On December 25th, in the Christmas Day game, the Bulls faced the Nets at home.
Kidd became a free agent this year and rejected the pursuit of the Spurs and chose to renew his contract with the Nets. The Spurs wanted to sign Kidd because after losing to Lu Yu in the Finals, they felt that they should find a commander to strengthen the team.
Kidd was also the one who suffered the unbearable beating of Lu Yu in the Eastern Conference. I thought that the two sides would hit it off, but Kidd chose the Nets in the end.
The reason is simple, because the Nets management promised Kidd that they would sign Alonso Mourning.
Mourning was diagnosed with severe kidney disease three years ago, which posed a great threat to his career.
Mourning missed most of the 2000-01 season, but returned to the Heat in March 2001 and played in the All-Star Game a year later.
However, Mourning's challenges were not over as his condition worsened and he subsequently missed the entire 2002-03 season and underwent a kidney transplant.
This summer, Mourning signed a four-year contract with the New Jersey Nets as a free agent. However, on November 25, one month ago, doctors believed that his kidney function could no longer support high-intensity competitions, forcing him to announce his retirement.
On December 19, Mourning underwent kidney transplant surgery.
But after the 34-year-old Mourning's kidney transplant surgery, his kidney function began to fail, causing the chemical substances in the blood to lose balance, which greatly increased the risk of strenuous exercise and even threatened life.
So the Nets are quite unlucky. They originally wanted to strengthen the inside line, because Kenyon Martin can't guard the Bulls inside line. Mourning is here and can share a lot of the defensive pressure.
As a result, a sick man was invited.
However, the Nets' current record is not bad. After all, it is the basis for the Eastern Conference finals. No matter how bad it is, it is not much worse, and the winning rate is over 50%.
Kidd ranks first in the assists list this season and has a good chance to win the honor of the season's assists leader. His average playing time has reached a career high of 43 minutes per game, with 19.8 points and 11.3 assists. If Mourning is not sick,
, they can really become the only team in the Eastern Conference that has a chance to challenge the Bulls' dominance.
Losing to the Bulls for two consecutive seasons has caused many people to question Kidd's ability to lead the team, or not to say that, because before Kidd came to the Nets, the Nets were the bottom team in the league.
An excellent commander can improve a team's lower limit.
Kidd is such a player.
Not only Kidd, but also Chris Paul in Lu Yu's previous life, and even Stephen Nash, are all such players. They have an excellent overall view and they can help their teammates become better, so even if they are a weak team,
After they become organizers, they will take on a different look.
It will even transform into the top team in the league.
However, such players have a flaw: they do not have the ability to end the game at critical moments, or their ability to end the game is not strong enough.
When we talk about ending the game, we don't mean hitting the buzzer-beater. The critical moment we talk about here doesn't mean the last minute of the game.
Any moment that can break the opponent's psychological defense is a critical moment in the game, and at this moment, you must not be soft when you should score, and you must not let your opponent score when you should defend!
Kidd lacks such ability.
He can raise the Nets' lower limit, but he cannot raise the Nets' upper limit. This is the difference between them and Lu Yu. Lu Yu infinitely raised the Bulls' upper limit.
However, some people suspect that if Lu Yu goes to another team, he may not be able to do it.
After all, this Bulls team is a group of good players who have played in several finals. Many people have forgotten that before the two finals, the players on this Bulls team had never even made it to the playoffs.
People are always so forgetful.
Just looking at Kidd's average data per game, he can score 19 points, and one would think that he is a scoring master. But in fact, watching his games, you will find that his scoring is not achieved under pressure at all.
They all score by stealing chickens when the opponent's attention is reduced or when they rotate defense. It does not mean that his scoring ability has become stronger, it can only be said that his skill of stealing chickens has increased.
Lu Yu's average points per game have also increased recently, but anyone who has watched Lu Yu's games knows that Lu Yu spends most of his time assisting his teammates. Only when his teammates have problems will he step forward and score by force, so
In most cases, the defense Lu Yu faced when scoring was when the opponent's defense was at its strongest.
Lu Yu currently ranks first in the Eastern Conference in the All-Star voting, and is far more popular than Yao Ming, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal.
The eastern part is still similar to last year, there is not much difference.
The Western Conference is very miserable. Yao Ming ranks first in the Western Conference voting. He will definitely start at the center position. O'Neal has experienced the voting last season and is already prepared.
