Chapter 380: Do You Want to Give It to You for Nothing?

"We lost to ourselves today and we gave them a regular season win and conceded the number one for the time being." Ji Guoyi still refused to admit defeat after the game, he emphasized: "I think everyone knows that the 82 games in the regular season is a long marathon, and the frontrunners usually consume more body, so in retrospect, we can easily see that most championship teams are not the first in the division, just like we did last season, since the Spurs like to grab the first place, let it be given to them, we don't care." ”

After this game, it became clear that their roster this season has been restrained by the Spurs, and if Ginobili returns from injury, the Clippers' advantage in the backcourt today will also be lost. This season, the Spurs have the advantage on the inside, and the Clippers on the outside, and if the two teams meet in the playoffs, the Clippers will not be able to get the advantage.

In this game, Ji Guoqiu scored 8 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups 20 points and 6 assists, and Crawford 15 points.

After losing to the Spurs, the Clippers will travel to Oklahoma on Nov. 20 to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder, who seduced Artest in the summer, and they were called the Seattle SuperSonics last season.

Before the start of the season, plans to build a new arena were thwarted by opposition from the City of Seattle. Bennett's consortium reached a definitive agreement with the City of Seattle regarding the relocation of the former SuperSonics to Oklahoma City, and the Super+ Sonics moved out of Seattle and settled in Oklahoma City for the new season, but the team name and team colors were not taken away.

Artest faced last season's savior, which would have been a nice gimmick. And the Thunder have a good record this season. He is currently 5-5 and in 9th place in the West.

But a week ago in the game against the 76ers. Artest was punished by the league for a second-degree malicious foul and banned for three games after the league for maliciously elbowing an opponent. This game is the second game of Artest's suspension, so the expected battle won't happen today, but the Clippers have three games to play against the Thunder this season, and Artest will have to face his old boss sooner or later.

Thunder this season in new coach Scott. Brooks, although still hovering near the playoff gates, has a much better table this season than last season, with Westbrook, Durant, Artest, Jeff. Green is a four-player of great quality. The Thunder's record has risen significantly.

Among them, the core of the Thunder Kevin. Durant also ranked 17th on the ESPN player list with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals per game.

The two cores of the Clippers, Ji Guoqiu, dropped one place in the ranking due to the poor performance in the previous game, and is now 11th, while Ji Guoqiu has risen to 15th.

Not only are the two brothers ranked above Durant, but they also still have an advantage in individual counts.

Ji Guoqiu averaged 21.4 points, 14.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 3.9 blocks and 2.9 turnovers per game in ten games, shooting 55.2% from the field and 44.6% from three-point range. He shot 90.8 percent from the free-throw line.

Ji Guoyi averaged 25.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.2 blocks and 2.6 turnovers per game in ten games. He shot 51.1 percent from the field, 43.3 percent from three-point range and 90.5 percent from the free throw line.

The Thunder are not as good as the Clippers in terms of strength, and most of their players are rookies with outstanding potential, and they have not yet reached their potential at the moment, and Artest, the only experienced player, has been suspended. Therefore, the young Thunder only resisted half of the game, and in the third quarter, the Clippers seized the opportunity to launch an 11-2 attack wave and quickly sealed the victory.

The two brothers took turns bombing the weak interior of the Thunder team today, and the panda brother finally released the depression of the last game, and frantically cut down 28 points, 19 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks. Green was also unrelenting, with 26 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.

The result of this game was not unexpected, but after the game, the Los Angeles Times broke the news that made the Clippers headline again, the former broke the news, claiming to have received inside the Clippers, and the Nuggets officially proposed to the Clippers today the possibility of trading Billups, and their chip is Allen. Iverson.

And the Clippers need to pay Billups and Jared. Jeffries' garbage contract.

Of course, the elder Dunleavy would not agree to such a deal, and their chemistry is so good now that the neuropathy would agree to such a trade proposal. Moreover, Iverson's annual salary of 20 million, although there is only one year left on his contract, with Sterling's stingy character, he does not want to pay such a large amount of salary.

Therefore, after hearing the news, Sterling actually took the initiative to ask Sterling the next day, is it possible to conclude this deal?

Old Dunleavy didn't know that Sterling had taken a fancy to Iverson's commercial value and felt that the investment could be earned, so he asked.

However, Sterling's question almost scared old Dunleavy to pee! A player like Iverson, the Clippers at the moment don't have a place for him at all, and if Crawford doesn't come, he can still play a sixth man. But now that the Clippers have a full roster, all that's left is to continue to run in and prepare for the playoff title, and they don't need to trade at all.

Dunleavy Sr. hurriedly exaggerated the disadvantages of Iverson coming to the Clippers by 10,000 times, which temporarily scared off Sterling's plan to trade Iverson with Billups.

