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Chapter 586 Trading Sharks
On the 29th, the Suns won the bad team Spurs at home, and then lost back to back to the Warriors on the road the next day.

After the regular season in November, the Suns had 11 wins and 10 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference. The first in the Western Conference is the Trail Blazers, the second is the Kings, the third is the Mavericks, and the fifth is the Lakers.

The league announced the MVP rankings, and Duncan ranked first, averaging 25 points per game.

Pharaoh is still second, the team's record has dragged him down, and his personal data advantage is not that great, and his scoring average has dropped to 30 points per game.

He doesn't care about this at all now, but cooperates with the team with all his strength, honing the tactics of the Suns is the most important thing, everything is for the championship.

The third in the MVP rankings is Kobe Bryant, who ranks first in the league in scoring average, as high as 35 points, higher than Lao Wang.

The fourth is Garnett, averaging 23 points per game.

The fifth is McGrady, averaging 33 points per game.

The sixth is Dayao, who averaged 26 points per game.

The seventh is Iverson, averaging 28 points per game.

The eighth is Dirk Nowitzki, averaging 24 points per game.

The ninth is Ben Wallace, averaging 11 points per game.

The OK combination of the Lakers is only in the second season of cooperation. It is already full of contradictions. The locker room is difficult to get along with each other. Kobe rarely passes the ball to O'Neal on the court.

Although O'Neal won the championship, as a senior and the only behemoth-level super center in the league who can compete with Old K, he is not willing to be Kobe's younger brother. In the Lakers, he must at least maintain his status as one of the dual cores, and the team must give him enough shot rights.

Kobe, on the other hand, is too paranoid about basketball. He hopes that all his teammates will get up for training before dawn like him, so he is very disgusted with O'Neal's laziness.

The conflict between the two caused a headache for the management, and they racked their brains, but there was no way to resolve it.

Jerry West really had no choice but to think of a solution that was not a solution. He traded one of them. Anyway, the OK combination had internal strife, so he turned passive into active and took the initiative.

Whoever is traded, of course, can only trade O'Neal, that's for sure, so he approached the Blazers, hoping to use O'Neal to trade Duncan, just in exchange.

The Blazers directly refused. Although the Sharks are delicious, Duncan has just won a championship for the team, and he is also a few years younger than O'Neal. O'Neal is also entering the decline channel from his peak.

On December 12th, Jerry West, who was rejected, turned to the Nets, hoping to exchange O'Neal and Dayao for one.

The Nets also refused, because Dayao is 8 years younger than O'Neal, and the same debut is the peak, so it is not worthwhile to change.

The Lakers' search for a deal was done secretly. O'Neal didn't know about it, but he couldn't hide it from David Stern.

If it was other strong teams in the West, Stern would be happy to see them dismantled and then strengthen the strength of the East, but now it is the Lakers, which makes him very annoyed.

He didn't want to see problems in the league's second largest ball market. The interests were too great and he had to intervene.

How to intervene, there is no other way, unless the Lakers can use O'Neal to replace players of the same level and maintain the strength of the Lakers, otherwise he will not approve the relevant transaction.

The regular schedule continues, and the Suns are building their offensive and defensive tactical system step by step. By the end of 02, they are already in shape.

On the offensive end, the problem of turnovers is slowly improving, but when encountering a strong defensive opponent, Nash's efficiency has declined, and the Suns' performance is significantly worse.

After repeated discussions with the coaching staff, D'Antoni and the coaching staff decided that once they encountered this kind of team, the Suns would focus on positional warfare, with Old K as the absolute core of offense.

On the defensive end, the defensive system with Pharaoh as the absolute core is getting better and better.

Wang Tiejun now has at least [-]% of his energy to focus on the defensive end. He often defends against three-pointers. Nash, Hardaway, and Stoudemire are all average in defense. He needs to frequently fill in for others.

He reduces his investment on the offensive end, and other people's opportunities come.

Marion's data returned to last season, with 22+8 data, and his offensive efficiency was 47.5% higher, which was two percentage points higher than last season. Only the rebound data was reduced because of Lao Wang. He is also the second scoring point of the Suns.

Nash is the third scoring point, averaging 15 points and 10.5 assists per game.

Stoudemire and Hardaway are the fourth and fifth scoring points, averaging 13 and 10 points per game.

The five main players combined to average 90 points per game.

So far, the Suns have averaged 103.2 points per game, first in the league, and conceded 93.2 points per game, tenth in the league. Although they currently have a strong offensive and defensive style.

At the end of December, the Suns played 12 regular season games, 31 wins and 21 losses. This month, they lost 10 more games, still ranking fourth in the Western Conference, followed by the Lakers.

