One Guard

The Brooklyn Nets are definitely one of the most anticipated teams at the beginning of this season. The luxury tax of 88 million is the highest in NBA history. With such a high amount, even Cuban, a boss who is willing to spend money, would think twice. However, Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov obviously doesn't care much about the $88 million figure. He cares more about the championship than this astronomical luxury tax!

Bringing the Nets to Brooklyn will undoubtedly give the Nets a stronger ability to attract money. In New York, you never have to worry about basketball going out of style. But if you want the team to maintain its long-term and sustainable ability to attract money, it is not enough to have a good market, you must also have honor!

The O'Brien Cup is the highest honor a team pursues!

When the Russian tycoon moved to the Nets in 2010, he promised the fans that he would win the O'Brien Cup within five years. Now, there's just one year left before the end of his commitment. So he spent a lot of money to create such a terrifying lineup that can be called the Big Five!

Brook Lopez, the first All-Star player in the history of the Brooklyn Nets. Last season, he averaged 19.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and a gratifying 2.1 blocks per game. Lopez showed his intimidation on both offense and defense. He is already an undoubted top center in the league.

Kevin Garnett, a future Hall of Famer, may be 38 years old, but the "Wolf King" is still not as powerful as Xiao Xu.

Paul Pierce, an indelible name in the history of the Boston Celtics. Only one year younger than Garnett, he still averaged 18.6 points per game last season. He is a very suitable championship piece.

"Singles King" Joe Johnson ranks first in the team with an annual salary of 21.46 million. Of course, his offensive ability is also worthy of such a price. People even call him the "Three-Minute Jordan", which shows how powerful this guy's singles ability is at critical moments.

Finally, there is the most important soul of the Nets, Deron Williams, who once almost joined the Dallas Mavericks and Yiyang to form a double backcourt! Although Deron Williams' condition has declined compared to the Jazz period, last season's average of 18.9 points and 7.7 assists per game proved that he is still a qualified team leader.

The Russian tycoon boss believes that under Deron's guidance, the power this lineup can exert will be extremely huge.

The above five people, plus the coaching of Nets legendary superstar and NBA historical point guard Jason Kidd. Brooklyn's facilities are magnificent.

It seems that this lineup is really brilliant. The starting five are all All-Star players. People say that the dominance of the Miami Heat and James in the Eastern Conference will come to an end, and the idea of ​​building a quick championship team by spending money and overdrafting the future will sweep the entire league.

Just when everyone was waiting for the Nets to kill everyone, the Nets were defeated again and again.

Age and injuries have become stumbling blocks to the advancement of this most expensive team in the NBA. Brook Lopez was retired for the season early, Garnett was reduced to a marginal figure on both offense and defense, Deron Williams played intermittently, and Joe Johnson was no longer as brave as he once was.

So far in the season, the Nets' record is only 18 wins and 22 losses. While that's enough to get them into the top eight in the relatively less competitive Western Conference, it's clear that the Nets' goal this season is not just to make the playoffs. The current results are far from what they had expected.

It just so happens that if the Nets had not reached that deal with the Mavericks, God knows what they would have achieved under Yiyang's leadership. But Billy King, the general manager of the Nets, always seems obsessed with the idea of ​​building a team that will lead to a championship. He is very willing to stretch his future to acquire an established veteran player. He gave up Yiyang for Caron Butler before. This year, he even gave up his first-round draft picks for the next three years for Garnett and Pierce!

But there is no if in this world,

Yiyang has become a symbol of the city of Dallas by accident. As for the Brooklyn Nets, their road to the championship seems to be getting more and more bumpy.

When Kidd organized the team training on the sidelines of the training ground today, he found that Terry seemed to be in very good condition.

This season, Terry's scoring average has set a career low of 4.5 points, not even as good as his rookie season. There is no doubt that this super sixth man who was once indispensable to the Mavericks has now become a marginal figure at the end of the bench. If it weren't for Kidd's extreme trust in Terry, a former teammate, Terry might not even get 16 minutes of playing time this season.

But Kidd, who once won the O'Brien Cup with Terry, knew very well that the old boy was more than that. He just ran into a team that didn't fit in well. What's more, I will meet that guy again in the next game...

"Jet, your shooting was pretty accurate today!" On the court, Garnett clearly noticed Terry's unusual state. The "Wolf King", who averaged only 6.5 points per game this season, really hopes that he can recover like Terry.

