basketball scientist

On New Year's Day, the NBA did not arrange any games. The biggest news was the announcement of the best player of the month. Nowitzki of the Mavericks and James of the Cavaliers were elected respectively.

With 12 wins and 2 losses in a single month, the Mavericks are proud of the entire league. Nowitzki averaged 28.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. Combining personal performance and team record, there is no suspense to win the award. So far, he is also on the MVP list Sit firmly on the first place.

It is reasonable to give James the best of the month in the Eastern Conference. The Eagles' record suppressed the Cavaliers, but compared with November's results, it has declined. James' average of 11+30+7 per game is indeed better than Garnett, and the two The personal direct dialogue also ended in the victory of the Cavaliers.

The scary thing is that apart from Garnett, the Eastern Conference couldn't push out a player who can touch James in two dimensions, which is outrageous!

Howard's statistics are mediocre, his style of play is a bit blue-collar, and he is almost star-like; Arenas and Iverson's scoring data exploded, but the team's performance is not up to the wall, and Lupus and Carter are far behind. . . . . .

Considering that Paul is only in the second grade and Joe Johnson's starlight is not enough, some fans do have some doubts about the quality of the "Big Three" of the Eagles, and even have a bit of ridicule.But if you look at the East, even if you only look at immediate combat power, basically Paul can play the starting point guard wherever he goes; dare to say that he is better than Joe Johnson's second position, that is, Wade of the Heat and Carter of the Nets.From this perspective, the "Big Three" really deserve their names.

On January 1, the first game of the new year, Ke Yan led the Eagles to Charlotte to challenge the Bobcats away.

In the 0607 season, the Bobcats experienced a situation of starting low and going high. The team started the season with a dismal start of 4 wins and 9 losses. Seeing that it would be another sad season, the team ushered in a new season after losing to the Eagles in the away game. reborn.

Jordan went to Atlanta in person, poached the Hawks' assistant coach Quin Snyder, and then chose to use the team's future to gamble on the immediate combat power under Quin Snyder's suggestion, in exchange for the 76ers who were in decline. iverson.

One is the top think tank of the league's leading coaching staff, and the other is a four-time scoring champion at the end of his peak, a top scorer with peak scoring ability.Snyder and Iverson teamed up to change the competitiveness of the Bobcats, helping the team achieve a record of 12 wins and 9 losses in December. It was the first time that the record in a single month exceeded 6%. No.50 rose to the ninth position in the East, two wins away from the eighth Wizards in the East, and saw the dawn of the playoffs.

After being deprived of the throne by the 76ers, but reconquering a new empire in Charlotte, Iverson looked at Paul, who also wore the No. 3 jersey and enjoyed thousands of favors, with affectionate eyes, and his eyes were full of himself 22 The shadow of age. . . . . .

Snyder's departure from the Eagles coaching staff made Ke Yan a little displeased, but this will not destroy the relationship between Ke Yan and Snyder.

Just like Ke Yan said at the press conference, the credit for the rise of the Eagles is due to their own credit and to Quin Snyder's credit. Time will only forget the bad and leave the good.Ke Yan is extremely grateful for the help he brought to the Eagles.

Before the game started, Ke Yan took the initiative to go to Snyder to say hello: "Long time no see, Quinn, congratulations, the job you do in Charlotte is really great!"

It takes courage to take over the "chaotic" Bobcats midway, and the environment facing Snyder is even more difficult than that of Ke Yan when the Lakers were "responsible for defeat".

The results of the Lakers were at least in the playoffs at the time. Jim Buss pushed Ke Yan to the top, and the initial purpose was to hope that he could "stabilize the morale of the army." Of course, Ke Yan did better than the Lakers management expected. It was this experience that made him famous;

And Snyder's tenure in Charlotte is to shoulder the heavy responsibility of "promoting" the Bobcats. There is no doubt that it is more difficult, but so far, Snyder's performance has exceeded Jordan's expectations. If he can really lead For the first time in the history of the Bobcats team, he reached the playoffs, so he will definitely be written in the history of the Bobcats team.

"It's not easy to get your approval~" Snyder joked, "It turns out that my boss is not bad~"

When Snyder was still considering whether to come to the Bobcats, Ke Yan mentioned Jordan's "arbitrary" problem as the boss.However, at the beginning of Snyder's tenure, Jordan still chose to trust Snyder and gave him considerable rights to dominate the team's lineup and tactics.He even traded away his hand-picked Felton and the high-value 07 draft pick in exchange for Iverson, which is also the key to the Bobcats' ability to quickly improve their strength.

