From South China Tiger to NBA King

After the game against the Suns, there was no time to rest, so the whole team came to Los Angeles without stopping.

While the Celtics were preparing for the game in Los Angeles, the NBA official website suddenly released news of a trade.

The main parties to this deal are the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies.

The specific transaction content is that the Celtics sent Terry Rozier, Gordon Hayward, two future second-round draft picks to the Celtics, and acquired Marc Gasol and JaMychal from the Toronto Grizzlies. ·Green.

Hayward and Rozier were still training at the time. Due to the sudden trade, they had to stop training and rush to Memphis from Los Angeles.

The transaction happened suddenly. Even Jianghu had no expectations and did not receive any news before the transaction took place.

Although he had originally proposed a trade with Angie, the trade partners he wanted were Valanciunas of the Raptors and Marc Gasol of the Grizzlies.

But he didn't expect that the transaction would be completed so smoothly and quickly. It was completed within a few games of the start of the season.

In the original history, Valanciunas and Marc Gasol finally completed the exchange. Valanciunas went from the Raptors to the Grizzlies, and Marc Gasol, the Bear King, went from Memphis to Toronto. Eventually the swap was completed.

And in Jianghu's memory, the transaction was completed probably in February 19, which was probably a buzzer-beating transaction before the trade deadline.

This time, the time for the transaction was greatly advanced. Of course, this is related to the fact that the Celtics paid better chips.

Compared to what the Raptors paid for Valanciunas, Miles, and Wright, the chips the Celtics offered are undoubtedly more attractive.

Although this deal seems like the Celtics have paid more, in fact it is still a deal where the Celtics and Grizzlies each get what they need.

The Grizzlies' goal this year is undoubtedly to mess up. They want to get the top two picks because they are interested in two talented players from the United States this year. , the "enhanced version of confrontation ability" Zion Williams, and the other is Ja Morant, known as the "Second Generation of Rose".

These two are players that the Grizzlies have been observing for a long time. If they get any one of them, they can serve as the cornerstone of their team and build the team around them.

Moreover, the existence of Marc Gasol is also considered by the Grizzlies to hinder the growth of newcomer Jaren Jackson Jr. in the team. Hayward and the others can use it as a temporary leader and let him improve the statistics. If the statistics are good, they can continue to do so. If traded for the first round, Rozier is young and can be sold or kept at a high salary. Due to various advantages, they finally made this transaction.

The reason for the Celtics' trade is also very simple. Hayward and Rozier are somewhat redundant in the team.

After Hayward's injury, his athletic ability has obviously dropped a lot compared to before, and his position is a forward. At the forward position, the Celtics already have Jiang Hu and Leonard, and Jaylen Brown also Needing space to practice, Hayward's position seems very awkward.

Although he can play without the ball, 3000 million a year as the fourth boss is too luxurious. The Celtics don't need players at the forward position at all. On the contrary, their inside line is not strong enough and needs to be supplemented.

The reason why Rozier was traded is the same. Most of the starting lineup is Jianghu holding the ball. When Jianghu is not holding the ball, Leonard and Jaylen Brown can also hold the ball. The rookie SGA has great potential, and he also You need to have enough ball rights on the bench to exercise your abilities, so Rozier's presence seems a bit redundant.

More importantly, Marc Gasol's contract is expiring, and Hayward's contract still has three years. Ainge cannot accept that Hayward will eventually die in his hands due to his decline. Rather than doing this, it is better to take advantage of the fact that there is still value. Time to sell.

It has to be said that Anji is a businessman through and through. In the business field, he is completely merciless and only cares about interests.

Anji's operation also received criticism from many fans. Most people said that although the NBA is a business, it still needs some human touch. Anji's approach was too cold-blooded.

"Too cold-blooded, Angie is too mean!!"

"It is said that Hayward had many choices at the time. Angie persuaded him for two days and went to his home in person before inviting him over. As a result, he was sold without any use value!!"

"He was a free agent who took the initiative to join. He suffered a serious injury because of you, but you changed hands and sold him??"

"The Celtics are a disappointing team. If you sell Hayward, who took the initiative to join, no one will take the initiative to join you in the future!!"

After the transaction, both Rozier and Hayward expressed their dissatisfaction on social media.

Hayward liked a tweet that read: "The NBA is a business. Anyone who talks about loyalty to me in the future will be foolish. You are loyal to the capitalists, but the capitalists are thinking about what you can get in exchange." !!”

