masters-orleans Chapter 236
Chapter 236
Chapter 236
2 Chapter Six and Three Reinforcing the Frontline
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The direction of the Timberwolves' reinforcement is very clear, that is, the positions of small forward and shooting guard. These two positions are the biggest shortcomings of the Timberwolves. Of course, the Timberwolves also need to find a suitable backup point guard for Li Shihao to share the playing time for Li Shihao , to avoid injuries caused by long-term playing in the future.
For today's Timberwolves, Li Shihao is indeed extremely precious, and he can't wait to hold it in the palm of his hand and never let go.
Li Shihao's rookie season not only led the team to the playoffs, but also allowed the team's box office to rebound. Now it has restored the enthusiasm of the Timberwolves at its peak. However, Li Shihao's benefits to the team are not only this!
The revenue from billboards in the Target Center alone is enough for the Timberwolves to make a lot of money. The influence brought by a Chinese guard is too great. Although this year is only Li Shihao's rookie season, it is enough to attract many Asian players. Many manufacturers came to bid, which has initially shown the commercial value behind Li Shihao, and the future can be imagined!
In the blueprint for team building with Li Shihao as the core, small forwards are an indispensable and important part. There are many outstanding small forwards in the league, and there are a lot of them, but not many are suitable for the Timberwolves.
Today's league is known as the prosperous age of small forwards, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Andre Iguodala, Paul Pierce, Artest, Kevin Durant... Now it is a prosperous age of strikers, Countless talented strikers haunted the alliance, swallowing the wind and clouds, calling the wind and the rain.
There are also many small forward players who may be involved in transactions this summer, such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Paul Pierce, Trevor Ariza, etc. For the Timberwolves, they The striker who wants to sign is not a superstar with a self-contained system like LeBron James. Of course, it is unlikely that the little emperor James will come to the cold and remote Minnesota, nor is it an offensive small forward like Carmelo Anthony. The Timberwolves are interested. Instead, it's a swingman like Andre Iguodala.
Andre Iguodala is the star of the Eastern Philadelphia 76ers. This player who was born in the 04 draft is the core of the Philadelphia 76ers after Iverson. He has always been called the little AI. Although he likes his Philadelphia fans once had optimistic hopes for him, but Iguodala has given the impression that he is just a dunker so far, and he has nothing else to do in terms of offense.
However, what really improved the league's evaluation of Iguodala is his ability to lead the team. Iguodala's defensive ability is very strong. This word is not wrong at all. The original Philadelphia 76ers suffered from not making the playoffs for many years In this situation, Iverson was traded away for the purpose of rebuilding, but he did not expect that after supporting Andre Iguodala, the Philadelphia 76ers' defensive system would be steadily upgraded in an instant, and they would become the league's first-class defensive team. Not great, but enough to make the playoffs with top-notch defense.
The young Iguodala has led the Philadelphia 76ers to the playoffs for two consecutive years. Although he missed the playoffs last season, it was only because of the collective outbreak of the strong teams in the West that suppressed the development of the East.
In McHale's eyes, Andre Iguodala is the most suitable third position puzzle for the Timberwolves. Iguodala, who can attack and defend, is like a weakened version of "James", but his offensive ability is not strong. Complementary.
However, Philadelphia has no intention of trading Iguodala. They just signed a six-year $8000 million contract with Iguodala the year before last. The possibility of such a thing as a trading core is too low!
Therefore, McHale set his sights on Trevor Ariza in this year's free market. The small forward of the Rockets scored 14+5+3+1 this year. playoffs.
Others don't understand the value of Ariza, but the Minnesota Timberwolves, who have played against the Houston Rockets many times, know it all too well.
This season, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, the core internal and external core of the Rockets, were either injured or truce. The Houstonians almost fought hard in the playoffs with a remnant team. painful lessons.
That night, McHale clearly remembered that Corey Brewer was blown away by the opposing Trevor Ariza, allowing the latter to score 25 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, leading the Rockets to victory strongly.
It can be said that the idea of trading Corey Brewer emerged this season. To a large extent, McHale was touched by that game.
This summer, the Houston Rockets are facing contract extensions including Scola, Lowry, etc., and there is also the operation of the free market. It can be said that there is not much salary space left.
It is simply impossible to have enough strength to strengthen the team in the summer free market, so they have put Trevor Ariza on the shelf. Once Ariza is traded, the Rockets will vacate nearly $1000 million in salary space this season , In the long run, it will even throw away a big contract that can reach 2800 million US dollars, which is profitable in any case.
It's a pity that Trevor Ariza signed a six-year 3500 million contract with the Houston Rockets last year. Not many teams bought it.
For most players in the league, Trevor Ariza is indeed outstanding, but since there are top superstars like LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in the free market, why should they pursue Ariza?
What's more, in the eyes of many team managers, Morey, who has always talked with statistics, is extremely shrewd and plans to trade Ariza away. Whether the latter's US$3500 million contract is worth the money is a questionable question!
Of course, Trevor Ariza also wants to transfer. He has already made suggestions to the team, trying to go to a team capable of competing for the championship. After all, he has just entered his peak period and he needs more Honor to earn a bigger contract!
At this time, the Timberwolves were vaguely aware of the Rockets' motives. McHale understood that this was an opportunity. If Andre Iguodala was not traded, Trevor Ariza would also be good. The latter is not only excellent in defense, but also accurate. The three-pointer is also a great weapon that can be integrated into the team system.
Right now, the Timberwolves really need enough three-point shooters!
Nowadays, a small ball trend is popular in basketball, and more and more teams are beginning to pay attention to the weapon of three-pointers. Although McHale is sometimes a bit old-fashioned, he dare not be careless about this point.
After all, in Boston's glory days, "Big Bird" Larry Bird, who fought side by side with him, was the famous three-pointer in the league!
(End of this chapter)