In the locker room of the Mosaic team's training facility in Houston, Dameng said angrily.
Barkley smiled bitterly and said: "The Suns have been rebuilt and we have gained reinforcements from it. Old K's chance of defending the title is too small. He will definitely complain to us, which is understandable."
Drexler also smiled and said: "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, he looked a little strange, and so did Buckley.
Barkley's idea was that if he was willing to assist Old K and be the second in charge in 1993, the Suns would definitely be able to successfully defend their title. It was him who delayed Old K's defense of the title.
It is even uncertain whether the dynasty can be completed. If he is in the Suns, even if they cannot introduce gliders last season, the Suns may still be able to defend the dynasty.
Now in Houston, he is only one of the Big Three, but if he stays with the Suns, he will definitely be the second in charge, and Old K is already a superstar in the second season. As he is getting older, he will be the second in charge of Old K.
There will be no shame.
Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful.
As for Glider, he has no regrets. He is now playing for a pension contract. The Suns cannot give him the contract he wants, so he has no choice but to leave.
He just thought that if he stayed with the Suns, Wilkins would definitely join the Suns in order to win the championship. He would play the third position and Wilkins would play the second position. Then the Suns' lineup would be the defending championship.
The possibility will be very high.
"By the way, I had a phone call with Lao K a few days ago. He said that K's Martial Arts School is preparing to launch a medicinal diet that can delay aging. If you eat too much, you will live forever. Do you want to try it?" Buckley suddenly asked
.
"How much?"
"It must be expensive, right?"
Dameng and Drexler asked reflexively at the same time.
Buckley looked weird and said: "One dish costs ten thousand dollars."
"Shet!"
The two of them cursed at the same time.
"Damn immortal, let him eat it by himself. My contract must be reserved for retirement, otherwise if I live too long, I will still die of poverty." Drexler said angrily.
Buckley nodded repeatedly and said angrily: "Old K still wants us to support him, but I won't agree this time. It's too expensive."
"Charles, Clyde, you still need to use medicated baths and medicated oil massages, right?" Dameng asked with concern.
He had no choice but to not care. These two companions had rings. If their condition was affected in order to save money, he would be the one to suffer.
Barkley and Drexler looked at each other and suddenly laughed at the same time. This gave Dameng a bad feeling. The next second, his feeling was confirmed.
Barkley smiled and said: "Hakeem, I have been working hard for two seasons to help you win the championship. Now I really can't fight anymore. My body can't fight anymore, and my pocket has been sucked dry by that bastard K.
It’s all for you, don’t you show any sign of it? At least you should encourage morale.”
As he spoke, he reached out and made a gesture of counting money.
"Use this to encourage?"
Dameng also made a gesture of counting money and said angrily.
Drexler also smiled and said: "I agree with Charles, Hakeem, how about you invite us to try the medicinal diet of Lao K?"
Dameng was so angry that his face was livid. These two bastards were no worse than Old K. They were both bastards.
After a while, their media conference also began.
"Hakim, Lao K said that the three of you are a superstar group, 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 hyping up. He is a super giant now, so he should be more cautious in his words. The three of us are veterans over thirty years old, and our combined age is 97 years old. What is this?
Team up?
If we are a team, he and Wilkins are also a team. That bastard Wilkins is getting a veteran's minimum salary in the Suns, and they have done everything they can to stay together."
"Barkley, do you agree with what Old K said?" a reporter asked.
"Oh, I don't agree. I just watched their live TV broadcast. It was obvious that Mr. K was joking." Barkley laughed.
"Clyde, what about you?" the reporter asked again.
"I'm just here for retirement. This may be my last contract, and Barkley and I are both main players in the finals. There's no need for us to team up," Drexler said politely.
The veins on Da Meng's head throbbed. Damn it, Claire, what did you say? Does it seem like I need to stick together?
"Hakeem, this is your contract year. If you fail to win the championship, will you choose to stay in Houston?" a reporter asked.
"You said we will fail to win the championship? No, absolutely not." Dameng stared at the reporter like a wolf.
The reporter was a little scared, afraid that the old gangster Dameng would rush down and beat him.
The next day, the Bulls' new season media day was held as scheduled, and ESPN broadcast the event live.
"Michael, what are your thoughts on Rodman's joining? 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 had brought in Rodman last time, we would have been more likely to defend our title this season."
In Phoenix, in the locker room of the training facility at the Suns headquarters, Kevin Johnson said with some regret.
"Maybe it's possible, but if he doesn't want to come, there's no way he can force it." Lao Wang also felt a little pity, but there was nothing to regret.