Rozier was more direct. He directly posted a picture of a selfie showing his middle finger, an internationally recognized gesture, on Twitter to express his dissatisfaction with the deal.

Think about it, anyone who is traded from a championship team to a bad team, or a city like Memphis, will be dissatisfied. If it is Jianghu, maybe everyone in the Celtics will be on his blacklist. .

As a team leader, Jiang Hu still had to express his feelings about the departure of his teammates. He posted a video highlight of the game between the two wearing Celtic jerseys on Twitter, and sent some blessing words.

Jiang Hu's Twitter followers currently reach 9200 million. In the entire league, his number of followers is second only to James' and his influence is very large.

As soon as his content was posted, it immediately received hundreds of thousands of reposts and comments, and most of the comments were relatively normal.

A small number of people made weird accusations in the comment area.

Jianghu noticed one of the remarks, which said:
"This guy is a typical oriental hypocrite. This is a deal that he led, but he pretends to be reluctant to part with it!!"

It's not the statement itself that makes people feel uncomfortable, because public figures like Jiang Hu are like this themselves. They are paid attention to by many people, and they naturally have to be discussed by them. There are both good and bad, but Jiang Hu mostly doesn't care.

What caught Jiang Hu's attention was the person who made this comment. There was a small blue official Twitter hook below the person's profile picture, and he looked familiar.

When Jiang Hu clicked on it, he found that the person who was criticizing him was not someone else, but an NBA player, and it was the Clippers player he would play against tomorrow - Patrick Beverley.

This player, who is known for his loud mouth, focused his firepower on Jianghu today.

Jiang Hu clicked on his homepage and saw two latest messages.

"Jiang Hu can become the champion and MVP because he is Asian. The NBA needs ratings in Asia. This is the biggest reason!!"

"Tomorrow is a face-to-face fight, and I will show him how powerful I am!!"

Beverly surfed the Internet crazily and constantly criticized the world.

He knew what he said sounded like a lunatic, but he didn't care. What he wanted was attention. There was no doubt that his operation instantly gained huge attention.

After he tweeted, he immediately made the headlines on major sports platforms, and the game between the Celtics and Clippers attracted huge attention.

Jianghu didn't respond to Beverley's trash talk because he believed that arguing with such a player was simply lowering his own standards.

On October 10, the Celtics challenged the Los Angeles Clippers away from home.This game was broadcast live on ESPN across the United States, and it was a very interesting focus showdown.

The farce between Mad Dog Beverley and the God of Eastern Basketball can attract the attention of many fans as long as these two play against each other.

Before the game, many fans speculated about what they would say and felt that they would not play the game like nothing happened.

For example, Jianghu asked: "Are you a mad dog that bites people when nothing happens?" Beverly said: "You are a mad dog, and your whole family is a mad dog."

The league arranged this live broadcast, of course, not to watch a fight between the two, but because it thought it would be a bit of a gimmick to attract more attention.

Of course, Celtics games have never lacked attention.

This season, the Celtics have the most live games in the United States. President Adam Silva is very satisfied with the Celtics' style of play, praising offense and star players scoring crazy points.

Although the president does not want to see local stars being beaten by the world, he must admit that the Celtics played well.Compared with the smooth Celtics, the games of other strong teams seemed not strong enough.

Jianghu's game data exploded some time ago, and people speculated that Jianghu was stimulated and this game will also score points.After Beverly talked trash, he definitely didn't want to watch Jiang Hu score super high points, and he would also work hard on the defensive end.

In the locker room, Clippers head coach Rivers emphasized defensive tactics and asked the players to resolutely double-team and not allow Beverley to admit the defensive pressure alone.

Although Beverley's defense is very strong and can make Durant lose his mind, defending the world is definitely not Beverley's problem alone, but the common task and the highest task of the whole team.

Rivers' idea is: he would rather let others shoot easily than let Jiang Hu score high points. Even if they lose the game, they will admit it. They really don't want to see Jiang Hu press them to the ground and rub them.

Rivers was scared. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen such a pervert averaging 40 points per game. Jordan's peak season was only 37.1 points, and when he scored 37 points, he averaged only 5.5 assists per game. , where is Jianghu?Averaged 13 assists per game…

What a fucking pervert she is, she is so perverted.

After arranging the tactics, Adelman looked at Beverley with sharp eyes, thought for a while and said nothing.He knew that there were some things that didn't need to be said. Beverly, this mad dog, was absolutely full of desire to fight and didn't need to be said at all.

