NBA: About Me Being Reincarnated As Yasuo, the Wind Walker

Chapter 179 – Hollow Into The Network

nba: About me reincarnated into Haifeng Yasuo 179 hollow into the net

The first quarter is over.

The Trail Blazers led 31:26 with their efficient offense.

In the second quarter, the Rockets started to get serious.

As they were determined to stir up a bloodbath in the playoffs last season, they were eliminated by the Trail Blazers in the first round. For the Rockets, this is dissatisfaction and extreme anger.

They all regarded the Blazers as the target of revenge. The management of the Rockets even took down the beast Ron Artest in the offseason in order to restrain Zhang Jun and successfully revenge.

Therefore, after being led by the Trail Blazers in the first quarter, the Rockets immediately made adjustments. They won the main players such as Sean Battier, Ralph Alston, and Luis Scola in the second quarter.

As for the Trail Blazers, the rotation players were originally in the first quarter, so naturally they can only play role players during this time period.

It was River LaFrentz, Josh McRoberts and even Steve Francis.

Looking at the appearance of Steve Francis who has gained a lot of weight, Yu Jia couldn’t help but joked: “Boss Fu is only allowed to play in the preseason now, and it is estimated that he will appear in the regular season and playoffs. Extremely limited.”

“Those Chinese fans who like Boss Fu, this time should also take a good look at Boss Fu’s final performance on the court. After all, after the end of this season, his contract will expire.”

Yu Jia said it very cryptically, but it was true.

If nothing else, Steve Francis will bid farewell to the NBA after finishing his last year’s big contract.

Of course, he also has the opportunity to fight for another year with a basic salary contract, teach rookie players as a veteran, and impart his valuable experience in the workplace for more than ten years.

It’s just that the chances of Steve Francis staying in the Trail Blazers with a basic salary are slim.

Because the youngsters of the Trail Blazers have grown very well, Zhang Jun, Luo Yin, and Aldridge can already play the leading roles alone. At this time, what they want is not veteran experience, but immediate combat power on the court to help them Go a step further in the playoffs and make up for the regrets of last season.

on the pitch.

Luis Scola took whatever he wanted from the inside line of the Trail Blazers. He used his post-up singles and excellent footwork to get to the basket many times with ease, and he could also use his stable mid-range shots to help the team complete the offense.

“Last season, the Trail Blazers’ interior was already riddled with holes, and the series against the Lakers was even worse.”

“I thought that their management would upgrade and strengthen the inside during the offseason, but they almost still used the lineup of last season, but let Jarrett Jack go because of salary pressure.”

Jarrett Jack is of course a more capable point guard than Steve Blake, but in the Trail Blazers team, there are too many ball-holding points and the ability of the ball-handler is too strong. Ability characteristics have not been fully utilized.

Of course, Jarrett Jack has no intention of leaving the Trail Blazers, and he very much hopes to stay with this team, but the Trail Blazers management still traded him from the perspective of the team.

The Indiana Pacers only used a second-round pick to get him. The biggest benefit of this deal to the Trail Blazers is that it can save a salary of nearly 5 million, and more importantly, it can save the total salary of the new season. below the luxury tax line.

Think about it, the highest salary in the Trail Blazers is Francis, who hardly plays, and the main players on the court, Zhang Jun, Luo Yin, and Aldridge, are still under child labor contracts. How low is the total salary.

In fact, apart from Francis, there is no player in the Trail Blazers with a salary of more than 10 million.

Yu Jia thinks that the management of the Trail Blazers is a bit frugal. After all, they reached the Western Conference Finals last season and pulled such a strong Lakers team to the edge of the cliff several times.

Any team that wants to make a difference in the playoffs will make substantial reinforcements in this situation, but the management of the Trail Blazers did the opposite. Instead of reinforcements, they actively released Salary pressure.

Su Qun saw what Yu Jia was thinking, and explained at this time: “The management of the Trail Blazers is preparing for the team’s salary for next season.”

“Releasing salary pressure is also to cut off the luxury tax for many years in advance, and to plan for the team’s salary stability in the next few years.”

“Looking at the performance of Aldridge and Luo Yin last season, there are definitely a lot of teams willing to pay maximum salaries for them during the offseason.”

