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Chapter 315 Trade, the last piece of the Rockets' championship puzzle!Ask for a subscription, a monthly pass during the period!

Chapter 310 Trading, the last piece of the Rockets' championship puzzle!
It's just that, when Marc Gasol's actual personal performance has improved as a whole, it will naturally cause the data performance of some Eagles players to decline.

For example, Szczerbiak, who was able to score close to the All-Star level before 08, dropped by as much as 08 points in January 1.

And Xu Lang's average assists per game has also dropped by nearly two. In January, Xu Lang's average assists per game has only been 1.

This directly caused Xu Lang's previous average of 13.7 assists per game to drop to 1 per game after the end of January.

Fortunately, although the assist data per game has declined, it did not affect Xu Lang's re-election as the best player of the month in the Eastern Conference.

After all, although Xu Lang's assist data per game has dropped, Xu Lang's other data has not.

Even a number of statistics are still on the rise. Throughout January, Xu Lang averaged 1 points, 26.7 rebounds, 10.9 assists, 12.5 blocks, and 1.4 steals in a large triple-double performance.

At least from the data point of view, Xu Lang's performance is not worse than that of the previous two months, and even in some respects it is more comprehensive, better, and more terrifying than the previous two months.

At the same time, after Marc Gasol showed that he has the strength and potential to become the third core point of the Eagles, the overall team framework of the Eagles began to be gradually determined.

Szczerbiak, who was able to serve as the team's second scoring point last season, has also dropped to the team's fourth scoring point this season.

Of course, the decline in Szczerbiak's scoring is a good thing for the Eagles, after all, when Szczerbiak doesn't need to spend too much energy and take on too many tasks on the offensive end.

It can naturally put more of its energy on the defensive end, which makes the Eagles' overall defense stronger and stronger!

Throughout the game in January, the Eagles have ranked first in the Eastern Conference and second in the league in terms of points per game!
Second only to the Spurs, who are currently ranked first in the league.

I don't know why, but the Spurs this season have returned to the game state of the previous few seasons when the whole league is advocating offense!

The Spurs' offensive and defensive balance last season, and even the game performance of offense outweighing defense, has disappeared this season!

So far this season, except for the GDP combination, no player in the entire Spurs has scored in double figures. This has resulted in the Spurs' average scoring this season almost failing to exceed 95 points.

You must know that the Spurs averaged more than 100 points per game last season. Although it was only more than 100 points and a fraction of a point, it was already the season with the highest scoring average for the Spurs in the past ten seasons.

Fortunately, while the average points per game is declining, the Spurs are also in a state of decline in the average points lost per game.

This allowed the Spurs to maintain their second place in the West in this year's wilder West.

It's just that the performance of the Spurs is a bit of a reversal of the truth. After all, the entire NBA league is now reformed and controlled by David Stern, but offense is the top priority.

So far this season, 15 of the three teams in the league have averaged more than 100 points per game, and three teams have averaged more than 110 points per game. This was unimaginable in the NBA ten years ago things.

But in such an environment where offense is paramount, the Spurs did the opposite, using defense as the cornerstone of the team's foundation, which seemed a bit abrupt.

Especially for David Stern, it seems that the rhythm of the game has been brought back to the Spurs three seasons ago, and there is a strong desire to get rid of him.

And it's not just the Spurs, there are also two teams in the East that are also living on defense.

One of them is undoubtedly the Pistons. As a typical defensive team that has been competing with the Spurs in the Finals in the past few seasons, the Pistons' defensive strength this season has remained at a high level.

Especially as Tyson Chandler has become more and more integrated into the Pistons' defensive system, at least the Pistons' defensive performance during the regular season has not lost to the Pistons when Ben Wallace was still there last season. up!
If it weren't for the sudden emergence of the Eagles, the Pistons would also have averaged points per game in a single season for three consecutive seasons and the lowest team in the East.

The third-strongest defensive team in the Eastern Conference under the Hawks and Pistons is the somewhat unexpected Celtics.

After all, the Celtics, which formed the Big Four this season, are the team that many people think may be able to compete for the strongest offensive team this season.

