Chapter 644 Why should I train a few times a day for my opponent?
Chapter 644 Why should I train for hours every day for my opponent?
After playing the Nets at home, the Suns flew to the Eastern Conference the next day. Next, they have four away games to play in the Eastern Conference. The four games are divided into two back-to-back games.
On the 4th, the Suns defeated the Hawks away from home and won two consecutive games.
On the 5th, the Suns visit Philadelphia.
Philadelphia failed to make the playoffs last season, and its lineup this season is mediocre. Even if it makes the playoffs, there is a high probability that it will be eliminated in the first round, but the biggest possibility is that it will not make it.
Before the game started, Lao Wang comforted Iverson in the tunnel: "Allen, you are either a first-rounder or a second-rounder, or you simply can't even touch the edge of the playoffs, and you haven't touched the floor of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Is it okay? I’m not young anymore, how many more years of peak period can I have? It’s not a problem if I continue like this!
I don’t think you have a chance this year. Between the Pacers and the Nets, the Pistons, the Heat, and the Knicks, which one can you beat? The Green Team, the Wizards, and the Bulls should also be better than them. Are you ready with your fishing rod?”
Iverson raised his chin vigorously and refused to admit defeat and said: "Old K, you can win only if you dare to fight hard. I will not give up. Sooner or later I will lead the team to fight in front of you."
Lao Wang patted Iverson on the head and said with a smile: "You have a chance to get in front of me in the regular season, but you better not have that dream in the finals.
Although people have to dream, they should not be too naive, but the dream must also be realistic, otherwise it is just a fantasy, cannot be realized, and it is just a waste of your youth."
After being "comforted" by Old K, Iverson was psychologically hit. Iverson couldn't help but feel a little depressed and said: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Lao Wang smiled and said: "I heard that this season is your contract year. After completing this contract, you will go to the Suns and join with a minimum salary. I will help you win the championship."
"Basic salary?"
Iverson was shocked, Old K, why didn’t you prostitute me for nothing?
If Chris Mullin were here and heard what Lao Wang said, he would definitely exclaim, God, has Lao K become as shameless as Michael Jordan? He has an annual salary of 20 million, but lets others get the basic salary.
?
"Ha ha……"
When Lao Wang saw Iverson's stupid look, he laughed and walked out with his teammates.
He was just joking. A person with a proud personality like Iverson would not bow to reality, and he would definitely not hug someone's lap.
Only guys like the Postman and Gloves would pathetically choose to be a pendant on someone else's thigh for a ring.
"Ah owe!"
The postman who was cutting horse grass on the farm sneezed and almost cut off his own hand, breaking into a cold sweat.
"Ah owe!"
In the Rose Garden, Payton was playing against Kobe when he suddenly sneezed and sprayed Kobe in the face.
"Asshole, you did it on purpose, didn't you?"
Kobe was stunned, flew into a rage, jumped on him and started beating him.
Half a minute later, the two guys with bruises and swollen faces were sent off.
An hour later, after halftime between the Suns and the Philadelphia Digital Team, Lao Wang returned to the locker room and received a call from Kobe.
"Old K, I was beaten again, no, I beat Gary Payton, and that troll actually smacked me in the face!" Kobe said angrily.
"What? You, you and him, got into it?"
Lao Wang couldn't believe it. The inappropriate scenes with Big Mouth Roberts and the others many years ago flashed through his mind, but when he thought of Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton, he felt a little nauseous.
"What, what happened? Old K, what are you talking nonsense about?" After Kobe came to his senses, he was almost mad at Lao Wang's words.
The phone on the other end was hung up. Lao Wang curled his lips. Isn't that what you said literally? Did I say something wrong? Kobe Bryant's temper is getting bigger and bigger now. I need to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson. Before he
A hundred points off your head?
After defeating Iverson's bad team, the Suns arrived in Chicago on the afternoon of the 6th.
After Jordan left, the Bulls rebuilt very quickly because of Jordan's legacy, and they immediately completed the rebuild with McGrady as the core.
However, over the years, he has not produced any results, and McGrady has suffered a lot of injuries. Although he is still at his peak, the management has lost confidence in him, so the Bulls chose to let him go in the past offseason.
On the shelf, McGrady went to Mosaic, and the Bulls began another round of reconstruction.
On the 7th, they defeated the Bulls. On the 8th, the Suns, who had won four consecutive games, came to Cleveland to face the Cavaliers.
