Chapter 158 Top Defense Expert

60 million dollars in four years. If such a big contract is put directly in front of players like McGrady or Anthony, I don't think many people will think the deal is a little loss-making.

Even most people will feel that the price is a little low. Those guys should take 20 million dollars a year!

And in fact, the NBA does do the same now. Those players who can score can always easily get a good contract, even if they are on the defensive end.

There's nothing we can do. This is the atmosphere of the NBA. It is said that winning depends on defense, but if there is no gorgeous attack, the fans will not pay for tickets, and the team can only wait to drink the northwest.

Only when you can shoot can you get a big contract. This is not only in the NBA, but also the NCAA. Those scouts and team managers often look at those rookies who score a lot.

Although many people will say, "We need players with a balance between attack and defense, especially those who have contributed on the defensive end." If this is said in front of the media, it is basically to fool people.

If you don't believe it, you can put together an average of 5 points and 15 rebounds per game and an average of 15 points and 5 rebounds per game for them to choose. These beasts choose the back one.

So few people are willing to give a big contract to a player with low scoring efficiency. People like McGrady and Kobe are born with top salaries, because these people can make fans crazy about their scores.

But if such a big contract is directly given to an insider who rarely scores more than 10 points per game, no matter who it is, it is estimated that the price is a little too high.

Even if his average rebounds per game may be far higher than his score, he should not get a big contract of 10 million.

Of course, except for people like Damper, after all, people like Kuban who intermittently go crazy are not often.

As long as he is a normal team manager, he will rarely give a big contract of more than 10 million US dollars to a defensive player. At the beginning, Rodman only had an annual salary of several million yuan.

Don't forget that Rodman's appeal outside the court can kill many active players in seconds. Who dares to compare the exposure with him?

However, Rodman also has only one. In addition to him, most of the remaining blue collars are hard-working.

What did the fans see when they went to the scene to buy tickets? It's definitely an elegant slam dunk, and that kind of tricks. Who will buy a ticket to count how many rebounds a person gets in each game?

It is estimated that no one will have this hobby except those who are responsible for statistics, and fans will not stand in the seat and shout loudly because someone grabs a few rebounds.

Maybe only Rodman at the beginning had this magic, but this guy didn't win applause by grabbing rebounds. Without the evil performances off the field, maybe not so many people would pay attention to him.

But outside the "flower bug", no one has the ability to make people only care about the performance of blue-collar players.

So the Pistons' head coach Sanders swung out of Wallace's contract and directly swept out the Pistons' champion meritorious player.

60 million in four years? The Pistons are only ready for about 40 million, and even if there is a float, it will not be much worse.

This is already the highest price the Pistons can give. At least in their opinion, compared with "Big Ben" and "Roaring Tianzun", even if the defense is more than a bit higher, it should not be worth so much money.

Although the Detroit fans almost scolded the management of Sanders and the Pistons, it is difficult for a standard blue-collar worker to get a big contract even if he can get the title of best defensive player four times.

Only the Bulls, who are dedicated to supplementing the strength of inside defense and playoff experience, can risk this money. When others are considering it, these guys have already done it.

But not every Bulls fan buys this preparation for the playoffs. In the opinion of many Chicagoans, instead of signing Wallace at a high price, it is better to keep the money and deal with these calves. After all, it's time for these guys to sign the contract. If you really want to keep them, you have to spend Money.

And this is not a small amount of money, Raul Deng, Hinrich, Gordon, such a talented little guy, if Chicago wants to keep all of them, the cost will definitely not be small.

But now Wallace has an annual salary of more than 10 million yuan a season. It's not easy to make room for it. Chicagoans are not crazy to pay a lot of luxury taxes like Dolan.

Many people think that this business is a little risky. Maybe out of Skels' persistence and the attitude of management, not many people will think that a blue-collar should get a big contract.

Even if they wanted to compete for the championship again, they should not spend such a big price. Wallace was at the forefront of the storm for a while.

On the one hand, the old employer is unwilling to spend a lot of money to keep themselves, and on the other hand, the new owner spends money. They need to see the most intuitive effect, and it must be seen in a short time.

It's the old man who spends money. This is also an unspoken rule in the NBA league, but not many people have the patience to wait for you to slowly pass the adaptation period and grind with the team.

Even if the head coach understands you, the fans who spend money on tickets may not understand, not to mention the guys in the management. They hope that the players can immediately calm the dissatisfaction of the outside world with excellent performance.

In fact, how many bad deals does the NBA have every year? It is estimated that almost everyone who has been a team manager in the NBA for several years has made mistakes.

