no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 106 Fulfilling the Promise
This three-party transaction did not involve draft picks. It can be seen that the Pistons and Rockets, as the subjects of the transaction, are eager to make changes.

For the Rockets, it is an S-level operation to get rid of Tracy McGrady while still getting Hamilton's level of immediate combat power. You must know that Hamilton can still contribute 18.5 points per game this season and is the top scorer of the Pistons. .

As far as the Pistons are concerned, the team's record is poor, and there is no hope of the playoffs if they do not make changes. After choosing one of the two, they chose to keep Gordon and send Hamilton away. In fact, they can only do this, because Hamilton is about to be 32 years old. , and his contract lasted until the summer of 2012.

As for the Bulls, they simply picked up a bargain.

Because the first and second rounds of next year have already been sent out, their reinforcement space is very limited. It just so happens that the bargaining chips given by the Pistons at this time are not enough to match the contract, and the Rockets already have Brooks and Lowry on their side, and they will not ask for more. Bynum.

So this is a garbage expiring contract for a garbage contract, and then Bynum was picked up for nothing.

For Bynum, he averaged 10 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game with the Pistons this season, which is the peak of his career.

The Pistons want to send him away because the Pistons trade McGrady for a high probability that he will play point guard. In that case, Bynum will not have many chances to play.

After all, the Pistons still have a "Prince Foundation" that even Iverson can only stand aside and needs to be cultivated.

Because Tim Thomas' wardrobe is right next to Xu Yong, this is also the first time Xu Yong felt the NBA deal up close.

Thomas was a well-known player when he was young, but as he gets older, he can only be used as a trading chip in addition to guarding the water cooler.

However, just two days after the deal was concluded, "Silver Fox" Harris led two new players to the locker room.

Xu Yong is very familiar with these two newcomers.

Needless to say, Kwame Brown, of course, before Bennett came out, he had always held the title of "the most outstanding champion", and he and Thabit were known as the sleeping dragon and the phoenix.

This big man who was trained to be autistic by Jordan when he first entered the league, and was trained by Kobe to doubt his life when he arrived in the Lakers, is also regarded as the worst talented man in the NBA.

He rarely played in the Pistons this season. He averaged 13 minutes per game, and his 3 points and 3 rebounds were all career lows.

However, he is not as embarrassing as he imagined, after all, his body is here, and he also has some sense of presence on the defensive end.

Especially against Howard or O'Neal, he is obviously better than Noah and Miller.

As for Bynum, Xu Yong is also very familiar, because Bynum has played in the CBA, and he is the most concerned team in Guangdong, the so-called "Guangdong legend".

He still remembers that before Harden was punished by the traffic police for riding an electric stove in China, Bynum caused a burst of enthusiasm for riding an electric bike to train.jpg.

Bynum's wardrobe was assigned to Xu Yong's side.

He took the initiative to greet Xu Yong, and he also looked outgoing and optimistic.

Moreover, Xu Yong noticed that he and Ross had a good chat, and he only found out after asking Ross that Bynum was also a native of Chicago.

This seems to further explain why the Bulls made this deal.

By the time of the training session, Bynum's role on the Bulls began to emerge.

Before this, the Bulls had a problem in the backcourt, that is, the substitutes had no offensive points with the ball.

Hinrich is very stable, but he doesn't have the ability to tear the defense with the ball, so De Nagro's previous method has always been to use Rose or Xu Yong's partner Hinrich to bring the transition from the bench.

This is actually one of the reasons why they lose power when scoring. You must know that players' physical fitness is limited.

But in the training session, Bynum showed this ability.

Because of his short height and inaccurate outside shooting, Bynum cannot be a starter, but he is very suitable as a substitute.

Or in layman's terms, this is a typical American small guard, with 6 dribble thieves and strong impact thieves.

And Bynum's passing vision is pretty good, so the Bulls' deal seems unremarkable, but it is the type of spending small money to do big things.

On January 2010, 1, the first day of the New Year, the Bulls went away to challenge the Raptors.

Although it hasn't been long since the start of the season, the Raptors are now ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference and are likely to be the Bulls' potential competitors in the playoffs, so this game is still very critical.

The process of the game was also very intense, and the two teams did not decide the winner until the fourth quarter.

