NBA backer king

Chapter 346 Opener

"Old K bastard, he wants to mess with us."

In Houston, in the locker room of the training hall of the Mosaic team headquarters, Dameng spoke angrily.

Barkley smiled wryly: "The Suns rebuilt, and we got reinforcements from it. Old K's chances of defending the title are too small. He will definitely complain to us, which is understandable."

Drexler also said with a smile: "Old K definitely wants to defend the title. Unfortunately, the Suns' two-time championship lineup is aging. It is difficult to maintain the original lineup and continue to attack the championship."

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression became a little weird, and Barkley did the same.

Barkley's idea is that if he was willing to assist Old K in 93 and be willing to be the second in charge, the Suns would definitely be able to successfully defend the title. It was he who delayed Old K's defense.

It is even unknown that he may be able to complete the dynasty. If he is in the Suns, even if the glider could not be introduced last season, the Suns may still have the possibility of defending the dynasty.

Now in Houston, he is only one of the Big Three, but if he stays in the Suns, he must be the second in charge, and the old K is already a superstar in the second season.

Thinking of this, he regretted a little.

As for Glider, he has no regrets. He is now playing for the pension contract. The Suns can't give him the contract he wants, so he can only choose to leave.

He just thought that if he stayed with the Suns, Wilkins would definitely join the Suns for the championship. He would play the third position and Wilkins would play the second position. Then the Suns lineup and the possibility of defending the championship would be very high.

"By the way, I talked to old K on the phone a few days ago, and he said that the K martial arts gym is going to launch a medicinal diet, which can delay aging. If you eat too much, you can live forever. Do you want to try it?" Buckley asked suddenly.

"how much is it?"

"It must be expensive, right?"

Dameng and Drexler asked reflexively at the same time.

Buckley said with a weird look: "One dish is ten thousand dollars."

"Shet!"

The two of Dameng burst into foul language at the same time.

"Damn immortality, let him eat by himself, I have to keep my contract for the elderly, otherwise I will live too long, and I will still die of poverty." Drexler said angrily.

Barkley nodded again and again, and said angrily: "That old K guy still wants us to support him. I won't agree this time. It's too expensive."

"Charles, Clyde, you still need to use medicinal bath and medicated oil massage?" Dameng asked with concern.

There's no way, he can't help but care, these two companions have rings, if the state is affected to save money, it will be him who will suffer.

Barkley and Drexler looked at each other, and suddenly laughed at the same time, which made Dameng feel that it was not good, and in the next second, his feeling was confirmed.

Barkley smiled and said: "Hakim, I have been fighting for two seasons to help you win the championship. Now I really can't afford it anymore. I can't move my body anymore, and my pockets have been sucked dry by that bastard old K. It's all for you, so why don't you show it? At least you need to boost your morale."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of counting money.

"Use this as encouragement?"

Dameng also counted the money, and said angrily.

Drexler also smiled and said: "I agree with what Charles said, Hakim, why don't you invite us to try the medicinal diet of old K?"

Dameng's face was livid with anger, these two bastards are no worse than Old K, they are both bastards.

After a while, their media meeting also began.

"Hakim, old K said that your Big Three belong to a group of superstars, do you agree?" A reporter asked.

"I agree with you to die!"

Dameng roared in his heart, and said angrily on his face: "Old K is just hype. He is super giant now, so he should be more cautious in his words. The three of us are veterans over 30 years old, and we are 97 years old together. What kind of grouping is this?
If we are in a group, he and Wilkins are also in a group. That bastard Wilkins got the basic salary of a veteran in the Suns. "

"Barkley, do you agree with what Old K said?" A reporter asked.

"Oh, I don't agree. I just watched their TV live broadcast. Old K is obviously joking." Barkley laughed.

"Clyde, what about you?" The reporter asked again.

"I'm just here to retire. This may be my last contract, and Barkley and I are both the main players in the finals. We don't need to be together." Drexler said politely.

The veins on Dameng's head twitched, damn Clare, what did you say, it seems that I need to cuddle together?

"Hakeem, this year is your contract year. If you fail to win the championship, will you choose to stay in Houston?" A reporter asked.

"You said we would fail to win the championship? No, absolutely not." Dameng stared at the reporter like a wolf.

The reporter felt a little nervous, for fear that the old hooligan Dameng would rush down and beat him.

The next day, the Bulls' media day for the new season was held as scheduled, and ESPN televised it live.

"Michael, do you have any thoughts on joining Rodman? Have you already obtained his support?" A reporter asked.

"Of course, we have communicated, and he expressed his willingness to contribute his strength to the Bulls." Jordan said confidently.

"If we got Rodman last time, the possibility of defending the title this season will be even greater."

Phoenix, Kevin Johnson said regretfully in the locker room of the practice facility at Suns headquarters.

"Maybe it's possible, but he doesn't want to come, and he can't force it." Old Wang also felt a little pity, but he didn't have any regrets.

