I'm not really a role player

Chapter 295 After a successful All-Star

The attention of the Spring Festival war is still more domestic.

Lao Mina, at most, is just bragging about the fact that Li Ke scored high scores even though he crossed the ocean and was in poor physical condition.

Off the court, they have no interest at all.

After all, it was the second Spring Festival war. Even if I was curious about the market on the other side of the ocean, it was all solved as early as the first Spring Festival war.

It's different here in China. Media reporters and experts don't pay much attention to the inside of the arena, but they are very enthusiastic about the outside of the arena.

All kinds of pictures of Li Ke, the level of hustle and bustle of Wukesong, and how many celebrities this game attracted to watch the game directly filled the news pages of Sina and a certain newspaper.

Li Ke also scored 45 points, which surprised the domestic fans.

"Last year's Spring Festival war, the tip-up at the end of the fourth quarter was absolutely tied, and the savior scored 8 points in overtime!"

"This year, the time is tighter and the physical fitness is more intense. Li Ke scored 45 points and led the team to victory. This strength is strong!"

"If Dayao is the first Chinese superstar in the NBA, then Li Ke is the first Chinese superstar in the NBA."

"..."

In fact, Li Ke's achievements surpassed Dayao's. As early as when he won the championship with the Bobcats in 08, the final conclusion was made.

But at that time, Li Ke's real strength was not yet at the super giant level.

Therefore, it was more said at the time that the NBA had two Chinese All-Stars.

At that time, Li Ke's status was at most equal to that of Dayao.

This season, Li Ke's data performance has improved to a higher level, and he has obviously touched the threshold of super giants.

This Spring Festival war convinced domestic fans of this.

……

After the Spring Festival war, it was another long journey to return to the continent of America.

After returning to Charlotte, Rivers could no longer arrange any daily training, so he seized the time and gave the team two days off.

Two days later, the Bobcats will play the Cavaliers at home.

Rivers will also usher in his first challenging game after taking office.

During the two days when the Bobcats rested, the trade deadline was approaching, and the league drama began...

"Based on the situation this season, the Wizards should make some moves?"

"Not only the Wizards, but also the Celtics, who are in poor condition, should also make moves."

In the training hall, Boss Joe met with David Falk, who came to arrange the latest advertising endorsement for Li Ke, and immediately started a discussion about the trade deadline.

On this trade deadline, the Bobcats are watching a show.

On the training ground, Li Ke, who was shooting COSCO shots one after another, also interjected: "On this deadline, the Cavaliers should be the most active."

"knight?"

Old Joe was stunned, but David Falk understood.

"Danny Ferry should be making his final struggle."

As we all know, this summer, Lebon can jump out of the contract.

If the Cavaliers can't give Lebron hope this season, then it is [-]% that Lebron will jump out of the contract in the summer.

Judging from the performance of the Cavaliers in the regular season so far, Lebron really can't see the so-called hope.

In this case, before the trade deadline, the Cavaliers must take action.

Old Qiao was dazed again, and then came back to his senses.

The first reaction was: "So Sheldon, who do you think the Cavaliers will attack?"

"Who else is it? Based on the situation of the teams so far this season, the only ones who are willing to send star players at this time are the Wizards."

Perhaps it was the big move of the Pan-10 generation collectively jumping out of the contract in the summer of 03, which was caught by the management of each team.

At the beginning of this season, the situation of the league has been determined.

Those who should be bad are doing bad, and those who should be competing for the championship are also competing for the championship.

Those who played below expectations had only the Wizards in the East and the Hornets in the West.

The Hornets' downturn is due to injuries, and the Wizards' downturn may also be due to injuries, but the outbreak of off-court incidents (guns) is the main reason.

The outside world also reported early that Ernie Grunfeld intends to send away Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison to rebuild.

Therefore, after a simple analysis, the goal of the Cavaliers is obvious.

"Do you think we should intervene?"

Old Joe didn't mind cheating the Cavaliers. The main reason was that the Bobcats had more bargaining chips, and they could easily overwhelm the Cavaliers with any bid.

Destroyed the Cavaliers' signings and plans, and forced Xia Lebang to leave. The more Joe thought about it, the more excited he became.

