I'm not really a role player

Chapter 251 Before the Spring Festival War

At the end of the game, Charlotte started the Christmas Eve carnival. For Charlotte, this victory is

On the court, Li Ke raised his two hands and high-fived every teammate who came up.

Then, he moved to the front of the technical platform and stretched out his right hand towards Dayao.

"Accepted, Brother Yao."

Dayao also stretched out his right hand, and said with a feeling of emotion: "Your No. 6 Xiaohei is too active..."

"Hey." Li Ke smiled, he knew that in this game, Dayao had suffered enough from Jordan's defense around the front.

But this is not how good Jordan is, but that Dayao's problems are too prominent.

Dayao obviously knew this too, and then he patted Li Ke on the shoulder: "It was a real fight, and I must say that the Bobcats I learned before your game are much stronger, so don't be too concerned about the public opinion's evaluation."

Li Ke nodded: "I know."

Speaking of which, after the victory of the Christmas War, the evaluation of the Bobcats by media reporters and expert commentators should have changed.

Because so far in the new season, the Bobcats have won three extremely important games——

The opening game against the Cavaliers, the Celtics at the end of November and this Christmas game.

Dayao has obviously noticed this. Although the offense is a mess, but relying on defense, the Bobcats should still be one of the favorites for the championship.

Li Ke, who superficially agrees with Dayao, knows very well that these three victories are really not convincing.

In the opening game against the Cavaliers, a crushing victory.

But in fact, the Cavaliers themselves are a pseudo-strong team with too many lineup problems and too many flaws.

So far this season, the Cavaliers have an excellent record, more because of Lebron's strong attributes of abuse.

In a strong duel, the knight loses more than he wins and wins less. Facing an opponent weaker than himself, when the knight hardly misses, the record is naturally gorgeous.

The victory over the Celtics at the end of November, and this victory over the Rockets, are very similar.

The lineup of these two teams is reasonable, and the depth of the bench is sufficient, so they are not considered pseudo-strong teams.

Bobcats victory, just because they clearly caught the Celtics and Rockets' sore feet.

Very consistent sore feet-the Celtics and Rockets both lack an outside super giant.

Therefore, when Li Ke teamed up with Hua's second son to form an impregnable flank defense, the two perimeter duos of Pierce, Gentleman Ray, Billups and Richard Hamilton were all lost.

The next thing to show is the tight overall defense of the Bobcats. The tight overall defense of the Bobcats makes it difficult for the basketball to pass to the inside easily.

Therefore, although KG of the Celtics and Dayao of the Rockets are superstars or quasi-superstars, it is difficult to play the corresponding role.

In these two victories, defense was the key to winning.

And in turn, let's analyze the strong duels that the Bobcats lost——

The loss to the Magic was because they couldn't cope with Stan Van Gundy's big and radiant tactical system for the Sparks, and the offense was locked by the Sparks' penalty area.

The loss to the Lone Ranger was because Dirk Nowitzki was undefendable. Perhaps Li Ke's replacement could play a role, but this season's Lone Ranger has played more holistically since Rick Carlisle took office.

Li Ke locked the driver, and the Lone Ranger also had Jason Terry, Josh Howard and Jason Kidd...

In the defeat against the Hornets, Li Ke's single defense failed for the second time, emmm, he really can't defend against the cannonball who can shoot and pass suddenly.

But the first time the defense failed was the game against the Heat, when Li Ke failed to guard Dwyane Wade.

And when Li Ke's single defense is difficult to play a role, it is reasonable for the Bobcats to lose.

This is why, Kenny Smith believes that if the Bobcats' defense maintains the current level, Li Ke will be the reason for Dpoy this season.

The Bobcats' defense is of course based on Lao Sha's frame protection and Hua Laoer's auxiliary defense, but the most important thing is still Li Ke's single defense.

From the strength of these few games, it is not difficult to analyze that the Bobcats are more afraid of teams that play as a whole or have outside superstars.

Li Ke quickly thought of the Lakers, Jazz, and Spurs, opponents that the Bobcats had never lost.

The Bobcats haven't met the Bobcats and the Spurs yet, but the Jazz have played against each other and won.

It's just that it's hard to analyze that victory as a typical example, because in that game, Lao Ai recovered his form and performed very well.

Overall analysis, this season's Bobcats, there are still many problems, the future is worrying.

