MTL - NBA Backer King-Chapter 582 Pharaoh: The postman is like a dog without a crown for life!

   Chapter 582 Lao Wang: The postman, without a crown for life is as miserable as a dog!

   No. 19, the Suns challenge the Jazz on the road.

   Now this Jazz is still a black and white team. Jeff Hornacek retired in 2000, before Pharaoh retired.

This jazz team, with the degeneration of the lineup and the gradual aging of black and white, has been out of the championship competition from the first team of the championship level since 1999, and barely made it to the postseason last season. Only ranked eighth in the West, and then was eliminated by the Kings by a big score of 1-3 in the first round.

In fact, the 39-year-old postman Karl Malone's strength is not bad. Since the beginning of this season, he still has an average of 20+ per game. However, with the increase of injuries and the decline of physical fitness, his investment in defense and rebounding has gradually decreased. Contribution to the team has also decreased a lot.

   And Stockton, who is 40 years old, still has an average of 10+7 per game. Although he can still play, his strength is not good enough and he is on the verge of retirement.

   The starters of the two sides met in the player tunnel. Black and white Shuangsha saw the majestic old K, and couldn't help but sigh.

The two of them watched Old K enter the league. There were many conflicts with Old K in the early stage. The postman had many serious conflicts with Old K. During the off-court conflict, many bones were broken, and they were also broken on the court. After a few bones, in the end they all became the stepping stones for the old K.

During the entire peak period of their individual and the team, they were crushed by the old K's team. They were killed in the second round every time. Not to mention the finals, they have not even touched the floor of the Western Conference Finals. For the two superstars, this is a huge sadness.

   Every time I think about this, the two are so depressed that they want to retire directly. Now that I see Old K, I feel even more emotional.

   "Postman, he is like a dog without a crown for life!"

   Old Wang comforted and persuaded: "I heard that your contract will end after this season. I think you should leave the Jazz and go outside to find opportunities."

   The postman snorted coldly and cursed.

  John Stockton couldn't help but glance at the postman. He was so familiar with this good friend that he didn't directly oppose the old K's words. Could it be that Karl really wants to leave the Jazz for the championship?

   In this game, the Suns won in the end.

   No matter who loses, Pharaoh doesn't want to lose to the postman, so he scored 53 points in this game.

   After playing the Jazz, the Suns will continue to play on the road to challenge a strong enemy, the Kings who have been rapidly rising with the Princeton system in recent years.

   Up to now, the Suns have played a total of 9 games, and the schedule is not tight, with 7 wins and 2 losses.

The    Kings have a tighter schedule and are 9-4 so far, 4 more games than the Suns.

   On the 20th, the Suns returned to Phoenix, and after a day of stay, they flew to Sacramento on the 21st.

  Sacramento is the capital of California, with a resident urban population of more than 400,000. It is one of the gathering places for Chinese. In the 19th century, the Chinese came to the United States to seek gold and landed from the West Coast. The first stop is here.

   In addition, it is only 130 kilometers away from San Francisco, which is very close, and only 600 kilometers away from Los Angeles, which is not far.

  At 11:00, when the Suns arrived at the airport, Kevin Johnson also showed up at the airport with his driver.

   "Kevin, how's it going, when are you going to run for mayor? I'm ready to cast votes for you." Pharaoh asked as he got in the car.

   "Don't worry, it's not long before I'm elected as a member of parliament, and I still need time to accumulate." Lightning laughed.

   "If you need campaign funds, contact me. The K-era trading company and the club will support you." Pharaoh urged.

   "Of course, old K, you are my partner." Lightning laughed.

   "It's better to be the governor of California soon, I'm looking forward to that day." Pharaoh said seriously.

   His second sister has said that if you can send lightning to the position of the prefect, it will be very helpful to the business of the trading company, and you can enter many restricted trade areas.

  K Times Club’s contacts in the United States also need to be monetized through some means, not just to provide a platform for VIP customers, which will gain too little benefit.

   "There will be that day," Lightning said confidently.

   His confidence comes from the old K, but it is not the K-era trading company, but the K-era club behind the old K.

  The club has a huge network of contacts. He has obtained the qualifications from Old K's second sister to participate in the club's top parties. At those parties, he will find many supporters.

   and Lightning have eaten Chinese food, dinner is from big to treat.

   He has been with the King until now and has signed a second contract. His style of play and style are quite suitable for the current King. With the tempering of the past few years, he has now become one of the stable rotation members of the Kings team.

  At noon on the 22nd, the Timberwolves came to Phoenix and will play against the Suns on the 23rd. That is to say, after the Suns beat the Kings, they have to fight the Timberwolves.

