basketball never sleeps

Chapter 191 What Are You Talking About? Add Me!
The time has advanced to October, and various teams have also called players to prepare for the new season.

Those pending signings are also coming to an end.

The wrangling between Ray Allen and the Supersonics is finally over. The five-year contract extension of 5 million is not very comfortable for both parties.

Stoudemire, who had been ambiguous with the Suns management before, suddenly "changed his mind" before the start of the training camp and completed a five-year 5 million early contract extension.

"You can't support your family without a ten-million-dollar contract." Sprewell still failed to get the tens of millions of annual salary contract that represents respect, but he waited for the invitation from Los Angeles. Minnesota's annual salary of 700 million is not enough, but he thought about it in Los Angeles. nodded.

Originally, the Lakers actually had the opportunity to sign "Madman" in history, but they didn't have enough salary space, and they were unwilling to pay the right chips.

But after Ao Pang left the team and won the championship, not only Kobe Bryant, but also the pressure on the Lake Management is not small, especially seeing the Heat's luxurious lineup this year. Madman" traded over.

On the Pacers side, Bird did what he said after talking with Artest and traded him out, but he was not sent to Sacramento as before, but to the Knicks.

The Kings did not plan to trade Peja in the offseason. They also wanted to continue to see the strength of Peja in the new season. Originally, the Kings traded Peja after seeing him lead the team with a 30% winning rate in 33 games. put on the shelf.

One for three, for the Pacers in exchange for Keliu, Ariza and a second-round pick for next year.

Crawford is now the second in command of the Knicks, and he happens to have the three-pointers that the Pacers desperately needed after Miller retired. Last season, his three-pointers were second only to Mo Wen and Peja, and his defensive ability was put first. On the one hand, Bird now wants to make up for the scoring problems exposed in the playoffs last season.

From the current point of view, even if Mo Wen is gone, the Heat in front of them will not be able to fight defense. Without conditions, Bird can only embrace the times.

Ariza hasn't played it yet, it's just that Bird can't find anything else in the Knicks' garbage dump and wants it casually.

As for this transaction, the media in New York rarely expressed optimism.

Artest is also a child of Queens. Although his style of play is not as good as that of Keliu, his previous performance is still higher than that of Keliuyi.

And as the best defensive player ever, if you think about it, you know that Larry Brown, the best defensive coach who is about to come to New York, will definitely fit together.

Raheem, who had always favored the Nets before, came here after the trade.

Raheem is a restricted free agent. The Blazers are unwilling to renew his contract to keep him, but they are also unwilling to let him go for nothing. They want to knock on the Nets' two second-round picks and a 09 first-round pick swap right Just let him go, but Rahim did not pass the knee during the physical examination, and the Nets, who felt cheated, took back two second-round picks...

But most professionals are not particularly optimistic about this deal, because Rahim is not a frame-protecting insider in the traditional sense, and his style of play is also very ball-holding, but the three coaches of the Nets have already done most of the ball-holding work. Done……

As the popularity of the player market has declined, the coach market has also returned to calm after a short period of excitement.

"Zen Master" Mayfair Jackson still parked his Harley motorcycle in the Lakers parking lot.

During the year of being idle, he received nearly ten invitation contracts, but only one Lakers could barely get into his eyes.

His ideal joining target is the Heat. With the Heat's current lineup and the triangle offense, he can come up with 20 combinations.But the Heat didn't want him, and he and Riley didn't deal with it.

Many other teams don't even have a superstar who can solve the problem, and his triangle offense can't work at all.

A one-year cooldown is enough for him and Kobe to have a face-to-face conversation again.

The return of "Zen Master" is still expected, and Larry Brown on the other side is a wonderful show for the people who eat melons.

Larry Brown, who was almost ready to leave before, did not simply hand in his resignation after the end of the season.

Instead, he is in frequent contact with Dumas.

He wanted to leave, but he also wanted to get severance compensation—the guaranteed amount in the original contract.

For fans outside the circle, Larry Brown has never publicly announced that he wants to join another team, and he insisted on staying with the team. Now he may not be able to continue coaching due to health problems, so it is appropriate to focus on resignation compensation.

