Chapter 398 Jordan Wants to Buy Old K's Diamondback Equity
When the Suns were attacking, Wang Tiejun was in the low post on the left wing asking for the ball. Luke Longley defended the ball. Lightning passed the ball down. After receiving the ball, he immediately made an upward fake move. After shaking his opponent, he immediately turned around and slid down.
Luke Longley was a full beat and a half slow, completely unable to keep up with the rhythm.
On the weak side, when the lightning passed the ball, Rick Schmitz had already lost Williams who was pulled out, and implemented weak side defense. When Lao Wang slipped to the bottom, he was already behind Luke Longley.
It blocked Lao Wang's path to the basket.
This weak-side defense was extremely successful. Schmitz even crossed his arms to protect his chest in order not to be injured.
The bottom cutter, with his mouth already bulging, was staring at Luke Longley and Old K. As soon as Old K collided, the whistle would sound immediately.
But right here, Lao Wang's bear step suddenly stopped, turning into a still movement, and at this time, the ball was also pulled up from the floor.
At this time, the advantage of having big hands comes into play. The ball is stuck to the palm the moment it touches the palm. Then the ball is put together, and at the same time, the body is raised up, and the right arm is thrown with one hand, and a zero-angle shot is two meters away from the basket.
The throwing shot.
Rick Schmitz, who was just a short distance away, didn't react at all, didn't make a steal, and didn't have time to block the shot.
"brush!"
The ball goes hollow into the basket.
"pretty!"
Albert couldn't help but admire and said excitedly: "Old K's low-post offense is really getting better and better. From the fake moves after catching the ball, sliding to the bottom, to emergency stops, the whole rhythm is very strong, and the two defenders
None of them kept up with his pace.”
But Kevin Harlan reminded: "The technical movements are indeed very good, but Old K should pay attention to that you are a giant center, not a light tonnage like David Robinson. This kind of sudden stop and shot action is harmful to the knee joint and
The pressure and consumption on the ankle joint must be great."
"That's true." Albert nodded.
In the following period, Lao Wang often went one-on-one, defeating the combination of Luke Longley and Rick Schmitz, and tied the score at 51 at the end of the second quarter.
Back in the locker room, Rasheed Wallace hadn't even taken a shower yet, sitting there in a daze with a depressed look on his face.
"Rashid, I'll give you a nickname." Lao Wang said after entering.
Rasheed Wallace's face couldn't help but collapse when he thought of the nickname "Little Blacksmith of Phoenix" given to Kobe by Old K.
"You like to troll the referee so much. Your saliva keeps spitting out. It's as lethal as a shotgun. Why don't you just call yourself a Phoenix troll?" Lao Wang laughed.
Everyone was stunned and burst into laughter.
Troll? Rasheed Wallace smiled bitterly.
"Crack!"
At this time, Lao Wang slapped Rasheed Wallace on the head, causing him to ouch.
"Look at the problems in our lineup after you were sent off. Do you expect the two veterans to help you shoulder the tasks you should have done?"
Lao Wang scolded: "We are a team that wants to compete for the championship. It doesn't matter if you do this in the regular season. We can make it to the playoffs no matter how we play. But if you do this in the playoffs, have you thought about the consequences?
When you meet Rodman in the finals, will you be irritated by him like a stupid donkey? Or you can just drag him off the field with you, so that one of us is missing and they can't take advantage. Why are you so stupid?
?”
Rasheed Wallace lowered his head and said nothing, cursing in his heart, saying that I am a troll, aren't you too? The light rain on my head is about to turn into a heavy rain.
"Remember, I'll drag him down with me next time." Lao Wang said angrily.
"Got it." Rasheed Wallace muttered.
Lao Wang shook his head, feeling a little helpless.
It's difficult to change a person's personality. He had already warned Rashid, but it was still to no avail. When his temper rose, this guy still couldn't control it.
But it’s not bad. It’s the first time in six games. If this is the average, it’s more than a dozen times in a season. It seems like a lot, right?
But he didn't know that without his suppression, Rasheed Wallace's temper would get bigger and bigger in the future. In one season, he could easily get hit thirty or forty times, one in two games on average.
In the second half, both sides replaced their main players and fought again.
Wang Tiejun continued to strengthen his low-post offense. The Bulls went to Rodman and continued to strengthen their low-post defense capabilities, causing him greater trouble.
At the end of the third quarter, he had committed four fouls, and was fouled by Rodman for an offensive foul.
