Chapter 264: Knight? It's quite difficult to deal with, and it shouldn't be easy to sweep.
At the same time, there are four players with an ability value of more than 80, and the team with an average ability value of 90 can reach the four, looking at the history of the NBA, I am afraid that there is only the Golden State Warriors that Durant will join in the future.
As for the Cavaliers, James' overall rating should be in the range of 97 to 99, while Irving's total rating in the 15-16 season should be 86, and Love, who originally joined him, was 89.
Now Love has not been traded to the Cavaliers, replaced by new No. 1 Embiid.
Embiid, who has just joined the league, has already shown the undefeated nature of his Twitter.
When James announced his return to the Cavaliers, Embiid immediately tweeted to welcome James, but the words were quite inappropriate, although they did not say it explicitly, but between the lines it was completely a tone of the Cavaliers' boss welcoming the old players home.
This tone has a kind of "I thought the team chose James to assist me", not only James fans are not happy to listen to it, but Irving fans are also weird to listen to.
You're a newcomer, who gave you confidence? Even if it's welcome, it should be the team's boss Irving to welcome, everyone is the champion, Irving has proven in three seasons that he has the potential to become a superstar, he averaged 20 points and 6 assists per game last season, and was selected as an All-Star bench, not more qualified than you as a newcomer?
You're a self-acquaintance, you've just arrived at the Cavaliers, can you play a performance that is enough to match the identity of the champion, and you've already taken the identity of a Cavaliers leader first?
Fortunately, at this time, when James was going home, Cavaliers fans did not care too much about Embiid's remarks, even if they were unhappy with Embiid's remarks, and the Cavaliers of the same team were like the Lakers Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson and Worthy.
The trio have won three championships together, making them the league's most successful triumvirate and triumvirate.
Whether the combination of James, Irving and Embiid, plus Gasol and Pierce can reach the glorious level of honor of the Lakers' three-top combination, it is not known at present, but at least for now, the most optimistic team to win the championship in the new season is the Cavaliers.
Therefore, at the press conference of the Rockets' makeup photos, the reporter couldn't wait to ask Wang Chao this question.
In the past three years, Wang's Rockets and James's Heat have met three times in the Finals, and the Rockets have won the last two matchups, both of which were won by the Heat, who swept James 4-0.
Now that James is back with the Cavaliers and a large group of players with both strength and potential around him, can the Rockets or Wang Chao be as calm as before?
Wang Chao looked into the microphone with a calm expression and said lightly: "Indeed, the Cavaliers' lineup for the new season is very strong, even I feel the pressure, I want to beat them in the finals, and continue to sweep the defending three consecutive championships 4:0 may not be so easy." ”
Hearing that Wang Chao actually took the initiative to admit in front of the media, all the reporters couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Wang Chao's arrogance has been taught to them, in the face of the defeat of his subordinates in the past two years, he will actually take the initiative to show weakness?
However, the next moment, they realized that Wang Chao was not showing weakness, but in Versailles.
"A 4:0 sweep is unlikely, I'm trying to work hard and win three consecutive championships with a score of 4:1 or 4:2, after all, it's a bit too good to sweep the opponent out every time, which is not good."
Journalists: "......"
So you still think you're going to win? Is it just that it has become more difficult to sweep the opponent 4:0?
Sure enough, Wang Chao is still the same Wang Chao, and he will not easily admit it because the opponent's strength has become stronger, but he does have this qualification, Wang Chao, who has five consecutive regular season MVPs and six championships in hand, is now the first person in the league, and is attacking Jordan, the first person in the history league, this season's three consecutive championships will be the key to Wang Chao's official surpassing Jordan, as long as he wins the second three-consecutive championship dynasty, six FMVP, plus one more championship than Jordan, the position of the first person in the history of the Qiao Gang League will not be guaranteed.
This is also one of the reasons why many people are not optimistic about the Rockets winning the championship, not that they don't recognize Wang Chao and the strength of the Rockets, but in their hearts, they don't want Wang Chao to continue to win and continue to win the championship.
