I'm not really a role player

Chapter 258 A Season Ended

After the Spring Festival war, Li Ke's state was a bit sleepwalking.

The state here does not refer to the state on the court, but off the court.

He felt very tired and sleepy, and he gave up the sense of ritual of having breakfast while browsing news reports after getting up every morning.

Now it has turned into eating breakfast in a daze every morning, and then rushing to the training hall to start the training of the breakfast club.

The intensity of the breakfast club has been reduced a lot, so Li Ke knows that the problem is not with the breakfast club.

"It should be caused by a season of high-intensity combat. The Spring Festival war just aggravated the degree of fatigue..."

Although very tired, Li Ke played the game without any problems.

Therefore, Li Ke felt that even without this system, he would still be that kind of player.

Gritting his teeth, he continued the training of the breakfast club. It was during the training that Li Ke heard about the Celtics' trade.

Boss Joe, who had not seen him for many days, suddenly pushed the door open and told Li Ke, "Sheldon, did you see the Celtic deal?"

"Celtic deal?"

The dazed Li Ke looked confused, and then, Boss Qiao gave a rough description of the Celtic deal.

"They sent Lagalondo away? Ping for Jeff Green?"

"Instead of a swap, they added Bryan Scalabrine."

"It's just a bonus to the salary..."

Although Danny Angie sent away the operation of the human victory cigar, he has already begun to establish his ruthless personality.

But no matter what, Scalabrian is just a water dispenser administrator. Leaving the Celtics will have no effect on the Celtics. Joining the Thunder will not have any bonus to the Thunder.

The subject of the trade is Lagalondo for Jeff Green.

Li Ke's first reaction was that the Celtics lost money, and the original Big Four lineup was directly dismantled, leaving only the old Big Three.

This Celtic team has no future to speak of.

But in this transaction, Li Ke can still see Danny Angie's thoughts.

Rondo has too many problems, sticking to the ball, missing shots, and poor free throws. Such a point guard is too easy to be called the opponent's best sixth man.

From this perspective, Danny Ainge's choice seems to be right.

Even, Danny Ainge may have given Rondo all the blame for the Celtics' poor offense. Who made him stick to the ball?
And Jeff Green, who was traded, directly added the firepower of the substitute and the strength of the flanks, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.

But the problem is that there are not many teams that can make Rondo the best sixth man of their team. Most teams in this era still like Rondo's type of point guard.

And, without Rondo, the Celtics have no playmaker, unless they can get a new point guard.

"So, what do you think of this deal?"

"Thunder earn blood, Celtic lose blood."

"What do you think? It's completely contrary to public opinion."

"That's why the public opinion is wrong. For the Celtics, Ragalondo is a double-edged sword. Maybe his shooting is bad and will hurt the team, but his organization is also indispensable for the Celtics."

"Organization? Are you trying to say that the Celtics have no control?"

"That's right, you can't expect Eddie House to organize it?"

The only backup point guard for the Celtics is Eddie House, but Eddie House's style is projection-type, and his organizational ability is equal to zero.

"Gossip, the Knicks may lay off Stephon Marbury, and the Celtics are seducing the Pistons' Ralph Alston."

"Lone wolf? He's out of gas tank long ago, but he's the king of streetball. If it's a trade, the Celtics shouldn't be able to take on Ralph Alston, right?"

Boss Joe nodded: "They hope that Ralph Alston will put pressure on the Pistons management and join after the buyout."

Sure enough, Danny Ainge style.

If Alstom joins the Celtics, the organizational problems can be resolved.

Perhaps, this season, the strength of the Celtics can be improved, but obviously, after sending Rondo away, they still lost their future.

"With such an operation, the Celtics will make the last wave..."

The Rockets made the last wave, and now there is an extra Celtic.

Speaking of which, the Bobcats, the Rockets, and the Celtics this season are similar, and Lao Ai and Lao Sha also want to make another last wave.

But looking at the various reinforcements of the Celtics and Rockets, the Lakers have also entered the real peak, and there is still a Magic in the East that is a bit unwinnable, the Bobcats this season, the hope is already very slim.

When he turned his eyes away from the Celtics who had lost their future and focused on the Thunder, Li Ke discovered a brand new Thunder Four.

"Lagalondo, Xiaodu, Brook Lopez, and Serge Ibaka, who has not yet come, the new four young players have appeared."