But everyone in the circle has a certain understanding of his situation, and it is a bit outrageous for a famous coach to do such a shameless behavior.

After Dumas had a symbolic talk with him, he didn't take the initiative to say anything, and put on a posture of staying if he wanted to stay, and handing in his resignation if he didn't want to stay.

He didn't want to talk to Larry Brown anymore, because his team sent away two futures, but he went to contact other teams before the playoffs, because the friendship created by last year's champions had long been lost to Larry Brown. Brown was exhausted.

Moreover, the industry is now doubting the gold content of Larry Brown's 04 championship.

Two top point guards in the league now, one is a starter and the other is a substitute.

If he is replaced by Da Fan, it won't be too difficult to win the championship.

Da Fan is now considered a famous coach. At this time in history, the Heat lost the tiebreaker in the Eastern Conference Finals in 05. His coaching ability was also seriously questioned, and he was facing a crisis of dismissal.

But because the Heat swept the championship, although many people still look down on him, some people still believe that he has something.

At the very least, Mo Wen mentioned it many times in his speech before, that Da Fan also worked very hard and paid a lot for the championship. This polite statement has also been recognized by many people.

Many working people always like to attribute their failures to not working hard enough, thinking that successful people must be very hardworking and capable, and even make up all kinds of stories for them that move them to tears.

But in fact, success and failure in a narrow sense do not require so much ability.

It is not an ironic thing but a very common reality that a top student's lifelong struggle is not as good as the word "demolition".

Of course, the existence of Da Fan is still meaningful.

In addition to the routine work of coolie analysts, he also has another important job content-getting angry for Mo Wen.

Players are human, and there must be times when they make mistakes or do not do well.

Mo Wen's qualifications are relatively low, and he doesn't think he can completely ignore the qualifications in the NBA. Many times, he will hand over some unpleasant or offending things to Fan.

Even though Da Fan didn't feel much presence at ordinary times, he even said that the offensive tactics and rhythm were all controlled by Mo Wen.

However, if he doesn't do anything, he has no chance to make mistakes!

Coupled with the team's successive victories, Da Fan had an inexplicable majesty.

In short, off the court, the jobs of Mo Wen and Da Fan were just reversed. Mo Wen became the eye responsible for finding problems, while Da Fan became the hand responsible for execution.

However, during the team training during this period, Da Fan basically never lost his temper.

There is no need for Mo Wen to hint that after enjoying a holiday frantically, the Heat players have more problems than usual.

Although Riley held the training camp, he himself was not present to supervise all the time, which also gave the old ball ruffians a chance to be lazy.

Knowing how to fish is the sign of a truly mature professional.

Newcomers are still holding a recording pen for fear of missing a word from the leader, while veterans can play games or watch funds without changing their expressions when talking face-to-face with the leader. This is the gap.

It's just that no matter how good they are, they can't escape the moment of inspection.

When Mo Wen was away before, everyone played tacit understanding in the team's training match, which seemed to be the case, but when Mo Wen came back, the tacit understanding could not continue.

"I heard that the media described us as the Galaxy Battleship in the basketball world? Huh."

Riley put down the report on the table, didn't say anything, just lit the cigar and put it aside.

The Galaxy Battleship is indeed in line with the current situation of the Heat.

The players in the Heat team count the past and present glory, and there are barely 6 superstars, which are exactly the same as the "six-core" Galaxy battleship that "Lafayette" made a "six-core".

But the mighty galactic battleship in the football world began to disintegrate in the tragedy with the departure of the "Right Tianzun".

At this time, the Galaxy Battleship also brought a little irony from the commendatory words.

"Do you have any plans for the new season?"

"Yes, it's all here." Da Fan pulled out a stack of documents from his briefcase.

"Several of us (the coaching staff) have designed several tactics for the new season, but judging from the current state of Shaq and Dwyane, the effect of their execution will definitely not be very good."

