Legendary star

Chapter 596 The Third S-Level Skill

Some were happy and some were sad. The 2004 draft came to an end amidst the noise. However, the end of the draft does not mean that everything has settled. On the contrary, the end of the draft is just a beginning. However, as for those selected sons of heaven, whether they can represent the team that selected them after the start of the new season is still unknown.

On June 2004, 6, on the second day after the draft, a series of big news was disclosed. The first was about McGrady’s transfer. The Houston Rockets would send Steve Francis, Cutino Mo Bree and Kevin Cato are traded to the Magic for Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard, Tyrone Lue and Keith Bogans.In order to get Tracy McGrady, the Rockets gave away their most valuable bargaining chips besides Yao Ming. It can be said that after completing this deal, it is almost impossible for the Rockets to continue to do anything in the free market, but they can Getting McGrady is already the biggest gain for the Rockets.

On the day when the news that Tracy McGrady joined the Rockets was disclosed, Don Nelson, who has coached the Dallas Mavericks for 7 seasons, announced that he would resign as the head coach and general manager of the Mavericks due to physical reasons. , The reason why Nelson resigned was actually a dispute with team owner Mark Cuban on the idea of ​​​​building the team.Although the Mavericks lost to the Pacers in the finals, it is not a disappointing season for the Mavericks to reach the finals. Therefore, after the end of the season, Nelson wanted to keep the current The current lineup of the Mavericks will maintain a high level of competitiveness for at least the next five years after playing for several seasons.

But Mark Cuban, as the boss, doesn't think so. The Mavericks, who had the league's first salary last season, failed to win the championship. In Mark Cuban's view, it was a complete failure, and Mark Cuban also expressed his concern for the Mavericks. Some of the players in the finals were very dissatisfied with their performance in the finals, thinking that they did not deserve such a high salary, and wanted to get rid of them this summer, so as to reduce some salary pressure, so the old Nelson could naturally talk to Mark- There was a conflict with Cuban. In the end, after being unable to convince Mark Cuban, Nelson Sr. chose to resign voluntarily and left Dallas.

After the old Nelson announced his resignation, the Mavericks officially announced that Avery Johnson, the assistant coach of the old Nelson, would temporarily act as the head coach of the Mavericks. Steve Nash re-signs.In the regular season of last season, Steve Nash averaged 14.5 points and 8.8 assists per game, and was selected as an All-Star as a substitute, but Steve Nash's performance in the finals was somewhat incomplete Satisfactorily, the 6-game series averaged only 9.5 points and 7 assists per game, and due to Steve Nash's deficiencies on the defensive end, Steve Nash was an important breakthrough point for the Pacers throughout the series.Although Steve Nash's performance in the finals was not very good, with Steve Nash's ability and last season's data, there is no ten million annual salary that cannot be signed, so after weighing it over and over again, Xiao Niu gave up his plan to renew his contract with Steve Nash and let him enter the free market. Just after the Mavericks announced that they would give up Steve Nash, Nash soon had a next home. Husband Nash sent a five-year $5 million contract, which is much higher than the tens of millions of annual salary predicted by some experts.

"The Mavericks just collapsed?" When Meng Xu saw the news that Steve Nash had joined the Suns, he thought he had read the news wrongly. The Mavericks, which Meng Xu was most worried about, disintegrated inexplicably?Not only the old Nelson resigned, but the golden combination of Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash parted ways before they had time to show their energy!Meng Xu is very clear that after experiencing the baptism of the finals and reaching the peak of their respective careers ahead of schedule, the combination of Dirk Nowitzki + Steve Nash next season is far from this season. This pair of combinations can be compared. This is a combination of two superstars partnered together, and they can still achieve a seamless connection.

