Chapter 389: Marcus Thorton (Happy New Year, everyone)

This game is said to be a big battle between the Bulls and the Raptors, and it is better to say a big battle between Rose and Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang scored a total of 47 points in this game, plus 7 rebounds and 11 assists, as well as 6 blocks and 1 steal, and many of these six blocks were blocked by Derrick Rose at the last moment.

All five of the Raptors scored in double figures, with Bargnani scoring 20 points, DeMar DeRozan scoring 16 points, Leandro Barbosa coming off the bench scoring 13 points, and backup small forward Sonny Weems scoring 10 points.

Speaking of the Raptors' current offense, it is indeed a little stronger than the Bulls, and the Bulls, Rose is basically carrying Jiang Yang today, he scored a total of 32 points in the whole game, and at the same time there were 10 assists in the account, scoring 30 + 10, but there were 6 turnovers, which shows how much pressure Jiang Yang put on him, Carlos Boozer scored 24 points, Rohr Deng scored 19 points, Joaquin Noah was defended by Mark Gasol without the slightest chance, only scored 7 points.

But he scored 16 rebounds, which surprised Jiang Yang, and it seems that the Raptors' interior line is indeed a problem.

After Banjanilla went out, the inside line only relied on a Marc Gasol who has not yet fully grown up, which is indeed powerful! And in addition to these three, there is also a double-double scorer who is Ronnie Brewer.

I have to say that there are indeed a lot of talents cultivated in the Jazz team, and the Jazz are somewhat similar to the Spurs.

They all like to pick up the rags that others don't want, but in the hands of Sloan and Bo-Bovic, these rags can be turned into treasures, and a while ago, Sloan suddenly resigned as head coach, which also caused quite a shock in the league.

Everyone said that it was forced by Deron Williams, but this has not been mentioned since tonight......

Because just after Jiang Yang and they finished playing the Raptors, a new round of trades was announced in the league, because tomorrow is the trade deadline, and before that, anyone who still has some ideas about the team will try to complete the team's lineup!

The first trade that broke out was a big deal involving an All-Star caliber player!

The Jayers sent Deron Williams, Devin Harris and Derrick Pevers from the Nets, a 2011 pick from the Nets, a 2012 pick from the Warriors, and $3 million in cash! It can be said that the Nets are out of the way.

The Russian owner, in order to get an All-Star level player, even did not hesitate to use the team's future to trade.

After all, not all teams can choose a Durant, choose a Rose, and the Russian boss, who has no hope for the draft, has set his sights on Deron Williams, this Jiang Yang was the league's No. 1 point guard in the eyes of Charles Barkley before he played, but now, the name of the league's No. 1 point guard seems to have been glued to Jiang Yang.

The second deal has something to do with the Raptors, it's a fourth-tier deal, but it's just a small trash of fish.

Among them, the most valuable is the player traded by the Raptors at the beginning of this season, the original main player, Peja Stojakovic, no one thought that Peja, who originally wanted to be traded, did not survive in the Raptors.

On the contrary, Jerry Bayless, who became the head of the Raptors, became the main bench of the Raptors, and after learning the news, Peja was very calm, and the next day, Jiang Yang and they came to the arena to see Peja off.

For Peja as a player, like Jiang Yang, they still respect it very much, especially Jiang Yang, he has learned a lot of good things from Peja, of course, if possible, he really hopes that Peja can not leave, but this is impossible.

"That's business!" This is what Green Granward said to Peja before Peja left, Jiang Yang knows that this is also a rule in NB, every time he trades, he will say this, and Peja has obviously heard it more than once.

Originally, he had a feeling that a ball like the Raptors was really not suitable for him to stay, they needed their own offense, but now Peja just doesn't have that ability, and he is sure that his offense is not as sharp as before, he needs to go to a place where he doesn't need to attack by himself, but as long as he is diligent, he can stay, Mavericks, is his best choice at the moment.

The Raptors sent Peja, got Marcus Thornton from the Hornets, and the Mavericks made the whole team look a little hung because of the absence of Caron Butler, and they were just to make up for the front line this time, unlike the Raptors' forward support, they had a lot of space, so they set their sights on this former three-point king, and now the Mavericks have successfully got Peja, sent Brian Cardinal, and the Kings sent the former Rockets' mythical bird, and now he is in the Kings, Some robbed DeMarcus Cousins of the shot, and Carl Landry is a player, and his talent can only be regarded as okay.

There was more offense and less defense, so he became the one who was abandoned, and the Kings got Brian Cardinal.

