NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal

Chapter 201: All-Star Weekend trades

As Wang Zelin, Lillard, and Will Barton prepare for the rookie game, in the central conference room of the Rose Garden Arena, coaches Tritos and David Vanderpool; general managers Nell Olsey, running President Mike Joger holds a midseason meeting together.

First assistant David Vanderpool played the Blazers' analysis of the season on the big screen.

The first picture is the current record of the Blazers: 40 wins and 14 losses, temporarily ranked second in the West.

"The team's performance this year has exceeded all expectations, and it is the best performance since the new century..." David Vanderpool began to analyze.

"What's the biggest factor?"

After finishing speaking, David Vanderpoel clicked the mouse, and the second picture came out. It was a photo of Wang Zelin. Below it was the analysis of various comprehensive abilities, various efficiency effects on the team, jersey sales and other information.

"Wang, it's undoubtedly Portland's biggest gain this year... Averaged 22.7 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2 blocks, and 0.6 steals in 32 minutes per game. The offensive efficiency is the best in the team, and the same is true for win shares..."

After analyzing Wang Zelin, the next picture is Lillard.

Ten minutes later, David Vanderpool finished his speech, and Coach Terry took over the words: "Gentlemen, I think Portland has its second chance to win the championship in team history. How much God loves us..."

"The regular season is no longer our goal. We should focus on the playoffs in April. The team's starting lineup has both offense and defense, but our second lineup lacks enough attack. Mike Roberts has more than enough defense. , there needs to be a player with enough weight on the bench..."

After that, Coach Terry turned his attention to general manager Nell Olsey.

Every year at the All-Star weekend, there will always be a lot of trades, not only because the trade deadline is approaching, but also because after half a season of running-in, the team has already had its own problems, and hurry up to make final reinforcements.

The All-Star Weekend was thriving, and behind the scenes, the management of each team couldn't help but start some moves.

Recently, ESPN has listed the most sought after players in the NBA trade market, and the number one is Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, who has been at the forefront of recent trade rumors.

Just last week, the Eagles turned down a three-year, $47 million contract with the Hawks, which made the educational message about him even more violent.

According to ESPN's Chris Broussard, the Hawks have a 60 percent chance of sending Josh Smith before the trade deadline.

Eagles' eagle king Josh Smith's efficiency value this season is only a little higher than the league average, and the overall data has declined compared to last season. Logically speaking, his trade value should not be large.

But don't forget that Josh Smith, known as the poor man's version of James, is at the peak of his career. For a player of this age, a sluggish season in one season often indicates an explosion in the next season.

17.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.8 blocks, 1.2 steals...and he's only 28

That's enough to make any team salivate, and the same goes for the Blazers.

The Blazers are a very youthful team, and a large number of rookies have brought rich salary space to the Blazers.

In 2009, he signed a five-year, 82 million-meter contract with Brandon Roy, the second-largest contract in team history. Because Roy suddenly retired, the team management finally used the amnesty clause to lay off the opponent.

This means that although the remaining 63 million meters of Roy's contract has to be paid, it does not enter the Blazers' salary cap.

Therefore, the Blazers’ surface salary this season totals 73.66 million yuan, but after deducting Roy’s 16.36 million yuan, the team’s salary cap is only 57.3 million yuan.

You know, the NBA's salary cap in recent years is only about 58 million meters, and the Blazers' salary space is the richest among the NBA teams.

Coupled with the Blazers owner Paul Allen is notoriously rich + willing to spend money.

At present, the Suns and Bucks are chasing Josh Smith very frantically. The former is ready to send away Marcin, Gortat Jared Dalian and a first-round pick as a trade chip.

The Bucks are willing to take out Monta Ellis to trade Josh Smith.

The Blazers were extremely calm on the surface, and did not show one of the games for Josh Smith, but the Suns and Bucks management still reserved a vigilance.

There is no other reason, it is precisely because the salary of the Blazers can bring too much room for maneuvering, plus Paul Allen, the super rich...

"Guys, ask yourself, do you think we really need Josh Smith?"

Nell Orsey smiled.

This rhetorical question instantly caused everyone to fall into contemplation.

yes!

Do we really need a Josh Smith?

"Clap clap clap!"

Seeing everyone pondering, general manager Nel Orsey's smile brightened even more.

"We already have two All-Stars, and if nothing else, in one or two years at most, Damien is definitely capable of being the third All-Star-level player on the team, and by then we'll have three All-Stars. now..."

"It can be seen that Wang, LaMarcus and Damien are the most important frameworks for the team in the next 3 to 5 years. In any case, the reinforcement must be centered on them..."

"If that's the case, why do we have to compete for an Eagle King who has never entered the All-Star Game..."

"In my opinion, minor repairs are fine, but if you rashly trade a player with seemingly infinite potential, it's actually not worth the loss, and may even destroy the team's current good chemistry!"

After talking for a while, general manager Nell Olsey expressed his thoughts.

Be still, not move!

After some remarks, many people present agreed and nodded.

Mainly because the Blazers are now more confident and have a straighter waist.

Second in the Western Conference!

Or a team structured with a young player...

Even without reinforcements, the Blazers will only get better year after year with the potential room for improvement among young players.

"Mr. Orsey, I was the one who didn't think well!"

Coach Terry scratched his head in embarrassment.

This is actually one of the faults of the rookie coach. He is easily influenced by the young people of the team, which leads to the enthusiasm and ill-consideration of the overall situation.

"What you said is serious," general manager Nell Olsey stepped forward and held Coach Terry's hand: "Terry, it's not that I don't support reinforcement, or Josh Smith's value is really not attractive enough to me, In this way, it seems to me that even Damien may not be worse than Josh Smith in the future..."

