Chapter 360: A Change in Lineup (Amazing Old Boy)
Chamberlain was expecting a public service announcement about anti-war themes, which he hoped would ease the guilt in his heart, and also warn young people who fantasize about the world war and then take the opportunity to rise to become famous generals, hoping to make today's children understand the preciousness of life.
In addition to that, he has another purpose, which is to vent his frustration with the US government for provoking the Iraq war, which is a good thing in the United States, as long as the propaganda is legal, then you can criticize the governor, the national legislature, the president and even the country itself.
But what Julie wants to shoot is an anti-war propaganda film, which is different from public service advertisements of just a few seconds and a maximum of ten seconds, the anti-war propaganda film is close to 20 minutes, and Chamberlain is not required to participate in the early stage, it is her crew who goes to Southeast Asia such as Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and other places to shoot, and only in the later stage does Chamberlain and Julie need to participate in the performance.
After agreeing on some things, Julie gave Chamberlain two books, one is "The Art of Acting" and the other is "Introduction to Acting". ”
Vakkaro smiled and touched his nose, and Chamberlain was very confident, he felt that he had acting talent since he was a child, and if he didn't grow too tall and go to Hollywood, he would have been able to break through the world - when he was a child, he cooperated with Doug to act to cheat his father and mother of his pocket money, and he repeatedly succeeded.
Although Chamberlain's training camp is over, his closed training continues, Yi Jianlian also has to participate in the whole process, Winnie's training began to take effect, the latter mainly trains his psychological quality through various means, simply put, it makes him gradually shameless, in this case, Yi Jianlian's confidence begins to build, and sometimes even in the low position can single Chamberlain.
But he had to end training camp early because on Sept. 20, the Bucks made a trade in which they traded Bobby Simmons and Yi Jianlian for a Musket from the Nets, Richard Jefferson.
Yi Jianlian's debut season was very unsatisfactory, he did not show the ability and potential of being the No. 7 pick in the first round, and his performance in the Olympics was not good, Chamberlain was too strong to completely overshadow his brilliance, and it was also related to the team configuration.
Originally, Yi Jianlian was going to play big forward, but the Chinese men's basketball team has Chamberlain and Yao Ming, who are destined to play double-tower tactics.
The Bucks and the former Warriors are a plan, they don't want to win any championships, as long as they can sell box office and make money. When the Bucks selected Yi Jianlian, it was not because of how tough the latter was, but because they saw that the Rockets were red-eyed because of Yao Ming's big box office sales, they chose Yi Jianlian and wanted to play the circle money movement.
The Chinese are indeed rich, and the Chinese are indeed easy to make, but then we have to see who is calling, Chamberlain's sideways appearance has attracted the attention of all the Chinese, and even Yao Ming's status has declined greatly, not to mention Yi Jianlian?
The Bucks didn't make any money on Yi Jianlian, and his ability was not good, it was just a piece of chicken ribs, and it was a pity to leave it tasteless.
The trade continued, and after Yi Jianlian left the training camp, Nelson Sr. rushed over, and after meeting, he said: "The team received a trade offer from Boston, and they want O'Bryant!" ”
O'Bryant entered the 2006 draft, and Mullin was blinded to a first-round No. 10 that drafted him, and has been depressed since coming to the Warriors, averaging just one per game over two seasons. 7 points 1. 3 boards, far from his value, the Warriors have not used him much, Chamberlain has the physical strength to play the whole court, and he did the same, only in the playoffs, when Chamberlain was caught in the bag, Nelson Sr. sent O'Bryant on the court.
After all, it was the original lottery show, in fact, O'Bryant's potential was still okay, but he was too soft, and old Nelson didn't like him, so he didn't reuse him.
Although the old Nelson doesn't cherish it, in the eyes of other teams in the league, O'Bryant is absolutely sweet, because when the Warriors train internally, he is specially used to train Chamberlain, and the standard study with the prince is standard, so that even if he doesn't have the prince's skills, he has learned a lot, the key is that he knows how to deal with Chamberlain better than others.
Chamberlain's strength has made all teams feel the crisis, and they need someone who can make things difficult for Chamberlain, and O'Bryant is one of them.
O'Bryant has made up his mind, he has absolutely no chance in the Warriors, and he has no chance to come off the bench, and this year's draft Warriors selected Ibaka, who has a similar style to him but is more fierce and has more potential, which is the rhythm that forced him to a dead end.
There was nothing to be done, Chamberlain discussed with Nelson Sr., or had to trade O'Bryant, and in the end it was the Green Shirts who made a more reasonable offer, and they sent their own round of picks last year in exchange for O'Bryant.
The Green Shirts are the champions of this year, and the Big Three have all remained healthy for the time being, and it is certain that the results of next season will not be much worse, and it is estimated that there is no difference between this first-round pick and the second-round pick, but other teams are only willing to send out second-round picks, so naturally the weight of the Green Shirts is more valuable.