"Is there any day when I can't do it? Really, keep training, otherwise our coach Kidd will be unhappy!"

Terry made a joke about Kidd, who was wearing a suit and ties. To these old guys, Kidd was still the same Kidd who controlled the whole court. The sight of him standing on the sidelines in a suit was really unaccustomed to him.

"Very good Jeter, your playing time will be reduced by one minute tomorrow!" Kidd also responded to his old buddy in a joking way, but he will not really reduce Terry's playing time tomorrow. On the contrary, he will increase the time!

That old boy must not want to admit defeat in front of that guy Yiyang. Yiyang has always regarded Terry as his eldest brother, and no eldest brother wants to lose to his younger brother.

It's a bit impossible for Terry to defeat Yiyang, who is already at the MVP level. But at least, he didn't want to lose too badly. He didn't want Yiyang to see him in such a miserable state...

Kidd smiled, why didn't he feel the same way? Facing a "monster" created by himself, Kidd was both proud and afraid.

After two years of extremely rigorous training for Yiyang in Dallas, Kidd made Yiyang a super point guard just as Cuban wished. It can be said that without Kidd, Yiyang may still become a superstar, but he will never be so fast.

Kidd's guidance helped Yiyang avoid many detours. Why is there such a big gap between Wall and Yiyang now? In addition to his playoff experience, the guidance of Kidd, a historical point guard, is something Wall does not have.

Kidd knew Yiyang very well, because he taught him everything he knew. It is precisely because of this that Kidd is afraid.

He understands that Yiyang's strength is very terrifying. Even if you know him very well, you may not be able to defeat him.

Does Yiyang have any obvious weaknesses? A few years ago, Kidd could have forced Yiyang to shoot three-pointers. But now, although Yiyang still doesn't like to shoot three-pointers, his 42% three-point shooting rate is definitely not low. Three-pointers are no longer Yiyang's weakness.

What Kidd can do is to set up layers of defenses on the inside to make Yiyang's breakthrough less smooth. With a small inside lineup composed of Garnett and Pierce, it is difficult to stop Yiyang...

Just because the current Nets team wants to completely stop Yiyang, no MVP player in the history of BA will be completely contained.

Kidd can only try to limit it as much as possible. Then, while limiting Yiyang's scoring, he can play his own offense well. In this way, the Nets have hope of winning.

Looking at the group of guys in front of him who, although already old, still refused to give up and were still struggling in the league, Kidd showed a pleased smile.

Who says veterans only deserve to be beaten? Come on, I'm here, Brooklyn will definitely give you a warm "welcome ceremony"!

"Cheer up, guys, let's start confrontational training!" Kidd clapped his hands, veterans, never compromise!

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"Ah!" Sitting on the plane, Yiyang sneezed. He couldn't help but turn down the air conditioner in his seat, but Yiyang knew very well that his sudden sneeze had nothing to do with the air conditioner. Maybe, who is thinking about him?

"I'll see those two old guys again tomorrow." Sitting next to Yiyang was Nowitzki. Speaking of Kidd and Terry, Dirk also smiled slightly. His friendship with the two guards was deeper than Yiyang's.

"So, tomorrow's game will definitely not be easy. You know those two guys, their strength cannot be explained by 18 wins and 22 losses." Kidd and Terry know Yiyang, and similarly, Yiyang also knows those two Guy.

"I never said the game would be easy. It's a pity that this 'Old Friends Reunion' hit the 17-game winning streak." Nowitzki shook his head. Professional basketball is really cruel. He couldn't be soft just because the other party was his friend. On the contrary, he had to work harder.

"There is no other way, then we have to wait until we win the 17th consecutive game, and then treat Jeter and Kidd to dinner." Yiyang smiled, Brooklyn, he has never been so eager to play away games as soon as possible.

Because this time, there are old friends waiting for him in the away game.

"Get some sleep first, it will take a while to fly to the east coast." Nowitzki looked at his watch. It was already 12 o'clock in the morning. He turned off the reading light above his head, and the surrounding area immediately became dark.

When Nowitzki said this, Yiyang also felt that his eyelids were a little heavy. He also turned off the light and gradually closed his eyes.

Two old guys, see you tomorrow. I hope you have prepared a meeting gift for me with 17 consecutive wins!

The plane shuttled quickly through the dark night sky, but Yiyang's eagerness to win consecutively had already landed in Brooklyn.