"As for Anthony (Walker) and Michael (Finley), I agree with Moe. One of them needs to be selected to bring the bench. Putting them together in the starting lineup will not help our offense much. Affect our defensive efficiency."

"You have to leave someone doing the dirty work on the court, otherwise there will be problems with rebounding and problems with the overall coordination."

Riley flipped through a lot of tactical information, and nodded in approval at first. Being able to produce these things shows that his salary is not gray hair.

However, as the paper got thinner, Riley frowned again.

Finally at the end, a few words made Riley's brows loosen a little, but the plausible and overly brief things were not enough to satisfy Riley.

"I told you, Stan, as a head coach, you can't just focus on the current season. In this tactical manual, don't you think a name appears too frequently?"

Riley pressed his palms on the table and tapped his nails on the table, his tone was half helpless and half angry, almost expressive.

As a teacher, he should be happy to see the progress of the students, but the current manual contains too much "Mo", 60% of the tactics are related to Mo Wen.

Yes, Mo Wen has proved that handing him the ball is the right choice.

However, the Heat have only owned Mo Wen for one year!

Riley's ambition is not only satisfied with two championships, he has no shortage of championships, but he has not yet established a dynasty, and he wants to challenge the feeling of winning three championships in one breath.

His painstaking effort to form a superstar game is not just for the championship in front of him. It also has the deep meaning of weakening Mo Wen's ball power, allowing the core to be replaced smoothly, and preparing for the battle of the dynasty next year.

Look at what Da Fan wrote here?
"Under the leadership of Mo Wen, struggle and move forward" throughout the article!
What about Wade's thriving?

What about Walker's transit support?

What about Payton's delayed retirement?

With a bunch of old guys in your hands, what is it if you don't let them move by themselves and just count on young people?

"Don't worry, Mo's physical fitness is not a problem. It has been reflected in the previous physical test report. As far as Mo's current physical fitness is concerned, it is not a problem to play 40 minutes efficiently in a low-level game."

Da Fan understood Riley's hidden meaning, but he just pretended to be stupid.

Just kidding, Mo is omnipotent, but without Mo, it is absolutely impossible.

As a person who has penetrated the essence of coaching work, Da Fan sees it quite clearly.

The so-called tactics are like love, staying on paper is its best time.

Once it is put into practice and replaced with a realistic lens, the reflected picture will become quite distorted and cruel.

Even those famous coaches who are good at building a system to attack can only hand over the power of life and death to players who don't know what their minds are thinking.

Da Fan's basic game is to engage in defense, and he feels that he is an all-around talent after being a championship?
Not to mention, he was really inflated, but after being beaten up by Mo Wen with the substitute lineup during the team training match, he regained consciousness.

Why did the last fried peanuts still grind?

cough cough.

So don't make trouble, before this manual was shown to Mo Wen, it contained 99% of it!

Almost 1% was the rest time he left for Mo Wen.

"Have you ever thought about what you will do when you don't leave next year?" Riley changed from leaning back to leaning forward, and his eagle eyes looked straight at Da Fan.

"I let them try it. No matter who holds the ball, if they don't let them find Mo, they will play very messy." Da Fan's eyes flickered for a while, but he didn't flinch, explaining his helplessness.

"You and I must face the facts." Riley tapped on the table again.

"I'm talking about the facts I'm facing now." Da Fan shook his head helplessly.

Da Fan has also tried a lot during this period. Anyway, he doesn't know if it will get better after a period of running-in, but according to Riley's thinking at the moment, it is really better to let Mo Wen bring the substitute.

At first, he tried to use the ability of a group of stars to play pass coordination.

But in the absence of tacit understanding, the effect is not good. The offensive play is like a graduate's PPT, which is stuck and rough.

Let Wade hold the ball, Wade can bear the pressure, but his distribution of the ball and his judgment of the status of his teammates are far from meaningful. Those who have no chance, last season's Big Three were okay, and the other two tools can be ignored directly, but if they are still playing like this now, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no conflicts later.

It had to be Mo Wen. As soon as the ball was handed over to him, the entire team's operation continued to flow smoothly.

