I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 619 Is this also called a foul?
In addition, the Wizards also signed Xu Xuan's old teammate, Ian Mahinmi, from the Pacers to a four-year 4 million contract.

The 29-year-old Mahinmi is a good inside player. He has played in the NBA for 8 seasons and has played for the Spurs, Mavericks, and Pacers. He has played in 438 regular season games in his career, averaging 5.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, and shooting The hit rate is 53.6%.Last season, he hit a new high in personal data in the Pacers, averaging 9.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, which are the highest values ​​since he entered the NBA.In addition, he also scored 1.1 blocks, which is also his career high.

After the Pacers won the championship last season, many people left, and Mahinmi was one of them.

After all, the Pacers can't get any big contracts, so it's better to go out and make some money. Anyway, the champions are all there, and the rest is to make money.

For the Wizards, their biggest disappointment last summer was that they were out early in the battle for Durant. Although it was Durant's hometown team, Durant actually never considered the possibility of playing for the Wizards.But this also allows the Wizards to give up unnecessary investment as soon as possible and focus on other players.They had reached a contract extension with Bill before, and then they won Mahinmi, consolidating the inside line, which can be regarded as a gain.

The performance of the Wizards last season disappointed many experts and fans. In the end, they only got a record of 41 wins and 41 losses, ranked 10th in the Eastern Conference, and missed the playoffs.The core of the team, Wall, made it clear in an interview with the media before that the team needs to increase investment in signings during the offseason, and don’t be afraid to spend money, because in the current environment, sometimes you need to pay too much if you want to get some players. .

The former Wizards free agent Dudley has been lost, and he accepted the three-year $3 million contract offered by the Suns.There are currently free agents such as Nene and Sessions in the Wizards.

At the same time, the Wizards also reached an agreement with former Magic power forward Andrew Nicholson. The new contract is 4 years and 2600 million.

The 26-year-old Nicholson was born in Canada. He was selected by the Magic with the 2012th pick in the first round in 19. Nicholson played for the Magic in the first four seasons.In these four seasons, Nicholson played a total of 247 games for the Magic, including 36 starts. In 15.1 minutes of playing time, he averaged 6.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, including 2015 minutes per game in the 16-14.7 season Scored 6.9 points and 3.6 rebounds, shooting 47.1% from the field and 36% from the three-point range.

Because when the Magic served as a backup power forward, his performance was not outstanding.Therefore, the Magic did not offer him a contract offer, which also means that they will not have the right to match Nicholson's contract. Before the trading market opened, the Magic got Ibaka in a deal and signed it yesterday for 1 million yuan in one year. Jeff Green, together with several young players acquired in the draft, has already lost Nicholson's place in the team.

And the Wizards are waiting to be reborn. Last year, due to injuries and running-in problems, the team failed to make the playoffs, which directly led to the loss of the opportunity to chase Durant.All they can do now is to accumulate strength and accumulate strength.After renewing guard Bill for 5 million in 1.28 years, the Wizards signed center Mahinmi for 4 million in 6400 years.

Right now, the Wizards' starting power forward is Markieff Morris, who is not a very strong player, and Nicholson should have more playing time if he plays him as a substitute. As for 4 million in 2600 years, under the rising salary cap , is nothing.

In addition, the Wizards also signed free agent Jason Smith last summer.

This is a three-year contract with a total value of 3 million, of which the third year is a player option.

It is worth mentioning that this contract is a decreasing contract, in which Smith's annual salary in the third year is 500 million US dollars.

After failing to compete for Horford, the Wizards spared no effort to strengthen the interior. The team first signed Pacers center Mahinmi, and now they have extended their tentacles to the Magic interior.The 30-year-old Smith is 2 meters tall and can play two positions inside.This player is good at mid-range shooting, but the low post is soft, and he is a functional insider.

自2007-08赛季开始，史密斯先后为76人、鹈鹕、尼克斯与魔术效力。上赛季他为魔术出战76场比赛，场均贡献7.2分2.9个篮板，命中率为48.5%。

For the Magic, after acquiring Ibaka through a trade and signing free agent Biyombo, the team's interior is now very bloated.Therefore, we must try to clean up some insiders, and Jason Smith is one of them.