After all, both Iverson and Ray Allen are definitely players who are more offensive than defensive. In fact, the core of the Celtics' team building at the beginning was also based on Iverson and Ray Allen.

It's just the performance of the first 20 games, which proves that the lineup of the Big Four will appear a little unstable if the team is built with Iverson and Ray Allen as the core.

In the end, after several trials, the Celtics finally chose to use Kevin Garnett as the main team building core to re-knead the entire Big Four lineup.

Facts have proved that this choice of the Celtics is correct, after adjusting the team building plan.

The Celtics' record and performance immediately got back on track.

The Celtics also achieved their second ten-game winning streak of the season at the end of January.

And relying on two ten-game winning streaks, the Celtics also surpassed the Pistons and climbed to the second place in the Eastern Conference.

If you only look at the record performance of the Celtics in the past 25 games, the Celtics with 23 wins and 2 losses have even surpassed the Eagles in terms of winning percentage!

It's just that the performance of the Celtics in the first 20 games was a bit too hip.

As a result, although the Celtics have won two ten-game winning streaks in the past 25 games, there is still a huge gap in record with the Eagles.

It's just that as the Celtics' game state began to return to people's expectations and expectations for the Celtics at the beginning of the season, the talk that the Eagles could stably break through from the East began to become less and less.

Although the Eagles have killed the Celtics twice this season, those two games were played in the Celtics' first 30 games.

Since the Celtics recovered, the Eagles and the Celtics have not played against each other.

Therefore, many fans of the Celtics have begun to think that if the Celtics in this state match up against top championship teams like the Eagles, Rockets, and Spurs, the outcome will be the same. The results are likely to be reversed.

In fact, in the past 25 games, the Celtics have completed their revenge on the Spurs.

In that game against the Spurs, the Celtics' Big Four scored 20 points, and the combined score of the four players directly exceeded 90.

It can only be said that the scoring power of the Big Four that is completely glued together on the offensive end is still terrifying.

And what's even more terrifying is that after Kevin Garnett became the core of the Celtics team.

The Celtics not only have amazing explosiveness on the offensive end, but also played the league's top defensive level on the defensive end.

Or if you just look at the data of the Celtics in the past 25 games, the Celtics' average loss efficiency is also not weaker than the Eagles.

So in the past 25 games, the Celtics have achieved the top three in the defensive league, second only to the Eagles and Spurs, and the top three in the offensive league, second only to the Eagles and Rockets.

It is normal for such a Celtics team to be considered a team that is likely to be able to prevent the Eagles from breaking through from the East!

Just as a comparison, the Eagles, who also played the top two in the defensive league in the past 25 games, second only to the Spurs, and second in the offensive league, second only to the Rockets, seem to be a more terrifying existence!
"A Big Four team can't compare to a team that has just entered the second year of rebuilding and has never traded an All-Star-level star."

"The top five teams in the league right now should be ashamed.

Because each of these teams made at least one star-level trade this offseason.

But now occupying the first place in the league, it is the Eagles who have not made any trades throughout the offseason, and even sent one of their core players. "

Spurs: No, wait a minute, me, I'm not traded!

Expert: Heh, you don't have a deal, it's just that no star is willing to go to your place!

"Xu is so similar to Jordan back then. Jordan never traded a particularly top star when he was in the Bulls."

"Most of the main core players of the Bulls' first three consecutive championships were also cultivated by the Bulls themselves. Therefore, I agree with the saying that Xu is the next Jordan to rule the league."

"I suggest that when the future league considers a player's historical status, it also needs to consider the strength of the player's teammates when he won various honors."

"If in the era of giants in the NBA, the Hawks, a team that has no giant-level players at all, dominates the NBA for the next ten years.

The historical status of some players will be seriously affected. "

Allegiapi: Just report my ID card directly!

I don't know if it's because the Celtics fans have been dancing too much recently, which has caused fans of many teams in the league to have great malice towards Celtics fans.

After all, after the Celtics formed the crazy Big Four during the offseason, fans of other teams have already been envious!

Now, this group of guys are still playing around cheaply and ostentatiously, which naturally makes the fans of other teams infinitely jealous and resentful!

