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Chapter 582 Lao Wang: The postman, without a crown for life, is as miserable as a dog!

Chapter 582 Lao Wang: The postman, without a crown for life, is as miserable as a dog!

On the 19th, the Suns challenged the Jazz away.

Now this Jazz team is still a black and white team. Jeff Hornacek retired in 00, before Lao Wang retired.

This Jazz team, with the degeneration of the lineup, gradually aged in black and white. Since 99, it has withdrawn from the first tier of the championship level team and withdrew from the championship competition. Last season, it barely made it to the playoffs.

In fact, the 39-year-old postman Karl Malone's strength is not bad. From the beginning of this season to now, he still has an average of 20+ per game. However, with the increase of injuries and the decline of physical fitness, his investment in defense and rebounding has gradually decreased, and his contribution to the team has also decreased a lot.

And Stockton, at the age of 40, still has an average of 10+7 per game. Although he can still play, his strength is no longer good and he is on the verge of retirement.

The two starters met in the player tunnel, black and white Shuangsha couldn't help sighing when they saw the majestic old K.

The two of them watched the old K enter the league. They had many conflicts with the old K in the early stage. The postman even had many serious conflicts with the old K. Many bones were broken in the off-court conflicts, and they were also broken on the court. Over a few bones, they all eventually became stepping stones for Old K.

During their individual and team peak periods, they were crushed by Old K's team, and they were eliminated in the second round every time. Not to mention the finals, they had never even touched the floor of the Western Conference finals. It's a great tragedy for two superstars.

Every time they think about this, the two of them are so depressed that they want to retire directly. Seeing old K now, they are even more deeply moved.

"The postman, without a crown for life, is as miserable as a dog!"

Lao Wang comforted him, and persuaded him: "I heard that your contract will end after this season. I think you should leave the Jazz and look for opportunities outside."

The postman snorted coldly and cursed.

John Stockton couldn't help but glanced at the postman. He was so familiar with this good friend that he didn't directly object to Old K's words. Could it be that Carl really wanted to leave the Jazz for the championship?

In this game, the Suns finally won.

No matter who loses, Lao Wang is unwilling to lose to the postman, so under this effort, he scored 53 points.

After playing the Jazz, the Suns will continue their away game to challenge a strong opponent, the Kings, who have risen rapidly with the Princeton system in recent seasons.

So far, the Suns have played a total of 9 games, and the schedule is not tight, with 7 wins and 2 losses.

The king's schedule is more intensive, so far it is 9 wins and 4 losses, 4 more games than the sun team.

On the 20th, the Suns returned to Phoenix. After staying for a day, they flew to Sacramento on the 21st.

Sacramento is the capital of California, with a permanent urban population of 10,000+. It is one of the gathering places for Chinese. In the [-]th century, Chinese came to the United States to seek gold and landed from the west coast. This is the first stop.

In addition, it is only 130 kilometers away from San Francisco, which is very close, and it is only [-] kilometers away from Los Angeles, which is not far away.

At 11:[-], when the Suns arrived at the airport, Kevin Johnson also showed up at the airport with his driver. He looked more and more calm now, with the demeanor of a successful person.

"Kevin, how are you doing recently? When are you going to run for mayor? I'm ready to get votes for you." Old Wang asked as soon as he got in the car.

"It's not in a hurry. It hasn't been long since I was elected as a councilor, and I still need time to accumulate." Lightning laughed.

"If you need campaign funds, contact me. K Times Trading Company and the club will support you." Old Wang urged.

"Of course, old K, you are my partner." Lightning laughed.

"It's better to be the governor of California as soon as possible. I look forward to that day." Old Wang said seriously.

His second sister said that if Lightning can be sent to the position of governor, it will be of great help to the business of the trading company, and it can enter many restricted trade fields.

The K-era club's network in the United States also needs to be realized through some channels, not just providing a network platform for VIP customers, which will get too little benefit.

"There will be that day." Lightning said confidently.

His confidence comes from Old K, but not the K Times Trading Company, but the K Times Club behind Old K.

The club has a huge network of contacts, and he has obtained the qualification from Old K's second sister to participate in the club's top parties. At those parties, he will find many supporters.

I had Chinese food with Lightning, and the dinner ranged from big to treat.

He has been with the Kings all the time and has already signed a second contract. His style of play and style are quite suitable for the current Kings. Coupled with the honing of the past few years, he has now become one of the stable rotation members of the Kings.

At noon on the 22nd, the Timberwolves came to Phoenix and will play against the Suns on the 23rd. That is to say, after the Suns beat the Kings, they will have to fight against the Timberwolves.

