roccoschili Chapter 714
Chapter 714
Chapter 714
The sluggish Celtics reaped the fruits of their own misfortune. After seven games with the Magic, they finally beat themselves to death.
This is a sad story.
Because, the Boston Celtics have no future—
In order to get Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, the Celtics have already handed over the talents they have accumulated over the years and the draft picks for the next two years...
They can't afford to lose!
If they don't win the championship, the fate of the Celtics will be as sad as the Timberwolves who were fined and confiscated draft picks because of the yin and yang contract.
No draft picks, no talent, just a bunch of veterans.
What's more sad than the Timberwolves is that these veterans of the Green Army are very expensive, and they have to pay luxury taxes every year!
Next season, Garnett will make $2475 million, Pierce will make $1808 million, and Junzi Lei will make $1830 million. The combined salary of the three giants will be as high as $6113 million.
No championships, no rookies, no signings.
In the next three years, just watch the Big Three grow old, the lineup gradually erode, and the team weaken day by day?
As a veteran NBA aristocrat with 16 championship banners flying above his head, the Boston Celtics are not a bastard like the Minnesota Timberwolves. They can't afford to lose that person!
On the day of the Eastern Conference semifinals exit, general manager Danny Ainge almost cut his belly to thank the world.
Fortunately, Doug Rivers didn't come home either. A bucket of chicken soup went down, and Danny Angie took back the crane crimson, one zhang green, samurai swords and revolvers that filled the desk...
The two fought at night with the lights on, and the green army had to be rescued no matter what?
Of course, no matter what tricks these two old men come up with, they can't avoid one person——
The blame man, Ray Allen!
In the life-and-death tie-breaker, Ray Allen, one of the Big Three, actually made 6 of 0 shots and died in the game!
If he doesn't take the blame, who will take it?
Look at the data of the rest of the Green Army:
The explosive Paul Pierce scored 41 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.
Key stolen Kevin Garnett, 13 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.
Long center, 8 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.
Sam Cassell, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.
……
Gentleman Lei, as the starting shooting guard, how embarrassing are you?
In fact, Ray Allen was originally a grain of sand in the Celtics lineup.
He can't survive being stabbed 11 times in a nightclub, and he can't chatter and greet his opponent's female relatives on the court. He doesn't even have a group of idle black brothers with big gold chains around their necks, small gold watches on their wrists, tattoos all over their bodies, smoking and drinking...
Gentleman Lei, it's so different!
Ray Allen has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Even if his physical fitness is strong enough, he is called "a man with deer-like legs", but he still devotes himself to polishing his skills to become the most accurate one in the NBA...
On the court, he was so calm that he was almost indifferent, and there was basically no emotional expression.
In life, self-disciplined to self-abuse, his recipes can shame a bunch of CBA superstars to death (if he has the face)...
Therefore, the gentleman Lei who doesn't go clubbing, doesn't gossip, doesn't look at girls, and goes home after playing ball is not the same as the Green Army at all.
Look at Pierce, look at Garnett, Perkins and Rondo!
Which one is not irritable?
Without suspense, Ray Allen was isolated.
On the other hand, from a tactical point of view, the current lineup of the Green Army is indeed not suitable for Ray Allen.
No matter what Garnett and Pierce say, even if they want to go to the sky, their attack method is not to ravage the basket, one is iron blood, the other is floor flow, but they are both jumpers!
If no one bombs the basket, it will be difficult for the opponent's defense to shrink. If the defense does not shrink, where will the opportunities come from outside?
It's not the same as being in the supersonics.
In the Sonics, Ray Allen is the absolute core, he has the ball!
If there is no chance, he can call the pick-and-roll, play tricks, and force his shot...
But in the Celtics, he has no possession of the ball and can only catch the ball and shoot. He still cannot attract defense in the interior, has no shot space, and hastily shot without adjusting the time!
In addition, Rondo, the leader of the Green Army, is also a wonderful thing.
Born in a slum and with a violent personality, he quickly integrated into Garnett's group and opposed Gentleman Ray.
Plus, he's got a lot of ego.
He has been very conceited since his rookie season, and he dared to quarrel with head coach Doug Rivers until he blushed and had a thick neck!
Anyway, if you don't have hard technology, don't convince me!
In the regular season, Doc Rivers once designed a tactic for Ray Allen:
Garnett and Perkins double screen --
Ray Allen's all kinds of coquettishness sink to the bottom. After being blown away by the defenders by the twin towers, he slips out to catch the ball and shoot!
It looks like a bland tactic, but the opponent is hard to defend against.
Because Ray Allen's open three-pointer is too accurate!
In the second half of the season, Ray Allen's three-point shooting percentage was just like this.
However, Long center is a genius with ideas.
He is not the executor of tactics, but——
Creator!
After playing this way for a few games, Long center forward discovered the derivative of this tactic:
When Jun Zilei gets out of the defender's pocket, he will become the most defensively attractive person on the field, instead of giving him the ball every time.
Because at this time, both Garnett's alley-oop and Pierce's cut inside are much easier than before!
So, Long center did just that!
Then he got into a fight with Doc Rivers.
Because Doc Rivers clearly requested, Ray Allen ran out of the opportunity, the ball must be fed!
But the center forward's ball was fed to Garnett, Pierce, and even Perkins, but not to Ray Allen, who was three meters away and was waiting to be fed!
However, Rivers obviously didn't win this fight.
In the following games, he let the Long center go his own way and stopped supporting Ray Allen...
From this time on, Ray Allen is no longer considered the Big Three.
The Celtics Big Three at this time are:
Pierce, Garnett, Cassell!
This is what Pierce said many years later on the show, Junzi Lei was never their brother.
What Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers want is Ray Allen, who is all-powerful in the Sonics and can score like a bag. They hope that Ray Allen can attract defense so that Garnett and Pierce can score more easily.
Instead of doing it the other way around like now.
Therefore, no matter whether he is responsible or not, if the knife falls, the one who bleeds must be Gentleman Lei!
However, Ray Allen signed a five-year $2005 million contract with the Supersonics in 5. Now it has only been implemented for three years, and it will expire in two years, and his salary will exceed $8500 million in the next two years!
It's not a hot potato you can throw at will...
(End of this chapter)