Chapter 231: Kidd or Kassel

After Zhang Zhu finished the first three quarters, his personal data has brushed up to 37 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, shooting 12 of 23 shots, and 2 of 7 three-point shots, of which the rebounding data is very eye-catching, but he can grab so many rebounds, he also has to thank Iverson, if it were not for the perseverance of this champion, he would not have been able to grab so many rebounds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at it this way, if you want to brush up enough rebounds, you must first have the team's defense good enough, and if you don't believe in throwing Rodman to the Grizzlies or Spurs this year, he definitely doesn't have so many rebounds to grab.

Iverson played three quarters without rest, but this persistence did not have a positive effect, and his shooting percentage fell to the bottom, with the same number of shots as Zhang Yu 23 times, but the difference is that he only hit 5 shots, 0 of 6 three-point shots, and 1 of 2 free throws, which has made fans in the back row begin to exit early.

Zhang Yu scored 37 points with 23 shots, and Iverson only scored 11 points with the same number of shots, and the efficiency of the two cannot be compared at all.

However, this data that Iverson himself is embarrassed to look at is not that someone is deliberately hacking him, he is almost the same data in both time and space, and his performance is the same miserable!

"This kind of player, either to go to prison or to the army."

Zhang Qi secretly thought in her heart that a patient with a terminal middle and second disease like Iverson really wanted to treat him, but he could only use these two methods, and a prescription such as chicken soup for the soul could not cure this kind of terminal patient.

"I can still play for five minutes!"

Da Shuaibi was replaced in the last two minutes of the third quarter, and before the start of the last quarter, he came up with a sentence that was very unpleasant, which provoked many teammates to come and go to him, this is really going up to "brush" again!

Harris was prepared this time, he knew that his shameless disciple was likely to say this, so with a wave of his hand, he changed to the semi-main and semi-substitute lineup that had been prepared for a long time, and in the fourth quarter, he not only let Zhang Yu continue to go up to brush the data, but also let the dissatisfied Mason also go up to brush some data.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers' lineup became: Van Exel, Starks, Zhang Mao, Mason, Ben Wallace.

Ben Wallace came on the pitch and it occurred to him that this seemed to be his first time playing in the center forward position?

The Lakers have always used Ben Wallace as a No. 4 position, and although he played the center position in college, Harris and West, including Big Ben himself, never thought that he could still play center in the NBA.

After more than a dozen games, Harris has found that Ben Wallace's defensive ability in one-on-one is not so outstanding, and his defensive characteristics are somewhat similar to Mutombo's. In addition, there is the most important point that is not easy to see on the surface - that is, a strong desire to win and a desire to control the rebound, which is also a common trait of all good defenders.

Harris had previously praised Ben Wallace in front of the media during the Lakers' winning streak, saying that he is now the Lakers' Rodman and will become the Lakers' big book in the future.

This is a very high evaluation, but it should be noted that in the NBA's existing defensive rules, many of Big Ben's strengths are restricted, and if there is no illegal defense, you can contain people without the ball, and you are allowed to play joint defense, then Big Ben's strengths can really be brought into play.

Iverson certainly didn't think that way today, after seeing Mutombo being substituted late in the third quarter, he thought his good days had come, and if it weren't for the fact that guy kept interfering with his own goals, he wouldn't be where he is now.

But what he never expected was that this guy, who was also a rookie and almost became a draft loser, could actually make his breakthroughs repeatedly frustrated, and several breakthrough layups at the end of the third quarter were still the end of the feather.

Big Ben said he likes to defend this kind of guard who is fast but short in stature.

People have always looked down on his lack of height, but they don't pay attention to his footwork and bounce are at the outside level, but his arm span is at the inside level, and Van Exel and Zhang Qi will block more than half of the breakthrough routes, leaving only a narrow route for Iverson to pass, which makes it easy for Big Ben to predict Iverson's breakthrough route, and naturally appear in time to interfere with Iverson's shot before the layup every time.

Iverson really suffers from being too short in height, and his sense of smell on the offensive end is no worse than Kobe, but the later No. 8 can swing the water snake waist and use his picturesque shooting to complete 1 hit 3, but Iverson can only use the emergency stop to shoot his super difficult mid-range shot, or directly throw himself out, and then complete the same difficult shot by feeling.

