basketball scientist

The outcome of the All-Star Weekend is a joy in itself, and other than the star fans who won the AMVP, other people will not take it to heart.

But when the All-Star Weekend is over, the real highlight will begin!After all, this represents the sprint of an arms race across the league.

Taking advantage of the trade deadline, all teams in the league are carrying out large and small trade reinforcements.

On February 2th, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Cleveland Cavaliers reached a transaction intention. The Grizzlies will send Maris Speights, Josh Selby, Wayne Ellington and a 19 draft pick (the top five picks are protected. ), in exchange for Jon Ruel from the Cavaliers.

The Grizzlies’ move is to reduce their total salary, and the team saved $620 million in salary, which will make their total salary below the luxury tax line of $7030 million, avoiding paying the luxury tax after the end of the season.

The Cavaliers added two capable substitutes, Speights and Ellington, and also took the Grizzlies a far-end first round by the way.The Grizzlies are not bad, but they are probably at the level of 3rd to 6th in the West. If they are affected by injuries, it is not ruled out that the draft pick will appreciate.

The Grizzlies save money and the Cavaliers reinforce, and both sides get what they need.

On February 2, the Thunder replicated the Grizzlies' play, sending backup point guard Eric Maynor to the Portland Trail Blazers for an exception and Greek small forward Giorgos Priethi. The rookie signing rights to Adams (20th overall pick in 2007).

The Kings were quite low-key in this trading event and did not make any trades.

Ke Yan has received offers from many teams, most of which are interested in the expiring contracts of Odom and Brand, and some teams want to get Louis Williams, the "super No. six people".

However, Ke Yan has little interest on the whole. He is already very satisfied with the team's lineup this season.After throwing away the two contracts of Odom and Brand during the offseason, and playing lightly, a brand new Kings team is about to start its own growth!

The only thing that interested him was Patterson's trade application.The Pacers have some interest in Patterson, and put forward the idea of ​​using the 14-year protected first-round pick plus Chris Copeland in exchange for Patterson.

After Tobains Harris joined, "Brother Ha" gained more trust from Ke Yan. On the other hand, on the PPT, the average playing time dropped from 28 minutes to 17 minutes per game. Ke Yan, who "emphasizes offense and light defense", obviously values ​​Harry more His scoring ability.Considering that "Brother Reliable" is a chaotic scorer and the strength of the Pacers, the possibility of falling into the lottery is unlikely, and the probability of cashing in the first-round pick is very high. Ke Yan should have agreed.

But after careful consideration, Ke Yan still vetoed the deal.

The reason is simple. The Kings' lineup has changed a lot this season and the frequency is high. At this point in time, it's time to stabilize.

The game after the trade deadline will be more intense. Although the Kings "rank" fifth in the Western Conference, they are not at ease. Keyan needs a relatively stable lineup.

Besides, Patterson's trade is not impossible after the end of the season~

. . . . . .

Before the All-Star Weekend, the 30 teams in the league have generally played 54 games, and the next 28 games will determine which 16 teams will participate in the playoffs this season.

The lower-ranked teams will start to fight for playoff tickets, and the higher-ranked teams will not be too comfortable.Including the Kings, although Ke Yan's goal is only to reach the playoffs, playing the Nuggets is better than playing the Grizzlies; playing the Grizzlies is better than playing the Spurs; playing the Spurs is better than playing the Thunder.

If he really "caught" the Nuggets, Ke Yan felt that he still had some ideas.

In the West, the Thunder and the Spurs are ranked first and second, with only one game between the two teams. But in all fairness, the Spurs have a more stable performance, a more stable home record, and a higher average point difference. There is a situation where the substitute lineup defeats the opponent in waves.Just talking about the situation in the regular season, Ke Yan is more optimistic about the "scheming" Spurs.

The situation is similar for the third place between the Nuggets and the Grizzlies.Discussing who is more capable of fighting tough battles in the playoffs, the Grizzlies are undoubtedly a tougher bone to crack; but they pay too much attention to defense and consume a lot of players. It's still a disadvantage.

Including the Kings are only two games behind the Grizzlies, even if the relationship between victory and defeat is at a disadvantage, efforts will have a chance to surpass!Go up to the top half.

The Warriors won a wave of 4 consecutive victories before the All-Star Game and rushed all the way to sixth in the Western Conference. They are only one Curry and one Iguodala away from the championship.

The Timberwolves also climbed to seventh with their stable performance, or it was not their stable performance, but the Jazz briefly encountered a low period and made themselves eighth in the West.

The Los Angeles duo Clippers and the Lakers ranked ninth and tenth respectively. The Lakers relied on a wave of 10 wins and 2 losses to bring their winning percentage back to 26 wins and 28 losses, which is not far from a 50% winning percentage.Continue to maintain this kind of winning (judgment) rate (penalty), everything is really hard to say!