However, what surprised Meng Xu was still to come. The departure of Steve Nash was just the beginning of the disintegration of the Mavericks team. The three-party deal was officially reached. The Mavericks sent Antawn Jamison, the sixth man of last season, and the first-round pick for next season, and got the No. Forward Keith Van Horn.The New York Knicks sent former All-Star power forward Keith Van Horn and next season's first-round pick to get Washington Wizards' master and All-Star guard Steve Marbury.The Washington Wizards sent the team's leading All-Star guard Steve Marbury, and then got the Mavericks' sixth man Antawn Jamison, as well as the Knicks and the Mavericks' first-round pick for next season. .

Due to Arenas' outstanding performance in the series against the Pacers, Arenas, who was originally signed to assist Stephen Marbury, quickly rose to the position after the series ended, and the performance of the Wizards management was also very determined. In order to strengthen Arenas, he did not hesitate to send away the team's leader Steve Marbury.

After reaching a three-way deal with the Wizards and the Knicks, the Mavericks' management did not stop there, but continued to seek deals. After some planning and negotiations, the Mavericks made a deal again. In the transfer transaction, the Mavericks used All-Star small forward Antoine Walker to conduct a one-for-one deal with the Eagles. Antoine Walker was used in exchange for the Eagles point guard Jason Terry and a sum of money. The trade is a special case. It is obvious that the Mavericks want to use Jason Terry to make up for the gap after Steve Nash left.

In just two days, the Mavericks completed this dizzying series of transactions, first giving up signing Steve Nash, then sending away Antawn Walker and Antawn Jamison, not only that, It is rumored that the Mavericks are still selling All-Star forward Michael Finley everywhere, but because Finley has a 4-year $6500 million contract left, there is really no one who dares to make a move.

The Mavericks’ series of actions in the transfer market must have been a disadvantage in the short term, but after this series of transactions, the Mavericks completely helped Dirk Nowitzki. The core has become Dirk Nowitzki's team alone. At the same time, after sending away three All-Stars, the salary level of the Mavericks has also been greatly reduced. If the Mavericks keep the current lineup unchanged, the Mavericks next season At least $2000 million in luxury tax will be paid less than last season. If the Mavericks can deal with Michael Finley before the start of the new season, then the Mavericks' salary level will be limited below the luxury tax.

Compared with the Mavericks' transaction after transaction, the Pacers have nothing to do. As the defending champions, the Pacers signed this year's two rookies, Tony Allen and Chris - Apart from Duhon, there is no reinforcement at present.

After the end of last season, the Pacers still have contracts: Mutombo, Jeff Foster, Jermaine O'Neal, James Posey NN-Hilario, Meng Xu, Tyshawn - Several people from Prince, and then the Pacers signed a 4-year 488 million with two rookies selected this year, Tony Allen and Chris Duhon, and a team option for 3 years 165 million contract, even so, the Pacers currently have only 9 players under contract, and with Reggie Miller and other veterans retiring, strengthening the No. 2 position has become the Pacers' biggest move this summer. task, but the Pacers have repeatedly hit the wall in the free market.

After the end of this season, there are not many big-name players who have become free agents. There are a few good players at the shooting guard position, Jamal Crawford, Quentin Richardson, Manu Ginobili They are all restricted free agents. As long as the Pacers make an offer, someone will follow up and drive up the price. The Pacers currently have nine players with a total salary of more than 9 million US dollars, and they will renew Meng Xu for next year, NN- Hilario and Tayshaun Prince are preparing, so facing a contract of more than 5000 million yuan, Rick Carlisle had to give up his plan to continue quoting these players.

"Kenyon Martin joined the Denver Nuggets for 7 million in 9000 years!"

"Rashid Wallace's contract extension talks deadlocked!"

"The Heat are looking to trade Eddie Jones."

