I Want to Be a Superstar

Chapter 780 Crazy Arenas and Player of the Month!

The Seattle SuperSonics, who were exhausted physically and mentally, won an unexpected victory over the Detroit Pistons, which surprised old Nelson.

It also surprised many coconut powder media and coconut powder fans.

What was expected to be a defeat was once again turned into victory by Yes.

However, the defeat of the Seattle SuperSonics finally came.

On December 28, 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics challenged the second opponent of this Eastern Conference road trip, the Washington Wizards, who are now ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

The Washington Wizards have been one of the two strongest teams in the past two seasons, and they are also the only team in the Eastern Conference that can threaten the Big Three, the Boston Celtics, in the regular season.

Although the Wizards have always been on the weak side in the competition with the Boston Celtics, the Wizards were almost beaten or even swept by the Boston Celtics in the two Eastern Conference finals.

Of course, that was in the playoffs. In the regular season, the Wizards' situation is completely different from the playoffs.

Arenas, Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, this slightly beggar version of the Big Three combination except Arenas is indeed not so good in front of the real Celtics Big Three. Except Arenas, Jamison and Butler are almost all hammered by Garnett and Pierce. These two are not trustworthy at all in the playoffs, at least in the playoffs of the first two seasons, these two seem not so trustworthy.

However, in the regular season, these two are really heroes.

Almost every season's regular season can contribute an average of 20+ points per game, coupled with Arenas' madness and terror, the Wizards are a very strong team in the regular season.

In the past two seasons, the Wizards have always been the team with the best record in the East against the strong teams in the West. Facing the strong teams in the West, the Wizards' record is even better than that of the Boston Celtics.

It can be said that the Wizards led by Arenas are the face and representative of the East in the regular season in the past two years.

The only face that the East has in the regular season is not earned by the Celtics as the Big Three, but by the Wizards and Arenas as the second in the East.

The regular season games are not so targeted. Regular season All-Stars such as Butler and Jamison can have a very good performance. Coupled with Arenas' strong hard power, any team facing the Wizards in the regular season will not be so easy to win.

Although the Wizards' limelight in the East this season is not so big, it is somewhat different from the past two seasons as the protagonist team in the East, but this does not mean that the Wizards have fallen and their strength has dropped off a cliff.

Originally, after the end of the playoffs last season, many people did feel that the Wizards were going to drop off a cliff, or even disband.

Arenas' contract expired.

Jamison's contract also expired.

The two contracts of the Big Three have expired. It seems that after the shame of being humiliated by the Celtics in the playoffs twice in a row, these star players of the Wizards do not seem to be ready to continue to waste time in Washington.

Moreover, in the summer of this year, both Arenas and Jamison received very good invitations. Arenas was even sought after by the entire league. Even several players of the Grizzlies stated that as long as Arenas was willing to join, they were willing to give up the position of team leader to Arenas.

Originally, the whole world thought that Arenas was going to the Grizzlies to start his own era.

No one expected that Arenas would eventually renew his contract!

After Arenas renewed his contract, Jamison, who had always stated that he was going to leave, suddenly did not know why,

seemed to be influenced by Arenas and actually renewed his contract, which was quite amazing.

This season in the East, the Wizards' presence is not so strong, but the presence of this team is not as strong as in the past two seasons, not because the strength of this team has declined.

In fact, the presence of the three Eastern Conference powerhouses, the Celtics, the Cavaliers and the Heat, is too strong.

This season's Eastern Conference is completely different from the weak Eastern Conference in the past few seasons. Now even three of the top five teams in the league are in the East.

In this case, unless the Wizards' record is very outstanding, or Arenas's data is quite outstanding, it is difficult for the Wizards to overwhelm the other three teams in the East in terms of presence.

The Wizards are stronger this season than last season, and the Wizards are still in the rising stage.

Although Jamison is already 32 years old and has begun to decline.

But Arenas and Butler are still at their peak, and even Arenas is still going up.

And young core players such as Sun Yue, Brandon Haywood, and Andray Blatche are also constantly improving. In addition, the performance of JJ Hickson, who was selected as a rookie this season, is also quite surprising. Not only does it make up for the game time lost by Jamison due to his decline, but this athletic ability is extremely good, and the rebounding and defense are also quite good. The young man with great energy can just make up for the Wizards' lack of defense at the power forward position. Jamison and Blatche are not purely defensive players.

It can be said that the Wizards this season are stronger than last season.