The character of Da Chong is too weird. I must have some conflicts with him. In addition, he doesn't like to be bound by rules and often misses training. If it really comes, there is a high probability of conflict. With his character, he won't listen once or twice.
, it is really possible to choose to use violence to persuade the other party.
…
Just when the regular season was about to start, at three o'clock that afternoon, the Los Angeles media suddenly broke the news that the new president of AA, Jay Maloney, had a history of smoking and had been smoking.
Then the exposure of this news quickly aroused public opinion and put tremendous pressure on CAA and Gemalone.
Generally speaking, this is not a big deal in the United States, but it is ordinary. CAA is the largest agency in Hollywood, and owns two-thirds of Hollywood stars. This is no small matter. After all, being independent is not a glorious thing.
, is absolutely negative news.
…
On Friday, November 3, 1995, the NBA regular season of 1995/96 officially kicked off.
As last season's finals teams, the Bulls and Suns both had opening games, but they were not opponents, but they were both at home.
The Suns' first regular season opponent was the Clippers, a bad team recognized by the media as not being able to make the playoffs. There was no star player among the five starters. Clippers owner Sterling was even stingier than Mosaic owner Alexander.
, just want to make money by selling tickets in the big ball market of Los Angeles, and don't want to invest in building a competitive lineup.
America West Arena has 100% attendance and ticket prices have increased by 30% compared to last season, but season ticket sales are very hot.
This was unimaginable three seasons ago and shows that the Suns' 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. The ball market potential has been greatly improved, overcoming Phoenix's disadvantage of insufficient population.
CCTV, the live broadcast of the new season has also begun, and they chose to broadcast the Suns' opening game.
"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 beneficial to the offensive side. As long as you have no extra actions, you will not be sentenced to an offensive foul, while the defender will
You must jump vertically to defend. If you stand still, you are blocking a foul, and you cannot make any unnecessary movements." Zhang Lili explained.
Su Qun asked: "Director Zhang, what is the impact of this rule on Lao K?"
Zhang Li thought for a while and said: "His offensive fouls at the basket will be reduced, and his offense at the basket will be more powerful."
For this game, the Suns arranged a starting lineup of Wang Tiejun, Robert Horry, Wilkins, Michael Finley, and Kevin Johnson.
"Sun King! Sun King..."
When Wang Tiejun came on the stage, the American West Arena erupted in shocking shouts.
Originally, playing against such a bad team, even though the Suns' current lineup has great flaws, with Wang Tiejun in the lineup and Wilkins and Kevin Johnson on the outside, there will be no problem. Unfortunately, sometimes, some accidents will happen.
occur.
By the tenth minute of the first quarter, at 25:17, the Suns were already leading by 8 points.
Wang Tiejun hasn't exerted much force yet, because the Clippers don't have a big center at all, only a short center of 208 centimeters. The opponent is not strong, and he is not very excited. He made 4 of 5 shots and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 11 points.
Data of 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
At this time, he was substituted, Westphal was replaced by Waiman Tisdale, Ben replaced Horry at the fourth position, Perry came on for the Lightning, and Mario Bennett replaced Wilkins.
Only the rookie Finley continued to stay on the court to practice, and four of the five main players scored.
The Clippers also put on a substitute lineup, but the substitute lineup exploded. Two minutes later, they beat the Suns with an 8-0 attack wave, tying the score at 25 in one fell swoop.
The Clippers' bench, headed by forward Rodney Rogers and swingman Eric Piakowski, scored all eight points in two minutes. The former scored 5 points and the latter finished.
A steal and a three-pointer on the counterattack.
However, the Suns didn't take it to heart and didn't think the Clippers would pose any threat to the Suns. They didn't adjust the lineup in the second quarter and still played with the substitute lineup at the end of the first quarter.
As a result, the Clippers' bench continued to explode, leading the score by 5 points at 40:35 in half a quarter.
The Suns were stopped and forced to call a timeout.
"This Rodney Rogers was the No. 9 pick in the first round of 1993 by the Nuggets. He was the Nuggets' main forward last season. He played in 80 games and started 77 games. He was traded to the Clippers. The first game should be observed.
Then I will definitely play as the Clippers’ main forward.”
The game was broadcast live across the United States by TNT, and commentator Dot analyzed it.
"Eric was the No. 15 pick in the first round of the Clippers last year. His performance was average, but he was good at three-pointers and he played well today." Another commentator, Silentham, said.
Dort analyzed: "I can only say that the Suns were careless. They didn't think the Clippers could pose a threat to them, so they let Michael Finley, a rookie, take a lot of shots.
