NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 212 Forget it, I’m tired, let’s destroy it
The Kings won the first game easily, but problems were exposed.

Weber actually claimed that he had recurring injuries and needed to rest for 5-20 games!
This is a bit unacceptable.

Players at this time don't have so much business on their minds, and playing 82 games is a badge of honor.

Unless absolutely necessary, no one will choose to be absent from work.

But didn't Webber just have surgery in the offseason?
Didn't we just make a collective decision to brush up Clark's data a few days ago?
Why did he play a game, play for more than ten minutes, and then have to rest again?

What the hell is going on!
No motivation after signing a long-term contract?

Is there no more pursuit of winning a championship?

Although no one said anything, the seeds of dissatisfaction were still planted.

It is even said that there were some clues before this.

Why was Divac organizing last year's Miami party?

Why did everyone get together this year and it was Divac who relayed the head coach’s request?

Because Divac is not only the oldest and most experienced player on this team, he is also the player with the highest attendance for the Kings in recent seasons.

Almost all the time!

Therefore, although Webb is the team boss and has the highest tactical status, the boss in the locker room is actually Divac.

However, there is just an undercurrent, and on the surface everyone still maintains basic unity, because no one can replace Weber's position.

Divac is already old. He simply will not and has no ability to compete for the position of team boss.

Bibby was the team's second-leading scorer last season, but after all, he only came to the Kings for one season and was not able to convince the public.

Stojakovic made rapid progress last year and firmly established himself as the team's second-leading player in the regular season. However, he missed the team's championship run due to injury in the playoffs, and his main position was even challenged by Lu Yuanzhi.

As for Lu Yuanzhi, although he also made rapid progress last year and made great contributions to the team's championship, he is still a rookie after all, and he was also picked at the end of the second round, so he is inherently weaker than others.

Moreover, this year is Lu Yuanzhi's contract year, but the Kings management is still waiting and watching, and has no decisive intention to renew Lu Yuanzhi's contract or help him to take over.

As for Turkoglu, Bobby Jackson and Christie, it is even more impossible!
Several candidates who had the opportunity to challenge Weber restrained each other, forming a fragile balance.

This season everyone wanted to defend their title, but the conflict that seemed about to break out was forcibly suppressed.

Everyone wants to play well, perform well, and rack up statistics this year, but no one is causing trouble at all.

The mutual restraint has turned into positive competition, keeping the team energetic and energetic!
And Weber's absence makes it even more logical to brush up data for Clark!

Clark quickly established himself as the Kings' main power forward.

The next game is on October 10, when the Kings face the Portland Trail Blazers at home.

The Trail Blazers fell quickly. After losing seven bloody games with the Lakers at the beginning of the century, they seemed to have lost their energy and energy, and the team had begun to slide in the direction of a "prison team."

After being defeated cleanly by the Lakers 3-0 in the first round last year, everyone knew that the Trail Blazers had embarked on the road of reconstruction.

But the team's current salary is as high as [-] million US dollars. They can only start to rebuild the team by getting rid of junk contracts and problem players.

Therefore, if the Kings want to trade Clark, the Trail Blazers would be a better target.

After all, in order to deal with O'Neal, the Trail Blazers have accumulated a large number of high-quality insiders.

Well, at least they were excellent insiders until they were traded to the Trail Blazers.

First, Rasheed Wallace was ruled out.Rashid's salary this year is as high as 1620 million, and in the last year next year it will be as high as 1700 million. Are you trading for a championship puzzle, or are you trading for an uncle?
A salary higher than that of Webber will definitely affect the balance of the team.

The second place is to observe Dale Davis.

Davis made his debut with the Pacers and also made a mark for the Pacers. He is 211 centimeters tall and weighs 104 kilograms. Judging from the history of previous confrontations with O'Neal, he can slightly restrict O'Neal and prevent O'Neal from wreaking havoc at the basket.

But that's it.

In the past, Dale Davis was good at shooting from the outside, but in the past two years, the number of shots taken by Davis from the outside has dropped sharply, and since he was born in 1969, his body is also in decline. Can he continue to resist O'Neal this year? There is a big question mark.

The salary level is not a big problem, 806 million. If Clark is traded, the Kings only need to trade away a water cooler keeper to clear up salary space.

The third place is the old Sabonis.

Sabonis is known as the roof of the world. Although he was born in 1964 and is very old this year, in the playoffs last season, he still scored 11.3 points and 8.3 rebounds in the confrontation with O'Neal, which was used to strengthen the Kings' inside line. Being Divac's substitute is still qualified.

And salary is not a big issue. Sabonis is only 685 million this year, which is a greater advantage than Dell Davis.

However, there are also problems. One is the risk of injury. After all, no one can guarantee that a 39-year-old veteran's body can really bear it.

The other thing is that the Trail Blazers don't want to let Sabonis go.

Sabonis has stayed with the Trail Blazers since he landed in the NBA, and he is one of the few players on the prison team who has emerged from the mire and remained untouched. If the Trail Blazers want to rebuild, they will not attack Sabonis.

Finally, what needs attention is the rookie Zach Randolph, who was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 01th overall pick in the first round of 19 on the bench.

This kid is 206 centimeters tall but weighs an astonishing 118 kilograms.

Others may be worried, what if they can’t jump at such a heavy weight?
The Kings don't worry about this problem. The bigger the weight, the better, and the better they can top O'Neal.

According to Randolph's performance in college, he also has a long-range shot. Although last season, as Wallace's substitute, Randolph did not get much playing time, averaging 5.8 minutes per game in the limited time. During his playing time, most of his offense was completed at the basket.

However, the data of 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in 1.7 minutes are still acceptable for a first-year rookie.

What's even better is that I heard that Randolph started drinking and clubbing with the big brothers in the prison team, which made the Blazers management very dissatisfied. Even as a rookie, there is a high possibility that he will be traded.

Randolph, who is on a rookie contract, only has 110 million this year, which is a small burden for the Kings.

promise!
If I trade your good boy Clark for your troubled boy Randolph, I think the Blazers management will laugh out loud.

But, can Randolph really win?
The numbers from last season don't show anything at all, leaving it up to Adelman and several other Kings players to evaluate his performance from the sidelines.

The Kings' starters are Divac, Clark, Stojakovic, Lu Yuanzhi and Bobby Jackson. Except for Bobby Jackson, who is 185 centimeters, the other players are all big men close to 210 centimeters tall.

Lu Yuanzhi replaced Christie, who was recovering from injury, and took up the offensive guard position.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup is much shorter. Their lineup is Dale Davis, Rasheed Wallace, Derek Anderson, Bunch Welsh and the little flying squirrel Damon Stedemeyer. .

The three players are less than 2 meters tall, and the little flying squirrel is only 178 centimeters tall.

The old guy Pippen is sitting on the bench. The new season has just started. It is time for an old guy like him to take a breath and slowly adapt to the rhythm of the game.

However, there is another possibility that Pippen is tired and his heart is tired. These bad boys do not pay attention to him as the boss at all. It takes longer to go to the police station than to the training gym.
Forget it, I’m tired, just destroy it!

Pippen also put aside his ambitions and prepared to lie down.

　Yesterday, Chapter 208 went in temporarily and was released later.

　　Brothers who haven’t seen it, you can check it out!
　　
　
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