Li Dai has already tasted the sweetness of the stars.

Bringing together a group of superstar players is really a worry for the coach.The skills of superstar players are naturally first-class, and the game experience is extremely rich, even without the guidance of the coach, they know how to play.

Even if a person holds the ball to attack, the remaining four people are watching, Li Dai does not feel that there is a problem, the star ball is already so played, relying on the personal ability of the star, relying on the star to create opportunities.

In the era of the rise of the three giant model, there is such a saying that as long as one of the three giants plays well, they can defeat an ordinary team; two who play well can defeat a playoff-level team; and if the three giants play well, they will be able to play well, that is, the championship level team.

Now the NBA competition is more intense, but according to the star-dominated era, all the teams are still keen to form the "Big Three", "Big Four", and even "Big Five".

So when Lee learned that Lamar Vincent had been bought off, he was excited.For Li Dai, the more stars are naturally the better.

Vincent was a well-deserved superstar at his youth, 6 feet 6 inches tall and could play No. 2 or No. 3, but most of the time, he appeared on the No. 2 position.He has been selected to the NBA All-Star team eight times, and can contribute 27.6 points per game at the peak, known as one of the "four major scorers".

In terms of physical fitness, Vincent may be the best physical qualification in history, and even evaluates him as a person who "flying and playing".His nickname of “half-human, demigod” is also enough to show his strength.

But the current Vincent is 38 years old, which is definitely an old age for basketball players, athletes at this age, certainly can not fly, not only can not fly, even the speed will be much slower, physical confrontation ability will decline, some players will lose their feel, even the pitching has become less accurate.

It can be said that a player has reached the age of 38, and the rest is only experience.

Li Dai did not care about the 38-year-old, for him, is just a matter of age-reducing card.

Now there are more than two months left from the end of the regular season, plus two months of playoffs, a total of four months, Li Dai also only need to leave four months for Vincent is enough, according to the formula of the age-reduced card, can be reduced by 9 years old, that is, Vincent into a 29-year-old physical state.

29 years old, for a basketball player is the peak age, Vincent was still "flying ball" superstar!

...

Lamar Vincent had no intention of going to Boston at all, and he was at ease in his rented luxury apartment and waiting for his agent to contact his home.

It is reassuring to wait, but Vincent's heart is very stingy, he is 38 years old, can continue to play is already a miracle, compared with young, now he is not physically or in the state, has been seriously down, he can not fly like young, can not be as young as the fierce physical confrontation, even the pace of defense has not been able to keep up.

A 38-year-old veteran was bought out in the middle of the season, and it was not easy to find a new owner.

According to NBA rules, during the regular season, players will have a 48-hour clarification period after being bought out, during which other teams can directly claim his contract, and if no one claims it after 48 hours, even after the clarification period, the player will become a free agent and can sign with any team.

Vincent does not expect a team to claim him, because his salary this season is $3 million, the figure is higher than the base salary, so he wants to claim his team, the salary space is at least $3 million, or more than $3 million in trade cases.

The season is already half over, those who have salary space are weak teams that can't enter the playoffs, they can't put it up, they don't need players like Vincent, how can they waste 3 million dollars!

As for the strong team, it may require Vincent's experience, but there is not enough salary space.This year, if the team does not make the luxury, it is almost impossible to become a strong team.

For Vincent, the best result is to wait until the 48-hour clarification period is over and a team is signed with a base salary.After all, the contract of base salary is not subject to salary cap restrictions.

Vincent did not know how much market value he still had, after all, a 38-year-old veteran, to say that Grandma does not love uncle, is not exaggerated.

"I don't know if I can play this season."Vincent sighed.In his heart, if you can go to a team that has a chance to win the championship, it is better, if you are lucky, you can mix into a championship and make up for the regrets of your career, even if you retire next season, Vincent has no regrets.

Of course Vincent knows that this is unlikely.Halfway through the season, the team that has the opportunity to win the championship has been completed, and at this time they will not easily change the lineup, unless the player in one of the positions is injured, it is possible to sign a new player.

