I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 337 The display is bad, Durant is coming to the bowl!
Returning to Milwaukee, the time has come to early September.

This year is different from the past, because of time constraints and personal needs to recuperate, He Li has no idea of ​​holding a training camp.

When the Bucks training camp started in early October, He Li didn't get too involved in training.

Most of them are still resting and adjusting their status. By encouraging and directing rookies, they will be with other Bucks players to enhance the strength of the team as much as possible.

In this way, it didn't take long for the preseason to come as scheduled.

The Bucks have won the championship in recent years, and the preseason in previous years was the least important part.

However, there are still many fans selling tickets to play at the Bradley Center in the preseason game. In the home preseason game, the main Bucks players such as He Li still have to play for a dozen, 10, [-] minutes.

No, it happened by accident.

Wade obviously recovered from his injury last season, but in the preseason, he only played for more than six minutes, and suffered a malicious foul from many people during a breakthrough layup.

Because the preseason is more about performing and relaxing, Wade was unprepared, so he fell hard on the floor, and a wave of "good start" came directly.

Before the end of this preseason game, the Bucks' medical report on Wade came out.

Another season-ending diagnosis.

It has to be said that the Bucks are facing a great test.

Originally in order to renew Wade's contract with the maximum salary next year, the Bucks are ready to not renew their contract with Antawn Jamison after this season.

On this point, the Bucks management has already discussed with Antawn Jamison.

Antawn Jamison has a championship in his hands. Last year, he played quite well in the regular season with the Bucks. Although the playoffs were a little short, the championship honor completely made up for this problem.

This also means that Antawn Jamison is not afraid of not getting a big contract after leaving the Bucks.

And Antawn Jamison learned from the Bucks management in advance that the current contract will not be renewed, so Antawn Jamison will naturally have more preparations for next season.

For Antawn Jamison, another championship is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that he must be healthy and usher in the next maximum salary contract.

After all, last season played in the finals, which made Antawn Jamison, who had spent a lot of physical energy in the regular season, also a little worried.

If this season continues to play like last season, will there be any hidden dangers of injury?

People don't kill heaven and earth for themselves.It is not difficult for the Bucks management to guess that Antawn Jamison in the next season will not give everything for the Bucks in the regular season.

After all, Antawn Jamison is just a mercenary, and he has done a good job last season.

Since the Bucks are not going to renew him with the maximum salary of Bird Rights, why should Antawn Jamison bet some price for the Bucks?

In other words, in the next season, if the Bucks want to make sure they make the playoffs, they can really rely on He Li and Boozer.

Antawn Jamison will play in the regular season, but he will definitely have some reservations, and it is possible to express some of his personal appeals during the regular season.

If the Bucks push too hard, Antawn Jamison may not be able to apply for a trade on his own initiative.

But if the pressure of leading the team in the regular season is all on He Li and Boozer, then will the fatigue accumulated in the finals in the past few years explode all of a sudden this season?
It affects the whole body. It has to be said that Wade was injured in this preseason game, which disrupted all the plans of the Bucks at once.

The house leak coincided with the continuous night rain. In the regular season, almost all teams in the league launched a fierce attack on the Bucks.

Some teams with insufficient strength also opened fire on the Bucks and bombarded the Bucks because their stars wanted to become famous overnight.

Although most of the time he was working on ironing and helping He Li to collect rebound data, but occasionally he did beat the opponent, defeating the strong with the weak, and completed the feat of Dragon Quest.

In the face of such a high-intensity, high-pressure game situation, hidden dangers in the Bucks broke out a little bit.

The veterans who signed for two years last season had injury problems first, and some of them were even accidentally caused by feeding their babies at home.

This made He Li couldn't help but want to ask, is it really feeding the baby?

Having said that, because the rotation lineup has become more compact, the Bucks have to sell off individual veterans in advance, and then find new blood from the free market.

However, the veterans with fuel in the fuel tank are already well-known, and the Bucks' stance was too high before, which also made some former veteran stars feel uncomfortable, so the Bucks failed to get any gains in terms of veterans.

There is no way, the Bucks can only pick some young players who have lost the draft, or have played for a while, and have been laid off to try.

However, relying on a ten-day short-term contract alone to find suitable rotation players is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

While the Bucks' tactics look simple, in fact, if they really want to integrate, ten days alone are definitely not enough.

In addition, the Bucks are in a headwind and pressure situation in this short period of time, and the team is under great pressure up and down.

The newcomers couldn't bear the pressure, or the management didn't have much patience with the players who were not strong enough, so the situation became worse and worse.

Knowing that on January 1th, when the Bucks played against the Lakers, He Li had to break out early because the team had dropped to sixth in the East, leading the team to win the game and ensuring the possibility of continuing to make the playoffs.

But facing the heavy siege of the Lakers' outside players, and Kobe's breakthrough to the free throw line, how much energy was consumed through singles.

In an extremely sudden moment, He Li's body finally couldn't bear the heavy pressure, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Fortunately, after the final diagnosis, it was just a sprained ankle.

