I'm not really a role player

Chapter 247 Potential Transaction

"The bobcat is back again?"

In Los Angeles, Kobe watched the game between the Bobcats and the Celtics, frowning in confusion.

In the past half month, the Bobcats, who lost to the Heat, lost twice to the Magic, and even lost to the Lone Ranger and the Raptors, were almost removed from the ranks of the champions by media reporters and expert commentators.

Thinking back to the beginning of the season, the Bobcats were still the best among this group of champions.

but now……

Speaking of it, Kobe agrees with the statements of this group of media reporters and expert commentators, because the supporting arguments are sufficient——

"Shaq can't play all 82 games in the regular season. He has to rest at least ten games or more. AI is in a bad state. So far this season, the shooting percentage is less than [-]%. Although Sheldon has improved, he lacks the ability to organize and pass the team. In the end, Gerald Wallace can only do dirty work..."

"In short, compared with last season, the Bobcats this season lack a superstar who can lead the team."

The above is the reason for the Bobcats' struggle summarized in a certain ESPN program.

Then there is the summary of Sports Illustrated, they think: "The Bobcats lack an organizer, or they lack a real point guard."

If the Bobcats last season were able to rely on the threat of Lao Ai to pull a little bit, then this season, without Lao Ai, the Bobcats really need a real point guard to sort out the offense.

Yahoo Sports summed it up differently, throwing the blame to Sam Vincent.

"Although Sam Vincent led the Bobcats to win the championship last season, as the head coach, his tactical reserves are too scarce. The Bobcats' offense is not only singles, but singles..."

To put it bluntly, Sam Vincent's style is a bit like Tyronn Lue or Doc Rivers, a metaphysical head coach with few tactical reserves.

Although at this time, Sam Vincent is holding back his energy and wants to bring a set of difficult triangle offense to the Bobcats...

The three pots of the above three media, each pot button is different.

But this just shows that Bobcat's problem is substantive, and it is not the alarmist talk of these media reporters and expert commentators.

So when the Bobcats-Celtics game ended at halftime, a score of 49 to 36 appeared, and Bryant was very surprised.

Say good Bobcats have withdrawn from the ranks of the championship?Is it said that the Celtics are the biggest favorites for this season's championship?

Uh, in fact, Kobe quite agrees with the latter, because after the start of the new season, the Celtics are indeed killing people randomly.

At the end of November in the new season, the Celtics have played as many as 11 games, won 17 games, and lost only one game to the Pacers.

Speaking of which, the Pacers game is a bit similar to this game.

Pierce was stared down by Granger and made a 15-of-3 field goal;
Gentleman Lei doesn't have many chances, so it's a bit of a stroke;
Lagalondo's weakness is magnified, because TJ Ford went to the Nuggets and did not join the Pacers like in his previous life, so now the Pacers' main control is the main killer Jared Jack.

Although I don't know if Jack will kill himself, one thing is certain is that Jack's defense is very good. Not only did he defend Rondo alone, but he even took into account the defense against Jun Zilei and Pierce;

Therefore, the Celtics' offense can only rely on KG.

This is exactly the same as this game, KG is very helpless to take the offense and defense on one shoulder.

But for the 32-year-old KG, it is difficult to attack and blow up opponents by himself. What's more, their opponent in this game is the Bobcats, a defensive team that can only defend without offense.

……

Leading by 13 points at halftime, the Bobcats' victory was not solid.

But Sam Vincent didn't have much to do. He could only continue his style of play in the first half and grind slowly.

Didn't watch the first half of the game, did the Bobcats grind out a 13-point lead?

For the Celtics, Mike D'Antoni strongly recommends his style of play——

"Tom, according to what I said, I can guarantee that we can complete the reversal in the second half!"

"No, Mike, if I really follow what you say, our defense will be riddled with holes..."

"Well, Tom, we need to win this game, don't we?"

"That's right, but defense is our base, and we can't lose our defense."

"..."

Mike D'Antoni spread his hands and said, this is the first time he has quarreled with Thibodeau.

Therefore, D'Antoni's point is over, and he doesn't want to tear his face with Thibodeau.

