Defending champion

Chapter 211 The Hornets' Reinforcement
Chapter 31 The Hornets' Strengthening

After signing Jack, the management of the Hornets did not sit idle because of this.After the last season's tie-breaker, the Hornets management saw the new hope of the Hornets, and they smelled the breath of the championship.So, they definitely rebuilt the team around Jack and Paul with two twin stars.

Therefore, they spent a lot of money to sign the sophomore Jack, and carried out a series of reinforcements around Jack.

On July 7, the Indiana Pacers and New Orleans Hornets officially completed the transfer of Peja Stojakovic through a sign-and-trade.

Peja Stojakovic is a former Yugoslav. From 1989 to 1992, he played in the former Yugoslav Slavonska Pozega. In 1992, he transferred to the Crvena Zvezda Beograd club. In 1993, he obtained Greek nationality and joined the PAOK Thessaloniki club. bit is selected.However, he didn't enter the NBA until 96, along with Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce and Vince Carter.

Peja Stojakovic has always played the role of small forward in the league.

The root of Peja's ability to gain a foothold in the league is his shooting. He is known as one of the best shooters in the league.

Peja's shooting posture, strictly speaking, is not the most standard, but the shooting speed is extremely fast, and the shooting rate is surprisingly high, and the shooting range almost covers the entire half court.

Peja's cutting ability is also very strong. There are often situations where he runs back and forth from the baseline and then suddenly cuts to receive an outside pass for a layup (the passer is often DC), and he is relatively high in the 3rd position. His size gives him certain advantages in vision and shot height.

The Hornets lack shooters like Peja. Although JR Smith and Butler can also shoot, they often turn off at critical moments.The arrival of Peja can just solve these problems of the Hornets.

Another more important point is that when Peja is in the third position, he faces most of the players in the third position in the league.In fact, he doesn't suffer much in terms of strength and footwork, and he can still hit the low post.In this way, Peja can better share the pressure on the offense with Jack.

The Hornets are content with completing the signing of Peja Stojakovic.The Hornets also acquired Tyson Chandler by sending pj brown and jr smith.This deal of the Hornets management can also be regarded as the most outstanding work of the season. The Hornets got a defensive champion in the league without spending a penny.

Tyson Chandler was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers with the second pick in the first round in 2001 and sent to the Bulls in exchange for Elton Brand.Chandler was already well-known in the basketball circle when he was in junior high school. He was called a "genius who regards basketball as his life". In high school, he averaged 2 points, 26 rebounds and 15 assists per game. The main force of the revival, one offense and one defense with Eddie Curry, and they are called the "double treasures" of the Bulls inside.

Known throughout the league for his defense, Tyson Chandler is one of the best defensive post players in the league.Tyson Chandler's long arms and amazing speed weave a single-person air defense network in the penalty area, prohibiting all objects from flying at a height of 3 meters.Able to snatch rebounds purely by high altitude when out of position, and has extraordinary continuous ability to grab rebounds.Although he is light in weight, he is not afraid of the singles of strong insiders. He is good at using his height to neutralize the opponent's positional advantage.Next season, Tyson Chandler and Jack will surely become an inside combination that shocks the entire league.

The arrival of Tyson Chandler can not only relieve Jack's defensive pressure very well.It can free Jack from defense and more participation in offense.

The question is whether Tyson Chandler can successfully integrate into the Hornets.In addition, his back injury history is worrying. Some media criticized him as an AI-like "hard training and lazy" player - he has not gained weight since entering the NBA, resulting in a lack of strong muscle support for his back.

This summer, in addition to the introduction of Peja and Tyson Chandler, the Hornets have two top cards.He also selected Cedric Simmons with the 15th pick in the first round of the draft, the most Tyson Chandler's backup tire.

Not only that, the management of the Hornets also spared no expense to keep the expiring David West, the best sixth man of the Hornets last year.

Last season, the reason why the Hornets were able to achieve such good results was necessarily related to David West leading this gang of bench bandits.

Last season, as the sixth man of the Hornets, David West averaged 15 points and 4 rebounds per game.The great value of David West is not only reflected in the data, David West is often when the Hornets need energy most, he can lead the gangsters on the Hornets bench to bombard and slash Points, to help the Hornets give the score to just bite.Therefore, the Hornets also won a lot of games.

Quoting Hornets boss Shane: "We know the importance of David. He understands that the role is not something that can be expressed on paper."

Although the Hornets got a lot of good players, they still sent away a lot of players who performed well last season, such as: JR Smith, and PJ Brown, Mason...

But, no way?For the Hornets to be brilliant next season, the Hornets must do this. This is business. This is the NBA?

In this arena of the NBA, the law of the jungle is like this, survival of the fittest!Only if it is strong enough will it be valued by others, otherwise it will only have a chance of being stepped on.

No one wants to be stepped on, so you have to become stronger.

However, is it really useful for the Hornets to strengthen in this way?
This one can only be told by the record of the next season.

ask me?I don't understand either!
(End of this chapter)