God of NBA point guards

Chapter 360 You are not a group, you are just thighs with a big dream

On the 9th, Zhou Quan and the team returned to the Sonics. After that, he entered the training, and the team went to play the preseason.

Ma Jian contacted him once, saying that he was playing a preseason game for the Clippers, and he encouraged him. Whether he can stay in the Clippers depends on Ma Jian's performance.

Throughout Husseus, he focused on boxing and didn't do much basketball training. After thinking about it, he decided to focus on training layups, emergency stop jump shots, and drop shots from now on, and improve them first. Let's talk about it at level 96.

In terms of breakthrough techniques, comprehensive training should be carried out to generally improve, so as to avoid long-term single-mode training and easy injury of the body.

This season, as long as four or five shooting skills are raised to level 96, with so many top-level finishing skills, coupled with further breakthrough ability, his offensive strength will definitely be stronger and his offensive efficiency will be higher.

Whether it is Glider or Jordan, their strength and efficiency are declining. It is not good to say who wins and who loses in the playoffs.

The glider does not have the perverted physique of Jordan, and the decline is even greater. Even Jordan, at most, puts more energy on the offensive end, and the defensive end will definitely decrease as he grows older.

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On October 20th, Liu Yumin called. The first season of the CBA has begun, and domestic professional basketball has begun. This also symbolizes the beginning of the professionalization of the domestic sports industry, and it is also a manifestation of the further opening of the domestic market economy.

On the 22nd, the Magic suddenly announced that O'Neal was accidentally injured during training and will probably miss the first two months of the regular season.

On the 25th, with the end of the preseason, the breath of the regular season is getting worse.

Ma Jian did not stay with the Clippers, so he could only choose to leave the United States in disappointment and go to the Philippines to play.The Philippines has established a professional league, which is developing faster than domestic basketball.

Because he left the national team without authorization, domestic relations were in a mess, and he had no chance to return to China to play in the CBA, and the North River provincial team did not let him go back.

When the time came to the end of October, Zhou Quan's pull-up jumper, layup, and floating shot were all upgraded to 96 levels.

它们原来分别是95、94、93级，三项技术一共完成了6次12000次投篮训练。

For the rest of the time, he raised the five breakthrough skills to level 93, and the crushing breakthrough was still at the original level 95.

On the 28th, Zhang Lili and Xu Jicheng rushed to Seattle with their team.

"Xiao Zhou, the station has spent a lot of money, and it will be broadcast twice a week." Zhang Lili said excitedly when they met at the airport.

"Is the domestic foreign exchange reserve situation very good now?" Zhou Quan was a little surprised.

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "Last year was good. I have seen the data released by relevant departments. It has increased by 93% compared with 140, and there are more than 500 billion US dollars."

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "Otherwise, even if the station wants to broadcast a few more shows, there will be no dollars."

Xu Jicheng said to Zhou Quan with a smile on his face: "Xiao Zhou, you won the world boxing champion, and you were all on the domestic news in those few days."

"is it?"

Zhou Quan was very happy.

On the 30th, it was the media day for the Sonics' new season.

There are a lot of media participating in the media day. There are more than 100 media, including world-class big media. Even half of the media reporters are from outside the United States.

There were more than a dozen domestic reporters, not including Zhang Lili and the others. This was unprecedented, and Zhou Quan was a little surprised.

He chatted with these reporters, all of them were reporters from some provincial newspapers and sports magazines. Among them, there were five reporters in Hunan, three in Dongguang Province, two in Hubei, and five in the capital.

"Tiequan, I heard that you decided to have the first mandatory defense of the world boxing champion next offseason. Is this news true?"

Entering the questioning session, the New York Times was the first to be flopped, but the reporter asked a question that had nothing to do with the NBA.

Zhou Quan nodded and smiled, "That's right, my main energy is still in the NBA."

The reporter immediately changed the question and asked, "You didn't participate in golf events during the offseason, so don't you plan to participate this season? What about the offseason?"

"Oh, it depends on the situation. If the golf schedule matches during the All-Star Weekend, maybe I will participate in one tournament. During the offseason, 96 was the Olympic year, and I personally have important things to deal with. It should be There is no time." Zhou Quan said.

The host took back the microphone of the New York Times reporter and gave it to Zhang Lili.

Zhang Lili immediately asked: "Xiao Zhou, the goal of the Supersonics in the new season must be to defend the title, and both the Bulls and Mosaic have made strong reinforcements. What do you think is the possibility of defending the title?"

