Chapter 1022: Chapter 428: Bro, Give So Pointers!
After a day’s rest, on the 6th, the Bobcats welcod the first opponent of their back-to-back ho gas’ finale, the Philadelphia 76ers.
In the final preparation ti before the ga, the Bobcats starters gathered to communicate tactical details.
The 76ers’ record isn’t great, 6 wins and 12 losses.
But that’s mainly because of their disastrous start, with the newly introduced core inside player performing terribly during preseason, and after finishing preseason, he got injured, a major injury with a recovery period of 12-16 weeks. 76ers head coach Morris Cheeks, who prepared all sumr with a month of training camp and preseason for the new system, couldn’t use it at all, so once the regular season started, they had to revert to the old tactics from the past two years. Their initial performance was terrible, with a 3-9 start.
Recently, the 76ers’ performance has improved sowhat, achieving a record of 3 wins and 3 losses.
Even when a lion fights a rabbit, it uses its full strength. The Bobcats, facing such an opponent on the rise, did not underestimate them and prepared thoroughly.
Moreover, this is the first ga of a back-to-back, and they want to quickly defeat the 76ers and save their stamina for tomorrow’s ga.
Felton noticed Zhang Yang glancing occasionally at the opposite bench, curious, he asked: “Jack, what are you looking at?”
Zhang Yang: “Boss, you should ask AI why he’s been staring at .”
Felton looked towards the opposing side, and indeed, Iguodala was watching Zhang Yang out of the corner of his eye.
“Yeah, why is he staring at you… oh, I rember now, he’s probably jealous of you.”
Zhang Yang had a questioning look: “What’s he jealous of? He and I aren’t even the sa type of player.”
Felton: “Didn’t Iguodala change his playstyle this season, no longer trying to be an all-around superstar grabbing scoring and organizing at once, switching to focus on defense and coordination?”
Zhang Yang: “Of course I know, it’s written in the scouting report, and you can see it by watching 76ers’ gas, but what does it have to do with ?”
Felton: “He made that decision after the Olympics. I rember it was during the locker room interview after we won the gold dal, Iguodala said after playing in the Olympics he finally understood what true talent is. He no longer aspired to be a superstar like you, wanting to return to being himself.”
Zhang Yang: “I haven’t seen that interview?”
Felton: “I didn’t see it either. Maybe there were too many sensational statents available that day, and his popularity wasn’t high, so journalists didn’t report it? Plus, I thought then he was just casually sighing, didn’t take his words seriously, and probably journalists didn’t too. If I hadn’t seen his scouting report yesterday with the evaluations and data, I would have forgotten about it.”
Zhang Yang: “I get it, he realized his talent wasn’t enough to be an outstanding scorer, resolved to stop developing in that direction, but felt frustrated, hated himself for lacking talent, so he wants to find a target to divert his frustration over his lack of talent, and I’m that unfortunate target?”
“…” Felton was silent for a mont, conflicted: “Jack, hearing you say this, my impression of Iguodala has gotten worse, now seeing him makes feel he’s hiding a face full of jealousy inside, but I’ve always thought he was alright.”
Zhang Yang: “He is a pretty good person, but having feelings of envy, jealousy, and resentnt towards certain people or situations doesn’t conflict with that.”
“True, I also envy, and am jealous of Williams … ahem, Jack, just pretend you didn’t hear anything.”
Felton suddenly understood, no longer bothered by this matter, and said: “The 76ers seem on the verge of rising, once Brand is recovered, they can beco a team like the Hawks and the Celtics that we need to watch out for in the playoffs. Jack, focus on the preparation, don’t get careless!”
Zhang Yang nodded, focusing on communicating and discussing with teammates, no longer glancing at Little AI, he cared before because he didn’t know the reason, now he knows, if that guy wants to stare, let him stare.
However, Felton’s words about the 76ers rising, he thought it’s impossible.
‘With opened eyes’, he knew the 76ers were taken advantage of this ti.
Last season, Brand played 6 gas before being ruled out for the season. After the regular season ended, he opted out of the final year’s player option, requesting a long-term contract extension from the Clippers.
The Clippers didn’t imdiately offer a contract, wanting to haggle over a longer ti to lower the price, but when the Phoenix Suns and Celtics were warming things up everywhere, the 76ers couldn’t hold back and offered Brand a 5-year, $83.5 million non-Bird rights maximum salary.
This contract is higher than Yao Ming’s 5-year, $75 million renewal in ’06 and Okafor’s 6-year, $99 million renewal in ’07!
These two contracts don’t even count as Bird rights sub-max contracts. When Yao Ming renewed in ’06, with the salary cap at the ti, he could theoretically receive over $88 million for 5 years. If Okafor renewed only this sumr, he could theoretically get as much as $110 million for 6 years.
Of course, Okafor could only get that much, while Yao Ming believed in a false promise from the Clippers.
Brand himself was willing to stay in Los Angeles, the second-largest city, indulging in a luxurious life, who wouldn’t love it? He accepted the offer and took the contract to find Sterling, hoping the Clippers would match.
But Sterling decisively refused to match the contract, preferring to sign Camby, who was released by the Thunder, leaving Brand to move east.
Many people, like Felton, currently believe that Brand’s return would elevate the 76ers a great deal.
After all, that’s Brand, who averaged 20 10 since entering the NBA, for many consecutive years, with a peak season of averaging 24.7 points, 10 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks, an all-around player.
But if Zhang Yang rembers correctly, Brand would later be amnestied by the 76ers.
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