“So are you going to keep the Trail Blazers or not?”

“If you want to stay, you have to match the contract. This is also a concern of the Trail Blazers management.”

“They are afraid that Luo Yin and Aldridge will enter the signing window at the same time during the off-season next year. If other teams come to offer maximum salary contracts to grab people, and the Blazers cannot match them, then it will be a complete waste of money. Both empty.”

This scene is not unprecedented in history.

Back then, the Warriors managed to cultivate a great general, Gilbert Arenas. In 2003, they also spent all their salary space and offered a middle-class contract.

Unexpectedly, the Washington Wizards suddenly came out halfway, and they offered Arenas an incremental contract with a starting salary of 8.5 million. In the era when 11 million was the maximum salary contract, this contract was really full of sincerity.

After the Warriors faced such an upright robbing by the Wizards, they tried every means to contact other teams for trades, and wanted to release the salary space in the team, but unfortunately, there was no one team in that summer. The team is willing to trade with the Warriors, and in the end they can only watch Gilbert Arenas leave.

The latter quickly became the core of the Wizards and led the team to very good results.

Seeing such a performance, the Warriors’ management was naturally heartbroken.

Yu Jia calmed down and nodded. There are many problems in the management of the team that he really couldn’t think of. It’s just that as a pure basketball fan, he felt that he could reach the Western Conference finals last season, but this season he actively weakened the development of the team’s own strength. It is indeed a pity for the latter team.

On the court, the second quarter of the game has been played, and there are no surprises in the ending.

The Rockets not only pulled back the score, but also took the lead with 62:58.

The third quarter of the game.

Both Yu Jia and Su Qun looked forward to the field, and the fans watching the game in front of the TV were also eager to see Zhang Jun play after a whole off-season.

But when they waited until the Trail Blazers came up with the starting lineup for the first quarter, they really got a little impatient.

“Don’t tell me, it’s already the third quarter and we are not allowed to play. All of us are waiting for Zhang Jun.”

“Don’t even mention that he didn’t play at this time. Maybe Zhang Jun won’t play in the fourth quarter. Today’s game is over like this.”

Hearing this, Yu Jia was not happy. He asked, “Director Su, is there such a thing as activating a player in the team roster but not allowing him to play?”

Su Qun said: “This kind of thing is normal in the playoffs, but it is relatively rare in the regular season, and it is even rarer in the preseason.”

“After all, a player is activated in the big list, which means that he has to make sufficient preparations in advance to play the game.”

“Most coaches will also let players come up and walk around during the regular season or preseason. No matter how much time they play, they must not disappoint each player’s pre-match preparation.”

Yu Jia said angrily: “Let me just say, if the Trail Blazers don’t let Zhang Jun play tonight, it would be a bit unreasonable.”

Trail Blazers coaching bench.

At this time, Nate McMillan and Monty Williams were not struggling with whether Zhang Jun would appear or not.

“It’s our fourth game and we’ve tried every player and every team strategy.”

“And the result is that when Zhang Jun, Aldridge, and Luo Yin are not on the court, we can’t beat anyone.”

Monty Williams said with some frustration.

Last season they at least had Jarrett Jack. When Zhang Jun, Aldridge, and Luo Yin were not on the court, his personal offense could also help the team stabilize the situation.

But now the Trail Blazers management has actually traded Jarrett Jack away, which caused the Trail Blazers to lose a ball holder, so that Zhang Jun, Aldridge, and Luo Yin will be on the court more easily. be targeted.

It’s fine if the three are on the court at the same time, but if they’re not on the court at the same time, the Trail Blazers can’t beat the rotation of any team in the league.

They were an extremely good second team team last season!

“What I am most worried about now is that without Jarrett Jack, when Zhang Jun is completely empty on the outside, we will have no better way to deal with it. We can only take Luo Yin or Aldridge in advance.”

Nate McMillan took a deep breath and said.

The Trail Blazers currently have no one who can hold the ball except Zhang Jun, Aldridge, and Luo Yin. To put it bluntly, the team is all a group of shooter forts, lacking personal offensive ability, and basically relying on teammates to feed them.