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "Their strength has indeed increased. It may be difficult to defend the title in the new season, but we will work hard to achieve our goal. As for strength, I think we are no worse than them."

The next question was from the Seattle Daily, who asked, "Iron Fist, what do you think of Barkley, Dameng, and Glider being a group of three superstars?"

"They are all old, we should be more tolerant." Zhou Quan said.

"Haha..." The reporter below laughed.

"Tekken, do you really think that the current lineup of the Sonics can deal with the Big Three?" A reporter asked.

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "The efficiency of the glider has dropped a lot, I don't think he still needs to double-team, a person who does not have the ability to attract double-teams cannot be called a giant.

As for Dameng and Barkley, to be honest, Dameng is still okay and still at its peak, but Barkley?Barkley no longer needs double teams. "

"Oh!"

Seeing that Zhou Quan underestimated the lineup of the Big Three, the reporters couldn't help but exclaim.

"Iron Fist, who do you most want to defend your title against?" The reporter from German Bild who asked the next question asked another question that had nothing to do with the NBA.

"And a strong enough opponent, this is what I hope." Zhou Quan said.

Seventy percent of the questions asked by the reporters that followed were related to boxing, especially for non-American reporters. Ninety percent of the questions were related to boxing. Not only did Zhou Quan feel a little helpless, but so did the Supersonics management.

After the press conference, Zhou Quan invited Zhang Lili and his group of journalists from China to dinner. There were 21 people in total.

At 31 a.m. on the 9st, NBC and several other American TV broadcasters, together with NBA officials, announced the number of live broadcasts in the United States for the new season.

As the defending championship team, the Sonics finally surpassed the Bulls and became the team with the most live broadcasts in the league, even as many as 42 games, which is exactly half of the regular season.

Previously, the Bulls had the most games last season, with 40 live broadcasts across the United States, which is also the league's historical record.

Now the Sonics directly broke this historical record, and everyone knows the reason, and there is only one reason, because the Sonics are the team of the world boxing champion Zhou Quan.

The second is the Bulls, 39 games, 1 game less than last season, and 3 games behind the Supersonics.

This change let the league and the American media know that Zhou Quan's popularity in the United States has at least equaled that of Jordan, and even surpassed Jordan.

Of course, whether it is really surpassed remains to be proved by the ratings of the Supersonics in the new season. Perhaps it is just that several major TV broadcasters have miscalculated Zhou Quan's popularity.

At noon that day, Magic Johnson was interviewed by the media in Los Angeles.

"Erwin, do you think Tekken's popularity has surpassed Michael's now?" the reporter asked.

"The regions should be differentiated."

Magic Johnson said seriously: "Overseas, Tekken's popularity, popularity, influence, commercial value, etc. have undoubtedly surpassed Michael. He has reached the heights of Maradora."

"And in America?"

"In the U.S., actually... have you noticed any changes in the sales of Tekken and Michael's sneakers?"

Magic Johnson shook his head with emotion, and said: "Since he became the world boxing champion, within a month, his Tekken series has rushed to the No. Beyond Michael, this is one of the manifestations of popularity and influence.

In addition, no matter which TV station you turn on, no matter which mainstream newspaper you open, you can always see Tekken’s endorsement advertisement, and no matter which city you go to, you can always see his large-scale advertisement photo in the city center. It is also the embodiment of popularity and commercial value. "

"You mean, in the United States, Iron Fist has also surpassed Michael?" The reporter asked in surprise.

Magic Johnson shook his head and said: "Michael can still compete with Iron Fist one or two now, but the weight of the heavyweight world boxing champion and crossover king is too heavy, and the blessing to Iron Fist is too great. If Michael cannot win the championship this season Come back, and Iron Fist will truly surpass him in America."

"Michael, what do you think of the fact that the Bulls' national live broadcasts are not as good as the Supersonics?" A reporter interviewed Jordan by phone.

"I only care about the championship."

Jordan only said a word, hung up the phone, and then turned off the phone.

November 11st, Mosaic's media day.

Barkley has moved his family to Houston, which he likes better than Phoenix, the fourth largest city in the United States.

When the photo was taken, he was standing on the left side of Dameng, and the glider Drexler was on the right side. The lineup of the Big Three was shining.

"Crack clap..."

After the media took pictures, it was time to ask questions.

The Big Three are a little nervous, because they know that media reporters will definitely ask a lot of questions about grouping, which will embarrass them.

The host is very smart, the first one to turn over is the local media's card.

