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Lu Yu became the most popular player in the United States for a while.

The previous 38-game winning streak made Lu Yu's popularity reach a height that people can look up to. Although this game lost to the Grizzlies, Lu Yu's popularity did not decrease but increased——

Because Lu Yu got into a fight.

No matter what the reasons are for Bunch Wells, his actions are immoral after all, so he is passive in terms of public opinion, not to mention that Lu Yu has his own basketball magazine and website in his hands, and public opinion has always been blocked by Lu Yu. Yu tightly controlled it.

Putting aside the point of view of skin color, when it comes to fighting, Bunch Wells is also cowardly enough.

He was sneaky when he got black feet, and he didn't even dare to fight back after being beaten.

American fans admire the strong. They think that Lu Yu is right. This kind of person should be taught a lesson. If this kind of person is not allowed to have a better memory, he will dare to do this to others next time.

Like Bowen in the Finals last season.

The feet are not reversed.

Deserve it.

The set of punches that Lu Yu rushed up to was also broadcast repeatedly by media websites.

Many experts have come to a conclusion after watching the video: "If Lu Yu has not specially trained fighting skills, then I can only understand his fighting movements as Chinese kung fu."

Lu Yu's fighting skills are originally a combination of mixed martial arts and traditional martial arts, so it is normal to have a little taste of Chinese martial arts.

For a time, Chinese Kung Fu became the hottest topic in the United States.

The last star to bring up this topic was Bruce Lee.

Artest was also suspended for one game, because he rushed up to play Wells first, and Lu Yu said in an interview: "I will bear all the losses caused by Ron's suspension."

For Lu Yu, these are all small money.

The only fly in the ointment is that after Lu Yu and Artest came off, the Bulls lost the game. If they can win this game, they will have more stories to write about.

But a game is a game, and no one can predict the final result, otherwise the Grizzlies this season will not be called the "turnover boy".

Before the All-Star Game in February, the Bulls had lost a total of two games, one to the Grizzlies just said, and the other to a shock loss to the Golden State Warriors.

109 to 113, lost by four points.

Arenas and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll is surprisingly good. Their record this season ranks fifth in the West, even ahead of the Mavericks. If it wasn't for this year's Western Conference, their record would definitely be better.

There is no doubt about Arenas' offensive ability. He can shoot from any position in the half court, which increases the defensive pressure on the Bulls' perimeter. In the past, Lu Yu was able to limit him on the perimeter. With Artest, Richardson and Hamilton it's hard to guard him.

Richardson and Hamilton's defense is excellent, but not the league's top, Artest defends Arenas, and the pace is a bit slow.

Lu Yu knew that his appearance caused a great butterfly effect. The Warriors, who were supposed to be the fish-belly team, won Yao Ming in the draft, which made them turn around.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Arenas had already gone to the Wizards at this time, and caused the league to promulgate an "Arenas Clause".

Arenas became a restricted free agent with early Bird rights in 2003.The Washington Wizards offered Arenas a contract with a starting salary of 850 million, but the Warriors could only afford the early Bird Rights exception, which was about 490 million at the time, so they could not match this contract at all, and could only watch Leave with Arenas.

In order to protect the rights and interests of the parent team, this loophole was filled by such a clause in the 2005 collective agreement: the Arenas clause.

In this life, because Arenas is a first-round pick, he cannot become an early bird free agent.

Naturally, there is no Arenas clause.

I don't know who will be the next second-round pick to trigger such a clause, but it should be there soon. If nothing else, it's likely to be the Bulls' Boozer.

Hearing that the first two lunar staff unions have submitted an agreement to the league, a player can get a max salary of 30% of the team's salary cap when he signs his second career contract after executing his rookie contract. , an increase of 5% over the old contract.

But the deal has a strict entry barrier: an MVP four years before his rookie contract, or a two-time All-Star Game starting lineup, or a two-time All-NBA selection.

Lu Yu was instantly happy when he heard it, isn't this the Ross clause?

Taking a look at the whole league, it seems that only you meet this condition, so will this clause have to be called the Lu Yu clause in the future?

Of course, the next person who can get the benefits of this clause may be... Don't worry, it's not James yet, theoretically it should be Yao Ming.

