1971. Postscript - Stars
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On October 13, 2020, Sun Ce retired, and Kobe also retired tonight. After James won his second championship ring in his career, he felt a little lonely...
He didn't get the vp of the finals for the second time, but James also felt that it was nothing. He is about to turn 36, what kind of bicycle does he need?
It's just that Kobe, the strongest opponent in the early stage of his career, and Sun Ce, the strongest opponent in the peak period, have left the NBA. James feels that he has nothing to rush.
The current opponents in the league, for James, are really... quite average. He is almost 36 years old. After Sun Ce retired, he was still called by many people the strongest player after Sun Ce retired.
His goal is to defeat Sun Ce once in the playoffs, but he doesn't know if he still has a chance.
Sun Ce may choose to come back, but James doesn't know if he can wait until then. God knows when Sun Ce will choose to continue.
However, James thinks about himself, if he can achieve Sun Ce's achievements after playing in the NBA for 10 years, maybe he will also want to retire and rest. Sun Ce has reached the point where he has few opponents and only wants to lose.
Maybe he will also choose to wait until he is not so strong before returning to the basketball court. At least he must give his opponent some opportunities to challenge him.
Substituting himself into Sun Ce's thoughts that he had guessed, James was in a daze. Watching Leonard lift the Finals vp trophy, James came back to his senses.
It's not over yet. He hasn't reached the time of grief. At the end of his career, winning two more championships is the most important thing. An existence like Sun Ce is completely different from others. James refocused Focus on the present moment!
Winning the championship means that the new season has begun! I don’t know how long the new season will start. The just-concluded 2019-2020 season has been going on for a year and a half, and there must be at least two months of rest, otherwise the players will not be able to bear it physically.
And this time, similar to the offseason, James also has to go to the free market to hook up with those young players.
His fan finally became a free agent this year!
Coincidentally, many of their contracts have expired this year. Although it is a pity that some free agents just let go like this, but if they can get the 27-year-old superstar to join, are they afraid that no role players will come to hug their thighs? In the playoffs, superstars are king!
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On November 7, 2020, under the hookup of James, Anthony Davis transferred to the brokerage company of James' friend Rich Paul. After meeting with the Lakers, Anthony Davis signed with $14.2 billion The 7-year veteran's maximum salary contract joined the Lakers!
The ultimate Big Three of James, Leonard, and Anthony Davis!
If it weren't for James being a bit older, Leonard and Anthony Davis being a bit brittle and not resistant to grass, this trio would be even more amazing than the combination of Curry + Sun Ce + Durant two years ago! But the difference is that these three are very expensive, unlike the Clippers at that time, two of the five starters had the maximum salary under the old salary cap, one rookie contract, and one salary cut, so the Lakers couldn't do it like they did that year. The strength of the Clippers surpasses all other combinations in NBA history except for the Grizzlies and the OK combination.
However, the strength of this trio has also surpassed the core combinations of other teams in today's league by a large margin!
After the Clippers signed Sun Ce and Durant with empty gloves that year, the Lakers also did it!
By the end of January 2021, the new nba season will begin. After the Lakers have the super big three, they have also successfully attracted a large number of outstanding role players to join... Perhaps, it is because of the strength of the three of them that they drive those teammates, It seems that they are very good, after all, most of them are players with a basic salary or a contract of four to five million dollars.
In the 2020-2021 season, the regular season of the Lakers is quite difficult.
50 games, not enough preparation time, and only two preseason games... The Lakers had a record of 33 wins and 17 losses in the regular season and entered the playoffs as the fourth in the Western Conference.
But in the playoffs, the Lakers immediately changed into a team, 4 to 1, 4 to 1, 4 to 1... three consecutive sweeps, the Lakers won the postseason with 12 wins and 3 losses. The best record of the game enters the finals!
Jimmy Butler is also awesome. To say that the free agents signed by the Celtics are basically not the first target. They want Durant, and the last one they signed was Hayward. They want Love Or Sun Ce, who signed Horford. Horford went to get a big contract at the end of last year. The Celtics chose to chase Paul George, but they wanted Paul George, and they signed Buddy Hill Germany... But even if they are all spare tires, the strength is weaker and the contract is obviously premium, and the inside line has become very weak, but Jimmy Butler still reached the tiebreaker with the Nets, which has been running in for two years and has entered its heyday!
