I’m Really Playing Basketball

The regular season of the 2013-2014 season had not even started yet, and quite shocking news came from Miami.

Yao Ming, a first-team center in the league last season, the legendary NBA center who led the Heat to the Finals just now, 1 MVP, 2 FMVP, 3 championships, press release after the first game of the Heat's preseason It was announced at the meeting that he would announce his retirement after the end of this season.

"This is a very difficult decision. As a basketball player, I have to announce to everyone that I will end my sports career and officially retire when I am about to turn 34."

"This is not a hasty decision, because I know clearly that it is time to leave now. As a 2.26-meter center, I am sure that after I am 35 years old, I will never be able to be like that again. It’s cruel to run like I used to, but it’s a fact. Today’s NBA is getting faster and faster, and the requirements for me are not decreasing, but increasing. I know that I may still be able to run at the age of 35 or 36. When I'm on the court, I shoot and score, but it's meaningless. It will become a drag on the team. I don't want to be a drag on the team. I hope to give my best to the Heat. Thank you very much, Mr. Riley, Mr. Carlisle, and Dwyane, Cameron and other teammates for their support, thank you for supporting my decision."

"However, please don't worry, even if I retire, one of my doors will close, but another door will slowly open. I left the court, but I will not leave basketball."

Yao Ming, who is still the number one center in the league and has been the number one center in the NBA for ten years, announced his retirement after this season. This is definitely a huge shock.

After Yao Ming announced his retirement after this season, the entire NBA was discussing the matter crazily.

In fact, anyone who pays a little attention to NBA trends knows that there are actually signs of Yao Ming's decision.

For example, former Heat dynasty defensive player Tony Allen ended his contract with the Mavericks early this offseason and announced that he had signed a two-year minimum salary contract with the Heat.

Tony Allen ended his contract with the Mavericks early. This is actually understandable. The Mavericks are basically broken up now. Everyone is leaving. Tony Allen wants to leave Normal.

Although it is impossible for a player like him to get a big contract due to offensive reasons, there is actually no problem in getting a mini-middle-level long-term contract from some competitive teams.

But in the end, he unexpectedly accepted the Heat's 1+1 two-year basic salary invitation.

Is it Tony Allen who lacks a championship?

This is definitely not the case.

Therefore, Tony Allen said at the time: "I have a reason to go back. I did not go back for Pat Riley. I have not forgiven him. However, I have a reason to go back. Take responsibility. I will regret it."

If the media had dug a little deeper at that time, they would have known why Mr. Tony put aside his prejudices with Riley and returned to the Heat.

Because there is only one season left in Yao Ming's career, in fact, many former players from the Heat dynasty are willing to accompany Yao Ming to finish the last season.

It even includes Chris Bosh, the current head player of the Suns. However, Patele's trade request to use Anthony to trade Chris Bosh was rejected by the Suns.

It is not difficult to see from Pat Riley's actions that Pat Riley actually regrets breaking up the Heat for the superstar.

Of course, once it’s gone, it’s gone, and it’s hard to make up for it.

However, Tony Allen is still willing to come back for Yao Ming even after being abandoned by Pat Riley. It is indeed affectionate and righteous.

In last season's finals, the reason why the Heat and Spurs lost was mainly because besides Yao Ming, Anthony, Wade and Paul George, it was difficult to choose another starter.

Mills is not suitable to be a starter, but is suitable to be a substitute for the Raiders, and Sun Yue is also not suitable to be a starter. His defense is not that tough, and his shooting is not that good. He is fine against other teams, but he lacks both against the Spurs.

Tony Allen is different. He can guard from Luo Ge to Wheat, and Leonard is added in the middle. Although he can't shoot, he does a very good job of cooperating with Yao Ming's threatening air cuts.

Therefore, after the Heat have four excellent offensive players in Anthony, Paul, George Wade and Yao Ming, they really need a defensive player like Tony Allen who can defend the opponent's sharp knives.

By the way, in addition to signing Tony Allen with a minimum salary, this summer, the Heat also signed Timberwolves star Pierce with a minimum salary.

