Standing pretty old

Chapter 812 The transaction is completed, brain-damaged remarks

"Okay, we agree, if there is no problem, then formally submit a trade application to the league!" Osher hung up the phone in the office.

Ruan Erniu and Paul happened to be discussing the team's development direction in this place, so they got the news immediately.

"The Magic agreed, but they vetoed the request for a second-round pick," O'Heir explained.

"Orlando can't keep Howard, so they are definitely not willing to pay for the draft, even if it is the second round." Ruan Erniu laughed.

Chris Paul also nodded and said, "If the league hadn't stopped the Lakers' trade, I'm afraid I would meet with Kobe and Dwight on the Lakers this summer."

"There's no one else here, Pao, so do you want to go to the Lakers more? Is Bryant's thigh more attractive than mine?" Er Niu deliberately teased.

Sanpao ignored him, but rolled his eyes in person.

Ruan Erniu laughed loudly, and then said seriously: "After JJ* Redick comes, I suggest putting him in the starting position."

Paul asked: "What if you meet a strong No. 2?"

Er Niu said: "Of course it is to reduce his playing time and let Sean go to the 2nd position."

The dust settled quickly, the Clippers sent Maurice Williams, and the Magic sent JJ* Redick to complete the quick deal.

Woj used Twitter to announce the news one day in advance. Er Niu seriously suspected that the Clippers and the Magic had Woj's spies inside. Maybe Neil O'Heir, the general manager, was Woj's informant.

As for why the Ordolan Magic is unwilling to add a second-round pick?
That's because they had already fallen out with the Magic management this summer, and he has the player option to jump out of the contract. Even if he doesn't use it, he may choose to leave the Magic at any time next season.

Of course, judging from the current situation, Sparks has basically compromised with the Magic. Most likely, he will still choose to stay with the Magic this season.

But next summer, who dares to say that the Magic will not choose to trade him out. After all, the Los Angeles Lakers have never given up their pursuit of Sparks, just like they were chasing O'Neal with all their strength back then.

In fact, as long as the trade deadline of this season does not come, no one is sure whether Sparks will choose to leave the Magic, so from the perspective of the Magic management, using JJ* Redick for Morris* Williams There is nothing strange about it.

The Magic are short of a No. 0 position. Since the serious injury, Tomori's state has declined significantly. In addition, the team pardoned the "No. [-] Agent"-Arenas this summer. They really need a reliable point guard.

In addition, Redick and Mo are both on the final year of their contracts, and the Magic are not sure whether they can successfully renew Redick's contract in the end.

In this way, regardless of whether the Magic chooses to keep Xiao Mo in the end, or does not choose to renew his contract, they can more actively adjust the gap period after the sudden departure of Sparks, although it is absolutely impossible for them to make up for it completely.

Once the sparks choose to leave this season or next summer, the Magic will go into rebuilding.

In fact, none of the various news media is optimistic about Sparks staying with the Magic for a long time.

Because the tradition of the Orlando Magic is to train the league's top centers, and then the league's top centers go to other teams.

What's interesting is that the owner of the Magic is still the founder of the Amway Group-Richard DeVos, and he doesn't know how this old guy who is over 80 years old manages to amway his own players.

Turning their attention to Los Angeles, the Clippers expressed their welcome to Redick on the official website, and also wished Xiaomo, who was taken away, good luck in the future.

Ruan Erniu was of course the instigator of this deal. Why did he choose to trade Maurice Williams?

The most important reason must be that Mo himself is not compatible with the current Clippers.

With Paul in the team, Xiao Mo himself has become worthless. In exchange for a three-point shooter, not only can the ball be more concentrated in the hands of Er Niu and Paul, but it can also help the team increase its offensive firepower.

Since the battle with the Spurs, Er Niu and Paul have both realized the current problems of the Clippers.

On defense, they have little room for improvement in a short period of time, but on the offensive end, they have a higher possibility of improvement.

The championship belongs to the team with both offense and defense!
The Clippers' defense will get better with Kawhi's growth, but on offense, they need more immediate power.

