NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

The playoffs in the East and West are going on a fierce battle. On the road to the championship, only one team will stand at the top.

In the Western Conference semifinals, the Lakers have already won the match point 3:1.

The Jazz, who advocate positional warfare, met Kobe, who has top offensive capabilities. They can no longer limit the Lakers like they did the Rockets.

The Jazz's biggest advantage against the Rockets is not positional warfare. They have a great advantage in errors, and they repeatedly target the Rockets' big center and cannot defend against it.

Whether it is Okur's three-pointer or Boozer's mid-range shot after the mismatch, to be honest, Yao Ming can't defend it.

The Lakers were close to their peak lineup in 2008. The addition of Gasol allowed the Lakers to easily deal with the Jazz's mid-range and long-range shots in the interior.

The Jazz's elimination is a foregone conclusion.

In another matchup in the West, the old powerhouse Spurs faced the upstart Hornets.

The Warriors were eliminated by the Hornets in a tiebreaker because the team's hard power was not enough, but the Spurs have been in the upper reaches of the West for many years and have rich playoff experience.

The Hornets' inside power forward West faced the leader of the league's power forward position -"Stone Buddha" Duncan, and the result is self-evident.

West was taught a lesson by the Stone Buddha.

The Stone Buddha's calm and steady playing style made the whole teaching process very calm. He was not humiliated, not scolded, and not embarrassed, but West was completely suppressed.

If it weren't for the Queen Bee Paul's continuous outbreak at home, the Hornets' second place in the Western Conference regular season would have been humiliated.

Although the score of this series was 3:2, the overall process of the game was not as thrilling as the battle between the Suns and the Spurs in the first round.

The Spurs got the match point, and the sixth game was the Spurs' home court.

The confrontation between the Eastern Conference's top four was equally fierce.

The Celtics' Big Three were invincible in the regular season and achieved the best record in the league, but they fell into a stalemate in the playoffs. In the first round, they played a hard game with the Hawks, who ranked eighth and had a record of only 37 wins and 45 losses, and they won the victory until the seventh game.

In the second round of the series, the Celtics were tied with the Cavaliers led by James, and the current score was 2:2.

One of the important reasons for this is the coaching problem. The Celtics' head coach is Rivers.

Rivers is the coach who has been overturned the most times in the league, and he is still far ahead in the number of overturns.

He has his advantages, with a high personal charm, and he can get along well with the stars of his team, but his coaching level is really hard to describe.

If the Celtics win the championship this year without any accident, it would be better to say that the Big Three led him to win the championship rather than saying that Rivers, the head coach, led the team to win the championship.

If the Big Three this year were not still in their prime, and the defensive system created by the team's assistant coach Thibodeau was powerful enough, with Rivers' level, there is a high possibility that he would capsize in the ditch.

In another second round series in the East, the Detroit Pistons ushered in the young Orlando Magic.

The core of the Magic team, Howard, has risen and is charging towards the first center position in the league. The characteristics of Howard's weak offense and strong defense cannot break the Pistons' iron bucket formation at all.

The Pistons in the East are somewhat similar to the Spurs in the West. At the beginning of the new century, they maintained their position in the upper reaches of the East for many years and reached the Eastern Conference Finals for many consecutive years. In the situation where the West is strong and the East is weak, the Pistons are one of the few truly strong teams in the East.

However, in terms of endurance, no team in the league can compare with the Spurs.

The young Magic can't do anything to the tough Pistons. In this round of the series, the Pistons got the match point 3:1.

This season, the only eight teams left are still fortunate enough to fight for the ultimate goal on the court, while most of the players in the league have already had a long vacation and are busy with their own affairs.

The bright red Lamborghini drove into the luxurious manor halfway up the mountain, and Yue Yi and Penny got out of the car.

After the greetings, Penny stayed in the hall to watch the show and chat with the women, the chefs were busy preparing a sumptuous dinner, and Yue Yi went into Arthur's office.

As soon as you enter Arthur's office, you can see a huge glass door through which you can overlook the scenery of the entire city.

Very high-end, top rich people.

There were only Arthur, Jack and Yue Yi in the office. Arthur walked to the chair at his desk and sat down, while Jack sat on the sofa opposite.

"Sit down, young man."

Arthur motioned Yue Yi to sit down and asked casually,"What identity should I present to you, the owner of the team or Penny's father?"