Maizi won the championship with the Spurs, which greatly stimulated Pierce. Chen Xiao's first little boss in his career is still working hard for the first championship in his career.

For this championship, Pierce finally abandoned his good brother, Garnett, the Wolf King.

Garnett also gave his blessing to this. After all, Pippi is now 36 years old and has only a few years left in his career.

For Pippi, although the Spurs are stronger, the Spurs have wheat, so he definitely can't go.

Then his only choice was the Heat, who also entered the finals.

By the way, in addition to the changes in the Heat, the biggest deal this summer is of course the deal between the Knicks and the Clippers.

The Clippers and the team's Dwight Howard signed and then traded, and Howard was sent to the New York Knicks as the subject of the transaction, in exchange for Tyson Chandler and Stoudemire.

The conflict between Pao Pao and Howard is definitely impossible to reconcile.

As for the Knicks, Carter, Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler also can't stand Westbrook.

Therefore, the two parties hit it off and completed the deal.

By the way, the Knicks also sent Carter to the Dallas Mavericks.

It can only be said that for the Knicks, Westbrook is their future.

They also know that this Turtle boy's golf intelligence is as stupid as a fool, but how old is he now?

With Westbrook's talent and strength, as long as he gets the hang of it, he will be an absolute super point guard, and can even compete for the strongest point guard in history!

Carter, Stoudemire and Chandler, although strong, are older.

This is a good choice to make.

The Warriors did not add any strong reinforcements this summer. Firstly, they are not as attractive as the Heat and other teams. Secondly, they cannot offer a super big contract. Therefore, this season the Warriors only added Gobert and Ding Yanyuhang and two rookies.

It can only be said that a super giant like Chen Xiao is indeed a being that everyone likes.

The management likes it because Chen Xiao will never put extra pressure on the management. He will not be like Ke Lao or Lao Zhan in history. If you don't strengthen, I will do whatever I want.

Similarly, we will not put pressure on the head coach team. We must force the head coach to play a tactical system that makes the team stronger. Let Chen Xiao be the head coach. Basically, your head coach can play how he wants. I I will cooperate with you unconditionally. If you ask me to play center, I will play center. If you ask me to play point guard, I will play point guard.

To be honest, with Chen Xiao's strength and status, Chen Xiao can still maintain such humility, which makes Cole want to cry every time he thinks about it.

Chen Xiao's previous head coaches actually cried first.

Of course, for his teammates, Chen Xiao is also a very likable boss, because Chen Xiao does not have such urgent demands from the team, so they don’t have to worry about the precarious situation. They don’t have to worry about being traded every day if they are still with the Warriors today. Gone to who knows where.

Chen Xiao's team basically rarely trades in the middle of the season.

Well, Bynum's was an accident.

Therefore, the atmosphere of Chen Xiao's team has always been very good, because no one feels tired when they are around Chen Xiao.

Jerry West doesn't feel tired, Cole doesn't feel tired, and the Warriors players who are Chen Xiao's teammates don't feel tired either.

It would be strange if such an atmosphere was not good.

Although such a relatively relaxed team atmosphere may breed the ambitions of players like Bynum, players like Bynum are actually a minority even in the NBA.

At the very least, none of the Warriors players are anyone like Bynum.

There is no crazy work due to the more relaxed team environment.

To be honest, although the atmosphere of Chen Xiao's team is relaxed, the training is still very tense. Chen Xiao does not advocate intrigues within the team, but encourages teammates on the team to encourage each other to train hard.

This is indeed suitable for a team with mostly young players.

After all, everyone is young and working hard to improve their strength. As for the distribution of team status, that is an issue that needs to be considered if the strength cannot improve in the future.

Now everyone is working hard to improve their strength. Whoever wants to be the second best should be the one.

Especially last season's playoffs, it was quite exciting for these young people on the Warriors.

In last season's playoffs, not only the media and fans, but also themselves felt that they were completely carried by Chen Xiao to reach the Western Conference Finals.

Otherwise, with their performance and state, they might not even be able to pass the first round of the Jazz.

Therefore, this season, they hope to avenge their defeat.

Playing next to Chen Xiao, they have plenty of opportunities to prove themselves.

