I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the new season, the Bobcats, who were missing Chen Xiao, encountered some difficulties at the beginning of the season.

Chen Xiao has been the absolute core and boss of the Bobcats for the past seven seasons. If a team loses such a player, it will be a huge damage both from a tactical level and the team's mental level.

At the technical and tactical level, the Bobcats with Chen Xiao as the core have a variety of tactical styles, because Chen Xiao can truly play from the 1st position to the 5th position. Therefore, Barkley said, no matter what tactical system Jordan has The rookie coach who doesn’t understand anything is Chen Xiao. He has five sets of very strong tactical systems and playing styles.

Now that Chen Xiao is gone, if Jordan establishes Rose as the team's tactical core, then the Bobcats will have to play a system with the point guard as the core.

If Jordan wants to continue to play a style of play centered on inside players, then he needs to have Cousins ​​or Roy Hibbert or David West as the core.

Let’s not talk about whether they have that ability. Even if they have that ability, Rose, is he so willing?

If Rose is really willing to compromise, does that mean that when the team needs to play small forward tactics, Jimmy Butler will become the core of the team?

If the team needs shooting guard tactics, will Roy be the team leader?

If this is the case, the Bobcats will be a team without a core and everyone is the core.

Such a team, in the NBA, even Jordan can't hold it down.

This is definitely not a joke. The Lakers' OK and two cores ended up doing something wrong.

Now you tell me, you want five cores?

In fact, Jordan had this plan at the beginning of the season. After Chen Xiao left, he did not correct Rose from the beginning.

But after playing for a while, he realized that his ideas were still naive.

It is indeed ideal to rotate the five core players according to the needs of the team, but the biggest problem with this style of play is that the five core players are not players with similar strengths and similar qualifications. The strength and seniority of the five of them are really different. It's too obvious.

In terms of qualifications, can Jimmy Butler be the core?

In terms of strength, David West also lacks core strength.

In the end, Jordan discovered that he had better forget it. Chen Xiao, who can play five positions, cannot be replaced by five players together.

After Boss Qiao corrected Rose, the team's tactics soon became clear, the team's operations became normal, and the team's internal problems also became smoother.

After all, Ross, they were convinced.

Of course, when Jordan established Rose as the only core, Jordan also understood that his Bobcats would be like those ordinary NBA teams and would no longer have the same infinite changes as before.

This actually makes Jordan a little sad.

However, what Old Curry said is right: "Michael, when we lose Chen, we should be mentally prepared. His uniqueness cannot be replaced by any one person, or even a group of people."

Therefore, when he saw Chen Xiao in Charlotte again, Jordan felt quite complicated.

If you want to say that you are reluctant to give up, then you are definitely reluctant to give up.

However, what can be done about reluctance?

He didn't want to lose Chen Xiao, but he knew that Yishan could no longer tolerate the two kings, and their separation was inevitable.

Although Boss Qiao is a narrow-minded person, and he was a little reluctant and regretful to part ways with Chen Xiao, after the breakup, Boss Qiao was still very humane.

He renamed the Charlotte Bobcats Arena to an arena named after Chen Xiao. At the same time, a huge bronze statue of Chen Xiao was erected outside the arena.

At the same time, when Chen Xiao came back tonight, Boss Qiao took the lead in leading the Bobcats players and fans at the scene to welcome Chen Xiao.

It can be said that being able to respect Chen Xiao has been the best.

However, this respect is off the court and comes from the heart.

On the court, in this game, the Bobcats players played very fiercely against the Warriors.

When the Bobcats players saw the Warriors players, they all felt like they wanted to eat them alive. They looked at them with resentment that their goddess had been snatched away by the group of people in front of them. Their thick eyebrows made Bill and other young rookie players tremble. of.

Therefore, in this game between the Warriors and the Bobcats, the young players of the Warriors who have performed very well this season played very ugly under the crazy blows of the Bobcat players.

The defending champion is the defending champion. This Bobcat, the main championship lineup, leaves Chen Xiao and Barnes.

The other core members of the dynasty are now all staying on the team. Granger has also returned this season. However, he has now lost his starting position. The Bobcats' starting small forward is now Chen Xiao's younger brother, Jimmy Butler.