Bynum made an eye-catching performance in his first game with the Bulls. He stunned Calderon at the beginning of the fourth quarter. After scoring 10 points in a row, he helped the Bulls establish an advantage in the game.

This sounds incredible, but after understanding Bynum's resume, you will find that this can only be regarded as a small scene.

The most classic game of this player was when he played against the Bobcats last season. He scored 6 points in the first three quarters and scored 26 points in the last quarter. That's right, it was 26 points.

So he really doesn't lack scoring explosive power.

After the game, Xu Yong and DeRozan went out to catch up.

"James complained to me." As soon as he sat down, DeRozan said.

Xu Yong nodded after hearing this.

DeRozan laughed at this.

Among the three of them, regardless of the future, Harden must be the worst now.

Xu Yong's current scoring average is second only to Rose on the team, and he is considered the number two player on the team.

But his No. [-] pick, this performance is not so dazzling.

But for a playoff-level team like the Raptors, DeRozan also started as soon as he came up.

On the other hand, Harden is really miserable.

"By the way, have you received an invitation to the league's dunk contest?" After chatting about Harden for a while, DeRozan asked Xu Yong again.

Xu Yong nodded.

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is the most concerned individual event in the All-Star Game.

It's just that in recent years, because big-name players cherish their feathers and are unwilling to participate in the slam dunk contest, so the slam dunk contest tends to invite rookies to participate.

Although the 2009 class is a small draft year, Griffin, Xu Yong, DeRozan, and Curry have a lot of dunks.

"Have you accepted?" DeRozan asked.

"What about you?" Xu Yong didn't answer directly, but looked at DeRozan first.

"I'm going to go, there is a rookie game to play anyway, let's take part in it." DeRozan replied. Of course, what he didn't say was that in a city like Toronto that is not in the United States, it would be really boring to stay for a long time.

"Do you still remember our previous agreement?" Xu Yong asked suddenly at this time.

DeRozan was stunned for a moment and didn't understand.

"When I went to Compton, James took me to you and said he wanted us to have a dunk contest." Xu Yong recalled for DeRozan.

"I remembered, you talked about the NBA slam dunk contest and compete again." DeRozan remembered, it was still in the first half of 08.

At that time, he was surprised by Xu Yong because of this sentence. After all, they had no NBA prospects at that time.

"Yes, now is the time to honor it." Xu Yong nodded.

DeRozan was excited when he heard this.

Originally, he was just planning to participate, but he was also ready to spend a lot of time preparing.

But while he was excited, he remembered another thing and couldn't help but said: "I heard that LeBron might also participate."

"Really?" Xu Yong asked.

"Chris told me that LeBron said last season that if he participated in the slam dunk contest, he would win the championship." DeRozan said seriously.

Xu Yong couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

DeRozan looked at Xu Yong suspiciously.

Xu Yong originally wanted to say that you can believe what that guy said, but it seems that James is not the kind of person who likes to "throw it away".

He continued: "Then do you think he can win the championship if he participates?"

DeRozan thought for a while and gave a pertinent evaluation: "There is a chance, but you may have to choose your opponent."

James' actual dunks are really explosive and full of power, but the dunk contest is more a game to show skills.

Therefore, if you encounter an opponent who does not have many skills, James, who has not gained much weight compared to his bounce and impact, does have a good chance.

"He won't participate." Xu Yong gave an affirmative answer at this time.

"Why?" DeRozan didn't understand.

"We are not the opponent he wants to pick."

DeRozan froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

It seems to be the case. Both he and Xu Yong are the type with good flexibility and can fully demonstrate their skills.

If it was Griffin or Shannon Brown's type, James might go.

But just after saying this, Xu Yong touched his chin and had other thoughts.

He has always cared about James' handshake before, so he really hopes that James can participate in the dunk contest.

After all, the game depends on teammates and referees, they can save you.

But the slam dunk contest is head-to-head.

So, is there any way to get James to fulfill his promise?
Shout out to James?

It doesn't seem to work. If this is Kobe, he will try all kinds of methods, but James, if he can be stimulated, he will not create any nomadic dynasty.

Let James feel that the competition must win?

It seems useless. If it were his rookie year, the slam dunk contest championship would still be somewhat attractive to James, but now he may not have any ideas even if he is guaranteed to win.

It's still difficult, it's as difficult as persuading Yao Ming not to participate in the national team competition.

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