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Chapter 42 42. The most challenging opponent after returning to the NBA!

On December 11, the league announced the best players in the East and West for the previous week.

西部方面，“狼王”加内特凭借场均27分14篮板4助攻2.1抢断以及2.4次封盖的全面数据当选。

Throughout the last week, under the leadership of Garnett, the Timberwolves not only won all three games, but currently rank first in the league with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses.

And in the contest with the favorite Los Angeles Lakers, Garnett not only defeated the Lakers inside with a "big iron jumper", but also led the team to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, which is sitting on the Big Four, and kept the Timberwolves No. [-] in the Western Conference. s position.

Right now, Garnett is at the top of the regular season MVP rankings this season, leaving "Shark" O'Neal, Tim Duncan and Peja Stojakovic behind.

There is no doubt that Garnett has reached his peak this season and is expected to win the first regular season MVP of his career.

It is worth mentioning that Garnett currently ranks first in the league with an average of 14.1 rebounds per game, 1.4 higher than Tim Duncan, who ranks second in the league.

If Garnett does not suffer too serious injuries in the middle, and the Timberwolves maintain the current momentum, Garnett is likely to receive the regular season MVP and rebounding titles at the same time.

And was selected to the best team and the best defensive team at the same time for four consecutive years.

In this period of time, Garnett is completely "the overlord" in the league, and even the "big shark" O'Neal's No.1 position in the league has always been unstable.

If O'Neal hadn't led the Lakers to three championships in the past four years, based on the performance of "Wolf King" Garnett this season, no player in the league can challenge Kevin Garnett in terms of dominance.

It's a pity that even so, Garnett's reputation in the league is still very bad, and the doubts from the outside world have never stopped since before the start of this season.

Even if Garnett has a historic performance on both ends of the offense and defense, there are still many media crusades on Garnett's performance this season.

A large part of the reason is that Garnett's salary this season has reached an astonishing 2800 million, which is more than 300 million US dollars more than the second-ranked "Shark" O'Neal in the league.

And the annual salary of 2800 million also made Garnett the highest paid NBA player in a single season since Michael Jordan.

You know, even Michael Jordan in his peak season only got an annual salary of more than 97 million with his amazing business influence in the 98-3000 season.

Various factors have caused Garnett to be questioned this season. The question generally discussed in the outside world is whether Garnett is worthy of a salary of 2800 million US dollars.

尤其是在上赛季场均可以砍下27.5分11.6篮板3.1助攻以及2.4次封盖的奥尼尔才只能2475万薪水的情况下，本赛季加内特的日子注定不会好过。

To paraphrase the words of the "famous mouth" Charles Barkley, thanks to Garnett leading the Timberwolves to the best record in the league this season, and is also very good in terms of personal statistics, otherwise Garnett will definitely be spat out by the outside world Come!
It is worth mentioning that, right now, the third highest paid player in the league is the Eagles insider Rasheed Wallace.

Wallace's annual salary this season reached 1700 million US dollars, ranking third in the league.

However, although Wallace is second only to Garnett and O'Neal in the salary rankings this season, they are at the top of the list.

But Wallace, who ranked third, took nearly $800 million less than O'Neal, who ranked second.

And among the top ten players in the salary rankings, eight of them are insiders.

The two outside players are the "CIC King" Alan Houston, and the "Answer" Iverson who was selected to the best second team last season and won the league's steals king.

Going forward, even Antonio McDyess, who ranks 11th on the salary list, is also an insider.

From the salary of the players, it is not difficult to see that the current teams pay more attention to the inside line. With the same strength, the salary of inside players is much higher than that of outside players.

In a sense, the alliance in the early [-]s meant that those who won the restricted area won the world!

If an outside player averaged only six or seven points per game, he would beg for food.

However, a blue-collar center who averaged only four points and four rebounds per game dared to ask for an annual salary of more than 500 million.

The most fucking thing is that even so, these insiders who can only be regarded as "leftovers" will still be looted by various teams in the league.

The most typical example of this season is Dale Davis.

As a player who can only contribute 11.7 points in one season, the highest in his career, Davis has a salary of up to 900 million US dollars this season with his tough style of play, ranking 49th among all players in the league bit.

This season, Dale Davis averaged only 4.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game. Not worthy of the annual salary of 900 million!

The league's current looting of inside players has reached a point of insanity, especially those inside tough guys who play wildly and burst into style, and are the most eye-catching sweets and potatoes in the free market.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as this kind of player chooses to test the free market during the offseason, as soon as he becomes free on the front foot, many teams will openly raise their prices on the back foot.

This is also one of the reasons why Eagles general manager Rick Sander values ​​Suter so much. After all, the league currently values ​​inside players much more than outside players. inside!

Coupled with the fact that Suter has shown great personal potential to the outside world in just a few games, Rick Sander really can't find a reason not to value Suter.

In the words of Bulls star Scottie Pippen, basketball is indeed not the exclusive sport of big players, but the free market's sky-high contracts will not lie!

In the East, Jermaine O'Neal, who played for the Indiana Pacers, won the best player in the East last week.

The Pacers' current team record is second only to the Minnesota Timberwolves, ranking second in the league, and the Pacers have a big gap with other Eastern teams behind them.

The only team in the entire East that is expected to surpass the Pacers in terms of record is the Detroit Pistons.

However, considering that the Pistons are constipated offensively and can only rely on their defensive winning style of play, the Pacers will most likely maintain the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference until the end of the season.

Unless the team suffers from extensive injuries, the Pacers have a perfect lineup this season.

And Pacers "team soul" Reggie Miller also has a good chance to win the championship trophy in the 17th year of his career.

At least from ESPN's power rankings, the second-ranked Pacers have the odds of winning the championship second only to the Timberwolves, and are currently one of the biggest favorites in the league.

Last week, the Pacers also won all three games under the leadership of O'Neal.

这三场比赛，小奥尼尔场均能够贡献26分12篮板2助攻以及3次封盖，且投篮命中率高达59.7%。

Compared with the previous season, O'Neal's personal data in the new season has not improved much, but his offensive skills on the court have become more skilled.

There is no doubt that O'Neal, who was selected to the best team for two consecutive seasons, has become one of the best power forward players in the active league.

In the near future, Souter's Eagles will be a guest in Indiana to compete with the Pacers led by Jermaine O'Neal.

This game will be Suter's strongest opponent after returning to the NBA. Whether it is the Pacers who rank second in the league, or Jermaine O'Neal, who can average 20+10 per game, against Suter. In particular, this is a difficult game.

After all, O'Neal is only 25 years old and is at the healthiest stage of his career.

Unlike the 40-year-old veteran Karl Malone and Ben Wallace, who has almost zero offensive presence, Jermaine O'Neal, who can attack and defend well, is definitely the most challenging opponent Suter has encountered after returning to the NBA!

(End of this chapter)