The Toronto Raptors vs. the Nets are not much different from the Bucks.

The Raptors are strong on the outside.

Demar. DeRozan played the best performance of his career this season, averaging 27.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game in the regular season.

Similarly, another Raptors guard, Kyle. Lowry also played a career-best performance, averaging 22.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 7 assists per game.

Lowry's career has changed dramatically because of the butterfly effect, he didn't join the Rockets, and he didn't take advantage of the Rockets' Brooks injury to play an eye-catching performance to successfully get up to the top.

But after going around and around with other teams, Lowry joined the Raptors and formed the league's well-known garbage bro group with DeRozan.

Around the garbage brothers, the Raptors' combat effectiveness this season is really good, plus in the middle of the season in exchange for the Thunder's blocking king Sergi. Serge Ibaka with center forward Jonas. Valanciunas also played well on the defensive end.

Relying on this lineup, the Raptors were able to defeat the Wizards in the first round to advance to the second round.

It's just that when facing the Nets, they don't have any advantage in terms of either the strongest outside line or the inside line, especially the gap between the outside line and the outside line.

The garbage brothers were both selected as All-Stars this season, which is indeed a good outside partner combination, but it certainly can't be compared with Wang Chao + Durant, the two top superstars in the league.

The outside world's score speculation for this group of duels is generally a 4:0 sweep or 4:1.

Before the start of the second round, the league announced the results of the Team of the Season and Defensive Team of the Season.

There is no suspense, Wang Chao was selected as the best team, but Durant was not in the first team, but was in the second team.

With his average of 27.9 points per game, it is actually perfectly okay to be selected for a team, but there are too many players who have played well this season, and in addition to Wang Chao, there are Westbrook of the Thunder who averages 30+ triple-doubles per game, James of the Cavaliers, Leonard of the Rockets and Anthony of the Hornets. Davis.

These five people are no worse than Durant in terms of statistics, and more importantly, they are all the stars of their respective teams, which alone is naturally different from the old 1.5 Adu.

This is really not in the connotation of Durant, the selection of the best team, in fact, many times reporters will have similar considerations in voting, unless your performance in a season is really flawless, and there are no competitors, otherwise the league will rarely select two players in the same team, including the original 16-17 season After Durant joined the Warriors, Curry and Durant are only the best second team.

In the past ten years, there are very few partner combinations that are in the same team at the same time, if you have to say, Jordan and Pippen are counted as a group, O'Neal and Kobe are counted as a group, Nash and Stoudemire are counted as a group, and then there are James and Davis in the next 19-20 season.

Wang Chao and Durant are no worse than any of these combinations, but the problem is that the competitors are very strong in the same period, so Durant can't help it.

Being in the second line is not too unjust for Durant.

After all, the other four players who are also on the second team are Curry, Harden, Antetokounmpo and Cousins.

Among these five, the most luxurious data is obviously Harden, although playing in the Mavericks, Harden's personal ability has also ushered in a strong explosion this season, averaging 28.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game is almost the same as the Rocket version of Harden in the same period.

This kind of data that averages close to 29+8+11 per game is a proper candidate for a period in previous years, but as a point guard, Harden's opponents are Wang Chao and Westbrook, and the two average triple-doubles per game directly gave Harden a blind shot, which is better than a hammer?

If Harden only won a second-team match, then Isaiah. Thomas was clearly more wronged.

As in the original history, the 16-17 season is the era of the strongest 175 on the surface.

Thomas Jr. has shown an eye-popping offensive ability this season when the team's offensive system is completely built around him, playing in 76 games in the regular season, averaging 28.9 points and 5.9 assists per game, reaching the ultimate that a player under 1.80 meters tall can do.

The world was amazed at Thomas Jr.'s five-foot-nine-inch height to dominate the league, and he was hailed as the greatest small man since Iverson.

As we all know, Aaron. Iverson is 1.83m tall, making him the first NBA all-time champion at 1.83m, and his illustrious career has proven him worthy of the title.

And all fans who know Iverson better know that even the height of 1.83 meters was falsely reported when participating in the draft in order to keep the identity of the champion, Iverson's real height is only 1.78 meters, which also proves his toughness.

Thomas Jr.'s 28.9 points per game this season is only higher than the 98-99 of Iverson's four scoring titles, but in that shrinking season, all players' stats have been affected and cannot be treated equally.

All in all, the whole league is praising Thomas Jr., believing that Thomas Jr. has all this hard-won and his continuous hard work.

And Thomas Jr. was selected for the best team for the first time in his career, and when he was interviewed by the media and gave a speech, he thanked an unexpected person, Wang Chao.

"This matter has always been a secret in my heart, when I first entered the league, I was also very confused, after all, there are basically few people in the league who can stick to my height, but after reporting to the Rockets, Wang Chao has been encouraging me, and told me come on, I am optimistic that you will become an All-Star level player, don't give up."

"You can't imagine what these encouragements mean to me who was confused at the time, NBA games and training are really hard, I have thought about giving up countless times, but whenever I think of Wang Chao's encouragement to me, I gritted my teeth and stood up, it was Wang Chao who gave me courage and motivation, so I have to say thank you here!"

Facing the camera, little Thomas spoke with emotion and spoke very movingly.

No one expected that there would be such a story behind the rise of the strongest 175 on the surface.

This story can't be made up as soon as you hear it, because Thomas Jr. was personally selected by Wang Chao to the Rockets, and in recent years, Wang Chao has seen countless potential players selected by the British team, Thomas Jr., Leonard, Butler, Middleton, Whiteside, Jokic, Booker......

