NBA: Sharks at the peak, guard the basket!

Chapter 219 The Cardinal Draws Pie and Hunts Birds!The Celestial Giant scored 58 points to tie the ancient mythical beast!

"So, what do you think of Tim Duncan?"

After Auerbach glanced at Big Bird thoughtfully, he lit his cigar and exhaled smoke rings: "I mean, Tim Duncan as a rookie for the Celtics."

"If he really wears the Celtics jersey, there is no doubt that he will be better than Lin Hong."

Larry Bird fell back tactically: "What's the matter, you didn't come to me just to talk nonsense, did you?
So sorry, I'm busy and don't have much time to catch up! ! "

"Hahaha, Larry, you're still as rough as ever!
Well, I don't need to hide it anymore. "

The cardinal smiled heartily, leaned forward, and his eyes were as sharp as a hawk: "I heard that those guys from Indiana have been contacting you recently?"

"Yes, they are going to let me take over the baton next season."

There is really nothing to hide between Byrd and the bishop. There is no need to chat about chatting with foxes who are both millennia old.

Since joining the Celtics as a rookie, Bird has found himself to be the same species as the Cardinal, stubborn and resentful of losing.

Bird shrugged and said with a smile: "To be honest, I'm really moved. The Pacers are a good team..."

"The team has Reggie Miller, Mark Jackson, Rick Schmitz at center, All-Star Dale Davis, Anthony Davis and more!"

"If I go to coach and work well during the offseason, it is entirely possible to reach the Eastern Conference finals!!"

"So what about the Boston Celtics?"

Auerbach interrupted Bird's words in time: "I mean, Larry, if you let you coach the Boston Celtics, what do you think?"

"A new Celtics team with Jason Kidd, Eddie Jones, oh yeah, and Tim Duncan!"

"Is it interesting for you to coach such a team?"

After the cardinal finished speaking, he breathed lightly.

Throwing the bomb in his hand, it seems that everything is under control.

Byrd was uncommonly silent.

It would be great if you could coach your own team.

However, the Celtics are now an out-and-out bad team, completely pinning their hopes on the No. [-] pick.

In other words, Tim Duncan is just a big pie that the Cardinal drew for himself in advance.

Even if the Celtics' record this season ranks last in the league.

But no one can guarantee that the No. [-] pick must belong to the Celtics! !

Didn't the Celtics fall on the way to the No. [-] pick last year? !
Therefore, the set of drawing big cakes is not easy for Bird.

Even if the opponent is Cardinal Auerbach! !
"Seriously, Larry, I can't do it for a few years."

Aware of Byrd's hesitation, the Cardinal took his time and released his hole card again, confiding in his heart: "In a few seasons, I will retire."

"At that time, you, as the head coach of the team, will be the best and only candidate to replace me."

Replacement - Auerbach?

Get into the management of the team!

In other words, as long as Bird takes over the Celtics coach, he can become the general manager of the team!
It's so boring to be a head coach, but Bird wants to become the super all-around king who dominates the coaches and management.

Become the only man in NBA history to achieve the regular season MVP, Finals MVP, Coach of the Year and General Manager of the Year awards Grand Slam.

Now, the Cardinal put this opportunity naked in front of Bird.

To be honest, Bird's heart has begun to shake at this moment.

It's not that he has no principles, but that Auerbach has given too much!

"Come with me and help the Green Army rise, Larry."

Seeing Bird's flickering eyes, the Cardinal took another dose of strong medicine and played his emotional card: "Larry, I need your help."

Facing the bombardment of the cardinal's sugar-coated shells, Big Bird Byrd couldn't bear it.

To be honest, if Auerbach hadn't personally invited him, Bird would have agreed to the Pacers' coaching invitation.

Leading a contending team to snipe Michael Jordan is something Bird has always wanted to do since he retired.

But now, plans can't keep up with the changes.

"Yes, but there is a premise."

Bird finally kept a hand: "If the team can't select Tim this year, then I will still sign the Indiana Pacers."

"No problem, if you fail to win Tim, the team really doesn't need you to coach."

Without selecting Duncan, the Celtics will continue to let Kidd and Jones level up next season.

The rise of the No. [-] lottery is still the main theme of the Green Army.

But what makes people desperate is that 98 and 99 were recognized as draft years, and so far there are no seedlings worth looking forward to.

There is another Tim Duncan worth looking forward to in 97.

