Chapter 34: The Great Deal

The Sacramento Kings finished last season with a 33-49 record and finished last in the West, and after Adelman's departure, the Kings immediately moved away from the playoffs and the team entered a rebuild. The current Kings also have the White Devil Bibby, the Beast Artest and Kevin Martin, the top scorer who rose last season.

In this preseason game, except for the White Devils, Artest and Martin are both in the Kings' starting lineup, and the two of them look to complement each other with one offense and one defense.

However, in the game, the Kings did not have an eye-catching appearance, the team's chemistry was not good, and the weak interior line made their defense easily penetrate after being blocked and dismantled by the opponent, and the rebounds were also controlled by the two brothers today.

The interior line of the NBA team, the offense can be bad, the defense must not be bad, and if the three-second zone can't be defended, if you want to win, it is equivalent to fishing for the moon in the water.

Ji Guozhi has been facing all kinds of ridicule and sarcasm from the media in the past few days, and he has long held his breath, and today he can be regarded as an outburst when he meets the king of fish belly, playing 31 minutes, and slashing 30 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks on Darryl Watkins.

Whether NBA players can win the love of fans depends mainly on the player's performance on the court.

Ji Guoqiu also played 31 minutes, got 10 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks, today Ji Guoqiu set a new rebounding record, his excellent performance on the defensive end and rebounding, the same made Clippers fans overjoyed, and made the old Dunleavy feel ecstatic!

On October 26, the day after the Clippers defeated the Kings, the local court in Los Angeles held a trial to accept Ji Guoyi's bar brawl case, and the judge presiding over the case was a middle-aged black aunt who weighed more than 200 pounds, so he showed no mercy to the two scum who even beat women, and imposed heavy penalties!

Margeti was sentenced to 120 hours of community service and 48 hours of community service. Of course, the little singer didn't end well, she also broke the law and was also sentenced to 48 hours of community service.

Ji Guoyi's incident also alarmed the Canadian Embassy, because Ji Guoyi is a Canadian, and the Canadian people said that they would give him a bad review after knowing the news.

The verdict of the "bar brawl" between the two came out, and the matter was over.

On October 27, the Clippers played their final preseason game against the Golden State Warriors, and the old Nelson accomplished a feat last season, when they created the "Black Eight Miracle" on the Dallas Mavericks, making the German tank saddled with a soft egg infamy.

In this game, the two teams engaged in a battle of bombardment, the defense became secondary, and both teams focused on attack.

The elder Dunleavy didn't care about the team's rhythm being driven by the Warriors, and didn't make arrangements, because he also wanted to see his team's lineup, what would happen to his team's offensive power once it was released?

Margeti didn't play, and the Clippers still scored 118 points in this game, which made the old Dunleavy very satisfied, and even more satisfied that Ji Guoyi played 34 minutes in this game, scored 40 points crazily, and played an excellent performance that Clippers fans couldn't believe.

"This kid can really vote!"

This is what all Clippers fans who watched this game said about Ji Guosha.

This guy doesn't seem to know what hesitation is? As soon as he has the opportunity, he will not hesitate to shoot his hand to the basketball, even if he is one step away from the three-point line, he never frowns, such a cold expression, so that Clippers fans like him more and more.

Ji Guoqiu has become a rebound collector in such a game, a lot of shots means a lot of rebounds, his big hands are like two magnets, most of the rebounds are sucked into his hands, the whole game also played 34 minutes, scored 14 points, 22 rebounds, 4 blocks and 5 assists of the super number jΓΉ, the previous game just set a rebounding record, and in a blink of an eye he broke it by himself.

The final score was 118:112, and the Clippers relied on Ji Guoqiu's key frontcourt rebounds and Ji Guoqiu's key three points to defeat the Warriors who were playing crazy bombardment.

After the game with the Warriors, the Clippers' preseason season is all over, and their first regular season game is scheduled for November 3. The coaching staff has already looked at it in pre-season.

On Oct. 28, the Clippers first cut Dan Decaw.

On Oct. 29, the Clippers shocked the league by quickly closing a big trade involving multiple players that was not expected by the Los Angeles media.

The Los Angeles Clippers sent Chris Carman and Corey Margeti, Ron Artest, Sharif Abdo Rahim, Francisco Garcia from the Satramento Kings, and a 2008 second-round pick.

As soon as the news of the transaction came out, the Los Angeles media generally believed that the Clippers had made a loss-making deal, and even Clippers fans thought that their team had lost money after knowing the news, using the second master and a young main center with no injuries, only in exchange for a problem player who beat fans, an old guy who was full of injuries and was about to retire, and a role player who couldn't remember his name, which was simply a loss to his grandmother's house. The last draft pick is still in the second round, what good players can be in the second round?

Although the media ridiculed the Clippers for their brain-dead media, there were also dissenting opinions, such as Taliban Gepin of the USA Today sports section, who wrote that "every team must have the courage to break the kettle, and if it doesn't succeed, it will be a success!" If you want to be left and right, the price may be that you don't get anything in the end. Mike Dunleavy knew this, so he didn't drag his feet at all, and traded Chris Carman, who was in a position conflict, to the Kings, and sent the team's two leaders away with him, completely clearing the way for the Chinese twins. The only question left is whether the Chinese twins have the ability to become the core of the reconstruction. This will not be seen until after the start of the regular season. Successful or unsuccessful trade? It's too early to tell. ”

When Ji Guoyan knew the news, he still had a little pain, because he had just had a much better relationship with Margeti, but he didn't expect Margeti to be traded away in a blink of an eye, so suddenly, he couldn't react.

"The Clippers are going to rebuild with us?" Ji Guoyi was at home and asked his brother stupidly.

"Nonsense, Kaman was all traded, what do you say?"

"Well, that's right, Brand is definitely not at his peak if he suffers that kind of injury at this age, his contract will expire just next year, and our boss is so picky, he will definitely not want to renew his contract with a high salary." Ji Guoyan was very smart at this time, and after reacting, he analyzed it very well.

Ji Guoqiu was puzzled: "Our boss is so picky, so why is he willing to sign James Posey beyond the salary cap this year?" ”

Ji Guoyi rolled his eyelids and said, "You are so stupid, you don't want to think about it, how much money can Alexander, the owner of Team Rocket, make a year with Yao Ming?" The two of us combined, we can't be without Yao Mingqiang, right? That old pervert and Grandet knows that we can only make more money for him if we make the playoffs, so he's going to go against the grain and increase his investment in the team, and this bastard is treating us like a lucky cat. ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as our boss doesn't pick on the team's recruitment."

On October 31, after the Los Angeles Clippers traded, the 14-man roster has been officially formed.

PG: Sam Cassel, Blevin Knight, Smush Parker, Sean Livingston

SG: Catino Mobley, Francisco Garcia, Quinton Rose

SF: Ron Artest, James Posey

PF: Ji Guoyi, Elton Brand, Tim Thomas, Sharif Abdu-Rahim

C: Ji Guoqiu, Paul Davis.

PS: I don't know what everyone thinks about the deal, what do you think of this lineup? If you don't have much opinion, this season is basically this lineup, the 07-08 season is unprecedentedly fierce competition in the West, do you think the Clippers are more reasonable in the West?