"Young teams like the 76ers are good, the team has the strength to go into the playoffs, and maybe even go far in the playoffs, maybe they will need my experience."

Vincent was thinking, and the agent called.

“Is there any good news?It’s not 48 hours yet, so someone won’t have to claim me, is it?”Vincent asked.

"Don't joke, at this time, how can there be a team willing to spend 3 million wrong money."The agent then said, "But there is a team that is willing to give you a veteran salary after the clarification period."

“Who is it?”Vincent asked immediately.

The Los Angeles Clippers!Their manager just contacted me today.”The agent answered.

Vincent did not answer, as if to consider.

If the team claimed, Vincent had no choice of power, he had no way to refuse, which team claimed him, he had to join which team.But other teams have a new contract, then of course Vincent can choose not to sign.Vincent even had an idea of being priced.

But Vincent some do not understand why the Clippers will choose themselves, the current Clippers line-up is very neat, there are good players in each position, and no one is injured.The key is that the Clippers have several players of their time, all of whom are long-standing veterans, who do not lack game experience.

The experience, the only thing Vincent has, the 38-year-old veteran, is a team that is not inexperienced and has no reason to sign Vincent.

Finally, Vincent asked, “What conditions did the Clippers go on?”

"The Clippers manager told me that their head coach personally promised to give you a rotating position."The agent said.

“The rotation?That's fine."Vincent was a bit excited.As a player, he is 38 years old, but he does not want to sit on the bench and wave a towel like a mascot, he also wants to play.

Just listen to the agent then said: "The Clippers coach also said, if you want, each game can give you more than 20 minutes of play."

“More than 20 minutes?”Vincent was surprised that it was something he hadn’t thought of.After all, he is 38 years old, even in the previous team, he can not make such a long playing time, and the 38-year-old body is difficult to support such a long game.But then again, it’s really cruel to let a 38-year-old guy play for more than 20 minutes.

Vincent was a bit uncertain, and he opened the agent: “What’s your opinion?”

“I suggest you try it.The Clippers coach, although not from basketball coach, but for the training of older athletes is very set, he has let a lot of older athletes rejuvenate again, if you go to the Clippers, you may also be able to get back to the state of youth.The agent said.

At this time, Vincent suddenly remembered that he had been in contact with the Clippers' Karabi a few months ago, and he had congratulated Carabi on the second spring of his career.(See also Chapter 604)

At this moment, Vincent was really excited.

...

The news of Vincent's bottom salary signing the Clippers did not cause much reaction.After all, he is a 38-year-old veteran, although very famous, but already a strong man's year, can not afford to spend any waves.

Not to mention, before the trade deadline, the league broke out several big deals, involving the stars of several teams, which is a deal that can change the playoff pattern, which will naturally be noticeable, and completely cover up the matter of Vincent joining the Clippers.

Li Dai felt that he had got the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle of the season.Wait until the trading deadline, there will be no more trade this season, the team wants to strengthen, want to adjust the lineup, can only be found from the free agent market, the free agent market has always been open, if there is a big fish, it has long been transferred by Li Dai.

Li Dai did not arrange Vincent into the starting lineup, and he did not intend to adjust the current starter.This is not because Vincent's ability is not enough to enter the starter, a return to the 29-year-old body of Vincent, the opportunity to compete in the first division of the league, playing the start is naturally more than enough.

In Li Dai's plan, Vincent will be the first fire point on the bench.Previous matches with the Warriors have exposed the weakness of the Clippers’ replacement lineup, which is the lack of a superstar scorer.

In the Clippers' rotation, Osseff is an all-around fighter, but he is not a top attacker; Karabi can throw a rebound can be a capped, but it is not an attacking insider, as for the rookie Kumar, the talent is very good, but after all, it is too young, perhaps to practice for a year or two, in order to use it as a core player.

Therefore, Li Dai needs to have a person with super scoring ability, as the end point of the rotation, so that the Clippers' rotation has a strong firepower.

Vincent is obviously an excellent choice.