And after the Hornets sent Marcus Thorton and got Karl Landry, everyone got what they wanted.

Now the general manager of the Raptors, Green Granward, believes that the team's main lineup is now basically determined.

Center Marc Gasol, brilliant! This may be the most correct trade he has made, although after this season, if he wants to keep Mark Gasol, he will inevitably have to give Gasol a big contract that is okay, but in the current era of lack of centers in the league, there is no problem at all with giving a big contract to a center with a tough style.

As for the power forward, although Andrea Banyani and Jiang Yang were at odds at the beginning, they are now completely reconciled.

Is it Italian...... Born like this, think about the beginning of World War II, whether it was small or Germany, it was defeated by foreigners, only the Italian president died at the hands of his own people, the people of this country have always had milk and mother, and now Jiang Yang is strong, and he has no hard bones to carry with Jiang Yang, although this will show some shamelessness.

However, it won him the honor of the team's No. 2 scorer, which is very worthwhile for him.

As for small forwards, Andrei Kirilenko, although his offensive ability is insufficient, his defensive ability is very outstanding.

His defensive ability can allow Jiang Yang to let go of his hands and feet to organize the offense or attack by himself, plus his center side response, all of which are quite good, as well as a very sharp pass and block, Green Granward spent so much money to recruit him to his command is not to see the excitement, and in terms of scoring guards, this can be regarded as the only variable in the current Raptors' starters.

In this position, whether it is DeMar DeRozan or Sony Weems, they are both newcomers, and the ups and downs are very big.

However, DeMar DeRozan is a rising star of the promising future team, so he has to keep this position for him.

But if the team's record is not good because DeMar DeRozan is not playing well, or if it can't go far in the playoffs, those guys on top don't care if this person is what he wants to keep in the first place, and Green Granward is the best scapegoat, so now he has the intention to recruit Marcus Thornton to fill this position.

And Jiang Yang in the No. 1 position, needless to say, is completely a figure who sweeps the world, so in terms of the current lineup of the Raptors, it is perfect enough! In terms of substitutions, there are some problems, first of all, Mark Gasol's substitute is only one Solomon Arabi, of course, no one knows whether Solomon Arabi is the next Mutombo, but it is certain that he is now in a state of wilderness, whether it is offensive or defensive.

If it weren't for Jiang Yang, who saw that this guy was once the first person to fall to him, and told Green Granward to keep him, he might have gone to play in the development league a long time ago, but obviously in the NB, he wouldn't have played too much.

Generally speaking, the substitutes for Marc Gasol are players at the No. 4 position, starting with the No. 1 bench on the inside, Amir Johnson, who was once the No. 2 man in the American faction of the Raptors, and now he has secured the position of No. 1 bench on the inside.

Although he used to be, the former Raptors were a team that couldn't even enter the playoffs, and the current Raptors, according to Jiang Yang, our goal can only be the championship! One is the second-in-command of the fish belly, and the other is the champion member, although they are both substitutes, but the difference between them is big! In addition to him, there are Joey Dorsey and Ed Davis, both of whom also occasionally make cameo appearances as center forwards, but the height is not enough, but these are all minor problems! Overall, there are six people in rotation on the inside, which is almost enough, and as long as there are no injuries, everything is perfect.

In terms of small forwards, even if one is traded, it is still a little crowded, and Andrei Kirilenko, who starts, now occupies the most time, about 35 minutes, and only 48 minutes a game, so the remaining 13 minutes will be divided between three people.

Ronald Duprey was the first to be swept out, and in the previous 13 minutes, at least ten minutes had to be allocated to Peja.

But now there are only two people left, Sam Young and Gordon Hayward, Sam Young is a defensive master, can play the second position, can play the third position, and can use him to replace DeRozan to defend at critical moments, while Gordon Hayward is a rookie.

But the potential is also very great, and he will be the No. 3 player that the Raptors will mainly cultivate in the next stage.

In the second position, DeMar DeRozan must occupy the starting position, plus Barbossa, Sonny Weems and Marcouses Thorton, it is indeed a bit crowded, but fortunately, Barbosa's idol has to make a cameo appearance as a point guard when Jiang Yang is not there, his playing time can be said to be guaranteed in these benches, with Amir Johnson on the inside, Leandro Barbossa on the outside, this is the inside and outside duo of the Raptors bench, it looks like it is bluffing!

Thorton came quickly, taking advantage of the Raptors' time to rest after playing the Bulls, and the next game was to play the Suns at home, and the next morning, Thorton came, and Jiang Yang could also take a closer look at this very talented player.

