activa-t Chapter 594
Chapter 594
Chapter 594
That's what preseason is all about.
Run the team, find problems, solve problems, so that they are fully prepared before the start of the regular season.
Obviously, in the process, the Portland Trail Blazers discovered their own problems.
As the second richest team in the NBA, how can it be poor all year round without any improvement?
Nate McMillan had figured it out.
In the future, LaMarcus Aldridge and Kevin Durant must remain as the cornerstone of the team.
Especially after the preseason test, McMillan has found that:
Kevin Durant's draft template is wrong!
It is impossible for this kid to grow into the next Kevin Garnett, he can only be himself——
This is a guy who can't use his body to measure his position. He is more suitable for playing small forward or shooting guard, not power forward!
In this way, the compatibility problem between Durant and Aldridge has just been solved.
Since, Aldridge is too afraid of the prestige of the Blazers——
The center's grave!
And determined not to play center forward?
Then he will be a 2-meter power forward!
What about Durant?
Go to be a 2 meter small forward!
The problem now is to send Fatty Blue and Channing Fry away quickly...
When McMillan reported the problem upwards, the general manager of the Blazers was actually ready to make a deal.
He's not blind, he knows he's done something stupid.
But he couldn't be blamed for how things turned out like this.
Before the lottery draw, he didn't know that the team could get Kevin Durant. At that time, he got Channing Frye to clear up the big contract and make the team younger by the way...
As for Fatty Lan, although he was cultivated by himself, this guy can't become a leader at all!
Fighting with teammates, having fun in the locker room, taking young players to nightclubs...
Such a player, let alone a leader, is simply a cancer!
The kind with diffusion!
Now, since the team has got the cornerstone of Kevin Durant.
Keep these spare tires, tumors, etc. for the New Year?
Fortunately, at this time, the Portland Trail Blazers are not the only teams that have headaches.
Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite!
For example, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
During the playoffs last season, they had a falling out with the highest paid player on the team...
The Cleveland Cavaliers' total salary last season was $6298 million.
The team's first highest salary is not "little emperor" James, but:
Larry Hughes!
His salary is as high as 1336 million US dollars!
The salary of LeBron James is 583 million US dollars, ranking only fifth, behind Larry Hughes, Big Z, Drew Gooden and Eric Snow.
If you fall out, just deal!
The team wants to clean up Larry Hughes, and he doesn't want to stay anymore.
However, the ideal is full, and the reality is cruel.
No one wants Larry Hughes!
Nobody wants it!
This is all to blame for Larry Hughes himself. He did not perform well in the regular season last season, and he performed at the undercover level in the playoffs. With such a high salary, who would dare to ask him?
The knight is also depressed, such a big product, put it on the shelf, covered with a layer of dust all summer, no one wants it at all.
How to do?
The only thing left is to buy out!
So, Larry Hughes didn't get to show his face in the preseason, and the Huaxia team didn't take him at all...
Now that the preseason is almost over, the Cleveland Cavaliers are negotiating to buy out Larry Hughes' big contract.
In order to free up salary space, find a capable helper for LeBron James.
Isn't the alliance popular now?
Look at the Memphis Grizzlies, who were still fat the previous season, and now they have started five Hall of Famers!
If the Cleveland Cavaliers don’t make strong signings, I’m afraid LeBron James will run away...
I was worried that there was no move, and a sticky bean bag fell from the sky!
The Portland Trail Blazers actually came to the door, and the bargaining chip is still the inside firepower that the Cavaliers lack the most!
How can this be good, is it too suitable?
The deal was quickly struck, with Larry Hughes and Zach Randolph swapping clubs before the regular season began.
After that, the Blazers sent Channing Frye to the Houston Rockets in exchange for tough blue-collar center Jeff Foster.
This is also a win-win deal.
Jeff Foster was going to follow Yao Bi and Francis and take the opportunity to return to the Pacers.
However, he screwed up!
The Pacers couldn't get enough chips, and the Rockets wouldn't let them go.
Jeff Foster did not have enough confidence to threaten to retire.
Stars like them are not considered stars, blue-collar centers with no tactical status, if they say they want to retire, they may really retire...
However, he has fallen out with the team.
Next, it will either be bought out or refrigerated, and there is no third way out.
So, when the Pacers came to the door.
Jeff Foster was genuinely relieved:
Even if you want to play in the "center's grave" in the future, it's better than playing without the ball!
At the end of the preseason, the Portland Trail Blazers completed the adjustment of the lineup:
Point Guard: Steve Blake
Shooting Guard: Larry Hughes
Small Forward: Kevin Durant
Power Forward: LaMarcus Aldridge
Center: Jeff Foster
With this lineup, Jeff Foster was satisfied, and he played the starting center.
Satisfied, Aldridge avoided the center.
Steve Blake is satisfied, he finally knows who to pass the ball to!
Larry Hughes is also satisfied. Is there anything more enjoyable than leading a group of rookies to collect statistics in a big team?
Most importantly, McMillan is satisfied!
This shit is a set of lineup, okay? The previous one is called making up the numbers!
The No. [-] pick, Kevin Durant, was even more satisfied. He was not good at playing inside, so he deliberately reported his height short, walking with a hunched back and a cat's waist...
Now that his wish has finally been fulfilled, a generation of Reapers is about to rise!
The No. [-] show got the life she wanted, but what about the Tanhua show?
The so-called same day, different fate, probably refers to Corey Brewer.
He is too thin, and his lack of offensive means was exposed in the preseason.
In a rebuilding team full of young people, what does it mean to have a poor offense, no organization, and weak confrontation?
Eliminate, big smoked bag!
Even Corey Brewer's defensive awareness and skills are good.
However, what the Timberwolves without Kevin Garnett lack is not defense, but a new leader who can drive the team's offense!
Clearly, Corey Brewer is not the guy.
Al Jefferson, who had seen big scenes in the championship team, seized the opportunity and averaged 20+10 per game, which almost made Minnesota fans forget the pain of Kevin Garnett's departure.
The Timberwolves quickly established Al Jefferson's core position.
Corey Brewer slipped out of the rotation, and Gerald Glenn, Marko Jarich, Randy Foye are all tougher competitors than him.
Tanhualang sat farther and farther away on the bench, getting closer and closer to the beast of the water dispenser...
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