God of NBA point guards

Chapter 452: Sweep in three rounds and advance to the finals

At the Seattle Center Arena, Zhou Quan was being interviewed after the game.

NBC's reporter asked: "Iron Fist, do you think this mosaic will still exist next season?"

Zhou Quan was startled, smiled and said, "The lineup should change."

"Do you think Barkley will leave? His contract is over and he has not renewed it in advance." The reporter asked again.

"It's possible." Zhou Quan nodded.

"Which team do you think Barkley is most likely to go to?" the reporter asked again.

"Well, I remember which year he said he wanted to play brother basketball, so the Bulls? Haha, I'm not sure, but it's possible. After all, the Flying Pigs and the Flying Pigs are very good friends." Zhou Quan laughed.

"Da Meng's contract has also ended. Iron Fist King, do you think Dameng will leave Houston?" the reporter asked again.

"It's also possible that he is still one of the best centers. Whoever gets him and configures a good lineup can become a championship-level team." Zhou Quan said.

At this time, Dameng had returned to the locker room. General Manager Dawson came up and wanted to say something. He shook his head and said, "Sorry, Carroll, I want to be quiet."

"OK."

Dawson sighed deeply, nodded and retreated.

Barkley also came in. Seeing this scene, he shook his head, sat next to Dameng, and said to Dawson: "Sir, my agent and I have decided not to renew the contract."

Dawson's face froze, he sighed again, nodded and said: "Then Charles, I hope you can achieve your wish."

"Thanks, Carol, you're a good guy." Buckley smiled.

"Me too."

At this time, Dameng finally spoke, but this very brief sentence broke Dawson's last dream and made the atmosphere in the locker room fall into the ice valley.

This sentence makes everyone understand that after Mosaic is over, it will completely enter the reconstruction period, and the reconstruction period is far away, because Barkley and Olajuwon are both free men, they will leave freely, and Mosaic will not leave even a hair. root.

An hour later, a press conference was held.

"Charles, the Iron Fist King said you might join the Bulls to play brother basketball. Do you think he is right?" a reporter asked.

"Damn Iron Fist!"

Buckley cursed secretly, didn't this reveal his background?He was very depressed, because if he denied it, how could he go to the Bulls?
He said with some annoyance: "Without his concern, I haven't decided yet."

He could only use a non-committal attitude to temporarily deal with the reporters.

"Hakeem, your contract is over, will you leave Houston?" The next reporter was from the Seattle media, asking in a mocking tone.

Feeling the ridicule in the reporter's words, Dameng suddenly couldn't control his emotions and shouted in a low and depressing voice:
"I'm very disappointed in the management and owners, they failed us for money and they were wasting our lives and youth."

"Oh hoo!"

The media were all excited. Unexpectedly, Dameng suddenly opened fire on the management and team owner. This is big news!
Dameng's roar full of grief and anger continued: "In order to save millions of dollars every year, they have created a quite 'gorgeous' substitute lineup. The combined annual salary of the seven people in this substitute lineup is less than 200 million U.S. dollars. All of them are marginal." Man, this is our championship lineup. This is a shame for Houston, a disgrace! Such a team is not worthy of me continuing. I am extremely disappointed with Houston!"

"Ugh!"

Many Houston reporters sighed.

The next day, on the morning of the 20th, the media reported on last night’s Western Conference Finals game.

"A blood-and-tears accusation from a super center!"

This was the headline in the sports section of the New York Times, which wrote in the report: "The combined annual salary of the seven substitute players is less than $200 million. It is obvious that Mosaic's management and owners are not ready to win the championship. They even just want to squeeze out the remaining value of superstars Olajuwon and Barkley."

"The two superstars have decided to leave the team for free. This is the tragedy of Houston. The Mosaic team has fallen." Houston Chronicle.

"The Mosaic collapses, the Jazz may also collapse. Who will stop the SuperSonics in the West? Are we going to allow a Chinese to rule the league?" Dallas Cowboys News.

After Jordan saw these reports, he immediately contacted his agent David Falk.

"David, are Charles sure you don't want to renew Mosaic's contract?" He asked immediately after getting through.

