Two Hundred and Thirty-Nine. The Rockets Are Really Crazy!

But no matter what, you still have to win.

With a winning rate of 60%, it may not be possible to make it to the playoffs in the West!

This season's Western Conference playoffs are very similar to the past two seasons. In the 2007-08 season, the Lakers, Hornets, and Spurs ranked in the top three, and the remaining five playoff positions were fought by seven teams. As a result, the 48-win Warriors did not make the playoffs.

Last season, the West was a little better. The Lakers dominated with 65 wins, but the remaining 8 teams grabbed seven playoff positions, and the Suns failed to make the playoffs with 47 wins.

This season seems to be even more tragic. The Lakers, Mavericks, and Suns are competing for the top three, leaving the fourth to tenth super melee.

Therefore, the game against the Wizards before Christmas must be won, and the two direct competitors against the Nuggets and Jazz on the 21st and 23rd must also do their best to win.

And the Mavericks, Celtics, Pacers after Christmas...

At the beginning of next month, the Suns, the Trail Blazers, and the Jazz will play home and away...

Gasol's injury came at an inopportune time.

In the morning, the Grizzlies had a tactical meeting, and Brian Cook, who had been placed on the inactive list after the transaction, was put on the 12-man roster. Haddadi, who was placed on the inactive list because of the addition of Jordan, was also released. Into the big list.

The former is to enhance the inside shooting ability, and the latter is to maintain the height of the center position at a certain moment.

Sometimes, when lucky things happen, there will always be unlucky things, and vice versa.

Just after Coach Hollins had no choice but to "replace" Gasol with two water dispenser administrators who might not be able to play in another team, after the tactical meeting ended, at 12:30 noon, a shocking transaction broke out !

The little melon that was supposed to be sold for more than a year, staged a stinky and long soap opera, and was not sent away until after the All-Star Weekend of the 10-11 season, was picked up by the Rockets in advance!

It all started with Monkey King making a big fuss about the East China Sea Dragon Palace... no, Yao Ming didn't have a serious knee injury, and didn't let his tired ankle and toe hurt.

Anthony can't be sold, largely because the teams that want his small city can't get his renewal commitment.

In the summer of 2011, it was time for Anthony to choose players. Small city teams would not use a bunch of draft picks + high-quality players to exchange the right to use a star for more than a year.

But Yao Ming, whose commercial value is comparable to that of Janco, and the Rockets in the big city of Houston, got Anthony's promise to renew his contract!

Sun Ce, who was swiping his phone to eat a nutritious meal, suddenly got a new transaction.

"Fuck! The Rockets are really crazy!"

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On December 19, 2009, the Rockets and the Nuggets reached a big deal involving up to 9 players and multiple draft picks.

Rockets 2010 first-round unprotected pick, 2012 first-round unprotected pick, Knicks 2012 top-eight protected first-round pick, Grizzlies 2011 first-round pick, Trevor- Ariza, Kyrie Lowry, Luis Scola, Jared Jeffries, Larry Hughes to the Nuggets,

Got Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Johan Lopete, JR-Smith, 2010 second-round pick and 2012 second-round pick from the Nuggets.

The deal quickly stole all the attention.

Yao Ming + Anthony, still looks very powerful, quite like an alternative version of the OK combination.

The most dominant center, plus a singles master.

When a superstar group is born, and when two superstars in their prime are combined together, the first thing the media and fans start to imagine is naturally how good they will be.

This transaction is much more sensational than Sun Ce's single exchange for Thabeet before, it is not at the same level at all!

The entire basketball hoop exploded!

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It is a great joy for the Grizzlies coaching staff to get Anthony with a role player plus trade. bad.

Such a big personnel change for a team cannot be adjusted in a short period of time, especially for a team that has lost a super scorer who is the third on the scoring list.

The Grizzlies players also gathered to discuss the deal during the break before the afternoon warm-up.

Although there were rumors before, the players were still shocked when the deal was completed.

Just like ordinary people, players are also discussing how powerful Anthony + Yao Ming, the two superstar combinations in their prime, will be.

When Sun Ce saw this deal, he felt that the Rockets were sure to make a profit from the value alone. A group of role players, plus a few draft picks that were not particularly valuable, would certainly not lose money if they could trade for Anthony.

