I’m Really Playing Basketball

In this time and space in the NBA, there are many players who have reached the 30,000-point mark in the regular season, and there are even two players who have reached the 40,000-point mark.

Kobe Bryant and Chen Xiao successively became the 40,000-point players in the NBA.

As for Mr. 30,000 points under 40,000 points, there are currently Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Malone, Jordan, James, Nowitzki, Chamberlain, O'Neal, Wheat, Carter, Iverson, Ray Allen, plus two 4 Mr. Ten Thousand Points, a total of 13 Mr. Thirty Thousand Points or above.

And Wade is about to become one of the fourteen 30,000-point players in the NBA.

To be honest, for the current NBA, Mr. 30,000 points is indeed not unusual now, but it is obvious that Wade is still different from others.

After all, Wade is now recognized by the NBA as one of the top ten players in league history.

If such a player wants to reach such a milestone, he must be treated differently.

Therefore, after the All-Star Game ended, the focus of public opinion in the entire NBA was on Wade.

Wade was very calm about such attention, not so excited, but also very happy, which seemed to be normal.

Even during interviews, he talked with these reporters about his career plans.

"You are right. Reaching 30,000 points in the NBA is a great achievement. For me, my career is becoming more and more perfect. I have achieved what I never achieved when I entered the NBA. I have thought about some things, so I have been thinking, maybe I can just retire where I am now, and I won’t have any regrets.”

"Dwyane, do you mean you will retire from the NBA after this season?"

There was an uproar for a while.

"I had this idea, but in the end Chen and Ron dispelled my idea. Maybe I won't be that strong next season, but I can still provide help to Chen and Ron, and I will execute my player option. , get out of my contract, and sign a new contract with the Warriors."

Yes, Wade has changed his mind about retiring after this season and enjoying life.

Wade is actually so unambitious sometimes, and his strength has declined significantly. If he continues to receive the maximum salary next season and his strength is not worthy of the salary, he will definitely be ridiculed to death by then. Disgraceful.

In order not to be so disgraceful, Wade initially planned to retire at the top next season.

But Chen Xiao and Ron Howard still persuaded him to stay.

Since the maximum salary of more than 50 million next season will affect his evaluation, then it is enough not to have this maximum salary. The three brothers can play together for a few more years.

Not even for the championship, not for anything else, just for everyone to retire at the same time in the future.

Three brothers entered the NBA at the same time and then left the NBA at the same time. Isn't this a great story?

And an important persuasive factor that allows Wade to continue to stay in the NBA and play games is that Wade's eldest son Zaire Wade is indeed very promising.

Born in 2002, he is 16 years old this year. His performance in high school is very outstanding. He is currently one of the top 20 five-star high school students in the United States in his class.

Wade Jr. has a good chance of entering the NBA in the future.

When Wade Jr. enters the league in 2021, it will also be a good story for father and son to share the stage.

In 2021, it is actually only three years from 2018. Wade's current level is affordable.

It is precisely for this reason that Wade changed his mind.

Wade has the last 300 points left before he reaches 30,000 points. Many people say that since the Warriors have secured first place in the Western Conference early in the upcoming schedule, they should support Wade to score points and complete the three games as early as possible. extremely.

But when the regular season started again, everyone was wrong.

Whether it's Wade or the Warriors, they don't seem to be that obsessed with reaching 30,000 points as soon as possible.

Especially Wade himself, who should play and take rests, and didn't even disrupt the team's focus on cultivating young people like Devin Booker and Jaylen Brown.

A great team. In the face of such a huge personal achievement, Wade's team is incredible.

Therefore, having such a leader on the team is really respected by the young players on the team.

After all, now that the team has entered the second half of the season, the team already has a goal. It is okay to change this goal, but it will indeed disrupt the rhythm of these young people.

Wade did not put himself above these young players who are now being trained by the team. He has such qualifications and status, but he did not do it.

