Forward to the basket

Four years of $6000 million, if such a big contract is placed directly in front of players like McGrady or Anthony, it is estimated that few people will think that this deal is a bit of a loss.

Even most people will feel that the price is a bit low, those guys should get 2000 million US dollars a year!

And in fact, the NBA is indeed doing this now. Those players who can score high can always get a good contract easily, even if they are basically like colanders on the defensive end.

No way, this is the ethos of the NBA. It is said that winning depends on defense, but if there is no gorgeous offense, the fans will not pay for tickets, and the team can only wait and drink the northwest wind to survive.

Only those who can shoot can be exchanged for a big contract. This is not only in the NBA, but also in the NCAA. Those scouts and team managers often look at those rookies who score like crazy.

Although many people will say, "We need players with a balanced offense and defense, especially those who contribute on the defensive end." If this is said in front of the media, it is basically to fool people.

If you don’t believe me, put a player who averaged 5 points and 15 rebounds per game and another player who averaged 15 points and 5 rebounds per game and let them pick that one. These beasts will all choose the latter one.

So few people are willing to give a big contract to a player with low scoring efficiency. People like Tracy McGrady and Kobe are born with top salaries, because these people can make fans crazy about their scoring.

But if such a big contract is directly given to an insider who rarely averages more than 10 points per game, no matter who it is, it is estimated that the price is a bit too high.

Even if his rebounding average may be far higher than his scoring, he shouldn't get a big contract of 1000 million.

Of course, except for those like Dampier, after all, Cuban's intermittent head twitches are not often there.

As long as he is a normal team manager, he will rarely give a big contract of more than 1000 million US dollars to a defensive player. At the beginning, Rodman's annual salary was only a few million.

Don't forget, Rodman's appeal off the court can instantly kill many active players. Who would dare to compare his exposure with him?

However, there is only one Rodman. Apart from him, most of the remaining blue-collar workers are coolies.

What do fans buy tickets to watch at the scene?Absolutely elegant slam dunks, and that kind of dribbling skills, who would buy a ticket to count how many rebounds someone picks per game?

It is estimated that except for those who are responsible for statistics, no one has this hobby, and fans will not stand on their seats and shout loudly because someone grabs a few rebounds.

Maybe only the original Rodman had this magical power, but this guy didn't win applause by grabbing rebounds. If there were no monsters off the court, maybe there wouldn't be so many people paying attention to him.

But outside of "Flower Bugs", no one has the ability to make people only care about the performance of blue-collar players.

So the head coach of the Pistons, Saunders, categorically rejected Wallace's contract, and directly kicked out the meritorious player who won the Pistons.

6000 million in four years?The Pistons are only ready for about 4000 million, even if there is a fluctuation, it will not be too much difference.

This was already the highest price the Pistons could offer. At least in their view, even if "Big Ben" was more defensively than "Roaring God", it shouldn't be worth so much money.

Although the Detroit fans almost scolded Sanders and the Pistons management for vomiting blood, but a standard blue-collar, even if he can win the title of best defensive player four times, it is difficult to get a big contract.

Only the Bulls, who want to supplement their interior defensive strength and experience in the playoffs, can spare the cost. When others are thinking about it, these guys have already started.

But the preparation they made for the playoffs is not bought by every Bulls fan. In the eyes of many Chicagoans, instead of signing Wallace at a high price, it is better to keep the money and send these little calves After all, it's time for these guys to sign contracts. If you really want to keep them, you have to spend money.

And this is not a small amount of money. Luol Deng, Hinrich, Gordon, such a group of talented little guys, if Chicago wants to keep all of them, the cost must be very small.

But now that Wallace has an annual salary of more than 1000 million a season, it is not easy to make room for it. Chicagoans are not yet nervous enough to pay a lot of luxury taxes like Dolan.

Many people think that this business deal is a bit risky. Apart from Skiles' insistence and the management's attitude, not many people think that a blue-collar should get a big contract.

Even if they wanted to compete for the championship again, they shouldn't have spent such a high price. Wallace was on the cusp for a while.

On the one hand, the old club is unwilling to spend a lot of money to keep itself, and on the other hand, the new club has spent money. They need to see the most intuitive effect, and they must see it in a short period of time.

It is the uncle who spends the money. This can be regarded as an unspoken rule in the NBA league, but not many people have the patience to wait for you to slowly pass the adaptation period and get into shape with the team.

Even if the head coach understands you, those fans who paid for tickets may not understand, let alone those guys in the management. They hope that the players can immediately use their excellent performance to calm the dissatisfaction of the outside world.

In fact, how many bad deals does the NBA have every year?It is estimated that almost everyone who has been in the NBA for several years as a team manager has made mistakes.

