One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Nine. My Son Can Be the President of the Knicks.
In the past two years, the NBA has changed head coaches for more than 10 teams each season. The turnover of head coaches is so high, not to mention excellent assistant coaches.
In the past, the annual salary of the chief assistant coach was about 1 million US dollars, and more than 1.5 million US dollars was considered high.
But in the past two years, the annual salary of the chief assistant coach has been almost 4 million US dollars, which made McHale, who was paid 4 million US dollars for 3 years to coach the Rockets, tearful...
What Sun Ce couldn't understand was that the Knicks had a stable record in the past two years, D'Antoni's coaching was also good, and they made achievements in the playoffs. They are not without the ability to fight against the championship teams... Could it be that the Knicks owner thinks that their current lineup can win the championship? Do you think D'Antoni's coaching is not good?
Sun Ce really doesn't understand the brain circuit of the Knicks owner! I also don't understand the brain circuit of the Zen Master a little bit...
However, if David Fizdale has the opportunity to be the head coach, he may consider going, but even if he goes, it will be after the end of this season. There is no need to rush for the time being, and this is something that the management and coaching staff need to consider.
Sun Ce didn't have a chance to think deeply. On the morning of February 4, Sun Ce had just returned to Memphis with the team when he saw the news about last night's opponent, and it was explosive news!
Just after getting off the plane, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson and Paul George, two teammates who had worked together for many years, were chatting while pushing their luggage.
The team had staff to centrally transport the luggage, but the three of them liked this kind of travel-like feeling to relieve the boredom brought by the centralized game.
In this era, it is too normal to glance at the phone while chatting.
But it would be better if he didn't look at it. Klay Thompson originally wanted to ask a new girl out tonight to add a spot to his stamp album, but he saw the Twitter push of WOJ, whom he followed!
"Third brother, Paul, look, Noah has been traded!"
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At 10:55 am on February 4, 2016, the Knicks and the Bulls reached a deal.
The Bulls sent Joakim Noah and got Trevor Ariza, Robin Lopez, and Kevin Seraphin from the Knicks.
Hard trade, no draft picks, and the deal was done directly.
According to sources, the Bulls originally wanted to trade Chandler Parsons directly, but the Knicks were unwilling to give up the 27-year-old young talent who was in his prime.
They only agreed to the deal after giving Ariza, the veteran who will be 31 this summer, and Robin Lopez and Serafin.
Looking at the news of the deal and the very real inside story of the deal, Sun Ce fell into deep thought... When he came to the parking lot and was about to separate from the double 3D, Sun Ce said: "Paul, Klay, is the salary of the Knicks president so easy to get? I don't think my son would do such a stupid thing if he became the president of the Knicks."
Hearing Sun Ce's words, Klay Thompson responded: "It's really stupid. What does the Bulls want by trading Noah?"
Paul George agreed with his partner.
"..."
At this moment, Sun Ce equated Klay Thompson and Paul George's IQ with that of Little Gohan...
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that everyone thinks that the Knicks are right to keep Parsons, and everyone thinks that the Bulls are at a loss... But they can't see the inefficiency of Noah's performance, which has only played 29 games this season due to injuries, averaging 5.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game? Can't they see that Chandler Parsons' data is only 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game?
But then he thought, it seems that Chris Wallace of their team in the original time and space was also blind, giving Chandler Parsons 90 million for 4 years. The Zen Master not only brought back Noah and Rose from the Bulls, but also gave them a maximum salary extension before the salary cap skyrocketed, as if he felt that he had made a fortune by renewing the maximum salary before the salary cap skyrocketed...
Sun Ce estimated that he had foresight and had such an opinion. If you look at it from a normal perspective, these two people are actually very valuable in people's eyes at this stage, while Ariza, Lopez Jr. and Serafin are not valuable...
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As Sun Ce expected, the Knicks traded for Noah, and Noah recovered well after the physical examination. After the transaction was approved, at noon on February 5, the Knicks could not wait to offer Noah a 5-year 95 million contract extension.
It is said that the Knicks are also ready to offer a maximum salary to the handsome Chandler Parsons, but Chandler Parsons is unwilling to sign a 5-year contract now, but is ready to shorten it to a 4-year maximum salary in the new salary cap and the extended labor agreement in the summer.
The money for 4 years is about the same as that for 5 years, so of course he wants 4 years.
The news that Sun Ce saw was that the Knicks seemed to agree to renew the contract in the summer...
Dragic, who was far away in New York, suddenly had a strange feeling, as if he was sympathized by others? What is there for him to be sympathized with! Noah is here! Another strong player in the interior! In his opinion... or in the opinion of people at present, it is equivalent to exchanging Lopez for Noah, a huge profit!
