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Chapter 400 Should We Be Exam Gods?
Jia Fei wasn't actually that excited about participating in the All-Star Game. To be honest, he'd tried it before, and it wasn't his first time being the top vote-getter. But as the top vote-getter and a starter, his presence was necessary. After all, it was a symbol of status, a chance to showcase himself, and it would also positively impact his commercial image.
"Art, want to come along?" Jia Fei asked Art Mayork.
Art Mayork nodded: "Of course, I'm afraid you won't take me with you!"
“No way, let’s go together!” Jia Fei and Art Mayorc headed to New Orleans together.
In this year's All-Star Game, the Eastern Conference head coach is Brad Stevens, the young coach from the Boston Celtics, while the Western Conference head coach is Steve Kerr from the Golden State Warriors.
In New Orleans, Jia Fei saw many familiar faces. All-Star Weekend is a time for players to relax and socialize, a rare opportunity in the middle of the season.
The Western Conference All-Star team photo features four Thunder players: Jia Fei, Durant, Harden, and Westbrook. Now, only Westbrook remains with the Thunder, a fact that evokes a sense of melancholy. Of these four, Jia Fei and Durant already have a regular season MVP award, while Westbrook and Harden are strong contenders for this season's MVP. If all four MVP-caliber stars were still with the Thunder, what chance would the Warriors and Cavaliers have?
This is also a source of frustration for many Thunder fans. These four players don't play the same position: Westbrook at point guard, Harden at shooting guard, Jia Fei at small forward, Durant at power forward, and then there's Aquaman at center to dominate the role of a blue-collar player. With such a lineup, are you scared yet?
Of course, the salary cap pressure might have been enormous, but theoretically, the Thunder had the opportunity to keep them all back then. Since they were all developed by their own team, they all had Bird rights and could be offered contract extensions after the cap.
But the boss, Bennett, didn't want to spend money, so such a terrifying lineup never had a chance to appear and could only remain in the realm of fantasy.
Jia Fei realized that Westbrook didn't want to talk to Durant, which was understandable. After all, Durant had just joined the team that defeated him in last season's Western Conference Finals, and even used a smurf account to belittle his former teammates, calling them "nobodies." How could a man as upright as Westbrook tolerate that?
Although this alliance is based on the principle of "the winner takes all," there are still many red lines that everyone tacitly agrees cannot be crossed, such as defecting to the enemy, backstabbing, and intentionally injuring others.
Durant's desire for success is practically written all over his face, but if you want to succeed, don't be so shameless. He actually went to the Warriors, and he even had the audacity to say that it was the most difficult path...
This is like Bill Gates's child choosing to start a business and saying it's the most difficult path. Only a fool would find that inspiring.
Du Xiaoshuai might think that Running Man has done the same thing, but if Running Man is shameless, does that mean you can be shameless too? Why don't you learn something good!
These days, it's too easy for young people to go astray, and too hard to go astray. They learn from Running Man members to band together, travel, and throw their hands up in disarray; they learn from the blacksmith to be selfish, miss shots, and yell at their teammates; they learn from Harden to go clubbing, play defense with their eyes, and hog the ball...
After looking around, Jia Fei realized that he was now a model player in the NBA. He didn't bully his teammates, trained and played seriously, and had an outstanding image both on and off the court. Apart from losing the historic honor of "one man, one city," he really had nothing to criticize now.
Jia Fei and Art Mayok are in New Orleans, and with the trade deadline fast approaching, NBA teams are planning to make trades to strengthen their rosters before the deadline. Some are strengthening their teams, while others are selling players for other assets, preparing to tank.
Because NBA teams do not have promotion or relegation, even if you finish in the bottom three of the league every season, you will not be relegated to play in the NBDL. Therefore, many teams choose to tank when rebuilding.
Tanking gives you a chance to get a top-three draft pick, and the higher the draft pick, the greater the chance of finding the cornerstone of a team.
The Clippers' management contacted Jia Fei in the past two days to inform him that the team plans to strengthen its roster in the mid-term, but the players put on the trading block before the deadline are all too low-profile. At present, the only real big fish is Cousins.
It's no secret that the Kings want to get rid of Cousins. He's got the talent, but he's not very bright, and his emotional control is nothing like that of an All-Star center. Several seasons have passed, and he hasn't improved much, so the team is planning to make a move.
Cousins isn't worth much in trade right now. All they need to do is balance his contract, give them some valuable young players, and add some draft picks. And the Clippers can easily offer that kind of trade package.
The question is whether or not you should get him?
Last season, Cousins was a center on the All-NBA Second Team, averaging 26.9 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.4 blocks per game. If you only look at the stats, these aren't just ordinary All-Star center stats; they're MVP-level numbers.
But Jia Fei knew that if you only looked at the stats, players like Cousins and Love should be MVP contenders. But the reality was that these kinds of players were easily targeted in the playoffs; their individual weaknesses were too great, making them a double-edged sword.
First of all, as interior players, both Cousins and Love have terrible defense. Unlike perimeter players, poor defense is extremely detrimental to interior players. A point guard's poor defense can be covered for by the forwards and centers, but who's going to clean up the mess for a poor interior defender?
Poor rim protection, unable to defend pick-and-rolls, lacking awareness of help defense and rotation, prone to mindless fouls, a ticking time bomb—would you dare hire such an inside player?
Secondly, Cousins' high stats are largely inflated; his shooting percentage is too low. As a center, his field goal percentage is only 45.1%, worse than many guards. His three-point percentage is less than 35%, his free throw percentage is just over 70%, and he averages only 3.3 assists per game while committing 3.8 turnovers. This assist-to-turnover ratio is...
It's no exaggeration to say that neither Cousins nor Love, if they came to the Clippers, would be as impactful as Horford. Often, a player's impact cannot be fully captured by statistics.
Among the league's power forwards/centers, Anthony Davis is one who can outperform Al Horford. However, it's clear the Pelicans are unlikely to let Davis go.
Jia Fei remembered that in his previous life, Cousins was traded to the Pelicans, and the package seemed to be Evans, Hield, Galloway, and a first-round pick. To be honest, that wasn't a lot of money. If the Clippers really wanted to acquire Cousins, they could have offered a similar package.
Jia Fei rejected the suggestion to trade with Cousins. He was pleased that the Clippers respected his opinion. He didn't like Cousins, a player who was like a ticking time bomb. Such players were talented but had poor emotional control and were not suitable to be one of the core players on a championship-contending team.
Cousins' offense requires a lot of possession, is inefficient, and prone to overreacting. If he were the type like the legendary "Roaring God" from back in the day, Jia Fei thought he could be a good fit. Unfortunately, he's not...