God of NBA point guards

Chapter 365 It's Over, My Knee

At this time, in the locker room of the visiting team, Michael Jordan, who lost the game, did not say a word, so the atmosphere was as cold as iron, and no one dared to speak.

Phil Jackson leaned against the wall by the door, his mind a little confused.

He brought in Kevin Willis single-handedly, hoping that he can play the low-post offense the team needs.

But unfortunately, under the defense of Matt Geiger, Willis did not play the low-post offense he needed today. They were all mid-range shots, and the efficiency was not as good as that of Geiger and Gilliam, which completely failed to meet his requirements.

It was also he who let BJ go, put Ron Harper on the starting lineup, and asked him to defend Zhou Quan, thus liberating Jordan's offense.

But the game just now proved that Ron Harper couldn't defend Zhou Quan. At the same time, in terms of personal offense, Jordan was limited by the Supersonic's flanking tactics, but the Bulls could not double-team Zhou Quan.

"How to do?"

Neither of the two ideas met his expectations, which is why his mind was a little messed up.

"Are you really looking for a super center like Ewing and the others?"

There is no way to toss the outside line. Jordan + Pippen + Ron Harper, this outside line combination is already the most powerful outside line combination in the league. This combination made Zhou Quan play like that tonight.

Therefore, he believes that he can only toss the inside line, and can only continue to strengthen the inside line in order to defeat the Supersonics.

However, let's not talk about the difficulty of trading a super center, is the boss willing to invest huge sums of money to introduce a super center?I'm afraid it's impossible.

An hour later, at the post-match press conference, an ESPN reporter asked: "Michael, Iron Fist said that his personal offense has reached your current height. Do you agree with his words?"

The veins on Jordan's forehead twitched, and he spit out a sentence through his teeth: "I have forgotten how many scoring champions I won, who can tell me?"

"Nine, Michael, you've had nine straight scoring seasons and the Iron Fists haven't had one. He hasn't had one."

A Chicago reporter exclaimed excitedly and angrily.

Jordan shrugged and said, "Wait until he does what I did before saying that."

"But Iron Fist is the point guard."

A local reporter from Seattle said loudly in disbelief.

"Then don't talk about personal offense with me, just talk about his assists." Jordan said disdainfully.

"Michael, Iron Fist is saying that his personal offense is now at the same level as yours, but you are talking about past honors, isn't that unfair?" the local reporter shouted again.

"Mr. reporter from the Seattle Post, please abide by the interview rules."

The host of the press conference reminded him uncomfortably, and then asked the staff to give the microphone to the New York Times reporter.

The New York Times reporter immediately asked: "Michael, did you really lose millions of dollars defending the world title between Iron Fist and McCall?"

The veins on Jordan's forehead twitched continuously, and he denied it with a cold snort, "No, I only bet one hundred thousand dollars."

……

After winning the Bulls, with 12 wins and 2 losses, the Sonics took the lead, ranking first in the league, and there is a win difference with the Bulls.

On the 28th, they defeated the Pacers at home and tied with the Pacers one to one. They achieved a record of 13 wins and 2 losses, and ended the first month's schedule.

11月，周权场均上场39分钟，场均29投16中，命中率55.2%，三分球6投2.5中，命中率41.7%，7罚6.7，命中率95.7%，场均41.2分4.8篮板13.2助攻6.1抢断2盖帽2.1失误2.6犯规。

On the 1st, the league announced the MVP rankings for the first month, as well as the best of the first month.

With his indisputable stats and team record, Zhou Quan ranked first in MVP and the best player of the month in November.

The Mosaic of the Big Three did not live up to the expectations of the media, with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the Western Conference.

The Eastern Bulls are number one, losing only two games in the first month, to the Magic and the Sonics.

At noon on the 1st, the manager Roger Philip came to Zhou Quan's villa, and the two were drinking coffee at the pier while talking about things.

Zeng Li was playing on the yacht and was going to ask Zhou Quan to take some pictures of her later and send them home.

"Zhou, Skechers contacted me, hoping to renew your contract in advance." Philip said.

"What conditions does the company give me?" Zhou Quan asked.

Philip said, "Actually, they're asking what your terms are."