Gasol's joining briefly helped the Rockets stimulate their record, but the Rockets are currently in a stage of "being both" and want to hit the playoffs without sacrificing Motiejunas and Lamb. Such young people exchange for immediate combat power, and the result is that both sides are not happy.Gasol carried the Rockets alone, and the team was in the No.11 position in the Western Conference. It was even more embarrassing than winning the lottery championship in the past two seasons!

The Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Suns, and Pelicans all gave up this season early.The absence of the Mavericks in the playoffs as the "defending champion" is of course "disgraceful", but considering their "full effort" operation to win a championship trophy for themselves, who can say that they have failed in the past few years of?

The Trail Blazers have already selected the team's next team building core. The stars of Lillard + Aldridge are still very good. If you choose a suitable blue-collar center, the Trail Blazers will be able to rise next season;

The Pelicans gave up the history of the Hornets and got the top pick in recent years, "Brother Thick Eyebrows", and the road ahead is also easy.

On the whole, the most embarrassing ones are the Rockets and the Suns.

. . . . . .

In the first game after the All-Star break, the Kings ushered in a challenge from the Raptors at home.

Snyder has led the Raptors to the third place in the Eastern Conference this season. He hopes to suppress Ke Yan and Spoelstra to be elected as the "best coach", which can be regarded as sweeping away the haze of the past coaching experience.

After trading Lewis for Nene, the Raptors lineup was further upgraded: Lowry, DeRozan, CJ Myers, Derek Williams, Nene.

Kings starters: Louis Williams, Harden, Middleton, Harris, Koufos.

Nene wins with a jump ball and the game begins.

The Raptors pulled away, Lowry stood in the right corner, Miles left the corner, DeRozan left 70 degrees, Derek Williams held the ball in the middle, and pulled the ball to the corner to catch the ball Nene, the Brazilian caught the ball and turned around, grabbed half of his body in one step, and forcibly hit the basket, causing Koufos to foul!

At the same time, the rookie of the 02 class, Nene is the "bankrupt" version of Stoudemire, and he is really good at attacking the frame!Koufus really can't help it.

The Kings are down. Facing Harden, CJ Miles took a step back to give Harden space to shoot. Harden made a few fake moves without shaking Miles, and directly raised his hand for a three-pointer. The shot missed and the rebound was blocked. Derek Williams grabbed it and passed Lowry to switch offense and defense.

In all fairness, except for Derek Williams, the players of the Raptors are not fast in their respective positions!However, they pushed and counterattacked resolutely, and they had a tacit understanding of the conduction of the ball with each other, and finally tore through the Kings' defense line, and Derek Williams completed the dunk!

Harden held the ball across half court, still facing CJ Miles' "prevention and non-prevention shot", raised his hand and made another dry pull. This time he found the crosshair and hit a three-pointer. (3:4)

The Raptors attacked. Lowry broke into the penalty area with the help of Derek Williams' pick-and-roll and was double-teamed. He was sent to DeRozan on the outside. The rebound was grabbed by Harden.The bearded man took a step forward, sent a long pass directly, and accurately found the fast-down Louis Williams. Lu Wei made a bow and swayed away from Derek Williams, who was quickly returning to defense, and hit the board.

While Lu Wei scored, Derek Williams made a quick shot.But the Kings defended very tightly and still fell into a positional battle.DeRozan turned around to the baseline against Middleton and took off with the ball in both hands.Middleton didn't stop the foul, DeRozan pulled the ball and scored, the referee whistled, 2+1.

DeRozenga made a free throw. The "Trash Brothers" are really pulling the playoffs, and the regular season is still very stable.

The Kings attacked, Harris screened and received a pass back from Harden in the middle, and faced DeRozan's supplementary defense and scored a jumper. 7:7.

The Raptors attacked in a positional battle, and Nene directly carried Koufos with his back in the low position, followed by a smooth back turn, and scored with one hand.

With Nene as the inside offensive fulcrum, the Raptors' offense is obviously more three-dimensional!The Nuggets are so idle, they are optimistic about Faried's beastly insider who has no back, no shooting, and no frame protection. They have to send Nene away and fulfill the Raptors.

The Kings attacked. Harden singled out Myers and missed a jumper. It was Harris again who successfully grabbed an offensive rebound and dunked against Nene's defense.Tied the score!

Compared with the Raptors, there are insiders inside and garbage brothers outside, who provide singles in turn; the Kings have more offensive routines, but they also rely more on outsiders to launch offenses.

But fortunately, there is Curry on the bench, and Ke Yan is giving advice to Curry on the sidelines. The commentators are all in Tao Kan, and Ke Yan hopes that Curry can change the game.

But the fact is that in the first game back, Ke Yan asked Curry to take it easy and not fight too hard.