Chapter 169: The pre-All-Star trade
On Feb. 9, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the New Jersey Nets on the road.
Jason. Kidd played only 30 minutes in this game, and the attitude of the Nets is incomprehensible, and they were more aggressive in trading Kidd in January, but after the Dallas Mavericks joined the team in February, the Nets' attitude began to change.
The elder Dunleavy treats this as usual, making a deal in the league, and the positive side must have a little more blood even if it reaches a deal. Moreover, Kidd's 20 million annual salary also made his attitude of the boss change three times a day, especially after the Clippers got the Pistons' offer, Sterling of course chose Billups, who had an annual salary of 10 million, and the key Mr. was good and cheap, and Kidd was no longer the first target of the Clippers.
The Clippers' negotiations with the Pistons in February were moving extremely fast, and Dunleavy Sr. is now offering the Clippers to sell Elton alone. Brand in exchange for the Pistons' Billupsga Amir. Johnson.
The Pistons alone can't match the salary, the old captain has an annual salary of 15 million, Billups has an annual salary of 10 million, and Amir has an annual salary of 3.65 million. Johnson is just the right match. However, the Pistons don't want to lose, they want a first-round pick, and if they don't give it, they have to take Rashid. Wallace joins the deal.
Of course, the elder Dunleavy will not trade first-round picks, and the Pistons, like the Nets, see the Clippers in a hurry to trade and want to take the opportunity to come up and take a bite.
In the game between the Clippers and the Nets, the old Dunleavy directly turned the little fox into a substitute this time and let the old captain start. Old Dunleavy had already explained to Ji Guoyi privately that during the transaction, he had to let Brand play a good-looking number, and Ji Guoyi naturally had no opinion.
In this game, Ji Guoqiu got 12 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 blocks, Ji Guoqiu got 16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Brand 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks.
On February 10, the Clippers played back-to-back games against the Philadelphia 76ers, and the whole team began to be affected by the back-to-back away games, with a score of 82:86, and the Clippers lost to the 76ers away.
In this game, Ji Guoqiu got 10 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Ji Guoqiu 12 points, 10 rebounds and 1 block. Brand had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks.
On Feb. 12, the Clippers faced the Milwaukee Bucks for the third time this season.
Ji Guozhi got a malicious foul in the last game, not only was fined but also suspended for one game, and he was unable to play in this game against the Bucks.
The Clippers were obviously troubled by the second half of their road trip, and today they were in Milwaukee, which was in the ice and snow, and I don't know if the opposite side was a deliberate small move, and the air conditioning in the court didn't seem to be very good, which made the temperature in the arena not high.
How can there be such a cold day in Los Angeles in the west, dozens of degrees below zero outside Milwaukee, more than ten degrees above zero inside the arena, all the Clippers players are frozen into popsicles, and the game is full of "bang-bang" iron sounds.
In this game, Ji Guoqiu got 15 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. Brand 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, although the little fox did not play, the power of the old captain is only high and not low on the offensive end, and today's bad hand is suitable for him to play in the low post, and Brand is actually more threatening than Ji Guosha.
With a score of 90:95, the Bucks were more prepared, relying on the home court advantage, and finally did not be killed by the Clippers three times!
Space Yi had a good game in this game, his outside shooting was very accurate, he scored 16 points and 10 rebounds in 30 minutes, and he also covered the old captain with a big hat.
Last month, Yi Jianlian won the best rookie of the month in the east, and this month, Space Yi's table is still good, and he is expected to win the best of the month. Thornton and Horford, he really doesn't have many competitors. If it weren't for the twin brothers this year, there would be almost no rookies with All-Star potential except for Durant, and the rest of Auden the Great would have been scrapped, and 2007 would have been a real draft year.
Of course, now that there are twins, there are two more rookies with All-Star potential this year, plus Oden, who American fans think has potential no less than the twins, and 07 has become a big year for the draft, which looks not inferior to the 03 generation.
Just listen to the nicknames of these rookies now: Wheat Di, Little Duncan, Little Wolf King, Auden the Great......
Ji Guoyan pouted secretly: "Why do they all add a 'small', but the name of the unlucky guy who was reimbursed is so imposing?" ”
The Clippers played the game against the Bucks, and the rest of the month was all at home, and the Clippers only needed to play the game against the Wizards on the 14th before the All-Star break, followed by the annual All-Star weekend.
Back in early February, the NBA had already announced the roster for the first- and second-year rosters for the Rookie Challenge.
Second Grade Team -
Defender: Rajan. Rondo (Boston Celtics), Jordan. Famar (Los Angeles Lakers), Daniel. Gibson (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Shooting Guard: Brandon. Roy (Portland Trail Blazers), Ronnie. Brewer (Utah Jazz)
Small forward: Rudy. Gay (Memphis Grizzlies)
Power forward: LaMarcus. Aldridge (Portland Trail Blazers), Paul. Millsap (Utah Jazz)
Center: Andrea. Banyani (Toronto Raptors)
Year 1 Team -
Defender: Mike. Conley (Memphis Grizzlies)
Scoring guard Juan. Navarro (Memphis Grizzlies), Al Murphy. Thornton (Boston Celtics)
Small forward: Kevin. Durant (Seattle SuperSonics), Jeff. Green (Seattle SuperSonics)
Power forwards: Ji Guoyi (Los Angeles Clippers), Luis. Scola (Houston Rockets), Yi Jianlian (Milwaukee Bucks)
Center: Ji Guoqiu (Los Angeles Clippers), Al. Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks)
In the rookie competition, the first-year team has lost to the second-grade team for five consecutive years, and the last time the first-year rookie won was in 2002, and the second was Yao Ming's class. Next, even the original 03 super platinum generation has LeBron . The team composed of James, Wade, Anthony, and Bosh were all killed by the little giant and the little overlord, and failed to succeed against the sky.
