Experts predict that the Bulls are going to be out, which neither the Bulls coach nor the players agree with.This team is very young and is a first- and second-year rookie.Most of the young people are newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers.Even without Curry, they still have the confidence to play against the Nets.The Bulls arrived in New York a day early for acclimatization.After the end, coach Skells gathered the players together, put on a posture of "barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes", and said loudly in the court: "We lost four games against the Nets in the regular season, and those experts are not optimistic about us because of this, but they forgot who we are, we are dark horses" Skyles continued: "At the beginning of the season, no one thought we could make the playoffs, we were a lot behind, and in the end we caught up.We are strong and getting stronger.The Nets have weaknesses, the offense relies on swing people, and the three of them overlap positions, and in this playoffs, we have to continue to be dark horses "Good" young people's emotions are easily driven, and they can work hard in order to win, and they don't even need to pay much salary.The Bulls have played well this year, and it has nothing to do with experience and strength, but relies on hard work.The Nets have the advantage in strength, and in terms of morale, the Bulls do not lose to any team.On the side of the Nets, the coaching staff struggled with how to arrange the starting lineup.Jefferson played as a substitute for a while after his comeback, and his performance was average, which was very dissatisfied.He's not a veteran like Kittels, and playing for a long time can't guarantee efficiency.He was in his prime, with super physical fitness and plenty of physical strength, so it was a waste to let him play less than 30 minutes.Boss Bruce was not satisfied with the use of Jefferson and called Thorne into the office to discuss.Prior to his injury, Jefferson proved himself by averaging close to 25 points per game.After returning from injury, he averaged only 14 points per game, and the number of shots and minutes played all decreased.This happens.Bruce actually asked: "Will Lawrence use three offensive masters, why is it that all the statistics in his hands have dropped, shouldn't we play better after Richard's comeback?"
”Thorne sighed."
What," Thorne explained."
Three people who average 25 points per game are on a team and the points will go down, and it's normal for two to drop below 20 points because of the number of offensive and defensive transitions per team.The number of shots is limited.All players are divided, and the outside offense is equivalent to dividing the number of shots of the two into three. ”Bruce was angry: "Why didn't you say it earlier" Thorne rolled his eyes.I'm dumb, you have to keep Jefferson in the middle of the SB, and now it's my fault that he can't directly scold the boss, and after thinking about it, he said: "If you want all three of them to play, you can only play small-ball tactics."
Let Richard play the No. 4 position.The Bulls Curry is not there, and the interior offense is average, so you can try. ”If you want to tear the three apart in the summer, you have to let Jefferson play beautiful statistics, and the bench certainly can't, and it's better to start the three together and play small-ball tactics.Or rather, it's the only way.With the data.Useful players can only be exchanged when trading.Bruce asked: "Can you let Richard play more and reduce Wang Jun's playing time" Thorne was stunned."
What, don't you know that he almost became the scoring champion this year, if it weren't for the mid-term trade Carter.Give him some possession and he might have succeeded. ”"I know, but I hope that in the playoffs, Lawrence can arrange Carter and Jefferson to play more, control the number of shots made by Wang Jun, and at least don't let him play such beautiful statistics."
Bruce sneered."
Then we can't win or not," Thorne's face turned cold.Even if the "job" is in the hands of others, he can't tolerate this kind of stupidity.Laymen are prone to this kind of problem.As a real estate boss, Thorne is used to making his own decisions and wants to manage the team in the same way he usually does business.Mavericks former coach Nelson Sr. and Cuban had a lot of conflicts because of disagreements, and last year Cuban came to a "glass of wine to release the right to the army", and then let Nelson Sr. serve as a team consultant, no longer as the team's coach and manager.And then the brain-dead thing happened.The Mavericks let Nash go for nothing and brought in blue-collar center Dampier with a high salary.Dampier turned out to be a scrap at all, while Nash was a star defender.Now, Bruce also wants to dictate the team's affairs and get management to do what he says.Facing Thorne's questioning, Bruce was not in a hurry or impatient, and smiled: "Wang Jun is a person who is very inattentive to his words, he loves to cause trouble, and he has been banned for two seasons, but his statistics are quite beautiful, how much do you think such a player is worth" Thorne did not answer, knowing that he still had the following.Bruce continued, "We sent Martin away, we sent Kittels, and you haven't forgotten what happened after that," Thorne nodded."
They played badly after leaving the Nets, Martin was rated on a super bad contract, Kittels was nothing with the Clippers, and nobody liked them.Now, Wang Jun's situation is somewhat similar to Martin's, he relies on the team's tactical system to play statistics, should we give him a maximum salary in the summer?"
Bruce asked.Thorne understood what the boss meant, and wanted to renew Wang Jun's contract while lowering the price.Despite the Arenas clause, there will be new collective negotiations in the summer, and it is difficult to say what the final result will be, and it is also possible that it will be beneficial to the players.Wang Jun's data will definitely have teams willing to give him a high salary, and as long as the Nets match, they will have to pay a lot of luxury taxes in the future, unless they trade Jefferson or Wang Jun in a season or two in exchange for draft picks, as they did last year's trade for Martin.Bruce sneered: "I can invest a lot of money for you to operate and bring in reinforcements in the summer, as long as the person you find is worth the contract price, I won't say anything."
It's like Carter, Jefferson, they can get paid well because it's worth it.Wang Jun's current data, if he shoots more in the playoffs, the whole team watches him play, he plays good data, maybe a team will give him a maximum salary, how can we match him with a maximum salary?"
Thorne was speechless and didn't know how to answer.He felt that Wang Jun was worth it, young and had potential, but the boss obviously didn't think so.Bruce gave an example: "Think about it, you bought a ticket for Celine Dion's concert, but she couldn't sing My Heart is eternal, is this ticket worth It would have been hoped that she would sink like the Titanic when she took the ship" In the final analysis, the boss cares about a money word.Seeing that the statistics of all three people have declined, Bruce immediately worries that Wang Jun's statistics will drop sharply next season and become a role player who averages only 20 points per game, or less than 20 points.He didn't want to pay a high salary, like Jefferson, he could accept it, and if it was higher, he would be depressed.Thorne said helplessly: "I still keep the original opinion, trade Richard in the summer, in exchange for an inside line."
Although his contract is not high and worth the price, his strength is not as good as Wang Jun. ”"It's okay to trade, let him shoot more in the playoffs, the data is pretty, don't exchange for the kind of blue-collar who has no data" Thorne had a headache, he said it doesn't count.Without him, many people could be presidents of the Nets.But the owner was the boss of the Nets before he sold the team.There is such a black-hearted boss who only looks at money, how can the Nets defend their title: