NBA backer king

Chapter 490 A Born Rebounding Monster
After training for a while in the morning, it was noon. After lunch, I rested for an hour, and started training in the afternoon at two o'clock.

In the afternoon, a team training game was arranged to practice tactics and let the lineup run in.

The main force is the yellow vest. According to Lao Wang's idea, Danny Fortson put on the white vest of the substitute, and the opponent is the substitute power forward, the fringe man Corey Blunt.

Old Wang's substitute, Sean Lukes, is also a marginal man with little strength.

"Jerry, can't the inside be strengthened? Is there still room?" Magic Johnson asked.

Jerry West shook his head and said: "There's not much room left, only less than 100 million left. And there are no useful insiders to find. Tyron Hill is also our first-round pick for next year."

Magic Johnson also understands that it is hard to find a better insider. Now a meat shield earns several million a year, and any second-rate insider pays 700 million. Just like this, they have been looted, otherwise they would have been found in the past few months.

The era of flying men has passed, and now is the era of behemoths. In order to fight against two behemoths, insiders are more valuable and harder to find.

West added: "It's not just us, it's very difficult for several strong teams of our level to strengthen, because other teams are unwilling to give us a chance to strengthen.

In addition, the league does not support us to continue strengthening, especially the introduction of stars. The last time I traded Mr. Stern, what I have been pursuing is balance. He can allow the league to have the current six championship teams, three in the east and the west. "

"Like David Robinson going to the Green Team?" Magic Johnson laughed.

"Of course." West laughed.

"Oh!"

At this time, the training game had only started for a minute, and the field changed. Richmond missed a jumper from the outside.

"Di!"

Assistant coach Rambis blew his whistle.

"Hey rookie, what are you doing?"

Blount was knocked over by a rookie and was robbed of the rebound. Feeling ashamed, he got up and pushed Fortson angrily.

"Hey, old bird, I'm just grabbing rebounds and not doing anything." Fortson looked very grumpy and pushed back.

"Okay, shut up! Give me peace of mind." Lao Wang shouted immediately, suppressing the dispute between the two.

He glanced at Blount. This player was in the Bulls before. He had seen it in Jordan's team, but he didn't have much chance to play.

However, Fortson's rebounding action is a bit rough. As a rookie, he is easy to be called a foul.

Next, the training match continued.

Lao Wang himself didn't perform much, and he didn't play much. He mainly observed his teammates, especially his future partner, the rookie Fortson.

After the 20-minute half-time training game, Fortson grabbed 7 rebounds on Blount's head, while Blount only had 1 rebound. The difference is a bit big.And Fortson also scored 8 points on Blunt's head.

Taking a supplementary observation, Wang is still satisfied with Fortson. The rookie's rebounding ability is really good, and his scoring ability is not bad.

At the end of this half, Fortson was really like a beast, constantly wandering on the court, sweeping the first rebound, and even rolling to the floor to grab rebounds.

Moreover, Fortson's mobility is quite good, and his positioning skills are also very good. He doesn't look like a rookie at all. This seems to be his talent. From Fortson, he seems to have seen the shadow of Rodman, the big bug.

"It would be great if it was five centimeters taller."

He is a bit regretful that Fortson is still a little short, and his short height will also limit the height of his ceiling.

Teilon Hill, who was one step away, said in surprise: "Old K, I thought I was good at rebounding, but I didn't expect this kid to be better at rebounding. He should be a monster born for rebounding."

"Haha, our team's rebounding will not be a problem after that." Old Wang laughed.

Hill smiled and nodded, "You, me, and this rookie, the Lakers won't lose against any team with rebounds."

At the end of the four 10-minute training match, Fortson played 35 minutes and grabbed 13 rebounds, while Blount had only 3. The huge difference also made Blount lose the idea of ​​competing with Fortson.

In this training game, Jerry West was quite satisfied with Fortson's deal. He exchanged Fan Crazy, who was not suitable for Old K, for a rebounding expert, which was quite successful.

Fortson can not only grab rebounds, but also defend, let the old K sit at the basket, and has a certain scoring ability. He has a hand shot, which has met his original requirements for the main fourth position.

But he still wants Tyron Hill to start, and the rookie will hone on the bench first.

The next day, the Lakers continued to run in through the training game.

Lao Wang also began to show his new technology, the low back attack and low face basket attack based on the club step, which blinded the eyes of everyone.

The left wing is low. After receiving the ball, he uses his left foot as the axis, first swings up, and then swings down. This is the way to deal with the opponent in the three-step method.

Under the left and right swings, Lu Kelang behind him had completely lost his position, and then between dribbles, a sudden and swift strike, with a bang, went to the basket and it was a dunk.

Several consecutive attacks, at the basket and in the low positions on both wings, they all used the club step to get rid of the defender's dunks. Lux's strength was too low, and he failed to prevent it once. He only stopped an attack by Lao Wang with a foul.

In fact, because the opponent is too weak, he hasn't fully demonstrated his current skills, so he didn't play the face-to-basket attack.

West, who was observing the players, shouted in surprise: "Old K, your style of play has changed? That's not how you played in the preseason."

"He didn't take a lot of shots in the preseason," Harris said.

Lao Wang cracked his lips and said with a smile: "Yes, I have been training my pace, and I have made a big improvement in the past offseason."

Harris sighed and said: "Old K, your style of play, coupled with your physique, is simply a super big dream!"

The old assistant coach Potka said excitedly: "No, he will be a combination of Dameng and O'Neal."

"Old K, is it the plum blossom step, the plum blossom pile that you practiced for two years?" Kobe suddenly shouted.

"Plum Blossom Step?"

Everyone heard it. Although they didn't understand what it meant, they thought it was very powerful.

"Yeah." Old Wang nodded.

"Old K, I also want to learn, you teach me quickly. I have said that I want to learn, but you have been keeping secrets and not teaching me." Kobe excitedly ran up to grab Lao Wang and shouted.

If he knows this kind of flexible pace, he will have another technique to get rid of defenders, and this is even better. Not only can he get rid of opponents on the outside, he can also use it when he enters the paint area, and he can definitely knock down defenders inside.

By the way, I will practice in the future and shake old K down.

"You won't be able to learn this in a few years. You have to practice other skills first, and then you can play the main force. What's the rush now?" Lao Wang pushed Kobe away angrily.

"Don't worry, I'll kill Mickey soon." Kobe shouted immediately.

Richmond's old face turned black, old K, did you fool me here as a whetstone and stepping stone for Kobe?
After the training match, today's training is also over, and the players returned to the locker room.

Rick Fox's wardrobe is opposite to Lao Wang's. He looked at Lao Wang who was untying his belt, and suddenly asked, "Old K, can I join your K martial arts party?"

"Are you in V?" Lao Wang raised his head and asked.

"I joined, I joined when I first arrived in Los Angeles." Fox said excitedly.

"Okay, I will notify you of the party in the Los Angeles branch in the future." Old Wang smiled.

"Great!" Fox said excitedly.

"Rick, are you a party creature?" Old Wang asked curiously.

Rick Fox shrugged and said, "General."

"Then you are so excited?" Old Wang asked suspiciously.

"Because there are many stars at the party at the Los Angeles K Martial Art Museum, I want to be a movie star, this is my dream." Fox said excitedly.

"What?"

Not only Lao Wang was stunned, but the others were also stunned.

Fox said excitedly: "I rejected the contract of the Celtics, my parent team, and joined the Lakers, just for this dream.

You may not know that the green team gave me a bigger contract than the Lakers. The Lakers only gave me 275 million for two years, and the green team gave me 1600 million for four years. But for my dream, I chose the Lakers. "

"..."

Lao Wang and the others couldn't close their mouths.

"Is this the attraction of Los Angeles?" Lao Wang murmured.

"Is your manager trying to kill you?" Richmond couldn't help asking.

"He fired me as the boss, and I don't have an agent yet." Rick Fox said helplessly.

"Puchi, haha..." The locker room roared with laughter.

……

A few days before the start of the new season, the major media and some retired stars conducted various analyzes on the new season.

"In the East, although the Knicks are in the same first gear as the Pacers and Celtics, but O'Neal and Jordan teamed up should be slightly higher by half a gear. The Pacers and Celtics are hard to distinguish.

In the west, the Lakers, Jazz, and Trail Blazers are in the same first gear. The dream is still young, but no one can guarantee the performance of the No. 1 pick. Therefore, the strength of the Blazers should be slightly weaker. Between the Lakers and the Jazz, the Jazz has the most stable lineup and should be the strongest. Although the Lakers have the No. "

The above is ESPN’s analysis of the top six in the new season. Finally, it also gave a prediction for the probability of winning the new season. The Knicks are 19%, the Lakers are 18%, the Jazz are 17%, the Pacers are 16%, the Trail Blazers are 15%, the Celtics are 14%, and other teams add up to 1%.

None of the six teams in the first tier has a chance of winning more than 20%, which has not happened in recent seasons.

ESPN, which has always been very optimistic about Jordan's championship, still ranks Jordan's Knicks first this time, but the difference is very small, which shows that they are not sure.

The famous Celtics, the current chairman of the Timberwolves, and retired superstar McHale said in an interview with the media: "Generally speaking, the future is a pattern of two giants competing for hegemony. Under this general pattern, the new season will usher in a small pattern of the top six.

As Mr. Pat Riley said, the era of one person, one city has passed, but we must adapt to this new era.

What I want to say is that the league must pay attention to the development and interests of small teams, so that it can truly achieve balance, instead of going back to the era when the league only had eight teams.

Looking at ESPN's odds of winning the championship, the other 23 teams add up to only 1%. I think this situation will exacerbate the trend of stars flowing to the big market. "

The Spurs superstar star, Iceman Gervin took the initiative to contact the media for interviews, and some complained: "The changes during the offseason are very unfair to the Spurs. We lost David Robinson and the team was forced to rebuild.

Of course, this is not the team's fault, nor is it his fault. I think the league has not handled the relationship between the big ball market and the small ball market. The league should provide more support to the small ball market. "

In New York, Stern noticed that some people came forward and complained that the league ignored the small teams.

