Chapter 116 [For you, I eat sea cucumber every day]
Kemp is not completely brainless, and it is impossible for him to cause trouble in the team and affect the harmony of the locker room when provoked by reporters.
The main thing is that he still has two years left on his contract. If he wants to leave, he will have to leave after two years, not now. His agent has discussed this matter with him. It would be best if the Sonics are willing to offer a big contract. If there is no salary space, they will not leave.
If he is willing to renew his contract, Kemp can sign and trade, sign a high-paying long-term contract and play elsewhere.
At that time, Kemp will just change the city to play, and he will definitely make money.
For a star with Kemp's style of play, there will definitely be teams willing to provide him with a big contract. What he has to do in the past two years is to try his best to help the team compete for the championship. With a championship ring, his value as the core insider will be even higher.
Few teams competing for the championship will have internal strife. Winning can allow everyone to put aside all conflicts. In a parallel world, the root of the conflict between Kemp and the Sonics was that they failed to win the championship and were eliminated in the second round of the 1997 playoffs.
Eliminated. Kemp was unable to help the team win the championship and was not self-disciplined. The management looked down on him.
Schrempf did not attend the press conference. He only scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in this game. The job Yang Jian is doing now is actually the job that the Sonics hoped he would do when they hired him.
In fact, Schrempf and Yang Jian's positions do not overlap, but Yang Jian takes more shots, so he must take fewer shots. George Karl can no longer arrange many singles tactics for Schrempf, and the team has better options.
After attending the press conference, the Sonics team went to the airport. Drew Barrymore, dressed in disguise, was already waiting at the airport and happily boarded the Sonics' special plane.
For her, this is a symbol of love. Yang Jian cares about her, so he proposed to the team to let her be a special plane.
It only takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to fly from Philadelphia to Detroit, so it's a quick trip. Several people sitting close to each other started chatting on the plane, and the topic revolved around Yang Jian and Barrymore.
Perkins asked: "Young said that you two fell in love at first sight. Did you really meet during that Lakers game?"
Barrymore nodded. "Yes, it was when he saved the ball. But I have known him from watching the news, and he also knows me from watching my movies."
"Cool!" Perkins was completely convinced. It turned out that Yang Jian was really just looking at you one more time in the crowd.
Kemp asked: "Are you flying with him to away games recently? What about your work?"
"I haven't taken on any new movies or commercials recently, so I'm relatively free," Barrymore said with a smile.
Kemp admired Yang Jian even more, she was so charming.
Payton asked: "What do you do when you're at home? Stay in a hotel? He's still living with Snow."
"If possible, I would like to buy a house in Seattle and invite him to live with me. I know his current salary is not high and he has not received endorsements, but I have money to invest in real estate in Seattle."
"..." Even Payton was a little jealous now.
What a good woman. She is willing to live in Seattle for love, but her career is in Los Angeles. Although her teammates know that Yang Jian will not be short of money in the future, they still feel that he has found a good girlfriend.
Barrymore was rich and famous, beautiful and sexy.
She looked at Yang Jian with eyes full of love. "Will you live with me? If you want to buy a house by yourself..."
Yang Jian hugged her and kissed her. "Of course I am willing to live with you, but we can rent a house first. When I have money, I can buy a luxury villa directly. That day should not be far away."
It's very simple for Yang Jianjian to move out. Just tell Snow. Snow will definitely have no objection. Whoever has a girlfriend will not share the room with his teammates. It is convenient for everyone. If Snow doesn't want to live by himself, he can find another roommate or girlfriend.
friend.
Then everyone talked about movies. They all knew Barrymore. The movies "E.T." and "Fire" when she was a child were both famous science fiction films.
We chatted all the way to Detroit, where they checked into the hotel they had booked. Yang Jian was assigned a single room and lived with Barrymore.
Barrymore asked with a smile: "You were so brave on the court today. If you consume a lot at night, will it affect tomorrow's game?"
Yang Jian smiled and said: "If you are afraid that my body can't bear it, we can go have some midnight snacks first. For you, I can insist on eating sea cucumbers every day."