……

After the Christmas game, the Bobcats got a three-day vacation, which is a kind of compensation for their Christmas Eve game.

It was also in the past two or three days that Boss Qiao made the latest progress.

"I contacted some interested teams and finally got a response from Danny Ferry."

Danny Ferry, general manager of the Cavaliers.

Li Ke immediately went through the Cavaliers' lineup and roster in his mind. Indeed, the Cavaliers really need Radmanovic, especially Radmanovich who has performed well in the past two months.

"So, they are willing to pay a first round?"

"Yes, a first round is the bottom line, but now there are problems."

"question?"

"It's still a matter of salary balance. The Cavaliers can send out Radmanovic's contract of 605 million US dollars to match, only Eric Snow of 731 million."

"We can't accept Eric Snow, so now, we need to convince the Grizzlies to take Eric Snow?"

"Yes, the price tag may still go up."

"What is the rocket's bid?"

"Aaron Brooks adds a first round."

"What about our offer?"

"The Cavaliers' chips are all given to the Grizzlies. We have another round or Ryan Hollins, Joel Anthony, no more."

Hearing the Rocket's bid and comparing it with Boss Qiao's bid, Li Ke frowned, feeling more and more disgusted by Mou Lei.

It's outrageous that the price of a backup point guard for the worst team in the Western Conference can be raised to this level.

Little Black Bean played no worse than Lowry, but he still had to use $105 million Little Black Bean for the first round in exchange for Kyle Lowry, who had a contract of $109 million, to wipe his tears.

Compared with the Bobcats' $731 million Eric Snow, add a Cavaliers first round, plus a Bobcats second round.

There is no doubt that the Rockets' bid is more competitive.

Li Ke was silent, deep in his heart, he was hesitating and hesitating.

He knows very well that Kyle Lowry is the last chance for the Bobcats this season.

With Lowry in hand, the Bobcats can still rush to the finals.

But without Lowry, this season is basically hopeless.

In this way, Li Ke thought of the 09 draft, thought of Stephen Curry, thought of Russell Westbrook, thought of James Harden...

"Either, this season is like this, take a gamble on the state of the playoffs, and then get a lottery pick in the draft, or, all in Lowry, continue to sprint..."

Actually, thinking of this, Li Ke already had his answer.

All in Lowry does not mean 100% success, but if you bet on the 09 draft, the success rate is [-]%.

Li Ke is confident that Kuweedon will come to any one, and the future Bobcats will be at the dynasty level.

The only question is where the draft picks will come from.

"Michael, I think we've just made the offer. How the Grizzlies choose is their business."

"What about our master?"

Boss Qiao will not think so long-term like Li Ke. He only knows that the bobcat in front of him needs a real master.

"Well, Michael, next year is the year of the point guard..."

"You mean, the draft? What about this season?"

"Jared Jack!"

In any case, it is impossible for Radmanovich to stay, so start the transaction directly and target Jared Jack.

With Jack in hand, the Bobcats still have a chance to make a comeback.

"The point is next year's draft, Michael, we need a first-round pick as high as possible."

"As far forward as possible..."

Boss Joe frowned, it was a bit difficult for him.

Li Ke is extremely confident: "It's just a lottery pick for a young draft pick. As long as we are willing to pay, we will definitely get it."

"hope so……"

……

This is the end of the transaction, and the time has advanced to December 12, when the Bobcats headed to New Jersey.

This is a back-to-back schedule with a guest first and then a host, and the opponents are all the Nets.

For Li Ke, these two games were reunions of old friends.

Li Ke and Jimmy Butler embraced courtside at the Ezod Center in New Jersey.

Giba is this year's No. [-] rookie. He is the core and future of the Nets' reconstruction in the post-Kidd era.

But this season, Giba didn't get much playing time, because, on top of him, there was another Vince Carter occupying the position and possession of the ball.

It's not that the Nets didn't make up their minds, but that Carter couldn't sell for the past two seasons, and the Nets didn't want to make random moves, so Carter just stayed...

The hugs and friendly exchanges before the game did not prevent Li Ke and Jiba from fighting close to each other after the game started.

Speaking of which, the Nets' record this season is not too bad.

Because their lineup on paper is not bad, the guard combination of Devon Harris Gavins Carter, small forward Giba, and the inside line is this year's No. 21 rookie Ryan Anderson partner Danga Zuric.

