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The Brooklyn Nets are definitely one of the most watched teams at the beginning of the season. The 88 million luxury tax is the highest in NBA history. Such a high amount, even Cuban, a boss who is willing to spend money, will consider it again and again. However, Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov obviously doesn't care much about the $88 million figure. Compared to this astronomical luxury tax, he cares more about the championship!

Bringing the Nets to Brooklyn will undoubtedly give the Nets a stronger ability to attract gold. In the city of New York, you never have to worry about basketball becoming obsolete. But if you want the team to maintain long-term and sustainable gold absorbing ability, it is not enough to have a good market. You must also have honor!

The O'Brien Cup is the highest honor a team pursues!

When the Russian tycoon entered the Nets in 2010, he promised the fans that he would get the O'Brien Cup within five years. Now, only one year is left before the deadline he promised. So he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to create such a terrifying lineup called the Big Five!

Brook Lopez, the first All-Star player in the history of the Brooklyn Nets. Last season, he averaged 19.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and a gratifying 2.1 blocks per game. Lopez has shown his deterrence on both ends of the offense and defense. He is already an undoubtedly the league's top center.

Kevin Garnett, a member of the future Hall of Fame, although he is 38 years old, the strength of the "Wolf King" still cannot tolerate Xiao Xu.

Paul Pierce, an indelible name in the history of the Boston Celtics. Only one year younger than Garnett, he averaged 18.6 points per game last season, which is a very suitable championship puzzle.

"Singles King" Joe Johnson, with an annual salary of 21.46 million, ranks first in the team. Of course, his offensive ability is worthy of such a price. People even call him "Three Minutes Jordan", which shows how amazing this guy's singles ability is at critical moments.

Finally, it is the most important soul of the Nets, Deron Williams, who has almost joined the Dallas Mavericks and Yiyang in the backcourt to form a double shot in the backcourt! Although Deron Williams's state has declined compared to the Jazz era, his average of 18.9 points and 7.7 assists per game last season proved that he is still a qualified team leader.

The Russian local boss believes that this lineup will be extremely powerful under Deron's needlework.

The above five people, plus the legendary Nets superstar, NBA historical-level point guard Jason Kidd coaching. Brooklyn's equipment is magnificent.

It seems that this lineup is really brilliant. The five starting players are all All-Star players. It is said that the Miami Heat and James' rule of the East will end here, and the idea of ​​building a team for the future crash championship will sweep the league by smashing money and overdrawing.

While everyone was waiting for the Nets to kill the Quartet, the Nets lost again and again.

Age and injuries have become stumbling blocks that limit the advancement of this NBA's most expensive team. Brook Lopez was reimbursed early in the season, Garnett became a marginal figure on both ends of the offense and defense, Deron Williams stopped, and Joe Johnson was no longer as brave as he was.

So far this season, the Nets' record is only 18 wins and 22 losses. Although this is enough for them to squeeze into the top eight in the relatively less competitive Western Conference, it is clear that the Nets' goal this season is not just to enter the playoffs. The current results are far from what they had expected before.

It's also a coincidence that if the Nets didn't make that deal with the Mavericks, God knows what they will achieve under the leadership of Yiyang. But Billy King, the general manager of the Nets, seems to be obsessed with the idea of ​​building a quick championship. He is very willing to overdraft in the future to get an old player who has already made a name for himself. Before, he gave up Yiyang for Caron Butler. For Garnett and Pierce this year, he even gave up the first-round picks for the next three years!

But there is no if in this world, Yiyang has become the symbol of the city of Dallas by accident. As for the Brooklyn Nets, their road to a championship seems to be getting more bumpy.

When Kidd was organizing team training on the sidelines of the training field today, he found that Terry's condition seemed very good.

This season, Terry's scoring average created a career low of 4.5 points, not even as good as his rookie season. There is no doubt that this once indispensable super sixth man for the Mavericks has now become a marginal figure at the end of the bench. If it weren't for Kidd's extreme trust in Terry, his former teammate, Terry might not even have 16 minutes of playing time this season.

But Kidd, who once won the O'Brien Cup with Terry, knows that the strength of the old boy is more than that, he just ran into a team that didn't fit well. What's more, in the next game, I will meet that guy...

"Jett, the shot was pretty accurate today!" On the court, Garnett clearly saw Terry's unusual state. The "Wolf King", who averaged only 6.5 points per game this season, really hopes that he will be able to usher in a recovery like Terry.