After all, when players come to a brand new team, they always need to see if they are in tune with the team and whether they can adapt. Trees move to death, people move to life, and it is not a panacea in the NBA.

But a defensive player has to figure it out no matter what team he goes to. After all, there are a lot of things to think about, unlike the offensive animals, as long as they can seize the opportunity to score.

The coolie in charge of defense either needs a mature defensive system, or needs teammates to cooperate with him in place. When Wallace was in the Pistons, he relied on playing the game as a whole.

But the Bulls didn't prepare any excellent helpers for him, and it was a bit difficult for this newcomer to find someone to cooperate with him. Except for old fritters like PJ Brown, no one could get along well.

In the first ten games of the regular season, Wallace's performance was not good. Needless to say, he was not strong in scoring, but in terms of rebound control, his data declined by at least one-third.

In the Pistons, he averaged about 12 per game, but in the first dozen games of the Bulls, he only got 10 in one game at most, and most of the rest of the games were only six or seven, and the number of fouls surged.

Too many fouls, which caused Wallace's playing time to decline, averaging less than 32 minutes per game, which is by no means a qualified statistic for a person who wants to be a pillar of the inside.

Almost all the statistics are declining, and even the deterrence is much weaker than when he was in the Pistons. This is Wallace's performance in the first dozen games.

That kind of performance, combined with that kind of value, should make it no surprise that Chicago fans will be vocal about their displeasure. The city has never produced a great defensive player.

Including Rodman, this guy was only the No. [-] figure in the team at the beginning. Before him, he was also the leader of Joe and Pippen.

Wallace's signing instantly became the target of fans and the media's concentrated firepower. Many people even threatened that the Bulls had done a bad deal.

"The management of the Bulls sealed off their future with a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions."

This is the Chicago media's evaluation of signing Wallace. Although they only played a dozen games, they already pessimistically believe that this contract will be the culprit that ruined the Bulls.

Perhaps because of such a contract, they may lose a group of extremely talented players next year, which will be a devastating blow to the Bulls after they have undergone reconstruction!

They bought a former championship player who was only thinking about making money. The guy has no motivation to move forward. He doesn't help the Bulls.

This kind of voice is not one or two. Both Skiles and Wallace are facing pressure, but at that moment just now, the big slap slapped by "Big Ben" won him the cheers of the United Center.

Perhaps at this second, not many people still remember how much this old guy who is over 30 in their eyes and whose competitive status has begun to decline has cost the Bulls.

The Chicago fans only remember that at the moment of despair, there was a hand firmly guarding the basket for them, and they slapped away the wild boy who made their teeth itch with hatred.

Chen Feng knew who the opposing fans were cheering for, but he ignored those noisy voices.

Anyway, this is how the away game is treated, booing, ridiculing, and even insulting, away fans will do everything possible to upset you, Chen Feng has long been used to this kind of atmosphere.

Compared with those fanatical fans, Chen Feng obviously felt that the big guy in front of him was a threat.

Before the game, Thibodeau told Chen Feng about the Bulls' problems. There was no offensive power inside, but the defensive strength inside might be far better than the opponents he had encountered before.

PJ Brown, Wallace, and Ty Thomas, although they are three old guys, are all terrible defensively, and most people really can't beat them.

It's not that Chen Feng has never competed with the league's top insiders. Stoudemire, Webber, Nowitzki, this group of fierce players are all top players, and Chen Feng can also fight against them on the court to the end.

Although there are winners and losers in the game, if Chen Feng is afraid of anyone, then there is really no one. It doesn't matter if it is the sturdy Stoudemire or the crazy shooting Nowitzki, Chen Feng dares to fight against any of them. war.

So when Thibodeau explained these things to himself, Chen Feng didn't care too much, after all the game had to be played, even if it was an away game, Chen Feng didn't care who the opponent was.

But now Chen Feng understands, why Thibodeau told himself, he didn't meet PJ Brown and Thomas, but just such a strong Wallace has already given him a blow.

In the attack that turned around near the three-second zone just now, Chen Feng had already squeezed the opponent away, but at the moment when he was ready to dunk, the opponent's hand pressed over.

There was no space or time for Chen Feng to dodge, as if he was waiting for Chen Feng to complete all the movements, there was no room for him to dodge, and then the hand came over from the side.

All of this was like a rehearsal, from Chen Feng turning around to slam dunk, to being held down at the end, every step was executed step by step, without any mistakes at all.

If it were someone with Luol Deng's physique, Chen Feng would definitely be able to complete this attack. If he was lucky enough, he might even get a chance to get an additional penalty.

But Wallace's pressure from behind completely exceeded Chen Feng's imagination, so the final slam dunk was pressed on the basket, causing the opponent to counterattack.