But even so, the Bulls couldn't stop his offense. He scored 16 points in a single quarter and 31 points in three quarters.
Jordan's side had a problem with his touch, and his condition was far worse than in the first half. In the third quarter, he made only 2 of 7 shots, and only scored 5 points including free throws.
After three quarters, 80:72, the Suns led by 8 points.
"If Rasheed Wallace hadn't been sent off, this game would have been over." Albert laughed.
"He has such a bad temper, haha, it seems like Old K can't control him either." Kevin Harlan laughed.
Albert said: "Old K's shooting percentage today reached 64%, which is higher than the normal level this season and close to last year's level. It can be seen that the Bulls' defense against him was not successful. This is a serious problem for the Bulls.
The problem is, if Rasheed Wallace is on the court, Old K will definitely be more efficient."
Kevin Harlan said: "Rodman's help defense caused some trouble for Old K, but it could not fundamentally solve the problem.
Compared with Old K, his height is a little too low, and the difference in tonnage and strength is too great. He cannot compete with Old K at all. He can only use his ability to draw fouls to achieve the effect of assisting defense, but the number of successes is still very few.
Yes, once in a while it succeeds, it doesn’t have a decisive effect.”
Albert smiled and said: "In comparison, when Rodman defends a postman of the same tonnage as Old K, the effect will be better, because the Postman is not as fast as Old K, not as flexible as Old K, and his foot is not as good as Old K."
K is stable, but his explosive power is not as strong as that of old K.”
Kevin Harlan said: "There is another more important reason. The postman's offensive position is too outside, so it is easier to defend. He can't guard the first one. He is faster than the postman, and he can follow up to guard the second one.
Second-rate.
And Old K's position is near the basket. If he didn't guard him the first time, there would be no second chance."
As the two of them were talking, the final episode began.
Wang Tiejun hopes to win this game. He can beat his opponents in the regular season. If he reaches the finals and meets the Bulls, he will have a psychological advantage.
So at the beginning of the last quarter, all the main players came forward, and he spared no effort in firing with all his strength.
But something unfortunate happened. In the third minute, the Suns were already leading by ten points. Chapman, who was facing Jordan, suddenly fell to the ground during a no-ball confrontation.
The whistle didn't sound, and the game didn't stop. Kidd, who took the ball, was immediately double-teamed by Jordan and Ron Harper, and was eventually intercepted by Jordan. Then the Bulls played a fast break, regained two points, and the point difference returned to
Single digits.
The Suns have called a timeout early.
"Thigh muscle strain."
Team doctor Andrew John examined Chapman and said.
Danny Ainge scratched his head, feeling that the people Colangelo brought in this time all had their own problems.
Rasheed Wallace likes to complain about referees, Kobe Bryant likes to have the ball and hit the iron, Williams is half as good, Chapman is prone to injuries, what about Kidd? Well, if Kidd doesn’t attack as long as he doesn’t waste shots, there’s no problem.
You can play main control.
Kobe was eager to try. He glanced at Danny Ainge from time to time. Look, Chapman is injured, Wilkins is old, and I am the only shooting guard left. Why don't you call my name?
"Kobe, come on." Danny Ainge actually shouted.
Wilkins is also old and cannot be used for a long time. Especially when facing Jordan, the offensive and defensive pressure is very high. If he is injured again, it will be over. There will be a shortage of players at the second and third positions.
"Coming."
Kobe stood up as soon as he jumped.
Lao Wang glanced at Kobe and said: "Kobe, against Jordan, you made three mistakes, made 0 of 3 shots, and scored a duck egg. Do you have any thoughts?"
Kobe raised his eyebrows and said unconvinced: "Old K, what you said is that you don't expose the shortcomings of others when you curse them, and you don't slap people in the face when you hit them. Why are you reading out my data? And I am a rookie. Isn't this abnormal when facing Jordan?
?”
Lao Wang was stunned, are you trying to criticize me?
"Haha..." The teammates around him were already laughing.
"Old K, don't worry, just give me the ball, I won't be afraid of him." Kobe said with high morale.
The words were full of courage, but the results were bleak.
In the next game, rookie Kobe was still beaten by Jordan on both offense and defense.
Facing the rookie, Jordan's state suddenly rebounded in the last quarter. Just like Lightning taught Iverson a lesson, Kobe was given a good lesson. He made 2 of 5 shots, including one three-pointer, plus 0 of 3 shots from the previous one.
Made 2 of 8 shots and only scored 5 points.