However, a few days later, when the Clippers left for Philadelphia to prepare to challenge the 76ers, the Nuggets actually made a new trade request, hoping to trade from the Clippers to a 20 million trade exception, and the Clippers did not need to pay any player price to get Iverson.

The elder Dunleavy received this trade request and was scared again, although they don't have to pay any price for the players, they do have a 20 million trade exception to use, but the Clippers really don't have a place for Iverson at the moment, should he let him play Billups as a substitute? Or let him play the starting second back?

If Iverson is allowed to play the No. 2 position, not to mention the tragedy on the defensive end, this small man will average nearly 40 minutes per game, Crawford's playing time will be compressed, and the locker room will be a mess at that time!

Dunleavy Sr. led the team to Philadelphia before. Quickly rejected a trade offer from the Nuggets. And pray that Sterling had better not know about it. Because his boss seems likely to agree to the deal, the locker room will have to be blown up by then!

On November 22, the Clippers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers away, Ji Guoqiu got 18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, and Ji Guoqiu scored 24 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.

On November 23, the Clippers narrowly defeated the New Jersey Nets in overtime back-to-back away games, and the Panda brothers got another triple-double in this game. This is Ji Guoqiu's third triple-double this season, and a new triple-double king has been born. Ji Guoqiu got 20 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 blocks, and Ji Guoqiu had 30 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks.

On November 25, the Clippers played against the Hornets away from home, and finally relied on Ji Guoyi's three-point shot 2.5 seconds before the end to defeat the New Orleans Hornets without Tyson Chandler, and kicked the Queen Bee out of the top eight in the West. Ji Guoqiu got 14 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, and Ji Guoqiu had 25 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.

The Clippers finally regained the No. 1 spot in the West after a home win over the Hornets, which the Spurs had previously lost to the Lakers. Now the record has changed to 10-3, while the Clippers have a 12-2 record.

Dunleavy Sr. returned to Los Angeles with a three-game winning streak. At this time, they were a little unhappy, because their next opponent was the Denver Nuggets who were peddling Iverson all over this time, and he didn't know what his bastard boss was planning at the moment, anyway, he didn't want Iverson to come to the Clippers, and the consequences were unimaginable.

The Nuggets have been looking for a target to trade since the summer, but Iverson's 20 million salary is difficult to sell, especially since the start of the regular season, the Nuggets' record has dropped greatly compared to last season, and the 6-7 record has fallen to 10th place in the West. To add insult to injury, Iverson's personal tally has dropped sharply this season, averaging only 19 points and 7.5 assists per game in 13 games, shooting only 42% from the field and 29% from three-point range.

Dunleavy Sr. certainly doesn't want such a player, and Billups is now averaging 14.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game while shooting 44 percent from the field and 39 percent from three-point range.

In such a comparison, the Clippers certainly have no reason to want Iverson, but the Nuggets are interested in the Clippers' 20 million trade exception, not only the Denver people, the Clippers' space is a great temptation for many teams, for example, the Rockets also proposed to trade Maddie for the Clippers' 20 million special case in the summer, of course the old Dunleavy refused, the Rockets One is no longer a 35-second superstar, and now it is a cancer like Iverson.

People outside don't know that the Warriors also wanted to use Byron. The special case of Davis trading for the Clippers, and the special case that the Heat are also willing to trade Marion plus draft picks for the Clippers, who knows what they're going to do? However, the elder Dunleavy was very impressed at the beginning, Marion happened to be the player that the Clippers needed to replenish at that time, but unfortunately Sterling thought that the salary was too expensive, and the deal was not completed in the end.

The Nuggets are now very troubled by Iverson, and in the 2006-2007 season, Iverson's arrival did not bring substantial help to the Nuggets, and his maverick style of play could not pinch the whole team together. That season, Iverson averaged 24.8 points and 7.2 assists per game, which was not on par with his peak, but certainly comparable to the league's top guards at the time, but the Nuggets barely managed to make the playoffs with a 45-37 record before being eliminated in the first round.

Last season, Iverson continued his all-around performance, and although the Nuggets' record improved to 50-32, they didn't even make the playoffs this time. At this point, the Nuggets management gradually realized that it was a beautiful mistake to bring in Iverson in the first place, the AI style is not suitable for the Nuggets, he can't lead Denver far, and even can't help the team enter the playoffs, Anthony has expressed the idea of leaving this summer, and Melon doesn't want to partner with Iverson anymore.

The Nuggets' hope is Anthony, so Iverson has to go, but who team wants to take over today?

Of course, the answer is no, so the Nuggets can only cut through the mess quickly and find a way to send Iverson away completely, and the Clippers, who hold more than 20 million space in their hands at the moment, are the best trade partners. As long as they get this special case from the Clippers, they can trade rotten tofu from the Knicks, the Knicks don't want big butts, but the Nuggets who are reimbursed by Nene want it. (To be continued......) R1292