NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 271 Wang Chong looks for a new target, Jimmy Butler

With Curry and Billups starting as two guards, the Bulls are now extremely poor at defending speed-breaking guards on the outside. They are very similar to the Lakers during the two consecutive championships. They had almost no chance against those fast guards in the playoffs. No resistance.

Regardless of Fisher, even if Kobe Bryant can still be selected to the All-Defensive Team in the 10-11 season, he still has nothing to do against extremely fast guards such as Rose, Westbrook, and Paul. At this time, he He is already 32 years old, and his speed and explosive power are far from what they were when he was young. Not to mention the defensive end, even on the offensive end, the number of breakthroughs with the ball is very few. He mostly relies on mid-range shots to the basket and behind-the-back scoring. host.

The biggest difference between the Bulls and Lakers is the defensive ability at the forward position.

Whether it is Artest or Gasol, the Lakers' front line is not weak in individual defense, but due to mobility, it is not strong in assisting defense.

But the Bulls are different. Both Wang Chong and Garnett are among the best in mobility among forward players, and they are also experts in assisting defense. Players who cannot be guarded by the back line can help wipe their butts, and the situation is different. As for being particularly serious.

Even so, Wang Chong also knows that after the end of this season, the Bulls' lineup structure will probably need to be optimized.

In the 11-12 season, Billups is basically no longer able to play as the starting lineup. Although it is possible that his career trajectory has changed due to joining the Bulls, he may not necessarily suffer serious injuries during the 11-12 season. The season is over, but even if Billups is healthy, when he reaches the age of 35, his athletic ability is still unable to support his continued high-intensity confrontation in the main position.

Billups' contract will expire in the summer of 2012, and Wang Chong has no intention of trading Billups away from the team to free up salary space. Even though he knows that the NBA is essentially a business league, he has no intention of trading him away from the team. This does not mean that there is no camaraderie in this alliance.

At least in Wang Chong's view, as long as Billups is willing to accept the status of substitute sixth man, let him stay in the team. After the expiration of the contract, he will continue to stay with the team as a veteran's basic salary until retirement, giving him a decent career. At the end of the game, there was not much loss for the Bulls.

As long as Green's starting lineup can make up for the current lack of defensive ability on the back line, and as a powerful fixed-point shooter, he can help Wang Chong and Curry create space on the offensive end, this is enough.

The Bulls do not need a strong offensive point. With the configuration of Wang Chong + Curry, they have no shortage of firepower output on the offensive end. What they need is to be more perfect on the defensive end.

The regular season continues.

To sum up, although the Bulls cannot prevent the breakthrough of fast guards, it is not a fatal flaw for the team, and among the teams in the league currently with fast guards, they are an absolute threat to the Bulls. There are only Parker of the Spurs and Wade of the Heat.

马库斯.索顿罕见的获得机会，面对弱旅骑士重拳出击，出场28分钟的情况下12投8中，砍下21分4篮板4助攻。

On December 12, the Bulls defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 8:117 in an away game.

The most important thing is that compared to Klay Thompson, the 11th pick in the first round, and Kawhi Leonard, the 15th pick, Butler's biggest advantage is that he is cheap, and he can get it with the 30th pick in the first round. Next, considering that the Bulls selected Butler with the last pick in the first round, it is theoretically not impossible for Butler to fall to the second round in this draft.

Although the current Bulls have little demand for players like Thornton who have good offensive ability but poor defensive performance, it does not mean that other teams in the league are not interested in Thornton.

You must know that the 2011 draft was a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. The fifteenth pick in the first round was Kawhi Leonard, the thirty pick in the first round was Jimmy Butler, and the second round pick was Bojan Bogdano. Veach, Chandler Parsons, and the strongest 175 Isaiah Thomas on the planet, who was selected at the last buzzer, are all very good players.

Besides, if you really choose some good players, you won't be harming others. Just like Jimmy Butler, he is definitely the best candidate for the second or third boss in Wang Chong's mind. He has a tough personality, plays without taking possession of the ball, and is also very good at defense. .

