God of NBA point guards

Chapter 204 Barkley: I actually missed two championship opportunities at once!

"I almost got traded to Detroit?"

Barkley also knew the news, which made his heart suffocated, as if he had lost the most precious thing, he let out a long sigh.

Originally traded to the Suns, he was very happy to be able to join forces with the Lightning, especially in the regular season when he had the best record in the league and pointed to the championship. Before the first round of the series, he was so high-spirited. The first round of the series was like a stick, and the Lakers made him dizzy with a stick.

That was the Lakers, it was the Lakers. When the digital team negotiated a deal with the Lakers, they seemed to be so happy about him. He really hated Billy King. If he was in the Lakers now, how strong would the Lakers be?
And the Pistons, God, can team up with the Iron Fist guy, without him, they can sweep the Hornets, if he is added, I'm afraid they can sweep the Bulls!
He, he actually missed two chances to win the championship in one offseason?Damn Billy King!Damn David Stern!

"Ugh!"

But up to now, he can only lament and can't do anything. He can only play G5 with the Lakers. If he is hacked by the Lakers, he will be finished.

The thought of missing two championship opportunities, the thought of being hacked, these two emotions from the peak to the bottom, made him have the urge to vomit blood.

"Jerry, I want to see Tekken's name appear in our lineup for next season." At this time, Lakers owner Buss called general manager Jerry West.

"I see."

West is very sober and has not been affected by the [-]-[-] tie between the Lakers and the league's No. [-] Suns. The Lakers' lineup must be strengthened, or even rebuilt. Has strength and potential to become the core of the Lakers' reconstruction.

Before the 91 draft, Iron Fist came to the Lakers for trial training. He missed that opportunity. At that time, he could not forget the greatness of the magician and looked down on the ordinary Iron Fist. But he knew it was wrong, and now he wants to seize this opportunity. Chance, bring Iron Fist back to Los Angeles.

Unfortunately, he contacted Zhou Quan's agent, Philip, but he didn't get through.

Like the Lakers, at this time, the general managers of many teams are trying to contact Philip, even including the Warriors who originally selected Zhou Quan, but no one can get through his phone.

The happiest person about this matter is David Stern.

He vetoed the deal, but the reason for his veto was that he was worried that after Barkley joined the Pistons, the Pistons would be too strong.

After vetoing the deal, he did not let the league announce the vetoed deal to the public, so as not to further stimulate the Pistons and the digital team, but now that it has been exposed after such a long time, he can just use this opportunity to operate Zhou Quan Go to the western team.

Because the news of Barkley and Zhou Quan attracted the attention of the media, even the G5 game between Mosaic and the Clippers was affected. During the game, the commentator dropped the game from time to time to talk about the news.

In the end, Mosaic still defeated the Clippers, eliminated the opponent with a big score of [-] to [-], and made it to the second round with difficulty.

On the 8th, the media began to officially hype the news of the transaction between Barkley and Zhou Quan.

At 9 o'clock, the NBA announced the winner of the MVP through ABC TV. Barkley defeated Jordan and Olajuwon to win this honor.

This is also the biggest and hardest honor in Barkley's career, which made him shed tears immediately, and the damage caused to him by the news last night was instantly made up for.

He feels that there is still a chance this time. As long as they defeat the Lakers in tonight's G5 game and reach the second round, the Suns should go more smoothly.

Before going to work in the morning, many fans came to the Pistons headquarters one after another. By 9 o'clock, hundreds of people had come. They had only one purpose, to scold the management.

Before eight o'clock, Troy Weaver rushed to the headquarters. He didn't dare to go through the main entrance, but only dared to go through the small door. Fortunately, there was a small door, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to get in.

The first thing he did after going to work was to temporarily hold a press conference at the headquarters, invite some media, and deny the rumors of the transaction.

Anyway, the Alliance will not make this rejected deal public. As long as Billy King does not disclose it, he is not afraid of the lie being exposed.

The fans who blocked the door were naive and were fooled away by him.

But his words could not fool the media, and few reporters believed his words.

At 9:[-], Zhou Quan and Christina arrived at the headquarters.

"Tekken, would you choose to leave the Pistons?"

"Tekken, if you are traded, which team do you want to go to?"

Seeing his car approaching, the media reporters waiting outside the headquarters immediately rushed forward.

"Sorry, all my energy is now on the second round of the series, so I have no comment on issues that are not related to this."

Putting down the car window, he responded, and then closed the car window, waiting for the security personnel to come to help clear the crowd.

After a while, when they entered the parking lot, they saw that the assassins had arrived, as well as some family members.

Seeing that Zhou Quan was no different, the assassin, Joe Dumas and others were all relieved, and Chuck Daly was also relieved.

The sudden news made the old coach feel a little tired, he encouraged Zhou Quan and the others, and got on the bus alone.