Not only that, but there are many older players in the league, especially players who were at their peak in the 80s and 90s.

It is even more critical of the Celtics' grouping behavior when the four players are still at the peak of their careers.

After all, before the Celtics, there were very few super giants in the league who were still at the peak of their careers, directly grouping together to pursue the championship.

Even the F-four lineup of the Lakers back then, Payton and Karl Malone, were both over 35 years old, and they were already at the end of their careers!

Therefore, rather than saying that the Lakers were forming a Big Four lineup, it is better to say that Karl Malone and Payton were holding the thighs of the OK combination!

Just like Barkley hugged Olajuwon's thigh back then!
And that's it, when Karl Malone chose to join the Lakers with a basic salary, he was criticized by many fans and famous NBA players.

When the Celtics had a poor record before, those famous players didn't pay much attention to the Celtics' Big Four lineup.

At most, they just ridiculed the Celtics in private. After this kind of grouping, they still play poorly and have no hope of winning the championship.

But until recently, the Celtics' record began to improve slowly, and the Celtics fans became more and more happy.

The group of famous players who criticized the Lakers' F-four lineup back then stood up again, and began to scold the Celtics, the Big Four, for being too shameless.

That is to say, the Big Four of the Celtics are all players who have been in the league for many years, and they don't care so much about these criticisms and attacks.

After all, when they chose to come to the Celtics together, they had already made plans in advance, and they might be ridiculed by others!

At the same time, these players also know very well that these ridicules will only turn into jealousy after they can win the final championship.

After all, players like those who have won the championship before did not question the Celtics' Big Four lineup too much in public.

In contrast, the Rockets, the second-ranked Rockets in the league that have not traded All-Star players this season, have a much better reputation.

However, although the Rockets' reputation is much better than that of the Celtics, they have fallen into an embarrassing state in terms of team lineup integration.

As I said before, as Yao Ming's proportion and influence in the entire Rockets' tactical system became higher and higher.

McGrady's performance was greatly affected, and in fact, after another month, McGrady still failed to find his new chemical reaction with Yao Ming in his current tactical position.

Fortunately, the more than one month of running-in and merging is not completely ineffective. At least Van Gundy has clearly determined that what the Rockets need now is not McGrady's change, but the lack of a player who can distribute the ball and mediate the offensive conflict between McGrady and Yao Ming. point guard.

It's just that most of the point guards in the league who can do this are not for sale, such as Kidd, Billups and so on.

This allowed the Rockets to find a solution, but failed to complete the relevant transactions as they wished!

After the Rockets played a game against the Bulls, a nearly forgotten Xu Lang's show of the same year appeared in the sight of the Rockets' management and coaching staff!
"Carroll, the Bulls don't agree with us trading the first-round pick for Rondo in the following year. They proposed to include Scola in this deal."

"Fuck, what are they thinking? Tell them Scola is not for sale.

I will add one more second-round pick for next year at most. If they disagree, tell them that we are going to give up this deal. "

After receiving Carol Dawson's response, the Rockets staff immediately turned around and began to re-contact the Bulls' management.

"Damn it, a backup point guard who hasn't played more than 15 minutes per game in the past two years still wants Scola. The Bulls management really wants to eat!"

Carol Dawson thought about Rondo, who was drafted in the same year as Xu Lang, after coming to the Bulls.

He averaged only 5 minutes per game, and averaged only 5.6 points, 3.1 assists, 2.5 rebounds, 0.2 steals, and [-] blocks per game.

There is no way to understand how the Bulls management dared to open their mouths.

It's just that there is no way, and now the Rockets are the party that is more eager to make a deal.

The deal between the Rockets and the Bulls ultimately resulted in the Rockets adding a new bargaining chip, Gerald Green, who averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds per game for the Rockets this season.

Plus the second-round pick in 2009 and the first-round pick in 2010, it was only in exchange for the No. 2006 pick in 16, Rajon Rondo.

It's just that although Rajon Rondo was traded, it will take time and games to prove whether it can solve the offensive conflict between the Rockets and the Yao-Mike combination.

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