Westbrook is alone, Durant is the most vocal, and of course, as long as he is still on the Thunder, he can't publicly express his opinion.

Unlike Durant, who is delicate and extremely cautious, Westbrook belongs to the kind of personality that is very aggressive and straightforward, and it is precisely because of this that he will not hesitate to think of being the boss of the team, Durant, and insist on adding drama to himself as a point guard.

The butterfly effect allowed Durant to avoid a major injury season in the 14-15 season, but the Thunder's record did not improve because of this, as Westbrook's average shots per game began to get more and more.

In fact, in previous seasons, with the improvement of Westbrook's personal ability, the average number of shots per game has gradually reached the same level as Durant, but the difference in scoring efficiency and shooting percentage between the two has led to Durant scoring a lot more points than Westbrook when the shots are almost the same.

This season, Westbrook has averaged more shots per game than Durant for the first time in his career, and is currently averaging 21 shots per game, compared to Durant's average of 18.8 shots per game.

As a result, the Thunder have two players averaging 28+ points per game in the regular season.

Westbrook averaged more shots per game, but scored slightly lower than Durant.

If Durant doesn't have a little dissatisfaction in his heart in such a situation, I'm afraid no one believes it at all, but what can be done? Durant's character is like that.

In the future, Green pointed at his nose and sprayed you, and we couldn't let out a fart when we were already champions before you came.

If it were Wang Chao instead, at least I would have to say back, without me, you would have been beaten by James in 17 or 18 years.

After turning back to the Nets to be the boss again, Durant did not be able to take on the responsibility of the team's boss, and when there were Irving and Irving in the team to stir up all kinds of things and the mentality of his teammates, the only thing he said was to respect Irving's decision.

Harden has been with the Nets for a season, and he understands that the Nets can't do big things, so he quickly smeared oil on the soles of his feet and ran away, even if the 76ers have not a good chance of winning the championship, they are better than the NBA Arkham Asylum.

As a result, the Nets successfully collected Irving Simmons' two major neuropathies, and had no hope of winning the championship at all.

Later, after Irving chose to run away, Durant also submitted a trade application and designated to join the Suns, the No. 1 team in the West the previous season, and teamed up with Booker and Paul to continue to win the championship.

It's a pity that Adu still chose the wrong one, he should actually join the Nuggets.

……

The topic is far away, let's get down to business.

The Thunder's record is not particularly good because it has two players who average 28+ points per game at the same time, but it is not as good as last season, and the current record is only ranked fourth in the West, below the Rockets, Warriors and Clippers.

Compared with the Rockets, Warriors, and Cavaliers, the three favorites to win the championship, no one thinks that the Thunder's twin stars have a chance to stand out from the West and win the championship, even before the trade deadline, the Thunder made a series of whistle-blowing trades and got some good role players to improve the depth of the roster.

At the end of February, the Thunder faced the Houston Rockets on the road.

Thunder fans are looking forward to their team defending their home court dignity and beating the league-leading Rockets to show the strength of the new traded roster.

But the Thunder still let them down.

The Rockets vs. the Thunder, the defensive tactical strategy is very simple and intuitive, there is only one point, that is, to prevent Westbrook.

The current Thunder team only revolves around Durant and Westbrook, and no matter which of the two is stretched, it will cause the team to lose the game.

Wang Chao knows this very well, and he also knows that with Durant's scoring explosiveness, even if he lets go of his shooting for the whole game, the points he can get are not enough to kill the game.

The result of this matchup was that Durant scored a game-high 47 points, and his good partner Russell. Westbrook finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 11 turnovers on 8-of-24 shooting, completing a rare quadruple-double.

The results speak for themselves.

The Rockets easily won the game and sent despair to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Rockets had a smooth ride on the schedule, but internal management was worried.

What should come will come after all.

Before the deadline, the team's general manager tried to reach an early contract extension agreement with Leonard and Butler, but both were denied, even though the early contract extension agreement offered by the team for the two was a maximum salary offer.