"Look at this guy's level!" Seeing Jiang Yang standing on the railing on the second floor of the training hall, Jay Tria walked over, patted Jiang Yang and said, and then sat down with Jiang Yang and watched the training of this Marcus Thorton on the field.

"This guy's offensive ability is good, and his physical fitness is better than Peja's, and now we really need outside firepower, DeRozan's shooting is too unscored!" Seeing that Jiang Yang didn't speak, Jay Tria next to him said with a smile.

"This guy's offense is good! But here, he still needs to learn to defend! Jiang Yang looked at Marcus Thorton below, and after easily shaking off Jerry Bayless, he hit the shot, and couldn't help laughing.

"I don't understand a little bit, this guy's offense, at least he can contribute more than 10 points per game, why don't those teams want to see him?" Looking at Jay Tria next to him, Jiang Yang asked with some puzzlement.

"Because he's not you!" Jay Tria then laughed and said that he was joking, but it was also true.

This Marcus Thorton is neither tall nor short, short at shooting guard, tall at point guard, and most importantly, he doesn't have the ability to string and pass! That's why these teams don't want him, and Jay Tria understands it.

Marcus Thorton is not handsome, black, and one year older than Jiang Yang, but when he first arrived, he showed enough respect for Jiang Yang, but this player's reputation in college or in the NB is not very good.

It's not that he doesn't think about playing, it's not that he throws randomly and doesn't follow the deployment, which makes Jiang Yang feel very strange.

"Look at it, this is his information, don't say I showed it to you!" Feeling Jiang Yang's strange expression, Jay Tria next to him handed Jiang Yang a piece of paper, and Jiang Yang also looked at the information about Marcus Thorton on this paper.

When he was in college, his only name was the 'Southeast Division Player of the Year', which of course was not a good honor! He was arguably one of the few NB players to make it to the NB after completing a college trip to the NB, having spent four years at Louisiana State University, and in his final year, he took his school and broke into the March Madness of the NB.

But alas, it was folded in the hands of North Carolina, and then he participated in the draft, but this is the one who scored a total of 2,700 points in four years of college and averaged one rebound per game, and no one cared about it in the 09 draft, and it was not until the second round that he was selected by the Heat with the thirteenth pick, and then he was not taken seriously......

On January 25, 2010, Devin Brown was sent to the Bulls, and when all eyes were drawn to what seemed to be a purely money-saving trade, no one noticed that Thorton had eight double-doubles in eight of his previous ten games, and this young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes had actually proved his ability to play time at that time.

then started six times, averaging points per game but the coach of the Hornets at the time, Byron Scott was very stubborn, Thorton did not get too many opportunities to perform, but with the Hornets' poor record, Byron Scott was dismissed, and Marcus Thorton had the opportunity to play, and General Manager Ball personally took charge of the coaching whip, and it was this white fat man who made countless bees want to pinch the dead fat man who kicked two feet, and became Marcus Thorton's Bole.

In the games after November, Marcus Thorton has been playing regularly for the Hornets, scoring 16 points in 24 minutes off the bench, including two three-pointers that are almost inevitable in every game.

But before anyone could be happy enough, he hit the rookie wall, in fact, more people don't recognize Thorton mainly because of his height! This guy's height is only 193 cm, such a height, whether he is tall or not, whether he is short or not, playing the No. 1 position, he will not be able to transform, the passing is too poor, he is an attacker, and as an attacker playing the No. 2 position, he is too short.

With that height, he is destined not to have much room to develop in the league, as Jay Tria said.

Last season, Marcus Thornton's results were as up and down as his game in December, and although he was in the top 10 of this rookie class, he didn't attract much attention.

With Devin Brown being traded, he has been firmly seated in the team, starting point guard.

If the previous performance was a warm-up for himself, then after entering February last year, his performance was a bit of a powder debut, leaving aside the three games that he missed due to a back injury, this young man was on the bench, played 28 minutes, and contributed 18 points, of which 45% of the three-point shooting rate is what Jiang Yang likes him most!

On February 23 last year, when the Hornets played away against the Cavaliers, he scored a career-high 37 points, but unfortunately, they met James at the time, so they lost badly, but his results came off.

Selected to last year's rookie second team, he averaged a season in the Hornets for a rookie, which is a lot, but with this year's head coach Méng Ty Williams taking over, he completely distrusted him, and put him on the bench in the name of his poor defense, and in the 46 games he played for the Hornets, he averaged only a bell of playing time per game, far less than his rookie season, averaging only 7.8 points per game, @.