Chapter 33: The End of a Season
After the Spring Festival War, Li Ke was in a bit sleepwalking state.
The state here does not refer to the state on the court, but outside the court.
He felt very tired and sleepy, and he gave up the ritual of ceremonials of enjoying breakfast and browsing news reports after getting up early every morning.
Now it has become a stalemate of breakfast every morning, and then rush to the training hall to start training at the breakfast club.
The intensity of the breakfast club has been reduced a lot, so Li Ke knew that the problem was not the breakfast club.
"It should be caused by a season of high-intensity combat. The Spring Festival battle only aggravates the fatigue..."
Although he was very tired, Li Ke played in the game without any problems.
Therefore, Li Ke felt that even without this system, he would be a game-type player.
Li Ke gritted his teeth and continued the training of the breakfast club. It was during the training that Li Ke heard the Celtics' deal.
Boss Qiao, who had not seen each other for many days, suddenly pushed the door and told Li Ke: "Sheldon, have you seen the Celtic deal?"
"Celtic deal?"
Li Ke was confused, and then Boss Qiao roughly described the Celtic deal.
"They sent Lagarondo away? Is it Jeff Green?"
"It's not a flat swap, they also added Brian Scala Brian."
"It's just a big deal for the salary..."
Although Danny Angie's operation of sending away the Human Victory Cigar has begun to establish his ruthless personality.
But no matter how much you say, Scalabrien is just a water dispenser administrator. Leaving the Celtics will have no effect on the Celtics. Joining the Thunder will not have any bonus on the Thunder.
The theme of the transaction is to exchange Lagarondo for Jeff Green.
Li Ke's first reaction was that the Celtics were in trouble. The original lineup of the four giants was directly dismantled by only the three elderly giants.
This Celtic team has no future.
But Li Ke could still see Danny Angie's idea in this deal.
Rondo has too many problems, sticky balls, no shooting, free throw margins, and such a point guard is too easy to be beaten into the best sixth man for the opponent.
From this perspective, Danny Angie's choice seems to be correct.
Even Danny Angie may have thrown all the bad Celtic attack pot to Rondo, who made him too sticky?
Jeff Green, who came from the trade, directly made up for the substitute's firepower and the strength of the wings, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.
But the problem is that there are not many teams that can make Rondo the best sixth man in his team. Most teams in this era still have a lot of point guards like Rondo.
And, without Rondo, the Celtics simply lost their organizational hands unless they could get a new point guard.
"So, what do you think of this deal?"
"Thunder makes a lot of money, the Celtics lose money."
"That's how you think? It's completely opposite to public opinion."
"That's the public opinion is wrong. For the Celtics, Lagarondo is a double-edged sword. Maybe his shooting is bad and will hurt the team, but his organization is also indispensable to the Celtics."
"Organization? Are you trying to say that the Celtics have no master control?"
"Yes, you can't expect Eddie House to go up and organize, right?"
The Celtics' substitute point guard is only Eddie House, but Eddie House's style is projective and organizational ability is equal to zero.
"The gossip is that the Knicks may cut Stephen Marbury, and the Celtics are seducing the Pistons' Raf Alstom."
"Lone Wolf? His fuel tank is already out of oil. However, it is the king of street football. If it is a transaction, the Celtics should not be able to take Luff Alstom, right?"
Boss Qiao nodded: "They hope that Raf Alstom will put pressure on the Pistons management and join after buying out."
Sure enough, Danny Angie's style.
If Alstom joins the Celtics, the organization's problems will be solved.
Perhaps, this season, the Celtics' strength can be improved, but obviously, the people who sent Rondo away still lost their future.
"With this operation, the Celtics will have to make a last move..."
The Rockets rushed for the last wave, and now there is an additional Celtic.
Speaking of which, the Bobcats and the Rockets are similar to those of the Rockets this season, and Lao Ai and Lao Shark also want to make another move in the end.
But looking at the various strengthenings of the Celtics and the Rockets, the Lakers have also reached the true peak, and there is a magic trick in the East that is a bit unbeatable. The Bobcats have hopes for this season.
When he turned his eyes away from the Celtic who had lost his future and focused on Thunder, Li Ke discovered a brand new Thunder Fourth Young Master.
