Chapter 116: De's Run
Jiang Yang's new contract is indeed stronger than his ten-day short-term contract, but it is only stronger.
From $10,000 a day to $10,000 a week, overall, an increase of 30%, less than three days.
Jiang Yang's contract will be signed until July 1 next year, with a total amount of 330,000 US dollars, and there will only be 33 weeks in total.
Jiang Yang's sales rights are owned by the team this year, and the jersey sales score is 2-8, of which Jiang Yang accounts for 2 percent.
If other players were asked to sign contracts like that, they would say they wouldn't sign anything.
Portrait rights, generally speaking, are three-seven, and players must account for seven, otherwise Kobe Bryant's superstars will not pay for death.
And the division of the jersey is basically five five, half of the team, half of the players, how can there be such a 2-8 points.
They were completely bullying Jiang Yang for not understanding this, and Liu Ya was just acting as a translator, she didn't understand this.
But in fact, Jiang Yang is still quite satisfied with this contract, and now he can stay here to play.
When it comes to the Knicks, it can be said that anyone who has watched basketball basically knows this team.
Of course, it's not because this team plays well, those who know the Lakers basically started watching the game after 2000, and those who know the Celtics are more hardcore fans, but the purple and green battle, these two teams can be regarded as big stars in the league, but when it comes to influence, they are far inferior to the Knicks.
Of course, this is not to say that the Knicks played well, but that the Knicks played too badly...... In recent years, all the transactions that have been scraped with the Knicks, without a match, are not called 'people are stupid and have a lot of money'.
From Eddie Curry at the beginning to Duhon later, everyone has a good contract, but they do blue-collar things.
This is the 'tradition' of the Knicks, who like to spend a lot of money on some scrap to make themselves appear more scrappy.
In New York City, the largest financial city in the United States, and even in the world, the Knicks are clearly a disgrace to New York.
In fact, the Knicks have not been brilliant, but they have been glorious for a long time...... As one of the 11 veteran teams at the beginning of the NBA, the Knicks in 1951, 52 and 53, broke into the Finals in three consecutive years, but they all hung up, and it was not until 70 years that they killed the living under the leadership of the famous coach Reezman and the legendary center Reed, and successfully won the cup for the first time, and then in 73, they picked the Lakers off again and won the second championship, but with the retirement of players of that generation, The Knicks also gradually faded out of the ranks of championship contenders, and it was not until the 1993-94 season that the Knicks re-entered the Finals under Ewing's Yu Jin, but unfortunately, they ran into another big monster in the league, the big dream Olajuwon.
In the end, he was defeated by the Rockets 4-3 and missed the championship! In the 1998-99 season, under the leadership of Van Gundy, the Knicks ranked eighth in the East in the regular season, but created a black eight miracle and made it all the way to the championship, but in the finals, they met the old spurs, and there was no way, they were dished again, and they failed to regain their former glory!
And since 99, the name Knicks has gradually faded out of the sight of strong teams.
When it comes to the Knicks, I think more of their bad contract, starting in '05 and going until this year, there was no chance of making the playoffs for three consecutive years, and under pressure from the team's directors, the owner had to abandon the original plan to bring in reinforcements.
Wait for James' contract year to arrive next year, and then bring in James, a big man, to reproduce the glory of the Knicks.
But even if James can really regain the glory of the Knicks, it will have to wait until he jumps out of his contract next season.
The game between the Celtics and the Knicks was scheduled to start at one o'clock in the afternoon, and it was two o'clock in the middle of the night on the Chinese side, so it was naturally impossible to broadcast this game live, so the people in the imperial court were quite depressed, because of the last live game, because of Jiang Yang, their ratings actually rose by 4 percentage points, if Jiang Yang played better.
Then they will earn more, of course, the court station is not live, and there are many night owls who are ready to watch the game, so they can only go online to watch this showdown between the Celtics and the Knicks! However, in the United States, the 1 p.m. game naturally does not attract much attention, and the Knicks' record in recent years has been poor, and the attendance rate of the entire court is less than 30%.
No one can blame this but themselves! Today's starting lineups of the two teams, the Celtics are still the same old.
Center Perkins, power forward Garnett, small forward Pierce, shooting guard Ray Allen, point guard Rondo.
Jiang Yang sat on the bench, but his position had been raised a lot from the beginning of the water cooler guard.
Sitting next to Daniels, it seemed that Doug Rivers was ready to cultivate Jiang Yang's ability.
And there is no surprise in the lineup of the Knicks on the opposite side, center David Lee, a very talented interior player, has good offensive ability, good footwork, and is very defense, is a very well-rounded player.
In recent years, it is a rare good seedling in the league! It's just too short.
is only 205 cm, such a height is undoubtedly very disadvantageous on the inside, but the Knicks are indeed no more.
There are no big forwards, and there are two people at the small forward position, Wilson Chandler, who is known for being an all-around swingman, and Danilo Gallinari, who is known for being a pure pitcher from the outside.