As soon as they arrived at the hotel, a press conference was held at the request of the media.

"Mr. Garnett, are you still planning to rub old K on the floor?" Phoenix Sports News reporter asked.

Garnett just jumped up, don't hurt me, that's what O'Neill said, not me.

He immediately retorted: "I never said that. To me, Old K is a senior. I have always respected him very much..."

The reporter interrupted Garnett and said, "Does your respect mean that the old K who came back is just a spoiler?

So let me ask, is it possible for the current Timberwolves to win the championship?Is the old K messing up the Timberwolves' chances of winning the championship? "

Garnett couldn't see any expression on his face. He is also a superstar now. For his own status, he can't bow his head to anyone, so he replied forcefully: "There is no weak team in the league. Why don't our Timberwolves have a chance to win the championship? I can tell you very positively that we have unlimited possibilities."

At this time, another local reporter asked: "Mr. Garnett, you said that you will not allow old K to be presumptuous on your head. I want to know what presumptuousness refers to. Do you have a specific explanation? Does it mean not allowing old K to score on your head? Or how many points are not allowed to allow old K to score on you? Ten, or twenty points? Thirty points? Or more, one hundred points?"

"Haha..." The local reporter laughed.

Garnett faltered: "I said presumptuous, which means I don't let old K get as many points as I want..."

"How many points? You have to have a bottom line, right?" a reporter shouted.

"..."

Garnett was extremely embarrassed. How could he answer this? Could it be that he was not sure that Old K would score 100 points on him?

"Ha ha……"

The local reporters at the scene laughed again.

Garnett, who was besieged by local reporters, stared in embarrassment and expressed his anger.

On the evening of the 22nd, at the King's home court, Arco Stadium, after two hours of fierce fighting, the Suns lost to the Kings and were defeated.

After the game, Barkley, who explained the game, analyzed: "The styles of the two sides are somewhat similar, and the offensive rhythm is fast, but they are completely different offensive tactical systems.

First of all, the king's Princeton offensive system is a half-court battle. It pays attention to human movement and ball movement, and the coordination of human and ball. Human movement refers to running without the ball, and ball movement refers to continuous passing.

Thanks to Adelman's efforts, the Kings have matured this system since 99, and now the Kings have entered the peak period because of the maturity of this offensive system.

The small ball tactics that the Suns are currently building are far from mature, but they also have obvious characteristics. It does not only include half-court battles, but pays more attention to the speed between offense and defense transitions. Its fast break is like waves, wave after wave, and there are also a lot of air cuts, but it pays more attention to pick-and-rolls to create cutting opportunities for teammates, rather than Princeton's counter-running. "

Kenny Smith said: "Today the old K was not successful in defending Chris Webber. He limited Webber's offense very well, but Webber's pass organization function was not able to limit it, nor could it destroy the operation of the King's Princeton system."

Barkley nodded and said, "Webber is an organization center in the King's system. Although old K is also good at assists, his organization ability is not as good as Weber's. This makes him play against Weber and understand the King's tactics. There are some deviations, which eventually lead to defensive problems."

Lao Wang returned to the locker room and discussed the King's Princeton system with the coaching staff.

The Kings are different from the Trail Blazers. The Suns and the Trail Blazers are in different regions, but they are both in the Pacific region with the Kings. There are five teams in this region, but there are three first-tier teams, the Suns, Kings, and Lakers. The pressure of competition is very high.

If the Suns don't win the division title, they will be very passive in the playoffs. If they are ranked in the bottom half, they are likely to face a strong team in the first round. Now, there are as many as four teams in the first tier in the Western Conference. They may even be eliminated in the first round.

So he is under a lot of pressure. If he can't even make it to the second round, it will undoubtedly be a huge failure for him who never misses the Western Conference Finals.

Van Gundy Jr. said: "The king's tactical system is very mature. We have just started to build it. It is normal to not beat them."

D'Antoni said confidently: "Today we only lost 7 points. The old K performed very well in protecting the basket and sent 7 big blocks, which largely destroyed their cutting tactics.

I believe that after the regular season, our system will become more mature. When we meet them in the playoffs, whoever wins will have to rely on their performance on the spot. "

Lao Wang said: "Our defense is still not good. Their passing is too fast and too much. The transfer of the ball often makes our defense fail, allowing them to easily get many open shots."

The reason why he only lost 7 points today is because he played well offensively. In order not to lose, he scored 34 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 blocks, but he still lost.

Van Gundy scratched his head and said distressedly: "Our lineup is like this now. If we want to improve our defensive level in the short term, whether it is the establishment of the system or the improvement of the defensive ability of the players, it will be very difficult."

Lao Wang looked at the few hairs on Xiao Fan's head and sighed, "It's getting less and less!"

"What?" Several coaches were at a loss.

"Haha, it's nothing. What I'm saying is that time is getting less and less, we have to hurry up." Lao Wang casually passed by.

With 7 wins and 3 losses, the Suns returned to Phoenix overnight, preparing for back-to-back games against the Timberwolves tomorrow.

The Timberwolves' record has improved in the past two years, but the lineup is still not as good as the Trail Blazers, Lakers, Kings and other teams. They are not the first team. Last season, they were fifth in the Western Conference.

In October 00, the Timberwolves' yin and yang contract was exposed, and the league imposed the most severe punishment on the Timberwolves, with a fine of up to 350 million US dollars and the confiscation of the first-round pick for the next five years.

The so-called yin-yang contract incident, the protagonist is the No. 95 pick in [-], Joe Smith, a player who traveled with bodyguards in his rookie season. Compared with him, Jordan and Old K are not enough.

Because of this incident, the Timberwolves have been unable to replenish fresh blood for five years, and have not won the first-round pick for two consecutive years. In fact, they have lost the chance to win the championship and have become a bad pit. The strength of a team will only continue to decline.

It was precisely because of this incident that Garnett, who was at his peak, fell into the rotten pit of the Timberwolves and couldn't get out.

On the morning of the 23rd, Lao Wang didn't get out of bed until almost ten o'clock.

"Daddy's a slob, a slob..."

Zhou Zhou, who opened the door every now and then to come in to have a look, found out in time, and immediately shaved his face to shame him.

"Dad, play with models, let's play together, come with me!"

Lao Wang wanted to pick up the baby girl, but the little girl refused to do it, but was very anxious to pull him out.

Lao Wang had a headache. The little girl received model toys, and there were some model platters among them. She has recently become obsessed with this kind of game and always drags him to play.

But this kind of game is a test of intelligence, not what he is good at, but Zhou Zhou seems to be very talented. This is where he has a headache. He can't play games with his two-year-old daughter, and he is often teased by Brother Fei.

"Ouch, our Zhou Zhou is going to abuse the food again?" Brother Fei teased after seeing it.

"Aren't you still going to abuse you?" Old Wang said helplessly.

"But Zhou Zhou only likes to play with you." Fei Ge said proudly.

She then asked the chef to make some breakfast, and asked Pharaoh to play games with his daughter while eating breakfast, and then went to do physical training by herself.

Lao Wang has a very strong idea of ​​having a baby recently, and she is always asked to cooperate. She must manage her body well, and don't lose her shape after giving birth to her third child.

At six o'clock, after dinner, Pharaoh drove to the American West Arena.

"Old K, what do you think about Garnett saying that you won't let you blow 20+ on his head?" asked a foreign reporter who was afraid of chaos.

"20+?"

Lao Wang was indeed surprised.

For ordinary players, it is very good to be able to hit 20+ data. If they can average 20+ data per game in a season, if they are still popular, it is possible to be selected as an All-Star.

But there are very few such players, because it requires enough shooting rights. For a team, at most two players have such shooting rights, and even most teams only have one.

There are so many players in the league, in fact, as long as he is given enough shots, even people like Rodman and Da Ben can hit 20+, let alone him?

He is in the Suns, how many shots does he need?In a word, enough is enough!

If he was willing to score [-] points like Chamberlain, he would have a chance to score it, but he didn't score it, and he didn't even bother to score it.

"Old K, how many points do you want to score on Garnett tonight?" A local reporter asked.

"Is 20+ enough?" he asked.

"Old K, do you mean 20+ per quarter?" Another local reporter asked excitedly.

Lao Wang laughed and said, "What you want is what I am willing to do."

"Great, fuck Garnett!" The local reporters roared excitedly.

"Old K, broke Chamberlain's 100-point record."

"Yes, breaking the record!"

The foreign reporters were also very excited. They, who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, also shouted.

"What, 20+ per quarter, old K wants to score 100 points?"

"God, I had fun watching it tonight. I hope the Timberwolves hold on and don't collapse. Old K doesn't have the courage to score points during garbage time."

"I hope old K has that courage."

"Let's go, let's interview Garnett."

Soon, the content of Lao Wang's interview was known by many other media reporters, and a large number of reporters rushed to the visiting team's locker room.

(End of this chapter)