Chapter 167: Bosh or Xiaosi
The Knicks signed another free agent before the game against the Rockets, and Jonathan Bender, an interior player who has been away from the NBA for three years.
Jonathan Bender was drafted by the Raptors with the 5th pick in the first round in 1999, a talent who was considered the next Garnett at the time, but unfortunately suffered a serious injury in the NBA and had to retire at the age of 24 due to injury in '06.
Jonathan Bender is back this season, but no team believes that a sick man who has been out for almost four years can still make a difference, and the Knicks would not consider him if it weren't for a serious lack of interior players.
After Wu Huang learned the news, he also sent a text message to greet this new teammate before the game, he had heard of this genius who could jump and dunk at the free throw line before, but unfortunately the injury destroyed him, otherwise he would probably be an All-Star player now.
"So how important it is to be able to resist injuries." Wu Huang also sighed after sending a text message, sometimes the ability to resist injuries is more important than speed, bounce, and explosiveness, Kobe Bryant, Jordan, Duncan, and Nash are good examples, and then look at Weber, Hill, these geniuses who were ruined by injuries, you know that staying power is the most important attribute, and no matter how awesome a genius is, if he hangs up after appearing in one episode, it is also a tragedy.
Many fans will ask, what exactly is the ability to resist injuries?
In fact, the ability to resist injuries is a very general statement, forty percent belong to physical fitness, three percent are related to playing style, ball quotient, etc., and the other three percent depend on luck.
Wu Huang's physical fitness is naturally fine, his playing style, ball quotient, and injury prevention are all very good, not to mention the rest of the luck. One foot on two boats can continue to hook up with sister-in-law. If you don't have a little luck, you really don't know how to die!
this game. The Houston Rockets sit at home at the Toyota Center to face the Knicks, who have won three in a row.
The two teams just traded not long ago, Maddy did not play in the first two games, and the official news from the Knicks is that the old injury has relapsed and is currently out of action indefinitely.
In fact, fools know that they must have been banned.
This is not only because Wu Huang is unwilling to cooperate with Maddie, but Gallinari and others also do not welcome Maddie, because as long as Maddie plays, he will naturally seize the playing time of the original players. Of course, he, a latecomer, will be ostracized by the whole team.
D'Antoni has been trying to trade Maddie lately, but due to the league's trade rules, it is difficult for Maddie to make a move now, unless they are willing to pay a big price, or someone is willing to pay a big price, but then it loses the meaning of the trade, and no one wants to trade at a loss.
Recently, ESPN revealed that the Knicks are now targeting Stoudemire of the Suns and Chris Bosh of the Raptors, and they are ready to make offers to the Suns and Raptors in order to get the "Little Overlord" and "Dragon King", although the league has regulations. Players who have just been traded can only be traded for two months, but there is a way to circumvent this rule and equalize the funds between the two sides. At the same time, it also violates the rules of the Union.
But the real problem is that these two teams are not willing to let the Knicks pick up such a big bargain, and although both interior players could jump out of their contracts and become free agents next season, the Suns and Raptors still have illusions until the last minute.
According to Hoop World, the Raptors are not interested in Maddy's expiring contract, and now the Raptors still have hope of making the playoffs, and they are not willing to trade Bosh. In the same way, the same is true for the Suns, once they lose the dream combination of Nash and Xiaosi, the Suns will completely lose hope and can only rebuild.
Bosh is averaging 23.7 points and 11.3 rebounds per game this season, both career-highs. The Raptors haven't shown any signs of wanting to trade Bosh lately, but since Bosh has the option to become a free agent this summer, the Raptors may not get anything at that time, so they must have concerns about this, so the Knicks still have a chance.
Stoudemire's stats this season have dropped from his peak, and his market is actually not as good as Bosh, after all, Xiaos's knee has undergone minimally invasive surgery, and his peak will definitely be affected by this, and the probability of a significant decline after the age of 30 is very high, so if the Knicks have a choice, they will definitely want Bosh more than Xiaosi.
The New York Times' Da Saby has long mentioned this, and the Knicks are willing to get Bosh in a trade right away. Of course, if the chips are right, that's what most teams in the league are willing to do. Bosh is undoubtedly one of the most dominant power forwards in the league, and he doesn't have too many talented players around him.
Bosh is in a similar situation with the Raptors to Pau Gasol a few years ago with the Grizzlies, who is also one of the most talented players in the league, but he has been considered a loser because he has never been able to lead the Grizzlies to a win in the playoffs.
Gasol was eventually traded to the Lakers, and since then, the Lakers have reached the Finals every year, eventually winning the championship last season and likely to defend it this year.
This example is important for the Knicks and Bosh, and New York is no longer a black hole for stars, whose biggest concerns can be ruled out first. Secondly, the Knicks have a much better record this season than the Raptors, who are currently only in 10th place in the East, and they are likely not to make the playoffs in the end, so the Knicks' biggest bargaining chip to attract Bosh is their young and potential roster, and the temptation to play in the playoffs.
If Bosh can join the current Knicks, although they are still some distance away from winning the championship, they are at least sure to score the second game, play well and even hope to touch the floor of the Eastern Conference finals, which is much better than he has no hope in the Raptors.
Wu Huang has recently been instructed by Donnie Walls to keep in touch with Bosh, and the two will often call each other to greet each other after the other win, which shows that Bosh also has the heart to leave the Raptors.
D'Antoni's side naturally hopes that Smalls will come to the Knicks, but Donnie Walls hopes that it will be Bosh who will come to New York, and the two have been tearing each other down.
