Chapter 672 [Big News, Big Deal]

The Clippers lost, and their record is still tied with the Mavericks for the first place in the league. The losing streak is not big news. The Clippers are rebuilding the team. If they are so strong that they don't lose, they will really be in trouble.

On the 15th, there were two interesting big news in the NBA.

First of all, what worries Chinese fans is that Yao Ming is injured. He will need surgery for a fractured left foot and will miss six months of competition.

After joining the Nets, Yao Ming's average playing time increased to 36.3 minutes per game, and the number of singles also increased. He averaged 21.5 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2 blocks per game. The data was beautiful, but it hid hidden dangers for injuries.

In accordance with Yang Rui's requirements, Yao Ming kept his weight at about 120 kilograms. His height of 226cm is the same as that of DeAndre Jordan and Howard, which greatly reduces his burden. However, his left foot has always been at risk of injury and he must control his playing time.

In 1997, one year after Yao Ming entered the Shanghai Youth Team, he injured his left foot twice in training and games, causing a fracture of the toe. Perhaps it was these two serious injuries during the developmental period that laid the root of the disease in Yao Ming's left foot.

When he was with the Lakers, his teammates could take on the offensive task of holding the ball, quickly counterattacking and combining with positional battles, which made Yao Ming much easier. Now the Nets are almost all positional battles, with Yao as the core offense.

The current head coach of the Nets is Avery Johnson, who knows how to let stars play alone. The Nets signed him to a short-term contract. If there was no suitable candidate to replace him, the boss would want him to get out now.

After Yao Ming was injured, the Nets' task this season became to mess around and try to select another high-ranking rookie.

On this day, the Lakers announced a big deal.

After Evans proposed the idea of ​​leaving at the end of last month, manager Kupchak immediately convened a meeting with the management staff and proposed to adjust the lineup. Otherwise, the Lakers may not even make the playoffs this season. How can they compete with the Clippers in Los Angeles? market?

After the discussion, the Lakers have two trading targets, Pau Gasol and Steve Nash.

Both of these people changed their lives because of the butterfly effect brought by Yang Rui, and their lives were very unsatisfactory.

Gasol has been with the Grizzlies, reaching the Western Conference Finals at most and being selected to several All-Stars, but he has never won a championship. The Grizzlies are also preparing to rebuild, and sending him and Battier away will allow them to perform better. The last time they played the Lakers and the Grizzlies, they didn't want to win at all, but with Gasol there, they overwhelmed the Lakers inside and accidentally won.

The problem is that the Grizzlies want to trade Gasol for a big man, or package Baron Davis in a trade, but the Lakers don't want to give away a big man, let alone accept Davis' bad contract.

Nash has won a few assists, but has never won the regular season MVP. He is far less successful than Yang Rui, who won the MVP in his previous life. The Suns are also preparing to rebuild.

The historical deviation stems from the fact that the Suns dug up O'Neal. When O'Neal left, his strength was greatly reduced. No players were returned, but salary space was vacated. Stoudemire joined New York, but he didn't team up with Nash in the Suns.

Without a super scorer, Nash couldn't lead the team to win. In Yang Rui's previous life, after Stoudemire left the Suns, Nash failed to make the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.

The current Suns are even worse. They have been unable to make the playoffs since trading O'Neal. Now the only three-pointers inside are Channing Frye and "Mascot Terminator" Robin Lopez.

After two weeks of negotiations, the Lakers and Suns made a trade.

The Suns received Tyreke Evans and Joe Smith, the Lakers' first-round pick in 2011, and two second-round picks; the Lakers came back at a relatively low cost and got Nash.

In the summer of 2012, Nash will be a completely free agent. The Suns have no confidence in keeping him, so they are eager to trade him.

Nash is not young anymore. If he wants to compete for a championship ring at the end of his career, he does not have many choices. The Clippers already have Paul, and the Cavaliers have the Big Three. There is no place for him. His relationship with Mavericks owner Cuban is not good. He may be replaced again. The Spurs have Tony Parker, who is also a star point guard.

After discussing with his agent, the only strong team Nash could possibly join is

There are only Lakers, so he will not regret it.

After the deal was announced, Kobe was very happy and said in an interview: "This is a way for the league to evolve. If you want the team to be competitive, you must get at least three powerful guys."

"In a sense, we have always been together, but unfortunately, we have always been rivals, representing the interests of different teams. As long as he is on the court, it becomes easy for every teammate on the court. He is that kind of player. , can make you extremely good.”

Kobe gave Nash high praise. "He is not simply moving on the court. He is a very good passer. I can guarantee that there is no such second person in the league. I can easily move without the ball. I believe he will make the most correct move." The choice made it very simple, instead of me holding the ball and attacking to open up the defense."

Kobe expressed his willingness to play without the ball, but he didn’t know if he could do it. In the past, he was good at keeping the ball out of the hands of his teammates...

The media and fans began to be optimistic about the Lakers again, believing that after Nash joined, the Lakers have formed a new "F4", which is not inferior to the Clippers' four-man combination, and the core positions of the two teams are similar and they are just opposite.

Comparing personal abilities, Nash is slightly inferior to Paul; Luol Deng performed well last season, with a balance of offense and defense, better than Curry; Love's athletic ability is not as good as Griffin's, his range is longer, and he can open up space, which is slightly inferior; he is also good at singles, When comparing Kobe and Gay, everyone thinks Kobe is far better than Gay.

On the 16th, the media began to hype the Christmas game, and the league arranged an away game between the Clippers and the Lakers.

This is the first contest between the two sides this season. David Stern deliberately arranged it. He wanted to leave the stunt to the most appropriate time so that the fans would be more interested.

That night, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Pacers 101-95 on the road.

The Pacers are very similar to the team Yang Rui remembers in his previous life. Although Brad Miller, Michael Reid and others joined during the period and changed the lineup, after the two left, the Pacers still embarked on the old path of reconstruction. , and put together a lineup of Roy Hibbert, Danny Granger, Paul George, Dengta Jones, McRoberts and others.

Steve Blake, who was originally supposed to join the Lakers, chose the Pacers because the Lakers signed Fisher and became a starter in the team, which slightly improved the team's strength.

The Pacers returned to the playoffs and caused a lot of trouble for the Clippers, but the reporters were not interested in talking about them at all. When interviewing Yang Rui, they talked about the Lakers.

"What impact do you think Nash joining the Lakers will have on the Lakers? Can he pose a threat to the Clippers?"

Yang Rui thought for a while and replied: "I don't think Nash joining the Lakers will make the team stronger. What the Lakers need most now is to strengthen internal defense, not external offense. And no matter how strong the point guard is in the Lakers, his general positioning is fixed point. Pitchers, including Paul, are no exception. I think the team that made the most money from this deal is the Suns."

The reporter asked: "Why?"

"Suns backup point guard Dragic is an underrated player. After Nash leaves, he can get more ball rights. I am optimistic that he will produce star data. Moreover, Dragic and Evans are a good partner. Evans He can play the 2 position. Of course, whether the Suns can rise depends on the transactions and draft situation in the next two seasons."

The reporter asked: "Are you saying that Kobe will make point guards worse?"

"I didn't say that, but Nash will be under a lot of pressure in the future. Once the Lakers lose, many fans will say that he failed to give Kobe enough support and failed to average ten rebounds per game. I wish him good luck."