Sure enough, although the arrival of Wang Chao has changed many things in the NBA league, it has also directly affected many people, for example, Kobe Bryant only has four crowns, O'Neal has been satisfied with five championships, the Celtics Big Three have not won a championship so far, the youngest regular season MVP in history no longer exists, James has only one regular season MVP, and Durant has not won a single scoring title so far......

But Jeremy Lin seized an opportunity in early February, as usual, and immediately jumped on the wind, shocking the league with several super-strong performances in a row.

From a home win over the Nets on February 4 to a home win over the Kings on February 15, the Knicks won a wave of seven straight wins under the leadership of Jeremy Lin!

During this seven-game winning streak, Jeremy Lin can contribute an average of 24.4 points and 9.1 assists per game, which is the main contribution to the Knicks' winning streak.

On February 17, the Knicks lost to the New Orleans Hornets at home, ending the winning streak, but the team lost, but Jeremy Lin did not lose, he shot 8-of-18 from the free-throw line, cut down 26 points and 5 assists, and continued to play magically.

The most classic game played during Lin's rise was the 92-85 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Before the game, a reporter asked Kobe if he had any advice for Jeremy Lin, and Kobe said I don't even know who you are talking about.

As a result, Jeremy Lin and Kobe Bryant exchanged 34 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeremy Lin had 38 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

After the game, the Knicks' local media gloated and asked Kobe, what advice do you have for Jeremy Lin's performance?

Kobe Bryant's face darkened: "He has cut 38 points on my head, what other advice do you need?" ”

At this time, Kobe really didn't know Jeremy Lin, and he didn't even know Jeremy Lin's nationality, so he just thought that there was another demon like Wang Chao in Huaguo.

The storm that Jeremy Lin blew in the alliance did not have such a strong repercussion in China, at least not as strong as in the original history, no way, after all, with Yuzhu in front, although Jeremy Lin's performance was very eye-catching, but compared with Wang Chao, it was obviously still a big deal.

This season's Wang Chao's data performance is too explosive.

In January, Wang Chao was elected the Western Player of the Month with an average of 40.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game, and he had two 50+ scoring performances in a single month, which is rare in the history of the league.

After entering February, with Jeremy Lin sweeping the storm of the league, Wang Chao's performance is still stable, in a continuous back-to-back, Da Yao suspended away games to slash 62 points to lead the team to win, the average points per game continue to maintain around 40+, in the current lack of scoring points of the Rockets, Wang Chao completely single-handedly supported the entire team's offense.

As Popovich lamented before, everyone is probably witnessing a crazy season, a legendary rise that is rare in the history of scoring ability!

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On February 26, All-Star Weekend is coming.

After four rounds of voting, the starters of the East and West Divisions of the All-Star Game were completely decided.

The Western side continued to maintain the original first-round voting results, and Wang Chao was elected All-Star vote king with 1.7 million votes, and his performance during the regular season was too exaggerated.

Howard, the host, received 1.58 million votes, a full 120,000 votes less than Wang Chao, and the gap was quite large.

Kobe Bryant ranked third with 1.51 million votes, second only to Wang Chao in the West, followed by Durant, Paul, and Da Yao......

It just so happened that the five players with the highest votes in the West occupied the five positions in the All-Star Game, and Bynum, who performed well in the regular season, couldn't compete with Da Yao in popularity after all, and the number of votes was abused by Da Yao.

The All-Star starters in the East are Howard, James, Wade, Anthony and Rose.

Although Jeremy Lin, who has been in the limelight recently, made a huge splash before the All-Star Game roster was announced, and he had the feeling of becoming an All-Star substitute and going straight to the main game, he still failed to participate in the All-Star Game in the end, after all, his background was still slightly inferior to other star players, and he could only represent the second year in the rookie challenge.

On the Rockets' side, the final selection for the rookie challenge was not the previous high-profile trio, Isaiah. Thomas was also brushed off midway through, and only Leonard and Chandler were the only ones who were selected for the Rookie Challenge. Parsons two.