In the end, the Wizards also re-signed Marcus Thornton with a veteran's minimum salary.

Thornton signed with the Rockets in the summer of 2015. In the 2015-16 season, he played a total of 47 regular season games for the Rockets, including 6 games as a starter. In an average of 18.8 minutes per game, he can hand over 10.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.4 assists.

Thornton is characterized by strong offensive ability and excellent scoring explosiveness. Last season, the Rockets relied on his offensive performance several times to turn the tide.According to statistics, Thornton's game efficiency per 36 minutes is 19.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists. However, due to his lackluster performance on the defensive end, Thornton has never been reused by the Rockets.

In the second half of the 2015-16 season, Thornton switched to the Wizards. In 14 games for the Wizards, he averaged 16.0 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 1.4 minutes per game.This summer, the Wizards decided to renew Thornton's contract, which also shows the affirmation of his ability.

Game start.

Today the Lakers are away and the Wizards are at home. The game is held at the MCI Center Arena.

The arena opened in 1997 and can accommodate 20674 spectators, making it the third largest arena in the league.It is also the home court of the Washington Capitals of the NHL and the Washington Mysteries of the WNBA. Because it is located in the capital, the design of the museum shows everyone's style. The large screen in the center of the stadium is controlled by the SVS system using LED technology. With high brightness and clarity, there are 114 luxury suites in the venue, not only the number is large, but also the decoration is quite luxurious.

Before the game, the starting lists of both sides were given on the big screen.

In addition to Xu Xuan, the Lakers sent Nick Young, Ci Shiping, Thomas Robinson and Zubac respectively.

The defensive strength of this lineup is not as high as that of the starting lineup. Yang Shaoxia's defensive ability, not to mention others, Xu Xuan is much better than him. This is a big colander.

The Wizards, on the other hand, have an all-main lineup, with Wall and Beal in the backcourt. The small forward is a 13 pick. Otto Porter averaged 11.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game last season. Markieff Morris and veteran Gortat.

Zubac and Gortat jump the ball.

Gortat is about the same size as Zubac, but not as tall. When the basketball was thrown in the air, Drill straightened up suddenly, stretched out his ape arms, reached the ball, and patted the Lakers for half court.

Xu Xuan, who was standing in the middle, caught the ball and waved his hand, and the rest of the Lakers immediately pressed the whole line.

"The recent record of the Lakers is a two-game losing streak. I don't know if this will change in February." Ke Fan said.

It should be said that he was successfully revenged by others. When Coach Mike Malone was interviewed again, he deliberately found the reporter in front of him.

"Where's that person? Where's that person?" Mike Malone looked around, not to mention, he really found him. The reporter was standing at the back, thinking about something, and was directly called to the front by Mike Malone.

Then Mike Malone was satisfied and looked at him with a smile on his face: "Come on, come on, ask me the question you asked earlier."

The reporter could hold his breath. In front of so many colleagues at the scene, he held his breath and asked his first question: "May I ask Coach Ma Long, did you think of a way to restrict Xu Xuan today?"

"Of course, we won them." Mike Malone laughed and sneered, "Didn't you watch the game? Or do you need to ask your leader for a pair of glasses for you?"

After saying this, Mike Malone felt comfortable, just like eating iced watermelon in summer and going to bed in winter, the refreshing feeling came immediately.

Why, I let you mock me last time, now I have nothing to say, I will let you taste the feeling of being ridiculed Thinking of this, Mike Malone became more and more complacent, and wanted to see what this reporter would say.

The reporter was not in a hurry, and continued in a deep voice: "Then, I would like to ask Coach Ma Long, why did Xu Xuan still score 50 points in this game?"

"." Mike Malone's laughter stopped abruptly, and his face sank: "How many points Xu Xuan scored is not something we care about. Even if he scored 80 points, if he lost the game, it can also show that our tactics were successful. We targeted The rest of the Lakers cut Xu Xuan off from his teammates, so we won."

This also makes sense.

Tactics are overall, and Xu Xuan's personal scoring is independent. After all, winning the game can explain everything.