Maybe MVP and Team of the Year are a bit difficult for Yao Ming, but is there no problem with the All-Star starter?

What Lu Yu didn't know was that this clause was later dubbed the "Lu Yao clause" by fans, also known as the "China clause". The reason is very simple. The condition of being selected into the starting lineup in the All-Star Game twice is almost for China. Player set.

The premise is that the Chinese player has the opportunity to get a maximum salary contract.

In addition to the endless pressure Lu Yu put on him, Arenas was able to break out early, and another reason was the arrival of Yao Ming. After Yao Ming came, the Warriors' rim protection ability was greatly improved.

And his height advantage allows him to score easily on the offensive end.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Yao Ming was most afraid of encountering the Jazz, because the Jazz would play pick-and-rolls, and Yao Ming couldn't get out every pick-and-roll, and was madly targeted by opponents for output. His fate was always so wonderful, but now Yao Ming likes to play In the pick-and-roll, because his height and width make his pick-and-roll more dangerous, Arenas can shoot wildly. Even if Arenas is pinched, as long as the ball is handed over to Yao Ming, Yao Ming can also have many attack options.

Mid-range shots, he's always had a high percentage of his shots.

Yao Ming, who has a high position and averaged 4 assists per game, actually has a broad vision.

Low post attack, in fact, with or without Olajuwon, does not affect Yao Ming's progress.

Some people, if you don't change the environment, you may think that he will be like this in his life, just like Yao Ming in his previous life, gaining weight, slowing down, unable to prevent pick-and-rolls, injuries, and losing in the playoffs.

But when he really changed the environment, Lu Yu suddenly discovered that Yao Ming not only has a soft shooting touch, but even if he is a little thin, he also has a good fighting ability.

Don't underestimate the impact of the environment on players.

The Warriors don't have such big ambitions. They are not as ambitious as the Rockets. They are obviously only a marginal team in the playoffs, but they are crazy to consider the championship team Lakers as their competitors.

But they didn't know that the Lakers didn't like the Rockets at all.

The Rockets executives also took O'Neal for granted as a competitor to Yao Ming, but they did not know that Yao Ming and O'Neal had only a handful of opportunities to face each other in the playoffs.

However, the CP of Yao Ming and O'Neal is very likely to be set by NBA Commissioner David Stern.

Today's Yao Ming is not under so much pressure, all the halo is on Lu Yu, whether it is Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian or even Battelle, all they have to do in the NBA is to play well, right and wrong are far away from them. It also gives them a good playing environment.

Yi Jianlian in his previous life was praised by the domestic media, which made his last return to play in China somewhat uninteresting.

The difference between the Warriors and the Rockets is here. Before Yao Ming came, the Warriors were still at the bottom of the league. After Yao Ming came, and the outbreak of Arenas, the team's performance began to improve. stand up.

They also never set their sights on the Lakers.

Because in front of them, there are too many powerful teams. In addition to the Lakers, there are the Spurs, the Kings, the Mavericks, and the Timberwolves. Among them, the Lakers also have a heavy center O'Neal. The inside lines of other teams are not muscular. So the Warriors have no reason to let Yao Ming go crazy to gain weight.

Not only did the Warriors feel that they could not beat these teams, but even the Nuggets and Jazz, who were behind them, felt that they were not sure of winning.

As for how to hit fifth in the West, to be honest, they didn't understand it themselves.

There were a few games where Arenas got lucky and threw them all in.

In a few games, Yao Ming played well, and he also carried over the games that were about to lose.

If these victories were scrapped, the Warriors would now be in the top [-] or so in the Western Conference.

Therefore, the Warriors have no high requirements for records from top to bottom. They just hope that a few young players can grow up as soon as possible, and strengthen them in the summer. Maybe they can reach the second round of the playoffs next year. Better to touch the Western Finals floor.

As for the championship, they didn't even dare to think about it.

Arenas wanted to shout arrogantly like Lu Yu: "My goal is the championship!"

But when I think that if I really meet Lu Yu in the finals, do I have a chance of winning?

No!

Not at all!

Don't watch the Warriors win a Bulls, but Arenas knows that in a 7-game 4-win system, wanting to win the Bulls four games is simply a dream for the Warriors.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little dejected.