Just don't be too stubborn!
However, Jimmy Butler has also reached the tail end of his peak. In the end, he still failed to open the playoffs like he did in the past three years. Also, his teammates are obviously younger than him but are aging faster than him. In the tiebreaker, Porzingis The cut with Durant broke the Celtics!
James and Evans, the two superstars who averaged 20+5+5 per game in their rookie season and have similar playing styles, finally met on the stage of the finals.
On August 11, 2021, after Game 6 of the Finals, James averaged 183 points, 105 rebounds and 127 assists, Anthony Davis averaged 284 points and 88 rebounds, and Leonard scored 244 points. Defeat the Nets 4-2 and complete two consecutive championships!
At the age of 36 and a half, James achieved an achievement similar to that of the 38-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, overwhelming the two superstars in the team and winning the vp of the finals!
After James won the coveted two consecutive championships and won the second fvp of his career, a piece of news that made him very excited came...
Sun Ce will return next season! Return to the Clippers!
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James reached a contract extension with the Lakers after two consecutive championships, 3 years and 60 million. He wants to play for another three years. There are two reasons. One is that Sun Ce is back, and his eldest son Bronny James is 17 years old. Now, although James is not sure whether Bronny can enter the NBA, his son's ability in high school is far behind him, but it is still possible that he will be eliminated in the middle and late stages of the first round in 2023. selected.
James hopes that Bronny can become a superstar, but if not, he can't help it. However, he has a goal, which is to match Bronny in the NBA... So, James chose to renew his contract until 2024.
James is very excited about Sun Ce’s comeback. Look at Sun Ce’s teammates after his comeback. Jokic, 26 years old, is gradually entering his peak period. The contract, how could it not be good, averaging 188 points, 114 rebounds and 76 assists per game, the offense is so good! Although the defense is only a positional defensive player, that is, an average defensive player who is not easy to lose position but blocks shots and interferes with shots, it is enough, at least it will not hold back, and the tonnage is sufficient and the frame is good.
But Curry is 33 years old, and Klay Thompson is 31 years old. Klay Thompson is okay, but his defense has declined. Klay Thompson's defense is probably only at the top level, but his shooting is still solid. Sun Ce retired After that, Klay Thompson has been averaging over 20 points per game.
Curry's decline is obvious, mainly because his offensive ability has weakened, and his shooting is still accurate. With Jokic's organizational offense and Klay Thompson's containment, he can score 24 to 5 points per game, but the Clippers revolve around this. There is a gap between the championship combination created by the trio and the top championship teams.
Sun Ce came back after resting for two seasons, and he is already 31 years old...
James looked at 28-year-old Anthony Davis and 30-year-old Leonard, and he was extremely excited! Perhaps, the next season is his most likely chance to beat Sun Ce in the playoffs!
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Sun Ce's comeback directly activated the sluggish basketball market, and the effect was immediate. In the new season, the number of people who pre-booked viewing services on BesTV in the new season has almost doubled compared to the just-concluded 2020-2021 season!
It must also be related to the improvement of the epidemic situation and the recovery of the income of middle-class people. In December last year, after the start of the new term of the President of the United States, relatively strict isolation measures were launched, so the epidemic situation began to improve. Sun Ce waited until the isolation measures really had an effect , and waited a few months longer, and specially hired people to investigate in major cities in the United States before choosing to return to the NBA.
Although there are reasons for the normal recovery of the market, Sun Ce's choice to come back is definitely the key to activating the ball market!
Of course, in the past few years, Durant, a superstar with constant negative topics, must be an artifact that arouses the enthusiasm of fans.
Jimmy Butler is the biggest surprise. Since the 2017 playoffs, Jimmy Butler has become a "playoff superstar". In the regular season, Jimmy Butler averaged 22.3 points per game, but in the playoffs , Even in the finals, Jimmy Butler dared to soar 40+ triple-doubles, as if he had inherited the talent of his legendary father whose name he didn't even know.
