Guard With a Knife

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Originally in Spoelstra's plan, he wanted to use Jermaine O'Neal who had just been traded and Haslem to lead the rotation to play in the second quarter.

However, since Snoopy made a request, he still agreed and arranged for Mario Chalmers, Dorell Wright, James Jones, Doug, and Jermaine O'Neal to play.

After O'Neal suffered a major injury, he was no longer in his peak state. In the last game, he was even beaten by Tyson Chandler in New Orleans. He played 25 minutes in the game, made 2 of 9 shots, and only scored 6 points and 4 rebounds. On the defensive end, there is no sense of presence. Whether it is the cooperation with Michael Beasley or the partner with Haslem, there seems to be no tacit understanding.

This made Spoelstra sigh directly to Pat Riley on the phone. He said bluntly: "Jermaine is no longer the super power forward who can be compared with Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan back then." .

It is not for nothing that O'Neal was able to sign a seven-year, $120 million contract with the Pacers. With a height of 211 cm, he not only has an excellent wingspan, but also is flexible and has excellent footwork. He also has certain back-and-body skills plus mid-range jumpers. And this is not all of his strengths, his strongest point is his defense.

At the beginning, he served as the central axis of defense in the Pacers, and once played a defense known as "suffocating flow". He, Artest and Stephen Jackson are both extremely good at compressing space, and their rhythm control on the defensive end is even better.

If you want to give him a template, it is Chris Bosh with enhanced defensive ability, enhanced post-up skills, and full shot-blocking skills. In that power forward heyday, he even got an ability value of 85 in the NBA-live04 game, beating Nowitzki, second only to Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Chris Webber.

But now, Spoelstra doesn't even know what kind of position to give him, he looks extraordinarily free.

beep!

The whistle sounded and the game continued.

The Thunder's rotation is led by Westbrook, and his partner is Joe Smith, Ibaka, Mason and Weaver.

If the Thunder's starting lineup represents talent, then his rotation can undoubtedly be described as 'broken'.

It's anyone's guess where Presti got the scraps, but anyway, these guys give the Thunder a healthy amount of cap space.

On the first ball after the start of the game, Doug had an amazing chemical reaction with Jermaine O'Neal who met for the first time.

When Westbrook killed Mario Chalmers' defense with an unreasonable change of direction and slashed into the paint area, Doug immediately stepped forward to defend and squeezed the space, forcing him to the left where he was not good at. Defensive strategy of the road rush.

At this time, O'Neill bypassed Joe Smith's line of defense with a tacit understanding. When Westbrook uses Smith's screen to jump to the basket, and then soars into the sky for a dunk, Jermaine suddenly bursts out... Smack!

He slapped the basketball with a single slap. O'Neal, who averaged 2.6 blocks per game at his peak, is not easy to mess with.

The basketball was caught by him in the elbow area. When Mason tried to take the basketball down for a second attack, Snoopy had already struck him like a cannonball, knocked him aside forcefully, and then quickly rushed forward with the ball.

And after 3 seconds, he assisted Dorell Wright to hit a shot from beyond the three-point line!

From the block in the backcourt to the goal in the frontcourt, the entire process of defensive counterattack took less than 5 seconds.

"This is the horror of Snoopy. He can not only exert defensive influence in the paint area of ​​the backcourt, but also complete lightning attacks in the frontcourt." Isaiah Thomas said triumphantly in front of the TV: "He can play with Any player has a chemical reaction. I even doubt that he can complete the offense and defense with Eddie Curry..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Donnie Walsh couldn't wait to "snort": "The doctor will never allow a guy who weighs more than 330 pounds to walk on the court. What's more, he has a congenital heart disease."

"I still haven't figured out why you gave him a contract with a total salary of more than 70 million US dollars."

Walsh grumbled.

At this time, Isaiah Thomas couldn't help rebutting: "When you face a giant center who can average 19+7 per game, you can't just watch him slip away. In fact, I still think Eddie Curry is one of the best pick-and-roll centers in the league. He just hasn't met a point guard who can play with him in the low post."

"So, that's why you threw Stephon Marbury $90 million?" Donny Walsh chased, his pockets full of rubbish contracts for Thomas, whether it was for Jerome James Thirty million, or the twenty million for Malecross... .

