Originally, in Spoelstra's plan, he wanted to use Jermaine O'Neal, who had just been traded, plus Haslem to lead the rotation to play the second quarter.

However, since Snoopy made a request, he still agreed to come down and arrange for Mario Champos, Dorrell Wright, James Jones, Duge, and Jermaine O'Neal to play.

O'Neill Jr. has long since been in the best form after a major injury. In the last game, he was even beaten by Tyson Chandler in New Orleans, playing 25 minutes in the game, shooting 2 of 9, and only scoring 6 points and 4 rebounds. On the defensive end, there is no sense of existence, whether it is the cooperation with Michael Beasley or the partnership with Haslem, it seems that there is no tacit understanding.

This made Spoelstra sigh directly to Pat Riley on the phone, and he bluntly said: "Jermaine is no longer the super power forward that can be compared to Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan."

O'Neal Jr. was able to sign a seven-year, $120 million contract with the Pacers for nothing. At 211 centimeters tall, he not only has an excellent arm span, but also is agile and has excellent footwork, and also has some back-to-back skills plus a mid-range jumper, and the left and right hand turns of the face frame are even more smooth. And that's not all he's good at, his toughest thing is his defense.

At the beginning, he used the Pacers as the defensive center, and at one point played a defense known for his 'suffocating flow'. He, along with Artest and Stephen Jackson, are extremely good at compressing space, and his tempo control on the defensive end is superb.

If you want to give him a template, it is Chris Bosh who has strengthened his defensive ability, strengthened back body skills, and full blocking skills. In that power forward era, he even scored 85 ability points in NBA-live04 games, surpassing Nowitzki, second only to Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Chris Webber.

Now, however, Spoelstra didn't even know what position to give him, and he looked extraordinarily distant.

Backbite!

The whistle blows and the game continues.

The Thunder are led by Westbrook in the rotation and are joined by Joe Smith, Ibaka, Mason and Weaver.

If the Thunder's starters represent talent, then his rotation can undoubtedly be described as 'tattered'.

No one knows where Presti found the scraps, but they give the Thunder a healthy salary space anyway.

On the first ball after the start of the game, Dugg played amazing chemistry with Jermaine O'Neal, who met for the first time.

When Westbrook used an unreasonable change of direction to kill Mario Money's defense and smash into the paint, Dugg immediately stepped forward and made a defensive strategy of squeezing space and forcing him to burst into the left side, which he was not good at.

At this time, O'Neill Jr. had the heart to bypass Joe Smith's defense. When Westbrook used Smith's cover to jump to the basket and then soared into the air for a dunk, Jermaine burst out of the ...... Syllable!

He slapped the basketball down, and O'Neal Jr., who averaged 2.6 blocks per game at his peak, was not easy to mess with.

The basketball was slapped to the elbow area, and when Mason tried to take the basketball for a second attack, Snoopy had already struck him like a cannonball, knocked him aside, and then quickly rushed forward with the ball.

And 3 seconds later, he assisted Dorrell Wright to hit a shot from beyond the three-point line!

From the back block to the goal in the front court, the whole process of defending the counterattack took less than 5 seconds.

"That's Snoopy's horror, he can both exert defensive influence in the paint area at the back and finish lightning strikes up front." Isaiah Thomas triumphantly said in front of the TV: "He can have chemistry with any player. I even doubt that he can play with Eddie Curry......"

Before he could finish his words, Donnie Walsh couldn't wait to 'snort' coldly: "The doctor will never allow a guy over 330 pounds to go on the court." What's more, he was born with a heart condition. ”

"I still haven't figured out why you'd give him a contract with a total salary of more than $70 million."

Walsh complained.

At this time, Isaiah Thomas couldn't help but argue: "When you face a giant center who can average 19+7 per game, you can't watch him slip away." Actually, I still think Eddie Curry is one of the best pick-and-roll centers in the league. He just didn't come across a point guard who was good at playing with him in the low post. ”

"So, that's why you threw $90 million at Stephen Marbury?" Donnie Walsh is in hot pursuit, his pockets full of junk contracts about Thomas, whether it's thirty million for Jerome James or twenty million ...... for Malikroth.

Isaiah Thomas was dumbfounded by what he said. Because he didn't like Stephen Marbury either, signing Marbury was more coerced by public opinion, and at that time, the whole Big Apple wanted the New York son to return to his hometown, and he just pushed the boat to give a top salary. However, Marbury was not grateful to Dade, and he even mediated the trial to help the damn black aunt testify in court when he was deeply involved in the news of sexual assault.

