Chapter 340 one after another
Big money, big moves, big transactions, use these label annotations to interpret the Celtics' secret Chencang. Ray Allen seems to be a little too much, but everyone knows that Boston did pick up a big bargain this time, and it is also a very eye-catching kind of cheap, just like going out and being hit on the head by a gold brick. It's like.
The price they pay is really small, which makes people jealous. Everyone knows what state Szebiak is now. It can't be said to be very bad, but at least it is very different from the previous seasons and has been declining.
Last season, Szebiak played less than 30 minutes per game with the Celtics, and he was put on the shelf in the playoffs. Only when Novak and Pierce couldn't play, Rivers would think of this once-powerful veteran.
Although Szebiak is not old, this guy does not show any strong desire for leadership because of his injury and personality. He is not even professional to be a qualified stormtrooper.
Even when he was in the Timberwolves, he followed Garnett as a second-in-command. As long as the "Wolf King" was not there, this guy would be a mess.
Maybe the scoring efficiency has not declined much, but everyone can see that without Garnett as a cover, Szebiak is quite unconfident when playing, and the coach who expects him to take the lead is all tragic.
At the beginning, the Timberwolves had three monsters, but Cassel and Spreeville left, and Szebiak didn't even seem to be a professional standard to be a helper for Garnett.
This problem has been with Szebiak for many seasons. Whether in the Timberwolves or the Celtics, this guy's personality is a little soft.
Even Auerbach said that a soft egg like Szebiak should have kicked him out of the team long ago, otherwise he would start to soften with others.
As a man, a pure man, cowardly and soft, are all taboos and the last thing they should have.
Auerbach will not easily define any player, but this old guy has been in the NBA for too long. He has seen many players like crucian carp crossing the river. Who can do it and who can't? Although he doesn't dare to say that he can understand it at a glance, at least he will not be blindfolded by those so-called statistics. He believes more in that kind of Intuition.
It's not that Szebiak's level has slipped so low that he can't even win the game, but his characteristics are that in Rivers' tactical system, it's really a little insignificant, especially his efficiency in holding singles is really not high. If the periphery can't cause killing, you really expect the inside line to stage a pillar of Optimus Prime. Is it?
I didn't dare to break through. Maybe it was because of an injury, or because I was afraid that his handsome little face would be disfigured by his opponent, so Szebiak held the ball and cut into the inside line less often. Even Rondo, an unreliable shooting guy, was several times more than him, and Rondo's breakthrough still dared to go into the crowd. Yes!
Koszebiak is always used to opening fire on the outside line, especially the three-pointer, which has gradually increased in recent years.
And he takes action when he seizes the opportunity. Not to mention whether this guy feels good or bad, but this guy's playing attitude is not what Rivers needs. The player he wants must have a kind of toughness! Instead of this kind of sissy! Even if you can throw a three-pointer like rain, Rivers dares to hit the board without you playing!
What's more, Szebiak has not yet reached that level. He is a pitcher who needs others to make space before he can attack accurately. Once his athletic ability declines, or it is difficult to integrate into the team system, what awaits him is an endless bench career. It will also disappear and gradually disappear to everyone.
Although Szebiak's shooting percentage did not decline significantly last season, his average score per game has been miserable compared with previous seasons, and even his contribution in the playoffs is not as good as Novakdo.
At least the guy who came from the development league can still have a good three-pointer, and there is Thibodu constantly adding yards in defensive training. Even Novak, who is a little soft in the same style, can also contribute a few rebounds on the defensive end, or interfere against the opponent, or create a criminal. Rules.
However, it's better not to apply it to Szebiak in such a situation. That guy will never be entangled on the defensive end because of the opponent's harassment. That kind of close hand-to-hand combat is obviously not suitable for his playing style. When Rivers needs defensive strength, he will never consider letting Szebiak to hold it. OK.
With such a personality and way of playing, it is not surprising that Szebiak is very difficult to get along with the Celtics. What does Boston need? What you need here is a hard bone! The tougher the better! Even if you shoot accurately, if you are a soft bone, you are not welcome here!
Especially when Rivers knew that Angie was running Ray Allen's job-hopping, he would not give Szebiak any chance to prove himself again. This is not cold-blooded, but Rivers knows what players he needs, and Szebiak is not exactly the dish that Rivers needs.
He is also a pitcher, but Ray Allen's three-pointer and breakthrough are obviously sharper than Szebiak, and the desire to win is stronger. A guy who is full of the desire to win can become terrible, and he can throw the most deadly shot in the most critical place. Rivers needs that kind of big heart. Dirty.
This can be seen from Chen Feng that the boy may look a little harmless when he is quiet, but if he gets to the court, the desire and demand for victory will make him invincible!
Even in the face of Rashid Wallace and O'Neal, that boy is like a sharp blade!
