NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 275 Refusing to renew the contract in advance, no one wants to be the second child of ten thousand years these days
Westbrook is not alone, Durant has the most say. Of course, as long as he is still in the Thunder, he has no way to express his views publicly.

Unlike Durant, who is meticulous and cautious, Westbrook has a straightforward personality. Because of this, he will not hesitate to be the boss of the team. Durant, as a point guard, insists on going his own way Add drama to yourself.

The butterfly effect allowed Durant to avoid being reimbursed for the serious injury season in the 14-15 season. However, the Thunder's record has not improved because of this, because Westbrook's average number of shots per game has begun to become more and more.

In fact, in the past few seasons, with the improvement of Westbrook's personal ability, the average number of shots per game has gradually been on par with Durant, but the difference in scoring efficiency and shooting percentage between the two has led to almost the same situation in which shots are almost the same. Lant has a lot more points than Westbrook.

And this season, Westbrook averaged more shots per game than Durant for the first time in his career. He currently averages 21 shots per game, while Durant averages 18.8 shots per game.

The result is that the Thunder have two players who averaged 28+ points per game in the regular season.

Westbrook took more shots per game, but scored slightly lower than Durant.

In such a situation, if it is said that Durant has no dissatisfaction in his heart, I am afraid no one will believe it at all, but what can be done?That's Durant's character.

In the future, before Green pointed his nose at you and sprayed you, we were already champions and we couldn't fart.

If it was Wang Chao, at least he would have to say something back, without me, you would have been blown away by James in 17 and 18 years ago.

When he went back to the Nets and became the boss again, Durant failed to take on the responsibilities of the team leader. When Owen and Owen made troubles in the team, he was the only one It's about respecting Irving's decision.

Harden stayed in the Nets for a season, and he understood that the Nets couldn't do big things, so he hurried to run away. Even if the 76ers won the championship, they were not so good.

As a result, the Nets successfully assembled the two major psychopaths of Owen Simmons, completely hopeless of winning the championship.

Later, after Irving chose to run away with a bucket, Durant also submitted a trade application immediately, and designated to join the Suns, the No. [-] team in the Western Conference the previous season, and teamed up with Booker and Paul to continue to rush for the championship.

It's a pity that Adu still made the wrong choice. He should actually join the Nuggets.

……

The topic is too far away, let's get down to business.

The record of the Thunder is not particularly good because they have two players averaging 28+ points per game. On the contrary, it is not as good as last season. The current record can only be ranked No.4 in the West, lower than the Rockets, Warriors and Clippers Three teams.

Compared with the Rockets, Warriors, and Cavaliers, the three favorite teams to win the championship, no one thinks that the double star of the Thunder has a chance to stand out from the West and win the championship. Even before the trade deadline, the Thunder made a series of buzzer trades and got some A strong role player to enhance the depth of the lineup.

At the end of February, the Thunder ushered in a challenge from the Houston Rockets away.

Thunder fans are looking forward to it, hoping that their team can defend the dignity of the home court, defeat the league's No. [-] Rockets, and show the strength of the new lineup after the transaction.

But the Thunder still let them down.

The Rockets' defensive tactics against the Thunder are very simple and intuitive. There is only one thing, and that is to prevent Westbrook from dying.

In the current Thunder team, the offense only revolves around Durant and Westbrook. No matter which one of the two shows their hips, it will cause the team to lose the game.

Wang Chao is well aware of this, and also knows that with Durant's scoring explosiveness, even if he is allowed to shoot for the entire game, the points he can get are not enough to kill the game.

这场对决的结果就是杜兰特砍下全场最高的47分，而他的好搭档拉塞尔.威斯布鲁克全场却24投仅8中，得到17分10篮板10助攻11失误，完成罕见的四双数据。

The results naturally speak for themselves.

The Rockets easily won the game and sent despair to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Rockets have a smooth journey on the schedule, but the internal management is worried.

What should come will come after all.

