Time flies, and after the trade deadline has passed with almost no surprises, the NBA has officially entered the final sprint of the regular season.

The positioning of each team is different, some are looking to make a little bit of a move this year, they are the protagonists, they are the stars of the stars, and everyone is paying attention. At the end of the season, they will have plenty of time to make final roster changes so that their main players can rest accordingly and be in the best shape for the playoffs.

This is the prerogative of the strong team.

And those teams that are rotten are also in the sprint. Whether this season can be rewarded in the subsequent draft draw depends on how well the record control is done in this final closing stage.

You must know that the 2014 NBA Draft after the end of this season is known as a once-in-a-decade draft year, and good seedlings on the high pick are emerging in endlessly.

Among them, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Joel Embiid are all hailed as geniuses who have the potential to directly change the game as soon as they enter the league. Any team that wants to rebuild will not let go of this opportunity.

In addition, players such as Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart, Juliette Slandle, Sharic, Zach LaVine, etc., also have their own characteristics, and are expected to be a quasi-All-Star level at the lower limit, and have the strength of starting level in any team.

In this year, the bad swing has become the theme of the season for the bad teams. However, it is not as simple as everyone thinks to control the field, the idea of the management is one thing, but the young and vigorous players, the coaches who are unwilling to be just a bad coach, are uncontrollable factors. In case a few games are high, and you happen to encounter the opposite strong team in a restless and unintentional love battle, and win a few more games, the players and coaches are happy, and the management will have a headache.

To go further, if you succeed in a bad position, have a bad record, and finally fall short in the draw, it is a real pity, and your hair will be pulled off a few handfuls.

The so-called bad team also has the trouble of a bad team, that's it.

But the most embarrassing thing is the teams that don't slip away.

These teams, whose record is not bad, and their strength is not bad, there is no way to compete with the bad teams for the draft pick - the pride of the players and fans is not allowed.

But to say that they can make a name for themselves in the playoffs seems unrealistic. There must be a reason why we didn't play well in the regular season, either because the inside line was not good, or the outside line was not accurate, or the team was infighting, or the camp was full of injuries, and the reasons vary. These problems have been going on for a season, and it is simply impossible to solve them quickly at this time.

If a team has a mediocre record, but the team is dominated by young players, that's fine. Find a way to fight hard, try to enter the playoffs to feel it, fight monsters and upgrade your strength, and there may be new surprises in the coming year - the typical one we are most familiar with is the warriors of the year on the plane where you and I are.

And if the lineup of this team is not good, the veterans have some strength, and the young people are not bad, but they can't be pinched, or there is still a gap between them and the real masters, it will be embarrassing. Do you say the ball is won or lost? Will this playoffs go in or not?

The most troublesome thing is that whether or not to make it in this playoffs, these teams themselves do not have enough strength to pack tickets, and they don't count if they say it themselves, it depends on the faces of others......

"The Sacramento Kings are such a team."

It's March 2014, and the final stage of the playoffs is already in the race against time.

The Sacramento Kings stumbled and continued to move slowly with one win and one loss. Occasional bans, injuries to key players, occasional news of infighting, etc., are slowing down the pace of the team that many people have high hopes for before the start of the season.

On this day, the Kings will host a team in a very similar situation to them - the Dallas Mavericks.

"I don't think it's such an exaggeration, the Kings' record this season is not ideal, but the core of the team is still quite young, no matter how you look at it, their future is still ahead!"

On the side of the commentary stage, Albert and Reggie Miller were in the pre-game blind comparison session, the two old partners sang and harmonized, and the scene of the players warming up on the field did not look so boring.

"If you want me to say, the calf's condition is terrible." Albert said: "Their core squad is too old, and the quality and potential of the young players are terrible, and there is no future at all. But you say they're weak, they don't seem to be weak, they're strong and they can't match up at all, and the veterans are still thinking about fighting for it, but the question is what if they fight for the playoffs? Isn't it just being like this?? ”

"You can't say that." Reggie Miller shook his head and said: "The situation of the calf is not good, the main core Dirk, Carter, and Marion are all too old, are Monta Alice in the Mesozoic Era...... And not the kind of star who can build a team around him. But the Mavericks' thinking is very clear, and there is no general direction of trouble, this is the happiest situation of a team. ”

"Oh? How so? Albert asked.

