NBA Ten Thousand Worlds Bishop

Chapter 163 Buckley's Temptation
The regular season is over, and the Eastern and Western playoff teams have been produced.

The top four teams in the East are the Bulls, Magic, Pacers and Cavaliers.

It is worth mentioning that last season's defending champion, the Nets, only finished fifth in the Eastern Conference this season...

Coleman's state declined rapidly, making the Nets fans hate it.

Compared with last season, the strength of the Nets has changed drastically. Although the backcourt has not changed much, the inside lineup has changed from the top of the league to the second-rate.

Coleman's strength has declined sharply. Muresan was traded to Polynesian, and his strength has naturally become second-rate...

Seeing that the Nets have been reduced from a championship-level team to a second-rate team like the current one, Nets fans are naturally distressed, and their resentment towards the Nets management is even greater.

Look at the current kings, after Chuck Daly and Davidson joined, they were like chicken blood, and their record soared like a rocket into the sky.

You must know that the Kings only won 32 games last season, and this season it has doubled!
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The situation in the west is more complicated than in the east.

There is one super team in the East, and the Bulls are that super team.

On the west side, it is a situation of disputes between heroes. The king's record of 63 wins ranks first in the west, and the second-ranked supersonics are actually no different from the kings.

The Spurs won 59 games and the Jazz won 55 games. They are the top three in the East.

Although the Rockets only have 48 wins, no one dares to underestimate the Rockets' combat power. After all, they were still a Finals-level team last season.

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Kings, Sonics, Spurs, Jazz, Lakers, Rockets, Trail Blazers, Suns, these are the eight teams in the Western Conference that have qualified for the playoffs.

Even the eighth-ranked Suns should not be underestimated.

The internal and external combination of Barkley and Kevin Johnson is quite powerful. Coupled with this year's newcomer Michael Finley, the strength is by no means the kind of team that can't stand on the stage.

The Suns were actually quite lucky in the 95 draft. They selected Finley, who is known as the poor man's version of Jordan, with the 21st overall pick. He averaged 15 points per game in his rookie season. He was a very good rookie in the 95th draft.

Of course, Finley, the poor man's version of Jordan, is definitely not enough for Battelle, who is nicknamed the fourth Jordan of the same class.

In addition to these three main players, the Suns also have a large group of well-known veteran players on the bench.

For example, former All-Star insider Danny Manning, Iron Man AC Green, Hot Rod Williams...

If you really want to talk about the depth of the bench lineup, the Suns must be better than the Kings.

The King's opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Suns. After killing the Suns, they will face one of the two teams, the Jazz or the Lakers.

If nothing else, the Jazz must be more likely.

If you can get rid of the Jazz and continue to advance, no one can tell the King's opponent in the Western Conference Finals.

The Supersonics, Spurs, Rockets, and Trail Blazers are the four teams that can advance to the Western Conference Finals. Except for the Trail Blazers, the probability of advancing to the Western Conference Finals is relatively small.

On April 4, Davidson was mobilizing players in the locker room at the Sleep Train Arena.

"Our previous record against the Suns this season is 3 wins and 1 loss. Guys, you should know what this means." Davidson smiled at the Kings.

"This means that the Suns are definitely not our opponents. What we need to think about now is not how to win the Suns, but how to win the Suns more easily!"

Davidson is quite confident that the Kings will win the Suns.

"Coach, don't worry, our Kings are completely the nemesis of the Suns. If there is a bus to clean up Barkley, let alone win them, it will not be difficult to sweep them." Richmond said with a smile.

Davidson nodded. If there is no accident in the Sun's inside combination, it should be Barkley and Hot Rod Williams. These two little guys will definitely not be the opponents of the Muba combination.

As for the outside line, although Richmond, Walter and Snow are not opponents of the Bulls, they have no problem playing against the Suns.

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"Wilson, do you want to discuss it?" Barkley leaned over to Davidson during the pre-match warm-up session.

Davidson looked at Barkley with a smile, "What are you discussing?"

"Why don't I bring the Suns to deliberately lose to you, and then how about you bring Battelle and Muresan to our Suns team next season?" Barkley said with a smile.

"Don't rush to refuse. The boss is willing to give you a guaranteed annual salary of 300 million US dollars. We will definitely show the greatest sincerity in the contract between Muresan and Battelle. How about it?"

Barkley lowered his voice and told Davidson a very attractive price.

Davidson laughed, 300 million annual salary?
Although Davidson's current annual salary is only 120 million US dollars, he only signed this contract for one year...

At the beginning, Petrie might have left behind, so he didn't sign a long-term contract with Davidson.

After this season, Davidson will re-sign the contract with the Kings. Will the Kings dare to press Davidson's price?Certainly not.

Because Muresan has become a completely free agent and can follow Davidson at any time.

As for Battelle, after the end of this season, the Kings will give up the team option, perhaps because Davidson left, Battelle followed suit.

If the two of Muba run away, the Kings team will be beaten back to its original shape immediately.

Therefore, whether the Kings are happy or not, they must give a coaching contract that satisfies Davidson.

"Charles, do you think our king needs you to release water?" Davidson said with a light smile.

Barkley, who asked this question directly, was speechless. Even though Barkley was very confident, he knew very well that the Suns were definitely not the king's opponents right now.

If there was no Battelle, then Buckley would not look down on the king at all. Even if there was Muresan, he would be confident that he could easily kill the king.

But the crux of the problem now is Battelle. The reason why the Kings are the nemesis of the Suns is that Battelle is the nemesis of Barkley.

Although Barkley has the nickname of the flying pig in the air, he is a real floor player. It can even be said that he is the most typical representative of the floor player.

Because Battelle's speed is not particularly good, he can't defend those flying players, but he is quite good at defending Barkley.

With supernatural power, huge tonnage, and the permanent position of No. [-], he is Barkley's nemesis!

(I repeat here, Barkley is a floor player. I said in the first book that Barkley is a floor player, and I am still spraying it. Is it so difficult to download Barkley on Baidu? Or maybe these people watch Barkley’s game highlights, so they think Barkley is a flying player?)
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