If the Lakers have paid three first rounds to get Nash in the future, they will know the importance of stars in the eyes of the management.

Whether it is suitable or not is another story, but in terms of star value, if the Nuggets didn't know that Anthony would not renew his contract in the summer of 2011, they would definitely not agree to such a deal.

Because the Rockets only gave 4 first-round picks, which is much cheaper than the original 5 first-round picks that the Nuggets Lions opened up.

This is not the gap between 5 first-round picks and 4 first-round picks, which seems to be only 1 first-round pick. If the Rockets give another pick, they will either give their own 2014 pick, or give The Grizzlies' 2013 draft picks, the later the pick, the higher the value! No one can say what will happen in three or four years.

However, what happened to Kenyon Martin made Sun Ce sigh.

I think the Nuggets sent three first rounds in order to sign with the Nets and then trade for Kenyon Martin.

Now in order to get rid of Kenyon Martin's contract with more than one year left, he would rather have one less draft pick, and use Kenyon Martin's contract that expires in 2011 to replace Larry Hughes' expired contract.

The Nuggets management has always made Sun Ce feel special.

When they traded Anthony in the original time and space, they were fourth in the Western Conference at the time, and they had a very stable record after the All-Star break. When the Knicks gave enough bargaining chips, they traded without hesitation. What is the situation now.

In this world, the Nuggets are more ruthless. They were eliminated in the Western Conference finals last year. They had the intention of trading Anthony. Anthony’s wife also revealed that Anthony wanted to go to a big city. In 2011, he would not renew his contract with the Nuggets. After getting enough chips, the deal was quickly concluded!

Of course, after getting Anthony, Sun Ce feels that the Rockets have made a profit in terms of value, but judging from the team structure of the Rockets...

Scola, the only reliable inside partner of Yao Ming in the Rockets team, was gone. He was replaced by Kenyon Martin, who had been regarded as a garbage contract by the Nuggets, and backup center Lopete, who averaged only 3 points and 3 rebounds per game. Judging from the number of people, the number of insiders has increased, but their strength has deteriorated a lot.

Scola is a very high-quality player, and his salary is not high, but Sun Ce estimates that the Nuggets will not agree to the trade if he does not give it.

Three high-quality role players Ariza, Lowry, and Jeffries were also sent away, and in exchange for JR-Smith, who was regarded as a cancer, had constant troubles off the court, and was single-minded...Kenyon Martin and JR- Smith looks like a negative value player for the Nuggets.

There is also a point that Sun Ce thinks is amazing. The Rockets sent out a contract of more than 30 million yuan, and in exchange for a contract of more than 40 million yuan, they finally replaced McGrady with Larry Hughes and reduced his salary to more than 8 million yuan below the luxury tax threshold. The space is filled...

Thinking of the fact that the Rockets will keep 20 million in salary space in the free market every year, they are interested in free agents from all walks of life, and finally got Howard from the Lakers... Sun Ce feels that this team is really ready at any time!

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Throughout the afternoon, the Rockets-Nuggets deal was discussed on the Internet and on TV. No one remembered the little conflict between Sun Ce and Arenas. Discuss the deal.

And some people are talking about why the Grizzlies don't use young players and draft picks to trade Anthony...

Sun Ce feels that this is really a sad thing...

"Noah, are you still watching the news? The coach asked us to warm up, and the game will start in two hours!"

Hearing Kang Li's serious voice, Sun Ce responded and turned off the phone.

Of course, Sun Ce will be very concerned about matters related to Yao Ming. After all, there are only three Chinese players in the NBA.

But what will happen to the Rockets, what will happen to the Nuggets, what will happen to the NBA...these are all things for the future, and the most important thing right now.

Now Sun Ce can't control how much his invisible wings have brought to the NBA.

How other people and other things change is someone else's. He has already entered the NBA, so he has to do what he should do right now.

Help the team reach the playoffs! Good performance personally! This is the most important thing Sun Ce wants to do now.

And if you want to make it to the playoffs, you have to work hard to help the team survive the absence of Gasol. Winning one or two more games may be the key to finally making the playoffs!

However, when warming up, Sun Ce still had one thing that lingered in his mind...

"What should the combination of Anthony and Dayao be called?

Yaoni combination?

Mingmei combination?

Dasha and melon...a combination of fools?

Or... Tony Dayao? "