarter of the game, the Celtics only needed Paul Pierce to score consistently.

"Paul Pierce can be regarded as a kaleidoscope in the attack, he played really well, Kendrick went to defend him, and the effect seemed to be a little poor."

In the case of being killed by Perkins in the low post, Pierce scored consecutive points by turning and hitting the basket and turning and stepping back.

After scoring 8 points in a row, there was Tang Yi's sigh.

Tom Thibertau obviously knew Paul Pierce, and when he heard Tang Yi's words, he immediately nodded: "That's right, Paul has too many offensive means, but he is a bit of a state, when he is in good shape, LeBron James is not his opponent, and when he is in poor form, the Celtics always lose." ”

Qiao Hai interjected: "So he is in good shape today." ”

At the end of the first quarter, Paul Pierce had already scored 14 points, and the Celtics also led the Bobcats by 2 points at 32:30 in the first quarter because of Pierce's outburst.

The fall behind in the first quarter of the game looked a little bad for the Bobcats, Qiao Hai thought about it and directly replaced a future basketball combination in the second quarter.

Point guard Chris Paul continues to play, scoring guard Andre Iguodala, small forward Danny Granger, power forward Gerard Wallace, center Josh Smith.

Paul controls the tempo, and the Bobcats play a fast break.

But at the beginning of the quarter, Ricky Davis broke out, scoring 6 points in a row, and the difference was once stretched to 6 points by the Celtics.

But after Paul Pierce re-emerged, the Celtics' offensive efficiency went down again.

"Sure enough, Paul Pierce and Ricky Davis weren't compatible, and our chance came."

Qiao Hai immediately made another adjustment, replacing Paul with Mo Williams and continuing to speed up.

Then, the Bobcats played a wave of 9:2 attack Xiao Gao Chao, and a wave overtook the score.

At halftime, the Bobcats led the Celtics by three points, 60-57.

Then in the third quarter, Qiao Hai played a regular lineup again, and continued to let Paul play to control the rhythm, fast when it should be fast, slow when it should be slow.

At the start of the third quarter, the Bobcats still had a certain advantage.

Doug Rivers made a sudden adjustment, and the Celtics continued to block and pick and roll in the high post, creating countless opportunities for Paul Pierce to misplace singles.

Paul Pierce erupted, and even Al-Jefferson, who was in the low post, exploded.

The Bobcats lost by two more points in the first quarter, and after three quarters, the Bobcats' lead was only one point.

Judging from this game, the strength of the Celtics is obviously stronger than this year's 76ers, and Qiao Hai feels a little bad, because the Celtics' lottery is protected by the 06 lottery.

If the Celtics were to make the playoffs, the value of that pick wouldn't be that high.

After thinking about it, Qiao Hai stepped up his efforts in the fourth quarter, and he wanted to try to make the Celtics the lottery champion through his own efforts.