Since the NCAA, he has been losing to Lu Yu, and he has lost all his underwear. In the NBA, it is still the same result. Is Lu Yu really the Michael of our generation?
Perhaps, Lu Yu was more terrifying than Michael.

Jordan has a total of 13 years in his career, but he has only won six championships, and Jordan did not have a championship in the first seven years of the league.

What about Lu Yu?
the second year!
In the second season of his career, Lu Yu has won almost all the honors he can get. Of course, Lu Yu, the scoring champion, seems to have not yet won it, but everyone knows that as long as Lu Yu wants to win, he will be the scoring champion, assist champion and even steal. Wang, it is not impossible for Lu Yu.

After the All-Star Game voting ended, three Chinese players entered the starting lineup for the All-Star Game, Lu Yu, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming.

Among them, Wang Zhizhi directly counterattacked with his performance in the playoffs last year. Even Nowitzki has never entered the All-Star starting lineup. Throughout the Mavericks' 40-year history of team building, the first one to enter the All-Star starting lineup by fans voted. It was actually Wang Zhizhi!

Of course, the contribution of Chinese fans is the most important.

This also led many American fans to suggest that the voting mechanism be changed next season. After all, this is the way to play. In the future, the All-Star Game will be changed to the Chinese men's basketball game.

Last season, fans raised the issue of changing the voting mechanism. This season, the voice is even higher. Coupled with Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming being selected into the starting lineup, it is estimated that changes will be inevitable next season.

Yao Ming replaced O'Neal into the starting lineup, which is actually unreasonable.

In terms of statistics, Yao Ming has averaged 19.2 points and 12.1 rebounds per game this season, which still has a certain gap compared with O'Neal. Everyone knows that, whether it is the number of Chinese fans or the number of Chinese fans in Oakland, it is enough to make Yao Ming into the All-Star starting lineup.

And Wang Zhizhi, his power forward position, is full of talents. You must know that Nowitzki is not in the starting lineup at all, and he is always on the bench. After all, there are Duncan and Garnett there.

In terms of data, Wang Zhizhi is even less qualified.

Garnett was not convinced. He felt that his starting lineup was squeezed out, because there were only two players on the front line, and the other must be Duncan, so he could only be reduced to a bench.

"I don't think relying on the number of people to win the starting spot in the All-Star Game does not prove the true level of a player. For example, a team's bench player is more advanced than the core of their team and the main force in his position. A star starts, which in itself is unreasonable."

he said angrily.

It sounded like he was fighting for Nowitzki, but anyone who wasn't a fool would know what he meant.

In the interview, Lu Yu supported Wang Zhizhi: "The rules are set by you, but now you say that the rules are not suitable, is it a bit late, and you have seen Dazhi's performance in the playoffs last year, I think Wang Zhizhi is a player who will not lose. To any top forward in the league, last year he faced two notable big men in Duncan and David Robinson."

"As for Kevin, if you feel unconvinced, you can come to the East to compete with me. If you don't dare to come, or I can choose to trade to the West to compete with you, I promise that you won't be able to make a start in the All-Star Game."

With Lu Yu's current influence, as long as he says that Kevin Garnett is in the All-Star starting lineup, I won't participate in the All-Star Game. The league must consider whether it is more suitable for Garnett to play as a substitute.

However, Lu Yu said that he could choose to trade to the West, which terrified the owner of the Bulls. When Krause heard this sentence, he looked gloomy. He felt that Lu Yu was putting pressure on the team, because everyone Knowing about that deal, next season's max contract could be a lot more money.

Lu Yu is indeed putting pressure on him, but not for money, but because he has played power forward recently. Krause always asks Cartwright to betray him. Krause is very dissatisfied with Lu Yu playing power forward. thing.

Garnett felt the malice in Lu Yu's words.

Suddenly he didn't dare to speak.

At the same time, Duncan was also asked his opinion of Wang Zhizhi during the interview. Duncan thought for a while, stared at his copper bell-like eyes, and said seriously: "He is very strong and has this qualification."

The words were short, but as we all know, Duncan never told a lie.

Lu Yu knew that what Duncan said might be true, but to say that he never told a lie, Lu Yu would not believe it. After all, Lu Yu had heard the sentence - "the future is yours".