One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-One. Thanos Special Case?
Bringing a team that started off badly and just improved but then went through a trade that almost required the entire team to adjust its play to 50 wins, Harden's performance in the middle and late stages of this season can be said to be very good, and in the final moments of the regular season, Harden's average points per game increased to 30.1 points, although Sun Ce's quadruple-double in that game stole all the limelight...
But when it came to the end of the season, fans saw that Harden's average points per game soared from 25 points per game at the beginning of the season to 30.1 points per game, which was a greater improvement than Sun Ce's improvement from the middle to the end of this season! Although Harden's hit rate was average, 45+39, it was not bad, a standard for a scorer averaging 30+ per game, a complete exception like Sun Ce.
And the most important thing is Harden's performance after firing on all cylinders!
A superstar with stable breakthrough scoring, skilled mid-range singles, excellent three-point shooting, and comprehensive scoring ability!
In this transition period when the lords retire and Thanos is coming, Harden has truly become one of the MVP candidates.
This year's MVP competition is very lively. Griffin is the biggest favorite, but he has Rose and Wade by his side, and the data of these two are not bad. After all, the Bulls are a dual-core team, unlike the Grizzlies who sacrificed collectively to achieve the god of basketball... In general, Griffin and Rose are equally strong. Rose sacrificed to Wade, another ball-handling pick-and-roll player, not Griffin. The two complement each other.
So, in the three seasons of averaging triple-doubles, Westbrook became the MVP favorite for the first time by averaging triple-doubles. Now the average triple-double has not become a "negative" data. It is estimated that the meeting will be officially opened after the playoffs.
Harden has also become the MVP favorite by averaging 30+ and leading the team to win 50 wins. There are also Evans of the Nets, Thomas of the Celtics, Lillard of the Trail Blazers, and James, who is the second favorite for MVP every year.
This year's MVP competition really feels like a group of heroes competing for the throne. Many people have a chance, but those with good records and good helpers are not like the Grizzlies. Those with good data can only be said to have reached the threshold of competing for MVP, and there is no absolute chance.
This situation is also what the league wants to see, because fans will quarrel, which represents traffic!
Fans are also very excited about this. Although Sun Ce has attracted many fans in recent years, more people don't like him. These people are very happy that other players are competing for MVP.
But this also confirms a saying that was widely circulated among fans a few years ago-all beings are equal under the lord!
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Harden is not the kind of person who will change his temperament drastically because of the departure of teammates or the difficulties he encounters. Even if there are changes, it is only a change in the way he plays on the basketball court, a change in his own positioning... and so on. His cheerfulness, like his eccentric personality, is difficult to change.
In the Warriors over the years, with Curry, a strict big brother, urging him, the team's attention to him is also something that the Thunder never had. He has gradually become very responsible on the court, strong in strength, and comprehensive and powerful in technology.
But outside the court, he is still the funny guy, and Sun Ce often meets some of the requirements of this funny guy...
"Noah, is this the transportation you said is most suitable for my temperament?" Harden looked at this small electric donkey and liked it, but he always felt that Sun Ce was scolding him, but he had no evidence, because Sun Ce showed him the invoice, which was quite expensive, several thousand US dollars.
"Believe me, you are right, don't you think it's a traffic jam from San Francisco? Driving this thing will definitely not cause traffic jams, you can walk on the sidewalk, no one dares to hit you, you ride this vulnerable group..." Sun Ce began to fool...ah, no, it was to explain the convenience of this transportation.
Harden came to Memphis with the Warriors yesterday, April 14th. Curry changed teams, and he didn't care about the team's hostility outside the game. He did whatever he wanted. When he arrived in Memphis, he ran to invite Sun Ce to lunch.
When chatting,
They didn't talk about the game, but about the sadness. Harden was very accepting of reality. He knew that with the state of the Grizzlies, it would be difficult for the Warriors to beat the Grizzlies.
So the main topic of conversation was the new house he bought in San Francisco after the contract extension. After signing a long-term contract again, he changed to a school district house in San Francisco, a super luxurious villa, which is closer to the new arena that the Warriors will move into in two years.
