Build a Dream Dynasty

Being upset by the young Kings (11-4) is just a small change in the long season for the Nets. No matter how strong the team is and how hungry it is for victory, there will always be a time to take a nap. What's more, this Nets team has long been successful and famous, and many players in the team have already achieved honors. The point is, the team He was able to adjust from a bad state in time, and show his full combat power in key games.

As for falling to the third place in the Eastern Conference after losing this game, it is no longer important at this time. There are only 15 games in the season, and there will be opportunities to catch up later. Compared with the current ups and downs of the team, the team's main center wave Erzingis' injury tugs even more at the heartstrings of Nets fans.

Sprained left knee, sidelined for 2 to 4 weeks, this is an acceptable result for the Nets. The Big Three and Big Four teams are most taboo about injuries. The composition of this type of team is quite extreme. Once the core players have injury problems, it is equivalent to tearing down one side of the load-bearing wall of the house. Can the rest be taken care of? From the whole weight, some depends on luck. And so far since the start of the game, the Nets have had two load-bearing walls removed. If this is an ordinary team, it is estimated that they will have a bad heart.

With Porzingis in his hands, only Wood is left in the center position of the Nets, and Yi Jianlian is the only one who can replace the center position in the team's power forward position. Although Porzingis will only have a month at most, and if he is lucky, he will only need to rest for two weeks, but it is impossible for the Nets to give up these seven or eight games, right? It is very urgent to add inside information in time.

In order to deal with sudden injuries that the team may encounter, the league allows teams to issue 10-day temporary contracts to players in the development league. In fact, a considerable number of players did not go overseas to make money after they did not sign with the NBA during the offseason. Instead, they chose to stay in the NBDL and wait for their own opportunities. What about 5 minutes or 10 minutes at the top of the court?

Hansbrough, who came to the Nets for trial training in the summer, joined the Nets with a 10-day short contract. Once upon a time, he also competed with Griffin for the title of "White Warcraft". In recent years, he has been declining year by year. Last season, he averaged 7.8 minutes per game for the Hornets, and scored 2.5 points and 2 rebounds. It looks pretty shabby, but such data usually does not have any reference. How can I say it? , This kind of player usually comes on the stage in garbage time, scoring more points and scoring less points, it is really more willingness than ability. Conversely, this kind of data is not very good-looking, at least it is the type that will not sacrifice the interests of the team to brush the data.

For Hansbrough, the opportunity to play in the Nets is too important. He is also a "victim" of the small ball trend brought up by the Nets. When he was in the Pacers, he obviously had a certain offensive ability. His blue-collar insiders can still provide beautiful dunks from time to time. As a result, the team started to play small balls. For him, the insiders who can't open up space and can't defend big and small are becoming more and more cruel. Let's move up to the center position, and suffered another injury, and fell directly to the basic salary.

In the first training session of joining the Nets, Hansbrough still showed his good basketball literacy and desperate spirit, hitting the basket frequently and scoring.

However, his performance is not bad, but this signing really looks like a sprinkler. Constrained by his height, Hansbrough's ability to protect the frame cannot meet the needs of the team, basically playing in garbage time. Neither could threaten Yi Jianlian's position. This is why he has not signed with a team until now.

In the sixteenth game of the season, the Nets went to Portland, the city of tears, to challenge the powerful Portland Trail Blazers away.

In the summer of 2015, the original four main players of the Trail Blazers plus the team's sixth man Afranno all left, and the team passively began to rebuild. However, what is surprising is that under such circumstances, Lillard led the team to insist on not being bad, and abruptly entered the playoffs, and his outstanding performance was also surprising. However, in the past offseason, the Trail Blazers uniform team was a little sorry for the efforts of these players. They signed Evan Turner with a premium of 64 million in 4 years, signed Plumlee with 56 million in 4 years, and reached an agreement with Pope for 5 years. The early contract extension of 90 million will fill up all the salary space vacated by the team at once, and Lillard's big contract will come into effect. At the same time, a team with sufficient salary space to introduce big fish has become a team with "the team's salary space is locked up and it is difficult to do anything in the short term". Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this wave of the Trail Blazers is gone.

Without suitable players, he would rather leave the salary space empty, eat garbage contracts and draft picks in the middle of the season to fill the ghost line, and not open long-term contracts. Jiang Mingliang's idea of ​​rebuilding the Nets is obviously correct, and the Trail Blazers did not follow suit. Lillard's peak period may only be wasted in vain.

Despite the obvious decline in strength, against the Nets with weak inside strength, the Trail Blazers' inside twin-tower combination Lopez and Plumlee came in handy. In order to make up for the decline in the inside strength caused by Porzingis' absence, Stevens arranged for Yi Jianlian and Wood to guard the inside together, but this inside combination was obviously unable to cope with the Trail Blazers' continuous pick-and-roll small play. Lopez can be regarded as a model for the transformation of post players in the league. When he first entered the league, he was a standard traditional insider. He was good at low-post singles and top-defense insiders. Since Jiang Mingliang joined the Nets, he began to transform following the needs of the team, reducing his own inside singles, and constantly expanding his shooting ability. , The defensive end also knows how to use his height and wingspan to improve his frame protection. Now he has abruptly transformed himself into a 3-point and frame-protecting inside line, coupled with the first-hand support skills he practiced during the Nets period, it has become a Now the most popular insider type in the league, he is likely to get a big contract when his contract expires next season.