But when O'Neal saw the two most popular players at the forward position, he almost called Duncan and Nowitzki to laugh at them.
Um, and Garnett.
Since there are two starting spots for the forwards, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian are ranked at the top.
NBA President David Stern is also attending the NBA. He does not object to Chinese players entering the All-Star Game, but if all the starting lineups in the All-Star Game are occupied by Chinese players, this is definitely not what he wants to see.
One All-Star player in each of the Eastern and Western Conferences is his limit.
But according to the current trend in the West, I am afraid that there will be three Chinese players in the West. Although there is only Lu Yu in the East, that is because Battelle is not very popular in the first place. In addition, there is only one quota for the center position, making it more difficult to name Battelle.
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It’s definitely too late to change the rules this season, and it might offend Chinese fans.
But next season, the All-Star Game rules must be changed.
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be four Chinese players playing in the All-Star Game this season.
David Stern was helpless, but there was nothing he could do.
Zhang Weiping commented when the players from both sides came on the stage: "Lu Yu has risen too fast. This is his third season in the NBA. Last year he won almost all honors, including the championship, MVP, FMVP, and All-Star Game MVP.
For many NBA stars, they may not be able to get this after a lifetime of playing. This is a miracle."
Sun Yiping nodded: "The most terrifying thing is that before Lu Yu came to the Bulls, the Bulls were just a weak team. This also made all NBA teams this year look at him covetously. Everyone knows that after this season, Lu Yu's
There is only the last year of the contract left. After the summer, the Bulls will definitely renew the contract in advance, and other teams will definitely contact Lu Yu in advance and offer a higher price. It depends on how Lu Yu chooses."
There is a high probability that the Bulls' maximum salary contract will be offered with both hands, but everyone knows that Lu Yu is not short of money. Considering that Lu Yu changes positions every year, what Lu Yu wants is definitely a greater challenge.
When the Eastern Conference has no challenge for Lu Yu, will Lu Yu still stay with the Bulls?
It has to be said that these basketball experts are not just for nothing. They constantly change the playing style from Lu Yu, thereby analyzing Lu Yu's psychology, and then studying the choices Lu Yu may make.
Lu Yu does have plans to go to the west to play ball.
He likes to challenge difficult things. The Eastern Conference is too weak now. Playing in the playoffs is easier than the regular season. After all, you can play against strong teams in the Western Conference in the regular season, but you can only wait until the finals to play against them in the playoffs.
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This also made many fans question Lu Yu's personal ability and he can only thrive in the Eastern Conference.
It's a bit like the criticism faced by James in Lu Yu's previous life, except that James didn't choose the Lakers until the end of his career, and before going to the Lakers, he called Davis on, which also further reduced James' reputation.
Lu Yu would not do what James did.
But now he has not made a decision. Everything will have to wait until the end of the season. After all, he has no reason to leave the Bulls yet.
After the game started, Kidd organized the game in his usual way, hoping to defeat the Bulls through his best rhythm.
The Bulls' method of beating the Nets in the past two seasons is very simple, which is to lock down other players, so that Kidd can't hold it in and finally forces a shot. Originally, Chandler and Miller were guarding Kenyon Martin. Martin occasionally had a few
Opportunity, but after replacing Lu Yu, it was a little difficult for him to even take action.
So Kidd had no choice but to increase his shots. After the third quarter, the game entered garbage time smoothly. In the end, the Bulls easily won 112 to 83.
Lu Yu's scoring in this game was average, only 19 points, but he got a season-high 16 assists.
This also allowed Hamilton, Richardson and Artest to all score 20 points.
The performance of the three of them was enough for the Bulls to win, not to mention that Boozer and Crawford also performed well and both scored in double figures.
Kidd became the Nets' highest scorer, scoring 26 points, 9 assists and 11 rebounds. He almost got a triple-double, but unfortunately he still lost the game.
After the game, discussions began on the Internet about whether a player like Kidd who can raise the team's lower limit is more important, or a player like Lu Yu who can raise the team's upper limit.
The answer seems obvious.
But for many underdogs, players like Kidd may be what they need. After all, their goal is not the championship, especially for small city teams. They simply don't dare to expect the arrival of big stars like Lu Yu.
Anyone who has a player like Kidd should be thankful to God.
"In small places like New Orleans and Cleveland, if Kidd is there, they won't be unable to sell tickets."
"You are wrong. There is no need to worry about selling tickets to Cleveland, but relying on James alone, the team's record will not improve."
