NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 177: Sensation in the league, the Nuggets’ golden two-gun team

Despite suffering a three-game losing streak in November, the Bulls' record is still the best in the Eastern Conference. During this period, Wang Chong averaged 11 points, 32 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game. He was undoubtedly elected as the Eastern Conference Monthly Player of the Month in November. Best player.

What is surprising is that the Eastern Conference player competing with Wang Chong in November is Howard of the Magic.

Warcraft has indeed grown up. During November, he averaged 11 points, 17.1 rebounds and 13.6 blocks per game. He showed great dominance on the defensive end and led the Magic to a record of 1.9 wins and 10 losses. Their current record is second only to the Bulls.

Of course, no matter how outstanding Howard's performance was during this period, it was just a flash in the pan. His dominance was not up to the league's top level. In the original 06-07 season, he was only selected to one All-NBA Third Team and was not selected to the All-NBA Team. Best defensive lineup.

But it will be different next season, that is, the 07-08 season. By then, Warcraft will have completely grown up, with regular season data reaching 20+14, and averaging more than 2 blocks per game.

In the next two to three years, the Magic will be one of the strong opponents in the Eastern Conference. Since Wang Chong is in the Eastern Conference and wants to win the championship, such opponents must pay more attention.

The Eastern Conference Player of the Month for November is Wang Chong, while the Western Conference Player of the Month goes to Dayao.

Dayao was indeed quite strong in November, and it’s no wonder that the Bulls were beaten after the encounter. In the 11 games played, Dayao averaged nearly 15 points, 26 rebounds and 10 blocks per game, leading the team to 1.7 wins and 10 games. With a negative record, no one can match him in terms of personal performance in the West.

This is the first time in Dayao's career that he has been selected as the best player of the month. For the majority of Chinese fans, it is like a Chinese New Year, because this month the league's two best players are all from China. Although Wang Chong His current identity is still Chinese-American, but after all, he has the standard blood of Chinese descendants, which means that Chinese players are achieving more and more success in the NBA.

Not only that, the two current NBA players are playing well, and China's youth training force is also developing tirelessly.

Earlier, the Basketball Association officially announced that two young Chinese players will test the waters of the NBA draft next year. One is the emerging domestic powerhouse Arab League, and the other is Sun Yue, the hope of future guards.

If the draft of these two players goes well, there will be more and more Chinese players in the NBA, and their international influence will continue to increase.

As a time traveler, Wang Chong certainly knew that both Arab League and Sun Yue had successfully logged into the NBA. Arab League, in particular, relied on his agent's famous chair trial method to successfully confuse a group of experienced NBA scouts, thus helping Arab League. The United won a lottery pick, which can be said to be full of cards.

The UAE has strength, especially after Dayao officially retired 10 years later. The UAE has become the only pillar of the Chinese men's basketball team and has protected the national team for nearly ten years.

When Dayao and Dayao were there, everyone felt that Ah Lian was too weak and vulnerable.

But when Dayao and Dayao retired one after another, and the Chinese men's basketball team was in decline, everyone discovered that Ah Lian was actually very good, but he could not be as good as Dayao. But compared to the so-called inside hope of the men's basketball team, Wang Zhelin He is not even the slightest bit stronger than Zhou Qi and his ilk.

In fact, the Basketball Association has been in constant communication with Wang Chong for more than a year.

Because Wang Chong once revealed his intention to change his nationality to China to win glory for the country, as Wang Chong has achieved more and more achievements in the NBA, the Chinese men's basketball team's urgency to obtain Wang Chong has continued to increase.

Especially last season, Wang Chong averaged 35.6 points per game in the regular season, which was really shocking, because before this in the NBA, only Jordan had achieved such an average of points per game, which means that the Chinese men's basketball team will very likely win. One of their own Michael Jordan!

In fact, the attitude of the Basketball Association at the beginning was a bit arrogant. If you, a player, return to your country to win glory for the country, is it worth the efforts of our leaders? There are even some requirements that Wang Chong thinks are ridiculous, such as paying a fee to the Basketball Association every year like Dayao did, and there are also some conditions for playing in games.

This kind of thing seems extremely ridiculous to Wang Chong. He is not a player like Dayao who was trained under the closed youth training system of the Chinese men's basketball team. He still wants to take advantage of me?

