Add One, I Don’t Know How To Fight

"I'm leaving first."

After the game, Tracy said hello to Li Ang and Carter, then opened the door and walked out of the locker room.

In the past, these three would often leave together after playing the game, but today McGrady was uncharacteristically different.

Carter shrugged at Leon: "He must be unhappy."

That is, who can be happy when they hear that they have been actively traded by the team?

What's more, this is not the first time the Menglong team wants to sell Tracy McGrady.

As early as less than two months after joining Menglong in his rookie season, Tracy McGrady was put on the shelf.

One day when McGrady was training, Popeye Jones, who was named one of the "Top Ten Ugliest Stars in NBA History", put his ugly face in front of McGrady:

"Pack your stuff, kid, we got traded to Philadelphia."

At that time, Menglong wanted to trade Tracy McGrady + Jones for Stackhouse + Clarence Witherspoon.

Although the deal was not reached in the end, it still had a big impact on Tracy, who had just entered the league.

Loyalty and career, business and basketball. At the age of 17, he didn't know the connection at all. He didn't even know why he was put on the shelf.

Soon after, "Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire, who was playing for the Raptors at the time, often pulled McGrady to talk about some life philosophies, reminding him not to be bewitched by money and to believe in the power of loyalty.

As a result, it wasn't long before Little Flying Squirrel took the initiative to ask for a deal, all because of money.

That transaction had a secondary impact on Tracy McGrady. A big brother who spoke of loyalty every day gave up his loyalty because of money.

Everyone knows the truth, but no one will compromise when it comes to money.

Therefore, the young McGrady understood one thing at that time - business is business.

As a result, the Raptors and Tracy McGrady's early contract extension talks this year have not gone smoothly.

Early experiences taught McGrady that there is no absolute mutual loyalty in this alliance. Therefore, the emotional card played by the Raptors has no effect on Tracy McGrady.

He wants to stay in Toronto, but only if the salary meets his requirements.

But the Raptors are not a rich team, and they don't want to give a big contract to McGrady, whose future is unclear.

Firstly, there is no money, and secondly, the Raptors also believe that McGrady is not worth that much money.

Also a high school rookie, McGrady has no advantage compared to Kobe, Garnett and others in the same period.

Neither side was willing to give in.

Contracts signed in this era are not like in the future, where contracts are signed for four to five years.

Before the 2005 version of the collective bargaining agreement, the longest contract a player could sign with a team was seven years.

So if McGrady cuts his salary, it won't be a matter of one or two years. It will directly affect his entire career!

At that time, people will no longer make fun of Jipi, but Jimai.

How many seven years does a player's career last?

If it were you, would you give up the opportunity to pursue a big contract? For the sake of so-called loyalty and affection, take seven years of low salary?

If McGrady hadn't experienced that in his early years, he might have agreed.

But McGrady, who has gone through all that, will never compromise.

McGrady's agent team itself does not want him to play in distant Toronto, which can be said to be very coincidental.

And rookies before the 1999 collective bargaining agreement will be completely free agents directly after the rookie contract ends, and the home team will not have the right to match.

Therefore, Menglong may have seen that the chances of renewing McGrady's contract have become very slim, and chose to trade McGrady at this time in order to stop losses.

It's better than being signed by someone else this summer and leaving nothing behind.

Originally playing next to Carter and Leon, McGrady was quite happy this season.

Three young people of similar age laughed and laughed all day long, playing ball and having fun together, as if they were carefree.

But reality tells McGrady that the NBA is an adult world.

There are no carefree days here. Some things cannot be avoided.

"Damn! Who leaked the news!"

Grunwald was very angry. He originally wanted to make a big news secretly, but he was stabbed in the butt.

"A journalist named Stephen A. Smith, a nobody."

"Fuck, it's in the way! Stop the deal. Now the whole world knows that we are going to trade Tracy. I want to hear offers from other teams first."

Grunwald sighed. He ended the deal not just to listen to offers from other teams.

But looking forward to this year’s playoffs!

Not surprisingly, with the Raptors' current record, reaching the playoffs is almost a sure thing.

He really wants to see the potential of this lineup and see what kind of performance Carter + Leon + McGrady can perform in the playoffs.

What level is it in the playoffs?

If he plays well, if McGrady survives the playoffs, why not give him a big contract?

If he doesn't play well, maybe McGrady will voluntarily accept a lower offer?

After all, with the example of one-sixth Jordan right in front of us, no one would still jump into the fire pit, right? Are there still people who are determined to have one hundred million?

Maizi is a good boy at heart, and Grunwald believes he is not the kind of person who has no beeps.

