The 76ers defeated the Celtics, and the winning percentage of the season is already very good, and they have pulled the second place in the East by 17 wins, as long as the next games will not lose too badly, they will basically determine their home court advantage. So, in the later games, in addition to training the team's tactics, Larry let the players brush up their own data.

The 76ers' roster is very different from the first half of the season. The 76ers don't have that super All-Star level center Theo? Ratliffe, along with third-level center McLodge, was also sent out. And also put the striker George? Lynch sent it away, making the 76ers' crowded small forward position finally a lot easier.

Then, the trade-in Rasheed Wallace and Ocella Hanington complemented the team's weak interior line, while one draft pick from each side laid the groundwork for the team's future, and the two million cash satisfied the 76ers owner's stingy eye. A very happy ending.

However, it also creates a gap between the players and the players. Nazr Mohammed, who is the team's substitute power forward, is still in that position, but now more time is spent playing center; The team's starting power forward, Tyrone Hill, became the team's backup power forward, and newcomer Rasheed Wallace became the starting power forward. Correspondingly, Larry seems to be trying to make Rasheed Wallace more comfortable with the 76ers' triangle offensive system. Kukoc's playing time has also increased a lot. As a result, Luke's playing time has been reduced a lot. Considering Tony though? At Kukoc's age, Larry still sent Luke to play for about two quarters.

But most of it was that kind of bench period. Of course, Luke believes it's Larry adjusting his tactics.

Larry was really getting a headache from the 76ers' tactics. Originally, it stands to reason that Rashid is the player who knows the most about tactical cooperation among the "four major forwards", and he can do everything with high demolition and low blocking, but when it comes to the 76ers, it seems to be a little uncomfortable. Although the tactical literacy is very good, it just can't work with Aaron. When Aaron broke through, Rashid didn't follow or pull away; When Rashid cut into the air, Aaron didn't pass. Anyway, the two of them are the kind of rush that can't be matched. But when Larry replaced one of them and then brought in Luke, it was a different story: when Allen and Luke were on the court, Luke could be a power forward, help Allen block and score, and also ensure defense to a certain extent. But it lacks the strength to protect the inside rebound. So at this time, it's best to send Ben's classmates to the inside line; And when Luke and Rashid Wallace are on the court, Luke can play as a point guard, which is Luke's old job, and Luke can still play well. Luke and Rasheed Wallace's pick-and-roll tactics are not as good as the Utah Twins and the Supersonic Twins of the year. But it's still very good. At least there will be no air cutting mistakes. And the two of them don't have to worry about rebounding when they work together, because both of them have strong rebounding ability, so Larry will not hurt even if he sends Nazr Mohammed to face a strong team. But the only thing worth noting is that the attack strength on the outside is not enough. Because Luke has to pay attention to the inside offense and the outside defense, he can no longer focus on the outside offense. Of course, this kind of problem can also be solved by Reed and McGee, who are willing to solve it.

Seeing that some people here are estimated to ask, since Allen and Luke will have poor interior rebounding ability, and Luke and Rasheed Wallace lack outside offensive ability together, then wouldn't it be okay to let Luke, Allen, and Rasheed Wallace play together? Yes, this plan is the best and the most effective.

But Larry won't do that, at least not for the time being. Because Larry now has his own thoughts.

Now the whole team of the 76ers is suffering from a disease. Larry calls him "Luke Dependency"! This is another disease relative to the original 76 people, that is, "Allen dependence".

The "Allen dependence" of those years had very obvious characteristics. As long as Allen is on the field, then 80% of the points on the court are won by Allen alone, and the other 20% is divided equally between McGee and other players, and McGee has to take the lion's share, which is very small on average, and they are responsible for doing what Allen can't do, which is defense. When Allen was off the court, the whole team started team basketball. This is very scary, the team's shots and scoring are mainly focused on one person, so that the other teams have a clear defensive focus, defending Allen. So after Allen arrived in the city, and until this season, the 76ers' record has not been very good, and that's why.

But when Luke came to this team, the 76ers' "Allen dependency" was significantly improved. It may be that putting Allen on the shelf before the season has made Allen sober and no longer fight alone like before, but willing to share the ball, especially when Luke is there, Allen is even willing to act as a green leaf sometimes, and it is voluntary.