Both Walker and Finley bluntly said that they felt like going home when they were with Mo Wen.

Riley thought for a while, then raised his hand and put it down again.

He also realized that there was no rush. Everyone was paying attention to the "Galaxy Battleship" in front of him. If he didn't want this luxurious lineup to become a joke, he could only temporarily accept the status quo and wait until later to slowly change the course.

Outside the office, training is still going on on the court.

"Dwyane, can you slow down your pursuit and defense? Has your legs rusted to death after resting for a summer? I don't know, I thought you had a broken leg bone!"

"Shaq, you've been on the inside for 10 seconds. I'm counting down the seconds this time. You can't afford it. You've got to order the fruit plate to go out to play later!"

"The three-pointer is almost there, Gary (Payton), don't be afraid if you believe me, it's time to shoot, and I'm counting on you for the rebounds in the new season!"

As a humble third-year student, Mo Wen, who doesn't know what leadership is, can only roughly imitate Danzi's way, inspiring his teammates to strive for a better life.

The Heat players were so moved that they greeted Mo Wen with words starting with F.

As a silent giver with a bit of deafness, Mo Wen was quite moved to hear so many people who received his sponsorship call him Father in his lifetime. He turned around and set an example and increased his funding.

"It's just a team training, why are you so ruthless and so dark." Walker kneaded the muscles in his arms and ribs, and his mouth was flattened, aggrieved.

"This dog usually likes to do this. If he couldn't beat him, labor and management would have sent him to the ward long ago. Damn Falk, just get used to it." Wade raised his head, spitting water into his mouth Well, Mo Wen didn't attack his ribs today, but he arranged a full set of other interference methods.

"This is basketball. It's good enough. You young people have been spoiled by the league. It's either fast break or face-to-face breakthrough. It's like playing a house well. The women in the WNBA who shaved their hair short in two years can replace you!" Although Payton said that he was not much better, but his body was hurting, but his heart was very relaxed and comfortable.

Because this is exactly the basketball he is used to—with skills, confrontation, and trash talk; no whistle, no flops, and no good looks.

Regardless of whether it is victory or failure in the end, at least the process is fulfilling.

After being pointed at by the senior, Wade couldn't answer directly, and he suddenly thought of something out of boredom.

"Anthony, how did you judge Mo's offense in the previous three rounds? With so many people defending Mo, this is the first time I've seen someone who can predict his offensive choice for three consecutive rounds."

In today's training match, Walker didn't have any highlights on the offensive end, but on the defensive end he wiped his ass with gauze-showing his hand.

Relying on his vain footsteps, he judged Mo Wen's offensive line for three consecutive rounds. It was a remarkable feat when Mo Wen's fake moves became more and more realistic.

Fat Volute blankly touched the back of his head.

"I don't know either. I followed my feeling to defend against it, and I encountered it. It seems that Mo's breakthrough is not as difficult to defend as the rumors say?"

"It's so powerful, why don't you just guard against it?" Wade's eyes widened, and there was even a trace of admiration in the round eyeballs.

Whether he is defending seriously or following his feelings, he is basically passed by Mo Wen. Who would have thought that Walker, who has always been called a colander before, is still a talented defender?
"That's terrible, he was too drunk to react slowly, Mo made 800 fake moves, he was the first to react, and it happened to make him run into each other in a row."

"You see, after Mo settled down to read his defense, has he defended once? Mo didn't even make fake moves, basically just one step, just a piece of crap."

Gary Payton squinted his eyes and mocked with his mouth crooked.

"Hey, don't be so blunt, Gary, save me some face too."

Walker is not annoyed when he is said so. First, he has a really good temper. Second, Payton was his teammate in the Green Army last season, and the two also have friendship.

"Don't blame others if you don't play well. I don't say that kid will come to you in person after a while. This year, you should avoid going out and fooling around. If you miss this village, it won't be so easy next year."

The 37-year-old Payton said old-fashionedly.

He can be a licking dog for the championship, but he can only lick those who can lead him to win the championship.