"But as far as I know, today the Lakers rested as many as six players including the starters. Russell, Ingram, Nick Young, Louis, and Xu Xuan's right-hand assistants are all absent. What do you want to say about this? Woolen cloth?"

"."

Mike Malone was speechless for a moment.

what do i want to say
I want to say peat!
What the hell, I don't know that the opposite side rests six people in rotation?

I don't know if the Lakers are all substitutes?
What do you say?
Falk! ! !

Mike Malone lost the mood to ridicule in an instant. This reporter seemed to be very professional, and he couldn't argue with it.
Cough cough cough, back to the game.

Here, the Lakers' first offense is over.

During this period of time, Frank was making various arrangements for rest. Except for Xu Xuan, basically all of them took a back and forth rest.

This is the case again today, the starters rested four today.

This ball Xu Xuan gave Yang Shaoxia an open shot, and Yang Shaoxia completed the shot very elegantly, but it hit the basket directly after two seconds.

Rebound quilt

"Now the Lakers have the confidence to rest like this." Ke Fan, who commented on the game, sighed, "I guess even the Warriors would not dare to do this."

"No, the Warriors are also taking a rest." Yang Yi wanted to agree, but he said silently, "I read their announcement that Curry will rest for one or two games because of a cold. They all take different degrees of rest.”

"Really?" Ke Fan laughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

"Teams with confidence dare to rest. Now that other teams are still working hard for the playoffs, they have started to rest. The gap between them is really big."

There is no way, who will let others have a good record?

So much better than you.

You must know that the Cavaliers only have 32 wins now, while the Lakers already have 43 wins. Let alone the difference in wins and losses, the Lakers have 11 more wins in terms of pure wins.

How does this compare?
There is no comparison at all.

On the court, the Wizards didn't score on offense.

After Wall came all the way from the three-point line, his layup was blocked by Zubac and Thomas Robinson.

"Clap"!
The basketball was hit directly to the ground by this huge force, bounced up again, and the second rebound was protected by Zubac.

The Lakers made a fast break.

Xu Xuan advanced halfway, Zubac didn't go to the basket, and directly helped Xu Xuan pick and roll outside. After the block, he split to the basket and reached for the ball.

However, Xu Xuan did not choose his point as the end, but lobbed the ball to the flank and cut Ci Shiping in the air.

But the air cut went in, but the basket didn't make it.

Metta Shiping's tactical proportion in the Lakers is not large, and the number of appearances is not many.

On the one hand, it was due to physical reasons, and on the other hand, it was because this guy really couldn't control his mouth and hands, and he was punished within a few minutes of hitting him.

"Fake!!!"

Seeing Ci Shiping muttering, he pushed Morris, who was defending him, to the side impatiently. Morris raised his hands high, signaling to the referee that someone pushed him. The referee originally wanted to brag. He stared over, obviously saying, "Is this also called a foul?!"

In my Ci Shiping dictionary, this is also called a foul?
The referee didn't speak, and silently went through Ci Shiping's life and past events in his mind, and then silently withdrew his whistle.

Nothing wrong, is this a foul for Ci Shiping?
No, it's not, it's just a slightly controversial little move
Morris obviously also understood what kind of virtue this depression is. Seeing that the referee didn't blow it, he didn't continue to pester him.

The rebound was knocked out of the bottom line by Ci Shiping.

The Wizards have the ball.

Wall brought the ball over and split the ball to the bottom corner Bill. Facing Nick Young's defense, Bill didn't even need a cover. He aimed at the basket and made a three-pointer.

He fought very resolutely, and of course, Yang Shaoxia was too foolishly easy to be fooled.

"Shh!"

After each side played the iron once, the home Wizards took the lead and scored first.

0:3.

"The Lakers' starting lineup is still a bit weak. The defense is not good, and the offense is not good."

Looking at Thomas Robinson and Zubac, who had just worn their insides and made a pass error, Ke Fan shook his head and said.

Yang Yi nodded: "Their lineup is based on Xu Xuan, Xu Xuan is invincible if he is invincible, and everyone else is just a pendant."

(End of this chapter)