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After the entire game, the Bobcats only scored 68 points, and the Bulls won 101-68 at home by 33 points. After just one game, the entire league has determined that this series will likely end 4-0. The Bobcats' strength is far behind the Bulls, even if the Bulls are missing a Garnett who still cannot compete.In fact, this is the case.
In the following playoff games, the Bobcats tried every means, but still could not resist the Bulls' great momentum.
4-0, the Bulls easily swept the Bobcats and successfully advanced to the second round.
This series has made many people realize that even without Garnett, the Bulls are still the biggest favorites in the league, with Wang Chong as the core and surrounded by Curry, Billups, and Gasol. The tactical system created by players like you can also be the best in the league.
Since Garnett retired for this season, the performance of other Bulls players has improved to varying degrees.
Curry's average points finally increased to 20+ at the end of the season. During the regular season, he averaged 20.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 5 assists per game. His performance was almost on par with Tyreke Evans of the Kings, who averaged 20+ 5+5 per game. The current discussion about who will be the best rookie between the two is quite intense, with Evans winning because, as the central player for the Kings, the team's status is higher than Curry's.
The advantage of Curry lies in the fact that the Bulls have the best record in the league, while the Kings have the second-worst record in the Western Conference. They lose almost every day and have plenty of garbage time when they are behind. Evans has more opportunities to score than Curry. There are more and the data content is relatively low.
Whatever happens, Curry is one of the best players among rookies in the 2009-10 season. There is no doubt about this. The Bulls used Millsap and other players to trade for Curry with the sixth pick in the first round last summer. They really made a lot of money.
It's not just Curry who performed well. Although Billups gave up his position as the second offensive point guard due to Curry's addition, with strength and game experience, Billups still has the ability to perform at an All-Star level. The regular season stats can also reach 17 points and 7 assists.
And because Wang Chong and Curry have attracted the defensive attention of most teams, Billups has found it easier to score this season than before, with his shooting percentage reaching a new high in recent years, and his three-point shooting percentage approaching 43%!
As for Gasol, due to his role as a hardworking center for the Bulls, even if Garnett is retired for this season, his ball rights have not increased much. However, as his strength improves, his average per game has also increased. He is able to steadily reach 12 points and 9.7 rebounds, and his ability to protect the basket in the paint is quite outstanding. Outside, he is not inferior to Tyson Chandler, the Bulls' first hardworking center. Even though he lacks some skills in rim protection and athletic ability, this deficiency can be fully compensated for by his offensive skills. Undoubtedly, he can attack, but the current lineup of the Bulls does not need him to attack.
Considering that Chandler was already a player who required an annual salary of tens of millions to stay, Gasol was only getting a low salary and a cheap contract for a rookie, and the price-performance ratio between the two was enormously different.
But unfortunately, the cheap contract during the rookie period will end at the end of this season.
As a second-round pick, Gasol signed a three-year contract with the Bulls at that time. When the season ends, the Bulls will begin to have a headache over the issue of renewing Gasol's contract.
It's fine if it doesn't give me a headache.
With Gasol's current strength and his enormous potential for development, he will definitely generate competition throughout the league. If they want to keep him, the Bulls must offer him a maximum salary extension.
According to the current league salary cap, it would take about 58 million to renew Gasol's maximum salary for four years, and Gasol's starting salary next season will reach 13 million.
Just the total salary of the Bulls' Big Three will reach 48 million next season. If Gasol renews with the maximum salary, even if all other players are calculated with a low salary, the Bulls' salary for the new season will exceed the 75 million mark! Of course, a salary of 75 million is obviously nothing compared to the Lakers' exaggerated total salary of 95 million this season.
However, the league's luxury tax minimum is only activated at 70 million. This means that if the Bulls renew Gasol, they will definitely have to pay a luxury tax in the new season. Even if the minimum is 75 million, they will have to pay an additional 5 million in luxury tax penalties.
If the Bulls sign a player with a mid-level contract worth about 5 million in the summer and their salary reaches 80 million, they will have to pay a luxury tax penalty of 10 million.