"I don't think I underestimated you, because I really didn't expect you to be traded to Iverson, and you can get along so well~" Ke Yan made a gesture of "clenching fists and bowing" towards Snyder, and let the other party show A hearty smile.

"After the game is over, call Frank and Jeff, let's get together?" Snyder suggested.

Snyder is also the "overlord of one party", and his partner who has worked with him for a year and a half came to his "site" as a guest, and it is also appropriate to show the friendship of the landlord.

"No, if we don't bring Kenny, he will be upset~" Ke Yan joked.

"Damn..." Snyder reached out and patted Ke Yan's arm, pointed at him, cursed with a smile, and then returned to his seat.

Before the start of the game, the exchanges between the head coaches of the two sides were very harmonious.But after the game started, Snyder couldn't quite smile.

After taking charge of the team, Snyder's work focuses on polishing the team's defensive system, and the offensive end is mainly "GIVETHE BALLTOIIVERSON"!

On the defensive end, Snyder has arranged a defensive system based on "Match-upZone" and rotation defense. When the opponent serves in the frontcourt, Iverson will be assigned to interfere with the ball holder, and when the opponent is over half Let another defender press forward after the field, and if the opponent scores the ball, he will quickly execute the rotation defense.

Even if the opponent gets rid of the double-team, he can also use the rotation to change the defense to re-match. Assuming that the opponent transfers the ball to the low position, the original principle of sinking and retreating will come into play at this time. Through a defense in the paint The opponent, in cooperation with another teammate who can help in the defense, forces the opponent who wants to cut to score the ball, and can resist the offensive launched from the penalty area.

But this defensive system is afraid of a "full shooter" team like the Eagles.Paul held the ball across the half court, facing the Bobcats' overly stressful double-teaming strategy, he could easily find the opposite wing shooter.

The Eagles' shooting ratio in this game accounted for 24.3% of the total offense, nearly a quarter, the highest of the season.Joe Johnson and Anthony Parker scored 27 points and 18 points respectively.

On the defensive end, Garnett is also a mountain that the Bobcats cannot look over.Tall and long arms, the defensive coverage area is very large, and he is also particularly good at partial 1 defense 2, such as the pick-and-roll against Iverson and Okafor; in some rounds, he can take into account the delay of the ball holder Iverson With a breakthrough, he can return to the position in time to defend against Okafor and his hand-to-hand combat, and complete precise positioning at the basket, occupy favorable terrain, and protect the backcourt rebounds.

It is precisely because of Garnett's existence and his extremely comprehensive defensive attributes that to a large extent restricted the Bobcats' most important offensive weapon, Iverson's breakthrough attack frame.

Since Iverson can't effectively attack the basket, complete an efficient finish, and affect the whole body with one stroke; the result of not being able to play in depth naturally makes it difficult for teammates to get real open opportunities.

The Bobcats were overwhelmed by the Eagles on both offense and defense. The game came to the fourth quarter, and the point difference was already heading towards 30 points.

Iverson chose "I would rather die than surrender, and fight to the end." Paul and Garnett really fulfilled Iverson's wish, chasing the Bobcats to the death.Seeing that Snyder showed a "perverted murderer" expression again, in order to avoid the embarrassment of the next party, Ke Yan took the first step, replaced the main players, and called for gold to withdraw.

Ke Yan's meaning is obvious. He and Snyder are still friends. Between friends, the outcome has already been divided, so don't make it too ugly. After all, "see you up and see you down".

The head coach announced to stop, and the players stopped risking their lives.Instead, the Bobcats continued to slash and kill. Iverson scored 19 points in a single quarter, setting the final score at 105:120.

The Hawks won the game, the Bobcats saved face, and it was a win-win for everyone.

After the game, Snyder went to the meeting alone, had supper with the Eagles coaching staff, and talked about work by the way.

"Quinn, to be honest, when Kimi was chatting with us, he really felt that you were secretly cast. He really didn't think that Michael Jordan would become a successful owner." Hornacek said.

"Actually, how many of us are academics who are not from the team's famous background. How many of them can come up and take over a good environment? It's difficult?" Snyder said, "It's like Kimi taking over the mess of the Lakers, isn't it also being constrained everywhere? Even in the Hawks, he rebuilt the team from scratch. In fact, only when we make achievements can we get the opportunity to choose the team!"

