basketball scientist

The deal in which Howard was exchanged for James was the first step for general managers of each team to negotiate deals during the All-Star Weekend. It also accelerated the process of trade negotiations for other teams. Each team did not want to fall behind in the arms race.

Regarding this transaction, various parties have different opinions, and most of them have very different opinions.

If it is a simple garbage contract exchange, Jerome James's five-year contract will definitely be more troublesome than Juwan Howard's four-year contract; and the Hawks made two transactions after the start of the season. Facts have proved that whether it is in exchange for Milley

Whether Cicci or robbing the Rockets of draft picks was an extremely correct decision, the Hawks seem to have never lost money.

Hawks fans have unrealistic expectations for Ke Yan. Whoever comes into his hands can add value, just like the Celtics\Jazz fans in later generations. Because of Anji's existence, they wish they could wipe out the opponent's wealth with every transaction...

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It's not that easy!

The procedures for Jerome James to join the team have been completed, but he did not see Ke Yan. At this time, Ke Yan was not in Atlanta, but came to Los Angeles during the All-Star Weekend to visit Wang Lifan, and it was very high-profile.

visit.

From the moment they received Wang Lifan, there were tabloid reporters from Los Angeles not far away following them and filming them. Ke Yan did not stop them. As long as they did not disturb them, Ke Yan and Wang Lifan also enjoyed their world indifferently.

In the evening, the two of them came to the carnival where they first met. They went into the tent where they had met before and played a game of smashing plates.

"Have you ever noticed that there are very few people who are alone at the carnival?" Wang Lifan joked cheerfully. The first time the two met, Wang Lifan and Hebe met Ke Yan who was alone.

"So it's not just the carnival. In Atlanta, I rarely go to supermarkets or restaurants." Ke Yan said.

"Huh?" Wang Lifan was a little confused.

"The atmosphere of life is very strong, which makes people emotional and prone to negative emotions." Ke Yan complained.

Wang Lifan immediately rolled his eyes: "You're not so lonely, are you?"

"The person who goes to me most frequently seems to be Abby. Help me take care of Oscar." Ke Yan said.

"Haha!" Wang Lifan laughed, "Then you can be friends with Abby.~"

No matter what, Wang Lifan will not be jealous of Abby, he is only 11 years old!

After coming out of the tent, the two of them went to eat Singapore's special red bean ice. Just after taking two bites, he received a call from Huo Qingshu and wanted to watch the game at his house.

"I'm in Los Angeles!" Ke Yan said, and Huo Qingshu immediately thought that he had made a big mistake and hung up the phone immediately.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Lifan asked curiously: "Girl?"

"A little girl who just turned eighteen! I went to a party in their school during the Spring Festival, and then I met her," Ke Yan explained.

"It seems that your life in Atlanta is quite colorful!" Wang Lifan was obviously a little concerned.

Ke Yan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I can show you the text message blessings I received during the Chinese New Year. You and Hebe are the only girls who have sent me text messages."

"Don't worry, you have nothing to worry about." Wang Lifan said.

After being in a relationship for so long, Wang Lifan knows that Ke Yan still prefers girls with feminine charms. The 18-year-old little green tea is not a threat.

...

Ke Yan and Wang Lifan had a high-profile love affair in Los Angeles, and Phil Jackson was so angry that he scolded her. As long as Ke Yan's name is combined with Los Angeles, Lakers fans will immediately jump out to "miss" Ke Yan and question Phil Jackson, let alone Ke Yan now leading the team

, things are booming.

Who told you that as a "famous coach", your performance in leading the team is not as good as that of Ke Yan?

This is one of the reasons why Ke Yan ignores reporters. "Tip a smack in the face." Phil Jackson ruined his playoff run and felt disgusted with him.

That is to say, no media reporters came to interview him, otherwise, he would have to say some weird words to try to win over the other party.

The Eagles do not suspect that Ke Yan is in cahoots with the Lakers. Although Ke Yan has not renewed his contract with the Eagles, his contract still has one year left! The unspoken rules of the league do not allow teams to interact with each other.

Maliciously poaching the head coach.

Larry Sander called Ke Yan and made a bold idea: "You said you wanted to exchange the change for a round change. The round change wouldn't be Kobe, right?"

"???"

The more Larry Sander thought about it, the more it seemed possible!

First, the Lakers have a poor record and the lineup lacks potential. There is no hope in the short term, which somewhat delayed Kobe's peak period!

Second, after the separation of the OK group, although they have not yet won the championship, O'Neal's situation is obviously better than that of Kobe.

Third, the Lakers management is constantly messing around, whether it is removing Ke Yan and replacing Phil Jackson, or exchanging Butler, the team's second-leading scorer, for Kwakwame Brown, it is all chaos! It further weakens the team.

With Kobe's temperament, it's really not impossible to make a transfer!

"Why don't you say anything?" Larissade asked.

"You dare to dream about Kobe, what else can I say?" Ke Yan asked.

