NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 196 Want to win the championship with this lineup?joke!

Luis Scola, Argentine, like Ginobili, is the backbone of the Argentine men's basketball team.

As a power forward, Scola's inside footsteps are very flexible and solid. He was once dubbed "diamond footsteps" by Chinese fans. He is indeed a very good basketball player.

But as a traveler, Wang Chao is very aware of Scola's situation. The three seasons from 09-12 were the peak of Scola's career. During these three years, Scola averaged 17 points and 7.7 rebounds in the NBA. The data.

But after 12 years, Scola's state declined rapidly with age.

There is no way around this. Scola, who was born in 1980, did not officially enter the NBA until 2007. At that time, he was already 27 years old. By 2012, Scola was over 32 years old. , The growth of age has a great impact on the state, especially Scola's height and physical fitness do not have an advantage in the interior and rely on flexible footwork for a living.

The Rockets are Scola, who renewed his contract in July 2010. The contract is 7 million for 5 years, which is close to 4700 million annual salary.

But after the end of the 11-12 season, the Rockets used the amnesty clause to give up Scola. The latter was bid by the Suns, but his career in the following years was not smooth, which fully proved the Rockets gave up his choice. is correct.

Now, Scola still has good value, at least in the eyes of many people.

So when the Rockets exchanged the powerful Scola for two role players from the Bulls, Houston fans didn't understand.

What the hell is this?After finally getting Wang Chao, shouldn't he work hard to strengthen the team and move towards the goal of winning the championship?Why does this look more and more like a bad bid for the champion?

Of course, the management of the Rockets didn’t understand why Scola was traded, but these were Wang Chao’s demands. Today, when Mogou has been kicked away by Wang Chao, the entire Rockets can be said by Wang Chao alone. No doubt, the team pays more attention to him than the future Harden. After all, even the future Harden, who enjoys countless privileges in the Rockets, has not achieved Wang Chao's previous achievements in the Magic.

The current head coach of the Rockets is Kevin McHale. His coaching style is already well-known in the future. It is very simple and intuitive, kneeling and licking the stars.

Harden's style during McHale's time can't bear to look directly at him. He only cares about offense and doesn't care about defense. He does his own way, completely like a spoiled child.

But even if he was willing to be Harden's licking dog, he still couldn't avoid the fate of being expelled from the team by Harden himself.

Wang Chao really likes McHale's coaching style. To be precise, any player who wants to be the top player will not hate this kind of head coach who kneels and licks superstars.

On the contrary, if it is a famous coach like Popovich of the Spurs, Wang Chao will definitely not consider it. It is too militarized and authoritarian, and Leonard will be scolded for taking too many shots in the game.

Uh... how should I put it, in fact, this kind of thing is a matter of position.

No one wants to be in a weak position in any position. As a player, Wang Chao wants to be a ball bully. It is best for everyone to listen to him, because he can lead the team to victory.

If Wang Chao is not a player, but serves as the head coach of a team, then he must manage the players of the team in a submissive manner, requiring everyone to obey his arrangements and instructions.

This is actually a relatively double-standard behavior, but people are selfish. Wang Chao has never felt how selfless he is. As long as he can do it, he will definitely face the difficulties without hesitation.

It’s like playing games, whether it’s masturbation, masturbation or pesticides, likes to eat money, and takes heads, the number of Carry players in the audience is far greater than the number of players who are willing to be supporters and are willing to be green leaves for others. After all, everyone wants to be that spotlight The most dazzling person.

Of course, the words are like this. When he first arrived, Wang Chao still had to give the head coach McHale a face, and be a man to save a line so that he could meet in the future.

Therefore, after Wang Chao asked the management to trade, he called the head coach and the acting general manager of the team management to explain the purpose of his trade.

In the new season, I plan to serve as the team's power forward, so there is no place for Scola in the team, and Scola's contract is not small, which will also affect the team's subsequent signings.

With Wang Chao's explanation, everyone in the Rockets suddenly realized.

When he first arrived at the Magic, Wang Chao mainly played the position of power forward in the team, because Turkoglu was still in the team and served as a small forward.

It's just that Wang Chao said he was a power forward at that time, but in fact he still played as a small forward. He didn't do what a power forward should do at all. The rebounding and defensive problems in the interior were all left to Howard.

Now in the Magic team, if Wang Chao is still like when he was in the Magic team, he will hand over the dirty work of the inside to Dayao... After all, Dayao is not Howard, can he hold on?

Just when this doubt surfaced, McHale was stunned.