According to their respective agents, the two players are surprisingly unanimous in their desire to test the waters of the free agency market in the summer and see which teams are interested in them before making a decision.

Hearing this, the general manager of the Rockets knew that if he wanted to keep the two, the team had to work hard, and even had to be prepared for the possibility of not being able to keep them and being poached by other teams.

If that happens, it's going to be very bad.

After the schedule entered March, the Rockets began to selectively rest the team's main players.

Da Yao, Leonard and even Butler all rested part of the game.

There is no way, Wang Chao was really a little panicked by the attributes of Da Yao and Leonard Glass Man.

In case the two of them are injured again before the playoffs, it is really possible to affect the Rockets' three-consecutive championship defense, after all, whether it is the Cavaliers in the East or the Warriors in the West, the lineup and overall strength are stronger than the same period in the original time and space, and they have to be taken seriously.

Regarding the renewal of Leonard and Butler's contract, the general manager of the team also came to him, hoping that he could rely on his good relationship with the two to persuade the two to renew their contracts with the team in advance to avoid complications.

But Wang Chao didn't do that.

He knew that if he said so, for the sake of face, the two might choose to renew their contracts with the team in advance, after all, the team was willing to give the two of them a maximum salary, and they would not suffer too much.

But Wang Chao didn't want to do that.

He knows that times are changing, it's not the 90s anymore, and not every capable star will willingly play Pippen, or even a position that is not as good as Pippen.

With the improvement of the level of competition, no matter who wants to take on more and more important roles in the team.

But Wang Chao's existence is destined to be suppressed by the teammates around him.

Pippen's Bulls team back then, at least as the starting point for offensive tactics, complemented Jordan, the offensive endpoint.

But Wang Chao, who has his own system like James, must highly concentrate the ball in his own hands, so as to play a game that maximizes the efficiency value, Wang Chao is not unable to let go, after all, he is also a role player without the ball, but he has no reason and need to reduce his ball possession at all.

The existence of the system is destined to become the biggest data brush in the league, what average triple-double per game, scoring champion every year, are an important basis for the system's season evaluation.

On the premise that the team wins, it is Wang Chao's creed to ensure his personal data to the greatest extent.

So when a player like Leonard, who has the potential to become the league's top superstar, grows up, he is destined to be unwilling to stay by Wang Chao's side and be willing to be a green leaf.

When he was with the Spurs, Leonard was cultivated as the cornerstone of the team's future construction, although he played a role player position at the beginning of his career, but with the improvement of his competitive level, he soon became a core player of the Spurs.

Later, due to various messy reasons, Leonard left the Spurs to join the Raptors, and won the second championship and FMVP in the Raptors, and his reputation reached its peak for a while.

At that time, the Lakers, who had just received James, sent a sincere invitation to Leonard, who was under contract, but Leonard, who had always been very interested in the Lakers, chose to join the Clippers in the same city.

The reason is simple, he wants to have a team of his own, not to be a foil for James.

Leonard has the ambition to become the first person in the alliance and become the king of the alliance, but unfortunately his personal ability or body cannot support him to ascend to the throne.

Leonard, who had been stumbling for several years with the Clippers, had a sharp decline in evaluation, and was even a little inferior to Butler, who came from behind.

Butler, on the other hand, may be willing to play the role of the team's second-in-command, after all, his career-high regular season scoring per game was 23.9 points per game with the Bulls in 16-17, and his 16.5 shots per game that season was also the most in his career.

This is also the reason why Butler has always been underrated, as a star, his personal data has not been so prominent, including the playoffs, Butler was only in the playoffs of the 21-22 season with an average of 27.4 points per game to be truly recognized and recognized.

Prior to that, Butler had never averaged more than 23 points per game in the playoffs, even in the 19-20 season, when he led the team to the Finals.

The numbers don't speak for all, especially a scary guy like Butler, who is hard at a critical moment, but it still has some reference value.

