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Ibaka, as the Thunder's backup power forward, has performed very well for the Thunder over the past two seasons.

As Griffin's backup, he has averaged about 27 minutes per game in the past two seasons, averaging 9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game in the two seasons and 9.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game.

In addition to not having the ability to make three-pointers, he can protect the rim and can shoot two-pointers from long distances. The shooting percentage of two-pointers from long distances in the two seasons was 44% and 46% respectively. It can be seen that he is very stable, that is, the number of shots is not high. The average is a little more than 2 times per game, but the shooting percentage is actually similar to that of a player like David West who is good at mid-range shooting.

Combined with his incredible jumping ability, this is a very characteristic young power forward.

Of course, with so many advantages, it's still an insider. Why is the Thunder reluctant to pay a 5-year, 70 million contract?

Of course, it's because Ibaka is flawed, not strong enough, not good at physical confrontation, and his money is very explosive, but he loves jumping and can't do single defense, and also, although he shoots well, his shooting speed is slow, like a turtle, and he holds He has poor ball skills, has no ability to take the initiative to attack, can't play behind the basket, and can't hold the ball to attack. He can only be a big shooter.

A player who has no ability to attack the ball, no ability to pass the ball, and no ability to play singles. No matter how strong your other statistics are, he is also a role player, just like Camby. In fact, Ibaka is indeed considered a player now. A weakened version of Camby.

After all, Ibaka's official height is 2.08 meters, and he may not have 2.08 meters yet, and Camby, that is really a center with a height of more than 2.10 meters.

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To be honest, giving a role player 70 million for 5 years is not a big deal for some rich teams, but for the Thunder, this is a bit embarrassing.

Especially in the case of Thunder and super power forward Griffin, Ibaka can only play off the bench.

65 million in 5 years is already the limit. If you give more, you will have to pay the luxury tax.

Ibaka can shoot and protect the frame. He is young and has potential. He is a good role player. If he can practice the three-pointer, he will be a perfect frame-protecting 3D role player.

Of course, the Thunder are willing to keep Ibaka if they can.

Otherwise, the Thunder will not pay 65 million for 5 years, although in this era of big contracts flying all over the sky, the highest offer of other NBA teams for Ibaka is actually only 60 million for 4 years.

The average annual salary is 15 million, which is quite good for a role player who is not very strong in physical confrontation, a little short in height, and has no offensive ability with the ball.

After all, no one knows whether Ibaka's style of play will suddenly hurt and lose his bounce.

A player like Ibaka, if he really loses his bounce, is really worthless.

And his strength is not good, he likes to jump, and he is also fierce in blocking shots. This style of play is very easy to get injured.

Therefore, other teams give 60 million for 4 years, and the Thunder give 65 million for 4 years, which is not a bad contract for Ibaka.

But Ibaka, of course, has other ideas about himself as a player. He feels that he is worth 70 million in 5 years, because other teams gave him an average salary of 15 million. He is willing to stay in the Thunder, and the Thunder do not say 7,500 in 5 years Wan's contract with an average salary of 15 million, is it possible to give a 5-year contract of 70 million?

65 million in 5 years, the average salary is only 13 million, which is too little.

Therefore, Ibaka, who wanted to stay in the team, pulled up with the Thunder like this.

After dragging for a long time, no one could convince anyone. In the end, Jerry West took the shot and took Ibaka directly with a four-year contract of 70 million yuan and an average salary of 17.5 million yuan.

Thunder didn't dare to follow.

Signing first and then changing requires someone who is willing to take over. For Ibaka, with a four-year, 70 million contract, no one will take over except the Warriors.

If the Thunder follow and the Warriors don't want Ibaka, then the Thunder's salary will explode because of Ibaka's poisonous contract.

At that time, not only did he not get anything, but he had to take the draft right to give away this big contract of Ibaka, which would not be worth the loss.

In the end, the Thunder could only watch Ibaka fall to the Warriors.

Of course, it must be a pity, but regret is definitely not regrettable. After all, the Thunder's starting power forward is Griffin, and Ibaka can only play as a substitute when he stays in the Thunder.

To give a backup power forward a contract of nearly 18 million, to be honest, for the Thunder, it can scare people to death.

In fact, it's not just the Thunder, most teams in the league will find it scary.