Jordan is the pride of the NBA and the pride of basketball in the United States, once even Jordan is surpassed by Wang Chao, doesn't it mean that the day when the basketball of the United States is surpassed by the basketball of China comes?
Even in terms of average player level, event influence and other aspects, the NBA American professional basketball still has a dominant position in the world, but the impact of Wang Chao's rise is still expanding, two Olympic gold medals, many years of NBA finals monopoly, and now there is a voice, that is, if Wang Chao and Da Yao participate in this year's men's basketball World Cup, the United States men's basketball team still can't win the championship.
Such a situation made many fans of the United States feel deeply threatened, and naturally subconsciously wanted to belittle Wang Chao and the Rockets.
It's like some Zhan Hei in the future, insisting on belittling the gold content of James' 2020 park championship, because the gold content of winning the championship that year was insufficient, and they want to prove that James is not as good as his favorite fans.
No matter how many black spots James has, it is an indisputable fact that the 2020 Park Championship is one of the most valuable championships in NBA history.
There are always people who like to say that the season was incomplete because of the masks, saying that many teams have been affected, but the problem is that it is not just one team that is affected, all teams in the league are facing the same situation, why can the Lakers maintain an excellent competitive state, but other teams cannot?
And the Lakers weren't unaffected by the mask, when the team's starting point guard, Avery Brown. Bradley didn't play the entire playoff because of the mask, and although Bradley was positioned as a defensive blue-collar guard with the Lakers, he was the team's primary starting point guard, starting 44 of his 49 games.
On the contrary, the other teams that have made the playoffs, especially the Lakers, have not missed starters due to mask quarantine issues.
On the other hand, and most importantly, there are no home and away games in the playoffs, and there are no live fans, which makes the game completely pure and free of any off-court interference.
However, the Lakers had the second-best record in the league in the regular season that season, second only to the Milwaukee Bucks in the East, which gave the Lakers home-court advantage in the playoffs, especially in the West, no matter which team they faced.
Everyone knows how big the home advantage is, in their own home stadium, with the cheers and encouragement of the fans, there is a familiar playing venue, and in the case of taking advantage of the situation, even if you go to the opponent's home stadium with a score of 2:0, you will not have any scruples.
However, in the Orlando Bubble Park, where there are no fans and no home and away points, the Lakers' second place in the regular season and first place in the West have disappeared, and they are completely playing against opponents in an absolutely fair venue and environment, including such an important game as the finals against the Heat, there is also no home-court advantage, and the championship is completely won by hard power.
These are stark realities that cannot be avoided.
The funniest thing was that Beverley, a player of the Clippers, later said that the park playoffs ruined their championship because they left their familiar home court and took them out of their comfort zone, which led to poor performance and led to the defeat of the Nuggets in the division semifinals.
Indeed, there is some truth in what he said, the Clippers, who were second in the West at the time, and the Nuggets who were third in the West in the second round of the playoffs, should have a home-court advantage, but the disappearance of this advantage in the park did affect the trend of the playoffs between the two teams in a sense.
But if someone uses Beverley's words to question the gold content of the Lakers' 2020 park championship, that's the biggest joke.
Because according to this logic, the Clippers, the second in the West, lost the game that should not have been lost because of the lack of home-court advantage in the park game, and the first in the West, in the face of the Lakers, who should have had a home-court advantage all the way, overcame difficulties all the way and finally won the championship, but it became the most goldless championship.
As for the FMVP of this championship, whether it is awarded to James or thick eyebrows, it is actually okay, but considering that James was better than thick eyebrows in all aspects of scoring, rebounding and assists during the finals, this award was finally awarded to James.
Even the Lakers, who showed strong dominance in the park at that time, can be said to be the most unattractive champion, not to mention Wang Chao, who is a Chinese and seriously threatens the hegemony of American imperialist basketball.
Of course, this kind of attitude that I can't do anything about me when I see me unhappy, except for a few words of hi, Wang Chao likes it the most.
"Mr. Wang Chao, based on what you just said, can it be understood that in your opinion, the Cavaliers are not justified, and the Rockets will definitely win the championship this season to achieve three consecutive championships?"