He still didn't say a word in his heart: "Unless it's Kobe, LeBron, Durant... superstars of this level, then you can consider it!"

Nell Olsey has more expectations for the Blazers than anyone else.

Having established the strategy of "moving is worse than being still", everyone turned their attention to several other valuable players.

For example.

raptors' Andrea Bargnani

DeJuan Blair, Spurs

courtney lee of the celtics

Pistons' Jonas Jerebko

Thunder's Eric Maynor

Derrick Williams of the Timberwolves

Marvin Williams of the Jazz

Including Josh Smith, the above eight are the most valuable players at the trade deadline.

General manager Nell Olsey and Coach Terry first passed the inside players.

No matter how strong it is, no matter how powerful it is... Could it be better than the combination of Wang Zelin + Aldridge?

So ever!

Connet Lee, Marvin Williams, DeJuan Blair became the targets the Blazers decided to pursue.

The first target is undoubtedly the Celtics' Connet Lee.

Good at shooting, has a 40% shooting rate for three-pointers all year round, solid defense, and rarely makes fouls...

In future generations, a proper 3D player.

At present, it is also very suitable for the current Blazers team, which belongs to the plug-and-play type.

The second goal is not Derek Williams, a college superstar, but DeJuan Blair, a little-known second-rounder.

The reason is simple.

He's the Spurs!

It is said that Mosaic is a magical existence in the NBA, and he can often make unexpected surprises... The players from the Spurs are also not necessarily bad.

What is commendable is that DeJuan Blair, who made his debut with the 37th overall pick in the second round in 2009, was successfully selected for the rookie game after being trained by Simavic. The 21 rookie game rebounding records created in the game helped the first-year comparison, beat the second-year team 120:128, and the writer Kings super rookie Tyrese Evans shared the MVP of the rookie challenge.

I don't know how many people's eyes were shocked.

What's more outrageous is that after the All-Star Game, DeJuan Blair played the strongest game of his career, scoring 27 points and 23 rebounds in the game between the Spurs and the Mavericks...

This TM is a rookie!

The same two meters above, the same 3, 4 position swing, DeJuan Blair's limelight may be much stronger than Derek Williams.

DeJuan Blair's statistics have declined to varying degrees this season, but the outside world is more convinced that this is because the Spurs supported Kawhi Leonard and devolved him to the second team.

Finalizing the candidates, general manager Nell Olsey began his busy journey.

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O'Neal's 10-man roster, the Trail Blazers accounted for nearly 1/3, no doubt become the most powerful group in the team.

For now, the Spurs' Cola Thompson and Harrison Barnes are a team, and the remaining few scattered goods are another team.

A team is divided into three camps, this is not...

Barkley's side isn't much better either.

Kyrie Irving, whose heart is higher than the sky, doesn't do anything serious in the warm-up phase, pulling TT to constantly form gangs.

As a result... not many people beat him.

Leonard showed the attributes of facial paralysis at a young age, and he is indeed a natural Spurs person... If the series of messy things did not happen later, Leonard had a 99% chance of dying in the Spurs.

Anthony Davis is also not as kind as it seems on the surface, and he had a good chat with Bradley Beal and the unpopular Isaiah Thomas early on.

The remaining few are almost fighting each other... They are about to catch up with the girls' dormitory and a dormitory room with 4 people to build 5 groups.

It's a shame that I don't have any first grade vs second grade now.

Otherwise, just Wang Zelin + Anthony Davis + Lillard, 2 to 200% can be a dimensional reduction attack on the gang of skirmishers on the opposite side.

On the Barkley side, although there are not many people who serve the European champion, but with a comprehensive score of 83, they are the absolute leader of the Barkley team.

The European champion can be selected as an All-Star substitute in the second grade. In addition to his aggressive dribbling, his strength is also really tough.

Among the defenders in the second decade of the new century, he is currently second to none in terms of pure strength.

However, I looked back at 82 Lillard next to him... With offense to offense, Irving may not really be able to overpower Lillard.

Not to mention defense.

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The 2013 All-Star Rookie Game is about to kick off with O'Neal and Barkley taking pictures at halftime.

The rookies of the two teams found their own friends and played their own way.

There is a saying that a snake cannot do without a head, and a bird cannot fly without a head.

As a team-oriented player, Wang Zhelin doesn't want to accept the chaos in front of him, he still wants to win!

"Clap clap! Guys, geniuses, I want to say a few words, okay!"

What kind of plane is this Asian center going to do?

The immature Buddha was chatting with Barnes about which nightclub to go to after the game. Hearing this, he looked at it at a loss.

"What do you want to say? Do you want to lead us as the boss?"

The Mosaic team that Gao Fushuai belonged to was brutally abused several times by the Trail Blazers led by Wang Zelin. The two people who had the greatest conflict in the O'Neal team were the two.

"So what?" Wang Zelin walked over, looked down at Chandler Parsons, and said with disdain, "Do you have any opinions?"

"Hehe, it's not that I have any opinions? I just want to hear everyone..."

"Come on, I want to tell you now, I have the final say on this team, who is in favor? Who is against it?"

Wang Zelin turned around and glanced at the playful crowd around him, without concealing his desire to control the team.

"I have no opinion!"

"me too!"

Lillard and Will Barton agreed.

"what about you!"

Wang Zelin takes a look at the Warriors duo.

"I don't care, as long as I can guarantee to win!"

Klay Thompson let go of Barnes's hand and shook his head like a good friend.

Wang Zelin turned around and glanced at the playful crowd around him, without concealing his desire to control the team.