The Rockets have two selected All-Star starters, dating back to the last time it was the 05-06 season, Da Yao and Maddy were both selected as Western All-Star starters, although in the 06-07 season, Da Yao was also elected as the starting center in the West, but because of injuries, he missed the All-Star Game.

All-Star Weekend is a place for Da Yao to mix his face and play soy sauce, overseas players + interior players, Dbuff is almost stacked, even if Da Yao wants to make a difference in the All-Star, it is impossible, playing time is limited and rarely gets the ball on the court.

However, the All-Star is a show-and-play game, and except for a few players, not many star players really care about the honor of All-Star MVP.

Da Yao started for about 8 minutes, and he symbolically took the ball and showed his face, which is also what Wang Chao is happy to see, he doesn't want Da Yao to continue to accumulate fatigue in the All-Star.

As for Wang Chao himself, because his popularity is too hot now, he can't rest off the court, and finally played on the court for about 30 minutes, saying that he was playing soy sauce, but occasionally took a three-point shot, and unconsciously cut down 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars 152-149, and Durant, who scored 36 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, won the All-Star MVP.

When Durant lifted the All-Star MVP trophy, he had a big smile on his face, as if it was a regular season MVP or championship trophy.

It can't be helped, and Durant is also depressed.

Since his debut and began to rise, he has been in a situation of being suppressed by Wang Chao, obviously a super scorer, but so far he has not even won a scoring champion honor, especially this season, so far Durant has averaged 31.4 points per game, which is far higher than the average of 28 points per game in the same period in the original history, but even so, he can only rank second on the scoring list, and he looks at Wang Chao, who averages 40 points per game, standing high at the peak.

Durant's scoring ability is indeed strong, and his height and reach, combined with a stable mid-range shot, make his offense undefinable.

But fitness has always been a constraint on Durant's scoring ceiling.

Of all the top superstars, Durant has the fewest 50+ points and no 60+ points.

Averaging 30+ points per game in the regular season is an easy goal for Durant to eat and drink, but it is really a bit difficult for him to play more than 40 minutes per game and score 40+ points per game like Wang Chao......

This All-Star MVP is really a spiritual comfort for Durant.

It's just that looking at Durant, who is high-spirited and lifting the trophy, James should scold his mother! Because he wants this trophy too!

In the game, James didn't let go of any water, shooting 15 of 23 from the field, cutting 36 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, but the East still failed to win.

Whether it's for James himself or the Big Three of the Heat, they have completely run out of ways this season.

The failure of the Big Three last season may have been excused by the lack of tacit understanding during the run-in period, but this season, the three-time champion dynasty Magic's super-magic combination has disintegrated, and the most formidable opponents no longer exist, while other teams such as the Bulls, Spurs, Lakers and even the Rockets of the Super League have more or less shortcomings.

If the Heat can't win the championship in this case, the so-called Chosen One will become a complete joke, and what will he James run to Miami for? ——

That's the end of All-Star Weekend, which also means that the regular season will enter the final sprint.

But unlike in the past, because this season is a shortened season, most teams have at least 31 games after the All-Star, about four or five more than before.

Don't underestimate the mere five games, as they can be fitted into your daily fixture schedule and there will be back-to-back games that will take time off and allow players to build up fatigue even more.

But there is no way around it, and the impact of the stoppage on the schedule is completely force majeure.

The league's teams can only strengthen their teams through trades as much as possible before the trade deadline after the All-Star break to ensure their strength in the final sprint of the regular season.

The Los Angeles Lakers took the lead and they first took the championship point guard to the credit card for Derrick. Fisher traded away to free up salary space and then traded Luke Fisher. Wharton and other players got Raymond from the Cavaliers. Sessions.

The deal of the Lakers management has been praised by many media.

Fisher is getting older and slower now, and while the defensive end is a black hole, the offensive end does not have any role in sharing Kobe's pressure, and it is completely a drag on the court.