However, Chen Xiao is happy to see Granger standing on the court again.

In this game, the Bobcats played away from home and lost to the Bobcats 100-121.

This is a disastrous defeat, but such a disastrous defeat is not without rewards. You can see the gap between them and the top teams in the entire league.

This is also an incentive.

And this is also a period of growth for the young Warriors players who had been going smoothly before.

It has to be said that the NBA has taken great pains to arrange the schedule for the Warriors this season.

The first 20 games allowed the Bobcats to have an easy schedule to cultivate their confidence. After the young players of the Warriors cultivated their confidence, even when they were already a little dizzy due to their 11-game winning streak, they immediately threw away the Bobcats and Heat. in their faces.

On December 10th, after the Bobcats defeated the Bobcats in an away game, on December 12th, the Bobcats challenged the Heat in an away game and suffered another big defeat.

In this game, not only was Bill beaten by Wade, Lopez was beaten to death by Yao Ming, but even Klay, who had always been stable, was hampered by the Heat's young player Paul George.

Not to mention, the matchup between Nongmei and Anthony, Anthony simply pushed Nongmei to the ground and beat him.

In this game, the Warriors even lost worse than the Bobcats in the previous game.

This season, in order to keep Anthony and keep the team's Big Three, the Heat reluctantly gave up the team's starting point guard Barbosa and the team's starting power forward O'Neal.

He straightened Australian point guard Mills and moved Anthony's position to the power forward.

Such a huge change for the Heat also caused pain at the beginning of the season. Like the Bobcats, it has now eased.

After all, the core of the Heat has never changed. Although Anthony is here, Anthony's style of play makes it difficult for him to become the team's tactical core.

Now the Heat have actually given up on making Anthony the core of their tactics.

Now the Heat plan to let him be an offensively enhanced version of Chris Bosh in the Heat and an assassin next to Yao Ming.

I have to say that such a role is even better for Anthony.

At the same time, this season coupled with the rise of Mills and Paul George, although the Heat gave up Barbosa and O'Neal, the two main players, the Heat seem to be stronger.

After Mills became the team's pseudo-starting point guard this season, he averaged 20 minutes per game, contributed 11 points per game, shot 47% from the field, and 43% from three-point range. He averaged 2 three-pointers per game. points, the attack power is quite explosive.

He and Sun Yue both attack and defend, which is quite unique among all NBA teams.

Of course, the biggest surprise for the Heat this season is of course Paul George.

This season, he not only maintained his excellent defense, but also evolved again in three-pointers and offense. This season, he averaged 2.5 three-pointers per game and averaged 4 assists per game. .

When Sun Yue and Mills don't have such strong organizational skills, Paul George has fulfilled the responsibility of the second outside organizer next to Wade this season.

With Paul George, a player who can control the ball, Yao Ming and Wade have much less organizational pressure, and they can use more energy to attack.

In short, due to the departure of Chen Xiao and the sudden change of the Bobcats, the Heat no longer regard the Bobcats as their first imaginary enemy.

The Heat's first imaginary enemy has become the Bucks, and this season, the Heat, with Yao Ming, Anthony, Paul George, Wade, and Mills, has completed the transformation to deal with the five young Bucks.

Therefore, many people say that although there are four major super teams in the Eastern Conference, the Heat and Bucks may be more stable in the final battle in the Eastern Conference.

Although the Cavaliers have been very aggressive recently.

After losing to two super teams in the Eastern Conference in a row, this time for seven consecutive away games, the Bobcats still have two opponents left.

On December 14, the Bobcats, who were in poor condition, defeated the Eagles 105-103 in a very difficult away game.

Then on December 15th, they lost back-to-back games 115-120 to the Magic team led by Arenas and Howard.

The Magic are now in turmoil due to the conflict between Arenas and Howard, but if they really want to show their strength and state, they will still be a very strong team.

However, after this game, rumors about Howard's trade in the NBA began to spread.

Many people said that Howard formally submitted a trade request and named only the Lakers.

In other words, Howard's current situation is quite embarrassing.

I don’t want to stay with the Magic, I want to compete for the championship, and I want to go to a big city. However, in the entire league, the teams that can compete for the championship are the Heat, Bobcats, Cavaliers, Bucks, and Spurs.