"Zhou, listen to my explanation, this is definitely a fake..."

A staff notified Weaver, and Weaver rushed to the parking lot immediately. When he saw Zhou Quan, he wanted to explain, but Zhou Quan waved his hand and said:
"Troy, I understand your position very well, so needless to say, let's do our best to prepare for the second round of the series, and we cannot let this news affect us."

Understanding is not the same as support, Weaver sighed secretly, he had already scolded the person who broke the news as a dog, but he understood that there was already an irreparable rift between him and Zhou Quan.

At 10:12, the plane took off and arrived at the airport at [-]:[-] noon.

"Tekken, do you have any regrets about this rejected deal?"

"Tekken, do you wish to leave Detroit?"

A large number of reporters were waiting at the airport, and when they saw the piston coming out, they rushed forward.

"Sorry, this is fake news. I have nothing to say about your questions." Zhou Quanyi used this sentence to respond to all the questions related to the transaction.

At one o'clock, after settling in the hotel, the Pistons held a press conference.

At the press conference, Zhou Quan still had the same attitude, and Weaver also insisted that this was fake news, so the media had no choice but to change direction.

"Iron Fist, the Pistons have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive years, so will this record be broken in your hands this year?" a Chicago Daily reporter asked.

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "We have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive years? Our Pistons are really strong enough, thank you for your praise."

"I praise you bastard." The reporter twitched his face and cursed secretly.

Zhou Quan said again: "This time we meet the Bulls in the second round. We have made the best preparations. We regard every game as the last game of our career, and we will spare no effort for it."

He didn't answer the reporter's question, but what he said made the nerves of all the local reporters tense.

Before the Eastern Conference finals last season, he was worried about the morale of his teammates. In order to boost morale, he arranged a party early in the morning for communication and so on.

But this time, until now, he has not had any communication with his teammates about the Eastern Conference Finals.

In addition to Seikali and a few substitutes, the teammates in the main lineup are still those teammates, only John Sely, Joe Dumars and Rodman are one year older, and their morale should not be as good as last season, but they But not as worried about morale as last season.

Of course, there is only one reason. Last season, he couldn't stand up by himself and relied heavily on his teammates, but now it is different. His dependence on his teammates has been greatly weakened.

At critical moments, he can stand up on his own and use scoring again and again to motivate his teammates, so the behavior of using words to motivate morale before the series is not so important.

On this day, Troy Weaver received a call from these management.

Things have come to this point, facing the situation that Zhou Quan is likely to apply for a trade after the end of the season, he has to make two-handed preparations.

Poor Philadelphia numbers team, Barkley's one-week deal was rejected. They traded Barkley to the Suns. The Suns succeeded, but they themselves fell to the bottom and failed to rebuild.

So this time, Billy King personally contacted Weaver, showing great sincerity, and the entire team can be selected by the Pistons, and then get a future draft pick.

For the Lakers, Jerry West's bargaining chip is the entire back line, plus a future first-round pick.

The Warriors are willing to take out the bug Tim Hardaway to trade weekly rights.

The Magic also hope to trade Zhou Quan, and even prepare to take out the first round pick that will be drawn this year, saying that even if they win the No. [-] pick, they are willing to trade, and then they will take the entire guard line.

Weaver is mainly concerned about the western team, of course he will not leave Zhou Quan in the east.

This afternoon, Roger Philip rushed to Chicago to cheer for Zhou Quan.

The management of many teams contacted him, and he made detailed records of these calls to pick out the team that is most suitable for Zhou Quan.

Philadelphia is not bad either. It's a big ball market, but the lineup is a bit weak. After the trade, it's hard to improve the record immediately, and it's still an Eastern team, so it's not easy to trade. It can only be used as a backup tire, not the first choice.

Needless to say, the Lakers and Warriors are both big cities with a very good economy and a lot of Chinese.

Even for the Warriors, as long as they have a record, the market will definitely rise. The team's lineup is not bad, so it can be considered as the first choice.

As for the Magic, like Philadelphia, the Pistons should not let Zhou Quan stay in the East, but if they can join forces with O'Neal, Zhou Quan must be very happy.

In the afternoon, Zhang Lili, Sun Zhenping, and a three-member camera team arrived in Chicago.

With the arrangement of the alliance, Zhang Lili and the others stayed in a luxury hotel this time, so they didn't need to find any motels anymore.

Zhou Quan invited them to dinner, and then returned to the hotel for an interview.

"Xiao Zhou, the news about the deal?" During the interview, Zhang Lili asked tentatively.

"Fake, there is no official source of information at present." Zhou Quan said cautiously even if he was one of his own.

Zhang Lili did not ask this question again during the interview, but after the interview ended, he turned off the camera and microphone, and asked again: "Xiao Zhou, this news should not be false, should the Pistons really want to trade you?"

