Fortunately, Ewing can still perform at a star level, so he can still stay in the Knicks. If not, he would have been kicked out by the team long ago.
In fact, as Ewing's competitive level declined in the future as he aged, the Knicks eventually traded this totem-like figure away from the team. That was during the 2000-01 season.
Ewing spent the next two seasons with the SuperSonics and Magic, and finally sadly announced his retirement.
As a meritorious veteran of the team, it is really sad that he ended up in this situation, but this kind of thing is not uncommon in the league.
Olajuwon, who was also one of the four major centers, was also abandoned by the Rockets in the twilight years of his career.
Facts have proved that in this business-first league, the so-called loyalty is just a ridiculous slogan. Players who can take the initiative and control their own destiny like Jordan and James are truly successful players.
Wang Feng is already a little bit interested now.
Through a series of operations, although the current Warriors team is not completely his, his status in the team can also be regarded as one of the best. Neither the general manager nor the head coach will openly conflict with Wang Feng.
, if the views or ideas of both parties are different, they will usually take the initiative to compromise and respect Wang Feng's choice.
Of course, all this is based on Wang Feng's impressive record with the Warriors.
If he didn't have the top record in the Western Conference, if he didn't average a triple-double of 38 11 10 per game, and if he didn't win the peak matchup with the Bulls, who would care who Wang Feng is?
Closer to home, the All-Star Weekend is about to begin. Only Wang Feng from the Warriors team will participate in the All-Star Game. Other players are not eligible to be selected for the All-Star Game. The only remaining player is Garnett, who participated in the Rookie Challenge.
In his rookie season, with the help of Wang Feng, Garnett performed really well. His scoring average has gradually increased to 18 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.
In comparison, Joe Smith, the No. 1 pick acquired by the 76ers through a trade, averaged 15 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, which is pretty good, but when compared to Garnett, it's obviously not that good.
After all, Garnett is only 18 years old, and he still has a long way to go. With his speed of progress and terrifying static talent, he can definitely grow into a top insider star in the future.
On the other hand, although Joe Smith is extremely capable right away, at 21 years old, he is 3 years older than Garnett, and the level he displayed in the game can be seen at a glance as the upper limit of his entire career.
In the future of his career, if Joe Smith can perform more stably, it will not be a big problem to become an All-Star player. However, if he wants to become a top star in the league, judging from the talent he has shown, it will be difficult.
Looking back at this deal now, the 76ers have begun to regret it a little. Not to mention Garnett, even Jerry Stackhouse, whom they were originally planning to select with the No. 3 pick, seemed to perform better than Joe Smith.
A little more outstanding.
Fortunately, the 76ers' record this season is still at the bottom of the league. After the season is over, there is a high probability that they will get the No. 1 pick in selecting the famous answer, Allen Iverson.
As for Garnett, as long as he can continue his current statistics, it is no surprise that he will be the Rookie of the Year this year.
Originally, the Rookie of the Year in the 1995 class should have been Damon Stoudamire. He averaged 19 points, 4 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game this season, beating out Stackhouse and Joe Smith.
Rookie of the Year, while Garnett originally averaged only 10.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game with the Timberwolves this season, and was not even qualified to be selected for the Rookie of the Year team.
Even now, there is no advantage between Garnett's 18.8.7 assists and Stoudemire's 19.4.9.3 assists.
But one thing Garnett is luckier than Stoudemire is that he has a good team.
The Warriors have the best record in the Western Conference and the second best record in the league. As the team's second leading scorer, Garnett is also an important part of the Warriors' excellent record.
On the other hand, although Stoudemire's statistics are gorgeous, the Raptors are a bad team at the bottom of the league, with a winning rate of less than 26%.
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Before the start of the All-Star Weekend, the Warriors have a few games left, and their opponents are the Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and Seattle SuperSonics.
In five games, the Warriors achieved a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, losing to the Spurs and SuperSonics.
The Spurs and SuperSonics are both competitors of the Warriors in the regular season, but the loss did not make Warriors fans angry. After all, the current Warriors have given them too many surprises. Even after losing two games,
The Warriors still hold a slim lead at the top of the Western Conference.