   As soon as they arrived at the hotel, they held a press conference at the request of the media.

   "Mr. Garnett, are you still planning to rub Old K on the floor?" a reporter from Phoenix Sports asked.

   Garnett almost jumped up, don't hurt me, that's what O'Neal said, not me.

   He immediately retorted: "I've never said that before. For me, Old K is a senior, and I have always respected him very much..."

  The reporter interrupted Garnett and said, "Do you respect that the old K who came back is just a spoiler?

   So let me ask, is there a chance for the current Timberwolves to win the championship? Did the old K mess up the Timberwolves' chances of winning the championship? "

Garnett couldn't see the expression on his face. He is also a superstar now. Because of his status, it is impossible to bow to anyone, so he replied strongly: "There is no weak team in the league, why don't we Timberwolves have a chance to win the championship? I I can tell you positively, we have infinite possibilities."

At this time, another local reporter asked: "Mr. Garnett, you said that you would not allow the old K to be presumptuous on your head. I want to know what it means to be presumptuous. Do you have a specific explanation? It means not to let the old K. Score on your head? Or how many points don't let old K score on your head? Ten, or twenty? Thirty? Or more, one hundred?"

   "Haha..." The local reporter laughed.

   Garnett hesitantly said: "When I say presumptuous, I mean that I won't let old K get as many points as I want..."

   "How many points? You have to have a bottom line, right?" a reporter shouted.

  “…”

   Garnett is extremely embarrassed, how can he answer this? Could it be that he can't say that Old K will shoot 100 points on his head?

"Ha ha…"

   The local reporters at the scene laughed again.

   Garnett, who was besieged by local reporters, stared in embarrassment and expressed his anger.

   On the evening of the 22nd, at the home of the Kings, Arco Stadium, after two hours of fierce battle, the Suns lost to the Kings and lost.

After the game, Barkley, who explained the game, analyzed: "The styles of the two sides are somewhat similar, and the offensive rhythm is fast, but it is a completely different offensive tactical system.

First of all, the King's Princeton offensive system is a half-court positional battle. It pays attention to human movement, ball movement, and coordination of human and ball. Human movement refers to running without the ball, and ball movement refers to constant passing. Constant counter-running is the essence of tactics. , there are a lot of empty back doors.

   With the efforts of Adelman, the king has matured since 1999, and now the king has entered its peak because of the maturity of this offensive system.

The small-ball tactics the Suns are building is far from mature, but it also has obvious features. It not only includes half-court positional warfare, but also pays more attention to the speed between offense and defense transitions. Its fast break is like an ocean wave. , wave after wave, there are also a lot of empty cuts, but they are more about pick-and-roll, creating opportunities for teammates to cut, rather than Princeton's counter-run. "

Kenny Smith said: "Old K's defense against Chris Webber was not successful today. He limited Webber's offense very well, but Webber's passing organization function failed to limit it, and it did not destroy the operation of the King's Princeton system. ."

Barkley nodded and said: "Webber is an organizational center in the King's system. Although Old K is also good at assists, his organizational ability is not as good as Webber's, which makes him have a good understanding of Webber's playing style and the King's tactical understanding. A few deviations, which eventually led to problems with the defense."

  Pharaoh returned to the locker room and discussed the King's Princeton system with the coaching staff.

  The Kings are different from the Trail Blazers. The Suns and the Trail Blazers are in different zones, but they are both in the Pacific Zone with the Kings. There are five teams in this zone, but there are three first-tier teams, the Suns, Kings, and Lakers. The competition is under great pressure.

If the Suns can't win the division championship position, they will be very passive in the playoff position ranking. If they are ranked in the bottom half, they are likely to meet a strong team in the first round. There are as many as four teams in the first gear, and it is possible that they may be eliminated in the first round.

   So he is also under a lot of pressure. If he can't even make it to the second round, it will undoubtedly be a huge failure for him who never misses the Western Conference Finals.

   Little Van Gundy said: "The king's tactical system is already very mature, we have just started to build it, and it is normal to beat them."

  D'Antoni said confidently: "Today we only lost 7 points. Old K's rim protection was very good, sending 7 big blocks, which largely destroyed their cutting tactics.

   I believe that after the regular season, our system will be more mature. When we meet them in the playoffs, whoever loses and who wins, we have to play on the spot. "

  Pharaoh said: "Our defense is still not good. Their passing is too fast and too much. The transfer of the ball often makes our defense fail, allowing them to easily get a lot of open shots."

   The reason why he only lost 7 points today is because his offense was not bad. In order not to lose, he scored 34 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 blocks, but he still lost.