Teams that have the strength to give such contracts, such as the Lakers, New York and other teams, have exploded in salary space and cannot give them, and most of the teams in the league want to get Ibaka, and like the Thunder, they dare not do so. madness.

It can only be said that Jerry West is indeed very courageous.

Whether it is Big Lopez or Sergio Ibaka, they are all signed with super premiums.

All with a strong gambling nature.

This kind of signing is based on the manager's vision, believing that they will not lose money in the future, and they will definitely be worth such a price in the future.

After Jerry West signed Lopez and Ibaka with big contracts in succession, he continued to sign the former Mavericks shooter with a 4-year 20 million contract. He is also a good friend of Chen Xiao, a good student, Stephen. Novak.

And, signed point guard Goran Dragic with a full mid-level, four-year, $34 million contract.

At this point, the Golden State Warriors have almost used up all their cap space.

The main players have been signed, and all that is left is to add some young people and veterans with basic salaries.

For Jerry West, this summer, he has completed the frame rebuild he wanted for the Warriors.

Invited new head coach Steve Kerr for the team.

The team's main lineup is no longer as weak as it was last season.

Big Lopez, Big Eyebrows, Ibaka, Chen Xiao, Klay Thompson, Bill, Novak, Matt Barnes, Dragic, plus he has been inspecting recently, and he has performed very well in the summer league Livingston.

These players will be Jerry West's main lineup for next season.

Although this lineup is young, it basically has everything that it should have. Under the leadership of Chen Xiao, not to mention becoming a super team next season, and becoming a very competitive team in the West, there is no problem. of.

At the very least, as many people imagined, Chen Xiao, who is the number one player in the league, will be bullied by those strong teams in the NBA in the future.

Jerry West just used up the Bobcats' cap space, which must have been very sad and shocking to McGee.

Sad and shocked to the point that the wheat is almost blackened.

He couldn't imagine that Chen Xiao and the Warriors really ignored him, the biggest fish in the free market.

Although he has not been successful in the Timberwolves in the past two years, he still averaged 23 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists per game in the Timberwolves last season with a 45% shooting rate.

This data is definitely quite good and effective.

Thinking of his expectations for Chen Xiao and the warriors, and finally being ignored by Chen Xiao, Mai Zi finally turned black.

Then, Maizi took the initiative to find Duncan, a former teammate of the Magic.

In fact, Duncan's contract has expired this season, but the entire league does not believe that the 36-year-old Spurs insider will leave the Spurs.

In fact, Duncan did not plan to leave the Spurs. He could have signed a super contract with a maximum salary, but in the end, Duncan chose to take a salary cut and signed a three-year, 30 million contract with the Spurs.

Such a signing directly released the Spurs' nearly 20 million space.

Coupled with the 5-year 30 million contract signed with the team after the expiration of Diao's contract, it is also a salary reduction contract.

This season, the Spurs do have room to operate.

Of course, there is not that much room for manipulation. By August, the Spurs only had a mini mid-level contract left.

To be honest, Popovich and the Spurs were really stunned when they heard that Maizi said he was going to come to the Spurs and that he was willing to sign a 2-year, 12 million mini-contract with the Spurs.

With Prince's state plummeting, Kawhi Leonard's not so stable, and Duncan getting older, Ron Howard and Parker, alongside Manu Ginobili, really need someone like Tracy McGrady. A star player with invincibility at regular time.

Let's put it this way, no matter how strong Ron Howard, Parker, and Manu Ginobili are, there is no such thing as Maizi, Chen Xiao, and Durant.

This is a player who scored 13 points in 35 seconds in the playoffs!

And right in front of them.

Let’s just put it this way, Popovich and the Spurs never thought that they could get Maizi this summer. After all, Maizi and Duncan’s cooperation in the Magic can’t be said to be unsuccessful, but when they separated, Maizi did have grievances. .

Of course, this resentment is mainly against the Magic management. In fact, he and Duncan are fine. Of course, he also resents that the teammates of the team respect Duncan as the boss and not respect him. He is very envious.

But he himself had respect for Duncan.

After so many years, such grievances have long since disappeared. At the very least, he only has the most grievances against Wolf King and Pierce.

So, when McGee signed with the Spurs, the entire league was shocked.

After all, in the past ten years, the only combination that has defeated Chen Xiao and Wade, McGrady and Duncan, has actually been resurrected in San Antonio.