The Bulls' owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, is not a very generous team owner, so the management has started to feel the tremendous pressure to renew players' contracts at this point.
Once the team owner expresses his unwillingness to pay the luxury tax after the season and Gasol does not accept a pay cut to renew his contract, they will lose this extremely functional interior center.
Of course, Wang Chong definitely would not allow this to happen.
In his plan, Gasol will be one of the best interior centers in the league for the next five to eight years.
He has excellent inside offensive skills, the typical smooth shooting touch of European centers, high post organization, and the support ability he learned from his brother Pau Gasol, as well as excellent rim protection in the paint area.
At least until another great European big man, Nikola Jokic, enters the league, Wang Chong cannot find a second interior center more suitable for the Bulls than Gasol.
Because of this alone, it is impossible for him to let Gasol go, and the Bulls must renew Gasol's contract with the maximum salary.
As for whether the team owner is willing to spend the money, that's not something Wang Chong should consider.
In the past two years, the Bulls' owner has made a lot of money by relying on Wang Chong's two championships and one runner-up in three years, along with the advertising support in the Chinese market. If this is not enough, then Wang Chong will not continue staying. It makes sense to be with the Bulls.
Although after many years of construction, the Bulls' current lineup is as strong as any in the league, and the newly acquired Curry has not yet grown, so it would be a shame to give up like this.
But Wang Chong is absolutely confident. Even if he leaves the Bulls and gives up all of this, with his skill and strength, he can still build a championship or even three consecutive championship teams with any team in the league.
Wang Chong is already ready to put pressure on the Bulls in the offseason, which will force the team to renew Gasol's contract.
Not only that, after the 2009-10 season, Wang Chong's contract will also enter the player option period. Not only him, but also the best players of the 2003 draft class are in this period.
Top players like James, Wade, Anthony, and Bosh have the right to opt-out of their contracts.
It is precisely because of this that the world-famous decision would be made in the summer of 2010.
After James opted out, with Cavaliers fans anxiously waiting for him, he publicly announced through a TV program that he would bring his talents to the South Coast. The formation of Miami's Big Three was completed, completely changing the structure of the league.
Wang Chong also plans to opt out of his contract this summer, not to bring his talents there, but simply to renew his contract and get a bigger deal.
Wang Chong has always followed a principle in the NBA: make money.
He has no reason to save money for a group of capitalists, and he will not be compromised by various meaningless PUA tactics, such as winning the championship, winning the game, and the team.
If you want to sign him, you have to show enough sincerity. Renewing the contract with the maximum salary is a must, and there is no room for negotiation.
Wang Chong knew very well that blind compromise would only make the other party worse off. The best example is his good friend Wade, who worked hard for the Heat and never received the highest salary in his career. As a result, at the end of his career, Pat Riley continued to squeeze him and turned him into a humiliating contract offer.
What is loyalty? Is it tasty?
In the future, many people will use loyalty and one man, one city to boast about Kobe.
But everyone knows that Kobe has never taken a pay cut. The Lakers have paid high luxury taxes every year, which has a lot to do with his total career salary of 320 million dollars. Moreover, Kobe has also forced the Lakers to trade for reinforcements, requesting trades several times.
Even in the last season of his career, Kobe, who was no longer competitive, still earned an annual salary of 25 million and led a group of young rookies on a national tour to win 17 games and compete for the first pick.
Wang Chong agrees with Kobe's values.
The NBA is a business league, and everyone gets what they need, so why talk about feelings? If you want him to stay, just ask for money and that's it.
Also, Wang Chong does not intend to sign a long-term contract with the Bulls. With the Bird clause activated, Wang Chong can, in theory, sign a long-term six-year contract directly with the Bulls.
But Wang Chong does not want his future to be so restricted. He will only accept a contract of 4 years at most, 3 + 1. In the last year, the player options can be waived and the contract can be re-selected.
Although this will affect the total maximum salary amount, making millions less, it will provide more flexibility.
After investing in several successful films in a row, especially when Avatar made Wang Chong 100 million, millions are really nothing to him.
The topic has gone too far. It's too early to start studying the issue of opting not to renew the contract in the summer after the first round of the playoffs.