However, the other three teams in the East are really too strong.

It is not as good as the other three teams in the East, and its presence is not as strong, but it is still no problem to be a local tiger in Washington DC.

In this season, the Wizards are at home. It is not easy for the teams that come here, whether they are the top three teams in the East or the top four teams in the West, to get out of here unscathed.

In this game with the Wizards, old Nelson and the Supersonics made a lot of preparations for difficulties.

Originally, the game with the Pistons yesterday was a very tough game. It was not until the last moment that Yes's explosion won the game.

This game with the Wizards is back-to-back, and the Wizards are much stronger than the Pistons.

This game is really very, very difficult to play.

Even though old Nelson and the Supersonics are well prepared for this game and have a full understanding of the difficulties of this game.

But when the game started, old Nelson and the Seattle Supersonics were still shocked by the strong Wizards.

After the start of this back-to-back away game with the Wizards, at the beginning of the game, only the first quarter was played, and the Wizards led by Arenas gave the Seattle Supersonics a huge blow.

The Sonics did not take a break in this game. Milicic and Millsap did not fully recover, or even recovered at all. After all, they were on a continuous road trip, and recovery was really out of the question. But there was no other way. This game against the Wizards was the last game of the Eastern Conference road trip, so they gritted their teeth and went on.

But even so, at the end of the first quarter, with Arenas' 16 points in a single quarter, the Wizards led the Sonics by 10 points at home, 36 to 26.

Arenas was in excellent condition in this game, and the other players of the Wizards were also in excellent condition.

Even Sun Yue, a player with a hit rate of only more than 30% this season, made two three-pointers in the first quarter of this game.

On the Sonics side, except for Yes, who was still in a stable state, the offensive state of other Sonics players was indeed very, very loose.

According to old Nelson's estimate, it would take at least a week for these players of the team to recover from such a physically and mentally exhausted state.

The Wizards were in good shape in this game. Even the Suns and Rockets last season had a feeling of retreating when they met them.

In this game where the Wizards were in good shape, Yes played for three quarters and played for 32 minutes, scoring 45 points in 32 minutes.

Yes did not brush assists in this game, not because he was frightened by the ability of Harden and Rondo to brush assists for teammates.

Rather, he really couldn't brush assists!

It's just that his score is a drop in the bucket when facing Arenas and the Wizards who are offensive and have excellent touch.

The end of the third quarter of this game became garbage time.

The entire fourth quarter was garbage time.

Throughout the fourth quarter, Yes sat on the bench and watched Harden, Sessions, Ingles, Ibaka and Nick Collison being abused by the Wizards' substitutes on the court.

Of course, Yes's main focus is James Harden.

James Harden is the key figure in his plan to brush assists.

In the past, Yes also paid attention to Harden. After all, he was the only player in the team with five-star potential that he knew besides Durant.

But he didn't pay attention to it so carefully before.

Now...

He can see that James Harden's five-star is completely different from Durant's five-star.

Durant's ability to catch the ball and shoot is very, very strong, and his ability to assist his teammates is also very strong.

And James Harden...

He also has the ability to catch the ball and shoot, but after catching the ball, he habitually dribbles the ball and habitually observes the defensive situation of the defensive players.

Durant's offensive method makes people feel a little unreasonable. I just throw it. If you have the ability, you can block me.

James Harden's offensive method gives people a very reasonable feeling, or an extremely cautious feeling.

Is such caution and such reasoning a good thing?

Of course it is a good thing. Observing the defense and adjusting the offensive method are what many coaches say when teaching their players.

What's more, James Harden's attribute of seeking benefits and avoiding harm is used in this way. If you don't observe carefully, how can you seek benefits and avoid harm? How to make the opponent commit defensive fouls or offensive fouls?

So, although the situation on the court at this time is that the Wizards' rotation lineup is abusing the second-line rotation lineup of the Supersonics, James Harden is not at a disadvantage on the court.

Other Supersonics players can't score, can't play tactical coordination, and have poor touch. It can be said that the team's offense is completely stagnant, but in this case, James Harden can still score continuously and constantly cause fouls on the offensive end.

This surprised Yes.

This season he mainly teaches James Harden's defense, using his attribute of seeking benefits and avoiding harm on the defensive end.

On the offensive end, James Harden is actually in a relatively primitive state close to the NCAA period.

Yes can see that James Harden's strength on the offensive end is indeed not that strong, but even if it is not a very strong ability, he can still cause a lot of fouls on the opponent.