Li Ang was quite speechless after returning home. To be honest, Li Ang's life with the Menglong team was a bit too happy and smooth in the past half season.

So much so that he almost forgot that the NBA is essentially a business.

In the original history, Menglong and the 76ers did have this deal, and the deal was almost completed, but it was exposed by Stephen A. Smith, who was not popular at the time, causing the deal to abort.

Speaking of which, if this deal really goes through, Tracy McGrady + Iverson, this is crazy.

Can the OK group still be safe?

Just one AI stole a victory from the top Lakers.

But in this history, many things have gone wrong. What if this deal really goes through?

Li Ang is a bit reluctant to part with Maizi. The three of them have worked very happily together this season, and the team's results are also very good.

But in the NBA, there is no such thing as unwillingness. Li Ang must get used to this kind of thing.

Moreover, what McGrady is encountering now may be something Li Ang himself will encounter in the future.

Li Ang sighed, the NBA has never been a place for writing fairy tales.

Ever since McGrady was involved in trade rumors, his desire to score has suddenly become stronger than before.

Maybe it's to increase his worth, or maybe it's just to take a gamble with the management.

He is only 20 years old, and it is normal to have anger in his heart.

During this period, Maizi’s score also continued to rise.

A few games after playing New York, No. 16 played back-to-back against the Eastern Conference's No. 1 Pacers. Although they lost, Wheat scored 20 points, second only to Carter.

Against the Nuggets on the 18th, Carter scored 31 points and McGrady scored 19 points.

Against the Mavericks on the 20th, McGrady scored another 20 points.

Since the All-Star break, McGrady has scored more than 15 points in four consecutive games.

This is the first time he has done it this season.

McGrady scored 15 points in four consecutive games. Correspondingly, Li Ang also rebounded 15 points in four consecutive games.

He is indeed Brother Yunlong's good wheat, and the assistant board has been clearly arranged.

To put it bluntly, Maizi's skills are not that good now. After taking more shots, it is inevitable that the number of hits will increase.

In fact, none of the four major shooting guards is good at playing iron.

Carter? Although Carter didn't use a ball to hit the iron, he hit the iron with his hands.

Based on his ability in blacksmithing, Li Ang feels that he is fully qualified to join the team to form a top five shooting guard.

However, Li Ang, who aims to become one of the top five shooting guards, has gone further and further on the road of being a rebounding maniac.

As Maizi's shots in the game continued to increase, Li Ang suddenly discovered something incredible.

Li Ang can't even see his own name on the scoring list.

But in terms of rebounds per game, he has surpassed many star insiders such as Garnett, Duncan and O'Neal!

"Ah this." Li Ang looked at the latest data list and was a little stunned.

It's over, it's over, my career trajectory has been completely derailed!

What's going on with each of you? You should grab more rebounds!

When I rank so high in the rebounding rankings, people will mistakenly think that I am an inside player!

It can only be said that Li Ang's double rebound speed bonus on offensive rebounds is too powerful. What's more, Master Oakley is too mature as a card forward.

He has now completely developed the good habit of staying still and waiting for Li Ang to collect the board.

As a result, Oakley, a former rebounder, only averaged 6.8 rebounds per game this season.

The rest was divided among Li Ang.

The combination of McGrady + Oakley made it impossible for Li Ang to grab a few less rebounds.

The regular season continued like this. As McGrady's performance got better and better, he was finally promoted to the starting lineup by Uncle Butch in the game against the Celtics in early March!

And because Li Ang was no longer suspended, his upgrade speed gradually began to speed up.

Of course, during this process, Li Ang almost went off several times.

For example, in the game against the Trail Blazers on March 6, the Roaring God Rasheed used his straight-arm shooting to score 23 points over Li Ang.

Don't underestimate Tianzun at this time. You have to know that he and the Trail Blazers actually forced the OK Lakers to the tiebreaker this season.

And in that series, Rasheed averaged 23.3 points per game. The points average in the series is second only to O'Neal and higher than Volute.

The arrogant Rashid kept provoking Li Ang with trash talk because he played well today, and the confrontation during the game was also extremely rough.

So once, when Li Ang was grabbing an offensive rebound, he wanted to retaliate, so he opened Tianzun with an elbow, and then jumped up to grab the board.

Tianzun was not convinced after receiving a hidden elbow from the rookie, and wanted to push Li Ang at that time.

Fortunately, Oakley arrived in time to block Tianzun and warned him not to cause trouble again.

Oakley is not afraid that Li Ang will suffer a loss. After all, Li Ang can fight two people like Tianzun.

Oakley mainly doesn't want Leon to get into the trouble of being suspended again. The competition in the Eastern Conference is fierce now, and the gap between everyone is not big.