At the beginning of the position of the shooting guard, in order to score, no team in the league will let the player without scoring ability stand in the No. 2, the worst is a 3-D player.Vincent, who used to be a superstar, naturally does not lack scoring ability, and he is also the kind of player who is proficient in all the scoring methods.

More importantly, Vincent is the kind of leader-level player, and the rotation of the Clippers by him can fully play a final role, which is also the lack of Clippers rotation.

It is no exaggeration to say that there is one more Vincent, and now the Clippers rotation may be much stronger than the starting lineup of most teams.

...

After the All-Star weekend, Vincent also came to the Clippers to report that although his teammates were old acquaintances, he still needed to integrate into the team as quickly as possible.

The day after arriving in the Clippers, Vincent got a physical training program, which, in Vincent's view, was only more targeted, far from the magic he had imagined.

The same is true of the training effect, a few days of training, Vincent did not feel the improvement of physical function, his body is still 38 years old, there is no spring performance, which makes Vincent began to question Li Dai.

Li Dai is still a stable like Tarzan, and he has shown full confidence.He had not yet given Vincent a reduced age card, and Vincent's physical state naturally did not return to youth.

In March, the Clippers' first game was to take on the East Boston Celtics at home, and this game, Vincent will also be the first on board the Clippers robe.

Before the game, Li used a reduced age card for Vincent, returning him to 29.

The Celtics are also a team that plays the tactical system, and the Celtics' lineup is not weak, although not as scary as the Warriors, but also how many all-star players sit in town.

This kind of team with stars and systems is the last opponent the Clippers want to meet.

If you just play star ball, today's Clippers are definitely No. 1 in the NBA.If you encounter a team that plays the tactical system, the Clippers can also overcome each other with the personal ability of the star.

But this tactical system and the star player characteristics of the perfect combination of the team, will give the Clippers a headache.

And the Celtic talent reserve is very rich, the last two years of the Celtics, can be said to be one of the most successful teams in the NBA, three years ago they are still a lottery team, just three years, they signed a big star, through the trade to get several tough players, their choice of rookie also played a price.Now the Celtics, with experience and strength, as well as the vitality of young people, the lineup can be said to be very perfect.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides were still tentative, until about eight minutes, the two sides gradually replaced the substitute players.

With a minute and a half left in the first game, Vincent was finally substituted.

Vincent debuted for the first time on behalf of the Clippers, and still faced his own "old master".

Vincent was sent to the Celtics as a trade plus, but the Celtics were talented in the second and third positions, so Vincent was bought out directly.In this sense, the Celts are also Vincent's old lord.

The Celtic talent reserve in the second and third positions is very abundant, and even can be said to be very crowded, which also makes the competition between players is very fierce, so every player who plays hard, hoping to give the coach's trust, so in the fierce competition.

In this case, the 38-year-old Vincent became a soft persimmon in the eyes of the Celtics, regarded as a defensive loophole on the court, even if the coach did not say, will put the main attack on Vincent.

What's more, Celtics coach Arnold is not eating dry, he is a first-class tactical master in the league, so at the moment of Vincent's appearance, Celtics coach Arnold has made a tactical arrangement, change defense, block or tear, no matter who is on Vincent, to go without hesitation to attack this.

The Celtics are sure that Vincent is old, the reaction is slow when defending, and the footsteps can't keep up, so they use him as a breakthrough.

...

Vincent was in front of a young lad who was last year’s No. 3 show, only 20 this year, almost half the age of Vincent.

But Vincent knows that the young man in front of him is absolutely not to be underestimated, last year's rookie season, this young man has been acting like a mature star, but also almost got the best rookie, in fact, his performance can be called the best rookie, but his competitors are too good, let him miss this honor.

"In time, this young man may become a superstar in the league."Vincent thought in his mind.

At this time, the young man opposite had received the ball, and he faced Vincent, a sharp breakthrough, apparently intending to force Vincent with his body.