Although at this moment, he really wanted to spray out: "My team, there is no way that it only scored 36 points in the half!"

……

The Bobcats haven't changed anything, and the Celtics have only slightly strengthened their defense.

emmm, that's right, Tom Thibodu replaced Tony Allen, and the already constipated offense became even more constipated.

But Xibodu's idea is fine. Instead of being constipated offensively and defensively unable to defend against the flank attacks of Li Ke and Hua Er, it is better to replace Tony Allen, defend well, and let the offense go...

This is how the second half of the game started.

"KG, high post singles, a mid-range shot with a step-back, missed..."

"The Bobcats got the rebound, now it's their turn, Sheldon, he's being marked by Tony Allen."

"Even so, he still pushed forward, turned around, and made a mid-range jumper...and didn't make it!"

"..."

In the second half of the game, the sound of iron strikes was very intensive.

Both sides are blacksmithing, the difference is that Bobcat's blacksmithing has changed people, sometimes it is Li Ke, sometimes it is Lao Ai, and sometimes it is Hua's second...

The Celtics are KG's one-man show, and KG almost supports the Celtics' offense with his own strength.

This reminds Li Ke, who has been looking for gaps in the tight defense, to think of KG's serious injury that has not yet arrived this season.

"KG's injury, if I remember correctly, it should be a torn ligament?"

At this moment, Li Ke understood why KG was suddenly seriously injured at the age of 32.

And, he could imagine that in this time and space, KG might not be able to avoid this serious injury.

"Celtics, the favorites?"

Li Ke is already shaking his head, KG is seriously injured, and the Celtics have nothing to play.

In the Eastern Conference this season, I am afraid that the Magic will still dominate...

In the third quarter, the Bobcats and the Celtics played an ultra-low score of 18 to 19, and the Celtics pulled back 1 point.

At the end of the three quarters, with a score of 67 to 55 and a 12-point deficit, the Celtics seem to have found a chance to come back from adversity.

However, during the break, Tom Thibodeau once again rejected Mike D'Antoni's request to change his strategy.

So, at the end of the quarter, the Bobcats and Celtics continued their defensive battle in the third quarter as if they were busting each other.

In this case, it is simply a fantasy for the Celtics to recover from a 12-point deficit.

In this way, after four quarters, the Bobcats in the away game won a not-so-difficult victory with a score of 87 to 79.

Well, Li Ke feels that it is necessary to emphasize the words "not difficult".

Because of this game, from the data point of view, it is still a bit difficult for the Bobcats to win.

Li Ke's score was the highest in the game, but he made 22 of 9 shots and scored a game-high 26 points.

Except for the opening part of the game, he still played mostly iron for the rest of the game.

It should be Lao Ai who is even worse, with 15 shots and only 4 hits.

Overall, the Bobcats' shooting percentage was just over [-]%, and the Celtics were even worse, but considering that this is a defensive battle, it is normal to have such a shooting percentage.

However, at the end of the game, the advantage of only 9 points made this game look much more difficult.

But in fact, from beginning to end, the Bobcats did not give the Celtics a chance to reverse.

"The Bobcats had an unexpected victory, and Shelton's North Shore Garden victory was unbroken."

Kenny Smith was a little bit emotional. He thought that the old Shark was taking a break, and the old Ai was in a bad state. With only one Li Ke, the Bobcats would lose.

As a result, the Celtics performed worse than the Bobcats.

This is a game of whose offense is worse.

"In any case, the Bobcats are relying on this victory to breathe a sigh of relief. The November record of 9 wins and 6 losses is at least not that bad."

Charles Barkley began to analyze the overall situation, because there is really nothing to say about this game.

Overall analysis, Bobcats beat the Celtics, at least let them return to the ranks of the championship favorites.

Li Ke had no intention of staying in the North Shore Garden after the game.

He found KG, Pierce and Jun Zilei, shook hands, said hello, then turned around and left.

Central Five did not broadcast the game. TNT wanted to interview Li Ke, but considering the sensitive relationship between Li Ke and North Shore Garden, after the Bobcats negotiated, DeAndre Jordan was asked to accept an interview on the sidelines.

