Chapter 374 [Dark Horse and Black Heart]

Experts predict that the Bulls will definitely be out. Neither the Bulls coach nor the players agree with this point.

This team is very young, with rookies in the first and second grades. Most young people are newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers. Even without Curry, they still have the confidence to fight the Nets.

The Bulls players arrived in New York one day earlier for adaptation training.

After the end, coach Skiles gathered the players together, put on a posture of "barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes", and said loudly in the court: "We lost four games against the Nets in the regular season, so those experts don't care about it." Be optimistic about us, but they forgot our identity, we are the dark horse!"

Skiles went on to say: "At the beginning of the season, no one thought we could make the playoffs. We fell behind a lot, but we caught up in the end. We are strong and getting stronger. The Nets have weaknesses, and the offense depends on it. Swing players, the three still overlap, this time in the playoffs, we will continue to be dark horses!"

"it is good!"

The emotions of young people are easily aroused. They can work hard to win, and they don't even need to be paid much. The Bulls' good performance this year has nothing to do with experience and strength, but with hard work.

The Nets are superior in strength, and in terms of morale, the Bulls will not lose to any team.

On the Nets side, the coaching staff is struggling with how to arrange the starting lineup.

Jefferson played as a substitute for a period of time after his comeback, and his performance was average, so he was very dissatisfied with it.

He is not a veteran like Kittles, playing for a long time cannot guarantee efficiency. He is in his prime, with super physical fitness and plenty of energy. It would be a waste for him to play less than 30 minutes.

The boss Bruce was dissatisfied with the use of Jefferson, and called Thorne into the office to discuss.

Before the 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. Playing time is all down.

When this happened, Bruce actually questioned: "Will Lawrence use people? Why did the three offensive masters drop in his hands? Shouldn't we play better after Richard's comeback?"

"I think it's perfectly normal." Thorne sighed.

"what?"

Thorne explained. "Three people who average 25+ points per game are in one team. The points will all drop, and it is normal for two of them to drop below 20 points. Because of the number of offensive and defensive conversions per team,

The number of shots is limited, all players will divide, and the outside attack is equivalent to dividing the number of shots of the two into three. "

Bruce was very angry: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Thorne rolled his eyes.

My fucking voice is hoarse, you have to keep Jefferson in the middle of the sb, now it's my fault?

He couldn't scold the boss directly, so he thought for a while and said, "If you want all three of them to play well, you can only play small ball tactics, let Richard play the 4th position, the Bulls Curry is not here, the inside offense is average, you can try try."

If Xia Tian wanted to separate the three, he had to let Jefferson play good numbers, and the substitute would definitely not work. It was best for the three to start together and play small ball tactics. Or rather, this is the only way.

With data. Useful players can only be exchanged when trading.

Bruce asked: "Can Richard play more and reduce Wang Jun's playing time?"

Thorne froze. "What? Don't you know that he almost became the scoring leader this year? If it wasn't for Carter in the mid-term trade, give him some ball rights. He might have succeeded."

"I know, but I hope Lawrence can arrange for Carter and Jefferson to play more in the playoffs, and control Wang Jun's shots, at least not let him play such a beautiful statistic." Bruce sneered.

"Then can we still win the game?" Thorn's face turned cold. Even if the "job" is in the hands of others, he can't tolerate such stupid things.

This kind of problem is easy for laymen and insiders. As a real estate boss, Thorne is used to making decisions by himself, and wants to manage the team in the same way he usually does business.

The former Mavericks coach Nelson and Cuban had a lot of conflicts because of disagreements. Last year, Cuban came to "drink the wine and release the power of the soldiers." Then let the old Nelson serve as a team consultant and no longer serve as the team coach and manager.

Then something crazy happened. The Mavericks let Nash go for nothing. The high salary introduced blue-collar center Dampier. Facts have proved that Dampier is simply a waste wood, Nash is a star guard.

now. Bruce also wants to dictate team affairs and let the management do what he says.

Faced with Thorne's questioning, Bruce was not impatient and smiled, "Wang Jun is very inattentive in his speech, loves to cause trouble, and has been suspended for two seasons, but his statistics are pretty good. How much do you think such a player is worth?" ?”

Thorne didn't answer the call, knowing that he still had more to say.

Bruce went on to say: "We sent Martin away, we sent Kittles away, and what happened after that, don't you forget?"

Thorne nodded.

"They played badly after leaving the Nets. Martin was rated as a super bad contract. Kittles was nothing in the Clippers. No one liked them. Now, Wang Jun's situation is somewhat similar to Martin. He relies on the ball The team's tactical system has produced data, 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 under the condition of lowering the price.

Despite the Arenas clause, there will be new labor negotiations in the summer, and it is hard to say what the end result will be, and it may be beneficial to the players.

With Wang Jun’s data, there will definitely be teams willing to pay him a high salary. As long as the Nets match, they will have to pay a lot of luxury tax in the future, unless they trade Jefferson or Wang Jun for draft picks after one or two seasons like they traded for Martin last year. .

Bruce sneered: "I can invest a lot of money and let you operate and recruit in the summer. As long as the people you find are worth the contract price, I won't say anything. Just like Carter and Jefferson, they can Get a high salary because it’s worth it. With Wang Jun’s current statistics, if he takes more shots in the playoffs and the whole team watches him play and he plays good numbers, maybe some team will offer him a maximum salary. How will we match it? He is worth it. Is it a top salary?"

"..." Thorne was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

He thinks that Wang Jun is worthy, young and has potential, but the boss obviously doesn't think so.

Bruce gave an example: "Think about it, you bought Celine Dion's concert tickets, but she couldn't sing "My Heart Will Go On", is this ticket worth it? You would want her to ride with the Titanic when she was on a boat." sink as well!"

In the final analysis, what the boss cares about is money.

Seeing that the statistics of the three have dropped, Bruce immediately worried that Wang Jun's statistics will drop sharply next season, and he will become a role player who averages only 20 points per game, or less than 20 points.

He doesn't want to give a high salary, he can accept it like Jefferson, and it will be depressing if it is higher.

Thorn said helplessly: "I still maintain my original opinion. I traded Richard away in summer in exchange for an insider. Although his contract is not high and worth the price, he is not as strong as Wang Jun."

"Trading is fine, let him make more shots in the playoffs, and the data should be better. Don't trade for that kind of blue-collar with no data!"

Thorne has a headache, and he doesn't count.

Without him, many people can be the president of the Nets. But before the owner sold the team, he was the boss of the Nets.

With such a black-hearted owner who only cares about money, how can the Nets defend their title? (To be continued.)

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