Who else was there in 98?
Who was there in 99?
If you miss the No. 97 lottery in [-], even if you continue to perform badly in the next two years and win the No. [-] lottery, you will not be able to select any excellent team building seedlings.

Therefore, the Cardinal believes that the selection of Duncan in 97 is the best chance for the Green Army to rise successfully.

As for the millennium?
If he suffers successive setbacks, even if he is a cardinal, he will be disheartened and retire directly to the mountains.

Therefore, there is not much time left for the Green Army and Auerbach.

The 97 draft was not just the last chance for the Celtics to rise.

It is also the last chance for Auerbach, an old man with the blood of the Green Army flowing in his body.

In the end, Bird and Auerbach reached a preliminary agreement.

On March 3, US time, the NBA officially announced the ownership of the awards in February.

Lin Hong won the Best Rookie of the Month award in February without any suspense.

Coach Silver Fox Harris also regained the league's best coach in February.

As for February's league player of the month?
It wasn't Jordan, nor Ma Long and Dameng, but Lin Hong won it again!
Lin Hong won the best player award for the third month of his career!
While continuing to create the number of rookie players who won the best of the month, Lin Hong's number of players of the month has surpassed that of Shaquille O'Neal!
As the man who only changed Lin Hong, the US reporters once again set their sights on the Sharks in Philadelphia like hungry wolves.

"Shaq, Lin won the best of the month again and successfully surpassed you. As the league's super center, how do you feel?"

"How do you want me to feel?"

Faced with the pressing questions of these reporters with guns and clubs, Shark almost broke his defense, and he greeted the eighteen generations of the ancestors of these reporters in his heart.

After sorting out the words, the big shark shrugged, "Let me congratulate Lin hypocritically? Or do I sneer at the results of the month's best selection? Or even say harsh words again?"

"Sorry, I'm not that stupid."

The big shark pouted,
"Lin's performance is worthy of this month's best award, but he is in competition with me, so I cannot and will not congratulate him."

After leaving this ruthless sentence, the big shark suddenly withdrew his smile, turned around and started training.

The regular season is about to enter the final sprint.

But the Philadelphia 76ers are still on the verge of being eliminated in the playoffs.

After all, the current lineup configuration of the 76ers is really hip. Except for O'Neal and Stackhouse, only Coleman can barely make a move, and the rest are a bunch of little Karami.

However, no matter how the team is configured, as long as he leads the team with O'Neal, he must make the playoffs!
This is his bottom line and pride as the league's super center.

But what frustrates him the most is that the 76ers are currently ranked eighth in the East, and there is no gap with the ninth in the East.

As for whether it is possible for the 76ers to rush to seventh in the West and avoid direct dialogue with the Bulls in the first round?

Well, it depends on who is the second in the Eastern Conference at this time.

When you see the second place in the Eastern Conference, it is after the Miami Heat surpassed the New York Knicks.

Most fans think that the 76ers are fighting for seventh place in the Eastern Conference and playing against the Miami Heat in the first round, which is theoretically more likely to advance than playing the Bulls Dynasty in the first round.

After all, the Bulls in the playoffs are going to eat people!
Similarly, O'Neal is more inclined to play the Heat in the first round.

He and Stackhouse, Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning.

Especially when the intensity of the playoffs comes up, the Heat are likely to lose Waterloo in an instant.

As long as he crosses the Heat, even if he falls in the Eastern Conference semifinals, O'Neal still has the confidence to ask the team to continue to strengthen in the summer.

At that time, if the 76ers' management really does nothing, don't blame him for O'Neill directly forcing the palace!
Damn, I can make it to the playoffs with such a bad lineup, what more can I ask for.

If the team doesn't strengthen, I won't take care of this kind of bad team management!

love whoever!
Yes.

O'Neill really thought so in his heart.

He has already made a list of reinforcements for the summer.

Either the players on this list came to Philadelphia, or the Sharks forced them to leave the team and go to these players?
Choose one or the other, there is no negotiating!
In short, everything depends on the operation of the 76ers management in the summer!

On March 3, US time, the Los Angeles Lakers once again ushered in the challenge of the Bulls at home.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Pippen missed the game because of a waist injury.

The bug Rodman also missed the game.

The Iron Triangle is missing two, and Jordan can't support it alone.

The Bulls' six-game winning streak was also ended by the Lakers.

"Michael needs me, you know what I mean?"

