NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The two sides of the 20th anniversary celebration were in a state of panic.

Chapter 132 Christmas War

After learning about the Los Angeles media report on the day of the game, Wang Song cursed inwardly.

This is naked revenge!

Ever since he defeated the OK combination head-on, Los Angeles has begun to target his private life, hoping to get some back on this.

But even the rumor-mongering is so unreliable. If they use Scarlett Johansson, who is in her prime, to hype him up, this young man won’t say much.

But the other party avoided the main point, it was obviously a dinner for three people.

Only two people were captured, and Angelina Jolie, who had just divorced, was used to spread rumors about himself. This is something Wang Song cannot tolerate.

The most important thing is that the kitten just drank the water in the fish tank and didn’t catch any fish to eat.

The spoof of the Los Angeles media made Wang Song very active in the next few games.

Facing the Portland Trail Blazers, Wang Song scored a big double-double of 21 points, 18 rebounds and 0 turnovers. The Trail Blazers became the first stop for Wang Song to vent his anger.

At the same time, this game made Wang Song the youngest player in NBA history to get this data. For Wang Song, who has such historical records, this is just a common thing.

But Portland fans felt the domination of the Eastern power that night. When the Knicks rookie no longer insisted on the rationality of playing, he was like a manic beast.

After the Trail Blazers game, the Christmas game followed.

As the leader of the Eastern Conference, the Knicks naturally arranged a highlight in the Christmas game.

Go to San Antonio to play against the Spurs!

In this crucial game, Popovich, who has always been conservative in scheduling, completely released the Spurs.

GDP’s playing time on that night broke the record of this season. Parker and Duncan played for more than 40 minutes, and Ginobili played for 35 minutes as a substitute.

It’s not that Popovich didn’t want his players to get off work early, but their Christmas game opponents were too tenacious.

Especially the Knicks’ running and gunning style, which has been running in after the pain period.

In the first three quarters, they took the initiative in their hands through fast-paced conversions. What made Popovich’s scalp tingling the most was the Chinese center.

That guy seemed to have inexhaustible physical strength. Through continuous running and counterattacks, he contributed a large double-double of 20 points and 15 rebounds in the first three quarters. As the first inside pillar of the Spurs besides Duncan, the white center Rasu Nesterovic became vulnerable in his hands.

However, under the blockade of the iron-blooded Spurs in the last quarter, the Knicks still swallowed the second defeat of this season.

After all, the Spurs were the champion team last year and have completed reinforcements in the new season.

But even so, Popovich also tried his best to defeat this Knicks and used up the last bullet in his body!

The match between Duncan and Wang Song ended with the Spurs winning by a narrow margin!

After the Christmas game, the 2-2 road trip seemed to have caused the Knicks’ undefeated myth in the East to begin to collapse.

Many media took this opportunity to write articles and try to find traffic on the Knicks.

“The strong first place in the East, the beginning and end of the Knicks’ 21-game winning streak legend!”

“Rookies are rookies after all, and they cannot determine the upper limit of a team!”

“The dominant inside line can’t save the Knicks, this is the “gold” content of the last one! ”

“The results of the All-Star voting are imminent, and the Knicks’ losing streak may affect Wang Song’s starting position in the Eastern All-Stars? ”

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New York!

The weakness of the front line has been a headache for the Knicks management for a long time, and a player trade about the Knicks was brewing before and after the All-Star voting.

“Recently, Dikembe’s opinions in the team are getting louder and louder. Boss, should we consider sending him away!”

Dikembe Mutombo!

Uncle Mu!

This aging legendary center has been sitting on the Knicks bench for quite a while since he was traded to the Knicks with the veteran minimum salary.

Especially after D’Antoni joined the team, Uncle Mu, who was completely surrounded by Wang Song, sat on the Knicks bench.

This rookie coach doesn’t like to use this old-school center at all. Although his physical advantage is obvious, his age makes him unable to keep up with the current Knicks system.

As of the first 20 games this season, Mutombo’s playing time is only 10 minutes per game.

This is a waste for both the Knicks and Mutombo. You know, he was selected as the third best player in the 2001 season.

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So now the Knicks management plans to put him on the shelf and seek a more powerful forward in the free market to make up for the team’s shortcomings.

“If he is not suitable for the team, send him away, just to free up salary space!”

4 million!

This is Mutombo’s treatment in the Knicks this season.

Compared with the tens of millions of contracts flying all over the sky, this number is not much for a former All-Star center.

But for a bench player who only played for 10 minutes, it is still a bit high.

“Then let’s put Tim Thomas on the shelf together, which will free up a lot of salary space, and the boss… The Pistons have begun to relax on the trade, and Prince has become a tradeable option, but Joe Dumars is still unwilling to trade directly with us and asks to join other teams.”

Tim Thomas and Mutombo can free up 15 million salary space. For the Knicks, this price can pick a suitable forward in the league and even have more.

You should know that except for the top-paid players in the league, most of the All-Star players’ salaries are still around 13 million.

However, if you want to win the Pistons’ first-round forward, you are bound to bleed a lot.

“Ernie, the recent losses seem to have caused more reactions from the outside world to the team. The results of the All-Star vote should be out soon, right?”

As the hottest star of the Knicks, Scott Layden, the president of the Knicks, still wants Wang Song to get as much exposure as possible.

Being selected as an All-Star in his rookie season is a good start.

“Sir, public opinion is indeed somewhat unfavorable to the team recently, but… the team’s record seems to be decoupled from Wang Song’s All-Star vote results. After losing to the Lakers and Spurs in succession, Wang’s votes have surpassed Ben Wallace in one fell swoop, and are now far ahead.”

Speaking of this, Ernie Grunfeld also smiled bitterly.

He was a little helpless about such a weird phenomenon!

“If nothing unexpected happens, the starting center in the East should be a foregone conclusion!”

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Detroit!

In the locker room of the Palace of Auburn Hills.

“Damn it! How did this damn Chinese kid suddenly get so many votes?”

An angry voice came, and Ben Wallace, who was training, roared angrily at his agent.

“Ben, calm down!”

The agent seemed to have long been accustomed to the irritable Ben, and persuaded him with a smile on his face.

“The voting is not over yet, we will find a way, don’t worry!”

(End of this chapter)