Super Lord of the Rings

Skiles immediately contacted Paxson with a trade request.

Paxson immediately found out Steve Novak's information and contacted Rockets manager Morey.

At this time, Paxson was willing to listen to Skiles, because there was no better choice, and he exchanged players according to the coach's request, no matter what the result was, he did his job well.

Looking for ten-day short-term contract workers in the free market, it is impossible to have a big man who is good at shooting. The Bulls are all blue-collar inside and it is difficult to win. Novak is indeed a good choice.

Besides Novak, the only cheap insiders who can shoot are Matt Bonner and Brian Cook. The Spurs will not let Bonner go, and the Lakers have sent Cook to the Magic in exchange for Trevor Ariza.

Everyone can see that the Bulls can only focus on Wang Jun's singles. When the inside line pulls out of the penalty area, he is emptied.

The pace of the Bulls' game has gone off track and a change has to be made.

Novak was transferred to the NBDL's Grand Canyon Vipers by the Rockets at the end of November, just on the same team as Watson.

He is tall, weighs 102 kg, has poor confrontation and poor athletic ability. Last season, he was selected by the Rockets with the 32nd overall pick in the second round. He played 35 games for the team, started once, and scored 1.5 points and 0.7 rebounds.

Just looking at the data, Novak is so weak that one wonders if he can be of any use.

Rockets manager Morey is a person who likes to analyze data. If he wants to trade players with data from the Rockets, he will definitely not agree, but Novak just let it go.

He felt that it was originally a second-round pick, and it would not be a loss to change to the second round now, and he also eliminated useless people.

The Rockets have a lot of surprises on the bench this year, especially Landry, who scored a double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds against the Timberwolves on January 12. The third person position at position 4 is locked.

Although Landry's defense is not good, he is very brave and has outstanding physical fitness. Much better than Novak. He can't even compete with Scola and Hayes.

The transaction was announced through league verification, and fans and basketball experts were generally not optimistic.

Many people slammed the boss for being stingy. Wang Jun is not found a good teammate at all, even Lewis is not a top star. Finding two marginal players from other teams will not change the status quo of the Bulls.

Novak happily accepted the interview,

Said that he will definitely play hard and help the team with shooting. He knows that he will definitely get a chance, and the second round pick is relatively high, which is much better than Amundson.

Compared with the veteran, he is also unable to defend. He is also better than Juwan Howard, the Rockets sent Howard away in the summer because of his existence.

On January 23, the Bulls played against the Pacers at home.

The Pacers are also in poor condition recently, Artest is out with a shoulder injury, and O'Neal is also injured again.

O'Neal suffered a strained left knee and a sprained left ankle last week against the Nets, but the injuries weren't serious enough to keep him out of Sunday's game against the Pistons.

In order to compete for a playoff spot, O'Neal played again, but he failed to last the game and encountered a collision with Rasheed Wallace. The team doctor said if he hadn't been wearing protective gear at the time. Maybe the whole season will be reimbursed.

In this game, Jermaine O'Neal failed to enter the squad, and the Pacers' biggest player is Danny Granger. Wang Jun scored 35 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, leading the team to easily defeat the Pacers 101-78 to end the losing streak.

The team rests for two days. After receiving the physical examination, Novak reported to the Bulls, participated in the first joint practice, and greeted his teammates.

"Hello, Wang Jun, nice to meet you." Novak greeted Wang Jun respectfully, knowing who to please in order to get along well in the team.

"Hi, Steve, I've been waiting for you for several days." Wang Jun shook hands with him.

"Wait for me?" Novak was flattered.

Wang Jun smiled and said: "Actually, I proposed to trade you, because you can open up the space. How much can you shoot three-pointers during training? Which points are more accurate?"

Novak was particularly confident in shooting, and immediately replied: "About 90%. I am almost the same in every position."

Wang Jun smiled, he did not find the wrong person. Just look at the shooting percentage Novak is more accurate than him during training. At present, when Wang Jun practices three-pointers, he only performs 90% of the time when he is particularly good, and generally it is between 80% and 85%.

Accurate shooting will reach a bottleneck to a certain extent, and it is difficult to improve. Wang Jun's advantage is that he can create opportunities by himself and throw off defenses during the game. So he was much better than Novak when he played.

After the collective training, Wang Jun and Novak compared three-pointers, knowing that the other party was not bragging. Novak's open shooting ability is indeed not inferior to him, and he has the level of a three-pointer.

However, the star weekend three-point contest will not invite unpopular fringe people like Novak. Except for three-pointers, everything else is poor. It is a miracle that he can play in the NBA.

A day later, the Bulls beat the Bobcats 96 to 90, winning their second straight.

Novak played an eye-catching performance on behalf of the Bulls for the first time, using three-pointers to help the team. He received a double-team shot from Wang Jun, made 3 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 11 points with two foul free throws.

Novak's tactics in college were similar to those of the Bulls, and his style of play was similar to that of Lewis, but there were not many empty cuts. It would be great to find a weakened version of the pitcher for the basic salary.

Watson made two three-pointers, Calderon made two three-pointers, and Wang Jun made three three-pointers. The four ensured the outside firepower and regained their sense of offense.

On the 27th, the Bulls upset the Suns at home!

The Bulls have serious problems on the defensive end, but the Suns are not much better. They don't even have an orthodox insider, so they can only let Stoudemire play center.

When Stoudemire is off the field, the sun has to send in a blue-collar veteran forward Brian Skinner, who is tall and weighs 116 kilograms, as a guest center. Skiner's movement speed is extremely slow, and he can only be used as a meat shield inside.

At the small forward and shooting guard positions, the Suns have no substitutes at all. If Diaw and Bell are off the field, the Suns can only use Marcus Banks to play double guards, and Piakowski, who was abandoned by the Bulls at the small forward, will be used.

At any rate, Piakowski is still someone the fans can name. The other Suns substitutes are marginal people among marginal people, and they don't have the strength to play in the NBA.

In the summer, the Suns especially hope that Grant Hill will join to make up for the lack of a swingman position, and they have no room to give Hill a high salary after renewing Barbosa and Diaw with high salaries.

It was also a salary cut to join, and Hill decisively chose the stronger Bulls.

The troubles of the Suns are far more than that. Marion also began to have conflicts with the team because of the issue of contract renewal.

It is difficult for many people to understand Marion's approach of only focusing on immediate interests. After all, he has won money, reputation and low position in the Suns, and more importantly, this is still a strong team.

In fact, Marion was dissatisfied with being only ranked behind Nash and Stoudemire, and probably could only be cleaned after chattering. The day when he leaves the team and the Suns rebuild is not far away.

The Bulls strictly guarded against outside shots throughout the game, and single defenses at various positions limited the Suns' three-pointers.

The Bulls' outside shots are completely open. No matter Bell or Diaw, they can't guard Wang Jun one-on-one. Once Marion goes out to double-team, Novak's chance will come again.

After the three-game winning streak, people were surprised to find that the Bulls became a strong team again just by trading a marginal player from the Rockets.

ps (to be continued.)