No one thought that during the epidemic, the NBA's ratings were once supported by Jimmy Butler.
In the summer of 2021, due to Sun Ce's comeback, the NBA structure will change again. Seeing that the Clippers will gradually become more and more mediocre, there are no offensive stars, no draft picks, and they can only rely on Jokic's organization Offense, Curry and Klay Thompson's perimeter containment, role players' cut-in wins, the strength is not bad. The 33-year-old Curry cut his salary a lot when he renewed his contract. The Clippers can introduce some good role players. , but the top is the second-round team in the Western Conference.
At this time, Sun Ce came back, and the Clippers once again became the favorite team to win the championship!
Even if he retires for two years, even if Sun Ce hasn't played for two years and has been singing and dancing rap, even if Sun Ce is 31 years old and he comes back, no one will question his strength!
TNT directly used such a headline as the headline of Sun Ce's comeback - the real first man returns!
In the past few years, the nba has become more and more average. No one can become the undisputed No. 1 player in the league like Sun Ce back then, and it is true that no particularly strong players have emerged. The average strength of the league has become stronger, but super Superstars are becoming more and more mediocre. Even the 36-year-old James last season was still regarded as a strong contender for the league's first man.
After Sun Ce announced his comeback, the free market became extremely lively this summer.
Veterans, choose to hold a group...
After wandering around several teams and being the boss several times, Irving finally realized that he is not the material to be the boss!
On September 11, 2021, Irving chose to join forces with Celtics star Jimmy Butler. After Hayward's contract expired, the Celtics had salary space and signed the 29-year-old. Owen, who was at his peak, and Jimmy Butler, who overturned the tail, formed the backcourt combination of Kojo's successor!
Irving, Buddy Hield, Jimmy Butler, this super perimeter combination, the Celtics are trying to hit the championship again!
Irving’s dream is to defeat Sun Ce. From the time he entered the NBA until Sun Ce retired, he played against Sun Ce more than 40 times, but he never won a single match... This is what drove him to give up his insistence on becoming the leader of the team and choose to join the Celtics. .
Owen has been miserable these years. He has played for 10 years and has only played in the playoffs twice. His personal statistics have always been excellent. What Owen wanted was too far away.
He wants to be vp and win a championship.
But the cruel reality made Owen choose to accept his fate when he was almost 30 years old. At this time, Sun Ce was about to make a comeback. If Owen wanted to defeat Sun Ce when he was still at his peak, he had to be a younger brother.
Jimmy Butler is excited to see Sun Ce come back. He really wants to play against Sun Ce again. For him, it is his glory as a player to play against an opponent like Sun Ce!
In the past 4 years, Jimmy Butler has reached the finals twice, which is the peak period of Jimmy Butler. Now that he is at the end of his peak, he is ready to hit the finals again! Compared with others, Jimmy Butler, who was a teammate with Sun Ce, knows how incredible Sun Ce is.
This man must come back to win the championship!
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The Grizzlies, Paul George and the Grizzlies reached a contract extension. Based on the impression Paul George gave to fans, they thought he was not the kind of player who would like to stay in a small city for his entire career.
However, the players of the Grizzlies have changed several times. Point guards, shooting guards, power forwards, and centers have all changed a lot of people, but Paul George has never left...
A person's experience will bring about many changes in this person. When he first entered the NBA, Paul George also thought about being traded to play in a big city one day... But during the 7 years of partnering with Sun Ce, Paul George not only It's just that the style of play has changed from when I first entered the NBA, and the psychological aspect has also changed greatly.
In this team, he won 5 championships in 6 years. He was the tactical core of the team during the dynasty stage. After Sun Ce left, Paul George was selected to the first team for three consecutive seasons in 2018, 19 and 20. , The average data of 22+6+9+2 per game is very good. His glory period and personal peak period are all in this team.
Watching Tony Allen, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian retire one after another, the jerseys of the three are hanging high above the FedEx Arena...
