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Chapter 83 The most dynamic end of the season

"Riding Buckle Taylor Hansbrough, Huaxia Beast smashes "Five-Star North Carolina"!" "

"Nothing is impossible, "Super rookie" the sun led the team to defeat North Carolina! "

"This is the charm of "March Madness", the "dark horse" Sun Devils won the first championship in team history! "

In the 24 hours after the NCAA finals, similar reports were posted on major websites for a day, and the popularity remained high. Even though the NBA had rekindled the first day after the NCAA finals, it did not affect the follow-up popularity of the NCAA finals at all.

The main reason is naturally that the result of this game exceeded everyone's predictions. No one thought that the "Five-Star North Carolina" would capsize!

Another reason is that the stars who watched the game all commented on the sun in interviews.

LeBron James: "He is unbelievable, he is the kind of opponent that will give you a headache, I look forward to him coming to the NBA, this guy is great!"

What did LeBron say?
He said the sun is great?

No, no, he said he wanted to be teammates with the sun!

Yes yes yes yes!

I understood!

Cavaliers general manager David Griffin said he was in the fifth tier.

Dwyane Wade: "I think we need some fresh blood to stimulate this team. When I saw the sun, I became more determined."

Pat Riley: Xiaobian, isn't it just to have good teammates?Wait, don't worry, everything that should be there will be there!
Yao Ming: "Need to say? This game proved that Lin Ri is that incredible guy!"

Domestic media: Huaxia players, Huaxia soul, Huaxia players are masters in the NBA, come on, Huaxia players!
However, not all stars are smiling when talking about Lin Ri.

There are also stern faces.

For example, Amare Stoudemire in Phoenix.

After watching the live game of the sun that day, he could feel that he had heard the name more often.

Whether it's Steve Nash or Steve Kerr, they will say this name twice if they have nothing to do.

This made him gradually feel very uncomfortable.

He doesn't know why he heard the name the sun like this. It may be the mutual exclusion between players of the same type, or more and more voices now call the sun "the enhanced version of Amare Stoudemire".

Enhanced version of me?
What is this kidding?

Amare is a very proud player.

Back then, he refused to accept that Yao Ming had a higher pick than him, and now he also refuses to accept that Lin Ri is an enhanced version of him.

Of course, it may also be that his contract is about to expire next year, and the team has chosen the "pie-eating" inside line for two consecutive years, which makes him a little sensitive.

In short, when faced with questions about Lin Ri, his expression was extremely stiff: "North Carolina is not as strong as the outside world imagined. It can be seen from the game that none of the three inside players can pull out to shoot mid-range shots. If there is one guy who can do it, it will be very difficult for the Sun Devils to win this game!"

He was telling the truth.

It just made the reporter who interviewed him hear other meanings.

The news headline went straight up - "Is the sun overrated?"Amare Stoudemire: An inside player who can shoot in the middle can solve him! "

Amare Stoudemire: ? ? ?What do I mean?
"The Suns are very likely to get the No. [-] pick this year. In your opinion, will the team win the sun at this pick?"

"This is a decision that Steve Kerr can make. You should ask him. I am just a player. Winning is what I should consider!"

Okay, know - "Dissatisfied with the team's bad performance and waiting for the sun?"Amare Stoudemire expressed dissatisfaction in the post-match interview! "

Amare Stoudemire: I...

Can I stop talking?

Alright—"Dissatisfied, Amare Stoudemire turned black when he heard the question about the sun!" "

Amare Stoudemire: ...please let me go~
The amount of attention these remarks aroused is neither big nor small. After all, the Suns are a strong contender for the No. 09 pick in [-]. At this time, Stoudemire is frequently exposed to have negative emotions about the poor performance and Lin Ri. This actually affects the unity of the team and the construction of the team.

So Steve Kerr had a conversation with Stoudemire immediately.

"Please believe that the core of the Suns will still be you and Steve, and this will not change!"

"The sun is very talented, but it is also a matter of the future. He still needs a certain amount of time to grow!"

"Believe me, at the end of next year's season, we will send you a contract that satisfies you!"

After a comprehensive reassurance, Steve Kerr felt that Stoudemire's mood had stabilized a lot, so he was relieved to continue his "bad show" career!

As for these promises of his...

Can a man's mouth be trusted?
Besides, now is the most critical moment!
These bad teams in the East and West currently have 7 teams with less than 20 wins.

The Suns and the Grizzlies are the leading ones, and they are both 15 wins and 61 losses.

But the situation is not optimistic. The Thunder team is currently 15 wins and 60 losses. If the Thunder team loses this game tonight, the record will be the same as theirs. That is, the three teams "go hand in hand."