Both are small forwards, one is two meters and three, and the other is two meters and eight, and height is the biggest problem.
The point guard is veteran Larry Hughes, and the point guard is Chris Duhon, who hit a triple-double in his rookie first game and then never surpassed him in his first game.
This is not nonsense, just with this height, playing positional warfare, then waiting to be abused, plus their head coach, De Dantoni, is not a fuel-efficient lamp, his running and bombing, almost overturned the league, fortunately, there is a mountain of Spurs in front of him, otherwise he may have a championship ring in his hand now.
Offense is De Dantoni's forte, and one move is eaten all over the world, that's what it means.
You can't expect his team to play defensively! Fast attack and battlefield have always restrained each other.
If the battlefield can slow down the fast break, just like the Spurs slow down the Suns, then the battlefield will refrain from the fast break.
And if it's like the sun hitting a rocket, the rhythm is getting faster and faster, then the first to collapse in the end must be the position.
However, judging from the opening of today's game, it seems that the Celtics are light in the run, and in the last game, the Green Army lost to the Magic on their own turf, although everyone didn't say anything, but they must be uncomfortable in their hearts.
Today's soft puff against the Knicks, they just came up and started to rush at the Knicks! Dantony didn't expect that the Green Shirts would open the game and hit it so fiercely, and in the first ball of the opening game, Garnett slapped the ball to Rondo after jumping the ball.
Rondo didn't hesitate to get the ball at all, but he bullied Du Hong's poor body and wiped it directly from his side.
Then he passed the ball to Pierce, who opened the game by breaking through Gallinari's defense and rushing inside for a dunk.
Just like the day before yesterday, the Magic team played, as soon as the game began, the morale of the Celtics was raised.
The Knicks are playing fast, the Celtics are playing faster, and these old guys have a breakthrough to vent.
And the Knicks' undefensive attitude also allowed the Green Shirts to find an opportunity, and in the first quarter of the game, the Green Army scored 30 points in a single quarter.
It's almost impossible in normal times, and Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen are all playing very high.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the bench lineup came on the court, Jiang Yang still sat off the court and watched, but Nate Robinson and El Harington, who came off the bench on the other side, did not give any face to the Green Shirts' bench, and it was a wild bombardment, De Dantoni's running and bombing, in the hands of this gang, played to the extreme, if Dujon is Nash, then the current Knicks may not be able to enter the playoffs.
But alas, Dujon is not, so the Knicks have always had some problems with the delivery of shells.
Doug Rivers watched the score being caught up, and immediately replaced the main player again, and slowly stabilized the situation.
At halftime, the Celtics were 56-53 with only three points to spare.
The eight-point gap that was originally opened in the first quarter, and the second quarter directly erased back five points, it seems that after the initial state of being a little confused, the Knicks have clearly seen what the Celtics mean, if you play purely offense, the Knicks are really not scared, even if it is the top team in the league, the Celtics!
At the beginning of the third quarter, both sides tried their best to play the court, and the Knicks gave the Celtics a dismount at the beginning, and David Lee put the basketball in the two of Perkins' Garnett on the inside, 2+1.
After a solid free throw, the three-point gap has been erased, which is definitely not a good thing for the Green Shirts.
From leading the opponent by eight points to being tied now, the three veterans in the Green Shirts are angry.
But the physical strength is almost exhausted, in addition to Pierce still has physical strength, Garnett and Ray Allen are a little powerless, looking at the situation on the court, Doug Rivers quickly called a timeout and made a substitution.
Jiang Yang came on and replaced Ray Allen, and Rashid Wallace came on and replaced Garnett.
The appearance of the two people also caused boos from the fans, but in this slightly empty stadium, such boos did not bother Jiang Yang, and when they came to the field, Jiang Yang moved his hands and feet, nodded to Rondo next to him, and ran through the half court first, and Rondo received a pass from Perkins before slowly running through the half.
Looking at the opponents of Rondo and Dujon, in fact, Rondo is a very good player, his dribbling skills are very good, there are almost no inexplicable mistakes, he is very stable, and his passing is very accurate, which is also the reason for his high assists.
His own offensive ability, he is also slowly developing, although the shooting is a little unscored, but his layups and breakthroughs are still relatively strong, and now in the Celtics, there is a spear of Ray Allen on the outside, plus Pierce will occasionally play the role of a shooter on the outside, so there is no need for Rondo to play on the outside.
Now he plays Du Hong one-on-one, it is still very easy, squeezing Du Hong into the inner line, and at the moment when the players on the inside line come out to wrap up, he gave the ball to Jiang Yang, he has not been in contact with Jiang Yang for a long time, plus Jiang Yang usually doesn't like to talk, but he still knows that Jiang Yang has a good hand for passing, after Jiang Yang received the ball, Larry Hughes rushed over, Larry Hughes is now a more famous defensive master in the league, and saw Jiang Yang take the ball.
