God of NBA point guards

Chapter 190 All-Star Start

The next day, Zhou Quan received good news. The Suns did not appeal, and the league did not impose an additional suspension.

On the 27th, the Pistons ushered in a challenge from the Green Team at home.

Although the big bird Larry Bird retired and the green team's lineup is seriously aging, the record has not collapsed this season, but it is difficult to reach the top half.

The Pistons defeated the Green Team, played two consecutive victories, and defeated the Timberwolves at home on the 29th, with 28 wins and 13 losses, continuing to maintain the third position in the Eastern Conference.

But on the 30th, the team challenged the Pacers in back-to-back away games, and the three-game winning streak was suspended due to lack of physical fitness.

On the 31st, the league announced the All-Star voting situation.

Zhou Quan won 40 votes in the first two weeks, and the number of votes in the next two weeks did not decrease much. His staying power was very strong, and he got 37 votes, a total of 77 votes, ranking fourth in the East, ahead of Jordan's 103 million votes and Pippen's 93 votes. votes, and O'Neill's 82 votes.

Behind him in the East is Larry Johnson's 69, and he is happy to overwhelm Big Mom.

Among the Eastern Conference guards, he ranks second, second only to Jordan, that is to say, he has become the Eastern Conference All-Star starting guard.

He is only sorry for Joe Dumars. He is still at his peak, but he only got 18 votes. Pippen relied on Jordan's influence to get nearly a million votes. In terms of statistics, Joe Dumars is no worse than Pippen , In terms of hard honor, it is now stronger than Pippen.

Fortunately, Joe Dumars was very popular with the coaches, and he was selected into the All-Star by them.

It is a pity that Rodman did not make the All-Star, which made him a little disappointed.

At the same time, the league also announced the East and West All-Star members.

Eastern Conference starters: O'Neal, Larry Johnson, Pippen, Jordan, Zhou Quan
Eastern Subs: Ewing, Schrempf, Brad Doherty, Larry Nance, Wilkins, Joe Dumars, Mark Price
Western Conference starters: David Robinson, Karl Malone, Barkley, Drexler, John Stockton

West bench: Olajuwon, Shawn Kemp, Danny Manning, Sean Elliott, Dan Marley, Terry Burt, Tim Hardaway
"Tekken, you became an All-Star starter in the second season, congratulations!"

"Tekken, I wish you a fortune."

"Iron Fist, the contract is now secured."

In the restaurant of the Indianapolis Hotel, Joe Dumas and others sent their congratulations one after another.

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "I'll treat my guests to a big meal when I return to Detroit."

His sneaker sales task this season has been completed, and now he is selected as an All-Star and is a starter. The three subsidiary conditions of Skechers have been completed, which means that the contract for the next three years must be implemented.

Although his strength has risen now, and his fame and influence have also increased, but in fact, with his current status in the league, it is difficult to get a signed sneaker contract. There are many stars at the same level as him in the league. No, such as Pippen, so they attach great importance to Skechers' contract.

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The next away game is to play the Cavaliers, but it is on the 5th, and there are still several days, so the team returns to Detroit first, and then goes to Cleveland on the 4th.

After returning to Detroit in the afternoon, Zhou Quan treated everyone to a meal at a high-end restaurant in Detroit as agreed.

But Rodman was not there, he flew directly from Indiana to Los Angeles to meet his lover.

For the next few days, he has made plans. No training is arranged for No. [-] and No. [-] teams, so he will practice shooting in the morning and go to the golf course in the afternoon. If the team has training in the afternoon on No. [-], he will play golf in the morning and participate in the afternoon. In-team training.

He completed another four rounds with his turnaround step-back jumper, and now he has reached level 88, which is a second-rate and above-average level.

If it is a mid-range shot, the opponent's defense is average, but it can be used. If the opponent's defense is good, the technique is not good.

If it is a long-range shot, it is best to use it sparingly. Under strong confrontation, second-rate skills will not be very accurate.

"Hey, I'm going to play golf tomorrow after lunch, any of you want to join me?" he asked before leaving after dinner.

"I go."

"Count me in."

The assassin and Joe Dumas said immediately.

"I'll go too, Tekken, you teach me how to play golf." Darnell Walker yelled.

There are a few other people who want to go, and a few others express no interest. In fact, they are all paid basic salaries. It is difficult to maintain daily life and train, and they have no money to play.

"Okay, let's meet at Merens Stadium tomorrow at [-]:[-] noon, and I will wait for you there in advance." He said.

