Pick Westbrook

Chapter 220

Chapter 220

1 month 20 day.

The regular season schedule is nearly halfway through.

Because the Bucks only had three inside rotations, they finally encountered frequent injury problems.

Jermaine O'Neal sprained his foot and needs at least a week of recuperation.

When he recovered from his injury and was about to return to play, Villanueva suffered a strained left adductor muscle and was out for at least two weeks.

Li Lai was extremely cautious in handling the injuries of the two.

Because the Bucks' goal is to defend the title, he will never allow players to play with injuries.

After all, if the injury gets worse, it will not only change the original lineup structure of the Bucks, but also greatly affect the tactical cooperation and tacit understanding between the players.

So Li Lai's order to the team doctor is that he will only allow the two to play again when they are fully recovered.

But this will undoubtedly make things worse for the Bucks' already not rich inside lineup.

O'Neal had to be reactivated. In addition to playing in the original garbage time to enjoy the cheers of the fans, he also needed to come up for about 5 minutes during the regular season.

In addition, Artest and McGrady were pushed more to the power forward position.

Jeremy Lin and Danny Green got a lot of playing time during this period, which is a very precious opportunity for them to practice.

Jeremy Lin scored 10 points in a game, and Danny Green went further and further in the growth of 3D players. His defensive progress left a deep impression on Li Lai.

But even if the play of the two brought invaluable energy to the Bucks, the Bucks' record is still worrying.

Li Lai can only guarantee that someone will play on the court, but it is simply not realistic to want to have much competitiveness and dominance on the court.

Especially after McGrady was pushed to the position of power forward, he was obviously extremely uncomfortable. Defense, blocking, rebounding, and off-ball screens were all big problems.

Tylen Lue said: "McGrady has never done such rough work in his entire career, and now he is suddenly asked to do these things for the entire game, which is indeed a bit embarrassing for him."

Marshall nodded and said: "O'Neal is also extremely uncomfortable on the court. His weight has reached 163kg, which is much heavier than last season's 148kg."

"We could have him play 1.2 minutes, but playing 5 minutes is obviously exhausting on the court."

Li Lai very much agrees with the feedback from the two assistant coaches, and he also sees the performance of O'Neal and McGrady on the court.

But even in this situation, Li Lai had no choice but to arrange for the two of them to go on top at this time.

Because the Bucks really have no one to use inside.

Marshall then continued to report on Yi Jianlian's injury.

Now he can completely throw away the protective gear and crutches, walk and shoot simply, and occasionally exert a little force without obvious pain.

But after all, it was a sprain of the medial ligament of the left knee, and it was a severe acute injury of the ligament, so even though Yi Jianlian's recovery from the injury was very good, Li Lai's decision was still conservative.

"Let Yi Jianlian do non-confrontation training next week to see his physical condition and sports feeling."

"If there is no problem, arrange one-on-one training in another week, and then three-on-three tactical drills."

"Yi Jianlian's five-on-five confrontation training has to pass with me. I think he can re-enter the team's roster after he has no problems."

At this moment, Tyronn Lue couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The defending team has always been extremely vulnerable to injuries, but even so, the injuries encountered by the Bucks this season and the phenomenon of poaching in the off-season are still too serious.

If the Bucks hadn't selected Cousins, signed O'Neal and McGrady at the same time, and resolved Dragic's contract, maybe it would really be as ESPN predicted.

The Bucks will fall completely out of the title race.

The good thing is that the current situation is slowly improving. As long as Yi Jianlian returns from injury, the Bucks will be at their strongest.

Marshall said: "Because of the injuries of O'Neal and Villanueva, we suffered the first two-game losing streak of the season."

"The record during this period has also been ups and downs. The current record of 25 wins and 12 losses is still ranked third in the Eastern Conference."

Li Lai took a deep breath and could only accept the result.

The regular season is nearly halfway through, and the records of the Bucks and the Heat have been stretched very far. It is very unrealistic to overtake the opponent and hit the number one record in the Eastern Conference.

Even if the head coach of the Heat, Spoelstra, also chooses to let the team slow down and stabilize after the Heat ended their 27-game winning streak, and is not in a hurry to hit a better record, it will be difficult for the Bucks to surpass the opponent .

