The All-Star Game is over, and the trade deadline is coming soon.

Compared with the past two seasons, this year's trading market can be said to be much quieter.

Not to mention big trades, there are no big rumors even in the past few days since the All-Star break.

The main reason for this is the upcoming free market in the summer of 2016.

At that time, because the new broadcast agreement will take effect, each team will have an extra maximum salary space out of thin air.

Therefore, many managers have left their operating space for this summer and are not eager to make operations at this time.

The same is true for the Nets. The team's current rotation lineup is relatively fixed, and changing the rotation lineup requires re-adjustment, which is not worth the gain.

But Warken Dean sometimes has very strange ideas.

Just when the outside world thought that the Nets would not make any moves in this year's trade market, he actually took action.

The Nets and Raptors reached a deal, sending Evan Turner in exchange for James Johnson.

Turner failed to compete with Covington and has now fallen out of the Nets' rotation. It is not that surprising that he was sent away.

Even from Turner's perspective, this is an act of kindness by the Nets.

Because his contract expires in the summer, he has no chance with the Nets. However, he still has room to perform in the Raptors and can get a good contract before this crazy summer comes.

What is a bit surprising is that the Nets traded for Johnson.

Johnson's playing performance is average and he can be considered a standard NBA fringe player.

But he has one characteristic: he is a better boxer than West.

Johnson was born into a martial arts family. His parents and his eight brothers are all black belt holders. Before he entered the NBA, he was a professional MMA player and was already a second-degree black belt.

Although the sample size is not very large, he achieved an undefeated record of 22-0 in his short MMA career, and therefore has the domineering nickname-"bloodsport", which is translated as "blood point" in Chinese.

It may be a hobby for others, but if you really want to fight, this is professional.

And considering that the Nets' current rotation is relatively stable, the purpose of acquiring Johnson is self-evident.

The previous conflict with the Warriors was typical of Walken Dean, who was looking for a role for the Texas Twins similar to that of Oakley in the past.

You can't beat me in basketball, and if you want to fight, I won't let you beat me.

In addition to being better at playing than Johnson, another very important reason is that West is the team's first substitute inside. If something happens, he will have a great impact on the Nets' rotation, but

Not so with Johnson.

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After the All-Star trade deadline, the thing that fans are most concerned about is whether any team can break the Bulls' record of 72 wins this season.

In the past, this was said to be the record least likely to be broken.

But so far this season, the Warriors, Spurs and Nets still have this opportunity.

It is against this background that the season continues to deepen.

The Spurs and Nets have successively withdrawn from this ranks.

And their exit was very interesting.

For the Spurs, after the team lost Game 10, Popovich announced in the next game that Leonard and Ginobili would miss the game because they ate spoiled sandwiches.

The final result was that the Spurs lost the game as they wished, and then exited the record-breaking ranks.

The Nets' operation is more straightforward.

After losing Game 10, Carr benched the Texas Twins for the second half.

But unlike Popovich, Karl didn't mention what happened during the game.

This led to speculation that the two were injured.

As a result, in the next game, the Gemini continued to play without any damage and led the team to a big victory.

The two coaches have different operating methods, but their purposes are actually very similar.

Because they are much less likely to break the record than the Warriors.

Or to put it another way, they need to lose only 2 to 3 games in the next 30-odd games, which is obviously too difficult.

They may have this opportunity, but they must fight hard, and they may not be able to do it even if they try hard.

But the outside world has great expectations for them.

Therefore, voluntarily quitting is equivalent to actively releasing external pressure, and the players will have no psychological burden when fighting again.

However, the Warriors' handling method is different from that of the Nets and Spurs. They will definitely strive for this record.

Because their record of 48 wins and 4 losses in the All-Star Game means that they only need to lose ≤5 games in the remaining 30 games, then they will break the record.

For a team that only lost 4 games after playing 52 games, this is not that difficult.

So they will rush anyway.

But they definitely need to pay a price.

Just like if you want to dunk me during a game, I will definitely resist.

If the Warriors want to break the record, their opponents will definitely do their best to prevent them from doing so.

So just like if there are 30 points in the half, there should not be 60 points in the whole game.

And as the season progresses, the team's players will also enter a period of fatigue.

Coupled with the pressure from the outside world, this is indeed not an easy thing.

But the current situation is that the fans are trying hard to cheer for the Warriors, and the Warriors are also sprinting hard.

However, during this process, another piece of news deeply shocked fans, or rather Lakers fans.

Not long after the All-Star Game, Bosh of the Lakers was sidelined for a while due to a calf strain.

Then Lakers fans discovered that as the game continued, Bosh never came back.

Just when they were almost adapting to the Lakers without Bosh, the Lakers officially announced something.

Bosh was ruled out for the season because he was diagnosed with blood clots.

Fans didn't know what the disease was at first, and they were more angry about Bosh's bizarre season-ending injury.

Because Bosh was signed by the team at a huge price in the summer, and he was reimbursed in his first season. This really made it hard to call 911.

Then after the fans really understood what blood clots were, someone actually called the police.

Because this is a very dangerous disease that, according to medical reports, may “end careers.”

Lakers fans didn't even have time to feel sorry for Bosh. After all, Bosh had only been with the team for half a year. At this time, they felt more sorry for Kobe.

Because this basically means that Kobe will miss the fifth championship of his career.

This has also pushed the Lakers management to the forefront, because Gasol is now playing well in the Bulls. If Gasol is retained...

Unfortunately, there are not so many ifs in this world.

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In the blink of an eye, it’s mid-April, and a season full of topics has officially come to an end.

The thing that fans are most concerned about also came to an end at the end of April.

Defeated the tenacious Grizzlies in the last game and successfully improved the record to 73 wins.

As many people expected, it was much more difficult for the Warriors to win 73 games than before the All-Star break.

But looking on the bright side, at least the Warriors did it, breaking a record that many people considered unbreakable, and there were no injuries.

A large part of the reason for this has to do with Cole's comeback.

Because after Cole returned, he began a large-scale rotation.

Thanks to the number of players the Warriors had available to play with, this approach worked in the end.

But there is one detail that cannot be ignored, that is, after playing the game against the Nets, other teams rushed to follow suit, running to waste on both offense and defense.

And the closer we get to the end of the season, the clearer this tactic becomes.

Therefore, it is completely foreseeable that Curry will still encounter such a situation in this year's playoffs.

In terms of performance rankings.

In the Western Conference, the Warriors have the best record in the league with 73 wins.

Curry averaged 30.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game. He shot 45.4% from three-point range and made 5.1 three-pointers per game.

Moreover, his field goal percentage is a career-high 50.4%.

Note that this is a point guard who mainly shoots three-pointers.

"Crazy" isn't enough to describe Curry's performance.

And even though it will still be a long time before the season MVP results are announced, Curry's MVP is already a certainty.

What is worth discussing is whether Curry will become the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.
To be continued...