The Super Big Four can't beat the remnants, the most expensive team in the league, how to win the championship?
The times are developing, the NBA league has been booming in recent years, the league is very profitable, the team owners are also very profitable, the market value of the team has been rising, and the value of stars has also been rising. Ten years ago, there were very few big contracts in the NBA league that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but now, the NBA has hundreds of millions of dollars in big contracts. Jaylen Brown can get the highest super cap salary in NBA history ($304 million in 5 years), what a lucrative era! NBA teams make money, and the boss is more willing to spend money to build a super team to compete for the championship, but can you win the game if you have a super team? Not necessarily. The Super Big Four can't beat the remnants, the most expensive team in the league, how to win the championship?
Warriors owner Joe Racob was the first to discover the truth that "the more money you throw, the faster you make money", the Warriors have reached the finals 6 times in the last 10 years and won the championship 4 times, and the team's market value has skyrocketed from $450 million to $7 billion (the first in the league). The owners of the Warriors are willing to spend money every year to build the most luxurious championship roster for Curry, and the Warriors have paid the league's highest luxury tax for many years. Clippers owner Ballmer has also followed the Warriors owner's lead, starting with the Kajiao combination, and the Clippers have also paid the luxury tax for four consecutive years. This season, the Clippers have a total salary of $210 million (first in the league) and the Warriors have a total salary of $197 million (second in the league).
The Clippers and the Nuggets played against each other, which was originally a strong competition, but unexpectedly, the Nuggets' Jokic, Murray and Aaron Gordon's three cores were all absent due to injury, and the Clippers' Leonard + Paul George + Harden + Wei Shao's Big Four all played together. The Nuggets put out Porter Jr. + Pope + Reggie Jackson + Jordan Jr. + Justin Holiday such a starting remnant, everyone in the league thought that the Clippers won this game, but they didn't expect the result to be unexpected, a big upset, the Clippers Super Big Four Giants, but they couldn't beat the Nuggets. The Nuggets' Reggie Jackson (35+5+13) and Jordan Jr. (21+13+5) broke out wildly and actually led the remnants to complete a big reversal, and the Clippers lost by 20 points in the final quarter.
Who would have thought that the Nuggets would actually win against the Clippers with a full core without Jokic + Murray + Aaron Gordon not playing. Reggie Jackson used to be a veteran of the Clippers, he really hated the Clippers, and every time he played the Clippers, Reggie Jackson would inevitably explode. Jordan Jr. is ready to retire, he played Zubac, and he was able to slash 21 points + 13 rebounds + 5 assists + 2 steals + 2 blocks, which is really outrageous. According to statistics released by American media NBA reporters, Reggie Jackson and Jordan Jr. combined for at least 55 points + 15 rebounds + 15 assists in the same game, and the shooting rate was as high as 75% or more, the third pair of doubles in NBA history.
The Nuggets seem to be the biggest nemesis of the Clippers, NBA statistics, the record of the last 16 meetings between the Clippers and the Nuggets, the Nuggets are 14-2, and the Clippers have only won 2 games. The Clippers have the most luxurious championship contender in the league, and they are also the most expensive championship contender in the league, but the Clippers do not have a good record. The Clippers now have a 7-9 record, sitting only 11th in the West and not yet in the play-in tournament. Teams like the Rockets and Pelicans have better records than the Clippers.
American media NBA experts wrote an article commenting that the Clippers actually lost to the Nuggets, which is simply a disaster, and this game will affect the confidence of the Clippers players to win. Moreover, Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue's "mediocrity" in personnel and tactics has made him the target of public criticism. Some Clippers fans believe that Tyronn Lue's coaching level is not good in the first place, he will not use the Big Four lineup at all, and Harden has not played a good role when he joins, and Harden should accept the bench and bring a second team. Now, Clippers fans are demanding that Tyronn Lue step down, and the call for a coach change is high. What do you think the Clippers can do with the Super Big Four?