NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 267 Knight?It is quite difficult to deal with, and it should not be easy to sweep.

At the same time, there are four players with an ability value of more than 80, and the team with an average ability value of four players can reach 90. Looking at the history of the NBA, I am afraid that there will be only the Golden State Warriors that Durant will join in the future.

至于骑士队那边，詹姆斯能力值总评不出意外应该在97到99区间，而欧文15-16赛季的总评应该是86，原本加盟的乐福则是89。

Now Love has not been traded to the Cavaliers, replaced by the new champion Embiid.

Embiid, who just joined the league, has already shown his undefeated nature on Twitter.

When James announced his return to the Cavaliers, Embiid immediately posted a message on Twitter to welcome James, but the words were quite inappropriate. Although he didn't say it clearly, the lines between the lines were completely like a Cavaliers team welcomes old players back home tone.

This kind of tone has a feeling of "I thought the team chose James to assist me". Not only James' fans were upset, but Irving's fans also felt strange.

You a new guy, who gave you the confidence?Even if it is welcome, it should be welcomed by the team boss Irving. Everyone is the No. 20 pick. Irving has proved in three seasons that he has the potential to become a superstar. Star substitute, not more qualified than you, a rookie who just arrived?
You are familiar with yourself, you have just joined the Cavaliers, and you have already claimed the status of the leader of the Cavaliers before you can talk about whether you can perform enough to match the status of the No. [-] pick?

Fortunately, at this time when James was going home, even if the Cavaliers fans were upset with Embiid's remarks, they didn't care too much. The three champions of the West are gathered together.

The three teamed up to win three championships, which can be described as the most successful combination of the Big Three and the top three picks in the league.

Whether the combination of James, Irving and Embiid, plus Gasol and Pierce can reach the level of glory and honor of the Lakers' top three picks is currently unknown, but at least for now, the most promising team to win the championship in the new season It's the Cavaliers.

Therefore, the reporter couldn't wait to ask Wang Chao this question at the Rockets press conference.

In the past three years, Wang Chao's Rockets and James' Heat met in the Finals three times, and the Rockets won the last two duels, and both won the Heat who swept James 4:0.

Now that James has returned to the Cavaliers and changed the shotgun, a large group of players with both strength and potential has gathered around him. Can the Rockets or Wang Chao still be as calm as before?
Wang Chao looked into the microphone with a calm expression, and said lightly: "It is true that the Cavaliers' lineup for the new season is very strong. Even I feel the pressure. I want to beat them in the finals and continue to sweep the defending championship with 4:0. I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Hearing that Wang Chao took the initiative to confess in front of the media, all the reporters couldn't help being stunned.

They have experienced Wang Chao's arrogance before. In the face of the defeated generals who have been defeated by him in the past two years, he will take the initiative to show weakness?

However, the next moment, they realized that Wang Chao was not showing weakness, but in Versailles.

"A 4:0 sweep is unlikely. I will try my best to win three consecutive championships with a score of 4:1 or 4:2. After all, it is a bit too extreme to sweep the opponent every time. This is not good. .”

Reporters: "..."

So you still think you will win?Is it just that it is more difficult to sweep the opponent 4:0?
Sure enough, Wang Chao is still the same Wang Chao, and he will not give up easily just because the opponent's strength becomes stronger, but he does have this qualification. Wang Chao, who has five consecutive regular season MVPs and six championships in hand, is the current league No.1, and is launching an impact on the No.1 Jordan in the historical league. This season's three consecutive championships will be the key to Wang Chao officially surpassing Jordan. As long as he wins the second three consecutive championships, six FMVP, plus With one more championship than Jordan, Joe's No.1 position in league history will be lost.

This is also one of the reasons why many people are not optimistic about the Rockets winning the championship. It's not that they don't recognize Wang Chao or the strength of the Rockets, but that they don't want Wang Chao to continue to win and continue to win the championship from the bottom of their hearts.

Jordan is the pride of the NBA and the pride of American basketball. Once even Jordan is surpassed by Wang Chao, doesn't it mean that the day when American basketball is surpassed by Chinese basketball has come?