Some reporters immediately fell into the ground, wanting Wang Chao to further set up a flag.
Hearing this, the general manager and head coach of the Rockets on the side had their eyelids jumping, and Wang Chao smiled slightly and said lightly: "What will happen, won't there be an answer after we meet in the later games?" ”
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The Rockets' new season makeup photos and press conference are full of explosive points, and many reporters have gained a lot and left very satisfied.
The team's head coach, McHale, was a little worried.
"Wang, isn't it good for us to be so high-profile, after all, our strength this season is not as good as before, we should be low-key and play steadily......"
Before McHale finished speaking, he saw Wang Chao shaking his head and said helplessly. "Don't worry, Kevin, the strength of the Rockets in the new season will not be worse than last season, or even a little stronger, it should be second only to the 12-13 season."
The 12-13 season is the most glorious moment for the Rockets, Garnett is still in the stage of catching the last tail of his peak, and he is still DPOY-level defense when he devotes himself wholeheartedly to the defensive end, Da Yao has not suffered from injuries throughout the season, and the team's starting and bench lineups are perfect, playing the best record in the history of 72-10 in the regular season, tying Jordan's 72-72 win over the Bulls, and the playoffs are all the way to win the championship.
It had to be admittedly a really memorable season.
Although the Rockets also won the championship last season, their strength declined visibly, Garnett did not have that peak defensive ability, and was reduced to a substitute rotation player.
Thanks to Wang Chao's strength as always, coupled with the excellent performance of Leonard, Butler and other rookie players, the Rockets successfully won the second championship.
McHale didn't expect that Wang Chao would be able to say that the team is stronger this season than last season.
Many players have been poached with high salaries this summer, and the team's reinforcements are also mediocre, what kind of confidence can Wang Chao based on to say such things?
McHale couldn't figure it out and didn't understand it, but if he could, he wouldn't be later called by many Rockets fans as a manager who was nothing but licking stars.
Whether he wants to pass it or not has no impact on the development of the team, because from the team's lineup rotation and tactical play, to the daily training content, it is all Wang Chao's decision.
Wang Chao already has an idea for the new season, this season he will return to the point guard position, and the team will officially begin to develop in the direction of small ball tactics.
Although Da Yao will still start, his identity will become a pseudo-starter, and the playing time will be strictly controlled at about 20 minutes, with his current age, physical fitness and competitive state, it is already good to be able to play a good game for 20 minutes.
The remaining playing time will be adjusted according to the opponent, and if the opponent has offensive big man interior players, such as Cousins of the Warriors, Embiid of the Cavaliers, and the twin towers of Howard and Duncan of the Spurs, let Whiteside and Gobert take turns on the top.
If the opponent is a team that lacks a top center forward, Wang Chao will directly take the center forward position and reproduce last season's super five forward lineup.
Thanks to Chandler. Parsons' departure, in fact, there is actually a vacancy in the current Rockets Death Five lineup, but the Death Five lineup cannot be reproduced, but the Death Five can still be achieved, whether it is Belinelli, Ray. Aaron or Mo. Williams can get into the rotation and play run-and-shoot, and their job is very simple, just stand in the bottom corner and shoot the ball, which is not technical or difficult.
Set the tone of the Rockets' main tactical play for the new season, and the team immediately put it into training.
At the beginning of October, the pre-season began as scheduled.
This year, the league did not arrange the preseason of the Rockets' Huaguo Station, the purpose of the league is to promote the NBA in China, whether it is Da Yao or Wang Chao, it is just an opportunity, you can't just rely on them, otherwise once both of them retire from the NBA, won't the door to the Chinese basketball market be closed?
The real purpose of the league is to develop more high-quality star player idols in China and promote market expansion, so the teams scheduled by the league to play in China this year are the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks.
Wang Chao is so happy, although Huaguo Xing can be sought after and cheered by many Chinese fans, but the experience of flying half the world by plane is not particularly good.
It is easier to test the team's roster and player status in the preseason, adjust the rotation of the regular season, prepare for the regular season, and use the team's record to slap the guys who swear that the Rockets will not be able to continue to win championships.
(End of chapter)