In his rookie season, LeBron James averaged 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.7 blocks per game. As a local, he has become a son of Cleveland and is called "King" by the local media.
Because of his versatility in offense, defense, organization, etc., some media even compare him with Lao Wang and Jordan. Of course, the comparison is more with Jordan, because he and Jordan are both outsiders, and he can even play point guard in the Cavaliers.
, relatively less compared to Lao Wang.
In the official promotion of the league, LeBron James has become the focus of promotion. Some of his wonderful game highlights will appear repeatedly on the official website and in the sports programs of major TV stations. It is obvious that everyone knows that this young man
After the four major shooting guards, he has become the league's most popular rookie king.
In the recent Olympic Games, James was holding back his anger because he, Wade, and Anthony were not trusted by Larry Brown at all, and they didn't get much playing time at all. They could only play in garbage time.
He vowed in his heart that he would perform well in the new season and prove himself to the entire league. He would also prove himself to the world at the BJ Olympics.
At eight o'clock, both sides announced the starting lineup.
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Kenyon Martin, Zhu Fangyu, Josh Howard, Jason Williams
Cavaliers: Big Z, Drew Gooden, Ella Newbel, Jeff McGinnis, LeBron James
This game is a national live broadcast of the Cavaliers, broadcast live by ABC TV, and the commentators are Rango Gomez and Morton Ilanton.
"The Cavaliers' lineup is not that good. They didn't make the playoffs last season. There are many strong teams in the Eastern Conference this season, so it's probably going to be even harder," Gomez said.
Elanton nodded and said: "Now LeBron James is playing point guard in the starting lineup, and his performance in this position is remarkable."
Gomez suddenly smiled and said: "LeBron James also has the nickname 'king' now, and Old K is also called the Sun King. Morton, do you think tonight's game is a king versus king battle?"
Elandon was stunned, and it took him three seconds to react. He shook his head, smiled, and said, "I'm afraid we won't see a king versus king battle, right?"
"Is it because they are in different positions?" Gomez asked with a smile.
Shrugging his shoulders, Ilanton said: "That's not true. LeBron James' current offensive method is relatively monotonous. He has a lot of breakthrough layups. In his rookie season, he had 31.5% of the basket attacks and 16.8% of the nearly two-point attacks.
, 16.1% of two-pointers, 21.1% of long two-pointers, 14.3% of three-pointers, and 48.3% of the offense in the paint area, nearly half. He has many opportunities to collide with old K.
In fact, the current defensive area of Old K can even cover the three-point line. From this perspective, LeBron James has a chance to encounter Old K at any position."
"What are you referring to?" Gomez asked with a smile.
Ilanton laughed and scolded: "Lango, you bad guy, do you have to tell me?"
"Of course." Gomez nodded without hesitation.
"Just say it."
Elanton laughed and said: "The reason why I said we might not see a king versus king battle tonight is because I think James is still too young now.
His offensive skills should not perform well against Old K's defense. Just like last season, he swallowed seven blocks in one game and was completely stunned."
Gomez smiled and said: "Then do you think Old K is interested in massacring the Cavaliers tonight? Or is Old K interested in having a king-on-king duel with LeBron James?"
Elandon thought for a while and said: "The Suns not only lost their head coach during the offseason, they also lost four of their main players. Their strength was severely damaged. In the first four games, Old K averaged 41 points per game.
This shows that the Suns need his scoring.
In fact, it also shows that the Suns are facing a dilemma. There is no second powerful scoring point, and Old K needs to step up every night. Therefore, the almost 32-year-old Old K is still the Optimus Prime of the Suns on the offensive end. Without him,
, the Suns' offense will collapse."
"Morton, what do you want to say?" Gomez asked.
Elanton smiled and said: "I want to say that whether Old K wants to massacre the Cavaliers or not, there is no weak team in the NBA, and he must give his best.
If the knight plays well, then a massacre can be avoided. If the knight cooperates well, then there will undoubtedly be a massacre.
As for whether Old K is interested in a king-on-king duel, it doesn't exist, because with his status and identity, he still looks down on LeBron James, right?
Remember what Old K said last season? In front of him, no one deserves to be called a giant, let alone a king against a king?
Do you think James is now qualified to be on an equal footing with Old K? No lunatic would think so, and neither would I."
"Ha ha……"
Gomez found it funny and laughed.
At this time, the Cavaliers' starting lineup had just left the locker room and was preparing to play.
Two Cavaliers team reporters followed with a camera team, filming and asking questions.
