No matter what all parties think, life has to go on.
After the trade deadline, the game continues.
Surprisingly, the Warriors were not affected much by Yao Ming's departure, and their winning momentum continued.
Although Yao Ming is very powerful and is the most important player in the Warriors' interior, the Warriors are not a team mainly focused on interior players and there are many people who can play!
Curry, Clay, Barnes, Hayward, Iguodala, Middleton, Tucker, Azubuike, Bogut, Draymond Green, these 10 people alone are enough to play all over the league.
Got it!
What's more, Barbosa, Rush, Speights and O'Neal are not vegetarians either!
With Deng Fang's guarantee, these people are no worse than the starting lineup without injuries!
Slowly, everyone realized that Yao Ming is indeed powerful, but in the final analysis, this team is Curry's team and Deng Fang's team!
As long as Curry is still there and as long as Deng Fang doesn't fall, it doesn't matter who comes or goes!
This is also the reason why Deng Fang dared to trade away Yao Ming.
The game continues.
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After the trade deadline, the league schedule has entered the most intense part.
Generally speaking, the trade deadline is two or three days after the All-Star Game. At this time, two-thirds of the season has passed, and each team has to start sprinting for the playoffs.
Before, there might have been problems with running-in and improper personnel, but now there is no reason for it.
Of course, the two teams are not in a hurry - the Warriors and Spurs who are far ahead and the Bucks, 76ers, Jazz and Lakers who are at the bottom.
Yes, you read that right, the Lakers are also at the bottom of the rankings!
At the beginning of the season, the Lakers had some thoughts. After all, Kobe was back. But what they didn't expect was that Kobe only played 6 games after his comeback, and then he was injured for the season.
Howard left, Kobe Bryant was reimbursed, Gasol was too old, and Nash was even older. Who else could the Lakers rely on?
No one left!
Under this circumstance, the Lakers' record took a sharp turn, falling all the way to the bottom of the league.
Of course, the worst teams are the Bucks and 76ers in the Eastern Conference.
There is no hope for the playoffs anyway. The Warriors are so strong now, so they might as well put their hopes in the future!
If we mess around and draft a rookie like Curry, then we will dominate the league for more than ten years. That would be great!
The present is yours, but the future is mine!
For these bad teams, it doesn't matter how they play, as long as they lose!
Winning is not easy, but losing is not!
Of course this is against these bad teams!
For strong teams like the Warriors and Spurs, losing is equally difficult!
The Warriors are far ahead in record, and the Spurs are also far behind third place.
Of course, despite winning a lot, the Warriors will occasionally lose a game, especially when Deng Fang continues to raise the threshold of pretentiousness.
"Without the Splash Brothers in this game, the whole team took more than 40 three-point shots!"
"The whole team didn't shoot three-pointers in this game, they all made breakthroughs or mid-range shots!"
"In this game, all the starters stopped, and the substitutes played the entire game!"
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Soon, this boring and exciting season came to the last day.
April 16, 2014, the last day of the 2013-14 regular season, the league arranged 15 games on this day, and all teams participated.
The league does this mainly to avoid letting things slip and make the game lose suspense.
But it doesn't matter to most teams, such as the Warriors, Spurs, Bucks, and 76ers.
Finally, after a lot of fighting, the regular season ended and the final ranking was determined.
The top eight teams in the Eastern Conference are: Pacers, Heat, Raptors, Bulls, Wizards, Nets, Hornets, and Hawks.
The top eight teams in the Western Conference are: Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, Rockets, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies, Mavericks, and Clippers.
There is not much to say about the Eastern Conference. The Pacers are a combination of old, middle and young people. They are very motivated and have not encountered injuries. Except for the initial stage, which takes a while to adjust, they quickly overtaken the Heat and ranked first in the Eastern Conference.
The Heat's performance this season has not been great. They have been unable to regain their feeling after being overtaken by the Pacers, and have been ranked second from beginning to end.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Heat's biggest problem is not their tactics or injuries, but their mentality, or morale.
When rumors continue about your boss and everyone thinks he is going to betray and run away, you won't be able to work with peace of mind.
Similarly, when a person keeps thinking about running away and constantly looking for a way out for himself, he will not show 100% of his energy on the court.
Of course, the Heat management doesn't think so, or they don't want to pierce the window. What they have always emphasized is: with our strength, it doesn't matter where we are ranked!
The meaning is very simple. We killed the Pacers last year. Without much change in the lineups of the two teams, we are not afraid of him!
As for whether you rank first or second, it doesn’t matter!
The Raptors suddenly emerged. Since the trade for Lowry, the Raptors' appearance has changed drastically. After the middle of the season, DeRozan and Lowry began to become known as trash brothers. Together with Gay and Valenciu,
With the cooperation of capable players such as Nurse, Terrence Ross, and Amir Johnson, the Raptors have an outstanding record this season.
The Bulls are also an anomaly. Originally, Rose's comeback was a huge benefit, but it was unthinkable that he only played 10 games in total before being injured again for the season. As for the team's No. 2 player, Luol Deng, he was eliminated before the mid-term trade.
Traded from the Bulls to the Cavaliers!
The Bulls had previously offered Luol Deng a three-year, $30 million contract extension, but was rejected by the latter. Because of this, the Chicagoans made a trade with the Cavaliers, sending Deng away in exchange for Bynum.
and three future draft picks, as well as a 2015 first-round pick swap (the Cavaliers have top-14 protection).
In previous interviews, Bulls general manager Forman has publicly stated many times that he does not intend to trade Deng. However, because the two sides had great differences on the contract extension price, the Bulls management finally pulled the trigger on the transaction.
As early as last summer, Deng and the Bulls had held contract renewal negotiations. It was reported that the Bulls were only willing to provide Deng with a new contract with an annual salary of US$7-8 million, while Deng hoped to receive an annual salary of US$12-13 million.
Big differences caused the negotiations between the two parties to break up. Subsequently, rumors about Deng's deal never stopped.
The 28-year-old Deng has played in the NBA for 9 seasons. In 37.4 minutes this season, he handed over 19 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and shot 45.2% from the field. It is worth mentioning.
Yes, his points and assists are both career highs.
Deng has been selected to the All-Star team in the past two seasons. He was selected to the "All-Defensive Second Team" in the 11-12 season and is regarded as one of the best No. 3 players in the league.
For head coach Thibodeau, Deng's departure is undoubtedly a great regret. As we all know, Rose and Luol Deng belong to the same camp as Thibodeau, and general manager Forman hopes that the team will trade Deng and focus on cultivating new stars.
Jimmy Butler. With Rose injured again and disabled, Foreman gained the upper hand in the secret battle with Thibodeau.
What is unexpected is that under the leadership of tough coach Thibodeau, the Bulls, who were struggling internally and externally, were ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference. This is a very remarkable result!