People like Walker, although helpful to the Heat, are not enough to make him down. Wade, a young man, has the potential to be a big brother, but he is still a lot worse under the foil of Mo Wen.

Looking at Mo Wen, who was fighting with Ao Pang on the other side, Payton, who took a break for a while, got up and put on another face, licking his face and approaching.

"What are you talking about, add me!"

Looking at Payton, who was completely different from just now, for some reason, the ribs that had healed suddenly started to hurt again.

……

In the bar that night, Ao Pang paid for the laziness in the interior during the day, treats the guests and brought the brothers out to enhance their relationship.

But seeing a group of bigwigs holding milk and juice in their hands, a few thoughtful people did not release their instincts.

"Didn't Mike (Finley) come?" Shaq asked after scanning around and found that there seemed to be someone missing.

"He asked me to say sorry to everyone, saying that he had an appointment with his girlfriend, drove me here and went back by himself."

Peyton licked the wheat juice mixed with half a glass of juice, his tone was a little inexplicable.

"If you don't come, then don't come, he must feel bad when Xia Tian is messed with like this."

Mourning sighed, lifted the cup, and looked at the girl on the dance floor with clean and pure appreciation.

In the summer, after the "Arenas Clause" and the "Mo Clause" during the labor negotiations, the league introduced another "Houston Clause" in the proposal of the Knicks management and subsequent discussions, which is the amnesty clause.

"CIC King" Houston accounted for nearly one-third of the team's salary space, but was unable to play, and the team had to pay a high luxury tax in order to maintain competitiveness and recruit others. This is quite unreasonable, so After the discussion, such a clause was introduced: the team can lay off any player. In the case of continuing to perform the guaranteed contract, the player's salary will be included in the salary cap, but not included in the calculation of the luxury tax.

The Knicks used this clause to lay off the "garbage dog" Jerome Williams who was close to being abolished after failing to play tricks on Mo Wen.

Other teams have also used this clause to clean up the junk contracts in the team.

And Finley, the former Mavericks boss and captain of the Mavericks, with three years left on his 3 contract, became the target of Cuban's surgery.

High salary, declining data year by year, rising rookies.

Cuban didn't even have to say it himself, the media helped him find countless excuses.

Cuban will still pay him a large contract for the next three years, he will also be free, and he will no longer need to bear the infamy of high salary and low ability. It seems to be a win-win situation.

But from a personal emotional point of view, it's not that simple.

As an honest person, Finley actually wants to die in Dallas. Moreover, among the players pardoned this time, although they aimed at big names with high salaries and low abilities, few big names were actually implemented. It's rubbish who doesn't play the ball, but he is the biggest player among them.

Said it was a decent departure, but his face was almost lost.

Originally, he accepted a basic salary for the championship and joined the Spurs who had just won the championship. However, this time and space Spurs were swept away, so naturally it was not a suitable place, so he came to the Heat.

The difference is that the Heat's team atmosphere is not as flat as the Spurs.

It's not very suitable for an honest person like him.

……

The Heat were drinking juice at the bar, while West, in a training facility in Los Angeles, half an hour late and not yet dark, the sunset in the shape of a window slipped out of the court and climbed onto the side benches.

The off-duty caddy turned on all the lights before leaving.

On the court, the sound of a basketball hitting the ground and trash talk interspersed in the two halves.

"Work harder, waste, Bai has grown so big!"

"I ate two pieces of pizza at noon and all of them leaked out, right? Are you okay?"

……

"Don't waste your energy, little one, you can't grab the ball!"

"Labor and capital are old, but one hand is enough to win you!"

……

One paranoid, one mentally ill, and two veterans are crazily torturing the young people in front of each other. Not only in basketball moves, but also in their trash talk, they are afraid of being compared by the other party.

It's just that the two young people who were being bullied showed two different attitudes.

The relatively older man fell into a state of self-doubt, while the little man on the other side, who was knocked to one side and bared his teeth, gritted his teeth unconvinced and confronted the old man in front of him.

"Is it really okay to let them do this, Phil?" In the player tunnel, a gray-haired old man asked the KFC grandpa next to him.