The heavy schedule continues, and it will soon be mid-February, and the All-Star Weekend is approaching.

On the 11th, the Suns played an away game against the Warriors. In the 45th game of the regular season, Lightning Kevin Johnson played only 11 minutes before being seriously injured, which dealt a heavy blow to everyone in the Suns.

The next day, the Suns announced that the lightning season would be reimbursed.

When Barkley was interviewed by the media, he said firmly: "Kevin is gone, but I am still here. I will carry this team on my shoulders and wait for his return."

In the following schedule, Barkley did what he said. In the absence of the main point guard Lightning, he carried the team with all his strength. The record was not affected much, and he still ranked first in the league.

Of course, he must also play harder and perform better in order to prevent the team's record from slipping.

From this point of view, Zhou Quan is ashamed of himself. Now his ability at critical moments is not as good as that of a superstar like Barkley. He needs more games to accumulate experience and strength.

On the 13th, Xiangcheng, ATV TV station, which is the headquarters of ATV, and the sports channel are holding a meeting.

Since 90, ATV has started to purchase NBA video resources, and it has become a practice to broadcast a game every Sunday.

But basically the Bulls games are broadcast, because Michael Jordan is the hottest star in the NBA in recent years, and his games are the most entertaining.

However, ATV has only purchased videos in the past few years, and has not sent reporters to the United States for interviews.

Today's meeting is because of Zhou Quan.

In fact, last season, some people on the sports channel knew about Zhou Quan's existence, but no one cared about it, and they didn't know much about it. However, Zhou Quan's reputation and strength improved this season, and he was selected as the All-Star starter. Now, do you want to send reporters to the United States for interviews, and whether you want to buy some weekly rights to the game in the future, so this meeting is held.

"According to my information, he seems to be a person who went out of the mainland. The media reported last time that he not only played basketball, but also played golf."

"It's like boxing, right?"

"Being an All-Star starter this time should still have some strength, right? I think you can try it."

"Regardless of his strength or not, I think it's better to buy Jordan's game. Who in Xiangcheng would watch a mainlander play?"

Discrimination does exist. The final result of the meeting was to buy Jordan's game video, but it was finally decided to send a reporter to the United States for interviews.

That is, the next day, in the capital, CCTV Mali made some decisions.

Just a few days ago, the NBA League sent an invitation to CCTV to go to the United States to broadcast the NBA 93 All-Star and Finals live, and it didn't cost a dime, and all expenses were paid by the NBA League.

The reason why Stern made this decision was the original plan. In the past, he would give free video tapes and highlights, but now he pays for CCTV to broadcast live. However, due to Zhou Quan's reasons, the plan was sped up.

And CCTV has also moved.

Anyway, it doesn't cost money, and after the NBA's programs have been broadcast in the past two years, the response has been good.

In particular, this time Zhou Quan was selected for the national team, and was selected as an All-Star, and even started, which aroused CCTV's enthusiasm for going to the United States.

Ma Li decided to send Sun Zhenping, and then Zhang Lili, who was introduced by Liu Yumin last time, let the two of them be responsible for the interviews on the front line of the NBA, and then sent a three-person camera team there.

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On the evening of the 16th, the league announced the latest MVP rankings before the All-Stars through ESPN TV's sports news program.

The top five are Barkley, Olajuwon, Jordan, Ewing, Zhou Quan, the sixth to eighth are David Robinson, Wilkins, O'Neal, and the ninth and eighth behind are even more. Many people are tied, and Joe Dumars is also tied for tenth.

The host Los John commented: "Looking at the current trend of the regular season, it is difficult for the flying man Michael Jordan to defend the honor of MVP, and Sir Charles is likely to win this honor for the first time."

"Hoohoho..."

Phoenix, Barkley was so happy that he was jumping and jumping at home, screaming constantly, and excited like three tubes of chicken blood.

As for Jordan, I'm a little disappointed, because Barkley's fat pig can't compare with him in terms of personal statistics, but firstly, the team's record is indeed not as good as the Suns. In the eyes of the media, he is the biggest bad guy in the league, and the MVP is voted by the media. It is really difficult to compete with Barkley this year.

Houston, Olajuwon sighed, Barkley didn’t have an MVP yet, and neither did he. Although his team is now second in the Western Conference, its record is a bit behind the Suns. If they can’t catch up in the second half, the MVP is nothing hoped.

"This guy can be traded to the Suns and team up with the Lightning. What luck!" He was a little envious of Barkley.

