masters-orleans Chapter 593 James is hungry
Chapter 593 James is hungry
Chapter 593 James is hungry
All five home games have been played, and the following is an away game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
After the Blazers lost five main players last season, the Blazers finally ranked fifth in the Western Conference, which is admirable. However, the Blazers this season had a bad start in the first half of the season. , the record is only 15 wins and 22 losses, this record is definitely not good, it can only be said to be average.
Portland, Moda Center.
To be reasonable, Xu Xuan and Lillard are really not very familiar with each other, and the relationship is also very average.
This guy, like Griffin and Thomas Jr., was a hostile person, so Xu Xuan didn't have the time to touch his cold face or his cold ass.
Moreover, Lillard is a self-contained system in the league. He can't play with people like Curry and Irving. He just beats himself. He has strength, but he is too arrogant.
Both teams are still warming up.
Seeing Xu Xuan shooting super long three-pointers here, Lillard, not to be outdone, shot an overpressure three-pointer near the LOGO area in his half.
"Shua, Shua, Shua"
Not to mention, this guy's ultra-long three-pointer is very accurate, and the touch is still good when it is more than one meter away from the three-point line and close to two meters.
Moreover, his shooting method is different from Xu Xuan's. His angle is higher and the arc is more direct.
This kind of ball must be absolutely wonderful, and if you miss it, you may not even touch the basket.
But there is no doubt that Lillard is definitely one of the top point guards in the league and one of the superstars.
After the warm-up is over, the match between the two teams is about to begin.
The big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups of the two teams. As usual, for the Lakers, it was the starting lineups of Xu Xuan, Russell, Ingram, Randall and Yi Jianlian.
For the Trail Blazers, Lillard and McCollum partnered in the backcourt, Maurice Harkless in the frontcourt, and Aminu partnered Plumlee in the interior.
In the TNT studio, several commentators were still talking about the Trail Blazers last season.
The Blazers last season, not to say, was so amazing.
But looking back, it makes sense.
While losing four starters, they have decent reserves at each position.
If the youngsters grow collectively, if Damian Lillard is a good leader, if Coach Stotts coaches well, they shouldn't play too badly.
Then they made the playoffs, passed the first round, and let Lillard go bloodthirsty in the second round against the 73-win Warriors.
So, the reality is that young people are growing up collectively, Damian Lillard has become one of the best team leaders in the NBA at the moment, and Coach Stotts integrates everyone into it and makes the best use of it.
For rebuilding teams, it's comforting to have one happen, and in Portland, they all happened together.
this summer.
The Blazers still have a lot of moves. First, they signed the Warriors' backup center last season, Festus Ezeri, for 2 million in two years.
In this summer's market, it's a very cheap signing with little risk, and if Azeri is healthy, the benefits will not be small.
Speaking of health, one might instinctively worry about Azeri's health given the Blazers' poor medical history from Roy to Oden.
But, do you know how healthy the Blazers were last season?Lillard played 82 games, McCollum played 80 games.
In addition, Lillard has led the team to the Western Conference semifinals twice in his five-year NBA career. This luck is definitely not bad.
So, if Azeri stays out of his injury woes...
Last season, the Warriors had Bogut as the official center, Green as the five small centers, Azeri is actually the third center, and there is no guarantee of stable playing time. Well, his three-year career has not been stable. Play time guaranteed.
However, this does not prevent us from observing his contribution in a small sample.
Last season, Ezeri averaged 16.7 minutes per game, contributed 7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks.Great rebounding and blocking numbers.
He's an excellent rim protector, and opponents are shooting just 43.6 percent at the rim under his defense, fourth among players with more than 500 minutes played.
Therefore, Azeri is exactly the frame-protecting center that the Blazers are eager for. With him, it can relieve the defensive pressure of the backcourt to a certain extent.
It is worth mentioning that in the past playoffs, Festus Ezeri played his worth against the Trail Blazers. When facing the high pick-and-roll tactics of the Blazers center, Fei Stuss Ezeri used his quick footwork to expand the defensive range and successfully prevented the Blazers from using this play.At that time, it was generally believed that the annual salary of Festus Ezeri next season could reach tens of millions, and some people even directly exposed the figure of 1500 million US dollars.
But in the finals, Festus Ezeri did not perform well. Facing the Pacers' defensive strategy of attacking the outside line and letting go of the inside line, Festus Ezeri's personal offensive shortcomings were insufficient. Being infinitely magnified, a two-year $1600 million contract is also reasonable.
It's a bit funny that Iguodala joked with Festus Ezeri on April Fool's Day in 15.At that time, the first brother fabricated a fake news that Festus Azeri was laid off, and his teammates also cooperated in sending farewell text messages to Festus Azeri one after another. Afterwards, this scene will actually happen
In addition to Azeri, the Blazers also offered Evan Turner a four-year, $4 million contract.
The Portland Trail Blazers' three-point level last season can be ranked fifth in the league overall; their offensive efficiency of 108.8 is sixth in the league.
Evan Turner averaged 10 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists last season.
He doesn't shoot 24.1-pointers very well, making only [-] percent of them last season.
Last season, as the ball-handler of the Celtics second team, he did a good job of distributing the ball and sorting out the offense, as you can see from the assist data.
Turner is an excellent three-point defender, ranking in the top five in the league last season in limiting the three-point shooting percentage of opponents (down 4.5% from usual).
His mid-range defense is also above par.
In theory, Evan Turner could improve the Blazers' three-point defense, which they didn't do well last season, especially when you have Gerald Henderson, the worst three-point defense in the NBA. when.
Turner is a pretty good mid-range shooter, which can enrich Stotts' tactics.
In addition, Turner can also be a ball handler for the second team.