Unlike other stars who would think of leaving the team after seeing the dramatic changes in the team, Harden is very traditional in this regard - if you don't let me down, I won't leave.
So, the traffic conditions in San Francisco, an economically developed city that is not inferior to Los Angeles, have become Harden's biggest headache now.
So, today Sun Ce gave him a small electric donkey. He didn't know why it was so expensive in the United States at first. Later, he found out that the tax on Chinese cars sold in the United States is higher than that on American cars sold in China... This is definitely because Americans don't want to see the development of China's automobile industry, because although the United States does not have the largest population in the world, its automobile market is the largest in the world.
Seeing the picture of Harden riding a small electric donkey on the road in his Sun's territory, Sun Ce was very pleased.
At first Harden was questioning, but after riding it, he felt that this small electric donkey was really cool! With his education level, he couldn't find an accurate adjective to describe his mood, so he used the American favorite word "so cool" when encountering such a situation...
Sun Ce thought about the future news about Harden riding a battery scooter to and from get off work every day... In order to solve the problem of Harden's headache due to inconvenient transportation, he, Sun, was really worried!
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After two days of preparation and leisure time adjustment activities, on April 16, the first game day of the playoffs arrived.
In the past two days, in addition to preparation, Sun Ce also paid attention to some rumors. Many teams that did not enter the playoffs but had great ambitions have begun to prepare to compete for superstars in the free market this summer.
Sun Ce is the fattest fish, everyone wants it, but pay... According to entertainment media reports, after the release of Avengers 3, Avengers 4 and Thanos independent film, Sun Ce's salary has reached 50 million US dollars, tied with Robert Downey Jr. for the highest salary in Disney Pictures. What does this mean? Except for Robert Downey Jr., the scheduled actors of Avengers 4 have a salary that is not as high as Sun Ce.
Let alone other things, just based on this kind of income, no team thinks that they can sign Sun Ce back by offering a higher salary than other teams... Of course, some teams have not given up this option. For example, WOJ broke the news that the Knicks are trying to apply for the "Thanos Exception" from the league. WOJ used this adjective, which means that any team can offer Sun Ce an unlimited contract, provided that the team that signs Sun Ce must still have the space under the regulations, such as the highest starting salary calculated based on length of service under bird rights or non-bird rights. This team must have it, and signing Sun Ce will also occupy this part of the space. But it only occupies this part of the space, and the salary calculation is only based on this part. The team can give as much salary as it wants for the excess salary...
That being said, even if the contract can be given without limit, there is a limit. For example, Jordan's contract was originally given without limit on the salary cap applied by the Knicks, but the Knicks gave 25 million at that time... At that time, 25 million was already a lot. Although the purchasing power of the US dollar has always been strong, the NBA income was not as high as it is now, forcing the Bulls to offer Jordan a contract of 30 million a year.
However, many teams expressed their opposition through some channels after hearing about this matter, because the current maximum salary is already huge enough, which is not the key point. The key point is that they saw that the Knicks just wanted to disgust people.
Compared with New York fans who think that "our city's attraction is unlimited", the Knicks probably don't have any expectations, they just want to raise the price, just like raising Jordan's salary back then.
What the Bulls were most angry about back then was not that they paid Jordan so much money, but that they didn't have to pay so much money. The reason was... Jordan didn't have bird rights! Originally, the Bulls didn't have to pay Jordan a maximum salary. They could just continue Jordan's salary before his first retirement according to the rules at the time, like in the 1995-96 season. As a result, they were forced to pay 30 million.
The Knicks are not attractive to Sun Ce because of the ball market and big cities. They don't work for Sun Ce. The Grizzlies can make more revenue than the Knicks in Memphis, thanks to Sun Ce.
These two points can't attract Sun Ce. For most teams, there is really no way out. Therefore, they firmly oppose the Knicks' proposal. In the 1990s, there was no way. Jordan deserved so much money, but now, according to the expected salary cap growth, 50 million a year contracts will appear in the future, and there is no need to do this kind of extra salary increase.
