Yu Feihong had returned to Los Angeles yesterday. This morning, Lao Wang got up at around eight o'clock, made himself a breakfast, put it on the dining table, and then ran outside to get the newspaper.
"Nima, he passed me."
He wasn't surprised when he saw the MVP rankings.
As of yesterday, Jordan averaged 30.5 points per game, compared to 29.8 points for O'Neal and 29.3 points for O'Neal. In other statistics, he was only better than Jordan in rebounding. Overall personal data was not as good as Jordan's. The team's record has also declined and is not as good as the Bulls.
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On the offensive side, without Kevin Johnson, the Suns' organizational ability has been reduced by most. He has received much less support, and he has to take care of the team's organizational responsibilities. Therefore, his scoring has not only not increased, but has actually decreased recently.
And as the core of the team, his task is not only to score, but also to defend. He needs to invest more energy in defense.
After playing for three seasons, his understanding of the game is more mature now, and he understands that it is difficult for a team without defense to go further in the playoffs.
Especially as the core of the team, collecting statistics is an act that hurts morale. The team's good performance is the first goal pursued by a core leader and is the embodiment of a team leader's success.
In addition, last month's Best of the Month award was given to Ceballos. This kid really played well for the Lakers.
At 9 a.m. on January 2, 1995, while Lao Wang was preparing his luggage at home, the league officially announced through ABC TV's sports news program that All-Star voting had begun, and the deadline was at the end of the month.
And this year's All-Star will be held in Phoenix, the home court of the Suns, so this time the Suns must have a starting star. As the current star of the Suns, Wang can be said to be the starting center for this year's Western Conference All-Stars.
It's very stable.
However, to be on the safe side, the Suns management started operations as they did last year, striving to ensure that he becomes this year's All-Star starter.
At 11 o'clock, the Suns boarded a special plane flying to Sacramento.
The Kings are a bad team that has not tasted the playoffs in eight years. This season is still okay. It had 15 wins and 12 losses before, ranking eighth in the Western Conference, only one win more than the ninth-ranked Nuggets.
"Danny, is your injury okay?" Lao Wang asked.
"It's okay, I'm fine now." Danny Manning smiled.
Lao Wang had some doubts. Old injuries were the most troublesome, especially those in joints such as the knees.
On the night of the 3rd, the Suns won, their first regular season victory in 1995 and their 26th victory this season, and then rushed back to Phoenix overnight.
On the night of the 4th, the Suns suffered their seventh defeat in back-to-back games, losing to the rebuilding digital team.
The next game is an away game against the Nuggets on the 7th. The team has two days of rest at home.
On the morning of the 5th, Zhang Lili and the others came over as guests. Lao Wang invited him to dinner. Of course, Liu Changfeng and his wife also came over.
Of course, Tian Xiaofen is the one who cooks. Lao Wang’s cousin is very diligent and cooks good home-cooked meals, but she is timid and talkative. She hides in the kitchen when she comes.
"Tie Jun, how are the preparations for your martial arts gym going? Do you plan to open it in China?" Lao Zhang chatted while drinking the tea he made.
"We haven't made any plans at home yet, we'll talk about it later. The decoration here is almost complete, and we're just waiting for people to come over." Lao Wang introduced.
"Old K, are you planning to hold an opening ceremony?" Su Qun asked with a smile.
"Want to do it?"
Lao Wang has no such idea and has never done business.
"Yes, you should have a lot of connections here. Please come over to have some fun and promote the media, so you can get some business." Lao Zhang said with a smile.
"Then get one." He nodded.
Lao Zhang smiled and said: "Last time you lost to the Nuggets, a bad team, and this time you lost to the bad Digital Team. Both games were lost back-to-back. Is it because the coaching staff didn't want to fight?"
Lao Wang nodded and said: "These bad teams have no competition with us. It doesn't matter if we lose to them. The injuries are serious now. There is really no need to fight back to back. It is easy to get injured when you are tired."