Only the Lakers have always robbed other teams' stars. When has the Lakers' star been poached by others?

Well, Kobe did say in 2007: "Go buy a Bulls jersey!" Then Kupchak couldn't wait to empty out the Bulls' money! When Kobe saw that he had changed it, he didn't change it.

Even after he went to the Bulls, he still led the team with a single core, and he refused to leave!

The deal was cancelled. The young Bulls who reached the Eastern Conference semifinals last season lost all morale in the new season. They plummeted to the lottery. With a 1.2% probability of winning the No. 1 pick, they got Derrick Rose, ushering in a new era.

.Of course, this is all a story for later.

Switching to the Eagles, is it not the same situation?

The situation may be worse. If Kobe is transferred to the Hawks by Ke Yan, the Lakers management will be even more embarrassed!

"I'm just thinking about it. If there's no chance, forget it." Larry Sander shrugged, mainly because he never thought he could do such a big thing in his life!

After hanging up the phone, Ke Yan continued to complain about Larry Sander's unrealistic ideas.

Then I also had unrealistic ideas!

...

Ke Yan's time in Los Angeles was quiet, and the All-Star Game was also held in Houston with great excitement. Among the Eagles, Paul and Kittles participated in the skills competition and the three-point shooting competition respectively, but both failed.

And Josh Smith got Ke Yan's idea. First, he completed a reverse folding dunk and dunk two balls at the same time in the preliminaries. When he met Iguodala in the finals, the little potato Nate Robinson had no time to perform the leap over the old potato.

After dunking, he was suffocated in the preliminaries.

In the finals, under more stringent standards, Josh Smith finally used the killer move "sitting dunk" and scored 50 points. While locking the dunk king, he also wrote his name into the history of the "Slam Dunk Contest".

Among them, he is as famous as Jordan and Carter.

With this sit-down dunk, Josh Smith was rated by the media and fans as Jordan, the third generation dunk king after Carter.

Although in terms of position, he is much worse than the top two, but in terms of "dunk" alone, he can really compete with the two. After entering the league for two seasons, he won two dunks in a row.

King; contributed a logo-level dunk; the most important point is that compared with other dunk kings, Josh Smith has a very strong dunk ability in actual combat!

To break it down, the only ones in the league who can truly do these three things at the same time are Jordan, Carter, and Josh Smith!

In the interview after the game, Josh Smith expressed his gratitude to Ke Yan: "My action design was completed by Kimi for me. When he proposed the idea of ​​sit button to me, I thought it was incredible, but it turned out that I

It can be done!”

After being named and thanked by Josh Smith, Ke Yan also called Josh Smith the next day and advised him not to participate in the "Slam Dunk Contest" in the future.

More often than not, the slam dunk contest is a stage for unknown dunkers to showcase themselves. Occasionally, stars will come up to play for tickets, but the majority are still people on the fringes of the league.

Josh Smith already has the status of the "Third Generation Slam Dunk King", so winning another slam dunk contest will not have a big impact on him. On the contrary, if he loses in the future, he will be pulled down from the altar.

"Leaving a legend for future generations to admire" is not a bad thing.

Ke Yanxiao took advantage of it, and Josh Smith agreed after referring to the handling methods of Jordan and Carter.

This group of players still trust Ke Yan.

This year's All-Star Game can be regarded as one of the more exciting games in recent years.

The Western Conference All-Stars played around McGrady, hoping to help McGrady win FMVP at home, and the team also led the way, going smoothly.

However, in the second half, Flip Saunders used the Pistons trio of James Wade to play high-quality defense and evened the 17-point difference in half a quarter.

In the last quarter of the game, the two sides entered the "real-life" mode. The Western Conference team had the upper hand and gradually established an advantage. Under adversity, James began to play, and continued to force the ball into the basket against the defense of many people. One of them

The ball faced Nowitzki, Duncan, and McGrady's defense and forced dunks. It reminded Ke Yan of Rukawa Kaede in "Slam Dunk" when he faced Xiangyang/Lingnan team, a pair of triple dunks with Fish Pillar, Xiandao, and Hanagata.

dunk.

In the end, the Eastern All-Stars won the game. James, who scored 29 points, defeated McGrady, who scored 36 points, and won the first AMVP of his career.

After the game, many fans in China felt that James was not playing well and had stolen McGrady's amvp at home. Ke Yan felt that there was nothing wrong with James.

No matter how entertaining it is, the All-Star Game is still a game. It is normal for teammates to help with the ball and you are the main offensive point. What is the difference between morally kidnapping the opponent and match-fixing? And at the end of the game, the Western Conference All-Star Team also gave Tracy McGrady a try.

He made the ball, but he didn't score the ball himself. Is it James' fault?

This is also the reason why Ke Yan is less and less interested in paying attention to the later All-Stars. The show only has the effect and lacks serious confrontation, so it has completely become a show.

The focus of competitive sports is to make people's hearts beat faster and their blood pumping, rather than just dazzling them. Otherwise, watching street basketball or fancy basketball wouldn't be fun?