So Li Lai made up his mind at this time and said: "Injuries are also part of the game, so I am not in a hurry to deal with the injuries of Villanueva, O'Neal, and Yi Jianlian."

"Of course, all three are our inside players. Their inability to play made us only one inside player, Cousins, who can still play."

"It did put a lot of pressure on us."

"So O'Neal will continue to go up in the next time, and the average playing time is still about 5-10 minutes per game."

"I will try to cut his playing time into more pieces."

"Artest and McGrady still have to be at the power forward position. When McGrady is on the court, I will rearrange the team's tactical play and try to make him less inside."

"After all, McGrady is also a very vulnerable player, and staying inside for a long time is also a hidden danger."

Marshall hurriedly jotted down these small things from the side.

At this time, Li Lai made up his mind and continued: "This season, we will not compete with the record, and focus on maintaining the players' state and recuperating from injuries."

The Bucks challenged the Mavericks away.

Cuban deliberately found Li Lai before the game, and had a brief chat about the Kulai express company.

Under Cuban's management team, Courier's development trend is even better than the initial survey results.

Has now occupied all remote areas of North America.

Cuban has a hunch that with the current development trend of the Courier Express Company, it only takes a year at most to occupy all remote areas in the United States.

That is nearly one-fifth of the freight share in the United States. After winning such a large piece of cake, Kulai Express Company will definitely become the third largest express company in the United States.

"UPS and Sky Express are the current industry leaders, but the main business scope of these two express companies is international express overseas."

"At present, there is no leader in express freight in the United States. Most of the sales websites choose logistics outsourcing agents to go out."

"So unlike the main business scope of the two courier companies across the United States, our goal is to deliver goods within the United States."

Li Lai explained his thoughts in detail.

Hearing this sentence, Cuban felt that Li Lai wanted to do something big, otherwise why did he know so much about the other two express companies.

It's just that after hearing Li Lai's detailed suggestion, Cuban frowned slightly and didn't understand.

He said: "As far as I know, the profit of overseas international express delivery is ten times that of domestic express delivery in the United States."

"That's why United Parcel Service and Sky Express chose to focus on international express."

"At the same time, domestic express delivery is still a very thankless task."

"Honestly speaking, the express transportation we are picking up in remote places in North America is in a range that other express companies are unwilling to accept."

"If it weren't for the fact that we have established a centralized freight transfer station, which has saved a lot of manpower and material costs, we might even be operating at a loss here."

Li Lai understood what Cuban meant.

Compared with overseas international freight, domestic express transportation is difficult to make money.

But in Li's view, it's just not making money now.

He told Cuban directly: "I have a hunch that in a year or two, online media will become popular, the micro-business industry will sweep the world, and all real economies will be greatly impacted."

"So at that time, domestic express delivery will become a very profitable cake."

"What we really need to do is not to make money at this time, but to make arrangements and preparations in advance."

"When that day comes, we will quickly occupy all the markets and become the real leader in the industry!"

"That is to say, during this period, let alone earning less, as long as we don't lose money, we can accept it."

Cuban was slightly taken aback. As he once founded the Internet company 2929 Entertainment, he naturally has a good sense of the Internet economy.

In fact, he also discovered the rise of online sales in recent years.

In particular, Amazon, created by Jeff Bezos, has a market value of $2007 billion in 44 to $184 billion now.

In just four years, this company engaged in online e-commerce has already seen a market value increase of 4 billion, and there is still a trend of continuous explosion.

So Cuban is extremely confident in Li Lai's prediction, and more importantly, he sees a kind of 100% confidence from the young boy's expression.

The future network economy will explode!

Airline Center Gymnasium.

Bucks starting lineup: point guard Westbrook, shooting guard Curry, small forward George Hill, power forward Artest and center Cousins.

Mavericks starting lineup: point guard Jason Kidd, shooting guard Jason Terry, small forward Shawn Marion, power forward Dirk Nowitzki and center Tyson Chandler.

"The Bucks have been having a hard time recently. All three inside players in the team have been injured, and the record has also fluctuated."