Lao Zhang nodded and said: "I guess your record will continue to decline after the All-Star Game, but except for the Lightning, no one else has any injuries now, right?"
Lao Wang hesitated for a moment and said: "Danny Manning is a little unsteady, there is something wrong with his knee, the cruciate ligament was ruptured, and now he has some problems again.
The management told me yesterday that Dr. Carter actually recommended surgical repair, but Danny Manning and his team rejected it, and they adopted conservative treatment.
He only has a one-year short-term contract with the Suns. Now he has surgery and will be reimbursed for this season. It will affect the next contract. He and his team are said to be seeking a big contract. Now the coaching staff is controlling his playing time.
, but there’s no guarantee that something will go wrong.”
Lao Zhang was startled and said quickly: "Then there is some trouble. Lightning is not here, and the main lineup has been affected. If he is injured again, your substitute depth will be affected."
"What can we do? No one wants to worry about injuries." Lao Wang shook his head.
"The Lightning, Thunder, Danny Manning, Drexler, and AC Green are all very young, so it's not surprising that they have injuries. And your lineup should only be considered a transition, not a reconstruction. If you can play
Of course the results are good, but there is nothing you can do if you can't perform well, let's wait for the real reconstruction." Lao Zhang said.
"There were two first-round picks in 1995 and 1996, let's see if there are any gains." Lao Wang said.
Zhang Liyi nodded and said with a smile: "Now the media is saying that 1996 is a big year for the draft. You should trade up and try to get a lottery pick."
On the 6th, the end of the first week of All-Star voting was announced.
Jordan still leads the way and ranks alone as the top vote-getter.
At the center position in the Eastern Conference, O'Neal steadily holds down super center Ewing.
As for the center position in the Western Conference, Comrade Wang is the same, suppressing super centers Olajuwon and David Robinson.
This ending, according to media analysis, shows that the popularity of these two monster centers, O'Neal and Old K, has surpassed the three super centers.
Especially O'Neal, who has pressured Ewing to become the All-Star starting center since his rookie season. Since he entered the league, Ewing has not been able to stand out in the Eastern Conference.
And there is a change in this year's All-Star voting, that is, the overall number of votes has skyrocketed.
According to media analysis, the NBA's status in the United States has risen and it has gained more fans' love.
The media believes that the greatest contribution was Jordan's third championship.
New York, NBA headquarters, after this week's All-Star votes came out, Stern was flipping through some newspapers, and he carefully read the news about the All-Stars in every newspaper.
He is not the team president, but the league president, a businessman, and he values the All-Stars more than anyone else.
Through this week's All-Star voting and analyzing the number of votes, he agreed with the media's analysis that Jordan's victory last season was an important reason for the rise of the NBA's status.
So now he is considering a problem and starting the God-creation plan again.
"Defending title, three consecutive championships, dynasty..."
When he thought of this, he became excited. As long as Jordan completes his three consecutive championship dynasty, what effect will it have on the promotion of the NBA? Will NBA fans increase exponentially? The commercial value of the NBA will continue to rise.
?
He opened the first drawer on the left, took out the top document, and read it carefully.
This is the negotiation between him and ESPN, TNT and other television broadcasters about the next broadcast contract. Compared with the current broadcast contract, the amount of this contract makes him inexplicably excited.
If this multi-billion-dollar broadcast contract can be reached, the NBA's annual broadcast revenue will increase by hundreds of millions of dollars, which will put the league's development on a fast track.
At the same time, Houston Dream is having a headache and is unhappy because his All-Star votes were lowered by Pharaoh Wang.
In six days, he got 270,000 votes, while Lao K got 360,000 votes, which was 90,000 votes more than him. The gap was huge, which made him very desperate.
"Am I going to take Charles' position again this year?" he muttered dissatisfied.
Barkley, who was next to him, heard this and became furious and cursed: "Damn Hakeem, I came to help you win the championship, and you actually cursed me for getting hurt?"
Dameng was stunned for a moment. After he came to his senses, he hurriedly said: "Nonono, that's not what I meant. Charles, brother, I really didn't mean that."
