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Chapter 161 Joining Big Mouth (Today's third update)

It is estimated that as long as you are a basketball fan, you will not be unfamiliar with the name Charles Barkley, because this guy is almost a perfect basketball player except that he has never won an NBA championship!
2 Olympic men's basketball champions, 5 All-NBA First Teams, 5 All-NBA Second Teams, 1 All-NBA Third Team, 1 regular season MVP, 1 All-Star Game MVP, 1 rebounding champion, 1 All-Rookie First Team, one of the top 50 superstars in NBA history... the honors he has won can be described as "vehicle volume"!

身高仅有198CM……还是“注水”后的结果，就这样巴克利仍在NBA长人如林的内线拼杀了16个赛季，场均可以砍下22.1分11.7篮板3.9助攻1.5抢断0.8盖帽，投篮命中率高达54.1%！

Many young fans can only use this series of data to analyze how good Barkley was back then, but as a senior fan, Wang Dalin watched Barkley's live broadcasts in his previous life.

At that time, Barkley had just joined the Rockets in his first season. Although he was already 34 years old at that time, he was still able to rank among the top five power forwards in the league, averaging 19.2 points, 13.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.3 blocks per game..."Flying pigs in the air", the older group is also fierce!
So Wang Dalin is still looking forward to Barkley's joining. He believes that even if this guy can't reach the weight loss goal of 260 pounds (117KG) in the end, as long as he can reduce his weight to around 270 pounds (122.5KG), he will definitely be stronger than the current Mickey Moore.

Wang Dalin is so optimistic about Barkley, and Dumars of course values ​​him even more. They have played against each other many times in the past, what do they not know about each other?
It is true that Barkley has retired for more than a year. During this period of time, this guy plunged into a donut and couldn't extricate himself. He weighed nearly 30KG more than when he retired, and he had many old injuries, but... Jordan can come back and play so well. Why can't Barkley?
As long as he is willing to work hard to lose weight, at least being a substitute is more than enough, right?
Some people say how Barkley's physical talent can be compared with Jordan?
Moreover, even after retiring, the "old hooligan" still pays attention to the management of his body, and he still has six-pack abs without his clothes.

As for Barkley... he is simply a fat man!
In fact, those who know athletes will know that although Barkley was covered in bruises, he did not have any serious injuries in the true sense, and retiring for more than a year just gave him a very rare time to recuperate. Now his injuries should have healed up long ago.

As long as he is serious about recovering, just playing for more than ten minutes every game will probably not cause his old injury to relapse.

According to Barkley's strength, even if he can only recover [-]% of his skills, he can beat more than half of the power forwards in the league today!
Therefore, when Wang Dalin said on the phone that he would bring Barkley to meet him, Dumas immediately agreed. To be honest, he hadn't seen Barkley, his "old friend", in person for a long time.

Now there is only one problem before Dumars, that is, if the signing intention can be reached with Barkley, the Pistons must lay off one person, because their roster is full of 15 players.

The time has passed on January 1. Even if anyone in the team signs a non-guaranteed contract, it must be converted into a guaranteed contract, so now the Pistons must lay off one person anyway to make room for Barkley.

The two sides met in the general manager's office of Dumas. Dumas and Barkley were very polite when they met as old friends, and Wang Dalin seemed to be the extra person beside him.

The two had been courteous for a long time, and Wang Dalin finally seized the opportunity to interject, "Okay, I don't need to say more about what you two are here to talk about today, right? Let's start quickly, I'll wait until the flowers are gone!"

Dumas said with a smile: "Okay, let's start talking! Charles, don't you call your agent for this kind of thing?"

Barkley smiled and said, "Let's talk about the intention today, and I'll let him come when we negotiate in detail! Joe, I'll just ask, will the Pistons offer me a contract? You know I'm not talking about the 10-day short contract to fool people!"

Dumars smiled and said, "Charles, with your current state, how much power do you think you have before you retire?"

Barkley also smiled and said: "Now...at most [-]%, it can't be more!"

Dumas smiled and said, "Twenty percent? Hey, Charles, aren't you afraid that I'll reject you directly?"

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid!" Barkley laughed, "But I can't just say anything just to sign a contract, can I? Joe, just look at my current body shape, how much success do you think I have left?"

Dumas laughed and said, "Twenty percent is too much, in my opinion, ten percent is the most!"

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time, Wang Dalin was stunned.

The two laughed for a long time, Dumas suddenly stopped his smile and asked seriously: "Charles, tell me honestly, will you seriously lose weight? I mean lose 70 pounds of fat in 60 days, can you do it?"

Buckley also said sternly: "As long as you specially arrange someone to stare at me and don't let me eat donuts and Coke, I think I can try it!"

After finishing speaking, he immediately added: "I can't guarantee that I can lose 60 pounds, but if I lose 50 pounds, I think I can still challenge it!"

Dumars smiled and said: "We have the most professional trainers in the league here. I guarantee that they will be on duty 24 hours a day to stare at you and never let you see donuts. I can even guarantee that everyone on the team will not say the word 'donut' in front of you. Is this okay?"