"Yes, Michael, he has decided to leave. In addition, he wanted to come to the Bulls last year, what do you think?" David Falk said.

"His efficiency is not very good, but he can still play the main power forward and let Toni Kukoc return to the bench. This will be more beneficial to our overall situation." Jordan considered.

"I also see it this way. He can greatly increase the thickness of your lineup, just like the glider is for the SuperSonics. In fact, I think he is more suitable to play as a substitute, but I am afraid that he will not accept the status of a substitute." David Farr K said.

"I'll contact him first." Jordan decided.

"Charles, brother, come here, let's deal with Iron Fist together." After the call was connected, he said directly.

"Basic, basic salary?" Barkley was still a little unwilling.

"Charles, let David and that fat guy Klaus talk about this."

How could Jordan tell Barkley this? The basic salary must be the basic salary. The team has no room at all, but he can't offend Barkley.

In fact, he wants to recruit Dameng. Dameng, who still has top offensive and defensive strength, is two levels better than Mutombo. With Dameng, he can crush the Iron Fist to death as much as he wants.

Moreover, Dameng's contract is over and he is a free agent, so he can be recruited without any chips.

However, Dameng's performance this season is not comparable to that of Barkley. It is impossible for the Bulls to recruit him with a basic salary, so it is better to bring Barkley in.

Another point is that he is afraid that the media will say that he is in a group, so he has concerns about bringing in Da Meng.

Pippen is a top [-] superstar, but he was cultivated by his own team, so of course he is not considered a team player.Mutombo is just a defensive center. He is not in the top [-] and does not count as a team player.But if we get the real top [-] player Da Meng, and three top [-] superstars in their prime on one team, then it will be a complete team-up.

As a person who used to hug his thighs, Barkley had no confidence at all. Then he received a call from his agent David Falk.

"Hey David."

"Hey, Charles, you've made your decision, haven't you?"

"Yes."

"But I'm afraid the Bulls can't give you the contract you want. The most they can offer is a small contract of $50."

Barkley gritted his teeth and said: "Sign for two years. Michael still has two years of contract with the Bulls. I will fight for another two years. In addition, David, you can only help me get a basic salary, so you have the responsibility to help me in the future." I can find some endorsements in Chicago to make up for my financial losses."

"Well, you should have no problem getting a few endorsements, but you can't expect a big contract."

David Falk said this, and then said: "Another one, Charles, are you willing to accept substitute status with the Bulls?"

"David, I only charge 50 US dollars a year, and I can't even get a main player status? If you look down on me so much, do you believe I will go to the SuperSonics?" Barkley said angrily.

"No, no, I'm just asking you. I will talk to Mr. Claus. I should be fine as the main force."

Of course, David Falk cannot let Barkley go to the SuperSonics. Then the SuperSonics' substitute lineup will be unparalleled. How will the Bulls play?
Then Jerry Krause received a call from Falk and heard that Barkley was willing to join the team with an annual salary of US$50. He only wanted to be the main player. If there was anything he didn't want to do, he agreed.

After Buckley got the news, although he was very disappointed, he also calmed down.

……

Zhou Quan didn't read the newspaper or watch the TV news. After having breakfast and sending Zeng Li off to work in the company, he went to the dock behind to kill time.

The Exquisite Coffee Company is recruiting people recently, the company is expanding, and it is preparing for expansion in the second half of the year. The work is a bit busy.

The two have planned to invest tens of millions of dollars. In the second half of the year, plus next year, within one and a half years, they will strive to open [-] directly operated stores in the United States, and then prepare to go public.

He could more or less guess what news about the NBA the media was reporting today, which made him feel a little bit.

As soon as he entered the league, he had a locker room fight with Laimbeer and the guys. In fact, it didn't start well, and it was quite bad.

But he did not choose to leave, but stayed, because it is not his character to choose to leave when encountering difficulties. It is his character to face difficulties. Let those who target him call him boss, which is what he wants of.

He did that when he was at UCLA. At that time, when he first joined the basketball and ice hockey teams, everyone liked to target him just because he had yellow skin. Then he solved the problem with fists and blood.