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The Knicks traded for Noah and renewed his contract and promised to renew the contract with Chandler Parsons with a maximum salary. Sun Ce watched the excitement during the day and had to play games at night.
115 to 101, the Grizzlies steadily defeated the visiting Timberwolves, improving their record to 46 wins and 8 losses.
Seeing that a wave of winning streak was about to start, on February 6th, the Grizzlies played the second game of back-to-back home and away games against the Thunder. The Grizzlies lost 97-118, and their record was tied by the Spurs!
When Durant scored 27 points, Kanter scored 20 points and 14 rebounds, Adams had 15 points and 7 rebounds, Dion Waiters had 16 points, Westbrook had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 16 assists... It's hard to lose.
Although Sun Ce scored a game-high 37 points and Klay Thompson also had 23 points, he was beaten inside by the opponent during the rest period.
Sun Ce was a little depressed after losing, but after playing for so many years, he has long been used to losing games. Even if they were better than last season, they still lost 7 games in one season.
The key is that after playing 54 games this season, he clearly felt that their strength was indeed not as good as last season!
Maybe they still have a strength advantage when playing the Thunder with all the main players, but it's not that big, and if the other team performs with all the main players on offense and defense like tonight, it will be very difficult for the Grizzlies to win... This feeling reminds Sun Ce Three years ago, in the 2012-13 season, this was the case when they experienced their first title-defending season. That year, they had no home court advantage in the playoffs. It was precisely because of their declining strength that they could not guarantee their regular season record in order to ensure their health.
But being able to notice this, Sun Ce felt that experience was indeed very important, because if he could take this into consideration, he would not panic or be confused.
He is the backbone of the team. If he is not messed up, the team will not be messed up.
After the game with the Thunder, Sun Ce returned to Memphis with the team to rest for a day. On the 8th, he defeated the Pelicans 98-81. This time he went directly to defense to ensure that he would not lose in a row, improving his record to 47-9. burden.
On February 10, the Grizzlies defeated the visiting Clippers 121-106 at home. Sun Ce scored 40+ points in a single game for the 20th time this season, scoring 44 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 1 block. , helped the Grizzlies improve their record to 48 wins and 9 losses. The Spurs ushered in their 10th loss of the season. The Grizzlies are currently ranked second in the league and of course second in the Western Conference.
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"Third brother, our record this year is so bad... Do you think we have lost 10 games before even playing the All-Star game?"
Randolph imitated Paul George's name and called Sun Ce to sigh.
"If you were two years younger, we wouldn't have lost so much."
"There's nothing I can do! I've been fighting for 15 years, what can I do?"
"What you said makes sense..."
Old teammates have long been used to the mysterious exchanges between Sun Ce and Randolph.
But even though the newcomers have worked together for most of the regular season, they are still not used to it.
For example, when David West heard Randolph complain about a poor record of 48 wins and 9 losses...is this human talk? Although he experienced a half-season record of 44 wins and 7 losses, he never achieved a record of 48 wins and 9 losses, because after the All-Star break that year, the Pacers he was on at the time lost their back pressure due to the absence of Granger. There was a conflict in the locker room and it collapsed.
However, after the collapse, most of the Pacers seem to be doing poorly now.
After losing to the Thunder yesterday, the Grizzlies rushed to catch a plane early this morning. With such a tight schedule, the depression of losing really couldn't last long.
Moreover, the next opponent also prevented them from focusing on the previous game. The next opponent may be their opponent in the finals-the Bulls!
The God of Basketball VS the Two Evils. David West, who is older and had watched the 1998 Finals, felt very awkward when he thought of going to Chicago to play against the Two Evils.
He is not a Jordan fan, but a fan of Shuangsha. It would be best if he could kill the Bulls... But the Bulls are now a fan of Shuangsha! Awkward but excited, David West feels even weirder...
On the other side, after fooling around with Randolph for a while, Sun Ce began to look at the recent situation of the Bulls, focusing on comparing the situation before and after trading away Noah.
Sun Ce feels that the Bulls are really very realistic. They may have determined the impact of Noah's injury, and he will definitely be able to recover. However, in terms of the impact on explosive power, movement speed, etc., Sun Ce estimates that the Bulls will definitely not be able to fully recover from the injury. He has recovered, otherwise he would not give up a center who has been competing for the best defensive player in the past few years.
Putting that aside, Sun Ce discovered how big of an assist the Knicks gave the Bulls.
Lopez is in his prime and healthy! Ariza has enhanced the Bulls' wing defense and three-point ability, and Seraphim's pick-and-roll cutting ability is also excellent...Sun Ce just doesn't understand. The Bulls initially just wanted to trade Noah for Chandler Parsons. , why did Zen Master give these three brothers to the Bulls? Was it because he tortured Sloan too harshly at first and now his conscience shows up?
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