Before the renewal deadline, the general manager of the team tried to reach a renewal agreement with Leonard and Butler in advance, but both were rejected, even though the early renewal agreements provided by the team for the two were all maximum salary offers.

According to their respective agents, the meanings expressed by the two players are surprisingly consistent. They hope to test the free market in the summer and see which teams are interested in them before making a decision.

Hearing this, the general manager of the Rockets knew that if they wanted to keep the two, the team had to put in a lot of effort, and even had to prepare for the possibility that they would not be able to keep them, and both would be poached by other teams.

If that happens, the situation will be very bad.

After the schedule entered March, the Rockets began to selectively rest the team's main players.

Yao, Leonard and even Butler rested part of the game.

No way, Wang Chao was really panicked by the attributes of Dayao and Leonard's glass man.

If the two are injured again before the playoffs, it is really possible to affect the Rockets' three consecutive title defenses. After all, whether it is the Cavaliers in the East or the Warriors in the West, the lineup and overall strength are better than the original time and space. It was stronger at the same time and had to be taken seriously.

Regarding the issue of Leonard and Butler's contract renewal, the general manager of the team also came to him, hoping that he could rely on his good relationship with the two to persuade them to renew their contracts with the team in advance to avoid complications.

But Wang Chao did not do that.

He knew that if he said so, the two might choose to renew their contracts with the team in advance because of face. After all, the team is willing to give them a maximum salary, and they won't suffer too much.

But Wang Chao didn't want to do that.

He knows that times are changing, and it is not the 90s now, and not every capable star will be willing to play Pippen, or even worse than Pippen.

With the improvement of the level of competition, no matter who will want to take on more and more important roles in the team.

However, Wang Chao's existence meant that his teammates would be suppressed.

Pippen was at least the starting point of the offensive tactics in the Bulls team back then, complementing Jordan as the offensive end point.

But Wang Chao, who has his own system like James, must concentrate the ball in his own hands, so that he can play games with maximum efficiency. There is no reason or necessity to reduce one's possession of the ball.

The existence of the system predestined that Wang Chao will become the league's biggest statist. Average triple-doubles and scoring champions every year are important basis for the system's season evaluation.

On the premise of the team winning, it is Wang Chao's creed to ensure his personal data to the maximum extent.

So when a player like Leonard who has the potential to become the league's top superstar grows up, he is doomed not to stay by Wang Chao's side and be willing to be a green leaf.

When he was in the Spurs, Leonard was trained as the cornerstone of the team's future team building. Although he played a role player position at the beginning of his career, he soon became the core player of the Spurs as his competitive level improved. .

Later, due to various messy reasons, Leonard left the Spurs to join the Raptors, and won the second championship and FMVP with the Raptors, and his reputation reached its peak for a while.

At that time, the Lakers who just got James sent a sincere invitation to Leonard during the contract period, but Leonard, who had always been very interested in the Lakers before, chose to join the Clippers in the same city.

The reason is simple, he wants to have a team of his own, not to serve as a foil for James.

Leonard has the ambition to become No. 1 in the league and become the king of the league, but unfortunately his personal ability or body cannot support him to the throne.

Leonard, who has been in the Clippers for several years, has experienced a rapid decline in evaluation, and is even a little inferior to Butler, who came from behind.

On the other hand, Butler may be willing to act as the second head of the team. After all, the season with the highest scoring average in the regular season of his entire career was 16 points per game with the Bulls in the 17-23.9 season, and 16.5 points per game in that season. The number of shots is also the season with the most shots in his career.

This is why Butler has always been underestimated. As a star, his personal statistics have not been so outstanding, including the playoffs. Butler also averaged 21 points per game in the playoffs of the 22-27.4 season. Really recognized and recognized by people.

Prior to this, Butler had never averaged more than 23 points per game in the playoffs, even when he led the team to the finals in the 19-20 season.

Data does not represent everything, especially for a guy like Butler who is tough and scary at critical moments, but it still has some reference value.

If Butler is the team's second-in-chief, he should be willing based on his character.