And it was precisely because of this decision that he achieved success in the Pistons. He won the championship in his second season, achieving the results and dreams that Barkley, Dream, and Postman had worked hard for more than ten seasons but could not complete.

His feeling is that the starting team is really important and can even determine the success of a person's career.

Barkley, Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Ewing, David Robinson, these people are not bad, not only strong, but also very strong and super powerful in their peak period, but they have not won a championship so far.

That night, the Bulls defeated the Heat 77:84 and won the G1 game.

Gary Payton defended Jordan. Although Jordan scored 32 points, his shooting percentage was only 35.7%, which was a very good defense.

But in turn, Jordan only allowed Gary Payton to make 16 of 3 shots, a shooting percentage of only 18.8%, and ultimately only scored 14 points.

Zhou Quan doesn't know whether Jordan has played in an explosive state, but the 35.7% shooting rate shows that Gary Payton's current defense has really reached the top level.

At least Payton's shooting percentage is not surprising to him. His own offense is at that level and was limited to less than [-]% by Jordan, which is normal.

Next, the Eastern Conference Finals and the Western Conference Finals continued, with the SuperSonics and Bulls both completing two consecutive victories at home.

On May 5, the SuperSonics completed a sweep of Mosaic in Houston and took the lead in advancing to the Finals.

This is also the Sonics' third round sweep of this playoffs, exactly the same as last season.

It was also the fourth time that the Sonics eliminated Mosaic in the Western Conference Finals, sweeping the opponent for the second time in a row.

周权在这轮系列赛中场均40.5分钟，轰下36.5分4.5篮板14助攻6.25抢断2.8盖帽2失误2.3犯规的数据，命中率高达65.4%，小虫对他的防守效率非常差，根本限制不了他。

For the SuperSonics, in addition to Zhou Quan, four other players including Drexler, Laettner, Schrempf, and Hawkins scored in double figures.

大梦场均27分9.3篮板3.8助攻2抢断3.3盖帽3.2失误3.3犯规，命中率高达59.2%，依然属于顶尖中锋的表现，无论是莱特纳还是马特盖格尔都防不了他。

巴克利的表现就差了两个档次，只有16分11篮板3.8助攻0.5抢断0.5盖帽2.8失误3.8犯规的数据，尤其命中率只有42.9%。

If you are a shooting guard, this shooting rate is okay, but as a power forward, this efficiency is too low. Schrempf plays small forward next to Zhou Quan, and his shooting rate exceeds [-]%.

蒂姆哈达威在周权的防守下，表现是三巨头中最差的，只有10.5分2.5篮板5.7助攻1抢断6.7失误4.5犯规的数据，命中率只有28.8%。

In terms of Mosaic, in addition to the Big Three, Mario Elie scored in double figures, averaging 11.5 points per game, even higher than the Bugs.

“Hakim, Charles, what are your plans?

After the game, Glider took the initiative to hug Dameng and Barkley.

"I might go to the Bulls." Barkley hesitated for a moment, feeling that he had nothing to hide, so he still whispered.

The glider looked at Dameng, who shook his head and said, "I'm not sure yet."

"Good luck to you all."

Seeing the determination in Dameng's words, indicating that he was definitely leaving Mosaic, Glider sighed, nodded and said.

"Good luck to you too."

The two nodded, hugged again, and then separated.

Not far away, Zhou Quan was undergoing a post-game interview.

NBC reporter asked: "Iron Fist King, the Bulls are currently leading [-]-[-] and are very likely to sweep the Heat. What do you think of the next finals? How confident are you?"

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "We lost both games in the regular season. The Bulls are indeed strong, but we are still confident in the finals."

"What is the source of confidence?" the reporter interjected.

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "The desire for victory, the hunger for three consecutive championships, the persistence of the dynasty, our own strength, and our confidence in ourselves are all sources of our confidence."

"Does the SuperSonics have any new tactics to deal with Mutombo?" the reporter asked again.

"Sorry, I have no comment on this." Zhou Quan shook his head.

"The Bulls' outside speed is not as good as yours. Will the SuperSonics maintain a fast-paced offensive and defensive speed in the finals?" the reporter asked again.

"We have had this style for four seasons." Zhou Quan nodded.

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(End of this chapter)