Isaiah Thomas was left speechless by what he said. Because he didn't like Stephen Marbury either, the signing of Marbury was more influenced by public opinion. At that time, the whole Big Apple City hoped that the son of New York would return to his hometown, so he just pushed the boat along and gave him a maximum salary. However, Marbury was not grateful to Dade. He even helped the damn black aunt to provide testimony in the mediation court when he was deeply involved in the news of sexual assault.

This is also the reason that led to a direct break between Isaiah Thomas and Stephon Marbury: The next season after that incident, Thomas announced that Marbury was entering the bench. And, on the night Marbury's father died of a heart attack in the stands, he didn't tell Marbury about it for the first time.

And that led to...the complete demise of the New York Knicks. It also caused the personal images of Marbury and Thomas to fall into the abyss at the same time, becoming two mice that everyone in New York City shouted and beat.

Pat Riley, swaying a wine glass, doesn't want to care about the feud between the Knicks president and vice president.

When he saw Doug and Jermaine O'Neal high-five on TV, his expression couldn't hide his frustration.

He realized more and more that he might have done a bad business.

Although the New York media has been advocating the "Pat Riley Robbery Theory", the current fortune teller believes that he is the poor guy who has been sold and is still giving money.

The game goes on.

The combination of Snoopy and O'Neal continued to show off. Although both Joe Smith and Ibaka are known for their defense, one of them is old and the other is inexperienced. In contrast, Snoopy and Jermaine have extremely obvious advantages.

Not only is it a perfect match on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end, Duge has brought the essence of "feeding cakes" to the extreme.

When Doug received the ball in the paint area, he quickly adopted a dodge attack to create a defensive space, and he immediately handed it over to O'Neal.

O'Neal's offensive ability has declined due to serious physical injuries, but his ability to "eat cakes" is still there. Although he was not a kaleidoscope at his peak, he was still proficient in all kinds of weapons such as open shots, hooks, and throws.

As Doug and Jermaine O'Neal got what they wanted in the paint area, the point difference further widened.

Coach Brooks couldn't wait to replace all the main players in the sixth minute of the second quarter.

At this time, Spoelstra also replaced Michael Beasley on the court, replacing James Jones.

This substitution again played a decisive factor.

Doug began to support in the paint. He treated Jeff Green's defense as toilet paper, kneaded it casually, and then threw it in the trash. Michael Beasley and Jermaine O'Neal completed the feat of eating cakes back and forth, and the Thunder's defense simply missed the other.

Spoelstra watched and sighed.

Although the Thunder is not a strong team, it does not have reference significance. But... the cooperation of these three people may not be able to compete with those strong teams if they are tempered.

Pat Riley was even more inexplicable. Isaiah Thomas on the side had already picked up the red wine bottle. He began to be smug: "I have known for a long time that Snoopy is a player with his own system. In this league, there are many players ...When you first meet him, you know you should build around him, that's the star. And then there's that kind of player, when he walks on the court, all you can do is give him the ball because He has his own system, this is a superstar!"

"Snoopy is the embryo of a superstar!"

Isaiah Thomas was already a little tipsy. He even started talking nonsense: "Snoopy will wash away all my humiliation, and I even think he will make everyone realize... I, Isaiah Thomas, didn't sign any rubbish contracts. He can make the Knicks every Players become worth their money!!"

This made Donny Walsh sneer, and James Dolan quickly arranged for the male staff to take him back to the hotel to rest.

After sitting awkwardly for 20 minutes, Pat Riley finally offered to leave.

He didn't want to watch the game anymore, because from the third quarter on, Snoopy had started to appear at the small forward position. Although he couldn't defend Kevin Durant's offense, Kevin Durant couldn't effectively hinder his breakthrough and connection: Durant's big steps were defeated by Snoopy's fast-paced, small-scale and fast-frequency steps To cut thinly.

The game quickly lost its suspense.

After all, Thunder's young army is still too young. They are still queuing up to exchange their talents, and the future is very likely to belong to them.

But... Doug, who scored 9 points, 11 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals, also has a bright future.

Because, after the game. He received a call from Pat Riley, who told him: "If the league announces the deal, are you willing to refuse to report to the New York Knicks? This is the only possibility to revoke the deal!"

This is the second time in Pat Riley's career to challenge league rules, and the target is still the New York Knicks.

But the answer he got was: "No, Mr. Pat Riley. You are now on the phone: No. 10 player Snoopidoo of the New York Knicks!"

Duge's tone was very absolute, he didn't want to drag his feet.

Nor did he want to make Pat Riley regret it.

He just felt that it was time for him to start a new journey.

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