When other young players still have to think about the playoffs, with Chen Xiao by their side, they don't need to think about the playoffs, not even the first and second rounds, they can just think about the Western Conference Finals.

Many people say that with Chen Xiao's strength, it is difficult to guarantee any results in the Eastern Conference.

But in the Western Conference, the guarantee starts with the Western Conference Finals.

Under such circumstances, in order to prove themselves, this group of young people on the Warriors worked really hard this summer.

The preseason of the new season also proved this.

In last season's preseason, the Warriors lost six of eight games.

But this season's preseason, the Warriors won seven of them.

Whether it's thick eyebrows, Bill or Clay, or Ibaka and Dragic, this group of young Warriors players are very positive.

Even this year's two rookies, Gobert and Ding Yanyuhang, performed well.

Gobert played in the Summer League on behalf of the Warriors this year, and his performance in the Summer League was outstanding.

Many people say that the Warriors made a bloody profit by using the 25th overall pick to select the French power center.

As for Ding Yanyuhang, because he had to follow Chen Xiao to participate in the Asian Championships in August, he did not even come to the United States for the draft. Instead, he trained with Chen Xiao in China.

Therefore, viewers and fans here in the United States actually don't know much about Ding Yanyuhang's strength.

All I know is that this Chinese player performed very well in the CBA last season. In the Chen Xiao basketball school team, the 'chicken' combination formed with another 18-year-old insider Jokic can be said to have created a whirlwind in the CBA. .

In the end, 20-year-old Ding Yanyuhang and 18-year-old Jokic were both selected for the CBA All-Star Game.

It is said that Ding Yanyuhang is the little Kobe. He does have a skill very similar to Kobe's, which is the emergency stop shot under high confrontation, which is very stable.

The pull-up jump shot under high confrontation can be said to be the most important offensive skill in the NBA game.

Many senior players in the NBA can hit every shot when they are open, but if they are allowed to shoot pull-up shots, their shooting percentage will plummet. If they are allowed to make crooked pull-up jump shots under high confrontation, it will drop even more off a cliff.

Many people say that in the NBA, the skill that distinguishes a role player from a star is pull-up shooting.

In the NBA, good pull-up shooting is so valued, and it is even more so in other places.

In fact, in the history of Chinese basketball, there are not many outside players who are excellent in pull-up shooting.

And at the age of 20, there are even fewer people who have reached Ding Yanyuhang's level.

Therefore, as soon as he debuted in the CBA, he felt very fresh and eye-catching. Last season, Jokic and Jokic's drift stop jumper after holding the ball in the CBA was even more beautiful in the CBA.

Because he came from Chen Xiao Basketball School, his ball-handling ability is very good. Coupled with his talent for pull-up jump shots, his pull-up jump shots after holding the ball in the pick-and-roll are unbeatable in the CBA.

In the NBA, his stunt is certainly not that powerful. After all, the defensive level is different.

At the same time, it is impossible for the Warriors to give him so much possession of the ball. He has not yet proven that he is qualified to hold the ball.

However, in these eight games, his limited holding of the ball and his pull-up jump shots after holding the ball in pick-and-rolls with Lopez and Gobert still made Warriors fans feel bright.

If it can make fans accustomed to watching NBA games feel bright, it is obvious that the level of Ding Ding's stunt is definitely not that low.

At the very least, the player the Warriors selected with the 55th pick in the second round is worthy of his 55th pick.

In fact, if Ding Ding hadn't come to the United States to train for the draft to improve his draft pick in preparation for the Asian Championships, he would not have been so low. He might not be able to do it in the first round, but he could still be picked in the 30s or 40s of the second round.

Still, it's worth it for Tintin.

He feels that he has made great progress in almost half a year from following Chen Xiao in late June to now.

In short, although the current Warriors team does not have any other superstars except Chen Xiao, the players within the Warriors team feel that they are very strong.

ESPN's ranking prediction for the Warriors before the season was also second in the Western Conference.

Of course, the reason for ESPN is not that the Warriors are strong, but...

"Because this team has God!"

This reason makes these young people of the Warriors feel embarrassed and angry, but at the same time, they feel that it makes sense.