After the game, Pippen, who completed a review from Chicago Hospital, accepted an interview with local media:

"If I were in Los Angeles today, the Chicago Bulls would win."

The reporters keenly discovered that Rodman, who was also absent, was not mentioned in Pippen's answer?
In fact.

Although Pippen and Rodman are teammates, their "old enmity" has not been resolved.

In 1991, Rodman played for the "Bad Boys" of the Pistons.

In the Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls faced the Pistons, which had eliminated themselves for three consecutive years, leading 3-3 in the first three games.

In the fourth game, the Bulls were still unstoppable, and the Pistons players obviously became impatient, and their movements became more and more serious.

When Pippen made a layup in the second quarter, Rodman pushed Pippen hard from behind and threw Pippen directly off the field, causing Pippen to be stitched 6 times.

The grievances have ended since then!
Looking at the huge data and salary gap between the two, Pippen became increasingly dissatisfied with his salary.

Therefore, he kept emphasizing his importance in front of the media.

It is to prepare to ask the Bulls management to modify the contract after winning this year's championship!
Why does my second in command only get 200 million?
And Rodman, the third in command who can only grab rebounds, can get an annual salary of 1000 million!
Jordan, who is not much better than himself, has an annual salary of more than 3000 million!
What makes Pippen even more envious and jealous is that as a rookie, Lin Hong has won hundreds of millions of dollars just by relying on the endorsement dividends of sneakers, and he is a proper winner in life.

Luxury cars, villas, beauties, and rookies are all within your reach.

And all the salaries of Pippen's current career are less than half of others.

He's just a first-year rookie!
In contrast, I have been in the league for so many years, why not earn as much as others for half a season? !
Who can balance this!
Add money!

Must add money!

No extra money, I will leave after winning the championship!
Without me, Scottie Pippen, it is impossible for the Chicago Bulls to win the championship with Jordan and Rodman! !
Jealousy caused Pippen to tear apart and lose his mind.

The hundreds of millions of big contracts pouring out of the league deeply stimulated Pippen's fragile and sensitive nerves.

After winning the Bulls, the Lakers won 42 games, which has crossed the threshold of the Western Conference playoffs last season.

That is to say, the ninth Clippers in the Western Conference and the eighth Kings are still in a stalemate, otherwise the Lakers would have locked in the playoffs early.

Of course, the Lakers didn't keep fans waiting too long.

In the first few games in March, Lin Hong and Kobe played a tacit cooperation on the offensive end.

On the defensive end and Daben build a no-fly zone, block strong enemies, and help the team play a hearty winning streak.

The record of the Lakers has also quietly reached 50 wins and 12 losses, and the difference between the wins and the ninth place in the Western Conference exceeds the remaining games.

This also means that the Lakers have secured the first spot in the Western Conference playoffs 20 games ahead of schedule.

At the same time, the Lakers also became the first team in the league to lock in the playoffs in advance.

But the goal of the Lakers regular season has not yet been achieved.

They have a chance to hit the 60+ record in the regular season!

You know, in the Lakers Show-time era, under the leadership of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy, until the end of the 87-88 season, they achieved 62 wins, 62 wins, 65 wins and 62 wins record.

Become the only team in NBA history to achieve 60+ wins for four consecutive years, even the giants of the Green Army failed to achieve this feat.

Since the Lakers fell to the bottom in the 90s, the Los Angeles Lakers have entered the playoffs only a handful of times.

After waiting for 7 seasons, the Lakers finally have another chance to hit 60 wins!

Lakers fans have spontaneously pulled up banners on the streets of Los Angeles to build momentum for the team's long-lost 60+ wins.

February 3th, US time.

The Los Angeles Lakers host the Golden State Warriors, the underdogs in the Western Conference.

Amidst the collective cheers of the fans, Lin Hong scored 58 points, leading the team to continue to hit the record of 60 wins in the regular season.

58 points in a single game is the highest scoring record for an NBA rookie.

Lin Hong tied the rookie record of 58 points in a single game created by the ancient beast Chamberlain in his rookie season.

have to say.

58 is really a magic number.

You will always be aware of the existence of this number inadvertently, and it will bring back some good memories.

It is worth mentioning that in order to ensure that there will be plenty of physical strength and good condition after the season.

The Lakers coaching staff has begun to take reasonable rotations for Lin Hong and other main players.

Ps: The title is incorrect and cannot be changed for the time being! !

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(End of this chapter)