The Rest, Only Noise

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After Gasol was put on the shelves, the general managers of almost all teams called to inquire.

Because the Celtics took the initiative to choose the trade, the outside world speculated that there was an irreconcilable conflict between Gasol and the team. Therefore, many teams were thinking of taking advantage of the fire.

For example, the Lakers want to trade Chris Webber.

If there are no other options, Webber is indeed one of the candidates that can be considered.

At present, the Celtics have strongmen in the five starting positions and do not need an All-Star level return.

Because players at the All-Star level must start, and the only starter the Celtics can give to new aid is the fourth position.

As a rookie, Horford can stay on the bench for a year or two.

Therefore, Weber can indeed be considered.

However, the Lakers can't add more future first-round picks to the deal.

Because their 2009 and 2011 first-round picks are in the hands of the Celtics.

So they rightfully lost the bidding war.

The team that won the Gasol fight was the Denver Nuggets, who decided to send Lamar Odom and the 2009, 2012 and 2014 first-round picks, thus becoming the winner of the Gasol fight .

So far, the Celtics have held five first-round picks in 2009.

No one knows why BossLu is so obsessed with this year's first-round pick.

While it's now possible to see some potential stars who might enter the draft in 2009, those in the industry haven't seen an outstanding super talent.

Scouts generally believe that the potential of the 2009 draft is mediocre, and there are no super giants with explosive physical talents.

Before 2009, it seemed pointless to stick to it.

Gasol's trade can be regarded as the biggest change for the Celtics in recent years.

Yao Yueban and Pau Gasol are deeply loved by Bostonians. Now, Pau Gasol has been traded suddenly, and the outside world does not know what happened inside the Celtics.

No one is optimistic about replacing Gasol's Odom.

Even Louis is not optimistic, he just wants to use Gasol to exchange for a player with reasonable strength, and by the way, get some future draft picks.

Odom is okay, he has all-round skills and can play in any position when he is in normal condition. This is what the Celtics need.

If he is not acclimatized in the Celtics, Louie can accept it.

The Celtics have enough personnel reserves.

In the first month of the new season, the Celtics achieved a record of 14 wins and 1 loss.

The only loss was to the Grizzlies.

Entering December, the Celtics began to show their invincibility.

The chemistry between Lu Wuxia, Ginobili, Shane Battier, Horford, and Yao Yueban in the starting lineup is excellent, and there are Wade, Odom, Korver, and Kirilenko on the bench.

This month, they haven't lost a game and are outscored by 25 points per game.

Then, people began to ask when the Celtics could complete Lu Wuxia's contract extension.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, the Celtics management and Lu Wuxia's management team announced together that the two parties will not reach a contract extension during the season.

"We will get it done during the offseason." Lu Wuxia said abstractly, "This is to ensure future flexibility."

Although the fans are a little worried, they believe that Lu Wuxia will stay in Boston.

There is a competitive team here, and his father is both the head coach and the owner. He can become the most carefree core player in NBA history.

Then, in 2008, the Celtics' winning streak ended at the beginning of the new year, and then went on to the All-Star Weekend.

In this year's All-Star Game, James was fully fired, and his whole body showed his desire for AMVP.

The western star team performed a bit sluggish, and in the east, there are too many people who can fight but choose not to fight, so James won the AMVP trophy with 38 points and 11 rebounds.

After the All-Star weekend, the league enters the final stage of the regular season.

During this period, strong teams and weak teams have distinct levels, and only those teams that are not at the same level have not yet figured out their positioning.

The Celtics are in better shape after the All-Star break.

Their winning streak lasted until mid-March when they were defeated by the Lakers in back-to-back situations.

Moreover, what the Lakers defeated was not the complete Celtics.

Yao Yueban and Kirilenko rested one after another, and the Celtics were empty inside, which gave the Lakers a chance.

Kobe scored 48 points, Paul scored 30 points and 10 assists. The golden double guns on the outside led the Lakers to bloom across the board, and vowed to bring the Zijin Army back to the top in the finals.

The Celtics players humbly accepted the fourth defeat of the season, but assistant coach Lambert said eccentrically: "The Lakers are best at winning such insignificant games."

As the final stage of the regular season approaches, the Celtics have more and more frequent rests, especially in the last 12 games, almost every game has at least two main players.