Sam Presti is already considered a godly operation. Compared with his previous life, Jeff Green, who originally replaced Perkins, directly replaced Rondo.

Counting the upcoming 09 draft, this Thunder team even has a chance to form an ultimate five.

That's right, although Rondo joined, Li Ke is still not optimistic that the Thunder can make the playoffs.

One is that Xiao Du's strength is not enough, and the other is that the strength of the West is too high...

"But if this continues, the Thunder should win the lottery, and there are not many top rookies left for the Thunder."

Looking away from Lei Ting again, Boss Qiao suddenly asked: "By the way, Allen's contract is about to expire, we can renew it in advance, what do you think?"

"That's your business, Michael."

Li Ke didn't know what to say to Lao Ai in this state, so he directly threw the choice to Boss Qiao.

……

In early January, the Knicks announced the layoff of Stephon Marbury. After the clarification period, the Celtics announced that they had signed Stephon Marbury with a one-year non-guaranteed minimum salary.

Send the cancer Rondo away, get Jeff Green, who can be expected in the future, and is also expected now, and then sign the Lone Wolf to make up for the lack of point guard.

With the addition of potential Ralph Alston, it seems that Danny Ainge's wave of operations has been perfect.

Li Ke even believes that, counting the deal that the Magic got Aaron Brooks, coupled with this wave of operations by the Celtics, the Bobcats can withdraw from this season's championship game early.

And indeed it was, because something happened to the Bobcats.

After a few difficult games in early February, the Bobcats won and lost, and the overall state is very average.

At this moment, Lao Ai, who had many problems on the field, also had problems off the field.

Early in the morning, Li Ke, who still didn't pay attention to the news reports, once again learned from Boss Qiao: "Allen went in..."

This time, Boss Qiao didn't appear in front of Li Ke, he called.

"I'm at the Charlotte Police Department and I'm going to bail him out."

"What happened?"

"His wife reported to the police that he was violent, and the police went to his house to prove it."

"I see……"

Li Ke hung up the phone, leaving only this sentence before hanging up.

Because he knew very well that Lao Ai was ill, and Boss Qiao, who had originally planned to cut Lao Ai's salary and renew his contract, should have given up on this idea.

Lao Ai will not stay, and the Bobcats' season is over.

……

The domestic violence incident outside the court only put the Bobcats at the center of the public opinion storm. Lao Ai will not be suspended, so he can still play.

But in the game after the incident, Lao Ai had already recovered a bit and sank directly to the bottom.

In the battle against the Heat, he made 18 of 4 shots in a direct wave and lost to the Bobcats directly.

Then there was a game against the Jazz, 22 of 5 shots, and the sun continued.

Until the All-Star weekend, Lao Ai's state did not recover.

During the All-Star Weekend, Li Ke's signature sneaker "Like Ⅰ" was launched.

In the rookie challenge, Li Ke really played soy sauce.

Then came the All-Star Game. In this game, Li Ke didn't play soy sauce, but he didn't perform at a god level either. He scored 11 points on 6 of 15 shots and performed well.

But the East lost this game for a number of reasons.

One is that Kobe, who will be named AMVP in the future, performed well without injuries.

The second is to play a bit of a pit for an AMVP who has already fallen into the devil.

The third is that the Eastern team played too much soy sauce, and no one stood up C.

On the whole, the Eastern team lost and helped Kobe win the third AMVP trophy in his career.

It is worth mentioning that due to the change of the historical line, the old shark this year did not win the AMVP trophy with Kobe.

……

After the All-Star break, Lao Ai's condition still hasn't improved.

He and Tawana's divorce lawsuit begins, and the off-court influence grows.

In this case, Bobcats directly asked Lao Ai to truce and adjust his state.

Without Lao Ai, the Bobcats' record has also declined, and the number of losses has begun to increase. Not only has the team no longer had hope for the O'Brien Cup, but public opinion has already demoted the Bobcats to the end.

Bottom line: "The Bobcats are already preparing for next season."

The regular season in March and April soon came to an end. In addition to brushing up the statistics, Li Ke once focused on the NCAA, his former battlefield.

According to the original historical line, this season's NCAA champion should be North Carolina led by Tyler Hansbrough and Wayne Ellington.

But Westbrook's repetition directly changed the situation.

