When pride still matters

Chapter 390 The Ignored Life of Shawn Marion

Chapter 390 The Ignored Life of Shawn Marion

After the All-Star Weekend, the NBA ushered in the most turbulent trade deadline in the new century.

The Atlanta Hawks acquired Mike Bibby from the Kings at a very low cost. For this Spider-Man-filled team, getting Bibby means they finally have a point guard they can trust.

But if you consider that they missed Paul, Deron and Rondo in the draft, this thing is not good.

Followed by the Lakers.

Although Kobe and Kidd led the team to the second-best record in the league, the lack of core talent makes it hard to believe they can go further in the playoffs.

Kobe endured the pain of a finger injury and persisted in the game, not to go to the playoffs and be eliminated in the second or even third round.

The Lakers know this.

Therefore, they must make big moves.

Odom's most commendable rebound protection is no longer worth mentioning in the face of the Lakers' actual need to strengthen the inside strength.

When the Kings wanted to trade Mike Bibby, the Cavaliers were the first to ask for the price, but because they had no leverage, the negotiations fell through.

The reason why they are eager to get an inside player is because Bynum is injured, and Ou's attendance rate in the past few years has been worrying. Who can guarantee that he will not be injured when he comes to the Lakers? But with Jeff Foster it's different.

This person is a solid blue-collar person who is not flashy. In recent seasons, he has averaged 5-7 points and 8-9 rebounds per game for the Pacers. He can play at the th and th positions. He has a tough style and is calm. He is a puzzle player that every championship team needs.

While retaining Andrew Bynum, if you want to get strong reinforcements, you have to use Lamar Odom.

The Lakers sent Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf, Derek Fisher, and first-round draft picks in 2009 and 2011 to the Pacers in exchange for Jermaine O'Neal and Jeff Foster.

They have locked in the accompanying champion for this season.

If Larry Bird had a choice, he would never give Ou to the Lakers.

At this time, the Bulls want to trade Ben Wallace, while the Pacers, who are preparing to rebuild, are eager to get rid of Jermaine O'Neal.

Bird originally didn't want to sell Foster, but the Lakers were willing to give two more draft picks, so that was another matter.

However, the reality of Ou's growing mediocrity and the staggering premium of $2009 million per year until the summer of 2000 forced Indiana to make a decision.

Without selling Bynum, the Lakers improved their inside strength in all aspects at the lowest cost.

Compared with the limited capital, the Lakers management focused on O'Neal Jr.

Compared with Odom, who is neither three nor four, Odom can play four after losing weight. Although injuries have weakened his athletic ability and movement speed, the Lakers have Kobe and Kidd on the outside, which is the best in the league. Perimeter defense.

With Kidd seamlessly integrated into the triangle offensive system, the unpredictable Odom is a gorgeous burden for the Lakers. He can protect rebounds, but cannot provide defense. He can contribute 12-15 points per game. But the opponent can take advantage of this loophole to score more points.

Then came the Cavaliers.

Everyone in the professional basketball circle laments the Lakers' operational capabilities. This is the Lakers. They are both a wealthy family and live in a global metropolis. They are different from the clown team in the East who guard the first city in the United States but engage in performance art all day long.

As soon as this transaction came out, the outside world was shocked.

After negotiations, the two parties finally finalized the deal.

Just getting O'Brien has major hidden dangers for the Lakers.

"Sports guy" Bill Simmons, who idolized Bird and called him "Basketball Jesus," wailed in a column: "This is a 'my mom killed my dog ​​with her car' deal! How dare you Do you believe that Larry Legend will be an obstacle to the Celtics' championship one day? How can he help the Lakers? Damn it, how can he help the Lakers?"

Then, the Pacers wanted to trade O'Brien, and the Cavaliers got together again.

As a rebuilding team, what the Pacers want is nothing more than sustainable young players (Turiaf), veterans who can lead newcomers (Fisher), and immediate combat capabilities with trade value (Odom). These , the Cavaliers don't have them, or in other words, the Pacers they have don't like them. Unless he is willing to give an astonishing number of draft picks, Bird will not even look at them.

The Cavaliers didn't want to go for the half-dead O'Stud, so they ran with him again.

Then, James came back from New Orleans.

Although they didn't know what was going on, the Cavaliers could feel that their emperor was getting anxious and he wanted to see the Cavaliers make a difference at the deadline.

Therefore, the Cavaliers' subsequent moves were not purely for reinforcements, but more because they had to do something.

In order to satisfy James, they organized a massive multi-party transaction, using Drew Gooden, Donyel Marshall, Ira Newbell, Shannon Brown and rookie MVP Daniel Gibson in exchange for Ben Watson. Rice, Szczerbiak and Delonte West.