As for the ability to draw fouls, ordinary quasi-All-Star perimeter players can't compare to it, no, even ordinary All-Star players may not be able to compare to it!

"Seek benefits and avoid harm..."

This attribute...

The power of this attribute on the offensive end may be even greater!

If used well, James Harden will be the final solution for the Seattle Supersonics' rotation lineup!

But...

Even if James' offensive strength becomes stronger in the future, as long as this attribute exists, James Harden will still be overly cautious on the offensive end.

Maybe he will never be a player like Kevin Durant.

In the game between the Seattle Supersonics and the Washington Wizards, the Seattle Supersonics still lost.

110 to 136, a 26-point away defeat.

In addition to Yes scoring 45 points in three quarters, Rondo frantically grabbed 6 frontcourt rebounds in this game, and grabbed 11 rebounds in the whole game, the biggest highlight of this game was James Harden.

James Harden made 4 of 14 shots in this game, and scored 20 points with four hits.

Although most of the 20 points in this game were scored in the fourth quarter.

But even if they were scored, these 20 points were the first 20 points in James Harden's NBA career.

Even if these 20 points had no meaning, James Harden was still very happy after the game.

James Harden was very excited, and Yes also congratulated the excited James Harden.

However...

"James, in the future games, you can be more decisive on the offensive end, increase the offense of receiving the ball, and reduce dribbling."

Increase the offense of receiving the ball, reduce dribbling? !

James Harden's eyes lit up instantly.

Could it be? !

Is Yes going to let me start?

As a self-proclaimed IQ player, he certainly knows the limitations of his style of play. With his style of play, every time he receives the ball, he wants to dribble for 20 seconds to find a foul or an absolute opportunity. If he starts, he will be beaten to death by his teammates!

With Rondo and Yes next to him, how can he have the opportunity to dribble for a long time?

Yes is so good at dribbling that he doesn't even stick to the ball!

If he wants to start, he can only improve his shooting after receiving the ball.

Just catching the ball and shooting...

James Harden really doesn't have that much confidence.

Although there is no problem with his ability to catch the ball and shoot, it is not strong. This can be seen from his hit rate in this game, 4 out of 14. If he is not allowed to dribble for a long time and let him have that strange feeling to find an absolute opportunity, his offensive success rate is extremely low.

This is a bit of a headache.

Although James Harden is a bit of a headache now, he is of course more happy in his heart.

In any case, this shows that Yes values ​​him. At least, Yes has the intention of promoting him to the starting lineup!

"James, starting tomorrow, in addition to defense, I will also teach you offense."

"Yes!"

James Harden was very excited, while the other Sonics players next to him were quite envious.

"Ever since James was hit by Artest, no, ever since James was hit by Charity-World-Peace, I always feel that his temperament has changed."

"Not only has his temperament changed, but his luck has also improved. He can always get free throws on the court inexplicably."

"Three goals scored 18 points, four goals scored 20 points, and the hit rate was only 28%, but when the real hit rate was calculated, it was actually 61% of the real hit rate."

"The hit rate is the same as Rajon last season, and the real hit rate is twice as high as Rajon! Isn't this too unreasonable?"

"..."

Rondo's face was very ugly.

Damn, comparing Erye with this coquettish bitch!

Erye is a straightforward person. What is the hit rate is the real hit rate. He never plays these empty tricks!

However...

Rondo subconsciously imitated James Harden on the court before and made a big loop with both hands.

His arms are also very long, but why is it so awkward to do this big loop?

Soon, Rondo's face, which was very dark, became even darker.

Because he knew why it was so awkward to do this action.

Damn, the defensive players were two meters away from him. Even if he raised his arms, he couldn't use a big loop to swing under the defensive players' arms!

Unless his arm span can be four meters.

If he really has a four-meter arm span, why would he need to do a loop? He can just stand under the basket and dunk!

Damn, with the same hit rate, why not give two meters to Erye, why not give two meters to James Harden, the coquettish bitch?

Just know how to treat Erye differently!

If Erye wasn't treated differently, Erye would have taken off a long time ago!

Rondo is very unhappy now.

And Arenas, who is walking over now, is quite happy.

"Yes, I wanted to score 100 points in this game!"

"..."

"I'm not kidding, your defense is too strong. I'm in such a good state in this game, but I'm still so far away from 100 points!"

"It seems that my hard power has not yet reached the level of being able to score 100 points in the NBA. Kobe is still some distance away from 100 points, and I am also some distance away."