Of course, Wang Chong also hopes that Thornton can exchange for some outstanding players. As long as he can exchange for a first-round pick, or even a relatively high second-round pick, it will be a bloody profit.

The showdown between the Bulls and the Cavaliers has been the focus of the league in the past few years. The main attraction is Wang Chong vs. James.

In Wang Chong's future development plan, the Bulls select Butler and train him for one or two seasons before Garnett retires. By then, Wang Chong's comprehensive evaluation of his own abilities will definitely be more complete. With the advent of the small ball era, It's totally okay to switch to power forward.

With Billups relegated to the second line, the Bulls can directly move Danny Green to the starting position.

With James leaving the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers were quickly brought back to their original shape. Currently, they have the worst record in the league, and they are heading straight for the No. 1 pick.

When the Bulls and Cavaliers played, they didn't need to contribute at all. The main players left the field after playing less than 30 minutes, because the game on the court had already lost suspense, so it was better to let the substitute players play.

Again, the Bulls currently have a well-organized lineup and do not need too many main players. However, this does not mean that Wang Chong cannot miss out at low picks. Even if the Mavericks select some potentials and do not cultivate them, as long as they are not given to others, The opportunity for the team to develop and become an opponent is not a loss for the Bulls.

Although James is full of black spots, it is undeniable that without James, the Cavaliers are nothing. Even if they selected Irving with the No. 4 pick this season and won the No. pick three times in the following four years, The team was still struggling to win the No. pick every year. It wasn't until James decided to return to Cleveland that the Cavaliers once again had the strength to compete for the championship.

Although he is still very good now, after a full season of training, Green will definitely be able to reach the level of the league's top 3D player. After all, he was originally with the Spurs. Green also started to emerge in the 11-12 season and became the team's starting shooting guard. Position averaged 9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

If Wang Chong increases Thornton's playing time in the next game and allows him to produce good enough data, I believe Thornton will definitely have good trade value.

Seeing Thornton perform so efficiently against a weak team, Wang Chong couldn't help but feel moved.

At that time, the Bulls' starting lineup will become Curry, Danny Green, Jimmy Butler, Wang Chong and Gasol. The Bulls' perimeter defensive shortcomings will be completely made up. At the same time, Wang Chong and Gasol will Sol's combined inside line is enough to deal with any opponent in the league in terms of height and defensive ability.

The topic is a bit far gone. These are issues that need to be considered next summer. At the moment, the Bulls only need to win game after game while keeping the current lineup healthy, and then when conditions permit It would be enough to give Marcus Thornton more opportunities to improve his statistics and increase his trading value.

On December 12, the Bulls faced the challenge of their archrival Los Angeles Lakers at home.

Although the Lakers did not make any changes or optimizations to the lineup in the summer due to salary space, the current lineup alone is still the favorite to win the championship and ranks second in the league's strength list. The game between the Lakers and the Bulls is still the battle of the century.

In this game, the Bulls rarely scored more than 90 points. They only scored 88 points in the game. They were completely dragged into a position battle by the Lakers. However, the Lakers were not much better, with only 85 points. The Bulls won by 3 points at home. Lakers.

In this game, the Bulls made slight adjustments to the starting lineup. Billups did not start, and instead let Danny Green serve as the starting shooting guard, marking Kobe throughout the game.

Although Green is still very young, the advantage lies in his youth. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. That kind of hard work is very rare on the court. Even Kobe was annoyed by Green's entanglement. He made 23 of 9 shots from the field, with a shooting percentage of 39. Only 23%, scoring points.

After many matches, the Lakers also found some ways to target Curry. In this game, Curry was limited to 11 of 4 shots and only scored 12 points.

But Curry has never been the Bulls' first offensive core. Limiting Curry's scoring will not allow the Lakers to win, because Wang Chong can still score.

In this game, Wang Chong scored a game-high 29 points. Even when the Bulls were brought into the Lakers' position and all the players on the team were not feeling good, they still maintained efficient output and helped the team win the game smoothly.

How to prevent Wang Chong from scoring has become a focus of research by teams across the league a few seasons ago. However, after several seasons, Wang Chong is still the player with the strongest scoring ability and the highest scoring efficiency in the league, including The Lakers, Cavaliers, Magic and other teams tried various methods, but they were unable to limit Wang Chong's scoring.