Barkley smiled with satisfaction: "This is the best!"

Dumars asked again: "As for the contract amount, I can only offer you a one-year veteran's basic salary contract of $1 million. This is the largest contract the Pistons can offer you. I hope you can understand!"

Barkley said with a smile: "Do you think I come back to play for money at this age?"

Dumas smiled and said, "It's fine if you have no objection. When will you call your agent over to negotiate?"

Barkley said: "Anytime is fine. If you are in a hurry, I can tell him to fly to Detroit tonight!"

Dumars said with a smile: "That's no problem. Here I would like to extend my heartfelt welcome to you on behalf of the Pistons. After you sign the contract, I will definitely hold a special party for you. At that time, I will accompany you for two drinks... Well, after drinking this time, I will not drink with you again until you lose weight successfully!"

Barkley smiled and said, "Okay, I'll contact my agent right now!"

……

On December 1, the Pistons challenged the Eagles away.

In this game, the Pistons easily defeated their opponents without bloodshed. Wang Dalin was replaced after only three quarters, watching his teammates finish the last quarter from the sidelines.

Regardless of the fact that the Pistons have a good record this season, Wang Dalin has never enjoyed such a "three quarter clock out" situation, otherwise he would not have averaged 37.4 minutes per game so far this season.

The Pistons are really strong this season, but they seem to be unstable. When they play well, they can clean up Western powerhouses like the Kings, Timberwolves, and Mavericks. When they play badly, they can even lose to the Cavaliers and Warriors.

And in this wave of games, the Pistons finally showed the demeanor of a strong team in the East.

They first easily defeated the Hawks, followed by the Wizards and the Hawks in back-to-back games on January 1 and January 29.

He met the Eagles twice in a row within a week, and Wang Dalin was also drunk... The league's schedule is always confusing.

跟奇才队的这场比赛倒是打得颇有些惊险，因为乔丹这个“老流氓”又爆种了……这厮全场27投13中，其中三分球3投1中，罚球8投6中，砍下33分6篮板7助攻2抢断，简直跟他1998年时不相上下。

斯塔克豪斯也打得很不错，他全场21投10中，其中三分球4投1中，罚球4投4中，砍下25分6篮板6助攻1抢断。

The two of them alone accounted for more than 60% of the Wizards' team's points. One can imagine how poorly the rest of the Wizards performed!

For example, Kwame Brown, the No. 7 draft pick handpicked by Jordan, played a total of 22 minutes in this game, a young center who was only 5 days older than Wang Dalin. As a result, he made 0 of 2 shots in the sports game, scored 4 points only by free throws, and grabbed [-] rebounds.

Of course, the team's other center, Brandon Haywood, only scored 26 point, 1 rebounds and 6 assist in 1 minutes of playing... His performance was really "bright for a while" compared with Kwame Brown.

Wang Dalin scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in this game. Compared with his recent outstanding performance, it can only be regarded as "average performance".

Of course, this is just a joke from the fans... Everyone knows that such a performance is already very good, and it is impossible for anyone to score a triple-double with more than 30 points every game, not even the "triple-double maniac" of later generations!

After defeating the Eagles again, Detroit fans were pleasantly surprised to find that the Pistons had quietly rushed to No. [-] in the Eastern Conference. They have won seven consecutive victories recently!

Prior to this, the Pistons' longest winning streak this season was only 5 games. This time they won seven consecutive victories for the first time. Of course, the team is very happy.

When the local media reporters in Detroit were about to write about the team's seven-game winning streak, the Pistons officials suddenly announced a big news...Charles Barkley joined the Pistons with a one-year veteran's basic salary contract of $1 million!
As soon as such eye-popping news came out, the entire league was boiling.

It has to be said that even though he has retired for more than a year, Barkley still has a great influence, and some media have even defined him as a strong support for the Pistons this season... Wang Dalin felt that the media had been lenient by not calling him a giant.

With Barkley's big belly, can the word "strong aid" be associated with him?

Unless he can reduce his weight back to more than 110 kilograms before retiring, he will be exhausted and paralyzed on the spot after running for 2 minutes with such a bad look.

In order to make room for this guy, Dumars discussed with Carlisle for a long time, and finally chose to cut the small forward Brian Cardinal.

On the one hand, because Wang Dalin averages a lot of playing time per game, Cardinal has basically never been on the roster; on the other hand...if he is not waived, can the Pistons still waive Rodney White, the No. 9 pick?
Although the facts have proved that the Pistons uniform team has no eyesight and chose such a parallel importer, but White is still a rookie power forward with a good physical talent and a good shooting ability. It would be a pity to abandon him like this!
Some time ago, Dumars had assigned White to the G-League team "Grand Torrent Engines". He has played 5 games in the G-League, averaging 34.8 minutes per game, scoring 19.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists, shooting 45.2% from the field and 30.8% from the three-point line.