But Li Ke shook his head: "It's not necessary, Michael, even if the Cavaliers get Antawn Jamison, it won't turn the world around."

He knew very well that Danny Ferry tried his best to get Richard Hamilton and the upcoming Jamison, which was useless to Lebon.

What Lebon needs is a teammate who can score in singles with the ball on his own, and can shoot without the ball in the back.

Neither Hamilton nor Jamison could meet this standard.

"Is that right?"

Li Ke nodded, he was quite sure of this.

David Falk didn't intervene either. As an agent, at this time, he was thinking about whether the players under him could take advantage of this trade deadline to make a move.

……

The trade happened the night before the Cavaliers were ready to start Charlotte.

"The Knights announced that Antoine Jamison will join, but for Jamison, they gave up Big Z!"

It was late, and Old Qiao called, with some gloating in his words.

Although Big Z is old, he is still the center of the Cavaliers.

Losing the big Z for a Jamison, in Old Joe's view, the Cavaliers don't make a profit.

Li Ke sneered, "Michael, you seem to have forgotten another point."

"what?"

"The Wizards will lay off Big Z, and the Cavaliers will use a basic salary to sign Big Z back."

"..."

On the other side of the phone, Old Qiao was stupefied again. After a moment of silence, he said cursingly, "Fk! Still have this operation?"

"The league has no relevant regulations prohibiting this kind of operation."

"FK!"

"The Wizards are so helpful, what can they get?"

What can the Wizards get?A future first round would suffice...

Danny Ferry finally got his wish. Antawn Jamison joined and Big Z re-signed. In this regard, the Cavaliers formed a superficially competitive lineup.

"Point guards include Mo and Delon West, shooting guards include Anthony Parker and Richard Hamilton, small forward Le Bon, power forward Jamieson and Alian, center Z and Varejao."

"The depth of the bench is excellent, the main lineup is not bad, unfortunately..."

It's a pity that this Cavaliers still can't solve Lebon's biggest problem. He needs at least a superstar-level scorer to help him share the pressure.

In addition to the Cavaliers deal, the Celtics also made moves. They sent away two drinking fountain administrators JR Giddens and Henry Walker, plus the point guard Eddie House that Mike D'Antoni didn't like to use, and a future second round.

This move obviously made up for the point guard position.

Mike D'Antoni is a head coach who can make point guards perform well, but at the same time, he is also a head coach with high demands on point guard players.

Eddie House, who is only good at shooting, does not meet his requirements, and a Ramon Sessions obviously cannot meet his requirements, and this is why Nate Robinson joined.

For the Knicks, the main reason for this deal is that they want to save money.

Because D'Antoni has always been attracted by the Celtics coach, he did not join the Knicks like Li Ke did in his previous life.

This also led to a three-year long-term contract with an average annual value of nearly $08 million from the Knicks.

But now, the Knicks' attention has turned to this summer, and the existence of Little Tudou seems redundant.

The Celtics wanted to buy, and the Knicks sold the small potatoes at a low price.

In addition to the deal, the Knicks also sent Dakomilicic to the Thunder in exchange for Brian Scalabrian.

This move is also to save money, and Donny Walsh's purpose is self-evident.

"The two deals before the deadline, the Knicks are only for the expiring contract, and the goal has been set for this summer!"

There is no shortage of knowledgeable people in the media circles, and through this deadline, they summed up the big fish this summer.

"The summer of 10 will be a summer of great changes in the league structure. Amare Stodamier's contract in 02 expires and he becomes a free agent. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh in 03 can jump out of their contracts..."

At least four big fish, this summer, even if there is no Heat Big Three, it will indeed be a summer that changes the league structure.

……

Rivers' luck is really a bit good. After taking over the position of Bobcats coach, he also touched the Nuggets in the first game, which is quite a difficult game.

But in the first game against the Nuggets, even if they lost the game, no one would criticize him. After all, it was the first game Rivers took over, and the opponent was the "Galaxy Battleship" Nuggets.

In the end, he won. Li Ke broke out. After killing Artest with one elbow, he still led the team to win by relying on his invincible buff in singles.

Even so, Rivers still took half of the credit.