Even with a fault-level lineup, such a large-scale rotation will increase the possibility of upset.

The Celtics, who had only lost four games in the first four months, lost three games in the last month and a half of the regular season.

In the final game of the regular season, Louis even took a rest of the entire starting lineup.

The opponent who didn't take the game seriously—the Atlanta Hawks—wanted to prepare for the draft after playing casually. Being so underestimated, even the weak team in the lottery zone was aroused bloody.

As a result, the eagle's fierce resistance has achieved Wade's best performance since his comeback.

Against the Hawks, Wade went all out and scored a career-high 51 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, helping the team beat their opponents by 18 points.

"We are such a team." Wade said, "If the team is likened to a bus, then tonight I am the driver. What is special about us is that everyone on the team can be a driver."

Wade's expression was full of excitement and excitement, and he didn't see the slightest sign of preparing to leave the team during the offseason.

Tom Heinsohn lamented: "D-Wade and Wish are made for each other, and they shouldn't be separated."

What Tom Thorne couldn't imagine was that it wasn't just Wade who was going to be separated from the Celtics.

In this way, the Celtics advanced to the playoffs with a record of 75 wins and 7 losses.

They are the undisputed No. 1 in the league, and they have a strong lineup that fails if they don't win the championship overwhelmingly.

In the first round, the Celtics played against the 76ers.

This year can be regarded as a watershed year for the 76ers and their head player Shaquille O'Neal.

O'Neal, who has been a super center since entering the league, finally showed his old age. Although his attendance rate this season reached the highest value in the past four years, he only averaged 20 points and 8 rebounds per game.

People who support O'Neill can no longer talk about injuries. He is old and far from what he used to be.

In this regard, the 76ers' backup center Brandon Haywood may have caused more trouble to Yao Yueban than O'Neal.

Because the timeline of the league's emphasis on the three-point line was greatly advanced by Louis, a player like Heywood who would only be a qualified blue-collar insider step by step developed a three-pointer.

Haywood became the 3D at the fifth position.

This is the most troublesome type for Yao Yueban.

However, although there was nothing he could do about Heywood's three-point explosion, Yao Yueban still averaged 30 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists per game inside the 76ers, thus proving that he is the undisputed No. 1 center in the league.

As for the outside line, the bearded Baron Davis, who was unable to support himself, was beaten by Lu Wuxia and Wade one after another, and the entire series had no sense of existence.

4 to 0

This is the result without suspense.

"The way they beat us is as easy as stomping on an ant."

Baron Davis shook his head and said, "I can't even imagine them losing in the series. Can any team really beat them?"

The answer is of course yes.

But not the Celtics' semifinal opponent—the Cleveland Cavaliers have met the Celtics in the semifinals for two consecutive years.

Coincidentally, like Lu Wuxia, James also did not renew his contract with the Cavaliers in advance.

Even, this is not a unique phenomenon of the 2003 duo.

Like Wade, Anthony, Bosh and other star players in the 2003 class, none of them completed an early contract extension with their home team.

Among these people, Lu Wuxia was the only one who would surprise the outside world if he didn't renew his date.

In order to keep James, the Cavaliers' reinforcements last summer can be said to be cost-effective, but they do not have enough high-quality chips, and the team is not attractive.

This season is also a season in which James has made great progress.

In addition to retaining the data of 30+8+8 per game, his defensive ability has been improved in an all-round way, and his single defense has reached an excellent level.

In terms of defense alone, James has surpassed Lu Wuxia.

This is a gap in talent. As long as James is willing, his defense cannot be bad.

James no longer suffers the humiliation of double-killing data.

Although he was swept 4-0 after the semifinals, his average per game was higher than that of Lu Wuxia, with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, while Lu Wuxia only averaged 25 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists per game.

James deserves an evaluation of non-war crimes, but Lu Wuxia doesn't have James in his eyes.

"What does it mean to you to beat LBLJ again?"

"It means I'm one step closer to my third ring."

Just when the outside world thought that the Celtics would win and advance to the Finals like last year, they lost in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The opponent was the Knicks. The Celtics failed to win the fourth game in a 3-0 situation, and were upset and broke their undefeated gold.

If it was a young Louis, this loss would make him very angry, and now he just thinks it would be nice to lose a game before the finals.