Looking at the series of trade information in the past few days, Meng Xu was also very confused. First, in the draft, the Pacers used a not-so-good pick to select Tony Allen and Chris Allen, who should have been higher. Du Hong, then Meng Xu's most worried opponent, the Mavericks disintegrated inexplicably, and then the Pacers' main opponents in the East, the Nets, the Heat, and the Pistons, all had various problems one after another. , Originally the Nets and Kenyon Martin’s contract extension negotiations were good, but suddenly Cheng Yaojin came out, and the Denver Nuggets robbed Kenyon Martin with a bigger contract, although The Nuggets and the Nets finally reached an agreement to sign first and pay back, but after losing Kenyon Martin, the Nets' competitiveness in the Eastern Conference plummeted.

After the Nets, the Pistons and the Heat also had problems. First, Rasheed Wallace, whose contract expired, wanted a bigger contract, and then Eddie Jones was blasted by the media because of his position on the court. There was a conflict with Dwyane Wade. If these problems are not handled well, the Pistons and Heat will also face a situation similar to that of the Nets.

"Looking at it, it's probably the lucky dice that works?" Things that can't be explained scientifically can only be attributed to character and luck. After Meng Xu used the lucky dice, a series of incidents that have nothing to do with the walkers, But they are all things that are beneficial to the Pacers, so in the face of these unexplainable things, Meng Xu can only think that all these are the effects of lucky dice.

"By the way, I still have a dynasty point that is useless." After ten hours of training in the system space, Meng Xu, who had nothing to do, suddenly remembered that he still had a reward for three consecutive championships that he hadn't used yet.

"Dynasty points, the host leads the team to win the additional reward of three consecutive NBA championships. After the dynasty points are used, the host can directly upgrade any energy saving below the S level to an S level skill."

Opened his attribute panel, and then looked at his skill list, Meng Xu currently has two S-level skills, and a lot of A-level and B-level skills, including offensive, defensive, and physical strength Kind of like that, so Meng Xu is also a little hesitant about how to use this dynasty point in order to maximize his ability growth.

"It's just you." After reading it over and over again, Meng Xu finally chose the target to use Dynasty Points.

"Are you sure you want to use dynasty points?" Meng Xu clicked on the confirmation prompt from the system, and in the list of skill names that appeared later, he selected the skill he was going to upgrade.

"Dynasty points have been successfully used, congratulations to the host for obtaining the S-level skill Meng Xu's long-range shooting skill!"

Skill name: Meng Xu-style long-range shooting skill. (King of S-level Long Shot)
Skill level: LV7.

Skill Effect: The most stable long-range shooting skill. After the skill takes effect, even if the host's physical strength is exhausted, it can still guarantee that the shooting action will not be deformed, and the basic long-range shooting hit rate is at least 27%.At the same time, after learning this skill, the host's long-range throw attribute will be increased by 10 points, and the agility attribute will be increased by 10 points. At the same time, the host's ability to stay in the air will be increased by 10%, the air resistance ability will be increased by 10%, and the basic long-range throw hit rate will be increased by 10%.

Additional effect 1: At the moment of pretentiousness, when the host's team falls behind, the host can choose to activate this state. After this state is activated, the host's long-range shooting percentage will increase by 57%, and the duration will be 6 minutes.The state cooldown time is 300min (last game time).

Additional effect 2: Mr. Key, within 2 minutes before the end of the game or in overtime, if the host's team falls behind, this skill will increase the host's long-range shooting rate by 17%.If 10 seconds before the end of the game, the host's team falls behind by 3 points, this skill will directly increase the host's long-range shooting percentage by 67%.

Skill Remarks: This shot is applicable to all outside shooting methods, including pull-ups on the spot, emergency stop jumpers, back-and-back jumpers, etc., as long as the host passes the center line, this skill will take effect.

"It doesn't look like a big improvement." Looking at Meng Xu's long-range shot after upgrading from A-level skills to S-level energy saving, Meng Xu suddenly felt that he was losing money?

"Sometimes the gap between skills cannot be directly reflected in the data. You need to try it on the court to know." Seeing Meng Xu's greedy look, Anna was speechless for a while.

(End of this chapter)