How to say that -- where there are people, there will be struggles, this is not a specific description of the Chinese, it is applicable at home and abroad.
Emperor Wu didn't bother to pay attention to so much, in short, which side acted in his favor. He'll help either side. In the end, he is the one who can make the final decision.
Yao Ming watched today's game from the sidelines. He is basically reimbursed this season, and the little giant, who has just undergone surgery, will have to be on crutches at least until the All-Star break, and he can only wait for next season if he wants to come back.
When Wu Huang walked into the Toyota Center today, instead of receiving boos, he saw many Chinese fans wearing his jersey and sneakers, and there were at least 2,000 Chinese fans in the stadium today.
An interesting report from ESPN before the game said that Ariza had made 218 three-pointers this season, second in the league behind the Knicks' Wu Huang. The latter's three-point attempts were 223.
But the Rocket's No. 1 three-point shooting percentage was very poor, and he went straight to the top 100 in the league. In stark contrast, Wu Huang shot 41.9 percent from three-point range, ranking fourth among all players in the league who have made more than 100 three-point attempts.
That's how the nickname "Tieza" came about, Ariza really didn't have the talent to become an All-Star, his number of shots in the Rockets was not much different from Wu Huang, but the data of the two was two grades apart, which shows that the gap between people is so big.
At the beginning of the game, Gallinari was rewarded with a layup in the middle by Battier on the wing, but the rebound was won by David Lee. Hit a stoppage.
The New York center has been in good form in the last two games, if not against some opponents who have restrained themselves. He still has a lot to offer to the team.
Wu Huang is facing Brooks, who may not be 180cm tall today, and he bullied people with his first shot, and he shot outside the three-point line with a retreat, **** Little Black Bean.
Ariza does not have the talent of a star, but has an all-star mentality, he actually competed with Wu Huang, and also shot outside the three-point line, but he hit a shot angrily under Iguodala's defense!
Iguodala didn't plan to let Ariza score in double digits today, and with David Lee throwing in and Gallinari hitting a three-pointer from distance, the Knicks hit a small surge to start the game 14-2 ahead of the Rockets.
"It's too ruthless!" Yao Ming knows that his team is not necessarily afraid of strong teams like the Lakers and Cavaliers, but he is most afraid of teams like the Knicks and Thunder that are younger, have better athleticism, and are better at playing blindly.
Aaron Brooks played the best season of his career this year, but he faced Wu Huang today but it was difficult to continue his madness, the talent of the two is too far apart, whether it is playing technical flow or hard fighting, Wu Huang can suppress him from turning over, this is an all-round crushing.
Adelman called for the first timeout, and after the timeout, Scola hooked up to pull back two points, but the Rockets were always behind, and David Lee had a good performance against the less physical Argentine today, and he met someone he could restrain today.
When the Rockets played the Hawks this season, Scola had good performances against Horford and Josh Smith, but today he was a nose against David Lee, who had just been taught by these two men, and this interesting phenomenon of mutual restraint in the NBA is also an important reason for the excitement of fans.
"I won't have a nemesis!" Emperor Wu's only fiasco was against Chris Paul, but he didn't repeat the mistake of meeting Queen Bee for the second time, so he never felt that anyone could really restrain himself, that kind of person was not born yet.
Wu Huang played a very easy game, "Batman" Battier is already a little old, and his help defense can not have much impact on Wu Huang in the No. 1 position, Wu Huang feels that Ariza is more tricky for his help defense.
But today, the core of the Knicks' offense is David Lee, this guy started with 3 shots in the opening 3, and Wu Huang began to consciously feed him the ball.
With 3:35 left in the first quarter, former Knicks player Jeffries drew an offensive foul on Iguodala under the basket, but the Knicks still led the Rockets by nine points at 22:13.
Wu Huang hasn't shot again since hitting the first three-pointer, and he knows that there is little hope of cutting 50+ in the face of the immortal Xiaoqiang-like Rockets, so he didn't take scoring as the first goal from the beginning.
But before he left the game, he had to attack it reasonably, so as to be worthy of the fans who supported him away from home.
In the 3rd minute and 16 seconds, Wu Huang got a gap at the top of the arc of the free throw area and boldly stepped back to shoot......
The ball narrowly missed under Battier's help, but he was lucky enough to bounce the basketball and fall into the net, and even Lady Luck was interesting to him.
"**** luck!" Taylor Swift snorted in front of the TV at this time, she was thinking about whether to start a live broadcast to fight against Christine, but she still had some scruples in addition to being angry, worried that it would end too badly, she was not stupid to go home, and knew that it might not be beneficial to her to push Emperor Wu too quickly.
Wu Huang has put this kind of thing aside at this time, just with his rare Erba, with his Wu Yanzu-level appearance, and with the world's top gold-absorbing ability, he will never lack women.
Half a minute later, Wu Huang shot on the right side of the top of the three-point arc, only to see him dribble under his crotch, followed by a step-back, and made a direct three-point shot, and the basketball hit steadily.
D'Antoni felt that the time was almost up, and replaced him with two minutes left in the first quarter, Wu Huang shot 3 of 4 in the first quarter, scoring 8 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.
"I've been shooting really well during this time." Wu Huang took his stats sheet from Woodson after he got off the court, and the latter drew a red line in his shooting percentage column, and his shooting percentage in recent games has been very high, and even his shooting average per game has increased a lot. (To be continued.) )