Healing Basketball

Chapter 371 371. Did You Actually Give Tickets?

If Mobley is re-signed with a salary exceeding the middle class, the Rockets may pay the luxury tax next season.

Liu Xiu looked at the scouting investigation report on the possibility of Mobley's trade. The Rockets applied to the Kings for a trade, trying to trade Chris Webber with Mobley as the core bargaining chip. The scouts marked the news as unsure of its authenticity. .

Alexander's pickiness is really well known in the basketball world, and everyone is not surprised or surprised.

Liu Xiu mourned for Yao Ming for a second...

Then Liu Xiu looked at the other candidate deals, some made small profits, some lost money, some had a low probability, and some the other party wanted to take advantage of it and send them a bad contract to free up tens of millions of dollars in space.

Most of the candidate trades are not very good, Liu Xiu is not surprised, how can it be so easy to trade the players he wants... Eh?

Liu Xiu's gaze stayed on a candidate deal, which was a deal that the other party had already applied for, which surprised him very much.

The coach next to him looked up and said, "Didn't Miller announce that he was going to retire? Big Bird wanted to satisfy Miller's desire to partner with his old teammates again, and they lacked backup power forwards and centers. O'Neal and Foster has a lot of injuries..."

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The Trail Blazers started to work on mid-term transactions, and other teams were also busy.

The early part of the season is over, and each team has clearly defined their own positioning. No matter what the goal is, there are more or less trading needs.

There are players who don't want to stay, players who want to get, and players whose value will decrease if they are not sent away... Anyway, it is very lively.

On the first day of the mid-season, that is, on the night of the 26th, the conclusion of a deal attracted the attention of the entire basketball world.

This transaction represents the passing of part of youth-the Kings and the 76ers reached a deal. The 76ers used Kenny Thomas and Collis Williams as the core bargaining chips. Forward Chris Webber.

Not long after Liu Xiu learned of the deal, she received a call from Yao Ming, complaining about her bad luck.

What Liu Xiu heard from Yao Ming was very different from what the warden knew. Yao Ming meant that the Rockets were actively applying for a trade to acquire Webber.

It is impossible for people to have exactly the same views on the same thing. The environment, personal vision, and perspective of seeing things are different, which Liu Xiu can understand.

But he remembered that Yao Ming had a lot of resentment against the Rockets during the offseason, and it was even worse when they played against each other for the first time in the early season, when Nash had just taken off.

Liu Xiu never speaks ill of others behind their backs.

But this time he still couldn't help saying: "Are you sure Alexander is willing to pay Weber such a high salary?"

When this question was asked, Yao Ming was stunned.

A word to wake up the dreamer!

'Mobley + Smith for Webber', Yao Ming was dazzled by the promise of the general manager, and now he suddenly woke up, realizing that he had been fooled again!
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After a day's rest, Liu Xiu came to Los Angeles with the team.

Anne Hathaway brought her children, prospective in-laws, and sister Qinger, who was an interpreter, to Los Angeles, where she lived in Beverly Hills after earning $10 from filming. Bought villa.

A few days ago, Qinger suggested to her elder brother and sister-in-law to let her aunt and uncle take a look at the living environment of her sister-in-law.

Anne-Hathaway's good tutor and good living environment will definitely improve the favorability of the prospective in-laws.

Liu Xiu felt that Qing'er just wanted to come to Los Angeles to play with her, and she was on winter vacation, so she didn't point out her little sister's small thoughts.

Qing'er successfully used her clever little head to win the opportunity to travel.

Now that they are all in Los Angeles, Liu Xiu will definitely take her parents to the Staples Center to watch the game.

After Liu Xiu's father began to pay attention to basketball and became a master of basketball, he often mentioned Madison Square Garden, Staples Center, North Shore Garden Arena, United Center and other gymnasiums. He would naturally take them to watch the game if he had the opportunity.

Ever since, Liu Xiu asked Bill Duffy to ask the Clippers and Lakers for courtside tickets and boxes!

He expects to be rejected, expects the task to come...

Who knew that both the Clippers and the Lakers happily gave the tickets!

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Liu Xiu is very curious, is it true that Elgin Baylor, executive vice chairman and general manager of the Clippers, can pick up a job as the general manager of an NBA team in Los Angeles every time he is about to be fired? manual'?
Last season, the Clippers, who were last in the Western Conference and got the No. 27 pick, have played 13 games so far with 14 wins and [-] losses. They are competing with the Grizzlies, Lakers, Timberwolves, Rockets and other teams in the Western Conference. Eighth, once again beyond people's expectations, Elgin Baylor's already precarious general manager position has once again stabilized.

This is not the first time something like this has happened in over a decade.

Anyone who has learned about Elgin Baylor's management career is surprised. In the entire NBA, Elgin Baylor's general manager position seems to be the most unstable one, but in fact he is the most stable one. This is He has served as the No. 19 season of the general manager of the Clippers.

