This Forward is Not Serious

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Coming out of Dean Walken's office, Lin Ying's emotions were still a bit complicated.

In fact, those choices, no matter which one you make, are not necessarily good choices.

But Warken Dean valued his opinion and promised that his suggestions were only private suggestions and would not be made public, so he finally made his choice.

But, is that really right?

He doesn't know either.

However, thinking about it from another perspective, it is at least a good thing for the Nets this season.

I have to praise Warken Dean for renewing Humphries' contract in the free market for 2 years and 16 million.

Humphries is not worth the price, but he is a real bargaining chip.

And because there are team options, if you don't perform well when changing teams, you can release them in the summer to get salary space. If you perform well, you can directly implement them and keep them for one year. The flexibility is very strong, which means that the transaction value is high.

Without this operation, the Nets would really have no way to strengthen now.

Now, with a wave of reinforcements, the Nets really have the strength to compete with the Knicks this season!

There is still nearly a month until the Christmas war begins.

It was during this period that the Nets began to make some abnormal adjustments, mainly reflected in the team rotation.

Johnson expanded the rotation, and Deron and Lin Ying's playing time was also reduced.

Correspondingly, Morrow, Brooks and others who did not get many opportunities before have all got a lot of playing time.

Even Humphries got more playing time than Yi Jianlian.

These changes have caused some ups and downs in the Nets' record, and also called Johnson's coaching ability into question.

After all, this Lingard combination has just performed well, and you are holding them back!

However, the Nets management maintains a high degree of trust in Johnson, and Walken Dean also publicly praised Johnson's coaching ability.

Thinking about it now, Dean Walken's visit to Lin Ying was not just about asking him to choose a personal matter. He really needed to know about this series of operations.

Even by extension, some of the news that usually appears in the NBA is not as simple as it seems.

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Time came to mid-December before we knew it.

After more than a month of competition, the new season has also taken its initial shape.

In the Western Conference, the Mavericks lead the pack with a record of 17 wins and 1 loss.

To paraphrase a sentence from the outside media, Dallas gave fans unlimited expectations just like it did in the 2006~2007 season.

But it can also be seen from this metaphor that many people feel that the Mavericks have made the same mistakes again.

After all, coincidentally, in the 2006 playoffs, the Mavericks also reached the Finals and were defeated by the Heat.

The Lakers rank second in the Western Conference with 16 wins and 4 losses.

The loss to the Nets gave the Lakers a big setback.

The Lakers management also completed a transaction quickly.

They traded Luke Walton and a future first-round pick to the Magic for Marcin Gortat.

Gortat has been serving as Howard's substitute before. In Howard's absence, he averaged close to a double-double per game and was very capable.

But after Howard was traded, the team turned to cultivating the young insider Lopez who had just been traded, and he still played as a substitute.

But his contract is not low. In 2009, the Mavericks valued Gortat and offered him a five-year, 34 million contract.

I originally thought that the Magic would definitely not match such an offer. After all, not many teams would let a 7 million insider serve as a substitute.

Unexpectedly, don't guess what the magic tube was thinking, it matched it and kept playing as a substitute.

So this deal can be considered part of the Magic's rebuilding plan.

When Gortat arrived with the Lakers, he was quickly pushed into the starting lineup by Phil Jackson.

Although his defense is average, he has offensive and spatial abilities that are rare among big men, and is a good complement to the strength of the Lakers.

The Spurs are third in the Western Conference with 15 wins and 4 losses.

When you thought the Spurs were going to die, they were still strong, just like when you thought Duncan was old, he used actions to tell you that you were wrong.

Duncan averaged 15+10 points per game this season, which is even better than last season.

And what's even more gratifying is that Leonard, the rookie they are optimistic about, is simply another draft template for him!

Who is Leonard's draft template? Lin Ying!

The Thunder ranked fourth with a record of 15 wins and 5 losses.

The Thunder's early schedule was very difficult, but Durant once again showed his improvement. He began to hold the ball a lot and developed his own trick: breaking through the emergency stop mid-range!