Yue Yi smiled and replied,"It's OK, Mr. Noah."

"Since you call me that, let's talk business first."

After Arthur said that, he motioned to Jack to give a contract to Yue Yi.

Yue Yi opened it and looked at it. As expected, it was a contract extension, but the amount of the contract was beyond his expectation.

This was a contract extension. The six-year maximum salary starts at 14.5 million, which is the highest according to the league regulations, and increases by 5% year by year. The total amount is as high as 95.5 million U.S. dollars.

Subject to the Arenas clause, the contract will take effect at this time next year. Yue Yi's third season began.

Yue Yi was surprised.

He is valuable, but it is not worth the money at the moment. No team in the league will give this contract unless the boss is crazy. Crazy is not enough, the team's management has to be crazy.

If it reaches the level of maximum salary, Yue Yi's current ability is not enough, and the potential he shows is only an outstanding role player.

The professional vision of the management may not be accurate. , but the basic data and other things presented will not lie.

Durant, who competes with Yue Yi for the best rookie this year, if 30 teams are asked to choose one between the two, I believe that 30 teams will do so. They will all choose Durant because Durant's visible talent is obviously better than Yue Yi's.

Why can some people become stars if they give him a chance, while some people can't become stars if they are trained as core players? There are reasons for this.

Iguodala, Ariza and others were once cultivated as core players, but they did not become the team's stars.

For a rookie, Yue Yi's performance on the court was indeed impressive. Good enough, but what he has shown is more of a supporting role that requires his teammates to play, rather than the core role of creating opportunities for his teammates.

Yue Yi himself knows this very well, so he has no expectation that the Warriors will give it to him this year. He is the core.

But with his system, he has huge room for growth. These are not things that professionals can see through data analysis.

Arthur doesn't look like a madman. Is he giving a maximum salary in advance? He should probably talk about why he did this next.

"Yue, you seem to be surprised. I believe you yourself did not expect the amount of this contract."

Arthur smiled and continued:"Let me tell you something even more unexpected."

"We are determined to train you to be a hero of this city and a sports star of the entire San Francisco. Next, the team will make you the absolute core, and all tactics will be developed around you. The team will assign players of the type that suits you."

"I will devote all my resources to you!"

Yue Yi asked in confusion:"Why would you do this? Just because I am Penny's boyfriend?"

"Penny is the only girl in our Noah family. Her brother, I, and her uncle's family love her very much. Penny likes you, this is one of the reasons."

When Arthur said this, he glanced at Jack. Jack nodded, agreeing with his father's words. The Noah family loves Penny very much, including his brother.

Arthur continued:"Our Noah family needs someone. Someone very influential in the media, I hope it's you"

"Of course, you must first become a member of my Noah family. If possible, I hope you can marry my daughter as soon as possible. You are very young, but she is not young anymore. I hope she can live a stable and happy life and have a small family of her own."

"Yue, our Noah family is much stronger than you think. We bought the Golden State Warriors not for investment but because basketball is the hobby of the men in our family."

"I believe you have the same hobbies as us. Let’s move forward together for our hobbies."

"When you stop playing basketball, we can give you more. With your status as a retired NBA player, if you want to be the mayor of San Francisco, our Noah family has the ability to push you up."

"Penny's uncle, my brother Adam, has more power than me."

Arthur didn't say anything else, and the space fell silent.

After a long time, Yue Yi said,"I am honored that Mr. Noah can respect me so much. I love Penny, not because she is the daughter of your Noah family. When I was with her, I didn't know her identity."

Arthur smiled and said:���Yue, I completely believe what you said, and please forgive us for doing the investigation."

"understand."

Since Arthur said how powerful the Noah family is, they must have investigated his identity and his relationship with Penny.

Arthur suddenly asked:"I heard that you are going to represent China. Olympic men's basketball game?"

"Yes, I received an invitation letter from the men's basketball team."Yue Yi replied

"Give it up, I want you to marry Penny this summer and become a citizen of the United States of America."

Yue Yi thought to himself: Is this what you really want after giving me so many promises and benefits?

"Why?"

Arthur said seriously,"Penny's husband, a celebrity in Noah's family, a city hero in San Francisco, how could he not be an American!"

"This is the only thing I ask of you, and I hope you can agree to it."