"Forget it, brother, Old K's style of play is more popular than yours, and he monopolizes the votes in the entire state of Arizona. You can't compete with him," Barkley advised.
"Don't worry, it's because he has the advantageous location and his playing style that I'm more popular than him." Dameng said unconvinced.
Barkley said disdainfully: "Don't lie to yourself. He and O'Neal are both the same beasts. They will dunk you and knock you over. What about you?"
"Me? I knocked him down." Dameng was so angry that Barkley almost vomited blood.
"That was his rookie season. Have you defeated him in the past two seasons?" Barkley said disdainfully.
"Damn it, that's because he couldn't keep up with my rhythm. Either I caught him, or he gave up on defense." Dameng said unconvinced.
Buckley burst out laughing. Lao K is really like this now. If he can't beat Dameng, he just lets him go. He would rather let Dameng hit him instead of being knocked down and embarrassed.
On the Spurs side, David Robinson, like Da Meng, saw that he had 20,000 fewer votes than Da Meng, and felt even more disappointed about the All-Stars.
He didn't even get a substitute last year. Looking at the momentum this year, he probably still doesn't have the qualifications to be a substitute. He's a super center, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to be an All-Star substitute. It's so frustrating for him.
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On the 7th, the Suns defeated the Nuggets on the road, returned home, and defeated the Bucks on the 9th. On the 10th, they arrived in Los Angeles and will challenge the Lakers on the 11th.
In the afternoon, I gathered two trainers from the team and completed system training in the hotel's fitness room. All three systems were completed over a three-month period. Blocking was raised to level 92, single defense was raised to level 94, and assist defense was raised to level 94.
Level 88.
"System, I want to redeem a training card to assist in defense."
His defense ability was still a bit weak, so he didn't hesitate and started redeeming it directly.
"Host, your athletic quality determines that your assist defense speed cannot reach the first-class level. Level 88 is already your assist defense ceiling." The system replied.
"This reaches the ceiling?" He was a little disappointed.
"Individual defense and shot blocking, what about rebounds?" he asked again.
"Both of them have reached their ceiling. They cannot be effectively improved through training. They can be improved to a certain extent through the accumulation of competition experience." the system said.
"Does that mean my defense is just like this? Forget it, I prefer offense to begin with, so what about my offense?" he asked again.
"Some technologies that have not reached the ceiling can continue to be improved through training, or can be optimized through optimization cards, and can also break through the ceiling barrier to a certain extent." The system said.
"Optimization card? It's so expensive, and if you don't give out some tasks, how can I get points?" He muttered, and then asked: "The offense can be optimized, but what about the defensive skills?"
"Of course it's okay," the system said.
Lao Wang opened his mouth and closed it again. After accumulating enough points, he might as well optimize his attack. He preferred the feeling of attack.
After another medicated bath and medicated oil massage, he completed the accumulation of one hundred times. His physical potential reached level 102, and his ability to resist injuries increased to level 94/102.
However, a new reminder from the system came out at this time. The next improvement in physical fitness potential requires 200 medicinal baths, and the same is true for the ability to resist injuries.
The limit for improving both of his qualities is level 105. It seems that if you want to improve to the limit, it will become slower and slower in the future.
"System, give me a training card for basic shooting and ball-handling skills." He continued.
The three basic skills, passing and receiving, are at level 95, but these two are only at level 75. They were optimized before, but the levels are still low.
"Okay, redeemed." The system said.
He opened two training cards, both of which lasted for three months and were upgraded to 5 levels. From now on, he can complete the training before the playoffs.
After changing two training cards, he still had 500 points, which could be used to exchange for a skill optimization card. He opened his offensive technology information and began to think about which technology to optimize.
Low post confrontation level 93, low post pace 91 level, low post play level 93, low post face up to the basket level 72, low post turn jumper level 35, hook level 95, floater level 90, rebounding level 58, jump shot level 66, layup level 91
Level, organization level is 70, cover and support is level 85, receiving and distributing the ball is level 85, and launching fast break is level 95.