At 12:28 p.m. on December 6, the Trail Blazers entered the Staples Center for the first back-to-back away game against the Clippers.

Although it is the home court of the Clippers, the ticket price tonight is very high, comparable to the ticket price when the Lakers play a popular team.

The reason is that a lot of Lakers fans came to the scene. Of course, they didn't come to cheer for the warden, but to boo him.

In addition, there are a large number of Chinese and Chinese in California who came to the scene to watch the game. The owner of the Clippers will have to make a good profit from him. This opportunity is rare.

Ever since, when Liu Xiu led his teammates to run out of the player tunnel, there were cheers and boos mixed with people on both sides competing with each other.

After entering the arena, Liu Xiu first looked at the legendary unlucky guy with a bitter face outside the player tunnel.

Then came the Clippers, the team with the highest average height in the league. The average height of their starting lineup was higher than that of the Rockets with Yao Ming and the Cavaliers with Big Z.

The shortest player in the Clippers' starting lineup is small forward Maggette, at 198 cm.

After the players of the two teams entered the field, Little Flying Squirrel went to say hello to the opposing coach Mike Dunleavy.

Dunleavy was also the coach of the Trail Blazers. He was the coach when the Trail Blazers reached the Western Conference Finals in 2000, and he has a pretty good relationship with the players.

The two teams made the final preparations before the game. The game is about to start. Liu Xiu copied Payton's "blocking" and Maggette's "overwhelming" and still did not wait for the task to come. The opponent's eyes became more and more unfriendly.

At 7 p.m., the game begins.

Trail Blazers starters: Payton, Liu Xiu, Raheem, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

Clippers starting: Jaric, Bobby Simmons, Maggette, Brand, Kaman combination.

Kwame Brown easily beat Kaman to win the jump ball, and the Trail Blazers took the lead in attacking.

Liu Xiu took the initiative to ask for the ball after reaching the frontcourt, Kwame Brown pulled out to block Bobby Simmons, Liu Xiu used the cover to break through!
'General' is triggered, and Liu Xiu's speed +1 within 3 second after the pick-and-roll, easily throwing off Brand, who has switched defenses and expanded, and rushed inside.

Kaman moved to the defending position in time, resisting Liu Xiu who rushed in...I couldn't stand it!
Liu Xiu grabbed the ball against Kaman and took two steps to take off... Kaman reached out to block the shot, and the jump in the confrontation overturned Liu Xiu. Although Liu Xiu was blocked for a layup, the referee blew his whistle!
Kaman made a defensive foul on Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu got two free throws!

"Chris Kaman, 22 years old, 213 cm, 120 kg, C, ability rating 79, offense 76, defense 84... Average playing time is 25 minutes, 9.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game..."

In the second grade, Kaman has made great progress. He is already a qualified starting center, and his defensive improvement is particularly obvious. The best center in Los Angeles.

They knew that Liu Xiu was fierce, but they didn't expect that Liu Xiu would be able to fight Kaman by rushing inside!Kaman foul to stop!
Kaman was dumbfounded when he saw a carp jumping up and down Liu Xiu.

Some fans may think that he retreated because he was afraid of fouls. After all, many outside stars have a lot of whistles this year. His teammate Corey Maggette averaged the second in the league in free throws per game, second only to Iverson and better than Kobe Bryant. higher.

But he himself knew that he really couldn't bear the blow just now, so he was forced to use his forward strength to resist Liu Xiu, and he fouled.

But what's more important is that Liu Xiu played like he was playing with his life. Kaman didn't remember that he had offended Liu Xiu!
But before the game, he felt Liu Xiu's unfriendly eyes... Boss!We are the absolute leader of this year, at least the leader in my card's mind, please tell me if I have done anything wrong!
Unlike James, Wade, Anthony, Hinrich and others who regarded Liu Xiu as an opponent from the very beginning, it is different from competing with Liu Xiu.

Kaman has never compared himself with those people at all, he is a rigorous and down-to-earth center forward, honest on the offensive end and diligent on the defensive end...

Liu Xiu walked to the free throw line.

"The great magician:
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Opponent: Corey Maggette, match rate 55%, characteristic conversion talent: overwhelming, bonus effect: when rushing inside and hitting the basket, strength +3, layup +3, bounce +3. "

Pure hard bonus!

At the beginning, there was some inexplicable impulse to hit Kaman, but I rushed in and found that this big center of the same class is really not so easy to deal with. With large tonnage, sufficient mobility, and excellent height and wingspan, Kaman Definitely a core member of the Clippers' expected rise.

But the talent copied from 'the league's most impactful player' Corey Maggette really works!

There is such an overwhelming feeling.

After getting the free throw, Liu Xiu forgot the slightest bit of unhappiness about not being able to trigger the "Lord of the Age" series of missions on the iconic center Kaman of the same year, but he still planned to continue playing like this. I found that the Clippers are difficult to deal with. If you make good use of the talent of 'overwhelming', it will be a breakthrough!

(End of this chapter)