At this time, don't use the picture in the highlights to imagine, because that's the highlights, the reality is that Iverson's breakthrough is picturesque, but most of his shots are done in a state of loss of balance, and the reality is not so beautiful!

But on second thought, in this case, his perennial shooting rate of about 40% is already very high, and it is difficult to say whether he can find the basket if someone else can change it.

Zhang kept his promise this time, and he kept the difference between the two teams at around 30 points in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter. When he was off the court, his stats had been upgraded to 40 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks, and he wanted to play these five minutes in order to brush up his assists to 7 times.

Iverson's side is still crazy to pull down his shooting percentage, and in another time and space, he shot 6-of-27 at the end of the game, and he was even worse in this time and space, when the 76ers coach replaced him, Iverson's shooting percentage had become 6-of-28, which translates into a percentage of 21.4% shooting.

Zhang Qian was already laughing in his heart, he couldn't believe that someone could shoot such a hit rate, and the head coach didn't change him to calm down, so he let him play for more than 40 minutes.

"I remember that he hit all three of his first three shots, which means that after he hit three shots in a row, he went on to shoot 3-of-25!"

Van Exel was struck by Iverson today, but he smiled more than anyone else.

Regardless of what the media said after the game, Iverson had such a bad shooting percentage today, and Van Exel had a share of the credit because he was the guy's opposing defender.

Zhang gave a considerable portion of the credit to Van Exel after the game, because he had already gotten the inside scoop from Jerry West, and Van Exel didn't know that his time with the Lakers had entered the countdown.

Some Los Angeles media always mention Kidd, whether Zhang Fu's little fan brother really can't work, West doesn't know, Zhang Fu doesn't know, but one thing is certain, that is, Kidd is not playing like a star this year, and his decline rate is like a meteor.

Last season, Kidd averaged 16.6 points, 9.7 assists, 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game, which is already a real All-Star from the stats, and the kind with unlimited potential, his flaw is only a little low shooting percentage of 38%, but Kidd's strength on the defensive end is enough to make up for his inefficiency on the offensive end.

But this season, Kidd could only average 9.7 points, 8.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game in the first 15 games, and his shooting percentage dropped to 36.1%, instantly dropping from an All-Star to an inefficient starter. And, last season's highly regarded defense, this season is not to be seen.

Dallas 3J is no longer as simple as not wanting to pass the ball to each other, and Mavericks fans even doubt that the three of them could play in a certain game, which is not impossible.

At the moment, according to the Dallas media, it seems that the Mavericks want to keep Jim Jackson and trade away Kidd and Mashburn.

Now, any team that offers a sincere price is likely to get these two men.

The Mavericks are not as open-mouthed as the Suns right now, always trying to take advantage of others, and the Dallas just want to not suffer too much loss and then trade these two as soon as possible.

But many people don't know that the Mavericks executives want to trade even Jim Jackson together, they want to completely end the history of the 3J combination, because none of these three people are fuel-efficient lamps, each of them has a deep tumor attribute, and sending them all away for reorganization is the real way to make the Mavericks worry-free, and the team's senior management has long been completely disappointed in these three people.

But whether it's three or two, all teams in the league want to take advantage of the opportunity to rob, so now it's not the Mavericks who want to take advantage of it.

The Dallas media has been criticizing the Lakers for instigating Kidd behind their backs, everyone knows that Zhang and Kidd have a good relationship, and Kidd has been actively courting the Lakers in the summer, so they have reason to believe that Kidd is deliberately sabotaging to help the Lakers lower their trade chips.

Zhang Qi didn't know if West really instructed Kidd to be passive behind his back, but Kidd wanted to come to the Lakers to know about it. And it's not just Dallas people who know, other teams also know that Kidd only has the Lakers in his eyes. Although, they are not without the opportunity to rob the best rookie of '95, but the twisted melon is not sweet, since people dare to bear the abuse of local fans in the Mavericks, they dare to do the same to the team that forcibly marries him.

