I’m Really Playing Basketball

As the star of hope that the Portland Trail Blazers once placed high hopes on, Zach Randolph's performance in the Portland Trail Blazers is still very good.

Especially on the offensive end, even in the NBA, such flexible fat guys are extremely rare.

And Randolph is not only flexible, but also has very good mid-range and short-range shooting abilities.

So in the 2004 season, the Trail Blazers corrected Randolph after trading Rasheed Wallace. Randolph immediately averaged 20 points per game for the season.

If it weren't for Chen Xiao's huge improvement this season, Randolph would definitely be the most improved player in the NBA.

Although there is no lack of 20+10 insiders in the current NBA, such as Raheem, they are not even superstars or even All-Stars, but this is not to say that 20+10 insiders are worthless, but that the outstanding players of this era There are too many insiders, so even 20+10 is not top-notch.

However, as a 23-year-old power forward with 20+10 statistics, it is obvious that the Trail Blazers have great expectations for Randolph.

Therefore, after the 0304 season, the Blazers immediately sent Raheem, the threat of Randolph, to the Cavaliers.

However, after the Trail Blazers sent Raheem away, Randolph's performance in the Trail Blazers somewhat disappointed the team.

Without external threats, Randolph simply showed all his "ugliness".

Learn about the nickname rotten tofu.

The local Blazers fans couldn't bear it anymore.

As an inside player, if you don't defend, it is really fatal.

Randolph was locked in a battle with Darius Miles for almost the entire season in 2005.

And the final result may be incredible to you.

Obviously a rookie trained by the Trail Blazers, Randolph's popularity in the Trail Blazers is far lower than that of Darius Miles.

The reason is simple. Although Darius Miles is a deadwood to Chen Xiao.

But as Chen Xiao's favorite Garnett, Chen Xiao threw a lot of experience cards to Darius Myers.

Even for Kuchiki, after so many experience cards, Darius Myers' defense and ball control are quite good.

Especially the defense, Darius Miles' defense is already very good. After Chen Xiao smashed down like that, this little Garnett will not become a real Garnett. It is 80% that Garnett will have absolutely no problem .

Coupled with Chen Xiao's correction of his personality, Darius Myers doesn't say that his personality has changed, but compared with Randolph or those black players in the NBA, he is really a good boy, very professional Spirit.

Under such a premise, Darius Myers' shooting is not very good. Although he is athletic enough to play small forward, he does suffer.

Therefore, the Blazers have always intentionally let Darius Miles play power forward, even if they don't play power forward, they must at least play as a swingman at the third and fourth positions like Garnett.

This is not a joke. Miles' physical talent and defensive ability will not suffer in the fourth position. Coupled with his absolutely first-class dribbling ability in the fourth position, it is really good to break through the basket with the ball and dunk.

In such a situation, if you were Randolph, would you get angry and feel threatened?

Raheem, a hungry wolf, was traded away, and Darius Miles came in as a tiger. How could this make him, a local lion, feel so embarrassed?

The position of the boss was not yet secure, so another competitor appeared.

Of course Randolph was unwilling to give in, so he wanted to increase the data even more and ignored defense.

Randolph's laziness on the defensive end has earned him a reputation as a bad guy without Darius Miles competition in history, let alone with Darius Miles competition.

Throughout the 0405 season, Randolph's scores actually dropped instead of rising, despite deliberately brushing up data, and his shooting percentage also dropped by 4 percentage points. This is a lot for an insider.

With Randolph being so selfish and unprofessional, Darius Miles would be even more satisfying, and the balance would be even more tilted towards Darius Miles.

The end result was that Randolph struggled on the offensive end and ended up playing just over half of the season.

It can be said that after the end of this season, the Blazers' management and coach have already reached a conclusion on the battle for the team's boss.

Whether it's talent, professional attributes, contribution to the team, or fans' love, Darius Miles is stronger.

However, although Randolph has gone crazy this season, the Blazers did not give up on Randolph like they gave up Rasheed and Raheem.

Instead, a contract was prepared for him in advance, worth 80 million in 6 years.

To be honest, this contract is very sincere.

It is indeed not the maximum salary, but the average salary has reached more than 13 million, which is actually not far from the maximum salary.

But he was rejected by Randolph.

In fact, it was not this contract that Randolph rejected. This contract was indeed very sincere, and Randolph himself admitted it.

He is not even an All-Star, but his salary is higher than that of Kobe. What else can he complain about?

The key is not to be able to swallow this breath!

Why don't the Blazers give me the maximum salary?