If Li Ang is suspended, he may be surpassed by the team behind him.

Although the Raptors' goal this season is just to reach the playoffs, now that they have the opportunity to get a higher ranking, who wouldn't want to?

This time the conflict was resolved by Oakley.

Half a month later, during the game against the Timberwolves, Garnett had another quarrel with Leon.

Everyone knows that KG has a nasty mouth.

"Your wife tastes like a donut," trash talk that will get people stuck in the parking lot after the game, came from the mouth of Big Hard.

Hard Te was exchanging insults with Li Ang throughout the game. You must know that Li Ang has become famous in the league since winning the dunk contest.

Therefore, everyone who sees him wants to provoke him.

Tianzun Wallace also provoked Li Ang because of this before.

They think, what's so great about a dunk general? Why does he get so much attention? Why is it so popular?

Basketball is not just about dunking. To put it bluntly, Li Ang is a performer.

See how I torture him in a real game!

To put it bluntly, I am still jealous.

Li Ang, who doesn't score much and is not considered the core of the team's offense, has gained popularity that none of them had.

Somewhat jealous.

With the lessons learned from the last time he played against Rashid, Li Ang was very experienced in defending the hard special today. He basically pressed close to him throughout the game and did not give the hard special a chance to shoot.

This season's hard special has basically entered the early stages of his peak, averaging 22.9 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. If Li Ang remembers correctly, this is also the first time in his career that he has been selected for the first team.

But in fact, Hard Special's offense is not as strong as people imagine. Even at Hard Special's peak period, his offense was not unsolvable.

The Coyotes have never been a top one-on-one player, nor a pivot that can attract a double attack as soon as they get the ball. This is also the reason why the Timberwolves have been unable to go further.

So much so that during the Yellow-Green war, my gentle sister-in-law couldn't help but mock: "Garnett is just a shooter."

Compared with offense, what is more difficult to solve for Hard Special is actually defense. This is not a question of whether he is strong or not, he is really the kind of monster who is top-notch in both single and cooperative defense.

Today, Hard Special was full of confidence, but he thought to himself, wouldn’t it be easy for me to play a rookie?

Rashid can score 23 points on him. I won't say more, but 32 points.

As a result, he found that it was not that easy to beat Li Ang.

He couldn't resist him. Although Li Ang is not tall, he is really strong.

Hard special can only roam around, catch and shoot.

Or take a position near the penalty area, catch the ball, turn around and shoot.

But these two methods of play are not very effective against Li Ang. Li Ang will always cling to the hard player, confront him, consume his touch, and make it uncomfortable for him to catch the ball.

So, in the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, when Harde turned over and made another jump shot that was blocked by Li Ang's rough defense, he was already a little impatient.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and Harde only scored 15 points, and his shooting percentage was less than 45%.

Although Li Ang was defended even worse, he has only scored 8 points so far.

But if he can limit Garnett, he has already shown his value.

Garnett was angry: "You committed another foul. If it weren't for this in Toronto, you would have graduated with six fouls!"

"Haha, I didn't expect that the famous Kevin Garnett would do this. Only women would complain about the opponent's foul." Li Ang mocked.

The veins popped out in the tough guy at that time. He is the most shameful person to be called soft!

When a person lacks something, he loves to show off.

If a person says he is tall every day, then he must be short.

In the same way, if a tough guy says he is tough every day and you say he is soft, it is equivalent to stepping on his sore foot.

So, the tough guy exchanged words with Li Ang: "You say one more thing? Do you believe that I will prevent you from leaving this arena?"

Facing the tough guy who was face to face with him, Li Ang not only did not retreat, but actually took a step forward: "Softie, you only dare to bully the rookies in your own team. You even bully the rookies of other teams." No."

Seeing that Li Ang was so aggressive and instead of retreating, he clenched his fists, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

no

A gentleman talks but doesn't use his hands. We are just talking about things here and don't use our hands!

Where are people? Why hasn't anyone come to start a fight?

The sweat on my hard head is dripping down in big drops.

Finally, players from both teams appeared at the same time and tried to separate the two.

After all, in the minds of others, Harde is also a ruthless person. If these two people are going to fight, it will be dark and dark.

They are simply over-concerned. They don't understand the hard dance steps.

Li Ang didn't bother to argue with the tough guy. In terms of trash talk, Li Ang thought it was normal as long as it wasn't excessive.

Just as long as he doesn't say Theron tastes like donuts.

Besides, if you don't help your teammates, there will be no reward. It's not too hard to be tough, so just let him go.

Li Ang did not pursue him, and stood there and shrugged at his teammates: "No need to pull me, you can't hold me back if I want to get him."