If Butler is the second leader of the team, he should be willing to do so with his character.

The reason why he, like Leonard, did not choose to renew his contract with the team early and wanted to test the free market, the reason is simple, he can't even be the second leader with the Rockets.

As long as Leonard is around, he is destined to finish third on the team.

Although Butler has never said it, Wang Chao can actually see that Butler has been working hard to become stronger and stronger in recent years, and the real motivation comes from the obsession to surpass Leonard.

The moment he was drafted by the Rockets, the trajectory of Butler's life changed.

He was forced to join the Rockets with Leonard, and was often compared to each other, and the difference in static talent made it clear that the two had talent and potential.

Except for Wang Chao, no one thinks Butler has the potential to become a top star in the league like Leonard.

Although he has won two championships and made it to the All-Star this season, Butler wants to join another team and prove himself by going head-to-head with Leonard.

These are Wang Chao's own guesses based on the future career trajectory of Leonard and Butler, what the two really think, he doesn't know, and he doesn't bother to guess anymore, anyway, it's just a sentence, if you want to stay and love to go, at least in the next few years, Wang Chao will not worry about the lack of helpers.

As for continuing to move forward, the timeline reaches 2023, when Wang Chao crosses over, and when he has no advantage of the prophetic advantage of the traverser, he is already 40 years old.

He doesn't know how strong the effect of the upgraded version of the system's talent is to "extend his career", but according to the convention that the system must be a high-quality product, Wang Chao's competitive state should still be maintained at the peak at that time, considering the withering of the top team with dominating strength in the league, Wang Chao only needs to partner with a relatively high-level star, and it is still easy to continue to maintain the strength of winning the championship.

And in another 8 years, Wang Chao's talent tree may have grown into a towering tree with lush foliage, and its strength may be even stronger than now!

It's only 2015 now, and there are still 8 years left before 2023, which is a relatively long cycle, so Wang Chao decided not to think about the future, and concentrate on doing the things in front of him first.

In March, the Rockets rotated to prepare for the playoffs, which led to a decline in the Rockets' record, and Wang Chao was not among the rotational personnel, which also ensured the Rockets' lower limit on their winning percentage.

Having a steel and iron skeleton and almost no injury is the main one to be willful.

In the 16 games in March, Wang Chao played in full attendance, and because the main team took turns to rest, the playing time and data were improved compared with before.

He averaged 34.7 points, 12.7 rebounds and 11.9 assists per game during 16 games, leading the Rockets to a 12-4 record.

With the end of March, the Rockets' record moved to 60-14, an 81 percent win rate.

The Rockets still have the best record in the league, but the Warriors, who are 58-15, are in the hunt.

In April at the end of the regular season, the Rockets have 8 games left, and their opponents are not weak, including the Thunder, Spurs, Mavericks and other strong teams in the West.

The game is urgent, and many people believe that the Rockets should properly resume the normal rotation of players to ensure that the Warriors do not complete the corner overtaking in the last moments.

However, what I didn't expect was that the Rockets actually intensified in the last 8 games, and Da Yao rested 4 of the 8 games, two of which were against the Western powerhouses.

However, the Rockets did not completely abandon these last eight games.

On April 5, the Rockets played away against the San Antonio Spurs, Wang Chao played 48 minutes in the whole game, scored 52 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and led the Rockets to defeat the Spurs to win.

On April 10, the Rockets played at home against the Dallas Mavericks, and Wang Chao scored another 47 points to win the game.

On April 15, in the final game of the regular season, Wang Chao scored 61 points and led the Rockets to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers in overtime, officially ending the entire 82-game regular season.

Finally, in the last 8 games in April, Wang Chao averaged 43 points, 12.2 rebounds and 10.6 assists per game, dreaming back to the 11-12 season with an average of 40+ years per game, and also led the Rockets to win 6 of the 8 games, and finally fixed the regular season record at 66-16.

(End of chapter)