"At present, the Bucks have been completely pulled away by the Heat and Bulls in the East. It is becoming more and more unrealistic for them to rush to the top two in the Eastern Conference at a later time."

Speaking of which, Kenny Smith was extremely helpless.

In fact, not only the Bucks have suffered from injuries.

Roy of the Trail Blazers had his meniscus removed from both knees. He only played 17 games this season due to injury, and his average per game plummeted to 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

It is said that the player who hit this stat is the player who used to be nicknamed Huang Mamba, who would believe it?

In addition, the Charlotte Bobcats' Elvis Presley - Wallace sprained his ankle and is expected to be out for 2-3 weeks.

TJ Ford of the Indiana Pacers has been sidelined for a month with a strained groin and is still undecided.

Chauncey Billups of the New York Knicks suffered a left quadriceps contusion and will be out for at least two weeks.

Barkley, who was born as a player, felt the same way and said: "The regular season has reached the middle, and it is extremely prone to injuries at this time over the years."

"So players need to pay attention to their physical condition at all times, so that they can bring the fans the best game in the upcoming playoffs."

Barkley quite agrees with the Bucks management's approach.

O'Neal has already returned from injury, and he can also play in this game to solve the urgent need for the Bucks inside.

But Li Lai forcibly put O'Neal on the bench, and he had to play a five-on-five match within the team to make sure that there was no problem with his physical condition before he could play the game.

"This is based on the attitude of being responsible to the players, and they must not be allowed to take risks easily."

"But the price of this approach is that the Bucks will be extremely uncomfortable in this game tonight."

"The Lone Ranger team is now the third-ranked team in the Western Conference, and its strength is very strong."

"Especially the state of the German chariot Dirk Nowitzki, it's too good to be scary."

"I can guarantee that this is definitely the strongest Nowitzki ever."

Game start.

Boxing champion Tyson Chandler leaped high to get the ball off Cousins.

The Mavericks attack.

Kidd controls the field and advances with the ball.

Jets Jason Terry ambushed the corner, then sped up to set up an off-ball pick-and-roll for Nowitzki.

Nowitzki mentioned beyond the three-point line.

Kidd passed the ball steadily.

Artest followed hesitantly, but considering Nowitzki's height and style of play, he didn't follow the ball very closely.

Swish!

Nowitzki hit a three-pointer and shot extremely resolutely.

"Since the Bucks won the championship last season, the Mavericks have imitated many tactics of the opponent, especially the offensive strategy of pulling out inside players to shoot three-pointers."

"The Mavericks have played a lot this season."

Marshall opened up Nowitzki's statistics this season, averaging 25 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

咋一看，这数据和05-06赛季场均27分9篮板3助攻的诺维斯基似乎相差甚远。

But as Marshall carefully looked at the high-level data behind, a look of shock gradually appeared on his face.

"A career-high shooting percentage of 51%, a career-high three-point percentage of 39%, a true shooting percentage of 62%, and a free throw percentage of 89%!"

"The three-point shooting percentage and free throw shooting percentage are only 1%, otherwise Nowitzki this guy will be in the 180 club for the second time this season."

There was also a shocked look on Tylen Lu's face.

Nowitzki in the 05-06 season brought the Mavericks to the finals.

This season's Nowitzki seems to be better than that year, and it's no wonder that the Mavericks can achieve such excellent results this season.

At this moment, Li Lai looked at Rick Carlisle, who was on the Mavericks coaching bench, with great interest.

Among the one-on-one coaches who are still coaching in the league are George Karl, Popovich, Phil Jackson, Jerry Sloan and Larry Brown.

But these five already belong to veteran coaches.

Among the new generation of coaches, Li Lai and Rick Carlisle are the two most popular.

Teby is in the evaluation of the old-school famous coaches, Li Lai and Rick Carlisle are very optimistic about all the coaches.

　I suddenly realized that I haven't played games for a long time. After this thought appeared, my whole body was extremely unbearable.

　　So tonight I'm going to have a good time.

　　Thanks to the first emperor of Legalism, book friend 854***459 and other brothers for their rewards.

　　Thank you brothers for recommending tickets and monthly tickets.

　　Then make more tomorrow and make up for today.

(End of this chapter)