If you can't fight, you can't fight without pulling.

Those who can afford to be beaten will have their anus exploded even if they poop.

Seeing that Li Ang didn't move, he was really excited.

Isn't this the time for me to show my hardness!

The hard guy who had been pulled away turned around and immediately accelerated towards Li Ang, as if he wanted to go back and fight Li Ang.

When Jiute turned back towards Li Ang, Li Ang happened to have his back turned to him. Little Wolf was full of expressions and muttered words along the way.

Among the people on the court, the only one who reacted was a young assistant coach from the Timberwolves. He pulled Garnett's jersey from behind.

But how could a little assistant coach hold down the big guy? He was still striding towards Li Ang.

As a result, when Harder approached Li Ang, Li Ang suddenly turned around and just stared at Garnett.

At that moment, Garnett suddenly slowed down, his steps getting smaller and smaller, as if a wall of air was blocking him.

While slowing down, he also grabbed the frail assistant coach behind him: "Quincy, don't pull me, let me go, you let me go!"

The little assistant teacher was speechless, please don’t pull me, fuck, let go!

As expected of a hard vehicle, most people really can't stop and start in such a short distance.

After the sudden stop, he made a sharp turn and walked away. As he walked, he complained about the assistant coach pulling his clothes.

When leaving Leon, Harde still held his head high. This was the attitude of a winner, the aloof wolf king of Minneapolis.

Li Ang:.

Wonderful, this cliff-hanging scene is wonderful!

Damn, you have so many fight scenes!

Li Ang finally saw how "hard" Jiute was.

In the end, due to the inefficiency of the hard special in this game and Carter's 33 points, the Menglong team won the game.

After the game, Li Ang did not accept an interview. After all, it was Carter who performed most dazzlingly from the data today.

So he headed straight to the locker room.

Unintentionally, Hard Special happened to be walking towards him.

When he found Li Ang walking towards him, he started to sweat again.

He suddenly moved sideways, staggered side by side with Li Ang, and then continued to walk forward with his head held high.

Afterwards, Jiute hurriedly walked to his teammates, preparing to go back with them.

His vest was all wet at that time!

In this way, Li Ang almost took action twice, but failed in the end.

So miraculously, Li Ang safely played until April 19th, the last day of the 1999-00 regular season.

During this period, Li Ang experienced an upgrade and extended his consecutive double-double record to 27 games.

During this period, Maizi was not traded before the trade deadline, and due to his outstanding performance in the second half of the season, his scoring average reached about 15 points per game, which is similar to the original historical level.

With the efforts of Mai Zi and Qin Shifu, Li Ang climbed all the way up the rebounding list and has climbed to a level with Uncle Mu.

And as Uncle Mu goes up, there will be no one left!

If you go further up, you will be the rebounding leader!

In the last game of the day, whoever grabs more rebounds will be the rebounding king!

Li Ang dislikes the title of rebounding champion. After all, have you ever seen a serious shooting guard win the rebounding title?

Although Li Ang dislikes this rebounding title that easily makes people misunderstand him, in this last game, we really can't fight randomly. We still have to grab what we need.

Because the current records of the Raptors and New York Knicks are 50 wins and 31 losses.

The final game will determine who is third and fourth between the Raptors and Knicks.

No one wants to be fourth. If they fall to fourth, it means they have to play the Philadelphia 76ers led by Iverson in the first round.

The 76ers' record is not much worse than that of the Knicks and Raptors. They have won 48 games so far this season, and their strength is actually very close to the teams above.

The Knicks were a Finals-level team last season, and they were not afraid of not being able to beat the 76ers.

But in the playoffs, the weaker the opponents you encounter, the better.

If you are softened in the first few rounds, it will be difficult to harden again when you encounter stronger opponents.

Therefore, this last game will determine the playoff journey of both teams.

For Li Ang personally, this game is also extremely important.

After experiencing two upgrades before this season, Li Ang just reached the point of upgrade again today. It has been 26 games since the last promotion.

For now, the experience points are almost enough. As long as Li Ang doesn't pull his hips or take two orders of data today, he will definitely be able to fill up his experience bar.

Therefore, if Li Ang wants to upgrade again before the playoffs, he must win the game today!

The Raptors' last game opponent was the Orlando Magic, who currently have 41 wins and 40 losses.

They and the Bucks also have 41 wins and 40 losses.

Their situation in the next game is similar to that of the Raptors. Whoever wins between the Magic and the Bucks will enter the playoffs!

Therefore, the Magic will definitely go all out.

The last regular season game, the last promotion before the playoffs, must be a tough battle.

Li Ang found that the rebounding champion seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.