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Chapter 218 New Era

In early December, the Sonics started another round of road trip.

The road trip started with the newly renamed Washington Wizards, followed by the Nets, Pistons, Bucks and other teams, and finally returned to the western Minnesota to play the Timberwolves, and then returned to Seattle.

Qin Fei closed the door of the apartment again.

When you pack your bags and go, it's like going to another place to study.

When the plane landed in the familiar Washington, I felt a little emotional again.

I lived in Washington for a year before, and Georgetown University is still the same, a new generation replaces the old, and after a while, all the fans of his class in the university will graduate, and no one remembers the grand scene of winning the championship.

If competitive sports want to stay popular, you must first have someone to pay attention.

At Georgetown University, there are always more college students who pay attention to the NCAA than those who pay attention to the NBA.

In the city of Washington, there are always more people who pay attention to the Wizards than the Sonics.

The Wizards team, which has changed its name, does not seem to have an outstanding performance in terms of record, and it has dropped slightly compared to the same period last year.

The most famous of the Wizards are Juwan Howard and Chris Webber.

And the amazing thing is that both players are in the forward position, and even more detailed, both of them are power forwards.

In this era, there are not many particularly high-quality stars in the power forward position in the entire league, and the Wizards hoarded two at once, and they are all big contracts.

This operation must be incomprehensible, so there are voices saying that the Wizards may trade one of the two.

Qin Fei remembered that the first live NBA game he watched was the Wizards game.

In a blink of an eye, he became the starter of the top team in the NBA, and his opponent was still the Wizards, which proved the impermanence of the world.

"It's not this arena anymore!"

Qin Fei sighed. Back then, he and a certain boy with a cropped head were watching the game here, and for the first time formed a friendship.

The Wizards only had 11 wins and 5 losses in November. Facing the Sonics, they just played in excellent condition.

The Supersonics lost their first away game to the Wizards 85-97.

Before the game, Qin Fei complained about the peculiar lineup of even a power forward, but he was beaten up in a blink of an eye, and he had nothing to say.

The Sonics lost one more game and were immediately overtaken by the Lakers, falling to second place in the Western Conference.

As soon as the game was over, the Sonics team rushed to New Jersey without stopping.

Playing the Nets in New Jersey was tougher, and it was back-to-back games.

The Nets' lineup is also strange, with a particularly large backcourt, and a three-back lineup of Cassell, Kiedles, and Kendall Gill.

Kidders is Qin Fei's old friend.

Kiedels was also a player who often played against Qin Fei in the Big East. He was a star player at Villanova University, and later graduated from college. He was the 96th overall pick in the 8 session.

The Nets later admitted that they needed a guard. If it wasn't for Kiedles, Kobe might be chosen with the 8th pick.

Qin Fei and Kidders played against each other in college, and Kidders annoyed Qin Fei.

Qin Fei is not only physically strong, but also good at defending, especially in man-to-man defense, which interferes a lot with his shooting.

Fortunately, he has learned some running skills in the NBA, and the quality of the big man's screens in the NBA is higher. Otherwise, Kiddels really doesn't want to fight Qin Fei with such a good screen in college.

Now that the two met again, the evaluation of the outside world has changed somewhat.

Kidders is still a very good shooter. In his rookie season last season, he averaged 16.4 points and 1.9 steals per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was 37.7%. This season, his three-point shooting percentage exceeded 4%, and his scoring average per game also slightly increased.

But Qin Fei has changed from a gangster who loves defense and only breaks through on the bench to a mid-range killer with both offense and defense and comprehensive skills.

Compared with this, Qin Fei has made great progress.

Of course, it can also be said that Kidders' starting point is too high, and he can have this performance in his rookie season, including last year, which indeed added a lot of luster to the blowout guard line in 96.

Offense relies on cover, what about defense?

The two guards of the Supersonics are both able to run and jump, and they are also very physically fit. The head coach of the Nets seems to have nothing to do, so he can only look at the state of Payton and Qin Fei.

In the end, it was found that Qin Fei was in good condition, scoring 25 points and 7 rebounds, and Payton also had 19 points and 12 assists. The perfect match of the two backcourts has solved more than half of the problems.