Dare to cut down against the opponent, no matter whether he can cut down the opponent, Chen Feng has the courage to sway the knife!
Whether you can knock down the other party is an ability, but if you don't have the courage, don't expect to win.
Rivers needs more people like this in the team, and Ray Allen will naturally become his first choice. As for Szebiak, now it seems that it is just a thing of the past, and it will eventually disappear.
Rivers can only hope that this guy can live a better life in Seattle. This is not a hypocritical blessing.
It's just that Rivers knows very well that in that team that is destined to be rebuilt, Szebiak will have more room to play, and the team's results will not overwhelm his nerves.
Maybe the relaxed environment will make the guy regain the feeling of playing, and the self-confidence temperament also needs to be developed. The supersonic speed with Durant as the team may not need Szebiak to take too much responsibility.
Ray Allen's personal ability does not need to say much. This guy's shooting has always been very reliable, especially when holding the ball alone, there are also two brushes, plus the ability to run empty-handed, and the shooting range outside the three-point line is extremely wide. I'm afraid to have such a player. It is the dream of many coaches.
Although the Celtics have also paid a 2009 draft pick, no one will think that this deal is a loss. In addition to Szebiak, it is also Rivers' idea to trade West. After all, this guy is completely at a disadvantage in the competition with Rondo, and he can only stay on the cold bench.
West, who is already a little neurotic, is not the kind of player who can squat on the bench at ease. What's more, his two-million contract is not enough to satisfy this guy's appetite. Instead of staying, it's better to let him out for another environment. Maybe that guy can kill a bloody way.
But that's not a question that Rivers has to worry about. He can't control where West's destination is, but that guy will really get ahead in the future. Of course, in a very different way.
Er, although it's not the honor of winning the championship, it's okay to be an emperor or something. This is not something that ordinary people can do. Alas, those who can't do it will be admired by all people!
Rivers' idea of the guard line still takes Rondo as his main combat power. After a season of baptism, the guy's ability to control the rhythm of the game has begun to enter an explosive period. Although there are many immature, he is far more experienced than other rookies in his same grade.
Match Ronto with a qualified partner, and then let those old guys use their own experience to familiarize with the boy as soon as possible. Rondo's future will also be the cornerstone of the team. Rivers has no doubt about this.
As for sending Jeff Green out, it doesn't matter to Rivers. It's just a rookie. Even if he has great potential, he is not the kind of person that Boston needs most now. What's more, after Chen Feng and Ron Do, what the team needs most is definitely not this kind of youth army.
So Rivers is completely optimistic about the deal, and this deal not only abducts Ray Allen to Boston, but also the big fat man Glenn Davis, who is matched with the deal, is obviously a little fat insider who can be polished.
Maybe his height is not outstanding, but the boy's solid figure can cause a lot of trouble for others on the inside, but he still lacks experience. Rivers still needs to grind this piece of jade in the pre-season, which may burst out a little different brilliance.
Most people may be jealous of Boston's good luck, but for Angie, this is just the beginning of hatred. His busy summer can only get more than one Ray Allen.
And the Celtics' actions are really shocking. Before the news about Ray Allen's settlement in Boston has passed, there has been another wave of shocks in the transfer market.
Sam Cassell broke up peacefully with the Clippers. The Los Angeles Clippers bought out the last year contract of the almost 37-year-old goblin, and the cooperation between the two sides ended.
The Clippers fans were shocked. Just before the start of the draft, they were even looking forward to the scene of next season's partner Livans Du, and the comeback Brand, which will hit the Western Conference playoffs again.
Less than a month later, all this bubble. The old guy who once let the Los Angeles Clippers crush the Lakers shook his hand and left without even a trace of nostalgia.
Who can accept such an ending? I'm afraid that all the Clippers fans can do now is stunned.
Many people may still be digesting this news. After all, Cassel was able to lead the Clippers to the Western Conference semifinals and the Suns seven games before. Previously, the Clippers and he personally said that he might die in Los Angeles, and he was ready to start his assistant coaching career in the Clippers.
At least before the start of last season, none of this has changed. The two sides can be said to have vowed to assume the future cooperation model. Although Kassel is indeed old enough, for the Clippers, they still need this guy and Brand to form a partner, and then enter the playoffs again. It's better to get closer. Step by step.
But Brand's serious injury last season ruined the idea. Their record plummeted, and Kassel's performance was mediocre. When summer came, Clippers coach Dun Levy began to build his own team. Livingston had a faint tendency to replace Kassel.
Especially at the end of the regular season, Kassel's playing time has been repeatedly compressed, and the situation is very obvious.
Maybe Dunleavy didn't do anything wrong. After all, Kassel is too old. How long can he stay healthy? How long can you play? These questions will affect the future trend of the team. Is it necessary to have such a potential stock as Winston? That's the real gambling! Dunleavy is just preparing for the future of the Clippers.