Speaking of Jr. Jordan, this game was his first game in place of the old Sharks. His performance was still very good, with 6 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. He was not at a slight disadvantage against KG, and he even had a certain advantage against Perkins.

Boss Joe, who supervised the game remotely in Charlotte, should be satisfied with his little brother's performance.

……

Just like the overall analysis of TNT's commentary booth, as the Bobcats beat the Celtics, the November schedule has come to an end.

The Bobcats have achieved a record of 9 wins and 6 losses. With the opening game in October, the Bobcats have an overall record of 10 wins and 10 losses. They are already behind the Celtics, Cavaliers and Magic in the regular season rankings in the Eastern Conference.

"The fourth ranking in the Eastern Conference looks a bit like last season."

Last season, the Bobcats also entered the playoffs fourth in the Eastern Conference, and then killed the fifth Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference, the Celtics and the Pistons in second, and finally killed the Lakers in the Western Conference. It is a dark horse miracle.

It seems that the fourth ranking in the Eastern Conference is not unacceptable.

But the problem is that last season, the Bobcats were even in the lottery in the first half of the season, and climbed to the top four in the second half of the season. The record in the second half of the season is actually much higher than the top four in the East.

This season, the Bobcats ranked fourth in the East, in fact, has been able to explain something.

They defeated the knights, relying on Li Ke's natural restraint on Le Bang.

Defeated the Celtics, relying on the better offense after the rookies pecked each other.

But against the Magic, the Bobcats have no chance of winning at all after losing two games in a row.

If entering the playoffs at this moment, the Bobcats have the most and can only reach the Eastern Conference Finals, they must not be

"If we're going to be in the title race, something has to change."

The triangle offense is an attempt made by the coaching staff. Li Ke is not very optimistic about it. Therefore, he believes that the team needs to make other changes.

So, what is the easiest and most immediate change?
That's right, it's a deal!

Returning to Charlotte from Boston, Li Ke found Boss Joe whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"You played well, Sheldon. In the opening game plus the November game, you averaged 11 points, 25.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 4.2 steals per game. You are at the MVP level. If your score increases by another 1.8 to 4 points, I can guarantee that you will be the MVP of this season."

As soon as they met, Boss Qiao stared at Li Ke's data and commented.

Li Ke took it as a joke, and shook his head: "The statistics are not bad, but the record is much worse, Michael..."

"So, the purpose of your coming to me is to improve the team's record, am I right?"

"No, Michael."

Boss Qiao still knew Li Ke very well. Li Ke hadn't looked for him much after the move, but now that he came to him suddenly, his purpose was naturally not that simple.

"Tell me, what do you think."

"It's simple, Michael, I don't need a pure point guard."

"A pure point guard? Then, let the AI ​​substitute?"

"No, AI will definitely not be able to accept the role of a substitute, so we need a point guard who can organize and defend without making mistakes."

"A point guard who can organize, defend and can't make mistakes? Are you talking about Jason Kidd?"

Li Ke hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "No, of course not."

"Then where can I find such a point guard?"

"I can give a few optional goals."

"Then tell me."

"Lagalondo of the Celtics, Kyle Lowry of the Grizzlies, Jared Jack of the Pacers, George Hill of the Spurs..."

"Four goals? Is there a sequence?"

"Of course, Raja Rondo is the first choice, followed by Kyle Lowry, Jared Jack and George Hill."

Rondo is of course the first choice. He has many problems, but those problems are no longer a problem when he gets the Bobcats, because there is Li Ke, the universal puzzle.

The second is Lowry. Speaking of which, Li Ke thinks that Lowry is more suitable for the Bobcats than Rondo, but Lowry still needs some time to grow. In the end, Jack and rookie George Hill are both candidates.

Boss Joe nodded. He said he would make some attempts, but he did not guarantee success.

Seeing this, Li Ke added another name to Boss Qiao's list——

"Then add another one, Goran Dragic of the Phoenix Suns..."

In this wave, Li Ke directly opened his eyes. Except for the two candidates Jack and George Hill, the remaining three, whichever one is won, the Bobcats' point guard position will have a future.

(End of this chapter)