Back to the playoffs.
The Bulls defeated the Bobcats 4-0 and were the first to advance to the second round.
Closely followed by the Magic, who defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 4-0.
The Bulls and Magic became the only teams to complete the sweep in the first round.
The Cavaliers faced the Heat in the first round. Although the overall strength had a clear advantage, after all, the Heat had Wade in charge.
The first two games were consistently won by the Cavaliers, leading 2-0.
In the third game, Wade returned to Miami and erupted. He hit 16 of 24 shots, 5 of 7 from three, and 9 of 9 from the free throw line. He scored 46 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Against all odds, he helped the Heat. The team won a game.
At that moment, many people suddenly remembered that Wade also had an outstanding performance in the past. He was named FMVP of the Finals with an average of 34.7 points per game in the Finals. He was a star player who was no less powerful than Wang Chong and James.
It's a shame that the strength gap between the two teams is too large, and even Wade can only rely on his personal ability to help the team win one game.
Still, the Cavaliers defeated the Heat 4-1 and successfully advanced to the second round to face their archrival Orlando Magic.
On the other hand, in the Western Conference Finals, what is worth mentioning is the game between the Los Angeles Lakers, the number one seed in the West, and the Houston Rockets, the number 8 seed in the West.
Although Yao Ming can still maintain a competitive healthy state, the Rockets have managed to get out of the Wild West.
But times have changed, and the Rockets no longer have the ability to compete with the Lakers in the playoffs over the past two years.
The Rockets' main perimeter player, Tracy McGrady, also known as Tracy McGrady, has been completely abandoned by the Rockets this season due to injuries and was traded out of the team midway through the season.
The Rockets' main perimeter players have become Kevin Martin and Aaron Brooks.
Kevin Martin is an outstanding scorer who has consistently averaged 20+ points per game for several consecutive years. Brooks also had the best performance of his career this season, averaging 18+5 per game. Along with Yao Ming, the Rockets seemed to have formed a team. that belonged to them.
But in the playoffs, the only one they could count on for the Rockets among the civilian version of the Big Three was Yao Ming.
Against the Lakers, Martin and Brooks missed and the Rockets relied on Yao Ming to support them.
In a healthy state, Yao's strength is truly incomparable. He competed alone with the Lakers' three best players in the paint without losing any strength. He easily defeated Andrew Bynum in the paint and personally demonstrated how the opposing center should play.
But two fists are hard to beat with four hands, not to mention that the Lakers have a strong, armed man, Kobe Bryant, on the outside.
In this series, the Rockets, like the Heat, only won one game and were swept by the Lakers 4-1.
In fact, when the Rockets removed Tracy McGrady from the team at the beginning of the season, it already represented that the Yao-McGrady combination, which belonged to the youthful memories of a generation and the Rockets' era, had become a thing of the past. The Rockets, to find a way out in an increasingly competitive league, will either have to completely change the lineup and rebuild, or rely on this generation of players to continue.
Considering that Harden is currently playing well for the Clippers, averaging 16.8 points and 4.4 assists per game this season, and has been cultivated by the Clippers as the core of the outside line, there is a high probability that the Rockets can't. We miss Harden as they did historically, so Wang Chong really doesn't know what the future development of the Rockets will be.
--A few days later, all the results of the first-round games in the East and West came in.
In the East, the Bulls, Cavaliers and Magic ended their battles early. The deadlock was the matchup between the Eagles and Celtics, who were fourth and fifth in the East.
Both teams are not weak at strength and have full lineups, but the Celtics are still superior after all. With Durant's 25-point-per-game performance in the series, they defeated the Hawks 4: 3 and advanced to the second round
. in the second round of the Eastern Conference are the Bulls vs. Celtics and the Magic vs. Cavaliers.
The two sets of matchups in the Western Conference second round are the Lakers vs. the Suns and the Spurs vs. the Mavericks. Whether it's the Lakers and Suns or the battle between the Bulls and Horses, it's a classic Western Conference showdown.
Before the start of the second round, the league announced, as usual, the results of the selection of the best team of this season.
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