Zhou Quan shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe it is. I don't want to distract myself from this matter now. Brother Zhang, let's talk about something else."

Zhang Lili nodded quickly, and Sun Zhenping also quickly changed the subject, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Zhou, it would be great if we can win the Bulls this time. There is a high probability that we will meet the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. You eliminated them in the first round last year. It shouldn't be a problem this year."

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Don't think so far, all my energy is now in the second round."

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "You are considered successful in the NBA, regardless of your strength or influence and popularity, you are already a top-tier star.

Now the domestic sports world is not yet professionalized, you can be regarded as the pioneer of domestic athletes, and you are so successful, you should be their role model. "

"It's not considered a success, where am I now?" He hurriedly said modestly.

"You're welcome, it's the truth."

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "You are the pioneer, there must be someone who wants to follow your path. By the way, won't that Ma Jian come out?"

But Sun Zhenping shook his head and said, "Ma Jian came out by force, and it was very tense. Xiao Zhou was trained by his own family, and he and the domestic athletes were trained by the state, with food, drink, clothing and salary. For many years, you can't just leave, right? Xiao Zhou, what do you think?"

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "I can't say this, I should take everything into consideration, but it is true that you can't just leave. The NBA allows trades, and you can use trades to make up for the losses of your team. Let's see what happens in China in the future. Basketball If you want to become professional, you will definitely face the situation of players leaving.”

"Forget it, forget it, this matter is very complicated, and it's none of our business, let's change the topic." Zhang Lili said quickly.

……

That night, the Suns played against the Lakers, the Sonics and the Jazz in the final battle of the first-round series.

In the end, the Supersonics defeated the Jazz, and the Suns defeated the Lakers. They also made it to the second round with a big score of [-] to [-].

In this way, the second round of matchups between the East and West came out.

In the East, the Bulls vs. the Pistons (No. 9), the Knicks vs. the Cavaliers (No. 10), the former team has home court advantage.

These four teams are also the top four in the Eastern Conference regular season, and there are no upsets.

In the West, the Suns vs. Spurs (No. 10), the SuperSonics vs. Mosaic (No. 11), the former team has home court advantage.

In the regular season, the Supersonics are the third in the West, but the record is the same as the Mosaic, with 55 wins. In terms of mutual record, the Supersonics are [-] to [-] against the Mosaics, so in the playoffs, the Supersonics are No. [-] in the West. Second, occupy the home field advantage.

Of these four teams, the Spurs are fifth in the Western Conference. They eliminated the fourth-ranked Trail Blazers and made it to the second round, which is not a real upset.

But except for the Spurs who eliminated the Trail Blazers with a big score of [-] to [-], the other three regular season teams ranked first, second, and third in the Western Conference only struggled to advance with a big score of [-] to [-]. The evaluation is far inferior to the Spurs.

On May 1993, 5, the second round of the series kicked off.

The Pistons also did not arrange training at the United Center. They contacted the University of Chicago, where Zhang Lili used to work, and trained there all afternoon. At five o'clock, they took the bus to the United Center.

First go to the locker room to put down the luggage, and then come to the stadium to check the situation. At this time, the floor for the game has been replaced, just to observe the smoothness of the floor and so on.

After watching the scene, they went to the restaurant for dinner.

At 06:30, Zhang Lili and Sun Zhenping were already sitting in the narrow commentary room, on the east side of the stand, the position was arranged quite well, opposite the court was the bench, the screen in front of them was facing the bench, and the screen was still being debugged middle.

He collected a lot of materials, all of which were translated into Chinese, a large stack, and arranged for a member of the camera team to help as assistants, responsible for sorting out and delivering the materials to them.

The remaining two cameramen, Fang Lin and Wu Qifeng, had already arrived at the stadium, set up the cameras on the media seats behind the baseline, and then began to adjust the equipment.

Next to them happened to be two reporters and cameramen from Japan's TV Tokyo, which also broadcast the series live.

On the other side was Liu Fangping, a reporter from Xiangcheng ATV.

ATV mainly broadcasts the Bulls games, and the regular season is all recorded and broadcast. Now of course the playoffs are broadcast live in real time, but no commentator is sent over, just the satellite signal purchased, and the live broadcast room is in the rear.

"China's?"

He glanced at the CCTV logo on the camera that Fang Lin was fiddling with, with disdain in his eyes, and asked coldly in English.

Fang Lin ignored Liu Fangping, he was busy, Wu Qifeng asked, "Yes, you are from Xiangcheng?"

"The Pistons will lose this time. Michael Jordan will smash the Pistons into scum." Liu Fangping sneered.

Wu Qifeng and Fang Lin looked at each other and shook their heads. They knew that Xiangcheng people looked down on mainlanders, so they ignored Liu Fangping.

Liu Fangping also laughed complacently and ignored the two of them.

(End of this chapter)