Six Hundred and Fifty-Five. What the Hell Does It Have to Do with Me?
Breaking news!
Just after lunch time, Sun Ce was bored in the lounge watching the live broadcast of the ski competition and waiting for the four o'clock warm-up, when a piece of news was suddenly inserted, and it was related to their opponent tonight.
"According to Yahoo Sports reporter Wojn Navowski, the Jazz, Mavericks, and Nets reached a three-way deal. Deron Williams traveled east to New Jersey, and the Mavericks acquired former Three-Point Contest champion Peja Stojakovi. strange……"
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The Jazz management regretfully stated at the pre-game press conference that the Jazz's "double evil era" will forever become history.
This made reporters feel very strange. Sloan had not officially resigned, and the Jazz had traded Deron first. Why did they say that the "double evil era" was completely over?
When Malone joined the Lakers and Stockton retired, people felt that the era of double evil was over.
However, after the Jazz quickly acquired Boozer and Deron, people discovered that the original pick-and-roll system did not necessarily require Stockton and Malone. A weaker one would be fine, and it was also at the level of the Western Conference Finals. Maybe it could be pieced together here and there. Together they can become a championship-level team.
Therefore, after Deron was traded, reporters all thought that the Jazz would start from the draft or other aspects to create a new double-evil combination and invite Sloan back.
Who knew that the Jazz were going to turn over the past 25 years and directly announce a rebuild.
So why trade Deron, who is only 26 years old?
Picture what?
The reporters did not get an answer from the Jazz management. The Jazz management did not provide any explanation for this matter. They said some words of thanks to Deron and ended the interview.
It was Deron who was traded! After Nash and Kidd got older, people were very optimistic about Deron and Paul continuing the point guard duel. Unexpectedly, both of them changed teams.
Deron was traded. Almost no fans or media expected this. After all, this is a star league. A 26-year-old point guard who averaged 20+10 points per game and had just entered his peak period was unexpectedly traded. There was no news at all.
The Jazz management was unwilling to say anything more, so before the warm-up, the reporters went to the two teams playing tonight to get some news, such as commenting on the deal and talking about Deron being traded to the Eastern Conference. influence, etc.
Tonight's game is easy;
The opponent was already in a mess, and now they have traded away their strongest player. Coach Hollins agreed to be interviewed.
Of course, what reporters want to know most is what Sun Ce, who has never dealt with Deron since entering the NBA and often abused me once, thinks of this deal.
Sun Ce was about to warm up. He was notified by the team's press officer Chris Kyle and came to the training ground for a group interview.
The first person to ask the question was someone from ESPN.
The ESPN reporter's question was still sharp: "What do you think of Williams being traded to the Eastern Conference? Williams has always been your most difficult opponent. Do you feel relieved? No. Worried about meeting him in the playoffs in the future? "
When this question was asked, Sun Ce felt that these Americans had a lot of tricks up their sleeves, but their language skills were astonishingly poor. They had to deliberately provoke and deliberately mix in some missing things in the questions so that they could make up stories.
Sun Ce recognized this question as soon as he heard it. No matter how he answered, he seemed to be admitting the prerequisite that "Delong is someone you can't deal with."
Sun Ce glanced at the ceiling, and replied, "Do you know? I had two boiled eggs for breakfast yesterday. I liked them very much, and I ate them both."
"?" The reporters looked at Sun Ce in confusion. What does this mean? When people ask questions, you mean breakfast?
Sun Ce continued: "When I woke up this morning, the team's nutritionist still sent me two boiled eggs for breakfast, and I ate them both. I really think the boiled eggs are delicious. I will still have them for breakfast tomorrow. Eat two boiled eggs.”
Fortunately, there were reporters from China and Asia at the scene. The reporter from China's Guangdong Sports listened and understood the meaning. He couldn't help but ask in Chinese: "Little bully, are you saying that this is none of your business?"
"His being traded has nothing to do with me. I'm not familiar with him. I've only met him four or five times in total, all in games. I have to play more than a hundred games a year. Every year, someone from every team is traded. Trading, do I have to make up a story to serve as my opinion every time someone I don’t know well is traded?
After they were traded, I should still eat and drink, train when I need to train, and just play my basketball well. This is my job, brother, and my life will not be affected by this little thing..."
Seeing Sun Ce and a Chinese reporter actually chatting directly in Chinese, the other reporters who couldn't understand Chinese were speechless: Hey, hey, let's all ask questions together, isn't it good for you to only give answers to your compatriots?
Fortunately, they had a camera to capture this and a recording, so they can just translate it when they go back.
