The Brooklyn Nets are definitely one of the most watched teams at the beginning of the season. $88 million in luxury tax, the highest in NBA history. Such a high amount that even Kuban, a boss who is willing to spend money, will think twice. However, Nets owner Mikhail . Prokhorov obviously doesn't care much about the $88 million figure, and he cares more about the championship than the astronomical luxury tax!

Bringing the Nets to Brooklyn undoubtedly gives the Nets a stronger ability to attract money. In the city of New York, you never have to worry about basketball going out of style. But if you want the team to maintain the ability to attract money in the long term, it is not enough to have a good market, you must also have honor!

The O'Brien Cup is the highest honor a team pursues!

When the Russian tycoon joined the Nets in 2010, he promised fans that he would win the O'Brien Cup within five years. Now, there is only one year left before the deadline he promised. So he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to create such a terrifying lineup that can be called the Big Five!

Brooke. Lopez, the first All-Star in the history of the Brooklyn Nets. Averaging 19.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and a gratifying 2.1 blocks per game last season, Lopez has shown his intimidating power on both offensive and defensive ends, and he is already an undisputed top center in the league.

Kevin. Garnett, a future Hall of Famer, is 38 years old, but the strength of the "Wolf King" is still not to be underestimated.

Paul. Pierce, an indelible name in the history of the Boston Celtics. Just a year younger than Garnett, he still averaged 18.6 points per game last season and is a fitting piece of the championship puzzle.

"Singles King" Joe. Johnson, with an annual salary of 21.46 million, ranks first on the team, and of course his offensive ability is also worthy of such a price. People even call him "Three Minutes Jordan", which shows how exciting this guy's singles ability is at critical moments.

Finally, it is the most important soul of the Nets, DeLong, who once almost joined the Dallas Mavericks and Yiyang to form a backcourt double-gun. Williams! Delong. Williams' form has declined from his time with the Jazz, but his average of 18.9 points and 7.7 assists per game last season proves that he is still a qualified team leader.

The boss of the Russian tyrant believes that the power that this lineup can exert under Delong's threading will be incomparably huge.

The above five, plus Nets legend superstar and NBA all-time point guard Jason. Kidd's coaching. Brooklyn's equipment can be described as splendid.

It seems that this lineup is really brilliant. The starting five, all All-Star caliber players. People say that the Miami Heat and James' dominance of the East will end here, and the idea of building a team by throwing money and overdrawing on future crash championships will sweep the league.

Just when everyone was waiting for the Nets to go on a big kill, the Nets lost again and again.

Age and injuries have become stumbling blocks that limit the progress of the NBA's most expensive team. Brooke. Lopez was reimbursed early in the season, and Garnett was reduced to a fringe figure on both ends of the floor. Williams stop-and-go, Joe. Johnson is no longer as brave as he once was.

So far this season, the Nets have a record of just 18 wins and 22 losses. While that's enough to push them into the top eight in the relatively less competitive West, it's clear that the Nets are aiming for more than just making the playoffs this season. The current results are far from what they had hoped for.

Coincidentally, if the Nets hadn't made that deal with the Mavericks back then, God knows what they would have achieved under Yiyang's leadership. But Billy. King, the general manager of the Nets, always seems obsessed with the idea of building a team with a quick championship. He is more than willing to overdraft in the future to acquire an already successful veteran player, who he used to work for Cuarón. Butler gave up on Yiyang. This year, for the sake of Garnett and Pierce, he gave up the first-round pick for the next three years!

But there are no ifs in this world, and Yiyang has become an icon of the city of Dallas by accident. As for the Brooklyn Nets, their road to the championship seems to be getting more and more bumpy.

When Kidd was organizing the team's training session on the sidelines today, he noticed that Terry seemed to be in excellent form.

This season, Terry is averaging a career-low 4.5 points per game, which is worse than even his rookie season. There's no doubt that the once indispensable super sixth man for the Mavericks is now a fringe figure at the end of the bench. If it weren't for Kidd's extreme trust in Terry's former teammate, Terry might not have even gotten 16 minutes of playing time this season.

But Kidd, who once won the O'Brien Cup with Terry, knew very well that the old boy was more than that, he just ran into a team that didn't fit well. What's more, in the next game, I will meet that guy......

"Jett, I'm shooting well today!" On the court, Garnett also clearly saw Terry's unusual form. The "Wolf King", who averaged only 6.5 points per game this season, really hopes that he can usher in a rebound like Terry.