Wait, one of the two players Scola traded back was Omer Asik. In McHale's impression, Asik was 2 meters tall. He was a blue-collar player at the time, and as Joakim Noah's substitute, he participated in the Bulls' defensive system last season.

Although his personal data is not very good, but if used as a blue-collar center, it should not be bad.

And the Rockets now have a blue-collar center, Jordan Hill, so...

After pondering over his taste, McHale began to realize that Wang Chao might not be fooling around.
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On December 12th, Wang Chao officially arrived at the Houston Rockets. On that day, the airport was crowded with people. Countless fans spontaneously gathered outside the airport to welcome the team's biggest signature star in the next few years, holding high the words "Wang Chao welcomes you!" welcome sign.

When Wang Chao showed up at the airport, the deafening cheers even covered the roar of the plane landing.

One day later, Wang Chao attended the press conference and confirmed that he will wear the No. 1 jersey worn by McGrady in the new season.

Coincidentally, McGrady, the outside core of the Rockets, also played for the Magic before, and he wore the No. 1 jersey during both the Magic and the Rockets.

Wang Chao previously chose the No. 1 jersey for the Magic.

At the press conference, even a reporter asked this question.

Wang Chao thought for a while and replied: "How should I put it, I chose No. 1 because I like this number. As a basketball player, I hope to be the best in this field, that is, number one, so I prefer No. 1." No. [-] jersey. In addition, Tracy is indeed a player I like very much. I also imitated his playing style at the beginning, and it is an honor to play in Houston with the number he once wore.”

Wang Chao answered lightly, but the reporters of the local media couldn't help but hold their breath.

As a basketball player, I hope to be the best in this field, that is, number one!

Speak out!Wang Chao spoke out his ambition!

At present, Wang Chao, who has four championships, two MVPs and three FMVPs, does have the qualifications and ability to attack the best in league history. After all, he is still very young, and the age of 28 means that he will make progress in the future. and room to grow.

How long has it been since the Rockets had such a strong and confident top star?
McGrady, who has never proved himself in the playoffs, is not counted, and Dayao, who joined as the No. [-] pick, but because of his low-key and modest personality, lacks a bit of arrogance, of course does not count.

If you continue to go back, I am afraid that only Olajuwon, who has led the Rockets to win two championships and has a regular season MVP dream, can be counted?
At this moment, many media reporters have already thought about how to write the headline of today's headline.

"Mr. Wang Chao, may I ask why you chose Houston? What kind of changes do you want to bring to this city and this team?" Another reporter asked.

"I chose Houston, of course because of Dayao." Wang Chao replied: "Dayao is my compatriot. He failed to win a championship, he is 31 years old now, I want to help him win a championship while he is still in his prime, and make his career more complete."

McHale sitting next to Wang Chao kept a smile on his face, but his expression was already a little stiff.

"???"

This is the reason why Wang Chao chose to join the Rockets?
Even the head coach McHale heard of it for the first time.

Joining the Rockets is to help Dayao win the championship?Who gave Wang Chao this confidence?Does he really think that with him and Dayao, the Rockets can directly enter the ranks of the championship team?

At least from the perspective of the head coach McHale, the Rockets' lineup doesn't look like they will win the championship at all.

The team is now negotiating the contract with Dayao. The management hopes that Yao can cut his salary and sign a short contract. After all, with his current competitive state, the team doctors are not optimistic about the length of his future career. Renewing the high-paying long-term contract with Dayao, and then Dayao suffers serious injuries, this contract will become a garbage contract.

But now, Dayao's agent team, Team Yao, and his agent in the United States, Bill Duffy, are refusing to give in at all, demanding at least a 4-year extension of the maximum-salary contract.

If this requirement is followed, Dayao's contract will reach about 4 million in four years, with an average annual salary of 9000 million US dollars, which is higher than Wang Chao's price.

But this is also a matter of course. Dayao, who joined the league in 02, has two years of playing experience than Wang Chao in 04. Under the maximum salary, there is a 10.5% salary increase under the Bird clause.

Just as soon as this contract is signed, in the next four years, the Rockets will have two players with an annual salary of 2000 million. Wang Chao and Dayao alone will occupy the team's salary space of nearly 4500 million. What ability is there to compete for the championship?

The same skepticism was shared by reporters in Houston.

"Wang, do you think the Rockets will be able to win the championship with Ni and Dayao? Apart from Aaron Brooks, the team can't find any starting players. The regular season is about to start. How can the Rockets sign up to launch an impact in the direction of the championship?"

