the great gatsby

Chapter 138 Fighting the Hornets Again
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The Knicks and their entourage went to New Orleans to challenge the Hornets away from home. The winter in New Orleans was still relatively cold. When the Knicks and their entourage got off the plane, the cold wind howled, and Gatsby had to tighten his clothes before he dared to get off the plane.

When the later queen bee Kemba Walker got good data, some media said that Walker was the No.

Charlotte Bobcats, Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Hornets, New Orleans Pelicans, what is the relationship between these teams, this question can trouble new generations of fans.

It's actually simple, about:
——The former Charlotte Bobcats changed their name to the current Charlotte Hornets;
——The former New Orleans Hornets changed their name to the current New Orleans Pelicans;
The Charlotte Hornets and the New Orleans Hornets actually have nothing to do with each other. The only thing that is related is that the Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans in 2002. At the same time, the NBA promised that Charlotte will get the right to form a new team to participate in the 2004-05 The rights to the season's NBA games, so there was the later Bobcats, which is now the Hornets.

Team relocation has always been a very important event in the NBA. In the past 20 years, there have been three team relocations in the NBA:

——In 2001, the Grizzlies moved from Vancouver, Canada to Memphis, USA;
——The Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans in 2002;
In 2008, the SuperSonics moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City and changed the team's name to the Thunder.

So the opponent the Knicks had to face was the New Orleans Hornets, which was also the team that Big Eyebrow joined later, the New Orleans Pelicans.

The New Orleans Hornets have not been a weak team in recent years. In the 2007-08 season, Paul ushered in a big explosion. He averaged 21.2 points, 4 rebounds, 11.6 assists and 2.7 steals per game, including the highest assists and steals in the league.

This season, Paul was selected to the All-Star team for the first time in his career. In the All-Star Game, he played 27 minutes, contributed 14 points, 14 assists, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals, helping the Western Stars beat the Eastern Stars 146-119.With his outstanding performance this season, Paul was selected to the NBA First Team and was also selected to the Second Team of the All-Defensive Team.His outstanding performance also once became the most powerful contender for MVP. In the end, he ranked second in the MVP selection, second only to Kobe.

Under the leadership of Paul, West, Chandler, Peja Stojakovic and other main players, they played a performance of 56 wins and 26 losses, creating the best regular season record in the history of the Hornets. Southwest division head.In the playoffs, the Hornets defeated the Mavericks 4-1 in the first round, and played 7 games against the Spurs in the second round, and finally lost 3-4 regrettably.

Last season, the Hornets introduced James Posey, who had just won the championship with the Celtics, to form the strongest lineup in Paul's Hornets career.Paul has more personal offensive opportunities, and he continues to write personal career records.This season, his average playing time of 38.5 minutes per game is a career high, and his scoring average of 22.8 points per game is also a career high.

In addition, he averaged 11 assists and 2.8 steals per game, both of which are the highest in the league.In addition, Paul was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA Second Team.In addition, Paul averaged a steal in 108 consecutive games, surpassing Elvin Robertson's record of 105 consecutive games.

However, the main center Chandler was plagued by injuries. He only played 45 games in the regular season and failed to play in the last game of the first round of the playoffs, which greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Hornets. At the same time, it started to go downhill.

Chris Paul's contract has one year left. If these two seasons have not broken through, he should leave the Hornets after the contract period ends.

At the beginning of the season, the Knicks had a game with the Hornets. In that game, Gatsby was ravaged by Chris Paul. In that game, Gatsby only scored 16 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds and 6 turnovers. That was Gatsby's second-lowest scoring game since he entered the NBA. The first low was 12 points against the Pistons.

Gatsby was really a little scared when facing Chris Paul. Paul is not tall, but he is very stable in the lower body. Not to mention Gatsby's thin body, even if the opponent's center is sometimes blocked in the interior, he can still steal the ball. .

Paul's body is strong, fast, and he makes a lot of small moves. Gatsby can't break through Paul, and he doesn't have the ability to post up. Even in pick-and-rolls, it's difficult to get rid of Paul. So Gatsby only faced Paul in that game. With 16 points and 6 turnovers, Gatsby made the most turnovers in a game.

The New Orleans Arena is located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, an indoor arena adjacent to the Louisiana Superdome that has been home to the New Orleans Pelicans since 2002 .Since the NBA Charlotte Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans in 2002, the New Orleans Arena (New Orleans Arena) has quickly become known to people.

The crowd in the New Orleans arena on the game day is dense. The Hornets have risen in the past few years and have repeatedly entered the playoffs. The New Orleans fans are ecstatic. The victory has brought many fans to the Hornets. The 18500 seats in the arena are almost filled. , 56 luxury private rooms are also occupied by rich people in New Orleans, they want to see the Knicks that can trade superstar Wade's Gatsby who is sacred.

The Knicks' trade with Miami was exposed, causing chaos in the locker room, but Gatsby became the beneficiary because he was the subject of the deal with Wade, and he could be used to trade Wade, even if other people had to be added. , but it has proven Gatsby's value. Wade played 30+7.9 last season. If such a superstar is traded for a rookie, you can imagine how good this rookie is.

Because this trade made reporters dig deeper into the inside story, and even the inside story of the Wizards' offer to the Knicks for Arenas and Jamison to trade Gatsby was revealed. People were surprised to find that Gatsby, an undrafted rookie, actually Being valued so much!

As for whether these quotations are reasonable, you can see whether they are reasonable by looking at the people involved. Who is Pat Riley, a well-known fortune teller in the league, who can make a loss-making business?
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