Before Deng Fang traveled through time, he heard the doubts from the outside world countless times, so he vowed that if he had the chance, he would definitely try to see if the Warriors of that year were worthy of the championship! If the opponent had not been injured, the championship would still not have been
Warrior's!
Now that the opportunity has come, Deng Fang will certainly not miss it.
As soon as the regular season ended, Deng Fang took the initiative to find the Pelicans.
The Pelicans were very surprised, Deng Fang, what are you going to do?
That’s not how you go about gathering information!
Deng Fang didn't hesitate and directly asked about Holiday's injury situation.
"Holiday's injury is completely healed!"
"Really?" Deng Fang smiled slightly: "No need to hide it, with your strength there is no need! I am here to treat him!"
"Cure?" The Pelicans general manager was stunned: "For Holiday?"
"Yes." Deng Fang replied: "Half price! Can it be cured?"
"Half price?" The Pelicans general manager's eyes lit up: "Treat! It will definitely be cured!"
Deng Fang's ability to treat people is absolutely outstanding, and everyone in the alliance knows this.
In the past two years, Deng Fang has taken fewer and fewer shots, so some people think that Deng Fang has a guilty conscience and does not dare to treat his opponents because he wants to maintain his status as a warrior.
Deng Fang's method of treating people was very mysterious. The people involved couldn't explain it clearly, and outsiders didn't know the inside story. Deng Fang also added the trappings of Qigong and traditional Chinese medicine, so no one knew what was going on.
Although Deng Fang took very few shots and his methods were mysterious, there was no doubt that the results were impressive.
Holiday's injury has only healed by 80%, and his daily life is no longer a problem, but he has not yet gone through systematic training, so playing in the playoffs is very risky.
If you get injured again, you'll be in trouble!
Therefore, the management has been wrestling with whether to let Holiday play in the playoffs in the past two days.
If another team changed, Holiday might be allowed to rest, but the Pelicans didn't want to.
They haven't made it to the playoffs in several years. This time they were lucky enough to squeeze out the Thunder and catch the last train of the playoffs. The Pelicans must have some ideas.
In addition, Pelicans' star Anthony Davis has been in the league for three years. If the team doesn't show any results, he will have to renew his contract later.
It’s hard to do.
With the example of James in front of us, the owners of every team in the league are now terrified, fearing that their star will run away...
If Holiday can fully recover and the Pelicans pose a threat to the Warriors in the playoffs, then the problem of Anthony Davis staying on the team will be solved.
So as soon as Deng Fang said he would treat Holiday, the Pelicans general manager's eyes immediately lit up!
Deng Fang offered treatment and of course he agreed!
The key is that the price is also discounted, half price, that’s half price!
Holiday's annual salary is 9.9 million U.S. dollars. According to Deng Fang's previous quotation rules for treating people, treating Holiday would cost at least 4.9 million U.S. dollars!
Half price is 2.45 million, which means at least a saving of more than 2 million. Where can you find such a bargain!
The most important thing is that Deng Fang is the coach of the Warriors, and the Pelicans' opponent in the first round is the Warriors. Deng Fang actually asked to treat Holiday. This is something that the Pelicans general manager simply cannot believe!
Didn’t Deng Fang rarely take action recently?
Hasn’t the strength of the Warriors declined?
How dare Deng Fang do this?
The Pelicans general manager was very surprised, but Deng Fang ignored it and simply replied: "Yes, half price, half the annual salary, 4.95 million."
"Half price? Are you half price?!"
"Yes, half of the annual salary, isn't it half price?" Deng Fang smiled slightly and said: "Okay, considering our good relationship, 4 million is enough. In one sentence, can it be cured?"
"Treat it!" the Pelicans general manager quickly agreed.
Although it was a lot different from what he expected, he was already very happy that Deng Fang was able to take action.
After the price was negotiated, Deng Fang didn't waste any time and quickly treated Holiday's injury.
In fact, Holiday's injuries are basically healed. The only difference is his physical function. He just needs to train for a while.
What Deng Fang needs to do is very simple, to restore his condition to 100%!
This was too simple for Deng Fang.
In one minute, Holiday seemed to be a different person, jumping three feet high!
The Pelicans general manager’s eyes shine again!
It’s money well spent!
Deng Fang was also very happy: he got millions of dollars and fulfilled his wish!
Now you can see how much the pelican weighs!
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At 8 pm on April 18, 2015, the first game of the series between the Warriors and Pelicans officially started at Oracle Arena.
The Warriors' starting lineup remains unchanged, with the Splash Brothers, Barnes, Draymond Green and Bogut.
The Pelicans' starting five are Holiday, Eric Gordon, Tyreke Evans, Anthony Davis and Asik.
Historically, Holiday also played in the first game, but because he had just recovered from an injury, he played as a substitute. Now that Deng Fang has cured his illness, of course he will start the game.
Does Holiday have the strength?
Yes, it’s pretty strong!
But are you afraid of having one more warrior?
Don't be afraid!
Not afraid at all!
Why?
Because Holiday's strength is defense, he is not particularly good on offense.
Holiday's defense is indeed strong. He is the toughest among defenders. Whether it is physical or defensive skills, Holiday is top-notch.
But compared with top defenders and top attackers, defenders are always the weaker side!
What's more, Holiday is facing Curry, who is a historical attacker!
Even in the history of the NBA, Curry is one of the top scorers. He has rich offensive methods, a large attack range, no blind spots on the court, and is top-notch with and without the ball!
If both without and with the ball are included, it can almost be said that there is no player like Curry in the entire NBA!
Where's Holiday?
The defense is great, but to say that his defense ranks among the best in NBA history would be a bit exaggerated!
When it comes to defense alone, Holiday is definitely not in the top ten among guards. He is probably in the top 20, and is almost in the top 30.
And Curry is one of the top scorers!
In terms of scoring alone, Curry is at least in the top five!
If we only refer to guards, there is no problem that Curry’s scoring ability ranks among the top three!
As I said just now, because the NBA is a business league that values offense, defensive players and scorers of the same level are at a disadvantage, not to mention that Curry and Holiday are not on the same level!
Later Holiday said in a show: Even if the referee does not take care of Curry, he is still the most difficult player to defend!
"The outside world knows that Curry has no whistle, and you can use all your skills." Holiday admitted that he had many dirty tricks on Curry: "I would grab his arm, push him to make him unbalanced, I
Knowing this wouldn't blow the whistle, and my goal was to piss him off."
"He's an alien, I don't get it. I was playing against him and he was shooting in half court and I fouled him and I'm pretty sure he wasn't even looking at the basket, but he almost made it! The basketball hit.
Behind the basket, luckily the referee didn't call a foul. I thought to myself, have you made a mistake? What are you doing? Are you crazy? Oh my god, Curry is such an alien!"
