But no matter what, we have to win.

With a 60% win rate, you may not be able to make the playoffs in the West!

This season's Western Conference playoff competition is too similar to the past two seasons, the 07-08 season is the Lakers, Hornets, Spurs in the top three, the remaining five playoff spots are fought by seven teams, and the Warriors with 48 wins have not made the playoffs.

Last season, the West was slightly better, with the Lakers leading the way with 65 wins, but the remaining eight teams grabbed seven playoff spots, and the Suns failed to make the playoffs with 47 wins.

This season seems to be even more miserable, with the Lakers, Mavericks, and Suns competing for the top three, leaving a super scuffle from fourth to tenth.

Therefore, the next game against the Wizards before Christmas must be won, and the next two direct competitors of the Nuggets and Jazz at No. 21 and No. 23 must also do their best to win.

And the Mavericks, Celtics, Pacers after Christmas......

The Suns, Trail Blazers, and Jazz at home and away at the beginning of next month......

Gasol Jr.'s injury couldn't have come at a better time.

In the morning, the Grizzlies had a tactical meeting and put Brian Cook, who had been on the inactive list since the trade was in hand, to the 12-man roster, and Haddadi, who was placed on the inactive list due to the addition of Jordan Jr., was also put on the squad.

The former is to enhance the interior projection, and the latter is to maintain the height of the center position at a given moment.

Sometimes, when lucky things happen, bad things are always accompanied by bad things, and vice versa.

Just after the tactical meeting of Coach Hollins reluctantly "replaced" Gasol Jr. with two water cooler managers who may not be able to play on the other team, at half past twelve at noon, a shocking deal broke out!

The little melons that were supposed to be on sale for more than a year, put on a stinking and long soap opera, and were not sent away until after the All-Star Weekend in the 10-11 season, were picked up early by the Rockets!

Everything has to start with Sun Wukong's troubles in the East China Sea Dragon Palace...... No, it was Yao Ming's ankle and toe injuries that didn't start with a knee injury that didn't make him tired.

Anthony couldn't sell because the teams in the smaller cities that wanted to get him couldn't get his contract extension.

In the summer of 2011, Anthony was the time for the player option, and teams in small cities weren't going to trade a bunch of draft picks + quality players for a star for more than a year.

But with Yao Ming, the Rockets, whose commercial value is comparable to Janko and is located in the big city of Houston, got Anthony's contract renewal commitment!

Sun Ce, who was swiping his mobile phone to eat a nutritious meal, suddenly swiped a new transaction.

"! Team Rocket is really crazy! ”

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On December 19, 2009, the Rockets and Nuggets struck a big deal involving up to nine people and multiple draft picks.

The Rockets sent 2010 first-round unprotected picks, 2012 first-round unprotected picks, Knicks' 2012 first-round picks to protect the top eight picks, Grizzlies' 2011 first-round picks, Trevor Ariza, Kyrie Lowry, Luis Scola, Jared Jeffries, Larry Hughes to the Nuggets.

Got Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Johan Lopete, J.R. Smith, 2010 second-round pick, 2012 second-round pick from the Nuggets.

The deal quickly stole all the attention.

Yao Ming + Anthony, it still looks quite powerful, quite like an alternative version of the OK combination.

The most dominant center, plus a singles master.

When a superstar group is born and two superstars in their playing years come together, the first thing the media and fans start to imagine is how good they will be.

This deal is much more sensational than Sun Ce's single exchange for Tabit before, and it is not a grade at all!

The whole basketball circle exploded!

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The Rockets' acquisition of Anthony in a role player plus trade is a big joy for the Grizzlies coaching staff, and after playing the Wizards, the Grizzlies' next game is to play the Nuggets, regardless of whether their trade results are good or bad.

It's impossible for a team to make adjustments in a short period of time, especially if it's lost a top scorer who is third in the scoring charts.

The Grizzlies players also got together to discuss the trade during their afternoon breaks before the warm-up.

Although there were rumors before, the players were still shocked when the deal was completed.

Just like ordinary people, the players are also discussing how powerful the two superstar combinations of Anthony + Yao Ming will be.

Sun Ce saw this deal, and from the perspective of value alone, he felt that the Rockets would make a steady profit, a group of role players, plus a few draft picks that were not particularly valuable, and it would definitely not be a loss to be able to exchange for Anthony.