"Which day I'm not sure? Really, let's continue training, otherwise our coach Kidd will be unhappy!"

Terry joked with Kidd, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. To these old guys, Kidd is still the Kidd who controls the audience on the court. The appearance of him standing on the sidelines in a suit is really unaccustomed.

"Awesome Jeter, your playing time will be reduced by another minute tomorrow!" Kidd also jokingly responded to his old buddy, but he won't really reduce Terry's playing time tomorrow. On the contrary, he will add time!

That old boy, he definitely didn't want to give up in front of that guy in Yiyang. Yiyang has always regarded Terry as his eldest brother, but no one is the elder brother and wants to lose to his younger brother.

Now Terry wants to defeat Yiyang, who is already an MVP level. But at least, he didn't want to lose too badly. He didn't want Yiyang to see himself so desolately now...

Kidd smiled. Isn't he in such a mood? Faced with a "monster" created by himself, Kidd was proud and afraid.

Two years of rigorous training on Yiyang in Dallas allowed Kidd to build Yiyang into a super point guard, as Cuban wanted. It can be said that if there is no Kidd, Yiyang may still become a superstar, but the speed will never be so fast.

Kidd's guidance made Yiyang take a lot of detours. Why is the gap between Wall and Yiyang so big now? In addition to the playoff experience, the guidance of Kidd, a historic point guard, is something Wall doesn't have.

Kidd knows Yiyang very well, because everything that kid will teach himself. It is precisely because of this that Kidd is afraid.

He understands that Yiyang's strength is very terrifying, and even if you know him well, you may not be able to defeat him.

Does Yiyang have any obvious weaknesses? If it was a few years ago, Kidd can also force Yiyang to shoot a three-pointer. But now, although Yiyang still doesn't like to shoot three-pointers, his 42% three-pointers are definitely not low. Three-pointers are no longer Yiyang's weakness.

What Kidd can do is to fortify layers on the inside to make Yiyang's breakthrough not so smooth. With a small lineup composed of Garnett and Pierce, it is also difficult to stop Yiyang...

Just because the Nets want to completely stop Yiyang, in BA history, no MVP player will be completely contained.

Kidd can only limit as much as possible. Then under the condition of limiting Yiyang's scoring, play his offense well. In this way, the Nets have the hope of winning.

Seeing this group of guys in front of him who were old, but still reluctant to give up and still struggling in the league, Kidd smiled relievedly.

Who said that veterans can only be beaten? Come on, with me, Brooklyn will definitely give you a warm "welcome ceremony"!

"Energetic guys, next, let's start confrontation training!" Kidd clapped his hands, the veteran ~www.novelmtl.com~ will never compromise!

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"Ah cut!" Sitting on the plane, Yiyang sneezed. He couldn't help lowering the air conditioner in the seat, but Yiyang knew very well that his sudden sneeze had nothing to do with the air conditioner. Maybe, who is thinking about himself.

"I will see those two old guys again tomorrow." Nowitzki was sitting beside Yiyang. When mentioning Kidd and Terry, Dirk also smiled faintly. The friendship between him and those two guards is deeper than Yiyang.

"So, tomorrow's game will definitely not be easy. You know those two guys, their strength is by no means 18 wins and 22 losses can explain." Kidd and Terry understand Yiyang, similarly, Yiyang also understands those two Guys.

"I never said that the game will be easy. It's really unfortunate. This'friends party' just hit the 17-game winning streak." Nowitzki shook his head. Professional basketball is really cruel. He can't be soft because the other party is his friend, on the contrary, he has to work harder.

"No way, then we have to wait for us to win the 17th game in a row, and then invite Jet and Kidd to dinner." Yiyang smiled, Brooklyn, he has never been so eager to play away games.

Because this time, there are old friends waiting for him away.

"Sleep for a while, it will take a while to fly to the East Coast." Nowitzki looked at his watch, and it was already 12 o'clock in the morning. He turned off the reading light above his head, and his surroundings immediately went dark.

When Nowitzki said so, Yiyang also felt that his eyelids were a little heavy. He also turned off the light, and gradually closed his eyes.

Two old buddies, see you tomorrow. Hopefully, you have prepared a 17-game winning streak for me!

The plane shuttled quickly in the dark night sky, but Yiyang's heart eager to win a winning streak had already landed in Brooklyn.