And thanks to the improvement in the strength of teammates such as Westbrook (developed mid-to-long range), Ibaka (mentioned as a starter), Harden (promoted to the best sixth man level), he even devoted a lot of energy to On to the defense.

Durant has also joined the competition for MVP.

Although the schedule record is not conspicuous enough, the Thunder clearly have the strength to compete for the championship.

The Suns are ranked fifth in the Western Conference with 12 wins and 7 losses.

Lin Ying's departure has obviously caused the Suns' strength to decline, but the benefits of Stoudemire's transformation are also reflected. The Suns are still a Western Conference playoff team.

The Grizzlies are ranked sixth in the Western Conference with 12 wins and 6 losses.

The Jazz are ranked seventh in the Western Conference with 10 wins and 9 losses.

The Clippers rank eighth in the Western Conference with 9 wins and 10 losses.

One thing can be found from the record of the Western Conference. With people like Anthony and Lin Ying being traded to the Eastern Conference, the pattern of the weak in the east and the strong in the west began to change quietly.

On the Eastern side, the Bulls are still strong and ranked first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 17 wins and 2 losses.

From Lin Ying's perspective, the lockout ended earlier than in history, and the Bulls became the biggest beneficiary.

Because the biggest feature of shortened seasons in history is that there are so many back-to-back games, and even back-to-back games.

It was this kind of schedule that caused injuries to hit Rose prematurely.

Although the preseason is canceled now, the regular season is still normal, and Rose is not as troubled by injuries as he has been in history.

Although this signal does not necessarily mean that Rose will not suffer injuries, at least for now, the Bulls will be stronger than the same period in history.

After all, a healthy Rose represents unlimited possibilities.

The Knicks are close behind with a record of 16 wins and 3 losses.

Although they were defeated by the Bulls in the opening game, what was overlooked was that the Knicks had a trade in the summer.

Richardson has better spacing than Chandler, which helps Janeway more than expected.

Riley's eyes are still very vicious.

The Heat ranked third with a record of 14 wins and 5 losses.

The Heat's outstanding performance has made Anthony unable to help shouting "This is the best season of my career" in front of reporters.

This is understandable. Not only the team record, Anthony's personal performance this season is also very outstanding.

So far, he has averaged close to 27 points per game and is at the top of the MVP rankings.

The Pacers ranked fourth (win-loss game) with a record of 14 wins and 5 losses.

The addition of David West has made up the most critical part of the Pacers. Their current starting lineup: Darren Collison, Paul George, Granger, David West, Hibernian Special, plus the sixth man George Hill on the bench.

This lineup is not only competitive in the Eastern Conference, but its combat effectiveness in the entire league cannot be underestimated.

The Celtics ranked fifth with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.

Boston chose to retain the lineup and continue to attack, but as said before, a player's biggest enemy is time, and there is really not much time left for Boston's Big Three.

The Nets are ranked sixth with a record of 12 wins and 7 losses.

After beating the Lakers, their record was 7-3, and after that, they were 5-4.

The adjustments in the previous period did have a great impact on the team's record.

But, in the eyes of Walken Dean and the Nets management, this is completely worth it.

Because after completing the "inspection", they were infinitely close to completing the deal.

The 76ers ranked seventh with 11 wins and 7 losses.

Iverson's sudden retirement gave newly joined Jrue Holiday a lot of opportunities.

And Holiday also performed a "nothing but a blockbuster" performance, averaging 14 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists per game.

No success is accidental. Perhaps only Lin Ying knows how long Holiday quietly trained for such an opportunity during the years when Phoenix had little playing time.

He is ready!

The Eagles are in eighth place with a 10-9 record.

If there is a team that has been the most disappointing of the season, it would be the Eagles.

When there is no hope, the first to collapse must be the players.

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There are only 5 days until the Christmas war.

On this day, the Nets and the Hawks played a game, and the Nets defeated the Hawks 115-94.

Joe Johnson, who was deeply involved in trade rumors, was in a sluggish state, scoring 14 points on only 4 of 14 shots.