"When is Lao Tzu not allowed? Really, keep training, or our Kidd coach will be upset! ”

Terry made fun of Kidd in a suit again, and to the old guys, Kidd was still the same Kidd who controlled the whole court on the field. The appearance of him standing on the sidelines in a suit is really unaccustomed.

"That's great, you're playing a minute less tomorrow!" Kidd also responded to his old buddy with a joking, but he won't really reduce Terry's playing time tomorrow. On the contrary, he will also increase the time!

That old boy must not want to admit defeat in front of that guy in Yiyang. Yiyang has always regarded Terry as a big brother, and no one is a big brother who wants to lose to his younger brother.

Now Terry wants to defeat Yiyang, who is already an MVP, which is a bit of a fantasy. But at the very least, he didn't want to lose too badly. He didn't want Yiyang to see himself so depressed now......

Kidd smiled, himself, why not be in this mood? Faced with a "monster" created by his own hands, Kidd is proud and afraid.

Two years of rigorous training for Yiyang in Dallas allowed Kidd to do what Cuban wanted and turned Yiyang into a super point guard. It can be said that without Kidd, Yiyang might still be a superstar, but the speed will never be so fast.

Kidd's guidance made Yiyang take a lot of detours. Why is there such a big gap between Wall and Yiyang now? In addition to the playoff experience, Kidd's coaching as a historic point guard is something Wall doesn't have.

Kidd knew Yiyang very well, because the kid would teach everything by himself. That's why Kidd is afraid.

He understands that Yiyang's strength is very terrifying, and even if you know him very well, you may not be able to defeat him.

Does Yiyang have any obvious weaknesses? If it was a few years ago, Kidd could still force Yiyang to shoot a three-pointer. But now, although Yiyang still doesn't like to shoot three-pointers, his 42% three-point shooting rate is definitely not low. Three-point shooting is no longer Yiyang's weakness.

What Kidd can do is to fortify the inner line layer by layer, so that Yiyang's breakthrough is not so smooth. With a small lineup of Garnett and Pierce, it is also difficult to stop Yiyang......

With the current Nets team wanting to completely stop Yiyang, no MVP player in BA history will be completely contained.

Kidd had to limit as much as he could. Then, while limiting Yiyang's scoring, he played his own offense well. In this way, the Nets have any hope of winning.

Looking at the group of guys in front of him, although they are old, they still refuse to give up, and they are still struggling in the alliance, Kidd showed a relieved smile.

Who said that veterans only have to be beaten? Come on, I'm here, and Brooklyn will definitely give you a warm "welcome ceremony"!

"Cheer up guys, let's start confrontational training!" Kidd clapped his hands, veteran, no compromise!

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"Ahh Sitting on the plane, Yiyang sneezed. He couldn't help but turn down the air conditioner on his seat a little, but Yiyang knew very well that his sudden sneezing had nothing to do with the air conditioner. Maybe who's thinking about themselves.

"I'm going to see those two old guys again tomorrow." Next to Yiyang, sitting was Nowitzki. Speaking of Kidd and Terry, Dirk also had a faint smile. The friendship between him and those two defenders is deeper than Yiyang.

'So, tomorrow's game will definitely not be easy. You know those two guys, their strength is by no means 18-22 can tell. "Kidd and Terry know Yiyang, and in the same way, Yiyang knows those two guys.

"I never said it would be easy, but unfortunately this 'old friends reunion' hit the 17-game winning streak." Nowitzki shook his head, professional basketball is really cruel. He can't be soft because the other party is his friend, on the contrary, he has to work harder.

"There's no way, then we'll have to wait until we win our 17th game in a row and then invite Jett and Kidd to dinner." Yiyang smiled, Brooklyn, he had never been so eager to play away from home.

Because this time, there are old friends waiting for him away from home.

"Let's sleep for a while, it'll take a while to fly to the East Coast." Nowitzki looked at his watch, and it was already 12 o'clock in the morning. He turned off the reading light above his head, and it immediately darkened.

Nowitzki said this, and Yiyang also felt that his eyelids were a little heavy. He also turned off the light and gradually closed his eyes.

Two old fellows, see you tomorrow. Hopefully, you've got a 17-game winning streak for me!

The plane shuttled quickly in the dark night sky, and Yiyang's desperate desire to win a streak had already landed in Brooklyn.