Paul George didn't leave until he finished his third contract this year and turned 31, and he chose to renew his contract for 4 years.
No one would have thought that Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Gasol Jr., Gobert, and Paul George, the five talented players who played for the Grizzlies in their rookie season, were actually Paul - George is the most unreliable and complicated guy.
But Paul George has persisted until now, and the starting teammates around him have become 31-year-old Rubio, 35-year-old Horford, mini-middle-class Noel, and 31-year-old Robert Covington, old and old, with a single ability Single, those who didn't shoot didn't shoot. After finishing last season, Brogdon chose to join the Suns to succeed Paul and partner with Antetokounmpo to hit the championship. Now it's really time for Paul George to carry the team forward alone. Back then, this summer, I thought he would choose to go to a strong team in a big city.
However, Paul George chose one person, one city!
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Another player who, despite playing on another team, is still considered one-man-one-city is James Harden.
The Warriors have proved with their strength that it is reasonable for them to be rotten for decades before recruiting Jerry West as a team consultant. Players, they ended up wasting these two bargaining chips in the end. They used their talents to replace a veteran who had passed his peak strength, and finally turned it into a garbage contract, which dragged down Harden. This teammate is Westbrook... The Warriors used Russell and a first-round rotation for Westbrook!
Then, he traded Wiggins back for Towns... As a result, Towns was traded away a year later, and a bunch of corner players were replaced. Towns proved a player with outstanding talent with practical actions What is it like to play basketball purely as a job? Harden wants to win and Westbrook wants to win. Towns said: What are you working so hard for? See if I beat up casually, I still get the top salary?
In the 17-18 season, Harden averaged 367 points per game, ending Sun Ce's five consecutive scoring titles. In the 18-19 season, Harden averaged 344 points per game, winning the scoring title for two consecutive years. The duo originally had a chance to win the championship, but in the regular season they could still lead Towns into the playoffs. When they met the Suns in the playoffs, Towns was despised by the pie-eating center Jordan.
The point is that Towns still wants the Warriors to trade Harden away. There are rumors that Towns said that Harden played too hard, it seemed that he didn't work hard, and he was unhappy...
Fortunately, the Warriors still did a good job in treating Harden. Sending Downs away decisively was a waste of Wiggins' chips.
In the 19-20 season, Westbrook played well and really wanted to win. In the past 6 seasons, he averaged 5 triple-doubles per game, making the average triple-double like a "bad street" in Westbrook. This season I chose to give up the data and play well.
But last season, in the 20-21 season, Westbrook showed his old age... If he had shot, with his grass tolerance and physical talent, his state would not have seriously declined so early, but the key is that he didn't shoot. Once he doesn't compete for rebounds and doesn't hold the ball, the decline is not too obvious.
The 32-year-old Harden hasn't touched the championship ring yet, but he chose to renew his contract with $1.2 billion for 4 years. The salary drop is not small, but after Thabeet left the team, they successfully signed Gobert, Gobert Although he was infected during the epidemic and his strength has declined after being cured, he is still one of the best centers in the league today. He played 44 games last season and averaged 105 points, 12 rebounds and 25 blocks per game, although he did not have Towns 18-19. The season average of 26 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists per game is good, but the effect is definitely stronger than Towns, so Harden chose to cut his salary.
Harden doesn't want to leave. For him, the championship is not that important. The important thing is stability... Although his style of play and mentality have changed a lot, his character is still so resigned. As long as the team does not take the initiative to trade him, there is no embarrassment. He, he will choose to stay.
Of course, he will also pay for the championship. For example, this time, he chose to cut his salary to help the Warriors sign Gobert.
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Evans' personality is similar to Harden's, but he learned early in his career not to be submissive. He just needs the ball, and he wants to play point guard. On the defensive end, he bullies his opponent with his size. The opponent needs to use small forward or shooting guard to defend. He can't do anything about it, but he has the ball in his hand, and no one is so good at defending him.
Going around and coming to the third team, Evans has now settled down and signed the last long-term contract. His physical condition is destined to have a long career.