In Dumars' opinion, this guy doesn't have many chances to play anyway, so let him practice in the Development League now... At least during this offseason, if there is a trade that can be used as a boost, at least he should try to get another second-round pick, right?
Who can blame this?
I can only blame Huai for memorizing it!

He joined a strong playoff team like the Pistons when he first entered the league. If it weren't for the team's core players, he might be able to be a main rotation player, and at least he could get some playing time.

按照原本历史，怀特在活塞队里场均上场8.1分钟就能拿下3.5分1.1篮板0.8助攻0.6抢断。

如果把场均上场时间换算成32分钟，这个数据就会变成14分4.4篮板3.2助攻2.4抢断……虽然场均数据不可能这样直接换算，可这厮确实不是那种扶不上墙的烂泥。

原本历史中这厮2003-2004赛季场均上场13.7分钟就能得到7.5分2.3篮板0.8助攻，投篮命中率45.9%，三分命中率37.9%……2004-2005赛季三分命中率甚至干到了40%，表现相当高效。

……

Barkley looked very excited at the signing ceremony, his whole fat face turned into a flower with a smile, he never refused to the reporter's questions, and gave very wonderful answers to all of them... Just kidding, he has been on TNT TV for more than a year.I dare not say anything else, but who has Sir Charles convinced before eloquence?

Since he suddenly signed a contract with the Pistons, it is naturally impossible to continue to work as a commentator on TNT TV. However, TNT did not terminate his contract with him, but only asked him to continue to be a commentator after this season.

To meet such a good club, Barkley was almost moved to tears.

Of course, TNT's high-level executives also took a fancy to his extraordinary entertainment. If he hadn't made so many bets with Smith during the commentary for more than a year, I'm afraid TNT would still look down on him!

On February 2, the Pistons played against the Magic at home. This was also Barkley's first game after joining the Pistons...Of course, he weighs 1KG now, so he must not be able to play.

In fact, before he reduced his weight to 125KG, it was completely impossible for Carlisle to include him in the squad for the game... On the one hand, it was for the consideration of the team's record, and on the other hand, it was also to avoid unnecessary injuries.

He is so big now, as long as he runs on the field for a few minutes, even if he is not injured, he will probably collapse to the ground!
这场比赛魔术队这边麦迪的手感很差，全场17投仅6中，拿到15分9篮板4助攻4抢断，防守端还算表现不错。

不过迈克.米勒却是爆发了，他全场18投11中，其中三分球8投5中，罚球8投6中，砍下33分4篮板2助攻2抢断1盖帽。

值得一提的是达雷尔.阿姆斯特朗这名老将，他在本场比赛中砍下21分3篮板11助攻4抢断，其中三分线外4投3中，完全压制了对位的比卢普斯。

王大林竭尽全力和米勒展开了对飚，无奈手感只是一般，全场19投8中，其中三分球4投1中，外加罚球7投5中，拿下22分6篮板5助攻1盖帽。

The head star lost against Biao, and the performance of other Pistons players can only be said to be average.

Not to mention the "second brother" stretching his hips, the "big brother" did not show the dominance that should belong to him in the interior in this game, and only grabbed 8 rebounds.

汉密尔顿拿到14分5篮板1助攻，他只有17投6中，比王大林还铁。

So... the Pistons, which won seven consecutive victories just two days ago, lost to the Magic, which is currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Some fans jokingly said that it was precisely because of the joining of Barkley, the god of plague, that the Pistons immediately ushered in a defeat.

Barkley thought that the fan must be Smith's father... "Mother Xipi! I didn't even play, so it's none of my business for the team to lose?"

Wang Dalin and Carlisle were quite optimistic, but they only lost one game, and the opponent was the Eastern powerhouse Magic. The Pistons only lost 7 points in the end when all the players were not in good condition, which proved that there was no problem with their strength.

On February 2, the Pistons players packed up and came to Cleveland, where they will challenge the Cavaliers away.

This is a city that is more depressed than Detroit. Walking in the city center during the day is like entering a ghost town, and it is deserted as far as the eye can see.

In such a big city, there are only two or three high-rise buildings standing alone by Lake Erie. Even if you occasionally see a few people on the street, most of them are black homeless people, either begging for you or grabbing you with a pistol or dagger...

This is not the first time Wang Dalin has come to Cleveland, but every time he comes here he feels uncomfortable, just want to finish the game as soon as possible and leave here... Well, maybe the main reason for LeBron James leaving here for Miami in 2010 is this?

In the evening game, the Pistons' offensive firepower was fierce, but the Cavaliers' offense also played surprisingly smoothly. Under the leadership of the "American version of Karen Karen" Andre Miller, they can always find easy shooting opportunities, and the shooting rate is very high.

However, it is clear that the Pistons are still superior, and their hard power is obviously stronger, so the two sides went through a confrontation battle, and the Pistons finally had the last laugh with a 115:107 victory over the Cavaliers.

　First repay the 1 chapter owed yesterday, and Pharaoh will continue to repay the debt tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)