Wang Chong just said "I'll think about it" and then put aside the basketball association personnel responsible for contacting him.

As a result, Wang Chong, who originally planned to return to Huaguo International this summer and register for the men's basketball national team and compete in the 06 Men's Basketball World Championship, took a long vacation for himself in the summer.

Wang Chong has no interest in continuing to play for the American men's basketball team. The World Championships and the Olympic Games are still far behind in terms of quality. Most of the stars in the United States refused to participate. In the end, the Dream Team could only send a team consisting of James and Wei. The rookie version of the Dream Team, led by players such as De, Anthony, Bosh and Howard, was beaten in various ways in the World Championships and only achieved a third-place finish.

The disastrous defeat at the World Championships also caused considerable controversy in the United States. After all, the Dream Team's world dominance has lasted for a long time, including the 04 Dream Team , which was not very strong overall and also successfully won the championship gold medal.

It seems now that Wang Chong contributed a lot to the Dream Team winning the championship. His unsolvable mid-range shot was the biggest nemesis of the zone defense system under FIBA ​​rules and could easily tear apart the zone defense system that European teams are best at. .

After the World Championships, many professional basketball commentators stated directly that it didn’t matter whether other players participated in the 08 Olympics, but Wang Chong must be on the Dream Team’s roster. As long as Wang Chong is there, the Dream Team will win. The team will have a magic weapon to face European teams.

When this argument reached the ears of the Chinese Basketball Association, some people immediately panicked.

This is no longer the time to show off. If Wang Chong really refuses to come back because the conditions cannot be negotiated, causing the Chinese men's basketball team to lose such a top superstar, let alone credit, they may even be held accountable.

After that, the staff of the Basketball Association who was responsible for contacting Wang Chong changed people, and their attitude also changed 180 degrees. From putting forward various conditions for him, it directly changed to if you have any conditions, we can Will try to be satisfied.

This look made Wang Chong want to complain, "I still like your unruly look just now, please recover."

Of course, this cannot be said directly. Wang Chong also understands the principle of letting things go as soon as they are good. As a person, it is enough to leave a line so that we can meet each other in the future. As long as the purpose can be achieved, that is enough.

The two sides are still in the process of negotiation. Although the Basketball Association is anxious, Wang Chong is not in a hurry. As long as an agreement can be reached before the 08 Capital Olympics, there will be no problem.

<divclass="contentadv">The Chinese men's basketball team in 08 can be considered the strongest in history. Although Dayao was injured but still in his prime, plus the Arab League, Da Zhi and others such as Zhu Fangyu As a national player, Wang Chong is confident that he can lead the Chinese men's basketball team to win an Olympic medal in 08.

As for whether Wang Chong will have a chance to compete for the gold medal, it's hard to say now. It depends on whether he can complete the system upgrade task in the next two years, and then let his strength break through the limitations of Durant's template card and become better than Stronger now.

If Wang Chong can reach the overall ability score of 99, especially if his physical fitness is strengthened to the full value of 99, he can play the entire game with full energy, and he can make a difference on both offense and defense on the court, then he can defeat the dream team of 08. It is not impossible for the team to win. After all, the only qualified inside center on the Dream Team is Howard, and the only other inside players are Bosh and Boozer.

Boozer may have restrained Dayao in terms of style, but Howard and Bosh had nothing to do in front of Dayao, especially Howard. Before Dayao retired, even Howard at his peak faced Dayao. Dayao was also beaten at times. What Dayao liked to deal with most was Howard, a spring man with rough skills. On the contrary, a short inside man like Boozer with solid lower body strength would make it quite uncomfortable for him.

Of course, it is now November 2006, and there are still nearly two years until the 11 Olympic Games. There is no need to rush to consider these issues.

What Wang Chong has to do is to play every game well, devote all his energy to NBA games, win MVP and FMVP as soon as possible, complete the system upgrade task, and further improve his own strength.

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The Bulls' schedule has entered December, and it's finally becoming a lot friendlier.

Although the Alliance is a bitch, it is not too ruthless.

After arranging a series of seven consecutive away games for the Bulls, they also arranged a wave of eight consecutive home games for the Bulls in December as compensation.