This is kind of scary.

Although the Spurs lost the finals last season, there is no doubt that this team is still the strongest team in the Western Conference. Such a strong team actually added a superstar player directly. It's quite thought provoking.

So, originally this summer, everyone was looking forward to the operation of Jerry West and the Warriors, but unexpectedly, it was the Spurs who finally completed the lore.

So much so that after Maizi signed with the Spurs, the entire NBA was discussing the reunion between the Spurs and Maizi, the reunion of Duncan and Maizi, and the reunion between Maizi and Ron Howard, the former eldest and younger brother.

At this time, the NBA has indeed become unusually lively.

In the UK, Chen Xiao, who is competing with the Chinese team in the Olympic Games, of course did not know that he was resented by the sensitive classmate Maizi.

Because he didn't even know Mai Zi's mental activity for more than a month.

After all, the men's basketball game in the Olympic Games is in full swing at this time, and Chen Xiao has no time to pay attention to the NBA.

On August 6, 2012, the Chinese team in Group A faced the last opponent in the group stage, the host British team. Under the leadership of Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and the United Arab Emirates, the Chinese team easily defeated 110-90. British team.

So far, the Chinese team, which has won all five games, has advanced to the quarter-finals as the first place in the group.

In the ranking of Group A, China is first, Spain is second, Russia is third and Brazil is fourth.

The British team, as the host, was at the bottom of the group...

Seriously, in this group, the British team clearly hoped they could beat Russia, Brazil and Australia to qualify.

They can't beat China and Spain, but they think they can fight the other three teams.

But the final result is that Russia, Brazil and Australia do not seem to be as strong as Argentina, Lithuania, France and the like in Group B, but their strength is actually not weak.

In the end, the British team, as the host, lost all five games with the advantage of the home court, and the embarrassing group was eliminated at the bottom of the group.

On the other side of Group B, the United States also won the five games to advance, followed by Lithuania, the third is Argentina, and the fourth is the French team.

Therefore, the Chinese team will face the fourth-placed French team in Group B in the quarter-finals on August 8.

For Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, the French team is not a team worthy of their attention.

In this Olympics, the Chinese team has only one opponent, and that is the US team.

Of course, the same is true for Team USA.

In this year's Olympic men's basketball team competition, the Chinese team won five group matches, whether it was against Spain or Russia, Australia, Brazil or the United Kingdom, and won at least 20 points in each game.

On the other side, the US team was even more brutal than the Chinese team. In the group stage, they won an average of 45 points per game. Even in Argentina, the US team won by 30 points.

Kobe, James, Wade, and Durant led the American team, which made people tremble.

Obviously, this is really reminiscent of the Dream Team, because the Dream Team also won the group game by 45 points per game, 45.8 points to be precise.

Considering the level of basketball in that era, it must be incomparable with this era, so this American team's opponent is more valuable.

In history, the American team has won the group stage by 37 points, which is also terrifying, but it is obvious that the American team in this time and space must be stronger.

Kobe, James, Du, Wade, four former or current S-level players.

Let’s just put it this way, if the Dream Team really wants to be put in front of this team, it may not be able to beat the American team, and the probability of losing is likely to be higher.

Therefore, Chen Xiao and Dayao can't be too careful about this American team.

Of course, the same is true for the U.S. team. It is true that they are stronger. The team has 12 members. Except for the thick eyebrows that make up the number, all of them are NBA superstars. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

However, basketball can only be played by 5 people.

more importantly…

Their inside line really can't beat the inside line of Yao Ming + Yi Jianlian.

And the outside line of the Chinese team is Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao, this is a monster who can do 58 minutes, and there is only one basketball on the court, James, Durant and Kobe, it is impossible to play Chen with three **** Xiao, you can only go one by one. Seriously, even if James, Durant, Kobe, and Wade wheel Chen Xiao, the U.S. team is not sure that they will definitely kill Chen Xiao.

Of course, a basketball game is not a bullfight, and the game won't be this big.

However, on the other hand, they look strong, but compared with the Chinese team, they have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Therefore, for the Chinese team, the US team can not be too careful.

Therefore, it is very interesting that after the group stage, the media of the entire Olympic Games were talking about the championship, and they were very confident in both teams.

But these two teams themselves seem to be very low-key, even modest enough to be 'pessimistic'.