Chapter 613: Fat Ye Si and the No. 1 Pick in 2008
"I didn't expect that the Houston Rockets would qualify in the end, alas..."
"After watching the first four games, I thought the Lakers could show off their dark horse qualities all the way to the end, but I didn't expect that the Rockets would lose two games in a row."
"You can't blame the Lakers for this. The Rockets' wing strength, bench strength, and the thickness of the team are really too strong. I have been in the NBA for so many years, and I have witnessed the Birds' hegemony back then, and I have witnessed the rise of Jordan, and I have also witnessed After seeing the arrogance of OKC and the ugliness of the Pistons and Spurs, I never thought that there could be such a team in the world, where you can have whatever players you want."
"Yeah, the Rockets are really a team that can have whatever players you want, Yao Ming, Gerald Wallace, Artest, Tracy McGrady, Roy, Ariza , Scola, Landry, Aaron Brooks, Mutombo, Hayes, Mike James, Novak... This is a perfect team for the head coach, in this team , any head coach can find the players he wants and play the system he wants."
"But for the opponent, it's a nightmare!"
"Maybe that's it. I'm not unique. Judging from the first four games between the Lakers and Rockets, I have always felt that this year's Lakers can compete for the championship at any time in previous years. Even if this year's Lakers are compared to that year's In front of the Bulls, I am confident that the Lakers can defeat the Bulls of that year, the Lakers' triangle offense, the Lakers' O'Neal Randolph, the Lakers' old cancer' Kidd, and Shark Bynum and Turkey Pipont Kegru, the Lakers not only have a strong starting lineup, but Kobe has really transformed this season. Whether it is facing Bowen, the strongest defensive player in history, in the first round or facing the Rockets' deliberate wolf tactics in this round, his performance is both Strong and restrained, it can be said to be perfect. Even if Kobe encounters Jordan one-on-one, he will lose, but he will never lose too much. But facing the Rockets, Kobe... really tried his best..."
"Yeah, I tried my best. It's really good for Kobe to be able to win five games under such crazy attacks from the Rockets. I'm afraid Jordan can only win six games at most."
"Adelman's transformation of the Rockets this season was too un-Adelman. They built the team based on defense. In the playoffs, they used the depth of their team's lineup and wing forwards to target the opponent's core outside players, Paul. Kobe Bryant died tragically, Paul lasted three games, Kobe lasted five games, how many games do you think Yes can last?"
"well……"
For a time, the entire Seattle SuperSonics training facility sighed.
Ever since the Seattle SuperSonics entered the Western Conference Finals, reporters from all over the United States and the world have gathered inside and outside the SuperSonics training facility.
After Yes swept the Suns 4-0,
The Seattle SuperSonics have become the focus of the entire world's sports world.
However, most of these reporters from all over the United States and the world, except for reporters from China, are very sorry that the Rockets eliminated the Lakers.
They have already reached the Western Conference Finals, and they no longer pretend. They support the Seattle SuperSonics. They are now enjoying everything brought by Yes's continuous victory. How could they hope that all this will disappear like this?
They want to enjoy it until the end!
But, to be honest, facing the Rockets, it is really difficult for them to have any confidence in the Seattle SuperSonics and themselves.
Just think back to the group of strong men of the Rockets, and then look at the group of crooked melons and jujubes at the Seattle SuperSonics training ground now. Well, now we can’t say nothing to the group of teammates in Yes. Starting from Durant, Most of them performed very well in this year's playoffs, which can be regarded as breaking the limit of their potential.
but……
Milicic, Millsap, Durant, Rondo, David Lee, Barea, Quentin Richardson, PJ Tucker, Nick Collison, Kwame Brown, Wilkins, Sessions Not to mention Malikros, he is already too old to play.
The players around Yes may no longer be crooked, they may no longer be trash, they may no longer be the undercover agents they once were, but what is the strength of these players?
They really have no confidence.
Because now they suddenly realize that they don't understand these former rubbish teammates around Yes at all.