"Young people, it's good to experience some setbacks. They are all players with great potential. If we want to make a difference in the future, we must catalyze their growth." Phil Jackson chewed gum and looked at the players on the court coldly. everything.

"But Chris's performance is okay, but Kwame's kid doesn't seem to be in the right state?" The old man next to him frowned, a little worried.

"We are not babysitters, and I don't know how to work as a babysitter. It's either good or bad. The spotlight of a superstar is not so easy to rub."

Zen master looked at Kwame Brown with a little disappointment in his eyes, but he still didn't mean to intervene.

This was originally a gamble, and the only regret is the loss of an excellent outside wing defensive expert Peterson.

"Fucking labor and management have had enough of you, what's the point of bullying others one-on-one, it's kind of a 2V2 game!"

Seeing the way Sprewell shook his butt after falling to the ground, Paul, who was a hero who didn't suffer from immediate losses, was finally aroused to the anger hidden in his heart.

Kobe on the other side stopped when he heard this.

The madman twisted his mouth.

"Hehe, why, you finally admit that you are trash? You want Kobe to help you avenge you if you can't beat him?"

Xiaopao, who had retreated again and again just now, did not retreat half a step this time.

"No Kobe, I'm on the same team as Kwame, and I'll beat you and Kobe."

Madman and Kobe grinned at the same time.On one side, Kwame Brown showed a confused expression on his face.

The angry little cannon didn't give Kwame Brown a chance to refuse and dragged him to the half court on one side, and put on a posture.

5 minute later...

The familiar mocking voice sounded from the stadium again.

"Hahaha, what's the difference? Rookie + Caikun are still the same trash!"

"Your pick-and-roll coordination is like shit, hahaha, you want to run before you can walk, kid, you managed to amuse me!"

Sitting on the ground, Xiaopao looked at the two laughing demons with their hips akimbo in humiliation.

These two bloody bastards!

A numb Kwame Brown held out his hands to Paul.

Three years ago, he was sprayed by Jordan and teased by Jordan in this way. Even after Danzi retired, this nightmare still has not completely dissipated.

Now, there is a sequel to the nightmare three years ago, but fortunately, this time he has a teammate who is as unlucky as him.

Paul, who stood up, looked at the two smilingly bent over unwillingly, but the composition in front of him suddenly gave him a bold idea.

Picking up the ball from the floor, he tucks it stealthily to Kwame Brown's side.

"Deduct them Kwame, hurry up, detain them now."

Kwame Brown didn't react immediately, but Paul's continuous urging still made him understand what this brother was thinking.

The positions of these two people are indeed very suitable for being separated.

"Hurry up, don't hesitate, detain them and kill them, Falk, this is our only chance!"

Kwame Brown knew that Paul was playing with fire and dying with this suggestion, but... so exciting.

The opportunity never came again, the power of the black blood was triggered, and Kwame Brown still overcame the fear in his heart. Under Paul's command, he just adjusted slightly and accelerated directly, and flew to the two of them in two or three steps.

Before the two could raise their bodies, Kwame Brown flew past them with a big character of the same style as Danzi. Paul's kick pass arrived in time, and Kwame Brown received the pass comfortably.

boom--

Feeling something flying overhead, Kobe and Madman exchanged glances, and then looked back together.

"RUN! KWAME, RUN!"

Revenge was successful, Paul waved his fist, but immediately realized what was happening, and ran towards the safe passage while shouting.

The champion who had just landed did not dare to hesitate in excitement when he heard the voice, and fled towards Paul when the two thugs in front of him didn't react.

When Kwame Brown bluffed out of the door, the two people under the basket finally came to their senses.

"What the hell, these two bastards!"

"Fake, let's go, labor and management are going to kill them!"

When the two went to chase again, the two young men had already escaped from the arena with their car keys by virtue of their speed advantage.

　Added a little daily story, this is from last night;
　　This season will do some foreshadowing and layout, and the follow-up will not be very procrastinated.

　　If you think it is watery, you can leave a message... I will advance the progress appropriately.

　　
　
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