Chapter 242 The selection of the four villains, the old K is on the list
At 9 a.m. the next day, Clyde Drexler arrived at the hotel where the Suns were staying. After checking in, as long as he completed the physical examination, he could officially represent the Suns.
"Welcome to the Suns, Clyde."
Wang Tiejun showed up with Kevin Johnson and the others, and welcomed Drexler's joining on behalf of the team.
"Thank you, old K. It's a pleasure to play with you." Drexler took the initiative to extend his right hand and said with a smile.
Lao Wang is famous for his violence in the league, and veteran superstars like Glider will not show off in front of him, and his words appear to be very polite.
"Clyde, I believe you are the last piece of the puzzle for our Suns to win a second championship." Lao Wang said with confidence.
"Welcome, Clyde, you will like it here." Kevin Johnson extended his hand with a very good attitude, and then Dan Marley and the others.
"Thanks!"
A smile broke out on Drexler's face.
He felt pretty good. The atmosphere of the Suns made him not feel excluded. As the core of another team, he thought that Old K would not like his arrival, but he was wrong.
Lao Wang looked at his teammates around him and felt very good. The championship was waving to him, and he felt a little elated.
That night, the Suns visited the Trail Blazers. Drexler, who had just been traded, returned to the arena he was most familiar with, but this time he was no longer a player, but a player.
is an opponent.
That night, the Suns easily defeated the Trail Blazers and won their sixth consecutive victory at the start of the new season.
In this game, Lao Wang received his 33rd assist, bringing his total career assists to 500, and was rewarded with 200 points.
After beating the Trail Blazers, the Suns rushed back to Phoenix overnight. In back-to-back games the next day, they defeated the visiting Timberwolves, a bad team. On the 18th, they defeated the visiting Trail Blazers again and won the first 8 consecutive games.
In the Eastern Conference, Pippen was injured, and the Bulls lost to the Knicks in back-to-back games, breaking their golden streak of victory, but still ranked first in the Eastern Conference.
As a result, the Suns also ranked first in the league's record list.
At the end of the second week of the schedule, Wang Tiejun averaged 37.5 minutes per game, 13 of 19.5 shots per game, a shooting percentage of 66.6%, 7 of 11.5 free throws, a shooting percentage of 60.8%, 33 points, 15.2 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 0.8 steals, 3.1 blocks, 1.9 turnovers, and 3.8 fouls.
data.
Jordan averaged 31.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2 steals, 0.8 blocks, 2.8 turnovers and 2.8 fouls per game, and his shooting percentage was 48.5%.
Whether it is personal data, efficiency, or team record, he is above Jordan.
In terms of offensive efficiency, he ranks first on the team, and the same goes for Jordan.
In terms of defensive efficiency, he also ranks first on the team this season, as does Jordan.
Of course, this does not mean that his current defense is very good. His single defense efficiency is indeed not bad, but assist defense is still his weakness, which affects his overall defensive efficiency.
The reason why the team ranks first is because the Suns' current defense is very average. With the aging of the outside, the defensive intensity has weakened. His help defense on the inside is still unsatisfactory, and Danny Manning is not a defensive champion.
Player efficiency value per, according to the official data provided by the league, he is 28.1, ranking first in the league, and Jordan is 27.9.
This player efficiency value combines positive and negative contributions and negative effects such as field goal percentage, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, free throws, irons, turnovers, personal fouls, etc. Although it does not represent everything, it can reflect the player's contribution from the side.
, is still very representative.
Therefore, after the second week of playing, he was staring at the MVP rankings, hoping that he could climb the mountain of Jordan this week.
At 9 o'clock in the morning on the 19th, I didn't bother to make breakfast after getting up. I ran outside to the gate, picked up a stack of newspapers from the newspaper box and started flipping through it.
"Haha, cool!"
Phoenix Sports News, on the front page, was a news headline about him: "Congratulations to Old K, for ranking first in this week's NBA regular season MVP rankings."
Soon, he received congratulatory calls and text messages from some people, including teammates, agent Hawksman, management such as Yu Feihong, Colangelo, head coach Westphal, etc.
"There's nothing to be happy about. This is only the second week, haha. It's only the second week. Maybe I'll go down one day, haha..."
He responded very humbly.
"Hey, why are you calling me from the sewer?"
Just after hanging up the phone on Yu Feihong, he received a call from O'Neal. After he answered the call, he asked with a smile: "Hello, Shark, do you want to congratulate me?"
"Stop being so mean, it's only been a few games, old K, I will catch up soon." O'Neal's words had a strong sour taste.
Lao Wang laughed and said nothing, making O'Neal over there so angry that he hung up the phone directly.
But at noon that day, on ESPN's midday news, there was a piece of news that made him a little unhappy, very unhappy.
ESPN announced that it will conduct a survey. The content of this survey is to select the top four villains in the NBA by fans across the United States.
To vote, just cut out the ballot paper from the newspaper along the dotted line, select your favorite four villains, and then mail it to ESPN. The selection results will be announced at the end of November.