The inside line has a clear advantage, and Lillard on the outside line is also a difficulty that the Nets cannot solve. Lillard can be said to be the second most outside three-point threat in the league. Like Curry, he dares to make strong shots against others, and can make shots, and he can also shoot dead people when he feels the touch. Although his physical fitness is not as abnormal as Westbrook and Wall, and his individual singles skills are not as good as Irving and Paul, he is not the kind of point guard that the Nets are most afraid of, but his offensive threat is indeed the most balanced. Moreover, facing Curry every year, being hanged up and beaten every year, he has long held his breath in his heart. This time catching up with the Nets entering a weak period, can't they just kill as much as they can?

Although George and Leonard can also respond to their opponents on the offensive end, Lillard has indeed reached the extreme in terms of personal offense in this game, shooting inside and outside, omnipotent. Yi Jianlian and Wood, going upwind to make up for the head can still play some role. It is really embarrassing for them to support the team in the headwind. The two sides fought until the last minute, and Lillard scored seven consecutive goals. In the end, the Blazers defeated the Nets 122:115 at home, giving the Nets a two-game losing streak.

For the Nets, this game was a loss, and the main players hit hard, but the game was not won yet. After the game, they had to fly to Los Angeles to face the Lakers back to back. For the health of the players, Steve Vince made the decision to rest Leonard in the game against the Lakers.

Leonard has never been a very durable player. In the 1314 season, the regular season was absent for nearly three months. In the 1415 season, the regular season was reimbursed. In order to fight against James, he gained too much weight, and the Nets had a good record , Every year in the finals, the load on him is indeed heavy. Therefore, the team also rests him whenever he has the opportunity, and the way he repays the team is very simple. Basically, when he is healthy, the team can win the championship. This season, Curry's injury will not come back until at least January. The team relies more on Leonard to lead the team, so it needs to be more sparing.

Relatively speaking, George suffered minor injuries for half a season last season. In the past few years with the Warriors, he has only reached the Western Conference semifinals once, and most of the time it was the first round of the playoffs. The pressure is not as heavy as Leonard, and his health is relatively better. Of course, he did suffer serious injuries from broken legs, but in fact, for athletes, although the scene of bone injuries is bloody, the negative impact is actually not as serious as ligament damage, which is irreversible. No player has ever been able to overcome an ACL.

Against the Lakers, Nets fans are actually prepared to lose. The Lakers bid farewell to Kobe this season and welcomed Gasol back. The strength of the team has actually improved to a certain extent. After all, without the hard task of accompanying Kobe on tour, without an inefficient scorer who occupies a lot of possessions, young people can have more performance opportunities. The biggest beneficiaries are Russell and Ingram.

Russell, Louis Williams, Ingram, Luol Deng, Gasol. Facing the weak Nets, the Lakers' lineup seems to be ready for a fight. After all, it is also a lineup that has spent so much money. However, the progress of the game disappointed Staples fans. George returned to the small forward position in this game and played his best game of the season.

To be honest, compared to the Nets, George's first choice is really to go to the Lakers to succeed Kobe, to become the savior of the Lakers, and to enjoy the starlight of the entire Staples. For this reason, George sacrificed his reputation, Not only forced the Warriors, but also hand-picked, only to renew the contract with the Lakers, not any other team.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Lakers were also sure about George and pressed the bargaining chip to death, even Ingram was unwilling to give it. This directly forced the Warriors to form a deadly feud with the Lakers. At this time, the Nets took advantage of the trend, sent a potential high-ranking pick, sent a high-quality contract that the Warriors needed, and traded to George at the risk of George not renewing his contract.

Although he can't monopolize the stars, becoming a member of the strongest team in history is also a good ending for George. Besides, the Nets are his debut team and his home team. New York is also a big city. The life on the sidelines is also very comfortable, and Curry and Leonard have good personalities, and they won't say "we were the championship before you came". Everything is perfect for George. The most critical point is that the Nets got George's bird rights and can offer him the maximum contract.

Why did Anthony have to wait until the summer to join the well-equipped New York Knicks, but he had to make such a big fuss and dismantle half of the New York team to join? Why do most stars ask to choose to sign and change when they join their new clubs? They really want to leave something for their old clubs? Everything stems from bird rights, which can help players get bigger contracts and get more money. In the league, only Curry, James, and Durant can ignore the difference in the amount of bird rights signings and non-bird rights signings, because their business income far exceeds their salaries.

The Nets chose to trade for George. There are also reasons for this. George can renew his contract. The Nets can maintain the Big Four lineup for a long time, and almost no team can compete with them. And once George chooses not to renew his contract, the team can continue to get compensation after two strong years, and then use all other bargaining chips to try their best to trade draft picks up and get Doncic.

In the whole game, George suppressed the Lakers' baby Ingram on both ends of the offense and defense. On the offensive end, he made 17 of 25 shots, scored a season-high 47 points, and sent 6 steals. Under his care, he made 5 of 18 shots in the game, scored only 12 points, and had 5 turnovers. This is totally a slap.

Another bright spot for the Nets in this game is Royce O'Neal, who has gradually fallen out of the team's rotation this season and even made it to the trade list. George returned to the small forward position, and Royce O'Neal was put on the starting position in this game somewhat unexpectedly. Stevens' intention is obvious, using his defense to limit the most reliable scorer of the Lakers, Louis Williams s. And he not only completed the task well on the defensive end, but also made 5 of 9 shots on the offensive end and scored 15 points. Once again proved the value of its high-quality 3D.

The competition within the Nets team is fierce, and the lineup structure is actually not suitable for Royce O'Neal's performance. Considering his own future, Royce O'Neal is actually looking forward to the transaction. Only more suitable for their own team. Jiang Mingliang also made a promise to him to trade him away at the right time. However, this also requires him to show enough value to bring the Nets the right chips, the right strength at the power forward position, or future draft picks.

At 116:135, the Nets with a disorganized lineup defeated the Lakers in an away game, ending their two-game losing streak. (12-6)