Looking at the excited Arenas in front of him, Yes was a little surprised. He could tell from Arenas' face that the Wizards' star player was not joking when he said he wanted to get 100 points.

He was serious.

Yes really didn't expect that the 100 points he got to complete the task could actually bring such motivation and excitement to Arenas.

But...

"Come on."

Yes finally nodded to Arenas seriously.

"I knew you would agree with me!"

Arenas was even happier.

Seeing Arenas, who was now full of fighting spirit, every Wizards player next to him looked at Yes with resentment.

How much they hoped Arenas would give up trying.

How much they hoped there was someone in the world who could make Arenas say, "Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore."

Damn, it would be fine if Arenas worked hard on his own, but he also liked to force them to work hard together, which was fucked up!

Seeing Arenas's intention to chase Yes's footsteps, he would not stop working hard until he caught up with Yes.

In other words, they have to keep working hard with Arenas all their lives?

They have money and status now, and they really don't want to work hard!

However, facing the crazy Arenas and his gentle and easy-going big babies, can they not work hard?

Every Wizards player looked at Yes with resentment.

Being stared at by these Wizards players, Yes didn't know what to say.

He actually wanted to see Arenas and the Wizards like this.

After taking a deep look at Sun Yue, Yes turned around and left with the Supersonics players.

When Sun Yue entered the NBA, he was still a player who looked thin and elegant, but now, he has moved closer to the muscle brother route.

In the NBA, everything can deceive people, but the muscles on the body and the muscles on the belly are always more convincing than white-cut chicken and a big belly.

After the Seattle Supersonics lost to the Wizards in Washington, the Seattle Supersonics with 21 wins and 11 losses in 32 games still led the Phoenix Suns and ranked fifth in the West.

The previous winning streak of the Seattle SuperSonics gave the Seattle SuperSonics a great advantage in the ranking.

However, the loss to the Washington Wizards was not the last loss of the Seattle SuperSonics.

On December 30, 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics returned to their home court and faced the Suns, their direct competitor who is now ranked fifth in the West.

In the end, the Seattle SuperSonics lost to the Suns 112-120 at home.

This game was a home game for the Seattle SuperSonics, but in fact, there was not much difference between this home game and the away game.

In the NBA, the most important advantage for the home team is to conserve energy and face the opponent at home.

But the Seattle SuperSonics flew back all the way from Washington DC.

How far is Washington DC from Seattle?

One is the easternmost and the other is the westernmost, spanning 4,000 kilometers across the United States.

On the contrary, the Suns, who played away, have been resting since the game with the Spurs on December 26. They even came to Seattle early to prepare for the game with the Supersonics.

This game is more of a home game for the Phoenix Suns than a home game for the Seattle Supersonics.

After losing to the Suns at home, the Seattle Supersonics now have a record of 21 wins and 12 losses. The Seattle Supersonics, who have lost two games in a row, are still ranked fifth in the West, because the Suns, who are ranked sixth in the West, now have a record of 19 wins and 12 losses. Although the two teams lost the same number of games, the Suns played two fewer games and are one game away from the Seattle Supersonics' wins.

This season, the Seattle Supersonics and the Suns have played two games, and the Supersonics lost both games.

According to the division record and the direct record, as long as the Phoenix Suns win the next two games less, the Suns will also surpass the Supersonics and become the fifth in the West.

Now the SuperSonics are ranked fifth in the West, but the initiative of the fifth place in the West is not in the hands of the SuperSonics, but in the hands of the Suns.

After suffering two consecutive losses, the Seattle SuperSonics finally defeated the Warriors in the home and away games against the Warriors on December 31, ending their losing streak.

This game with the Warriors can be said to be a game in which the Seattle SuperSonics were mentally and physically exhausted to the extreme.

Playing four games in five days, and this long-term home and away games back-to-back between the East and the West after the hellish Christmas schedule, such a schedule, according to many NBA coaches and players, is simply anti-human.

If the Seattle SuperSonics had not met the Golden State Warriors led by Beasley in this game, I am afraid that any Western team could have defeated the SuperSonics in this game.

Even if it was the Warriors, they only lost 110 to 117 in this game.

Although the Warriors are ranked last in the West and last in the league, this team really doesn't want to win.

Like the Heat last season, this Warriors really wants to win!

As the leader of the Warriors, he has scored more than 40 points in each game against the SuperSonics this season. Including this game with the SuperSonics, the Warriors have played a total of 34 games this season. , Beasley scored 20+ points in 34 consecutive games.