They are supposed to know these people best.
These Seattle SuperSonics role players are the most famous group of role players in the NBA. Each of them is as famous in the NBA as an ordinary All-Star.
To tell an interesting thing, the fourteenth man of the Seattle SuperSonics, Mari Rose, who has difficulty playing, can receive millions of dollars in total endorsement fees in China.
"We used to focus too much on scolding them... No, we focused too much on spurring them. We have always been biased against their true strength."
If they hadn't broken their limits in this series under the training of Yes, they would even look at these people with colored glasses.
They've been reflecting after Durant broke his own limits.
Since a mediocre person like Durant can break the limit, what about others?
Especially Durant last season, what about Rondo?
They don't know Rondo's true strength now.
But as long as you look at Rondo's statistics in the playoffs this season, they are still staggering.
He averaged 9.5 points, 11.5 assists, 9.7 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. Although his shooting percentage was only 41% and his three-point shooting percentage was only 25%, this was a near triple-double per game in the playoffs!
And this quasi-triple-double is really possible to average a triple-double in this year's playoffs, as long as Rondo scores a few more points and gets a few more rebounds, that's it!
In the history of the NBA, there has never been a triple-double average per game in the regular season.
But in the playoffs, as long as players have played more than 10 games in a single season, there has never been a player who averaged a triple-double per game. If Rondo really does it, then he will be the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double in a single season. A player who averaged a triple-double per game!
This data... is not to say that it can be compared with the Big O, but if Yes and the Sonics are really lucky enough to win the championship with a 1% probability this season, then this triple-double per game will add a very, very high level to Rondo's history in the NBA. The status will definitely not increase less than that of Durant.
Obviously, they don't know the specific strength of Rondo, but judging from Rondo's playoff data, which is close to averaging a triple-double per game, Rondo has obviously exceeded his limit.
Before Rondo entered the NBA, who would have thought that he would have such great achievements in the NBA, or even in the NBA playoffs?
They don't know whether Rondo's current strength has true All-Star strength, but Rondo's data is definitely All-Star data!
No, most All-Stars in league history couldn't put up such numbers.
If Rondo now has the strength of an All-Star...
Yes, Milicic, Rondo and Durant...
It seems that Supersonic is not that weak.
It's just that Yes, Milicic, Rondo and Durant can offset Yao Ming, McGrady, Rondo and Roy.
However, facing Adelman and the Rockets, who made it clear that they wanted to overwhelm others.
Can Millsap offset Gerald Wallace?
Although Gerald Wallace has not yet been selected as an All-Star, he definitely has All-Star ability.
Can pj Tucker offset Ariza?
Can David Lee offset Scola?
Can Barea offset Artest?
There's Quentin Richardson and Landry, Nick Collison and Hayes, Kwame Brown and Mutombo, Wilkins and Mike James, Sessions and Aaron Brooks, and so on.
In short, since the Rockets qualified, every time they compare, they feel a little uneasy and dull.
In previous playoffs, before the two teams played, they would never make such a comparison, but the Rockets are really different. This team's current style of play is an almost abnormal 12 players in each game. Rotation, the whole game was crazy and the intensity was maintained high.
Even strong men like Kobe and Paul were defeated in five and three games.
If a team does not have a strong enough lineup depth, it will be defeated when facing the Rockets, even if it is as strong as the Lakers.
After the East-West finals matchup came out, ESPN made an evaluation of the eliminated teams.
The upper limit of the Lakers' strength is 99!
Even the Suns, the strongest defending champion in history with 71 wins and 11 losses, is only 97.
But what's the use of having a strength limit of 99? The lineup endurance is only an ordinary 95.
The Rockets' lineup limit is 99, and the lineup's endurance is also 99!
As for the Seattle SuperSonics...
The upper limit of the lineup's strength is unknown, and the endurance of the lineup is also unknown.
ESPN learned the lesson this time and stopped making early judgments on other Seattle SuperSonics players.