The Heat have Yao Ming, the Bobcats have Cousins, the Cavaliers have Oden, the Bucks don't need a center like him, and then he can't go to the Spurs. He is a former Spurs player, so he has to go back to be Popovich's Disciple, didn’t he admit that he was wrong to leave in the first place?

And he can't stand Popovich's coaching style.

In the end, it came full circle, and only the Lakers barely met the requirements.

The Lakers belong to the second echelon competing for the championship. At the same time, they are also a big city, which quite meets his requirements.

Therefore, after hearing this rumor, Chen Xiao felt that it was really very possible.

The Lakers now have an aging roster and need a relatively young player like Howard who can provide vitality to the team.

Moreover, Howard's contract expires in 2013, with only half a year left, so the price of the transaction will not be too high.

Chen Xiao felt this way, which shows how reliable this rumor is. For a while, the NBA's focus shifted from the Warriors' winning streak to Howard's deal.

After seven consecutive away games in the Eastern Conference in December, the Warriors' record in these seven games is 4 wins and 3 losses. It cannot be said to be excellent, but it is still good. Except for the Magic, the Warriors basically won all the games they should win. Won.

However, after ending their seven consecutive away games in the Eastern Conference, the Warriors need to adjust the team's status.

Fortunately, after returning to Golden State, the Warriors have three days to rest before their next game against the Hornets.

However, the bad news is that the rest of the Warriors' games in December will not be easy to play.

Hornets, Kings, Bobcats, Jazz, Lakers, 76ers, Celtics.

In these seven games, the Warriors also ended up with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses, losing to the Bobcats, Jazz and Celtics.

However, in the Christmas Day game with the Lakers, the Warriors, who were in poor condition, actually won.

There is no other reason. In this game where rookies are pecking each other, the Lakers are in even worse shape.

The Lakers are now deeply involved in Howard's trade message. Except for the boss of the Lakers, it can be said that everyone is in danger.

After all, for the Lakers players, they really don't want to go to Orlando if they can stay in Los Angeles.

What's more, the Lakers are a good city and the team's strength is also good. Although they are not one of the top five super teams, they are still among the league's second-tier super teams.

At the very least, a team like this still has a faint hope of winning the championship.

In short, the Lakers seem to be in chaos now, which gives the Warriors some opportunities.

The Warriors actually didn't play as well in December as they did in November. Their record in December was 10 wins and 6 losses. After the December games, the Warriors' record was 21 wins and 10 losses.

To be fair, with such a record and such a frustrating month, the Warriors have already fallen out of the top four in the Eastern Conference.

But in the Western Conference, the Warriors miraculously still rank second in the Western Conference.

Although the gap with the Spurs has widened, the Lakers, Timberwolves, Clippers, and Mavericks did not take advantage of this opportunity to overtake the Warriors.

It can only be said that the NBA's excellent regional matching mechanism is really good. The Warriors are trying to improve their performance, and the Lakers, Timberwolves and Clippers-Mavericks who are also in the Western Conference are actually also trying to improve their performance.

Some of these teams are even worse than the Warriors.

Of course, although he maintained his second position in the Western Conference, Chen Xiao's best player in December in the Western Conference was definitely not Chen Xiao.

The league gave the Western Conference's Player of the Month for the second month to Ron Howard, the Spurs' leading player.

The Spurs achieved a record of 13 wins and 3 losses throughout December, which can be said to be the best in the entire Western Conference.

In the East, the best player of the month in December was given to Durant, who led the Bucks to a record of 15 wins and 1 loss.

In November, it was Xiao Zhan who led the team to 1 loss.

In December, it was Xiao Du who led the team to one loss.

These two have really clicked this season.

Moreover, in the new official MVP rankings, Xiao Du and Xiao Zhan are also ranked first and second respectively. The two have alternated the lead countless times.

However, when the time came to January 2013, the Warriors were not completely careless.

In the penultimate round of All-Star voting results announced by the league on January 1, there was no doubt that Chen Xiao was the top vote-getter, while Warriors center Lopez was the top-ranked player at the center position.

Lopez's first All-Star appearance seems to be in sight.

The morale of the Warriors team, which has been in a bad state recently, has also been boosted!