If the above are the main reasons for the two bulls, then he has another secondary reason that he will not announce to the public, that is, even if JJ* Redick comes to the Clippers, he will not become Paul's faction.

Why do you say that?

This also starts from the college days of Redick and Paul.

In the ACC league of the NCAA basketball league, Duke University and the University of North Carolina are well-known as rivals, but in fact, the competition between North Carolina and North Carolina State University, Duke and Wake Forest is also very fierce.

Duke University, where Redick attended, and Wake Forest University, where Paul attended, were less than 90 minutes away by car. From 2002 to 2006, Redick was always the absolute main force, and Paul also became the core figure of the team from 2003 to 2005. The feud between the two schools planted the seeds of hatred in their hearts.

"We had a lot of conflict against Wake Forest," Redick later recalled. Three or four technical fouls."

"We weren't friends at all until we really got to know him as a person, and that's how it was. But that's a college thing," Paul said, too.

In 2004, Paul and Redick's mutual hatred reached its peak.

When they participated in a basketball training camp organized by a certain sports brand in Santa Barbara, the two were assigned to different teams again and faced each other as opponents.

Paul's defense like a bone necrosis completely angered Redick, and he shot Paul.

"I really should apologize to him," Redick said frankly in an interview. "I couldn't help but violated him during the game, just swiped his face with my hand... I don't know how to describe that action. At that time we Living in a UC Santa Barbara dorm, and someone said I had to apologize to Paul for that. I knew he didn’t like me, but he accepted my apology.”

In 2005, Paul joined the Hornets in advance; a year later, Redick, who graduated from college, was selected by the Magic.

One thing and one thing, they have worked hard in the NBA for many years, and they don't say a word to each other.

That's because Paul has gradually grown into the league's number one point guard, while Redick, the NCAA three-point leader, struggled out of the danger of being cut at any time and became a main rotation player for the Magic.

Of course, Redick knew very well in his heart that he and Paul actually had no deep hatred. According to what he said in the future, they could not understand each other because they both loved the feeling of life-and-death competition.

If the absolute leader of the Clippers is CP3, maybe a role player like Redick will bow his head and be small.But now the core figure of the Clippers is Ruan Erniu, so Redick doesn't have to stand on Paul's side in the locker room at all.

Pitchers need to pass?
Unless Paul is crazy, he's not going to cut back on Redick's passes easily in a game.

Contradictions always exist, but things like dismantling the stage obviously do not conform to Sanpao's code of conduct and logic.

The Clippers didn't wait for JJ Redick at their next home court, so Randy Foye returned to the starting lineup.

The home team's opponent is the Bucks from the Milwaukee Forest.

Erniu's old acquaintance John Salmons was sent to the Kings by the Bucks in a three-way trade in the draft.

The current starting No. [-] for the Bucks is Stephen Jackson, who has been wandering around in recent years and is about to change from "Warrior Saint" to "Monk".

This itself is a game that lacks attention. From the perspective of overall strength, the Bucks also lack the confidence to compete with the Clippers. However, Brandon Jennings, who scored 55 points in his rookie season, seems to have something to say To say:

"I don't think the Los Angeles Clippers are better than us. I will beat Chris Paul in the matchup. I am the best one in active service."

At this time, Jennings has not yet uttered the famous "six promotions" and "I am better than Wade" astonishing remarks, but his brain-dead behavior has already earned his name in the league.

For example, he once put on a "Nobody Likes Snakes" T-shirt to mock Kobe, but soon he changed his tune and claimed that he was a black Mamba fan.

There are many players in the league who like to pretend, but as the core of the Bucks' reconstruction, players like Jennings who take the initiative to face themselves are still extremely rare.

To be honest, the so-called brain damage depends on the person. If you have the strength to pretend to be aggressive, you are not pretending to be aggressive, but to be confident; I don't know the existence of repentance, at least in terms of innate spiritual attributes, I must have made a mistake.

Sanpao chose to refuse to respond to Jennings, but Ruan Erniu stood up and commented: "Although everyone has the right to express their own opinions, I don't think Brandon Jennings is qualified to comment on CP3. He The data is better than Paul, or the team performance is better than Paul? Don’t forget, when the Bucks reached the playoffs, the team leader was salmon.”