"LeBron, it's your second time to play against Old K's team. Cleveland fans hope you can perform well in front of Old K. Are you confident?" a reporter asked.
"No, it's the third time, the Olympics counts as one." James reminded.
"Yes, three times." The reporter nodded.
LeBron James walked forward and said: "I hope to play a beautiful game, and I am confident that I can do it. I will prove myself."
"Do you think the Suns have a chance to defend their title this season?" another reporter asked again.
James hesitated, shook his head and said: "I think it's very difficult. Their winning lineup last season is finished. Although the new lineup has achieved four consecutive victories in the beginning, it was the result of old K's full performance. He can't win the whole season.
If he plays like that, once he consumes too much in the regular season, it will definitely not be ideal in the playoffs."
"Do you think the Cavaliers can make the playoffs this season?" the reporter asked again.
"We will work hard, and I believe that hard work will definitely pay off," James said.
At this time, a group of people had already walked to the player tunnel. After hearing this sentence, Lao Wang, who was one step earlier, laughed and said: "Little guy, the postman and the admiral, King Kong Ewing, Stockton and the others will not agree.
What you said is because they worked hard throughout their careers and got nothing until they retired."
"Old K, good evening."
Although James was a little embarrassed, he still greeted politely.
Lao Wang patted James on the head and encouraged: "Little guy, you have to work harder and make it to the playoffs first. You are not qualified to judge me now."
There was redness on James' face, but it was too dark to be seen.
At half past eight, the game starts.
Jump ball, Martin jumped early, Big Z moved the ball away, and the Cavaliers attacked.
James took the ball and came outside the three-point line on the right wing. The Suns played man-to-man and sent Zhu Fangyu to defend.
Zhu Fangyu's weight is 110 kilograms, James's weight was 112 kilograms when he entered the league, and now it is 115 kilograms. There is a slight difference in tonnage, but the huge difference is in explosive power.
Starting with a breakthrough to the outside, James held the ball and ran in. When Zhu Fangyu moved to defend, the two collided directly.
"Bang!"
Zhu Fangyu took two small steps back before he stood firm. At this time, James had already hit him with the ball, and he was caught.
James broke through the first line of defense, immediately accelerated forcefully, changed direction and passed Kenyon Martin's defense, and headed towards the paint area with the ball.
Seeing that Old K had returned to the basket, he couldn't forget the memory of scoring 7 blocks in a single game last season, so he stopped in the right waist position, took off, and shot.
Lao Wang took a step forward to block the shot, half a beat too late.
"Bang! Bang!"
The basketball hit the basket, jumped twice, and fell into the basket.
After hitting a shot over Old K's head, James clenched his fists excitedly and immediately returned to the backcourt.
Zhu Fangyu serves and White Chocolate advances.
"Jason, stop being so sexy." Xiao Fan shouted loudly from the sidelines.
"Poof!"
Several substitutes on the bench behind him burst into laughter.
White Chocolate made an OK gesture with Xiao Fan behind his back. The next second, he started to break through with the ball, turning around and around, and entered the paint area.
At this time, Lao Wang had already entered the paint area, increased his concentration, and was ready to catch the ball at any time.
White Chocolate burst into the paint from the left wing, passed by Big Z under the basket, and was blocked by Drew Gooden and James, but by this time his ball had disappeared.
It turned out that when he just passed Big Z, he made a hidden backhand pass without looking back. The ball flew close to Big Z and flew into Lao Wang's hands.
That is to say, Lao Wang increased his concentration, otherwise he might not be able to catch the ball.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Lao Wang dunked with one hand.
Cavaliers attack.
In the low post on the left wing, Big Z caught the ball and hit Lao Wang in isolation. He dribbled the ball twice, but Lao Wang behind him didn't move at all. He quickly half-turned and hit a side hook.
"Bang!"
After missing the shot, Lao Wang quickly turned around and grabbed the backcourt rebound.
When the Suns attacked, Lao Wang went directly to the basket and asked for the ball.
On the sidelines, Cavaliers coach Paul Silas shouted: "Drew, go in and double-team."
Drew Gooden immediately dropped Kenyon Martin, rushed to the basket, and double-teamed Lao Wang in advance.
At this time, White Chocolate's ball flew towards Kenyon Martin, who was two steps away from the paint area on the right wing. After receiving the ball, Martin paused before taking off and shooting.
At this time, James, who was two meters away, had already strode over, jumped up like a beast, and blocked the shot.