The Lakers can't find a deal, so they can only go back and do the work of the OK combination. Although Kobe wants the team to trade O'Neal, there is no way to trade now, and the team's record can't be too bad.

In addition, Phil Jackson gave part of the ball to Fisher, and Fisher passed the ball to O'Neal, temporarily appeasing O'Neal.

With the cooperation of the OK combination, and O'Neal's state has actually begun to decline from the peak, the Lakers' record has not improved significantly.

But this is not to say that the Lakers are not strong enough. Although O'Neal's state has begun to decline, Kobe's current strength really has the momentum to hit No.1 in the league. According to media analysis, Kobe should now have 1% of Jordan's peak strength, and in terms of experience and technology, there is still room for improvement in strength.

In 2003, the league announced the MVP rankings for December 02. Duncan still ranked first, and Lao Wang was still second.

On the 1st, the league announced the start of All-Star voting.

There is a change in this year's All-Star voting, that is, online voting has been added, especially the opening of online voting channels in China*.

This news made domestic fans very excited, because this method gave them a sense of participation. Countless fans went to Internet cafes and started voting.

On the 2nd, the Suns beat Philadelphia at home.

On the 3rd, at one noon, the Lakers arrived in Phoenix.

On this day, a large number of reporters from all over the world rushed to Phoenix.

After the Lakers settled down in the hotel, at 02:30, at the request of many media, a press conference was held at the hotel.

"Shaq, you said you would rub old K on the floor, have you forgotten what you said?" a local reporter asked.

O'Neal swallowed dryly, and said, "Yes, um, it seems to be."

"It's not like, you just said it." The reporter immediately reminded.

Glancing at the reporter, O'Neal said unconvinced: "So what, if I have as many shots as old K, I can also average 50+ per game."

This stabbed a hornet's nest, and the reporters raised their hands one after another.

The host specially selected a reporter from the Los Angeles Daily, hoping that the reporter would be merciful, but who would have thought that the reporter would disappoint him as soon as he opened his mouth.

The reporter took the microphone and asked, "Shaq, even if you take so many shots, do you have the physical strength of old K? Can you maintain the terrifying offensive efficiency of old K from the beginning to the end?
And the old K can complete the dynasty in the Lakers, beat you and Jordan, not only relying on offense, but his defense, rebounding, organization and other contributions are very important. Can you compare with him?Do you have his indestructible willpower? "

Kobe next to him had a disdainful sneer on his face, a lazy shark, why should he be compared with Old K?He is not the only one who thinks so. Looking at the media in Los Angeles, he knows that O'Neill, a fat man, is not popular in Los Angeles.

O'Neill was almost vomited blood by the reporter. This is a reporter from Los Angeles, so he doesn't show any sympathy?Don't give me any face?

Damn, old K has left the Lakers, now he is a Suns player, and I am a Lakers player, you are targeting me like this, is there something wrong with your brain?

When he came to Los Angeles, apart from Kobe making him upset, there was another thing that irritated him, that is, the Los Angeles media always compared him with Old K, and now he regretted coming to Los Angeles very much.

"Tie Jun, how many days do you think the OK combination can last?" Zhang Lili, who came over for dinner in Lao Wang's villa, asked.

Lao Wang looked at O'Neal and Kobe on the TV, thought for a while, and said: "Now they are barely tied together, but as long as O'Neal's state declines significantly, they will definitely break up, and the management will sell O'Neal at a low price."

In the evening, Kobe came to Lao Wang's house and brought many specially prepared gifts to Zhou Zhou.

"Old K, why didn't you bring Dabao, and you left him alone in China? I still want to teach him how to play."

As soon as he got out of the car, he yelled when he saw Pharaoh.

"He doesn't want to come here, the brat doesn't have any hair, and now he's more interested in picking up girls than playing ball." Lao Wang started to arrange his son without hesitation.

"What nonsense are you talking about? My son is only in the first grade of primary school, and Sissy is old enough to have made her debut. Don't talk nonsense outside, the media will write nonsense."

Brother Fei came out, followed by the little tail Zhou Zhou, and when he heard Lao Wang's words, he gave him a blank look.

"Dabao doesn't want to play?" Kobe asked in surprise.

"I also practiced, but I didn't put much effort into it." Lao Wang shook his head and said.

"Zhou Zhou, come here, the car is full of your presents." Kobe didn't ask any more, but opened the car door, and the back seat was full of toys.

Lao Wang picked one up. It was a warship assembly toy. The large one required patience and brains, but Zhou Zhou liked this kind the most. He disassembled the warship into parts and then assembled it back again. He felt that his daughter should have the talent of an architect or designer.