After all, when players come to a brand-new team, they always need to see if they are in line with the team and whether they can adapt to it. It is not a panacea in the NBA.

But no matter what team a defensive player goes to, he has to grope slowly. After all, there are a lot of things to think about. Unlike the offensive animals, as long as he can seize the opportunity to score.

Responsible for the coolie of defense either needs a mature defensive system or needs teammates to cooperate with themselves. At the beginning, Wallace was in the Pistons and relied on a whole to play the game.

But the Bulls didn't prepare any excellent helpers for him, and it's a little difficult to find someone to cooperate with them. Except for PJ Brown's old deep-fried dough sticks, no one can fit in.

In the first dozen regular season games, Wallace's performance was not good. Needless to say, he was not strong, but in terms of rebound control, his data slipped at least one-third.

In the Pistons, he averaged about 12 games per game, but in the first ten games of the Bulls, he won 10 games at most, and most of the rest of the games were only six or seven, and the number of fouls surged.

There are too many fouls, which makes Wallace's playing time decline, averaging less than 32 minutes per game. This is by no means a qualified data for a person who wants to be an insider pillar.

Almost all the data is declining, and even that deterrent is much weaker than when he was with the Pistons. This is Wallace's performance in the first dozen games.

With this performance and this value, it is not surprising that Chicago fans can make a voice of dissatisfaction. The city has never given birth to any great defensive player.

Including Rodman, this guy was just the number three in the team. Before him, he also had Joe and Pippen.

Wallace's signing instantly became the target of fans and the media to concentrate their firepower. Many people even threatened that the Bulls had made a bad business.

"The management of the Bulls blocked their future way out with a contract with tens of millions of annual salaries."

This is what the Chicago media said about signing Wallace. Although they have only played more than a dozen games, they have pessimistically believed that this contract will be the culprit for destroying the Bulls.

Maybe because of such a contract, they may lose a group of talented players next year, which will be a devastating blow to the Bulls after the reconstruction!

They bought a former champion player who only wanted to make money. That guy had no motivation to move forward, and he didn't help the Bulls at all.

This sound is not one or two. Both Skiles and Wallace are facing pressure, but at that moment, the big slap waved out by the "Big Ben" won him the cheers of the United Center.

Maybe in this second, not many people still remember how much the Bulls cost the old guy who was over 30 in their eyes and his competitive status had begun to decline.

Chicago fans only remember that at the moment of despair, a hand firmly guarded the basket for them and slapped the wild boy who made them hate so much.

Chen Feng knew who the other party's fans were cheering, but he ignored those noisy voices.

Anyway, this is the treatment of away games, boos, ridicule, and even abuse. The away fans will do everything they can to upset you. Chen Feng has long been used to this atmosphere.

Compared with those fanatical fans, Chen Feng obviously felt that the big guy in front of him was the threat.

Before the game, Siebodeau told Chen Feng about the Bulls. There was no offensive power in the inside, but the defensive strength of the inside might be far better than the previous opponents.

PJ Brown, Wallace, and Ty Thomas, although they are three old guys, are strong in defense. Ordinary people really can't defeat them.

Chen Feng has not competed with the top insiders of the league. Stadmeier, Webb, Nowitzki, these fierce players are all top players, and Chen Feng can also fight with them to the end on the court.

Although the game also has mutual wins and losses, if it is said that Chen Feng is fighting against whom, it is really not. No matter whether it is the tough Stadmeier or the crazy Nowitzki, Chen Feng dares to fight with him.

So when Xibodu explained these things to himself, Chen Feng didn't care too much. After all, he had to play the game. Even if it was away, Chen Feng didn't care who his opponent was.

But now Chen Feng understands why Xibodu told himself that he didn't meet PJ Brown and Thomas, but such a strong Wallace has already given himself a try.

In the attack when he turned around near the three-second zone just now, Chen Feng had already squeezed out the other party, but at the moment when he was ready to dunk, the other party's hand pressed over.

There was no space and time for Chen Feng to avoid, as if he was waiting for Chen Feng to complete all the movements. There was no room to dodge, and then the hand touched from the side.

All this seems to have been rehearsed. From Chen Feng turning around to dunk to being finally being pressed, every step is carried out step by step, and there is no mistake at all.

If this is the physique of Roll Deng, Chen Feng is definitely sure to complete this attack. If he is lucky enough, he may still get a chance to add a penalty.

But Wallace's power behind his back completely exceeded Chen Feng's imagination, so the last slam dunk was pressed on the basket, causing a counterattack from the other side.