Martin is not a cold-blooded shooter. Although he was not blocked, his shot was affected.
"Bang!"
It was short, and the basketball bounced off the basket and was just picked up by Drew Gooden, who jumped in to double-team Lao Wang.
"Old K was double-teamed in advance. If he misses the open shot, there is nothing we can do." Gomez said in the ABC commentary box.
"Kenyon Martin's shooting is a little worse. 65% of his offenses last season occurred in the paint area, and 41% of his offenses occurred at the basket. It is conceivable that his shooting is not very good, otherwise he would be in the paint.
How easy is it to shoot outside?" Ilanton laughed.
The Cavaliers attacked, James came to the left wing with the ball, pushed forward with a crushing style, and suddenly passed the ball to defender Jeff McGinnis who was cutting on the weak side.
"Crack!"
But at this moment, a huge figure rushed up from below, flew up, stretched out his big hand, and broke the ball.
"Oh, the steal happened! Old K stole LeBron James' cross pass, and now he's going down quickly!" Elandon roared excitedly.
But it turned out that Lao Wang noticed Jeff McGinnis' weak-side cut, interpreted the opponent's offensive tactics, and then predicted it in advance and made the best defense.
After Lao Wang stole the ball, there was no defender within one step in front of him. He immediately started to move quickly, rushed through the three-point line from the left elbow area, dodged Ira Nubel coming from the top of the arc, and then rushed forward with the ball.
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"Is he so fast?"
James rushed to catch up, but he unexpectedly found that he could not catch up with old K.
When a 130-kilogram heavy center charges with the speed of a top small forward, when he charges up, he is already unstoppable.
"Bang!"
He took off in one step from the free throw line, made a one-handed tomahawk dunk, and the moment the rim roared, the backboard was instantly wiped out, and then turned into countless small particles.
"Broken! Old K smashed the Cavaliers' backboard! This is the 67th rebound that Old K has smashed in twelve seasons." Ilanton roared excitedly.
"Yes, on average every season, he has to smash at least 5 rebounds and be fined a lot of money, but he is not short of the money, haha!" Gomez laughed.
Far away in Miami, brothers O'Neal and Wade were watching the game in a private room of a nightclub.
"This guy is always such a slut. I don't understand why he has to put in the effort to smash the rebound. In fact, it doesn't make any sense, so I won't do it." O'Neal said.
"Shaq, what is your goal in playing?" Wade suddenly asked.
"Buying a big house for my mother and letting her live in it is my goal." O'Neill said without hesitation.
"That's it?" Wade said in surprise.
O'Neal shook his head and said: "Of course, I have already achieved this goal. They always say that I don't work hard enough and don't train for several hours a day like old K and Kobe, but why should I work hard?
I've achieved my goal, why should I train for hours every day for my opponent? Why? My opponent doesn't deserve that."
"..."
Wade was speechless. He couldn't understand O'Neal's way of thinking. The result of O'Neal's unwillingness to train hard was obvious. He was suppressed by Old K throughout his career.
O'Neal said with some annoyance: "When I was with the Knicks, I suffered a lot from Michael Jordan. He forced me to train, train, and train non-stop. So what was the result?
We still couldn't beat Old K. If I hadn't sacrificed a kneecap in the end, we still wouldn't have won the championship, and Jordan might have had to play until now.
He has to thank me for my left knee, otherwise he would have to continue playing when he is 50 years old, because he would not be able to win a championship against old K and he would have no shame in retiring."
Wade was a little confused. So, we can only hope that we will have a chance to win the championship after old K is old?
Seeing Wade's performance, O'Neal rolled his eyes and comforted: "Dwayne, let me tell you, you are so young, you can survive even if you endure it, so there is no need to worry.
I bet that in two or three years, he will definitely not be able to do it. If you calculate his age, he will be 32 years old after this season, and he will be almost 40 years old in two or three years."
"Forty years old?"
Wade nodded blankly, feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was for the moment.
O'Neal breathed a sigh of relief. Now he was under a lot of pressure because that old bastard Pat Riley actually wanted to force him to lose weight. He finally gained weight to 160 kilograms. He wanted to use his tonnage to crush that bastard old K. Why did he have to lose weight?
?Losing weight is so tiring. What should I do if I get injured while practicing?
Now that he has taken care of his little friend Wade, the pressure is less. What the hell does that old guy Pat Riley say? He says he will take mine. How dare he trade me?