If one of the old guys in the Big Three is reimbursed next season, won't they make a fortune? This is what Nelson Sr., Chamberlain and Richard thought.
If the O'Bryant trade is not painful for the Warriors, the next choice for Petrus will make the old Nelson nervous.
Petrus's contract expires this season, but the Warriors are very sorry for him, because the NBA has an unspoken rule, that is, the team is to increase the playing time for him in the contract year, let them show themselves as much as possible, and strive to get a big contract, Byron Davis and Biedrins left, there are reasons for this, Chamberlain occupies too many core factors, and the two of them were also contract years last season, and they can't stand this.
Petrus is not an American, but he has a cowboy spirit, he is very righteous and does not care about this, even if the Warriors are overcrowded after getting Billups and West and he does not have a chance to play in the playoffs, he has no complaints and works hard to defend.
This led to a result, his average of 7 per game. With two points in his five-year career, the second-to-last of his five-year career is not over: his player efficiency, true shooting percentage, scoring efficiency, three-point shooting percentage, and appearances have all decreased compared to the previous season.
The Warriors have more and more shooters, Ellis, Azubuike, Jackson, Barnes, they all have one-handed shooting skills, West and Billups are also good shooters, and the newly drafted Curry plays a two-way guard, and his shooting is more powerful, deep in his father's true pass.
In this way, the Warriors position Petrus as a simple perimeter defender, and the fuck is that the Warriors have two specialized perimeter defense experts, Jackson and Barnes, and the simple thing is that Petrus is no longer of much value to the Warriors.
In other words, for the Warriors, Petrus is also a chicken rib.
Petrus doesn't have much value to stay, but he is loyal to the team and has no regrets, and he can't be sent away because he is one of the brothers in the dressing room.
The small consortium led by Richard has just become the owner of the team, and they have money in their hands, but they can't spend it casually, not to mention the luxury tax, but Petrus is now in a bad position to give a price. Now that Richard became owner, he fired Chris Mullin and made Nelson Sr. the team's head coach and general manager.
Nelson Sr. has given Petrus a decent option to allow him to test the free market, and if the offer he gets is not satisfactory, the team can talk to him later.
Petrus is actually very capable, what he lacks is opportunities, his outside defensive ability, positive attitude, excellent talent and taciturn personality are needed by many teams, after entering the free market, the Orlando Magic chose to make an offer for him, the contract is two years and eight million.
Although reluctant to give the Warriors, the Magic have a bigger contract, in addition to promising him more opportunities - not to whom? The Magic's small forward is only offensive and not defensive Turkoglou, and the arrival of Petrus can give them more help on the perimeter.
The Warriors have more problems than that, after the departure of O'Bryant and Petrus, a more important contract has been put on the agenda, which is to re-sign Ellis or what, what is his plan?
It doesn't matter if O'Bryant is gone, because he is originally out of place with the core of the Warriors, just an ordinary role player, except for a few games in the playoffs, he is used to guard the water cooler, and this kind of role is nothing.
It's not easy to go without Petrus, because he is a fairly important part of the old Nelson rotation and a member of Jackson's Band of Brothers. However, the Warriors are overcrowded after all, and Petrus has a better way out, so there is nothing to say about leaving.
But if Ellis also leaves, then the Warriors will have a big problem, because this is their starting point guard!
Ellis's defensive ability is average, but it is undeniable that his offensive talent is too strong and fierce, just a ferocious machine gun, and the Warriors have so many outside players, but compared to the offense, he is the first, and Billups can only match it.
At the end of each season, ESPN and TNT judge the players and rank them according to their salary and contribution value, and Ellis ranks first in the low-paid and high-performance rankings, averaging 20 per game in the regular season last season. 2 points, and the salary is only less than 500,000 US dollars, which is really a discount.
There's no doubt that Ellis, who is only in his fourth year this year, has what it takes to get a high-paying contract, and he's one of the big fish on the free agency market this summer, worth at least tens of millions.
Let Petrus go, the Richard consortium can't let Ellis go anymore, otherwise they are even worse than the previous owner of the Warriors, because when he got control of the Warriors, Richard promised in an interview with The San Francisco Voice that he would strengthen the team, and the only reason he took over the Warriors was to win a championship.
When it comes to doing what it says, the Richard consortium, which is not bad for money, directly gave Ellis a six-year 65 million contract, which is actually very reasonable, although Ellis can average 20 per game. 2 points, but his points conceded are about the same amount, and if he is balanced offensively and defensively, he can still average 20 per game. 2 points, that starting salary is at least 15 million.
But there are still many people who covet Ellis, such as the Knicks, this team has been a typical example of money and stupidity since Dolan Jr. took power, and Ellis's crazy offensive ability made the Knicks extremely greedy, and they categorically offered 70 million in six years.
The Richard consortium didn't hesitate and immediately matched the offer, because Chamberlain needed a musketeer like Ellis to help him distance himself from the outside.