And when Allen is not on the court, Luke has a greater role, he can connect the team, strengthen defense and rebounding, take the initiative to score, improve player motivation and so on. As long as the locker room leader wants to do, Luke does it for Aaron, and he does it well, and sometimes Aaron is willing to listen to Luke's advice. This is "Luke dependence", but this "Luke dependence" would have been a good thing. Like Kobe, it is only by having a good helper by his side that he can succeed. In the early part of his career, it was because of O'Neal that Kobe Bryant was able to gain a foothold in the Lakers and became the vice captain; Later, it was because Derek Fisher helped him deal with affairs that he was able to concentrate on playing and scoring. In later generations, there was a saying, "Without Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant has three championships; Without O'Neal, Bryant had two championships, but without Derrick Fisher, Bryant didn't have a single championship. "Fisher is Kobe's lucky star, and when the Lakers traded Fisher, the Lakers didn't even pass the second round of the playoffs and went straight out.

And the reason why Allen lost to Kobe Bryant came out that there is no big market and no super teammates like Kobe, there is also a reason why he has never had a lucky star, although Snow is counted as one, but his status cannot be compared with Fisher. The inability to control Allen has made Allen a thorn in the shoulder, a locker room bomb that all teams don't want to see. After all, Joe Gang Leader also needs Pippen to succeed, and without Pippen, Joe Gang Leader still has to be suppressed by the Pistons.

Now Aaron has a new lucky star Luke, which is a very good thing, Aaron doesn't have to have so much trouble anymore, he just needs to stand up when he is needed the most, and Luke can help him do the rest, which makes Aaron very comfortable.

But Larry had a headache.

Luke is a very good player, in every sense of the word, Larry admits that. But the most important point is that the 76ers can't keep Luke at all. The other players are okay to say, nothing more than contracts and team status, and these 76ers can satisfy them, including Big Ben, Rasheed Wallace, Reed, McGee, Bryan, these players can do it. But Luke is the only one who is very special. Luke was an undrafted player and joined the team before the season on a one-year, $1 million contract. After all, Luke's performance in the NCAA at that time was not good, but his physical test and summer league performance were relatively good, and signing him on a million-year contract was not a loss, at least it was not too much to lose, which was the favorite of the 76ers owner. But now that Luke is famous, and he has been selected for the All-Star Game, he is naturally worth a lot more, as long as there are no major injuries now, and there is no maximum salary agent will help him get the maximum salary, even if he does not play well next season. For example, Juwan Howard is like that. American law has a habit of citing cases, that is, methods made by predecessors, which can be directly applied by future generations without having to be verified again, and the classic film "The Rainmaker" fully demonstrates the powerful effect of this habit, and the NBA league is also like this. The league has come up with a number of clauses to help teams keep players who are above the salary limit, such as the Bird Clause and the Early Bird Clause, which can be applied directly by latecomers to sign players without paying a hefty luxury tax. However, none of this is for Luke. Not even the minimum requirements of the Early Bird clause. The early Bird clause is as follows: A player who has played all or part of the same team in the past two years (including those who have moved as a result of a team trade) can renew his contract after he becomes a free agent at the higher of 175% of the player's final year's salary and the league-wide average player salary. If you renew your contract under this special exception, you must sign a contract for at least two years. Luke, on the other hand, is the kind of player who only signs a one-year contract, and is not one of them at all. Although the 76ers can also spend a lot of money to keep him, the stingy 76ers boss is completely reluctant. He thinks that it is completely possible to renew Luke with a middle-class contract, which is at most 1,000 or 10,000, after all, Allen is only a few times the salary level now. Of course, now the highest 76ers is Rasheed Wallace, with a salary of 12.5 million, which has already made the 76ers boss very unhappy, if he uses tens of millions of annual salaries to keep Luke, I believe that the 76ers boss will eat Larry!

So Larry only used one old method, which was to suppress Luke's playing time, but his exposure and statistics began to decline, hoping that those scouts in the player market would not pay attention to Luke, so that the 76ers could smoothly renew Luke's contract.

But such a move angered another person, and that was Aaron. (To be continued......)