Chapter 182 Alliance Situation!
In fact, Lin Yu was also very conflicted about Kidd's trade.

Kidd is indeed a good fit for the Celtics to some extent.

He can organize, defend well, and can also shoot three-pointers, which can help the team create offensive space.

but……

Lin Yu can also do this kind of organizational work.

And Coach Lu, Pierce and others can actually organize.

What the Celtics need more is Kidd's perimeter defensive attributes.

Tony still needs to grow, and his defensive experience is still insufficient at this time.

The most crucial thing is the competition for the regular season MVP.

Forming a Big Three is certainly a good thing, but if Kidd and Pierce reduce points, Lin Yu will lose the regular season MVP to Nash or others.

Lin Yu will be in trouble then!
After all, Hardaway's contract only has one season left next season.

In the last year, whether it is fully guaranteed, a player option or a team option, and what happens after the buyout are all controllable.

After the trade for Kidd, the situation was different.

When Dayao and others heard Lin Yu's words, they all nodded.

Then Coach Zhang asked Dayao: "Dayao, do the Rockets have any reinforcement goals?"

"I haven't heard about this yet, but if I were to say it myself, I want a good teammate at the 4th position and a good point guard."

"I have to say it's so comfortable to be teammates with Dayu. All I have to do is protect the basket in the low post."

"Uncle Huo's defense is really not good right now. I still need to help him with defense, and I always can't catch the ball in the low post."

When Dayao said this, helplessness was written all over his face, and his eyes were full of envy when he looked at everyone.

He also envied having teammates like Lin Yu!

During his time with the Rockets, Yao Ming was truly both a father and a mother.

Second Uncle Howard is Juwan Howard.

Many fans say that Boozer and Al Horford are Yao Ming's nemesis.

In fact, there is a problem here. Boozer and Al Horford have played more as power forwards in their careers.

Then shouldn't the power forward be responsible for defending two people?

Why they will become Dayao's nemesis.

The reason is because of Uncle Huo.

As the first billionaire in history, Uncle Huo was also selected to the All-Star and Best Teams during his peak period.

Now as Yao Ming's bodyguard, he will attack Yao Ming whenever a player on the court does so.

Uncle Huo always stands up for Yao Ming.

But this can't hide the fact that he is getting old.
Uncle Huo is 31 years old this year, and he was a 05-year-old veteran in 32.

A power forward who is about to turn 32, his role on both offense and defense is too small.

In the original history, in the playoffs, Uncle Ho was in the series against Boozer.

He averaged 5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage as a power forward was only 40%.

The WS on the offensive end is 0 and the WS on the defensive end is 0.2.

That's right, it's 0 on the offensive end.

Lin Yu is not exaggerating with this performance. If he has any teammate like this, the Cardinal will buy him out and send him away overnight.

With Uncle Huo's poor performance, Yao Ming had to provide defensive support.

Yao Ming's defense is definitely underestimated.

In the 2001-02 season, the Houston Rockets lost 100 points per 109 possessions, ranking last in the league in defense.

Of course, it can be said that the Rockets deliberately did not play defense in order to play badly and compete for the No. 1 pick.

In the original history, in the 2005-06 season, the Rockets ranked 6th in the league in defensive efficiency.

Battier had not come yet, and McGrady was not a defensive player in the Rockets period. At the same time, there was a defensive leak in the team, such as Uncle Huo.

In the 2006-07 season after Battier joined the Rockets, the Rockets ranked third in the league in defensive efficiency.

In front of them are the Bulls who signed Ben Wallace and also have Hinrich, and the Spurs who have Duncan and Bowen.

In the 2009-10 season, as soon as Yao Ming was injured, the Rockets' defensive efficiency immediately dropped to 17th in the league.

You have to know that Battier was still in the Rockets at that time!

Therefore, there is absolutely no problem in saying that Yao Ming's defense is underestimated.

When it comes to low-post rim protection and overhead defense, Yao Ming is definitely the best in the league.

Switching defense and assisting defense are also at the league average level.

The reason why Yao Ming was not selected into the best defensive team.

The main reason is that in this period of the league, the players selected for the best defensive team were really too strong.

Duncan, Garnett, Bowen, Big Ben, Kobe, Artest, and Kirilenko.

These players who have been selected to the All-Defensive Team for many years in NBA history all coincided with Yao Ming's peak.

Add to that Camby, who won the Defensive Player of the Year award by brushing up his stats.

Moreover, Yao Ming suffered a lot of injuries during his peak period, so it is normal that he was not selected into the best defensive team.

"Uncle Huo is indeed old now. Apart from the All-Star players, I heard that the Grizzlies are going to rebuild. I wonder if the Rockets can bring in one or two inside players."

Yao Ming looked confused when he heard what Coach Zhang said.

"Are the Grizzlies going to rebuild? Didn't they make the playoffs last season?"

The Grizzlies are rebuilding?
If Lin Yu remembered correctly, the Grizzlies had made it to the playoffs in their original history.

Coach Zhang began to explain.

"This news was released yesterday. You and Dayu are both in the competition, so it's normal that you didn't know."

"It's mainly because the competition in the Western Conference is too fierce. The Grizzlies are four wins behind the eighth-placed Nuggets in the Western Conference."

"Four wins is not a small gap, and the Grizzlies were swept in the playoffs before. When the Grizzlies management saw that their playoff hopes were slim, they wanted to rebuild."

In the original history, the Grizzlies made it to the playoffs this season as the eighth in the Western Conference.

The ninth place in the Western Conference is the Timberwolves with 44 wins, and the two teams are only one win apart!
The Timberwolves actually suffered a double blow of injuries and an aging lineup this season.

'Madman' Sprewell, from 16.8 points per game last season, dropped to 12.8 points per game

Advanced data and even shooting percentages have all declined.

'Alien' Cassell also suffered a serious injury.

In the original history, he only started in 38 games.

Starting center Michael 'Sugar Man' Olowokandi has only started 34 games this season.

This resulted in Garnett being the Timberwolves' player with the most points, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals.

In addition, due to performance reasons in the middle of the season.

Timberwolves head coach Saunders was fired, which ultimately led to the Timberwolves failing to make the playoffs.

But with this history, the Timberwolves added Ricky Davis, Chucky Atkins and Mark Blunt.

Chucky Atkins serves as a backup point guard, making up for some of the problems caused by the absence of the aliens.

With Mark Blunt around, even if the Sugar Man is injured, Garnett won't need to be distracted by low-post rim protection and top defense.

Ricky Davis can also make up for some of the effects of Madman's aging.

The current Timberwolves' record is obviously not as good as last season.

But they are ranked sixth in the Western Conference, two wins ahead of the eighth-placed Nuggets.

If nothing unexpected happens, it won't be a problem for the team to win 50 games in this history.

(End of this chapter)