Even the most discerning scouts have to admire Wang Chao's ability, if it weren't for Wang Chao who is still playing now, and is the first person in the league and history, I'm afraid that many teams want to poach Wang Chao with a high salary to be a scout for them, although Wang Chao is not lacking in wealth.

Nowadays, there is a consensus in the league - a team with Wang Chao will not only have a superstar with exaggerated personal strength, but also gain countless potential players.

Look at the current Nets, even if Wang Chao and Durant are put aside, there are still young and promising players such as Jokic, Booker, Harrell, Powell and Brogdon in the lineup.

The topic is far away.

Getting back to the point, the players who were named to the All-Three Team along with Thomas Jr. are DeRozan, Butler, Jordan Jr. and Howard.

The Spurs duo were both selected to the best three teams, Butler was too many competitors and could only be relegated to the three teams, and as for Howard, he was completely short and picked the big one.

There are not many centers who average 20+10 per game in the regular season, like Embiid of the Cavaliers, who averages 20.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.

But the Cavaliers' regular season performance this season is really hard for reporters to vote for them willingly.

Sitting on James, Irving, Embiid, and Paul . How can Gasol's defending champion Cavaliers, with a 50-32 record in the regular season, not disappoint?

You say that your record is not as good as the Nets and the Warriors, and you are even ranked below the Celtics in the East.

In this case, it is good to have James selected for a while, whether it is Irving, who averages 25+6 per game, or Embiid, who averages 20+10, although they are outstanding in terms of personal data, they are not considered in the best team at all.

On the other hand, Howard's average of 16.6 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game this season is also a new low in recent years, but his responsibilities for retired Duncan in the Spurs are quite decent, and he has made great contributions to the entire defensive system of the Spurs, so it is reasonable to be selected for three teams together with Butler, the core of the offense.

The competition for the best defensive team is far less than that of the best team, and although there are only two lists, it is obviously much easier to find 15 players in the league with excellent statistics than to find 10 players with excellent defensive ability.

Wang Chao is firmly on the list of the best first defense, and he is also selected as the best first defense player. Paul, Cowai. Leonard, Drummond. Green and Howard.

The five players in the best second team are Beverley, Tony. Aaron, Bushy Brother Anthony. Davis, alphabet brother Giannis. Antetokounmpo and Jordan Jr.

The above 10 players are the best players on the defensive end of the season and are also the backbone of their respective teams.

It is worth mentioning that Rudy. Gobert didn't make the list, which is a small pity.

Originally, this season was Gobert's rising season, he was crowned the league's blocking king with 14 points, 12.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in the regular season, and was also successfully selected for the best team, and began the journey of receiving the best defensive player award next season.

Unfortunately, due to Wang Chao, Gobert was brought to the Rockets and has been serving as a backup center.

With the blessing of Wang Chao's sparring potion, Gobert's real defensive strength is already stronger than his own at the same time, but he has no chance to play in the Rockets, because there is still a Whiteside on his head.

In the 16-17 season, Whiteside's stats can definitely confuse many people, averaging 17 points, 14.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, making him look quite good on the defensive end.

However, this perception is obviously wrong, Whiteside's real rim protection ability is much worse than Gobert's, he is just more able to run and jump than Gobert, and the visual impact of blocking and rebounding is stronger.

It must be admitted that a discerning head coach is also quite important, the head coach of the Rockets is no longer the well-known licking king McHale, but the new Rockets head coach has not seen the difference in the ability of the two centers in the team to defend the frame, and continues to let Whiteside, who has a super contract with an annual salary of 22 million, play as the team's main center, giving Gobert an average of only about 15 minutes per game.

As a result, Gobert averaged only 5.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game this season, and was just an ordinary blue-collar center in the eyes of the outside world.

This summer will be Gobert's contract year, with the level he is currently performing, even in this era of big contracts, he should get a contract of more than 10 million at most, and the Rockets will definitely not choose to renew Gobert's contract, after all, in their opinion, the team already has a more outstanding defensive frame Whiteside, and there is no need for a player like Gobert.

In Wang Chao's view, this is a good opportunity to pick up leaks.

Regardless of whether Gobert will be criticized for various shortcomings in the future, such as being too slow to move and unable to defend fast outside players, or for example, the serious lack of offensive ability and can only eat cakes under the basket, it seems out of place in this era of small ball where a center can shoot three-pointers.

But all of this is based on Gobert's five-year $205 million sky-high contract, with an average of 41 million per year.

If Gobert's annual salary is only 15 million, it won't be too fragrant!

And this summer, there is a real opportunity to sign the next three-time Defensive Player of the Year with an annual salary of more than 10 million.

As for some of the more controversial events that will happen to Gobert in the future, such as the brain-dead practice of deliberately touching the microphone to show his IQ during the mask, and then turning around and getting hit, and then the player Kyle in the boxing Chinese naturalization plan. Anderson's affairs made him a role on the cusp of the country at home.

In Wang Chao's view, it doesn't matter much, Gobert's brain-dead touch on the microphone was in 2020, in this world that has been greatly affected, and whether there is a mask or not is there two theories, as for boxing Li Kaier, it will be in 2023, and it is more important to figure out that Gobert beat Li Kaier because of the conflict between the teammate's concepts and the quarrel, or because Li Kaier is a naturalized player in China?

This is fundamentally different from a mad dog that barks and has been kicked out of the Rockets by Wang Chao for many years and has gradually faded out of the NBA league, and it is completely acceptable.

Of course, picking up Gobert is a matter of the summer offseason, and Wang Chao, who has not yet considered which team to join, does not need to be in a hurry.

(End of chapter)