"Hehe!" Zhou Quan laughed.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "I'm not short of money now, and I'm investing in other companies with the money. Rather than taking their endorsement fees, it's better to invest directly in their companies."

"Snapped!"

Philip snapped his fingers and agreed with a smile: "I thought about it with me, and I also think that you are fully capable and qualified to get the same contract as Jordan."

"What kind of contract does Jordan have at Nike?" Zhou Quan asked.

Philip said: "It was originally 4.5% of Nike shares. Later, Nike believed that Jordan interfered with the company's operations from time to time, so they persuaded Jordan to establish an independent company for the brand, and exchanged those Nike shares for company shares of the MJ brand. Jordan now Owns a 67% stake in MJ Brands."

"Two-thirds, so high?" Zhou Quan asked in surprise.

Philip laughed: "It is because of Jordan that Nike can survive and develop to its current scale in North America, and the MJ brand also exists because of Jordan.

Although Nike only accounts for one-third of the MJ brand, the MJ brand and Jordan can drive the development of the entire Nike. That is the main operation of Nike, and the operation of the MJ brand is only a small one.

Zhou, the relationship between Skechers and the Tekken brand and you, which is the relationship between Nike and the MJ brand and Jordan, is even more important. "

"Skechers has been established for four years, when are they planning to go public?" Zhou Quan asked suddenly.

"Snapped!"

Philip snapped his fingers again and said excitedly: "It has been confirmed that July 96, 7 is exactly after the finals.

Zhou, the Tekken brand has not yet established its own company. Skechers said that they will separate the Tekken brand immediately after listing and establish a brand company. "

"Then how much do you think I should take? It's the same as Jordan's 4.5%." Zhou Quan asked.

"With your current global influence, you must be higher than him. In fact, the global sales volume of your Tekken series has surpassed his by a large margin." Philip laughed.

"Then you can talk to Skechers, I hope to get a contract renewal before the company goes public." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Of course, the company also hopes to get it done before then, so that the stock price will be better when it goes public." Philip laughed.

……

Entering December, the Sonics have won four more games in a row, 17 wins and 2 losses.

On the 11th, the team arrived in Dallas, ready to challenge the Mavericks.

That night, many extreme fans of the Mavericks went to the hotel where the Sonics stayed to make trouble, affecting the players' sleep.

Zhou Quan's sleeping alchemy did not work. When he got up in the morning, he was not very energetic and could not concentrate.

At noon, the team came to the gymnasium for training.

"Everyone, please pay attention, don't use too much intensity, just keep moving your body and find out how you feel." Before the training, George specially urged.

There is no confrontation match arranged, it is to move the body first, and then conduct shooting training respectively.

Zhou Quan shot dozens of balls, feeling average, the most consecutive hits were 7 balls, and then stood at the top left of the arc to watch his teammates shoot.

Schramf and a trainer did catch and jump shots. After practicing for a while, he felt pretty good. He made six consecutive shots, including two three-pointers. He was very excited.

At this time, he ran in front of Zhou Quan to catch the ball and make a jump shot, but at the moment of take-off, he slipped and flipped backwards.

Zhou Quan reacted quickly, and he moved forward with both hands, but at this moment, Schramf, who turned backwards, also made a self-rescue action, and turned sideways in the air.

Now it's all right, Zhou Quan put his hands in the air, and Schramf bumped his head into his chest and was knocked over.

When he fell to the ground, his right hand was pressed on the floor, just at this moment Schlumf let out a cry of pain, and then the whole person fell on him, knocking him again, his right hand slipped outwards, and then only felt his index finger a pain.

"Oh, it's over, it's my knee." Schramf, who fell on him, cried out in frustration holding his left knee.

"Oops!"

"Both are injured, this is troublesome."

Everyone ran over, and George Carlton was so anxious that his forehead was covered with sweat.

After the team doctor's examination, Zhou Quan's right index finger ligament was strained, and the recovery time was at least one month. Schramf's left knee cruciate ligament was strained, and he would need to fight for at least two months. The specific situation can only be determined after the hospital examination.

Then the two went to the hospital. Schramf's examination results were similar to the team doctor's judgment, and conservative treatment would take two months.