After the game against the Spurs, fans finally welcomed the All-Star Weekend, the highlight of every mid-season NBA season.
This All-Star Weekend was held in San Antonio. Because it was Jordan's first All-Star Weekend after his comeback, it also attracted much attention.
Originally, according to Wang Feng's past habits, he should participate in all all-star competitions allowed by the rules, because the system will provide rewards.
But as his three-pointers have reached the full value of 99, the three-point contest no longer means much to him.
The skill challenge and slam dunk contest that improve the ability are somewhat dispensable for Wang Feng now.
In the past, Wang Feng might have participated in the competition to obtain rewards based on the idea that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.
But this season, Wang Feng wants to be a little more low-key when necessary.
The Bulls are really his strongest opponent in his entire career.
Of course, the Warriors team Durant joined was completely cheating and cannot be counted.
One thing to say, even the 1996 Bulls were probably no match for that Warriors team. Durant and Curry, two MVP-level players at the peak of their careers, joined forces and were invincible. That is to say, Wang Feng came to the rescue.
The foreigners used their skills to defeat the foreigners, went to the Cavaliers to embrace the lap of peak James, and formed the Big Four with James King and Owen Love, and then defeated the invincible Warriors.
But this time facing the 1996 Bulls was different. Wang Feng had almost no reliable teammates around him that he could rely on. Garnett was too young. His good performance in the regular season was based on his frequent pick-and-roll cooperation with Wang Feng. When the confrontation came, he was even stronger.
It is difficult to perform in the playoffs. As for other players, whether Mullin or Blaylock, they are positioned as role players in the team and lack the ability to hold the ball and attack tough situations.
This is also the reason why the Warriors frequently lose to strong teams in the league such as the Spurs and Trail Blazers.
Even in the previous game against the Bulls, the Warriors were able to win the game only because of Wang Feng's 53 points in a single game and his consecutive scoring at the last minute.
The Warriors' over-reliance on Wang Feng cannot be changed for the time being, so Wang Feng also wants to keep a low profile and save his character as much as possible to avoid becoming the target of everyone's siege in the playoffs.
In this All-Star Game, Wang Feng plans to just take it easy and recharge his batteries to save his energy in preparation for more difficult games in the future.
With Wang Feng's thoughts, Jordan finally had a moment of glory in front of Wang Feng during the All-Star Game.
Let’s not talk about the Rookie Challenge and the three individual events for the moment. In the All-Star Game, Jordan made 8 of 11 shots, scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. He led the Eastern All-Stars to a 129:118 victory over the Western All-Stars and won the NBA All-Star Game.
Star MVP trophy.
In fact, during the game, Jordan and Wang Feng had not faced each other several times at all. One of them was a shooting guard and the other was a small forward. If they did not defend in a targeted manner, they would not have formed a match in the first place.
Responsible for guarding Jordan is the Rockets' glider Drexler.
On the one hand, the latter did not defend seriously at all due to the nature of the All-Star Game performance, and on the other hand, he really could not guard against Jordan.
Wang Feng was relatively low-key in this All-Star game. He only played for about 22 minutes in total and didn't play much seriously. He only made an appearance on the court and showed off two dunks and two super long-distance three-pointers.
Symbolically, he scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
If you win the All-Star MVP, the system will give you a reward of 15 freely allocated points, which can be exchanged for 1 elite enhancement point using the system's exchange mechanism.
This is the only thing that makes Wang Feng feel a little distressed.
However, considering that all this is for the convenience of keeping a low profile and preparing for subsequent competitions, any loss is a loss.
And to say the least, Jordan has already been eyeing this All-Star MVP for a long time.
The All-Stars in the East and West are well aware of this and are willing to give Jordan this face. Even if Wang Feng has the idea of competing with Jordan for the All-Star MVP, he may not be able to succeed, because by then his opponents will not only be from the Eastern Conference.
The All-Stars, and even the All-Stars who are teammates in the Western Conference, are likely to switch sides and intentionally stumble Wang Feng.