Although it can't reach the strength of the playoffs, at least this Nets is still stronger than many tank teams.

Since December, since Lao Ai has gradually found his status, the Bobcats have also become a bit of a master of abuse.

In the face of opponents who are weaker than themselves, they will not hold back, and will not give a chance to be upset.

This game is such a typical example-on the offensive end, Li Ke fought Jiba hand-to-hand, but on the defensive end, he switched to Carter, using his superb defensive awareness, locked Carter into Kobe, and hit the iron like crazy.

An away game, the Bobcats easily won.

Then they returned to the home court and played against each other again. The Bobcats almost used the same move to win another game.

After two wars, the NBA in 2008 came to an end.

Throughout December, the Bobcats achieved an excellent record of 12 wins and 14 losses, and their state has recovered significantly.

The victory in the rematch against the Cavaliers and the victory against the Rockets in the Christmas War made media reporters and expert commentators re-examine the Bobcats.

Words and descriptions such as championship favorites and strong contenders for the championship have returned to the Bobcats.

Of course, for Li Ke, the more important thing is——

On January 1, he touched a new trophy, a trophy called Player of the Month.

"NBA2008-09 season, the best player of the month in December, East: Li Ke, West: Kobe Bryant!"

先说科比，场均28.3分5.7个篮板4.2个助攻1.3个抢断的数据，11胜4负的球队战绩，让他当之无愧且毫无悬念的捧起了这座月最佳的奖杯。

But in the Eastern Conference, there is still some suspense about the ownership of the best player of the month.

李恪需要面对这个月场均29.2分5.3个篮板6.3个助攻1.8个抢断1.2个盖帽9胜4负的德维恩韦德的竞争。

在个人数据方面，李恪落入下风，他场均只有25.4分4.1个篮板4.2个助攻2.6个抢断0.8个盖帽入账。

But relying on a record of 14 wins and 2 losses, Li Ke finally won.

This month is the best, and it is also the best month of Li Ke's career.

……

As time entered 2009, the January schedule became tighter.

The Bobcats know the reason. At the end of January, they need to cross the Pacific Ocean, go to the other side of the ocean, and stage a Spring Festival war with the Lakers.

Before and after, the Bobcats need too much preparation time and rest time.

Therefore, the league can only pile up more games before the Spring Festival.

As for why not put it after the Spring Festival, emmm...

After the Spring Festival, there will be the All-Star Weekend and the more important playoffs. Therefore, it is a better choice to put the game before the Spring Festival.

In the first game of the new year, the Bobcats beat the Bucks.

The Bucks this season are also ambitious. They did not send the UAE to the Nets like they did in their previous life, but Richard Jefferson still joined the Bucks and formed a double shot with Reed.

With the addition of Bobdog inside, the Bucks are struggling on the edge of the playoffs.

In this game, Li Ke defended Reed mainly, thinking it would be another vicious victory.

As a result, Richard Jefferson unexpectedly broke out.

The Bucks took the lead at one point, but...

In the third quarter of the game, Li Ke hit Reed with his back, turned around and broke through, and went to the basket. Bogoute directly bent his elbow...

boom!
Although the referee blew the whistle in time, Li Ke was still angry, because this elbow was too dirty!

He stood up and sprayed Bogoute angrily, but Bogoute responded in various ways.

Therefore, in the second half of the game, the Bucks could only face Li Ke's anger at home.

Crazy three-pointers, extremely fast breakthroughs, sweeping scoring streaks...

In this way, the Buck was killed by an angry Li Ke.

……

In the second game in January, the Bobcats were at home again, beating the rotten Knicks.

Then the Cavaliers and the 76ers won consecutive victories until January 1, when they met the Lakers. Li Ke couldn't prevent Kobe, who scored 9 points alone, and the Bobcats' winning streak ended like this.

After this defeat, the Bobcats returned to the right track, winning consecutive away games against the Wizards and Pistons, but after returning home, they lost consecutively to the Spurs and Trail Blazers.

The Grizzlies won a game in the middle, breaking the losing streak, and then immediately lost another game to the Suns.

In this way, after all kinds of dishonesty and strong opponents, the Spring Festival war is just around the corner.

The long-awaited transaction finally came to fruition.

　Push a basketball novel that I read recently - "Restricted Basketball". If you are short of books recently, you can read it. After reading it, you will know how restrictive it is (狗头)

　　
　
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