Da Chong's personality is too weird, he must have some conflicts with him, plus he doesn't like to be bound by rules, and he often misses training. If he really wants to come, there is a high probability of conflicts. With his character, if he refuses to listen to him once or twice, he may choose to use violent means to persuade the other party.

……

Just when the regular season was about to start, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the Los Angeles media suddenly broke the news that the new president of CAA, Gemma Ronnie, had a history of smoking and has been smoking.

Then the exposure of this news quickly aroused public opinion and put enormous pressure on CAA and Gemalone.

Generally speaking, this is not a big deal in the United States, but it is normal. CAA is the largest agency in Hollywood, and it has two-thirds of Hollywood stars under its umbrella.

……

On Friday, November 95, 11, the 3/95 NBA regular season officially kicked off.

As the Finals team of last season, the Bulls and the Suns both had opening games, but they were not opponents, they were all arranged at home.

The Suns’ opponent in the first regular season game was the Clippers, a bad team that the media recognized as incapable of making the playoffs. The five starters did not have a single star player. Clippers owner Sterling was even more stingy than Mosaic owner Alexander.

The attendance rate of the American West Arena is 100%, and the ticket price has increased by 30% compared with last season, but the sales of season tickets are very hot.

This was unimaginable three seasons ago, showing that the Suns' ball market is rapidly expanding.

It's not just people from Phoenix who come to watch the game, there are also a large number of people from surrounding cities who drive here just to watch a Suns game.

The Suns have now successfully turned several surrounding cities into their own ball market, and the potential of the ball market has been greatly improved, breaking through the disadvantage of Phoenix's underpopulation.

CCTV, the live broadcast of the new season has also begun, and they chose to broadcast the opening game of the Suns live.

"This reasonable collision zone is a semicircle with the center of the basket as the center and a radius of 1.2 meters. Within this range, the rules are in favor of the offensive side. As long as you do not make extra moves, you will not be sentenced to an offensive foul, while the defender must take off vertically to defend. If you stand still, it is blocking the foul, and you cannot make extra moves." Zhang Reasonable explained.

Su Qun asked: "Director Zhang, what is the impact of this rule on Old K?"

Zhang Li thought about it and said, "His offensive fouls around the basket will be reduced, and his offense around the basket will be stronger."

For this game, the Suns arranged the starting lineup of Wang Tiejun, Robert Horry, Wilkins, Michael Finley, and Kevin Johnson.

"The Sun King! The Sun King..."

When Wang Tiejun came out, there was a shocking cry in the Meixi Arena.

Originally playing against such a bad team, even though the current lineup of the Suns is very flawed, there will be no problem with Wang Tiejun on the front line, Wilkins and Kevin Johnson on the outside. Unfortunately, sometimes accidents will happen.

In the 10th minute of the first quarter, at 25:17, the Suns had already led by 8 points.

Wang Tiejun hasn't exerted much force yet, because the Clippers have no big center at all, only a short center of 208 cm. The opponent is not strong, and he is not very excited. He made 5 of 4 shots and 4 of 3 free throws. He scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

At this time, Westphal was replaced by Vayman Tisdale, Big Ben replaced Horry at the fourth position, Perry replaced Lightning, and Mario Bennett replaced Wilkins. Only rookie Finley continued to stay on the court to hone, and the five main players played four.

The Clippers also replaced the bench lineup, but the bench lineup broke out. Two minutes later, they beat the Suns to an 2-25 attack wave, tying the score at [-] in one fell swoop.

The Clippers' bench lineup was headed by forward Rodney Rogers and forward swingman Eric Piakowski. These two scored all eight points in 2 minutes. The former scored 5 points and the latter completed a steal and made a three-pointer in the counterattack.

However, the Suns didn't take it seriously, and didn't think the Clippers would pose any threat to the Suns. They didn't adjust the lineup in the second quarter, and played with the substitute lineup at the end of the first quarter.

As a result, the Clippers' bench lineup continued to explode, overtaking the score in half a quarter, 40:35, exceeding 5 points.

The Suns were called out and forced to call a timeout.

"This Rodney Rogers was the No. 93 pick in the first round of the Nuggets in 9. He was the Nuggets' main forward last season. He played 80 games and started 77 games. He was traded to the Clippers. The first game should be for observation, and then he will definitely play the Clippers' main forward."

The game was broadcast live across the United States by TNT, and commentator Dott analyzed.

"Eric was the No. 15 pick in the first round of the Clippers last year. His performance was mediocre, but he had a three-pointer. He played well today." Another commentator, Schlatterham, said.

Dortmund analyzed: "I can only say that the Suns are careless, they don't think the Clippers can pose a threat to them, so they let Michael Finley, a rookie, take a lot of shots.