   Little Van Gundy scratched his head and said distressedly: "Our lineup is like this now. It is very difficult to improve the defensive level in the short term, whether it is the establishment of the system or the improvement of the players' defensive ability."

   Old Wang looked at the few hairs falling from Xiao Fan's head and sighed, "It's getting less and less!"

   "What?" Several coaches were at a loss.

   "Haha, it's nothing, what I said is that time is getting less and less, we have to hurry up." Old Wang casually mixed in.

  7 wins and 3 losses, the Suns returned to Phoenix overnight, ready to play back-to-back against the Timberwolves tomorrow.

The Timberwolves' record in the past two years has improved, but the lineup is still not as good as the Blazers, Lakers, Kings and other teams. Playing three games, the record is not as good as the Suns.

  In October 2000, the yin and yang contract of the Timberwolves was exposed, and the league made the most severe punishment to the Timberwolves, with a fine of up to 3.5 million US dollars, and the confiscation of the first-round picks for the next five years.

   The so-called Yin-Yang contract incident, the protagonist is the 1995 No. 1 overall pick Joe Smith, a player who traveled with bodyguards during his rookie season. Compared with him, Jordan and old K are not enough.

Because of this incident, the Timberwolves have been unable to replenish new blood for five years. They have not received a first-round pick for two consecutive years. In fact, they have lost their chance to win the championship and become a rotten pit. Now their record is OK, but they have not hit the first round The strength of a team will only continue to decline.

   It is precisely because of this incident that Garnett, whose strength has reached his peak, is trapped in the rotten pit of the Timberwolves and cannot escape.

   On the morning of the 23rd, Pharaoh didn't get up from the bed until almost ten o'clock.

   "Daddy big slut, big slut..."

   Zhou Zhou, who pushed open the door from time to time to take a look, found out in time, and immediately shaved his face ashamed of him.

   "Dad, play with models, play together, come with me!"

   Old Wang wanted to pick up the baby girl, but the little girl refused to do it, but was very anxious to pull him out.

  Pharaoh has a headache, this little girl received model toys, and there are some model platters among them. She has recently become addicted to this kind of game and always pulls him to play.

   But this kind of game is a test of intelligence. He is not good at it. Zhou Zhou seems to be very talented.

   "Ouch, Zhou Zhou in our family is going to abuse vegetables again?" Fei Ge teased after seeing it.

   "Don't you still abuse you?" Old Wang said helplessly.

   "But Zhou Zhou only likes to play with you." Brother Fei said proudly.

   She then asked the chef to make some breakfast, and asked Lao Wang to play games with his daughter while eating breakfast, and do physical training by himself.

  Pharaoh's idea of ​​having a baby recently is very strong, and she will cooperate with her whenever she needs to. She must manage her figure well, and don't lose shape after giving birth to the third child.

   At six o'clock, after dinner, Pharaoh drove to the Westside Arena.

   "Old K, Garnett said he wouldn't let you shoot 20+ on his head, what do you think?" asked a foreign reporter who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

  “20+?”

  Pharaoh was indeed surprised.

   For an average player, it is very good to be able to play 20+ stats. In a season, he can average 20+ stats per game. If there is still popularity, it is possible to be selected as an All-Star.

   But there are very few such players, because it requires enough shot rights. A team, at most two players have such shot rights, and even most teams have only one.

   There are so many players in the league. In fact, as long as you give him enough shots, even people like Rodman and Big Ben can hit 20+, let alone him?

   He is in the Suns, how many shots do you need? One word, enough!

   If he is willing to brush 100% like Chamberlain, he has a chance to brush, but he doesn't brush, and he doesn't bother to brush at all.

   "Old K, how many points do you want to score on Garnett tonight?" a local reporter asked.

   "Is 20+ enough?" he asked.

   "Old K, do you mean 20+ per quarter?" another local reporter asked excitedly.

   Old Wang laughed and said: "What you want is what I am happy to do."

   "Great, dry Garnett!" The local reporters roared excitedly.

   "Old K, broke Chamberlain's 100-point record."

   "Yes, record breaking!"

   The foreign reporters were also very excited, and they, who were watching the fun and did not think it was a big deal, also shouted.

   "What, 20+ points per quarter, old K is going to score 100 points?"

   "God, I have fun watching it tonight, I hope the Timberwolves don't collapse. Old K doesn't have the courage to score points in garbage time."

   "I wish old K had that courage."

   "Come on, let's interview Garnett."

   Soon, the content of Pharaoh's interview was known to many other media reporters, and a large number of reporters rushed to the visiting team's locker room.

   (end of this chapter)