However, even for a minor injury like a sprained ankle, for NBA players, it is conservatively estimated that it will take a week or two to recuperate, and a serious one-month rest is not an exaggeration.

During the week of He Li's absence, the Bucks' record plummeted, and they fell out of the top eight in the East in an instant.

Originally, He Li felt that the injury was almost healed, and after half a week of rehabilitation training, he would return to the field, which was suddenly a bit discouraged.

In the end, after discussing with the Bucks management, He Li and the management made a difficult decision-to play badly.

Antawn Jamison's ambition is not in the Bucks, and He Li's early comeback does not guarantee that the Bucks will be able to make the playoffs this season.

And even if he made it to the playoffs, Wade was really injured and the injury was not serious. Considering that Wade is still young and can still play for the Bucks for five or six years in his peak period, the Bucks, who have already won six championships, do not have to pursue this season to complete six consecutive championships.

To be conservative, the Bucks still consider the injuries of He Li and Wade, and are ready to rest for a year and fight again next year.

As for why He Li agreed with the team's idea of ​​a bad team during the critical period of six consecutive championships?
On the one hand, he really needs time to rest. On the other hand, the 08 Olympic Games is not far away, so He Li has to be at home no matter what, and play his best performance.

Of course, the most important thing is that the quality of the 07 draft is really good.

Needless to say, Adu, if the Bucks are poor and can get the second pick, Durant is a must, and even if there is the No. [-] pick, they will choose Durant instead of Oden.

Oden's talent is excellent, but who told him that he has such a big injury risk?

A talent that is destined to be unplayable can only be a talent.

But Adu's talent, which is destined to be able to play, even if he doesn't expect his offense, his physical talent alone, and his focus on defense will not be bad.

The Bucks can select Durant, He Li can play health-preserving basketball casually, after all, he can eat Durant's rookie bonus, and win one or two championships. It is not a dream to surpass Jordan.

However, now that the Bucks are doing badly, the timing is not very coincidental.

To put it bluntly, it's a bit late to win the second pick.

Even if the Bucks lose all the next regular season, it may be difficult to get the second pick.

Especially the Bucks won five championships in the past five years. With Stern's temper, how could he give the Bucks a high-ranking pick?

Therefore, if the Bucks are bad, they have to prepare a little more.

Before the trade deadline comes, it is inevitable to trade Antawn Jamison for more first-round picks.

Of course, the premise of doing this is to clear up the team's space, in exchange for part of the expired contract this season, so as to ensure that Wade can renew Wade with a maximum salary in the next season.

And after having more first-round picks, it is of course best to be able to trade up and finally win Durant.

If not, it would be a good thing if Noah, Horford, and Brewer, three team players with mature skills and styles of play, can win two out of three.

In this way, the Bucks don't need to spend too much time to run in the lineup and make full use of the inside and outside defense.

If it doesn't work, Thaddeus Young and Jared Dudley are also good, and they can quietly pick up Gasol.

After that, he only needs to raise him for two years, and when He Li finishes playing in the Olympics, the Bucks will be the most competitive team in the league.

At that time, He Li will just finish repaying the "loan" of the system, and he can bless the new template, then his physical talent will naturally go a step further.

In addition, the personal technical style of play will also be truly mature, entering the realm of being able to completely control the game.

Ever since, before the arrival of the All-Star Weekend, the Bucks' official media announced that He Li suffered a groin strain during the recovery period, and it is conservatively estimated that he will need to rest for a month.

The Bucks traded away Antawn Jamison for two first-round picks and one second-round pick this year.

However, because He Li and Wade were absent due to injuries, Boozer was left to lead the team alone, and the team's performance naturally plummeted.

If it weren't for the fact that the Bucks have accumulated a large number of loyal fans in the past five years, I am afraid that the Bradley Center will also be in a miserable situation.

Time turned to early April, and He Li returned from injury.

At the end of the season, he played 6 consecutive games with 40+ performances, leading the Bucks to a perfect ending with 4 wins and 2 losses.

With the help of He Li, Bucks fans regained their confidence.

The Bucks also failed to make the Eastern Conference playoffs as they wished.

Just based on the ranking of the team's performance, the Bucks are still expected to get the first-round high pick of the 7th to 10th pick.

As for the first-round picks previously traded with Antawn Jamison, the Bucks were not bad luck, and they were all lottery picks. This also shows that the Bucks have a chance to get the No. [-] pick and pick Durant.

Now everything is ready, the only thing left is the opening of the lottery.

Not long after, the time came.

Anyway, having nothing to do, He Li, wearing a suit and collar, hurriedly ran to the lottery meeting.

In the past, He Li was playing in the playoffs, so he didn't have this chance at all, and it didn't matter much about the lottery.

But today is different from the past, if a European Emperor possesses his body and is very lucky, then it is an SSR, if not, it should be called UR.

Although He Li can only draw once, but the Bucks have three lottery picks, the chance of hitting three times is very high.

Besides, isn't it still possible to trade upwards?
"Don't think too much, Durant is coming to the bowl!"

(End of this chapter)