Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 188 The chain reaction of the Doon Clause, the miserable melon

On the evening of November 11st, the opening game of the NBA 1-05 season is about to begin at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Because of the deep brotherhood, Anthony took the initiative to run in front of Du En as early as the warm-up session.

"Brother, will you continue to play guard this season?"

Du En originally thought that Anthony came to him to reminisce about the past, but he didn't expect to ask him for no reason.

"Probably, maybe... should continue to play shooting guard this season.

But you know, with my ability, I can play from position one to position five, and no one can catch me.

If you need, I can fight you one-on-one tonight. "

Hearing Du En's answer, Anthony first breathed a sigh of relief, then waved his hand and said: "I won't challenge you to a duel.

I'm coming to you for help.I need you, bro!
Bill told me that if I wanted to get a contract as big as yours, I had to get your help.

In the next two years, he served as the starter for two consecutive Eastern Conference All-Stars! "

Anthony informed Duen of his intention, and his agent Bill Duffy suggested that he brush up his data, continue to have a good relationship with Duen, and then use the votes of Chinese fans to help him reach the conditions of Duen's terms.

It has to be said that after the summer collective bargaining agreement was officially established, it had a considerable impact on the league.

The Doon Clause alone has caused some players and agents to change their playing styles and operating strategies in the next few seasons.

As the agent of Yao Ming and Anthony, Bill Duffy quickly realized a very critical issue after learning about the Doone Clause!

That is, the first player who meets Duen's terms and is eligible to earn 30% of the maximum salary cap with the team is not Duen but Yao Ming, who is also a Chinese player!
In his rookie season, Yao Ming edged out O'Neal and became the starting center for the Western Conference All-Stars.

In recent years, with the support of Chinese fans, he has been the starting center for the Western Conference All-Stars that cannot be shaken every year.

It is precisely because of this that Yao Ming has met the conditions of two-time All-Star starters in the Duane Clause, and is eligible to renew his contract with the Rockets under the Duane Clause next summer.

Yao Ming has a team to support and a family to support, so he will naturally not refuse a bigger contract.

As an agent, Bill Duffy naturally hopes that his players will get bigger contracts.

At the same time, Bill Duffy discovered that Anthony, as the boss of New York, was not hopeless in reaching the conditions of Doone's terms.

New York, where the Knicks are located, is originally the largest city and the largest ball market in the entire NBA.

The Knicks star naturally has a lot of popularity. Last year, Anthony ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference forward voting.

It's a pity that he was not recognized by the head coaches of other teams in the league and was selected as an All-Star as a substitute.

This year, as soon as the Doon Clause came out, the plan changed!

Anthony also has a family, and he has a group of brothers from a big black family to support behind him, so he definitely wants to get a few more million.

In order to be able to comply with Duane's terms, the first big contract he gets after the rookie contract ends, he can get a big contract with 30% of the salary cap like Duane.

This also requires Anthony to improve his statistics for two consecutive seasons to attract fans from other parts of the United States to become his fans.

At the same time, in order to become the Eastern All-Star starter more reliably, Bill Duffy suggested to Anthony that Duane, the All-Star vote king, contribute.

Of course, as Yao Ming's agent, Bill Duffy has also negotiated some things with Yao Ming.

If that doesn't work, it's not impossible to spend some money to brush tickets privately.

"Melon, we are brothers, I will definitely help you.

However, I don't think you should take Bill's word for it entirely.

You are the boss of the Knicks, you should be running to win!
You don’t want your fans to think that you can’t bring them victory, right?
You should play for fun, not for money.

If you're just doing it to make money, then playing golf will completely become your job.

One day you will feel tired and disgusted with basketball, the sport you love.

Only if you continue to regard playing basketball as your hobby, your life, and even your life, can you continue to maintain combat effectiveness and competitiveness in the league! "

As a good brother, Du En saw that Anthony, a melon, was about to change his direction towards a bitter melon, so he still gave a few words of warning at the right time.

Hearing this, Anthony nodded in agreement: "Brother, you are right."

But soon, Anthony began to complain to Du En: "I don't want this, but Alan Houston retired!

Oh Shet, Fuck, he still has 2 years left on his big contract!But he slapped his butt and left!
He made 6 million in 1 years, and he was done after only 3 and a half years of fighting!