"The Mavericks can now see that they just want to continue to build a lineup around Dirk while Dirk still has the strength to fight. It doesn't matter if you win the championship or not, the whole team has only one goal, and that is to make Dirk's last few years happy. As long as you can achieve this goal, it doesn't matter what happens! ”

Miller analyzed: "Although it seems to be a little bad for old Carter, the fact is that the Mavericks have enjoyed the most glorious moments, and it is time for a group of veterans to play ball together to support the elderly. ”

"There's some truth to what you say...... Albert nodded his head, "So you mean that the calf is now in the state of an immortal and has nothing else to ask for??" ”

"You can't say that you don't want anything else, believe it or not, if the Mavericks meet an old opponent like the Spurs or the Rockets in the playoffs, these old cowboys will definitely talk about the old man and play a pretty exciting series." Miller is very sure of what he said, and he himself is familiar with the current state of mind of the Mavericks.

In the last years of the Pacers, he also experienced too many winds and waves, and finally developed such a mentality.

How wonderful this mentality is, I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who know it better than Reggie Miller.

"Okay, you're right, but that doesn't mean there's something wrong with my claim." Albert said more seriously: "The situation of the Kings is very bad, the team has enough talent and seems to have enough ability, but the new season is full of ambition and finally ushered in such a result, it is difficult to say whether the playoffs will not be made, isn't it bad??" ”

"You said it yourself, this is the first season for the Kings to form a new roster, what are you anxious about?" Miller glanced at Albert and said with a smile: "Whether this lineup is good or not, it's not you who have the final say, it's not me who has the final say, and it's not one or two champions in recent years who can have the final say." The king's lineup is aimed at the future in three years, giving these young people three years, and if it can be done, it is the right idea, and a new dynasty can be born. In case it doesn't work, which player on the Kings team do you say has no trade value?? Change it casually, and the new lineup will be established immediately, and it will be completely seamless! ”

That's a very special way of thinking.

Albert had to admit that Reggie Miller's perspective on the problem was indeed full of tricks.

But......

"You're right about everything else, but there's one thing I disagree with." Albert laughed: "Most of the players on the Kings do have a certain trade value. The cousin and Wei Shao are even more valuable in trade, which can help the team rebuild quickly. But there are also some players who have no trade value at all. ”

"Like who?" Miller asked.

"Well, you see, like him."

Albert stretched out his finger and pointed to the sidelines, a big man who had just warmed up for a while, and was sitting on the bench panting, sitting there in a training jacket, looking straight at the court with his eyes intact, not knowing what he was thinking.

This person's body exudes a rather special temperament. Although he is tall, the muscle lines on his body are also quite good, and he belongs to the type that does not look exaggerated, but is absolutely powerful and explosive.

But looking at his warm-up just now, his steps were very slow, and when he moved sideways, he went out in one step, and everyone else ran out three meters away. And his bounce power seems to be gone, he can't even make a jump shot, it's all upside down, like Wang Zhizhi at the end of his career, and people who watch it have a sore liver.

In addition, this man is quite a man of few words, does not speak much on and off the field, and rarely even interacts with his teammates. Only when Gu Yu and Wei Shao, who were babbling, stepped forward to tease him, would they show a somewhat shy smile, wave their hands, and do not argue.

The wrinkles on his face are cross-cut, and he knows that he is not young at a glance. But his facial features still have a temperament similar to that of a young man, hidden between his eyebrows, which is an extremely rare youthful color.

Born with a baby face, an aging body, ancient technology, and almost the same legs and feet.

This old guy who can't do it is one of the veterans who the Kings have just come back in the closing stage of the season.

"It's been a long time...... Gone, my old friend. ”

Looking at this big man, Reggie Miller's eyes suddenly moistened a little, and even his vision became blurred, and he whispered to himself: "Jermaine." ”

"Okay, okay, we just received the starting line-up from both sides of the game! On the Kings' side, center Bynum was suspended for disrespecting the referee after the game, so there is no change in other positions, and the person who starts at the center position is ...... W-What?! ”

Holding the list, Albert's eyes straightened: "Jay, Jermaine O'Neal?!! ”