Even in terms of average player level and event influence, the NBA still has a dominant position in the world, but the impact of Wang Chao's rise is still expanding. Two Olympic gold medals, many years of NBA The finals are monopolized, and now there is still a voice that if Wang Chao and Dayao participate in this year's Men's Basketball World Cup, the American men's basketball team will still have no way to win the championship.

Such a situation made many American fans feel deeply threatened, and naturally subconsciously belittled Wang Chao and the Rockets.

This is like some future Zhanhei, insisting on belittling the gold content of James' 2020 park championship, because the gold content of winning that year was not enough, and it is a reason to want to prove that James is not as good as his favorite fans.

No matter how many black spots James has, it is an indisputable fact that the 2020 park championship is one of the most gold-rich championships in NBA history.

Some people always like to say that the season was incomplete because of the masks, saying that many teams were affected, but the problem is that not only one team was affected, but all teams in the league were facing the same situation. , Why can the Lakers maintain an excellent competitive state, but other teams can't?
And the Lakers were not unaffected by the masks. At that time, the team's starting point guard Avery Bradley didn't play the entire playoffs because of the masks. Although Bradley's position in the Lakers was defensive Although he is a blue-collar guard, he is the team's main starting point guard after all, starting 49 of the 44 games he played.

On the contrary, among the other teams shortlisted for the playoffs, especially the opponents of the Lakers, none of the starting players were absent due to mask isolation.

On the other hand, and most importantly, there are no home and away games in the playoffs in the park, and there are no fans on site, which leads to the game becoming a pure game without any interference from off-court factors.

But the Lakers' regular season record was second in the league that season, second only to the Milwaukee Bucks in the East, which gave the Lakers a home court advantage in the playoffs, especially in the West no matter which team they faced.

Everyone knows how big the home field advantage is. At home, with the cheers and encouragement of the fans, and the familiar playing field, with all the advantages, we can go to the opponent's home field with a score of 2:0. There will be no scruples.

However, in the Orlando bubble zone where there are no fans and no distinction between home and away games, the Lakers are second in the regular season and the best in the Western Conference. They are playing against opponents on an absolutely fair venue and environment, including the finals. In such an important game against the Heat, there is also no home court advantage, and the championship is won entirely by hard power.

These are stark realities that cannot be avoided.

The funniest thing is that the Clippers player Beverly later said that the park playoffs ruined their championship because they left their familiar home court and let them out of their comfort zone, which led to poor performance and led to the conference semifinals. Defeated by the Nuggets.

Indeed, what he said made sense. At that time, the Clippers, who ranked second in the Western Conference, should have home court advantage against the Nuggets, who were third in the Western Conference in the second round of the playoffs. Disappearance, in a sense, did affect the trend of the two teams in the playoffs.

But if someone uses Beverly's words to question the gold content of the Lakers' 2020 park championship, that is the biggest joke.

Because according to this logic, the Clippers, the No. [-] Clippers team in the West, lost a game that they should not have lost because they did not have a home court advantage in the park game. The No. [-] team in the West overcame difficulties all the way against the Lakers, which should have home court advantage. In the end, he won the championship, but became the championship with the least gold content. Can this double standard be more obvious?
As for the FMVP of this championship, whether it is awarded to James or thick eyebrows is actually fine, but considering that James was better than thick eyebrows in scoring, rebounding and assists during the finals, this award was finally awarded to James.

Even the Lakers, which showed strong dominance in the park at that time, could be said to be the most worthless championship, let alone Wang Chao, who was a native of China and seriously threatened the supremacy of American basketball.

Of course, Wang Chao likes this kind of attitude that he can't do anything about me when he sees me unhappy, except for a few words of hilarity.

"Mr. Wang Chao, based on what you said just now, can it be understood that, in your opinion, the Cavaliers are not justified, and the Rockets will definitely win the championship this season and achieve three consecutive championships?"

A reporter immediately made trouble, wanting to make Wang Chao set a further flag.