But in fact, he has already considered balance, but the disadvantage of the small ball market is unavoidable. He can only try his best to protect the interests of small teams while maintaining the development of the league.

"It's time for a luxury tax."

Of the four major sports leagues, only major baseball is implementing the luxury tax system. He feels that the NBA should also implement this system, and he has been blowing the air among team owners.

With the luxury tax system in place, some big teams can no longer sign stars arbitrarily. Even if there is a bird rights contract, once the salary cap is exceeded, the excess will have to pay a high luxury tax, and these luxury taxes can be compensated to the small teams, so that the small teams can have more investment.

On October 10, the Lakers ushered in the media meeting day before the new season.

Pharaoh stood in position C in a straight suit, with Richmond the Rock on his left, Rick Fox and Kobe beyond, Chris Mullin and Mark Price on his right, and the others on both sides.

Kobe looked at his position, well, he has improved, he is only two positions away from the C position, and sooner or later he will stand in the old K's position.

"Crack clap..."

Dozens of invited media are selected major media, including American and international media, with full influence.

"Old K, ESPN thinks the Knicks have a higher chance of winning the championship than the Lakers, do you agree with them?" a reporter asked.

"Was ESPN right in its predictions? To be honest, I no longer believe in their professionalism. They should change to an editor who understands basketball better." Old Wang laughed.

"So what do you think the Lakers' chances of winning the championship will be in the new season?" the reporter asked.

"1." Pharaoh raised his right index finger.

"1?"

Except for Zhang Lili and some Chinese reporters, the other reporters were a little confused.

"Old K, do you think the Lakers have only a 1% chance of winning the championship?" A reporter asked loudly, regardless of the order of questions.

"Is 1 and 1% the same? I think there is a hundred times difference between them, don't you think?" Old Wang asked with a look of surprise.

"Damn, he said [-] percent."

"He didn't say one percent, don't get me wrong."

The reporters who reacted shouted one after another.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Wang Tiejun making fun of the reporter, Zhang Lili and others laughed.

"Old K, bragging doesn't work. Facing opponents like Black and White Shuangsha + Sabonis, Dameng + Duncan, O'Neal + Jordan, Ewing + Reggie Miller, Admiral + Antoine Walker, you should use your record to speak." A reporter shouted loudly.

"You are right, sir, but I also have Richmond, Chris Mullin, and Mark Price by my side. We have four all-star lineups. Will we still lose to them?" Old Wang said disdainfully.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Lao Wang bragging, the reporters below all laughed.

Who doesn't know that the two veterans Chris Mullin and Mark Price have long since lost the strength of the All-Stars, and there are still four All-Stars, whoever believes who is a fool.

At this time, the Knicks are also holding their own media meeting day for the new season.

"Michael, if you meet old K in the finals again in the new season, are you confident that you can beat his Lakers with the Knicks lineup?" New York Sports News reporter asked.

"Our lineup is very strong, but we can't underestimate the Lakers, the old K+ Richmond, and two veterans, Chris Mullin and Mark Price, they are very competitive. But we will not underestimate ourselves, we will do our best to fight, and we will always be full of confidence in defeating any opponent." Jordan said firmly.

"Michael, do you agree with ESPN's chances of winning the championship?" The New York Athletic reporter asked.

The expression on Jordan's face did not look relaxed, and he said solemnly: "The prediction of the probability of winning is not important, I don't value that very much.

But the new season will be a very competitive state, and each of us must cheer up and play well in every game.

What I'm saying is, we're ready, this offseason, I'm working out with Shaq, we're monitoring each other..."

O'Neal had a bitter look on his face, thinking of the past few months of offseason, he felt like he was breaking down.

"O'Neill, don't be lazy, get up and train, old K is shitting and peeing on your head, do you still want to lose?"

"Shark, good job! But it's not enough. Your weight must be controlled at 135 kilograms, just like old K. Only then will you have a chance to beat him. Do training quickly! Hurry up! Hurry up, move quickly..."

"Shaq, do you still want to win? Get moving instead of sitting there panting."

"Damn it, do you want the championship? Run fast, you're still twenty laps away."

In the past three months, he had been bruised all over by a whip, and he was terrified when he heard Jordan's roar.

However, after hellish training, his weight has come down, and now it is 138 kg. Although it has not reached the 135 kg that Jordan said, it is already very good. He lost more than [-] kg in an offseason.

Now he can run as fast as his rookie season, can jump as high as his rookie season, his physical fitness is better, and he seems to have endless energy.

Now, he has the confidence to rub old K on the floor.

"Shark, you seem to have changed from last season. What caused you to have this change?" At this time, the next reporter who asked the question asked him.

"Training, training, still training." He shouted with a tiger's face.

"Shark, do you hate training?" the reporter asked.

O'Neill laughed and said hastily, "Of course not. What I like most is training. Now I can see what New York looks like at four o'clock in the morning every day."

"At four o'clock in the morning, you probably got up to pee, right?" Everyone began to slander in their hearts.

"By the way, I have a new nickname, you can call me Da Jialian Wang." O'Neill shouted proudly.

"Great training king?"

Everyone looked at each other, what kind of bullshit nickname is this?
(End of this chapter)