In addition, there are the Los Angeles Clippers with 17 wins and 59 losses, and the New York Knicks with 18 wins and 58 losses... These bad teams are watching behind.

Not to mention, the Suns have to play one game each against the Thunder and the Knicks in the remaining few games. If they win these games, wouldn't it be a failure?
Under such circumstances, Steve Kerr must personally watch to ensure that the Suns can become the worst team this season!

Therefore, when he learned that Stoudemire was dissatisfied, Steve Kerr felt his heart stop for an instant. He didn't want to "fire in the backyard" at such a critical moment.

Fortunately, he managed to appease Stoudemire.

……

A thing no one thought of!
When the regular season of the 08-09 season came to an end, the biggest suspense was actually a few bad teams in the league!

No one cares about whether the Philadelphia 76ers have secured the eighth place in the East, and no one cares about the final result of the battle between the Blazers and the Rockets for fourth and fifth in the West.

All the fans are discussing who will eventually become the "bottom king" of the league this season, because that means that he can get the No. [-] pick with the highest probability and become the guy most likely to get the sun.

"This is absurd! The entire league is now thinking about how to lose instead of how to win. This is not the right thing to do. The league cannot sit idly by!"

Larry Bird fired openly at this time.

He was actually doing badly before, but it was a bit late for him to do badly, and now he said goodbye to the "vanguard" who was badly bad. Even after he was badly bad for a while, the Pacers finally made it to the playoffs... Don't you think this is annoying?
Larry Bird is very angry, so he wants to add some trouble to these bad guys.

It's just that the people in this alliance are more refined than each other.

Steve Kerr said: "This year is a difficult season for the Suns. We injured a lot of core players, which caused us some problems in running in. I think it will take time!" It's not that I don't want to win, but that there are too many injuries in our team.

Thunder general manager Presti: "For the Thunder, it is more important to see the growth of young players than to win one or two more games at this time. We are heading in a good direction. For a new team that has just moved to Oklahoma, this is not easy!"

New York President Donnie Walsh: "The Knicks have had a tough time. Even some guys who are no longer in the team can still take a lot of money from us every year. We need time to recover. Our vitality." I spent all the money, but I don't have any players that can be used. What if I don't lose?
When Larry Bird fired openly and the official hadn't made a statement, the people who talked about the bad teams all stood up and disregarded the relationship.

Now, let me show you the wounds, we are not trying to show off, we really have difficulties, Larry Bird is not talking about us, he is talking about other people!

then……

That night, the Suns lost 106 to 120 at home to the Bulls, and their record became 15 wins and 62 losses.

Steve Kerr: "Look, we tried so hard and we still lost!"

A day later, the Thunder lost 103 to 118 on the road to the Lakers, and the record changed to 15 wins and 62 losses.

Presti: "It's just a little short, what a pity!"

Two days later, the New York Knicks lost 100 to 115 at home to the Hawks, and their record changed to 18-59.

Donnie Walsh: "On the plus side, we made it to the fourth quarter at least!"

Larry Bird: ...

I am so special!

A bunch of shameless things!
I lost, so farewell!

"Big Bird" no longer spoke.

The league ultimately said nothing, and apparently let the situation go.

It goes through every few years, doesn't it?

Moreover, these teams have all stated their own reasons, such as injuries, small cities, and running out of money, and they have been bad for many years, which also meet the league's "poverty alleviation" target standards.

Even if it is Stern, there is nothing to say. The NBA is a competition between players and a game between them and a group of businessmen. Since he let the Spurs rob Duncan at the beginning, he gave Akron's young talent to Cleveland in 03, and last year gave the Windy City youth to Chicago... Now he has to give some love to the teams that have the same problem.

This is part of the rules of the game, even if he is the president of the league, he cannot interfere too much.

If it's bad, it's bad!

However, the fact that Larry Bird stopped talking does not mean that the quarrel has stopped.

"New York has lost 18 games in a row, no bad team can be this bad!"

"I don't think the Suns can lose like this. They also have Shaquille O'Neal. This guy has returned to the All-Star stage this year. Will such a guy let a team win only 15 games?"

"If the Grizzlies can't even beat us, then they can be disbanded directly. We have only been in the army for two years!"

Well, yes, the outsiders stopped talking, and this group of bad guys started to fight among themselves. Steve Kerr accused the Knicks of losing too many games in a row. The general manager of the Clippers felt that the Suns had O’Neal.

This scene of mutual conflict made the well-informed NBA "living fossil" Bill Walton dumbfounded: "This is the end of the season with the last vitality I have ever seen, um... thanks to the sun!"

　Brothers, please recommend tickets! ! ! !

　　It is too difficult, too difficult! ! ! !

　　


(End of this chapter)