God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 336 Sprint Stage
Every year, many teams start sprinting after the All-Star weekend, hoping to get a better position to take advantage of the playoffs.Of course, those teams aspiring to be the No. [-] pick will continue to work hard to get the worst record in the league. They rarely consider whether this is a big draft year. Anyway, they are blindly confident in their own vision.

In the history of the NBA, many teams rely on a single draft to turn around and step into the ranks of strong teams. This is also the most ambitious goal of all the big players.The most famous one should be the Bucks. This team, which joined in 1968, selected Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with the No. 1970 pick in the second year, and won the championship in the 71-1983 season, creating the shortest time for an NBA team from building a team to winning the championship. record. The same is true for the Bulls selecting Jordan in the [-] draft. Although Jordan repeatedly hit the wall in the early days, he still brought the team six championships and made the Bulls one of the greatest teams in league history.

But these have no effect on the 76ers, their goal is only the championship.Billy King's operational ability is still too weak. If Jerry West, Danny Ainge and Pat Riley are the old foxes in the general manager position, Chang Wei may still expect the team to get a A future high draft pick.Forget what Billy King said, Chang Wei thinks it is better for the 76ers to focus on low-ranking Taobao. If you want to get a high-ranking pick, you must give up one or even a few main players.

Now the record of the 76ers can be described as the best in the East. Although the two teams in the West, the Kings and the Lakers, are very close in terms of record, the 76ers can at least guarantee that they have home court advantage until the Eastern Conference Finals.But it would be even better if this advantage can be maintained until the finals, and they are still in the leading position at present.

However, for the 76ers, the sprint stage is not without impact, especially those teams that are on the threshold of the playoffs. No matter how strong the opponent is, they will fight with red eyes. If they are lucky enough to win the game, they will pay back .Although the NBA does not have a relegation system, it is absolutely possible to fight for a place in the playoffs. Let alone the 76ers, even the Bulls who won 72 games lost 10 games game?Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry.

The only good news is that although the average age of the 76ers is not very old, there is nothing to say in terms of experience. Most of the players have experienced the difficult seven games of the finals last season.They can ensure that they will not capsize in the gutter to the greatest extent, which is enough for a strong team. After all, they dare not say that they are sure of winning against any team.

The schedule is also relatively friendly to the 76ers. Except for the Celtics in the same district, other strong teams have basically played against each other before the All-Star weekend. In other words, their schedule after the All-Star is relatively relatively Easy, which also gives Brown the courage to execute large-scale rotations, and by the way, give the bench more exercise time.

Naturally, Arenas is the most satisfied with this arrangement.Although he has appeared on the official rookie list for a long time, it is difficult to appear at the top of the list. He has only won the rookie of the week once, which is completely unacceptable for an ambitious player.Now with Brown's acquiescence, he has more playing time and shots, and his personal data will naturally improve a lot, which is very beneficial for him to compete with the most popular rookie Gasol for the best of the season. Attribution of the Rookie Award.

In fact, there is a reason for Brown to increase the playing time of the substitute lineup. The intensity of the playoffs is more than one level higher than that of the regular season. Although the main players have to play more time because of this, it is not without a bottom line. The tried and tested head coach must create rest time for them.In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control after the main players leave the field, it is absolutely necessary to have one or even several sets of powerful substitute lineups. In this regard, the 76ers have sufficient personnel reserves, but more adjustments are needed.

Arenas is excited because of his rising statistics, but Chang Wei is not very optimistic about him becoming the best rookie of the season. After all, Gasol is also trained by the Grizzlies as the core of the future, but Arenas is just A backup scorer for the 76ers.Moreover, each individual award will be announced directly at the beginning of the playoffs, which means that even if the 76ers win the championship again, it will not be able to add a little impression to Arenas.However, seeing how Arenas was pumping blood every day, Chang Wei thought it best not to pour cold water on this guy. His current state is still very good for the game.

Soon the regular season of the 2001-02 season came to an end. At this time, the top eight in the East and West are basically clear.The difference from last year is that the gap between the ninth team in the East and West and the top eight is not small. The Wizards are already 2.5 games behind the eighth Hornets, and the Clippers are 4 games behind the Jazz in the West. With so few games left, this is an almost impossible gap to close.However, seeing that the Jazz are only ranked eighth in the Western Conference, Chang Wei still feels a bit bleak about the end of the hero. Stockton and Malone are still in the team, but now they, including this team, are aging.

However, Chang Wei still expects that they can cause some trouble to the top of the Western Conference in the first round of the playoffs, and it doesn't matter whether the top of the list is the Kings or the Lakers.Of course, judging from the impression of the previous life, the words of the Lakers are more beneficial to the 76ers. After all, if there is no accident, the Lakers will once again reach the finals and compete with the 76ers for the championship.But Chang Wei is not sure whether he will change the course of history, at least in terms of overall strength, the Kings and Spurs are also strong contenders for the Western Conference championship.

After the regular season is over, the top eight teams in the East and West are finally settled. The first to eighth in the East are the 76ers, Celtics, Raptors, Nets, Pistons, Pacers, Bucks and Hornets; In the west are the Lakers, Spurs, Kings, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, Sonics and Jazz.The 76ers have no idea about this order. After all, they are the number one in the Eastern Conference. Only others will act according to their faces. They don't need to be afraid of any team in the Eastern Conference. It is not impossible to fall before the finals. In the history of the NBA, even the No. [-] team suffered a black eight, but everyone has confidence in themselves.

The opponent in the first round, the Hornets, is not a big deal. Although their team has Marshburn, one of the "Dallas 3Js" of the year, and Baron Davis, the bearded point guard, the overall strength is completely complete. It cannot be compared with the 76ers. Perhaps it is a success for them to reach the playoffs, and the second round is already out of reach.

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