"La Garondo, Xiao Du, Brooke Lopez, and Sergii Baka who has not yet arrived, the new fourth young master has appeared."
Sam Presti is already a magical operation. Compared with his previous life, Jeff Green, who had originally changed to Perkins, directly changed to Rondo.
Including the upcoming 2009 draft, this Thunder even has the chance to form the ultimate five young masters.
That's right, although Rondo joined, Li Ke was still not optimistic about the Thunder's ability to enter the playoffs.
First, Xiao Du's strength is not enough, second, the intensity in the west is too high...
"But if you continue to play like this, the Thunder should have a lottery championship, and there are not many top rookies left for the Thunder."
After turning his eyes away from Thunder, Boss Qiao suddenly asked: "By the way, Allen's contract is about to expire, we can renew the contract in advance. What do you think?"
"That's your business, Michael."
Li Ke didn't know what to say about Lao Ai in his current state, so he directly threw the choice to Boss Qiao.
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In early January, the Knicks announced the layoff of Stephen Marbury. After the clarification period, the Celtics announced that they had signed Stephen Marbury at a one-year unsecured basic salary.
Send the cancer Rondo away and get Jeff Green, who is promising in the future and is promising now, and then sign the lone wolf to make up for the point guard's gap.
With the potential Raf Alstom, it seems that Danny Angie's operation is already perfect.
Li Ke even believes that including the Magic gets the deal with Aaron Brooks, coupled with the Celtics' operations, the Bobcats can withdraw from the championship battle this season in advance.
This is true, because something happened to the bobcat.
After several tough games in early February, the Bobcats won and lost, and their overall condition was average.
At this moment, Lao Ai, who had many problems on the field, also had problems outside the field.
Early in the morning, Li Ke, who still did not pay attention to the news reports, learned from Boss Qiao again: "Allen has entered..."
This time, Boss Qiao did not appear in front of Li Ke, and he called.
"I'm already at Charlotte Police Department and I'm ready to bail him."
"What's wrong?"
"His wife called the police and said he was domestically violent. The police went to his house and proved that."
"I see……"
Li Ke hung up the phone, leaving only this sentence before hanging up the phone.
Because he knew very well that Lao Ai had developed a disease, Boss Qiao, who was originally ready to ask Lao Ai to cut his salary and renew his contract, should have given up this idea.
Lao Ai will not stay anymore, and the Bobcats' season is over.
...
The domestic violence incident outside the court only puts Bobcats at the center of the public opinion storm. Lao Ai will not be banned, so he can still play.
But after this incident happened, Lao Ai had already recovered and fell to the bottom.
In a game against the Heat, he made 4 of 18 shots and lost to the Bobcats.
Then there was a game against the Jazz, with 5 of 22 shots and continuing on to the Sun and Earth.
Until the All-Star Weekend, Lao Ai's condition did not recover.
On the All-Star Weekend, Li Ke’s signature sneakers “Like 1” were launched.
In the rookie challenge, Li Ke did play soy sauce.
Then there is the All-Star Game. In this game, Li Ke didn't play so well, but he didn't play at the god level. He scored 15 points with 6 of 11 shots, and his performance was pretty good.
But the Eastern Army lost the game for many reasons.
First, Kobe, who has named AMVP in the future, performed well without any injuries.
Second, it was a bit of a trick for a AMVP, Lebang, who had already fallen into the devil.
Third, there are too many Eastern troops who are playing soy sauce, and no one stands up.
In summary, the Eastern Army lost the game, which helped Kobe win the third AMVP trophy in his career.
It is worth mentioning that due to the change in the historical line, the old shark this year did not win this AMVP trophy with Kobe.
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After the All-Star, Lao Ai's condition has not improved.
His divorce lawsuit with Tavana began, and the impact on the off-site was getting bigger and bigger.
In this case, the Bobcat directly asked Lao Ai to quit and adjust his state.
Without Lao Ai, the Bobcats' record also declined and the loss began to increase. Not only did the team no longer have hope for the O'Brien Cup, but public opinion has also demoted the Bobcats to the end.
In a word: "The Bobcats are already preparing for next season."
The regular seasons in March and April soon came to an end. In addition to scoring data, Li Ke once focused on his former battlefield NCAA.
In the original historical line, the NCAA champions this season should be North Carolina led by Taylor Hansbrew and Wayne Ellington.