He immediately waved his arms and rushed over, hoping to interfere with Jiang Yang, but Jiang Yang didn't want to shoot at all, so he paid attention to being disappointed, Jiang Yang took the ball, directly made a simple horizontal pass, handed the ball over, and just ran out of Pierce, who received the ball and shot, although Gallinari had tried his best to block, but it was still a big difference, the basketball basket fell into the basket, and the Green Army overtook two points again, but the opposing player did not give up.
David Lee, who is worthy of being called by Buckley as a man with All-Star level ability, is indeed very short in height.
But his scramble on the inside is unusually fierce, and his most powerful point is not his footwork, nor his attack.
It's the spirit of this guy who doesn't give up, he knows that his innate is not very good, so every ball, he has to fight to put it in, with this belief, coupled with his young body and flexible footsteps, David Lee will not show weakness in the face of Perkins, a steady layup, the basketball is directly put into the basket, and the two sides are in a tug-of-war.
At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks led the Celtics by 2 points at 82-80, and the advantage of the Green Army was finally eaten away by the Knicks, and now it has found two points back, Jiang Yang's performance is remarkable, and when he played 5 minutes and 11 seconds in the third quarter, he scored 2 points plus 2 assists, after all, there are still Pierce and Rondo on the court, and it is difficult for the ball to reach him, and he did not give up when he did not have the ball, and has been defending Larry Hughes, Jiang Yang's defense is in place.
Didn't give Larry Hughes a chance, Larry Hughes scored four points before, still has four points, no change.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jiang Yang did not get off the court, but continued to stay on the court, although he still played the second position, but Eddie House now almost does not pass, and the people who pass the ball on the bench are mainly Jiang Yang, and Eddie House is now more like a scoring guard, and the opposing player's players have also been replaced, and Nate Robinson Jr. came to the court.
And Harrington, who spent a lot of money this year, also came to the field, one inside and one outside, two offensive masters, in the face of these little bean sprouts of the Green Army, some of them really didn't care too much, but soon Jiang Yang knew that the other party was not easy to mess with.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Eddie House dribbled past half court and handed the basketball to Jiang Yang.
Then he started to run, and Jiang Yang dribbled while looking at Nate Robinson in front of him, thinking about his style of play.
Although Nate Robinson's height is more than 20 centimeters different from Jiang Yang, this kid's bounce and strength are very strong, with Jiang Yang's strength, it is difficult to squeeze into the inner line, and Jiang Yang's only advantage is height, and if he jumps directly, he will make a wedding dress for Nate's super strong jump, and it will not be good to be covered at that time.
Jiang Yang's eyes were turning rapidly, Jiang Yang thought about the attack methods he knew, and suddenly Jiang's eyes lit up.
After handing the basketball to Eddie House, Jiang Yang ran without the ball and came to the inside near the free throw line.
And then lean over there, Nate Robinson, his goal is to guard Jiang Yang, you can't say what league De Dantoni's team is going to play, that's impossible, they can stare at people at half time, that's good.
Jiang Yang leaned Robinson back, and then asked for the ball from Eddie House in the distance.
Eddie House has nothing to do in the face of Duhon's defense at this time, Rondo can bully Duhon, he Eddie House can't, after all, Dujon is also the mainstream point guard in the league now, although he is not super first-class at the time, but the weight is not light, but it is not Eddie House, the substitute, can move, so Eddie House can only pass the ball to Jiang Yang again.
As soon as Jiang Yang got the ball, he arched back, not to mention, Nate Robinson's strength is really not something Jiang Yang can compete with.
The anti-shock force made Jiang Yang almost stand firm, but what Jiang Yang had to do was to stand unsteady, the force was mutual, and Jiang Yang's strength was small.
So he was bounced, but Nate was definitely uncomfortable, and it was impossible to jump again in such a situation.
And Jiang Yang, who was shocked out, did not have these concerns, Jiang Yang lost his balance in his body, so the shot point of this ball was not high, if Nate Robinson could jump, it would definitely be a bloody hat.
But Jiang Yang jumped with the help of the anti-shock, and when the other party wanted to jump, it was too late, so he could only watch the basketball in Jiang Yang's hand fall into the basket.
The German tank can be regarded as one of the least powerful interior lines in the NBA, because of this, he deliberately created this style of play, hitting the opponent, and when the opponent has no way to jump, he turns in the air and jumps.
Of course, Jiang Yang has no way to compare with King Nuo Tian, but because Nate is too short, this also gives Jiang Yang a chance.
After Jiang Yang turned around, he sacrificed the height of the shot point in exchange for the flat shot of this ball, and Peja's hand felt very unheavenly.
When the opponent couldn't even block his hand, Jiang Yang's shooting was still relatively accurate.
There was a crisp sound of 'brush', and the basketball was directly spun into the basket, and Jiang Yang helped the Celtics tie the score.
(To be continued)