Obviously, the Blazers are supporting Darius Miles as the team leader.

The second child of his team is not worthy of the top salary that only the boss can get.

And that's the problem for Randolph and the Blazers now.

Will Randolph miss the more than 1 million per year?

Of course it's not bad after signing this contract.

And does Paul Allen beat Randolph by more than 1 million per year?

Of course it's not bad.

However, Paul Allen really can't give it. He needs to take care of Darius Miles's feelings. The boss of the team cannot give the salary to the second child.

At the same time, Randolph must want this salary as the boss, and he cannot swallow this breath of admitting that he has been the second child to the mentally retarded Darius Miles!

Therefore, even if he fired his agent, Randolph would reject the Blazers' six-year, $80 million contract.

It is precisely because of this that when the communication between the two parties was fruitless, the Trail Blazers management intentionally moved Randolph into the trading market.

The Trail Blazers are willing to trade Randolph, and there is no point in holding on.

And because he had internal contacts in the Trail Blazers, Chen Xiao immediately received a report from his younger brother Darius Miles.

"Boss, you bobcats are poor and white now. I have a candidate to recommend. There is a giant bear in Portland. It is black and fat. Anyone who touches it will die. It bites people and has no defense. However, the boss is powerful and has a noble character. , I will surely be able to tame him!”

Who said Darius Miles, the little wolf king, is stupid?

Chen Xiao thinks he is not stupid at all.

Look, if you have the intelligence to drive away your competitors like this, can you call it stupid?

I have to say that after being recommended by Darius Miles, Chen Xiao was moved.

A power forward capable of 20+10 is only 24 years old. This is really possible.

Therefore, after the free market opened, Chen Xiao and Jordan immediately asked the Bobcats to offer Randolph a maximum salary.

Why give the maximum salary directly?

Of course it is to block other teams' pursuit of Randolph.

Randolph is indeed good, but this rotten tofu who doesn't like to defend is really not worth the maximum salary.

Besides the Bobcats, which NBA has so much salary space?

The Bobcats have 11 rookies who are now waiting to spend more money to fill the poverty line. It is really just right to give Randolph a maximum salary.

The Bobcats didn't give Randolph the maximum salary just to get free money from the Trail Blazers.

Are the Trail Blazers short of money?

Of course, there is no shortage of money, and free prostitution will only make Shanmao fail.

So Chen Xiao sent a message to the Trail Blazers through Cavaliers general manager Paxson, a legend of the Trail Blazers, expressing his willingness to sign and then trade with the Trail Blazers.

And before signing the contract with Randolph, this is very respectful.

The Bobcats were approved by the Blazers before they offered the contract to Randolph.

70 million in 5 years, this is the highest contract that a 2001 rookie can sign now.

If it was last year and the new labor agreement hadn't come out, it could have been signed for 6 years and 87 million. Paul Gasol and the Grizzlies signed in advance.

The new labor agreement stipulates that the rookie contract expires and the contract is only signed for a maximum of five years.

It can also be seen from this that the Blazers' contract with Randolph last year was really good.

For Randolph, 80 million was given, why not the 7 million?

This is indeed not a question of 7 million.

Both sides know.

Therefore, according to the official release of the Trail Blazers, the Bobcats have given Randolph a maximum salary.

Grab it quickly.

After three days of publicity by the Blazers' management, it was discovered that no NBA team was interested in Randolph. Finally, the Blazers accepted the Bobcats' offer.

However, the Blazers do not want the Bobcats' 2006 and 2008 lottery-protected picks,

The Blazers only want the Bobcats' unprotected 2006 pick.

Seriously, any idiot knows that the Bobcats' first-round picks after 2008 aren't worth much.

With Chen Xiao, the number one player in the league, the Bobcats may be very good in the 2005-06 season, after all, they have a group of rookies.

In this case, the 2006 unprotected first-round pick is worth more than the first-round picks in the following two years.

After the Bobcats and the Trail Blazers reached a deal, Chen Xiao's internal response to the Blazers, Darius Miles, was a pity for Chen Xiao and the Bobcats.

"Boss, it's all for nothing. Why are you giving away a draft pick? The Trail Blazers will not renew Randolph's contract with the maximum salary. They will definitely not follow you if you offer the maximum salary!"

In this regard, Chen Ling finally believed that his little brother was still stupid in the end.

It's really not worth it to offend a team and a rich man who likes to do whatever he wants for such a small advantage!

Of course, as the leading player of the Trail Blazers, Darius Miles is not loyal. He is mainly unhappy that Randolph has not received the maximum salary yet.