When I saw the first low-post confrontation, I suddenly had some thoughts and immediately asked: "System, my strength is already level 98 and my weight is 129 kilograms. Why is my low-post confrontation ability still level 93 and not improved accordingly?"
"Low-position confrontation is not only a contest of strength and tonnage, but also experience and the cooperation of low-position pace. The host can improve relevant technology and experience to improve low-position confrontation capabilities, or use related function cards to optimize and integrate resources." The system said.
Lao Wang thought about it, experience requires more games to accumulate. The improvement of low-post pace requires the cooperation of athletic quality. His athletic quality can no longer be improved. Doesn't this mean that the low-post confrontation ability cannot be improved.
Already?
Forget it, I'll optimize it later when I have enough points. This is the only way.
Then I looked at the low post shot at the back. Such a high level is probably limited by athletic quality and cannot be improved by general training.
Looking further down, he decided that was it.
"System, optimize the low-level basket for me." He said decisively.
"Start redemption." the system replied.
Soon, the optimization was completed, and the low-level basket technology was improved from level 72 to level 90, which can be regarded as entering the first-class level.
The reason why I chose to optimize this is because this technology is very important, and matching it with the appropriate finishing technology can improve his strength.
For example, if a level 90 low post player matches a level 90 floater or a level 91 layup, he will have one more offensive option in the low post.
After the optimization, the low-post close-range attack at level 87 has been upgraded to level 89, the mid-range and long-range attacks have remained unchanged, and the basket attack at level 96 has also been upgraded to level 97.
These two offensive indicators that cannot be directly improved should be the result of matching low-post basket skills with throwing and layup skills.
"Empty hands, not a single point left."
After spending all his money, he took out his mobile phone and called Yu Feihong.
I made an appointment with Feihong's sister for dinner, and then went back to my home to spend time together. The two hadn't seen each other for a while.
Yu Feihong stayed in Phoenix for ten days, and the relationship between the two became stable, but the topic of what to do in the future has not yet been touched upon.
On the 11th, they lost to the Lakers in an away game, and the Suns suffered their eighth defeat of the season.
After playing this game, Lao Wang completed his career achievement of 2,000 total rebounds and received a reward of 200 points.
This disappointed him. I remember that the last time he completed 1,000 rebounds, the reward was 300 points, which is getting less and less.
"System, the next reward for this rebound won't be 5,000, right?" he asked in a teasing and helpless tone.
"Yes."
"You are cruel."
Rushing back to Phoenix that night, on the 12th, the Suns faced the Cavaliers in back-to-back games.
The Cavaliers have done well in the past few seasons. They have made the playoffs for three consecutive years. In the 1991/92 season, they were second in the Eastern Conference. Their current record is 21 wins and 11 losses, fourth in the Eastern Conference, only behind the Bulls, Magic, and Knicks.
That night, the Suns had a losing streak and lost to the Cavaliers. With 25 wins and 9 losses, they were surpassed by Mosaic and ranked second in the Western Conference.
On the 13th, the Suns went to Los Angeles again to prepare to challenge the Clippers on the 14th.
"Damn it, the Lakers and Clippers can obviously arrange their two away games together, but we have to make two trips. How does the league arrange the schedule?" Sitting on the plane, Lao Wang complained.
"Just give us a hard time," Dan Marley said next to him.
Danny Manning, who was across the aisle, was flipping through a piece of the New York Times and suddenly shouted: "Look, Jordan gambled with his teammates on the plane again, and was exposed by the media again."
"Every month there is news about him gambling. It's so common. He is even interested in gambling with the team's security personnel." Drexler said.
"Old K, your All-Star voting situation is good, but the number of votes for Dream has been catching up very quickly in recent days. You have to be careful, and you are canvassing votes for yourself when you are interviewed by the media." Dan Marley reminded.
Lao Wang scratched his head and said: "There is no way, our record has been surpassed by them. My votes are indeed a little weak these days."