“Can eating sea cucumbers nourish the kidneys?”
"Well, there are football players who eat sea cucumbers every day and then don't ejaculate for 90 minutes. That's amazing." Yang Jian said with emotion.
Barrymore hit him twice with his bare hands. "Hahaha, how could there be such a person?"
The two made noises in the room for a while, and then decided to go out for a walk, have some late-night snacks nearby, and taste local specialties. The "Motor City" Detroit is not bankrupt now. Although 80% of the population is black, the public security is not bad.
If it is after 2015, then it is best not to go shopping in Detroit at night, even in the urban area. At that time, Detroit was depressed, dilapidated, and lifeless. It was rated as the most dangerous city in the United States many times, and murders occurred almost every day.
While Yang Jian was having a late-night snack, CEO David Stern was reading his news.
Today's top five players, Yang Jian, took four places. His dunk over Bradley was the best today, his fast break 360-degree dunk, fast break windmill dunk, and his outside score of 31 were also selected.
Stern feels that Yang Jian has risen, and it will be easy to promote him next, focusing on his dunking and scoring abilities.
Another thing that worries Stern is the way the 76ers defend Yang Jian.
In the 1980s, the NBA strengthened the "illegal defense" rule just to make the game more exciting, but this rule is no longer in name only.
The core purpose of illegal defense is to limit the defense to man-to-man status and prohibit zone defense.
To be more specific, after establishing a one-on-one defensive state, players must always follow that person to form a defense. If the defensive player is not guarding one person, but is just defending the surrounding area, then it constitutes a zone.
Defense, that is, illegal defense.
However, there are exceptions to this rule, that is, giving up one's defensive target to help defend and double-teaming another player is allowed.
A typical case is the tactic of leaving Jordan alone, which was later banned by the anti-isolation singles rules. However, a super breakthrough player can still use his own center to pull the opponent's center out of the penalty area to create breakthrough space, and this "space type"
"Inside" may not be able to shoot three-pointers at all. When I come out, you have to follow me out, otherwise it is a violation.
Using this rule, Jordan was more likely to get breakthrough and one-on-one opportunities. The Pistons used various methods to double-team Jordan, including double-teaming without the ball. At first, the Pistons players were regarded as "losing" their defensive targets and were dismissed.
After calling illegal defense, people later questioned that the league praised Jordan too much, and referees rarely called illegal defense at first.
There is also a higher-level application, which is Utah's pick-and-roll tactics. It can be said that the restrictions on defense imposed by illegal defensive rules are used to the extreme. If you continue to brag like this, the NBA will become a bit weird.
For example, Stockton is holding the ball in the high post and Harper is guarding him. Malone comes up from the low post to block Harper. At this time, Rodman, who is guarding Malone, can directly abandon Malone and defend Stockton. If he is blocked,
Will Harper switch to guard Malone?
According to the rules of the 1980s, the answer is no. In this case, both players will be regarded as "lost defensive targets" and will be called illegal defense. In other words, unlimited defensive changes for players will not work. This is ridiculous.
The premise that Rodman can switch to guard Stockton is that Harper has to work hard to bypass Malone's screen and continue to chase Stockton, which is equivalent to telling the referee "Look, I didn't lose him." At this time, Rodman
Only then can he legitimately pounce on him to help prevent Stockton's breakthrough.
At this time, Malone is empty. If Stockton passes the ball to Malone, can Harper turn around and defend Malone?
The answer is still no. The premise for Harper to defend Malone is that Rodman has to come back to defend Malone first, and then Harper can come over to double-team. Two defenders are struggling like this for half a second, which is basically a big hole for top players.
After all, it’s up to you to vote as you please.
Stockton has averaged 13 assists per game in many seasons, which is outrageous. In his peak season, he averaged 17.2 points and 14.5 assists per game. Opponents don't know how to defend these two things without illegal defense.
In the 1990s, the league gradually developed into what it is now. In name, zone defense is not allowed. In fact, players can switch defenses and double-team their opponent's stars unlimitedly.
Stern felt that this was not good, and he had to find a way to get the best of both worlds to make the game more enjoyable...