"Kobe, did you and O'Neal fight in the locker room?" After sitting down in the living room, Lao Wang then asked.

When mentioning O'Neal, Kobe was upset and complained: "Old K, if you don't go back to the Lakers, then you let Yao come to the Lakers. I really can't stand O'Neal."

"You want to join forces with Dayao? The management has sought a deal?" Old Wang said in surprise.

Kobe nodded, then shook his head and said, "The Nets didn't like O'Neal, and the deal was unsuccessful. The management also tried to trade Duncan, but it didn't work either."

Lao Wang smiled. O'Neal is one year older than him. Now that his injuries have come out, and the tonnage is so big, this season has actually begun to decline from the peak. Although relying on the terrifying tonnage, the dominance at the basket is still the first in the league.

But he can't solve the Lakers' problems, so the Lakers are unlucky.

Back then, the Lakers chose to trade Duncan in order to get him. When he retired, the Lakers got nothing, but he also left a dynasty with the Lakers, so he doesn't owe the Lakers.

4th, game day.

At eight o'clock, the two teams announced the starting list.

Suns: Wang Tiejun, Amare Stoudemire, Marion, Anfernee Hardaway, Nash
Lakers: O'Neal, Samaki Walker, Rick Fox, Kobe Bryant, Fisher

The game was broadcast live across the United States by TNT, and also by CCTV.

"The Lakers are somewhat similar to the Nets. Both are poor at the fourth position. The Nets did not keep Van Horn. Danny Fortson was seriously injured last season and was thrown to the Warriors by the Lakers. If the two teams have better power forwards, their strength this season can compete with the Blazers and Kings." Kenny Smith said.

Barkley shook his head and said, "Actually, I'm not optimistic about the Kings. I think they're just a regular-season team. They don't have a good future in the playoffs. They can't get past the Trail Blazers and Suns, or even the Lakers and Mavericks."

Kenny Smith asked in surprise: "The media has been saying that there are five first-tier teams in the Western Conference. The Trail Blazers, Kings, Mavericks, Suns, and Lakers are also the top five in the Western Conference. What level do you think the Kings are among the five teams?"

Barkley said without hesitation: "Like the Mavericks, they are pseudo-strong teams. They play well, but they are not competitive enough to enter the playoffs."

"What about the Suns? They are playing very well now, and they are no less entertaining than the Kings," Kenny Smith said.

"The Suns have old K, so they will have defense, which the Kings don't have. And on the offensive end, when others can't, old K can take over everything, and the Kings don't have such a person. Old K can lead the Suns and the Lakers to win five championships. Who has the ability for the Kings?" Barkley asked.

Five crowns?Kenny Smith was speechless, Charles, aren't you afraid of being beaten by old K?

He immediately asked: "Then, among these five strong teams, who do you think is most likely to make it to, um, the Western Conference Finals?"

"Kenny, why don't you ask about the finals?" Barkley asked curiously.

"Because obviously, this year's Western Conference finals will be more attractive than the finals." Kenny Smith said.

"It's a pity, haha!"

Barkley laughed a few times before saying: "Who can make it to the Western Conference Finals depends on how these teams meet in the first and second rounds. If they meet early, of course, there will definitely be teams among them who will meet early. But if you only analyze strength, I am more optimistic about the Trail Blazers and the Suns."

"Are you optimistic about the sun? Is it out of friendship with old K?" Kenny Smith asked.

"of course not!"

Barkley immediately denied it.

"Old K, Barkley swallowed you a championship. He has been spreading the rumor that you led the team to five championships in ten years, and the other championship is his. If it weren't for you, how could he have done Jordan?" Dameng said in the home team locker room.

He just arrived in Phoenix and is currently residing in Los Angeles to run his training camp to earn some extra money. He came here to watch this game and sue Barkley.

"This fat man is going to beat and beat, he keeps using me as a stepping stone." Old Wang nodded.

"When will we invite a group of people to the club for dinner, ask him to treat guests, and kill him once?" Dameng suggested.

"Good idea." Old Wang said.

"Ah!"

Barkley sneezed suddenly, and some materials on the commentary booth flew up and fell to the ground.

"Good luck, Patrick."

"David, good luck to you too."

Courtside, Ewing and David Robinson shook hands and hugged.

The two of them were feeling sorry for each other. They didn't expect that the opponents who had fought to the death for various honors back then were now hugging the thighs of young people. For the sake of the championship, they fell down.

The many media reporters next to them were also very emotional. The three super centers of Megatron League, the big dream with two championships in hand, had a perfect curtain call like Barkley, but the fate of these two super centers was not good.

(End of this chapter)