Jordan made 10 of 30 shots from the field. Although his condition was not good, he still scored 30 points, 18 of which were scored on Kobe's head.
However, Kobe still showed a strong psychological quality. When he came off the court, he also looked unconvinced. His chin was raised high, his eyes were full of sharpness, and he kept muttering: "Why don't you give me the ball later? Give it to me."
I can definitely put it in."
"Crack!"
Lao Wang couldn't hold back, slapped Kobe on the head, and cursed: "5 shots in 9 minutes, which is more than me. The ball can't come out when you get it. Do you still think it's too few?"
Kobe was unconvinced and said: "Sooner or later I will encounter the highlight moment, and Jordan will also be killed."
"Occasional highlights are of no use? Can Chamberlain win the championship if he scores 100 points? Can you highlight every game in the playoffs?" Lao Wang scolded angrily.
He has a headache. Now there are many young people in the team. They are not good-tempered people yet. They all have unique personalities. It is difficult to lead the team!
He didn't say anything more. He originally planned to let Jordan teach Kobe a lesson to prevent him from taking action himself.
It's a pity that looking at Kobe's appearance, it seems to have no effect. This lesson has no impact at all. Next time, why not let Jordan shoot a 50 on Kobe's head?
In this game, Jordan's condition was not very good and his efficiency was low. In the end, the Suns won the away victory, with 6 wins and 0 losses. The Suns surpassed the Bulls and dominated the league's first place.
After the game, the Suns rushed to Milwaukee overnight, played back-to-back games against the Bucks, and finally won with their strength. They defeated the Grizzlies again on the 14th, winning all four away games and returning to their home court.
In these two games, due to Chapman's injury, Wilkins and Kobe's playing time has increased significantly to 30 minutes. The former has to play as a substitute at the third position, and the second position more often relies on the rookie Kobe.
With.
Kobe scored 18 points and 15 points in the two games respectively, with shooting percentages of 42.5% and 42% respectively. His performance was passable.
In addition, due to the serious aging of the interior substitutes, the decline in ability was unexpected. Wang's playing time also increased from the previous average of 36 minutes per game to 40 minutes.
In addition, the number of shots began to increase, from the original 20.5 to 22.5. After 8 games, the average points per game increased from just over 30 points to 33 points, surpassing Jordan.
Two weeks have passed and the league's official mvp rankings have been refreshed. Lao Wang has worked hard to climb up from the second position because his personal data and team record have surpassed Jordan and the Bulls. The Suns also defeated the Bulls head-on.
, ascended to the first position.
After defeating the Lakers at home on the 17th, they will face the Bulls at home on the 20th.
On the morning of the 19th, Kobe ran to Lao Wang's house early in the morning and said he was going to a fighting hall to practice fighting. Zhang Lili took him there last time, but there was no Lao Wang to say anything and no one taught him, so this time he came to Lao Wang.
King.
Lao Wang called Lightning again, and the three of them went over to play together.
The fighting hall is located in the western suburbs of the training hall. It occupies a large area of 20 acres. Outside is the Gobi and desert.
The current fighting hall already has forty members, an increase of ten. Including trainers and coaches, there are nearly sixty people.
When nine o'clock arrived, the training inside was already in full swing.
"Brother Tiejun."
"Old K."
When Lao Wang entered, dozens of brothers and coaches greeted him.
"Practice yourselves." Lao Wang greeted.
In addition to eating, he would come here to practice fighting in most of his free time. Apart from plum blossom steps and iron mountain moves, he practiced martial arts less and less.
"That's great, Master, find someone to teach me." Kobe said excitedly.
"Two thousand dollars per class, forty-five minutes, Kobe, how many classes do you want to buy?" Lao Wang turned around and asked.
Kobe was stunned and said unhappily: "Old K, I am your apprentice, and I still charge money to teach you?"
Lao Wang said disdainfully: "If you don't charge money to teach your disciples, then don't you starve the master to death? Who would open a martial arts gym? There are two thousand brothers in my martial arts gym, and everyone is free. How do you support them? It's not much, the salary plus bonuses
Just $150 million a year is enough."
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.
Kobe's mouth was wide open. Is the cost of K martial arts gym so huge? Then why hasn't old K gone bankrupt yet?
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Bulls arrived in Phoenix.
At five o'clock, Jordan left the hotel with Pippen and ran to the K-Martial Arts Gym. He ordered two cans of chicken in advance.
He stayed in New York for a while during the offseason. After trying it once, he ate it often. He thought it tasted good, but it was too expensive and could only be eaten in New York. It had been a long time since he had eaten it.