Since Kobe Bryant, a rookie, dared to openly threaten the Hornets, many players began to follow suit, and even did not report to the team after the team trade, this very bad atmosphere spread very quickly, and the league and team owners have begun to find ways to introduce corresponding rules to deal with this phenomenon.

On Nov. 27, the Lakers defeated the Celtics back-to-back at home.

However, the Los Angeles Times reported on this day that Kidd-related news, which led many people to speculate whether the Lakers and Mavericks had agreed on a trade. Could it be that Kidd and Zhang, the two best rookies of '95 and '96, will form a new pairing?

Lakers fans are looking forward to this combination, although Kidd is terrible on the offensive end, he is not as good as Van Exel, but Kidd's ability to organize the team and defend is also incomparable to Van Exel, especially the addition of Starks and the growth of Finley have made the Lakers' guard line not lack firepower, and Kidd's defects The Lakers can fully bear.

Besides, any team with Zhang Qi will not lack outside offensive firepower, the Lakers' three outside offensive capabilities are enough to use, and Kidd's defensive ability is enough to make the Lakers the most terrifying team in the league.

Come to think of it, Zhang Qian has the ability to attack the defense for a while this year. Finley's solo defense is excellent. Starks is the sixth man who is good at scoring, but he is also a rare guy who is also very strong defensively. Add to that a Kidd who qualifies for the second defensive team, do the Lakers' perimeter still have holes on the defensive end?

Even if some teams may choose to let go of Kidd to wrap Zhang Mao, as long as the Lakers come up with their small lineup and put out a lineup consisting of: Kidd, Starks, Finley, Zhang Zhu, and Mutombo, I believe it is enough to make the opponent dare not easily wrap Zhang Mao.

Zhang Qian is also struggling now, he was optimistic about Kassel before, but West was more optimistic about Kidd, he believes that in the case of getting Kidd at the same price, Kassel must be the second choice, and they can only choose Kassel if the Lakers can't exchange for Kidd.

Jerry West's opinion is different from many people, the media and fans think Kidd's offense is too scummy, but West knows that shooting can be practiced, and the Lakers don't need Kidd to practice how good offense and accurate shooting is, just need him to practice the league's average level of open shooting ability, maintain his existing breakthrough ability, it is enough to have these two offensive weapons, and his task is mainly to distribute the ball and defense.

That's right, West is interested in Kidd's ability to distribute the ball and defend, which originally conflicted with Zhang Zhu's style, because Kidd needs a lot of ball control to complete the task of organization and tandem, but this guy is willing to play with Zhang Zhu, which greatly reduces the probability of conflict between the two.

Secondly, the general manager of the Lakers has seen through Zhang Qian, and some media believe that Zhang Qian is a ball bully who must have the ball in his hand to exert his power, and his cooperation with Kidd will definitely cause conflicts, because he will not give the ball to Kidd.

However, West knows that Zhang Qi does not like to hold the basketball, he is actually interested in the data, not holding the ball alone for a long time.

Therefore, as long as Kidd can make it easier for Zhang to get the data he wants, then even if the ball is given to Kidd half, Zhang Qi will not care too much, but the premise is that he must get the data he wants, otherwise everyone will conflict with him.

Therefore, Kidd can cooperate with Zhang Yuneng, because Kidd wants enough balls, followed by statistics. Only a point guard like Rondo can't work with Zhang, because he wants the same thing as Zhang, so they can't play happily together.

In the last game of November, the Lakers defeated the Detroit Pistons at home, completing the most difficult month of the new season with a 15-2 record, and the 8.5:1 win-loss ratio also met the requirements of Zhang's two main missions.

The Lakers only need to play 14 games in December, and they have one of the easiest months on their schedule, which is also the best time to make trades.

Jerry West will not trade in November, fearing that a schedule without respite will affect the Lakers' record.

This year, the Lakers set the goal of hitting 70+ wins internally, and Zhang was afraid that the trade would affect his mission, so the Lakers did not trade in November. If they hadn't made a trade in December, there wouldn't have been any surgical changes to the main lineup this season.

So, whether Kidd or Kassel will soon be decided......