The key is that Sun Ce is not short of money!
So where Sun Ce goes will determine the direction of the free market this summer.
The contracts of superstars such as Rose and Durant will expire this summer. Superstars such as Evans, Griffin, and Curry will enter the player option after the end of this season. Everyone thinks that they will jump out of the contract because the salary increase is too much. The early renewal of Aldridge is simply an exception among exceptions.
The Clippers used two future All-Stars + draft picks + space to trade Curry back. The reason is obvious, but if Sun Ce did not go to the Clippers, it would cause a chain reaction!
So, many teams are ready.
For such a situation... Sun Ce is a little proud, but he immediately stopped paying attention to this aspect. For him, nothing is more important than the championship!
The final event of the S-level event "Bear King Road" "Bear King Tyranny" was triggered again after three years.
Sun Ce doesn't care about other things. This year, he will do everything to win his first dynasty!
As for why it is the first... After this year, he, Sun, has only played for 8 years!
How can it be enough to just surpass Jordan? If possible, his goal is simple, to create more difficult records to break, and to create greater difficulties for players who want to impact the strongest players in history in the future.
"This is all for the good of the children of the future! Without difficulties and pressure, how can they become stronger?"
Thinking of this, Sun Ce felt that he was really great.
In addition to these things about the prelude to another crazy offseason, the most popular topic these days is the playoff prediction. The Grizzlies are ranked first in the team strength list, which is no suspense. In the star ranking list, Sun Ce is also the first.
As for the topic of playoff prediction, the most popular one is - which team is likely to snipe the Grizzlies' three consecutive championships?
This topic is very lively, and there are all kinds of opinions...
After the simple tactical training in the morning, Sun Ce stopped paying attention to public opinion during the lunch break after lunch. Except for WeChat for communication and email for receiving team notifications and special business information, he will not use other applications for the time being.
Not only him, Sun, but also other people on the Grizzlies have entered the playoffs!
At 3 pm Eastern Time, the first highlight of the first round, the series between the Heat and the Raptors, started.
After waking up from a nap, Sun Ce watched the second half of this game. After seeing the result, he felt that Paul was really a peculiar player.
When you are extremely optimistic about him and look very good at him, he always fails, and sometimes the way he fails makes people feel incredible!
However, when you are not so optimistic about him, or just think he has a little hope but don’t think he can really do anything big, he often exceeds your expectations!
For example, in the 2014 playoffs, the Heat made it all the way to the finals. If they had won the finals that year, Paul would have won the FMVP, but he met Kobe at the end of his peak, James at his peak, and Leonard, who was getting better and better at singles and single defense.
However, the Heat's entry into the finals that year was beyond the expectations of most people.
This year is the same! People just think that the Heat have a chance to upset, but why use the word "upset"? Because everyone thinks that the Heat are not as strong as the Raptors.
Then, in the first game of the series between the Heat and the Raptors, the Heat really upset! With Paul's performance of 25 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists and 6 steals, the Heat defeated the Raptors 101-98 away and snatched the home advantage!
When leading by only 1 point at the critical moment, Paul made a steal and a counterattack layup to lock in the victory, which was simply awesome!
Silently giving a heart to 58's might, Sun Ce did not pay attention to the next second game, but went to eat to replenish energy for tonight's game and start warming up after a good rest.
Sun Ce will not underestimate the Warriors. Although he often looks for some random things to do these two days and seems to be idle, that is just a way to adjust his mentality.
He knows that his team has strength, but he is too eager to complete the three consecutive championships, and the pressure comes out involuntarily.
He knows that the lion will fight the rabbit with all its strength. Their Grizzlies are stronger than lions. It is Panda... No, it is a bear, but the Warriors are not rabbits, but a group of wolves who want to prove themselves! The Warriors are only weakened at the moment, but it is only weakened. Moreover, if they use Russell and Wiggins in the future... Whether they train the two or use them well, they will be strong opponents in the future based on the core combination of Harden, Draymond Green, and Thabeet!
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