overlooking the pitch

Chapter 336 The Last Piece of the Puzzle

The addition of Matt Barnes and Ray Allen has made the Clippers' bench stronger than ever. Their bench firepower has been greatly improved. In their last season's playoffs, Anson was forced to play The situation of playing 40 minutes per game should not appear in this season's playoffs.As for the matter of making the playoffs, shouldn't it seem to be a matter of course in this Clippers?
Soon, the Clippers held a press conference for the two new players. At the press conference, both of them said that they brought new things to the Clippers, such as Matt Barnes' toughness, Ray Allen's championship pedigree, the two of them don't talk about their skills and strength at all. Even if their abilities are dropped to some ordinary teams to play ordinary starters, there is no problem. Now they come to the Clippers to play as substitutes. The purpose is self-evident, for the championship.

It's just that there are only 14 people in the Clippers now, and they still have the last piece of the puzzle. In this position, Brad Stevens is targeting the signings of the center forward. The team's salary is enough for the Clippers. The management will be willful, as long as the contract period is not long.

Obviously, when we played against the Spurs last year, we could see that the Clippers were not capable of playing singles in the paint with the ball inside. The team's deterrence against the penalty area declined rapidly.

And although Anthony Davis who was traded this time is still very young, his biggest problem is that he is too thin, but the melee combat inside is naturally handed over to Jordan to solve it. After watching his game, we can also know that his offensive method relies more on jump shots and occasional small throws. Of course, his speed is fast enough.

Anthony Davis grew 25 centimeters in height in the third year of high school. Before the third year of high school, he trained as a guard, so his flexibility and guard skills are very good, even better than Blake Griffin .In the interior, he can not only block the opponent's shots, but also average 1.5 steals per game. For the college interior, this is a very rare defensive ability.

Anthony Davis and Jordan Jr.'s internal offensive deterrence is not strong, so the Clippers intend to buy a center similar to the type of Chris Kaman in the free market in the free market. Sufficient insider deterrence.

But the reality is that a good center is too expensive now. This has led to the lack of insiders for the Heat who have not found a single insider in the free market due to salary issues.

场均得到11.3分7.8个篮板2.16次盖帽的贾维尔·麦基能够在能够拿到4年4400万的合同，而布雷克·洛佩斯甚至拿到了4年6100万的工，这已经接近他能拿到的顶薪合同了。

Seeing this growing insider contract, the Clippers have to target this year's free agent, who is also a veteran who once played for the Clippers. Chris was traded to the Hornets as a bargaining chip because he didn't fit with the Clippers system. · Kaman entered the vision of the Clippers.

There is no doubt that he is a player who meets the goals of the Clippers. He will not take up a lot of time. And Blake Griffin, who was full of loopholes in supplementary defense, became Anthony Davis, which completely turned the Clippers' inside line into a vacuum.

However, Chris Kaman's competitive pressure is also very high. The biggest competitor of this last piece of the puzzle is their two-year playoff opponent Mavericks. Witsky's persuasion, and on the other side are their old club and their favorite coach Mark Evaroni plus their favorite teammate Anson, and a 800-year contract of 2 million US dollars.

The bargaining chips on both sides made Chris Kaman very excited. He has entered his final career. The salary of the Mavericks is high enough, and there is a promise of a starting position, but he can no longer guarantee his competitive state , for him who has earned an annual salary of tens of millions, 200 million US dollars is not a big gap. The championship ring is more tempting to him, but at the same time, the last Clippers deal made him chill. The situation is now at an impasse.

At this time, his cell phone rang, and the phone number was very familiar. It was An Sheng, who was still in contact with him after he left the Clippers. The first time he was traded, An Sheng expressed his apologies to him, saying that it was because His own style will make him leave the team, and the relationship between the two parties has remained very harmonious. For the Clippers, he may not be happy, but for An Sheng, he fell in love with this boy after passing the ball one by one during his low period. .

"Chris, come back, come back to Los Angeles, you will be the last piece of the puzzle on our way to win the championship!" An Sheng's words were very simple, directly piercing Chris Kaman's heart.Indeed, a championship ring is their dream for all basketball players.

After talking on the phone with Anson, Chris Kaman called his national team teammate Dirk Nowitzki: "Hey, Dirk, I think I might not continue our national team with you in Dallas. That feeling of being a team."

I thought that Dirk Nowitzki would be a little unhappy, but unexpectedly on the other side of the phone, Dirk Nowitzki just smiled and said: "Hey, it seems that you still have ideas about the championship , I am very happy about this. I am very happy to see that you want to compete for the championship. It is undeniable that our competitiveness has declined rapidly after 11 years. Compared with us, the Clippers have a better chance of competing for the championship. Of course, we won’t be afraid of that team.”

When Chris Kaman wanted to say something, Dirk Nowitzki immediately interrupted him: "Hey! Chris, I already have a championship, as my good buddy, if you If you can’t win a championship, I guess you will feel uncomfortable when we drink together.”

Dirk Nowitzki's words also made Chris Kaman dispel his last worries. Finally, the German center chose to join the Clippers for the second time and became the last player on the way to the Clippers' championship. For the piece of the puzzle, the 2-year salary of 1200 million is not a premium compared to Chris Kaman's competitive state.

(End of this chapter)