But the rookie is a rookie after all, he started the first game of his career, the pressure on him should be great, his performance is average, now he is 6 of 2 shots, and he made two turnovers before the second quarter was over. "

Laitem joked: Old K has even been sitting off the court for 8 minutes, and he almost fell asleep. "

"Okay, he stood up, and the game is about to end. From the moment old K stood up, the game has lost its suspense." Dort laughed.

"Old K, you come to play and win a good start." Westphal said to Wang Tiejun in front of the Suns bench.

"of course."

Old Wang nodded. If the head coach didn't say anything, he would do the same.

This season, he intends to compete for the MVP. Whether it is the West or the East, try to win the game that can be won, and the underdogs will not be let go.

The next game, he took over the game.

Just like playing the Bulls in the finals, the difference in the strength of the centers of the two sides is too large, and the suspense of the game will be lost.

Especially now that he has a reasonable collision zone, it is more conducive to his rampage under the basket.

In the next period of time, nearly [-] spectators at the American West Arena, as well as countless fans in front of the TV, kept seeing a terrifying beast, constantly pushing away or knocking over double-teamed opponents under the basket, and then completing the scene of dunks.

The Clippers continued to pay for fouls, and they couldn't stop Old K from attacking the basket crazily. The entire inside line was completely broken, his face was pale, and his morale collapsed.

Playing in three quarters and playing only 28 minutes in total, Lao Wang made 15 of 13 shots and 14 of 9 free throws in the first opener. He scored 35 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls. His shooting percentage reached a terrifying 86.6% and his free throw percentage reached 64.2%.

106:111, the Suns got off to a good start in the regular season. Although it was only a small victory, the entire American West Arena was also full of joy.

Lightning Kevin Johnson scored a double-double of 18 points and 10 assists, and his shooting percentage reached 50.8%. He also played well in breakthrough tactics, and his state is impressive.

Wilkins, on the other hand, scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and shot 42% from the field. Compared with his last season, his performance was normal.

菜鸟芬利上场打了34分钟，拿到了12投5中，命中率41.6%，其中三分球3投1中，加上2罚2中，拿到了13分4篮板3助攻1抢断4失误3犯规的数据，表现不好不坏。

Robert Horry, who was as efficient as Finley, scored 9 points.

The five main players jointly contributed 90 points, and the substitute scored 21 points. Among them, Ben played 11 minutes in the power forward position and got 2 rebounds and 1 steal. The performance of a marginal player.

On the Clippers side, not to mention the main players, there was no super-explosive performance, but the two substitutes played star performances, one scored 24 points and the other scored 20 points.

After the game, Zhang Lili analyzed calmly: "Although we won, the opponent was too weak, but we only won by 5 points. This game has exposed many problems.

First, there are too many new players, and the team’s new tactical system has not yet been established. Neither Wilkins nor rookie Finley have been integrated into the tactical cooperation between the Iron Army and the Lightning. They still need more time.

Second, the outside defense is fragmented, making it too easy for the opponent to score. They go in as soon as they burst, and immediately stop the jump shot after one step or two.

Third, the ability to open the outside line is not good. The team made 9 of 2 three-pointers, causing the opponent to double-team the low post with all their strength. That is to say, the Clippers are not opponents of the Iron Army at all inside, otherwise they don't know what they will do. "

"Yes, old K is often double-teamed today, so playing like this consumes too much energy." Team Su Qun agreed.

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "To beat a bad team like the Clippers, Tie Jun will fight desperately, what if we encounter a strong team?
This is the problem with the Suns, you can't point at Tiejun every time to work hard, then he will run out of energy in the regular season, what about the playoffs?
Moreover, this is the Clippers, playing mosaic in the next game, a strong defense like Dameng, coupled with the shrinking defensive formation, even the iron army's offensive efficiency will be reduced, how to fight? "

Su Qun then talked about Kevin Johnson and said, "Director Zhang, Lightning seems to be in pretty good shape today. I heard he practiced extra during the offseason?"

"Yes, there have been reports in the American media. This season is his contract year. He has worked hard, and he has reached his age. After this season, he is going to get a bigger pension contract." Zhang Reasonable said with a smile.

On the sidelines, the reporter was interviewing Wang Tiejun. Although he only played 28 minutes, he was still the best player in the field.

"Old K, what's your comment on the performance of the Suns tonight?" the reporter asked.

"There are a few issues and we're working on them, but overall it's good. I'm happy with how the Lightning are doing, and our rookies are doing well, which are pretty positive signs," he said.

He was really happy. The only thing that made him happy in today's game was Lightning's performance. Everyone else's performance was mediocre. Horry's performance disappointed him.

As for Ben Wallace, who squeezed out Ma Jian, he may have played too little time, and there is nothing to make him look good.

Although the Suns got off to a good start, they did not receive praise from other media except the local media. Instead, many media pointed out a lot of problems with the Suns, believing that the Suns this season have lost their impact on the championship.

After a day off, on November [-]th, the Suns will play against their old rival Mosaic at home.

(End of this chapter)