Can't do it inside, and can't do it outside. In the end, the Nets lost 85 to 105 against the back-to-back Sonics by 20 points, which was also unexpected.

Qin Fei has performed brilliantly many times, and it is the first time that the NBA official has a separate promotional poster for Qin Fei.

In addition, Qin Fei also appeared on the cover of the latest issue of Sports Illustrated.

However, not only Qin Fei, but also Kobe and Iverson are on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Qin Fei and Kobe appeared on both sides of Iverson, one on the left and one on the right. Sports Illustrated used "New Era" as the theme of this issue.

Sports Illustrated is a weekly sports magazine owned by Time Warner with more than 300 million subscribers.

However, Qin Fei's favorite is Sports Illustrated's annual summer swimsuit special issue, which is much more exciting than the sports ones.

Sports Illustrated has a lot of influence. Putting the three of them together is somewhat of an acknowledgment of the super talents of the three.

From the current point of view, Iverson's performance is the best and the most famous.

Afterwards, Qin Fei and Kobe had their own advantages, and it was impossible to tell who was more famous, but Qin Fei was the starter for the Sonics after all, and Kobe was the backup. This may be why Qin Fei looked bigger than Kobe in the pictorial.

The three of them made their appearances together. Looking at this issue of Sports Illustrated, in fact, it is mainly MLB and NFL sports, and the NBA ranks third in terms of publicity.

In addition, there are golf, boxing, ice hockey, track and field, tennis and other big sports that are popular with ordinary people in the United States.

"Sports Illustrated" columnist Chris Ballard specifically listed the differences between the three.

He wrote very detailed, such as breakthroughs.

Kobe especially likes to use the pivot foot to find rhythm in his breakthrough. There are some pauses and changes in rhythm. Although he is young, he has already touched a higher level of breakthrough and began to fight wits with defenders. Of course, his speed is also very fast. Using speed to eat opponents is also a common way.

Iverson's breakthroughs are wide open and close, often adding swaying movements when dribbling. He likes to use cross steps and large body changes in front of others, which makes it easier to end the defender's ankles.

Qin Fei's breakthrough is also very strong. His rookie season is known for his breakthrough. His breakthrough is full of confrontation, and he often makes breakthroughs by looking at his face. Facing those who are thinner and faster than him, he uses his body to force him; when facing those who are stronger than him, he uses some speed changes.

Chris Ballard pointed out that Qin Fei's breakthroughs are becoming more and more concise now. As his physical fitness becomes stronger, he has become more and more lazy to use rhythm changes to surpass others, and usually takes the initiative to dribble to find confrontation.

Of course, the timing of his step-by-step breakthrough is still very good. After his shooting ability increases, it becomes more and more difficult for defensive players to guard him.

At the end of the article, he also scored the offense and defense of the three.

Now it seems that Iverson is stronger than Kobe and Qin Fei on the offensive end, and Qin Fei is stronger than Iverson and Kobe on the defensive end.

He even boldly predicted that if the Lakers gave him a chance, Kobe could average more than 20 points per game, but Qin Fei was just like that. With Payton and Kemp attracting so much firepower, he only averaged about 19 points per game. In essence, Qin Fei is still a defensive leader.

The expert's prediction was a bit exaggerated, and attracted people's attention, but Qin Fei could understand it because of this kind of food.

He has no glass heart, you can say whatever you want, my heart is like water

The influence of Sports Illustrated is still very strong. After this wave of publicity, Qin Fei and Kobe's All-Star voting tree rose rapidly. In the backcourt of the Western Conference, the two ranked third and fourth, second only to Payton and Stockton.

And Qin Fei is very close to Stockton, only a few thousand tickets.

After the four of them, the fifth place was actually Marbury.

Marbury is actually quite depressed, what the hell is Sports Illustrated, why didn't he put him on it?He feels that he is obviously a player at the same level as Iverson

Besides, the statistics of Qin Fei and Kobe are not as good as his. Does it also depend on the record?

(End of this chapter)