And I only got 4 million after playing for 1600 years, and my contract still has 2 years left!
When I got the news, I almost went crazy!Even if he is lying at home, he earns more than me from playing hard!
All the money he got was the ticket money I earned from leading the team to win games and attracting fans to watch the games!
At the beginning, I wanted to discuss with Bill to see if there was a chance to escape New York.

I also want to win, but playing here, I don't see any hope at all! "

The New York Knicks were already bad, but now they have the highest-paid player in the team. Because he got a big contract, he simply used injuries as an excuse to announce his retirement.

However, the big contract still needs to be implemented. Not only does the team have to pay salaries as usual, it also takes up salary space, and there is no way to strengthen it.

When things like this happen, Anthony, who holds a rookie contract and becomes the boss of the team, is really a bit nervous.

Thanks to the restart of labor negotiations this year, the league bosses discovered this problem and quickly formulated the Alan Houston clause in the labor agreement.

However, the salary space has been released, and wages must still be paid as usual.

It is worth mentioning that the Knicks' salary space was close to 5000 million before, while the salary cap was 700 million and the luxury tax limit was [-] million.

In other words, even if Houston is amnesty, the Knicks still have overtaxed by 3000 to [-] million.

All I can say is that it makes sense that the Knicks have been so bad over the years. The big contract gives too much.

In this case, it is indeed a bit too much to ask Anthony, who is on a rookie contract, to lead the team into the playoffs.

This is equivalent to a newly hired low-level employee who is responsible for [-] to [-]% of the company's projects alone.

The old people in the company, including the boss, make a living by sucking the blood of new employees, but everyone is living a very prosperous life.

After new employees learn about the company's operating model, they will definitely not be able to accept it.

Anthony's current situation is that there is really nothing else he can do except swipe data to get a big contract.

“Originally, I thought that the team would definitely strengthen after seeing me lead the team to the playoffs for two consecutive years.

However, after the team waived Alan Houston, there was no other action.

I waited all summer, but instead of getting help, I got a group of teammates who became fatter and lazier.

Now, my team is filled with garbage players and garbage contracts!

do you know?Last season I tried my best to lead this team to the playoffs.As a result, when the playoffs came, I found that it was difficult for the team to win in the playoffs, even one victory...

This season, my team has gotten weaker and I don’t know if we can make the playoffs.

I don’t know what my goal is for this season or what I should do.

Now only Bill tells me that I can still get data and I can still get big contracts!

Also, I can become an All-Star player just like you!

You all made it to the All-Stars, I’m the only one who didn’t!

Brother, do you know?During the All-Star Weekend last season, I was sitting in the audience, how much I envied you!
I swore at that time that I would be like you next season, playing on the court instead of sitting on pins and needles off the court watching you perform!

I am also a rookie in 2003, I am also the boss of the team, and I want to be like you!
I'm the second best!My data, my record, which point is worse than yours?

Well, you and Dwyane are both championships…

But I am no worse than LeBron, right?Are you right?
But why does he have everything and I have nothing? "

Don't encourage others to do good unless they have suffered.Anthony's experience can only be described as "miserable" in capital letters.

Logically speaking, no matter how bad the New York Knicks are, they are still much better than the Cleveland Cavaliers.

However, with similar statistics and a better record, Anthony had nothing, but James won the Rookie of the Year and was selected to the All-Star team.

By this summer, the Cavaliers boss spent a lot of money to support James and signed Larry Hughes to strengthen the Cavaliers' lineup.

Even though the Knicks waived Alan Houston, a burdensome player, they still had to pay too much luxury tax, and they couldn't come up with the right chips, so they couldn't trade suitable stars from other teams.

In contrast, Anthony's mentality is definitely more explosive.

At this time, Bill Duffy pointed out to Anthony that he should simply give up winning and concentrate on improving statistics, run for the All-Star starter, and strive for a big contract.

Judging from Anthony's current situation, this is indeed a clear path.

After hearing what happened to Anidong, Du En suddenly realized that the bull was still pretty good.

Everyone in the team is talented, and they speak well... How could this not make Du En happy?
"Melon, I will definitely help you!
Since you are like this, I think you might as well strive for the scoring title.