This kind of dominance was achieved by O'Neal at his peak and basketball god Michael Jordan, who was the tenth scoring champion.

The Bulls, who defeated the Lakers, have a smooth schedule ahead. The Timberwolves, Pacers, Raptors, Clippers, 76ers and Wizards are basically the bottom teams in the league, and a few teams such as the Pacers and 76ers are also there. A team on the edge of the playoffs cannot pose any threat to the powerful Bulls.

In this fairly easy schedule, two veterans, Billups and Garnett, felt a little "unwell" due to physical reasons, and chose to take turns to "recuperate" against weak teams.

Even without the main starters, the Bulls still defeated these teams one after another with a crushing force, and their record soared, unknowingly reaching an exaggerated record of 26 wins and 1 loss.

Of course, the record of 26 wins and 1 loss is the best in the Eastern Conference, leaving the Magic, Celtics and other teams far behind, but compared with the three teams in the Western Conference, the lead is not that big.

As of December 12, the San Antonio Spurs had a record of 24 wins and 25 losses, while the Lakers and Mavericks both had 3 wins, which was not much behind the Bulls.

It is worth mentioning that the Miami Heat quickly adjusted their status after experiencing a bad start of 9 wins and 8 losses. They have been catching up since December and have won 12 consecutive games. Their current record has improved to 13 wins and 22 losses. Surpassing the Magic, it is tied with the Celtics, who also have 8 wins. Since the Celtics have a record of 22 wins and 22 losses and a lower winning rate than the Heat, the Heat's record has ranked second in the Eastern Conference, second only to the Bulls. .

The Big Three are worthy of being the Big Three. Even if the level of integration is not high and the tactical system is chaotic, they can still win the game just by relying on their super personal abilities.

进入12月后，韦德和詹姆斯场均分别可以贡献28分7篮板4助攻与25分8篮板7助攻。

Wade's average shots per game is slightly higher than James's, which also means that the Heat have made preliminary basic policies for the Big Three.

Wade is still the core of the team. James has the same ball rights and shooting rights as Wade, but his status in the team is still slightly lower than Wade. At the critical moment of the game, the ball rights must be handled by Wade. .

As for Bosh, as the weakest among the Big Three, he is also the most unlucky. He can't get the ball, the blame comes from the sky, and he still has to do some dirty work on the court. Who makes the Heat currently severely lacking in the interior? People, Big Z and Joel Anthony are seriously lacking in strength as blue-collar insiders.

In any case, the Heat, which has won 13 consecutive victories, finally successfully set sail and began to charge towards the championship.

Their opponent in the 14th game was the Chicago Bulls, and the game was still on December 12, the Christmas Day game.

The alliance is crazy with joy.

This fate is too dramatic.

The Christmas game has already attracted a lot of attention. Now the Heat, who have won 13 consecutive games, are facing the Bulls, who have won 18 consecutive games. The two teams with the longest winning streak in the current league have met for the second time. The result of the game will be like the opening at the beginning of the season. Was it that one-sided during the war?

The Heat's comeback Big Three battle with Wang Chong.

The attention of this battle is obviously higher than that of the opening game of the new season.

On Christmas Day, December 12, Chicago fans gathered early in front of the United Center and poured into the arena after it opened.

Almost all television stations in the United States broadcast this much-anticipated Christmas Day battle live.

For this game, Wang Chong naturally plans to fight with all his strength. Although strictly speaking this is just a regular season game, even if the Christmas game is packaged by the league and the attention and competition are very high, no matter whether he wins or loses, it will only be counted as one. A game is won or lost.

But even so, Wang Chong did not intend to let the Heat's Big Three win the game. After all, he also wanted to save face. With so many fans watching, he had to win the game no matter what, so that everyone would know who is the king of the league.

After the Bulls' previous easy schedule, the main players in the team have received sufficient rest time. Currently, all members of the team are in good competitive condition and have sufficient preparations for the game. They are fully prepared to face the fierce battle of the Christmas game.

(End of this chapter)