When Chen Feng landed on the ground, he even staggered a little. The force pressed from behind completely shook Chen Feng.

Now Chen Feng believes in those so-called legends. It is by no means a rumor that the tough middle-aged ** in front of him can lift 200 kilograms during bench press.

There are not many people who can make Chen Feng suffer in power confrontation. Even if Barkley collided with him, he did not take advantage of it.

However, that damn fat man has been retired for several years. He is indeed not as fierce as before. Now compared with Wallace's explosive power, it is obviously a level worse.

In terms of bench press ability alone, it is said that the little emperor also has about 190 kilograms, but when Chen Feng meets him, he can still block the invincible emperor.

But when he met Wallace here, Chen Feng did feel the pressure. That's not determined by the number of kilograms.

It's because the old guy in front of him not only has strong explosive power, but also seizes the opportunity to know where to intercept Chen Feng when defending.

If the block just now was a coincidence or luck, then when Chen Feng received Rondo's pass on the inside for the second time, he was not his back, but directly bumped into Wallace face to face.

Shaking his shoulders, Chen Feng did not use his body to squeeze his opponent away for the first time when facing the big man staring at him.

But such a fake action failed to deceive Wallace. The other party was not moving. Chen Feng could only hold the ball, take an accelerated step, put his whole shoulder on the opponent's chest, and was ready to carry it.

But Wallace's tough muscles so hard to withstand Chen Feng's positive impact, half a step has not retreated, and the center of gravity of the whole body moves forward, and the open hand is also trying to interfere with the opponent.

Chen Feng didn't expect that his impact would have such a result. His whole breakthrough action and offensive footsteps have been used. It is impossible to change. He can only take action against Wallace.

The two pure-brand muscle men shook under the basket. Wallace failed to cover Chen Feng and could not stop the opponent's shooting, but he also let the fierce little animal take action calmly.

"It's so close!" Chen Feng doesn't know what others think of this one-on-one challenge. Anyway, he knows very well what happened at that moment, and he was almost blocked by the other party.

If it hadn't been for the shaking of my wrist at the last minute, maybe this shot would have been pulled out by Wallace with his fingertips. Even so, this shot could not score directly.

However, Jefferson's move was relatively fast. He grabbed the basketball that came out of the basket first, and took the opportunity to make up a light make-up basket, so that the scores of the two teams were equal again.

The attack was successful, and the score was not thrown away by the opponent again, but at this moment, the pressure Chen Feng felt psychologically did not weaken.

"A tough opponent." This is the first time that Chen Feng rarely evaluates his opponent. Hammond did not have this kind of treatment at the beginning.

However, after the confrontation just now, Chen Feng finally understood what kind of opponent he was in front of him. This is completely two types of insiders encountered before.

Those big guys like Nowitzki are either the main attack points in the team, or they have the ability to connect the internal and external lines in series, and almost all of them make a difference on the offensive end.

But the one Chen Feng meets now is dispensable at all on the offensive end. Even Chen Feng sometimes doesn't care about him. As long as the other party doesn't dunk or free throw, there is basically no offensive means.

Wallace is completely a standard defensive blue-collar, but it is such a position that has made the old guy a little fascinated.

Especially in the defense of the inside line, he doesn't need to fight against you every minute and every second, but once he needs it, he can really resist you, and will also interfere with your shooting rhythm when defending.

Just like just now, Chen Feng thought that he had pushed his opponent away, but that was a trap set by Wallace. He carried it for a while, and then relaxed a little, giving Chen Feng a chance to continue to sprint. But in the end, when Chen Feng suddenly exerted his strength, he carried it abruptly, and then almost covered it again. Hat.

When he stretched out his hand against Chen Feng's shoulder, the basketball could only fly over his fingertips. If Chen Feng hadn't shaken his wrist at the last shot, he would not have been fanned.

What Chen Feng feels now is an unprecedented sense of oppression. In the face of Stadmeier's toughness, there is no such experience. Similarly, when he meets Nowitzki, there is no such experience.

But such a guy in front of him who is not very tall and only has strong muscles makes Chen Feng feel a little constrained. This bad experience only appeared in Hammond at the beginning.

It didn't take long for Chen Feng to come into contact with basketball, so he was beaten like a dog. Now, the feeling of being seen through at a glance begins to permeate the air.

The difference is that Hammond is a slippery street emperor, and the guy in front of him is a tough blue collar full of explosive power, a defensive expert who can always make people feel oppressive.

And it's the fucking top one!!!

(Happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone eat more delicious food, er, but don't eat too much zongzi, that thing doesn't like to digest!)