"Hakim, what is our goal for the new season?"

"Rushing out of the West, we want to reach the finals and hit the championship." Dameng suppressed his excitement and said excitedly.

After three local reporters asked questions in a row, the foreign reporters became impatient. The host was afraid of causing public outrage, so he had to turn the cards of the New York Times reporter.

"Charles, there is an exact source of information. You asked the Suns management to trade you to a championship-level team. Do you admit this?" After taking the microphone, the reporter immediately asked.

"It's impossible. I can't decide on a deal. This is framing." Barkley said angrily.

"When Mr. Colangelo was interviewed by our colleagues, he revealed that you did have such suggestive words." The reporter added.

"That's what you think, I haven't had it." Barkley turned into a bastard, and if he bites to death, he will not let go. If he lets go, he will become the ancestor of the group.

He felt that Colangelo would not say that. Although he did say something, the Suns were satisfied with the deal. The deal had already been completed, and there was no need to offend him afterwards.

The reporter couldn't do anything, he didn't have any definite news, he was just guessing, and Colangelo didn't have any interviews on the transaction.

"Hakeem, Mosaic was eliminated by the Supersonics in the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons. Do you think the Mosaic team has a chance to break through the Supersonics and Iron Fist in the new season?" asked the Los Angeles Daily reporter who asked the next question.

"Of course, we are sure to win this time, and we will never lose again." Dameng said angrily and confidently.

"If Mosaic reaches the finals, do you think you can beat the Bulls who strengthened Kevin Willis?" The reporter asked.

"I can beat him, and Charles can also beat Toni Kukoc, and we will win the Bulls." Dameng said confidently.

The next question was from the Seattle Post. The reporter asked: "Hakeem, we don't like you because the three of you are old."

"Who said we are old?" Dameng said angrily.

The reporter was surprised and said: "That is to say, you are not old. Did the three of you form a group at your peak?"

"Puchi, haha..."

Most of the reporters below laughed.

The three of Dameng blushed and just wanted to leave.

"Charles, Iron Fist said that you and the glider no longer need to be double-teamed, and those who don't need to be double-teamed are not giants, so do you thank him? He means that you are not in a group, you are just thighs with big dreams." a reporter asked.

"asshole!"

The glider was okay, but his personality was too unassuming. Barkley was so angry that his stomach hurt, and it was hard to refute, because refuting meant holding together.

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The NBA league has completed an expansion, adding two new teams, and now there are 29 teams, namely the Toronto Raptors in the east and the Vancouver Grizzlies in the west.

In late July, the Sonics' Sarunas Matthew Leonis and another fringe player were drafted by these two teams.

Although two teams have been added, the league is still divided into east and west leagues and four districts. This has not changed, but there used to be a high probability of five games between teams in the same district. Now the probability is very high. Small, usually four games.

Before the start of the regular season, the media made a lot of analysis and predictions on the situation of the new season.

NBC TV divides all the teams into four tiers. There are four championship-level teams in the first tier, namely the Bulls and Magic in the East, and the Supersonics and Mosaic in the West. These four teams are also the most popular teams. right.

Teams like the Knicks, Jazz, and Pacers are all in the second tier.

A team like the Spurs with super center David Robinson is listed in the third tier.

NBC's four first-tier teams have been recognized by almost [-]% to [-]% of the media and professionals. They all believe that the championship of the new season will have a high probability of being born among these four teams.

After becoming the new head of the WBC, Zhou Quan discovered a situation. There were fewer and fewer news about him, and some of them did not cause any waves. Not many people paid attention.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that he doesn't have a lot of black material. He doesn't engage in pornography, gambling, or drugs, and he doesn't drink or take drugs. He hardly goes to nightclubs. Now that Zeng Li is by his side, his love life is also very stable.

But the main reason, according to Philip and his own analysis, is that the US media slandered him for not moving.

There are two motives for the US media to hack him. One is out of profit, which is the reason why the US media hacked Jordan before, but there is another reason for him being hacked, that is, his skin color and his Chinese identity.

But now his influence in the world has surpassed the restrictions of skin color and nationality. If one American media criticizes him, ten international media will criticize him, so he can't be hacked.

In addition, his fans are far more than before, and the media who hacked him will be sprayed by these fans. Therefore, hacking him not only has no market and no benefit, but is harmful. It is harmful and not beneficial.

This was something he hadn't expected before. He didn't expect that a world boxing champion would have such a great influence.

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(End of this chapter)