The reason why he, like Leonard, did not choose to renew his contract with the team in advance but wanted to test the free market, is simple. He can't even be the second head of the Rockets.

As long as Leonard is there, he is destined to only rank third on the team.

Although Butler has never said it, Wang Chao can actually see that Butler has been working hard in the past few years to keep getting stronger. The real motivation comes from his obsession to surpass Leonard.

The moment Butler was selected by the Rockets, the trajectory of Butler's life has changed.

He was forced to join the Rockets with Leonard, and was often compared together. The gap in static talent made the talent and potential of the two clear at a glance.

Except for Wang Chao, no one thinks that Butler has the potential to become a top star in the league like Leonard.

Although he has won two championships and successfully made the All-Star this season, Butler still wants to join another team in his heart and prove himself by facing Leonard head-on.

All of the above are Wang Chao's own guesses based on the future career trajectories of the two players, Leonard and Butler. He doesn't know what the two really think, and he doesn't bother to guess anymore. Anyway, it's just a sentence In other words, if he wants to stay and love to go, at least in the next few years, Wang Chao will not worry about the lack of helpers.

As for the future, when the timeline reaches 2023, when Wang Chao travels, he is already 40 years old when he has no foresight advantage at all.

He doesn't know how strong the effect of the upgraded version of the system's talent steel and iron bones is to "extend his career". However, according to the system's practice that products must be high-quality goods, Wang Chao's competitive state should still be maintained at its peak by then. Considering the alliance With the withering of the top teams with dominant strength, Wang Chao only needs to partner with a relatively high-level star at will, and continue to maintain his championship-winning strength with ease.

And in another 8 years, Wang Chao's talent tree may have grown into a towering tree with luxuriant foliage, and its strength may even be stronger than it is now!

It is only 2015 now, and there are still 2023 years before 8, which is a relatively long period. Therefore, Wang Chao decided not to think about the future, but to concentrate on doing the things in front of him first.

In March, many people on the Rockets took turns to prepare for the playoffs, which led to a decline in the Rockets' record, and Wang Chao's absence from the ranks of the rest also ensured the lower limit of the Rockets' winning percentage.

Having a steel and iron frame and being almost invulnerable to injury is the main waywardness.

In the 3 games in March, Wang Chao played full-time, and due to the rotation of the main players, his playing time and statistics have improved compared to before.

16场比赛期间场均34.7分12.7篮板11.9助攻，率领火箭队取得12胜4负战绩。

With the end of the March record, the Rockets' record came to 3 wins and 60 losses, with a winning percentage of 14%.

The record of the Rockets is still the first in the league, but the Warriors with 58 wins and 15 losses are chasing after them.

In the last April of the regular season, the Rockets have 4 games left, and the opponents are not weak, including the Thunder, Spurs, Mavericks and other strong Western teams.

The battle situation is urgent, and many people think that the Rockets should properly restore the normal player rotation to ensure that the Warriors will not be overtaken by the corner at the last moment.

Unexpectedly, however, the Rockets actually intensified in the last 8 games. Dayao took 8 games off in 4 games, and two of them were against the strong teams in the Western Conference.

However, the Rockets did not completely give up the last 8 games.

On April 4, the Rockets played an away game against the San Antonio Spurs. Wang Chao played 5 minutes of the game, scoring 48 points, 52 rebounds and 13 assists, leading the Rockets to victory over the Spurs.

On April 4, the Rockets played against the Dallas Mavericks at home. Wang Chao scored another 10 points to win the game.

On April 4th, in the closing game of the regular season, Wang Chao scored 15 points and led the Rockets to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers in overtime, officially ending the journey of 61 games in the regular season.

最终4月份的最后8场比赛，王超场均砍下43分12.2篮板10.6助攻的大号三双数据，梦回11-12赛季场均40+岁月，也率领火箭队赢得了8场比赛中的6场胜利，最终常规赛战绩定格在66胜16负上。

(End of this chapter)