Durant's rise in this series with the Suns has indeed made their faces a little swollen, and it will take a little time for the swelling to go away.
Reporters inside and outside the SuperSonics training facility were full of mixed emotions about this series between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Rockets. They were the uncrowned kings because they were omniscient and omnipotent, but in the end they discovered that they still had so many unknowns. Thing, this feeling is really uncomfortable.
But for Nelson, he is in a pretty good mood now.
Always had a smile on his face.
Such a smile is very contagious to reporters or Sonics staff at the scene.
At the very least, this will make people think that the Seattle SuperSonics have no mental problems facing the powerful Rockets.
Especially under the influence of Nelson's smile, these Seattle SuperSonics players seem to be in pretty good shape on the training ground.
"I didn't expect that this season's Western Conference Finals would be a showdown between Ye Si and Yao Ming!"
Compared with other reporters in the United States or around the world, Chinese reporters like Wang Han and Lin Rui really have happy troubles.
Let’s not talk about what other Chinese reporters think. For Wang Han and Lin Rui, of course they hope that Ye Si wins, but if Yao Ming wins in the end, they can accept it, as long as Yao Ming or Ye Si wins in the end. Can win the championship.
Then there will be the first player in the history of Chinese basketball to win the NBA regular season and finals MVP Grand Slams!
And it’s the same season!
No matter who Ye Si or Yao Ming can complete the MVP of the regular season and the finals in a single season, they will be regarded as an 'auspicious gift' to 2008!
In the history of Chinese sports, this achievement can really be described as a miracle and auspiciousness, especially this year is 2008, a critical moment for a century-old revival.
As far as they know, CCTV behind them has been doing relevant special reports after the Western Conference Finals matchup came out.
There are not just five sets of this feature, but one more!
And the content of the special report is Ye Si and Yao Ming, who will become the protagonist of China's century-old sports history!
Just like the current speculation in the American media, who will be the protagonist of the NBA this year, Yao Ming or Ye Si.
This is a huge honor. Of course Wang Han and Lin Rui hope that Ye Si can win it, but if it is really won by Yao Ming in the end, it doesn't mean that they can't accept it...
Looking at Ye Si who was practicing unlimited singles in the middle of the court, Wang Han frowned.
"Am I misunderstanding? I always feel like Ye Si has gained weight these days?"
"Sister Han, you are not delusional!"
Hearing what Lin Rui next to him said, Wang Han's beautiful face showed a look of surprise.
"Sister Han, do you think she is happy and fat?"
Happy and fat?
How can this be!
She has been with Ye Si for almost three years, and she knows very well what kind of person Ye Si is.
This is a man who controls himself very harshly.
Such people will not allow their bodies to change inexplicably.
Whether you gain or lose weight, it is definitely not due to eating too much or eating too little due to an irregular diet.
Yes, this is...
The expression on Wang Han's face changed from surprise to confusion to frown.
Wang Han is frowning now, and Nelson is also frowning at the Seattle SuperSonics training facility.
As the Western Conference Finals with the Rockets is about to begin, he is now very headache.
How to break the Rockets' crazy wolf-pack tactics against Paul and Kobe?
This is definitely a very difficult issue.
Now that the series has not started yet, Nelson and the whole world can be sure that the Rockets will definitely use wolf tactics against Leafs.
Because Adelman said it himself.
"Our wolf pack tactic is prepared for Yes. His influence on both ends of the offense and defense is too great. We hope to reduce his influence. I am very happy that our tactic has a very good effect on Paul and Kobe. Like Yes, they are great players on both sides of the ball."
As this almost century-old battle between the Rockets and SuperSonics approaches, the sky over the entire NBA is filled with dark clouds.
And under such a gloomy situation, the 2008 NBA draft lottery was "quietly" completed, and the Heat, who ranked last in the league, won the 2008 No. 1 pick.
The moment Wade smiled and won the No. 1 pick, a big knife controlled by Pat Riley also enveloped the heads of the Bulls and No. 1 pick favorite Rose...