Vincent immediately put all his concentration into the defense, he also knows that his 38-year-old body, whether it is speed, flexibility or footsteps, can not give this 20-year-old boy compared, if the other side rely on the body to eat, he really can not do.

What Vincent didn’t expect, however, was that he seemed to be able to keep up with the 20-year-old boy in front of him!

To be precise, Vincent’s move was more agile than the strong guy.

“What?Can I follow him?No, I was faster than him!Is it because he’s too slow?”Vincent thought to himself.

The lad on the other side was also surprised, although he is not the kind of player with the explosive athletic ability, but he is still confident in his physical fitness, at least not to lose to a 38-year-old guy.

The continuous change of breakthrough did not open Vincent, which made him a little angry, he directly chose to break through, attacking the basket.This breakthrough layup is one of his best scoring methods.

2 meters 03 height, 2 meters 11 armband, this physical condition for basketball players is perfect, coupled with excellent physical fitness and superb technology, his breakthrough will often be a dunk to complete the score.

But today, Vincent defense is very good, so he has no space for dunks, so he can only choose to lay a layup.

The ball was thrown into the basket and flew to the highest point, that is, when the ball was about to reach the highest point, a big hand suddenly appeared and the heavy fan was on the basketball.

“It was covered!It can all be covered!”The young man's heart was already, and when he landed, he fixed his eyes, and suddenly found that Vincent had covered himself.

“He can jump so high!”The boy took a cold breath.

At the same time, the big screen of the scene also gave a replay of the scene just now, only to see Vincent high jump, reward a hot pot, this height has been about to the upper edge of the basket.

“Hm...” The fans at the scene made a burst of noise, followed by a scream.

“My God, it’s Vincent, he can still jump so high!”

"At 38 years old, you can still jump so high, Vincent today the first ball began to work hard!"

"I don't think Vincent is so good, he's so old, and if he jumps so hard, it's easy to get hurt."

Fans talked, and Vincent had a different feeling.

At that height, he didn’t feel laborious, but it was also where Vincent felt strange.If it is placed ten years ago, this height is only pediatric for him, easy to complete, but now he, even if he fights the old life can not jump on this height.

Vincent carefully recalled, just the jump, he just reflected to complete the cap action, he did not fight the old life, and from the jump to the cap to the landing, this set of action to complete, Vincent has a very comfortable feeling.

Same as when I was young!

“After these days of training, have I regained my youthful state?”Vincent looked at his hands inexplicably, and the confidence in his heart gradually began to sprout.

...

Vincent holds the ball, breaks, takes off, and dunks.

Or a slam dunk through one person!

When Vincent jumped to the top, he vaguely felt that the basket was parallel to his own eyes.

This perspective, Vincent is no stranger to, and in the first ten years of his career, Vincent often enjoyed this parallel to the basket.

Today, the 38-year-old enjoys this perspective again.

“Oh, hey!”

The ball was dunked into the basket, and the whole basket was constantly shaking.

“Oh, hey!”The audience boiled up again, especially the audience sitting behind the basket, the most intuitive feeling of the shocking visual effect brought by this buckle, they couldn't help but stand up and make a beastly roar.

“Oh my God, it’s not in a dunk, it’s flying!”If you can see this ball, today's ticket is worth it!"The narcissist was excited by some speechless rounds.

The big screen of the scene, as well as the broadcaster's director, is constantly playing this wonderful dunk, a 38-year-old player can fly up and make such a buckle, is definitely the first of today's five best balls.

However, after only two rounds, Vincent cut the basket once and directly completed a hand-drawn basket after a catch.

This kind of fancy action can be regarded as the performance of the dunk contest, if it is placed in the usual game, and even some of the taste of the opponent.

But at this time, Vincent made such an action, but no one thought that he was provoking his opponent, people only saw a 38-year-old veteran, in action to tell the world that he had not yet aged, he could play like when he was young, he also tried to fly.

Vincent is still a little bit more, and he wants to fly a few more times!

As the saying goes, he was “flying ball!”

In other words, the so-called "half-human, half-god", there is no "half-man" tonight, only "half-god"!