Just after the game ended, a transaction took place.

The interesting thing is that the two parties to the transaction are the two teams that just ended the game.

The Nets sent Humphries, Anthony Morrow, Jordan Farmar, Marshon Brooks, and acquired Joe Johnson from the Hawks!

A four-for-one deal, the "Eagle King" takes over New Jersey!

At this time, the questions that many people had wondered before finally had answers.

During the past period of time, the Nets have been inspecting the goods for the Hawks!

The Eagles added several high-quality young players at one time.

Especially Brooks, the Eagles' management is very optimistic about this young rookie.

But the deal also caused huge controversy on social media.

To sum it up in one sentence: Both sides feel that they have lost money.

Eagles fans: What a bunch of rubbish this is!

Nets fans: What kind of junk contract did we come back with?

In fact, the fans on both sides are not wrong. This basically falls into the category of "junk" exchange.

However, other fans besides these two fans couldn't help but say: Fxck after seeing this transaction happen.

It's a pity that Americans don't know how to fuck.

Joe Johnson, while “trash,” was referring to his massive contract.

If his contract is taken away, will he be trash?

Apparently not.

This season with the Hawks, he is still averaging 19+5+4 per game, shooting over 46% from the field, and a career-high three-point shooting percentage of 39%!

This is still an All-Star level performance!

If you use the level of a second-in-command or even a third-in-command to measure it, this is nothing but rubbish. It’s simply not too strong!

As for the contract, Prokhorov said he doesn’t care about money, so does the contract still matter?

And this is what other fans are upset about.

Taking a bunch of players who had little chance to play before, they exchanged for such a player.

This is so similar to when the Lakers used Pau Gasol for free!

And after this deal, the Nets' starting lineup will also include Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Lin Ying and Tyson Chandler!

In this starting lineup, the salary of just four people reaches 64.8 million!

If the fifth man Yi Jianlian is added, he is already infinitely close to the luxury tax!

This is the best in history!

Prokhorov: I accidentally broke the record.

What is "committing a crime against the wind"!

In the first season when the league enacted the super luxury tax, Prokhorov directly declared to ignore its existence!

What is "inhumanity"?

The luxury tax the Nets need to pay will exceed 70 million, which is more than 10 million more than the salary cap!

Of course, salary doesn't actually mean much. The bigger significance is that this Nets directly have the paper strength to challenge the Knicks!

Especially before the upcoming Christmas war, it is undoubtedly a detonator for the football market.

This time, the tickets for the Christmas fight have been raised even higher.

Lin Ying, who had just completed a new miracle of 35 seconds and 14 minutes, led the New Jersey Four Musketeers to VS the defending champion New York Big Three.

If this title alone were used as a movie announcement, it would probably have attracted the attention of a large number of fans.

So after the deal was completed, it seemed that the entire league was attracted to this upcoming game.

Even many celebrities came to join in the fun.

For example, James's group of friends, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Kanye West have all stepped forward to support James.

In comparison, the Nets seem a bit weak.

However, because of Lin Ying's new miracle before, many media and players sided with the Nets, including players such as Iverson and Kobe.

So this game becomes extra interesting.

Of course those are things that will happen in the Christmas War.

Now that the Nets have sent out several players at once, their defense line seems a bit thin.

Especially Farmar.

Due to contract matching, the Nets must send away two of Farmar, Morrow and Petro, whose salary is around US$4 million.

As a result, the Hawks had little interest in Petrol and chose Farmar, so now only Gaines is left as Deron's substitute.

Gaines has limited playing time this season, and this situation is obviously detrimental to the Nets.

There are only three days left before the start of the Christmas War.

On this day, Walken Dean led Joe Johnson to the team's locker room.

But what people didn't expect was that this time he brought not only Johnson, but also someone beside him.

Since there were no trading rumors before, this person's appearance can be said to be quite unexpected.

Even Lin Ying was stunned for a long time when he saw this person.

Why is it him? !

Thanks to the cold-blooded animal Qi for the reward~