The Rockets don t want Durant or Antetokounmpo, so it s better to chase Jaylen Brown and Mitchell

(In a certain bar in Boston)

"What a fucking evil! " Old John smashed the beer glass hard on the oak table, and the wine splashed from the bottom of the glass drew crooks on the table. " Can our Celtics get two wool at home? " This loader and unloader who has worked at the Boston Pier for 30 years, his red face is like the seventeen championship flags floating above the stadium. On the other end of the bar, Tom, wearing a Red Sox baseball cap, took out his cell phone, and the cracks of popcorn were stuck on the screen: "Look at this, we are leading by 23 points with five minutes left in the second quarter! " He stretched out his fingers and gestured, and the faded Celtic tattoo on his knuckles trembled, "The result was that the New Yorker took the victory cake away. "

This scene reminded me of what I saw during an interview in Cleveland last month. In the Cavaliers locker room, Garland was wrapping ice bags around his knees, and the ice slid down his calves. "The leg is like an old Ford pickup truck," he said to me with a wry smile. "It's obvious that it's time to change parts and run the long distance. "There is a cold spring rain unique to the Great Lakes floating outside the window. Hunter moved out of the physiotherapy room with a cane, and the sound of metal brackets hitting the ground echoed in the corridor.

The dilemma of the two eastern powerhouses is very similar to the winter in New England - you thought you had enough firewood, but the blizzard came half a month earlier than expected. The Cavaliers' injury list is so good that they can make up the starting lineup, while the Celtics are like card friends who hold bombs but don't call the landlord. However, New Yorkers and walkers were like bulls breaking into porcelain shops, smashing the experts' predictions.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Rockets general manager Stone. Last week I ran into him in Houston and slipped out of the back door of Toyota Center with a thick stack of scout reports under my armpit. "We're like Texas barbecue lacks chili noodles," he said to me mysteriously at that time, "Looking at the fun, it tastes almost a little bit of fun." This is true. Look at the game they were black seven. In the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, the team made 3 of 21 shots, and performed a real-life version of "The Essence of Human Iron Strikes".

The undercurrents in the league are now even more urgent than the Mississippi River. News from the Celtics locker room said that management is secretly calculating luxury tax fines. The five first inventions that annual wages combined can buy half a town in Rhode Island. The value of the two Gemini stars Tatum and Brown is enough to build two luxury apartment buildings in the Boston Back Bay Area.

"What do you mean by this? "Celtics assistant coach Joe Mazula complained to me after training yesterday. "Last last year we were still celebrating the 18th championship in the team history. Now the people in the Finance Department look at us like robbers who robbed the bank. "White interrupted in the locker room, wiping his sweat and wiping his sweat: "I want me to say, this is the curse of modern basketball - the teams that are piled up with money will eventually be broken up by money. "

At this time, the Rockets' opportunity comes. They held Jaylen Green's lottery ticket in their hands. Although they scratched out "Thank you for your patronage" a little more times, it was at least the 2018 Tanhua Show. In addition to Whitmore, a spring man who can jump around, and Shepard, a sharpshooter, it is really exciting to make a deal package.

Speaking of Jaylen Brown, I still remember the games against Curry in the finals last year. At that time, watching football at a Bay Area bar, a bearded man in a Celtic jersey slapped the table and shouted: "This is the tough guy in Boston!" As a result, after being reversed by the Knicks at home this year, the same person muttered drunk: "I bought a key player with a soft ball player for more than 50 million yuan?"

But I want to tell me that the Rockets should really work hard to chase Mitchell. Although this kid is only 1.85 meters tall, he is even harder to deal with than the Texas bison. Last month, he watched him score 50 points in a single game at the Quick Loan Center. The speed of the breakthrough made the on-site commentator shout "The traffic police need to blow the whistle." On the other hand, although Brown is tough in defense, he always reminds me of an old-fashioned typewriter - he has to wait for a long time to react after pressing the keys.

Of course, coach Uduka may have different ideas. After all, he and Brown worked in Boston, just like an old cowboy familiar with his revolver. If Brown can really be found, the Rockets will immediately form a starting player with offense and defense - Van Jordan, Brown's wing assault, Amen serves as the adhesive, Dillon will bite the opponent's arrow, and Shin Kyung will play his Turkish Magic inside.

But there is a dead knot here: If the Celtics really want to destroy their house, why should they keep Tatum? At the critical moment of this season, his shooting choice was not reliable than blindfolded shooting. Just talk about the last moment of the Eastern Conference Final G2, the old lady who fell back and fell into the third row of the audience. On the contrary, although Brown, although occasionally, dared to rush into the crowd in tough battles.

This brings up the most deadly question: In this era of hundreds of millions of yuan contracts, should the team bet on data brushes or winner genes? Look at the Nuggets’ appointment with teachers, who still leads the team to the championship every year with a super maximum salary. On the other hand, some "team facades" have a lot of money, and the key battles disappear. Do you think fans are willing to look at beautiful data sheets, or do they want the O'Brien Cup more?

(The bar TV suddenly cut to the Cavaliers news, and Mitchell said to the camera: "Something needs to be changed. "Old John grabbed the peanut shell and threw it at the screen: "Speak lightly! You should learn not to lose the chain at critical moments first!")