Danny Angie s Year of God s Reign: 07 The Big Three s Passionate Road to Win the Championship

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In 2007, Anji bet on the wealth he had saved for four years, introduced Ray Allen and Garnett, and completed the formation of the Big Three. In the eyes of others, the NBA has already been over this season, but Anji is still not light, and the most important thing is salary pressure.

2007-2008 season, the NBA salary cap was 55.63 million US dollars, Garnett's salary was 23.75 million, Pierce 16.36 million, and Ray Allen 16 million. Not to mention, the salary of the Big Three alone is over the cap. There are six other players with guarantee contracts, namely -

This year's second round second pick Bi Prutt 650,000; in the first year of rookie, the second fat Davis 430,000; in the second year of rookie, Rajon Rondo 1.23 million; in the second year of rookie, Lyon Poway 690,000; in the fourth year of rookie, Tony Allen 1.87 million; in the fifth year of his career, the big fat Perkins 4.48 million; in the fourth year of his team's soul, the white Mamba, and Scala Brian 3 million.

The total number of ten people is 68.46 million. Of course, this is not all. There are 4 places on the Celtics' list, (report 12 people per game, plus two backup lists for the season). Because the salary is over the cap, there is only one middle class worth 4.7 million and the basic salary of veterans of various years.

You should know that in the long season, injuries, conflicts, and bans are all uncontrollable factors. Whenever one person falls, the other person has to hold up. Therefore, every quota is crucial. Anji's most important contract is the middle class. In the NBA, in addition to cheap rookies, the salary of a player basically determines the strength of the player. It is basically impossible to rely on the middle class to get a player who is satisfied with all aspects. Therefore, Anji was very pragmatic from the beginning. His target audience is a three-point shooter or a defensive engineer blue-collar worker.

On August 9, 2007, one week after the Celtics officially announced that Garnett joined, Angie split the middle class and signed 29-year-old Eddie House with a one-year and 1.5 million contract. House is a long-standing three-pointer shooter in the league. Last year, he averaged only 16 minutes per game at the Nets and was able to average 1.3 three-pointers with a 43% three-point shooting percentage. However, House's shortcomings are also obvious. He will not be anything except three-pointers, otherwise he would not be so cheap.

House became the player with the highest three-point shooting percentage in the Celtics team except Ray Allen, and hit three-pointers several times at critical moments. He also produced the most three-pointers besides Ray Allen and Pierce. He was of average quality and quantity. He performed in the first three rounds of the playoffs, but the G4 exploded in the finals, and he scored 11 points from the bench and scored 2 three-pointers, helping the team win a valuable victory.

Two days later, on August 11, Anji gave another veteran's basic salary worth 1.22 million yuan, and signed a contract with Scott Pollard, a 32-year-old insider blue-collar, who was 211 cm tall. Last season, Pollard played only 24 games with the Cavaliers, averaging only 1 point and 1 rebound. He had to give fruit baskets when he saw the water dispenser. He should have retired, but he was still recruited by Anji. Anji did not have much expectations when signing Pollard, and it was enough to let Garnett and Perkins come down to take a breath.

In fact, signing Pollard was just Angie's helpless move. One was that the money was indeed not good, and those who were capable could not sign it. Moreover, it was almost a month and a half before the free market was opened, and the good goods had been stolen long ago. However, there was still a pearl in the free market at that time, and he was always waiting for his next home. This person was James Percy.

Percy was 30 years old at the Heat last season, helping Wade and O'Neal to the top as the sixth man in the team. Percy's style of play is called a 3D player, good at defense and three-pointers. He is a perfect addition to each championship-level team. After Percy's contract expires in the offseason, the team he wants to go to is actually the Rockets who own Yao and McGrady, but in terms of salary, he is fighting a tug-of-war with the Rockets. Percy wants a long-term contract with an annual salary of no less than 8 million, but the Rockets are only willing to give 5 million, so it has been delayed until mid-August.

Angie took great pains to win Percy. He asked Percy to Indianapolis for a detailed discussion. Percy was wondering why he didn't go to Boston to talk. He soon got the answer. Angie brought Percy's idol Reggie Miller to act as a lobbyist. When he saw his idol, Percy was very excited and soon negotiated a contract with Angie. Angie even invited the 42-year-old Miller to make a comeback, but Miller did not agree.