Zhou Quan is better, and it is best to have a truce for half a month.

The doctor used medical tape to bind Zhou Quan's right index finger and middle finger together, and fixed it to avoid further injury.

"Even if I can't shoot with my right hand, I can still use my left hand. I can still organize offense and pass the ball, and I can also defend."

After the index finger was fixed, there was only a slight discomfort, and the injury was not serious. Zhou Quan refused to stop the injury, thinking it was completely unnecessary.

He believes that his career is very long and injuries are inevitable. He needs to learn and get used to fighting with injuries. He does not believe that Jordan has not suffered from injuries, but Jordan persisted.

In 93, Jordan cut off the tendon of his right index finger when he was playing with a cigar cutter. Now his index finger can't be bent. If his minor injury is just a stoppage, how can he compete with Jordan?
At his insistence, George Karl agreed to let him try first.

Schramff stayed in the hospital, and Zhou Quan returned to the arena. At this time, the morale of the team was a little low.

In the evening, one of the supersonic generals was absent, and while his combat power was lacking, Zhou Quan's performance was not very good, scoring only 21 points and shooting only 41%.

He took a few shots with his left hand, but he didn't feel very good. He just shot with his right hand, and he wasn't very used to it. His right index finger still hurt a little when he exerted force, so he reduced his shots.

A shooting guard named Tony Dumars stood on the bench for the Mavericks. He exploded crazily and scored 35 points. In addition, George Crawford, who scored 30 points, scored 107:115. The Supersonics lost to the The Mavericks, a bad team, suffered their third defeat of the season.

However, on the defensive end, Zhou Quan blocked the rising star Jason Kidd at the first position, allowing Kidd to only make 14 of 1 shots and only get 3 points and 5 assists.

Kidd is Gary Payton's younger brother. They grew up together. Under the influence of Payton, Kidd made remarks against him once.

With 17 wins and 3 losses, the Sonics are still No. [-] in the league.

After the loss, the team rushed to San Antonio overnight.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, Zhou Quan just got up from the bed, had a good night's sleep, and made up for the drowsiness lost in Dallas.

He feels much better about San Antonio than Dallas, at least the fans here don't come into the hotel to harass them.

In the afternoon, during shooting training, he deliberately adjusted his shooting posture. Instead of exerting force with his index finger, he exerted force with his middle finger, other fingers, and wrist.

For him, whose basic shooting skills are as high as level 97, this adjustment is not complicated. After an hour of training, he feels better and better. Although the hand feel is not as good as usual, it is better than yesterday, and the injured index finger does not hurt much. .

In the evening, back-to-back games against the Spurs.

The Spurs had 11 wins and 6 losses before, not too bad in the West, with a 64.7% winning percentage, ranking third in the West, second only to the Sonics and Mosaic.

At 07:30, the two sides announced the starting list.

Spurs: David Robinson, Charles Smith, Sean Elliott, Vinidnagro, Avery Johnson

Sonics: Elvin Johnson, Almon Gilliam, Rodman, Jose Hawkins, Joo Kwon

Zhang Lili said: "Zhou Quan is facing the young general Johnson. In the injured state, the result is hard to say. The young general is not bad."

Xu Jicheng said: "Director Zhang, do you think there will be a losing streak?"

"That can't be helped." Zhang Lili said.

At this time, in the player tunnel, Zhou Quan was chatting with David Robinson. The relationship between the two was okay, much better than Zhou Quan's relationship with Dameng and Ewing.

The admiral said with some envy and some complaints: "Iron Fist, you are only in the third season in the West, and you have forced the three of Barkley and the others to join forces. How can our teams fight against you?"

Zhou Quan couldn't help smiling, and said: "David, don't take them seriously, those three old guys are old, especially Barkley, they are almost a ball, he can't fly a long time ago. You just need to find one If you are a good helper, you will have a chance."

"I wish," sighed David Robinson.

When playing, as the core of the visiting team, Zhou Quan still received a lot of applause.

"Zhou Quan has more and more fans in other cities. This is an important change this season." Zhang Lili said happily.

"Maybe he's a boxing fan." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.

"It's possible, haha!" Zhang Lili laughed.

(End of this chapter)