After all, Wang Feng's recent performance has been too eye-catching. No one would like a player who suddenly appeared last season to perform so toughly, which would make them appear incompetent.
"I can only say that the time has not come yet..."
For Wang Feng, this All-Star Weekend was spent entirely on soy sauce and had no sense of existence.
But for the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, it was as lively as the Chinese New Year.
Because Wang Feng became the first player in Chinese history to participate in the All-Star Game.
Although Wang Feng has broken many records in Chinese history before, he was the first player to play in the NBA, the first player to start in the NBA, the first player to win a championship, and various records of points, rebounds and assists.
As the first and only basketball player to play in the NBA, every step Wang Feng takes is a milestone in China.
Moreover, although Wang Feng's performance of 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists was a little underwhelming in his own opinion, his four attacks were all wonderful goals that could be included in the top five goals of the day.
One of the two dunks was an unguarded windmill dunk. His movements were graceful and stretched, completely beating Brent Barry, who won the dunk title yesterday.
The other was facing a brutal dunk from Mourning.
Mourning originally wanted to give Wang Feng a hat, but unexpectedly he was humiliated by Wang Feng.
Wang Feng's two three-pointers were all shot two or three meters away from the three-point line, a full eight or nine meters away from the basket.
In the 1990s when the league shortened the three-point line and it was still difficult to promote the three-point shot, this three-point skill looked really cool.
No matter what other people think, at least the vast majority of Chinese fans are very satisfied with Wang Feng's All-Star debut performance, and they are full of praise for Wang Feng's personal performance and team achievements as the core leader of the Warriors.
"I didn't expect that our country, China, could actually produce such a basketball genius."
"As long as Wang Feng joins the national team, the Chinese men's basketball team can at least break into the quarterfinals at this summer's Atlanta Olympics."
"Only the top eight? With Wang Feng, we even have a chance to win the championship! Haven't you seen the matchup between Wang Feng and Jordan? Even Jordan is not his opponent!"
After the All-Star Weekend, Director Zhang, who was interviewing with the team, did a special All-Star interview for Wang Feng.
China Central Television has decided to let Director Zhang follow Wang Feng for long-term interviews, but Director Su did not come back after returning to China last season due to work reasons.
Now Wang Feng and Director Zhang are very familiar with each other, and Wang Feng has completely conquered the future Ke Mi with his super personal ability and skills. What Director Zhang says most now is that Wang Feng plays very reasonably and can get 38 11 10
He averages a triple-double per game, and it is absolutely impossible to achieve it if he plays unreasonably.
Okay, this is just a joke.
But Wang Feng has really become popular in China. Although due to the limitations of the 1990s, he still cannot become a household name like Dayao Yao in the future, but any Chinese who pays attention to sports or basketball will know that there are people in the United States on the other side of the ocean.
A Chinese player named Wang Feng is very good and can bring glory to the country in the United States.
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After the All-Star Weekend, the league's schedule is about to enter the final sprint stage.
Each team is rushing to make final reinforcements before the trade deadline.
The Warriors management is no exception. They are very aware that the team's current shortcoming is that Wang Feng is the core of the ball-handling offense, so they very much want to get a player through the trade who can attack with the ball when Wang Feng is off the court.
However, the price of such players is often not cheap, and multiple first-round picks must be paid.
Therefore, until the end of the trade deadline, the Warriors were not able to get what they wanted. They only used the minimum salary to sign two fringe free market players to fill the team's 15-man roster.
February passed like this, and as March entered, the atmosphere in the league suddenly became tense.
The top-ranked teams want to improve their record and gain home court advantage in the playoffs.
The teams in the middle and lower rankings began to fight for the final tickets to the playoffs, and they would not flinch even if their opponents were the strongest teams.
As the intensity of the game suddenly increased, the Warriors were caught off guard and lost several games in a row, including the second game against the Bulls on March 1.
The Bulls were very proud of this game, beating the Warriors by 110:97 by 13 points.
Throughout the game, the Warriors were always suppressed by the Bulls. Even if Wang Feng activated his dominance skills, he could not reverse the decline.