Whether it's strength or lineup depth, this year's Celtics are far stronger than last year, but they don't have the dominance of last year. There are many reasons to be found, but all the reasons can be explained in this way: they are no longer hungry, They are no longer firm.

The defending season of all championship teams will face the difficulties of declining desire and increasing practical problems.

Also, both of these problems increase with more champions.

Riley calls this phenomenon hyperphobia.

The reason why Louie is not worried about the Celtics being ruined by greed is that their lineup advantage is too great.

As long as he adjusts the mentality of the players, arranges the tactics well, calls timeouts on time, and does not make random substitutions, it will be difficult to lose.

So even though getting upset by the Knicks seemed so unacceptable, he didn't make things difficult for players.

In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, seven Celtics scored in double figures. The offense was so strong that they turned the game into garbage time at halftime.

They have two teams (Lu Wuxia, Yao);

A second team and a third team (Wade, Ginobili);

This is the strength they should have.

On the eve of the finals, Lu Wuxia was re-elected the most valuable player of the regular season.

The opponent in the finals was the Los Angeles Lakers, who had fought hard against the Suns in seven games and finally returned with victory.

Before the game, Kobe said that he would prove who is the real MVP in the finals.

Then the Lakers were overwhelmed by the Celtics guard in the first game.

Lu Wuxia, Korver, Ginobili, and Wade fired all arrows and raced on the clock.

In the second game, Kobe and Wade ran against each other, Paul had 20 points and 10 assists, and Yao Yueban dominated the basket.

After the third and fourth games, the Lakers fought the front and back courts, lost the last game, and then the Celtics unexpectedly lost the fifth game.

Only one step away from the defending champion, the Celtics still feel slack.

In the sixth game, Kobe played the most powerful offensive performance in the series, but in the face of Lu Wuxia's record-breaking 24 assists in a single game, all his efforts were in vain.

The Lakers, who had just returned to the Finals after a setback, fell again.

Kobe had to accept the embarrassing fact that he was the member of the Miracle Generation who lost the most finals.

However, it is still better than Bodi Loga, who has not played in the finals since the breakup.

"Training starts tomorrow." Bryant said stubbornly, "We'll be back."

With 15 points, 7 rebounds and 24 assists in the sixth game, Lu Wuxia won the third FMVP trophy.

Since then, he has been compared to Magic Johnson.

After all, the best point guard magician in history has only three championships, and both FMVP and MVP have more Wishes. This is a controversial issue.

That's crazy considering Lu Wuxia's career has barely passed five years.

He still has a long time to add to his wall of honor, and maybe the magician will be thrown off soon, and then, he will be greeted by those who are ranked on the President's Hill.

After the finals, it was the first and only time Louis approached Wuxia to discuss contract renewal.

Wuxia didn't shirk, nor did he show hesitation, he told his father with certainty: "I want to go to Jinzhou."

Even if Wuxia said that he was going to play for the Clippers, Louis would not be angry.

But go to Golden State. Louis immediately thought of the bad boy who was constantly ruining the reputation of Chinese players, "You want to play with Lin Ziye?"

"That's right." Lu Wuxia smiled, "We've played together since childhood."

"Then you don't need to go to him, his team is so bad, you should wait for him to come to you!"

If Lin Ziye came to Boston, Louis would probably sign another three years after the end of this contract. If nothing else, just to educate that little bastard, it would be worth signing an extra three years.

"Old Lin doesn't like Boston, and neither do I."

This was the first time that Lu Wuxia told Louis how he felt about Boston.

"And" Lu Wuxia looked at his father, without saying the most important reason, "Annie's career is focused on Hollywood, and I want to play in a city that is more convenient to support her."

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Louis already understood Wuxia's intentions, so he stopped persuading him, and just said: "Go if you want, it seems that it is time to start the plan to recruit LeBron, I bet he is willing to give up everything in exchange for joining the Celtics Opportunity."

"No, Dad, you underestimate Rron. He doesn't want to come to Boston to replace me. What he wants to do is go to a new team with Dwyane and Melo to form the Big Three. He doesn't want to be anyone. Want to be the only LeBron!"

Hearing the news, Louis was not surprised: "Will he succeed?"

"He's halfway there."

"Why?"

Lu Wuxia smiled: "Because Melo has decided to go to Golden State with me."

(end of this chapter)