At this time, Los John said again: "Of all the teams in the league, only the Pistons have two people who were selected into the top ten MVPs at the same time. What does this mean?
It shows that the Pistons do not have an absolute core, but a real outside dual-core. Judging from this ranking, the Pistons should be very strong, and they should be very strong.

They are currently the third in the East and sixth in the league. I even think that with their strength, this ranking is a bit low. They haven't fully demonstrated their strength on paper. They should have the strength to achieve a higher record.

They have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive seasons before, so will they be able to enter the Eastern Conference Finals for the seventh consecutive season this season?

Whether Iron Fist can carry the team to the Eastern Conference Finals like his former core Isiah Thomas did is unknown, but he must do it. "

Zhou Quan didn't bother to watch any more, so he stepped forward and turned off the TV. He could tell that the host was belittling him and digging holes for him.

The previous sentence also said that the Pistons have a dual core, and there is no absolute core, which is to belittle his status.

And the latter sentence requires him to carry the team to the Eastern Conference Finals. If he fails to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals this year, it will be his responsibility. At this time, there will be no dual-core.

In one sentence, he also praised the Pistons very highly. The sixth in the Eastern Conference's third league is not worthy of the strength of the current team.

He is very clear about whether the Pistons are currently playing single-core or dual-core, the team management is very clear, the players are also very clear, and Joe Dumars is also very clear.

From the perspective of the lineup, of course it is an outside dual-core.

But this is just a lineup. From a tactical perspective, it is a single-core style of play.

In terms of tactical play, he controlled 10% of the team's possession of the ball in an average of 60 minutes per game, which means that during the time he played, he controlled 75% of the possession of the ball during this period. The rest of the ball belongs to Joe Dumars. He has far more possessions than Pippen, and more than Jordan now.

目前乔杜马斯场均40分钟，23.5分1.8篮板2.5助攻1抢断0.1盖帽1.5失误1.8犯规，投篮命中率46.6%，数据确实不错，还是球队的得分王。

但他的数据更豪华，场均41分钟，22分4.6篮板13.8助攻3.3抢断0.5盖帽3.5失误3.2犯规，投篮命中率47.5%，球队的助攻王、抢断王。

Although Joe Dumars is still the leading scorer, his importance in the tactical system has dropped a lot compared to last season. He basically belongs to off-ball play, and his role in the tactical system is more for scoring and defense than for Outside core.

Joe Dumars is similar to Jordan's off-the-ball style, not controlling the ball, but he is far inferior to Jordan in terms of importance to the team.

Jordan is still the absolute core of the ball without controlling the ball, because the most important thing in all the tactics of the Bulls is to make the ball for him and play around him. He is the absolute core.

As for the Pistons, although Joe Dumars is similar to Jordan's style of play, the team's tactics do not revolve around him, but Zhou Quan.

When Zhou Quan is in control of the ball, he is the same as the original assassin. Attacking and passing are up to him. He is the absolute core.

But since he is the absolute core, he has to bear the most important responsibility, and his pressure is naturally very great.

Just now, Rose John was right in saying that he must reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the seventh consecutive season. This is his responsibility.

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On the 17th, back-to-back, the Pistons lost to the Heat in an away game, ending all events before the All-Star Weekend.

In the 8 games this month, in addition to losing the last game to the Heat, they also lost to the Sonics at home, and lost to the Nets in the away game, with 5 wins and 3 losses, a total of 33 wins and 17 losses, and a winning rate of 66%. Sixth in the league.

On the night after the game, Zhou Quan separated from the team and flew to San Francisco under the arrangement of Philip to participate in the National Golf Tournament.

Sitting on the plane, he turned on the system and took a look. After half a season of training, his game experience has been raised to level 91.

In one and a half seasons, he has been promoted to the first-class level. One is his own talent, the other is the cultivation of the team. From playing time to ball possession, there are almost no restrictions on him, and the third is the tempering of the playoffs.

The experience of the playoffs is very important. In the first season, I reached the Eastern Conference finals, and the opponents were all strong teams. Many stars who have played for many years may not have this kind of training, because they have no chance to make it to the playoffs. , Even fewer can make it to the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals.

With the accumulation of game experience, the prediction has been upgraded by one level, now it is 84 levels, and the ball control has also been upgraded by one level, now it is 93 levels.

The pass is still at level 92, and the prediction is only upgraded by one level. There is no upgrade that can drive it.

Plus, he completed two more rounds on his turnaround step-back and is now at level 90, just two rounds away from completing the task.

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(End of this chapter)