ESPN gave out ten candidates, and he was the first candidate.
"I'll kill you ESPN. Are you full enough to do this?" He cursed and looked down with relish.
The next nine candidates are: Charles Oakley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Bill Laimbeer, Isiah Thomas, Dennis Rodman, Rick
Mahon, Kermit Washington.
Finding a pen, he began to analyze these guys.
"Oakley? Just so-so. He's tough on defense, but if you cross my eyebrows, you'll be counted as one and I'll send you to the list of gods." He ticked Oakley's name.
"This bastard postman must be one of you. I like you the most." He ticked the postman's name again.
He didn’t know much about John Stockton, so he skipped it.
Needless to say, Buckley is a standard villain. This is his brother. He keeps his wealth to others, so he must be on the list! Ahem, forget it, let him go and skip it.
"Ranbir?"
Seeing this notorious old villain, Jordan had to lie at his feet. Countless people were intimidated, but he thought it was okay, forget it, give him face and let him be on the list.
He didn't know much about the next few, so in order to ensure his impartiality, he made a serious call to consult Kevin Johnson.
"Hey, Kevin, do you know these guys?" He said a few names.
"What are you asking them for?" Kevin Johnson asked confused.
"Let's choose the four villains. They are all candidates." He said.
There was silence for a while, and then he laughed. After laughing for more than ten seconds, he stopped and said with a smile: "Okay, old K, you can fill in whatever you want. None of them are good people, they all meet the standards of evil people."
"What did they do?" he asked curiously.
Kevin Johnson laughed and said: "John Stockton and Isiah Thomas have a lot of little tricks when playing, elbows, kicks, etc. Rodman and Rick Mahon are the thugs of the Bad Boys, but the Big Bug usually hides behind
From behind, Ma Hong rushed to the front.
Kermit Washington was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's personal bodyguard and practiced boxing. He once punched Tomjanovich in the head and his brains burst out on the spot. It is said that Tomjanovich even tasted his own brains.
taste.
Oh, by the way, Tomjanovich is the current head coach of the Mosaic team. He had five surgeries after being injured and retired directly."
"Oh my god, this is indeed evil enough, then I have to choose him." Lao Wang opened his mouth wide after hearing this, and after speaking, he ticked Kermit Washington's name.
That afternoon, the team was training. He threw the letter into the mailbox outside and rushed to the headquarters. There were media outside and he accepted an interview.
"Old K, do you have anything to say about ESPN's selection of the league's four villains?" an ABC reporter asked.
"I think they are boring and don't do anything serious all day long, so their professionalism is questionable." Lao Wang rudely criticized ESPN.
"Will you vote?" the reporter asked again.
"I won't be that boring." He said without hesitation.
"So who do you think will become the Big Four?" another reporter asked.
"I think ESPN's top ten candidates are very incomplete and not enough to select the real villains," he said.
"So who do you think should be added?" the reporter asked.
"Michael Jordan punched me on the court and he didn't do anything and I got kicked off the court, so he should be a candidate," he said.
Several reporters were stunned, Old K, are you trying to get into trouble with Jordan?
In the afternoon, Lao Wang's words were widely publicized by ABC TV station and became known throughout the United States.
"This bastard, why didn't you mention the fact that he beat me? I want to mobilize all my fans to vote for him, yes, that's what I will do."
The Bulls didn't have a game today. Jordan just came home after training and saw the news on TV. He was so angry that his neck felt thick.
"Listen, David, find me some reporters, big media ones, world-class ones. I want that bastard K to be the first of the four evil people."
He immediately called his agent David Frank and asked him to arrange an interview with reporters.
David Frank said helplessly: "Michael, that guy has such a bad reputation, does he still need your praise? It's hard for him to even top the list of villains. At most, the Postman and Ranbir can compete with him.
However, the postman was fucked twice by him, so he probably had no competition in front of him. In the end, Ranbir was qualified to compete with him.
Just don't get involved in this kind of thing. If you lower your profile, you won't get into trouble. That Chinese guy is not easy to mess with."
Jordan was startled, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but nodded, it was indeed true.
David Frank added: "Old K's strength has improved a lot this season. The ceiling for yellow people is actually not high enough. He should have begun to enter his peak period. The Suns have also introduced Drexler, Michael, this
You have to be careful during the season."
Jordan said: "Don't worry, we won't lose to the Suns."
David Frank said: "By the way, this week's MVP ranking list was moved up by Old K. This kid is a bit crazy now. When you meet him, you have to teach him a lesson and get the number one position back. Also.
, Michael, I'm talking about playing basketball, you must not conflict with him off the court."
Jordan opened his mouth and cursed, "Can I not know that I am playing basketball? Do you think I would be stupid enough to fight with him?"
On the 20th, the Suns arrived in Salt Lake City.
This season's Jazz, both black and white, are in full swing, and they have Jeff Hornacek on the outside. They are strong, very competitive, and have a good record. They are now ranked third in the Western Conference only behind the Suns, Jazz, Spurs, and Mosaics.
Four.