"In fact, James is also the kind of player who can increase the team's record ceiling, but he is still lacking compared to Lu Yu."
"That's because James has no help."
"No, I feel it's just because Lu Yu is the kind of player whose upper limit and lower limit both increase!"
On the Internet, the discussion about what kind of player Lu Yu is has reached its peak. Lu Yu has also become the only player in the league. NBA David Stern's hair is so worried that his hair is white. No, his hair is originally white.
, the problem he is worried about is that Lu Yu has become the next Jordan too quickly, and there seems to be no opponent in the league.
On December 30, the Bulls defeated the Heat 117-92 in an away game, winning their 30th consecutive victory.
Wade is Lu Yu's little fan, but in fact, the two are about the same age. However, when Lu Yu was in the NCAA, he violated NCAA's Proposition 48 and had poor grades. He did not receive any honors in his freshman season.
Playing time.
Seeking tutoring to improve his writing skills in order to requalify.
He started playing in his sophomore year, averaging 17.8 points per game, 2.47 steals per game, and accumulated 6.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.
Marquette University achieved a record of 26 wins and 7 losses, setting its best record since the 1993–94 season.
Lu Yu was a rookie in the NBA this year. He gradually established himself in the NBA, became the core of the Bulls, and led the Bulls to the finals.
In his junior season, Wade averaged 21.5 points per game and led the team to the Final Four semifinals. Although he lost in the end, he became the first Marquette player to be selected to the All-American First Team in the past 35 years.
Especially in the game where Marquette University defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 83-69 to reach the semi-finals, Wade scored 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists, hitting a triple-double and winning the Midwestern Conference Finals.
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However, Lu Yu made it all the way through the playoffs, using a record of victory in the playoffs and finals to sweep all his opponents and win the championship.
The two people have completely different life trajectories.
So Wade envied Lu Yu very much.
After arriving at the team, he heard that Caron Butler was a good friend of Lu Yu, so he took the initiative to get involved with Butler. After this game, he also met Lu Yu through Butler.
Lu Yu looked at the big cheeks in front of him. In fact, Wade's cheeks were not that big at this time. He didn't know why the older he got, the wider his cheeks became.
In fact, in Lu Yu's previous life, Wade was more legendary than all NBA players of his generation.
Including Anthony and James.
The Heat, who held the No. 5 pick in the first round, originally planned to select a big man in the draft, and their number one target was Chris Kaman.
However, when Chicago was preparing to try out Kaman, Pat Riley accidentally saw Wade training on the other side of the field and showed a strong interest in him. Soon after, he invited Wade to Miami for training.
Trial training.
When he was finally ready to make a decision, Riley called Tim Glover, Jordan's trainer, because both Wade and Kaman had received training from Glover before the draft.
"Wade or Kaman, who would you choose?"
Riley asked on the phone at the time.
"I was flattered that Pat could call me and ask for my opinion." Glover later recalled, "At that moment, my mind suddenly flashed back to the 1984 draft, when the Trail Blazers didn't
He chose Sam Bowie instead of Jordan. So I suggested he choose Wade."
Just like that, the Heat chose Wade.
Wade also helped the Heat win the championship in his third season. That year, Wade averaged 27.2 points, 6.7 assists, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.95 steals in the regular season.
Selected for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game.
In the finals, the Mavericks took advantage of their home court to win two games in a row, but Riley adjusted the Heat's status in time and won three games in a row after returning to Miami. Game 6 moved to Dallas, where Wade scored 36 points and 10 rebounds to win alone.
He led the Heat to a narrow victory over the Mavericks 95-92, and then came back to win the championship with a total score of 4-2.
Wade won the Finals MVP with an outstanding performance of 34.7 points and 7.8 rebounds in the Finals. He became the fifth youngest player in NBA history to win the NBA Finals MVP honor.
Fifth youngest?
If Wade hadn't played in the NCAA for so many years, he might not be fifth young.
You know, this is only Wade's third season.
Wade in his previous life looked very much like Lu Yu now.
It's just that in this life, with Lu Yu standing in the East, he doesn't know if he will have the chance to achieve this achievement. Perhaps, whether it is the new generation players such as James, Anthony, Wade, or Kobe, Iverson, and McGrady,
Several players who entered the NBA in the 1990s will regret being in the same era as Lu Yu!
The Bulls ended all games in 2003, and Lu Yu also won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December.
As for the Bulls, their winning streak has reached 31 games!
