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When it comes to the golden backcourt of the league today, the first thing that comes to mind must be the Splash Brothers curry and Clay, but in fact, the duo of CJ and Lillard is the backcourt with the most cooperation besides the Splash Brothers.
A cold knowledge: the backcourt duo in NBA history has cut 20+ games at the same time, and Klay and Curry have a total of 186 games, the third in history. In front of them was the Golden Double Gun, with CJ and Lillard completing a total of 193 games.
In a sense, the golden double gun is also a mark of the times, but everything belongs to the past.
On the 8th, Shams reported that sources revealed that the Blazers will send CJ, Larry Nance Jr. and Snell, from the Pelicans to get Hart, Alexander Walker, Satoransky, Didi Luzada, 2022 first-round picks (protected), two future second-round draft picks.
At this point, Portland's "golden double gun" disintegrated, and the pair of Lillard and McCollum, who had worked together for eight and a half seasons, no longer existed.
At this point, it is no longer important to talk about "whether Lillard is dissatisfied with McCollum" or "whether Lillard has offered to suggest that the Blazers trade McCollum".
When you don't have it, you know what is really gone.
We've been talking about Lillard about "one person, one city" before, whether it's admiration or ridicule, or watching a play, the heat is always on Lillard. But it's easy to ignore that CJ is also Portland's old minister.
Since being selected by the Blazers with the 10th pick in 2013, CJ has accompanied Portland through nine years of ups and downs, and he naturally hopes to unlock a "ten years of perseverance", but it backfires.
Tell a story from two months ago: when the Blazers were in turmoil, everyone was in danger, and the record, injuries, and trades made the Blazers not in the mood to play.
It was the first game CJ missed because of pneumothorax problems, and after the Blazers' home loss to the Clippers, Blazers and team reporter Jason Quake were planning to drive home when a text message pulled him off the side of the road.
The text message came from CJ-McCollum, "Portland is my home, always will be. I'm married here, my children will be born here, and I've also bought 318 acres of land here to plant my vineyard. The city is very nice to me and my family and we are forever grateful. ”
Before the game, Jason Quake and CJ chatted for 10 minutes as usual, but they didn't expect to receive such a text message.
"Damn, don't act like you're going to say goodbye." When Jason Quake wrote back like this, the response was, "It's not a farewell, I'm still here, my friend." ”
Arguably, CJ doesn't want to leave Portland, but most of the time he's the one who's more silent, or the one that the media doesn't pay attention to.
The rise of the golden double gun, just look at a widely circulated meme about Lillard, which tells the story of Lillard's teammates playing less and less.
That offseason in the summer of 2015, Aldridge went to the Spurs, Lopez Jr. went to the Knicks, Batum went to the Hornets, matthews went to the Mavericks.
At that time, Lillard was in the third grade, and his average score per game was just over 20 points, which was just touching the threshold of a star. Portland vaguely saw that Lillard had the temperament of Roy, so many people said that Lillard would have to endure a long period of loneliness.
That year, Lillard received his first super contract, $120 million for five years.
CJ McCollum quickly filled the gap in the squad and he got plenty of opportunities: CJ, who had played just three starts in the first two seasons, started in the 15-16 season and has until now.
Playing time has been on the rise, averaging just 15 minutes per game in the first two seasons, but soaring to 35 minutes since the beginning of 15 years. CJ also delivered satisfactory stats, averaging 41.7 percent from 6.8 points per game in 2014-15 to 20.8 points in 2015-16.
Thus, the "golden double gun" belonging to Portland was born.
Calculated, the cooperation between the two people is not bad or bad, the first 8 years have entered the playoffs, 5 round trips, but also entered a Western Conference final, every year is the spoiler of the West, but the upper limit seems to be just a spoiler.
And CJ is also a good second boss, there is output does not grab the credit, Lillard is responsible for playing sniper outside the three-point line, CJ's firepower covers the middle distance within the three-point line, although both are mainly shooting, but the personality is actually complementary.
Lillard is brash, the big scene thing is his favorite, but also likes to stand flag, do things boldly and bravely, so he has the title of table man and his classic gestures.
CJ, on the contrary, is more low-key and silent, so people think that he seems to have no memory points, and even if there is, it is mostly the golden double gun of "bundled marketing" directed by Heli.
