NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 65 Barkley: I am more optimistic about Wang Chong than James!

As the Lakers have the most luxurious lineup in the league, the first game of the regular season naturally attracted many media to broadcast the game live, including two well-known TV stations in the United States, ESPN and TNT, as well as China's CCTV, which broadcast the entire game live.

Inside the TNT studio.

The two TNT commentators and golden partners, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, were chatting before the game.

"Charles, the Lakers' No. 40 pick Wang Chong has attracted a lot of attention recently. In the previous preseason and summer league, Wang Chong had 03 points against No. pick LeBron James and No. overall pick Carmelo Anthony respectively. With his scoring performance, many media are now saying that Wang Chong may be the most talented and powerful player in the class. What do you think of this?"

Smith asked.

As a hot topic of current affairs, he had already investigated various matters concerning Wang Chong in advance, and he also knew that Wang Chong and Dayao were half fellow villagers. Last year, Barkley suffered a big loss from Dayao, and that was the famous Buck Leigh kissing donkey butt incident.

Although there was no ventilation in advance, Smith felt that even because of the Dayao incident, Barkley would not have much favorable impressions of Wang Chong and would definitely criticize him. If he got more emotional, he might make another decision. A bet like a donkey's butt.

However, what Smith didn't expect was that as soon as he asked, Buckley took over the topic with a smile on his face.

"I'm very familiar with Wang Chong. I'm afraid you don't know that when Marquette University played in the NCAA semi-finals, I started to follow their games. Whether it was Dwyane Wade or Wang Chong, I watched them all. Passed a lot of their games.”

"You just said that Wang Chong may be the most talented and powerful player in the 03 class. I completely agree with this sentence because I see in him the shadow of a guy who I hate very much but have to admire - La Lee Byrd."

Buckley shook his head. "Both of them are big shooters, and both have accurate mid-range shots. Their styles are really similar. Because I have played against Bird head-on, I know better than anyone else that a big player who is good at shooting can be very defensive when he is good at shooting." I wonder how difficult it is to limit it. I didn’t expect that there would be another Bird-like player in the league now..."

Smith opened his mouth slightly and looked at Buckley in astonishment.

He didn't expect that Buckley would praise Wang Chong to the sky. That's not how the script was written.

But Smith was worthy of being a Smith. He immediately discovered Hua Dian and asked immediately.

"Then according to your opinion, Wang Chong is indeed better than LeBron, who is known as the strongest No. 1 pick?"

This is obviously causing a fight.

In today's United States, James already has a large number of fans. These fans firmly believe that James is the strongest and will surely dominate the league and become a superstar like Jordan who dominates an era.

If someone admits in public that a No. 13 pick in the first round is better than their King, they will definitely be sprayed all over.

How bold, how dare you do the following! Aren't you afraid of killing your nine tribes?

But Barkley is obviously the kind of player who is not afraid of anything, especially what he believes in. He will never stop unless he hits the south wall and his head is bloody.

Therefore, when faced with the controversial topic of Smith, he nodded without hesitation.

"At least that's how it seems to me."

Next, Barkley elaborated on his views.

<divclass="contentadv">"Wang Chong and LeBron are completely different players. In my opinion, LeBron is more like a Magic Johnson with enhanced offensive ability and physical fitness, while Wang Chong is Bird. .”

"Who is better between Ervin and Larry? There is still no opinion that is convincing enough for everyone, but one thing I am sure of is that if they are put on a team without other stars, Team, Bird's performance in leading the team will definitely be better than that of Magic. No matter how superb a point guard is in passing, he can only rely on the performance of his teammates, and it is difficult to win the game on his own."

During the Magic Birds War, it was true that the Lakers led by Magic won more championships, but the objective facts must also be acknowledged.

The Big Three of the Lakers at the time were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and James Worthy.

The Celtics' Big Three are Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish.

In terms of the quality of the Big Three alone, the Celtics are outclassed by the Lakers. McHale can only be equal to Worthy at best. The two are extremely close in terms of career data and matchup data, almost on par. .

But Parish and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are completely different players.

Therefore, it is natural that the Lakers won more championships than the Celtics during that period, but this does not mean that the Magic's real strength must be better than the Birds. It can only be said that when both teams have luxurious lineups, the Magic The division's organizational and connection capabilities can better bring out the team's strength.

This is the problem with James.

Without superstar teammates around him, it would be difficult for James to win a championship, but players like Jordan, Bird, and even Kobe during the latter two championships can win as long as he is surrounded by one or two outstanding All-Star players. Can win a championship.

This has nothing to do with strength, but a matter of playing style. The ball-carrying style of play is destined to build the entire team around him. The lower limit is extremely high but the upper limit has great limitations.

But a pure scorer does not have so many twists and turns and can be well integrated into the team system. He only serves as the end point of the team's scoring, which is simple, direct and efficient.

Including Kobe's last two championships, the team's core ball-handlers are Odom and Gasol, and the team's overall tactics are also Phil Jackson has developed a perfect triangle offense, while Kobe has a large number of off-ball tactical arrangements, rather than Big package.

Of course, it's a different matter when Kobe becomes a solo player.

As a top star who has played in the league for many years and won the regular season MVP, Barkley has a very clear view.

He has seen that James' style of play is more like a version of Magic with enhanced offense and weakened passing support. Such a player is absolutely indispensable for personal honors, but it is not the type that Barkley likes.

Earlier, Barkley had publicly expressed his admiration for Bird more than once. Whether it was his unstoppable shooting ability, various dirty moves on the defensive end, or the level of trash talk that spread throughout the league, Barkley couldn't praise him enough. Absolutely.

So when I saw Wang Chong, whose style was very similar to Bird's, I naturally fell in love with this player.

But Barkley still doesn't know that Wang Chong is not like Bird, but like Durant, but there is no Durant in the league yet.

Although they both use mid-range shooting as their main scoring method, the styles of Durant and Bird are quite different.