Emperor Yi is invincible

Chapter 660 Triple Double (820)

102 to 87, the Knicks beat the Pelicans by 15 points at home!
Yi Jianlian scored a triple-double again in this game!
45分、10助攻、11篮板、2抢断、3盖帽！

Richardson scored 10 points, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds in the first game. His performance was not bad. The most important thing was Yi Jianlian as the big brother. Although he was still struggling, his performance was already very good.

Thick Eyebrow also performed well, although the audience was suppressed by Yi Jianlian "very miserable."

But that's just the appearance, he still scored a double-double of 36 points and 11 rebounds in this game.

It's not that Yi Jianlian doesn't want to suppress it, but that he really can't!

Thick eyebrows are too difficult to defend, he can hit inside and out, and the touch is so soft.

Seeing that the thick eyebrows scored 36 points and 11 rebounds in the matchup with Yi Jianlian, although the Pelicans lost the game, everyone was smiling.

That's Yi Jianlian!

How many people are there in the league who can score a double-double on Yi Jianlian's head?

Can count on one hand!
And Nongmei is only 22 years old now, and Yi Jianlian is 29 years old!

The future is promising!
After beating the Pelicans, the Knicks won eleven consecutive victories!

The next game is the Hornets again, the Knicks are not polite, and directly won [-] consecutive victories!

而易建联也再次砍下三双，42分、11助攻、10篮板、1抢断、1盖帽。

In this game, the rebounds almost did not have as many assists. If the rebounds are not enough for a triple-double, it will be a big loss.

And the Knicks' next opponent is the Oklahoma City Thunder!
The Thunder didn't make any big moves this season, mainly because Westbrook and Durant are still under contract, so they can't make any moves.

Presti would like to get another superstar to form the Big Three, but Oklahoma is only a small city, and with Westbrook and Durant already in place, many superstars are unwilling to come here to play.

No one wants to find trouble here, right?
At the beginning of the trading period, the Thunder thought over and over again and decided to match Enes Kanter's contract.

Previously, the Trail Blazers offered Kanter a four-year, $4 million offer contract. According to regulations, when a team makes an offer contract to a restricted free agent, the player's home team has 7000 days to decide whether to match. , In order to keep the Turkish center, the Thunder chose to match the offer.

Previously, Thunder general manager Presti said in an interview: "Our goal is to match all quotations and contracts, and this has not changed at all."

Kanter is only 23 years old, and he still has a lot of potential to tap. He was the No. 2011 pick in the first round in 3. After being selected by the Jazz, he played in Utah for 3 and a half years. After entering the NBA, he has been step by step. Growing up, he averaged 2014 points and 15 rebounds in the first 49 games he played for the Jazz in the 13.8-7.8 season.

However, since the Jazz already has Favors and Gobert inside, Favors will have an annual salary of more than 3 million in the next three seasons, and Gobert will definitely have an annual salary of 2 million in the future. The player's Kanter, they decided to send Kanter to the Thunder. In a three-way deal with the Thunder and the Pistons in February this year, the Jazz sent Kanter to Oklahoma.

In the Thunder, Kanter became the iron starting center. He played 26 games and averaged 31.1 minutes per game. In 18.7 games, his PER value reached 11, and he has entered the star level.

Once the Thunder officially matches the offer and signs the contract with Kanter, the Thunder will face greater salary pressure in the new season. In the new season, Durant's annual salary will reach 2016 million US dollars, and Westbrook will also reach 1674 million US dollars, plus 1235 million US dollars. Ibaka's annual salary, the Thunder will have four people whose annual salary exceeds tens of millions of dollars. Their total salary will definitely exceed the luxury tax threshold, and paying the luxury tax is inevitable.

Paying the luxury tax has always been what the Thunder, a small-market team, tried their best to avoid. They traded Harden and Reggie Jackson for this purpose before, but keeping Kanter is a choice that the Thunder must make, even if they get Pay the luxury tax, because Durant's contract will expire next summer, he may leave the team, and Westbrook's contract will also expire in 2017, the Thunder must build a strong team to persuade these two cores to stay. Team.

The good news is that the luxury tax trouble facing the Thunder will only exist in the new season. The salary cap will skyrocket to $2016 million in the 17-9000 season. Affordable without paying the luxury tax.

Not only that, they also reached a contract extension agreement with restricted free agent Kyle Singler, and the two parties will sign a five-year contract with a total value of 5 million US dollars.The final year of the contract is a team option.

Singler is 27 years old. He was selected by the Pistons with the 2011rd overall pick in the 33 draft. Before the trade deadline in February this year, he was sent to the Thunder in a three-way deal.After joining the Thunder, he played 2 games, 26 of which were starters. Since Durant was injured, Singler has been playing his stand-in role to replace him as the starter.

However, when he played for the Thunder, Singler averaged only 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, and his overall shooting percentage was only 33%, and his three-point shooting percentage was 37%. In the Pistons, he averaged 7.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 40.6%.

Obviously, when Durant was absent, Singler couldn't fill the vacancy left by him at all. He could only catch the duck and was forced to fill the vacancy of the former regular season MVP. He didn't adapt to this role, and it was difficult for him to find the offensive rhythm .

Eventually, his starting job was replaced in March, and by April he was out of the rotation altogether.

Fortunately, Durant's injury recovery is smooth, and he will come back in the new season. Singler can play the role of Durant's substitute, and he will face much less pressure.

Previously, Thunder general manager Presti said in an interview that they want to complete the contract extension with Singler, and Singler can help the Thunder on the periphery.

In the first three seasons, Singler averaged 8.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 37.8%.

Singler was very successful in college. In 2010, he won the national championship at Duke. He was also elected as the most outstanding player in the Final Four.

Being good in college does not mean that you can be good in the NBA. The environment of the NBA and the environment of the NCAA are basically two models.

Many players who played well in college have disappeared in the NBA, but those inconspicuous ones have succeeded in the end.

(End of this chapter)