This time I came to Phoenix and brought Pippen to try something new.
It happened that Lao Wang took Lightning and Kobe to the K-Martial Arts Gym and were about to have dinner, when they met Jordan.
"Old K, why don't you open a martial arts gym in Chicago?" After greeting him, Jordan said somewhat unhappily.
"Too lazy to drive." Lao Wang said.
Firstly, he doesn't understand business, so the stall is too big to manage. Secondly, there are too many brothers, and the expenses are too high, so he is afraid of losing money, so he is really too lazy to open another branch.
Jordan couldn't wait to scold people, "You don't make money even if you have money, are you stupid?"
"Old K, your martial arts school can make a lot of money a year, right?" Pippen asked with an envious look.
"Pi Er, let me transfer half of the shares to you." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"Really?" Pippen said overjoyed.
Jordan was also surprised. There was such a good thing. He was trying to fool Pippen, a fool, right?
Next to him, Kobe sneered: "There are two thousand brothers in the K martial arts gym, and the annual expenditure is 150 million US dollars. Master, finally a fool dares to take over."
"What?"
Pippen was shocked, and Jordan was also shocked.
"Old K, you want to trick me?" Pippen said angrily.
After paying taxes on his annual salary, apart from his own expenses and the household expenses for a family of dozens of people, there is not even a hair left. Let alone 150 million, even 150,000 US dollars is enough.
Jordan asked doubtfully: "Old K, you have a lot of expenses and I haven't seen you go bankrupt. You make a lot of money in a year, right?"
"What a waste of money!"
Lao Wang cursed and said: "Excluding taxes, I can only earn tens of millions a year. This business is getting harder and harder to do, there are fewer and fewer people, and the per capita consumption is also getting less and less."
"..."
Pippen and Jordan were trembling, damn, how much more do you want to earn?
"Customer, I'll give you a rebate of three thousand dollars each," Lao Wang said seductively.
"roll!"
Jordan and the two scolded, "The customer's membership fee is 30,000 yuan a year, and 100,000 yuan in three years, but you only give a 3,000 yuan kickback. How stingy!"
Next, five people gathered at the table, and each person had a can of chicken. They ate until their heads were sweating, and they felt so good after eating.
After clearing the table, Lao Wang got a pot of cheap big-leaf tea and drank while chatting.
"Scotty, you have a lot of money and can actually afford to eat chicken. I can only eat it a few times." Lightning said with an envious look.
"You eat once every three days, you eat no less than me." Lao Wang said helplessly.
"Michael's a treat." Pippen said awkwardly.
Lightning rolled his eyes at Lao Wang and said: "Lao K, your contract is ten times that of mine, and you have invested in the boss's Rattlesnake. You will definitely make a lot of money in the future, and I won't be able to defeat you."
"Rattlesnake? Is it a business to breed venomous snakes and extract venom?" Jordan asked doubtfully.
"MLB, our boss Mr. Colangelo is planning to build an MLB baseball team." Lightning said.
"Really?" Jordan became interested.
He likes to play golf, but is even more addicted to playing baseball. He often goes to the White Sox team of Bulls owner Reinsdorf to play baseball.
"Old K, how much did you vote for?" he asked quickly.
"10%, 13 million US dollars." Lao Wang said.
"Do you still want to invest? Please help introduce me." Jordan asked quickly.
"Mr. Colangelo gave me face and dragged me in specially." Lao Wang said.
Jordan immediately looked regretful, and couldn't help but start to curse his boss Reinsdorf for being too stingy. His boss was thinking about Old K. His boss never mentioned selling him any equity in the White Sox.
He has always dreamed of becoming the owner of a team in one of the four major sports leagues. Unexpectedly, this dream has not yet come true, but Lao K has taken the lead to complete it. He is so envious and it is a huge blow to him.
"Old K, add 20% to the price and transfer it to me." He tried.
"What are you thinking about?"
Lao Wang said disdainfully, am I such a person without vision? Can I invest in Fengshen Street without vision?
"Thirty percent?" Jordan gritted his teeth and said.
"It's not even twice as much. I don't need that little money. Besides, Mr. Colangelo is giving me face, so what does it mean if I resell it to you?" Lao Wang shook his head.
"All right."
Jordan was frustrated and felt that the chicken he had just had no taste anymore.
However, he warned: "Old K, if you want to take action in the future, inform me first and I will definitely take action."
"Okay, I can promise you this." Lao Wang said with a smile.