This is also what led to the direct break between Isaiah Thomas and Stephen Marbury: the next season after that incident, Thomas announced that Marbury was on the bench. And, on the night Marbury's father died of a heart attack in the stands, he didn't tell Marbury about it in the first place.

This has led to... The complete destruction of the New York Knicks. also made the personal images of Marbury and Thomas fall into the abyss at the same time, becoming the two rats that everyone in New York City shouted at.

Pat Riley, shaking his wine glass, didn't want to care about the argument between the Knicks' president and the vice president.

When he saw Dugg and Jermaine O'Neal on TV high-five, his expression could not hide his frustration.

He became more and more aware that he might have made a discounted business.

Although the New York media has been promoting the 'Pat Riley robbery theory', the current god operator thinks that he is the poor worm who has been sold and is still giving money to the people.

The game goes on.

The combination of Snoopy and O'Neal Jr. continues to make a difference. Although both Joe Smith and Serge Ibaka are known for their defensive skills, one is old and the other is inexperienced. In contrast, Snoopy and Jermaine have an extremely obvious advantage.

Not only on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end, Duge has brought the essence of 'feeding the cake' to the extreme.

When Dugg receives the ball in the paint, he quickly takes a dodge and move to create space for the defence, and he immediately gets the stitch to O'Neal.

O'Neal Jr.'s ability to attack tough problems has decreased due to a major injury to his body, but his ability to 'eat cakes' is still there. Although he was not a kaleidoscope at his peak, he was still proficient in these weapons when he was shooting and throwing in the open position.

With the demand between Dugg and O'Neill Jr. in the paint area, the score gap further widened.

Coach Brooks couldn't wait to replace all his main players in the sixth minute of the second quarter.

At this time, Spoelstra also corresponded to replace Michael Beasley on the court for James Jones.

Again, this substitution played a decisive role.

Dugg began to work in the paint area, treating Jeff Green's defense like toilet paper, kneading it and throwing it in the trash. Michael Beasley and Jermaine O'Neal completed the feat of eating cake before and after, and the Thunder's defense simply didn't care about one or the other.

Spoelstra sighed.

Although the Thunder is not a strong team, it does not have reference significance. But... The cooperation of these three people is tempered, and it may not be impossible to compete with those strong teams.

Pat Riley was even more inexplicable, Isaiah Thomas on the side had already directly picked up the red wine bottle, and he began to be smug: "I have known for a long time that Snoopy is a player with his own system. In this league, there are a lot of players. When you first see him, you know you need to build a tactical style around him, and this is the star. And there's the kind of player, when he walks on the pitch, what you can do is give him the ball, because he has his own system, it's a superstar! ”

"Snoopy is a superstar embryo!"

Isaiah Thomas was already a little drunk. He even started talking nonsense: "Snoopy will wash away all my humiliation, and I even think he will make everyone realize...... Isaiah Thomas didn't sign any garbage contracts. He can make every Knicks player get their money!! ”

This made Donnie Walsh sneer, and James Dolan hurriedly arranged for the male staff to take him back to the hotel to rest.

After sitting awkwardly for 20 minutes, Pat Riley finally offered to leave.

He didn't want to watch the game anymore because Snoopy had started to play at small forward from the third quarter. Although he couldn't defend Kevin Durant's offense, Kevin Durant couldn't effectively hinder his breakthrough and tandem: Durant's big stride was sparsely chopped by Snoopy's fast-paced, small-range, fast-frequency footsteps.

The game quickly lost its suspense.

The Thunder Youth Army is still too young after all, and they are still queuing up to exchange talents, and it is very likely that the future will belong to them.

But... Dugg, who scored 9 points, 11 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals, is also full of bright future.

Because, after the game. He received a call from Pat Riley, who told him, "Would you refuse to report to the New York Knicks if the league announced a deal?" This is the only possibility to reverse the transaction! ”

This is the second time in Pat Riley's career that he has challenged the league rules, and the target is still the New York Knicks.

But the answer he got was, "No, Mr. Pat Riley." Now I'm calling you: Snoopy, the No. 10 player of the New York Knicks! ”

Duge's tone was categorical, and he didn't want to drag his feet any longer.

He didn't think about making Pat Riley regret it.

He just felt that it was time for him to start a new journey.

……