The only defensive player left is a player who doesn't match up with James in any way. Although he is very good at taking advantage of the pie, James's support ability is actually a bit counter-intuitive - he is not very good at (maybe he doesn't like it very much). When fed inside, he prefers to tear open the defense and then throw the ball to the outside.

Therefore, an offensive player like Ben who evaporates immediately after leaving the penalty area is very unsuitable for James.

But at least Ben has a reputation.

He is the greatest defender in the new century. This alone can prove that the Cavaliers management did something, but it may not be effective. What made Yu Fei difficult was that West ended up going to the Cavaliers.

According to Yu Fei’s impression, the Emperor incident occurred in James’ last year with the Cavaliers, which means it was the summer of 2010. In this generation, James only renewed his contract with the Cavaliers until the summer of 2009. That vicious rumor will still come out. ?

Yu Fei can only wait, and he has no leisure now.

The Sonics completed the final deal before the trade deadline.

Replacing Rashard Lewis with Shawn Marion was a change that Presti determined would help Seattle get closer to its ultimate goal.

On top of that, there’s Smash Parker, the giveaway from the Marion trade.

Yu Fei's main impression of him comes from the Lakers period.

Very fast and good defensively.

This was the intuitive feeling Parker left on people. After meeting this person in person, Yu Fei discovered that he was a stubborn person with an incredibly low golf quotient.

It's not scary to have a low golf quotient. The scary thing is that he doesn't realize that his golf quotient is low.

When Karl assigned Parker and Yu Fei to the same team, Parker broke through several times without looking at anyone, and counterattacked with the ball without looking at his teammates.

Karl stopped the game and asked Parker, "Why don't you pass the ball?"

"How can I pass it on if I don't see it?" Parker silenced Karl with one sentence.

He is a bit like Yu Fei's former teammate Teacher Da Q (Quentin Richardson).

Big Q often has the problem of holding the ball too much on the court. He claims that he is organizing, and then uses the on-the-spot decision-making of Mo fans like "I think this ball should be played like this" to mess up the tactics.

However, although Big Q likes to mess around, he has enough charisma and is everyone's favorite in the Bucks, so even if he hits a few random goals, his teammates can forgive him.

Parker is like an unlikable big Q.

When he made a mistake, he didn't feel like he was wrong, it was just that his teammates didn't understand his intentions.

Finally, after Parker ignored Yu Fei who followed up the fast break for the third time, the league's number one player couldn't bear it anymore.

He made the universal human pause gesture and said to Parker: "If you still want to continue playing with me, put your ears up. This will definitely be the last time you ignore me!"

"I didn't see it." Parker expressed his grievance. He didn't know why a big shot like Yu Fei couldn't understand him.

"And this!" Yu Fei said angrily, "This better be the last time I hear this sentence from you!"

After the training, Yu Fei was still angry: "Everyone said that Kobe was a bastard, but I think that Smarsh was able to escape unscathed in Los Angeles, which just shows that Kobe is a misunderstood good person."

"Haha~~" Roy laughed, "For everyone on earth who is not a hotel waiter, Kobe is definitely a good person."

When Roy opened his mouth, Corvo was wrong.

This sentence successfully amused the entire team, including another new addition to the Sonics - Shawn Marion, who is still familiar with the situation.

This was Marion's first training session, and he knew exactly what he was doing by trading him to the Sonics.

Just like he did in Phoenix.

Defend, protect rebounds, roll down, cut, catch and shoot.

Marion thought he had done these things to the best of his ability, but he didn't get the credit he deserved.

As one of the three most important players of the "7 seconds or less" Suns, he has never been an All-Star starter, has not entered the MVP discussion, and the shadow of Nash and Stoudemire has enveloped him. He clearly has the top five defense in the league, but he has never been selected to the All-Defensive Team. The only reason for this result is that the Suns are a bad defensive team. As the team's number one defender, he definitely should not be selected for the All-Defensive Team. Defensive lineup.

He started complaining.

The Suns heard his complaints and traded him for O'Neal, who couldn't make the team better, but could definitely make the team make money.

The Heat never cherished him, and he was told that he might have to play in Seattle without even participating in the Heat's famous devil training.

Seattle?
The stage where Frye Yu performs "Why Am I a Savior" to the world? What can he do here? Will he continue to be a shadow of a superstar?

When will this neglected situation end?
Now, Marion discovered something even worse.

Yu Fei paid far more attention to Smash Parker than he did.

The other party can't even feel his own existence.

Nothing changed, he was still being ignored.

(End of this chapter)