Hamblen knew the gap between himself and others, especially Ke Yan, and planned to stay in the position of assistant coach to make use of his strengths; therefore, Snyder said this to Hornacek.Unexpectedly, Hornacek didn't respond, but Atkinson nodded and accepted Snyder's theory.

"In the beginning, I hoped that you would win the championship with us. Now that you think about it, you probably want to lead the team to win the championship by yourself?" Ke Yan smiled and guessed what Snyder was thinking.

"It's unlikely within two years, and I can't tell in the future!" Snyder said.

In Snyder's view, the current Bobcats are very similar to the Eagles, that is, this team does not have too many junk contracts, and the team's space situation is very healthy, which is extremely important!

With the salary space, the team can open big contracts to players in the free agent market, and can get draft picks by eating junk contracts. These are the steps for Keyan to rebuild the Eagles. Snyder only needs to go through it again.

From Ke Yan's point of view, I also hope that Snyder can lead the Bobcats up.After all, speaking of which, Snyder also came out of his assistant coaching team. If he becomes famous, he can be regarded as a face to Ke Yan.

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Back in Atlanta, Ke Yan got good news. The team pursued the Sean Battier deal, and there was new progress. The Toronto Raptors, whose performance has improved this season and are expected to hit the playoffs, agreed to participate in a three-way deal. The Raptors fell in love with Anthony Parker of the Hawks, thinking that Parker could help them keep their place in the playoffs.

To this end, they are willing to exchange the 07 first-round pick with the Eagles.

As early as the summer, the Raptors had the idea of ​​signing Anthony Parker to strengthen the second position, but the Canadian Raptors' competitiveness for free agents obviously cannot compete with the Big Three's Eagles. Ke Yan went to Europe as a lobbyist, and in the end, Anthony Parker chose the Eagles.

After joining the Eagles, Anthony Parker's performance is not bad, at least he has played his own characteristics on the offensive end.The problem is mainly on the defensive end, not to mention defending against All-Star small forwards, even Josh Howard and Prince can handle it at will, which is really a drag on the team.

The Raptors are currently ranked fourth in the East, but they also take advantage of the division champions. Their record is not as good as the fifth-ranked Bulls.Therefore, their draft pick is about 18th to 22nd, which is more in line with the needs of the Grizzlies' "middle of the first round" than the picks provided by the Rockets.

After they entered the market to participate in the transaction, the progress of the negotiation suddenly accelerated.

"In this transaction, we may need to send Anthony Parker, Millsap, the team's first-round pick in 07, second-round pick, first-round swap rights for the two seasons of 08 and 09, and others to balance the contract. players, and the Grizzlies will not eat Hassell's contract." Larry Sand informed Ke Yan of the current negotiation progress.

The main plan of the transaction is that the Grizzlies sent Battier and got Nesterovic, Millsap, PJ-Tucker, Lucas III, the first round pick of the Raptors, and the second pick of the Eagles in 07. Round lottery, first-round swap right in 09.

The Eagles sent Anthony Parker, Millsap, Lucas III, the first-round pick in 07, the second-round pick, two first-round swap rights in 08 and 09, and got Battier.

The Raptors sent Nesterovic, PJ Tucker, and the first-round pick in 07, and got Anthony Parker, the Eagles' first-round pick in 07, and the right to swap in the first round of 08.

The Grizzlies sent a high-paid top puzzle player, got a practical insider potential stock and a mid-first-round pick, and have more bargaining chips in the reconstruction stage; at the same time, it becomes easier to release salary space in the future.

On the surface, the Eagles sacrificed their future, but the current lineup is completely aimed at the championship, and the draft picks are of little significance; the biggest loss is Millsap, who is an important insider substitute for the Eagles, and Ke Yan knows his future better. How much is it worth, but everything has advantages and disadvantages, and the general managers of other teams are not fools, and they made the Eagles for nothing.

On the contrary, the Raptors may be the winner in the transaction. The Raptors who follow the "international column" route have many international players. The tactical system and team atmosphere are more suitable for Anthony Parker who has been in Europe for many years; Nestero Veitch and PJ Tucker are both water cooler players outside the team's rotation.Compared with the picks in the middle and late stages of the first round, the Raptors are more concerned about striking while the iron is hot, securing a playoff spot, and even making a breakthrough in the playoffs!

The specific plan still needs some consultations, but it is nothing more than some adjustments in details.For example, after the trade, the Grizzlies' staff exceeded the standard, and PJ Tucker may be waived; after Millsap was sent away, the Eagles' staff was empty, and Larry Sander tried to ask for Humphries and so on. . . . . .