In fact, Lao Wang admired the postman very much. He broke several bones, and after his comeback, he actually returned to his original state. This physique can be called an iron man.
Arriving from the airport to the hotel, a large number of Jazz fans surrounded the bus, shouting abuses and even the bus was banging with photos.
Lao Wang got out of the car, and beside him was Liu Changfeng, who was like his bodyguard, never leaving.
Colangelo felt it was time to arrange a bodyguard for Old K to avoid any accidents.
Subsequently, the Suns held a press conference in the hotel.
"Old K, you ranked first in this week's mvp rankings. Do you think you can win the mvp in the end this season?" an SBC TV reporter asked.
"Everyone wants this honor, including me. As for the final result, everything depends on our own efforts." He said.
"In the first eight games, the Suns have not met a strong team, especially not any first-tier team. Do you think the Suns are really the best in the league?" Local Sports
the newspaper reporter asked.
"Tomorrow night we will challenge the Jazz. If this is a strong team, then we will beat them to prove our strength. If this is not a strong team, then we will continue to find a really strong team to beat them, such as
Bull," he said.
All the local reporters were furious at his words. With such a strong lineup, what can you prove by defeating us?
But they couldn't admit that the Jazz were not a strong team, so they had no choice but to endure these words. They looked ugly and felt very uncomfortable after what Lao Wang said.
"Old K, do you think you have a chance to become the leader of the four evil villains?"
The next one was a local reporter again, and the questions he asked immediately lifted the spirits of all the local reporters.
Lao Wang snorted coldly in his heart, but said with a frustrated expression: "No, the postman is notorious. I heard that even his teammates in college were crippled by his elbow. His career was over before it even started. How can I do that?"
Compare with him?
So far, I have not crippled anyone. In the way of doing evil, I am far inferior to him, and I am not worthy to compare with him or be compared with him."
"Pfft!"
Non-local reporters burst into laughter.
The local reporter's face turned even darker, and his angry eyes wanted to pierce a few holes in Lao Wang's body.
At this time, Lao Wang said righteously: "I am a kind-hearted person by nature, and I hate evil very much. I was wrongly sentenced to prison for saving people. If I am chosen as a villain, it can only be said that the morality of this world has been corrupted. You
My conscience has been eaten by dogs.”
"..."
Everyone looked at each other in shock, Old K, do you feel guilty for what you said?
Lao Wang said excitedly at this time: "Let me ask, who would go to jail to save others? I am that fool. In front of the vast majority of people in this world, I am enough to be their moral model. At least I owe you a certificate for my courageous actions."
There was one thing he didn't say, that is, this was me before, not me now. The me now would rather be a feared evil person than a bad good person praised by others.
"..."
Everyone still looked at each other, thinking, what you said is so shameless. Do you hope that everyone in the world will praise you?
Lao Wang finished his sentence with half-truths and half-falsities, and did not bother to answer other questions.
On the 21st, the game day between the Suns and Jazz.
The game started at eight o'clock, and at 7:30, the substitute players from both sides began to warm up, and the starting lineup was also announced.
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Danny Manning, Clyde Drexler, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson
Jazz: Felton Spencer, Karl Malone, David Benoit, Jeff Hornacek, John Stockton
This game is very interesting. The Suns and Jazz have become mortal enemies because of Wang and the Postman, so they have been favored by broadcasters. ABC TV station chose to broadcast it live across the United States, and there were a lot of media in attendance.
However, CCTV did not broadcast it live because it was not a weekend game.
At this time, in the ABC commentary box, Bill Walton said with a smile: "There has been a lot of news about Old K recently. He ranked first in mvp, led the team to the first record in the league, and ranked first in the league in personal efficiency.
The scoring champion is also the first, and he is also a strong contender for the top spot of the Four Villains..."
Co-star John Hanks couldn't help laughing and interrupted him, saying: "There are many more, such as he thinks he is a moral model, haha... Oh my god, it's been two seasons, and the postman hasn't talked to him yet.
I have officially played a game. I hope the postman will have a chance tonight, haha, to have a good game with Old K and not be killed by him off the court, haha..."
The two burst into laughter and couldn't even continue the explanation normally.
After laughing for a long time, Bill Walton suddenly said seriously: "You know, several members of Congress have recently criticized the NFL, believing that the league's management of players is too lax, leading to more violent fights off the field."
Nodding, John Hanks said: "Yes, the NFL had a total of 17 large-scale on-field fights last season, with more than 50 people hospitalized due to injuries, and the number of large-scale fights off the field was ten times that number.
It is said that some players even died as a result."
"Every year in the NFL, players die, and no fewer than five are seriously injured or disabled," Bill Walton added.
"so……"
John Hanks said: "Compared to the NFL and ice hockey, the NBA is simply too clean. The trivial matter between Old K and the postman is simply not worth mentioning in the NFL."
"It's really nothing. It's just a one-on-one fight. Compared to a big fight, it's too gentlemanly." Bill Walton laughed.
"No, it wasn't a duel, they fell in the bathroom. I'm just curious, were they in the same bathroom?" John Hanks said with a smile.