On the other hand, Sessions averaged 13 points and 5 assists per game with the Cavaliers last season, and before being traded, he also had 10.5 points and 5.2 assists in dozens of games played by the Cavaliers.

With the addition of Sessions, the Lakers' mobility and offensive ability at the point guard position have been greatly improved, and they have been rated as A-level reinforcements.

It's just that according to the original history, the Lakers should have received an A+ rating before the trade deadline, as they used Fisher plus a 12-year first-round pick from the Mavericks to get blue-collar center Jordan from the Rockets. Hill.

In fact, before Fisher was traded, the Lakers did approach the Rockets, hoping to get Jordan from the Rockets with Fisher plus the Mavericks' 12-year first-round pick. Hill.

But the deal was rejected by Wang Chao without hesitation.

First of all, Fisher has no value in his own right, a negative asset with no combat effectiveness, and as for the Mavericks' 12-year first-round pick......

Although the Mavericks' record has dropped significantly this season, they are still a playoff-level team, and this first-round pick should only be about sixteen or seventeen.

In the 2012 draft, the picks at this position were not valuable, but not as valuable as the picks at the top of the second round, after all, there was Drummond in the second round in 12 years. Green & Chris. Middleton.

Of course, for the Rockets, who currently have Wang Chao, Leonard, Butler and Parsons at the forward position, even if Green and Middleton are selected, there is no way to provide them with enough playing time.

Compared to this first-round pick, Jordan. Hill is clearly worth a little more.

Although he is only a blue-collar center, Hill is young, physically energetic, and full of impact, although he is relatively thin as a center forward and slightly lacking in confrontation ability, but he is still very good at certain times.

The most important thing is that he is cheap.

This year is Hill's contract year, and the Rockets have previously discussed Hill's contract extension, and the two sides have reached a preliminary agreement that they will provide him with a three-year contract with an average salary of 3 million.

Considering that in the next 13-14 season, Hill can contribute 9.7 points and 7.4 rebounds while averaging only 20 minutes per game for the Lakers, this contract is definitely worth the money.

The failure to get Hill lowered the Lakers' trade rating by a +, so they got Nick through a trade. Young, the Clippers who have successfully strengthened their forward strength, have all received an A rating.

In addition, the Spurs also made a trade at the trade deadline with Richard Brown. Jefferson was traded for Stephen. Jackson, both players were once players in the league, but now they are only role players, so not many people will pay attention.

The Rockets stayed on hold during the trade deadline and didn't make any moves.

This is also Wang Chao's consistent habit, before the start of the regular season, using the ability of the traverser to foresee, Wang Chao has already done everything he can do, and there is naturally no need to make amends in the middle of the season.

Teams like the kind that make big trades in the middle of the season, and there are basically few teams that can win the playoffs.

And after the All-Star Weekend, the Rockets' win rate continued to decline as the intensity of the game increased.

But there is no way to do it, as the season progresses, the fatigue of the players is accumulating, especially rookie players such as Leonard, who cannot be compared with experienced veterans who have experienced NBA games for many years in terms of physical fitness.

And Team Rocket now has a big Yao who was carefully supplied by Wang Chao as Lafayette.

In fact, this arrangement made Da Yao feel quite uncomfortable, after all, he was a teammate of a team, watching other companions continue to work hard for the team's record, but he was resting in the continuous back-to-back away center, this feeling made the honest Da Yao sit still.

If you take a closer look at Da Yao's performance so far this season, it does feel a bit paddling.

Before the trade deadline, that is, before March 16, the Rockets played a total of 44 games, and Da Yao played in 32 of them, averaging 16.7 points and 8.3 rebounds in 28.5 minutes per game.

Da Yao's efficiency value is very good, and the shooting percentage has always been above 50%, but this average per game is his lowest since his rookie season, even in the second season of his career, Da Yao has averaged 17.5 points and 9 rebounds per game.

(End of chapter)