Hearing these words, the eyelids of the general manager and head coach of the Rockets jumped, while Wang Chao smiled slightly and said lightly: "What will happen, won't there be an answer after we meet in the next game?"
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The Rockets' new season makeup photos and press conference are full of hot spots. Many reporters have reaped a lot and left very satisfied.

Team coach McHale was a little worried.

"Wang, isn't it good for us to be so high-profile? After all, our strength this season is not as good as before. We should keep a low profile and play steadily..."

Before McHale finished speaking, Wang Chao shook his head and said helplessly. "Don't worry, Kevin, the Rockets in the new season will not be worse than last season, and even stronger. It should be second only to the 12-13 season."

The 12-13 season was the most glorious moment for the Rockets. Garnett was still in the stage of catching the tail end of his peak period. He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the defensive end and was still a DPOY-level defense. Yao did not suffer any injuries throughout the season. Troubled, the team's starting lineup and substitute lineup are perfect, with the best record in history of 72 wins and 10 losses in the regular season, tying Jordan's 72 wins with the Bulls, and even crushing all the way to win the playoffs. A united enemy.

It must be admitted that it was really an unforgettable season.

Although the Rockets also won the championship last season, their strength declined visible to the naked eye. Garnett lost his peak defensive ability and became a substitute rotation player. Yao was reimbursed for the season and did not return until the second round of the playoffs. The game has also been strictly controlled playing time.

It is also thanks to Wang Chao's perseverance as always, coupled with the outstanding performance of Leonard, Butler and other rookies, that the Rockets successfully won the second championship.

McHale did not expect that Wang Chao could actually say that this season's team is stronger than last season.

Many players were poached with high salaries this summer, and the team's signings were mediocre. What kind of confidence does Wang Chao have to say such a thing?

McHale couldn't figure it out and didn't understand it, but if he could understand it, he wouldn't be called by many Rockets fans later as a head coach who is useless except for licking stars.

Whether he wants to or not has no effect on the team's development, because Wang Chao has the final say on everything from the team's lineup rotation and tactics to the daily training content.

Wang Chao already has an idea for the new season. This season he will return to the point guard position, and the team will officially start to develop in the direction of small ball tactics.

Although Dayao will still start the game, his identity will become a false starter, and his playing time will be strictly controlled to about 20 minutes. With his current age, physical fitness and competitive state, it is not bad to be able to play well for 20 minutes. .

The remaining playing time will be adjusted according to different opponents. If the opponent has offensive big inside players, such as Cousins ​​​​of the Warriors, Embiid of the Cavaliers, and Howard and Duncan of the Spurs. Let Whiteside and Gobert take turns to top.

If the opponent is a team that lacks a top center, Wang Chao will directly stand in the position of the center, recreating the super five-forward lineup of last season.

Due to the departure of Chandler Parsons, there is actually a vacancy in the current Rockets' five-forward lineup of death. , Ray Allen or Mo Williams can enter the rotation lineup to play and run. Their jobs are also very simple. They can stand at the bottom corner and throw the ball in. There is no technical content in this and difficulty.

After setting the keynote of the Rockets' main tactical play in the new season, the team immediately put into training.

In early October, the preseason started as scheduled.

This year, the league did not arrange the Rockets' preseason game in China. The goal of the league is to promote the NBA in China. Both Dayao and Wang Chao are just an opportunity. Retirement, isn't the door to Huaguo's basketball market closed?
To develop more high-quality star players and idols in China and to promote market expansion is the real purpose of the league. Therefore, the teams arranged by the league this year for the China tour are the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks.

Wang Chao was so happy. Although the Huaguo trip was sought after and cheered by many Huaguo fans, the experience of flying over half of the world in a plane was not particularly good.

Being able to spare this energy will make it easier to test the team's lineup and player status in the preseason, adjust the regular season rotation arrangement, prepare for the regular season with all our strength, and use the team's record to severely beat those who swear that the Rockets can't continue. The faces of the guys who won the championship.

(End of this chapter)