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The Jazz sent away Deron Williams and the Mavericks' edge player Steve Novak, and received the Nets' Derrick Favors, Devin Harris, and $3 million in cash from the Nets in 2011. First round pick.
The Mavericks sent out two fringe players, Steve Novak and Alexander Pavlovic. The latter has a partially guaranteed contract, which means that the referees do not have to pay the salary after the All-Star break until January 26, 2011. As well as the salary for next season, Peja Stojakovic, who was traded away by the Hornets and then traded to the Nets, was acquired.
The Nets made a huge profit by using Harris and Favors to get Deron.
The worst one among them was Deron. According to media reports, Deron was preparing to warm up and wanted to fight Sun Ce in tonight's game. Who knew that he got a call from his agent just after lunch and arrived at the stadium. He was traded!
He thought that Sloan resigned and the team would start to build around him again. He was told that he was traded without any signs. He was still playing the first back-to-back game yesterday, and he was ready to play well and strive for the championship after the Jazz agreed to Sloan's resignation.
And the Jazz traded him away, not to invite Sloan back!
This is simply humiliating!
However, some fans on the Internet think that this is the Jazz's revenge on Deron. The Jazz really wants to keep Sloan because it has been proved that as long as Sloan is there, the future draft or trades, free agent signings will go smoothly, and they will definitely be able to restore their status as a strong team, and Deron is not indispensable.
It is miserable for Deron, one of the league's top point guards, to be kicked out, but life still has to go on day by day.
Just like tonight's game, it was not suspended because of the Deron trade, but went on as scheduled.
The Jazz lost Deron, and their players were caught off guard. Even interim head coach Tyrone Corbin didn't know about it until after the trade.
Feeling that the team was determined to play badly, the players' mentality changed. The players who wanted to counterattack after the team stabilized in the middle and late stages of the season had an explosive mentality, such as Millsap, who played for the first time, and Kirilenko, who dreamed of winning the championship; there were also players who were extremely happy, and playing badly might get more playing time.
But this is a good thing for the Grizzlies...
The Jazz are now in a mess, and the new point guard has not come yet. The only 32-year-old veteran who is not far from retirement is Earl Watson.
Five years ago, Earl Watson was okay. He averaged 7 points and 5 assists per game in the three seasons from 2005 to 2008. It was okay to occasionally play a position. Now Earl Watson...
After the game started, Sun Ce faced the aging Earl Watson and was very coquettish!
The Jazz's inside line seemed to be defenseless, and even Kirilenko's help defense was not active, with a feeling of indifference to the world.
Kirilenko knew that as the team's highest-paid player, when the team's original core was traded, he would most likely be the next one.
In the first quarter, Sun Ce scored 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and a block for Earl Watson and Millsap, helping the Grizzlies easily take a 10-point lead. The Grizzlies entered the intermission with a score of 24-14.
The game was quite easy, and the Jazz didn't even have the idea of resisting. Knowing that the opponent's mentality exploded because of the sudden trade, Sun Ce played harder. He played 27 minutes in the first three quarters, 8 of 14 shots, 21 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks, and 4 steals. He showed off in front of Kirilenko, a 5x5 professional, and only 1 turnover in 7 assists. The passing efficiency was extremely high. The opponent's defense was like a decoration, with double-teaming but no pass blocking.
95 to 77, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Jazz by 18 points and avoided losing streak.
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The next morning after playing against the Jazz, Sun Ce really ate two boiled eggs and took photos to post on social media, which received a lot of reposts.
Many people agreed with Sun Ce's answer in the interview yesterday, but many people also refuted it.
There are all kinds of people in this world. For Sun Ce, instead of getting entangled in some not very necessary things, it is better to concentrate on doing his job well and doing his own thing well, which is the best contribution to the earth.
As Sun Ce said in the interview, the earth will not stop turning because of the loss of one person, one thing or one pastime, and perhaps life will not change even a little bit because of that thing.
After breakfast, Sun Ce and the team set off for Minneapolis to play back-to-back against the Timberwolves tonight.
Generally speaking, the opponents of this 5-day 4-game are relatively weak. Although the schedule is tight, the mentality is still very relaxed.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Grizzlies' away game against the Timberwolves back-to-back began.
The lineup of Sun Ce, Morrow, Sam Young, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol was sent out.
This time it was the turn of Battier and Randolph to rest.
Coach Hollins also thought about the rest. For example, when facing Love, he let Randolph rest. Love's overall defense is not good, but he has enough weight to defend the low post, and he is very good at defensive rebounding. Randolph has a hard time beating him, so he let Randolph rest.