But Westbrook's retention directly changed the situation.
UCLA led by Westbrook, Darren Collison and Ju Holiday directly rushed to the final quarter, rushing to the final quarter, defeating Villanova University in the same district, and then defeating North Carolina in the semi-finals.
On the other hand, Michigan led by Carlin Lucas defeated Kemba Walker, A.J. Price, and the University of Kentucky led by Hasim Tabit.
In the final, Li Ke watched the game on the spot. He watched Westbrook break through everything and finally won the cup.
By the way, he also won the trophy for the final semi-final MOP.
It is worth mentioning that Li Ke saw a familiar face from the bench of the dark horse Michigan State.
"Isn't that Drummond Green on the horse?"
In addition to the NCAA, it is worth mentioning that the chance to copy Atai and Guagua, which Li Ke was about to get, was completely lost due to a defeat against the Nuggets in the second half of the season.
This made Li Ke speechless and helpless.
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In late April, the regular season ends.
After struggling throughout the season, the Bobcats finally won only 49 victories, just one win away from the 50 wins certified by the strong team.
The record of 49 wins and 33 losses is fourth in the Eastern Conference, and there is no change compared to last season.
But the situation in the entire East has changed. He always won 62 wins in the magic trick of beating the Bobcats, the first in the East.
The Celtics, who sent Rondo away and paid a salary to get a lone wolf and the streetball king, experienced a wave of pain because of the transaction and finally won 60 wins, making them the second in the East.
Although the Cavaliers were found by the Bobcats, they got Radmanovich after trading and activated Alien, and they were full of the abuse attributes, winning 55 times, and third in the East.
The fourth in the East is the Bobcats, which are arranged in sequence - the Heat, the Eagles, the 76ers, and the Bulls.
In the Western Conference, the Lakers are the first, the Hornets are the second, the Spurs are the third, the Rockets are the fourth, the Trail Blazers are the fifth, the Mavericks are the sixth, the Nuggets are the seventh, and the Jazz are the eighth. From the Mavericks up, six Western teams have won 50 wins.
The intensity of the west is so terrifying.
As the lottery champion, Thunder, who performed well after the trade, also won a record of 46 wins, and the Suns, who were extremely poor this season, scored the same score.
In terms of personal data, the first half of the game was reasonable, and the second half was after the team lost hope.
Li Ke, who started to make a big shot, ended up attending all 82 games, scoring a data averaged 26.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.2 steals, 0.5 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 45.3%, three-point shooting percentage of 39.9%, and free throw shooting percentage of 66.5%.
In terms of personal honors, Li Ke also achieved his goal at the beginning of the season and won the fastest-progress player award.
The biggest competitor is Danny Granger of the Pacers.
Last season, Danny Granger averaged 19.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. This season, he averaged 25.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.
Scores rose 6.2 points, assists rose 0.6, blocks rose 0.3, rebounds and steals retreated.
Li Ke averaged 20.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.5 blocks per game in the last season. Compared with this season, the score increased by 6.2 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 0.6 steals. The blocks did not change. Overall, Li Ke still rose more.
So, Li Ke won.
In addition to this fastest-progress player award, Li Ke was also selected for the second team of the best team and was certified - the defender position, losing only to Kobe and Wade, and at most, Paul, who is also in the second team.
He was selected for the Best Defensive Team, emmm, the best defensive team this season is really a bit of a fairy fight. The defender position, the competition included Kobe, Brother Cannon, Wade and Rondo, who performed well after going to the Thunder.
But there is no suspense about Li Ke's first-range quota.
If it weren't for the fact that the record in the second half of the season had declined too much, Li Ke's first Dpoy in his NBA career might have already obtained it.
Thinking of Dpoy, Li Ke thought of the flattery of Kenny Smith and Barkley in the first half of the season, as if Dpoy had already obtained it.
result……
It's better not to mention it!
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After the regular season, the playoffs began.
The Bobcats only went through two rounds of the playoffs, and they fought against the Heat in the first round for 7 games. They barely passed the scores in the last game by Li Ke in the last moment.
Then there was the Eastern Conference semi-finals, and the Bobcats were killed 4-1 by the Magic without any fighting back.
This season's playoffs have nothing to do with the Bobcats.
Chapter completed!