Therefore, the young players of the Warriors always say in interviews that they feel particularly happy playing in the Warriors. It is really a paradise for these young players with potential.

Many reporters originally predicted that Wade would be able to complete his final share of 300 points within 15 games.

But the final result was that it was not until April 10, when the Warriors played the Suns at home, that Wade reached the 30,000-point mark in the game.

Wade spent a total of 23 games for the last 300 points. Of course, this was mainly because Wade actually rested for 8 games in these 23 games. Therefore, it took a total of 15 games to complete 300 points.

This speed is actually very fast.

It can be seen that although Wade's speed, explosiveness and physical strength do not support his lightning breakthrough, such a rotation and the care of the team have made him very physically fit, so his game state is also extremely stable.

Basically, I can easily score about 20 points in every game.

Although the efficiency is much lower than before, and the shooting percentage has even dropped from above 50% for the first time in his career, but to be honest, as an outside player, and an outside player who mainly focuses on mid-range, his shooting percentage can be improved. More than 47%, close to 48%, this is really good.

On the night when Wade successfully became Mr. 30,000 points in the NBA, Chen Xiao specially put on a commemorative hat for Wade. At the same time, all home fans in the entire arena will receive a golden T-shirt with the 30,000-point number printed on it.

Among the blessings from Chen Xiao, Luo Ge and all the Warriors fans, Wade was very emotional and shed tears in the end.

After playing the Suns, on April 11, 2018, the Warriors' last game of the season was a guest game against the Jazz, who are currently competing with the Lakers, Spurs, and Clippers for second place in the Western Conference.

In this game, the Warriors had already been determined to be No. 1 in the Western Conference early on, but in the end they basically gave up on this game.

Because in this game, the Warriors' Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard rested.

And even Nongmei and Clay almost only played half the game.

In the first half of the game, the two teams were still inseparable. In the second half, after Nongmei and Klay failed to play, the Warriors' interior basically collapsed.

Although Devin Booker's performance was outstanding, the absence of Chen Xiao and Big Eyebrow made the three insiders of Allen, John Collins and Wood simply unable to stop the hammers of Millsap and Yi Jianlian.

In the end, the Warriors lost to the Jazz 107-119 on the road.

After losing to the Jazz, the Warriors' record has reached 75 wins and 7 losses, and they are still firmly ranked first in the Western Conference and first in the league.

After defeating the Warriors at home, the Jazz finally stabilized their second position in the Western Conference. It is precisely because of this that at the end of the game, the head coach of the Jazz, Alian, and many Jazz players cried with joy. .

This year is too difficult for the four teams in the Western Conference competing for second place.

The Jazz, Lakers, Clippers and Spurs, the four teams competed almost from beginning to end for an entire season.

The final Western Conference rankings are Warriors, Jazz, Lakers, Spurs, Clippers, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, and Suns.

The most interesting thing about the Western Conference this season is that four teams compete for second place, and the final result is that all four teams have a record of 55 wins and 27 losses.

Yes, you read that right, the Jazz, Lakers, Spurs, and Clippers have exactly the same record.

This is extremely rare in NBA history.

These four teams are not considered super teams, but there is no doubt that in terms of the intensity of competition this season, they are indeed quite terrifying.

Of course, if you insist on classifying the strength of these four teams, the Lakers are still stronger in terms of physical strength of the Warriors.

The reason why the Lakers ultimately lost in the second round was mainly because the Lakers were a newly formed team and their game state was very unstable. They could play well against the Warriors, but they could also lose to some inexplicably. An inexplicable opponent.

But it is obvious that with the three superstar players Jokic, Leonard and Paul George leading the team, the Lakers' combat effectiveness will be very terrifying in the playoffs.

Perhaps the Lakers are the Warriors' biggest opponent in the playoffs this season.

After all, for the entire Western Conference, in addition to the huge highlight of four teams competing for second place, the Lakers' ability to play 50-50 is also a major highlight of the entire Western Conference.