Because everyone knows that if Sam Vincent is coaching, the Bobcats' winning percentage against the Nuggets is definitely less than [-]%.

In the next three games, the opponents were underdogs such as the Wizards, Timberwolves and Pistons.

Until this game, the Bobcats will face the Cavaliers.

In the end, what they ran into was a remnant knight who had just completed the transaction.

Jamison has completed the registration, but he is not yet in place. As for Big Z, he is still in the clarification period, and the Cavaliers have not yet been able to make a visa-free offer.

As a result, this original strong matchup has become a re-enactment of the previous Bobcats vs. Cavaliers games this season.

Without Jamison, the Cavaliers can't beat the Bobcats.

So far this season, the Bobcats have played 3 games with the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers all ended up losing.

Lebron couldn't break through Li Ke's single defense. Hamilton only had the ability to eat cakes when he was old. Only Xiao Mo could play a few singles with the ball.

But obviously, a little Mo can't make up for the strength gap between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers.

In the first three matches of the season, the Cavaliers lost miserably.

This time too—

At the beginning, the Bobcats took the lead by relying on Curry's outside fire.

Lebron was still the same as in the past, struggling in Li Ke's defense in the afternoon.

The Cavaliers can't win without LeBron's offense. This is the unchanging truth.

But this game is also different, Li Ke's state is a bit poor.

"Sheldon, the goal was missed again!"

At the end of the first quarter, Li Ke had already made a 5-of-1 shot, and everyone knew how cold his hand was.

Seeing that Li Ke is in a bad state, Le Bang, who also made 4 of 1 shots, is not in such a bad mood.

He felt: If Sheldon can defend, it is difficult for him to score, and he can return it!

This is why Li Ke doesn't know what Le Bang thinks. If he knows, he will definitely dismiss it.

Lebron's defense really restrained today's Li Ke. With his strong body, it was difficult for Li Ke to enter the penalty area.

But it is limited to today's Li Ke. If it is normal and the hand feel is normal, Li Ke can make all kinds of long-range shots and cast his own hand.

It's a pity that Li Ke in this game just scored 45 points in Chongyangwai two days ago, so the sluggishness of this game is understandable.

Lebron seems to have forgotten this point, he only thinks that his defense seems to be very strong in this game...

Although Li Ke's state is bad, the Bobcats still lead the way.

Curry and Hua's No. [-] are in good condition. One continues to shoot from the outside, and the other takes advantage of Lebron to keep an eye on Li Ke, making various breakthroughs and stealing chickens.

The most important thing is that the Bobcats' defense is more overall than that of the disabled Cavaliers.

Xiao Mo's breakthrough also played a role in the opening game. Rivers quickly adjusted and relied on the zone defense to kill this point.

In this way, the Bobcats easily defeated the Cavaliers relying on Curry and Hua's second child, as well as their defensive performance.

In one season, in four games, the Bobcats successfully completed four kills against the Cavaliers!

"In terms of regular season records, the Bobcats and Cavaliers are very close, but in terms of records against each other, they are very different."

"The Bobcats killed the Cavaliers four times this season, but opponents with similar strength have such a record. The Bobcats' restraint against the Cavaliers is already obvious."

After the game, the commentator Kenny Smith mentioned this.

But in the post-match interview, Lebron, who was not in high spirits, thought: "We didn't lose much. In this game, we still lack the main force..."

The implication is that as long as Jamison plays and Big Z returns, the Cavaliers and Bobcats will have the power to fight.

When it came to the matchup in this game, Le Bang, who had already broken his face with Li Ke, uttered one word: "Pass!"

Turning around, the reporters were gone, and Lebron complained to Rich Paul next to him: "Obviously in this game, he guarded me, and I guarded him. This is a fact, why can't I tell the truth?"

"LeBron, you have to understand, this is just a regular season..."

For the Bobcats, winning this game means that after Rivers took office, they have won five consecutive victories.

The most important thing is that the physical crisis after the Spring Festival war has been passed safely.

For the rest of the season, there is only one battle with the Magic left to test Rivers.

Beat the Magic, and Rivers won't have to wait until the playoffs to justify his addition.

If you lose, everything will have to wait until the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)