At noon, Jerry Krause arrived in Philadelphia. As soon as he got off the plane, he learned about Wang Tiejun's signing from the media and was very disappointed.
Since there was no hope, he could only return to Chicago without even leaving the airport.
The media began to hype this signing, and it was generally believed that the Suns had made a failed signing, because a Chinese was definitely not worth a contract worth more than 8 million U.S. dollars, and the average annual salary reached more than 2 million U.S. dollars.
The news that Jerry Krause wanted to poach Wang Tiejun was also reported by the media, which had some negative effects on the Bulls. The media speculated that the Bulls management wanted to purge main center Billy Cartwright.
Some reporters found Jordan and conducted interviews.
"Michael, do you know that perverted coolie from China?" a reporter asked.
Jordan was startled. The Madison Square Garden spanking incident had been hyped by the media for a while. Of course he knew about it, but he didn’t know why reporters asked him questions about the Chinese. He didn’t know the Chinese, he only knew that he was a
Perverted coolie, and this is what the media reports.
Diandian Guan, he said: "Yes, I can't help but know, because the media are always reporting on him. I know that he spanked John Starks. It was really perverted and a very excessive thing."
Very annoying thing.”
"Michael, did you watch his game last night?" the reporter asked again.
"No, why should I watch his game?" Jordan asked doubtfully.
He didn't think that a Chinese person would have any strength, and the media didn't report on that Chinese person's strength at all. He had no way of understanding it, and he didn't want to understand it.
"Michael, do you think management's plan to bring in perverted coolies is correct? Is Cartwright going to be purged?"
"That's management going crazy."
Jordan and Jerry Krause have always had conflicts, and they were serious, so he immediately denied it and said: "No, I think Billy can still play. He has been my old teammate for many years. I don't want some perverted coolie to come to the Bulls."
, share our third championship.”
"Michael, your contract this season is $4 million, and next season will be the same, so do you think the Suns made the right decision to offer him a four-year contract worth more than $8 million?"
"I think Barkley is disappointed again." Jordan said meaningfully.
"Why?" the reporter asked.
"Because the Suns' salary space was taken up in vain, they could have signed another star center." Jordan laughed.
Likewise, some reporters also interviewed Pippen.
"Scotty, do you think that perverted coolie is entitled to the same salary as you?" a reporter asked.
Pippen is now getting his second contract, which is US$20 million over seven years. The first year is 2.77 million, and this year it is 3.43 million. It is not much less than Jordan, but this is the highest year, and then it will go down year by year starting from this year.
Minus, although he will regret it later, he is still very happy now.
However, he is always afraid of comparison. Now that he knows that a coolie can earn an average of more than 2 million, the happiness in his heart is gone.
"I don't understand what the management of the Suns thinks. With that kind of money, they can find better players in the free market with their eyes closed, right? I don't believe that a Chinese is qualified to play in the NBA. That's really surprising.
A decision, an irrational decision.”
He said in a sarcastic tone.
"So have you seen him play?"
"No, I'm not interested in the coolie competition. I'd rather watch the strongman competition."
…
At four o'clock in the afternoon on December 29, the Suns arrived in Philadelphia.
When it comes to Philadelphia, you have to talk about Barkley.
The Digital Team is Barkley's parent team. He played here for eight seasons and reached the playoffs six times. After failing to reach the playoffs last season, he was traded to the Suns by the Digital Team.
Returning to Philadelphia, he felt a little complicated and emotional.
During the offseason, the Digital Team first contacted the Lakers, not the Suns. He thought he would go to the Lakers, so he was very happy and even held a party to celebrate, but it turned out that the party was not over yet, and his agent told him
, he was traded to the Suns.
After arriving at the hotel and settling in, it was already dinner time.
Sitting at the dining table, Buckley asked Wang Tiejun casually: "Old K, I heard that you don't have an agent?"
Lao Wang shook his head and said: "I don't want anyone to share my money, point a gun at me, and don't even want to take a dollar from me."
"Haha..." The dinner table burst into laughter.
Buckley nodded and kindly reminded: "If you want to find an agent, you must find a reliable one."
At this time, Kevin Johnson smiled and said: "Yes, don't imitate Charles, he is a person who has suffered losses and been fooled."
"Brother, have you ever been cheated?" Lao Wang said in surprise.
Barkley said with a wry smile: "After I entered the league, my first agent took away all my money and only gave me fifteen thousand US dollars in living expenses every month. The rest of the money was invested.
, and then I never saw 'em again, and I was broke after four seasons."
"Haha..." The dining table burst into laughter again.
"Brother, you have worked for four years in vain. Your IQ is worrying!"
Lao Wang made a joke, but said in his heart that Brother Black's IQ is really not that good.
However, this was also the first time he heard the word investment. He didn't quite understand what it meant. He would have to learn more about it in the future to avoid being deceived.
After dinner, after resting for half an hour, Wang Tiejun started today's strength training, which lasted a total of two hours.
There are three types of systematic training on hand, and he has to complete 300 hours of training within two months, averaging 5 hours a day, which actually requires a lot of physical fitness from him.
Fortunately, he has been doing heavy physical work for several months and his physical fitness is really good, reaching level 90. He practices less on days when there are competitions and more on days when there are no competitions. He allocates training time well and can persevere.
On the afternoon of the 30th, the Suns arrived at their home arena in Philadelphia early.
The numerical team this season, because Barkley was traded away, is almost equivalent to rebuilding.
Of the five starters, three were the Suns' starters last season, namely center Andrew Long, power forward Tim Perry, and All-Star shooting guard Jeff Hornacek.
Among them, Hornacek is the main bargaining chip in the transaction. He averaged 2,055 All-Star statistics per game with the Suns last season. He is very strong, especially his three-point shooting rate last season was as high as 43.9%. He and Kevin Johnson's
The backcourt partnership is the top backcourt configuration in the league.
Head coach Paul Westphal has already thought about it, because Andrew, the main center of the Digital Team, is only a blue-collar player with similar strength to Mark West, so he plans to give Wang Tiejun some opportunities to take action in this game.
Based on Lao Wang's technical characteristics, a spacing tactic was arranged to allow Lao Wang to enter the basket and play Andrew Long in singles.
Now that it has been determined that Wang Tiejun will be cultivated, he must be guaranteed in terms of playing time, shots, ball rights, tactical status, etc. Otherwise, how can he be cultivated?
Of course, the intensity of training depends on Wang Tiejun's performance. If he shows strong potential, his power will definitely be great.
In the afternoon training session, the Suns conducted relevant tactical training, including the opening tactic arranged for Wang Tiejun.
However, the training effect was average, because among all the Suns' inside players, no one could compete with Wang Tiejun.
Including Mark West and Oliver Miller, they are all avoiding strong confrontation with him because they have suffered enough from strong confrontation with him in previous training.
In this case, he entered the basket very easily, so it was impossible to simulate a real confrontation environment.
This situation also made Colangelo and Paul Westphal more determined to make Wang Tiejun the team's main center.
This training session clearly indicates that Wang Tiejun's status in the team is completely different from the previous two games, and everyone knows it.