This means that after the away game against the New Orleans Hornets on December 12, the Bulls will play at home in Chicago for a full half month, and can take a good rest to make up for the excessive physical exertion.

As soon as they returned to their home court and regained their composure, the Bulls immediately showed their dominance with a seven-game winning streak at the beginning of the season.

Including the 12:1 away victory over the New Orleans Hornets on December 111, the Bulls defeated many teams including the Wizards, Celtics, Raptors, Timberwolves, Pacers and SuperSonics in eight home games. He won seven of the games, and with the three consecutive victories at the end of November, he started a thrilling ten-game winning streak!

这波连胜直接让公牛队的战绩来到19胜4负，战绩高居全联盟榜首，还在西部三支强队，16胜7负的达拉斯小牛，16胜6负的菲尼克斯太阳以及18胜6负的马刺之上。

Now the whole league was shocked. What kind of rhythm is this? Is Wang Chong going to lead this Bulls team to the first place in the regular season?

Everyone is amazed by the Bulls' strong performance in the regular season.

But his family knows his own business. Wang Chong is very aware that the Bulls' strength is still far behind the Mavericks, Suns and Spurs, which are the top three in the Western Conference. The reason why they can lead in terms of record is entirely due to the excellent matching mechanism of the Eastern Region. .

The Eastern Conference in the 06-07 season was indeed very tight. Without Wang Chong's Bulls, the Pistons would have won the first place in the Eastern Conference regular season with 53 wins and 29 losses. This record would only rank first in the Western Conference. In fourth place, and very close to the 52-win Rockets and 51-win Jazz.

In the East, which is significantly less competitive than the West, the Bulls naturally have a considerable advantage. After all, the teams in the East play against each other four times a season, while they only play against the tough guys in the West twice each.

Although it seems a bit overwhelming, this in itself is one of the advantages of being a team in the East. The situation of the strong west and the weak east is not artificially controlled. It is just because there are more big cities in the west, the economy is more prosperous, and the economy is more prosperous. It’s just easy to attract some superstars to join.

This was best reflected in mid-December, because on December 12, a sensational transaction occurred in the league.

The Philadelphia 76ers traded their superstar, regular season MVP, and four-time scoring champion Allen Iverson to the Denver Nuggets, and the only bargaining chips they received were Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and two first-round picks.

This deal is obviously unfair. Iverson is the league's top star. Although he has led the team with poor performance in the past two years, he can still average top star-level data of about 30+4+7 per game. He is still the best player in the league. The player with the strongest scoring ability.

But the 76ers are really helpless. Iverson's personal ability is very strong, but his temper is completely proportional to his ability.

Playing big names, missing training, and constantly having conflicts with the team coach. Although players with such perverse personalities can gain a large number of fans, their uncontrollable personality is not a good thing for the team management.

Therefore, when the Nuggets selected Andre Iguodala, known as the Little AI, they already had the idea of ​​​​trading Iverson away to strengthen Iguodala.

Of course, everyone knows what happened later. Iguodala was not strong enough to serve as the main core of a team. After playing for the 76ers for eight years, he was still unable to achieve anything. In the end, he was kicked out by the 76ers, and then he played as a role player in the Warriors. The team ushered in the highlight of their career, winning an FMVP trophy by defending James.

After Iverson joined the Nuggets, he also played two seasons with relatively good efficiency. However, the Nuggets' double-gun partnership with Anthony never made much difference in the Western Conference. The Nuggets still continued to travel in the first round. The Nuggets also lost patience and traded Iverson to the Pistons while he still had trade value, in exchange for championship point guard Billups.

Then came the irony. Iverson failed to recover in the Pistons. His average data dropped below 20 points for the first time, with only 17 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. The Pistons were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Cavaliers.

The Nuggets, who acquired Billups, changed their predicament of missing the first round of the playoffs for five consecutive years and made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals, only to lose 2:4 to the Lakers.

The stark contrast makes people more aware that the era of the famous "answer" has passed. Iverson, who once single-handedly competed with the arrogant OK combination, no longer exists.

Iverson's joining of the Nuggets deprived the Eastern Conference of another superstar. Correspondingly, the Western Conference defenders gained a top scorer who averaged 31.2 points per game and ranked among the top three in the league's scoring list.