After the All-Star Game, Ke Yan returned to Atlanta and continued to lead the team in games.

Except for Howard's trade for James, the Hawks did not make other transactions, nor did they strengthen the team's wings, which is a hidden danger for them.

In order to ensure the performance of this season, but at the same time not wanting to sacrifice the bargaining chips of "changing change for whole money" in the future, the Eagles have very few chips and are unattractive to other teams. They can only place their hopes on Udoka and Christie.

Able to fill vacancies appropriately.

After trying to trade Battier and Posey to no avail, Pat Riley set his sights on Peterson of the Raptors and eventually traded Kapono's 2007 first-round pick for the swingman.

ESPN gave this deal a high score, believing that both teams get what they need. The Raptors have obtained a potential pick in the first year of the draft. At present, the pick is likely to be after the 25th overall pick, but

As the Heat's lineup ages, it is not impossible for the Rockets' pick to appreciate like the Hawks did; and the Heat have strengthened the team's weakest small forward position, further strengthening its shortcomings.

Again, the stage of the playoffs is not about comparing whose strengths are longer, but about comparing whose shortcomings are not short!

Chatting privately, Hamblen is most optimistic about the Heat, while Hornacek and Snyder are optimistic about the Spurs.

"Why doesn't anyone mention the Mavericks?" Ke Yan put forward his own opinion.

"Nowitzki?" The three people were stunned at the same time.

"I think the Mavericks are the best in the league in terms of hard power. If I were to coach, there would be about a 60% chance of winning the championship." Ke Yan was extremely arrogant!

Many people don't realize how strong the Mavericks are. To put it simply, this is a team that can reach the finals by relying on unlimited singles and the most basic pick-and-roll tactics, and suppress the Heat when the referees blow the same scale.

Team's team.

Compared with history, the Mavericks also have Mickey Moore, who is more suitable to be Nowitzki's substitute than Van Horn; while the Heat replaced Posey with Peterson. The outcome is uncertain.

"He is a disciple of Nelson, and it is normal to prefer the Mavericks in his heart~" Hamblen immediately explained to Hornacek and Snyder.

"Then let's wait until the playoffs~"

.......

In the 50th game of the season, the Hawks ushered in the fringe Western Conference playoff team, the Utah Jazz.

Before the game, Hornacek took the initiative to say hello to his mentor Sloan. His dream is to one day succeed Sloan and sit on the head coach of the Jazz.

The duel between Paul and Deron is also the highlight of this game.

During the draft, Paul, Deron, and Felton were hailed as the top three point guards in the 2005 draft. However, with Felton's relatively mediocre performance, Paul and Deron became the duo of 2005.

Since the beginning of the season, Paul has occupied the first place in the rookie rankings and has never been down, while Deron quickly entered the top three after a short adaptation period. The Hawks made a lot of money, but the Jazz did not lose either!

Although Paul was already far ahead of Deron, the first round of the season clash between the two teams ended with Deron suppressing Paul.

Facing his "lifelong enemy", after the opening, Paul "punched hard", reduced his possession of the ball, handed more ball rights to Joe Johnson and Diaw to organize, and ran more without the ball.

Move to consume Delong, who has a larger weight base.

The ball was handed over to Joe Johnson, which also hit the Jazz's pain point. The Jazz's starting shooting guard is Croatian white shooter Jirisek, who plays the same role as Hornacek when he was in Jazz, and his shortcomings are also

Same, defense is average, athletic ability is not good, against Joe Johnson, he was pressed and beaten.

After so many years, Jerry Sloan has indeed deepened his research and development on pick-and-roll tactics, but his usage habits are still "unchanged", which also makes their wings often suppressed by opponents, or even destroyed.

Kirilenko plays a great role on the defensive end, but it is mainly reflected in covering up the inside. If you ask him to defend the outside superstar alone, he can only guard McGrady, and no one else can. Because of the two eliminations of the Rockets, China

Fans like to brag about the strength of the Jazz, and it's all nonsense that they have strong perimeter defense. Not to mention that Kobe beat him every time, Durant scored 47 points against the Jazz in his second year.

The defensive end was penetrated by Joe Johnson. On the offensive end, Deron and Boozer's pick-and-roll cooperation was not as proficient as it was later. Sometimes the two could cooperate well, and sometimes they could only fight independently. Without tactical support, the two

They are all just ordinary stars and do not have the ability to carry the team's offense.

The Hawks played steadily and finally defeated the Jazz 107:96. While winning their first victory after the All-Star Game, they ended their two-game losing streak! (33-17)

In the whole game, Joe Johnson made 14 of 26 shots and scored 34 points, becoming the biggest contributor to the victory.

Paul, who gave up the ball and did not compete with Deron, also had 16 points and 8 assists. Although the statistics declined, his efficiency was very high. He made 6 of 12 shots from the field. He said, "I scored 50 points with Joe Johnson."

There's no shame in "pointing".