Percy became an important part of defending Kobe in the finals. Not only did he have excellent defense, Percy's three-pointers also saved the team from danger several times. It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of importance to the team this year, in addition to the Big Three, Percy counted Percy. Although he is a substitute, he is more important than Rondo and Perkins.

On Percy's contract, Angie was full of fun. On the surface, it was 14 million in two years, but in fact, it was 5.5 million in the first year, 8.5 million in the second year, and it was a player option. Moreover, the 5.5 million in the first year also had some incentive clauses, and the actual amount of guarantee was only 3.2 million, because Angie really had no choice. The middle class who had 4.7 million had 1.5 million in the past gave Eddie House. The only thing he could do was to do was that he could do. Considering the actual situation in Boston and the Celtics' prospects for winning the championship, coupled with the lobbying of idols, he finally decided to cut the salary and renew the contract.. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics met the Detroit Pistons. The sunset was setting at that time, especially after Da Ben left, the Pistons' proud defensive system completely collapsed. The Big Three performed well in six games, and the Celtics advanced to the finals 4:2. At this time, the Lakers had been waiting here for a long time.

The Lakers' promotion path is smoother than the Celtics. Compared to the Celtics losing 8 games in three rounds and playing seven games in two rounds, the Lakers lost three games in the first three rounds. The combination of Kobe + Grand Plus burst out with 120% combat power in the playoffs!

This is a round of finals that can be said to be a history-enacted final. The confrontation between the two sides was directly full. G1 Garnett made a big splash. Pierce and Ray Allen also performed well. Kobe was unable to support the Celtics' multiple encirclements and suppression. He only scored 24 points in 26 shots, and the Celtics won the opening game.

Lyon Powell faced the sudden outbreak of the Canadian League. He only 15 minutes into the field and scored 21 points, writing the most glorious chapter of the counterattack of the little man. Although Rondo was not good at attack, he gave 16 assists to help the Celtics win another game. Kobe scored 36 points in G3 to chase the big score to 2:1, but in a blink of an eye, Kobe fell into a disadvantage in the match against Percy and Ray Allen. He scored only 17 points in the game, while Percy scored 18 points and performed very well.

At this time, the Celtics had already held the match point 3:1, and the golden finals O'Brien Cup is right in front of you! In the critical fifth game, all the players of the Celtics were around head coach Doug Rivers before the game. Lao Li used his usual low and hoarse voice, rich in super power to deliver a passionate and urinating speech -

The record of my career being reversed must not be broken! Isn’t it just that there are no difficulties! You can also achieve difficulties without difficulties!

So the Celtics lost another battle.

Of course, this is a joke.

The final sixth game, in Boston's North Shore Garden Square, Doug Rivers made another passionate and urinating speech. Facing everyone, he shouted in his unique hoarse voice -

"We are the best team this year. No one can defeat us. We will not have another game, because this game is our last game! No one can stop us! Kobe can't do it! We will definitely defeat him!"

Lao Li poured a bowl of very thick poisonous chicken soup into a big bowl of Celtics players, but it ended up filling too many. The Celtics defeated the Lakers 131:92, and the Celtics defeated the Lakers 4:2, and won the championship of this year!

This championship trophy has rewritten the fate of many people. Cassel and PJ Brown were satisfied and announced their retirement. Percy became the famous champion Fu General and an important puzzle. Although Lyon Powell performed in his later career in this period, he became a classic case of counterattacks by the small figures due to the explosion of G2. Perkins, Rondo, House, Tony Allen, and even the team soul White Mamba have become the envy of young players. The Boston Big Three, Pierce, Ray Allen and Garnett have greatly improved their historical status because of this championship ring.

Of course, there is also Danny Angie. After enduring for four years, he broke his cocoon. He bet on all his futures in this year. He finally succeeded in becoming the gods and becoming the most outstanding general manager in NBA history. He also made an indelible story. Of course, there is also Lao Li, who has only relied on this ring to ensure his job for the next eighteen years...

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