By the way, the Jazz's rookie Mitchell, the Spurs' new superstar Jimmy Butler, these newcomers in the Western Conference have performed very well this season.

In short, this season, there are really many highlights in the Western Conference.

On the Eastern side, the 1-8 teams in the Eastern Conference this year are the Bucks, Cavaliers, Bobcats, Philadelphia, Wizards, Knicks, Raptors and New Jersey Nets.

In the Eastern Conference this season, apart from the three super-powerful teams of the Cavaliers, Bucks and Bobcats, the other teams can really be described as sudden emergence.

Just talk about Philadelphia, which defeated the Raptors and excluded the Celtics from the playoffs. This season, under the leadership of Embiid, Philadelphia played very well. After Iverson left, this ball After N years, the team once again entered the playoffs.

In addition to Embiid, James Harden of the Wizards has improved his performance this season compared to last season.

In fact, the Wizards' record is better than Philadelphia's, just because the Bobcats are the leader in the Wizards' division, and the Cavaliers, the second-best division, have an unshakable record, so the Wizards can only finish fifth in the Eastern Conference. .

Although he is only fifth, James Harden averaged 30.4 points, 8.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game this season, which is really amazing.

And he and Westbrook are also the fastest-rising superstars in the entire NBA in the past two seasons, and of course they are also the most controversial superstars.

James Harden's style of play is too utilitarian and he likes to draw fouls.

As for Westbrook, his style of play is to attack the data too much, and he plays the game just like playing 2k.

Anyone who has played 2K knows that if a defender wants to grab rebounds, he cannot always follow his outside defender. He needs to let go of his defender and return to the basket to grab rebounds.

Westbrook is like this, he always loses defenders and rebounds in games.

On the offensive end, it's like his hands are glued to his hands. If he can move without the ball, he can't move without the ball. There is no data on running without the ball.

After so many years, Westbrook has basically not changed at all. It is okay to say that he has matured, but his maturity means that he is indeed stronger, and at the same time, his playing style for brushing up statistics has become more optimized.

Therefore, under his leadership, the Knicks' performance is much better than before when they failed to make the playoffs.

Of course, as a player who has averaged 30+ triple-doubles per game for N consecutive seasons and can lead the team to the playoffs, although he is not ranked high, he is definitely a superstar-level player.

By the way, the league's scoring champion this season is almost still Westbrook.

Curry saved the scoring title this season.

After Westbrook knocked the three-point champion into the sewer, it seems that he is also starting to knock the scoring champion into the sewer.

In the history of the NBA, no scoring champion has a more controversial evaluation than Westbrook.

In addition to these two people and two teams, the other team with the biggest highlight in the Eastern Conference is of course the Nets.

After Kidd acquired the team and became the team's owner, general manager and head coach, the Nets finally made it to the playoffs after so many years of wasted time.

This is really not easy. The Nets can make the playoffs this season, and the team's boss Irving is really indispensable, averaging 27 points per game, shooting 49.5% from the field, and 41% from the three-point range.

There is also the very controversial rookie last year, Ingram. His performance this season is also very good. He has increased from averaging more than 9 points per game to averaging 17 points per game. After the confrontation, this Ingram really has that little bit. Little Durant is the shadow of the bankrupt version of Chen Xiao.

Of course, if you want to say who is the biggest highlight in the entire league this season, it is naturally Curry, the leading guard of the Eastern Conference Bucks, and Chen Xiao, the leading player of the Warriors.

This season is Chen Xiao's 16th season. In this season, he has played as a center most of the time, averaging 27 points, 12 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of over 60%. This data is undoubtedly a dominant insider data.

And he will be 36 years old after this season.

Curry, on the other side, has made crazy three-pointers in the regular season this season, perfectly replicating the crazy Ray Allen who was as famous as Chen Xiao.

As a result, he won the scoring title for the first time in his career and is about to be crowned the first regular season MVP in his career.