naaapseattle Chapter 497 Super Gold Generation 1
Chapter 497 Super Gold Generation 1
Chapter 497
The news of Thompson's season reimbursement came suddenly.
Just today, the Lakers coaching team, who are also in the Pacific Division, is still focusing on their opponents in the same division, the Golden State Warriors.
Who knows that there will be unpredictable things in the sky, and people will have misfortunes and blessings.
Thompson's unexpected reimbursement immediately put the Warriors in a precarious situation.
Ge Feng flipped through the video of Thompson's injury.
This happened in a regular season game between the Warriors and the Clippers.
In the past few seasons, the Clippers have been brutally abused by the Warriors many times.
Especially in the 2018 season, the Warriors swept the Clippers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals, forming a big tie with the Clippers.
Two years later, times have changed.
The overall strength of the Clippers is getting stronger and stronger, and after the Warriors lost Durant, they successively lost Livingston, McGee, and a large number of outstanding champions.
The current situation between the Warriors and the Clippers is that the Warriors are weak and the Clippers are strong.
It can even be said that the strength of the Clippers this year is the strongest team in the league. Even the defending champion Lakers may not be the Clippers' opponents.
However, the Warriors refused to admit defeat. Their stubbornness made them play very hard against the Clippers.
Thompson suffered an ankle injury during the offseason.
During the intermission, Thompson felt a little swollen in his ankle.
Curry reminded him to pay attention to his right foot and not to use force to transition.
But everyone knows Thompson's character. Under Thompson's Buddha-like face, there is a very stubborn and competitive heart hidden.
Buddha just looks like Buddha, in life and competition, he is not Buddha at all.
Back in the second half, Thompson played harder and harder, with a faint feeling of playing G6 soup.
The two teams stalemate to the last moment.
Thompson hit a difficult three-pointer, and in the last 2 minutes, he forcibly helped the Warriors establish a 3-point lead.
But after the ball was switched, Thompson suddenly heard a bang when he was defending the general Paul George.
Then, Thompson fell to the ground clutching his ankle in pain.
It was Thompson who injured his right foot, where he hadn't rested since the offseason.
The team doctor and Thompson exchanged a few words and immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.
Curry watched dumbly as the team doctor carried Thompson off the field on a stretcher, not knowing what to do.
This unexpected situation made all the results meaningless.
According to the MRI report after the game, Thompson suffered the most serious injury of an athlete-a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Kobe and Cousins were all crippled in this way. After the Achilles tendon ruptured, they immediately disappeared from the super giant level to ordinary All-Star players.
Achilles tendon rupture, even if Thompson recovers well, he will not appear on the court this year.
With Thompson's injury confirmed, the Warriors have basically missed the championship.
In the Pacific Division, there is only one city brother who is difficult to beat, the Los Angeles Clippers, that deserves the attention of the Lakers.
The Warriors dropped out of the title race, but it didn't have much impact on the Western Conference.
The situation in the new season in the Western Conference completely exceeded the expectations of fans. Last year's defending champion Lakers only ranked seventh in the Western Conference.
This shows how fierce the competition in the West is!
The Clippers, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Pelicans, Rockets, Spurs, Trail Blazers, Thunder, Lakers, Mavericks, and Warriors all have a strong possibility of winning the championship.
Of course, with Thompson's reimbursement for the season, the Warriors, currently ranked eighth in the West, may lose their qualifications for the playoffs.
This is the cruelty of the West, the competition in the West will always be hell level.
The Clippers still maintain the combination of Leonard + George.
Although George's status in the Clippers was controversial in the first two seasons, the Clippers management finally kept this lineup.
In the new season, the Clippers have a strong momentum, starting with ten consecutive victories, and directly stabilized the first place in the league.
The Grizzlies, ranked second in the West, are definitely a lucky team.
Originally, after the Grizzlies lost Gasol Jr., they wanted to package and trade Mike Conley together.
Unexpectedly, a rookie in 2019 completely changed the fate of this team.
Ja Morant, a 21-year-old boy, won the best rookie and best rookie team in his rookie season in 2019, averaging 18.8 points, 7.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game, surpassing team boss Mike Conley and becoming the new core of the Grizzlies.
Ja Morant is a big-hearted point guard with amazing physical fitness. He is extremely fast and willing to assist his teammates. His speed and explosive power are enough to tear the defense of any team.
The only pity is that Morant's defensive attitude is not active.
But Morant has proven his potential to the world.
Morant led his team to second place in the Western Conference this year, which is enough to prove the horror of this second-year rookie.
It is worth mentioning that in the 2018-2019 season, there were four or five best rookies who could change the league structure. It is not an exaggeration to call the rookies of the past two years the "Super Golden Generation".
Ranked third in the West is the Denver Nuggets, and Jokic has proven his ability to lead the team.
This 213cm big man who is very good at low post singles and sorting out has made NBA teams miserable with his extremely high ball quotient.
No one can believe that this is what a No. 41 pick can achieve. Jokic has refreshed the three views of fans time and time again.
In the new season, the Nuggets are still strong under the leadership of Jokic, temporarily ranking third in the West.
The Rockets rank fourth in the Western Conference. Although the Rockets' regular season rankings are still in the past, in fact, the Rockets once broke the rumor that Harden asked him to be traded during the offseason.
In the end, Harden stayed with the Rockets, but the off-season scandal, I don't know if it will affect the relationship between Harden and Westbrook.
Both Harden and Westbrook are players with very high emotional intelligence. The two of them should have talked about these sensitive topics in private.
The Rockets have a good record, and Harden is also at the peak of his career. If the Rockets can introduce a strong insider, maybe this can become the strongest team in the NBA.
Fifth in the West is the New Orleans Pelicans.
New Orleans is the second largest port city in the United States and the largest port in Mexico.
New Orleans is also known as the City of Water, or Crescent City, which is related to the characteristics of New Orleans' hell.
New Orleans is located at the entrance of the Mississippi River. Its geographical location is very similar to that of Shanghai, but the difference is that the Mississippi River passes through the center of New Orleans, dividing the entire New Orleans into two halves.
Why do we introduce the regional characteristics of New Orleans here?
Because the city of New Orleans is not easy.
New Orleans is hit by hurricanes every year, especially in 2005, when New Orleans was hit by a super hurricane, which caused a sharp decline in the population.
Before 05, New Orleans had more than 80 permanent residents, but after that disaster, the population here is less than 35...
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