The active No.1 came out to speak for his teammates, and Jennings didn't dare to continue to be mentally disabled, and this guy was instantly discouraged.

Probably, although God has wrongly selected his spiritual attributes, in some respects, he still left him with a function button to stop losses.

The Bucks' starting lineup for the night was:

C Al Horford

PF Drew Gooden
SF Steven Jackson

SG Carlos Delfino
PG Brandon Jennings

On the Bucks' bench, there are still Sean Livingston, Turkish forward Essen Ilyasova, and the gradually growing No. 10 pick in 15, Larry Sanders.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Jennings showed a strong desire to attack. He hit Paul's defense with the ball many times, but the result was 6 of 1 shots in a single quarter.

CP3 did not have the idea of ​​confronting him at all, but steadily distributed the ball to a position where it was easier to score. However, except for Er Niu and Kawhi, the other Clippers players also did not find the touch in the first quarter. The second shot hit the iron.

At 15:24, the Clippers led by 9 points and entered the second quarter.

In this quarter, Er Niu stood up and took over the game. He scored 15 points in a single quarter, helping the team play a wave of 14:1 attacks, and instantly widened the score gap.

At 39:61, the Clippers led by 22 points at halftime. Although Jennings scored 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists in the halftime, it seemed to suppress Paul's 4 points, 1 rebound, and 3 assists statistically.

But a comparison of efficiency shows that Paul is far better than Jennings. The latter made 10 of 3 shots in the half, while Paul made 3 of 2 shots in the half, playing extremely efficiently.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Bucks stepped up their defense against Er Niu, but the Chinese were still unstoppable on the offensive end.

As long as he wants to attack, neither Al Horford, Gooden, Ilyasova or Sanders on the bench can stop him.

In several low-post double-teams, Er Niu was able to handle the distribution of the ball with ease.

Ruan Erniu, who is not greedy, sent 5 assists in this quarter, of which Kawaii enjoyed 4 of them alone, scored twice under the basket, and made two three-pointers from the wing.

Kawhi made 6 of 4 shots in a single quarter, including 3 of 2 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 14 points in a single quarter, the highest in his career after entering the league.

That is, after this game, Er Niu began to re-examine Kawhi Leonard's role in the Clippers.

If he is only defined as a defensive gate, or a 3D shooter, will it be a waste of the talent of the cute little face paralyzed?

At 25:34, the Clippers once again gained a 9-point advantage in a single quarter.

The Bucks players have tried their best. This is the problem of the gap in strength, which cannot be alleviated by talking about it.

In the last quarter of the game, Jennings finally showed some leadership qualities and led the team to chase points continuously, reducing the score to about 15 points at one point, but the hole dug by the visiting team in the first three quarters was too big and finally failed to fill.

86:112, while the Clippers won four consecutive victories at home, they also gave their opponents a four-game losing streak.

The most amazing performance in this game should be Kawhi, who scored 22 points and 6 rebounds. The 15th overall rookie completed the milestone of 20+ in a single game for the first time in his career.

Quite a rare performance for a rookie player who doesn't currently occupy the ball.

On the other hand, the current problem for the Bucks is not whether Jennings can surpass Paul, but whether they can successfully advance to the playoffs in this shrinking season.

After defeating the Bucks, the Clippers officially ushered in JJ* Redick, who also made his official debut in the next game to Portland.

Clippers and Trail Blazers, these two teams have just played against each other.

Since the Blazers experienced a disastrous away game, they increasingly wanted to save face at home.

The Trail Blazers playing at home did bring the Clippers a lot of trouble. The two teams played quite anxiously, but in the end Ruan Erniu, who scored 50+20 in the game, successfully led the Clippers to win the away game.

To be honest, the Clippers wanted a quick win in this game, but it eventually turned into a war of attrition.

In the next game, the Clippers will fly back to Los Angeles for back-to-back, and their opponent will be the Miami Heat from afar.

Another battle of focus in the new season is about to officially start.

(End of this chapter)