When Chen Feng landed on the ground, he even staggered a little. The force coming from behind completely shook Chen Feng.

Now Chen Feng believed those so-called legends. The sturdy middle-aged man in front of him could lift 200 kilograms when he was bench-pressing. That was by no means a rumor.

There are not many people who can defeat Chen Feng in terms of strength confrontation. Even if Barkley confronted him head-on, they did not take advantage of it.

But that damn fat guy has retired for several years, and he is indeed not as vigorous as he was back then. Compared with Wallace's explosive power, he is obviously still a level behind.

In terms of bench press ability alone, the little emperor is said to have around 190 kilograms, but when Chen Feng meets him, he can still block the mighty emperor His Majesty.

But as soon as he met Wallace here, Chen Feng really felt the pressure, it wasn't determined by the weight of the kilogram.

It was because the old guy in front of him not only had powerful explosive power, but also grasped the opportunity when defending, knowing where to intercept Chen Feng.

If the blocked shot just now was a coincidence or luck, then when Chen Feng received a pass from Rondo in the interior for the second time, he didn't turn his back, but bumped into Wallace directly face to face.

Shaking his shoulders, the first time Chen Feng faced a big man marking him, he didn't use his body to squeeze the opponent away, but made a fake move first.

But such a fake move failed to deceive Wallace, the opponent didn't move at all, Chen Feng could only hold the ball with his body low, and with an accelerated step, he put his entire shoulder on the opponent's chest, ready to carry it and kill him.

But Wallace's muscular body withstood Chen Feng's frontal impact so abruptly, he didn't take half a step back, and the center of gravity of his whole body moved forward, and his outstretched hands tried their best to interfere with the opponent.

Chen Feng didn't expect that his impact would have such a result. His entire breakthrough movement and offensive steps were used effectively, and it was impossible to change it. He could only force Wallace to take the shot.

The two muscular men of pure brand just shook hard at the basket. Wallace couldn't block Chen Feng, and he couldn't stop the opponent's shot, but he also allowed the fierce little beast to take the shot calmly.

"It's dangerous!", Chen Feng didn't know what others thought of this heads-up duel, anyway, he knew very well what happened at that moment just now, and he was almost blocked by the opponent.

If it wasn't for his wrist shaking at the last moment, Wallace might have pulled out this shot with his fingertips. If so, he couldn't directly score this shot.

However, Jefferson's action was quicker. He grabbed the basketball that bounced out of the basket first, and then made a light tip-up, allowing the two teams to tie the score again.

The attack was successful, and the score was not lost by the opponent again, but at this moment, the pressure that Chen Feng felt psychologically did not weaken in any way.

"A tough opponent." This was the first time Chen Feng commented on his opponent. Hammond had never received such treatment back then.

However, after the confrontation just now, Chen Feng understood what kind of opponent he was in front of him. This was completely different from the insiders he had encountered before.

Big guys like Dirk Nowitzki are either the main attack point in the team, or they have the ability to connect the inside and outside lines, almost all of them make a difference on the offensive end.

But now, the guy Chen Feng met was completely dispensable on the offensive end, even Chen Feng sometimes ignored him, as long as the opponent didn't dunk or make free throws, he basically had no offensive means.

Wallace is completely a standard defensive blue-collar, but it is such a position that the old guy has already played a bit superbly.

Especially in the interior defense, he doesn't need to fight against you every minute and every second, but once he needs it, he can really stand up to you, and he will interfere with your shooting rhythm when defending .

Just like just now, Chen Feng thought that he had pushed his opponent away, but it was a trap set by Wallace. He took it, and then relaxed a little, giving Chen Feng a chance to continue sprinting, but at the end Chen Feng suddenly When he exerted his strength, he held it abruptly, and then almost blocked a shot.

When he stretched out his hand against Chen Feng's shoulder, the basketball barely flew over his fingertips. If it wasn't for Chen Feng shaking his wrist when he shot the ball at the end, who knows if he would have been blown away.

What Chen Feng feels now is an unprecedented sense of oppression. When facing Stoudemire's toughness, he didn't experience this kind of experience. Similarly, he didn't experience it when he met Nowitzki.

But it was the guy in front of him who was not outstanding in height and had only a strong body of muscles, but Chen Feng felt a little controlled by others. This bad experience had only happened to Hammond back then.

It wasn't long before Chen Feng got into basketball, so he was beaten like a dog. Now, the feeling of being seen through by others began to permeate the air again.

The difference is that Hammond is a slick street king, but this guy in front of him is a tough blue collar full of explosive power, a defensive expert who can always make people feel oppressed.

And it's definitely the top one! ! !

(Happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone, eat more delicious food, uh, but don’t eat too much rice dumplings, those things don’t like to be digested!)