Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 299

After the Celtics beat the Blazers 4-1 to win the O'Brien Cup again, the 2009-10 season came to an end.In the North Shore Garden Arena, every Trail Blazers player was in tears. They knew that the team suffering from injuries was lucky to get to this point, but they fell at the closest place to the championship. taste.Behind them is the spraying of champagne and flying paper flowers, and all they left for Boston is their backs.

Fortunately, this is at the opponent's home court, otherwise, it would be even worse to witness the opponent's crowning championship in his own territory, right?

However, unlike the players, the management is overjoyed with the team's performance this season, which completely exceeded their previous expectations.McMillan understands the mood of the team's top management, so he can comfort every player when he is frustrated, because the team still has hope next season.The reason is simple, such a young team already has the strength to hit the championship, and its attraction to other veterans and superstars is unparalleled.Although winning the championship is a very difficult task, it is not difficult to reinforce on the basis of the runner-up, especially when the Blazers have a lot of salary space.

Among the team's four core players, Roy and Aldridge renewed their contracts early last summer. The team offered them 5 million for 8200 years and 5 million for 6500 years respectively. Ye Feng and Oden are still rookies. in the contract.Roy, Aldridge, and Camby who came to vote in the middle of the season, only these three will have an annual salary of tens of millions in the Blazers next season, and the other players will only be in the millions. It's okay to trade.In fact, as long as there are no injuries, the four core players of the Blazers can maintain a strong competitiveness. If you really want to introduce a superstar, you may need to sell one of them.

Although the opponents of the finals, the Celtics, set a precedent for the league to team up for the championship, but in the past few seasons, no team has learned from them, and directly put the superstars who are still at their peak on the same team.Some people may want to talk about the F4 of the Lakers back then, but one thing must be admitted, whether it is Malone or Payton, they both came to the Lakers at the end of their careers to embrace the thighs of the "OK combination" and hope to get a championship ring. The Lakers were still super giants, so that really flattered them.It can be seen from the personal data that in the 2004-04 season, Payton averaged 14.6 points, 5.5 assists, and 1.2 steals per game, while Malone averaged 13.2 points and 8.7 rebounds.As for the matter of the veteran hugging his thighs, this has been going on for a long time, so it's not worth mentioning at all.

If there is a super giant interested in the Trail Blazers, it is not that the management will not introduce them. After all, joining a young guard army is not considered a group, and it will not arouse an uproar in the basketball circle.If someone wants to make a fuss about the Blazers' record and height, then there is no way. Who makes the team basically full of young people?The young people played well and broke into the finals, attracting superstars to join in order to go further, this logic is completely fine!

But as the head coach, McMillan still has a brain. Now the team's chemistry is good. There is no need to engage in super giants, which may affect the atmosphere of the team.In addition to the necessary draft, he hopes to add some depth to several positions, and the injuries of Roy and Oden have become a thorn in his heart.There are still two years left on Camby's contract. He can continue to play for the team. Whether as Oden's substitute or the team's starter, Camby is very suitable. As long as there is a decent fourth center, Poole Zbila is good, but what if he gets hurt again?
Roy's backup is a big problem. McMillan has no choice but to put Batum at the second position in the playoffs, because the team basically has no players who can serve as shooting guards, let alone replace him. Roy's role was up.McMillan hopes that Batum can return to the third position and become Ye Feng's substitute, just like he has been doing before, and then arrange a defensive player behind Roy, and the strength must be passable. If Roy is injured, he can start immediately, which will test the level of the management.

After the finals, McMillan immediately made a report and submitted it to the management. The above was his analysis of the team's lineup, indicating in detail which players could be traded, which players must stay, and which players the team still had. What types of players are needed.As the head coach who brought the team to the finals, the management still attaches great importance to his opinions. After receiving the report, General Manager Pritchard immediately held a meeting to evaluate it, and ordered his subordinates to carry out the investigation as soon as possible. The recruitment of players, in his opinion, is the key to whether the Blazers can go further.

But all of this has nothing to do with Ye Feng, he is just a player, he just needs to follow the coach's command and play well.After attending the team's farewell meeting for this season, Ye Feng took the plane back to Los Angeles directly, and now he needs to rest very much.Although he is still young, he has played more than 100 games this season, and no matter how good his body is, he can't bear it.It is absolutely necessary for him to take a little vacation for himself. Summer training does not start from the moment the season ends, but he still needs to pay attention to diet as always, so he can only do it to his mother Sauce Elbow is drooling.

Ye Feng vaguely knew the team's plan. Although there was no specific content, as long as the team had the heart, he was full of expectations for next season.Anyway, the Trail Blazers' luck this season is really bad. The continuous injuries made Ye Feng feel a little helpless about the nickname of the city of Portland. "Tear City" doesn't sound like a good name.But it doesn't matter, as long as everyone stays healthy and doesn't suffer from major injuries that often miss dozens of games, the Blazers will still be very competitive. Maybe they can improve their regular season record next season .

Of course, other Trail Blazers also think the same way. The team, maybe a failure to win the championship will make the whole team fall apart, right?

(End of this chapter)