This season is Beasley's rookie season. In his rookie season, Beasley was asked by Jerry West to score at least 20 points in every game no matter what.

According to many media reports, the reason Jerry West asked Beasley to do this was not to teach Beasley to use unlimited fire power to increase data, but to cultivate Beasley's ability to fight in adversity.

According to public opinion across the country, although the Warriors are weak, the team is working hard to win from top to bottom.

This public opinion...

Quite strange.

Not only Yeas found it strange, but Nelson and SuperSonics general manager Presti also found it very strange.

"The Warriors are building momentum for their No. 1 pick next season."

According to SuperSonics general manager Jerry Presti, Jerry West is now campaigning for the legitimacy of the Warriors getting the No. 1 pick.

Jerry West asked Beasley to follow in the footsteps of Leafs. This is not to tell Beasley that winning and fighting spirit are more important than protecting the shooting percentage. At least it is not just to tell Beasley this, in addition to telling Beasley this. Besides, this is also giving David Stern face.

Jerry West is telling David Stern, David, even if we are messing up, you also know that we are messing up, but we are not harming the interests of the NBA and the league.

You see, our team's Beasley scored 20+ points in thirty-four consecutive games in his rookie season, 20+ points in every game in his career, and averaged 29 points per game in his rookie season. How much traffic and attention can this bring to the league? ?

Although the Warriors are failing, the value Beasley and we have created for the league is no worse than those playoff teams!

You have also seen Beasley's strength, value, and his righteous and hard-working character. Can you bear to see such a player who can become a perfect leader in the NBA without a good assistant?

Presti does have big problems in trading, emotional intelligence, and getting along with people.

But in terms of IQ and vision, this Sonics general manager is indeed a bit amazing.

After Presti analyzed the current operations of the Warriors and Jerry West at the team meeting, Yees, SuperSonics head coach Old Nelson, president Rick Sander and others were really shocked. a feeling of.

Not only was Presti shocked, but Jerry West was also shocked!

The Warriors are messing up. Anyone with any intelligence can see this and cannot deceive them.

But Jerry West can actually do the humiliating job of messing up so well.

Players have not lost their pursuit of victory because of poor performance.

The league has not lost interest because of this team's poor performance.

Fans have not lost their expectations for this team because of its poor performance.

"This is indeed Jerry's style. He is different from those vulture-type management. He will consider the interests of all aspects very comprehensively. While he gets benefits, others will not suffer, so many people respect him. I am also willing to cooperate with him.”

The schedule is now more than halfway through, and the Warriors' current position at the bottom of the league is quite stable.

Although many other Eastern Conference teams are also failing, it is quite rare for the Warriors to fail to win almost a game.

Not to mention a comprehensive operation like Jerry West's.

It's still 2008, but there may be no suspense about the No. 1 pick in 2009.

"Even if David Stern is unwilling to give the No. 1 pick to a bad team, Jerry West and the Warriors' operations this season may make David Stern a typical example of a bad team in the league. It’s okay to mess up, but it can’t hurt the interests of the league and the fans.”

However, this statement is just easy to say.

Doesn't it hurt the interests of the league and fans?

Who can do it except a master like Jerry West?

There is only one Jerry West in the history of the league.

"The number one pick..."

Ye Si thought of the disciple who is now leading the University of Washington to a great victory in the NCAA.

Could it be him?

Ye Si didn't know, but he knew that his disciple had received private invitations from Isiah Thomas and the New York Knicks.

Now I am fully prepared to go to New York, the largest city in the world, to become the boss.

Defeating the Warriors on the last day of 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics could be considered a perfect ending to 2008.

After all the games in 2008, the entire NBA will have a one-day truce on New Year's Day, January 1, 2009.

After going through this incredible schedule, the Seattle SuperSonics finally got a chance to breathe a little.

On the same day, the league also announced its Player of the Month for December 2008.

With a performance of 99 points in one game and 104 points in one game in December, Yees undoubtedly won the NBA Player of the Month in the last month of 2008.

Throughout December, the Seattle SuperSonics' record was not that outstanding, but Yeos's personal performance was really outstanding.

With only three wins against the Cavaliers (88 points), the Lakers (99 points) and the Heat (104 points), even if the Sonics lost all other games in December, the Player of the Month award would not be given to anyone else.

At the same time, the league also announced the surprising results of the second round of NBA All-Star voting...

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