Now, although the super combination of him and Durant, Porzingis, and Love is too old, it is still strong and is currently the strongest team in the East.
Evans has an obsession, there are two people, he never wants to lose, of course, there is no way to lose, but he will always choose to do his best when facing these two people, one is Rose and the other is Sun Ce , these two people are the enemies of his life in his heart.
For Rose, he and Griffin are 33 years old and 32 years old. But last season, the two seem to have returned to their prime, but the role players are not good enough. Relying on the performance of last season, the Bulls have attracted The attention of many high-quality role players.
Shuangsha's style of play, there is a peak in the peak period of athletic ability, after the athletic ability is over, it reaches the peak again at the age of thirty-three or four, a peak of a completely different style of play.
Evans and Ross, both of them suffer from Sun Ce. Together, they have reached the finals 7 times, of which 5 times they lost to Sun Ce...
Finally, Sun Ce is back, no matter how strong Sun Ce is, they are still unwilling to give up! They want to win the championship, and even more want to win the championship on Sun Ce's head!
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There is a team that will always be touted by the media in the future, and that is the Suns with "Little Lord" Antetokounmpo.
Another shortened season is over, and this summer Paul has only one year left on his expiring contract. After the period, the Suns did not renew the contract with Jordan. At one time, only Antetokounmpo was left alone. In the end, they successfully signed Embiid, Brogdon, and Edris Adebayor. Made an appointment with Payton, and once again became a dazzling championship team.
After Sun Ce retired, Antetokounmpo won two regular season VPs. In terms of statistics, he is too similar to Sun Ce. The average data of 30+12+7+2+2 per game is very strong, and he was crowned He won the title of "Little Lord, Successor of Thanos", and was the first young player to have such a title.
But now, Antetokounmpo is almost 27 years old, but he has never shown a dominance similar to Sun Ce in the playoffs. He is as fierce as a tiger in the regular season, but he has no shots in the playoffs. It's just good looking.
His statistics are much better than James's currently, and his style of play is actually more like James than Sun Ce, but his effect is far from that of Cavalier James. Ability to connect teams.
The key is that he and Paul are not compatible. In the past few years, in the playoffs, the two have been blinded together... As the fourth superstar after Olajuwon, Jordan, and Sun Ce to win vp+dpoy in a single season, he entered the peak He didn't make it to the division finals in his early days.
But some people are still touting a bright future...
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The Eagles, based on Ben Simmons as the core, introduced Sabonis, Oladipo, Bradley Beal, and became the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. Unlike the veteran superstar, Ben Simmons After two years in the NBA, Sun Ce retired. In those two years, he didn't play in the playoffs, and he only played against Sun Ce 4 times in the regular season. For Sun Ce's comeback, he wants to beat Sun Ce and replace him!
With the same mentality, there are Booker and Jaylen Jackson of the Heat, Kobe White and Deandre Ayton of the Bobcats, Doncic and Tatum of the Mavericks...
Many young stars want to challenge Sun Ce. After all, Sun Ce will be 31 and almost 32 years old when he comes back. Those stars who entered the NBA from 2016 to 2019 have gradually become the mainstay of the league. Either they have never played against Sun Ce. , or they were only first and second-year players when they played against Sun Ce, and they hadn't really felt the fear that Sun Ce brought to the league...
Everyone wants to challenge Sun Ce!
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On September 1, 2021, Sun Ce and the Clippers reached a four-year $16.4 billion contract, rejoined the Clippers, returned to the NBA, and officially returned.
When Bill Duffy negotiated the contract with John and Sun Ce confirmed the contract, he came to Seattle from Los Angeles. The housekeeping company had already tidied up his house here, and Lily Collins was still in Los Angeles. Busy about moving, the family will not come over in a few days, and Kobe's family will also have to move...
Sun Ce came here first. He has to settle some things about his comeback and return to the Clippers in the past few days.
In the past two years of avoiding the epidemic, Sun Ce has not been idle... Two more sons were born, plus 5 sons before retiring, now there are 7 sons, but there is still only one daughter. This is the most sad thing for Sun Ce , so many sons, what are they used for? So, every time I buy a piece of clothing for any son, I can only buy a piece of clothing for Xiaofang.