I have done some research before and found that only two ancient stars who were the previous scoring champions failed to win the All-NBA Team.

The scoring champions of the past 20 years have been awarded the All-NBA Second Team at worst.

In the past two years, McGrady had the worst record in the league and was on the second team. With your ability, it shouldn't be difficult to win the scoring title for two consecutive years. "

Last season, Duan wanted to win the scoring title and the best team, but gave up midway for the sake of record.

Now, seeing how pitiful Anthony is, I share my previous research results with Anthony.

Regardless of his ability to lead the team, Anthony has absolutely no problem scoring.

To take a step back, in the next two seasons, Duan will compete for the championship, and the scoring champion will basically not be considered.

However, for the players of the 03 Platinum Generation, who doesn't want to be like Duen, meet the conditions of Duen's terms, and get a big contract with 30% of the salary cap?

It is easy to get the best lineup by getting the scoring champion. This kind of thing will definitely be discovered by other interested people.

Wade was on the All-NBA team last season, and now he has a championship and FMVP. This season, he is basically on the All-NBA team without brushing up on statistics.

But for others, it's hard to say...

Closer to home, although tonight's opening game attracted the attention of fans across the United States, the game process was relatively dull.

From the beginning of the first quarter, the Bulls showed the level expected of a strong Eastern Conference team.

On the Knicks side, it was basically a group of old men who had nothing to do but stroll around after dinner. Only Anthony, who was full of fighting spirit, transformed into Kobe Bryant, who led the team alone and played on the court.

After the first quarter, the score on the field came to 39 to 17.

Originally, Du En was not in a hurry to attack and wanted his teammates to fight more.But with such a disparity in the score, Duen could only score more points in the second quarter.

After playing more than 8 minutes in the third quarter and scoring 20 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, Duen took the initiative to foul and leave the game.

This is also Du En's attitude in the preseason, giving young people some opportunities.

Anthony's experience made Duan realize that after the introduction of Duan's clause, it will also stimulate the rookies and the agents behind the rookies.

Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Josh Smith and others will definitely want to improve their data and be selected as an All-Star starter or selected for the All-NBA Team.

This means that if you want to lead the Bulls to win more championships, you need to make the regular season cake bigger, and even take the initiative to give up part of the cake you have.

Only in this way will more potential rookies be willing to play with Duen and listen to Duen's words.

Baron Davis saw Duen leaving the game early and clocking out in the third quarter, so he imitated Duen and followed Duen to the bench.

In the Bulls' first regular season game of the new season, Baron Davis, as the team's second-leading player, made 14 of 9 shots in the three quarters, 3 of 1 three-pointers, and 4 of 3 free throws. He scored 22 points, 3 rebounds, and 5 assists. Very good.

It is worth mentioning that by the time the opening game was over, there was still one Bulls player who scored 20+ points, and that was Ben Gordon, who served as the team's sixth man.

Ben Gordon scored 18 points with the Bulls' highest 29 shots, becoming the Bulls' highest scoring player.

If the Bulls can reach first place in the Eastern Conference before the All-Star break this season, then it wouldn't be too weird to have three people selected to the All-Star team.

139 to 81. When the game was over, Du En realized that Ben Gordon and Luol Deng were a bit heavy-handed, and they also did some incredible things.

However, the state and fighting spirit of the Bulls' youth team in the new season are quite good. It is basically the norm for the Bulls to win the game with a huge points difference.

On November 11, the Bulls faced the Charlotte Bobcats back-to-back at home, and the main force won easily in three quarters.

In order to be able to defend the regular season MVP, Duan could only get some data that other teammates did not want, and finally scored a triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

On November 11th, the Bulls visited Huayuanzhou and finally encountered some strength.

Against the Big Three of the Nets, Duan led the team for four quarters, leading 121 to 109 by 12 points, maintaining a winning streak.

In this game, Duan scored 32 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Not only did he once again show the fans the league's top scoring ability, his first-defense deterrence also continued unabated.

After the game, Kidd also said that Dunn is one of the strongest players today. Only O'Neal, Duncan, and Garnett can compare with Dunn.

No, the show will start immediately.

On November 11, last season's Western Conference champion Spurs, who had also won three consecutive games at the start of the season, arrived at the United Center in Chicago with the momentum of a big victory.

(End of this chapter)