Chapter 1016: Chapter 425: End of the First Month’s Battles (Part 2)
The future ‘athletic run-and-gun’ peak season achieved 57 wins but was imdiately upset by Curry in the first round, resulting in the dismissal of George Karl, who had just won Coach of the Year, and an announcent of rebuilding.
Later, in the 13-14 season, Mozgov, a 10-ti undrafted player that other teams didn’t want, unexpectedly shone. The Nuggets Team imdiately gave up JJ Hickson and Javale McGee; the following 14-15 season, Joseph Nurkic, the 14th pick, 16th center in the first round, made his mark, and Mozgov, whose two-year renewal contract had been executed for half a year, was abandoned; Nurkic did not escape either. When fellow second-round rookie Nikola Jokic joined the Nuggets Team the following year, Nurkic was quickly cut…
The Nuggets Team managent doesn’t have much patience, but through this back-and-forth, they actually managed to snag the strongest center in the small-ball era, that’s fate, and with good luck, you can accidentally win a championship.
The rumors about Iverson being traded ca out even earlier than Zhang Yang rembered, appearing over the All-Star weekend. Originally, after two consecutive years of first-round exits in the 07-08 season, the Nuggets Team started to shop Iverson, but Iverson wasn’t traded in the end. Instead, Ray Allen ca, and eventually, Ray Allen even renewed his contract, and the Nuggets Team decided to continue with their ‘new three musketeers’ lineup.
Maybe it was because they fought the Lakers to 6 gas in last season’s playoffs first round?
Zhang Yang couldn’t see much hope for the Nuggets Team in the playoffs, at most just a little tussle with the little cannon guy. Facing the Lakers, Spurs, Bulls, Grizzlies, and Jazz, relying on the three guns, winning one or two gas would be good enough. The patience of the Nuggets Team managent probably would last at most one season, just as Iverson’s contract is up after this season… but this doesn’t matter to Zhang San.
What’s important is that he can still go head-to-head with Iverson, the main scorer!
Compared to the originally bleak end of Iverson’s career, here, even if Iverson gets dropped after this season and then retires back with the 76ers, it would be much more dignified than wandering with the Pistons and Grizzlies, maybe even getting to play another year or two, who knows.
Nevertheless, the original Iverson faded out of the league not because of his capability. When he returned to the 76ers to take the veteran minimum, he still had starter ability; it was the tis that abandoned him… Thinking about it, such an exit is so Iverson.
By 7 PM, the ga between the Bobcats and the Nuggets Team kicked off at the Bobcats’ ho court.
3 vs 3; it’s been one of the hottest NBA topics in recent years, especially dostically. This ga is undoubtedly the most popular ga of the season after the Bulls and Lakers opening match.
At 9:22 PM, the ga concluded with the Bobcats losing 106 to 114 to the Nuggets Team!
This ga made Zhang Yang understand why the impatient Nuggets Team continued to use Iverson as the ball-carrying core for another year and why the Nuggets Team won two gas against the Lakers in the first round of last year’s playoffs.
This was Zhang Yang’s first ti facing the Nuggets Team after Ray Allen joined them, and the ‘ultimate three musketeers’ was indeed fierce! The impact on him was much stronger than watching videos and scouting reports.
If you count JR Smith on the bench, then it’s a four-gun formation!
The Nuggets Team’s defense was almost non-existent, everything revolved around Iverson, Ray Allen, Anthony, and JR Smith scoring.
The outside rotation had 5 people. Another periter player, Anthony Carter, was a feeding machine, averaging 18 minutes per ga with 4.7 assists.
The 4 inside players, Nene, Kenyon Martin, Chris Anderson, and Linas Kleiza, did the simplest things, fast-break scoring, cutting to the basket, grabbing rebounds…
The Nuggets Team played simple and crude but not without tactics, with smooth interweaving movents, precise outside shooting, and sharp counterattacks… leaving the Bobcats’ defense, encountering this playstyle for the first ti, in disarray.
Tonight, Zhang Yang, who scored 28 points, felt the urge to attack recklessly like he did last season. He indeed tried, but it resulted in his own team falling into chaos first, and coupled with the impact of the opponent’s mindless double-teaming of him, complete collapse followed.
Seeing the glaring red score, Zhang Yang finally understood why the Nuggets Team, with an average of 111.6 points per ga, could edge out the Warriors, who averaged 110.3 points, to rank first in the league.
They only lost by 8 points because they were always suppressing the pace.
In his heart, he still wanted to maintain a level of respect—this Nuggets Team’s playstyle had no future in the playoffs.
Such malicious speculation was sowhat petty.
But Zhang Yang didn’t chatter after losing in front of the dia; instead, he proactively took the bla, only speaking about his personal shortcomings of the night, which was quite comndable.
The topic of 3 vs 3 hadn’t ended yet, and the live broadcast of the Bobcats and Nuggets Team ga wasn’t over, and the TV comntator was already promoting the next 3 vs 3 matchup…
The next evening, Zhang Yang, Felton, and Paul had dinner at Zhang Yang’s ho farm.
No other teammates were present; in front of his two close friends, Paul’s mouth seed like it had opened a floodgate, pouring out his grievances. Simply put, from Paul’s perspective, apart from David West and Jas Posey, no one else on the team could play.
At just 23, Paul naturally didn’t have the depth of mind he would gain years later; he’d dare to say anything privately, perhaps because he understood Felton’s temperant and knew Zhang Yang wouldn’t badmouth people behind their backs, giving him the freedom to vent.
On Zhang Yang’s side, seeing Paul’s nurous complaints about his teammates didn’t surprise him.
This season, for the Hornets players, compared to last season, it was really only Paul, David West, and Jas Posey whose performances hadn’t declined.
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