The little mixed race loli is so cute! And he doesn't look a little bigger than his peers like his brothers, like Lily Collins, like a doll.
Another thing to be busy in the past two years is to play the World Cup in 2019. This time the results are quite good, and I won the third place, and killed the US team when I scored 4 out of 8 in the finals.
This makes Curry, James, Durant, Harden and other superstars who have quit the national team want to vomit blood!
When they participated in the international competition, the Chinese team collapsed. They stopped participating, and the Chinese team suddenly rose up. The most important thing is that their American team collapsed, losing 3 games in 6 games!
Another thing is to allow a few children born in the United States to immigrate back to China... This process is more troublesome. Back then, the children were born in the United States and directly obtained American citizenship. , it was completely settled, but the children got a lot of benefits. Some domestic policies have a characteristic. Foreigners who come to the Celestial Dynasty seem to become Celestial Dragons...
Except for the World Championships, Sun Ce hasn't touched basketball for a long time. He chose to retire after winning five consecutive personal championships. In addition to avoiding possible epidemics, he really felt that he had no pursuit at the time.
At that time, he even reached the highest number of championships in modern basketball, that is, after 1976. He didn't have any thoughts at all, so after the season when his ability evaluation broke through the SS level, he chose to retire bravely.
In addition to this, there is also the team's injury problem. At that time, Durant, Klay Thompson, and Curry were almost 30 years old, and his grandson was the same. Although Curry and Durant were not as exhausted as Klay - Thompson is great, but after the two consecutive championships, the two also exposed hidden dangers of injury. If he stays, the team will definitely continue to compete for the championship. There may be serious problems. Not only is the health of his teammates difficult to guarantee, but he is extremely prosperous The peak's first peak period may also be affected.
Whether it was for the "good" of his teammates or out of selfishness, Sun Ce felt that it was time to retire.
In addition, although Durant waited for him to join the Clippers with a salary cut, Sun Ce's relationship with him was not close. The reason...Scarlett Johansson went to Seattle a lot in those two years...
After he retired, Durant really left. Curry also suffered a relatively serious injury during the transition period in his 30s. Klay Thompson was fine. After the serious injury that may endanger his career, He adjusted his style of play, coupled with the decline in defense, he became the one with the best health among the teammates who have won the championship for at least two consecutive years with Sun Ce.
As for the reason why Sun Ce really wants to come back, the official prayer of the nba is secondary. The main reason is that he has gained motivation again. At the age of 31, he also feels that his athletic ability is declining. Physical strength is not a problem. Want to know, what will it be like after you start to change your style of play? It was a speed flow before, but now that I am back, my physical fitness has not really declined. I guess I will be thirty-four or five years old. After that, what will I look like?
Also, he is only one assist champion short of the Grand Slam, and he has 7 championships. Can he win another 5 championships after his athletic ability begins to decline and needs to be transformed...
With longing, Sun Ce chose to come back after the epidemic!
The first thing Sun Ce did when he arrived in Seattle was to come to the Price Center Arena, which he hadn't been to for more than two years. He entered through the gate and came to the stadium first...
Looking at the No. 1 jersey that someone Sun wore during his two-year career with the Clippers floating above the arena... Before coming to Seattle, Sun Ce lived in Memphis for two weeks and saw the sky over the Grizzlies arena Floating, he reached the top No. 3 jersey in history.
10 years! From entering the NBA at the age of 19 and a half to retiring at the age of 29 and a half, Sun Ce only feels that way now. He has played basketball for 10 years and retired for two years. How many 10 years are there in a person's life? And who can turn their hobby into a career, persist for 10 years, and finally succeed?
Smiling, Sun Ce walked to the training ground. During the offseason, there were actually people!
Sun Ce looked at the man who was practicing shooting. The man also noticed that someone was coming, and he guessed who it was, because he came to the arena to practice today just to wait for this person to come.
Sun Ce looked at his first teammate and roommate in his rookie year, and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Stephen, you're getting old too..."