UCLA, led by Westbrook, Darren Collison, and Zhu Holiday, went straight to the final four and beat Dante Cunningham's Villanova University in the same district, and then defeated North Carolina in the semifinals.

On the other side, Michigan State led by Carlin Lucas upset the University of Kentucky led by Kemba Walker, AJ Price, and Hassim Thabeet.

In the final final, Li Ke watched the match on the spot. He watched Westbrook break through everything and finally win the cup.

By the way, he also won the final four MOP trophy.

It is worth mentioning that Li Ke saw a familiar face from the bench of the dark horse Michigan State University——

"Isn't Draymond Green the one who stepped on the horse?"

Apart from the NCAA, it is worth mentioning that Li Ke's chances of copying Artest and Guagua, who were about to get it, were lost because of a defeat against the Nuggets in the second half of the season, and even fell back.

This made Li Ke very speechless and helpless.

……

In late April, the regular season ends.

In the case of struggling throughout the season, the Bobcats finally won only 49 games, only one victory away from the 50 wins certified by strong teams.

With a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, it ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference. Compared with last season, there has been no change.

But the situation in the entire Eastern Conference has changed. The Magic, which is always beating the Bobcats, has won 62 wins, ranking first in the Eastern Conference.

After sending Rondo away, the Celtics, who went to the Lone Wolf and the streetball king with a basic salary, experienced a period of pain because of the trade, and finally won 60 wins, ranking second in the Eastern Conference.

Although the Cavaliers were found by the Bobcats, after trading for Radmanovic and activating the Arab League, they were full of abuse attributes, 55 wins, and ranked third in the Eastern Conference.

The fourth in the East is the Bobcats, followed by the Heat, Eagles, 76ers, and Bulls.

In the West, the Lakers are first, the Hornets are second, the Spurs are third, the Rockets are fourth, the Trail Blazers are fifth, the Mavericks are sixth, the Nuggets are seventh, and the Jazz are eighth. From the Mavericks up, six Western teams have won 50.

The intensity of the West is terrifying.

As the lottery champion, the Thunder, relying on Rondo's outstanding performance after the trade, also got a record of 46 wins, and also scored the same points as the Suns, who are the ultimate hip-pull this season.

In terms of personal data, he played reasonably in the first half, and after the team lost hope in the second half.

Li Ke, who started to make special efforts, finally attended all 82 games and averaged 26.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.2 steals and 0.5 blocks per game. His shooting percentage was 45.3%, 39.9% from three-pointers, and 66.5% from free throws.

In terms of personal honors, Li Ke also achieved his goal at the beginning of the season and won the Most Improved Player Award.

The biggest competitor is Danny Granger of the Pacers.

去季，丹尼格兰杰场均19.6分6.1个篮板2.1个助攻1.2个抢断1.1个盖帽，这个赛季，他场均25.8分5.1个篮板2.7个助攻1.0个抢断1.4个盖帽。

The scoring increased by 6.2 points, the assists increased by 0.6, the blocks increased by 0.3, and the rebounds and steals also declined.

Li Ke, last season averaged 20.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.5 blocks per game. Compared with this season, his scoring increased by 6.2 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.6 steals, and blocks did not change. Overall, Li Ke rose even more.

Therefore, Li Ke won.

In addition to this most improved player award, Li Ke was also selected to the second team of the best team and was certified-the guard position, only lost to Kobe and Wade, and at most one Paul who was also in the second team.

Selected to the best defensive team, emmm, this season's best defensive team is really a bit of a fight, the guard position, participating in the competition includes Kobe, Cannonball, Wade and Rondo who performed well after going to the Thunder.

But there is no suspense about Li Ke's one-round quota.

If the record in the second half of the season hadn't dropped too much, Li Ke's first Dpoy in his NBA career might have already been obtained.

Thinking of Dpoy, Li Ke thought of Kenny Smith and Barkley touting him in the first half of the season, as if Dpoy had already been obtained.

result……

Not to mention!

……

After the regular season, the playoffs begin.

The Bobcats had only two rounds in the playoffs. In the first round, they fought hard against the Heat in 7 games. In the last game, Li Ke scored consecutively at the last moment and barely passed.

Then came the Eastern Conference semifinals, where the Bobcats were defeated by the Magic 4-1 without any power to fight back.

This season's playoffs have nothing to do with the Bobcats.

"Remember what I said at the beginning? One early lottery pick and our rebuild is complete."

(End of this chapter)