However, CJ's solidity allowed him to take over Paul's position in August last year, becoming the president of the players' union, and the wind in the NBA player circle is also quite good.
So the two can be said to be respectful of each other, CJ set up Lillard to sing, and Portland has been playing well.
But when people have higher expectations of them, it's hard to do. The desires of fans have no boundaries, but human abilities are limited.
As fans often say now, "It is long overdue to change CJ", "CJ strength is not good", "The Blazers will never come out without dismantling the double gun"...
But be aware that the NBA only has one championship a year, but there are 30 teams, and if you aim for the championship every time, isn't that too harsh? You can't always say that this person is not an MVP, he is not strong, right?
According to statistics, McCollum has completed a total of 2155 jump shots since the 2016-2017 season, which is the player with the highest number of jump shots in the league in the same period, and his effective shooting rate is 54.4%.
Curry ranked second with 2123 jump shots and 60 percent effective shooting. Paul George finished third in 2095 with an effective shooting percentage of 52.3 percent. Chris Paul and Beal finished fourth and fifth with 2053 and 2052 respectively, shooting 54.6 percent and 50.7 percent from the field, respectively.
It can be said that in addition to Curry's perverted level pitcher, not many people in the league can say that they are more proficient than CJ in shooting, as strong as mid-range master Paul, and also comparable to CJ.
CJ, meanwhile, has averaged more than 20 points per game in the Blazers' past seven seasons , including this season. Since becoming the team's starter in 2015-16, CJ has hit 1,212 three-pointers, ranking seventh in the league in the same period.
When these data are in front of you, do you still think that CJ is unqualified as a second boss?
But again, the league's 30 teams have only one championship, with Lillard and McCollum as the core team, in more than 8 years of constant tinkering, and the investment is getting bigger and bigger, but unfortunately in the playoffs is always short-lived, so the current situation has emerged.
Such a situation is related to the operation of the team, the combination of the lineup, the impact of multiple factors such as individual ability, and it is also the norm for most teams. So when you see that James and Curry can always meet in the Finals, you should pay more tribute to them.
Therefore, the Blazers have obviously come to an end, after all, no one can be young forever, but there are always people who can always be young, and the replacement of the league is the most normal blood circulation of the team.
Last summer, he sacked Coach Stotts and replaced him with Billups, a famous player with no NBA coach experience, and Portland's situation, everyone understands. So the trailblazers chose to rebuild, frame adjustment, CJ's big contract is an unavoidable topic.
However, the Blazers are also kind to CJ, not too entangled in chips, and it is said that considering CJ's willingness to trade him to a team suitable for him to play, the pelicans' new lineup looks really good, provided that it stays healthy.
It's just Lillard, who is going to try to be lonely again to lead the team. The last time Portland made a team start, Lee's coach stayed, and the result was not bad. This time, the Trail Blazers started with Noorc Nurkic in addition to Lillard.
But who knows, in two days, Lillard and Nurkic will still be in the Blazers?
Whether it is Powell's trade or CJ's trade, in fact, I feel that the Blazers are bloody. After all, when it is clear that when it comes to rebuilding, the draft pick is undoubtedly the most critical.
Look at the people Thunder, these two years are almost equal to a Wei Shao hatching more than a dozen first rounds, and the Blazers these two transactions down, the main + main rotation is almost all empty, but only one first round was withdrawn, or the protected kind, can only be said to be some helpless.
However, according to Mingji, the Blazers' plan is to rebuild around Lillard, and after trading CJ, they also received a 21 million transaction exception, and the Blazers will have 60 million salary space this summer.
In theory, the Blazers have the slightest possibility of chasing Harden, Irving and other big stars, but in today's environment where players have a lot of say, there is only a possibility.
The story of the "golden double gun" is actually a bit one-sided when measured by success or not. Because the story itself has a little more of a sad atmosphere, it is inevitable to remind people of the song:
The water rolling in the east of the Yangtze River, the waves exhaust the heroes.
Success or failure turns empty.
The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red a few degrees.
White-haired fisherman on the river, used to watch the autumn moon and spring breeze.
A pot of turbid wine is a happy encounter.
How many things in ancient and modern times are in the process of laughter.
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