However, as a coach, Dunleavy is considering the future of the team without putting in the dignity of a veteran. Even if Kassel is so old, he still feels that he can play, which can still cause trouble for his opponents and help the team.
You can reduce his playing time, but ignoring his existence has touched his bottom line. How can a proud enough guy allow you to marginalize him like this? Some of the gaps are so silent.
It's just that no one has considered Cassell's idea of leaving, but the old guy mentioned it bluntly to the team's management, just like when this guy asked for a big contract with the Timberwolves, there was a feeling that you couldn't refuse.
An old guy who averaged more than ten points, five or six assists per game, left without hesitation at all, and even made people think that he had just entered the league.
Buyout, free, it's okay. When Cassell said goodbye to Los Angeles in this way, I don't know what Dunleavy thinks. Maybe this guy is still thinking about Livingston's growth. After the novice partners with Brand, he can rely on the current team and re-enter the Western playoffs. Medium.
However, no one thought that Kassel, who had just entered the transfer market, revealed that he had reached an intention with the Celtics and would spend the next two years in Boston just a few hours after being bought out.
And some sources claim that Rivers' coaching staff will also be expanded in two years, and Kassel is designated as one of them. Although it has not been confirmed, no one will care about it.
Because the old monster who once teamed up with Sprewell has really come to Boston, as for what he can bring to this young team, I guess many people are waiting to see.
But looking at the smile on Sprewell's old face, you can understand that if these two old guys meet together, it must be a combination of evil.
Once in Minnesota, they worked together and made the whole west tremble. Now if it changes to the east, will there be any change? Although they are old, it is terrible to be old and not die.
Anyway, those breakthrough masters in the east now have to understand one thing. In the future, if you want to rely on a lightning breakthrough to make trouble when you fight with Boston, you'd better consider whether you have enough weight first.
The position built by these two old monsters on the outside may not be very strong, but if they want to play with you, I'm afraid that even Uncle Bao will have to retreat.
What Rivers wants is such a hard bone, an old cruel person, especially for these old guys to pass on the fierceness to the next batch of successors of the team, so that they can continue that fierceness!
With such two animals to help Rdo stabilize the defensive line, Rivers is estimated to be quite relieved. What's more, Angie hooked up with more than that. Many people think that Boston is checking for the gaps, but they don't expect that the big waves caused by these guys are enough to drown out the ambitions of many people. They are not making up for it, but changing. Blood.
I thought Boston could be temporarily stopped after two consecutive strikes, but less than two hours after Kassel's arrival, the news of signing came out!
James Posey, a small forward with little scoring ability, but this guy entered the market to test the water, which gave Pat Riley a headache all the time.
Just a season ago, this guy hit a three-pointer in the last game of the finals, which made the Dallasers the last idea of catching up. It was also his defense, consolidating the position of the Heat.
As a result, just because he didn't know when the big purge of the Heat would start, this guy changed his job and was hooked up by Angie, which made Riley very melancholy.
A guy with an average of 7.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game is a little inconspicuous, but anyone who has been a coach knows that you must sit on your bench with such a tough role that can play at any time.
Defensive, rebounding, dirty work, maybe a small striker should have the scoring ability, Posey can't meet the requirements, but if this guy is determined to stare at you, you will realize what it is like a bone-like body.
Rivers needs to have such a gangster on his bench. The most important thing is that this kind of gangster must have a sense of teamwork and understand what the team needs him, not to play like Terry!
Team! Fierce! There has never been a lack of these due temperaments in Posey. Although his statistics are actually very ordinary, Rivers thinks this deal is too worth it!
Two-year contract of 14 million, but it's definitely worth it. At least Rivers thinks so. What do the rest of the people think of this matter? What does that have to do with him? He only knows that the team needs such a fierce man now.
And Angie also robbed a guy with a non-guarantee contract, which is the same basic salary, but you can fire him at any time, but Rivers believes that there is no need at all.
Because in that old guy, what he saw was a kind of near-death release. No matter how long this guy can play in the team, as long as he is here, he can prove one thing, the veteran is actually not dead.
"Penny", Amphini Hardaway, a guy who is about to be forgotten, but Angie still pushed a contract in front of him. It's not pitiful, it's just that some people want redemption.
Rivers doesn't think he is God, but some old guys just want a chance to stand up, even if their ankles are a little fragile, but that kind of courage has conquered a lot of things.
Maybe he is no longer the young Junyan who used to be the successor of Qiao Gang, but an old man who has been fighting in the league for so long still has a power that can't be ignored.
As for whether he can be released in Boston, Rivers just wants to take a quiet look, and then expects that the veteran can redeem himself, or bring bursts of palpitations and shock with his hands!
This successive bombing broke out in just two days. The fierceness of the Celtics has made many people realize that this group of Boston animals is not just about entering the playoffs...