Most black people in the United States bully the weak and fear the strong. When their opponents are strong, they shrink back.Nowadays, the craziness of the world is boundless and the popularity is extremely high. Beverly is very excited. He is not an ordinary black man and deserves the nickname of mad dog.

In the home team's locker room, Stevens laid out tactics, but had no intention of letting Jiang Hu take more shots.

"Jiang, the Clippers will definitely prevent you from taking action in this game. You have attracted double teams and passed the ball more. Kawhi should pay attention to doing more running, doing more running, catching and shooting, and cutting inside. Others Be ready to catch and shoot.”

Stevens said to Leonard again: "Kawhi, don't be too obsessed with defense. You have many ways to help the team. Use your scoring ability and we will play better."

Leonard nodded. He didn't expect that there would be a coach who would let him take more shots. This was something he couldn't even imagine in San Antonio.

Everyone on the team can see that when the Jianghu attracts double teams, Leonard plays a greater role when attacking with the ball than catching and shooting.

If he performs superbly when Jiang Hu is double-teamed, he can definitely put the opponent in a dilemma. Leonard takes off when double-teamed by Jiang Hu. Jiang Hu's catching and shooting is also very accurate, and it is easy for the opponent to guard against him. Confused.

The players came out on time to warm up, and CCTV5 broadcast the game live. The ratings were even higher. Even the game on Thursday had super high ratings, which made people suspect that many people skipped work and classes.

Zhang Weiping said: "Jianghu has been in particularly strong form since the start of the season. Faced with Beverley's crazy provocation, Jianghu doesn't know if he can score another high score today."

Yu Jia said: "Of course he can. As long as he wants to, 40 points is not difficult. We can look forward to it."

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "40 points is not a high score for him. After all, his average score is 40 points per game. I think a game of at least 50 points is good to watch."

40 points is considered a high score for Leonard, because his career high is less than 50 points.

During the warm-up, Leonard's shooting touch was good. Jiang Hu walked up to him and said, "Kawhi, you are in good condition today. Take more shots and try to score the highest score in your career."

"We play like we did in training?" Leonard laughed.

"Yes, make more moves and I will definitely see you. This is your hometown, beat them up and don't be polite to them." Jiang Hu and Leonard exchanged fists.

In the original time and space, Leonard would be the leader of this Clippers team in the future, but the overall health of his team has always been unsatisfactory. Either he was injured or his teammates were injured.

Now seeing a healthy Leonard playing against the Clippers and possibly scoring high points, Jianghu feels a perverted pleasure for no reason.

Jianghu feels that if he always racks up points, he will definitely offend his teammates. Letting his teammates gain some achievements can make them more active, so why not do it.

After a simple warm-up, the game started quickly.

The Celtics start with five forwards: point guard Jiang Hu, shooting guard Jaylen Brown, small forward Leonard, power forward Morris Jr., and center Horford.

The Clippers' starting lineup is relatively orthodox: point guard Patrick Beverley, shooting guard Avery Bradley, small forward Tobias Harris, power forward Danilo Gallinari, center Marcin ·Gortat.

Horford hit a jump ball for the win and the game started.

Jianghu first reached the right corner, and then under Horford's screen, he ran 70 degrees outside the three-point line and received Leonard's pass.

Beverley and Gallinari immediately double-teamed Jianghu from the outside.

The Celtics started to follow the usual offensive routine. After Jaylen Brown passed the ball, he ran to the left. Bradley defended Jaylen Brown. He was at a disadvantage in terms of height and confrontation. Jianghu passed the ball to Jaylen Brown. Singles are opportunities.

Brown attracted a lot of defensive attention from the Clippers.

Jiang Hu took the ball and changed direction to the middle, passing the ball to Leonard, who found a cover from the left and cut inside.Leonard caught the ball and made an emergency jumper in the corner of the left penalty area. Harris couldn't cover it, Gortat didn't guard it, and the ball naturally fell into the basket.

Celtics 2 to 0 Clippers.

Gortat didn't dare to go out to help defend the defender. Horford cut from the right side. Although he didn't have the ball, could he let it go?His choice cannot be said to be wrong. If he saves the ball and Leonard passes the ball to Horford, it will be a dunk opportunity. Gallinari, who is double-teamed, will definitely not be able to return to defense in time.

Jianghu naturally sent out the first assist of the game. The Celtics' offense was too smooth.

(End of this chapter)