Emperor Yi is invincible

Chapter 629 Itchy Skin?
On October 10, the Knicks' first regular season game of the new season.

The Knicks challenge the Milwaukee Bucks away.

As the first game of the championship team is actually an away game, Yi Jianlian seriously doubts whether trash Xiao Hua's mind is filled with shit.

Is this broken?

But there is no way, you have to fight if you don’t like it.

The Bucks are at a point in time right now.

With the efforts of old Kidd, the current core players have been established.

Antetokounmpo and Middleton, this is the clear future direction that Kidd gave the Bucks.

But Yi Jianlian knows that it will take some time before they come out of the mountain. Maybe Middleton has a good experience in Dallas before, but Antetokounmpo will take a long time to level up. When Antetokounmpo comes out, it will be the Bucks When the team really rises.

The Bucks have spent a lot of money this year. First, they signed Greg Monroe for a price of 3 million US dollars in three years.

It is worth mentioning that Monroe can be regarded as a big fish in the transfer market this summer.

The 25-year-old inside player averaged 15.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season. Since he failed to reach an agreement with his home team Pistons last summer, Monroe chose to sign a one-year offer with the team in order to Become an unrestricted free agent.

There are not a few teams chasing Monroe, but in the end the Bucks took the lead.

This 2+1 contract can be described as a hidden mystery. We all know that the salary cap will rise sharply in the summer of 2016, and it is expected to reach its peak in 2017.

If Monroe chooses to step out of the contract at that time, he will be able to maximize his own interests.

They are all smart people, but he obviously never thought that he would still be so competitive in two or three years?
Maybe he felt that he was very young and had more opportunities, but if Yi Jianlian remembers correctly, last season was the last highlight of his career, and he has already started to go downhill since this season.

So in another time and space, this guy was directly traded to the Suns by the Bucks after he chose to implement his contract for the third season.

Do you know what chips the Bucks gave?
Monroe added a future protected first-round pick and a second-round pick, and traded him for one for Eric Bledsoe from the Suns.

Bucks lose big
But there is no way, this is business, and there are always profits and losses in doing business.

In addition to signing Monroe, the Bucks also renewed Middleton for 5 years and 7000 million.

In fact, this deal has been finalized since Middleton came to the Bucks last season. Middleton's excellent outside shooting ability has been unanimously recognized by the Bucks management, especially during the time when he played with Yi Jianlian. Became his personal highlight period.

The Bucks are very optimistic about his development, and directly signed a five-year contract with him with such a large signing bonus.

However, considering the general premium of NBA contracts this summer, in the eyes of the outside world, the price the Bucks offered for Middleton is not too much.

Middleton is only 23 years old and has unlimited potential. In recent years, he has been in a state of improvement and has been very stable on the offensive end. There are three forward positions, and such a versatile player has always been a sought-after commodity in the league.

Yi Jianlian is also very happy for him. Most of the rookies or other players who have played with him can get a good contract.

But it's different from James. James went to battle in person to negotiate with the team, while Yi Jianlian made his teammates better and let them talk on their own.

Perhaps Yi Jianlian's role is not as great as that of James, but in fact the contract obtained in this way is the most precious and real, far more stable than the contract obtained by Yi Jianlian in person.

In the first game of the new season, they played against a defending champion like the Knicks, and the Bucks were also very upset.

They still want to get off to a good start, so that's it.

This is the first regular season game after a long time, and the Milwaukee fans are also very interesting, and it is rare that the seats are full.

In fact, the Bucks were very thrilling last season. They were only one place away from the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs.

Although they were still eliminated in the first round, compared to the Knicks, of course they are still willing to play against the Eagles.

The starting lists of both sides were given on the big screen.

Bucks: Jerry Bayless, McAway, Middleton, Antetokounmpo, Monroe.

Knicks: Bradley, Tony Allen, Robertson, Yi Jianlian, Gobert.

Robertson's injury has already healed. It wasn't too serious in the first place. After a month of recuperation, he has almost recovered.

Robertson is very important to the Knicks' lineup. When facing the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, if he hadn't desperately entangled James, it is estimated that it would be difficult for the Knicks to come back.

His opponent in this game is the young Antetokounmpo.

I heard that Brother Antetokounmpo seemed to be in poor health and would miss the game, but I didn't expect this guy to not be absent.

"Andre, pay attention to that guy!" Yi Jianlian warned him.

The position of forward is really difficult to play now.

You see, either go against James, or against Durant, or against players like Pickled Pepper, Antetokounmpo, and Kawaii, one by one is more ruthless.

"No problem." Robertson made an OK gesture.

He is also very confident now, and after the Eastern Conference finals, he will match up with James in that state, even if he loses, it will be an improvement.

The current Antetokounmpo is definitely not as impactful as LeBron, so Yi Jianlian just nodded and said nothing.

He believed that his group of teammates would never let him worry about it after going through so many battles.

But looking at it like this, Antetokounmpo actually took the initiative to find him in this game.

"Huh? Isn't it Middleton?" Yi Jianlian looked curiously at Old Kidd and the letter standing opposite him.

Is this itching?

He originally thought that the Bucks would use Middleton to match himself and then use Antetokounmpo to match Robertson. The cores on both sides were staggered, but he didn't expect Antetokounmpo to find him.

Courage is commendable!
Monroe beat Gobert with a jump ball, and Bayless brought it over.

frontcourt.

Middleton and Monroe's off-the-ball pick-and-roll on the left, Robertson went around the block early, and his sense of smell was very keen. After receiving the ball, Middleton dared not shoot in the face of Robertson's defense. He was different from Harden and Curry. , He is better at shooting open shots. In the case of physical confrontation, it is difficult for him to guarantee the shot.

(End of this chapter)