If you think that the Lakers will get Nash to pay three first-rounders in the future, you know the importance of the star in the eyes of management.

Whether it's a good fit is another matter, but in terms of star value, if it weren't for the Nuggets knowing that Anthony wouldn't be renewing his contract in the summer of 2011, they would certainly not agree to such a deal.

Because the Rockets only gave 4 first-round picks, which is much cheaper than the original 5 first-round picks that the Nuggets opened their mouths.

It's not a difference between 5 first-round picks and 4 first-round picks, which looks like only 1 first-round pick, if the Rockets give one more pick, either give themselves a 2014 pick, or give the Grizzlies a 2013 pick, the later the pick, the more valuable the pick! No one can say what will happen in three or four years.

However, Kenyon Martin's experience made Sun Ce sigh.

Back then, the Nuggets sent three first-rounders in order to sign with the Nets and then trade for Kenyon Martin.

Now, in order to get rid of Kenyon Martin's contract with more than a year left, he would rather have one less draft pick and trade Kenyon Martin's contract that expired in 2011 for Larry Hughes's expiring contract.

Nuggets management has always made Sun Ce feel special.

Originally, when they traded Anthony, they were fourth in the West at the time, and it was already after the All-Star weekend, and the record was solid, and when the Knicks gave them enough chips, they didn't hesitate to trade, regardless of the situation.

The Nuggets are more ruthless in this world, they were eliminated in the Western Conference finals last year, they have the intention of trading Anthony, Anthony's wife also revealed that Anthony wants to go to the big city in 2011 will not renew his contract with the Nuggets, when the Rockets gave enough chips, the deal was quickly reached!

Of course, with Anthony, Sun Ce feels that the Rockets have earned it in terms of value, but from the perspective of the Rockets' team structure......

Scola is the only reliable interior partner of Yao Ming in the Rockets team, and has been replaced by Kenyon Martin, who has been regarded as a garbage contract by the Nuggets, and Loppete, a backup center who averages only 3 points and 3 boards per game.

Scola is a fairly high-quality player and his salary is not high, but Sun Ce estimates that the Nuggets will not agree to a trade if he doesn't give it.

Ariza, Lowry, and Jeffries were also sent away in exchange for JR Smith, who was seen as a cancer, troubled off the court, and single-minded...... Kenyon Martin and J.R. Smith are both negative value players in the Nuggets' eyes.

There is also something that Sun Ce thinks is amazing, the Rockets sent more than 30 million contracts, exchanged more than 40 million contracts, and finally filled the salary space of more than 8 million below the luxury tax threshold after Maddie was exchanged for Larry Hughes......

Thinking that the Rockets will maintain 20 million salary space in the future, they will be interested in various free agents in the free market every year, and finally poached Howard from the Lakers...... Sun Ce feels that this team is really ready at any time!

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All afternoon, the trade between the Rockets and the Nuggets was discussed on the Internet and TV, and no one remembered the little contradiction between Sun Ce and Arenas, and even the local forum in Memphis, Sun Ce went to discuss the deal.

And some are saying why their Grizzlies don't trade young players and draft picks for Anthony......

Sun Ce felt that this was really a sad thing......

"Noah, are you still watching that news? The coach told us to warm up, and there were still two hours to go! ”

Hearing Conley's serious voice, Sun Ce responded and turned off his phone.

Of course, Sun Ce will be very concerned about things related to Yao Ming, after all, there are only three Chinese players in the NBA now.

But what will happen to the Rockets, what will happen to the Nuggets, and what will the NBA really become...... That's all for later, and the most important thing is now.

Now Sun Ce can't care about how much change his invisible wings have brought to the NBA.

How other people and other things change, it's someone else's, he has entered the NBA, he has to do what needs to be done in front of him.

Help the team reach the playoffs! Personally play a good performance! This is the most important thing Sun Ce wants to do now.

And if you want to make the playoffs, you have to work hard to help the team survive the period of Gasol Jr.'s absence, and winning one or two more games may be the key to finally reaching the playoffs!

However, during the warm-up, Sun Ce still had one thing lingering in his mind......

"What should be the name of the combination of Anthony and Da Yao?

Enchanted Combination?

Mingmei combination?

Dasha plus melon...... Fool combo?

Still is...... Tony Da Yao? ”