Chapter 131: Troubles
It's all said that All-Star Week, or the trade deadline after All-Star Week, is a major watershed moment in the regular season.
Teams that are unhappy with the status quo and want to go one step further in the playoffs will have to make their final push on this date.
Last year, the Pistons acquired Rashid at the trade deadline, and this year, there was also a big trade in the East.
After oscillating between the Lakers and the 76ers for a long time, the Kings finally sent Webb, the former "King of the Kings", to the 76ers.
ESPN gave the 76ers a trade rating of A+ in this trade because they traded only three mediocre players to Webb, who looked like they had room to spare.
The combination of All-Star inside and outside makes them look very bright, and the 76ers, who have only the first two rounds of playoff prospects at most, stepped into the ranks of the giants at once.
The Heat also have some worries about the strengthening of the 76ers.
However, it is only a little, and a large part of it is out of respect for Iverson.
In addition to Webber's big trade, the 76ers made another wave of waste utilization, and they traded the "big dog" Robinson, who was no longer available due to injury, for blue-collar small forward Rodney and Marshburn, who was also unavailable.
This deal directly exposed their ambitions, although Mashburn said that he could still reach an average of 20+ per game when he played healthy in 03, but the continuous injuries have made him express the idea of retiring in the public many times, and he has one year left on his contract after this season, and the big dog on the other side of the big contract ends this year.
In other words, the 76ers' move is for a blue-collar small forward who is willing to take on a garbage contract with Marshburn's annual salary of tens of millions next year.
However, Mo Wen didn't care much about the threat of the 76ers, Webber's knee injury will not get better because of a change of team, and after this wave of trades, it seems that the 76ers' firepower replenishment problem has been alleviated, and the defense on the wing has also been supplemented, but their interior defense problem has not been solved.
Want the 76ers to be a threat to them, unless they let an O'Fat.
In addition to the 76ers in the East, there is only one Cavaliers left with a first-round pick in exchange for Kittels, who was tormented by Mowen in the second round of the playoffs last year, and the rest is a trade between some little-known small people.
The Heat's roster has been perfected, so they didn't trade again.
And in the West, similar to the 76ers, the Mavericks also made a wave of future-for-present trades, trading two mid-range leftovers for Van Horn, who still has a year left on his contract.
On the Rockets' side, Dawson also made two consecutive trades, and made a wave of changes to the Rockets' bench, of course, the changes were basically "old blood" veterans.
Mo Wen is actually looking forward to the performance of this space-time rocket, the current rocket because of Da Yao and Maddie's power-fighting behavior is worse than the original space-time rocket, and there is a high probability that he will not be able to touch the calf.
As long as the Rockets don't meet the other two teams in Texas, it's not impossible to break through the first round.
After the trade deadline, all teams with playoff hopes turned on the "ladder rush" mode.
The intensity of the game is visible to the naked eye and is starting to move closer to the playoffs.
At the beginning, the Heat was able to maintain the same dominance as in the first half, and won 5 games after the trade deadline, which made many basketball practitioners and media exclaim whether the Heat was going to sprint towards the Bulls' 72-win record.
But injury issues quickly taught the Heat what it means to be realistic.
At the beginning of mid-to-late March, Ao Fat, Wade, and Haslem began to "take the baton" with injuries, that is, Popovich has not yet understood the "mystery of rotational rest", otherwise Dafan will inevitably be criticized for learning badly.
The Heat's record has been greatly affected by the wave of injuries, losing three of the eight games, directly losing the hope of hitting the best record.
Mo Wen has always maintained the concept of walking and playing, and he has rich experience in avoiding injuries and protecting himself, so he can still maintain a healthy state.
But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and he can't perform miracles again and again when the lineup is not complete, and lead the team to victory.
As his fame spread, other teams studied and targeted him more and more, especially after the All-Star, and both TNT and ESPN analyzed his skills and performances in detail.
His signature moves, shooting preferences, common tactics, and admiring the girl's eyes have all been picked up.
If the Heat has a complete lineup, it is useless for others to know these things, he can use the containment of his star teammates, but in the case of continuous injuries, he can only ensure the team's winning rate.
However, he also used this time to brush his original declining average points per game back to 20+.
Even with the help of the league and Nike, he still hasn't been able to beat Nash, but the 20+10 stats almost make him book a best second team.
The fast-break system is a great blessing for assists, and the advantage of teammates being able to shoot when the ball passes past is incomparable to conventional positional battles.
"Now you're far worse than before, if you take the initiative to take a break, I can laugh at you for a year if you take the initiative to rest 5 years ago!"
In the locker room, Mo Ning drank the electrolyte water and said to Ao Fat next to him.
"Don't pretend to be a tough guy with me, you've been playing for so many years, and you don't even know when it's time to rest, then you're really playing for nothing."
Ao Fat soaked in the ice bucket and rolled his eyes.
Although it was claimed to the public that the two put aside their grievances and worked together, the two couldn't help but quarrel during the team's training.
"Then in the next game, do you really want to listen to that kid's advice and take a turn?"
Ao Fat nodded, not denying it.
"I know it may be hard for you to accept, but Mo is right, in the case of not being able to hit the best record in history, just make sure that our record is the first in the East, staying healthy is the most important thing, we want the result, not the process."
Mo Ning clenched his fist and hammered down the bench with some irritation.
The professional attitude he has cultivated for more than ten years really can't make him accept such a thing as taking turns off for the sake of health.
For this reason, he had a positive theory with Mo Wen in the team, and even quarreled several times.
To be honest, he has nothing to say about Mo Wen's skills and ability and attitude on the court.
Mo Wen and Wade are the strongest guard duo he has ever partnered with in his life.
and also assisted in a double, but Mo Wen, who is in the second grade, is stronger than Hardaway, who has been playing for seven or eight years.
But outside of the competition, Mo Wen's professionalism was not as in line with his expectations.
Mourning, who is dedicated to the team, also encountered the same troubles as the Heat coaching staff at this time.
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"Believe it or not, I'm going to score this goal here and end the series."
It was night, Mo Wen stood in front of the boiled egg, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said slowly.
More than 3,000 dungeon matches, just waiting for this opportunity, this time he didn't want to "about G7" again.
There will be one more shift tomorrow morning
(End of chapter)