Even though he won face, he lost face.

If it weren't for sign-and-trade, Randolph wouldn't be able to get 70 million in five years.

On July 18, 2005, the Cavaliers and Trail Blazers completed a trade for Randolph. The Cavaliers used their 2006 unprotected first-round pick in a sign-and-trade to acquire Randolph.

This is the Bobcats' biggest trade of the season.

After acquiring Randolph in the trade, Chen Xiao expressed his welcome to Randolph in an exclusive interview with Chinese and American media on July 19.

"Zach is a very good player. He did a good job in the Trail Blazers, but I know that his upper limit is far more than that. He was the No. 1 high school student in the United States in the 2000 class. He was the best in that class. An American player, he has all the potential to be an All-Star."

"Zach didn't come to Charlotte to assist me. He came here because I wanted to help him become an All-Star."

To be honest, when Randolph, who was on vacation in Los Angeles, saw what Chen Xiao said in the interview on the news, he really felt flattered.

To be honest, he is really dissatisfied with this guy Darius Miles, why!

In the class of 2000, he was the No. 1 high school student and Darius Myers was the No. 3 high school student.

Why are two people participating in the draft, and Darius Myers, who directly participated in the draft after graduating from high school, can be ranked third?

And he played in college for one year and was only ranked 19th?

To be honest, both of them are players from the same class, and both are well-known talents in the United States. A Jr. Garnett and a Jr. O'Neal have been compared all the time. It is impossible to say that the two have no grievances. .

In this case, for Randolph, anyone can really lose, except Darius Miles.

And Chen Xiao now says that he went to the Bobcats not to assist him, but to help him become an All-Star.

Randolph was really flattered and excited at the same time.

In the entire NBA, no one is qualified to help another player become an All-Star.

But there is only one exception, and that is Chen Xiao!

Chen Xiaodeng shouted, millions of Chinese fans will teach any NBA All-Star player how to behave!

Even Battle can be voted into the All-Star starter by Chinese fans.

Can Zach Randolph be worse than Battle?

"What's the point of being the leader of the Pioneers?"

"If you have the ability, become an NBA All-Star!"

Zach Randolph now knows where his battleground is.

He wants to reach the other side that Darius Miles can never reach!

At this time, the ambitious Zach Randolph didn't know how difficult it was to make it to the All-Star in the Eastern Conference.

At the forward position, Duncan, James, McGrady, and Carter are the four big mountains.

Even with Chen Xiao's support, it would be difficult in hell if he wanted to start first. If he wanted to advance by starting, he would have to kneel and lick Chen Xiao crazily to give him the greatest support.

And if it is going to be a substitute, how can the current NBA coach choose a rotten tofu to be an All-Star?

Raheem's statistics are so good for so many years, did he get in?

If you want to rely on the coach to make progress, then change your image of rotten tofu.

Historically, Randolph didn't wash away his bad reputation of rotten tofu until he was 30 years old, and he was accepted by NBA coaches.

Let's put it this way, NBA coaches love players like Ron Howard, who have excellent defense, high return quotient, don't make trouble, and respect the coach's players.

Randolph couldn't reach anywhere.

If you want to reach it, you need to innovate yourself.

So, when he heard that Chen Xiao used all-stars to seduce Randolph, Jordan really kept praising him in his heart.

"Boy Chen is too clever. This is much more useful than talking about those big principles, and it's more effective than saying that Randolph will be his father!"

This leadership is simply overflowing!

Randolph, a bad boy, can't work as hard as a production team's donkey in front of Chen, a carrot boom? !

In fact, it wasn't just Jordan who saw Chen Xiao's move.

Ron Howard, who worked hard in San Antonio for special training, read what Chen Xiao said to Randolph in the newspaper, and after being silent for a while, said with relief: "He has finally become a qualified leader."

It's really great that a beginner who has never touched professional sports has become a qualified leader of an NBA team in five years.

"Charlotte..."

There is a stage where he can do whatever he wants.

With Chen's status, in Shanmao, he can do whatever he wants, and he will not have any constraints. He can paint and draw on this white paper casually, even if he makes a mistake, it doesn't matter, because the white paper is originally nothing.

"Maybe it was right for him to go to Bobcat..."

Ron Howard looked to the northeast, as if in the sky, there was a young boy with an extremely hearty smile waving his pen to his heart's content.

The boy who was in the second grade of middle school has grown up.

I, Dwyane Chen.

In five years, all of us have grown up.

Ron Howard laughed.