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Chapter 181 The Well-Deserved Best of the Month

On November 11th, after a week of continuous negotiations, the Celtics finally reached a final deal with the 29ers. They used Tim Thomas, Greg Miner, Walter McCarty, Dota Jones plus The Wizards' first-round pick and next year's Magic's first-round pick, from the 76ers to get Derek Coleman, Terry Cummings, Scott Williams, Anthony Parker and next year's 76ers' first-round pick and The Pistons' first-round pick next year and the 76ers' pick the following year.

In the end, this deal evolved into a swap of multiple picks, because the 76ers have been biting the Celtics' two picks, and the Celtics can only ask the 76ers for the next two picks. Three first-round picks in [-].

Among the four players sent away, Dota Jones was a pure addition, and the other three players helped the 76ers strengthen their perimeter.The Celtics have strengthened the originally weak inside line through this transaction.

And the Celtics still feel that they have lost money in this deal, but that is because they don't know the value of the picks sent by the 76ers. The two picks for next year, the one from the Pistons, now seem to be It is impossible to become a lottery pick. After all, the Pistons are a team with Grant Hill, Jerry Stackhouse and Joe Dumars. Who would have thought that this team would not make the playoffs in the end?The same is true for the 76ers. The 76ers who re-formed a new duo actually failed to enter the playoffs in the end.

The two draft picks sent by the Celtics are both lower than the two first-round picks of the 76ers.Of course, history has been changed by this little butterfly, Johnny, and everything is still unknown.

Among the latest players acquired by the Celtics, Derek Coleman is needless to say. He is the most important player in this deal. For the rest, Terry Cummings is a veteran. No. 1982, a power forward known for his accurate shooting and strong scoring ability, although he has now entered the end of his career, but it is obviously an important reinforcement for the Celtics' weak inside.

There is also Scott Williams, who is a center forward on the court and is 2 meters tall. It is also a good supplement to the Celtics' short inside group.There is also Anthony Parker, this young guard has a certain potential, can defend and shoot three-pointers, for the Celtics, he is a player who can be integrated into the system.

After completing the deal, the Celtics announced that they would lay off John Thomas, a player who had been playing soy sauce, and narrowed the lineup to 14 players.

Before the deal was completed, the Celtics had already played several games in a row. They first lost to the visiting Lakers at home, ushered in the third defeat of the season, and then ushered in this season at home. They lost to a Suns team with Antonio McDyess, Jason Kidd and Danny Manning, but the team's backup point guard, Steve Nash, made Jonny more interested , because the point guard actually tricked Jonny with a no-look-pass in the third quarter.

After the two-game losing streak, the Celtics announced the deal in the away game. At the same time, they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers who gave them their first defeat of the season and completed their revenge.

After the Celtics announced the deal, it immediately attracted discussions from two aspects of the American media. On the one hand, it was ridicule. Derrick Coleman is already a hopeless player.Of course, some people think that the Celtics are gambling, but the chances of losing the bet are greater, but once the betting wins, the Celtics will usher in an outstanding star player, which will directly form Jonika Derek Coleman's twin star combination, this combination has enough strength to hit the championship.

Of course, it’s still too early to say this. After all, whether Derek Coleman can still play quietly after the transfer is a question. In the 76ers, coach Larry Brown can barely hold down Derek Coleman. Erman, when it comes to the Celtics, who will suppress him?Could it be Rick Pitino?Or Michael Lyon Carr?Even ask for a cardinal?Obviously no matter who comes, it is unreliable.

Therefore, even if there is still a glimmer of hope for the Celtics' deal, people are still not optimistic about the Celtics, but most people think that the Celtics have not lost anything. The biggest loss they have is the two future coins. A first-round pick.

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On December 12, after the team's training ended, Jonny stayed in the training hall to practice with Chauncey Billups as usual, but now they have two more people in their training combination, Bruce Bowen and Ben Wallace also chose to stay for extra practice every night.

At this time, Jonny was 1v1 with Bruce Bowen. As before, Bruce Bowen was still unwilling to make his small moves on Jonny, but Bruce Bowen's stickiness on the defensive end still made Jonny very happy. Helpful, but in the evening training, most of the time is Bruce Bowen and Chauncey Billups bullfighting. After all, Chauncey Billups needs to improve the offense most here.