But a rookie is a rookie after all. He started the first game of his career, so there should be a lot of pressure on him. His performance is average. He is currently 2-for-6 from the field. Before the second quarter is over, he made two turnovers."
Letem joked: Old K has even been sitting on the court for 8 minutes, and he almost fell asleep."
"Okay, he stood up, and the game is about to end. The moment K stood up, the game lost suspense." Dot smiled.
"Old K, come on and get a good start." Westphal said to Wang Tiejun in front of the Suns' bench.
"certainly."
Lao Wang nodded. Even if the head coach didn't say anything, he would do it anyway.
This season he plans to compete for mvp. Whether it is the Western Conference or the Eastern Conference, he will try to win the games he can win, and he will not let go of the underdogs.
The next game, he took over the game.
Just like playing the Bulls in the finals, the difference in strength between the two centers is too big, and the game loses suspense.
Especially now that he has a reasonable collision zone, it is more conducive for him to run rampant under the basket.
In the following time, the nearly 20,000 spectators at the American West Arena, as well as countless fans in front of the TV, kept seeing a terrifying giant beast, constantly pushing away or knocking over double-teamers under the basket.
The opponent then completes the dunk scene.
The Clippers continued to pay fouls, but could not stop Old K's crazy attack on the basket. The entire inside line was completely beaten, their faces were pale, and their morale collapsed.
After three quarters, he played only 28 minutes in total. In the first opener, Wang made 13 of 15 shots and 9 of 14 free throws. He scored 35 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls. His shooting percentage
He reached a terrifying 86.6%, and his free throw percentage reached 64.2%. After helping the team lead by 15 points, he never played again.
106:111, the Suns got a good start to 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 with 18 points and 10 assists. His shooting percentage reached 50.8%. He also played well in breaking through tactics and his state was eye-catching.
Wilkins, on the other hand, scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and shot 42% from the field. Compared with last season, his performance was normal.
Rookie Finley played 34 minutes and made 5 of 12 shots, with a shooting percentage of 41.6%, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers and 3 turnovers.
Foul data, performance is good or bad.
Robert Horry, whose efficiency was similar to Finley, scored 9 points.
The five main players jointly contributed 90 points, and the substitutes scored 21 points. Among them, Ben played 11 minutes at the power forward position and got 2 rebounds and 1 steal. It was a marginal performance.
On the Clippers' side, not to mention the main players, there was no explosive performance, but the two substitutes performed like stars. 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 and we only won by 5 points. This game exposed many problems.
First, there are too many new players, and the team's new tactical system has not yet been established. Wilkins and rookie Finley have not been integrated into the tactical cooperation between the Iron Army and the Lightning. They still need more time to develop in the future.
For a period of time, the Suns will still be in a state of rebuilding and integrating their tactical system.
Second, the outside defense is fragmented, making it too easy for the opponent to score. He rushes in immediately, takes one or two steps in and immediately stops for a jump shot. The defense force below cannot come up in time, which is equivalent to an open position!
Third, the outside shooting ability is not good. The team made 2 of 9 three-pointers, which caused the opponent to double-team the low post. This means that the Clippers are no match for the Tiejun inside. Otherwise, we don’t know how they would have played."
"Yes, Lao K was often double-teamed today, and fighting like this consumes too much physical energy." Su Qun team echoed.
Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "To beat a bad team like the Clippers, the Iron Army will have to work hard to fight. What if we encounter a strong team?
This is the problem with the Suns. You can't point to Tiejun every time, otherwise he will run out of energy in the regular season. What will happen in the playoffs?
Moreover, this is the Clippers. They play a mosaic at the end of the game. With a strong defense like Dameng, coupled with the contraction of the defensive formation, even the Tiejun's offensive efficiency will be reduced. How to fight?"
Su Qun then talked about Kevin Johnson and said: "Coach Zhang, the 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 is working hard. He has reached his age. After this season, he is ready to get a larger pension contract." Zhang Li said with a smile.
On the sidelines, reporters were interviewing Wang Tiejun. Although he only played 28 minutes, he was still the best athlete in the game.
"Old K, what do you think of the Suns' performance tonight?" the reporter asked.
"There are some problems and we are solving them, but overall it is good. I am very happy with the state of the Lightning. At the same time, our rookies are also performing well, which are quite positive signs." He said.
He was indeed very happy. The only thing that made him happy in today's game was the performance of the Lightning. Everyone else's performance was average. Horry's performance disappointed him.
As for Ben Wallace, who squeezed out Ma Jian, he may have played too little time and did not have any impressive performance.
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 many problems of the Suns and believed that the Suns this season have lost their impact on the championship.
After a day's rest, the Suns will play against their old rival Mosaics at home on November 5th.