The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 227 226. Van Gundy's Trading Ideas (seeking a monthly ticket)

"After the entire first quarter, I still feel that the Magic's performance can be described as incredible."

"It's hard to imagine that without Rashad, this team can still have such a high level of competitiveness."

"Su's growth is really too fast. Even now, what I'm thinking about is not whether Su can become a star in the future, but when will Su become a star, haha."

After the first quarter, Mark Woodson was also joking with his partner, but he kept expressing his optimism for Su Jiu in his words.

After returning from the second quarter, the two sides also sent most of the substitute lineup to compete.

In the competition for the bench lineup, the Nuggets can be said to have a slight upper hand, and even if they play well, they may show a crushing trend.

As for the reason, it's not because the Nuggets' bench lineup has such a deep bench strength, it's just because there is a player named JR Smith sitting on the Nuggets' bench.

What's more, in addition to having JR Smith, a super scorer, Linas Kleiza, who is on the Nuggets' bench, is also not to be underestimated.

This name must be unfamiliar to most fans in the NBA, but as a Lithuanian, Linas Kleiza is definitely a star in Lithuanian basketball.

Even in Europe, it also has its own prestigious reputation.

As a striker who is only 114 meters tall but weighed [-] kilograms at his peak, Kleiza's physical condition can be described as very good.

It can also be regarded as one of the few European players in the league who can fight against the Americans.

Kleiza has been playing as a substitute player this season. In the case of averaging 22 minutes per game, Kleiza is also able to contribute 10.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.7 assists.

Yes, you read that right, an average of 0.7 assists per game.

It has to be said that, as a European-born player, Kleiza's playing style can be said to be nothing like the local players in the European League.

He has neither the selfless dedication nor the excellent passing vision on the court, but instead has some natural advantages on the body.

The only one who has anything to do with European players is that he finally has a relatively soft three-point shot.

The excellent weight also allowed him to swing in the third and fourth positions in the NBA, but the excellent weight eventually became a burden on his body.

But no matter what, Kleiza definitely has the ability to play in the NBA league. Even if he gets to a relatively weak team, it is not difficult to get the starting position.

In addition to JR Smith and Kleiza, on the defensive end, the Nuggets also have the birdman Anderson who can roam the entire court.

This is a very reasonable combination, and it also makes the Nuggets' lineup very deep.

It can be said that this is the main reason why the Nuggets can succeed this season.

So in the contest after the second quarter, the Nuggets quickly gained the upper hand.

Although the Magic team has been struggling under the leadership of the little fat man Nelson, but Naihe's two fists are hard to beat.

Except for Nelson, the Magic's other players on the court can be said to have large and small flaws, and there is one thing in common that is insufficient offensive ability.

The only JJ Redick who still has some offensive ability can only be regarded as a pure pitcher.

And it is still very lax on the defensive end, and even Stan Van Gundy has planned to abandon him, and even trade him in the middle of the season.

After all, as Courtney Lee played better and better this season, he has already deviated seriously from the trajectory of his previous life.

This also made Stan Van Gundy completely give up the idea of ​​​​trading him.

But it is a pity that as the team exposes more and more flaws on the bench, the Magic is bound to complete one or two deals this season.

So when Courtney Lee cannot be a bargaining chip, Redick has become the Magic's best trading chip at present.

Because apart from Redick, Tony Batty and Bogans have no trade value at all.

As for Janelle Nelson, it is because the contract signed with the Magic is relatively large, so even if you want to trade, the difficulty of it is conceivable.

After all, the current salary cap of the league is not as wide as that of later generations, which also leads to the fact that players in the league who can earn an annual salary of more than [-] million yuan are definitely the main players of each team.

Therefore, without any special reason, it is quite difficult to trade Nelson for a bargaining chip that I am satisfied with.

What's more, the newly traded players have to go through some re-running with the team, so even if the two are equal in value, they may not be more useful than Nelson in the end.

It is also for various reasons that Van Gundy also chose to let Nelson lead the bench to play instead of choosing to make some trading plans in the middle of the season.

After all, for the Magic this season, from the management, to the coaches, to the bottom players, everyone has only one goal, and that is to aim for the championship.

Therefore, in the mid-season lineup, it is not appropriate to make too large changes.

Although the "Polish legend" Gortat on the bench has a lot of trading value, for the Magic, he can be said to be a very good substitute for Warcraft.

So in today's era when center players are still highly valued, a center like Gortat with a low salary and a certain ability to protect the frame is definitely a popular player in the market.

As long as the magic team management does not have shit in their minds, it is absolutely impossible for Gortat to trade him in the past two years.

Unless the other party's bargaining chip is too tempting, it will only be JJ Redick who will be traded in the end.

This news is no longer news in today's Magic team.

Even Redick himself is ready to be traded, after all, it is so cruel in the NBA.

If you fail to show your worth, then what you will eventually face is either being abandoned or being traded.

And when Su Jiu heard the news, his face was expressionless, and he didn't have much thought.

After all, Su Jiu didn't have any good feelings for Redick, because his mouth was too stinky, and whether he had a brain was also open to question.

At least in the usual training games, Su Jiu never bothered to communicate with people like Redick.

Even though Redick took the initiative to find Su Jiu many times to express his personal favor, Su Jiu still remained unmoved.

After all, although it is said that stupid people have stupid blessings, but stupid critics don't...

As the situation on the court gradually fell into a disadvantage, Stan Van Gundy was not too angry off the court.

After all, similar to this situation, in the previous wave of winning streak, Van Gundy has gone through many reincarnations.

At the beginning of the season, Van Gundy always felt that his lineup was relatively reasonable, and in terms of the depth of the lineup, it was able to rank among the strongest in the league.

But as the season progressed, Van Gundy also gradually discovered the shortage of the bench lineup, and in the end he also discovered a very cruel fact.

That is, at the beginning of the season, it was not how excellent the Magic's lineup was, but because of various offseason transactions, most teams had major and minor changes.

Therefore, at the beginning of the season, all teams are in a running-in stage, and only the Magic did not have too many personnel adjustments during the offseason, so they showed a strong momentum at the beginning of the season.

However, after the running-in of each team has gradually improved, when the Magic team faced these teams for the first time, the disadvantages in the lineup were already revealed.

Especially the disadvantage in the bench lineup is very large, and this has always been a major problem that has plagued Van Gundy.

Therefore, Van Gundy has decided to propose a deal to the management, and must make some adjustments to the lineup in the middle of the season.

It is best to be able to trade some old stars, even if it is at the cost of weakening the bench lineup, Van Gundy will definitely support it.

Otherwise, it would be quite difficult to win the championship with the current lineup.

And every time he thought of this, Van Gundy would be very grateful for the rise of such a monster as Su Jiu.

Because Van Gundy couldn't even imagine that with the current lineup of the Magic, if there was no such unexpected player as Su Jiu's rise.

So just how loose they are this season...

　The second update will be in the afternoon, toothache! !Terrible! !

　　

　

(End of this chapter)