And after more than half a month of training, Chauncey Billups has also improved a lot, at least his fixed-point three-pointers and pull-up jumpers are a bit like they were in college.

On the field, after Jonny made a clean turn around and passed Bruce Bowen and completed a layup, he picked up the basketball from the ground and said to Bruce Bowen: "Okay, Bruce, you go and Chang Let's practice, I have work tonight." He packed up his things and prepared to leave.

"Boss, is it about the new teammates?" Bruce Bowen asked in a monkey spirit when he heard it.

Jonny smiled, this is really the case. On the morning of December 12st, the team held a press conference to announce that Derek Coleman and others had officially joined the team. He trained in the training hall and did not attend the press conference.In the evening, the team arranged a dinner for Jonny to meet his four new teammates.

Jonny nodded upon hearing Bruce Bowen's question, confirming what Bruce Bowen said.

Now the other two gathered around, asking or talking about the new teammates in a hurry. Jonny could tell that they were a little uneasy about the arrival of Derek Coleman, after all, he was a famous player in the league. prickly head.Especially when the three of them discussed how to cooperate with Derek Coleman on the court in the future, Jonny remembered it.

The three people who practiced with him happened to be the other three starters in the team. Chauncey Billups has performed much better recently than at the beginning of the season, and he is firmly seated as the starting point guard; After Thomas left, he was the absolute main force at the starting small forward position; not to mention Ben Wallace, in the words of the local Boston media, Johnny was in charge of offense, and Daben was in charge of defense, which shows that Daben is now in charge. Celtic status.

And Johnny thought of this, so he decided to take these three teammates to meet the new teammates. After all, the three are the team's starters, and they can also meet the new teammates in advance. Two days later, they will participate after the new teammates join. It's the first match, so we can deepen our tacit understanding and cooperate when we meet each other like this.

So Jonny told the three of them what he thought, and the three of them cheered, threw away the basketball in their hands, and went to change their clothes.

Came to a restaurant in downtown Boston, Jonny met his new teammates, the flesh-faced Derek Coleman, white bald Anthony Parker and two black and thin Terry Cummings and Scott Williams Adams, of course, team general manager Carl head coach Rick Pitino is also here.

Rick Pitino is not very interested. Derek Coleman naturally asked his opinion about this deal. Rick Pitino is naturally not interested in this deal, but the team does need reinforcements , There is no objection, but now a problem that Rick Pitino has been worried about, how to train Derek Coleman, this problem has been put on the table and needs to be resolved urgently.

Relatively speaking, although Karl is also nervous about Derek Coleman's future in the team, at least now he is very enthusiastic and has a very good attitude towards Derek Coleman.

And Jonny looked at Derek Coleman. This tall, fleshy man was also smiling honestly. He looked harmless to humans and animals, and his conversation with Carl was also very normal.As a result, Jonny didn't have an attack. As a result, he took Chauncey Billups and the three of them and finished the meal in embarrassment.

The next day, Derek Coleman joined the team's training, and his performance was very normal, and this big man with guard skills also quickly integrated into the Celtics' tactical system.

But for the Celtics, the biggest thing on December 12 was not Derek Coleman joining the team's training, but Jonny won the honor of the best player of the month in November. For several years, the Celtics players once again won the honor of the best player of the month!

The last time can be traced back to the 1985-1986 season. In February and March of 1986, Larry Bird won the player of the month for two consecutive months, and 2 years have passed. In these 3 years, the Celtics have not Winner of the award for the second time, and now, in November 11, Jonny has won it with a dominant performance!

He averaged 11 points, 36.5 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 9.6 steals and 3.6 blocks per game in November, leading the Celtics to a record of 1.5 wins and 16 losses in 12 games. Unexpectedly, you must know that before the start of the season, the Celtics were the last in the league in terms of pre-season predictions!However, under the leadership of Jonny, the Celtics became the second in the Eastern Conference and the fourth in the league!

Jonny is well deserved the best of November!
A new list of 14 players is attached:
Point Guard: Chauncey Billups, Dana Barros, Tejus Edney

Shooting guards: Jonny Lee, Dee Brown, Eric Washington

Small forwards: Bruce Bowen, Anthony Parker
Forwards: Derek Coleman, Terry Cummings, Pervis Ellison

Centers: Ben Wallace, Mark Blunt, Scott Williams
(End of this chapter)