"Except for Brooks, I can't find any players who have the starting combat effectiveness?" Wang Chao was stunned and looked at the reporter who asked the question. "The current lineup structure of the Rockets has tended to be complete, and there will be no more large-scale trade signings in the future. As for what you said, there is no starting player...why not? The team selected in the draft Aren’t Wye, Jimmy, Chandler and Isaiah four players with outstanding strength and great development potential?”

"what?"

The reporters were dumbfounded.

McHale was also dumbfounded.

The 4 players in the draft are all the main players?
What are you kidding?Even Leonard, who has the highest draft pick, is just the No.14 player in the first round.

Over the years, nine out of ten players with this pick are only worthy of playing soy sauce in the league. Even if there are occasionally a few potential Mavericks who are mistaken by scouts, it is a very rare exception.

You're lucky, a first-round pick with the 23th pick, a first-round pick with the [-]rd pick, and two second-round picks, all of them are talents with outstanding strength and great potential to be tapped?
Talent is too cheap these days.

Until this time, only the Rockets’ own people knew that the four rookies in the Rockets’ draft conference were all from Wang Chao’s handwriting. At this time, McHale finally understood why Wang Chao would take Martin, Lewis, Scola and others cleared up and left the team, that's how it is!

Freeing up salary space is only one reason. On the other hand, Wang Chao also needs to make room for Leonard and others to start.

If things go according to Wang Chao's plan and concept, the Rockets in the new season will become a completely different team from before.

It's true that he is young and energetic, but this combat power...

Sitting next to Wang Chao, McHale, who continued to keep smiling, couldn't actually smile at all. He felt that it might not be long before he would be kicked out of the team as a scapegoat because of the team's poor record.

But he obviously just replaced Rick Adelman as the new coach of the Rockets not long ago! ——
Wang Chao officially arrived in Houston to report, and the interview he received at the press conference made the headlines of major media overnight.

And his remarks during the interview caused heated discussions.

"Wang Chao: I came to the Rockets to help Dayao win the championship and realize his dream."

"Choose No. [-] jersey because I want to be number one in basketball."

"I am very satisfied with the Rockets' current lineup. As long as the team successfully renews Dayao's contract, the Rockets will be able to work hard towards the championship in the new season!"

If we sum up Wang Chao's interview at the press conference, it can be summed up in two words - self-confidence. Of course, in the eyes of some people who are unhappy with him, it may be another two words - arrogance.

Wang Chao has just won three consecutive championships. He has four championships in his hands at the age of 28. Not long ago, after O'Neal officially announced his retirement, he is already one of the players with the most championships among active players. He has already tied Kobe Bryant, even in the regular season MVP, finals FMVP is also ahead of Kobe.

He is indeed qualified to say this, no matter how arrogant it sounds.

It's just that many people are already waiting to see Wang Chao's jokes, and waiting for him to step up and step on him after being planted in the pit.

After all, the current lineup of the Rockets makes it difficult for any non-traveler to look directly at it. If the team can use the salary space to introduce another player with a level of tens of millions before renewing Dayao's contract, there is a slight chance.

Many fans of the Rockets think so too.

Opportunities are rare. Even if you have to pay a luxury tax, as long as the team can win the championship, it will definitely earn more than the luxury tax.

However, this idea was completely shattered after a few days.

On December 12, the Houston Rockets officially reached a contract extension agreement with Dayao. The two parties signed a 17-year 4 million contract with a player option for the last year.

As a result, Wang Chao's starting salary in the new season is 1741 million, Dayao's starting salary is 1920 million US dollars, and the salary of the two alone has reached 3661 million US dollars.

The league's salary cap for the 2011-12 season is 5800 million, and Wang Chao and Dayao alone account for more than [-]% of the salary cap.

Add Thabeet and Korver's 500 million, Jordan Hill's 300 million, and other players including Leonard and other rookies' average annual salary of 100 million.

With a roster of 12 players, the total salary of the Rockets has easily exceeded the salary cap of 5800 million. Although there is still a long distance from the luxury tax of 7000 million, there is no way to make any strong signings. The player's job.

At most, the team can only use a middle class to sign a so-so player with decent strength to further strengthen, and a mere 600 million middle class contract... what kind of player can they sign in the current league? ?Thinking about it, there will not be a particularly suitable choice.

In other words, although the Rockets successfully obtained Wang Chao, due to Wang Chao's manipulation of the management's signings and transactions, the current Rockets' lineup is dilapidated, and it seems that they do not have the strength to compete for the championship. To be regarded as a powerful team in the Western Conference depends on Yao's health in the new season.

Just want to compete for the championship?Don't look at the joke, it seems that Wang Chao has won several championships, but he is really in a daze.

(End of this chapter)