overlooking the pitch

Chapter 75 Successful November, Attacking Clippers

"Let's celebrate this game." The Clippers' home DJ roared excitedly. This was their last game in November, a thrilling 11-104 victory over the visiting New Jersey Nets at home. , Although on this night, Brook Lopez was calling the shots in the paint area, and neither Jordan Jr. nor Chris Kaman could stop him, but his performance alone could not drive the team's overall sluggish performance.

Especially Derrick Favors, who they selected with the third overall pick this year, was completely blown up in the head-to-head confrontation with Blake Griffin, with 11 points and 6 rebounds and Blake Griffin. Griffin's 22 points and 12 rebounds were just halfway to Blake Griffin's.

More importantly, Blake Griffin also showed something new to the Clippers fans in this game. The small throw that accelerated after the breakthrough also appeared for the first time in this game.

The coaching staff of the Clippers are also very satisfied. Although Blake Griffin's move is not a stable conventional weapon in the arsenal, it definitely makes him more threatening in positional battles.

Similarly, the Clippers have continued to use this new starting lineup after changing Jordan's starting lineup last time. Jordan did not live up to the trust of the coaching staff, averaging a double-double of 10.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. At the same time, it has become an effective barrier for the Clippers in the interior, averaging 2.1 blocks per game. With Jordan in the interior, Anson no longer needs to frequently enter the interior to protect the penalty area.

Of course, his free throw shooting is in dire need of change. In the two games against the Thunder and Timberwolves in November, it was because of his poor free throws that the opponent's shark-slashing tactics worked and lost the lead.

At the same time, he needs to control his fouls. After entering the starting lineup, his playing time is not much more than when he was a substitute. The big reason is that there are too many fouls. Foul, had to sit on the bench to watch the game.

After winning this victory, the Clippers have achieved a record of 11 wins and 8 losses in November. With two victories in October, the record of 6 wins and 10 losses is now ranked sixth in the Western Conference. For the Clippers, this result is already very satisfactory, and the focus now is how to stabilize the result.

The results have improved, and this question surprised the management, but at the same time, it was a little bit at a loss.The Clippers' performance has improved, which is definitely a rescue for the Clippers' box office revenue that has been sluggish, but they absolutely did not expect the Clippers' recovery to come so quickly.

This made them a little bit too late, originally they were thinking
The Clippers originally planned to trade their first-round picks to further strengthen their lineup, but looking at it now, the value of their first-round picks is rapidly falling.

"Okay, okay, if you are interested, you can call me as soon as possible. We are always open to the trade of our draft picks." Gary Sachs kept smiling on his face.

Then there was another call. After receiving the call, he hung up the phone after listening to the first sentence, and called the operator outside: "What's wrong, how do you work? No Having said that, don't send in any offers asking for Ann and Blake."

After hanging up, he couldn't help laughing and cursing: "These brats really gave me a surprise, and now they really put us in a dilemma."

The first-round pick is not as valuable as it was before, and it should be traded for a truly capable veteran to lead this group of young people to the playoffs. Originally, Chris Kaman could take this responsibility, but unfortunately, Gradually dissociated from the team system, he has slowly lost his importance in the team.

Indeed, his low-post singles are still reliable, and his rebounds are also a good guarantee, but in the final analysis, his speed cannot keep up with the other four positions. Once he plays, the team will inevitably fall into a slow positional battle. It is completely different from the team's original intention, and the offensive ability is slightly poor, but the cake is guaranteed, and the defensive area and defensive speed are faster. Jordan is more suitable for this Clippers team.

This is not to say that Chris Kaman is not good enough. Positional warfare is still a good player, but it is not suitable.

The whole world knows that the Clippers are selling their first-round pick and their original starting center Chris Kaman, an All-Star who averaged 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 blocks last season Player Chris Kaman has also received a lot of attention from teams who want to strengthen the interior.

It's just that it's too early to trade if you want to. Under normal circumstances, this kind of large-scale transaction will happen before the trade deadline after the All-Star.

It's just that under such circumstances, the emergence of trading rumors has made Chris Kaman's training state in the past few days look wrong.He no longer actively loses weight and wants to adapt himself to the existing team system.

"Chris, you've been in a very bad state these days." It was the first assistant coach of the Clippers and the defensive coach Mark Evaroni who came over.He is the one who spends the most time on Chris Kaman.In order for Chris Kaman to keep up with the team, he has thought of many ways.

Chris Kaman, a big man, still respects the assistant coach who helped him the most in front of him, even surpassing the head coach Del Negro. He smiled reluctantly and said: "Mr. Mark, you don't have to comfort me like this, I know that I am not in the team's future plans, maybe in two months I will leave this team."

Mark Evaroni did not refute Chris Kaman's point of view. Chris Kaman's work has long been put on the shelves by the team. This is an undeniable fact. Instead of lying, it is better to learn from Chris Kaman. Let's talk about this matter from Man's own point of view.

"You need to keep working hard, regardless of whether you will be traded or not, but you are only 29 years old and your contract will expire next year, so you have to keep working hard, otherwise, you will be eliminated by this man-eating league. It is undeniable that the current league is speeding up. Although the two teams in the finals last year are good players in positional warfare, from the perspective of our coaches, they have reached their final glory, and you have to do it for yourself. Learn to change yourself."

Chris Kaman thought deeply after hearing these words, looked at the few young people who were still sweating on the training ground, and continued training silently.Even if you don't work hard for the Clippers, you have to work hard for your next big contract.

(End of this chapter)