Now that the '07 generation has arrived, the twin brothers and Durant may once again be a successful example of a first-year challenge in the eyes of fans, as long as they can beat the second-year team, it is enough to show the gold content of this year's draft.
In the All-Star Weekend individual competition, shooters use the "three-point contest" to prove themselves, and the league specially invited Ji Guoyi, one of the twin brothers, to participate this year.
There are a lot of big names in this year's "three-point competition", and many all-star players also participated in this three-point competition. Kapono, Steve. Nash, Dirk. Nowitzki, Peja. Stojakovic, Richard. Hamilton, Ji Guosha.
Originally, Kobe Bryant also planned to participate in the three-point contest, but Peter Pan didn't know how to hurt his finger, so he had to let Nowitzki replace him.
In addition to the "three-point competition", this year's "slam dunk contest" is the most high-profile game of the All-Star Weekend, and this year's entry list shows a Chinese figure for the first time.
Although Ji Guoqiu is of Chinese descent, he is 100% Chinese.
The rules of this year's "Slam Dunk Contest" are the same as in the past, and the league originally planned to use the new scoring rules this year, but after seeing Ji Guoqiu participate, he immediately decided to postpone the new rules for one year, otherwise Panda Hero can win the championship without competition.
It is said that the next slam dunk contest will use online and telephone voting to determine the champion, but this year's scoreboard is still the scoreboard of the five judges to decide who will win the slam dunk king.
In 2008, the four participants in the "Slam Dunk Contest" were Rudy. Guy (Memphis Grizzlies), Gerald. Green (Minnesota Timberwolves), Dwight. Howard (Orlando Magic), Ji Guoqiu (Los Angeles Clippers).
On February 13th, the two brothers were in Taylor at night. Swift's family, as well as Christine's family, received a call from his agent Brian, and this time their agent finally lived up to his trust and brought them the news that the sneaker contract had been negotiated.
After more than half a month of painstaking negotiations, Brian finally negotiated the shoe contracts of Nike and Adidas before the All-Star break, and the two brothers finally endorsed two different sneaker brands.
The next afternoon, the two brothers signed their final contracts with each company before the game, and Brian had informed them half a month ago that negotiations with the two sports giants had come to an end, and all that was needed was some details. However, it was these details that made the two sides hold for nearly half a month, and as the two brothers played better and better on the court, Nike and Adidas finally made some compromises.
The younger brother Ji Guosha signed Nike, Phil. Knight gave the Little Fox a five-year, $45 million sneaker contract, including some additional terms, such as winning the Rookie of the Season, entering the playoffs, winning the three-point king, dunking king, rookie game MVP, triple-doubles, etc., Brian set a total of about $10 million in the sneaker contract of the two, which made the two sides fight for more than a week.
The elder brother Ji Guoqiu signed Adidas, and the latter also offered him a five-year $45 million sneaker contract, with similar additional terms, with their current table xiàn, at least half of the terms can be completed at the end of the season, which means that this contract is actually a contract of at least five years and $50 million.
Nike and Adidas changed into smiling faces immediately after the two brothers signed their contracts, and representatives of the two companies told the two at their respective headquarters that their sneakers had been designed a month earlier, and that they would be allowed to wear their own sneakers at the All-Star Game.
The contract of the two brothers and the original LeBron . James's 7-year 90 million is naturally a lot worse, even compared with Durant's 6-year 60 million, it is not an advantage, but the two of them, as interior players, get this contract is already the biggest player in the sneaker contract among the interior rookies.
During this time, in addition to the sneaker contract, Brian also received more than ten small contracts for the two of them piecemeal. Although the endorsement fee for these small contracts is small, it adds up to a lot, neither does it need to shoot advertisements, and the number of years is also small, most of them are 2-year contracts, and they only need their portrait use rights, which adds up to almost three or four million US dollars.
The two added up these small contracts, plus the 10-million-level sneaker contract just signed, as well as the big contracts of Nokia and Aston Martin, and their annual income exceeded $15 million. After the rookie contract ends, it won't be difficult for the two of them to earn more than $30 million, which of course is their pre-tax income.
The next day, the Clippers defeated the Washington Wizards without a big general Arenas at home, Ji Guoyi did not play in this game, and his brother Ji Guoqiu also sat on the court to rest.
The two of them were All-Star starters and Rookie Challenger starters, and the two brothers also participated in the three-point contest and dunk contest respectively, and Dunleavy Sr. deliberately gave them a rotation before All-Star Weekend. Only Brand, who missed the All-Star Game due to injury, played 38 minutes today and was brutally beaten by Dunleavy Sr., anyway, the old captain will not be a Clippers player soon.
The game Elton. Brand chipped in 33 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, and the Clippers fans cheered the old captain after the game! But unbeknownst to them, this was Brand's last appearance for the Clippers in Staples.
On February 15th, before the All-Star break, there was another blockbuster trade in the league!
The Clippers sent Elder out. Brandon + Smush. Parker + 2008 first-round pick, traded from the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey. Billups + Amir. Johnson + Aron. Afflaro + 2008 second-round pick. R1152