In the playoffs of last season, the Trail Blazers were led by Zhang Jun to forcibly feed the second team, which once made the entire Western Conference terrified.

In that lineup, Steve Blake and Jarrett Jack are very important roles, and their three-pointers are also extremely threatening.

But now, Jarrett Jack was traded away, Steve Blake had to be pushed to the starting position, so who will replace him?

nobody!

Nate McMillan is very sure of this, so the scene where the Trail Blazers were able to subdue their opponents with a bombardment in the second quarter frequently last season may not appear again.

More importantly, even if the shooting level of the Trail Blazers rotation was so terrifying last season, opponents would still choose to empty Zhang Jun from beyond the three-point line or double-team Zhang Jun in advance.

“Now, I’m afraid Zhang Jun’s good days are coming to an end. His weakness of not having three points will be infinitely magnified by these opponents.”

In the playoffs, the competition is who has fewer weaknesses and stronger strengths, and Nate McMillan knows this very well.

on the pitch.

Because Luo Yin and Aldridge are not on the playing list tonight, the Trail Blazers can only hold the ball by others at this time.

Nicolas Batum had a few brilliant passing performances on the court, but then he was marked by the opponent and made a mistake.

Batum is still too young, inexperienced, and has not formed a very good chemical reaction with his teammates. It is impossible to hand over the heavy responsibility of holding the ball to him.

At the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers had 10 turnovers in a single quarter and were already behind the Rockets by double digits 74:84.

At this time, Nate McMillan was disheartened and said: “Forget it, the team’s overall ball control ability is only like this now, there is no need to continue to experiment.”

“Let Zhang Jun play, let’s see if this kid’s breakthrough and mid-distance progress have improved this season. I don’t want him to be lazy during the off-season.”

Nate McMillan finally planned to let Zhang Jun play. Zhang Jun sat under the court for a long time, his hands were itchy, and he even fell asleep.

Coincidentally, the Houston fans at the scene had the same emotions as Zhang Jun. When they saw Zhang Jun finally appear on the stage, these Houston fans unexpectedly burst into extremely warm applause.

“It’s finally on the stage!”

“Look! Even fans in Houston really want to see Zhang Jun play. One can imagine how many fans all over the world are looking forward to this moment.”

Yu Jia finally waited until Zhang Jun played, not to mention how happy he was.

Su Qun also expects that Zhang Jun can produce some off-season results. After all, in his opinion, Zhang Jun has the talent to become a super giant in the league. If he fails to work hard to fully display his talent on the court, then It’s a pity.

On the court~www.mtlnovel.com~Chan Ningfu patted Zhang Jun on the head and said, “Dude, you just go inside and kill them. If they let me go, pass the ball to me. Let me use the three-pointer to teach me a lesson.” them.”

James Jones also trotted over and said, “Don’t forget me, this game was aggrieved, and no one passed the ball to me. Taking advantage of the preseason, I also want to shoot a few more three-pointers to find my hand.”

Zhang Junyi nodded and said, “Okay, then you have to be ready.”

This was the first time Batum watched Zhang Jun play on the court. Although Zhang Jun had taught Batum a lot during the team training, he knew that Zhang Jun did not use his full strength.

So at this time, Batum is also looking forward to how good this guy who won the league’s scoring title in his rookie season is on the court.

The sideline referee blows his whistle and the game continues.

The Trail Blazers naturally handed the ball to Zhang Jun, and the opposing Rockets defended him with his old opponent, Chuck Hayes.

Chuck Hayes saw Zhang Jun holding the ball, and the opponent looked very serious, and the Trail Blazers are now behind by double digits, so Chuck Hayes is very sure that Zhang Jun will come up For real.

Chuck Hayes quickly retreated to the free throw line, and then reminded his teammates left and right.

“Come on, cheer up, I’ll double-team and help defend this kid when he comes in later.”

“His breakthrough is no joke.”

“You also have to pay attention to the mid-range. Zhang Jun’s mid-range shot is already at the top level in the league.”

Standing two steps away from the three-point line, Zhang Jun looked at Chuck Hayes who was still reminding him left and right. He didn’t even bother to pay attention to the opponent, and just opened his hands from the outside to shoot, as if he was doing shooting training.

Swish!

The basketball is hollow into the net.