As the No. 2010 pick in 76, Turner was hailed as the lifelong enemy of Wall at the beginning of the draft.However, Turner has been tepid, and has never been able to become the leader that the 76ers wanted him to be. After just a little performance in the fourth year, the [-]ers, who were eager to show off and disappointed with Turner, sent him to walk. Or, in exchange for Granger.
After arriving at the Pacers, Turner was dissatisfied. Not only did he fail to play his due role, but he made the Pacers' locker room a mess. The No. 2 Pacers in the East stumbled and were easily defeated by the Heat.After the end of the season, the Pacers did not renew his contract, and Turner's own market was very poor. He finally rejected a slightly higher long-term contract and joined the Celtics for 670 years and [-] million.
And it was in this youth army without an absolute leader that Turner found his role. Although he was not the main force of the iron fight, Turner's comprehensive ability to handle the ball and his taller stature fully adapted to the Celtics. Team play has become an indispensable role for the Celtics. He only missed one game in two seasons. His overall performance of 10.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game has aroused the favor of many teams .
However, most people think that the contract that the Blazers gave Turner is too big, with an average annual salary of 1800 million. This should be the price a player with an average of 15+5 per game got, but it was given to Turner.
In addition to Turner, the Blazers also traded Shabazz Napier from the Magic.
Napier, 24, is 6-foot-1 and plays point guard on the floor.He was the 2014th pick in the first round of the 24 NBA Draft. In college, Napier studied at the famous University of Connecticut. In 2014, with Napier's outstanding performance, UConn overcame all obstacles in the March Madness game and finally reached the finals.In the final, they defeated the University of Kentucky 60-54 to win the national championship.
Napier also won the NCAA Final Four MOP, which is the Most Outstanding Player award, for his outstanding performance.Then that year, Napier decided to enter the NBA draft.
However, the former college's most outstanding player who landed in the NBA is a bit "acclimatized". So far in his career, he has played for the Heat and Magic respectively, but neither has particularly eye-catching performance. In the 2014-15 season, Napier played a total of 51 games for the Heat. In an average of 19.8 minutes of playing time per game, he could only contribute 5.1 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists.
Last summer, Napier was traded to the Magic by the Heat for a 2016 second-round pick.In the Magic, Napier was reduced to the team's fourth point guard.
After the free agent door opened this summer, the Magic has made a lot of changes. At present, the team's main point guard is Payton Jr., and the team also introduced DJ Augustin this summer. In addition, Orlando is at the point guard position Also has CJ-Watson, so it is really difficult for the former college MOP to continue to gain a foothold in the team.
2015-16赛季，内皮尔共在魔术出战了55场比赛，但场均仅能获得10.9分钟的上场时间，交出3.7分、1.0个篮板、1.8次助攻的成绩单。
At the same time, the Blazers also matched the Nets' four-year, $7500 million offer for restricted free agent Allen Crabbe this summer.
The 24-year-old Crabbe is the No. 2013 pick in the second round of the 6 NBA Draft. At 6 feet [-] inches, he plays shooting guard on the court.
职业生涯至今的3个赛季中，克拉布都是在开拓者度过的。在总共出战的147场常规赛中，他场均能够获得19.6分钟的上场时间，交出7.0分、2.0个篮板、1.0次助攻的成绩单。
2015-16赛季是克拉布职业生涯至今表现最好的一个赛季，该赛季他的场均上场时间达到了26.0分钟，得到10.3分、2.7个篮板、1.2次助攻，三项技术统计均为职业生涯新高。
Crabbe became a restricted free agent this summer, and the Nets offered him a four-year, $7500 million contract.According to reports, this contract, plus bonuses, will have a total salary of $8300 million, and he has a player option for the fourth year.
In addition, according to reporters, the Nets also promised that he will get a starting position in the team.However, since Crabbe is a restricted free agent, the Blazers have the right to match any offer.In the end, the Blazers decided to keep the pitcher.
Although he is only a second-round pick, Crabbe showed some ability in the Trail Blazers last season. The Nets offered him a sky-high contract. On the other hand, the outside world also believes that Crabbe's potential is worth investing in, and some people even compare him with the former "CIC King" Alan Houston.
"Crabbe's performance last season was really impressive." An NBA scout said, "He has the height, the ball is full of fluidity, and Alan Houston is the same type. I didn't expect Crabbe to play today. This kind of performance, will be so good. He also reminds me of Tim Thomas, he is a very capable player." Crabbe shot 45.9% last season, and from beyond the arc, his The shooting percentage also reached 39.3%, both statistics are career highs.
And these are all new aids, and everyone talked about the backcourt duo of McCollum and Lillard.
Reggie Miller pondered for a while, and said: "From CJ McCollum, we can discover how a talented scorer is made.
As early as in college, he had most of the scoring skills of a guard of his type, and he was extremely skilled.
After entering the NBA and adapting to an NBA-level defense, they quickly showed their scoring instincts.
He can attack in all directions without dead ends. His shooting distribution is slightly larger than that of outside the three-point line, reaching 33%, and the rest of the shots are evenly distributed inside the three-point line.
His step-back jumper is already deadly, as is his floater, and his first step off the dribble is quick.
I can still remember that last season, at the end of 15, in the game against the Kings, Lillard was absent. He scored 35 points and led the team to win. He also had 11 rebounds and 9 assists. He showed the same performance as Lillard The potential, the regular time to mobilize teammates, the critical moment a fatal blow.
This summer, I think the best deal the Blazers made was to renew McCollum in advance. As far as I know, there are more than one teams that are going to take McCollum next year. For example, like It's LeBron and they are all hungry. They are very eager to get a star who can score crazy points in the second position. Clay is their No. 1 choice, and McCollum is the second choice. "
(End of this chapter)